thousands rally in berlin with some calling for an easing of pandemic restrictions. and donald trump's threat to ban popular video sharing out tick tock following security concerns over its chinese parent company. when iran announces the arrest of a u.s. based dissident tonight accuses of masterminding a terrorist campaign. and is for the owner of the milwaukee brewers says the major league baseball season could be canceled the warning comes as more games are postponed due to players testing positive for corona virus. welcome to the news are we begin with the latest developments on the krona virus pandemic as the global number of infections continues to accelerate and so does the global race to find a vaccine russia has announced that mass vaccinations could begin as soon as october the health minister gave no details about the vaccine to be used it is not clear if the treatment produces an immune response in berlin thousands of people are taking part in different rallies sparked by coronavirus restrictions the rallies for and against the measures germany has been ea

coming up in the next 60 minutes russian opposition leader alexey novelli is taken to a hospital in berlin where he's being treated for suspected poisoning. these are guys who are in a meeting and. they told us that they have and they have. they can do whatever they want we hear evidence of torture and abuse at the hands of belorussian police in the days following the disputed election. a delegation of west african leaders is arriving in mali to try to reverse a coup that ousted president 8. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day the controversial head of the u.s. postal service pledges to deliver ballots on time as the house plans a rare saturday vote to approve emergency funding. i'm gonna go just go with the sport manchester united captain harry maguire is released from greek custody but still facing charges following an alleged brawl on the island of. russian opposition leader alexina on a has been transferred to a hospital in berlin to receive emergency treatment for suspected poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved fro

want to have to wear masks and that sort of thing and so they believe that by demonstrating that in berlin in the center of the city on a sunny day in august that they can put their point across the interesting thing is that the organizers of this demonstration earlier in the week could hope that they'd get something like half a 1000000 people on the streets of berlin they haven't managed that the police estimate is that something like 17000 people have been marching through the streets of the german capital the interesting point is that the police have in the course of the past hour and a half decided that this demonstration these rallies are not following the regulations that are in place governing mass demonstrations mass groups of people in the streets and so they force the organizers to shut down and the point there being that this is exactly what the organizers would have wanted because their argument is that they are showing the way to freedom the reality of course is that for the police who are charged with keeping everybody safe they believe that they have to step in so that's wha

foreign ministers in berlin have a listen. we will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation so dominic the germans of the europeans as a whole of got their work cut out for them here everything that we heard from from john and cindy and shows that this will be difficult to get through. well it's been a busy few days fika mass is back in berlin but he had been in both capitals in ankara and athens meeting the people who really are involved in the decision making here trying to urge caution trying to urge the ministerial mantra of dialogue and de escalation that's something that was repeated in berlin on thursday by the nato secretary general who is an observer to the e.u. foreign ministers meeting and he again young children by that that is saying that the german mediation idea between the 2 capitals between an

has defense ministers are meeting in berlin and they've got plenty to discuss they're focusing on what's known as the strategic compass a framework for responding to threats and challenges as a bloc but the process in belarus and tensions between turkey and greece over gas exploration will likely also be on the agenda as cross live there to see berlin where dominic cain is standing by for us don't make well sort of role can the e.u. play in these various conflicts given its no military of its own. well the strategic compass is clearly pointing to the south east of europe right now because that is where you have tension building up between the turkish government and the greek government certainly that is the feeling here in berlin the interesting point to make here is of course the e.u. does not have on its and its in its own way a military role the military role in europe the guarantee of security in europe has traditionally come from nato now that's important the nato secretary general yes back is here in berlin this week here today and he will be here for the next couple of days becaus

plenty of people on the streets of berlin today all of them protesting in some way shape or form about what they believe are the worst sides of the coronavirus measures that's the security measures brought in by governments state level and federally here in germany to protect the wider community against the risk of coronavirus infection what you have taking place in burns' city center here the brandenburg gate behind me one of germany's most iconic monuments a focal point a rallying area for tens of thousands of people to come united by their hatred as it were of the measures that have been brought in they say that their freedoms are infringed by being forced to wear a mask in public public transport and enclosed spaces they say that having to observe social distancing goes directly against their fundamental freedoms the or thorough here no that's not the case your storage fees believe that by these people not observing social distancing and not wearing masks they increase the threat to the public health not just for the people themselves but for the wider community what the north or e

well also in berlin dominic was mentioning the charity they're going to talk now to yucca bizzle he's founder of the cinema for peace that's the charity organizing this flight to germany from moscow to brazil welcome to the news hour here on al-jazeera can you give me a sense of what kind of medical equipment you have on board that plane to deal with whatever novelli has. hello you know you already mentioned 2 years ago when a similar case was it of as you know from pussy riot so basically repeated is procedure getting a medical plane with medical specialists will use to treat people who are in a coma who are. lost their consciousness ventilation. and it was pretty hard to organise all of this but in obviously we had the obstacle of dismantling the patient was not able to travel we have been told that he will not travel so as you have mentioned it was a huge struggle. and now at the end of today we are a happy it it looks like that we can fly out now the need to build into the sheraton hospital now we have got these reports saying they found deposits of some sort of industrial chemica

this is where alex in of on his journey has brought him berlin's world renowned chef hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of russia's most prominent dissidents he was brought here on board a special flight from siberia the man whose group arranged the journey says now than his condition remains paul insists just come on shore and this is basically it's very worrying we're all happy that he's landed safely here in berlin but it doesn't mean anything in itself because his physical condition is still of concern it's clear that if his original flight hadn't made the emergency landing in arms when it did he would have died staff here have immediate relevant recent experience of treating patients with the sorts of symptoms that alexy now than any has come here with now they get the chance to find out what exactly is in his system and how they go about removing it but how it got there in the 1st place remains unclear now families friends and family believe he drank tea that had been poisoned just before he boarded a flight to moscow from thompson

protesters have turned out in their thousands in berlin for a march against coronavirus restrictions that was despite a police order for the demonstration to be shut down because social distancing rules are being violated don't it came as the story from berlin. for weeks the daily number of new coronavirus infections in germany has been rising yet for these people in berlin what matters most is their right not to observe any restrictions not to wear masks not to follow social distancing and to show their anger at the politicians who have imposed them because of the killing is illegal eilis is illegal the whole government is illegal everything is illegal and corona is just a medium to heavy flu a pandemic that is being used to enslave us humans. that view is not shared by the police who tried and failed twice on friday to persuade the courts to ban the demonstration saying the protesters posed a serious risk mentioning d.m. of and of them was going on and that these are people that we can assume as coronavirus skeptics have taken no precautions in recent months in a time when infectio

so you have what's going on here in berlin now at this informal meeting of defense ministers lots of expressions of the desire to find some sort of modus vivendi a way of diffusing the tensions interesting lee the nato secretary general u.n. shortened back is here in berlin today and will be also tomorrow and the day after that because there is the meeting of foreign ministers taking place in early and on thursday which might even be more important what's happening today but mr shorten bag has called on both countries who are nato countries to try to diffuse the tension and he said that what the germans are trying to do to mediate is appreciated and in all of this you have that sense of they are trying to negotiate but the e.u. does not include turkey and so while they are clearly hoping to be honest brokers there isn't a turkish presence at that table here in berlin today or tomorrow other than the words that are coming from ankara and those words clearly are riling for the government in greece which of course is represented at this meeting here in berlin that's john mccain rounding

arrives at a hospital and berlin where he will be treated for suspected poisoning. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day the controversial head of the u.s. postal service pledges to deliver ballots on time as the house plans a rare saturday vote to approve emergency funding. fires forced tens of thousands from their homes in california and governor appeals for help from canada and australia on that strike doctors in kenya say they're stuck with substandard protective gear to treat coronavirus patients due to corruption. and joining us now with the sportscaster vs records here right in the title with a stunning comeback. russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has arrived at the hospital to receive emergency treatment for suspected poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in the siberian city of all means but they changed their position late on friday the bonnie's wife yulia believes the delay in releasing him was intentional making it harder to detect any poisons remaining in his syst

the german chancellor angela merkel lived through those times in berlin which is why she feels an empathy with the protesters in jail or us and believes their grievances should be heard. of the i hope the group that have now courageously taken to the streets the people who have denounced abuses that they will have that degree of freedom which we can take for granted freedom of demonstration freedom of opinion. by bringing in targeted sanctions the e.u. is trying to deliver a clear message to alexander you can shameka but in return his message is equally clear he is not going anywhere anytime soon dominant cane al-jazeera berlin. corporate is with us from moscow for more on this tell us more about this idea of possible russian support and the chances of it materializing. what we see the. president is quite in baldwin by the support he got from russian president vladimir putin when he struck in sanctions. he said today there is no russian boots on the ground but he won't has it dates to have them in if there is a trip from the western border so from poland and lithuania to beller are so he'

perpetrators and hold them accountable of any remains in an induced coma after being transferred to berlin from a hospital in siberia on saturday doctors say they found no poison in his system the long time opponent of president vladimir putin fell on thursday a colleague say all he had to drink was a cup of tea while we'll have reaction from russia in just a moment alexandra so-on of edgecomb fries standing by in moscow but for us we go to a dummy cain in berlin so doctors in germany saying he was poisoned tell us more about what they have said and what is his current condition. mr current condition is that he remains in a coma and induced coma to help protect him in his fragile state the doctors who've been treating him now since saturday morning say they no longer believe they don't believe that his life is threatened from this condition however they say that the extent of his ordeal is such that they cannot guarantee that he will recover fully why because the toxin the poison that they have found in his system is one that works on the motor neuron reflexes of the human body reflexes th

violent crackdown that followed on protesters well it's now speak to dominick cain who joins me from berlin dominic germany has really come out very strongly on this. very strongly on this a clear condemnation from this capital city from the government here about what's taking place not that far away taking place in belarus and germany leading calls a chorus of condemnation from european capital cities and from the e.u. itself the germans looking for sanctions looking for a way of targeting those it holds responsible for the events that have been unfolding in belarus these past days and weeks but then from an institutional perspective in brussels at least we know that sharma share the president of the european council calling for an emergency summit on wednesday talks on on wednesday at a pan e.u. institutional level to discuss what it can do that's the e.u. in so far as concerned we know that there have been certain ideas floated by different countries the poles talking about the use the use of a european in damage for democracy to help belarus and we know that and others at the e.u. insti

the news hour live from our world headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes high alert in berlin russian opposition leader alexei navalny is lifted to germany ways being treated for suspected poisoning. these are guys who were in the meeting and. they told of that they have and nor have. they can do whatever they want evidence of torture and abuse by police in the days following the disputed election also this hour west african leaders arrive in mali seeking the rain statement of president. who was ousted in a military coup. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day and the head of the u.s. postal service pledges to deliver ballots on time as the house rounds a rare saturday vote to approve emergency funding. peter said with a sporting treating the defender who has become a defendant manchester united captain harry maguire denies charges related to knowledge of the salt on the greek island. thank you very much for joining us russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been transferred to a hospital in berlin to receive emergency treatment for suspec

there is another big talking point for even foreign ministers in berlin today that is the increasingly tense situation in the eastern mediterranean greece and e.u. member it is in a standoff with turkey over the competing claims to maritime territory and potential or and gas reserves just about all says the bloc could even sanction turkey if there's no progress in this crisis 1st you know they're now listing personalities we can't pass to least assets ships we can do. sanctions the participation of activities that we could shoot the illegal in the engine everything related with working in these kind of. manned. usually to. be in capacities to your knowledge. has our team covering the story this hour. in istanbul where you will be with her shortly starting over john psaropoulos in athens john reaction from the greeks now this is what they will want to hear i guess some support from the european union. yes there's a tentative satisfaction from the greek side the greek foreign minister said greece got what it could from this council because this was an informal council so it couldn't adop

all dominate kane is in berlin for us and says the hospital the election of on is going to is one of the best equipped to change his condition. when alex in our valley arrives in berlin it is to this hospital the shall 80 hospital in the center of the city that he will be brought to world renowned institution of long standing that has relevant direct recent experience of treating patients who present with similar symptoms similar conditions to those we understand mr novelli has been suffering from since his ordeal began on that flight in siberia the point here is that the organization which has sourced his medical evacuation flight is the same organization that sourced a similar flight for another critic of the government of large emir putin in moscow a few years ago that time that person who is an associate of the pussy riot group was brought here by the cinema for peace foundation there were one sourcing less than are on these flights as well and they believe that mr van he has been the victim of a poisoning and that goes against what has been said in from the russian doctors persp

foreign ministers in berlin. we will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation so we'll have more on that position with dominic cain in berlin in just a moment but we're starting in istanbul on the news hour with new sim. as i said it was that that word don't test our patience which is what he said and now quite an escalation in. well yes come on there has been explanation for a while but we're also hearing constructive messages from both greece and turkey side the spite threats also take place for instance today turkey's defense minister was host of live on a t.v. show and he said that turkey is open to dialogue turkey is open to find a solution but 1st all the problems must be a rest and sold before coming to a solution wouldn't come so turkey's systemic operations. in the. mediterranean the def

thank you for joining us we begin with breaking news just use our from germany and the berlin hospital treating russian opposition leader alexei in a balmy says test results indicate he was 4 days and now vonnie was flown from a siberian hospital in an induced coma on saturday is a long time opponent of russian president vladimir putin he fell on a flight on thirty's say doctors in russia earlier had said that no poison was found in his system as bringing our correspondent in berlin dominic kane who joins us now live so doctors saying that. was probably poisoned what more they say and what do we know about his current condition. his current condition is that he is in the coma he is there's no immediate threat to his life but the doctors here in contrast in stark contrast of the situation with what was said what the doctors almost of the doctors here very clearly say that what they found in his system is a toxin belongs to what are called holy mysteries inhibitors those are effectively that something which works inside the human body inside the central nervous system to control muscles

society were present organizers of saturday's protests had hoped to bring half a 1000000 people to berlin police only a small fraction of that number turned up there's no doubting the strength of feeling of many of the people protesting against the corona measures in the streets but equally there's no doubting the consternation these protests calls in senior ministerial circles not just here federally in berlin but also right across the states that make up the federal republic. just a few days ago ministers decided to implement mandatory covert 19 tests for everyone flying to germany from high risk areas and in the state of bavaria the prime minister singled out what he considers the danger of thinking the threat from the virus is either over or exaggerated. we need to be careful that many individual cases in germany don't become a slowly progressing 2nd wave the main reason is that under reasonable behavior carelessness and in some cases a conscious decision to ignore hygiene protocols are unfortunately on the rise. opinion polls suggest many germans support that view 87 percent think it

protestors in berlin against covert restrictions are defiant after police asked them to despair. they play every goes like a football we are not human here we are just off for the ball. hundreds of migrants railway tracks in bosnia described the abuse by local authorities. and actor childhood bulls were known mostly for his role as a superhero the black panther has died. and on peter's table to hold a sports news to major league baseball teams protest racial and social injustice by walking off the field before the game comes thought better more later in the program. but we begin with della reese extending its media tractor and ahead of this weekend's planned protests against president alexander lukashenko some journalists working for foreign media have had their accreditation. withdrawn this comes after a number of them were detained on thursday as they prepared to cover demonstrations in the capital minsk most of them were later released now the president has repeatedly criticized foreign media for their coverage of the run up to his disputed reelection this month and the weeks

against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain al-jazeera berlin well michael bostick you is a global affairs analyst and joins me now of a skype from ottawa so vali is finally in the hospital and of course he's having these tests that are being conducted by german doctors how closely is everyone watching for the diagnosis of very closely i mean this what happened does fit a pattern of. intimidating his critics and of course nirvana is the number one critic this sends a very chilling signal yet again that the long arm of the kremlin can anybody either in russia or outside of pressure and by the way maybe i just i just heard the interview was for atlanta and to me that sounded like someone who is very afraid and very intimidated about coming back to a country which has a very long tentacles of the russian secret service so that in itself also is very chilling. just on the point about novelli even if poisoning diagnosis is confirmed it's very difficult isn't it even with an investigation to figure out who did it particularly as someone like the valle

the foreign ministers are holding talks in berlin on easing tensions between greece and turkey over an energy dispute in the eastern mediterranean both nations have been holding military exercises near a patch of water they both claim a turkish ship is carrying out drilling research in the area on wednesday greece said it would extend its claim over waters in the ionian c. further to the west. we are all concerned about the situation in the eastern mediterranean i welcome your efforts to find a constructive way forward. i'm in constant contact with the greece and turkey my message is that the situation must be resolved in a spirit of solidarity in line with international law dialogue and the escalation are in everybody's interest let's get more now from dominic cain he's live for us and berlin a dominant group just been listening to the concern being expressed by the nato secretary general but has there been any actual progress made in these meetings that are happening when it comes to reducing tensions in the eastern mediterranean . the problem in so far as assessing whether progress

society were present organizers of saturday's protests had hoped to bring half a 1000000 people to berlin police only a small fraction of that number turned up there's no doubting the strength of feeling of many of the people protesting against the corona measures in the streets but equally there's no doubting the consternation these protests calls in senior ministerial circles not just here federally in berlin but also right across the states that make up the federal republic. just a few days ago ministers decided to implement mandatory code with 19 tests for everyone flying to germany from high risk areas. and in the state of bavaria the prime minister singled out what he considers the danger of thinking the threat from the virus is either over or exaggerated. we need to be careful that many individual cases in germany don't become a slowly progressing 2nd wave the main reason is that unreasonable behavior carelessness and in some cases a conscious decision to ignore hygiene protocols are unfortunately on the rise of opinion polls suggest many germans support that view 87 percent think

live to berlin the dominant cain is with us as e.u. defense ministers meet to discuss this this is quite a job they've got ahead of them to bring the peace between greece and turkey. the point about this meeting has been what the e.u. is calling it's to be a strategic compass and in effect this meeting has been all points east and south eastern europe specifically this situation building up in the eastern mediterranean how to resolve the tensions in a peaceful way between greece and turkey the problem being that given that it's an e.u. meeting turkey is not part of the e.u. and therefore is not in these meetings whereas greece and cyprus are as member states of the european union both those countries in broiled in this tension with the turkish government and although the turkish government has no representation at this meeting the comments the views from the turkish government from president out of one very much at that meeting interesting they the e.u. has no military role of substance in this area whereas nato does and of course turk

dominic kane reporting live from berlin dominic many thanks indeed investigators in new zealand say that imported phrase have been the source of the 1st locally transmitted corona virus cases in more than 3 months its largest city opened is now back in lockdown after 4 cases were diagnosed this week 4 other suspected cases are being monitored and the government is considering delaying next month's general election. now while primary focus of course is on the response in these immediate stages over the next few days we do need to ensure that we giving ourselves as much flexibility as possible to deal with what we loon over the next 72 hours palin and dissolving doesn't mean that if we needed to convene powerman for any reason we wouldn't be able to do so we've before decided it would be prudent to defer the dissolution of parliament by at least a few days to preserve all options for if if needed reconvening comment or if needed for that if this is all of the date of the general election strategy or has recorded its worst day of the pandemic $21.00 people have died in the past 24 hours in

foreign ministers in berlin which is focusing on ways to defuse tensions now both countries have been holding military exercises near a patch of water that they both claim. we will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation. well let's get more from dominic amy's life or as embury len i don't like her hearing some concern there from the german foreign minister but has there been any actual progress made in these meetings that the foreign ministers when it comes to reducing these tensions in the eastern mediterranean. the problem here is that the turkish government does not have representation at these meetings the country is not part of the e.u. therefore doesn't have access to meetings such as these whereas paradoxically the other side of the equation in this stoking of tension the greeks and to a certain extent the cypriots were clearly they are members of nato they a

foreign ministers in berlin the pressure is on sanctions are imposed on bellerose over suspected election fallout. and the trail of destruction left behind by hurrican laura the task of cleaning up begins. and this for us president all trying to slam the n.b.a. calling it a political organization with bad t.v. ratings the president's comments following it seems it was quoting a playoff games in protest of racial injustice and fish. where we begin this news hour with the resignation of japan's prime minister shinzo abby the. 65 year old has long been suffering from an intestinal illness as the country's won't just serve in leader priyanka gupta has more now on his rise to prime minister. a chronic illness that cut short his 1st oval office 13 years ago has come back to force shinzo up a japan's longest serving prime minister to step down just one year before general elections abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party at a time when the country's grappling with the cone of ice pandemic and an economic crisis abi says stepping

do everything possible to avoid military confrontation and as there is on a cane has more now from berlin that's where the foreign ministers have been discussing the dispute. the ministerial mantra here has been to emphasize the virtues of dialogue and deescalation we heard it from michael masse we've heard it also from an interested observer in this e.u. meeting that's. the secretary general of nato who said specifically that precisely that that dialogue and deescalation all the ways out of this particular di lemma but the problem in so far as the e.u. is concerned is that turkey is not part of the e.u. and yet it is very important to the e.u. remember that the deal between the turkish government and the e.u. regarding refugees is a central plank of policy it's something that matters particularly here in this capital city in berlin and so clearly where possible the e.u. wants to remain on very good terms with the turkish government but then equally it has to remember that 2 member states of the e.u. greece and cyprus also have a vested interest in what's going on in the eastern mediterra

one of the things that ministerial circles are really worried about not just here in berlin at a federal level but right across the country and all the states that make up this federal republic are really worried about the 2nd wave of corona which they're trying to stop ironically some of the protesters who have come to the center of early into the brandenburg gate to the one today in london one of the perhaps the most iconic street in berlin perhaps in germany to saying that they are the 2nd wave of corona they are the people who are representing that unspoken majority who don't like these these measures about corona but the point is generally speaking most people have been understanding of the need to have these precautions social distancing and that sort of thing and one final thought also many of the measures that were brought in at the start of the pandemic which were perceived as being really long gone generally speaking you don't have to wear masks in many places right now so when you see the people on the streets demonstrating against coronavirus precautions many people wonder wh

foreign ministers in berlin demonstrators have been calling on president alexander lukashenko to step down and senses election victory on august the 9th which his opponents say was rigged there was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for the fraudulent elections in their rooms and for the subsequent crackdown on that exist in the revolution sanction regime this is a nation shall include individuals at the high political level from now on to the day least and the respective illegal acts will be prepared by the competitive council working group in the coming days with a view to be that as soon as possible dominic kane is live for us and berlin and dominic just been hearing or a stern contact ition there from the e.u. foreign policy chief. yes not mincing his words they're really targeted sanctions are on the way to specific individuals who are close to the government of president look at in minsk it's pretty clear the e.u. is trying to send as a message as it can to be a risk to the government of better or worse to listen to what it has be

the german chancellor angela merkel lived through those times in east berlin which is why she feels an empathy with the protesters in jail or us and believes their grievances should be heard. of this i hope the groups that have now courageously taken to the streets the people who have denounced abuses that they will have that degree of freedom which we can take for granted freedom of demonstration freedom of opinion. by bringing in targeted sanctions the e.u. is trying to deliver a clear message to alexander. but in return his message is equally clear he is not going anywhere anytime soon dominant kain al-jazeera berlin a freelance journalist under a vater which is in the capital minsk he says it is becoming more and more isolated but its fighters threats protest as a determined not to get. on the 20th day of fun to look at some cup crosses the president has sworn the west's he wants a canny external pressure when the e.u. sanctions are imposed he says he will do the same in return for the bellerose government my do is unclear the economy struggling derek hughes it's money exchanged an

the wife of russia's opposition leader and a top aide to visit him in a hospital in berlin where he's being treated for suspected poisoning alexina valmy is still in a coma but his condition has been described as stable by his spokesperson is undergoing extensive tests after falling ill on a flight from siberia to moscow on thursday or dominic aim is in berlin and says there are still no answers about what made the valet on well. mr novelli is going through the process of having a thorough going diagnostic series of tests performed on him by the doctors and nurses in the chalet to the hospital behind me here in central l.a. and no statement given from the hospital so far as to watch the have found all we know is that on saturday they said that they would be performing this battery of tests and until they were in a position to inform his family of what their conclusions were they would be making no statement one development to report today is that mr around these wife yulia is with him that she has gone into the hospital and is therefore with him and is able to ask the doctors what the

external bank abroad and will not will be frozen there until a political settlement based on the berlin recommendations and the egyptian initiatives initiative being greek but on the other hand the government here in tripoli the international recognized government says that the oil the whole oil sector must be put under the control of the national oil firm that's the state oil firm here in tripoli the state oil firm itself has issued a statement saying that it's it in rating its call that all military individuals must was drawn from the oil installations. to go into the safety and security of its workers again that. they have the speaker of the poor house to parliament and top dog says in the statement that sit it destroyed teach a course of the city of said it should be called out of there to be for a new position a council but in on the other hand here in tripoli says that parliamentary and presidential elections should be held in march based on constitutional basis so each one is trying to maintain their position in in terms of money over in the statements and counter statements. mar

yellow rose at a wider level in the last few days in the last week or so and in this capital city in berlin the government pressing for strong measures to be taken part of a raft of ideas that are coming from europe right now the polish government a view from the being fact the european endowment for democracy should be enacted to help the situation in ghettos and then it a pan-european level from brussels the president of the european council calling a special summits video conference of heads of state heads of government for wednesday to discuss what more can be done given the fact that it's the european union's clout as it were is political and economic not military so the european union looking to try to ratchet up the pressure it can put in yellow rose to help the situation there remembering that one head of state the french president the man you and max on has said that the views of the protesters in belarus must be respected if you view things from that prism it explains how the european union reaction is unfolding at the summit to be held on wednesday to discuss what more can be don

worsening marches like this have been occurring sporadically for some considerable time most notably in berlin at the start of the month. the common link between these political extremes is the feeling that ministers are acting beyond their constitutional powers for example that was. our demand is basically going back to democracy away with these laws been imposed on us away with the masks that make us slaves the protesters are made up of many different groups some from the far left of society some from the far right one author says what unites this otherwise disunited group is a deep distrust of what they regard as mainstream politicians mainstream media and mainstream science these people are kind of. lost for normal debate because they don't believe in the scientific texts anymore and as we all know it's impossible to do like fire a lot of experiments in your home kitchen to prove it kind of so this is a very troubling situation specially in the pandemic the people who protested here on the 1st of august were trying to highlight what they consider are infringements of their personal freedom

marshall fund the director of the fund for bail reuss democracy he joins us now live via skype from berlin is there any doubt in your mind that these elections were massively rigged does it does it even matter in the we always expected them to be rigged given what's going on now with the protests on the streets. well the elections were clearly rates for select on the look at trying to have a history of manipulating it since 1900 or since it was elected for us there has been no single election that was considered pretty and fair but it was a european election monitors or 2nd we do have some evidence from a number of polling stations yes. there are local election commissions this fight it for free and fair count of the off the ballots and about 40 stations diametrically opposed results to the official results most of the stations alexander lukashenko didn't get more than in or 15 percent of the votes there is the official results with him at $88.00 so there is clear evidence there's a history of manipulating elections and ok and what are we to make of the number of protesters who are out on

their hope being that he would be able to receive treatment in berlin in a way which might stem the effect of whatever house before him him certainly that's their aim and so far as the 2 leaders are concerned well they have expressed their extreme concern about what's happened to mr have on the. so one of those who can speak to the knicks on the tito he's a lecturer and modern european history at queen's university belfast joins us live via skype and speaking there about alexina volley being a fierce critic of president vladimir putin of him being an opposition leader but really this is a key figure in russian politics a name that everyone in the country would have heard of how how unsettling will this be for a people that well i mean you have to kind of keep it in proportion he is the main position leader has said that he is it goes by everybody in russia but he certainly is the most important position. to put it in for general atmosphere in russia. damaging a figure like the public figure like. it is a huge decision because in the boston christmas certainly tried to keep. him unde

. >> when he arrived in berlin it was -- when he arrived in berlin, it was to this hospital, a world-renowned institution of long-standing that has relevant and direct and recent experience who treating patients present with similar symptoms and similar conditions to those the opposition leader has been suffering from since this ordeal began on that flight in siberia. the point here is, the organization which has sourced his medical evacuation flight is the same organization that sourced a similar flight for another critic of the government of vladimir putin in moscow a few years ago. oft person is an associate the right group and was brought here by the cinema for peace foundation. they are the ones sourcing the opposition leader's flight, as well, and they believe he has been the victim of a poisoning. that goes against what has been 'aid from the russian doctors perspective. they believe they will be vindicated. when the officials in the hospital gets a treat the opposition leader, they will find what his side of the story is the case. they say he has been poisoned. we will wait to see wha

are running tests on russian opposition leader alexina valmy for suspected poisoning he was flown to berlin in an induced coma on saturday from a facility in the siberian city of homs russian doctors initially considered too said to be flown out of the country or they change their position late on friday kane is in berlin with more on his condition mr novelli is going through the process of having a thorough going diagnostic series of tests performed on him by the doctors and nurses in the chalet to the hospital behind me here in central l.a. and no statement given from the hospital so far as to what the have found all we know is that on saturday they said that they would be performing this battery of tests and until they were in a position to inform his family of what their conclusions were they would be making no statement we know that they do not anticipate any news conference taking place on sunday one development report today is that mr have on these wife yulia is with him that she has gone into the hospital and is therefore with him and is able to ask the doctors what the findings hav

running tests on russian opposition leader alexei now bali for suspected poisoning he was flown to berlin in an induced coma on saturday from matheson a team a siberian city of homs russian doctors initially considered too sick to be flown out of the country that they change their position late on friday dominic kane is in berlin with more on these conditions. mr novelli is going through the process of having a thorough going diagnostic series of tests performed on him by the doctors and nurses in the chalet to the hospital behind me here in central l.a. and no statement given from the hospital so far as to watch the have found all we know is that on saturday they said that they would be performing this battery of tests and until they were in a position to inform his family of what their conclusions were they would be making no statement we know that they do not anticipate any news conference taking place on sunday one development report today is that mr have on these wife is with him that she has gone into the hospital and is therefore with him and is able to ask the doctors what their f

is the same life in berlin right now i chancellor angela merkel has warned that the brink coots get worse in the coming months summer comes to an end germany has recorded over 240000 factions. now it's been a 100 years since women were granted the right to vote in the united states and while the fight for equality is far from over inspiration can still be find in the pioneers who led the way for change the statute has been unveiled in new york for 3 women's rights advocates as attributes to their work gabriel elizondo reports from new york. there. was 7 a statue to honor 3 women who paved the way for voting rights it's called the women's rights pioneer monument and baled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote in america the statue shows 3 inspiring women of great achievement who gave their lives in really their entirety to fighting for women's equality and the right to vote and full citizenship for all women regardless of color or economic status there susan b. anthony elizabeth cady stanton and so's your inner truth th

people might have when they're in such close proximity to each other without masks dominic kane sera berlin. much more still ahead on this news hour we'll tell you about an encounter between turkish and greek fighter jets in contested as space in the eastern mediterranean. also dolphin deaths and environmental disaster anger in russia so over the handling of a massive oil spill. and n.b.a. basketball were turned off to social justice protests but the players say a still a lot of work to do. in tallinn coast guard has picked up 49 vulnerable people from a charity rescue in the mediterranean after it sent out a distress call crew aboard the m.v. louise michel said they were no longer able to move the vessel after rescuing more than 200 refugees over the past couple of days the boat is funded by the british street artist banksy well as a frolic is a member of the michelle support crew and she spoke to us on the phone from me at valencia in spain. the reason that. to move was because they were telling these to life raft alongside not overcrowd to fix too much and also to have. 5 a place for the

its highest increase of cases in 3 months of school live now so what is the rest of the cane who's in berlin so dominic what measures are countries taking at light of these new cases. well here in germany there's a great deal of concern about the way that these new infections are manifesting themselves because the mantra from ministers has been that it is people coming back from high risk areas tourists who travel to other parts of europe and unwittingly brought the infection back with them and yet actually paradoxically the majority of new infections taking place in germany take place inside germany if you see what i mean which underlines to a certain extent why the government here has been prioritizing the message about hand washing mask wearing certainly they are on the cusp of a decision about the sorts of cut of of of contract shortening of contact shortly misuse me of reducing the ability of people to to move around in public there's certainly a debate about whether that should take place that's what's happening in germany but then if you look elsewhere in those countries you were ment

opponent of vladimir putin remains in a coma after collapsing on thursday dominic cain has more from berlin on the comments by the kremlin spokesman. he's denied any suggestion that president putin was involved with or responsible for the illness that mr of army has been suffering i will recall that he's been suffering from this illness since it afflicted him in mid-air over siberia on thursday now the clear steer here from berlin from the officials from the medics in the hospital behind me the shot at a hospital is that there is a poison in the system of mr nonny they're treating it with atrophy it's a poison which acts on the motor neuron functions of the human body essential functions and in the absence of those functions then the person the patient will go into a very serious illness which is of course what has happened to mr nardelli the point being made here by many people in the media and and elsewhere is that there are a very very few civilian pharmaceutical reasons why a person would have such a substance in their system and those are not things that have been associated with mr no

countries in berlin on thursday where again this topic will certainly be to the forefront. police have detained dozens of demonstrators and questioned a nobel prize winning author as a crackdown on protesters challenging the president said law is part of an opposition council created to discuss a transition of power after alexander lukashenko has disputed election victory earlier this month prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the council accusing its members of putting national security at risk but alex a rich refused to answer the investigators questions he also who won the nobel prize for literature in 2015 also called on russia's president to intervene on the steps of government and now look because speaks only to put we need him to speak to the people maybe the world can help us so that negotiate with somebody the more we stay together the stronger we will be and the greater chance really you have of me cue the dorothy stork to our. demonstrations against the president rule draw hundreds of thousands of protesters to the streets of the capital it's a d

worsening marches like this have been occurring sporadically for some considerable time most notably in berlin at the start of the month the common link between these political extremes is the feeling that ministers are acting beyond their constitutional powers for example that was. our demand is basically going back to democracy away with these laws that have been imposed on us away with the masks that make us slaves the protesters are made up of many different groups some from the far left of society some from the far right one author says what unites this otherwise disunited group is a deep distrust of what they regard as mainstream politician. it's mainstream media and mainstream science these people are kind of. lost for normal debate because they don't believe in the scientific texts anymore and as we all know it's impossible to do like viral lodges experiments in your home kitchen to prove it kind of so this is a very troubling situation specially in the pandemic the people who protested here on the 1st of august were trying to highlight what they consider are infringements of their per

doubts about this election saying that minimum standards have clearly not met the foreign ministry in berlin talking about a setback for belarus alluding to recent times in which alexander lukashenko has tried to build bridges with europe as his relationship with russia and president putin has appeared to fray there's even talk of sanctions possibly being reimposed the ministry has observed massive repression and arbitrary arrests in the run up to the election says the german foreign ministry and the government there it says used pollak the policy of intimidation to target journalists and bloggers and this sort of chorus of condemnation continuing other countries new you close to belarus close to its borders latvia lithuania the czech republic poland calling for an emergency session of the union of this of course completely unprecedented or unexpected when you consider that foreign observers on the ground watching elections in belarus haven't found one to be free fair or credible since 1995 of course a step was reporting there were a huge part of us as a result we will be monitoring that the

summit to be held on wednesday to discuss what more can be done as dominic came talking to us from berlin dominic thank you very much indeed. well the democratic party in the us will gather virtually in the coming hours for its national convention the event will see joe biden officially named as the democratic candidate for president on an official reports and how he clinched the nomination. back before covered just as the primary process got underway if you would have banked on joe biden winning the democratic presidential nomination the idea he would be in a position to unveil a vice presidential pick as he did last week would almost have been laughable he lost heavily in iowa he had little better in the next 2 contests but was saved by a win in south carolina a diverse electorate the 1st day to go the press and the funny thing to clear this candidacy yes that was a key moment when the democratic party saw him rather than bernie sanders as the man to beat donald trump when i'm sure his convey was that there's no way that you're going to be able to get most of america to support. and as

convene an emergency summit on battery so on wednesday out of there is dominic casey has more from berlin. there's been a chorus of condemnation from across europe capitals to the events that have unfolded in minsk and in barrow belarus at a wider level in the last few days in the last week or so and in this capital city in berlin the government pressing for strong measures to be taken part of a raft of ideas that are coming from europe right now the polish government a view from the being that the european endowment for democracy should be enacted to help the situation in ghettos and then at a pan-european level from brussels the president of the european council calling a special summit video conference of heads of state heads of government for wednesday to discuss what more can be done given the fact that the european union's clout as it were is political and economic not military so the european union looking to try to ratchet up the pressure it can put in yellow rose to help the situation there remembering that one head of state the french president emmanuel makkal has said that the