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 no 3 true 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 as i believe that would be wrong to rule out these having any impacts on the project for the. very shells for. the chancellor of greece 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 th

organization or that diplomatic spot between perlin and moscow is heating up over what happened to alexei and avani the german ambassador to russia was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and what cheese heard how russia is far from happy and what it sees as accusations coming towards it about the alleged poisoning of alexei navalny a strong protest was made to the ambassador over the unfounded accusations presented by the government of the federal republic of germany against russia in the context of the illness and hospitalisation of russian citizen alexina of only and the obvious use of his situation by berlin as an excuse to discredit our country on the international arena the g 7 leaders have also issued a joint statement in which they talk about the confident poisoning of alexina folly the statement also calls up for action from moscow the russian foreign ministry not particularly happy with that they say that the main obstacle towards action being taken by moscow remains germany not sharing the information it says shows the next election in a valley was poisoned with a nerve agent with

russian opposition leader alexei in a volley 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 all reports that thousands of other people were arrested in other demonstrations across the country putin is be sworn in on monday . thousands of people took to the streets of paris today to protest government policies marking a year.

to the case of the russian opposition leader alexei and avani foreign ministers of the group of 7 leading nations of condemned what they described as the confirmed poisoning of the kremlin critic for its part moscow has someone to the german ambassador over statements by his government about the case on monday of audio work from a medically induced coma in a hospital here in berlin his doctors say there is undeniable evidence the volley was poisoned with a form of novacek a soviet era nerve agent the german chancellor has called the poisoning attempt at composing and attempted murder. 2 australian journalists have returned home from china after being caught in a 5 day diplomatic standoff michael smith of the australian financial review and bill birtles from public broadcaster a.b.c. were forced to take shelter in australian diplomatic missions in china after their homes were raided before they left the country chinese authorities questioned them about an australian t.v. and go working for chinese state t.v. with smith and birtles departure there are now nor australian journalists reportin

of moscow now authorities have jill several of his supporters who staged a protest outside to demand avani receive proper medical care. he's getting a lot of media attention but that's all alex in the valley supporters can achieve at the moment earlier this week a group of doctors including the vollies family physician honest. came to the pokrov prison camp to get an idea of nevaeh in the state of health but they weren't allowed to enter. morrow and the day after tomorrow until they let assent and will observe how they treat alexei until he is taken to a normal hospital and gets normal medical treatment. alex a nepali seen here in a black prison uniform on surveillance camera footage 12 days ago russia's best known prisoner has been on hunger strike since late march in a letter to the prison director he demanded medical help sarcastically saying i've gotten used to my leg over the past few years i don't want to lose it now he is also suffering from fever and a cough and he says 3 fellow prisoners have been diagnosed with tuberculosis novell knees lawyers also visited the prison they were l

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now to the case of the russian opposition leader alexei in avani foreign ministers of the group of 7 leading nations have condemned what they describe as the confirmed poisoning of the kremlin critic for its part moscow has summoned the german ambassador of statements by his government about the case on monday nov on the awoke from a medically induced coma in a hospital here in berlin his doctors say there is undeniable evidence of ali was poisoned with a form of novacek a soviet era nerve agent the german chancellor has called a poisoning attempt attempted murder. then of all the cases a debate in the german parliament about how the government should respond one suggestion if russia fails to investigate than a volley case has been to hold the construction of the north stream to gas pipeline which is to bring russian natural gas to europe to members of the foreign affairs committee are opposed to that and favor a collective european response instead they explain the positions to d.w. the main question is not should we pursue the north stream to the main question is how should we tack

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

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. no 3 in 2 pipeline gas proper.

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

arrives and is transferred to the sheraton hospital to receive the specialist treatment and so why isn't avani being abroad to berlin specifically well this is something that his family and his team have really been pushing for they don't seem to trust the doctors in the russian hospital and what they're saying about these condition as to the choice of the sharia taken it in particular in berlin it is one of the most highly regarded hospitals in germany and often treats high profile patients including the chancellor angela merkel it also has a long history of treating political dissidents and opponents from abroad so the former ukrainian president sorry prime minister yulia tymoshenko the russian activist who was treated there in 2800 for suspected poisoning case and back in 2010 another 2 russian dissidents who are living in berlin america will receive medical treatment at the sheraton for a suspected mercury poisoning so it does have experience in handling these kind of cases where top hospital that also does have experience as you say with exactly this kind of case but can we say definitive

early examination by russian medicine medical officials who say they found no traces of poison and avani so we spoke to david your link a clinical pharmacologist and toxicologist in toronto and asked him whether it's possible that the talks and was not at 1st detectable i suspected the capabilities in germany are greater than those in siberia and so you would normally look for a depressed level this enzyme in the body these drugs is eventually interfere with this ends and breaks down the chemicals you are calling and you can detect low levels of the enzyme for often very long periods of time not every hospital can do i'm sure they can do it i don't know if they can do it in syria my suspicion is not it's also i suppose conceivable that you can actually detect the chemical self be more sophisticated testing that i think would be in normal use sort of thing that a military operation might do so i would be very much inclined to believe the german doctors and be suspicious that the russian testing was over not valid or not reported. let's now take a look at some other stories making news aro

nerve agent attack last august which people aims on the kremlin russian authorities said they detained avani for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. a kiss goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free by use i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport it had been diverted from a different moscow airport where it had previously been expected to land. dramatic scenes unfolded police arrested dozens of supporters who wanted to greet the kremlin critic personally authorities had declared their presence illegal and blocked access to the terminal with police vehicles some kremlin observers say the response shows the russian government is afraid of. me is dangerous otherwise they wouldn't want to imprison or kill him but he's fearless and now he's also famous even outside of russia that is exactly what the kremlin doesn't want. who are recognized by 70 or 80 perc

herein avani is pushing for change shortly before he's poisoned in the siberian city of tubs. began traveling around the country to declare war against united russia it's clear that this place should be one of the 1st it's sorely needed in this war. in the footage recently released by his team of only challenges united russia party members in tomsk calling them corrupt blood sucking creatures and urging the community to vote them out in the september 13th local elections because supporters hope the 44 year old will be awake to witness the outcome. of the very latest now with chief political correspondent. chancellor merkel is consulting with nato and with the for a coordinated approach what could have been mind. well 1st of all we heard yesterday from the e.u.'s foreign policy chief a condemnation in the strongest terms in very similar words to those used by angela merkel when she revealed that the chemical agent used was no overt shock the letter by the foreign policy chief for the announcement also called for russia to completely and thoroughly investigate the poisoning and

that hopes its approach to migrants will be taken up by the country as a whole we are incest a savage avani on the outskirts of milan in the north of italy once an industrial town used to have overwhelmingly communist views dubbed the stalingrad of the country today those views have all but vanished with elections in italy just around the corner this place hopes to lead by example in tackling immigration and taller and seems to be the last of concerns and what it could do here. whatever will help the situation must be done it's very important in other countries they are already doing these kinds of things and no one gets offended because it is a warranty for us and them. we need to find the best solution possible first we need to find out how many migrants we can identify through digital fingerprints and any other systems then we need to see if this works. they are human beings too but if there are hundreds of thousands coming into italy every year we really have a problem we can't accommodate which are. common enough of that it would be very difficult for the system to work we're not alone

bridge in moscow back in february 25th teen we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack and avani which once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out in russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all witness in are those massive progress in the mail or rules and i think it was one of the reasons why not wisely might be poisoned because after the presidential elections was so massive for the us and this part states poor 3rd very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday a big march against. whom i personally regard as former president because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him or putin they're all frightened by these days from belo rules and they might think that the same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know within that have an upcoming elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highly is very active and he introduced his role in tactic of smart loot it's called in russia and it's proved to be very effective last year and i don't think that russian

for you russian doctors have given a permission to to evacuate the opposition leader of next scene avani to germany for medical treatment of all me is currently in a coma in the city of arms and will be taken into the airport few hours time. that's a news update at this hour remember you can always stay up to date on our website w dot com all of us on twitter or instagram after you have unions and courage as an umbrella and thanks for watching. us and it's us of grave she could agree about i'm going to hold forth over the russian home the 4th i'm cleaning the whole of the most recent article about. the ballets at the austin dragons which word has called the home for 3 years and degree of books on. how to draw my competition while marketing numbers happens here by the time.

doctors treating alexina vonnie say they found evidence that the russian opposition leader was poisoned avani collapsed on a plane on thursday after drinking tea that his team believes was laced with a toxin the kremlin critic is currently in a medically induced coma in a brilliant hospital german chancellor angela merkel has called on russia to conduct a full investigation ramping up security at the hospital in berlin alexina valmy is being treated here for what his supporters say was a case of poisoning. confirmed that doctors treating putin's most prominent critics say he probably was poisoned. it's said clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of colon noster is inhibitors it's not clear exactly what the substance was some call in australia's inhibitors are used as a treatment for alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko mosse are demanding an investigation in view of mist in the valleys prominent role in the political opposition in russia the authorities there are now

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

thousands of pilgrims from el salvador where romero is a national hero russian opposition leader alexei and avani has been released from jail in moscow he spent some fifty days behind bars on two back to back sentences for staging illegal protests of only supporters say the kremlin is trying to sideline him. to syria now where a deadline is fast approaching to create a demilitarized zone in the northern province now the zone should be established by monday as part of a deal agreed to by russia and turkey last month it's meant to prevent a government assault on the rebel held area which the un ses could provoke a humanitarian catastrophe but they all reports that hard line fight is have yet to start withdrawing from the area. syria's last major rebel stronghold is just a few kilometers from here and uncomfortable thought for. and twenty twelve he fled from is the most fighters in this town singe are in the south of italy province now the syrian army has regained control after bitter fighting what remains is rebel sadness and anger against the islamists. how could there be reconciliation with the p

nongovernmental organization that's due to fly elex a devolved the out of russia russian medics are now saying avani can leave russia what do you think has changed their mind. i think it's been hard work since yesterday to put all this together and when we landed it's 8 o'clock in the morning bill and time there was no patient waiting for us to play new usually would have to turn back and back to bill learn but we decided that the play should stay as long as possible in order to make sure that it's last check only with one patient and it's now only. i think the most decisive thing was that after book 8 german medics were allowed to examine. himself this afternoon and after examination the russian doctor still said at least i'm fit to fly but in defense of the art of german doctors actually wrote the professional medical report which clearly stated that he's able to fly no matter that he's in critical condition unconscious and then to lation and i think this was the most important breakthrough what might have been also supported by the fact that a lot of people not voting have been working all day on

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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.

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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 prison officials have threatened to begin force feeding and jailed opposition leader i'll explain avani that's according to nevada his legal team the kremlin critic has been on a hunger strike since late march he's protesting what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment to his prison facility east of moscow. germany's conservatives are still looking for a candidate to send into the race to take over from chancellor angela merkel after 16 years in office she will be stepping down after september's election merkel c.d.u. party is backing its own leader but. the leader of the bavarian sister party c.s.u. is also hoping to get a shot at the top job. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backe

now russia's prison service say it has moved jailed opposition leader alexei avani to a detention center medical facility and of all these doctors say he's on the brink of death just 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. has warned off the consequences if he dies in prison not of on his personal medical team has repeatedly been denied access to any visits this is the prison compound where alexei novell me was being held and where he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory novelle these doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they are demanding access to their patient which so we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital nirvana returned to russia and january where he was promptly arr

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

an i'm just looking at a clip from him going to share it with you at the title was toxic situation avani just like it if the talks in mainstream media peddles crime in involved let's take a look. now let's not forget just last year another so-called suspected poisoning took place when the volley that was hospitalized for having a swollen face he said he never had an allergic reaction before he suggested perhaps he was poisoned and his personal doctor said he could have been exposed to a toxic agents now in the end what does it turn out to be just an allergic reaction but it seems like the western media hasn't really learned from this story because they're already jumping to conclusions about the kremlin's allegedly role in this whole situation to be sure but listen i'm just wondering that the few from inside russia generally very different from the view outside of russia does not much is the way that we understand the story. i think that. is so high profile that it is unlikely for anyone to have to have used poison on him that isn't from the administration i don't think any low level bur

chemical weapon against development and they would have failed and at the end they would have given avani to germany doctors this makes no sense i mean you know they won't be using chemical weapons invented in the seventy's at least for for something so they said this is not just the way russia russian works or. doesn't make any sense why would russia do this right at the time where it's winning it doesn't have to do this it doesn't do this and if ali is not such a big star in russia anyways and of course he's a very popular blogger figure in russian politics but he's no threat to put an end to to the russian politics he's a he's a lost an assett so the west is using this again maybe want to show him something bad on russia because the can't stand russia that's the bottom line it's a very valid point is that what you bring up about who who profits or does the russian government profit from from carrying out such a thing we look at it in a nuanced leveled way which i really haven't seen in the west and i'm waiting to read it by line or an editorial or something saying why would they carry

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

welcome back kremlin critic i like saying avani is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival they found he had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an instant's last summit in which he fell seriously ill during a flight saw the reports from moscow's winnick about international airport when of on these plane it was scheduled to land. but here i am. just to the southwest of moscow and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on that flight from belin however at the last minute we got word that all incoming flights were being diverted to other ports and the film is flight was set to shut me up to the other side of the capital now we've seen footage of him that disembarking the plane we saw him boarding a bus in will to be taken to a tunnel and it was on that bus that the he was taken in to police custody now behind me about an hour and a half 2 hours ago are once dispatched now it is minus 20 degrees i don't blame them a crowd of supporters had got that despite with ortiz all skin people not to gather on most of t

but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. in the national stuff our state speak some people speak some moves of the quality. you know it's not that he's been moved to yeah. i don't really believe it i think will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free to do as of what you can that it doesn't matter for us which prison he's and the most important thing that he's behind bars for what he has done but. they say it's one of the most severe colonies in russia maybe that's why he's been transferred here. the conditions there are such that god willing he will come on to life but he definitely won't be coming out of that healthy nothing good will happen to putin calms down he's the source of all this. oh my 1st guest tonight presented the findings of the u.n. human rights investigation into the case of a legacy of all me. that is the un special rapporteur on summary and extrajudicial killings she joins me tonight from maher say this government is good to have you on the program you said today that russia is res

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

every possibility you get to do so and of course there are nuclear incident that occurred with missile avani is such an opportunity to push the own again. and so it was clear from the beginning. this chance would be used and actually never found a use now conscious and recovering from this is back to point think has been posting on instagram about what he believes happened to him according to a new video and its accompanying text a water bottle with a trace of the novacek nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the city of tomsk his colleagues say they took the bottle as evidence just an hour after these alleged poisoning came to light are done of has been looking at the clay. this is it amateur footage shot in election of ali's room according to his supporters about an hour after the russian opposition figure started showing the 1st symptoms of the poisoning and the 1st thing that jumps at the viewer is that all these people in the room normally it is advised to wear more protective gear to protect oneself from cold it and this here they will potentially dealing with a military grade ner

but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. not sure the stuff now a state speech some people speak some moves. it's not that he's be moved. i don't really believe it that it will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free to do what you can then it doesn't matter for us which prison he send the most important thing that he's behind bars for what he has done that's. they say it's one of the most severe colonies in russia maybe that's why he's been transferred here. the conditions there are such that god willing he will come on to life but he definitely won't be coming out of that healthy nothing good will happen to putin constant he's the source of all this. oh my 1st guest tonight presented the findings of that u.n. human rights investigation into the case of alexy of all any. market is the u.n. special reports here on summary and extrajudicial killings she joins me tonight from maher say this government is good to have you on the program you said today that russia is responsible for the attempted poisonin

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

have photographs he has the names of course now for the moment moscow says there's no evidence stanton avani was poisoned and that there is nothing to investigate yeah of course that's what we would expect to be coming out of the kremlin but this explicit information . was always public thank you. but here in germany president front paws are steinmeier has pleaded with the public to abide by tougher restrictions as the country struggles to fend off a surge in covert 19 cases germany is preparing to enter a strict lockdown after weeks of a more limited which failed to drive down infection numbers steinmeier has described the crisis as quote bitter and serious he and other leaders are urging the public to make sacrifices as the country prepares for a holiday season like no weather. last minute christmas shopping came early this year people are still roaming bellowing streets looking for gifts but from wednesday on the shops will have to close this germany enters a tougher lockdown why polls show around 3 quarters of germans backing the measure opinions on the high street are mixed. then for if

same chemical weapon against novotny and they would have failed and at the end they would have given avani to german doctors this makes no sense i mean you know that they won't be using chemical weapon invented in the seventy's and eighty's for for something that are today said this is not just the way russia russia works and it doesn't make any sense why would russia do this right at a time where it's winning and of course is a very popular blogger figure in russian politics but he's not threat to put an end to the to the russian politics he's a he's a western ass so the west is using this again to standard maybe want to show something bad on russia because the can't stand russia any course will be providing updates and analysis on that of all the case and another drug claims throughout the coming hours right here on r.t. international. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. place elation and community. are you going the right way or are you being led. to. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in

more facts are needed to establish whether russian opposition leader alexei in a valley was poisoned avani is in a critical but stable condition in a berlin hospital after being airlifted out of russia on saturday germany says it is taking the possibility of this poison attack very seriously. at least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in 2 explosions in the southern philippines the blast struck the town of jolo on joe island stronghold of an extremist group allied to the so-called islamic state soldiers and civilians are among the dead. protesters were out on the streets of the u.s. city of cannot always concert later on sunday after police shot and seriously injured a black man it's the latest protest against police brutality and racism since the death of george floyd in may authorities said the officers involved in the shooting been placed on administrative leave. crews from all across the west the united states have arrived in california to help fight 2 dozen major wildfires blazing across the state the worst of the fires in the san francisco bay area tens of thousands

comes after german doctors said they had found evidence the russian opposition leader was poisoned avani was brought to lynn's charity hospital on saturday after falling ill in siberia. boss alone as little messi has submitted an official request to be released from his contract and follows also known as humiliating 8 to defeat by buying munich in the champions league regarded among the best footballers has been with the club for 20 years. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at all visit our website w dot com. it has happened so many times in the u.s. police seemingly without provocation shooting a black man on sunday in wisconsin it happened to 29 year old jacob blake his 3 little boys so everything 1st before the video of the shooting went viral protesters and police in wisconsin have clashed ever since as for jacob blake he remains in intensive care and is reportedly paralyzed from the waist down his father saying he doesn't know if his son will ever walk again i bring golf in berlin this is the day. i don't have a message i don't have a message and all this is

they're disappointed or 1st thing is are i strongly opposed to the combined and avani question with economic sanctions and especially with the gas pipeline laws for him to why we do that. there is no reason to combine it. we should, we should look at a separately imagine when mystica shockey was murdered in the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul, where the evidence is clear, different in the money case, new one ever tried to connect it with all oil business, that saudi arabia sophists and why we do that with russia. the 2nd is that we see a clear illegal 3rd party sanction by the us again, small stream to which connects russia and germany directly from natural gas. and now obviously to the money is used to justified is illegal sanctions. and to make pressure on the pipeline project. and that is not russian policy. that is anti-rational sentiment from the us and from parts of western europe. and suv of my position is let's separate it. and then if we go to this is as an isolated case, then of course we should also all the question that or that or a and in the room. we should share the inform

to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff but if you ask but i see alex in avani is well known for his fight against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain al-jazeera. thailand's anti-government protest movement is growing with more sectors of society taking part in demonstrations pressure is mounting on the government after weeks of student protests calling for elections and a new constitution when haye reports. calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the northern city of lumpur $2.00 students were among the latest to be ordered to report to police to hate charges against them for their part in organizing a peaceful rally for most of our but i feel like thailand is becoming a country that takes away people's rights it's honestly shocking what's concerning about this situation is the fact that a country that claims to be democratic is trying to stop students expressing their opinions. the student led anti-government movement has spread to many parts of the country incl