russian opposition leader critic alexei novelli is heading home after hospital treatment in germany following a near fatal nerve agent attack the kremlin critic insists president vladimir putin personally ordered the attack the russian or thora he is deny any involvement of only is facing jail for breaching an early a suspended sentence. thousands of migrants from central america are gathering in gathering in guatemala for a push north towards the united states mexico mexican border forces are on alert for their arrival it's thought the migrants are hoping joe biden's incoming administration will be list tough on migration. uganda's long serving lead you where it was 70 is bit has been declared the winner of the presidential election with 58 percent of the vote and 70 thank the electorate for what he called a peaceful election after campaign was marred by violence international observers say they can't confirm whether the poll was free and fair because they were allowed only limited access authorities imposed an internet blackout the one opposition candidate bobby wind has rejected the result

novelli had recovered enough to a point where he felt ready to return home and really in moscow jared here in berlin thank you very much to you both. now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today police in guatemala have fired tear gas and used batons against thousands of migrants from central america who are pushing north towards the united states it's thought the migrants are hoping joe biden's incoming administration will be less tough on migration than the current. small groups of donald trump supporters some of them heavily armed have gathered for protests outside capitals in a number of u.s. states 11 days after the riders stormed the u.s. capitol many u.s. cities braced for a potential new wave of violent protests ahead of 2 bidens inauguration thousands of national guard troops in deployed but protesters have remained peaceful so far. china's economy beat expectations in 2020 growing by 2.3 percent it was boosted by a strong 4th quarter just makes it the only major economy to avoid shrinking last year as countries struggle with the impact of

into the program russian opposition leader alexei novelli has been arrested upon his return to moscow a kremlin critic was taken into custody shortly after landing russian authorities say he's wanted over multiple violations of an old suspended sentence for fraud charges of only flew to moscow from berlin where he had spent almost 5 months recuperating from a nerve agent attack that almost killed him several european union states have called for restrictive measures on russia until it releases no volley. now the opposition figure spoke at the airport in moscow moments before his or. rest here's a bit of what he had to say. this is the most beautiful day in 5 months. germany is a great country and i'm very grateful to germany for all that it has done for me. but this is my home my flown here and i'm not afraid yeah absolutely i will go through passport control like any other citizen because i have a clear conscience yeah. a correspondent emily sherwin joins us now from moscow emily what more do we know about of all these arrests. we know that he was arrested just around passport contro

novelli had recovered enough to a point where he felt ready to return home some countries there are calling for sanctions to be imposed on russia in relation to this case doing you know if germany is likely to join those calls for sanctions. i think it's probably a little bit too early to say that yet but what german germany has repeated is that it wants russia to invest the energy that it is currently using in prosecuting alexei navalny and use that energy and actually investigating what happened to him what we found out over the weekend is that transcripts of interviews carried out by earlene prosecutors with alexei in a valley were given to russian prosecutors and what the german government said was that now it has these transcripts and it also has forensic evidence like blood tissue and clothing samples that all of these together is more than enough all that it needs to to carry out a thorough investigation into what happened to alexina valmy the government saying that any investigation should be carried out inside russia. alexei nobody is clearly a thorn in vladimir putin's sid

a real threats to vladimir putin that's how commentators are describing kremlin critic alexei novelli son who is he a courageous and charismatic opposition leader or an opportunist fighting a personal vendetta against president putin. the russian authorities certainly responded nervously to his recent return to moscow an avanti was immediately arrested in turn he put out a documentary film showing a giant colored selectively belonging to president putin that triggered more claims and counterclaims and violent protests across.

a real threats to vladimir putin that's how commentators are describing kremlin critic alexei novelli son who is he a courageous and charismatic opposition leader or an opportunist fighting a personal vendetta against president putin for all the russian authorities certainly responding nervously to his recent return to moscow novelli was immediately arrested in turn he put out a documentary film showing a giant colors allegedly belonging to president putin that triggered more claims and counterclaims and violent protests across the country.

to the streets in a number of russian cities they're calling for the release of opposition activist alexei novelli who was detained on returning from germany on sunday for violating the terms of his parole that's not cross slide he's done off the protests taking place in moscow get an interview much of a turnout that. well neil we would try to get a good vantage point just for you to judge for yourself as to how many people have gathered so far we are in central moscow in fact the kremlin is just a couple of kilometers just that way just down the street and people are still gathering some people have already been detained by the police but largely it has been going on peacefully i don't have any official figures just yet but if i was to give an estimate a good few 100 people are here about one hour to go just just. 30 minutes i should say before the official kickoff of this protest now this is just the latest in what's been taking place all across russia from the from russia's far east in vladivostok where some brutal scuffles have taken place between the protesters and the police. have be

novelli and to the rest of thousands of his supporters during protests this weekend here you has already imposed sanctions on russian individuals close to president person after novelli is poisoning in organist but calls are growing among some member states to toughen the starts. and before the meeting german foreign minister heiko mosse called me on the arrest of protest is to be released immediately. started because the german government we already made clear at the time of mr obama's arrest that we cannot comprehend this move and demanded mr of all news immediate release after the demonstrations over the weekend this now also applies to the protesters who were detained by security forces. according to the russian constitution everyone in russia has the right to express their opinion and to protest so this must be allowed and the principles of the rule of law must be applied. that's what it was russia has always been committed to this that's why we expect the peaceful protesters who were unjustly detained to be released immediately so that's no one for it sort of going to partners. i'm

north stream to pipeline again in focus but how does it look to mr novelli. union hey there well i can tell you that the story is very complicated but these 2 are now linked because of the resolution that you mentioned the european parliament is stepping in with its reaction to the arrest of opposition blogger alike saying the volley the resolution though is not binding but it's clearly an indication of where the wind is blowing in the european union the authors of the document are calling for extended antiderivatives saying the extension expansion of these sanctions that are already existing but also they want new measures against russia to be in place plus the punishment of russian officials so-called russian all of guards and also the people behind the so-called anti the volley of propaganda basically anyone that could have been linked to the arrest of the kremlin critic so it is clear that the european lawmakers are trying to teach the russian government a lesson as they see it and so they're willing to also block the north stream to pipeline project whic