united russia has a majority if we can break the majority. of an example for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you can change the situation and destroy their monopoly. to begin today with a story of desperate people from distant countries whose lives became even worse this week woman due to give birth any day and a 3 week old baby are among the thousands of people left homeless by the fire of the marianna migrant camp on the greek island of last boss greece has provided a ferry to have some of the refugees and more on the way and the e.u. governments are once again wrestling with how to provide shelter for the $12000.00 migrants but also with finding a sustainable and coherent migration policy. the 3rd night in the open in the parking lot of a supermarket people who thought they had nothing left to lose have lost what little remained. some of the injuries sustained in trying to rescue their meager possessions from the flames and now autumn is coming and the nights are getting colder. that it was that n

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and can we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in this city feels cared for by the russian government. a lot of people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed cool might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. it. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running to the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe the despises the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest planes in the us a beer can be a modern european city like it says the main challenge is to convince people the

president putin's united russia party faces a key test in regional elections and sliding off a challenge from the opposition led by hospitalized alexina. and u.s. authorities warn of potential mass fatalities wildfires sweep through 3 western states president trump is due in california later for a briefing. i'm brian thomas kocherry with us today israel has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd national law down to combat the coronavirus this comes after a surge of new infections topping 4000 a day the country's highest rate since the outbreak began prime minister netanyahu said the new lockdown will begin friday and last for 3 weeks. as israel's outbreak threatened to race out of control benjamin netanyahu announced the unpopular but perhaps unavoidable decision will look you know you won't be today we decided on a strict lockdown plan for 3 weeks with an option to extend but as of now we've decided that the lockdown will last until the end of the holiday. door prelims lot of health ministry executives and hospital managers have warned us that death rates are forcing the application

you do know united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and can we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation. but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government . people even fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed to be fired. the situation is a far cry from the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things i know but isn't. it. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest planes in the us a beer can be a modern european city i think it says the main challenge is to convince people their decision and the polling station can break through the st

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect and care we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. because the. people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed cool might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninety's and earlier do thousands i think a lot of things are good no a lot isn't. and. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. said a gay boy who wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest plains sibierski can be a modern european city. says the main challenge is to convince people their

party while all in all the ruling party united russia from. seems to remain in power with a landslide victory the main reason for that is obviously the legal a lawless snice at polling stations according to the independent election but organization. observational that is a sham goal is that a poll that for example an alleged stuffing stuffing means that the folds of ballots was stuffed into the ballot boxes also that was congress installed at many polling stations but that the live broadcast on the internet was interrupted in some regions additionally many election of observe us water portably not admitted to the polling stations in addition to election money palatial independent candidates faced intimidation ahead of the elections most of the people supporting alec say not only and he's so-called smart voting all in all brian but there was obviously a lot of election money palatial that consequently made possible that this likely victory felt like he made putin through ponty united russia can you tell us more about this smart voting procedure

the past few years so there is always have been officially i think a victory for their all and united russia party all of its incumbents incumbents and new gubernatorial gubernatorial candidates had won but at the same time you know russia did not do so well in several ija no sense. yes and city council's alex in belfast well the people by the result then both of our guests. summarizing some of the concerns and irregularities in the voting it wasn't long ago we had street protests in russia of course both houses not far away from russia or atoll and there swanton elections could we see this kind of result trigger a resurgence of protests in russia well not on this results we're see today i think the key point which wouldn't be mentioned yet is the. extremely low turnout in all those elections you have a bolt quarter of people actually bothering to turn up to vote and this poses questions both of the 3rd is why if there's a shooting calyx well because there's a general i mean there's a lot of the several factors but i think what sam was saying earlier about controlled elections in general. an

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as an example of how to take down the insatiable told that these united russia. novosibirsk is siberia's main industrial hub more than one and a half 1000000 people live here. united russia carli has the majority in the city council and the regional assembly and they're campaigning to keep it that way. regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect and care we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation it's but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. because. a lot of people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed who might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. if. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. sergey boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interes

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and kara we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed cool might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things were in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but isn't. this. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest planes in the us a beer can be a modern european city i think it says the main challenge is to convince people their decision

bureau and a candidate from the so-called no less if there's 2020 coalition created to confront united russia one indeed the elections to the city council but that ryan seems to be an exception in all other regions you know that russia is obviously going to be the year yury when we look forward to the duma elections for next year and still a long way to go course a lot can happen until then but are russians satisfied with the governance that president putin has been delivering up to now. well the duma lections next year will come at an extremely opportune time for putin on the one hand the risks of the recently passed unpopular pension reform many citizens still cannot forgive putin for that also russia's economy has suffered from the global oil crisis and the corona pandemic as a number of unemployed people increased so all of these for the kremlin in fact do the national election next to get more complicated not always support us maybe smarter with their us new smarter voting but that the kremlin could be even smarter for example they've already has these time many small so-called spoiler p

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and can we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed cool might be fired. the situation is a far cry from how things are why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but isn't. it. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. said a gay boy wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite of the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest plains in the us a beer can be a modern european city. says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in

united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect and care we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation. but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government . a lot of people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed might be fired. the situation now is a far cry from the whole thing so why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. do. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the plays they're just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest place no sabir can be a modern european city like it says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in the polling station c

underway israel has one of the highest section rates in the world also on our show president putin's united russia party is set for widespread victory in regional elections for voting monitors though are reporting ballot stuffing and vote manipulation. also president from prepares to visit california for a briefing on the wildfires ravaging the west coast of the u.s. . down multiple nagel fires burning millions of acres have been destroyed millions of residents have to live in toxic air me to california farmer in l. dealing with the aftermath of an unprecedented catastrophe. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today israel has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd national lockdown to combat the coronavirus this comes after a surge in new infections prime minister netanyahu said the new lockdown which begins friday will restrict movement and last for 3 weeks. as israel's outbreak threatened to race out of control benjamin netanyahu announced the unpopular but perhaps unavoidable decision look you know you won't be today we decided on a strict lockdown plan for 3 weeks with an option to ex

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and can we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be closed to be fired. this situation is a far cry from how things were in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. if. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where the taxes go. to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they're just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest plains can be a modern european city i says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in the polling station can break through the stat

suggest that things are going to be tougherfor the united russia next year as well.pression for the opposition candidates. 0k, repression for the opposition candidates. ok, i think repression for the opposition candidates. 0k, ithink you repression for the opposition candidates. ok, i think you answered my final question, which is, how safe is it going to be for an opposition candidate? thank you very much, maria. you're watching bbc news. let's look at those headlines. violent scenes in belarus as police detain more than a00 anti—lukashenko protestors taking part in mass demonstrations in the capital. and in the uk, thejustice secretary defends the government potentially breaking international law over changes to the brexit withdrawal agreement. japan's ruling party will shortly hold a vote for its new leader and the country's next prime minister. the current prime minister, shinzo abe, is stepping down due to health reasons after almost eight years in the role. the liberal democratic party has a majority in parliament, so whoever wins the leadership contest will be

regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. and can we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation . but not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. a lot of people live in fear of what the future holds it's not clear who's shops could be close to a cool idea fired. the situation now is a far cry from how things why in the ninety's and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but a lot isn't. when. we pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his coalition wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. people from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isn't of the richest place no sabir can be a modern european city i says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in th

this is deed of unit news live from berlin germany calls for joint action from nato and the e.u. against russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valving. berlin says it has proof that the politician was indeed poisoned with a toxic nerve agent and the bali supporters say the murder attempt goes right to the top 0 possibility of the social issues would have been pure results we've both personal mission. also coming up u.s. presidential contender joe biden meets the family of a black man shot and wounded by police in wisconsin and he issues a challenge to president truck. also on the show in the wake of the devastating explosion in beirut a month ago sites like this museum are trying to rebuild amidst the nation in the midst of protests and calls for reform. our brian thomas good to have you with us today nato members are convening in the coming hours to discuss the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina bawly germany says it has evidence that the ball he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent from the novacek group a substance created during the soviet era the kremlin is de

the ruling party as well as the presence of law to put in now at the united russia party has been until dating so this approval rating of 43 percent so something has to has to change and even the last time president putting that on here on iran is an independent candidate so they want to see how the regions will react and possibly that will show how it will be going on next year now some southern regions we know how they're going to react because the local authorities there are having fights grip on the population there won't be any surprises there but say beery on the other hand has seen protests not only does year but also a couple of previous years the brothers are going now for weeks in. there there might be surprises there is an oppositional candidates there even for the positions of government but for instance in the. line of was before he fell ill there is a regional parliament elections and there are ease of kind of an oppositional coalition there backed by and the by the headquarters you were saying to me earlier this was the type of thing the looks in a valley was trying

for governor has been removed form of by by by the kremlin so this is also is going to show how united russia and is standing in the local level and also how mr vladimir putin is doing in this specific times what sort of strength and cohesion does the opposition have in russia alexandra we've focused a lot on the legacy novelli recently was a prominent figure but all of this they will take part. well the opposition in russia is facing very hard times and this is how it is basically for years and it's becoming more and more difficult for them as times go by now the boys think of alexina riley and basically pushing him out of the race. to give a hard blow because he's not here to motivate people to vote he has this project called the smart vote which basically means that people should rally behind one person person that has most chances of winning against of the candidate of the oath or it is the candidate of the kremlin whoever that person might be might be from the communist party for instance if that person stands a chance so it is basically to lower the chances of the candidates of the auth

in the footage a recently released by his team and a volley challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt bloodsucking creatures and urging the community to both him out and the september 13th local election if his supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome of my. birth in the. us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has been campaigning in the key election battleground state of wisconsin and brought a message of healing and unities the troubled city of culture which has been shaken by often violent protests after a police shooting left a black father paralyzed biden's approach was deliberately measured in contrast to president donald trump's more confrontational visit to 2 days earlier. at conneaut is grace through from church democratic presidential hopeful joe biden met with local politicians and business owners as well as members of law enforcement his stated goal to try to unify this fractured community after the police shooting of jacob blake that sparked days of protests before arriving at the church biden and blake talked

in the footage recently released by his team of only challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt bloodsucking creatures and urging the community to both him out and the september 13th local elections his supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome. for. us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has met with the family of jacob blake the black man who was shot by police last month sparking days of unrest in the city of wisconsin after meeting relatives in private by joined a community discussion at a local church he also spoke to blake on the phone from hospital victim was left paralyzed after police shot him in the back as he tried to get into his car where 3 of his children were sitting well let's bring in david. and who's standing by for us in washington d.c. so joe biden met with the family of jacob blake and spoke with him on the phone tell us more about that meeting. yeah pablo a very different meeting them that we saw when trump went to canoas shah earlier this week the biden's did meet with the family privately jacob joine

what we are seeing past the years when it comes to the part united russia is that their rating has dropped rapidly for instance their disapproval rate is 43 percent but also what is happening is that the ratings of russian president the most popular politician in russia dropping saw the trust rating is down to 23 percent while the approval rating of his work is around 60 which is a drop since the beginning of the year so in this case in couple of regions of russia namely in say bierria and the far north there will be a test of say it is a sort of a vote of confidence for kremlin on the local level because there are serious candidates there and there are alternatives to the. ones that are posted there by kremlin and in these areas we did see protestants or were this year and also the year before sort of so 2019 on different occasions and for different reasons but still people were going out on the streets as they are doing now for what 11 weeks already in siberia and city of about of what sort of state would you describe the opposition in politically what sort of strengths are t

advocating smart voting in other words backing whoever is best positioned to defeat president putin's united russia party whether the candidates from the valley's own movement a nationalist or a communist here in tomsk in the valley highlighted local corruption in this campaign video he refers to blood sucking creatures. naturally use it but i'm strongly if i've already started travelling around cities in the country to declare

whose party has been urging russians to vote for the candidate with the best chances of defeating united russia. areas across northern turkey including the capital city of ankara were plunged into darkness on saturday afternoon as a rare sandstorm ripped through the region at least 6 people were injured due to flying objects in the gusty winds. france has confirmed and national record of more than 10000 new covert 19 cases in a single day prime minister john stack says the situation is deteriorating and he's urging citizens to observe rules and social distancing and wearing masks france has seen a sharp rise in infections for several weeks now. the venice film festival has wound up with a gala night of stars on the red carpet glittering awards and face masks the winner of the golden lion for best film was nomad land starring frances mcdormand well this year's event has taken on added significance for the global film industry it's the 1st major movie festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. it was business as usual on the red carpet in venice but this year without the crowds and wit

valley his team wants russians to vote for the candidate with the best chance of defeating the united russia. voters weren't exactly flocking to the polls in moscow outer suburbs turnout is usually low in russian regional polls but this time opposition leader alexina vani and his team called on people to get out and vote the timing couldn't be worse for president putin and his party united russia the coronavirus pandemic has led to rising food prices and unemployment. but you are like ants for the government no one cares about us that's why i voted for the next generation so. the candidates should stand up for our rights so that we can finally make ends meet again. the vote is being closely watched in the far east where dissatisfaction is running high noble sabir squashes 3rd largest city so repeated demonstrations leading up to the poll while kremlin critic no volunteers himself incapacitated his allies across the country have film scenes like these where an election observer was pushed around or here where an election worker appears to throw away documents 1st results are expected on monda

are dropping and they drop significantly so the united russia actually has 43 percent of disapproval rating wouldn't himself for his trust rating is 23 percent only and he's approval rating is 60 percent 60 percent referring to how people are viewing basically his foreign policy as the analysts explain so this is seen indeed as kind of a referendum for the next year's elections and this is also why because in certain region there is candidates who have chances of for instance becoming the governor orders candidates that can enter regional parliaments so the thought is the kremlin are going to close we'll be watching this how it is happening but also the regional elites have to prove themselves to the center to the kremlin whether or not they have things under control in their regions we should not expect a lot of surprises in the for instance southern european parts of russia where the governors and local authorities are running ships but this is also the areas from which there are numerous regularities reported irregularities reported the magnitude of them we of course cannot estima

traveling around the country to declare war against united russia it's clear that this place should be one of the 1st it's sorely needed in this war. in the footage recently released by his team and the challenge is united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt bloodsucking creatures and urging the community to vote them out and the september 13th local elections supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness. the very latest now with chief political correspondent. chancellor merkel is consulting with nato and with the e.u. for a coordinated approach what could have been much. well 1st of all we heard yesterday from the e.u.'s foreign policy chief a condemnation in the strongest terms in very similar words to those used by angela merkel when she revealed that the chemical agent used was no overt shock the letter by the foreign policy chief for the announcement also called for russia to completely and thoroughly investigate the poisoning and also bring those responsible to accountability now it seems that the e.u. is hoping or demanding that russia will work togeth

falls on the day a russians vote in regional elections on sunday but can anyone putin's united russia party opposition politicians are going to boycott thinks he can turn the tables and novosti be ask you not to trash the majority here if we can break the majority in the us if there is kind of an example for the rest of the country. if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you contingent the situation and destroy their monopoly. will begin the day with a story of desperate people from distant countries whose lives became even worse this week woman due to give birth any day and the 3 week old baby are among the thousands of people left homeless by the fire of the mario migrant camp on the greek island of last boss greece has provided a ferry to have some of the refugees and more the way the e.u. governments are once again wrestling with how to provide shelter for the $12000.00 migrants but also with finding a sustainable and coherent migration policy. a 3rd night in the

because i'm traveling around the country to declare war against united russia it's clear that this play should be one of the 1st it's sorely needed in this war. in the footage recently released by his team and a volley challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt bloodsucking creatures and urging the community to vote them out and the september 13th local elections supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome. for. us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has been campaigning in the key election battleground state of wisconsin he brought a message of healing and unity to the troubled city of konoha which has been shaken by often violent protests after a police shooting left a black father paralyzed biden's approach was deliberately measured in contrast to president donald trump's more confrontational visits 2 days earlier. at conneaut is grace through from church democratic presidential hopeful joe biden met with local politicians and business owners as well as members of law enforcement his stated goal to try to unify this fractured

in the footage recently released by his team and have only challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt bloodsucking creatures and urging the community to both come out and the september 13th local elections his supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome. let's bring in our chief political correspondent linda crane to talk more about the . chancellor merkel in the coming hours is going to be consulting with nato with the e.u. on a coordinated approach what to have in mind. well germany is currently holding the rotating a u. council presidency which is why germany has in fact been very active yesterday evening we heard the e.u.'s foreign policy chief joseph burrell condemn the poisoning in terms very similar to those that were used by the chancellor and we also can get a 1st idea of the e.u. response from what he had to say he called for thorough and complete investigation of the poisoning and for those found responsible to be brought to justice and we're told that the e.u. would like to see russia in that investigation work with the o

surprised the kremlin nobody's predicting anything other than a nationwide win for the ruling united russia but this election does present a new approach from vladimir putin's opponents what they're trying to do is to chip away at the kremlin's image of intense ability that the kremlin completely controls elections if through start very soon about he and his team can demonstrate that there is scope for competition that there is scope for opposition success then that might lead to a snowball effect and that's something that the kremlin is incredibly worried about . as in the past they have been complaints about irregularities the social media video appears to show officials stuffing ballot boxes in the rostov on don region al jazeera cannot independently verify this footage but once all the results are in they should provide an idea of the main battlegrounds for next year's parliamentary elections the dean barba al-jazeera. u.s. national weather service has issued a red flag warning for high winds extreme conditions are threatening to intensify. across the west coast nearly $100.00 fires bur

also in the face of dropping approval ratings of russian president vladimir putin and his party united russia now they are seen as a test as what might happen next year for the duma elections and that is for for couple of reasons 1st of all because indeed there were protests and are still protests in the far east of about of earlier the last year there were other process in other regions of russia on the different issues however showing that this at this faction with the authorities on the local level now there are a couple of regions where we might expect some changes because there is a candidates that are backed by the opposition and these are siberian regions and say we are has shown in couple of last years to be very reactive and to have a higher process but then szell than some other parts of russia one should not expect any surprises for eastern for instance in the southern european parts of russia where the local authorities are running tights ships but what we are hearing exactly from these regions is reports of irregularities these irregularities are concerning about like protocols h

millions of russians are voting in local elections today widely seen as a test of the governing united russia party but they are being overshadowed by the poisoning of the main opposition to. the authorities in greece have started moving refugees to a new sites on the island of less boss after their camp this week thousands of refugees have been sleeping rough since the morea camp europe's biggest was reduced to ash refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and they are resisting attempts to relocate them greek police fired tear gas at protesters on saturday. i have prayed that if they will attack on and they will burn down everything with that we had it's still hard you know. they are getting in that year and we are not there i mean there is no i don't want to stay here anymore with my family i want to go to another country i want to have a normal life i want to have better roi i want to go to school can you believe that i had never been to school but you're in love how did you learn english and english is incredible i learned it. by phone from some guys is that they are thinking that o

because i'm traveling around the country to declare war against united russia it's clear that this place should be one of the 1st it's sorely needed in this war. in the footage recently released by his team and if only challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt let's looking creatures and urging the community to both him out and the september 13th local elections his supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome of the. us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has met with the family of jacob blake the black man who was shot by police last month sparking days of unrest in the city of can osho wisconsin after meeting relatives in private biden joined a community discussion at a local church he also spoke to blake himself on the phone from hospital the victim was left paralyzed after police shot him in the back as he tried to get into his car or 3 of his children were sitting well let's bring in dave. in who's standing by for us in washington d.c. so joe biden met with the family of jacob blake and spoke with him on the phone tell us m

the ruling party as well as the president vladimir putin now at the united russia party has an anti a dating so this approval rating of 43 percent so something has to has to change and even the last time president walking around here on iran is an independent candidate so they want to see how the regions will react and possibly that will show how it will be going on next year. a turkish vessel sent to map a possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area is back in turkish territorial waters of turkey and greece of claims to potential energy resources in the eastern mediterranean tensions flared last month after ankara sent a ship to the area after a day of ceremony and statements of hope the taliban and the afghan government are now getting down to the hard work of trying to end decades of war but as the talks got underway in the cattery capital doha there were multiple attacks back in afghanistan the government says there were taliban attacks in 18 provinces on saturday and the taliban says there were 10 government assaults there were protests for a 2nd straight da

been urging russians to vote for the candidate with the best chances to defeat president putin's united russia party 1st results are expected on monday. in the united states a firefighters are hoping a change of weather could help them battle around 100 a blaze as across several western states days of dry and windy conditions have been feeding the flames in oregon washington and california blazes have killed at least 30 people and officials in oregon are warning residents of the possibility of mass fatalities. more than 20000 square kilometers burned dozens killed and the death toll likely to go up sharply some of the worst air quality in the world this is the devastation of dozens of wildfires on the west coast from california to washington state. the same smoke that is chokes residents is perversely now helping firefighters. fire still burning we do have a spot there across the road. which is not what we wanted. but i only spent our saving grace right now as we do have a small player above us right now which is keeping the fire activity but so much damage has already been done tens of thousa

his team wants russians to vote for the candidate with the best chance of defeating putin's united russia party. voters weren't exactly flocking to the polls in moscow's outer suburbs turnout is usually low in russian regional polls but this time opposition leader alexei know volumnia and his team called on people to get out and vote the timing couldn't be worse for president putin and his party united russia. the corona crisis has led to rising food prices and unemployment. which were like ants for the government no one cares about us that's why i voted for the next generation. so. that the candidates should stand up for our rights so that we can finally make ends meet again. the vote is being watched especially closely in the far east where just satisfaction is running high no voice of beers russia's 3rd largest city saw repeated demonstrations leading up to the poll while kremlin critic himself incapacitated his allies across the country have film seems like these were no lection observer was pushed around or here where an election worker appears to throw away documents. first results

they were talking we are the main anti—putinists here, so we hate putin, we hate united russia, so support is a new landmark in russian politics. you want to persuade me that mr navalny is the dominant figure in the opposition to whom the russian people look. but again, i'm struggling to see the evidence. you say levada polling isn't necessarily reliable, but frankly, a lot of people take it seriously. and in october 2019, they did a survey of navalny‘s perception amongst the russian people. 9% said that they regarded navalny‘s activities as positive, 25% said negative, and 31% said that they knew virtually nothing of his activities. and tatya na stanovaya of the moscow times says the truth is navalny is very farfrom a people's hero, at least not yet. the kremlin's been remarkably successful in creating a negative image of him as a pro—western agent, a rogue and an adventurer. do you accept that navalny still has a big problem with the vast majority of the russian people? ah, this is true that kremlin propaganda did a hugejob to worsen the image of mr navalny, and, yes, indeed, he is the f