A natural gas bonanza in the black sea turkey announces its Largest Energy discovery ever to find has the potential to reshape the turkish economy. A michael joins us german doctors say a russian opposition politician alexina volney is in a fit state to be airlifted to berlin thats after they were allowed to see him at the hospital and where he remains in a coma the medics arrived earlier to transfer of all need to germany for treatment but russian doctors have said hes too fragile in a condition to be moved evolving supporters believe he has been poisoned because of his political activities. This is the hospital alex was taken to with a case of suspected poisoning and this is where hell remain for now. Doctors here say novelli is too sick to be moved by the ambulance that was supposed to take him to germany for treatment. Regarding us transfer i think and this is what the doctors counsel decided that its true early we have to completely stabilize the patient 1st and they also say they found no sign that novell knew it was poisoned and sure usually so far in the research that has been done no poison has been identified. Its a statement likely to infuriate these team who believe he was poisoned while drinking tea at an airport cafe. Wife is frustrated she hasnt been allowed to visit her husband and says she doesnt trust the medics and you we believe that the doctors that deliberately delaying so that the chemical substance in my house then metabolism has time to disappear thats why they wont let them leave the hospital alex says Health Situation its probably very bad so we dont believe the doctors in the hospital and we demand that they hand my husband over the bill will know we did it. So was the old wasnt he poisoned whats known as that never felt suddenly ill on a flight from siberia to moscow various passengers captured the incident on their mobile phones some show they never screaming and paying the plane made an Emergency Landing and medics rushed him to the hospital he is now not allowed to leave. Alexei navalny as one of president putin staunchest critics has claimed he has been poisoned before his wife has written to poutine asking him to let her husband go. His supporters also believe that the kremlin and not the doctors may have made the decision to keep me at the hospital. Hoping to fly alexina vonnie to germany has given a News Conference after foreign minister heiko mas reaffirmed germanys offer to airlift of all need to berlin for treatment. At a press conference with his slovakian counterpart the German Foreign minister affirmed that germanys office stands. I can only repeat that we have expressed our willingness to have mr neville need treated at a clinic in berlin. This offer stands. But its very very hard for us to judge whether transport is or isnt possible for medical reasons and. This is when of all me would be taken there sorry to hospital in berlin it wouldnt be the 1st time for the doctors to treat a russian kremlin critic who appears to have been poisoned in september 28th seen pussy riot activist part of a zeal of was treated at the sherry teo after showing severe poisoning symptoms he was evacuated through the efforts of the Berlin Charity cinema for peace. Americal spokesman said the German Government was scrutinizing how moscow deals with kremlin critics. We are here. We have to eat at least spoken here not only about mr novotny but also about other representatives of the opposition in russia such as Civil Society activists and journalists in the German Government is monitoring the treatment of people like these in russia very closely the actions taken against mr novelli and the in geo he leads are just one example of the very problematic way dissenters are dealt with in the russian federation. And staying in the position for the. Banks to cinema for peace and the doctors in berlin out of busy life made a full recovery hes hoping the same can soon be said of alexei navalny. Chief Political Editor michelle yellow has just returned from that trip to slovakia with German Foreign minister. Because doctors from germany have been allowed to see no voluntary do we know any more at this hour. Well it appears and thats what cinema for peace the and you know that organize that medical plane that headed to. It appears that those doctors seem to think that the is ready to be transported in that specially equipped plane under close scrutiny of those medical experts and the big question now is what we now have a counter argument from the regional doctors there will this move from the medical level now back to the political level where it already was after all that plane was allowed in the end to travel freely to russia but we dont know whether that permit will actually be granted to return and whether particular will be granted to return without if they know. Team and family clearly believe that there is a political motivation behind not transporting evolved into germany do we know if theres anything to that suspicion. Well i think that will become much more apparent now that we have the independent experts from many testifying that their patients and thats after all the years to them would be fit to travel we have the will of the family and we have the guarantees by the spokesman of the mia putin that they would not stand in the way and that direct letter from. These wife trying to hold bloody move putin to what she perceives to be a promise of free passage that will now play out over the coming hours when we will hopefully learn whether never will be able to indeed leave russian soil. Lets lets clarify something here germany is willing to offer medical care here but also helping to get out of the country well theres no direct assistance that i am aware of but i have been able to speak to policymakers and certainly is willing to assist in ways that possibly can what it was not willing to do is to contest effectively a medical order because it says it simply doesnt have the means to verify what has been claimed about alexander now that situation may now have changed and those political powers may come to play once again with the e. U. Also having voiced its concern not just through germany the german presidency but also the Council President talking to their troops in on the phone and those concerns also being over arching concerns over how russia treats dissent of its own opponents but also with an eye of course on batteries. Much appreciated. The russian opposition politicians felt lana took on a scalia has said she will return to her country when its safe to do so to going to sky fled to lithuania after rejecting the results of the election earlier this month today she called for more strikes at factories across the country to try to force new president ial elections meanwhile in minsk people gathered to support the oppositions newly formed Coordination Council after authorities opened a criminal case accusing them of attempting to seize power speaking from vilnius svetlana tooken a skier urged her supporters to resist intimidation and keep on fighting i call for all the contras to respect this is reality over. And to respect the choice of our people and. Thanks for threatens you know i. Dont think i would like to. Discuss this question now i think that every person in our country. Feels. And its scary now but its our mission to sit over all of us and. For them. Correspondent nic connelly is in minsk for us nick of sky says the belorussian people will never accept the current leadership and indeed protests show no sign of winding down at this point what comes next inmates. Well theres no clear progression here no roadmap to some kind of revolution resolution rather especially since president bush a girl i got to say good the man whos been in charge of this country for the past 26 years has refused all attempts at mediation or talking to the opposition the real focus here now is becoming a protest will some day last week on sunday. They saw one of the biggest protests in better sister e. Hundreds of thousands of people out in the streets amidst the organizers want to see more people out of the streets this time around one in c. Developed also has been your position reaching out to senior members of the regime so given that refusal by a look shango to talk to the protest as direct they are reaching out to Members Security services in the hope that there will be some possibility of dialogue and maybe some kind of. Crumbling of the result of the current elites some willingness to reach out that is the hope here but it is all very much up in the air and very unclear how this can go and im curious whats been the reaction to the new e. U. Sanctions against us. I think the sanctions on their own all not going to make much of a difference has been under sanctions time and time again. Has rarely done anything to warrant them being withdrawn but they have been withdrawn i think the more significant thing here especially for the opposition was the decision not to recognize the results of the postelection that was symbolically a gesture something that people here could see as some kind of support from europe a sign of solidarity a sign that europe is paying attention theyre watching closely what is going on here as a journalist here and there are many foreign journalists operating in dollars right now you often enough to have people speaking to you and. Welcome you to the country theyre happy that were here they feel a little bit safe if the outside world is seeing whats going on here but i think beyond that any kind of resolution the situation will only happen on the streets of bellerose between the opposition and tension the parts of the regime that maybe will turn against the cinco e. U. Sanctions on their own on not going to resolve the situation. In about the 20 seconds we have left and possible we understand prosecutors are launching a criminal investigation against opposition activists it certainly doesnt seem like theres much room for dialogue between the 2 sides here. Indeed it seems like Alexander Lukashenko seems to think that any kind of dialogue with the opposition would be a sign of weakness and is demonstrably rejecting any kind of dialogue for now i think in terms of the legal mechanics that are now being put into action against the opposition they will we can expect that whether or not theyll end up behind bars in the next couple of days weeks is still open but definitely uncomfortable times here for the people coming out to protest the dollars and the people trying to leave those protests Nick Connelly in minsk much appreciated now. Highlighting now some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. The European Unions chief brecks at negotiator michelle says it looks unlikely the bloc will reach a deal with britain before the deadline at the end of this year his british counterpart david frost blamed brussels for the lack of progress saying the e. U. Was making talks unnecessarily difficult. In libya both the un supported government and the rival government called the house of representatives have announced a ceasefire the they both say they want and end to an oil blockade that has been crippling libya since the start of this year the announcements come in mid fears of an escalation in the conflict. Days after malis president was ousted in a military coup neighboring governments are pressuring leaders to return. To power west african countries few of the political upheaval could allow islamic extremists to again gain ground in the region. And at least 6 people have died in california in wildfires sparked by lightning tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the San Francisco bay area Authorities Say dozens of houses have burned to the ground. In the u. S. Joe biden has accepted the democratic partys nomination for the presidency in his speech on the final night of the Democratic NationalConvention Biden promised leadership thats radically different than that of the republican incumbent donald trump welcome to the 4th night the final night of the virtual Democratic National convention rolled out a show of unity and support from the partys president ial candidates a place where former rivals for the nominations praised joe bidens leadership and compassion and democrats have filled the choice in november as one between bidens empathy and donald trump bullying and chaos at a time of twin health and economic crisis at its primary against joe biden this is a life changing election this will determine what america is going to look like for a long long Time Characters on the ballot compassion is on the ballot decency science democracy theyre all on the ballot bidens empathy was underscored i have boy who bonded with the former Vice President on the campaign trail over their struggles with stuttering while he described by as someone who cares biden accepted the nomination vowing to heal a country torn by crises and contempt the current president is quote american darkness for much too long too much anger too much fear too Much Division here and now i give you my word if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst ill be an hour of the light not the darkness its time for us for we the people to come together. And make no mistake united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. Darkness dominated the picture at a rally held by trump hours before bidens speech evoking scenes of recent unrest he had a warning for voters. If you want a vision of your life funded by the presidency think of the smoldering ruins in minneapolis the violent anarky of portland the blood stage sidewalks of chicago and imagine the may have been coming to your town and every single town in america youre not going to have lawn ordered might encounter that mood with the means of hope and unity in a speech that marked the high point of his half century in politics. He now heads into the general Election Campaign with a clear and steady lead in polls over trump. But after the carefully scripted convention the coming weeks will mark a far less predictable period for joe biden and his democratic party. To turkey now where president yes at the tie up early one says engineers have discovered a huge gas reserves they found the sound could significantly change turkeys energy importantly its exploration work has been underway in the black sea for a month the new reserve off the coast of the town of a really is thought to contain 320000000000 cubic meters of natural gas turkeys biggest ever find you announcing the find earlier one said it would open the door to unprecedented wealth for the country. For more on this lets get over to dorian jones our correspondent in istanbul during a little perspective right now help big a deal is this for turkey. According to present nerd one hes described as on a story day his announcement saying to us is in a new era now it has to be said that it is the biggest discovery that turkey has found in natural gas 320000000000 cubic meters but it is a lot less than what was what was the expectations some people put figures of over 800000000000 so there has been some disappointment among International Observers but turkey is hugely dependent on imported gas well over 90 percent and he imports cost turkey 40000000000. 00 every year and one says this will bring an end to the costly imports saying that this will also end pressures on the turkish lira turkeys large current account deficit is blamed for much of the weakness on the lira which hit record lows this month but analysts are also raising a lot of questions they say how much will it cost to get this gas out the black these notoriously deep water see that makes extraction extremely expensive and also of course on how long it will take and imus also point out that turkey is beholden to very long Term Contracts of countries like russia iran and i think by john so be very difficult to walk out of those deals but Going Forward that is has been a long term goal of turkey not to be dependent on countries like moscow and iran for much of its energy and this will see ultimately achieving a major strategic goal durian a slightly longer question here but bear with me for a moment one might expect that this New Discovery in the black sea might ease the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean where turkeys or oil and Gas Exploration has sparked tensions with greece of course but on the contrary earlier one today is stepping up this search in the disputed waters in the mediterranean what is there to gain in this wrangle for earlier one in turkey. Well you are right there one said that he was here and excel aeration in the search for energy in contested waters weve greece you have to realize at the moment turkish and greek navies are facing off over turkeys exploration and waters of greece claim is belongs to them but no one says that turkey will not back down in fact he dismissed e. U. Warning saying that the us boiling greasers a very tough rhetoric coming from murder one and this is all part of turkeys long term goal too to place itself as an energy hunt for the whole of the region supplying europe not only providing a Transit Route for countries like us by john and russia but beyond that also to provide its own exports and ultimately is part of the dream as it were to make turkey an energy wealthy country known as a great deal of skepticism because they say the world is awash with natural gas in fact natural gas is at record lows and i think much of this is seen as a rhetoric to refer to ramp up support among his own domestic constituency which are becoming increasingly disillusioned given the fact that the economy is struggling and the government is struggling in its fight against a covert epidemic so much of this is to mr greatorex and also positioning turkey for some possible talks with greece which are rumored to be taking place at some point in the near future this is also a question of position yourself before you sit down for talks dorian jones in istanbul much appreciated during. Heres a look at some of the latest developments in the grown of virus pandemic in beijing authorities have lifted the requirement that people wear masks outdoors the Chinese Capital has gone 13 days without any new cases australias hotspot the state of victoria with its capital melbourne has reported the lowest number of new infections in more than a month the National Government is discussing ways to manage internal borders between states and irelands agriculture minister has resigned after he attended a large dinner event that may have violated coronavirus regulations his decision sparked public anger a day after nationwide rules were tightened our next report is from zimbabwe home to the Worlds Largest waterfall the Victoria Falls 2000000 people a year used to come to their country to see them but the border closures that have come with covert 1000 restrictions put an end to that privileged moved on here e went to see just how badly hit symbolic ways Tourism Industry has been hit. The try to force these it. But the few are around to witness its glory there once a bustling resort town nearby is a shadow of feats usual self. Viruses brought to business to a standstill. At this talk company helicopters often take off in 15 minute intervals to fly tories over the falls now the aircraft are parked on the ground. Well the Tourism Industry has been with affected is a fairly gutted all tolls are closed or activities are closed the employees are not on the pedals and they dont stream suppliers of goods to the industry also equally affected unemployment has risen and. Healthy has deteriorated everything is actually been granted to halt for businesses like at and curio dealers 1000 feels like a death sentence owners are struggling to put food on the family table. If you had to sometimes native you knew through sleep you. Think also how im going to feed my family and how our tomorrow were going to eat because we have to print recordist more than 2000000 visitors come to Victoria Falls and usually but numbers this year has dropped drastically that cut income generated by foreign visitors to the country normally some 1000000000. 00 euros and rivals are estimated to go down by 85 percent. Victoria so growing is it is calling for change. Showing love yes but seriously if you people are coming in to witness this locos are now trickling in there you are feeling of there but the local industry is feeling the pinch of the ninetys but it is now time to restructure the way forward to the future. Their hope now is that Domestic Tourism can help compensate the losses until International Travel resumes its going to be a very tough people there. But what good has come out of the 19 is that every just a nation has come back to 0 well starting from ground 0 so this means that there is an opportunity for decisions about how to correctly teenager but economists say Domestic Tourism is a dead end given disposable income to operators need to redesign packages currently geared towards international. What the government could do in my view is to put it. In the tourism sector. Which could be tax related they should forget about this sector take money from it when its in the. In the graveyard i did so to be buried so they need to risk. Their Tourism Industry here this is a tough period but there is a hope that brighter days lie ahead Victoria Falls is ready to shore of its splenda. And a reminder of the top story were following for you. German doctors a russian opposition politician the collecting of only is fit to be flown to berlin pass after being given access to novotny at a hospital where he is in a coma russian doctors insist is true ill to be moved. This is due to the news in berlin up next after india the environment magazine dont forget you can always get all the latest news on our web site d w dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram and you news im michael okun ill be back in 30. India. Telling tales with textiles make up to better in designer tenzin succeeds in doing so as a child he fled to northern india. And stayed there. Is creations are a multicultural mix of indian style and to beckon tradition. Next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when well all miss. 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