Flight last month now barges in france from sweden to germanys conclusion that he was poisoned. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a new nationwide lockdown from friday asked the country one of the worlds highest covered 19 infections 8. Times European Union leaders hold talks with china on everything from trade to the climate the major investment treaty in the balance but critics are asking whether the e. U. And germany are too close to beijing. Im for welcome to the program embattled belarus and president Alexander Lukashenko is holding talks with russian president Vladimir Putin in a russian city of sochi hes seeking support from the kremlin after more than 100000 people joined antigovernment demonstrations in the paris and. Minsk over the weekend once again Security Forces detained hundreds of protesters calling for president lukashenko to step down its the leaders 1st of face to face meeting since the disputed ballots in the elections in august. We can go to d. W. Correspondents union russia in moscow and Nick Connelly in minsk for more welcome both lets start with you youre in russia whats only agenda of these talks while there are obviously still 2 main aspects of both politicians have been talking about a political aspect and they cannot make one ask for politics the russian president putin spoke about that the constitutional reform that apparently will take place in belarus in the near future and which he subpoenaed would be the right approach he said that that was the proposal of local shanker to carry out of that reform was logical and came in at the right time on the one hand this is interesting because putin has been talking about a necessary change in the rules whatever this change might be however look at schenkel status quo could be changed on the other hand putin himself initiated a constitutional reform in russia only a few months ago which secured hes power here until 2036 a change in the constitution of belarus doesnt necessarily mean that we could stay in power as long as what it means is that from now on the kremlin strategists will probably be able to work hand in hand with the political advisers in belarus especially on the future political model for the country so make calmly how important is Russian Support for president. Its vital. To. Tried to keep a hold position between the west and russia essentially trading to russia for Financial Support from the kremlin every time the kremlin that support he made overtures to the west trying to get more support from Vladimir Putins kremlin most of the time successfully now that option is gone the west is not going to give him any kind of support given the brutality weve seen on the streets of minsk in recent weeks and so now basically hes in the position and has always wants him to be totally dependent on Russian Support financial and military to put down these protests and soon presumably in a position will have to make significant concessions to the russian side. Only. To become a puppet state. Well as weve heard it from nick needs money and he has to be remote although the belarus economy all that putin has be has very carefully hinted at supporting local shango he support comes of course with conditions some of it could include well its possible the financial concessions from moscow to means could be taken into account that the fact that the external debt of belarus is about 18000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and about that the how of it falls on russias shoulder both countries have already agreed to a 1500000000. 00 u. S. Dollars law another possibility possibility is that the deepening of economic ties which could result in belarus being even more depending dependent on russia which is simple logical an advantage for putin as look at shanghai remains one of the last elyse of putin is the space. Can also take advantage of the weak but there was an economy for wanted for example in exchange for cheap russian oil which belarus needs russian banks russian businessmen could get assets off the state owned companies and increase their profits so mikala only way weve seen those protests in minsk was seeing the police and Security Forces become increasingly heavy handed should belorussians be worried about this and this meeting of the accord between the 2 president s. Well there is definitely worry here in that putin will give Carte Blanche to crack down with greater violence against demonstrators weve seen recent weeks the tone change just a few weeks ago police were treating a little women at least with slightly greater concern and consideration there were those famous images of women being able to stop police arresting journalists or male protesters that is now over yesterday and the day before we saw even to the womens protests to happen here in minsk but i think the bigger pro question is where does bowlers go from now where what is going to happen to better sovereignty in recent years has made no secret of closer integration which given the discrepancy inside. 10000000 population and russia 140 essentially would mean some kind of integration on russia and now where desperate for cash but also for boots on the ground if these protests continue he may be finding a way. In some form so we might see an outcome where he stays in power is able to put down these protests but then eventually find himself at home. Kremlin in his own country ok nick conway in mens. In moscow thank you but. Now doctors here in germany treating her like say in the valleys of russian opposition leaders condition is improving the kremlin critic spinning a birth in hospital since late august after falling seriously ill during a domestic flight in siberia it was also announced on monday that lab tests performed in france and sweden support germanys conclusion that mr valley was poisoned with a soviet era of nerve agents novacek european leaders have demanded an explanation from moscow which denies involvement this invalid was woken from a medically induced coma last week. We go to g. W. Political correspondent julie sadhana at Parliament Studios welcome julia so now that mr novelli is getting a better walk whats known about his condition. Well weve heard today from the hospital here in berlin that he does continue to improve the hospital has said that he has been taken off of mechanical ventilation he is being put through a process of mobilization and that hes able to leave his bed for short periods of time and that is encouraging given that already last week they had told the press that he responds to vocal stimuli what the hospital does say however is that it is still too early to tell whether they will be long term consequences from the poisoning that he was subjected to as you said before labs in france and sweden have confirmed the findings of the german army labs that novell knew he was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the novacek group this gives germany sufficient backing to put the pressure on russia today the German Government has again asked the russian government to carry out an investigation a proper investigation into numbers on these poisoning and has called for the government to explain itself on the matter russia has denied any involvement with the poisoning and today weve learned from Interfax News Agency in russia that a player and a visit to berlin planned for tomorrow by Russian Foreign minister lavrov has been cancelled and this is obviously occurring in a situation where tensions are growing between the 2 countries thank you for that joining us out of that. Israel which has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd National Lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus following new cases new lockdown begins on friday district baby life for at least 3 weeks. As israels outbreak threatened to race out of control Benjamin Netanyahu announced the unpopular but perhaps unavoidable decision were going to you wont be today we decided on a Strict Lockdown plan for 3 weeks with an option to extend but as of now weve decided that the lockdown will last until the end of the holiday. Door prelims thought about Health Ministry executives and hospital managers have warned us that death rates are forcing the application of immediate measures. A part of the medical staff and the hospitals are overwhelmed. Israel has one of the highest per capita infection rates in the world over 1100. 00 people have died for days the israelis have been protesting to demand that yahoo stepped down for a legit corruption and for bundling the response to the covert 1000 crisis. After the lockdown announcement on sunday demonstrators blocked roads at Israels Ben Gurion airport or netanyahu was due to fly to the u. S. To sign a peace deal to normalize ties with bahrain. We want the prognosis. For all. Uses the good thing is good for the good old tension as it. Pleases me as this thing. Called the unity of. Netanyahu will fly back to israel after formally signing the agreement with bahrain on tuesday when he returns the crisis will be waiting for him. All School Children in italy have begun to return to school more than 6 months after the schools were closed because of the pandemic some regions postponed the reopening of some schools are still unable to meet all of the new requirements for those children going back though its a time of excitement and apprehension. Social distancing has already been abandoned in this school as children flock back after half a year without class. And i believe that. It will be somehow different. But it will be an unforgettable experience. That was going to school year will be more difficult because of the coronavirus my Previous School had fewer pupils but lets see itll work out some how. Many schools dont have enough desks to ensure the kids are kept apart teachers of voiced concern that infection rates could soar in classrooms which do not look less crowded than they did before the pandemic the Prime Minister acknowledges the problem. Will be difficult especially in the beginning. Our schools have been underfunded for years and the pandemic has made this even more obvious. If you have to do your part by following the rules so that your health and that of your loved ones is protected. The pupils are forbidden from sharing School Material which is kept in a box after lengthy preparations the measures are put to the test but not in all parts of the country rising infection rates have delayed School Reopening in some regions. He leaders have been holding trade and investment talks with chinas president german chancellor im going to machall and e. U. Officials spoke with president xi jinping Video Conference so focused on trade attempting to speed up discussions on investment agreements and this despite tensions over hong kong freedoms and beijings treatment of its weak of minority and germany currently holds the rotating presidency. So we can bring in data whose chief International Editor richard walk ahead and limit your correspondent to gail mathis in brussels welcome both lets start with you richard this meeting should be wrapping up soon what can we expect. You know thats right phil so its the Chinese News Agency has been 1st to report and theyve been putting out reports saying that she jim ping and the european side of agreed to try to speed up the pace of negotiating on that investment treaty that you just referred to there but of course that is very much a chinese view of things weve been hearing similar things from the chinese side in recent weeks the european side ahead of these talks was really trying to manage expectations low and really stressing that they really want to see concessions from the chinese side before theres any chance of getting the investment deal signed and if you bear in mind that that investment treaty has been in the works its been negotiated over the past 7 years and its still not finished then that is i think a little bit of a sign of the difficulties that were seeing in this relationship between the e. U. And china and that of course really adds a paul over the whole talks that were seeing today a huge range of tensions that have emerged between the 2 sides to in the last year and lets pick up on the reasons for expectation management river go go matters as richard was hinting there go relations between the e. U. And china i do seem to be will that people are saying about words for the security law in hong kong that has been condemned by the you just as Human Rights Violations in other parts of china and then you have the economic side of things with the recent corona pandemic unveiling if you want a certain dependency on certain certain supply chains for instance medical supplies which didnt go down well in the longer of Member States for instance dramedy which leads me to the broader picture and that is the feeling that change through trade something that for instance draw money but also other big you nations that have been investing into business with china have been hoping for just didnt pay off for instance when you look at Market Access when you look at subsidies for chinese