you but we don't he going to push on just a little bit because short c 100 he's a new jeep is isn't avani even popular enough to challenge president putin let me share with you shortly a great question thank you let me share with you this on my laptop what do russians think about the valley this is a recent poll and the blue people who are proven avani the orange the disapprove look how big this is in russia right 56 percent and then a good 25 percent don't care but no and then looking at people thinking in russia you think that nobody should have come back to russia because of course he when he came back he was arrested 22 percent as a tiny percentage think that that was a good idea 51 percent a neutral let's just make that a shrug and 25 percent disapprove this is a very different annex in the valley pool inside russia than they appear to be outside of russia go it. yeah tired he's not a particular tickly popular person and that's true even among liberal oppositionists a number of whom i think regarding river a certain amount of suspicion. for a number of reasons the 1st 2 were of his.

having that here it got from the moscow times this headline russia expelled european diplomats even avani protests from the foreign ministry so there was a meeting there were conversations it did not go well he's angela merkel from frankly the fish. but it didn't his us dollars are cheering our meeting we were and swarmed over the expulsion of german swedish and polish diplomats from moscow in connection with demonstrations on the volley we considered this expulsion to be unjustified and we believe this is a very very step away from the rule of law noticeable in russia right now think here that's a hood on. brewing as the situation around it only has it escalate he said now it's international crisis what does it feel like some insight russia. but it's very important that was the community is now. stand against this a sin is sin or imprisonment. i think for that it wouldn't it is much more important what's. had the thinking satirists how many people will join this board to see how many celebrity has an opinion leaders will support no one and this is the most important because i don't think

will see a unified country in elections in december and jailed russian opposition politician alex and avani has confirmed on instagram that he's being held in a remote penal colony is precisely cation has not been officially released since his move from a nearby prison and his social media post he calls it a concentration camp saying that he's working every hour through the night you know he's been classified as a flight risk the penal colony known for its strict regime is in the vladimir region east of moscow. you can an opposition leader by the wind has been arrested while leading a protest in kampala. the. wine called on authorities to free hundreds of his supporters arrested around the time of january's presidential election he lost the vote to longtime leader you were $71.00 disputes the results one says he hasn't been charged but says his home is still surrounded by the police and military. the to the arab league qatar that the mother and the and the you have to respect the will of the other going to work with what is a military and the curriculum at the end of the year to respect the

that it may put it off soften investigation blaming russian agents for poisoning and explain avani so.

released from custody i'm just seeing the reuters report is quoting an unidentified ally of election avani saying that there should be fresh protests next weekend and looks as though this is gaining momentum. well yes indeed we also read these announcements that the next brought this should happen the next weekend and indeed it looks like it is gaining the momentum because it was. me and his supporters showed he said that there are big numbers of them that they are willing to take to the streets whether it's a minus 50 like you mean with school or. face seeing and having the colombine and clashes with that with the police like it was here in moscow and also in petersburg so today's protest has been shown indeed very ease big numbers behind aleksei now by me at least willing to protest on the streets for his freedom and also against the routine and he is out for you know sandra thanks very much indeed that his son and sons are going for talking to us from moscow. with another man's is imposing its toughest measures yet with a nation time nation wide a night time curfew against covert 19 fro

of a franco german council about security in europe where they touch upon more issues than just than avani case but also about the strategic relationship between the e.u. and russia and indeed one particularly contentious scheme that's under way which is the north stream to gas pipeline from russia through to the european union through germany we know the french president has called for this to be shelved something that angela merkel does not agree with clearly because she wants north stream to to carry on to germany because of the benefit that she says this will bring to the economy here one area of disagreement there but generally speaking very hard to separate the 2 of them in so far as the nirvana case is concerned donna thank you very much donna cane reporting live there from berlin. indonesia is rolling out a new breath test for covert 19 passengers at train stations and bus terminals are being screened with results issued within minutes but some health experts doubt it's accuracy jessica washington reports now from jakarta. this is the early morning rush hour 71 of dakota's busiest

russia's main opposition need to explain avani has accused the kremlin of freezing his bank account of honey is an anti corruption campaign it has emerged as president vladimir putin strongest critic he says that not only has his account been frozen but it's also overdrawn by more than a $1000000.00 accounts. but only and his wife 2 children and elderly parents have also been blocked around he says he believes the phrases are punishment for his work exposing corruption at the highest levels of russia's government. with all of us that i don't have any shady assets are trying not to have any cash at the moment it's not clear how are paid rent for my apartment or pay for food and anyway i got to tell all these thieves in the kremlin don't worry my colleagues and i will handle the situation. i'm one of the top stories on our syria the world health organization is warning that global stocks of protective equipment for fighting the corona virus are running low south korea has seen nearly a 1000 new infections in just one day of the country's president declaring war on the virus a number of c

on that from the russian state news agency interfax is saying that the jailed kremlin critic alex in avani has been moved or will be moved to a medical facility is not clear whether or not that has yet to happen it's also saying that his condition is said to be satisfactory it's quoting the prison service that has been looking after him in russia and also that he is being seen daily by a doctor of course as we get more information on that story we will bring it to you as quickly as we can now there have been reports of shelling in eastern ukraine a radio free europe published a video of their peers to show soldiers inside a trench and the sound of gunfire heard in the distance the footage hasn't been independently verified the part comes as tensions rise between moscow and kiev about a buildup of russian troops near the ukrainian border. a banned political party in pakistan has released 11 police officers that took hostage during protests on sunday police had earlier raided the offices of the technique allowed back which led to violent protests that killed 3 people charla ballasts reports

in power even though we can see that it's slowly starting to crumble rational position to an extent avani has been discharged from a german hospital where he was being treated for poisoning the kremlin critic says he has a long way haven't taken ahead experts believe he was poisoned with a nerve agent novacek his team says it was on the orders of president vladimir putin but the russian government strongly denies involvement dominic cain reports from ban it. a gaunt looking at nice sits in a german park his fight against navi chop poisoning has now entered a new phase compare how he looks right now with how he looked when he fell ill last month back then many wondered if he might die he himself wondered if he'd ever be fit to leave hospital saying on social media the 1st time they took me to the mirror after 24 days in intensive care of which 16 were in a coma a character from the movie lord of the rings looked at me from the mirror and believe me was not an elf at all i was terribly upset i thought i would never be discharged but perseverance and dedicated medical care won out meaning he

the avani of a mom. then. when we come back a mighty that if another the name of. a me too well they're. putting it on a front to come i hate anybody if anyone and even that are the heavy bet that if a deal with my friend. still reached to ross has written a book about the mel devean stanley who left the syria he says many citizens began following a strict a form of islam after the 2004 tsunami. under the guise of. helping people a number of saudis sponsored n.g.o.s suddenly started sprouting in mali's it is very easy to isolate people who are basically living marginally about the power 'd to live in and then to tell them that this unfortunate set of events that has come upon you is because you are strayed away from the path of true islam and over the last decade and a half this slow brainwashing and infusion of salafi of a hub is them that is what leads to and radicalization of an entire country. shirish says mel debian's a particularly popular among recruits is in iraq and syria. deviance where preferred as good soldiers because a an islander is a very strong rob

heavy security on the streets of moscow as kremlin critic and explain avani is sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating his parole. protests ring out in yang gone against me in law's military coup. she is now back under house arrest. britain battles a covert variant that's mutated again but there's more encouraging vaccine news in both the u.k. and russia. and after a successful test launch a giant rocket space x. hopes will one day go to mars explode on landing. on side of us i'll have all the sports we'll hear from one of capsules biggest football stars and why is that he is this team to hail gets ready for their fast speed club while comp appearance on home soil. begin in russia where a court has jailed a prominent putin critic alex in a valley for violating parole while he was recovering in germany from being poisoned he's been given a 3 and a half year sentence but his lawyer says he'll serve 2 years and 8 months because of time spent on the house arrest in court a defiant mocked russia's president saying he would go down in history as putin the underwear poison while

got their first champions league goals of for the club with at the sink avani also scoring twice and chelsea made a perfect start to the group stages of the blues put six apos competition debutantes. of that i began the premier league champions at making their return to european competition having failed to qualify last season. a good start and. a perfect staff to follow for us to play the first game troopers league and then improve. to when we double. to score a many goals to people. to finish the game with appreciate and yeah i saw a lot of. positive things tonight. imagine a night or two or three no winners against basle on their return to the competition for jani and the rush for the scores five time champ is by munich a bit under left three nil and it was goals between roman athletico madrid. carson los angeles will officially confirm be confirmed as host of the twenty twenty four and twenty twenty eight in limping games later international limpet committee members are expected to ratify the decision at their meeting in paris capital lima the olympic flame was led to at the los

post as well as the ban has been fined $136000.00 and must complete a face to face education programme avani apologised shortly after posting a message saying it wasn't his intention to cause offense that is always sport for me in 2020 or in general thanks very much see you had 2020 what happened they. found a spine coronavirus concerns that some countries have still welcomed in the near. there are large celebrations in new zealand one of the few countries able to hold relatively normal festivities after gaining control over the spread of the virus dubai rang in the new year with the fireworks and lights display at the bush family for the world's tallest tower giving the residents a view from all sides of the city and in the city where kevin 19 originated thousands gathered in the city center to celebrate by releasing balloons into the air. first 2020 draws to a close we're reminded of its defining moment the coronavirus pandemic brought historic loss but also global solidarity away from covered 19 protests war and the fight for justice affected the lives of millions we look back now at 2020

all manchester united will be without ed sink avani for their next 3 matches the year why and striker pleaded guilty to using insulting and improper words in a social media post since apologized saying it wasn't his intention to cause offense at the sporting year has been defined and disrupted by coronavirus major events like the olympics a face costly delays while top level athletes have gotten used to performing in the stadiums at the richardson reports on how sport has got through the pandemic at 0. in march basketball star really go attempted to make lots of concerns about catching coronavirus what can you say hands over the assembled media as equipment. holders are gone back to the sea to keep heading back to the water 2 days later a game involving his utah jazz team was called off for the last minutes it later emerged had become the 1st n.b.a. player to test positive for cope with 19 the team's departed the scene it will be more than 4 months before they returned. the olympic flame continue to flicker on even after most other sports have been snuffed out but at the end of march

vaccine and has dismissed allegations that he ordered the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani russian president was speaking at his annual news conference which was held at his private residence in moscow because of the pandemic so we're going to go has more. the annual presidential press conference with a marked difference it is always a marathon event last in close to 2 hours with relatively few surprises from his home in the suburbs of moscow president vladimir putin fielded questions from all over the country his thoughts on current issues foremost the pandemic and whether he'd been given the russian vaccine sputnik v. which is yet to meet international approval standards. the vaccine is like going to civilian circulation are currently provided for citizens in a certain age range and vaccines have not yet reach people like me but i'm a fairly law abiding person i listen to the recommendations of our specialists so i haven't had the shot yet but i will absolutely do it as soon as it becomes possible there were also questions over the attempted assassination of his opponent

moscow is denying involvement by dominic king's joining us live from berlin we understand that alex in avani has been speaking about this what's he been saying dominick. yes posting several different messages on his social media profile specifically on the social media platform instagram talking about his sensation and being discharged at last talking about the difficulties that his condition has presented him with but starting off by referring to his reaction when the 1st time after being brought out of that coma that he was in for such a long time when the 1st time he was put in front of a mirror he's described the sensation had felt as though he says he was looking back at looking back at him was a character from the film the lord of the rings and it was not an elf he says he says he felt terribly disappointed by this and wondered if ever he would be discharged but of course he has been discharged from the hospital and he's talked about the sorts of problems he's been facing how the effect of this poisoning it worked on the motor neuron functions of the human body of of his body basically

a political network linked to kremlin critic alex and avani has been suspended from operating while a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anticorruption foundation which they founded declared an extremist group of ani was jailed for a parole violation and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated bennett smith has more from moscow. what will happen is that later this week prosecutors will ask a moscow court to declare his organization isn't a corruption organization and he's affiliated political groups all around russia as extremists putting them on a level with al qaeda now in the interim prosecutors of ask the court to make a ruling to essentially stop the activities of those groups while the court decides on a final ruling so we're expecting that now tomorrow on choose day now the volleys group say that they have stopped the social media postings they've closed the telegram channel down they've closed there are the social media groups but they will reemerge under different names t

putin won because he controls the media another one from a mom who says putin is popular in russian avani cannot change environment against the putin regime thank you very much for your comments we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on this and other stories of course the hash tag use crates now on to other world news and earthquakes on hawaii's big island a growing more powerful as mount killer way it continues to erupt skewing lava and toxic gas into the air nearly two thousand people have been forced to leave their homes the most recent earthquake was a magnitude six point nine get away a volcano began spewing lava into residential areas on thursday scientists expect the eruption to continue as mariana honda has elitists. for five days who wise big island has been rattled by hundreds of earthquakes and then three major trim is over a three hour period the biggest a magnitude six point nine. the seismic activity began on monday when the crater floor of the a volcanic cone on the cool the way it started to collapse nava flowed into newly created underground chambers that lava

internet is fast eroding state television's influence and russia's main opposition figure alexei and avani is among those running you tube channels to provide an alternative voice the kremlin's not toppy and through a combination of legislation and surveillance infrastructure it wants to ensure it has control of all media new bills going through parliament aimed at creating a single command post from which the government can decide what information is allowed online putin says it's a defensive response to trump administration's new cyber strategy but critics say it's meant to stave off any domestic political unrest step vast and sets up a discussion from moscow. this is just the latest effort by the government to control the internet in previous years many restrictions have been imposed already hundred fifty four thousand sites have already been blocked and this bill is more far reaching than previous ones but to really control the internet experts say the government needs a lot of money and a lot of manpower so to create something like in china great firewall many see that as an realistic

people from all ethnic tribes hearsay they want avani or peace. other politicians refused to sit down and talk. the uncertainty and suffering for these people will continue. it's not clear when these families will want to return. now, al jazeera in kenya's valley. >> over the border in somalia, an improvised explosive device has gone off in a restaurant. at least four people have been killed and eight injured. there has been no claim of responsibility. celebrations marking 50 years of index from malawli. it was one of the first nations to break the ties of colonial rule. it is one of the most depositionly populated countries. it has vowed to fight corruption. live at the stadium in the capital. people are quite enthusiastic. they have been boistrous celebrations. . >> yes, there have. thousands of people here in the stadium. it's a very colorful military day. they are listening to the president right now. some people say they are celebrating. there are some who say there isn't much to celebrate. officials say to me, malawi has appear man 50 years

at 19, avani lekhara became the first woman to win gold at the paralympics. less than a decade ago, a car accident had changed her life. herfather her father introduced her to shooting to help divert her mind. there have been struggles every step of the way. in the run—up to the paralympics, the lockdown due to covid was a major challenge. she changed her home into a shooting range. there are mental struggles, too. between training sessions, sessions, avani is also studying law and she loves to dance with her friends. but like any accomplished parachute, she is very clear about what her next target is. avani lekhara's success is an inspiration for many in india who are coping with disabilities. i have with me to basketball players here. can you tell me, india is not a disabled friendly country, it is not even easy to get around in this country as a disabled person. in that kind of environment, how do you manage to play a sport? what impact does playing a sport have on your life? what kind of support do you think the government, society at large, need to giv

the person who has done the most on this front, electing saint avani is in prison. i think the possibility of war is extremely unpopular and an invasion is extremely and popular in russia but they don't have interest so this is his strategy in his decision —— or two. his strategy in his decision -- or two. ~ , ., �* , . ., two. with you're in experience of russian mindset _ two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and _ two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and what - two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and what you i two. with you're in experience of i russian mindset and what you know two. with you're in experience of - russian mindset and what you know of vladimir putin and how he operates, how do you deal with vladimir putin? i think it's important to consider that we know he is interest worthy. we know he is a bad actor in terms of having malevolence intentions, but unfortunately, he is also committed to staying in power as long as he can. so whether it's going to be bid for conflict, during conflict or after the conflic

and us are warning russia of consequences of russian opposition leader election avani dies in custody his personal doctors say without intervention he may only have days left to live. and germany's green party has a chance for the very 1st time to win the top job in germany it's placing of its faith in a new leader to take on america's conservatives this september. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us a massive shakeup in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have announced the formation of a new breakaway super league the new midweek competition will be independent of european football's governing body you way for the super league is expected to be highly lucrative been include many of europe's top money making teams like manchester united ac milan and rail madrid as well as the 12 founding clubs another 3 are expected to join before the 1st season which according to a statement will start as soon as practicable. well you wave has threatened to sanction clubs that take part in the break whately they realize they released a statement rather saying the c

felonies appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly avani must now spend around 2 and a half years in a penal colony for violating parole. u.s. president joe biden has declared a state of major disaster in texas following a crippling winter storm at least 2 dozen people have died in the unusually cold weather which also just dropped in power supplies 7000000 people are also under orders to boil tap water before drinking or cooking. at least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in a myanmar after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay security forces deployed water cannons and fired rubber bullets at the crowd the protesters are calling for the restoration of the civilian government ousted in a coup at the beginning of this month. isn't just a few news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at to d.w. news or you can visit our website to d.w. dot com. romania's breadbasket is disappearing climate change and decades of overexploitation is resulting in the growth of a huge des

and we can go now to find emily sure when she is in moscow for you what am i missing avani calling off his hunger strike a what more can you tell us well it seems that extent of on these demands to see civilian doctors have been met in a post there was a new post on his instagram account seems to have been passing these posts on to his lawyers periodically and in that post he says that he was able to see doctors that he says he trusts twice now and that they have recommended that he calls off his hunger strike apparently according to that post they said that soon there may be nothing left to treat if he is if he doesn't stop his hunger strike but he has also demanded to see another doctor he's still complaining about numbness in his arms and legs so that demand goes forward and when this is all made for his flight . well he's still obviously been in prison he was this week transferred to a different prison which has a medical ward tuberculosis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he might you know fl

analysis shows that a military grade nerve agent was used to poison the leading critic of the kremlin avani remains in a coma and the berlin hospital also coming off of a verdict of not guilty in slovakia and a much watched case that toppled the gulf.

outside his home his spokeswoman said he was later taken to a hospital to treat a suspected broken finger avani has called for nationwide rallies in early september to protest the government's plans to raise the retirement age. romania has confirmed an outbreak of deadly african swine fever the country's largest big breeding farm officials say all one hundred forty thousand animals will be called at the farm complex in the south and county of brian mania has reported hundreds of recent outbreaks in the region. the u.s. says it's slashing more than two hundred million dollars in aid pledged to the palestinian territories the money was meant to fund health and education projects but washington says the reason for the funding cut is the masses control of the gaza strip washington considers hamas a terrorist group but. a fire to resort hotel in north eastern china has killed at least nine hundred people and injured more than twenty the blaze broke out in the city of harbin before dawn and firefighters rescued scores of guests at the hotel. granger refugees in bangladesh have been marking one year s

plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of homs where he was then rushed to hospital and avani is it considered one of president putin's affairs says russian critics exposing corruption and organizing demonstrations and despite official bans this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina van they said he'd been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail he'd been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog ate resistance to kremlin control has long made him one of president vladimir putin's biggest nemeses. no vanity rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state controlled companies at rallies he took direct aim at the kremlin and its occupants dubbing putin's united russia party the party of crooks and thieves. as he began proving his pulling power with opposition supporters stints in jail and the courtroom became a regular feature. charges of embezzlement in the city of kirov in 2013 saw him banned from entering the political process and running for office. in 2070 moscow saw some of the biggest anti corrupti

his home his spokesperson said he was later taken to a hospital to treat a suspected broken finger avani has called for nationwide rallies in early september to protest the government's plans to raise the retirement age. the u.s. says it's slashing more than two hundred million dollars in aid pledged to the palestinian territories the money was meant to fund health and education projects washington says the reason for a fight for the funding cut is hamas is control of the gaza strip a washington considers a mass a terrorist group. a fire at a resort hotel in northeastern china has killed at least one thousand people and injured more than twenty. the blaze broke out in the city of harbin before dawn firefighters rescued schools of guests at the hotel. well injure a few g.'s in bangladesh have been marking one year since the start of the man army crackdown that forced them to leave their homes for testers march through the coxes bizarrely gen where hundreds of thousands are living in makeshift camps grandma says it's ready to take back the refugees but there's been little progress in resol

frantisek cool avani its export oriented business model would collapse overnight. integrated within the collaborative network. and. this is a lot of benefit far more benefits to stay within the. foot of the market place near the steel company's headquarters in benish of the mood could hardly be more different in rural areas as well as small provincial cities a lot of czechs simply don't like the e.u. . last. year were in it i don't know what it's worth we are in it ok i'm fifty fifty but. i don't think it's good for us and it will be better for us to leave the european union. a survey by the german czech chamber of industry and commerce says that eighty three percent of foreign owned companies here under full two thirds of czech companies are worried about the current check to debate some foreign companies say they'd leave the country immediately if it were to exit the e.u. . as long as the czech republic doesn't have a new government which clearly stands by the e.u. and reaffirms czech membership this debate will drag on pure poison for the economy because it caus

by skype to avoid any possibility of infection like dr dan tika dr lorenzo north works in a property avani hospital in bangor. i think the message that goes for us all for the whole of europe is all of us we doctors to need to keep our distance from our families. well. if everyone in europe does that then at some point this will be over. and then we'll have a lot of time again to spend together and to hug each other just like we did in the past. but for now we must stay at home in self isolation. because that's the only option we have to stop the spread of the virus in europe. optimism and solidarity what's important now even if an end to the crisis is not in sight. while the curve of new infections appears to be flattening out it's still unclear when the country will be able to return to normality. is that when i 1st saw that photo in the social media i thought it was a fake but it's true the water is a lot clearer than usual and you don't hear a sound either it's almost eerie now and then you hear a child crying but nothing apart from that i'm believable. if something positive has come o

this is the other you knew saliva from berlin kremlin critic i like saying avani loses chu court cases in one day and will have to spend more than 2 years in a penal colony court upholds the russian opposition leader sentence for violating his parole and find him guilty of defamation in a 2nd trial also coming up on the show. us president joe biden declares a major disaster in texas.

starting with these guys luis suarez and in-sync avani will be leading the line for your why in july and you think hard pressed to find a better pairing outlets all the time we all know about suarez right he's the country's top scorer of all time let's just hope you can avoid chomping on his opponents for a few weeks t.t.t. itself from east. africa vonnie he's been in great form for p.s.g. these the top scorer in the french late just imagine what he'll be able to do without neymar stealing penalties often with these two up front challenges. and they're not alone in brain quality to the squad. kept indiegogo dean is an absolute gloria and he's got a club team mate from outlets to go madrid alongside him at center back in josé maría jimenez. has plenty more experience in players like maxine. pereira christine and keith are anonymous letters. and it's not just europe why they will pose a serious threat because also egypt. you now when we think of egypt as one name that springs to mind i mean solid food is quite simply one of the most dangerous attackers in the world right now. and he'

starting with these guys luis suarez and in-sync avani will be leading the line for euro why in july and you think hard pressed to find a better parent outlets all the time we all know about suarez right he's the country's top scorer of all time let's just hope he can avoid chomping on his opponents for a few weeks keep in c.t. itself police. has forgiven him he's been in great form for p.s.g. he's the top scorer in the french lady just imagine what he'll be able to do without neymar stealing penalties often with these two up front why are challenges . and they're not aligned in brain quality to the squad. caps indiegogo dean is an absolute worry out and he's got a club teammate from outlets u.k. madrid alongside him and sends about it jose maria jimenez. there's plenty more experience in players like knocks. pereira christine and keith a phenomenon has left. and it's not just europe why they will pose a serious threat as also egypt. you. know when we think of egypt there's one name that springs to mind i mean some of the food is quite simply one of the most dangerous of talkers in t

involved in his poisoning last summer media have named the man as part of an elite team that trailed avani for years the kremlin has dismissed the recording as a fake but trying to confront the would be assassin an associate of the bodies was instead detained by police. with the address in the audition going to come from an alleged would be assassin alexina vall needs lawyer of civil arrived at an apartment block in moscow along with a d w camera team. according to me a man who lives on this street is one of the security service agents who tried to kill him with the credit suitable. for police arrive and take her away. whatever the year was over this is the job of. alexina valmy the prominent critic of the russian government an anti corruption investigator fell ill while on a plane in russia or an organist. he was treated at a hospital in berlin and recovered laboratories in europe confirmed that he had been poisoned with the soviet era military nerve agent novi chalk. now now found the says he's uncovered new details on the plot to kill him on a video of a phone call he says he duped a me

on these appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly avani must now spend around 2 and a half years in a penal colony for violating parole. u.s. president joe biden has declared a state of major disaster in texas following a crippling winter storm at least 2 dozen people have died in the unusually cold weather which also just dropped it power supplies 70000000 people are also under orders to boil tap water before drinking or cooking. at least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in a myanmar after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay security forces deployed water cannons and fired rubber bullets at the crowd the protesters are calling for the restoration of the civilian government ousted in a coup at the beginning of this month. this is just a few news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at to d w news or you can visit our website to d.w. dot com. the final preparations ahead of last year's launch the hope probe is now over to mars the aim of the united arab emirates m

at some other stories making headlines around the world the jailed the kremlin critic i like saying avani has announced he is going on hunger strike this follows a demand by an of on these doctors that the dissident receive immediate medical treatment for a severe back complaint of only has been detained at a penal camp since february he survived a near fatal poison attack last august. an italian a navy captain working at the defense ministry has allegedly been caught selling documents to a russian official in response italy has expelled the 2 russian diplomats a navy captain has been arrested and russia's ambassador has been summoned to italy's foreign ministry the kremlin says it hopes bilateral ties will not be damaged over the affair. well appeals judges at the international criminal courts have upheld the acquittal of ivory coast's former president on charges of involvement in deadly post-election violence. by boat was acquitted 2 years ago along with former youth ministers charlotte in a good day they were accused of responsibility for crimes including murder rape and persecution fo

russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has been detained at an anti putin rally in moscow and avani had called for nationwide protests against president vladimir putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president they are reports that thousands of other people were arrested in other demonstrations across the country putin is also be sworn in on monday. thousands of people took to the streets of paris on saturday to protest government policies marking a years.

moscow it's the 2nd consecutive weekend tens of thousands have rallied in cities across russia to demand avani be freed. reports from opposition stronghold st petersburg. leaked. to of the opposition's challenge to vladimir putin thousands have gathered again in the center of st petersburg as they are again demonstrating for the release of opposition politician alex enough me i had of the protest the austerity is called and of many areas of the city center. for many people here this is the 1st time they have ever attended a protest until recently they didn't care about alexander valley but his arrest at a moscow airport on return from germany outraged to many russians and many are also here to demonstrate against corruption perceived to police violence and elect of democracy in russia they showed up even though organizers didn't receive a permit for the protests from the also reaches. him in the most seriously why it leads. directly in light of that secondly i'm against corruption and thirdly i'm against political prisoners in our country or the people who tell the truth in russia should be fr

here in germany to confirm that this was a chemical weapons a substance that was used to poison and avani at the same time there is a lot of discussion about what kind of consequences that might have full the relationship between germany and russia and in the center of that is discussions about the north regimes north 3 to pipeline a gas pipeline going through the baltic sea from russia to germany which is about to be completed hasn't been completed yet and germany has been saying that this product line might possibly be affected this pipeline project by the situation at the moment let's hear what the german foreign minister and the government spokesman said about this today. france's offer for. their the phone for now and i believe that would be wrong to rule out these having any impacts on the project at. this point your time. chancellor agrees it's wrong to rule anything out. you know the u.s. has been pressuring germany to scrap this pipeline project for a long time so could this dispute over the poisoning of me actually end up killing this deal. it's a possibility that's certainly in

in berlin then at western relations with russia are very strained after the conviction of election avani what options are there for addressing these tensions diplomatically. that's a very good question and that's the idea of the book to the well of the who are presented if that we've just heard about to attempt to use a diplomatic path instead of the sanctions the u.s. ambassador have already announced that they will because you like distillation after the conviction of alexei navalny the e.u. has so said we will wait when the money was arrested and i think the visit of the well might also be one of the test cases to see what kind of with dollars will he be able to bring home will it be in the end of the good of bad timing and bad blokes and might that be for the youth an occasion to think about sanctions when diplomatic means especially when it comes to washington method policy usually that those successful. europe and germany in particular walk a fine line trying to maintain business relations with russia while addressing numerous disputes not least over ukraine these interests are cla

november to denise of the pows when he was told that the word in spanish could be considered racist avani didn't contest the english football associations charge that his post was pushed insulting and abusive post bush but he said he only meant to extend a fiction with his comment. that's often else even be explained as business next stop was the one to happen yes and it's time. the story of producing propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war. their mothers were germans living in the occupied crying land their fathers soldiers from the french colonies. these powerful german children had a hard time to use and because they were reminder of the german defeat. exclusion and content. inforced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remained of their existence. the children of. storage january 11th on d. w. . the world welcomes 2021 and says goodbye to seamless trade between britain and the e.u. to take it's europe's news customs border and look at efforts on both sides to keep goods flowing. vaccines drive a global re

egypt against uruguay or of wired favorites they have players like loose wires from barcelona in sync avani from pizz shea and then there's egypt where their star striker mohammed saleh he has recovered from his injury in the champions league final so hopes are high that he's going to bring them bring them far at this tournament later on in group b. morocco face iran before the real game kicks off tonight one portugal face spain portugal are the reigning european champions they have cristiana ronaldo in their ranks but they weren't so convincing during the course of the euros really they had a lot of draws building up to the final they only had three actual wins over ninety minutes so the eyes are going to be on them whether they're going to perform better at this tournament and get far and then their spain who are world cup favorites but there's been so much turmoil in their camp after their head coach. was fired earlier this week amidst this whole his nomination as a real madrid coach and there was some discussion with the spanish football federation and now fernando yaro has taken over w

have photographs he has the names of course now for the moment moscow says there's no evidence stanton avani was poisoned 'd and that there is nothing to investigate yeah of course that's what we would expect to be coming out of the kremlin with this explosive information. as always public thank you here in germany a tougher lock down is coming today german president from voters don meyer pleaded with the public to abide by the new restrictions as the country struggles to fend off a surge in 1000 cases germany will enter a stricter loan on wednesday it comes after weeks of a partial lockdown which failed to drive down infection numbers steinmeyer and other leaders are urging the public to make sacrifices as the country prepares for a holiday season like no other. last minute christmas shopping came early this year people are still roaming belling streets looking for gifts but from wednesday on the shops will have to close as germany enters a tougher lockdown why polls show around free quarters of germans backing the measure opinions on the high street are mixed. then for if everything had al

organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons confirmed the deadly nerve agent nabil chalk was used on avani and now the e.u. is preparing new sanctions against russia. to try catch often along with france are proposing sanctions be imposed on those individuals we believe to have been involved in this crimes which often be it so. that could mean asset freezes and all travel bans for those names that appear on the sanction list. you're watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by of the day tonight a stress test for the u.s. supreme court a test like never before the to see the. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. with 19 special next on d w. can you hear me now yes yes we can hear you and i lost you gentlemen sound so that we're bringing you i'm going to back off and you've never had to have a surprise yourself with what is possible who is medical what is that. who talks to people who follows her own. the way my runs and critics now is the world's most