2019 saw a record melt on greenlands ice sheet with irreversible consequences for the global sea level. European football thriller its Cool Hand Luke with a double strike helping. A record of Europa League titles. Hello welcome to the news our russian doctors treating one of the kremlins biggest critics of agreed to let him fly to germany for medical treatment but doctors in siberia backed down after initially insisting alexina valmy was too unwell to be moved the Opposition Leader collapsed on a plane on thursday after drinking a cup of tea that his aides believe was laced with poison and vani supporters accuse russian authorities of trying to stop his evacuation or a challenge reports. Whats going on inside this regional russian hospital is only slightly clearer than whats going on inside the body of its most famous patient with a plane waiting in to take it on conscious elects a no need to germany doctors spent most of the day saying he was too sick to move then late on friday a change of position also just to show my. Relatives the wife and the brother of the patient who are fully immersed and have all the doctor about the diagnosis and condition of the patient ready to take the risks weve decided not to oppose transferring the patient to another clinic. Its expected in the valley will be taken to the airport and flown to belin nobody little bit earlier the Opposition Leaders spokeswoman had another great struggle to speak to the german doctors who just been to scene about only to. Look at a moment ago with lisa force you know wasnt allowed to meet with german doctors as you saw they pushed me away just like they pushed her when she is the wife and has a full right to know everything about alexis condition which is the full right to speak to german talk shows you should transport him from this to a normal hospital soon as possible the valleys wife yulia suspects the delay in releasing him is so any poisons in his system would be harder to detect if it does this with this situation is outrageous authorities want to give alexei to us we think its obvious that something is hidden from us but the allegation that never drank poison tea in the cafe at tomsk airport before boarding a flight to moscow is being denied by the omsk hospital medics if you will for. We have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of the blood sugar levels to be specific due to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff. When he arrived. In germany tests and treatment given to me will confirm whether doctors outside russia share this opinion but in Moscow St Petersburg and other cities supporters of being gathering and getting detained in stop poisoning people says this never alley live says another like the Opposition Leaders closest aides theyre convinced this was an attempt on a nice life and the putin has to play. Down to 0. Bizzle is from the charity organizing alexina valleys flight to berlin and says his safety is the 1st priority. Our mission is a human Cherry Mission im bringing a plane making sure that he can come safely to billin and get his treatment all the speculations about posing a pretty good background is not read our business obviously the sheriff. Is famous for doing a very good job in trying to save such people and obviously also to find out what kind of substances and waltzed so we will see what the charity will actually define and find out personally on my side was very important to have good german medics with us who actually checked if shes able to fly nevertheless that shes unconscious that hes on the until ation and they came to the conclusion a difference of the russian doctors the can fly and we will fly. All dominate kane is in berlin for us and says the hospital the election of on is going to is one of the best equipped to change his condition. When alex in our valley arrives in berlin it is to this hospital the shall 80 hospital in the center of the city that he will be brought to world Renowned Institution of long standing that has relevant direct recent experience of treating patients who present with similar symptoms similar conditions to those we understand mr novelli has been suffering from since his ordeal began on that flight in siberia the point here is that the organization which has sourced his medical evacuation flight is the same organization that sourced a similar flight for another critic of the government of large emir putin in moscow a few years ago that time that person who is an associate of the pussy riot group was brought here by the cinema for Peace Foundation there were one sourcing less than are on these flights as well and they believe that mr van he has been the victim of a poisoning and that goes against what has been said in from the russian doctors perspective but they believe that they will be vindicated and that when the officials in the shite a hospital get to treat mr neavitt they will find what his side of the story believes is the case they say hes been poisoned we wait to see what will happen when mr advani arrives at the hospital. Skye is senior fellow at the Washington Institute for near east policy and joins us now from the u. S. 1st of all what do you make of france and particularly germanys involvement now. Well i think. Look i think there are a lot of Unanswered Questions here this goes to the issue of u. S. U. S. Russian relations and russias relations with the west as well and also about just figuring out the truth this isnt the 1st putin critic who has been poisoned now well theres still a lot of Unanswered Questions but theres a pattern a clear pattern of putin critics being poisoned whenever they present a danger to the kremlin regime and certainly the timing of this incident especially in the context of protests in bella roast is quite significant why. Its very important because prudence fears Popular Uprisings we know that historically he is always afraid of color revels socalled color revolutions he believes there are sponsored by the by the United States he said the same thing about the arab spring and were now seeing unprecedented protests very close to home and belarus so if you know its not all going on isnt it a strange time to have allegedly orchestrated Something Like this. Well look the volley has been has risen as a very strong voice and for you know you know for a leader who is afraid of Popular Uprising his word could potentially spark another uprising and thats something that worries putin but it is. If people perceive that hes been deliberately poisoned and should his condition get worse or should he even die from this that could cause even more problems for the kremlin it could sure sure could and again this is you know this is a pattern that keeps repeating but i think it highlights how how sort of where the kremlins priorities lie in that is in silencing opposition voices is it plausible that an Opposition Leader who is as outspoken and well known as alexina valley might have enemies outside of the kremlin. Its possible and again theres a lot we dont know but theres a pattern of behavior you know everything about this incident just looks very suspicious in the fact that. Doctors had up until most recently resisted transferring him to a better hospital theres just a lot of questions to be asked here what do you envisage might happen after he goes to germany hes obviously there for treatment and it depends on how his condition develops and obviously the hope is that he will get better and he will recover from this bot how soon might he return to russia do you think i you know that this i think depends on his to Health Condition and im certainly not a doctor im not in the position to comment on that but theres also the issue of you know certain poisons cant be detected after some amount of time has passed so the delay in allowing him to go to germany has might have something to do with that. How do you think the investigation will play out then do you think that will be possible to establish whether he categorically whether he was poisoned and if so what kind of substance was used. Or again you know we dont really know i think at this stage we have to wait and see what happens once he gets transferred to the german hospital certainly you know this incident brings back memories of poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in in that case he was treated by british doctors and they did establish. A case of poisoning obviously a different case but you know well have to wait and see at this point thank you an abortive skier thank you very much. Were mentioning baton rouge there and the exiled but a russian Opposition Leader has been calling for more mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko svetlana to kind of skier is leading the call for his resignation i mean demonstrations for 12 Straight Days including some of the biggest antigovernment rallies in the capital minsk since the fall of the soviet union taken off sky fled to the way of safety after the election which she says was rigged against her. As much at the boosh the future of fellow roosts and therefore the future of our children now depends on your unity and your determination so i ask you to go on and expand the strikes dont be fooled by intimidation unite we will make the authorities hide in their palaces to hear our voices which they stole from us our goals are simple stop the Violence Free the Political Prisoners hold transparent free and Fair Elections together we are strong a force that no dictatorship can withstand. And watching the news hour live from london most of that. Is sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. A man at the center of the u. S. Mail in voting control the sea tells a Senate Committee that ballots will be delivered securely and on time. Turkey finds a massive natural gas reserve in the black sea a discovery which could dramatically reduce the countrys dependence on energy imports. And that and then a bit later in the program in sport Manchester Uniteds captain is arrested off to a holiday brawl well have the details coming up with peter. Some hope of spite in libyas civil war the internationally recognized government in tripoli has declared a cease fire its also been backed by a rival parliament in the east in terms of how the country has been divided the u. N. Back government controls this area in blue its headquartered in tripoli and then 105. 00 to whos allied with the east in parliament and tobruk controls the parts in red both sides were carrying out for a battle of the city of sirte the gateway to libyas prized oil fields theyre now proposals to jointly did militarized the area along with the ill just for a base in the south crucially set is controlled by. Forces loyal to hafta it imposed an oil blockade since january causing around 8000000000. 00 in losses a cease fire calls for production to resume and it wants elections to take place in march as long as libyans can agree on a constitutional basis for it but looks back every cent conflict. With the libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade. Have. Nato bank full season overthrew its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 for the roots of whats often described as this all rich countries civil war started after the disputed elections in 2014. Disagreement between the then house of representatives and the General National Congress made worse over a socalled roadmap for libyas future the country split into 2 rival administrations the house of representatives led by the warlord. Moved to the eastern city of who broke and what became the un backed government of National Accord that by Prime Minister fayyad has raj remained in the capital tripoli in the west. Thousands of people have been killed and many forced to flee their homes in the 6 and a half years of fighting. The un accuses regional powers of repeatedly breaking a 2011. On libya by supplying weapons to both sides egypt the u. A. E. And russia have supported hafta while turkey and qatar have backed the government of National Accord. In april last year old enough fences to take control of tripoli aiming at what he described as cleansing the western zone of terrorist groups. His forces have shut down or taking control of major Oil Facilities in Eastern Libya depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue. Tripolis only International Airport has been repeatedly bombed using heavy artillery many civilians have been killed and wounded large areas of southern and western tripoli have been almost completely destroyed in the fighting repeated attempts at un bank cease fire talks of failed cease fire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision this by the fact that its the d. N. A. And the group who announced its decision this time to decision is not libya the decision is uniquely turkish russia with some input on some of the International Powers and as long as it stays that way its unlikely the cease fire will bring. Fridays cease fire announcement comes amid fears of an escalation by both sides mobilizing for a battle over the town syria the gateway to the major all terminals which are under the control of pro have 2 forces for now at least theres hope that agreement between powerful countries that many say have contributed to libyas suffering a backing a cease fire that could end its civil war chance transferred aljazeera up thousands of opposition supporters are celebrating in malis capital bamako days after the government was toppled in a military coup president abraham the bekaa kater announced his resignation after soldiers detained him on tuesday the Economic Community of West African States or eco ass has closed its borders with mali and is sending a delegation on saturday to discuss the countrys political future and would address is following the story from nigerias capital of eco us is headquartered in he explains how the mali and military will want to handle this visit from the west african block. Im sure by the time the course delegation arrives malia obama could tomorrow they only want to show them that the people are with the new military leaders and they want to inform them that it was a necessity that the army intervened of course the narrative now is that they did not intervene and left and so they wanted to fill up a vacuum so as to stay the course of the country so but what is important for them is that they want as much as they can to show to the rest of the world that they still have been x. That they have been accepted by men by george of money and and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now that the west african power block or the Economic Community of West African States to lob some sanctions on mali that include cutting financial flows imposing london blockade on. On mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is i in support of what theyre saying and that removing but what was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country. Head of the u. S. Postal service says mail in vote is hoping to have it securely and on time for novembers election the choice faced criticism for cost cutting plans which could have meant votes would miss polling day but has since made a u. Turn now told a Senate Committee he wasnt part of a bed by president trying to suppress the vote i do joe castro reports. Calling the accusations against him outrageous Lewiston Joyce says the cuts hes made to the u. S. Postal service were long planned and aimed at making the agency financially solvent not to complicate mail in voting in november as we head into the election season i want to assure this committee and the American Public that the Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nations election mail securely and on time thats a reversal from what the Postal Service said last month in a warning to 46. 00 states the agency had cautioned that millions of ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted amid the public fallout the joy announced further cuts to the Postal Service will be postponed until after the election the service will deliberately ballot process every ballot in. That it sees President Trump claims without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive Election Fraud thats despite voting by mail himself were not prepared for this 51000000 ballots. 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