avani: and what do you do? rory: i am a full-time tiktoker. ♪♪♪ rory: so in the morning, i'll wake up maybe 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, and i'll check my phone, check if my videos have done well, or you know, how my followers are reacting to the content that i've just posted. tiktok, honestly, i get so much love on there. it's so weird because that's my biggest platform, it's tiktok with 5 million followers. it's crazy to think that 5 million people, that's people, it's not just a number. and if you really think about it, it's 5 million people that have tapped that follow button. they're all just so friendly, and they're kind of like your family. it's just weird, like, you don't know these people, but they know so much about you that they treat you like a family member. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ rory: and on that note, welcome to the new rory eliza, avani: rory eliza is one of millions of young australians recording virtually every moment of their lives to get famous on tiktok. rory: get ready with me for a date. yo,

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

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.

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

french shekel 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 czech simply don't like the e.u. . last. year we were in it i don't know what it's worth we're in it ok maybe some fifty fifty but. i don't think it's good for us but it will be better for us to leave the european union. 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 end reaffirms check membership this debate will drag on poison for the economy because it causes s

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

biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house has announced sanctions against 7 senior russian officials including the heads of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prison service and the prosecutor general irani who's the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies never only was jail last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin. it was not meant to be a silver bullet or an ending to what has been a difficult relationship with russia we expect the relationship to continue to be a challenge we're prepared for that and we're neither seeking to reset our relations with russia nor are we seeking to escalate 279 school girls kidnapped last week from a government run boarding school in northern nigeria have been recounting their ordeal after being freed they say their abductor

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.

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

in the past the event has hosted a listers likes of philo ren valentino gar avani as well as actor colin firth and achievement for style and sustainability which are set to carry on into the future. that's all for today but you can keep following the culture conversation through the holidays on our website until we meet again i wish you all the best for a safe holiday season not a peaceful slide into 2021 a few dozen. tell africa. to environmentalist jeffrey a fan mail has made up his mind long to kill a name on. visits row areas every week for the conservation donna initiative and sensitizes the last events for the protection of the forest. d.w. . by probably neal and i'm game if you know those that's 17 trillion land on the moon was killed worldwide sure so that we can eat them but it's not just the old shuttle suffering it's the environment remains on a journey to find ways out of the nutrition if you want to know how a one click to the priest and the whole trust changed as we think of listening to our podcast on the green rooms. whatever we begin to look for. the about of c o 2 in th

investigation after german doctors found indications of poisoning in russian opposition leader alexei in avani the kremlin says there are no grounds for an investigation because a range of causes may have triggered his illness the longtime opponent of prizes invited to a putin remains in a coma after collapsing on thursday soon after he had a cup of tea. let's bring you some breaking news now on iran and the president of the u.n. security council indonesia says it's not in the position to take further action on a u.s. bid to trigger a return of all u.n. sanctions on iran because there is no consensus in the 15 member body as you recall 13 council members had expressed reservations and opposition in fact on friday to resumption of sanctions on iran arguing that the u.s. had. basically does that it's with the u.s. move was void given that the u.s. had canceled its participation in the 2015 iran nuclear deal meanwhile any iran the head of its atomic energy agency says talks with the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog have been constructive rafael grossi is in tehran pushing to visit 2 sides suspec

biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house as an outside actions against 7 senior russian officials including the director of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prosecutor general and the head of prison service it's also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with chemical agent production. no our neighbors the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies about and he was jailed last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin russia's foreign minister says his country will respond to the sanctions he cast doubt on an extent of arnie's poisoning but didn't mention the kremlin critic by name. we will let you when all those who treated him thoroughly hide all the facts which could help to understand what happens and in parallel instead of an honest collaboration

now we go to correspondent only go avani 1st or more redacted story it's the lane maxwell the name that launched a 1000 lawsuits the alleged coconspirator of jeffrey up staying in the potential person we will say didn't kill herself was arrested after a year in hiding where did these diligent investigators find her brazil balrog. monaco santa rainey no the f.b.i. arrested her in a new wave oh ham she writ. officers are said to have broken down the front door at the 156 acre property which is called tucked away in new hampshire how did she find that place through a travel service just for wanted rich people like on the run being a hide anywhere with the literal go to ways we service to osama bin laden and saddam hussein. the sex trafficking case would ordinarily be staffed out of what's known as the violent and organized crime unit but it's stamped out of the public corruption meaning a public official past or present is involved in at least some capacity reportedly the procuress maxwell who's facing a minimum of 35 years behind bars is ready to cooperate with the f.b.i. and name some na

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

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

back from 21 down to thrash italian side roma 62 in the semifinal 1st leg for no fernandes and sink avani scoring 2 and set up this goal for masing greenway united with a 4 goal advantage heading into the 2nd like. on the other semifinal is a lot closer villareal beat arsenal 21 in the 1st leg the spanish side are led by had coach and i am weary who was sacked by arsenal a year and a half ago of the premier league side will have home advantage in the 2nd like ahead of world athletics abco says doubts remain as to whether fans will be able to attend the tokyo olympics international fans have already been banned from going to the games which are due to start in july about look isn't being allowed to watch the next 2 legs of the torch relay due to the risk of coded $900.00 spreading cosas athletes have now adapted to competing in n.t. venues. given that there is still a question about whether there will be crowds in the tokyo. stadium but at least they have now got used to the concept of competing and competing at turning credibly high level because there's been no diminution in the quality

calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of russian opposition leader and extend avani no money was poisoned with it no a check nerve agent in august he was later arrested and jailed for violating his parole because he went to germany for emergency treatment you know experts and yes kind of mad and irene khan believes the russian government may have been responsible and that a domestic investigation went uncover the truth. eet ees our conclusion that trust ease response to both hold the attention on the tree keeping of me still number of time on me still not on the spot you was under intense you'll be almost by russian intelligence you just try again the fact of the earth in the face of the fact that people are other than those money caring is a marine who could have introduced to themselves in the uk at home with a highly dangerous poison and new way and how to handle each in the ok home so as to poison me still never and nigerian officials say they're close to rescuing $317.00 girls kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state is on fire and it's given their fami

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 should be sworn in on monday. thousands of people took to the streets of paris on saturday to protest government policies marking a years since president emmanuel election he's critics say he's economic and social reforms favor the wealthy and corporations by abolishing some worker protections and increasing police powers smaller readies to place in toulouse and border. a coal mine explosion has killed at least sixteen labor isn't injured several others in southwest pakistan officials say a rescue operation is underway to free about a dozen people who remain trapped inside the mine input not just on province according to authorities the blast was caused by a buildup of methane gas. and it's over a show flood has swept through a district in the church's capital

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 great question thank you let me share with you this on my laptop what do you 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 the next in the valley pool inside russia than they appear to be outside of russia go ahead. yeah he's not a particular tickly popular person and that's true even among liberal oppositionists a number of him i think regarding river a certain amount of suspicion. for a number of reasons the 1st 2 were of his.

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

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

and dismissing it as foreign interference and avani was sentenced this way to just under 3 years for breaking parole he goes not off spoke to saskia taylor about the reaction to the verdict. well it certainly gain some traction internationally it has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they are the russian media within minutes after the ruling we started to receive statements from all over the world from the u.k. from the u.s. from germany france the council of europe really you name it all of them almost following the same the very same time template all of them calling putting alexina value on a pedestal and calling for his release we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr no vani as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights including the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly today's verdict against gelatine a violent is a bitter blow against fundamental freedoms

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

in the past the event has hosted a listers like sophia wren valentino garner avani as well as actor colin firth and achievement for style and sustainability which are set to carry on into the future. that's all for today but you can keep following the culture conversation through the holidays on our website until we meet again i wish you all the best for a safe holiday season and a peaceful slide into 2021 a few dozen. w.'s crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues from the only busy roads are available online and of course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms to crime fighters tune in now. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus up to the code of special monday to friday along t.w. . in the far north. beyond the inhabitable world it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful the arctic powerful expanse of bitter cold. the sound of global

to gas pipeline project with russia in response to the reported nerve agent poisoning of alec's in avani berlin says it has evidence they promised kremlin critic was targeted with never choke moscow rejects all claims of involvement and says it can't investigate without being given access to berlin's test results meanwhile the heads of key german regions have come to the defense of the major energy project the bad one is economically necessary force but it's also necessary that we stay together with the russian it's a project that plays a decisive role in the framework of altered energy and climate policy and therefore we've come to the conclusion that we want to carry on with it and to those that advocate closer ties with russia. i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. now it's time to will pump russian gas to germany and then on to other european countries via the baltic sea when completed it will stretch 1200 kilometers 90 percent has already been built it finish it will double the amount of gas falling from russia to germany constr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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