Crack down on government opponents protesters in the capital minsk formed a chain of solidarity and they knew when refused demanding the release of all Political Prisoners. Im michel okumu its good to have you with us russian Opposition Leader alex a is in a berlin hospital this hour receiving treatment following a suspected poisoning of only collapse and lost consciousness after drinking tea 2 days ago in siberia doctors there initially refused to allow him to be airlifted to germany. The final metres of alexina vollies journey from siberia to. One that the kremlin critic spent on conscious. Not only was flown out on this plane chartered by a berlin and geo his supporters had feared for his life after a suspected poison attack on the Opposition Leader. In the fall news wife yulia requested treatment in germany but the medical evacuation was only given the green light after a tug of war between russian and german doctors over whether he was fit to fly. Not only spokeswoman cure a our mission thanks supporters and said the transfer abroad was a 1st step in what would be a long struggle to restore in a ball in his health Berlin Charity hospital is no stranger to treating kremlin critics who appear to have been poisoned. 2 years ago activists pure love was taken here after showing poisoning symptoms he helped secure the same treatment for nepal me. Just one of only has been one of president Vladimir Putin p. R. System critics yes the 44 year old former lawyer was barred from challenging putin in the 21000 president ial election since then he has campaigned on behalf of opposition candidates in regional polls supporters hope that german doctors will be able to get to the bottom of what caused the sudden debilitating illness in a safe environment free of any political interference. Jewel your sound ali has been reporting on the revival of lexie no vonnie at the Charity Hospital in berlin there she caught up with yacc a busy founder of the cinema for Peace Foundation which paid for the air left she asked him about of only Current Health conditions. Where we were very happy that he finally arrived in berlin that we could fly him out. The good news is that hes stable so the whole travel did not affect him. But it does doesnt mean that i mean i will see we have a kind of like very happy everybodys happy but theres no reason to celebrate because its sort of our trigger condition so the real work starts now with the doctors the disparity. If the German Government have any role in assisting or helping with the operation to bring him to berlin we were very happy to hear 2 days ago that i know american together with the french president made a statement. Which should be found out what happened and that if he needs medical assistance hes welcome in germany and france and other countries offered to so i think it was very helpful and obviously. We kept the authorities informed about our activities but this exhibit is for private. And what does the family feel and think at the moment and what do they expect Going Forward with his taking care of at the hospital when i think theyre relieved theyre disappearing audience yes and thats a relief to be in a 1st class hospital to have a good treatments obvious you know it will be the question what the doctors can do and have to do. And. I mean apparently this is not a thing for a few days as were probably a long procedure and its a long way to go i mean this we heard from the doctors if they would have not been to submerge still many noms if they would have tried to fly on to moscow he would have died. Thank you very much. For more lets bring in professor surrogate former chief economist at the ied b. Argue that a European Bank for reconstruction and development is also one of the top sponsors of nirvanas Anticorruption Fund and is a close friend of only arrive today professor in berlin for treatment you must be feeling relieved it is a feeling of relief but as you write that the situation is not out of the woods yeah hes unconscious and in the best Case Scenario we probably should experiment will take several weeks when your church came back to health and indeed has your refer to the case of. It was and fareed difficult and painful to cover. All of this is clearly sensitive stuff but to the extent that you can talk about this who do you think might be behind this apparent assault in the valley and what we dont know and. We dont know and we do not know why it has happened still i would say it is very important to remember its not the 1st attack on a number only using chemical agents he says he was attacked in 2017 and the video cameras actually identify the men who are executor that this man was not investigated interrogated or prosecuted the 2nd time he was attacked last summer when he was detained in a moscow prison and that was actually started within the prison within the prison cell so it was also very easy to investigate it was not investigated as well which kind of tells you how the grammarian treats people who are talking about me and even if its not. Ordered from the very top of course its the very top of russian government russian authorities that is responsible for not only this time one thing which i would like to remind you you mentioned Regional Elections they will be Regional Elections coming up in 3 weeks from now and who only has developed how to effective strategy for abortion there wouldnt bark in those so actions it happened last year the last year was extremely. Important breakthrough in various Regional Elections including in moscow and thats my number only spent so much time in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous regarding the election there this coming up the number only was still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is watched by millions of people in of course the government didnt want him to be on the air in the coming weeks. Until this election professor what can you tell us about his current condition what have you learned. Anything except for what is what is being reported and and this is what youve just covered in your piece and we just know that hes unconscious and we dont know. What exactly caused. You mentioned just before that there were 2 attempts on his life that were never investigated easy you believe given the International Attention to this particular story and others like it that that is going to change. I dont expect in this particular. Situation i dont expect that as long as this regime is in power in russia this crime will be investigated i havent all doubt that this poisoning was administered using special forces using special chemical agents not dissimilar to those that youve mentioned in the case of 4 other russian dissidents including but its actually boys and twice and of course that consoles very aware one british woman died in the russia it is still denying that russia was behind this old body poisoning and in that sense in that sense i think the longest of this regime is ruling russia which wont expire transparent investigation you yourself do not live in russia do you believe will return after this latest incident it is a question for me i know him for many years he. Looks you know only that i know hes a brave and courageous man and he believes that he will come back and i can decide for him its for him and his family to. Make this decision but every think i know about their legacy the fact that hes been out that before and still continue it is very important work i would think that he will actually come back he will not stop his fighting professor sergei guria in france thank you so much for your insight thank you very much. Bellaver says Opposition Leader. Says embattled president Alexander Lukashenko will have to give up power sooner or later in an interview with the Reuters News Agency she said she was shocked about what happened to protesters following this view to the lections she said the people of belarus were not allowed to keep on treating them in the same way as demonstrators continue to speak out on friday thousands of antigovernment protesters formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk. Shoulder to shoulder in support protestors again Standing Firm in minsk. A chain of solidarity stretching kilometers through the bella racine capital as far as the Detention Center where antigovernment protesters have been held since the disputed election nothing after this but when you see that you when. You realize that no National Merit and no one has stopped pursuing a goal to force her to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad since it was the show the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say the protests a calming down the people a pessimistic we have to remember that the regime had ruled for 26 years its impossible to overturn in just 10 days. The opposition is still encouraging people to attend mass demonstrations and urging the authorities not to use force and the u. N. Is calling for all Political Prisoners to be released bellary soon Authorities Say nearly all have been freed. For good for many a hoping lukas shimko is losing his grip on power for the hardline leader insists he will solve the political crisis in the coming days. A look now at some of the other international stories. Turkish president earlier one has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast says the find will ease turkeys dependence on gas imports and could make it an Energy Export or analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer u. S. Actors Laurie Loughlin and her Fashion Designer husband newly have been sentenced to prison terms of 2 and 5 months for participating in a vast College Admissions from the scheme included dozens of wealthy parents who use bribery and mis representation to secure their childrens admissions to top school. Now the fires raging in Northern California have now become some of the largest in state history more than 12000 firefighters are currently battling the blazes that have killed 6 people governor Gavin Newsome said help is arriving from several u. S. States he also put in a plea for assistance from australia and canada all the fires were started by lightning strikes and have forced tens of thousands to flee to safety. This is all thats left of karen hansens hardiman in Northern California she and her family are in they had 2 minutes to evacuate the small farm the full flames obliterated it hardly ever say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean if. I dont have to just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. 4 and it was massive i never saw it. A few minutes to get here the flames she describes a still making their way across california in the form of hundreds of separate fires they were sparked by thousands of lightning strikes and fanned by record breaking hate with more than 3000 square kilometers of land destroyed many feared their plots may be next. Are really were. They were burned down the next 3 days. By tomorrow maybe. More but pretty much. Now its unpredictable nature of the understaffed fire fighting. That much of what will happen next depends on weather conditions as the heat wave continues across california many more properties a likely to succumb to the flames lets change gears now and go to sports spanish soccer sides have won a record 6 league title with a thrilling win over italys interim the lawn into. A foul when the penalty area in the 1st 5 minutes and knocked the ball in from the penalty spot. 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