The latest rally against president. Im burnt off its good to have you with us he is awake and responsive doctors at the berlin hospital say that russian Opposition Leader alexina vali has been taken out of an induced coma doctors treating him at the shard say hospital say his condition is now improving after he was possibly poisoned with the soviet nerve agent. The case is being treated as an assassination attempt on the ball knew he was one of russian president Vladimir Putins harshest critics western leaders are calling on moscow to cooperate with an International Investigation the kremlin has denied any involvement. I for more now im joined by due to be Political Correspondent huns broad good evening to you hons so what is the hospital saying tonight theyve been saying that not only has been taken out of the coma that was off officially in juice in other words they have left and wake off a lot of to 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 do we know what is next for the volney as he continues his recovery we dont know how long this recovery will take i imagine it can take weeks if not months there are you can read in some of the literature that after such a poisoning it is possible for the person that has been poisons 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 of on the it 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 yet this is a story where the medical has quickly become political germany is pressuring moscow to give answers about snowball knees poisoning has there been any progress. Not really theres been a very Bitter Exchange of words between russia and germany in the last couple of weeks not very diplomatic one has to say and at the moment the germans are saying to russia well here is a russian citizen poisoned by a russian. Agent developed in russia in russia on russian soil it is russian responsibility to investigate this use of a nerve agent which is in fact prohibited internationally the dispute has become so acrimonious that there is not talk about severe possibilities of sanctions against russia and in focus there is a project that links russia to june of the north stream gas pipeline to the public baltic sea this is almost completed. In recent days and in fact today both the German Foreign minister and the government spokesman said that this project could be threatened lets listen to what they said about this oftentimes what i would also consider role models from point a to deny from the start. Of Current Events could have any impact once and on this project because the chancellor shares the remarks made by the foreign minister over the weekend. In that we know that there is bipartisan opposition in the United States congress to north stream to is been that way for quite a while it could be to speak with moscow over the know boni poisoning could it end up eventually killing this pipeline. Thats certainly within the realm of possibility as we can hear from the statements made by a government spokesman here in germany today germany has been defending the spot and building it having it built for many many years and even today the government spokesman said that it is not really a german project that the investors are from russia from the netherlands from all stria and from germany in other words its an International Project and that gas is being fed into the european gas and it would so its going to be in the end in some sense a european decision a decision that will be taken i imagine on the level of the European Union and thats likely to take weeks rather than days. On the latest tonight here in berlin thank you for reports from bill reuss a prominent Opposition Leader has been abducted by unidentified people in the capital midst the website toots dot to be one says Maria Kolesnik obama was pushed into a minivan by men in black clothing and then driven away and that comes after a mass protest on sunday in which more than 600 people were arrested for jesters have turned out for the past 4 weeks calling on long time authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a contested election or lets take this now to our correspondent economy he joins me from minsk say you nick so witnesses say a political that was was bundled into a van what do you know about what exactly happened to her. For this extraordinary thing brant in an age of smartphones where everyone seemingly is filming everything an image is a shared almost instantaneously on social media there are no pictures released in the open of this disappearance today happened in broad daylight at 10 in the morning in the century near marie and i think of us home shes actually on the way to the post office to pick up papers from the judiciary she has various proceedings running again by the authorities and there she was grabbed as this eyewitness tells in broad daylight and put into this van the witness says she wasnt willing to kill herself a fear of being arrested herself and since then theres been no contact with her sources here in minsk denying any involvement in this so this is part of the Government Strategy of attempted deniability sending out the police in uniform to do these kind of things but instead security agents in plain clothes its a very Disturbing Development what does this mean then for the protest movements in delegates. Whats definitely a chilling symbol a sign to the opposition here from the government they willing to clamp down and willing to do these kind of things in broad daylight actually probably was to be expected in minneapolis we had talked about threats in the past and had refused to leave earlier on we spoke to mike seems not one of her closest colleagues heres what he had to say. Well i dont think that it will change anything in the protest movement it can only make it. More massive because my last was not a leader or coordinator on this broadcast she was more like a symbol of this broader. Process where the centralized so i dont think it will have any end in on that process and its neither. On that were all that great Nation Council so if you consider what he just said then whats the atmosphere there in minsk where you are still protests taking place. Well definitely the protesters who came out yesterday in their tens of thousands didnt seem deterred by the threat of this kind of clampdown when you talk to people in the streets yesterday and even today they tell you over and over again there are just too many of us they count but us away but certainly this is a sign that the regime is trying to clamp down and has had enough of a week after week of protests growing bigger protests yesterday reaching almost as far as i was on the president ial palace how this is going to go on no one can tell there is no road back to this this is uncharted territory for a country that basically had no politics for a quarter of a century where one man was in charge of everything and now you can see his strategy is either to force people into exile like that logic or put him behind bars tonight there are only 2 members of the Opposition Council still 3 maximes not who we just spoke to and sit on that experience the Nobel Laureate writer to people to from that base is still at large and that is the situation here means you have to wonder what will happen to them in the near future as well as the economy reporting tonight from minsk nic thank you for lets get a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world they saw the court has given long prison terms to 8 people over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi the court overturned 5 earlier death sentences and instead handed down since its is the votes when 7 in 20 years of the show was killed at the soul of the embassy in stamboul in 2018. Britain has signaled it could undermine the breaks that agreement struck with brussels unless free trade terms are agreed to by next month Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons government is reportedly planning new legislation to override parts of the e. U. Withdrawal plan that it signed back in january the report comes at the start of another week of negotiations over the trade deal. The west African Regional bloc ico wants is urging mali to make nice with transition to civilian rule following a military coup in august saying shoes were imposed on the country after the government was overthrown the block is also calling for fresh elections within the next 12 months. A major wildfire tearing through Southern California is believed to have been started by fireworks more than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze which started over the weekend the flames are being fueled by scorching conditions temperatures reached a record 49 degrees celsius on sunday. The founder of wiki leaks julian assigns has resumed his court battle to avoid extradition to the United States the u. S. Government wants to bring us on to trial over wiki leaks publication of secret military documents a decade ago the Court Hearing had been delayed by the corona virus and. Julian assigns a rock to supportive crowd on the 1st day of his hearing. But it didnt take long for the odds to turn against him. Im very disappointed with the forces so far at all it has only been 2000000 leon the judge projected a request by songes lawyers to delay the hearing until january they were hoping for more time to respond to new allegations brought by the u. S. New indictment that was filled in smuggled in a few weeks ago. That they said are you they would have not had enough time to take care of the base so that we have a history which contains a little allegation songes accused of conspiring to hack Government Computers and faces 18 charges under the u. S. Espionage act those charges stem from his release of 500000 secret military files a decade ago if convicted he could be jailed for life im fighting for his life. He wont survive if he tested thats what i did. The extradition hearings he moved on with a songes actions a considered journalism do it is that the publisher of the publication is where he lives in the journals its the oppression of journalism and free phrases everywhere in the western world of the u. S. Will be looking to poke as many holes as they can in the defenses case they will be saying that this is a straightforward case of espionage but in particular the new indictment thats been issued relates to assistance to mr songes alleged. Given to Chelsea Manning in hacking top secret information from u. S. Government computers and they will say this isnt about journalism this isnt about freedom of expression this is about a crime against National Security and that none of the defenses arguments mean that he should be extradited the case is gz would run until early october but could take months longer. 20 sports news in tennis world number one Novak Djokovic has been disqualified from the u. S. Open the 33 year old was a favorite to win the grand slam in new york but that all ended when the serbian hit a line judge with a ball in the 1st set against spains pablo. Boasted it appeared unintentional but joke of it she was still ejected from the tournament despite his pleading with 70 players missing the tournament amid coronavirus a 1st time mens champion will be crowned this year. After a dramatic drop in visitor numbers due to the pandemic vince has shown he can still draw a crowd hundreds of spectators lined the banks of the famous grand canal for the annual historical regatta to watch rowers and gondoliers paddle of the waterways in historic cost of the event digs back to the 13th century its billed as 1. 00 of innocence most beautiful traditions. If youre watching news ill be back at the top of the hour with more followed by the day of to see that. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. Covert 19 special next on d w. A meal. Go complete 2nd season. Its the back environment its still about society and its still about us on the brink we spoke to several leading experts in the field. Ok just a couple of the phones. Its been 8 months of masks of lockdowns and curfews of living in fear of covered 19 and around the world people are saying theyve had enough coronavirus fatigue is setting in not just from the virus itself but the restrictions governments have implemented to slow it spread people are gathering closer together wearing face masks less often. Some of the reactions have been angry demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions have drawn tens of thousands of protesters into the streets 8 months into the pandemic we understand that people are tired and un to get on with their lives with a fax. Scene likely still months away peoples desire to return to normality and the growing backlash against restrictions is becoming a major risk. After months of the pandemic its probably no surprise that many of us are feeling sick of getting sick in belgium people are returning to school and work after the summer break the number of new daily cases that is falling but the country has one of europes highest death rates nevertheless a study in dutch speaking region flanges home to more than half the population shows 70 percent of people no longer support the restrictive measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus a reporter teri schultz sent this report from brussels. The cove of 19 infection rate is declining in belgium but couvade 19 fatigue is growing so many months of isolation so many masks for me its like something really oppressive t. Bo who doesnt want to give his last name despises social distancing and defies the rule to wear a mask in downtown brussels if i. If i go into metro ok but if i walk alone in the street no no that is really too much and tivo is hardly alone in his opposition michael for stratton who represents the protest group virus madness says no one should have to follow restrictions except to the most vulnerable how many people would die if we would not take any measures at all but we dont know if you have no idea new Research Shows just one in 3 people surveyed in the dutch speaking part of belgium still supports the Safety Measures thats down from more than 80 percent in march when the pandemic 1st hit here university of ghent professor Martin Feldstein who led the study blames poor official communication for the dramatic drop in motivation he says its been a wake up call for authorities to pay more attention. People state of mind i dont think we have sufficiently been informing people on the consequences of their behavior for them to take a wise decision and now that summers over everyones back from holidays more likely to be in enclosed places at work and school it could be a toxic coronavirus cocktail youre quite worried leading belgian virologist even vang says experts are stealing for a potential september surge he nonetheless agrees people should be given more information about actions and consequences and then he more autonomy so people can have some freedom to choose what they think is group for their situation and they can adapt their behavior but are people so sick of restrictions by now they wont follow them you think believes most do comply but i dont obey them too strictly because its very difficult to do but i try anyway they command i feel much safer wearing it we we must do it all together but skepticism is clearly growing in recent days open letters have been published in belgian media signed by hundreds of experts including doctors scientists and researchers suggesting the strict measure should be reviewed to see if theyre stopping the virus or just the vitality of everyday life. Must always well speak to naomi rogers who is professor in the history of medicine at yale should we be surprised that people are starting to feel tired of the masks and the restrictions. You know i really think we should be. I think that. As someone whos also living through this as well and as a historian out to see you. I see all around me a sense that people have responded pretty seriously on the basis that this was some kind of disaster so for a disaster you know youre hunkered down you you for guidance and somehow there was an implicit bargain that it would end many parents for example extraordinarily harming their children. Restricting their movement teaching them online hoping to assuming that. The order that all the schools would be open and everything would go back to normal and its been a real shock when that is simply not show its like you say theres this bargain was and that if we did as we were told that we would get an early end to this pandemic and its not turned out that way for people you mention youre a historian of diseases is there a story precedence for this is fatigue people getting tired of trying to protect themselves. Oh actually during the 1918 pandemic. And we dont know it as much about the experience of people during tend to mix as we really short but its very clear that people who are so anxious to actually be able to celebrate their return. World war one. Veterans and finally at the end of what we now know was the 1st wave of the pandemic they were parades in history everybody was delighted and it was also a feeling that depend gimmick had ended but in fact that wasnt true and then there was. A real sense of anger and frustration when influence a real mood and as a major oh well why problem a 2nd time in just a couple of months after that so we do know that they have been historical precedents both of the hour and here of waves and also the experience of living through them if you put in place and because they want this to come to an end but do what doesnt and look like how can we say well you know this pandemic is over. Thats such an interesting question and i have to say that in my experience ive written about it demick sent our rig quietly about others historians just didnt seem to really problematize to question it seems to me to actually quite a complicated idea what isnt and who is it whos calling it in and when does it feel like an end and in particular for example living here in the United States i noticed that. During the summer theres been a lot of cool for the simply to be the end that everybody should be able to go back to restaurants and bars. Go swimming in lakes and the sea just return to an ordinary happy summer time saturday just to say so this is the end thats where we are now lets just pretend thats exactly who youre calling it the end. And this is being as you can imagine this. Resulted in great frustration by Many Public Health experts who say well but it but it isnt the end and people who werent people in essence are saying we have been a relatively compliant we have listened to the science and you dont know when and. And i think it varies i mean i dont know whether its so much a question of communication i think thats probably one issue but i think theres also a wider sense among the general public and really Many Public Health experts as well which is that they dont know that they dont really have a good sense some of what the induced can look like or how to more confidently predict it and when your experts real when you realize the explosives dont know. That becomes an even greater. Motivation for just saying well maybe i i can decide when the isnt thats the problem nobody knows well at least this interview is now listen and thank you naomi rogers from the school of medicine its been great to get your insights youre very welcome thank you for having me. Now have you got questions youd like to ask us about the coronavirus well getting contact on how you tube channel and as science correspondent Derrick Williams will do his best. What country has lost the most Health Care Workers. This question came in a while ago and i wanted to answer it then but i couldnt find reliable data now we have some a new report released by Amnesty International last week revealed how the pandemic has taken a very heavy toll on on frontline medical staff all over the world in the last 8 months and all its said that at least 7000 Health Care Workers have been killed by tobit 19 worldwide since the pandemic began and we know that hundreds of thousands more have been infected with the disease while while making efforts to contain it and to treat patients the report said that over half of all confirmed deaths among medical staff had occurred in just 4 countries mexico the United States brazil and india thats not really a surprise those 4 countries also represent more than half of all confirmed cases of covert 19 a worldwide so so to answer your question mexico is the country that so far seems to have lost the most Health Care Workers to the pandemic and its lost them at a much higher rate in proportion to its number of confirmed cases than in other countries one analysis said Health Care Workers there were 4 times more likely to die of the disease than their counterparts in the u. 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