With the approval of 13 he says this he suffered a similar attack and other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against his enemies plus. The weather plays a long. Holds its hand will open air concert this year devoted to look back on beethoven. Flo im terry martin welcome to the program one of the leading figures in the belarus in Opposition MovementMaria Kolesnikov has resisted attempts to deport her to ukraine thats according to the Ukrainian News Agency interfax in a post on facebook the deputy ukrainian interior minister said kolesnik. Successfully prevented a forcible expulsion from her native country a better resists but better racin Officials Say she was detained trying to cross the border kolesnikov has been leading mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko on monday the Opposition Movement says men pushed her into an unmarked vehicle in the capital minsk and drove away so it followed another mass protests in the city in which more than 600 people were arrested. Well our correspondent nick conley is in the better racin capital joins us now nic what do we know concerning the whereabouts of maria. Well the answer is very little terry for now were getting these conflicting reports as you mentioned seems not a member of the Opposition Council so her lawyer says he has only been given confirmation from the border guard that she was detained but no further details about that its been extraordinary for hours here since she was vanished off the streets of mean squawking just in the house not far from where i am now at about 10 oclock yesterday morning local time i think in a way this fits into a Bigger Picture of the authorities here trying to force out all the opposition figures into exile send them abroad or. Threat of being detained if they stay political had received the same threats that people like saddam and the elites of color had also received she had always said that she would refuse to go that she was not willing to be pushing and it seems that these reports are right that she reached her passport preventing the belarusians from authorities from throwing her out of her own country and into ukraine so this goes now is anyones guess but she definitely made things a lot harder for this regime. To these latest developments mean then for the Opposition Movement. Which definitely a chilling signal i mean. 2 other prominent opposition figures were successfully deported from their own country he said once again this next story straight throwing out its own citizens to Foreign Countries these are not foreign citizens but i think that we speak spec that the government has been threatening to clamp down week after week and weve seen more and more arrests after but allow a few weeks ago i dont think that this will put into protests these protests are organized by ordinary people there is no real hierarchy or structure organizing these protests weve seen students organizing cells womens groups organizing themselves the residents of individual districts and coming out not you protest without some kind of big coordination so even if the regime 1020 or 100 people behind bars that will not be enough to stop the hundreds of thousands have been coming out to demonstrate its the Opposition Leader. Who many think actually won the election the president ial election season exile now lets wait and see just address the council of europe asking for more International Pressure to be exerted on the regime look at what measures with the opposition regardless help. Its very difficult to see whats especially the west can do. The situation i mean the most important thing for people here on the street was the fact that the European Union for instance refused to recognize the results of the election as well as claimed by like as claimed by these on the chin go but in terms of sanctions travel bans assets freezes these are all things the regime here was expecting and was the battles i dont think it will do much more apart from the symbolic value and now this is a battle that will be one on the streets of dollars and not through International Sanctions nic thank you very much as always. Well german chancellor Angela Merkel will not rule out consequences for a russian german gas Pipeline Projects over the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader alexina bonnie the German Government has warned that it could end its support for the 10000000000 euro nord stream to project the project is set to double russian gas deliveries to europe the chancellor says that there could be consequences if russia fails to investigate the nibali case on monday of ali woke from a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital german doctors say there is unequivocal evidence that he was with a soviet era nerve agent. Well this case draws parallels to another russian opposition figure who was poisoned 2 years ago he says the use of nova truck as a nerve agent indicates that poisoning goes all the way to the top moscow correspondent. Reports. Is fighting fit but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his life struck down by a poison his situation was similar to that of alexina valmy but unlike novell me there were no signs of the nerve agent navi chalk. Boards and my poisoning wasnt as bad as his i was able to recover more quickly i was already able to speak in the 2nd week of recovery but navi chalk is an extremely strong point and we were it doesnt make a difference that you want to hurt someone or kill them. Chocolates perfect for committing war. Corby way. Like never. Was treated that balance Charity Hospital no one could confidently identify the substance that had been given to him his symptoms prompted doctors to suspect poisoning but which never says he says there is no doubt. As the fact that not me which used clearly points to the russian president up them. Or one thing. Only secret agents have access to this specific poison is that. Your call this operation could only have been carried out with a group of law. Where the. Other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them is the independent politician dimitri could call one year ago he was barred from standing in the more school City Council Elections and jailed for 36. 00 days. When he was. Another. An independent local politician and a prominent figure in the mass protests in moscow one year ago she still faces charges for participating in demonstrations. In an authoritarian country in a dictatorship began when Vladimir Putin was routed into office without. Human rights arent part of the equation here freedom and justice dont exist here you can be jailed every time you call for people to join a protest. In the face of intimidation. Refuses to stay silent since his recovery has become politically active again and not despite the fact he has a young daughter and her sister with me. Want my friend my family and my daughter to live in a wonderful country with team and his disgusting system that years of living will im sure we can achieve this goal. Is to. Let his daughter go out on loan at night and every morning hes by her side on the walk to school. So a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today tension is escalating between india and china over there to sported border in the himalayas beijing has accused indian soldiers of illegally crossing the frontier and firing warning shots by leaving an agreement barring the use of firearms india said chinese guards fired into the air. In june left 20 indian soldiers dead official campaigning has begun in japan to replace obvious leader of the governing party close ally chief cabinet secretary is seen as a talk. Likely successor to lead the government 3 candidates will face off in an internal vote on september 14th 2 australian Media Outlets ever moved their journalists from china after the police demanded interviews with them and temporarily blocked their departures Michael Smith of. Australian financial review and bill birtles from the broadcaster a. B. C. Sought shelter at diplomatic compounds after Midnight Raids on their homes they were the last 2 journalists working for australian media in mainland china. Frances Health Minister olivier vent on says the coronavirus situation in his country is worrying thats as the number of new daily infections reaches record levels but the Health Minister said a 2nd wave was on a boy the bold because the virus was spreading more slowly than it did in the spring. In french football in football french forward rather kilian has tested positive for the corona virus and will miss tuesdays Nations League match against croatia it was one of the stars frances 2018 world cup winning side hes the 7th player from his club how he sums of money to contract the virus their French League match against lens on thursday could now be in town. And messi has returned to training with arsenal owner for the 1st time since he tried to move away from the club messi had to train away from the full squad because he still needs to pass a 2nd coronavirus tests last week the star forward reversed his decision to leave saying he didnt want to get into a legal battle with the club messi had hoped to move on a free transfer while barcelona insisted on a 700000000 euro feet. No doubt at all beethoven was turning in his grave when the crow in 1000 pandemic arrived to rain on his 250th anniversary year but with a few improvisations 1st cities planned to celebrate germanys most famous composer at the berlin state opera was a case in point. Another step towards the return of musical life state opera. Under the baton of daniel barenboim. Its beethovens 250. 00 of birthday this year so no surprise that beethoven is on the program. Also celebrating a birthday its own 450 s. Store soloist and sophie is delighted to be back on stage. Ive missed it so much that i cant wait to share this great music again. Records are all well and good streaming is quite nice because sitting in peru you can be part of the live experience being the lie. That. State opera for all its an annual high knights of the berlin summer a free concert. Tickets have been stepped up but it looks poorly attended carona means attendance has been cut from the usual 40000 to just 2000 socially distance concert goers but it just starts. Open and is in times of corona the only way to communicate with more than 200 listeners i dont think anyone really understands why social distancing is not an issue at demonstrations but when it comes to concerts people are so very exact almost painful. Leaf 48. Daniel barenboim has been at the forefront of attempts to bring live music back to berlin he spent the better state opera for almost 30 years and is of course an ardent marra of beethoven whether the composer is in bombastic or in romantic mood. This is the melancholy lyrical beethoven its not the explosive one nor the extremely virtue as a walk this is very intimate Chamber Music actually but with an orchestra. The evening ends with the 9th symphony one of the most famous works in the Classical Music repertoire the ode to joy sung by a choir after safe distance. Fittingly this hymns of freedom and community is dedicated to help those in the front line of the coronavirus pandemic doctors nurses shop workers and teachers were also given priority access to the free tickets are special and much appreciated thank you. Youre watching the news coming up next our documentary stolen soul africas looted art im terry Martin Thanks for watching. A meal and im not complaining the 2nd season. The planet on the brink of disaster we just longed to interview experts about one question how to change