President ial nomination in the grand finale of a 4 day convention. Im Claire Richardson thanks for joining us russian opposition politician alexina vonnie is fighting for his life after a suspected of poisoning a german n. G. O. S says its sending an air ambulance to bring him to germany for treatment he lost consciousness while on a flight from siberia to moscow he was pictured drinking tea at the airport before leaving t. V. His spokeswoman says it was poisoned and not long afterwards he became so ill that the plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of on an avanti is considered one of president putins a fiercest russian critics exposing corruption and organizing demonstrations despite official benz. Well french president and i know im a crime and germanys chancellor Angela Merkel have both offered help to nirvana theyve been holding a summit in the south of france and the crown went as far as to offer asylum to the kremlin critic heres what he had to say. This is dont we are ready to provide any necessary support for Alexander Novotny and his family the for his health for asylum and for his protection this goes without saying and we discussed it at length. Well earlier Moscow Bureau chief youre a shadow it gave us an update on alexina condition. One of the doctors at the clinic in peoria one of only is currently being treated his condition had stabilized a little so he did allow himself a glimmer of hope of all his doctors are already pushing for a transfer to europe and there reportedly has even been talk of the shot and taking it in germany in belize that could or that would be ready to treat gov and 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 that the politician but also to examine of the substance of that may have poisoned him and european gleanings the German Initiative in berlin are supposedly better suitable for this. Well of course of on the is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin the definitive proof is hard to come by there has been a long history of russian dissidents falling ill or dying from poison takes a look at some of the most prominent recent cases. In march 28th seen a poisoning in the u. K. City of souls pretty sharpish the world russian double agent. And his daughter yulia were found unconscious on a park bench. They had been poisoned with a military grade chalk nerve agent a u. K. Investigation blamed russia for the attack moscow denied any involvement and while the screed pile survived others werent so lucky one woman who came into contact with residues of the nerve agent later died and before then another russian defector had been poisoned in the u. K. All members will note. Of the death drugs are the live in yankee in 2006 the former russian agent Alexander Litvinenko fled to london in 2000 he became ill and died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium 210. 00 a british inquiry found that his killing had been ordered at the highest level. That further. That the. Operation to. Mr litvinenko was approved. But. The. F. S. B. And also president putin another case is Viktor Yuschenko in 2004 he was a ukrainian Opposition Leader running against moscows preferred candidate he fell ill after having dinner with Ukrainian Security officials doctors say he was poisoned with the chemical dioxin he survived going on to become president of ukraine. And activist peoc to a vessel of who has ties to russian protest group percy riot managed to survive what he says was a poisoning attempt in 2018 his theories backed by doctors who treated him in berlin says he was targeted because of his activism. Its is more of a. Kind of like a warning gesture so as to indicates to other people who might want to go down that path. The kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these cases and while it can be almost impossible to prove who is guilty. Of and of those sure who is to blame. Well as i mentioned earlier chancellor Angela Merkel has been visiting french president and i know mark on for talks in the south of france apart from offering asylum to alexina vonnie the 2 leaders discussed how to revive europes economy without causing a 2nd wave of the coronavirus the 2 leaders also stressed the need for reaching opposed brechts the deal and the political turmoil in belarus. Chancellor merkel says she is open to dialogue with belarus if they are willing to accept. Good signal with us were showing that we see dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to president bush and co has so far not spoken with anyone on the phone but we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of christmas no Violence Free speech the right to demonstrate 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 bella ross. Invites with. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world London Central criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017. A baby was a convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions he will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. South koreas Intelligence Agency says it has seen signs of a power shift and its reclusive a communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred some of his powers to senior officials most significantly his sister kim jong the move has fueled speculation as she is being groomed as kims successor. With a Trump Administration has written to the u. N. Security council requesting that u. N. Sanctions would be reimposed on iran washington insists that tehran is in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal just by President Trump abandoning the agreement 2 years ago. When u. S. President donald trump a former chief strategist steve in a band and has been charged with a fraud federal prosecutors in new york allege that bannon and 3 others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors who gave money to a Fund Raising Campaign and to build a wall along the u. S. Border with mexico smaller than new york state was saying in the. Us a president ial candidate joe biden will officially accept the nomination a from the democrats later tonight on the 4th and final day of the Partys National convention the democratic National Convention is normally a scene of a roaring crowds and confetti but has been relegated to web broadcasts due to the coronavirus pandemic biden accepting the nomination to go against donald trump comes a day after carmel heiress a fish really became the democrats Vice President ial candidate or making her the 1st black and Asian American woman it to be on a major president ial ticket if biden wins in november he would be the oldest president ever elected. Leader of years a Washington Bureau chief you know as paul is covering the story for us from joe bidens home state of delaware you know its great to see you a biden will be making his acceptance speech tonight from wilmington where you are standing and it might be the most important of his long political career what can we expect to hear. Right so this is the official start for his election day his election really begins and he has not only to convince the public that hes better than donald trump and hes the wrong that donald trump is the wrong president at this moment he really has to build a bridge between the different branches in the democratic polity and this shall be interesting because theres a lot of criticism that hes not the right person for the diversity of this country so we shall see if he will be able to do that well thats right there is a division between the more progressive wing of the democrats and biden and so in addition to galvanizing them hes also going to need to widen the partys appeal outside of the democrats do you think hes going to be able to muster the support to be tram. We shall see so this is really like one of his defining moments in his life this is the 1st time he is running for president as you mentioned claire hes delivering his. Speech in delaware his home state which plays a crucial role role for his life he lost his wife and his daughter in 1872 and commuted every day from delaware to washington to his office thats a little bit longer than an hours train ride to take care of his 2 sons who survived this car accident and this is probably what hes going to play a big tonight he wants to be seen as a war person and say take care taking person shall be interesting of this is enough absolutely right i think biden was seen as a tragic figure especially early in his political career but lets talk about his opponent we have more bad news for trump today as his former campaign chief steve bannon has been a charge with defrauding donors do you think that this is going to have a serious effect on trumps chances in november. Well claire you know this comes at a moment when the Senate Intelligence committee reported about paul many forward to russians intelligence so they say that he paid money to them so this is really not a good moment more bad news for donald trump on the one hand but on the other hand i mean because of have to be realistic trump is known for some good reasons as teflon done so i think that his supporters dont really care about the breaking news about ben today. You know reporting for us in a delaware thank you very much. Well today german chancellor Angela Merkel met in berlin with a climate activists grazer turned biog and the ease annoyed the disgust of concrete steps to mitigate the effects of Climate Change and they talked about how to keep the publics attention on the climate amid 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 to act on the science to back in line with science. That is all we also thats also in our demands that we should establish annual binding call 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 were all seeing for 2 book and 3 other european activists also delivered an open letter signed by 125000 people to demand stronger environmental legislation from. The meeting came as temperatures continue to soar during germanys heat wave the government 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 heres a reminder of the top story we are following for you the russian Opposition Leader alexina vonnie is in a coma after becoming ill on the flight to moscow his spokeswoman suspects someone to lace his teeth with poison german activists say theyre planning to send a plane had to bring him to berlin for treatment french president emanuel micron has also offered involving his countrys help including a political asylum. Dont forget you can always get d. W. 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