A russian dissident tells dw news the order to poison Alexey Navalny came straight from the top. Other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against its enemimies. Sudan declaring a state of emergency because of floods. More than 100 people have died and thousands are homeless. The rising nile river is also threatening ancient royal pyramids. Royal pyramids. To our viewers any the u. S. On pbs interviewers around the world, welcome. We start tonight in belarus. Some dramatic developments in the mystery about what has happened to the leading opposition figure. She went missing on monday, sparking intense speculation about her whereabouts. Belarusian authorities released these pictures. They said they detained her while she was trying to escape across the border into ukraine. Now, two opposition members who were with her in the same car have spoken out, providing some dramatic new details. For those details, i am joined by a journalist in the belarusian capital of mins
Infections under control. And britains plan to encourage weight loss to lighten the impact of coronavirus. Deadlock and division not gripping the European Union right now as its leaders struggled to compromise on a Major Economic rescue package due to the coronavirus demick need barkha begins our coverage on efforts to avoid what could be one of the worst european recessions in decades. How to share 857000000000. 00 the questions confounded e. U. Leaders for days and deepened all divisions within the plant in one camp nations known as the frugal for austria denmark sweden and the netherlands the wealthy northern states pay the most per capita into the e. U. Shared reserves they want strict controls on how the Recovery Fund is shared prefer ing to loan countries money the positions at all of which spain and italy both economies were hit hard by the pandemic they want general. Grants from the bloc that dont need to be repaid the german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president to man
President has challenged on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Talks go late into the night in brussels as e. U. Leaders remain divided over how to implement a massive covert 19 recovery package. And the show must go on but it will be a tough year for hollywood as it tries to produce television and films during a pandemic. Hong kong is tightening coronavirus linked restrictions after recording its highest one day increase in cases since the pandemic began the territories leader kerry lamb announced the measures after more than 100. 00 ear infections were confirmed on sunday she described the situation as critical and says theres no sign that its coming under control lets go live now to hong kong i was there as adrian brown is there adrian until now on kongs low infection rate made it the envy of the world whats gone wrong. Its interesting isnt it adrian if we were talking about india or the United States recording more than 100. 00 new infections in one day that would be seen as
Leaders come back for a 4th day as they debate a massive covert 19 recovery package. The show must go on but it will be a tough year for hollywood as it tries to produce t. V. And films in the midst of a pandemic. Hong kong is tightening coronavirus think restrictions off recording its highest one day increase in cases since the pandemic began the territories leader kerry lamb announced the measures softer more than 100 new infections were confirmed on sunday she described the situation as critical and says theres no sign of it coming under control aljazeera has adrian brown in hong kong outlines the possible reasons behind the recent spike in cases. Up until a few weeks ago hong kong was recording a 0 infection rate but now in the past 2 weeks weve had more than 500 new infections now as to why that has happened well there are different interpretations certainly some commentators are suggesting that its complacency hong kong that its guard down after social distancing rules were relax
Arabias king so mom is admitted to hospital 84 year old one arc is having medical checkups. And china is accused of gross human rights abuses over the mistreatment of its move the minority. The race is all defined vaccine for covert 19 and the pressure is mounting for governments to be able to provide those treatments to deal securing 90000000 doses of 2 potential vaccines thanks to the biotech vaccine had one from the French Company thats also signed a deal for a 1000000 doses of an antibody treatment from astra zeneca lets get more now from paul brennan who is an oxford paul 1st off to sell us more about these vexing deals that the u. K. Is signed the government is obviously believing theyre very promising. Suddenly promising to put all your eggs in one basket says its probably unwise at this point in time and with that in mind thats why the government has decided to invest and sort of preorder effectively from 2 of the big vaccine producers who are chasing the coronavirus theyve ord