The way that plays along as early instead of opera holds its annual opening concert you see it devoted to movie front page over. Im tired read its great to have you with us the 1000000000 hospital treating russian Opposition Leader alexander valmy says he has been taken out of him in juice karma and that his condition is improving doctors also say that he is awake and responsive the German Government believes no valmy was poisoned with a nerve agent nava chalk in an attempted assassination it has demanded answers from the kremlin. Things look 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 in all the chalk but 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 to pipeline designed to transport russian gas to europe by germany. For good reasons to have the pipeline 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 no foul me and says that the German Government is stalling on providing russian authorities with details about the case. Who earlier we spoke to detail the used Political Correspondent hans van tier in belding he told us more about the treatment that new found they use receiving here not only has been taken out of the coma that was off officially in juice in other words they have relations way off a lot of the wake up that he is responding to order to receiving those as the form is the way that they put it in other words if hes spoken to he is responding we dont know whether hes 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 as 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 not on the 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. Well germany and britain have expressed their concern over the reported abduction of an Opposition Leader in bella ruse now witnesses say Maria Kolesnik was pushed into a vehicle by men in black clothing and then driven away it followed another mass protest in the capital minsk on sunday at which more than 600. 00 people were arrested germany has demanded clarity of a kalashnikov his whereabouts and the release of Political Prisoners in. To california now where fireworks at agenda reveal baby shower posse are being blamed for igniting the lightest blaze sweeping across the u. S. State now fire crews are struggling to contain the flames amid scorching temperatures and high winds Authorities Say a record amount of land has been this year and they warn that the fire season is far from over. Once again california is burning wildfires that plate the state all summer and theres no sign of a lot of hope. Most 15000 firefighters have been dispatched to tackle some 2 dozen large fires. Shifting winds forced the exhausted firefighters to constantly adjust their efforts started pushing to the east and north and. Move to the south or even north winds been pretty dramatically inconsistent. Temperatures in california are at an all time high and the parched countryside is highly flammable. The fire crews know that the battle is far from one. Our number one priority for this fire is the protection of life and property situation that we have right now. Is a life threatening situation with the Weather Forecast that we have for the next 3 days so you have a red flag warning today and we have santa ana winds predicted for the next 2 day. As the flames spread more and more residents are being forced from their homes some have to be evacuated by helicopter. To leave behind a smoldering landscape with a record 2000000 acres scorched by wildfires in california this year this has become an increasingly common sight lets bring in Jason Campbell joining us now he is the Los Angeles Bureau chief of n. B. C. News right here good to see that jason tell us how did these fires stop. The fire in you in San Bernardino county actually starting from a gender reveal party where you get together and you will these people decided to use a gender of your canon 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 its very hot out here and its very very check. In the fire what is the situation where you are and across the studies. 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 are 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 burned this year than last year californias governor gavin newsom 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 shelf 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. 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 were supposed to hit well above triple digits im talking 11115 in some spots because that was Jason Company in los angeles thank you very much jason stay safe. Thank you. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today the last 2 journalists working for australian media in Mainland China have left the country and returned to see any reports a chinese police. Michael smith all feel stranded in finance for a few newspaper and bill bushels from the public called cost of the id be seen in connection with the case unrelated today would the journalist took shelter in australian diplomatic compounds while officials negotiated their return hard. Hundreds of people have joined a con caravan in colombias capital bogota to protest the economic and social policies. President. The protests which was called by trade unions was the 1st since columbia ended more than 5 months of lockdown to stem the coronavirus the country has reported more than 600000 infections and over 20000 deaths. And aerial images show hundreds of people dancing without mosques and happened in tight on the streets of Rio De Janeiro overnight street parties took place during brazils long Independence Day where you cant cope with 19 stricken country had to ease some of the restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus. Well its been 250 years since the german composer beethoven was born just in time for the pandemic to rain on his birthday parade thats forced much of the official program to mark the beethoven anniversary year to be extended to next year but cultural events are starting to pick up again and audience are thrilled to be celebrating germanys most famous composer. Another step towards the return of musical life in early states opera for under the baton of daniel barenboim. Gets paid over 250. 00 of birthday this year so no surprise that beethoven is on the program rushed out also celebrating a birthday its own 450. 00 s. Store soloist and sophie is delighted to be back on stage you have to feel. So much that i cant wait to share this great music again that records are all well and good streaming is quite nice because sitting in peru you can be part of berlin but the live experience being the lie that nothing beats that. State opera for all its an annual high knights of the berlin summer a free concert. Tickets have been stepped up but it looks poorly attended corona means attendance has been cut from the usual 40000 just 2000 socially distance concert goers but it starts. Open air is in times of corona the only way to communicate with more than 200 listeners i dont think anyone really understands why social distancing is not an issue at demonstrations but when it. The concerts people are so very exact almost painfully fussy 48. Daniel barenboim has been at the forefront of attempts to bring life music back to berlin hes like the bernie state opera for almost 30 years and is of course an ardent admirer of beethoven whether the composer is in bombastic or in romantic mood. This is the melancholy lyrical beethoven its not the explosive one nor the extremely virtue as a one this is very intimate Chamber Music actually but with an orchestra stopped. The evening ends with the 9th symphony one of the most famous works in the Classical Music repertoire. Joining sung by a choir at a safe distance. Fittingly this him to freedom and community is dedicated to help those in the front line of the coronavirus pandemic doctors nurses shop workers and teachers were also given priority access to the free tickets are special and much appreciated thank you. This is. The in this mall on the new south you can go to t w dot com as well im sorry to have a great. Heart a meal and. Second please dont leave. The planet on the brink of disaster just long interview. Explodes but one question how can we change but i have. Always dreamed of a luxury that read a blend of the impossible elegance. Like this handbag for example who isnt. But luxury is also worth 300000000. 00 International MarketFamous Brands whose shops populate the most beautiful avenues 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 outside in the heart of tuscany. Hundreds of supply is timing leather for world Famous Brands was subcontracting the 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 fronts we have paris. Paris we have fashion week. But of course you know all about fashion. Star studded catwalk shows. And some one of the stuffs. With a no no no theme to your. Guccis dental chic with glitter. Happy Smiling Faces at louie 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 m a 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. In short Leather Goods here are the results. For gucci 74 percent of the brands total revenues. Believe song alone 72 percent. 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 tanned in italy where cool 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. You know me. And i were. Getting up on the dock and see anything. But some of the companies do play bull and 700 phone calls later up 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 are located in one small area of tuscany just 36 square kilometers. Welcome to some to grow. Noticeably less glamorous world than the luxury catwalks of pounds. Worth is a not easily approachable. Clearly a rather secretive place. These are the left shereen that 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 tannery and movie is the owners right hand man he will be out until. He starts his off with the crown jewels the show room. Finished products sent from the at the district and animal skins printed crest and sold by the square meter these will henceforth be used in major brands manufacture. Workshops to make handbags belts on shoes. 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 louisville tang group chloe. Its a bit of a model. The need 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 adopted. 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 towels no thanks list 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 3rd 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 just dont the decomposition process they are left out to dry. And then soaked again to soften then re 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 sampling. Remember that the tannery claims to work for the l. V. And h. Group and its luxury brand kens m. L v m h the number one luxury goods conglomerate in the world has developed a fairly strict code of conduct. No illegal or undeclared work. 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 applied to their suppliers and any subcontractors hired by their suppliers 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 of fun so get. Some of. The. General black specializes in drawing animal skins large tanneries working for Luxury Brands such as sam pretty scent then let the him each animal hide ways between 15 and 30 kilos workers carry hundreds of them every day most of the employees here are senegalese. Funds of ghetto 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