Offering help to the critic of the crimean. Im off its good to have you with us activists here in germany are tonight planning to send a rescue flight to bring russian Opposition Leader alexina vallie here to berlin for medical treatment of all he was on a flight from siberia to moscow today when he lost consciousness is spokeswoman says someone had deliberately least his tea with poison before the flight now the plane had an Emergency Landing in sky and the volley was carried off and taken to a hospital there for treatment a doctor there described him as being in serious but stable condition of all and he is considered one of president Vladimir Putins fiercest critics and has been repeatedly arrested at demonstrations. Well french president has offered no volney his countrys assistance abet includes asylum he says france will do what it can to help the critic of the kremlin. This is dont we are ready to provide any necessary support for Alexander Novotny and his family for his health for asylum and for his protection this goes without saying and we discussed it at length on the body. Of all the supporters say he has survived several attempts by the russian government to harm him heres a closer look now at the ball in his career and how he rose to become such a strong critic of the kremlin this isnt the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year election of on the he 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 and here is 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 they responded with defiance. This is fresh air but i. Now these pictures show the Opposition Leader being transported to hospital in arms its what supporters are calling the latest in a long series of attempts to silence alexina of on the. Bring in our d w Moscow Bureau chief yuri rachet or hes on the story for us from that side good evening to you yuri what do we know about the leg scene of all these condition to not have one of the doctors at the clinic in peoria one of all these currently being treated at that his condition had stabilized a little so he did allow himself a glimmer of hope and that all these doctors already pushing for a transfer to europe and that theyre reportedly has even been told of the shot they take clinic in germany and barely in that could or that would be ready to treat the media reports about the special airplane from germany that would bring them into believing soon obviously the main concern here is not just established i suppose some allies of the politician but also to examine the substance of that to may have poisoned him and to have been cleanings the german clinics habitate in belize are supposedly better suitable for this year we know that these spokesperson for. The team had been laced with poison but what evidence do we have to prove that this was indeed a poisoning. All we have to wait for the Investigation Report of course and the question still remains brand what exactly is he suffering from if he was ready really poisoned and if so what substance was used we cant answer any of these questions at the moment but to many parallels come to mind starting with the poisoning of the former k. G. B. Officer living in good london for example then the fall my russian spy script holiday sales very pleasant and all the russian political activists got through there is the love to get that go by the way very easy life was treated in germany and he described his symptoms in an interview with w l a as a very similar to whats happening to the valley now so these alleged poisoning has brought back many memories of opposition figures being poisoned or even murder and today we had the french president emanuel mccrone offering alexina volney asylum during a press conference how is that going to go down with russian president Vladimir Putin well i think the question is whether not only would look forward to an asylum in friends he is solely a russian politician who lives in russia and especially is politically active here on the other hand yes when it says its a question of life and death completely different arguments count as to putins reaction or possible put in resurrection i think he might even be happy if one of his harshest critics left the country kremlin spokesperson at winthrop a school for example said to that president putin knows about the situation surprisingly peskov said that the authorities in russia would do Everything Possible to alone of all it to be transferred to brought in the medical care if necessary and of course you can also criticize putin from abroad but its a completely different matter when the valise of the country because he support us need him to be in the country to keep the position alive thats true should be doing putin a favor with. Our it youre a shutter in moscow tonight its your thank you. Well the french and german offers of medical assistance to election of all the were made today at the french president summer retreat in the south of france french president make wrong and german chancellor Angela Merkel discussed many issues today from the post Pandemic Recovery to the political crises in bill reuss and molly but the most pressing subject at the News Conference was this suspected poisoning of the volunteer. Chancellor merkel she called for rapid clarification of how the russian Opposition Leader became sick so quickly. If it is wanted for france also goes for germany we will have cooled Health Care Assistance also in german hospitals that must of course be requested from there and what is that very very important is that it must be urgently clarified how it could come to this situation or we will insist upon that isnt because what we have heard until now very unfortunate circumstances and this must be done sorry very transparently and. It was the german chancellor speaking earlier today here at the big table with me now is my colleague Political Correspondent keith brady so we heard there france and germany are offering assistance to. What song do we have europe sending with their i certainly is sending a sign that europe wants to help you too are. Offering to help if it was requested but of course that also runs a risk of perhaps russian president Vladimir Putin interpret in that as taking sides that said we do now know that. It is actually planning to go and collect this evening and thats going to be with the team that specialize in tree interest specializes in treating close patients and thats actually being arranged by the Foundation Cinema for Peace Foundation which also previously arranged for a kremlin critic who had been poisoned. Also comes a bell and so what we are so far is that now bonnie is expected to then be treated at the sheraton hospital here in berlin in the german capital. We have we have somebody with merkel is that correct yes. We are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present. Spoken with anyone on the phone we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of prisoners no Violence Free speech the right to demonstrate and an inclusive dialogue in that country those are the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in. Investments. So we have there is this europe standing up for its values or is this europe claiming the geopolitical stake. Well all that the European Union has tried to do so far is to send a message that makes it clear that they do not have geopolitical interests in bell or various of course at the same time though putin isnt going to watch by. That that could be part of the bridge that is looking towards europe right now but this is a very different situation from the one we found ourselves in with ukraine some years ago so it really depends where you stand right now but what we heard there from merkel is very much reiterating what we heard after the Council Meeting this week is that you know the European Union is ready to have talks both of russia and with bellary says well the president doesnt seem ready to be to speak to anyone just yet but even that the e. U. And reiterated just now comes with conditions and that means making sure that prisoners are released and that theres no more violence on the streets we know that at the moment. The or to have these kind of images being shown to the public whats whats the message there is the frankly german engine here in europe is it busy working or is it busy demonstrating that it can work well i think is a bit of both at the moment of course there were a whole plethora of topics that the 2 leaders had to discuss today and also right now. Is. Trying to be work mol cooperatively and more unity in a more united way and weve seen that recently as well in the in the response of financial response to the concern of virus pandemic and that is seen among the macron of machall comes very much as a success on that pot as well but this wasnt just about. A fad down in Southern France today they sold their cars some european white course germany is currently the president of the European Council as well so this was very much a visit that was very close as well its not bad to have a visit in the south of france is that you know keep gradys always good thank you phil it has been a busy day for the german chancellor before heading to france to meets the french president im going to merkel hosted climate activists gridded to louise annoyed all right here in berlin they discussed concrete steps to mitigate the effects of Climate Change as well as how to refocus attention on the climate fight and the coronavirus pandemic. Its been 2 years since swedish climate activists claim to to bag went on strike from school for the 1st time to call for more action against Climate Change since then her activism has led to Worldwide School strikes but the global current virus pandemic has kept protesters at home a 90 minute meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel on thursday provided a chance to refocus attention on the Climate Change crisis we want people to listen to the science and act on signs to act in line with the science. That is all we also have souls in our demands that we should establish annual binding called them budgets based on the contest available science and then of course based on the budgets which gives us the best chance of staying below 1. 5 degrees of global average temperature rise so that is that is what we are all for to merck and 3 other european activists also delivered an open letter signed by 125000 people to demand stronger environmental legislation from a u. S. Leaders the meeting came as temperatures continue to soar during germanys heat wave the governments also confirmed today earlier that it would have missed its 2020 climate goals had it not been for the large drop in Greenhouse Gases caused by the economic havoc of the current virus pandemic. Well a pair of spectacles stall to have belonged to the Indian Independence leader Mahatma Gandhi are to be auctioned in the english city of bristol on friday the iconic relm rimmed glasses were found stuffed in the auction held as a letterbox employees lead them to a local 80 year old man who says his uncle met the future leader while working in south africa online bid for the frames of already exceeded 55 sounds in your world. This is news from berlin ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news of. Our corona update. 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