the grandson of pioneering photographer sergey prokudin—gorsky. academy. we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me, and the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello. there is quite a mix of weather on offer across the british isles just at the moment. the headlines are being made by the heat but, at times, some low cloud is running in to some of the coastal areas, making it a great deal cooler and then, when all that heat really powers on through, we get that possibility of some thunderstorms and that is the mix that will take many of us through wednesday. there is heat to be had widely across western europe at the moment. the moisture being fed around this low out of biscay, up towards the british isles, where we start wednesday on another really humid note. widely across the british isles temperatures in the teens if not the low 20s. the bulk of the morning thunderstorms to be found across the north—eastern quarter of scotland. these gradually drifting towards shetl

the grandson of pioneering photographer sergey prokudin—gorsky.we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me, and the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello there. for the second friday in a row, some of us have experienced some extreme heat drifting up from the near continent. in fact, the first friday of august saw temperatures peaking at 36.4 degrees in central london, and the heat was pretty widespread across the midlands, central and southern england, widely seeing those temperatures in excess of 30 degrees. that said, not for all. in parts of north—west wales and the outer hebrides, we saw temperatures only at around 16 or 17 degrees, and here there were some showery outbreaks of rain. so over the next few hours those temperatures will fall into single figures. by contrast in the south—east it's going to be a very uncomfortable night for getting a good night's sleep. we wake up on saturday morning, perhaps low to mid 20s. so that means plenty of sunshine around, a

the grandson of pioneering photographer sergey prokudin—gorsky.my. we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello there. this heatwave continued across southeastern parts of the uk on sunday. the highest temperature was recorded in herstmonceaux in east sussex, 34 degrees, closely followed by 33 in farnborough in hampshire. more comfortable temperatures, more comfortable humidity through bedford and prestwick. it is going to be southeastern areas that continue to see the extreme temperatures over the next few days. but even here, temperatures will drop a bit by the end of the week. together with the heat and humidity, there's an increasing risk of catching some torrential rain with some heavy and thundery downpours. although, pinning down the detail is going to be rather difficult. as we head into the morning, we start with a fair bit of cloud around. maybe some showers or rain developing, particularly across wales in the so

the grandson of pioneering photographer sergey prokudin—gorsky.emy. we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me, and the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello there. pressure is on to bring in the harvest. there is heavy rain and thunderstorms in the forecast for next week. at the moment, it's all about how high the temperatures are going to get. it wasn't quite as hot on saturday as it was on friday. but still, the temperature in hampshire reached 3a degrees. the highest temperatures were in sussex and at frittenden in kent, and it's these sort of areas that we'll see the focus of the heat again during sunday. we start with some very high temperatures in the morning in the south—east corner of england, perhaps 19—20 degrees. again, it's cooler as you had further north, maybe 11—5 in the north—west of scotland. in between, we have got this zone of cloud that's pushed in off the north sea. and there may be 1—2 light showers in that as well. any shower threatening the

become a direct mediator between the european union and belarus earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov while he said that he warned against external interference in belarus his internal affairs the swedish. we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now and roosts we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing bill of rights to interfere in them from a brutal. yes and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside act is considered beneficial everything we're hearing now from the european caption is specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy only with geopolitics moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine dialogue. is he they also said that according to the kremlin the words of

for more let's bring in professor sergei gloria former chief economist at the b. argue that's a european bank for reconstruction and development is also one of the top sponsors of move on these anti corruption fund and he's a close friend of only arrived today professor in berlin for treatment you must be feeling relieved it is a feeling of relief from but as you rightly said the situation is not out of the woods yeah he's unconscious and in the best case scenario we probably should experiment will take several weeks when your church came back to power and indeed has you deferred to the case of. it was and fareed difficult and painful to cover. all of this is clearly sensitive stuff but to the extent that you can talk about this who do you think might be behind this apparent assault in the valley and what we don't know and. we don't know and we do not know why it has happened still i would say it is very important to remember it's not the 1st attack on a number only using chemical agents he says he was attacked in 2017 and the video cameras actually identify the m

but to give you a wonderful answer to what sergey lavrov said, i will tell you another thing, that itloons, many of them with a white, red, white flag — that is a symbol of resistance in belarus to dictatorship — went to the sky of lithuania yesterday, on sunday, and that was the moment when they went, took those balloons to the territory close to belarus, and that particular moment, belarussian ministry of defence put military helicopters into the air to shoot those balloons. and they made an official statement — "we stopped the provocation by the west." so white, red, white balloons with white, red, white flag. that's provocation of the west that's the symbol of freedom that is just flying over air. but again, don't you have to be careful what you wish for? because this could end very badly. you must surely be much more aware than me of what russia has done in the past in georgia, in ukraine, in those countries, in the neighbourhood. former soviet union allies and members of the soviet space, who, frankly, russia is determined to keep on its side of the ledger. could happen in belar

the former teacher announced she'd stand off to her husband sergei a well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances said good evening appear with the election commission didn't accept sergei's documents i run instead of him not because i need power open because i'm a politician and want to become president and all the country must know i ran to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned i was just following my heart. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been in power since 1904 and is seeking his 6th term there's been an upsurge in protests against him fueled by the poor state of the economy and look at his handling of the covered 1000 pandemic. he originally downplayed the virus and refused to stop sporting events here he says there are no viruses here do you see any flying around. but belarus with a population of 9500000 has registered nearly 70000 infections and more than 500 deaths in recent weeks hundreds of opposition activists journalists and bloggers have repor

sergey chi cannon is from russia and a specialist in the impact of volcanic eruptions. but the air of mega fires has expanded his field of study. i thought why not check whether we see some think interlarded measurements here at the station. light are some measure objects by bouncing laser beams off the. laser beam comes out of them gets computer through this universe and then it is sent for the beam expand there on the disk or for inexpensive and this sent into the atmosphere and then b. was a telescope to get this kind of signal back from as high as one i would go in the sky. and that's how we get information on the composition of the atmosphere. in addition to the light our at the station sergey also used this space based calypso lidar which covers the entire globe. when i should be checked of the data from the lasers i saw something really extraordinary piece and then spiders in general. they sound lots of small can i say into the stratosphere and then these plumes they crossed the atlantic in just one week and arrived in europe. passing through europe on its way ea

just look at the word of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov when he said that what we are hearingpoland, is not about alexander lu kashenko, human rights and democracy, it is actually all about geopolitics. you are sort of saying the same thing. it is a battle between east and west. oh, yes, it is the historical battle that has been happening for years and years but to give you a wonderful answer to what sergei lavrov said, i will tell you another thing that it was a wonderful momentum when white, red, white balloons, a symbol of resistance in belarus, went to the sky of lithuania yesterday, on a sunday, and that was the moment when the wind took those balloons to the territory close to belarus and at the moment belarusians minister of defence, put helicopters into the air to shoot the balloons, and they made an official statement that we stop the provocation by the west. white, red, white balloons, that is the symbol of freedom just flying over air. don't you have to be careful what you wish for because of this could end very badly? you must surely be more aware than me about wha

rs battle that has been happening for years and years but to give you a wonderful answer to what sergeig that it was a wonderful momentum when white, red, white balloons, a symbol of resistance in belarus, went to the sky of lithuania yesterday, on a sunday, and that was the moment went if they took those balloons to the territory close to belarus and at the moment belarusians minister of defence, put helicopters into the should the believes and make an official statement that we stop the provocation by the west. white, red, white balloons, that is the symbol of freedom just flying overhead. don't you have to be careful what you wish for because of this could and very badly. you must surely be more aware than me about what russia is done in the past georgia, ukraine, in the neighbourhood of former soviet union allies and members of the soviet space, who, frankly, russia is determined to keep on its side of the ledger, could happen in belarus as well. you could end up belarus as well. you could end up with russian forces on your soil. we cannot rule out that opportunity with russia. we n

vera correct me cover hoost of good morning belarus sergey because low which presenter to tiana brought kidda hanka and vladimir bercow who snuck in and try to claim the credit. until recently i presented the us to military programme in paris one i'm no longer a presenter of this t.v. project i resigned myself and it wasn't easy the people want justice the people don't want lies the people want freedom so you may have come away with a sense that he resigned over the elections like like others who sacrificed their livelihoods their income as an act of protest vladimir didn't know no that's just him trying to claim the credit but it is absolutely unclear from the message when the present to of the program in my opinion this was done on purpose the t.v. company said goodbye to the dimmer a month ago the loaders the showman successfully got in on the act bottom feeders are nothing new they swamp everything in times of hardship of desperation you'll find them on television trying to wiggle their way into the spotlight when things are tough to play and profit in people's misery you'll find th

to sit still but to do everything possible in order to live in a country for life happy birthday sergey while protests and strikes are still ongoing and valorous is also increasing diplomatic russia. the european leaders. are well mcallen have been in touch with the vladimir putin. interesting lead they have been calling him and not. so means that putin is increasingly turning into a mediator and even possibly a kingmaker in the situation and the future in the balance of course for russia it's very important that the bellows is not too much under the influence of the european union or nato even so there's a key role for moscow here but it's also very questionable if putin is still willing to to back a look at shanghai was on the increasing pressure to resign and who has lost so much support in the last couple of weeks so another solution could be in the making to look at a nod or a less toxic leader here in. which is agreeable to the european union and also to moscow. before us president bill clinton will headline the 2nd day of the democratic convention the event being carried out virt

the former teacher announced she'd stand off to her husband sergei a well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances said good evening appear with the korean election commission didn't accept sergei's documents i ran instead of him not because i need palla open because i'm a politician and want to become president and while the country is now i ran to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned i was just following my heart. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been in power since 9094 and is seeking his 6th term there's been an upsurge in protests against him fueled by the poor state of the economy and look at his handling of the covered $1000.00 pandemic. he originally downplayed the virus and refused to stop sporting events here he says there are no viruses here do you see any flying around. but belarus with a population of 9500000 has registered nearly 70000 infections and more than 500 deaths in recent weeks hundreds of opposition activists journalists and bloggers

well certainly the russians believe that look at is the legitimate president of belarus even though sergei lavrov said that the year actions could have been run in a better way how this follows on tuesday phone calls so the president vladimir putin by the likes of anger merkel of germany and france is president mccaw and he has he warned both of them not to interfere in belarus is internal affairs right now e.u. leaders are meeting virtually they're expected to come up with a new list of names of individuals who will face economic sanctions individuals in the belarus government who or administration who took who were involved in the the running of the elections and in the response to this the street protests that we've seen but at the same time key figures in the european union including one top commissioner have stressed that bellerose is not europe it is somewhere between europe and russia and it's accepting that it is in the sphere of influence of russia this is why the main thrust of their efforts is to persuade the russian government to get involved in mediating now so get leverage ha

sergei was the 1st scientist to discover that the reach of mega fires is global and out of the ordinary. every fire season our entire airspace fills up with smoke. we urgently need to find out more about the chemical composition of what we're taking in with every breath. nasa has launched an international airborne science expedition to investigate the potential impact of this new type of pollution. one of the mission controllers is bob jocose and from montana university who has dedicated his life to understanding wild fire smoke. this plane is the world supposed to advance flight laboratory the summary of the flight plan for today is to head to the sheraton fire in southern arizona and. from there the team members are planning to collect fresh smoke samples for their research with the help of pioneering prototypes. you have to bring the lab to the fire to the smoke to better understand that the. thousands of chemicals that are emitted in fresh smoke and how those changed as the smoke of volves in the atmosphere. when the plane reaches the smoke plume we get strong turbulence. caused by

in addition to the light our at the station sergei also used the space based calypso lidar which covers the entire globe. when i assure you checked of the data from the raiders i saw something really extraordinary these invent spiders in general. they send lots of small can ised into the stratosphere and then these plumes they crossed the atlantic in just one week and arrived in europe. passing through europe on its way east the smoke created a series of stunning sunsets. and then the smoke went further to so. and then crossed the globe in the new 2 weeks and we have been seeing it is for us here for at least 7 months that followed far. this is assuming that comes off the mother it will kind of option and this one is from this new go fire event and since you we found that the wildfires can have as last year booked on the atmosphere as the mothers will conquer options. sergei was the 1st scientist to discover that the reach of mega fires is global and out of the ordinary. every fire season our entire airspace fills up with smoke. we urgently need to find out more about the chemical compo

off for the 6th weekend in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of regional governor sergei fogle he was arrested last month and taken to moscow for gol is accused of involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago his supporters say his arrest is politically motivated. by indian prime minister narendra modi has marked his country's independence day a military parade it was sort of very curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation modi laid out ambitious goals including a digital health id and a promise of high speed internet in every village across the country within 3 years . while german health minister yes has defended his decision to impose a travel warning on most of spain apart from the canary islands sponsor said it was necessary because of a sharp uptick in new infections and he warned travelers that party tourism is irresponsible during the pandemic well tourists returning to germany from high risk areas must get tested for covert 19 the travel warning is a major blow for spain's tourism sector travel operator to me has announced it's canceling old

sergey and sharon chan. are not cannot pots ghajar and andre dimitri and as the old know they have a virtually no chance so for winning but they aren't getting. on the muti in a dictatorship victory doesn't mean bringing an election victory is mobilizing society did change things because of the options. any of them. believes that the people of bel-air roups already fun you chopped up your will. show you just through it you who do you know i can literally feel the unity of my compatriots their self-confidence and pride at finally being a people that is ready for change. i need to we can be communal. the election on august 9th will show how much power one of the opposition here really ass president lukashenko has ruled to the country for 26 years and says he's confident of victory. consensus. has revealed himself to be a poor little girl who doesn't know or she's doing. your reset or there were porting for you on the elections this weekend and voters here watching you don't reduce yours or mine our other top s

sergei sharing chain. counterparts got ya and underrate dimitri in as the old no they have a virtually no chance of winning but they aren't giving up. on them in a dictatorship victory doesn't mean being an election victory is mobilizing society did change things. our beliefs the people of bel-air roups are ready for a new chapter. p. . show you just do you know i can literally feel the unity of my compatriots their self-confidence and pride at finally being a people that is ready for change. i need a good. president lukashenko has ruled the country for 26 years and sense he's confident of victory. china has revealed himself to be a little girl who doesn't know much. and finally conservationists in france are celebrating a major success that being the hatching of every code number of pink flamingo chicks stuff at europe's 1st preserve dedicated to the birds name on petit have built out official islands to attract more breeding pays and worked they estimate that as many as 30000 pairs settle there this year

weekend in a row the anti-government movement was sparked by the arrest of popular local governor sergei forgo from an opposition party prosecutors allege he ordered contract murders but locals believe he was detained for criticizing moscow. 2 astronauts have departed the international space station aboard a so-called dragon capsule from the california based company space x. doug hurley and bob behnken are said to be the 1st people to return from space courtesy of a private company they're due to splash down in the gulf of mexico on sunday through. the u.s. state of florida is bracing for tropical storm yes which is expected to hit in the coming hours it's forecast to be upgraded to hurricane strength before crashing into the state's southeast coast it may test the state's ability to handle a storm during the koven 1000 pandemic nearly all of florida's emergency beds are already full. to get this close to its i.e.s. this film was taken by a so-called hurricane hunter plane as it passed through the storm its mission to measure how intense the worst of it will be when it hits the u.s. alre

important work i would think that he will actually come back he will not stop his fighting professor sergei guria in france thank you so much for your insight thank you very much. bellaver says opposition leader. says embattled president alexander lukashenko will have to give up power sooner or later in an interview with the reuters news agency she said she was shocked about what happened to protesters following this view to the lections she said the people of belarus were not allowed to keep on treating them in the same way as demonstrators continue to speak out on friday thousands of anti-government protesters formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk. shoulder to shoulder in support protestors again standing firm in minsk. a chain of solidarity stretching kilometers through the bella racine capital as far as the detention center where anti-government protesters have been held since the disputed election nothing after this but when you see that you when. you realize that no national merit and no one has stopped pursuing a goal to force her to resign it helps to keep our spirit

weekend in a row the anti-government movement was funded by the arrest of popular local governors sergey fergal for from an opposition party prosecutors allege did contract murders but locals believe he was detained for criticizing moscow. 2 astronauts have departed the international space station aboard a so-called dragon capsule from the california based company space x. doug hurley and bob behnken set to become the 1st people to return from space courtesy of a private company they do to land in the gulf of mexico on sunday soccer now and in england arsenal crowned this season with a win against chelsea taking out the f.a. cup in the 1st final ever played with no fans in the stadium once again emerick obama and made the difference for arsenal he scored twice to bring his club from behind to win $21.00. and now to a growing controversy here in berlin over a monument to the half a 1000000 romany people killed during the holocaust the traditionally nomadic people were targeted by nazis before and during the 2nd world war the memorial to those who were murdered has been open since 2012 the

in a row the anti-government movement was sparked by an arrest of a popular local governor named sergei for go from an opposition party prosecutors allege he ordered contract murders but locals believe he was detained rather for criticizing moscow. in southern india these 11 people have died after a heavy crane collapsed at a state owned shipyard it came down a staff were conducting low testing trials at the yard 5 other workers will hot were hospitalized with injuries. to soccer now and in england arsenal crowned their season with silverware as they beat chelsea to pick up the f.a. cup in the 1st final ever played with no fans in the stadium once again pierre emerick obama young was the difference for arsenal he equalised from the penalty spot on 28 minutes after christian politike had put chelsea in front or early on and obama young's brilliant solo go on 67 minutes secured arsenal a 14th f.a. cup lewis hamilton has taken pole position at his home grand prix in britain breaking the traps a lap record twice in the process and went and set new records for the silverstone circuit in the

they rejected the offer calling the council illegal 2 members have already been arrested sergey dyleski was sentenced to 10 days in prison on tuesday along with a colleague. at lunchtime teaches skipped school to protest in front of the ministry of education in minsk some worked as election assistance and vote counters now has threatened to fire the ones who don't support his government. to. tuesday's protests postes peacefully the army which has mostly stayed loyal to the bella rusian leader who not on the streets but more protests are planned for the weekend and some are wondering how much longer the reeses authoritarian leader will allow the demonstrations to go on. barcelona star player leo messi has told his club that he wants to leave and for free now messi has submitted an official request asking to be released from his contract this after a disappointing season for barcelona many fans are calling on its board to step down and for messi to stay he's been with the club for 20 years. well. very. global messy messy stay fans chant outside the camera stadium a mixture of shock the on

until this election talking to us earlier that was sergei jury of a close friend of and let's see a valley ok and now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. west african leaders are holding talks in mali to push for a speedy return to civilian rule following a military coup earlier this week the delegation led by nigerian president goodluck jonathan on maybe with the military mutiny is who took power as well as ousted mali and president. thousands have protested against prime minister binyamin netanyahu across israel the demonstrators expressed anger about corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus had to yahoo has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated protests have been going on for weeks. in the german city of how now some $250.00 people have remembered the victims of the racially motivated terrorist attack 6 months ago event was planned to be much larger but was scaled down to put rise in coronavirus cases in february and germany scrimmaged killed 9 people all from him make an immigrant backg

weekend in a row the anti-government movement was sparked by the arrest of popular local governor sergei for golf from an opposition party prosecutors allege he ordered contract murders but locals believe he was detained for criticizing moscow. to soccer now and in england are so crowned their season with silverware as they beat chelsea to pick up the f.a. cup in the 1st final ever played with no fans in the stadium once again pierre emerick obama young was the difference for arsenal he equalized from the penalty spot on 28 minutes after christian. had put chelsea in front early on and obama young's brilliant solo go on 67 minutes secured arsenal 14th f.a. cup. lewis hamilton has taken pole position at his home grand prix in britain breaking the track record twice in the process hamilton set new records for the silverstone circuit in the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds on his way to a 7th pole at the british grand prix another record in itself hamilton's mercedes teammate valtteri both came 2nd with red bulls max for stop and taking 3rd place ahead of sunday's race. poland's capital city c

4th weekend in a row anti-government movement was funded by the arrest of popular local governors sergei fergal from an opposition party prosecutors allege he ordered contract murders locals believe he was detained for criticizing moscow. 2 astronauts have departed the international space station aboard a so-called dragon capsule from the california based company space x. hurley and bob behnken are said to be the 1st people to return from space courtesy of a private company the g 2 land in the gulf of mexico on sunday. political faux news now and former chelsea striker didier to hold bar has submitted his candidacy candidacy to become the next president of the ivory coast's football association drogba a former captain and the all time tops who are a for the west african nation will still require nominations from 3 professional clubs plus endorsement from special interest groups before he can officially end to the ballot on september 5th the 42 year old is one of the most celebrated and respected sportsmen in africa. now to a growing controversy here in berlin over a monument to the half

for staying with the story and sergey griot is a close friend of the family he's the former chief economist at the european bank for reconstruction and development and he's one of the top sponsors of the valleys anti corruption front when he spoke to us earlier about why he thought his friend had been attacked there will be regional elections coming up in 3 weeks from now not only has developed a highly effective strategy for their will in part in those elections it happened last year last year was extremely. important breakthrough in various regional elections including in moscow and that's my number one it's been so much time in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous the guardian they alexion that it's coming up and i've only was still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is watched by millions of people in of course government do you want him to be on air in the coming weeks. until this election as alex develop needs a friend so ok gloria ok now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. presi

americans phone calls last week with president putin so i came out and my own with my counterpart sergei lavrov. that's one to unite fluence that russia has on mr integration go to make it clear to him that there's no getting around this dialogue for parking. during some of these protests at least 2 prominent opposition leaders were arrested so far of the thousands of people on the streets of fellows have not been heard. on the w. correspondent nick connelly is in minsk and sent us this assessment. it seems almost like a now but less than 24 hours ago tens of thousands of people marching down the street in the heart of minsk protesting that country's rigged election overall turnout is estimates that between 2 and 300000 people significant in the week before and that's in spite of repeated government threats to arrest protesters those threats seem to have backfired bring out even more people demonstrators bring their friends their families and even their children instead of engaging those demonstrates his prison looking for was up in the skies flying in his personal helicopter dressed in

in a row the anti-government movement was sparked by the arrest of a popular local governor said sergey fogle for an opposition party prosecutors allege he wanted contract murders and the locals believe he was detained for criticizing moscow. 2 astronauts have the pass of the international space station aboard a so-called dragon capsule from the california based company space x. doug hurley and bob behnken are said to be the 1st people to return from space courtesy of a private company to land in the gulf of mexico on sunday. some sports now lewis hamilton has tank in pole position at his home grown prix in britain breaking the tracks lock record twice in the process hamilton said new that record for the silverstone circuit in the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds hamilton's sadie's tain makefile terry boathouse was 2nd to head of today's price. now to a growing controversy here in berlin over a monument to the half a 1000000 romany people killed during the holocaust the traditionally nomadic people were targeted by nazis before and during the 2nd world war a memorial to those who were murd

the 6th saturday in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of the governor of the region sergei farrago he was arrested last month and taken to moscow fogle is accused of involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago his supporters say he's a rest is politically motivated. the u.s. and poland have signed a deal that will see thousands of u.s. troops move from germany to poland u.s. secretary of state might pump a sign the pact in walsall with the polish defense minister the u.s. has accused germany of not spending enough on offense and moving its troops has been saying as retaliation. in japan emperor nero has marked the 75th anniversary of the end of world war 2 expressing deep remorse for the country's role in the conflict his grandfather emperor hirohito led to pan in its fight against the allied forces. indian prime minister narendra modi has meant his country's independence day at a military parade it was severely curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation modi laid out ambitious goals including a digital health id and a promise of high speed internet i

it will not happen immediately, but it will ha from sergei in moscow for us. good to see you.e can be moved toreporter: yese day to make this dn tt took all transportot mr. n to the hospital in germany and we're not sure when this trend tatian will happen. at -- this transportaon will happen. will happen early in the morning. hospital and in the airport. shis orders and emily think the problem was the kremlin did not want m to be transported sooo s to germany. because they do notanthese poisons. so, we think the doctors decided to take this time to cause the delay to make the poison disappear. >> are there any details about hi condition that have emerged that might have explains the turnaround. >> doctors say he is in critical condition, that it's really very serious for him, but a temp suspect poisoning. they think novotny had some major metabolic disorder or something like that and it coul be affected because of the low blood sugar. his personal or her doubts this and they suspect poisoning. he is still in a coma andho we e ng to get more details from german doctors after he

spokeame day, flynn several times with sergey kislyak. transcripts of the calls reveal flynn urged russia not to escalate matters but to respond a be u.s. sanctions in reciprocal or even killed manner . manner.keeled flynn sent a clear message that the incoming administration was not interested in holding russia accountable, a message that undermined u.s. policy. when flynn was interviewed about his interviews -- discussion with kislyak, he did not tell the truth. he was charged by special counsel mural -- mueller and pled guilty twice to lying to the fbi. he stated in court under oath that his actions were wrong and that he accepted full responsibility for them. pleas, flynn's guilty this may attorney general barr intervened to dismiss the case over the objection of career prosecutors. flynn was not treated unfairly. wasact, it appears he rented favorable treatment by having the justice department -- granted favor all treatment by having the justice department dismissed his case even after he took responsibility for his actions. acceptab

and in 1918 sergei was poisoned with a nerve agent in england.he kremlin has repeatedly denied involvement calling them anti russian provocations. >>> moving to belarus where the president is looking for more international backing as protests against his rule gripped the country. lukashenko spoed with vladimir putin and agreed to help test a coronavirus vaccine. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the belarus capital on sunday trying to force lukashenko out of office. the leaders spoke by phone on monday. state media in beal ruse say lukashenko agreed his country would join final phase trials for the russian vaccccine. belarus will be the first foreign nation to receive the vaccine when tesesting is iniffished. earlier putin said russia is the first country to grant regulatory approval to a vaccine. some vaccine experts are skeptical about how safe anand effefective it will be. >>> people across japan head to emergency shelters when disaster strikes. some worry those fleeing tsunami, typhoons and earthquakes during a pandemic may f

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says he does not see a lack of readiness of dialogue by the belarusovernment. the european union quickly convened on an online summit. participants agreed thatat the will not need to recognize the results of the election nor tolerate violence against the demonstrators. they called for an investigation into the election and agreed to shortly impose sanctions on individuals in line with an agreement earlier reached among foreign ministers. european commission president ursula von der leyen pledged 53 billion euros or about $56 million for assistance to belarus. the funds are to be used for coronavirus emergency relief as well as to support the bela-russian people, and freedom of the press. >>> japanese authorities have ordered nissan motor to pay around $2 million in back taxes connected to carlos ghosn's time in charge of the firm. sources say officials believe the automaker faililed to pay t on $9.4 million of income it wrote off as b business expense. that included expenses for a corporate jet used by ghosn and his family. nissan also paid rental cos

moscow say they see no reason for mediation to solve the crisis but even the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says the election could have been run better and despite mounting international pressure president lukashenko is defiant ordering a new crackdown on demonstrators here correspondents will speak tonight in baba shortly 1st let's go live to minsk with our correspondent there step vasant so step mr lucas schenker clearly feels there's more to play for yet. absolutely and that's really filed here on the streets in minsk today a complete turnaround from just 24 hours ago when the 1st a further euphoric crowds who are still occupying the streets here waving the opposition flag sort of celebrating a new kind of freedom that they had found well nothing is left today it's so quiet it's an eerie quiet i would say there was supposed to be a protest here at the interior ministry well if you can see behind me there's no police in control protesters are staying away because the president has threatened with a not a crackdown he has instructed his ministries to track down also those who have