The highest death toll in the world what does that mean for the president ial election just weeks away after this leaking oil tanker stranded off the coast of yemen could explode at any time and cause widespread devastation but the cleanup is blocked with the ship now in all getting chipped in the ongoing civil war. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news doctors treating the russian Opposition Leader of lexeme a volley after a poisoning say that he has been discharged from the hospital and berlin they say a full recovery may be possible now vali was airlifted to germany last month after becoming sick during a visit to siberia the german chancellor Angela Merkel has described the key. As attempted murder after a lab analysis showed that he was poisoned with a no he took nerve agent russia has said there is no evidence of a crime. Have you chief Political Editor michelle a standing by outside of the sharon tate hospital here in berlin where and of only was bein
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A controversial social media bill passed in turkey spocks concern about freedom of expression. Thank you for joining is. The most populous country in the world not to have recorded a single coronavirus related death and after being virus free for months it says its making preparations for a major wave of infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of don where a Strict Lockdown is now in place infections have also been reported in its 2 lodges cities the capital high noise and hoshi mean city the vietnamese government says the entire country is now at risk of infection as spring in our correspondent scott highway has in bangkok for scott vietnam was seen as a Success Story in containing coronavirus but is now on high alert. It absolutely is although you know you we you know you look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend and then last weekend there was there
Environment or find out why hundreds of activists have been killed in the last year. Some countries and cities in asia praise for effectively tackling the coronavirus pandemic and now raising the alarm over new infections after being virus free for months vietnam says its making preparations for a major wave of infections thousands of cases have been before today in the central city of dunn non where a strict slow down is now in place meanwhile hong kongs leader carry now says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a shop rise in cases i spoke to our correspondent scott hydra who has more on the situation in vietnam and hong kong. So you look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend and then last weekend there was there was infection rate thats why the the government took the step of evacuating most tourists there about 80000 tourists were evacuated from demand bec