we're seeing now well one person that exists has expressed solidarity is russian president vladimir putin emily quickly if you can how much of an influence has putin been so far while moscow has been actually unusually quiet in recent days and that may have to do with the fact that luca shango and bell russian state t.v. have been blaming moscow for the protests the foreign ministry then recently condemned that but it does seem and i mean the 2 the 2 leaders and russia and belarus will continue to be allies their close partners and there have been rumors on the streets of belarus that perhaps in the coming days or fears as well that perhaps in the coming days moscow could kind of get involved to prop up luka shango emily sherman in moscow thank you very much. to afghanistan now where authorities are freeing 400 more taliban prisoners the release of government held prisoners has been a key taliban demand before entering peace talks with the government in kabul it's a controversial move since the freed prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. their last few min

we're seeing now well one person that exists has expressed solidarity is russian president vladimir putin emily quickly if you can how much of an influence has putin been so far. moscow has been actually unusually quiet in recent days and that may have to do with the fact that luka shango and bell russian state t.v. have been blaming moscow for the protests the foreign ministry then recently condemned that but it does seem and i mean the 2 the 2 leaders and russia and belarus will continue to be allies their close partners and there have been rumors on the streets of belarus that perhaps in the coming days or fears as well that perhaps in the coming days moscow could kind of get involved to prop up and go emily sherman in moscow thank you very much. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world in japan emperor has marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war 2 expressing deep remorse for the country's role in the conflict he's the grandson of emperor hirohito to pan in its fight against the allied forces prime minister narendra modi has marked indian independence day

that he drank at the airport the volley is considered one of president vladimir putin's fiercest critics of russia and correspondent emily sure win is on the story really we just had reaction from the kremlin tell us more. while the kremlin spokesperson. said that he's aware of the situation and he wished alex in the speedy recovery he also said that if they were asked all forty's would be willing to help move me or even help him get treatment abroad and pisco falso said that there would be an investigation into this case if it is confirmed that was indeed poisoned now no news team of course have been much more clear in their accusations they say that there was poison in these tea this morning and they have called on the investigative committee here in russia to open an investigation into this case as an attempt on the life of a public figure and what is the latest on the vollies condition at this hour. well we know that several members of nonviolence team and also wife you would invite in the have now arrived at the hospital earlier we heard a statement from the deputy head doctor of the hospital who said that. conditio

his outspoken criticism of russian president vladimir putin has served several stints in jail in recent years for organizing anti kremlin protests w.'s emily show and is following the latest developments on the story for us she joins us on the line from moscow hi amalie what more can you tell us about what has happened to alexina vonnie. well apparently once in a. hospital emergency room in intensive care on according to his press secretary who insists that he had been poisoned she said that only had eaten in things that perhaps something were pretty new books t.v. he was reportedly in siberia for example being hungry. they have been working according to reports on a new and he corruption investigation which is kind of one of the things that he's known for putting out videos investigating politicians and well known figures here in russia but of course we don't know whether that is connected to its current state said he's a well known figure i mean tell us more about who alexina volley is. well you can are learning in god and i was an opposition politician here he ran for mayor of our current campaign to our part of it and 18 and while he's

criticism of russian president vladimir putin he has served several students in prison for organizing anti kremlin protests. and let's bring in our moscow correspondent emily sure win with the latest hi emily are there any new developments. well we've heard a statement from the deputy head doctor of the hospital and squared of on the is at the moment and he's talked about the politicians condition as being serious but stable he also said that. there is no diagnosis yet of what happened to me and the causes of his current condition and that we could expect that later today he said that doctors at the hospital are considering poisoning as one of the possible explanations for these current condition now and the violence press secretary has talked about this being a poisoning and she said that he has only had 2 today so she said that the theory one theory is that perhaps the poison or a poison may have been in his t.v. but we don't know of course whether that is the truth w. spoke to these personal doctor on the sea of a cd of earlier today and she said that she's on her way to almost at the moment she said that the doctors at the hospital are refusing to spea

outspoken criticism of russian president vladimir putin has served several stints in prison for organizing anti kremlin protests and moscow correspondent emily sure windows following the latest on this story for us good morning emily what do we know at this point we know that he was on the plane which had to make an emergency landing in he was then taken to hospital where he's apparently according to his press secretary in very serious condition he's in a coma according to her and also on a ventilator. and there are videos circulating on social media the were filmed by people who were on that same plane where you can see him being carried out of the plane and you can kind of hear him crying in pain crying out in pain so it does sound like he's in very serious condition he was reportedly in siberia to report to create a new anti corruption video of some sort but we don't know whether that is linked to his current condition only tell us more about the role that a lessening of only place in russia. well he's a well known opposition politician here in russia he ran for mayor of moscow a few years ago and in 2018 he campaigned to run for presiden

criticism of russian president vladimir putin has served several stints in prison for organizing anti kremlin protests let's go right to our correspondent in moscow emily sherwin is standing by for us hi amalie what are the latest developments on the story well we just heard a statement from the deputy head doctor of the hospital where enough is. and he said that. in these condition at the moment is serious but that it's stable and he also said that he is on a ventilator and that doctors at the hospital are looking into various possible diagnoses and one of the options that they're considering is that he could have been poisoned now in these press secretary has said that she does think that the politician was poisoned and she says that he only had tea today so perhaps someone put something in his tea but that's of course not confirmed now earlier d.w. spoke to. these personal doctor and she said that she's now on her way to arms she says that the doctors at the hospital are refusing to speak to her and that she will consider when she gets there whether or not viney will have to be transferred to another hospital and she told us we have to save him now

criticism of russian president vladimir putin he has served several stints in prison for organizing anti kremlin protests and for more let's bring in moscow correspondent emily sure one who is following these developments for us emily we have dramatic news from the doctors who are treating the volleys saying that they are fighting to save his life what more can you tell us. well we here the condition of i think say in the running is stable but serious that's what doctors at the hospital have said they say that he's on a ventilator and that they are trying as you say to save his life there's no diagnosis yet and the doctors say that we should expect that later today and the doctor the deputy head of head doctor there at the hospital said that. one of the possible versions of his condition that they are considering is that he may have been poisoned now now by these press secretary has been much more clear about that she said that he drank tea today and said that there must have been poison in his tea d.w. spoke to no personal doctor and that's the cd it was she says that she's on her way to school and. the doctors there are refusing to speak to her and that sh

vladimir putin could start. doctors say alexina vell nice condition is serious but not life threatening. for more on this story john rocker's spondon emily sherman emily the kremlin has not reacted to the statements of the chancellor of the search takes any demanding and investigations investigation what did the kremlin say well we heard from the kremlin spokesperson that me through his cough and he said that doctors had been a bit hasty because they actually haven't identified what substance may have been used against another viney or was found in his body at all in fact it's just a group of substances that had been found it's worth pointing out of course that that group of substances includes dangerous nerve agents and initially the kremlin had said that if it was found that he had been poisoned that an investigation would be absolutely necessary now today we heard that it's much too early to open an investigation because all we know about these health at the moment is that he's in a coma and we don't know what substance may have been used against him if any at all according to the kremlin or the president of course denies any involvem

vladimir putin could sort. doctors say alexina vilnius condition is serious but not life threatening for more on this story i'm now joined by respondent emily sherman emily the kremlin has now reacted to the statements of the chancellor. clinic demanding and investigations investigation what did the kremlin say. well we heard from the kremlin spokesperson that made his cough and he said that doctors had been a bit hasty because they actually haven't identified what substance may have been used against another viney or was found in his body at all in fact it's just a group of substances that had been found it's worth pointing out of course that that group of substances includes dangerous nerve agents and initially the kremlin had said that if it was found that he had been poisoned that an investigation would be absolutely necessary now today we heard that it's much too early to open an investigation because all we know about these health at the moment is that he's in a coma and we don't know what substance may have been used against him if any at all according to the kremlin or the permanent of course denies any involvement but given the his

vladimir putin could sort. doctors say alexina vilnius condition is serious but not life threatening from all this story. spawn of emily sherman emily the kremlin has now reacted to the statements of the chancellor of the search a clinic demanding and investigations investigation what did the kremlin say. well we heard from the kremlin spokesperson that need to keep his cough and he said that doctors had been a bit hasty because they actually haven't identified what substance may have been used against another viney or was found in his body at all in fact it's just a group of substances that had been found it's worth pointing out of course that that group of substances includes dangerous nerve agents and initially the kremlin had said that if it was found that he had been poisoned that an investigation would be absolutely necessary now today we heard that it's much too early to open an investigation because all we know about these health at the moment is that he's in a coma and we don't know what substance may have been used against him if any at all according to the kremlin or the women of course denies any involvemen

vladimir putin could start. doctors say alexina vellum these condition is serious but not life threatening let's get more on this from moscow correspondent emily showing that chief international editor richard walker welcome both or start with you richard a chance or merkel reacted quickly to the hospital statement diplomatically speaking how strong was that reaction. yeah well it's being received here in germany as quite a strong diplomatic stable at least on a diplomatic level you know you have a statement produced very quickly as you said not just coming from america but also from the foreign ministers 2 very you know the 2 top heavyweight figures in the government for these purposes also representing both parties in the coalition and making it very clear in the statement that they have no questions whatever about the credibility of the findings from the hospital here and then of course going on to demand that russia find out who was responsible for it and bring them to justice and to do so in full transparency and i think that's where the questions really begin because do they really expect russia to do that i think you know people here ar