Pushing cars. And california is appliances qualify as 3 previous giants of the light has reportedly caused by fireworks and fanned by record temperatures will get the latest from all santas list shortly. Plus the story must go along thats the spirit in venice where the 1st major Film Festival since the pandemic it is underway this years competition features a Record Number of entries from female drink just. Varied its great to have you with this the berlin hospital treating russian Opposition Leader alex a in a valley says hes been taken out of an induced karma and hes improved and is improving his condition is improving i should say and doctors also say he is awake and responsive the German Government. Leaves the valley was poisoned with a nerve agent in an attempted assassination its demanded answers from the kremlin. Things looked bad for russian activists alexina valmy over 2 weeks ago after boarding a flight in siberia he started to moan and scream in pain 3 days later he was in a medically induced coma and being flown to berlin to get treatment from burley and doctors. They say its beyond doubt that novelli was poisoned with a highly toxic nerve agent you know the chalk on monday those doctors had some good news hes awake they say hes responding to verbal communication and has been gradually taken off mechanical ventilation doctors stressed its too early to judge if theres been any long term effects from the severe poisoning. As novelli begins his precarious recovery the political fallout from the poisoning has spread to the new completed nord stream 2 pipeline designed to transport russian gas to europe by germany. To for good reasons to have the pipeline to go otherwise this project would not exist. But what i think would be wrong would be to rule out from the beginning. That what is happening right now could have an impact on the project. This sentiment is echoed by chancellor merkel spokesperson. Chancellor agrees its wrong to rule anything out. The kremlin has denied any involvement in the placing of novell me and says that the German Government is stalling on providing russian authorities with details about the case. Oh earlier we spoke to the w. s Political Correspondent hans beyond here in berlin he told us about more about the treatment now found he is receiving and of all he has been taken off of a coma that was artificially induced in other words they have let him wake up allow them to wake up that he is responding to order to receiving those as the form is the way that they put it in the us if hes spoken to he is responding we dont know whether he is able to speak yet because he was also being helped with his breathing he had to chew on his throat and that is also slowly being reduced we dont know whether the troops have been complete removed so we dont know whether hes able to speak it and the hospital is also adding that we do not know yet what the long term effects of this poison will be on objects and only you can read in some of the literature that after such a poisoning it is possible for the person that has been poisoned is to recover almost completely but it is also possible that this person because it is an attack on. Will lose permanently lose some of the functions of his nerves and i imagine that could affect any part of his body and there are even reports of some people that have been poisoned whose thinking is slowing down so we dont know if to what extent will recover and we do not know of course what the aspects that regard to security will be possible it is possible that he might be taken to a safe place and even disappear from public view for quite a while that was a Political Correspondent hons but on speaking to us a bit earlier well germany and britain have expressed their concern over the reported abduction of an Opposition Leader in deliveries witnesses say Maria Kolesnik over was pushed into a vehicle by men in black clothing and driven away germanys foreign minister high commodity has demanded. Whereabouts and the release of all Political Prisoners in bellers. This black minibus driving through minsk is believed to be carrying Maria Kolesnikov likely against her will and witness recounted the same drive a happened to film it kolesnikov and 2 of her colleagues have disappeared without a trace. This city 8 year old who once lived in germany has become a face of the protest movement she was a supporter of president ial candidates with law and sokolowski the latest off of the Coordination Council which trying to prepare a peaceful transfer of power now many believe she could have been abducted were going to she needs eyewitnesses say she was taken into this minibus at around 10 oclock we dont know where it went since that moment we have no idea where marianne is a what happened to her. Or. Is not is one of the last Opposition Leaders still free in minsk on sunday he marched alongside kolesnikov many of their colleagues were arrested or have been forced to leave the country in the last few days. Are you staying in bellers of course of course ill stand by lawyers but its unclear whether she is still in the country another leading activist. Also wanted to stay in belarus but shes now in poland on monday she revealed that the belarussian secret service had taken her to the buddha and forced her to leave the country. Well dozens of wildfires are ravaging the californian countryside burning more than 2000000 i obviously which is a new record and one that was broken earlier than in any previous season 55 is struggling to contain the blaze that is the flames have been fueled by scorching conditions temperatures reached a record 49 degrees celsius in Los Angeles County on sunday authorities have to clear the state of emergency in several counties with residents being evacuated from risk areas. Lets bring in jason camp now he is the Los Angeles Bureau chief of n. B. C. News right here good to see you there jason tell us how did things fire stop. The fire and you. Really do you know county actually staring from a gender reveal party where you get together and you will these people decided to use a gender of york and apparently a brush on fire when they revealed the sex of their baby and that scorched thousands of acres out there in the in the empire and as you can see behind me the smoke is now pouring over there because its very hot out here and its very very sick. And you mentioned oldest smoke in the fire what is the situation where you are and across the. So across the state theres about 300. 00 wildfires burning right now and fire crews are doing everything they can and theyre throwing every ounce of water they can at these fires to try to get some sort of containment in Central California a fire there that creek fire near fresno exploded overnight to about 80000 acres in a very rule area area but they say that hundreds of buildings and structures there have been completely leveled and theyre just nothing but piles of rubble at this point in Southern California theres a handful of fires here in Northern California those fires were started by lightning strikes and thats where its about 300000. 00 acres up in that area just extraordinary i read somewhere that Something Like 25 times more land has been d. C. Than last year californias governor Gavin Newsome has blamed this increase in wildfires on Climate Change to people in the state of california support his view. Yes and no it depends on who us and there is a theory that the forest hasnt been cleared in decades and thats whats fuelling all of these fires as you can see the British Crime is completely dried there hasnt been rain significant rain in the state of california in months and the temperatures like right now its its well above 100 degrees where i met and im on the coast im on the palace where hes been its like oh and its its extremely hot and muggy out here today and those firefighters are just doing everything they can so it really depends on who you ask nutrients Climate Change or if they need to sweep the forest floor as somewhat whats the full cost for the next couple of days. Luckily firefighters are going to get a break tonight temperatures are expected to dip but unfortunately the winds across the state are expected to kick out and those guys could reach 7580 miles an hour thats not good thats going to spread these these embers you know a mile or 2 miles away and that could pose potential problems but then later in the week theyre supposed to hit well above triple digits im talking 11115 in some spots because that was jason camp in los angeles thank you very much jason stay safe. Thank you for the. Well you know that messi has returned to training with boss to learn a full the 1st time since he tried to move away from the club missy had to train away from the full squad because he still needs to process a 2nd coronavirus test last week the stoffel would reversed his decision to leave saying he didnt want to get into a legal battle at his club missy how to move on to a free on a free transfer while boss ally and i had insisted on a 700000000 your team. Will french forward pay has tested positive for the corona virus and will miss cheese days nationally a match against croatia on. It was one of the stars of frances 2018 world cup winning side hes the 7th player from his club. To contract the virus differentially match against and almost on thursday could now be in doubt. Premier league side Manchester City have been hit by 2 positive tests for the coronavirus teams in germany and across europe have seen a number of infections in recent weeks and now england is in affected 2 weeks before its top league begins citys friends defend america la porte is asymptomatic and isolating at home his team mate riyadh now there is a valid theory a is in the same condition both players will have to. 10 days in line with u. K. Government and premier league rules. Well its the oldest Film Festival in the world the venice Film Festival and for its 77th edition its the 1st to brave New Territory as a physical event in the cove of 19 year out there are strict rules for social distancing sparsely populated theaters and a tad less glitz and glamor than usual but the most important thing is the show must go on and on it goes is a look at whats causing a lot of buzz on the lido. The 1st weekend of the venice Film Festival usually main stars on the red carpet for top 1st and film premieres and so it is this year with strict hygiene measures in place but there are also positive changes over 18 films in competition from female directors not quite parity but a new record on the sunday mr mock spy he tell me in director susanna. Had its crimea i the film tells the story of eleanor marx a committed socialist and feminist and the daughter of karl marx she was one of the 1st activists to speak about the exploitation of women and the situation within families i. It also on the weekend of the premiere of the world to come by your weekend director more not fast small. Sorry film is set in the 1850s on the u. S. East coast. To farmers wives fall in love with each other and start something they dont even have a vocabulary for instance if you have to master a lesbian affair. Down to what the fortune they see. In the leading role Vanessa Kirby who has 2 films in competition shes already being celebrated as the face of this years festival. Heaters and in pieces of a woman by director cornell and so kirby plays a woman who loses her unborn child so. This. Is the story around through we are. Now it. Does hard it was a choice my daughter interesting charming intelligent modest modest. This is the news up next a documentary takes a look at the exploitation of Migrant Workers in the Global Fashion industry and you can stay up to date by following our stories on correspondents on instagram and twitter and all very sad news that website instinct will be dot com and our very from me and the entire news team thanks for watching. Because. Were all set. To go beyond. That. Were all about the stories that matter to. Come through in. Order every tricks. You know running off. To a good enough but how can you made for mines. Always dreamed of a luxury rare blend of the impossible elegance. Like this handbag for example who isnt. But luxury is also worth 300000000. 00 International Market while Famous Brands who shops populate the most beautiful album use of major capital cities. But behind the glamorous exterior all that glitters is not gold. The back rooms of these lecturing boutiques are hidden away on the other side of the outcomes in the heart of tuscany. Hundreds of supply is timing leather for world Famous Brands was subcontracting go lower. Employees are overworked or in this case i was. During our filming. We met some questionable bosses. Welcome to a rather chilling industry. We began our investigation on our home tough. After all being in france we have paris. Paris we have fashion week. But of course you know all about fashion. Star studded catwalk shows. And some want to be stuck. With a no no no theme and dior. Cheese dental chic with little. Happy Smiling Faces at louis vito. But it wasnt really the clothes that stood out to us have you noticed what each of the models is carrying. Handbags of all shapes and sizes and at all prices starting at 1350. 00. Accessories a move popular than ever you only need to look at the figures. Take some of the major french brands for example we calculated the Sales Revenue from items such as handbags wallets and shoes. Leather goods here are the results. For gucci 74 percent of the brands total revenues. Believe song alone 72 percent. And. 60 percent for half a mess. You get the picture in the world of luxury goods leather means record breaking profits. But where does this luxurious leva come from according to our information most of this role material is termed in italy we call up each tannery one by one it takes a while there are 700. 00 in total we are as the same question each time and time i was wondering which brands to share tannery work for. Ok and. Yet. You say nobody. See anything. But some of the companies do play ball and 700 phone calls later of luxury supplies is starting to take shape. The phone calls have brought one surprising detail to our attention all of these tanneries and subcontractors located in one small area of tuscany just 36 square kilometers. Welcome to santa croce. Noticeably less glamorous world than the luxury catwalks of pounds. Worth is a not easily approachable. Clearly a rather secretive place. These are the luxury net the tanneries they generate over a 1000000000. 00 in revenue each year and employ over 7000. 00 people a small very profitable part of italy. We have been given permission to visit one of these tanneries its one of the largest in the region these embry turnaround movingly is the owners right hand man he will be. He starts his off with the crown jewel the showroom. Finished products sent from the at the district and animal skins printed pressed and sold by the square meter these will henceforth be used in major brands manufacture. Workshops to make handbags belts and shoes. That we have. I can say that we work or we have worked at some point he was with almost all of the Big International fashion houses. And so. Polo Ralph Lauren Tommy Hilfiger the Louis Vuitton group chloe. Something even among. The ne is as proud as a peacock. Christie just climbs happy employees a tannery that spic and span and state of the art equipment. Frankly we won over by our day adds up. Except that here they only perform the final stages of the tanning process the rather more pleasant ones upstream theres a whole chain of subcontractors carrying out dozens of towns all thankless tasks allow is to explain. At the start of its life a handbag looks like this next the cow skin must be removed with mountains of course salt poured on top of it to preserve it. Then the cowhides are sent to the tanneries to begin a long multistage process. During one of these stages they are put into a kind of cement mixer along with Hydrogen Sulfide to remove all the fur this is what produces the rotten egg smell that lingers throughout the area they are then transferred to these big drums and soaked with chromium salts to stop the decomposition process they are left out to dry. And then soaked again to self and then read dried then soaked again. The details of the other 30 stages but they are rather unpleasant and quite painful now that youve understood the huge number of stages involved and the number of subcontractors needed lets go back to sam pre. Remember that the tannery claims to work for the l. V. And h. Group and its luxury brand kens m. L v m a the number one luxury goods conglomerate in the world has developed a fairly strict code of conduct. No illegal or undeclared one. No excessive overtime a judy to provide workers with a safe environment to reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace. All of the luxury giants have codes of conduct just like this one that supposedly apply to their suppliers and any subcontractors hired by their supplies it seems like everything is under control in the world of Luxury Fashion every link in the chain is squeaky clean. And so we continue on our journey into this in chanting world. Good news one of his our precept contract is term a plaque has agreed to let his visit. Meet the boss his name is fun so get the. General plaque specializes in drawing animal skins large tanneries working for Luxury Brands such as xampp send their leather him each animal hide weighs between 15 and 30 kilos work is carrying hundreds of them every day most of the employees here are senegalese. Advance of gether is not the only one hiring senegalese employees you only have to come to the leather district in the early hours of the morning to see the. Hundreds of unskilled workers whose job is in the luxury goods sector a fall from secure. This is what we are about to discover through the documents. In this brief case. Confidential data about the working conditions inside the tanneries 1st up temporary workers here are hundreds of short Term Contracts signed off by various companies. And thats not all an internal documents from the Occupational Health Care Department lists accidents at work by nationality. According to our calculations Foreign Workers are affected twice as much as italian workers. At the department of Occupational Health doctor is in charge of the tannery sector shes been fighting for Employee Health and safety for the past 15 years according to her there is a direct link between short Term Contracts and accidents that work. Ever authority are my everything i know workers are hired for a week day and hour at a time. And show now days for an tannery workers take these temporary not to mention carious contracts passing and lack working experience every. Theyre much more likely to be victims of virk related accidents. And again time for attorneys to go. So how is the issue of health and safety addressed at telmo plaque. All day workers are handling animal skins soaked in chemicals. Have fun together the perfect boss claims that he takes it upon himself to provide protective equipment. For the workers. Its not that we dont trust him but we feel we need to hear him at the. Suspect so under the pretext of exploring the factory we take the opportunity to ask a few questions filming without a hidden camera how long have you worked here. Ive been here a month i meant yeah ok and who gave you your protective equipment. I bought it myself so valuable it has its not given to you know see how many hours you work a day. I work 13 hours a day 13 hours a day dont disturb him while hes working the bosss son has come to intervene. Let him get back to work. In a factory like this there is always a risk of accidents of pairing fortunately each machine has its own safety features in the demands that. We have there been any accidents or the vin a few small incidents but thats all mostly due to negligence or being a bit tired in the morning but nothing serious one already got. So youve never had any amputation no no im really very careful about safety issues of henri were i was the reason. Were finding it harder and harder to believe of fun together. After several days in santa croce week gained the trust of an xterm opac worker this man want to tell me a plaque in 2000 volt and claims that the boss of france of gedda would sometimes disable the safety mechanisms on the machines to increase productivity he lost 3 knuckles he agrees to talk to us as a witness provided he can remain anonymous. That day it was the 1st animal skin id ever worked on and i took it and put it inside the machine i pressed down on the pedals and the blade blocked. Proof so i turned it around put the skin back inside the machine pressed down on the pedals and it took my hand with it. So just like that. It got hold of my gloves and took off 3 of my knuckles. It was really tough chick. Cried all night long. The doctor asked me what had happened and the boss wanted to lie about it since. The law had said it was Something Else you. Are a dog. And i said no it was the machine you know. What excuse did he get. He said that a plank had fallen on my fingers and that had cut my hand. So go. We may check on 40