Prisoners. Plus thousands fleeing some of the biggest wildfire has ever to hit california the blazes were sparked by lightning strikes and the states governor used claiming climate change. And 2 of the worlds best volleyball just have gone from the vibe of the beach to the drudgery of training under corona lockdown and now finally back to the beach. And jared reed its great to have you with us russian Opposition Leader alexei novell name is in a barrel in hospital this hour receiving treatment following a suspected poisoning after landing at the airport on a flight from siberia chartered by a barely an ngo he was taken in a convoy to the shop they take a hospital one of germanys top clinics the transfer took place under heavy security after to. War between russian doctors and novell needs wife and supporters fearing for his life collapsed and lost consciousness after drinking tea 2 days ago supporters say they believe he was deliberately poisoned. And d. W. Reporter julia soldierly is outside the hospital where. Is being treated hi there julia bring us up to speed please on the valleys condition and whats expected to happen now what weve been told is that his condition is stable after the flight but he remained serious he was transported to the hospital in that military intensive Care Ambulance that you see behind me and he has now been brought inside and he will be looked after by the doctors who will have to try to establish what his condition currently is and start looking into what may have caused it we hope to hear more information soon regarding his condition during the day but german hospitals are traditionally tight lipped when it comes to information are given on their patients because of the strict privacy regulations here in germany because well have to wait and see what information comes out through the day. Hospital has a history of treating foreign leaders and famous dissidents is that why alexina valmy was brought. This is well known around the world for being our top class hospital and in the case of the suspected poisoning there was also a president president of someone being treated here for a similar reason. The pussy riot activists. Was brought here 2 years ago and brought back to health after as i said a suspected poisoning and obviously the. Foundation that had organized the transport had already gone through this experience and was able to replicate it again this time with. Ok. It was a struggle to get alexina valmy burly and doctors in russia treating him originally didnt want him to leave lets have a quick look now at how exactly this all unfolded. We took the decision not to oppose his transfer to another hospital the one that his relatives indicated to us. That was why if you had been desperate to hear she had been fighting since arriving at the hospital on thursday 1st to get her husbands own doctor to see him and to get the german medics in. We believe that the doctors that deliberately delaying so that the chemical substance in my husband alexeis metabolism has time to disappear thats why they wont let him leave the hospital alex says Health Situation is probably very bad so we dont believe the doctors in the hospital and we demand that they hand my husband over. With me hell come here the sheraton a hospital and berlin 2 years ago its medic successfully treated another russian dissident who seem to have been poisoned that was pussy riot activists pure vessel off the group flown vessel off out medics to go get novelli and persuade the russians to let him fly. Lets go back now to reporter julie. Julie of both germany and france have offered to help offered help to find out the cause of alexei no vollies illness but the German Government didnt actually pay the costs of bringing him to lean who did. Foundation cinema for peace to organize the transports the trip had been paid for by private donors the foundation itself is financed through. Givers who provide support humanitarian support to especially to filmmakers who work on social issues they organize an awards ceremony where they also promote movies that have a focus on political and social causes so in this case it was the foundation through its donors who paid for the expensive transport here to reporter julie julie in front of the hospital where russian opposition politician alexina valmy is receiving treatment thank you. To bella verse now where thousands of antigovernment protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk authorities are holding one of the striking lead the leaders of striking factory workers and theyre threatening the demonstrators with criminal charges the u. N. Is calling for the release of all those whove been detained. Shoulder to shoulder in support protesters again Standing Firm in minsk. A chain of solidarity stretching kilometers through the belly routine capital as far as the Detention Center where antigovernment protesters have been held since the disputed election nothing after this but when you see that you. Realize that you know National Guard and no one has stopped to see you when you go to full solution go to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad to dismiss you know the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say the protests a calming down the people are pessimistic we have to remember that the regime had ruled for 26 years its impossible to overturn in just 10 days. The opposition is still encouraging people to attend mass demonstrations and urging the authorities not to use force and the huon is calling for all Political Prisoners to be released bellary soon Authorities Say nearly all have been freed. Many of hoping lucas who is losing his grip on power that the hard line leader insists it was solved the political crisis in the coming days. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today u. S. Person master general louis to joy has appeared before Congress Amid widespread concerns over opposed to delays mail in voting is likely to be a key feature of the of the november election jew to the coronavirus. Demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the gates of the palm and building in the Southern Province of basra the main Oil Producing region protesters angry at government inaction over the assassination of several political and womens rights campaigners. And turkish president. Has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast to one says the find will ease turkeys dependence on gas imports and could make it an Energy Exporter analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer. The fire is raging in Northern California have now become some of the largest in state history more than 12000 firefighters the currently battling the blazes that have killed 6 people governor Governor Newsom said help is arriving from several u. S. States and put in a plea for assistance from canada and australia to. Where the fires were started by lightning strikes and forced tens of thousands to flee to safety. This is all thats left of karen hansens harm in Northern California she and her family are in they had 2 minutes to evacuate the small farm the full flames obliterated it behind never say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean if. I dont have just read 9 and it was coming over the whole. Bar and it was massive ive never seen one like it only took a few minutes to get here the flames she describes a still making their way across california in the form of hundreds of separate fires they were sparked by thousands of lightning strikes and fanned by record breaking hate with more than 3000 square kilometers of land destroyed many fear there may be next. Are really were. There were birds down the next 3 days. By tomorrow maybe you know pretty much. But now its unpredictable nature of the understaffed fire fighting. That much of what will happen next depends on weather conditions as the heat wave continues across california many more properties a likely to succumb to the flames. Turning to sports now its been 4 years since germanys lalaloopsy one golden Beach Volleyball at the rio olympics now think is now playing with a new pot. A former indoor volleyball player after long poles due to the pandemic the 2 are competing once again. To medal time this to see who spoke more and im sure it will be a. Competition wherever they can get but finally theyre back on the sand Gold Medalist laura good for her new partner make it closer. When the decision to postpone the elim picks the signs and say oh i was like was everything we did for nothing so the several weeks of a relaxed training schedule followed there was no pressure and enjoyed it but from a good cause of the pandemic stirred up fears from her past nightmares even panic attacks that came after her mother died of cancer. Does the entire if i phone my believe thats a part of my life i realized during that experience what she really meant. Because of work hard to deal with that fear for years sports helped by putting her to the test every day feed me if i asked myself whether i was missing something why am i insecure its hard work because eventually you just have to do with yourself and with the soviets of the shifting the return of Beach Volleyball tournaments like this qualifying event for septembers german championship in hamburg is important for both closer and louvered even if only their coaches are allowed to watch. Beach volleyball is of course also about the atmosphere music player. You actually feel like a gladiator when youre. At the qualifying event in hamburg the dual played and lost against former partner with whom she won gold at the rio olympics falken horsed they also lost their next match. Consistency. I dont know if i can fake this on camera. How do you know both. The german championship next month will be the 1st real test of their greater aggressiveness. Heres a look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the amount of cases worldwide is nearing 23000000. 00 reads the total amount of reaching almost 800000 this according to the Johns Hopkins university in the United States south korea said it will roll out toughest social distancing god lines to the spread of the corona virus nationwide battles a new outbreak of the spreading from the capital seoul and travelers from germany arriving in la. Will need to undergo a 14 day quarantine as of monday and thats according to authorities in those countries. Some news from washington now where the national zoo has announced the birth of a panda cub. Said the 22 year old giant panda. Is off to a good start seeing and cuddling the zoos newest and cute just resident so far they havent announced the baby pandas 9. Lets get a recap now off the top story by following for you this hour russian Opposition LeaderAlexei Novelli is in berlin for emergency medical treatment doctors at this shopping take clinic expecting that he has arrived a short time the guard at the airport he had been flown in from siberia away he was hospitalized following a suspect of course. Thats your news update at this hour for the latest headlines from him you can download to d. W. News at all visit details w dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram too that kind of their. News on jarred green from me on the whole saying thanks for watching. Me there im david and this is climate change. Happiness increase book. This is the book for your. Smarter earth free to go where you go