States of america. Together with Joe Biden Harrison now has to convince americans that they can heal a country ravaged by demick and deeply divided over the politics of president trucks and you leaders back the opposition in belo groups refusing to recognize the election that kept president shango in power and promising sanctions on top officials german chancellor Angela Merkel says the e. U. Wants talks between the 2 sides. Process the coronavirus cases fight the crossfire up germany reports its highest number of new infections in. Our 1st restrictions on public life on the way. To the program russian Opposition Leader alexina all day is hospital. I was unconscious and in a respirator at this moment after a suspected poisoning of ali was on a flight from siberia to moscow when he lost consciousness as press secretary said something have probably been added to a cup of tea that he drank at the airport and of ali is considered one of president Vladimir Putins fiercest critics in russia. This isnt the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina valley said hed been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail hed been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog ate resistance to kremlin control has long made him one of president Vladimir Putins biggest nemeses. The rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state controlled companies. At rallies he took direct aim at the kremlin and its occupants dubbing putins United Russia Party the party of crooks and thieves. As he began proving his pulling power with opposition supporters stints in jail and the courtroom became a regular feature. Charges of embezzlement in the city of kirov in 2013 saw him banned from entering the political process and running for office. In 2070 moscow saw some of the biggest Anti Corruption rallies it had seen in years thousands were detained along with the violently he went behind bars for 15 days for his part in organizing them that same year he was hit with chemical green dye and hospitalized leaving him partially blind in his right eye. More arrests and more jail sentences followed in 2018 but as ever and yvonne they responded with defiance. Ok. Now a g. s pitches show the Opposition Leader being transported to a hospital in. Its what supporters are calling the latest in a long series of attempts to silence alexina volley. And for more lets bring in d. W. Moscow correspondent sure when emily what is know balis condition right now well weve heard a statement from the deputy head doctor at the hospital at the hospital and on the square is currently located and he says that the condition that nobody is in is serious but that its stable hes on a respirator as you said he also has said that doctors are trying and fighting to save his life he has though added that it is unclear what the diagnosis is so why no one is in this condition and that poison is only one of the options that the doctors are looking into these press secretary has been much more clear she said that something was put in these teeth now earlier today g. W. Spoke to. These personal doctor as well who said that she is on her way to arms and she said that doctors there are refusing to speak to her and that when she gets there shes going to figure out whether it should be transferred to perhaps a different hospital now we know that that biden was in the tomsk for an Anti Corruption investigation which has not yet been released we dont know what its on and we dont know whether that could have potentially be connected to his current condition and especially amid the speculation that this could indeed be a poisoning only has there been a reaction from the kremlin. There hasnt been any reaction from the kremlin so far and i think that we arent likely to see one anytime soon usually in cases like this the kremlin kind of says that the Investigative Committee in russia is independent and that it should do its work now there are police that there are reports rather that police are at the hospital that nonbinding is at and his press secretary has even said that they have requested to sort these personal belongings including the baggage that he had on the plane apparently no official investigation has been opened yet but opened yet but nobodys team is calling for an investigation into an attempt on the life of a public figure family sure when in moscow thank you emily. And joining us now for more on alexina vali lets bring in Nikita Kula Chen coffee is joining us from villainy and he is an investigator at the Anti Corruption foundation which was founded by evolving welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. Friend of yours you have worked together for years in your conversation how concerned was he about his safety about his health and about a potential poisoning. Well here several years ago we discussed it was like 212 or maybe mid more years ago we discussed the poisoning. We discussed that we. Are criminals. In other important figure in the russian opposition who is advocating for sanctions and he was poisoned once allegedly important and we thought ok maybe he ate something which was very fresh or Something Like that but these poisoning happened again and i remember clear to. The discussion that it kind of be twice like someone is trying to poison him and then they know its like pretty clear that someone is trying to frighten and save or even kill him because like 1st of all they imprisoned his brother and he spent 3 years in prison one and a half years in the single cell where he was a cell that did not stop to look see then he was poisoned when he was in detention last year and he had some. Like your site ready and now this situation is clearly seems that someone is trying to frighten him or even hear him so it sounds like you believe that this is indeed a poisoning tell tell us a little bit more about the investigative work that he was doing inside the area. Well he went to toast to film. But 2 particular scenes for the future. Videos that we are going to release soon so i cant get into the into the details but what is these investigation is about all but if you went there and it was a business trip you went there to a shot the particular bottle of the film so that a quarterly investigation is conducted with thomas grey he was a jet just briefly did he receive any threats while shooting not well you can say that he received any particular threats because he was receiving threats all the time would have on twitter on his personal messages always have been i dont know we have a special. Channels for reporting that gretchen and apart from the messages that are in threats from the different i dont email us or people so d you can divide the stress from real threats so fortune they say is getting friends all the time ok make it to college cenk off as we mentioned you were closely with volley at the Anti Corruption foundation which was founded by and avali thank you so much for joining us to share that perspective thank you thank you. Opposition leaders in belarus have welcomed a decision by e. U. Leaders to reject the results of the election that kept president Alexander Lukashenko in power e. U. Heads also announce sanctions against a large number of individuals involved in alleged voting fraud and violence against protesters. This is not lunch time well the end of a shift this is another nail in the coffin of likud shankars credibility. Because well catch the state run chemicals factory threats have no power over them any will. Protest this because of one of the countrys fine tractor factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. These miners were already outsiders to rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rejection officially Went International a clear message from the European Union we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. Germanys Angela Merkel has spoken with Russias Putin but said Lukas Shanker wouldnt take her calls from that incoming only mediate if one is in contact with all sides but we will do everything we can from our side to promote a national dialogue. Through the. Security Council Meeting the talk was of no talk. To the leaders of the western countries offer us negotiations conversations and at this time they continue to push their line we can see it we understand it but we do not accept it i want them to hear that solution. But those filling the streets across speller us day and night are desperate for dialogue one of their leaders told the w. They want everyone to help. If it is possible that the e. U. States the Russian Federation and ukraine can help us to organize a dialogue within the country and with external partners so that a transfer of power happens and we listen to each other i would always support it this is a decisive moment for us. We must be. Decisive not only because putin has remained tight lipped but decisive because they have the support of the European Union and decisive because now their fear has gone and for more lets bring in correspondent Nick Connelly who is joining us from minsk nic what is the atmosphere among protesters do they sense a change in the air. Well you definitely get a sense that people have lost their fear fear of coming out in streets just simply because there are so many of them i think theres a feeling that the regime here called put all of them in jail have said that there has being significant violence protest is spending days in prison in detention about 30 people still unaccounted for days after they were taken in but people are coming out all voicing their dissatisfaction the regime in a way that was unthinkable just a few weeks ago i think about these protests theyre very diffuse there is no central protest camp these protests erupt all across going all across the country and disappear as quickly as they begin i think this is part of the strategy to make it more difficult the Security Services here to come off the people and to detain them but there is a real sense that this is far from over this is the beginning rather the end of the process of coming out and voicing their dissatisfaction of 26 years with just one president and what kind of reaction has there been to the plan to european sanctions. Yesterday on the main square here in minsk you way aware of thousands of protesters were out for yet another protest in front of the government buildings there was that the people had taken this to notice they were happy to realize that europe is watching and paying attention to these protests i think its more a symbolic step it shows that europe is still a derrick its an extent but then without making any particularly strong promises i think in terms of practical if you its on the regime here i dont think it will make that much of a difference because being under sanctions time time again and those checks have then been withdrawn without him doing much in return i think alexander the fact that those in definitely on the symbol that the kind of just tickles excited things that was important step for people here on the streets to know that they are being watched and that the events here are being followed bring us up to date on where russia stands in all of this because it has traditionally been a very close ally of the us. Exactly russias closest ally they are currently socalled union states they have a kind of Loose Association which russia has always wanted to deepen to further integrate belarus into effectively one country with russia. Preselection has spoken to several times this week and being assured of russias willingness to support him should events escalate here i think its a difficult. Game because he has tried to resist full integration with russia he fears that russia will effectively take over and he will be left maybe only some symbolic figurehead the russians for now are not saying that they will bring in troops they are supporting the looks like regime. Advisors but a russian state t. V. Yesterday it was reported that many of the local journalists even replaces russian journalists because the locals were no longer loyal to the regime so i think its about deniable support look you think a regime not russian tanks out in the streets of mint but instead stuff that events at the end support through people and resources that can shore up this regime without bringing that high diplomatic cost for the kremlin without coming out in kind of full scale support with boots on the ground as it were that is what were going to see in the next days and weeks thats all very covert at this point connelly with a view from minsk thank you nick. Lets get a quick check of some other stories making news the leaders of the coup in mali have met with top Civil Servants and opposition representatives and pledged to hold elections within what they call a reasonable time the u. N. 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Couple harris has accepted the democratic partys nomination for Vice President of the United States the senator from california became the 1st woman of color on a Major Party Ticket democrats are hoping that alongside president ial nominee Joe Biden Harris will galvanize voters to unseat donald trump harris said the trumps presidency has cost lives and livelihoods. A historic 1st for the democrats and for america come a long harvest is the 1st black and the 1st Asian American woman on a president ial tickets and she laid out her vision for the nation we can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring Something DifferentSomething Better and do the important work a president who will bring all of us together black white latino asian indigenous to achieve the future we collectively want. Democrats and positioning biden harris as a chance to really gain a foothold in a time of chaos the evening centered on Strong Female voices united behind the pair have a bridging of the democratic old guard with a new after the last election peroxide bomb and used his address to rebuke trump saying he never took the job seriously rare criticism of a sitting president by his predecessor for close to 4 years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work no interest in finding Common Ground no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. About imo mourns the future of democracy in the us is at stake biden alongside harris he said is the change the country needs right now lets bring in bars foreman who is a berlin based us political analyst for us welcome to the program carla harris focusing on unity in the United States i mean it really looks like this is the theme of the Democratic Convention tell us a little bit more about the message that she got across yesterday. Well it certainly is i mean theres a narrative thats running all through the 1st 3 days of the Democratic Convention and that is trying to divide and hell do well in sort of very polarized system but even more than that so an emphasis has been on the actual mismanagement trumps of ministration and this is something that is really quite a stark contrast to earlier president ial campaigns where even former president s have spoken or even republicans have spoken out for the year for the Democratic Team so what what all the speakers have been emphasizing is the greatness of the moment whats at stake carol that american democracy finds itself in. Trying to point toward solutions we have to talk about what iraq obama also said yesterday the fact that he really took the gloves off and was highly critical of the sitting u. S. President donald trump this was quite extraordinary wasnt. Very much so i cant remember a single time where this happened earlier and to the obama himself has been very quiet in the last 3 years and its been very rare for him to comment whats actually going on and i think you can make similar remarks yesterday where she said look at the democrats have been trying to sit still and wait and see what happens once trump is in office but no is the moment of reckoning for so what is the convention and you know taking the summation of all those messages as we wait for joe biden to speak later what has it showed us so far about the democrats strategy to try and retake the white house in november. Well i think this is a 30 exceptional your this is a very Unconventional Convention as many have poi