journalist and the co-founder of the boris nemtsov foundations of freedom that's named after her father the russian opposition politician who was assassinated in moscow back in 2015 is on a welcome you know like saying of ali and his family personally and your father was a close friend if you use who or what do you think is responsible for what happened to him. so far i'm actually thank you for inviting me i'm actually a wage in for the results of the test to rechannel been conducted in believe in and i couldn't tell who was from charlotte to add are going to reveal some of their slang and so on mon day what my personal feeling is that now while the name was poisoned. i think r r r got into responsibility you know that in russia now there are a lot of political prisoners. are put his critics are being folds and they are some of them were killed my father was killed just 500 mirrors are away from the kremlin wall he is caves has never been sold and will never be an assault and despite all our efforts. and search and jump in this case i'm sorry to jump in you believe alexei navalny was po

anna politkovskaya said she had survived an attempt to poison her and the opposition politician boris nemtsov was gunned down in 2015 and now this suspected attack for politician norbit root can it's clear who is behind it these are this latest attempt to murder and the threats and intimidation against anyone linked to the opposition has once again revealed the true face of the regime and in particular vladimir putin is a good sort. doc to say alexy novell nice condition is serious but not life threatening let's get more with t.w. political correspondent nina the reaction from the german chancellor came very quickly didn't it it did it was very impressive how quickly she reacted and the clear words that she used in that statement that she published together with the german foreign minister she said that those remember sponsible all those in connection with of all these cases must be held responsible they must be identified 1st and then also they said that there needs to be a thorough and transparent investigation by the russian authorities and this is very very clear words from the german gov

figures being poisoned and even murder for example as there was of the not of opposition politician boris nemtsov in 2015 just like them soften the valleys a great critic of the kremlin personal of president putin but it must also be sad that not only had quite a few enemies in his corruption investigations he has attacked many high ranking officials and politicians very effectively effectively on you tube in videos that have gotten millions of views so the list of his opponents and maybe head us is really very long ok you're a shutter in moscow thank you. well those are for those offers of medical assistance to alexander novelli from president mark owen chancellor merkel were made during a meeting between the french and german leaders at the french president some of the treaty in the south of france they also discussed how to revive europe's economy which has been badly hit by the coronavirus crisis the political crisis in belarus was on the agenda as well as the coup in mali. let's take a closer look at this with the w.c. chief political editor mikhail are not welcome. so let's start with this

journalists and the co-founder of the boris nemtsov foundation for freedom named after her father the russian opposition politician who was a satirist assassinated on a bridge in moscow back in february 25th and we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack in of all name once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out in russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all weakness in are those massive progress in malibu and i think it was one of the reasons why. my be poisoned because after the presidential elections we saw massive plautus and despite our state's poor service very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday eg big march against. whom i personally regard as former president of the rules because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him are put in there all frightened by these days from belo rules and they might think that the same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know within that have an upcoming elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highl

politician boris nemtsov was shot and killed near the kremlin, another activist was poisoned twice and survived investigative journalist anna politkovskaya was shot alexander litvinenko had a radioactive poison slipped in his tea in london. he died. russia denied the poisoning, wished him well, and promised an investigation if it was poisoning. navalny expressed support for these protesters in neighboring belarus saying their russian-backed president stole the recent election. these demonstrators plan to hold a mass gathering this weekend that could draw 100,000 or more. lester >> richard engel tonight, thank you. >>> back home, a major ne development in the flint water crisis, the state of michigan and other defendants agreeing to pay $600 million in a settlement with residents whose health was harmed by lead tainted drinking water. under the deal 80% of the money will go to victims younger than 18 during the crisis >>> and up next, why a veteran major league announcer has been suspended. >>> the defending super bowl champs are making a sweeping change, the kansas city chiefs prohibit

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wished me a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests. al-jazeera. it's not the 1st time the russian government has come under scrutiny for the suspect as poisoning of his critics in 2006 if former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko died in the ok after a radioactive substance was put in his cup of tea 2015 journalist and opposition activist karl moore does or nearly died of kidney failure after he was poisoned twice by a russian agents and russian artist bit or vessel of accused intelligence services of poisoning him one who fell ill after a court hearing into a 1018 that same year if former russian double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in the british city of seoul it's very. lettering in our panel in moscow we have not viva a visiting senior research fellow at king's college london in london darren marked all the principal russia analyst with brisk consulta

jobless and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are going to put those boris nemtsovof on over no money have to fear for their lives that have busier thank you very much for talking to us thank you. to sport and boss about a superstar little massey has told the club he wants to leave and for free is admitted to an official request asking to be released from his contract after a disappointing season for barcelona fans are now calling on the club's board to step down for massey to stay he's been with barcelona finelli 20 years. the headlines the morning after fans in barcelona are still trying to digest the news that one of the greatest players the world has ever seen may not end his career in the catalogue one city. many are blaming the club's board. but i mean i mean i think it's club president ought to males fault for this is like crossfire it's now a battle between the locker room and the bosses you know they'll try to sell the idea this is messy is fault but the guilty parties all wear suits and ties you know . mickey for us messi is. is messy messy as. they are on

protect this john and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are gonna put boris nemtsov of on over and of on the have to fear for their life that have to do thank you very much for talking to us thank you . rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies as original rains in northern afghanistan at least a 100 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in the country's par one province. time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority vehicles are scarce and the few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and now. those able to get treatment fraught with worry about their families i cut through barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbor's house i wanted to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharikov destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck

protect its job lists and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are gonna put boris nemtsov of on over no money have to fear for their life that had to do thank you very much for talking to us thank you. rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies as original rains in northern afghanistan at least a 100 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in the country's par one prop. time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority vehicle was a scarce hand the few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and now. those able to get treatment fraught with worry about their families i cut through barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbor's house i wanted to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharikov destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. 2 more

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons. the opening of borders with neighboring countries even though the west african regional bloc 15 members will keep the borders closed the president and senior government leaders were arrested and forced to resign on tuesday the army is promising a democratic transition this report from the. new military released these opposition demonstrators after the spent 2 weeks prison. arrested by the former government. justice and good governance. good education health arrested just because of. the military leaders behind these disco in bali to gain trust and legitimacy. met with members of the opposition assuring them that the military intervention will be brief and that elections. but without setting deadlines. we have no political ambition we are soldiers we have other progressives other missions to deal with our objective is through the various meetings

prominent opposition leader i personally lost friends including the previous leading opposition figure boris nemtsov who was murdered in 2015 several yards from the kremlin and i warned him not to go back to russia he didn't listen he wanted to serve his country not violently was doing a lot of work exposing corruption including at the highest levels and he had a lot of people who hated him for that and this looks like what 2 the russian authorities were not saying who exactly yet but that's what they're thordis that are the target of this corruption investigation buying up all these organization this is what they do to retaliate to their critics so clearly being an opposition. outspoken opposition leader or being a corruption fighter and a whistleblower in russia is a dangerous business indeed. the head of the u.s. postal service has told a senate committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time ahead of the november election general lost the joy has faced criticism for making changes to the service but of course mail delays democrats accuse him of being president donald trump's accomplice

risks of criticizing body image putin's rule another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons his era. alexandra stay on the it's called is a freelance journalist and she joins us now from moscow alexander what more have we learned today about what happened and how is it acceptable they don't know. alexina vialli is still in a coma his condition is very serious he is a 2 medical ventilator he's been in coma for more than 10 hours now ever since he fell ill in that plane that made emergency landing in the beer in town of at this point. his wife is finally let in to see him so we might hear some more details about how actually he's he's doing in in this hospital the press secretary of the violence says that the local doctors are not letting them see or are not giving them any medical files of the violin this files they need because they want to transport him either to moscow or abroad for treat

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. the brother of a suicide bomber who attacked in manchester in 2017 has been sentenced to 55 years in prison 22 people attended a concert by the singer on a grown day were killed when salman abedi detonated his explosives investigators say his brother hashem helps source materials. 2 people have been killed in california while trying to fight wildfires that a scorching the north of the state thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes near san francisco the blaze began after nearly 11000 lightning strikes hit the area rob reynolds has more from los angeles. the massive wildfires engulfing northern california have claimed their 1st lives authorities said a helicopter pilot flying water drops died when his aircraft went down a utility worker helping firefighters in another area was also killed officials say the toll may rise

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wished novell me a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons al-jazeera german human rights activists say an ambulance aircraft is ready to leave germany for siberia to pick up. this after the french president and offer the opposition leader all necessary assistance during a news conference with germany's angela merkel dominic cain has more on that now from. both leaders expressed their extreme concern about the situation of the dissident russian politician aleksey now valley saying that they were deeply concerned by the reports of his ordeal and both leaders saying that they felt it very important that the exact circumstances of what has happened to him should be made clear should be investigated as soon as possible indeed both leaders then said that they would be prepared that they would allow their country to receive mr riley in a medieval taxes and are in other words if he was to be medically evacua

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wished me a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by 3 tests. the general prosecutor's office in belarus has opened a criminal case into a council made up of opposition figures protesters say they'll continue to defy warnings though from president alexander lukashenko of a renewed crackdown has ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over this month's disputed election meanwhile france and germany as leaders say they're determined to keep supporting the protesters in belarus emmanuelle macron has been hosting angela merkel of his official residence in the south of france and wednesday the e.u. said it rejected the elections that kept president looks in power. from a senior white house strategist steve bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of fund raising fraud and money laundering so relates to an online campaign that raised $25000000.00 it was supposed to go towards donald trump's us

prominent opposition leader i personally lost friends including the previous leading opposition figure boris nemtsovof who was murdered in 2015 several yards from the kremlin and i warned him not to go back to russia he didn't listen he wanted to serve his country not violently was doing a lot of work exposing corruption including at the highest levels and he had a lot of people who hated him for that and this looks like what the russian authorities were not saying who exactly yet but that's what they're thordis that are the target of this corruption investigation buying up all these organizations this is what they do to retaliate to their critics let's just put it into some wider context if you wouldn't mind for of us who might think about russia and think about you know they've heard poisoning stories before and they've heard about corruption issues how high does this rank up how significant could this potentially be if you have on the situation gets any worse. it can be. another blow to the current russian regime. of. colonel of the security services who defected to the west and lived in london b

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons al-jazeera. still to come on this program for you severe hunger for half the population in afghanistan brought on by the coronavirus pandemic search for what to do about it next. and argentina steps up efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine us economy struggles under a long long time. and i once again welcome to another look at the international forecast stay so quiet across the middle east but some places the cloud down towards a fast south but barely a cloud in the sky elsewhere so lots of hazy sunshine we have got winds coming in from the northwest the direction is a 43 celsius here that have been lifted dust in the sand to worry about relatively pleasant as we go on through the next couple of days falling back to around 40 degrees on sas they are suggest the humidity might just be edging up at that stage further north we have got some showers

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wished me a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by 3 tests chalons. well a french president. the old necessary assistance he made that problems during a news conference with. and that came from there then. both leaders expressed their extreme concern about the situation of the dissident russian politician aleksey now valley's saying that they were deeply concerned by the reports of his ordeal and both leaders saying that they felt it very important that the exact circumstances of what had happened to him should be made clear should be investigated soon as possible indeed both leaders then said that they would be prepared that they would allow their country to receive mr now vialli in a medieval axis and are in other words if he was to be medically evacuated from. to either of their countries they would be prepared to facilitate that that's important because one german n.g.o.s one german agency non-governmental agency has said it

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons al-jazeera well freelance journalists alexandra. brings us the latest from moscow. as far as we can break it down what happened today is that he regularly boarded the plane to come back to moscow from siberia of dom's according to his press secretary he only had one tea at the airport cafe and very short after boarding he felt very ill started sweating we could hear his yells and then he lost consciousness he was rushed to the hospital there was an emergency landing in the home and that there he's been in a coma and he's been in common ever since which is more than 11 hours for more than 11 hours he's not to regain consciousness there is a medical ventilator helping him breathe and doctors say that have been running numerous tests checking his blood checking his brain activity doing other checks on his body functions and also running toxicology t

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. grab a break on al-jazeera and then the end of the show bob's the start of one of the most crucial u.s. election races in recent history the latest from the democratic national convention and opening criminal investigations in bellary some positions figures face yet another crackdown. how i once again welcome to look at the international forecast i wish i could say we've got some rain in the forecast for western parts of the u.s. down towards california i'm afraid no such luck the wetter weather will be further north around the pacific northwest just pushing into that western side of canada and we've seen some terroristic downpours on the other side of the country down into the southeast just rather deep south there just pushing over towards the mid atlantic states north of that is bits and pieces really fine and dry in new york on fri

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin and 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wisner valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. watching al jazeera live from london will still ahead we're looking at the future for mali the united nations joins the regional condemnation of the african nations military. and mexico's missing generation mothers call for action against a rising tide of child disappearances. however got some very high temperatures still pushing into central parts of europe but coming in from the atlantic this here will something of a change nasty looking autumnal like low pressure which will sweep through some tightly packed ice so that means it's going to be very windy we've had winds yesterday gusting as high as 96 kilometers per hour some very strong winds they have rattled across pushing their way now across the good parts of northern and western regions of the person matching up towards scandinavia to go on through friday some wet weather and som

giant lists and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are going to put off boris nemtsov of on of up and of on me have to fear for their life. thank you very much for talking to us thank you. rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies after sorrento rains in northern afghanistan at least a 100 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in the country's par one province. time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority vehicles are scarce and the few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and there are those able to get treatment for with worry about their families i cut through barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbor's house i want to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharikov destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. the more col

and the most infamous recent example, opposition leader boris nemtsov shot dead on a bridge next to the kremlin in 2015. nemtsov's deputy, vladimir kara- murza, told me in 2017, that he was poisoned twice. >> within a space of 15 to 20 i minuteent from feeling completely normal like i am now, to having a really rapid heart rate, sweating, palpitation, started vomiting, and then i just lost consciousness. kidneys, i think, went first, then it was the heart, the everything.stomach, the liver, everything just shut down. isso i have no doubt that as a deliberate attempt to murder based on my politicalactivitiesy activities in the russian opposition.on kremlin's spokesmaed talk of poison "speculation."r re on all of this, we turn to catherine belton, whoived in moscow for 15 years and isga now an invesve correspondent for reuters. she is the author of the recently-released "putin's people: how the k.g.b. took back russia and thetook on the west." catherine belton, welcome to the "newshour". i laid out aemong list of n critics who've ended up dead or targeted. navalny says he's been targeted

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. president from his demanding that all u.n. sanctions be reimposed against iran he says the secretary of state mike pompei a will meet the u.n. secretary general soon to start the process in iran to new missiles have been unveiled today ignoring u.s. objections once a ballistic surface to surface missile with a range of 1400 kilometers is named after customs lavani the iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike in january in iraq and the 2nd is a missile this launch from a submarine that one has a range of 1000 kilometers live to correspondent at the united nations kristen salumi so kristen just explain to us what will happen and mr pompei o tries to get this ability to i think it's called the snap back deployment absolutely we're waiting for the secretary of state mike pompei o to arrive here at u.n. headquarters in new york at any

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wisner valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. well german human rights activists say that an ambulance act is ready to leave germany for siberia to pick out alexina valley this after french president emmanuel macron offered the opposition leader all necessary assistance in a news conference with germany's angela merkel dominic cain has more on that now from bella both leaders expressed their extreme concern about the situation of the dissident russian politician aleksey now valley's saying that they were deeply concerned by the reports of his ordeal and both leaders saying that they felt it very important that the exact circumstances of what has happened to him should be made clear should be investigated as soon as possible and both leaders then said that they would be prepared that they would allow their country to receive missiles in the in a medieval axis and are in other words

protect us john lists and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are gonna put boris nemtsov of on the vote no vonnie have to fear for their life. thank you very much for talking to us thank you. rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies as original rains in northern afghanistan at least 100 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in the country's par one. time was of the essence for many families in pa one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority there was a scarce hand a few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and there are those able to get treatment for with worry about their families i cut through barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbor's house i wanted to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharikov destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. the more collapsed and water

role negotiating with the hostage takers there's not just poisonings though of course there's boris nemtsov the you know the the opposition figure who was shot dead on a bridge just next to the kremlin in february of 2015 ok rory took us a little bit about novelli himself what's his appeal to his to his followers a month of pain is a for the kremlin. he's a very interesting character he really is in he's even unique i think in in russia because he's he's a campaigner really he's outside of the party system he's not a party guy that means that he's more nimble on his feet he hasn't been as easy a target for the kremlin as the opposition parties have been which have also succumb to the years to infighting in the tedium and bureaucracy of trying to operate the party machine in such a difficult environment he's very astute when it comes to social media and new digital strategy so his presence on you tube has put in completely outside of the state controlled media firmaments which means that he can transmit he can brought cos he can communicate with huge varied amounts of russians that he wouldn

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wisner valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. general prosecutor's office in better reeses opened a criminal case against a council made up of opposition figures protesters say they will continue to defy warnings though by president alexander lukashenko of a renewed crackdown he's ordered security forces to clear the streets often nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations of it this month's disputed election well the opposition to this taken off sky who is now in lithuania for safety says help that council to coordinate a peaceful transfer of power but the prosecutor says it's a threat to security. a group of citizens of the republic of belarus has declared creation of a cordon nation council one of the goals of which is a transfer of power the plan to create a political body that should undertake the transfer of power from the current head of the country creating such a body is not allowed

another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons al-jazeera ok let's bring in alexandra steele janowicz god fraud freelance journalist who joins us from moscow alexandra what else do we know about precisely what happened today as far as we can break it down. as far as we can break it down what happened today is that he regularly boarded the plane to come back to moscow from siberia of dom's according to his press secretary he only had one tea at the airport and very short after boarding he felt very ill started sweating we could hear his. yells and then he lost consciousness he was rushed to the hospital there was an emergency landing in and there he's been in a coma and he's been in comma ever since which is more than 11 hours for more than 11 hours he's not regain consciousness there is medical ventilator helping him breed and doctors say that have been running numerous tests checking his blo

risks of criticizing body image putin's rule another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0 or is standing by for us in london we'll go to him in a moment 1st though let's get the latest from alexandria so ya bitch is a freelance journalist in moscow so what else have we learned today about exactly what happened this morning. well kim it seems that still the working diagnosis of the violin is called origin specified that is he is still in very serious condition in a hospital in a coma in the meantime his wife arrived in his personal doctor but they are not let in to to see as tweeted by his press secretary at the sport however allegedly his wife is talking now with the head of doctor they're also saying that they're showing them no documentation so they can get more on what kind of analysis have been done to him what is going on what is his actual state that they also need documen

opposition politician boris nemtsov was shot on a bridge. journalist politkovskaya was shot entering her building. activist vladimir kara-murza was poisoned twice and survived. former kgb whistleblower alexander litvinenko died from poisoned tea. sergei skripal and yulia, a father and daughter, were poisoned with a nerve agent and died. -- survived. these harsh rules may be on the rise as russia and its allies struggle with covid and the economic strain from low oil prices. in neighboring belarus, when the president in power for 26 years and backed by putin was accused of stealing elections nearly two weeks ago, protests broke out. the leader unleashed police to arrest thousands of demonstrators. this protester told me this morning he was beaten and put in stress positions for five days. >> one guy was on my back, making a selfie. >> reporter: they were having fun with it? >> yeah, fun. >> reporter: a doctor confirmed navalny is in serious condition, stable in a coma. he wouldn't confirm poisoning, but he wouldn't rule it out either. >> rich