Opposition leader fell into a coma after drinking tea his supporters say he was poisoned of all he was airlifted to berlin on saturday. Im Michael Oconnor its nice to have you with us tens of thousands of protestors in bellerose have taken to the streets of mints and other cities for a 2nd sunday in a row theyre demanding president Alexander Lukashenko resignation accusing him of rigging elections to reaks ago because franco who has ruled baylors for 26 years has accused nato of trying to split up bail routes hes ordered the army to mobilize saying the country was at risk of imminent attack. From minsk i am joined by d. W. Correspondent Nick Connelly on the telephone nic im happy that we have a connection but whats going on there right now. Michael weinstein just off Independence Square the main square here in minsk that is just to see white and red protest flag as you mentioned and no signal on the square thats been a government tactic and recently cutting off mobile internet prevent footage of all of this getting out but you dont get a sense of people here that they really see the police we have. Getting out with megaphone telling people reminding them that these protests illegal but taking part in these protests was an illegal act and they were moved out you didnt get the sense that anyone was speaking scared of them all the protest is on show that there are. People going to begin. Filming is going through the crowd trying to work out do. Anything with a city that has the regime right now these mass protests seem to be uncoordinated that are happening spontaneously. The regimes crackdown on people another detail weve seen restrictions on today roads leading to the capital being shot or being restricted to the. Documents being checked separately as a way of trying to cool down the counts out comes the turnout was this demonstration but it doesnt seem to have what huge immigration is something that frankly would be unthinkable in dollars just a few months ago next spontaneous but certainly massive images huge gatherings of what appear to be pretty resolute people standing their ground there the failure says defense minister victor says authorities will deploy in minsk to protect monuments implying of course that they would potentially use the army against these demonstrators it sounds to me nic as if the government tactic is to show a strong hand rather than to comment citizens. Well quite and they seem so now to being counterproductive people are outraged that one got to be reading the news in the recent minute that this new when it came out about america that indeed the army would now be forced out on the streets mean essentially to take on the protest is so far only right and the. Protests whether or not those soldiers will really do you really. Get that big question weve already had several men. Taking over tony they refuse to fit into it and now it does seem like the issue of the country on going to think of how do you feed off very scary time youre in for a bit 3 weeks the only good in the country you dont prevent it but talking to people looking at them you dont get that often now chicky white difficulty you can be picking up the feeling that the region called the red everyone come out and we the numbers are just a few feet. As the day develops. Doctors here in berlin are trying to save the life of russian opposition leader. He arrived in the german capital on saturday morning from siberia 2 days after becoming seriously ill on a flight in russia his supporters allege he was poisoned european leaders made public offers of support as doctors from germany and russia argued about whether he was fit enough to fly it took 2 full days of frantic diplomacy to get him transferred. All the action now is here while doctors at Berlin Charity hospital try to save alexei live on these life his health has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. Germanys president called for an urgent explanation call for a late night you know get all those who can contribute something to clear this up do that to no valley had been in the siberian city of thompson talking loudly about corrupt Russian Elites and rallying those who might vote against the russian government there will be Regional Elections coming up in 3 weeks from now not only has developed a highly effective strategy for a pause in there will embark in those elections it happened last year last year was extremely. Important breakthrough in various Regional Elections including in moscow and thats why not only spent so much time in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous regarding the election there this coming up not only was it still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is watched by millions of people in of course government do you want him to be on air in the coming weeks. Until this election a senior german m. P. From angle Americas Party also suspect foul play. As far as the external signs are concerned it looks as if its another case of attempted murder and a message the opposition will get you. The german medics who transported in this isolation paula obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of Blood Pressure problems. Earlier we talked to young and them so violent former d. W. Journalist and the cofounder of the Boris Nemtsov foundation for freedom named after her father the russian opposition politician who was assassinated on a bridge and moscow back in february 2015 we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack on the phone a witch once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out of russia is going to discourage the opposition movement. They are not all witness in are those massive progress in mellow rules and i think it was one of the reasons why now why lee my d. Poisoned because after the president ial elections we saw massive plautus and despite our states poor service very cruel drool repression and now we descend on sunday every big march against. Whom i personally regard as former president because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him or putin theyre all frightened by these days from belo rules and they might think that the same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know with and theyre having Upcoming Elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highly is very active and he introduced his role in tech tick off smart. Its called in russia and its proved to be very effective last year and i dont think that russian people are going to be discouraged because we as we descend growing discontent was the poor mrs of the russian government and especially growing discontent was the fact that putin is going to be in office full life as here earlier this year change the constitution and not a permit him to stay full life insights into his alleged poisoning there from jonathan im so over whose own father was assassinated in moscow back in 2015 now its high like to some of the other stories making news at this hour. At least 13 people have been killed during a police raid on a nightclub in preuss capital lima some were reportedly crushed to death in a stampede others suffocated the party which was organized on social media was being held in violation of coronavirus restrictions has been badly hit by the pandemic and has reimpose stricter rules. Of all kaino in western indonesia has unleashed an avalanche of scorching clouds authorities are closely monitoring. On. One of indonesias main islands after the volcano started spewing smoke and ash more than a 1000 meters into the air villagers have been vices stay away from the slopes. Police in the us city of Portland Oregon have forced protesters to disperse after they were hit with rocks and bottles during demonstrations portland has been gripped by weeks of protests fueled in part by what many see as the heavy handed Police Response in the city. Staying in the u. S. The state of california forecasters warn weather conditions are likely to worsen the wildfires raging across the state tens of thousands of residents have had to evacuate their homes ahead of the advancing flames california authorities have requested help even from as far away as australia. Its only from the air that the true scope of californias wildfires becomes apparent. More than a 1000000 acres of forest including many of the states engines redwoods turned to ash in a matter of days. And that ash and smoke is only making matters worse Poor Visibility has grounded many tanker planes. Clipping the wings of one of the chief weapons in the fight against the fires. More than 13000 firefighters are on the front lines here working 72 hour shifts to beat back the blaze. But despite the massive show of force more than 700 homes have already been lost. As the fires threaten new communities many are saving what they can. Enact thats become a sad tradition as californias wildfires season grows more intense. Every year and. Record. Dry weather and lightning storms are in the forecast for the coming days and with hundreds of fires still raging californias fire service is warning that the worst is yet to come. 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Life in the gorilla is resigned to spending his life in a circus until he realizes he wants more and decides to take a shot at freedom this escape caper sees Actress Angelina Jolie pushing on her producer has she hopes children will be inspired by the title. Their needs yes things that arent maybe as heavy and Young Children need something to look to give them kindness give them hope give them or give them light which it has but we are at a time where we can no longer ignore our real hard realities in the world and children also know that. The one and only ivan is based on the moving true story of a real gorilla who was kept in a circus themed mall and was known for his paintings. The comedy has a serious message about Animal Rights. What we do is ever really understand as autonomous creatures we are and the planet i think thats what stories are you know that and an animal is very very different from our very different and yet there are even ones. On this planet that we share and share that were only. Just his latest feel good stories to release due to the pandemic no doubt it will still find its place in many hearts. Thats your news update at this