The Freeman Foundation by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Latest headlines for viewers in the u. K. Ownerf the world. Doctors treating the russian opposition activist alexey navalny, who is in a coma, say he can be transported to germany. Ldfires in california. From their homes. The u. S. Postmaster general tells Senate Committee that ballots inhe november president ial election will be delivered securely and on time. The belarus Opposition Leader valves to stand until the end in protest over disputed elections. Hello and well them. Welcome. Russian doctors say opposition tist Alexei Navalny can be transported to germany for orders leave that is transport was delayed until no trace is on poison can be inside him. He became unwell after drinking tea at an airport cafe. Moscow strongly denies he was poisoned. A spokesman of the hospital explained why the lands to move mr. Novotny had changed. Mr. Navalny. The relatives of the patient have made multiple requests. They have been given all of the information about the diagnosis. They are ready to acpt the risk of transportation. Wehe have decidedfore not to oppose transportation to another clinic youre it it will be one the relatives choose. It will be the one the relatives oo. Once it is confirmed, it will accept the patient. It will not happen immediately, but it will ha from sergei in moscow for us. Good to see you. He can be moved toreporter yese day to make this dn tt took all transportot mr. N to the hospital in germany and were not sure when this trend tatian will happen. At this transportaon will happen. Will happen early in the morning. Hospital and in the airport. Shis orders and emily think the problem was the kremlin did not want m to be transported sooo s to germany. Because they do notanthese poisons. So, we think the doctors decided to take this time to cause the delay to make the poison disappear. Are there any details about hi condition that have emerged that might have explains the turnaround. Doctors say he is in critical condition, that its really very serious for him, but a temp suspect poisoning. They think novotny had some major metabolic disorder or Something Like that and it coul be affected because of the low blood sugar. His personal or her doubts this and they suspect poisoning. He is still in a coma andho we e ng to get more details from german doctors after he is transported to berlin. What has been the response from russi reporter s we understand, mr. Putin has told people that mr. No ball me fell ill. No suspicion of poison, thats it. There has been a very strong mr. Nalvalny fell ill. Theres really serious doubts that there will be an investigation by the kremlin. All of the story of different poisonings of political leaders, of journalistss came to one end. Just no investigation and no one has been held accountable. Thank you, survey, for that of its update tening. Lets turn to the usa now where wildfires continue to use here through the state of california, tforcing house and out ir homes and taxing th state firefighting capacity. 10,000 firefighter are battling the blazers which have claimed the lives of six peopleit. Ll comes amid a heatwave and the coronavirus endemic, with more than 650,000 coronavirus cases. California has the number of infections in the u. S. And some of vacuum we say they are afraid to go to emergency shelters. In the last decade, extreme off fires have become the new abnormal in california and it seems like every year the ups the Previous Year in terms of pushing the envelope. Lets go to palo alto, california ands big to michael, where he and spent to michael, where he is the director of the policy program at stanford university. Thank you for joining us. Tell us what is unusual about these iris. About these fires. We had a number of factors come together in a dangerous and frightening way in northern call om you. We had a very dry winter. Fuelwere drying out has to the normal area been about a week ago, a very unusual Lightning Storm came ashore, a tropical thunderstorm. Really outside of anyones from august, there were 10,000 lightning strikes. 370 or so wildfires. A number of those smoldered for a coupleays and then blew up a couple days ago, and it think e bay area, a place tens of millions of people live surrounded by wildfires that a burning outofcontrol and researches resources are vthy. We have a century fire suppression. How do you know that these fires are linked to clim e the fingerprint on these fis is multifaceted. One aspect is the increasingly dry winter we are having a california and it has increased variability where we are swinging between too much and not enough water or in the middle, which was the case in the latter half of the 20th century. I think many people are scratching their heads about the tropical moisture. Theres apparently more poteial for lignings dorms this weekend. Uat is a reallysual and almond and that merit study, the spread of Tropical Weather into what isypically a dry climates. Michael, thank you for joining us. Pleasure, thank you for having me on. Ets go to the situation in belarus where they are trying to force new residential elections here in belarus is facing its a gift the political crisis and the breakup of the soviet union with tens of thousands of demonstratorsec in the reon on the ninth of august was rigged. In her first interview since fleeing the couokry, she has to jean mckenzie. She insists that people voted for her as a symbol of freedom ancs ask the people of belarus to continue to stand up until they have achieved change. Do you want to be a leader in this time . You know the answer to this question. I have never been such a person, so it is my fate and my mission now that i have to be. I am like a symbol they are shouting for, for their future. For they wish to live in a free country. They voted for you. They voted for mean not as a person. Not as a future president , but a symbol for change. Can you tell me what choice you were giv . Im sorry, i cannot. Not now. Do you fear for your husband, yourself, your children. Her children . This is not just the topic we have to discuss now. What is important is the situation. How do you feel when you see the words of violence that have come out of the country in the last week . I was really shocked. I did not tell anybody. I could not find a place. I did t know a couple hours, i cant believe the policeman who beat these people were russians because i cannot imagine they could be so cruel. At the minute at th moment, it does not look like he is going anywhere. Ieare you wothe movement could fail. No, im n worried. I believe in the belarusian people the same way they believed in me. Just we have no right to step back now because if not now, we will be slaves and our people understand this and im sure they will stanuntil the end. Haveod you heard from an in the kremlin over the last week . Of they reached out to you . No. No. Just no. Do you want to go back to belarus . Absolutely. It is my motherland in dire door my country and i want to live there and i feel that immediately when i feels if ere. Government has begun crinal proceedings against opposition grou. They are accused of trying t seize power illegally. This is a group of people who have formed a human chain. There have been protests in support of president lukashenko an our correspondent went to go see what was happening with on of them in minsk. Behind me tre is a rally in support of resolution go. A couple things strike me. This is much smaller than the antigovernment protests we have been saying since the president ial election. The other thing you dont hear at this rally the sound of car horns. At the antigovernment rallies there is a cacophony of horns, drivers registering tir support. You dont hear that here. But a few minutes ago a helicopter did circles overhead with a big belarusian flag for those protesters. Quite a few of those rallies to give a fling that the man known as the Golden State Killer has been sentenced to life in prison. Itto bringn end he had a 12 year spree of brutal crimes. He was arrested after Police Tracked him down by using a genealogy wsite to match his dna to that recovered from severacrime scenes. Do stay with us. Still to come, we will hear from the boss of these postaice in the u. S. To says novembers ballots will be delivered on time and on schedule. Washington, the most political city is assessing the health of the most powerful man your it shows what i did have a relationship with ms. Lewinsky that was not up for you. In fact it was wrong. Violence. The worst ys o 500 have died in 10 days. Frezechoslovakia must be czechoslovaa must be free russia is observing a day of mourning for the sailors who died. We all weep for them now. The pope has celebrated mass before me thanwo white 5 million all. Stay with us, stay with us chance this ocean of humanity. This is bbc news. The russian oppition activist alex a nadal me, who is in it Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma, safety can be transported. What fires in california for thousands fra their homes. Ick update to a story that haeesn gathering headlines in the u. S. Whether the Postal Service will be able to cope. Donald trump has warned of the potential for fraud, though his but talk to our correspondent. Our guest from the publication politico. This is a Major Campaign issue. Did the postmaster general allay any fears today . I think he managed to allay some years, but some fears, but there will be a much tougher democrats want himll back to changes that have led to all of these diveruey is in terms of people might getting their medicines, even animals sorting facilities. Get stuck at so, hes trying to do this public offensive to reassure all their ballots will ge t the electioofficials on time, though with the caveat y s have d them early, because if you send them the day before it will be ha for the postal rvice to rush them. Democrat see these changes as a delibere attempt. Republican say that these are justified considering the amount of cost cutting. You think this issue will come down n that the postmaster general has said there will not be further changes . I think it has found it down public uproar but e tolot keep an eye on this because detroit is a major trump supporter and someone who is he took the job onlywo months ago, has hadth a call he president and he donated 2 million to trump and other republican causes. I spoke to one person who knows him and says that he lovtoes trp eath and was veryroud that he was one of his major fundraisers in 2016. You do not want to have of politicized Postal Service. That is something that happens in a third world country. And trump has said that he wants defund the Postal Service so they he difficulty. And he defended voting by mail. He says that he supports the concept and does so himself which is quite a contrast to donald trump who has attacked voting by mail and cited fraudev a with littlence. Dejoy joy did not mention fraud. Th u. S. Postal office does have a Postal Inspection Service made up of several thousand agent that prosecute crime through the in a country of 130 million americans you have to try hard to gather enough ballots through the swing states. And they are not willing to risk going to jail for 10 years to get an extra ballot for their chosen candidate. Its kind of a red herring and it is meant to suppress the vote and make people more scared to te by mail, but the ironic thing is it is harder for republicans to vote, as many elderly republicans do not want to go to the polls. We will leave it there. Thank you very much. Tnk you. Its a battle of light againrkst ss. That is how joe ben characterize the election as hec accepted the dtic Party Nomination to challenge donald trump in november. Mr. Biden said that his opponent had failed in his most basic duty to protect americans from thre such as the coronavirus. The democrats have managed to make a covid convention work, helposed by ourr of big names. The checks seeing the the ch icks singing the national anthem. Less night braeden harrington, wi i a stutter. Was amazing to hear someone like me became Vice President s. A condition joe biden never came as a child, but has never turned his bk on. Sen. Warren i think the day i saw joe the clearest repoer the party united behind him. The people who lost out to him gathering to say what a great guy he is. Sen. Sanders all of us have got to come together to defeat this president. Reporter and that has been the driving force of democrat strategist, presenting joe biden is empathetic, some that it, decent, anend yes, account o donald trump. Mr. Biden if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us, not the wors i will be an ally of the lkne, not the ds. Its time for us, for we the people come a to come together. But make no mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. Reporter this was not a policy avy speech, the clear differences on the environment, th ae economy, immigratio how to deal with coronavirus were apparent. And 30 days after his fst tilt at becoming a president ial finally say these words mr. Biden it is with great honor and humility i accept this nomination for president of the United States of america. Reporter this is the nearest thing there has been to audience reaction all week, a popu drivein cinema with joe biden topping the bill. The firewtcks sfrom here to theepublican Convention Next would. There will be no effort to rebrandre donald trump, but t will be a concerted one to try ento redefine joe b the empathetic man of this week ftll be depicted as weak, a prisoner of the nearly senile. It will be pretty. Jon sobel, bbc news, wilmington, delaware. Ee President Trump has commenting on the Democratic Party it convention, calling it shameful. He was speaking to conservative activist at the council forational policy. President trump the democrats have hd the darkest and gloomiest and angriest invention of american history. They spent four Straight Days as attacking arica as racout, a horriblery that must be redeemed. Joe biden grimley declared a season of american tget, and yet look at what we have accomplished until the plae came to look at what we have accomplished earlier will accompshed. Lets take a look at some of the other news. E easternbased parliament be th leader says that they will stop fighting the eu and the United Kingdom have accused each other holding up talks on their future. Negotiations appear to be going backwards rather than forwards. An agreement seems unlikely. David frost said that progress would only be possible if the eu accepted what he called and put the u. K. s demands. Forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. You can find me using thank you very much for watching. 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