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Russian Opposition Leader alexina vonnie has arrived at the hospital to receive emergency treatment for suspected poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in the siberian city of all means but they changed their position late on friday the bonnies wife yulia believes the delay in releasing him was intentional making it harder to detect any poisons remaining in his system than they fell ill during a flight to moscow thursday on xander an overage called why is standing by in moscow 1st lets go to dominate cain in berlin dominic i understand this is one of the best hospitals in berlin that hes in talk us through whats going to be happening. This is one of the best hospitals in the world in many different fields of medicine. World renowned for many years and whats particularly person into about this hospital is that the staff have recent relevant experience treating other patients at least one other patient who reported presented with similar symptoms similar conditions to those which mr novelli has presented with hes been in the care of staff at the in the building behind me the chalet to a hospital complex for the past few hours the hospital has released a written statement in which it says it is now doing performing an extensive diagnostic of mist and of on the going through his system working out what is wrong working out what foreign elements are in his system which of calls to him to shows such as a bad reaction to whatever is in his system they say theyre going to its going to take some considerable time once theyve worked out what they think is wrong theyre going to communicate that to his relatives to his wife to others and only after that will they go into more detail will they make a more Public Statement now separately the family of mr van they have also said that they are going to take some time maybe maybe some days before their pants too to give a much wider statement about their side of things and remember the group who arranged the medivac the medical evacuation flight the cinema for Peace Foundation well they have said that when he was on board the plane and when it was handed over into the hands of German Authorities he is in a stable condition particular least surprising because hes been put into an induced coma in russia by the doctors who were treating him there and remember all obviously there are many many questions still being posed right now about whats in his system how it got there and how people. Can remove it certainly thats the sort of questioning thats going on right now in the building behind me the sharon tate hospital because you were talking we were seeing some of the pictures from earlier of the convoy that brought mr novelli to the hospital and as you say this whole thing at the moment is clouded in mystery and so many questions that needed to be answered but this is going to take time isnt it this is not a fast procedure to try to identify the poisons that are in somebodys system if indeed there are any. Well thats the 1st thing isnt it we have to grasp the nettle as it were so many questions and differing versions of events too which have been put about by different sides and we know that from the russian perspective at least from the medical perspective in russia there was doubts about whether he was fit for transport then they decided he was then there were the suggestions that were made by the medics as i say in russia where he was treated that perhaps what had happened to him was some was the result of some pressure change onboard the flight that he had to be in a passenger on put that on one side on the other side you have what the supporters of mr nonviolently say which is that that is not the case that they believe that he drank a cup of tea which had been poisoned and he did that just prior to boarding that flight from tomsk to moscow when his ordeal began and people will recall seeing some of the video that that was filmed on board that plane and indeed the video that was filmed afterwards on the tarmac considered come to rest come to rest brains lavani was taken from there so plenty of questions plenty of different versions of events in the time frame well given the fact that those 2 sides here hospital and also the family saying its going to take some considerable time and they want to form a a multifaceted diagnostic of whats wrong with mr van the they giving the impression that it may take some considerable time. Dominic thanks very much indeed thats donna came bringing us up to date from berlin lets cross over to moscow xandra story in the gulf war is a journalist based in the russian capital shes joining is live good to have you with this what kind of reaction is moscow giving to all of this. Well you know the reaction mostly comes from the violent supporters here friends his family and theyre relieved that they are relieved that after 2 days of uncertainty and fear it was finally allowed to leave the hospital in arms the family never actually its not about the family didnt trust that much medical expertise of russian doctors doctors but what they distrusted and what they were afraid of is and what they believe is that the doctors were under the political pressure and thats why they wanted he moved out of there they also strongly suspected that he was poisoned which is something that the russian doctors after 2 days off analysis say was not the case that they didnt find any poisons and diagnosed him with that type of metabolic disorder so in this case of the family is still wondering why took so long to let him go out of that hospital to get the permit to transport him to germany with the plane already waiting there when it comes to the reactions from the officials one should not expect to many because on the 1st day voiced by the russian president spokesperson we had that he is like any other says a citizen of russia and he will get the assistance he needs as any other would and he did get the assistance because all this permits had to be given for the plane to land for the plane to take off for taking him to german hospital hes a man whose name has never been mentioned by the russian president even when he referred to so we could expect another wish for him to get better but not very much. And more and then that still the question remains that many here in russia wants to hear the answer to and that is what happened what happened so that is generally healthy man of 44 fell ill and fell in a coma 2 days ago. Was a story develops i know were going to checking back in with the alexander but for now Alexander Steiner is go to thank you very much indeed and before this incident the volley had been voicing his support for the thousands of demonstrators have been rallying for a sevens weekend in russias far east region of kabul tell us the protests are in support of a Regional Governor for ago he was detained last month and taken to jail in moscow is accused of ordering 4 murders in 20042005 which he denies his supporters say the charges are politically motivated and a kremlin plot against democracy and in the region another sensitive issue for moscow the exiled belorussian Opposition Leader has called for more mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko so atlanta to kind of sky is leading the call for his resignation there have been demonstrations for 12 days now including some of the biggest antigovernment rallies in the capital minsk since the fall of the soviet union to kind of sky lead to lithuania after the election which she says was rigged. The un recognized government in tripoli has called for an immediate ceasefire in libya the rival parliament in the east aligned with the wall. Has called on all parties to stick to a truce has yet to respond when you have someone who can ensure have to will respect to cease fire where they will to guarantee he would respect to cease fire after the burning talks or previous agreements if you respects this is fine we will welcome that because we do not want to bloodshed we call for peace however if you violates the Peace Agreement were ready to fight and we will force him to leave like we forced him to leave western libya aljazeera is mounted trainers in misrata in libya with more details on whats been agreed. The head of the internationally recognized governing National Accord in tripoli pfizer has called on a cease fire on friday and return i give us the speaker of the eastern based parliament has also called on a ceasefire now whether or not this will actually lead to a serious and permanent cease fire remains to be seen what we havent seen is Khalifa Haftar and whether or not he will accept the conditions of the ceasefire or not this is gained International Traction with countries welcoming the statement including the u. S. The u. K. Egypt the u. A. E. Qatar and various actors in the libyan conflict we spoke to the spokesman of the military operations here for sort of a job for and and what he said is whether or not have to or will actually accept or respect the ceasefire agreement is yet to be seen if he does we will we welcome that and we do not want further bloodshed but if he is going to violate the cease fire agreement they are saying that they are ready to fight and will continue on today liberate all of libya in his words now there have been previous cease fire agreements in the past that hasnt really amounted to a serious political solution here. In libya so whether or not this is going to actually. Be the beginning of a serious political and military solution is yet to be seen well the potential breakthrough came as the warring sides were gearing up for a battle over the city of sirte Charles Trafford has more. Libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade. Nato bank full season overthrew its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 but the roots of whats often described as this old rich countrys 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 road map for libyas future. The country split into 2 rival administrations the house of representatives led by the war lords relief after moved to the eastern city of 2 broke and what became the un backed government of National Accord led by Prime Minister fires us remained in the capital tripoli in the west. Thousands of people have been killed and many more forced to flee their homes by 6 and a half years of fighting. The un accuses regional powers of repeatedly breaking a 2011 arms embargo 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 half to ordinary 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. Areas of southern and western tripoli have been almost completely destroyed in the fighting repeated attempts at un bank cease fire talks of failed. A cease fire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision despite the fact that its the d. N. A. And who announced its decision this time to decision is not libya the decision is unique turkish russia with some input from some of the International Powers and as long as it stays that way its unlikely the ceasefire will bring. Friday cease fire announcement comes amid fears of an escalation by both sides mobilizing for a battle over the town of sirte 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 it civil war Stratford Al Jazeera and more ahead in the news including promising a different approach joe biden uncommon to harris present a united front after accepting the democratic nomination. The starts to look down if you want to and i must she would tell you she cant do that now we look at the impact of months of isolation on People Living with dementia. And in support of Manchester Uniteds captains doing quarter after a brawl on the greek island of making us. A delegation of west African Leaders is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a coup that ousted its democratically elected leader ahmed gerry and president Goodluck Jonathan im john called cassie broom the president of the commission of regional bloc ecowas are expected to be among the delegation opposition supporters have been holding rallies celebrating the overthrow of president cater and thats a honda says it plans to appoint a traditional leader but its not given a timeframe for doing so. In afghanistan that have been 3 separate explosions in the space of an hour in the capital kabul they all targeted security personnel an army colonel is dead and several other people are injured no group has claimed responsibility i saw it says its behind an ambush that has killed 3 russian soldiers including a Major General in syria a convoy was attacked while on the road to damascus for a supply run as soldiers were inspecting the damage when a 2nd explosive device went off killing them and injuring several others just this love the flood is the 1st russian general reported killed in syria since 2017. Head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time i had of the november election postmaster general lewis theres oil is accused of delaying mail delivery to suppress the vote at the behest of President Donald Trump i did jocasta reports. Calling the accusations against him outrageous lewiston joy says the cuts hes made to the u. 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Castro aljazeera washington your lets say with the election joe biden and comedy horace have given their 1st joint Television Interview since being fully confirmed as the Democratic Party ticket for november they revealed how they would approach the coronavirus pandemic and what they think of President Trumps insults against them Shihab Rattansi reports. On a day on which the us passed 175000 dead from the coronavirus democratic president ial candidate joe biden vowed to take a different approach to the pandemic if elected. I would be prepared to do it every takes to say why because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus that is the fundamental flaw in this ministrations thinking to begin with in order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed you have to fix the virus you have to deal with the virus so if the