of what we're being told about alexina volley rob has been transferred to a hospital for the prison service it's about 80 to 100 kilometers or so away from the prison where he was ordinarily when he was previously serving his sentence now the prison service says he's being treated by prison doctors of course his own doctors have not been allowed access to him although he does have the right according to the russian penal code but he has not been allowed to seize a doctor's prison services say that providing sufficient medical care for him and that today he started receiving victim in therapy at his own consent alexina volley had until now only been drinking water his wife had said. that he had lost a lot of weight she said he had difficulty speaking and over the weekend his allies it said his life was hanging by a thread but he has agreed it seems according to the previous prison service to undergo this victim in therapy and this is a couple of days ahead of wednesday's planned call for nationwide protests in major russian cities to support alexei in the valley the same day that earlier on

a medical ward tuberculosis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he might you know flee the prison and that means that prison guards check on him periodically including at night which means that they are waking him every few hours the prison service itself has said that his health is satisfactory but it does according to his supporters there is still some risk to his health even now that he's called off the hunger strike he himself says that it will be difficult to come out of this hunger strike that will take 3 weeks as well according to his post and recently he's been complaining of this back pain that i mentioned but also according to recent blood tests he may be at risk for kidney failure or even heart failure so i think we have to watch this space and it does seem that he is still not out of the woods even now that he has stopped his hunger strike and how have people in russia where you are really your react to to this story to this development. well they lie think it's worth pointing out that most r

a medical ward tuberculosis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he might you know flee the prison and that means that prison guards check on him periodically including at night which means that they are waking him every few hours the prison service itself has said that his health is satisfactory but it does according to his supporters there is still some risk to his health even now that he's called off the hunger strike he himself says that it will be difficult to come out of this hunger strike that will take 3 weeks as well according to his post and recently he's been complaining of this back pain that i mentioned but also according to recent blood tests he may be at risk for kidney failure or even heart failure so i think we have to watch this space and it does seem that he's still not out of the woods even now that he has stopped his hunger strike and how have people in russia where you are really your react to to this story to this development. well i think it's worth pointing out that most russians

medical ward churchill osis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he might you know flee the prison and that means that prison guards check on him periodically including at night which means that they are waking him every few hours the prison service itself has said that his health is satisfactory but it does according to his supporters there is still some risk to his health even now that he's called off the hunger strike he himself says that it will be difficult to come out of this hunger strike that will take 3 weeks as well according to his post and recently he's been complaining of this back pain that i mentioned but also according to recent blood tests he may be at risk for kidney failure or even heart failure so i think we have to watch this space and it does seem that he's still not out of the woods even now that he has stopped his hunger strike and how have people in russia where you are really your react to to have this story to this development. well lou i think it's worth pointing out that most

russia's prison service says it's transferring the jailed opposition leader alexina vali to a medical facility mr volleys doctors say he's on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says most of all his health should not interest the west. moscow has expelled 20 czech diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia has has promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. and gyptian authorities say at least 11 people have died and nearly 100 are injured after a passenger train derailed near cairo on sunday the train was traveling from the egyptian capital to the now delta city of new sort o. egypt has been has seen several railway tragedies in recent years. emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to ev

russia's prison service says a jailed opposition little exist in a valley has been transferred to a medical facility. comes after the volleys doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment and off the western pa want of consequences if in the fall he died in prison the 44 year old has been on hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team. says nobody's health should not be of interest to western countries. let's bring in russia analyst in concert and we understand that he has been hospitalized now what do we know about his medical condition right now well the thing we know is from an official press release of the russian prison service we says that he has been given didn't see which could indicate anything actually what we've known from his doctors who analyzed his tests that were lost on this farm going to stand by his lawyers. he has significant cowley and problems in his body that's what they said and that is quite dangerous for he thought. the fact that he was transferred from prison gives tad that. maybe doctors will be allowed to fi

think well look at the corrective nature of the rehabilitated nature of prison i think every prison service wants to be rehabilitated in make sure i think that's an underpinning prison in east in canada correctional services are very much they flush away in terms of what they offer based on basically whoever's governing who who have or is in the whatever government is is in power so we'll see if we have for example in the past under the conservative harper government a vast change in prisons relative funding was cut programming was cut but then in the more liberal. governmentally will see more benefits and more programs being. presenter just reinstated in the institutions so we do see that sort of change. and as that answers your question there. yes or no footprints break more are very they're not those who spent a long term in prison i don't know if it's a terrier's or something have a hard time going back to normal life. is there any contradiction between having a goal to correct and to social behavior and then in order to do people with other antisocial people if their ears are married i

think when you look at the corrective nature the rehabilitative nature of prison i think every prison service wants to be rehabilitated and then make sure i think that's an underpinning prison in the east in canada correctional services are very much they flush away in terms of what they offer based on basically whoever is governing who who have or is in the.

think when you look at the corrective nature of the rehabilitated nature of prison i think every prison service wants to be rehabilitated in make sure i think that's an underpinning prison in the east in canada correctional services are very much they flush away in terms of what they offer based on basically whoever is governing who who have or is in whoever government is is in power so we'll see if we have for example in the past under the conservative harper government a vast change in prisons relative funding was cut programming was cut but then in the more liberal. governmentally will see more benefits and more programs being. presenter just reinstated in the institutions so we do see that sort of change. and as that answers your question there. yes and no footprints break more are very they're not those who spent a long term in prison i don't know if say 10 years or something have a hard time going back to normal life. is there any contradiction between having a goal to correct antisocial behavior and then in order to do it cram people with other antisocial people for years on end i mean w

well the thing we know is from an official press release of the russian prison service which says that he's been given detention switched it to get anything actually what we've known from his doctors who analyzed his tests that were last on as far as i understand by his lawyers. he has significant calley of problems in his body that's what they said and that is quite dangerous for he thought. the fact that he was transferred from prison gives a tablet that. made the doctors will be allowed to finally visit him but also it gives ground to thinking that probably his condition is such that he definitely needs to be transferred to a better medical facility than just their prison medical point which is quite a cost but he used top diplomats are discussing another on the situation today but can that actually do anything. well i think that mr putin is playing his favorite game of who blinks fast with nobody's life actually and with the west in general not only with the e.u. . box my suspicion is that maybe what mr putin was she wants him all to russian and maybe to exchange her poor lettuce a

the russian prison service says they are transferring the jailed opposition leader alexey navalny toedical facility. he is onhe break of death three weeks into a hunger strike. they warn -- the united states and european union one of consequences if he dies in prison. russians say that his health shouldn't interest the west. more than 100,000 russian troops are amassed near the border of ukraine. the eu policy sheaf said there was a danger of a spark setting off the confrontation and announced that there would be no additional sanctions against russia for the time being. it is the end of the six decade long castro era. the communist party has chosen miguel diaz-canel as its new leader. he replaces raul castro, despite not being part of the dynasty president diaz-canel is not expected to move cuba away from a one-party socialist system. germany's green party staking its claim to lead europe's biggest economy for the first time ever. for the first time ever, the greens have named a candidate for chancellor. her name is annalena baerbock and she aims to leave the greens she wins a leadi

blood test results that show that he could be facing kidney failure or heart problems and the prison service here in russia meanwhile has been insisting that his health is satisfactory and they earlier this week moved him to a hospital to add to tuberculosis ward actually within another prison potentially to treat him but his allies say that's enough and that's why they've taken to the streets today that's not enough rather and that's why they've taken to the streets today and we share one reporting from moscow thank you very much and earlier a month for the birth leader of the center red european peoples party bloc in the e.u. parliament told us that letting mr nevaeh would result in serious consequences for russia. what he can do is to show to me of putting into his whole system how high the price could be if things went to no avail b. go in a wrong direction that is what we have to show and that's why for me it's clear if any. really hopefully not but if this really will happen that he will die then i think for example that an austrian 2 cannot be finished can it be finalized is approachi

well the thing we know is from an official press release of the russian prison service which says that he's been given detention switched to get anything actually what we've known from his doctors who analyzed his tests that were last on as far as i understand by his lawyers. he has significant calley and problems in his body that's what they said and that is quite dangerous for he thought. the fact that he was transferred from prison gives a tablet that. made the doctors will be allowed to finally visit him but also it gives ground to thinking that probably is condition is such that he definitely needs to be transferred to at that a medical facility there just their prison medical point which is quite cautious but they use top diplomats are discussing another on the situation today but come to actually do anything. well i think that mr putin is playing his favorite game of who blinks fast with nobody's laughing actually and with the west in general not only with the e.u. . box my suspicion is that maybe what mr putin was she wants him all to russian and maybe to exchange poor notice a

meanwhile russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader alexina volly has been transferred to a medical facility you know what comes after mr of all these doctors said he was on the brink of death the 44 year old has been on a hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team both the e.u. and the u.s. have warned moscow of consequences should he die in prison german yes it is closely monitoring the situation and welcome to news of missing of all these transferred to a prison hospital. in the cup by the ship professor this is not eliminated our concern about not only is physical condition however consequent. it seems that he is in very poor health as a result of being incarcerated which he wouldn't be if russia held its international commitments to the european human rights convention and finally released him. went in and listen or phrases to bring in vladimir a short cough he is executive director of the anti corruption foundation and an ally of alexina volume and joins us now from london so what are you hearing about mr valma he's a medical conditio

russia's prison service says it's transferring the jailed opposition leader alexina vali to a medical facility mr of all these doctors say he's on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says missing of all these health should not interest the west. moscow has expelled 20 czech diplomats in a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia had promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. and gyptian authorities say at least 11 people have died and nearly 100 are injured after a passenger train derailed near cairo on sunday the train was traveling from the egyptian capital to the nile delta city of misurata egypt has seen several railway tragedies in recent years. in the u.s. state of minnesota the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george floyd last year is wrapping up the prosecution to has begun making its closing statements the defense are also due to speak later today but

now russia's prison service say's it has moved jailed opposition leader alexina vonnie to a detention center of medical facility that all the stops say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. have ward lost consequences if he dies in prison but on his personal medical team has been repeatedly denied access to any visits this is the prison compound where alex a novell me was being held and where he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory novelle his doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure there demanding access to their patient which so we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital nibali returned to russia and january where he was promptly arrested and sen

tuberculosis ward so he was allowed to kind of lie down am and be treated essentially and the prison service here in russia has been saying repeatedly that his health condition is satisfactory but from his post of orders we've been hearing of this severe back pain that he's been suffering from for about the numbness in his arms and legs and also about blood tests that show that he could be facing kidney failure or even heart problems so rather concerning news there how have russians been reacting to this story and what does novelli mean to people there. well i think there's 2 points to mean made there of course there's his supporters and then there are normal russians when it comes to normal russians i think still the majority of russians don't really know who i think say now biden is he's never really reported on on state t.v. and most likely the fact that he's ended his hunger strike won't be reported on state media either he has been gauging song recognition and including among sort of outside of traditional opposition circles with his poisoning with his return to russia and also with the

and russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader at lex a novelli has been transferred to a medical facility it comes to days off in the belize doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment of only went on hunger strike 3 weeks go after being denied access to his own medical team. this is g w news from berlin you can find much more news on our web site t w dot com. after 16 years as german chancellor angela merkel is stepping down in september who will be her successor it could be her unattainable co-leader of the green party now the greens are going from strength to strength in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. there isn't as a time when all the arguments have been many everything you said and t

russia's prison service says it is transferring the jailed opposition leader alexei devolved into a medical facility of all these doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says nepal needs help should not interest the west . or not to the united states in the state of minnesota where the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george floyd is wrapping up after hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and defense the jury will have to decide whether derek chauvinism guilty of 2nd degree murder people across the country are bracing for the verdict and the protests that are sure to follow if he is acquitted. or are. guilty or not that is the question 12 men and women will debate behind closed doors the defendant there it show even was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after floyd died in his custody video of the incident shows chauvelin holding floyd face down with his knee for more than 9 minutes. resulting protests against p

the russian prison service rejects his accusations and officials say he is being provided with all necessarygency said there is no reason to limit use of the austrian commentator: 0xford astrazeneca vaccine. this was in response to germany's decision to suspend vaccinations to under 60 is because it could potentially cause rare blood clots. new yorkers become the new york has become the latest us state to officially legalise marajuana. the new law will reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenues from cannabis into minority communities ravaged by the decades—long war on drugs. democratic governor , who signed the bill into law on wednesday, described it as an �*historic day'. eliza craston reports. the bill is passed. after years of stalled attempts, this is the moment that the us became the 15th us state to legalise the use of marijuana for adults. its estimated it could generate up to $350 million in annual tax revenue, and 40% of that will be invested in minority communities that have been disproportionally affected by marijuana arrests. we have had these marijuana laws and have not been

and russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader let's say novelli has been transferred to a medical facility it comes 2 days off in the belize doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment developed he went on hunger strike 3 weeks go after being denied access to his own medical team. this is g w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website www dot com. after 16 years as german chancellor angela merkel is stepping down in september who will be her successor it could be her unattainable co-leader of the green party and the greens are going from strength to strings in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bord off in berlin this is the day. they're involved as a time when all the arguments have been made everything is said a

take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world russia's prison service says it is transferring the jailed opposition leader alexina vonnie to a medical facility of all these doctors say that he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united nations and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says nivelle needs help should not interest the west the european union estimates that more than 100000 russian troops are amassed near ukraine's borders e.u. policy chief joseph burrell said there was a danger of a spark setting off a confrontation but he announced there will be no additional sanctions against russia for the time being it is the end of the 6 decade long castro era cuba's communist party has chosen miguel diaz counted as its new leader and he replaces raul castro who succeeded his brother if you did this fights not being part of the dynasty you president the mill is not expected to move cuba away from a one party socialist system. germany's green party is staking its claim to lead europe's big

and russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader lexy novelli has been transferred to a medical facility it comes 2 days off of all these doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment developed he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago after being denied access to his own medical team. this is w. news from berlin you can find much more news in our website www dot com. after 16 years as german chancellor angela merkel is stepping down in september who will be her successor it could be her unattainable co-leader of the green party now the greens are going from strength to streams in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. good in front there's a time when all the arguments have been many everything he said and th

he says he has now seen doctors from outside the russian prison service about his back pain and numbness

now russia's prison service says it has moved jailed opposition leader alexei novelli to a medical facility the valdés doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. have warned moscow of consequences if he dies in prison. this is the prison compound where alexei navalny was being held and when he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory these doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they're demanding access to their patient but we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital novotny returned to russia and january where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison. in washington has threatened moscow with consequences of novelli dies i

russia's prison service says opposition leader lennox in a volley is being moved to hospital concern about these health has grown during the last few days the kremlin critic spin on hunger strike for several weeks protesting against his jailing of what he says are political charges his allies have called for demonstrations on wednesday which the kremlin says will be considered illegal and smith has more from moscow. the prison authorities in russia say alexander valley has been transferred to a prison hospital it's about 90 kilometers away from the penal colony or colony where he's serving 2 and a half year sentence for parole violations they say he's also receiving a vitamin therapy by his own consent valley started his hunger strike on march 31st of this is now day 20 and since then he'd only been drinking water his via his wife visited him last week in prison she said he'd lost a lot of weight he had difficulty speaking he's suffering from spinal problems and he's on the weekend is our eyes said his life was hanging by a thread and a valley supporters are also called for nationwid

the russian prison service rejected his accusations and said he was being provided with all the necessaryson for countries to limit the use of the oxford—astrazeneca covid—19 vaccine. emer cooke was speaking after germany suspended its use of the jab in under—sixties because of concerns it could cause rare blood clots. the international criminal court has upheld the acquittal of ivory coast's former president, laurent gbagbo, who'd been accused of crimes against humanity. he was the first head of state to stand trial at the icc. it paves the way after a decade for his return to ivory coast, where he remains an influentialfigure. matt gaetz, the republican congressman and long—time supporter of former president donald trump, is being investigated by the us justice department over allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 17—year—old girl. congressman gaetz is accused of paying the teenager to travel with him. it it illegal in america under the federal sex trafficking laws to induce someone under the age of consent, to travel over state lines for sex, in exchange for money. congressma

he says he has now seen doctors from outside the russian prison service about his back pain and numbness ten o'clock reeta chakrabati will be here with a full round—up of the days news. first, the media show. hello. for the last 130 years, the great british banker has worn a distinctive uniform — a pinstriped suit, a furled umbrella, and a salmon coloured newspaper under one arm. the financial times is one of the world's most highly regarded newspapers and, now, digital publications read by devotees in shanghai, new york and delhi and of course bristol, manchester and edinburgh, too. and the paper has a certain reputation. the layout is traditional. you could call it old—fashioned. the journalism is unashamedly intelligent. the front page generally manages to find an economic angle on the biggest news of the day even when that news is that the death of a duke. but how easy is it to edit a newspaper that has such a fixed place in readers imaginations? what scope is there for setting a new editorial position? and is there a danger that in appealing to high—flying financiers abroad, you ris

this is al-jazeera i'm dating you know obligato with a check on your world headlines russia's prison service says opposition leader alexina volley is being moved to hospital concerned about the volleys health has grown during the last few days the kremlin critic has been on a hunger strike for several weeks protesting against his jailing on what he says are political charges his allies have called for demonstrations on wednesday which the kremlin says will be considered illegal bernard smith has more from moscow.

the russian prison service rejected his accusations with all the necessary medical assistance.security council. its envoy said the move would only aggravate tensions. activists say more than 500 people have been killed by the security forces in the two months since the coup. the international criminal court has upheld the acquittal of ivory coast's former president, laurent gbagbo, who'd been accused of crimes against humanity. he was the first head of state to stand trial at the icc. it paves the way after a decade for his return to ivory coast, where he remains an influentialfigure. race and racism have become less important factors in explaining social disparity in the uk according to a new report. education, employment and health are also looked. —— looked at. the bbc�*s china correspondent john sudworth has relocated from beijing to taiwan, following pressure and threats from the chinese authorities. in the wake of his departure, chinese state media outlets are continuing to run stories attacking john for his coverage of xinjiang and the origins of the coronavirus. we have

but the prison service had to release usman khan and for a year, he lived quietly in stafford, only startingy himself to london. the jury was shown minutes of meetings of the multi—agency, or mapa, panel that was supposed to be managing the risk that usman khan might still pose after his release from prison. the minutes note that khan was coming to london to the event here at fishmongers hall, but they record no discussion of the risk he might pose by travelling here alone. 0n the last day before he travelled, khan made his final preparations, drawing cash to buy the knives for the attack and purchasing an oversized coat to conceal his fake suicide vest. daniel sandford, bbc news, at fishmongers hall. black women face a significantly higher risk of suffering a miscarriage than white women for a range of reasons, according to a new study published in medicaljournal the lancet. researchers looked at data from more than 4 million pregnancies across seven countries, including the uk, where its estimated at least one in five women will lose a pregnancy at some point in their lifetime. the study a

the russian prison service says the country's leading opposition activist, alexei navalny, has been movedn on hunger strike since the end of march, in protest at not being given access to his medical team, and he has also complained, suffering torture through sleep deprivation, claiming that he's been woken up on the hour every hour during the night. certainly the message from the international community has been loud and clear in the last few days, whether we are talking about america or the eu or britain. that message is give mr navalny the medical care he needs and do not let him die in prison. we heard that from the united states, from the us national security adviser. a similar message from the uk, from the foreign office, and from the european union. closing arguments will begin today in the trial of the former american police officer charged with murdering george floyd in in minneapolis last year. derek chauvin denies causing mr floyd's death, which sparked mass protests in the us and across the world. the outcome of the trial is being seen as a pivotal test of police accountabilit

blood test results that show that he could be facing kidney failure or heart problems and the prison service here in russia meanwhile has been insisting that his health is satisfactory and they earlier this week moved him to a hospital to a dobro tuberculosis ward actually within another prison potentially to treat him but his allies say that's enough and that's why they've taken to the streets today that's not enough rather and that's why they've taken to the streets today and we share one reporting from moscow thank you very much. and earlier i spoke to a man fred raber he is the leader of the center right european people's party bloc in the e.u. problem meant and he says the us itself lattimer britain that there will be a high price to pay if they should go in the wrong direction. what we can do is to show to vladimir putin and to his whole system how high the price could be if things went and we go in a wrong direction that is what we have to show and that's why for me it's clear if not. really hopefully not but if this really will happen that he will die then i think for example that no

this is al-jazeera i'm dating you know obligato with a check on your world headlines russia's prison service says opposition leader alexina volley is being moved to a hospital concerned about the volleys health has grown during the last few days the kremlin critic has been on a hunger strike for several weeks protesting against his jailing on what he says are political charges his allies have called for demonstrations on wednesday which the kremlin says will be considered illegal bernard smith has more from moscow. the prison authorities in russia say alexander valley has been transferred to a prison hospital it's about 90 kilometers away from the penal colony or colony where he's serving 2 and a half year sentence for parole violations they say he's also receiving a victim in therapy by his own consent the valley started his hunger strike on march 31st of this is now day 20 and since then he'd only been drinking water is via his wife visited him last week in prison she said he'd lost a lot of weight he had difficulty speaking he's suffering from spinal problems and he's on the weekend is ou

russia's prison service says the country's leading opposition activist, alexei navalny, has been moved0 days on hunger strike. here, east kent hospitals trust has pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and treatment to a baby boy, who died seven days after being born. harry richford died in november 2017, after a series of errors at his birth. an inquest last year found his death was "wholly avoidable". the scottish conservatives have launched their manifesto for may's scottish election. the leader, douglas ross, called it a plan "to secure and accelerate the recovery from coronavirus". and he insisted that the focus of the next holyrood term should not be on another independence referendum. in a scottish parliament focused on our national interest, parties will be able to deliver on their programmes by working together to rebuild scotland. yet we will have none of that if the snp win a majority and take us through another divisive independence referendum. we need to get on the road to recovery. we need to ensure that we don't leave behind a lost covid generation, and that we h

. >> reporter: russia's prison services said navalny was being transferred to a hospital for prisoners, but when his team finally caught um up with him, he had just been transferred to another prison that so happens to have a hospital this comes after a long weekend of concerning reports from his team, his personal physician, saying just based on the bloodwork data they had seen, navalny is on risk of a kidney failure. he's a day 21 of a hunger strike his own daughter, who got on twitter, essentially bagged to for someone to hip her dad meanwhile, the opposition is trying to seize on this moment they've called for massive nationwide protests on wednesday. this date is not a coincidence, no accident here earlier on wednesday, putin is scheduled to deliver what is being statesed in the state media as a massive major political speech that could have game-changing repercussions for domestic politics. the russian opposition clearly trying to seize this moment to make their own statement as we've seen at these protests in the past, russian authorities have no qualms with using force to break

time not to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world russia's prison service says it is transferring the jailed opposition leader alexander valley to a medical facility about his doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says nirvana's health should not interest the west. moscow housing spells 20 czech diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reach parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to have i should at least one firefighter has been injured. as millions of people around the world remain separated by travel restrictions people living in australia and new zealand are now free to visit each other again the 2 c

we have also heard, i should add, from the russian prison service.has been transferred back into the hospital at the penal colony that is correct his health condition has been deemed, quote, satisfactory, and he's examined by a general practitioner every day. but obviously that's going to be of very little comfort to those who are watching the situation so closely and are concerned for his health. >> the international community is watching, clarissa. the united states is considering the real possibility he may die. what options does the u.s. have if navalny dies? >> that's the interesting question. we do know the biden administration has said there will be consequences. we heard from the national security adviser jake sullivan on "dana bash" this weekend he wasn't going to telegraph what the consequences would be, but the message has been delivered to the kremlin that if navalny dice while in the custody of the russian state, there will be consequences as a result. we heard from bide then weekend that the treatment of navalny was unfair, quote, and t

russian prison services say your colleague alexei navalny has been moved to a hospital.xplain his condition? >> he's been transferred from with penal colony to another. the one he's been moved to has a better ward, but it does not have the adequate medical care that alexei navalny requires. his lawyers are following him to this new location. we don't have yet an update on his condition since friday. >> do you know if he has access to doctors? >> russian prison doctors are not very helpful in his case. as you know, he's been poisoned with a nerve agent, and his recuperation is not complete. he's developing pain in his back, and he has limit on the movement of his legs, and his condition has deteriorated over the last few weeks. so on friday the last bit of information we got was his blood test shows abnormal level of potassium, which is associated with kidney failure and heart issues. so that's what's prompted us to call everybody and pull all our strings for expressions of concern for him. >> there is a real possibility navalny can die. if he dies in prison, should vladi

russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader alexina volley has been transferred to a medical facility the announcement comes after mr vollies doctors said he was on the brink of death a 44 year old has been on hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team both the e.u. and the u.s. have warned moscow of consequences should he die in prison germany has said is closely monitoring the situation and welcome to news of mr volleys transfer to a prison. in the cup by the ship professor this is not eliminating our concern about not only is physical condition our consequences. it seems that he is in very poor health as a result of being incarcerated which he wouldn't be if russia upheld its international commitments to the european human rights convention and finally released him. went in and listen all for you lisa germany's foreign minister speaking earlier let's bring in that vladimir a short cough he is executive director of the anti corruption foundation and an ally of alexina volume and joins us now from london so what are you hearing about mr volle

. >> reporter: while russia's federal prison service said navalny was being transferred to a hospitalis team finally caught up with him later today, they found out that he had actually just been transferred to another prison that just so happens to have a hospital and this all comes after a long weekend of concerning reports from navalny's team, from his personal physician saying that just based on the blood workday data they had seen, navalny is at risk of a kidney failure. he's on day 20 of a hunger strike we saw a really impassioned appeal from supporters and also his own daughter who got on twitter to essentially beg for someone to help her dad and allow a doctor to go in and evaluate and treat him meanwhile, the russian opposition is trying to seize on this moment to relaunch their protest campaign, which was paused back in february. they've called for massive nationwide protests on wednesday, and this date is not a cons incidence, no accident h. earlier on wednesday, putin is scheduled to deliver what is being teased in the state media at least as a massive, major political spee

well russia's prison service says it has transferred jailed opposition leader alexina valley to a medicalfacility and all these doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. have one moscow of consequences if he dies in prison this is the prison compound where alexei navalny was being held and where he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory novell his doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they're demanding access to their patient which so we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived decoy zinging with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital nirvana returned to russia and january where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison. in washington has threatened moscow with consequenc