i'm phil gayle welcome to the program in the last hour israel and the united arab emirates announced that they have agreed a historic peace deal under its terms the u.s. will recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations in return israel will drop its controversial plan to annex parts of the palestinian west bank the u.s. the u.a.e. says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east the agreement was brokered by the united states just a few moments ago it was at a very special call with 2 friends prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and crown prince mohammed bin. the united arab emirates where they agreed to file an historical peace agreement. everybody said it would be impossible. and as you know mohamed is one of. the great leaders of the middle east into 49 years did you in the united arab emirates will fully normal diplomatic relations they will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation across the board and order a broad range of areas including tourism education health care trade and security. straight to washington where we joined the w.c. burea

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program crowds reported in the 10s of thousands of taking to the streets of belarus as capital minsk in another display of anger of the violent police crackdown against peaceful opposition protesters well sources have now released some of the 7000 people detained by police over the past week a many of them report being beaten and tortured in custody demonstrators have been joined by factory workers once considered loyal to president lukashenko. that. their defiance is growing. crowds of protesters are on the streets of minsk for its 6th straight day. there are chants and banners right side the bellows in parliament echoing across the city. and the protests aren't limited to the capital and other towns and cities of protesters have come out carrying white flowers one of the symbols of this push for change. in factories like this plant that makes trucks workers walked off the job united with demonstrators in their calls for president alexander lukashenko to step down. their workers are protesting for the election result to be an old and we want new elections

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has called on russia to investigate the poisoning of rational physician leader alexina found the list in the found is being treated better than sharon tate hospital where doctors have found traces of a group of substances called cold enough to raise inhibitors in his system there are no specific compound has been identified as current. intensive care in a medically induced coma his condition is said to be serious but no longer life than me. straight to d.w. political correspondent emmanuel shah's welcome emmanuelle i'm going to michael's reaction was pretty swift following the hospital statement it was and it was a quite a strong statement she say that those responsible in of on these cases must be identified and have the constable she called to get i was foreign minister hike a muslim must go to fully and in a very transparent manner investigate on the suspect poisoning say in of on the because of his status as a political dissidents also gemini's vice chancellor showed us say that as a democrat he couldn't accept that

i am phil gayle, welcome to the program. the world health organization sent a blunt message to demonstrators that opposed coronavirus restrictions. they say the virus israel, dangerous and it kills. some protesters attempted to storm the parliament building. leaders from across the political spectrum have come together to condemn the action. >> it looks like a normal monday in centrtral berlilin. the tourists are back. the scenes of unreseson the week -- -- - the weekekend are on my peoples mind. far-right extremist pushed through to the top of the steps. >> these are pictures that my generation is just not familiar with. these people stand for different values and to o see that in germany there are 70 people that have different values, that pains me. the demonstrators shouted resistance. and we are the people. the black, white and red are the colors of the old imperial german reich used by neo-nazis. this consisted largely of peaceful coronavirus. they had a message to the demonstrators. >> my empathy as were demonstrators

. ♪ i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program.rowds reported to be in the tens of thousands have taken to the streets of belarus' capital minsk in another display of anger over the violent police crackdown against peaceful protesters. authorities have released some of the 7000 people police detained over the past week, and many report having been beaten and tortured in custody. demonstrators have been joined by factory workers once considered loyal to president lukashenko. >> their defiance is growing. crowds of protesters are on the streets of minsk for a sixth straight day. there chanting and -- their chants and banners outside parliament echoing across the city, and the protests are not limited to the capital. in other towns and cities, protesters have come out carrying white flowers, one of the symbols of this push for change. in factories like this plant that makes trucks, workers walked off the job, united with demonstrators in their calls for president lukashenko to step down. the workers are protesting for the e election r

. ♪ i am phil gayle. welcome to the program.sian doctors will allow alexei navalny to be flown to germany for treatment. this after he fell ill on a flight to moscow and was taken to a hospital in omsk where he is in a,. he is suspected to be poisoned. doctors initially said he was too ill to be moved, but they changed their minds after a german team deemed him fit to fly. he will leave in the next few hours. >> we took the decision not to oppose his transfer to another hospital. the one his relatives indicated to us. >> that was what his wife had been desperate to hear. she had been fighting since arriving at the hospital thursday, to get her husband's own dr. to see him, then to get the german medics in. >> we believe the doctors are deliberately delaying so the khamenei -- the chemical substance has time to disappear. that is why they won't let him leave the hospital. his health situation is probably bad, so we don't believe the doctors in this hospital, and demand they hand my husband over. >> he will come here, the charite

phil: i am phil gayle. welcome to the program. we start in india, where a passenger plane has skidded off the runway while trying to land in the southern state of kerala. at the 17 people a are dead and dozens injured, accocording to reports. the air indidia express flight s returning from dubai with nearly 200 passengers on board. let's go straight to the indian capital for more. dw correspondent manira chaudhary joins us. tell us about the passengers. manira: this was one of the repatriation flights run by the indian government. since the coronavirus outbreak, these flights are to bring indians stranded who are facing issues like job losses because of the covid outbreak. citizens on the flight were reportedly indian citizens. many of them were traveling with families and even carrying little children along with them. phil: ok, a rescue is obviously underway. talk us through what is going on there. manira: our latest repoport suggest ththat the r rescue operations have been completed. whenen they were going on n thee were ambulan

government be held accountable but can lebanon really change without radical change at the top i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. i think it was cool sort of time for 13 months to get rid of all the awful lot of that. kind of. i think you thought about it we have the for you to thank you thank you think through undertaking an impartial independent are of crimes are investigated. you can hear about very clear on the streets and there were no nos on it that we are reconsidering our system which is built on consensus because it is power lines down incapable of swiftly executing decision as he said. people you have to hang them because they're responsible for what happened just so corrupt and so criminal. also on the day president trump imposes a sweeping ballad on chinese tech what does the u.s. descent into cyber nationalism mean for the future of communications. if we were the. people from china in the us we have to find another solution that could cost the world but politically it will be getting more difficult. leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blast that killed m

government be held accountable can lebanon really change without radical change at the top i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. it was called heard.

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexina valley's unconscious in hospital and on a ventilator following a suspected poisoning he was on a flight from siberia to moscow where he lost consciousness the plane landed in scout he was carried off and take it to hospital for treatment the doctor there said he is in a serious but stable condition his press secretary says something had probably been added to tea that he drank at the airport alexina valley's considered one of president putin's physicist russian critics and has been repeatedly arrested at demonstrations his supporters say he's survived several attempts to injure him in the past. this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina valley said he had been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail he'd been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog ate resistance to kremlin control has long made him one of president vladimir putin's biggest nemeses. no vanity rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state controlled companies. at rallies he

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we begin in washington d.c. where huge crowds are taking part in a march in support of racial justice that gathering on the same spot where 57 years ago martin luther king jr made his famous i have a dream speech and he racism protesters descended on the u.s. capitol after the police shooting african-american jacob lake reignited tensions over police violence against black people the crowd heard from prominent advocates for racial justice including civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton. we're treated with disrespect by policemen that we pay their salaries that we don't matter so we figured we'd let you know 2 whether we told our show that kidney light skinned that guy out skinned black labs madam and we won't stop until it matters to everybody straight to washington. much as welcome as the day be. so it was really touching feel to see all these thousands of people gathering here and front of the lincoln we just heard this civil rights i couldn't talk than there was family after martin luther king jr him

palestinians describe the deal is a step in the back but will other arab countries not follow i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. we just completed a truly historic flight. the message that we carry for the palestinians is also one of hope your little knowledge of it is very painful for us today when israeli plane lands in the emirates we put an offer to their leadership on the table that will enable them to have a state and self-determination know how you do to position of some arab states who are against normalization with israel. we can't want peace more than they want peace it can't be stuck in the past they have to they have to come to the table. also on the day lebanon's president has asked a career diplomat to become the country's next prime minister but some on the streets of beirut think the new man is part of the problem. i'm here to say thank god you are safe and we are here for you and i am one of you and hopefully we will work together and form a government as soon as possible. we don't need you we have the revolution we are the revolution. the 1st have a commercial pa

messages seems to be if you think things are bad now wait and see what happens if biden gets in i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. this is the most important election in the history of our country though time before. voters faced a clear choice between 2 parties 2 visions 2 for last of. the all know donald trump makes no secret about how he feels sat there you like it or not he always know what he's thinking. it's all on the line president tromping the leader there will reveal that promise had been married. also on the day russian president vladimir putin says he sat up research of police force to help delarue says troubled president maintain order let's go germany's chancellor crying foul under the magical says demonstrators on the streets of minsk deserve freedom to protest and freedom of opinion. i hope that the people who have bravely taken to the streets who have called out of bad state of affairs that those people have all the freedoms that we take for granted freedom to protest freedom of opinion all these things must be fought for and. for donald trump has now accepted the r

palestinians describe the deal as a step in the back but will other arab countries now follow i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day.

palestinians describe the deal as a step in the back but will other arab countries now follow i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. we just completed a truly historic flight. the message that we carry for the palestinians is also one of hope you will not have it is very painful for us today when an israeli plane lands in the emirates we put an offer to their leadership on the table that will enable them to have a state and self-determination no how you see the position of some arab states who are against normalization with israel. we can't want peace more than they want peace it can't be stuck in the past they have to they have to come to the table. also on the day lebanon's president has asked a career diplomat to become the country's next prime minister but some on the streets of beirut think the new man is part of the problem. i'm here to say thank god you are safe and we are here for you and i am one of you and hopefully we will work together and form a government as soon as possible. we don't need you we have the revolution we are the revolution. the 1st of a commercial passenge