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Scotland is about to introduce face coverings at secondary schools when students move between common areas. Welcome. A german hospital treating the russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny says tests theyve carried out indicate he was poisoned. In a statement they said. The clinical findings indicate poisoning by a substance from the group of active substances called cholinesterase inhibitors. While the doctors have not yet identified the specific substance, they suggested it has been designed to impede brain activity. Heres jenny hill with more. He is still, those nursing his condition is serious and although it is not life threatening, at this stage they say it cannot be sure that he will make a full recovery. In a coma. There may be some long term consequences for his health. They been examining him ever since he arrived on saturday for treatment. He said it would take some time to get to the bottom of what happened to him and we still do not have all the answers. They said. They still cannot tell us exactly what the substance is, just that they are treating him now with an antidote and as they say, his condition isnt thought to be life threatening. The Russian News Agency has reported that doctors in the city were the plane he was on made an Emergency Landing saying that he tested negative for those inhibitors ended in a tweet, his press secretary said that the fact that he was poisoned was confirmed. Now, remember mr navalny is a politician and blogger who has long been the most prominent face of opposition to the russian president vladimir putin. He fell ill on a domestic flight last week. Here you can see footage of him being wheeled into an ambulance on the tarmac. His supporters suspect he drank poisoned tea at the airport before departing and witnesses on the plane reported he was screaming in pain. He was later flown to berlin for treatment. Last week the russian government said claims of poisoning are only assumptions until testing proved otherwise. Its worth remembering that the kremlin has been accused of carrying out poisonings before, and on each of those occasions it has denied any involvement. Back in september 2018, german doctors treating Pyotr Verzilov said it was highly plausible hed been poisoned. Hes involved with the anti putin band pussy riot. Earlier in 2018, former russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter yulia were found unconscious on a park bench in salisbury in the west of england. While they both survived, British Police said they were poisoned with the highly toxic nerve agent novichok which is also a cholinesterase inhibitor. Going further back to 2006, another former russian spy, alexander litvinenko, died in london after drinking tea laced with highly radioactive polonium. The head of a subsequent British Government inquiry issued this finding. A little earlier i spoke to our correspondent Sergei Goryashko in moscow. The kremlin remains silent, their only response i have already heard is the one i got from the vice chair of the committee on International Affairs in russia, upper level of parliament. He told me that he does not believe any poisoning claims, he thinks german doctors are biased and russian government would only leave russian government would only leave russia they had to cover up any any traces of poisoning, which is why he is pretty sure and confident that Alexei Navalny has not been poisoned and has just fallen ill, Alexei Navalny has not been poisoned and hasjust fallen ill, as president putin referred to as european counterpart, he only said that Alexei Navalny has fallen ill. If it is confirmed that this substance was in his blood, does anything really change, because as we have seen in previous suspicions of poisoning cases, there is nothing but a blanket denial . It does, because that was the main reason why Alexei Navalny has been hailed, that is what his supporters believe, that doctors in russia decided to keep Alexei Navalny in the siberian city to cover up the traces of any poison and after that they will then travel to germany to other countries to be treated, but there will be no claims that Alexei Navalny has been poisoned, no traces of this toxin in his blood. It appears there have been some traces, which is why it is a pretty bad situation for the kremlin, because in this case they will be asked to find who is accountable, who performed this attack on the Opposition Leader in russia, and the kremlin well be responsible either way even if they are not connected with theirs poisoning, they will be held responsible forfinding poisoning, they will be held responsible for finding who is involved in that, who ordered this attack, so if they wouldnt find it, there would also be a problem for there would also be a problem for the kremlin, for president putin, because meeting every european leader while definitely ask him, what happened to your Opposition Leader, why havent you found anyone responsible for the attack, and so on. Which is why it is a tense situation for the kremlin and why i think they remain silent for now. Republicans in the United States are holding their convention ahead of novembers president ial election. Just like the democrats event last week itll be a mostly virtual affair. But the republicans are still conducting some in person business. This is the physical Convention Hall in charlotte, north carolina. 336 delegates are meeting there, a fraction of the 2,500 who would have been there in person were it not for covid. Theyve renominated donald trump and mike pence for president and Vice President. Have a listen. Michigan, the great lakes state, its all going to cast the vote for donald j trump. All of idaho, 32 votes for donald john trump. Iowa full send unanimously all of our votes to renominate you to lead our country, america, under god, for four more years. Mr president and mr Vice President , you are rehired. Most of the speeches will be delivered remotely. For example, President Trump will be delivering his acceptance speech on thursday from the white house. But he is also spending some time in charlotte. Heres how his speech started today. Four more years now, if you really want to drive them crazy, you say 12 more years. So that was President Trump trying to stir up democrats. Constitutionally he would only be able to seve for four more years, not 12. He went on talk up his chances in november. Heres some more. We have tremendous enthusiasm, record enthusiasm. We have a base for the likes of which nobody has seen, including these people. The wall streetjournal that are fantastic stories. Did a fantastic cover story. Incredible bays. We have a tremendous base. They dont, they have no enthusiasm for the candidate. Despite that claim, donald trump is trailing joe biden in the polls. Thats been the case for a while now. This graph shows the trend based on the average taken from different polling companies. The president has been trailing his opponent since march, and is currently eight points behind. This weeks convention gives him a prime Time Opportunity to turn that around. Heres more from our north america correspondent nada tawfik. The democrats had their turn breaking in convention to put on a virtual show which format was an unexpected hit. It raised the stakes as republicans begin their convention. President trump will have four nights to counterjoe bidens message and convince undecided voters. His most loyal supporters are not worried, across the country, they have organised their own events just as this boat parade in newjersey. I think hes going to win overwhelmingly. She believes that donald trump will set a victory despite the dark cloud of the coronavirus and race relations. She does not believe the polls that show him behind joe biden nationally. There is a line in the sand that is been drawn and to be careful you vote for because the result of that election can change everything that we are familiar with. If President Trump loses, what is the fear . Ifear more destruction i fear more destruction of the family structure. Trumper may have a mountain to climb with swing voters. He only narrowly won michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania in 2016. Securing him the Electoral College even though he lost the popular vote. He cannot afford to lose support in key Battle Ground states. Pennsylvania plays to his dates with older, whiter working because voters, but polls show he is behind. Normally, the convention is where the party hammers out its electoral platform. But republicans have decided against drafting a new platform at all this year. They say they dont want a small contingent of delegates deciding on policy for the whole party. Instead the Republican National committee has issued a resolution stating that it. Continues to reject the policy positions of the 0bama biden administration. It goes on to say the party will continue to enthusiastically support the president s America First agenda. So the republicans are running on the president s record. Here are some of the delegates on that. There are a lot of things you can point to, Foreign Affairs and the economy, lots of problems, sure. But lots of solutions. I think there will be a very different vision of america that donald trump has versus the democrats. One of positivity, one of greatness in one of excitement for our country. So this week is all set to be the trump show. A member of the president s family is due to speak each night at the convention, starting with his son donald trump jr. Heres north america reporter anthony zurcher. The poles are remarkably stable over the last seven or eight months. It is important to change that dynamic, and the best way to do that, the biggest audience, in this convention, debate and a month and a half, those will be important, but to make an unfiltered message to the people where you have these blocks of time, an hour a people where you have these blocks of time, an houra night, monday through thursday, republicans are not going to get a chance better than that. We know how much donald trump than that. We know how much donald tru m p loves than that. We know how much donald trump loves the big rallies. He has not really going to get that this time around. How much of that a setback or a disadvantage . He tried to have that the rally in tulsa, it was a disaster when lower turnout and many people getting covid 19, so he uses these rallies as a sounding board to figure out what his base once, what a lot of his license outages work. The campaigns are going to try and do some modified rallies, last week they went to some cities in the us where donald trump came in on his plane spoke to a smaller crowd at an airport hangar andi smaller crowd at an airport hangar and i was in the pool following donald trump when he went to when it dashed like minnesota and wisconsin, he got energy from that, he was beaming when he got on Board Air Force one. You will see the campaign tried to do more of those smaller rallies to replicate the feeling that he had at the big ones. His Senior Adviser hasjust that he had at the big ones. His Senior Adviser has just departed, what has been going on . She was Donald Trumps Campaign Manager during the home stretch of 2016, the first women to successfully lead a president ial campaign. She has been in the white house ever since. She has been clashing publicly with her husband, who is a conservative but does not like donald trump, on social on social