trigger the boy. into a technological come to call on al-jazeera. a show of force in the eastern mediterranean greece and turkey hold rival naval exercises amid growing tensions over prospecting rights that. hello there i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a new move. the majority you know better russian opposition leaders for granted to kind of guy a tells the european parliament that a peaceful revolution is underway in

a country. no reason to investigate alexina valley's illness the kremlin says the german kinetics the national ways making diagnosis is not interested. and facebook sounds legal action after being forced by the thai government to remove a group critical of the monarchy. now right now greece and turkey are carrying out rival military exercises in the eastern mediterranean escalating over a dispute over gas exploration in those contested waters right now germany's foreign minister hagar masses in greece and will travel to turkey lace on tuesday in an effort to defuse tensions well turkey has been operating a resend vessel accompanied by warships to survey the seabed for gas and oil deposits greece says the chef is in an area which overlaps its own continental shelf. well take

a look at this this is the economic the exclusive economic zones of greece turkey and cyprus us defined by the united nations now that accords greece 71 percent of the aegean sea and turkey 8.8 percent but this is how turkey redraws the same map claiming munch of greece's waters as its own and this is the area where turkey has now started looking for oil within itself defined waters but that infringes on greece's maritime territory according to both the e.u. and the un on monday a turkish president russia talk about iran had this warning for greece you know it is still the truth going on most only not on lot of greece is throwing itself into a chaos that it cannot get out of as of now greece will be responsible for all negative developments that may take place in the region and it will be the only country to suffer damages it would be useful for greek neighbors to know as we know that those who throw greece on the past of deter his fleet will be nowhere to be seen to morrow in the event of troubles that mean emerge well that's now speech our

correspondents are up with us who is an athens for us john we just heard from on there talk us through greece's position on this. well the statements from the greek and german foreign ministers and on going boats we did hear the greek foreign minister opened with his initial remarks in saying that right now we consider that turkey is behaving illegally in the eastern mediterranean undermining stability in the region and defecting to member states of the european union greece and of course the other one is cyprus in whose exclusive economic zone so if he has been conducting drilling in seismic tests as well the question for the greeks now is whether cherokee will agree to stop these activities in both greek and cypriots exclusive economic zones and agree without further action on the exploration front to sit down talks which would take place on the basis of un maritime law and would

disagree with it sign a statement to the effect that should those talks fail to achieve a bilateral compromise between greece and turkey on maritime jurisdictions would turkey agree to settle this throughout the tracing that the international court at the hague. broadly speaking the things that greece is looking for in this initial round of contacts between the greek and turkish sides through the german foreign minister the effort this week is to get the 2 sides to agree on to ramesses. under which they would resume talks hopefully by the end of the week when european foreign ministers get together if that doesn't happen. then foreign ministers in europe may be encouraged to approve a draft list of sanctions on turkish economic targets which the european external action service has been joining up. with the view from athens thank you very much

john. well the european parliament's foreign affairs committee has been discussing the political crisis and bellerose among them speech among those speaking today was opposition leaders fadlallah to kind of skier who is currently in exile in neighboring little rainier now on monday police in belarus detained several leading opposition activists protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down have been growing ever since the disputed elections earlier this month the demand of the recession is simple over free and clear action. this is the demand of the producers on the streets this is this law of the people on strike in your respect truce across the country bill and was shows woken up rianne lot of open position a new more we are the majority now on the day and barbara is following all of that

for us from london the dean we've just heard to kind of sky of address the european parliament in these times via video link what else did she have to say. well it was quite a short message actually and it was made clear by the president of the european parliament addressing those members who are in the chamber and many were also contributing remotely that. donna to can ask i wouldn't be responding to any piece were saying for now she had a prepared statement from lithuania of course and she welcomed what the e.u. leaders at the council last week were saying about rejecting the official results of the belorussian election and calling for the release of protestors and political prisoners and so on but she did say that while she believed a peaceful revolution was under way in belarus she stressed that this was neither

pro or anti the european union or russia she said that this was a simple demand for the people of belarus to have democracy she repeated her call for free and fair elections and she said i declare my readiness for negotiations with the all thirty's she went on to talk about how she and a colleague had formed the national coordination council regretting the arrest of several members of that council she said that one of them was actually a nobel peace prize winners flatliner alexi of it she's due to appear for questioning on wednesday others already in custody so she did mention what she sees of the suppression of pro-democracy activists but still holding out a hand for dialogue to alexander look at shanker right now and again having had fun to kind of sky what is the european parliament calling for now. well they went

a lot further there were lots of different emphasis put on how the e.u. should act one of the strongest calls came from right as. former polish foreign minister now. a european parliament member for the center right e.v.p. group saying that perhaps there should be new elections under the o.s.c. the organization for corporate security and cooperation in europe and warning in fact the head of the e.u. if you like foreign ministry helga schmidt that her effectiveness would be judged on how she acts right now how much pressure she puts on a belarus but from the green group we heard from a speaker saying that nobody should be naive it's clear she said that russia was already very present and on the ground in belarus in terms of organizing military activities providing bodyguards she said for alexander look at shanker sending

members of the media to replace state media employees in belarus who've resigned or being pushed out and so on and she said that there for it's clear that we have to call to say it like it is even while admitting that any future process can't rule out the russian influence on alexander lukashenko and embalm of their process all those developments for us from london thank you very much michael. well staying in the region russia says the german clinic treating opposition leader alexina valmy must find the substance that caused his illness before it can investigate the e.u. has urged the kremlin to launch a transparent and independent probe after german doctors found indications of a toxic substance in find his body but moscow insists the balun clinic does not conclusively diagnose poisoning the long time opponent of president that any person

collapsed on a plane on thursday after he drank a cup of tea at tomsk airport let's ask correspondent on a cain who joins us live from berlin dominic unsurprisingly here i guess the pushback from moscow. this new developments in the novelli of firm on tuesday are very much in moscow not here in the german capital here in the german capital the sort of on his wife is going to see him again today as she has done every day since he was flown here on saturday the developments in moscow quite specifically the spokesperson the press spokesperson for president putin that's me 3 percent of has been reacting to what has emerged so far in this saying that. until there is established specifically what poison if it is poison in missing around the system the no criminal investigation can ensue and says that he believes that the russian doctors that it was the

russian doctors who saved the life of mr navarro and the and he has said that any suggestion he's denied any suggestion that president putin was involved with or responsible for the illness that mr nerve on the has been suffering and the recall that he's been suffering from this illness since it afflicted him in mid-air over siberia on thursday now the clear steer here from berlin from the officials from the medics in the hospital behind me the shot a hospital is that there is a poison in the city. some of mr nardelli they're treating it with atrophy it's a poison which acts on the motor neuron functions of the human body essential functions and in the absence of those functions than the person the patient will go into a very serious illness which is of course what has happened to mr nardelli the point being made here by many people in the media and elsewhere is that there are very very few civilian pharmaceutical reasons why a person would have such

a substance in their system and those are not things that have been associated with mr novelli in the past which is fueled this is the theory that what's in his system was put there for malign reasons dominic came there with all the latest from berlin thank you very much dominic and professor alastair hay is an environmental toxicology ex-pat and he says the substance likely used on the valley is a notorious nerve agent not easily accessible to the general public those are the preserve generally of governments the nerve agent there are a variety siren and reading of the names here now sour and taboo on like the compound the x. that was used on the north korean leader's half brother in malaysia and killed him and those substances are all what you would find within government they're all strictly regulated and there shouldn't be any in general circulation not

a truck type chemicals also fall into that category they're ones where you would expect it to come from some government source very unlikely for an individual to have it although it is not beyond the ability of competent chemists with good facilities good protection in their laboratories for the person making that substance for them to be able to make it. the afghan taliban is claiming responsibility for a car bomb explosion which killed at least 2 people a military unit was targeted in the northern province of stock and that blast injured several others including women and children now the head of iran's atomic agency says talks with the head of the un's nuclear watchdog have been constructive rafael grossi is in tehran pushing to visit 2 sites suspected of storing undeclared nuclear material and the u.s. is pushing for the reimposition of u.n.

sanctions for alleged violations of the 2015 nuclear deal a former bosnian serb commander known as the butcher of bosnia is beginning his appeal against his conviction for war crimes and tooting genocide right come laddish was sentenced to life in prison and 2017 for his role in the conflict in the balkans in the 1990 s. his forces killed more than 8000 mostly muslim men and boys and bosnia 70 it was the worst bloodshed in europe since world war 2 rather chin sists he was defending his country and his people. well still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll hear how the corona virus has caused a conflict between the government and some churches in south korea. and why facebook is set to take on the thai government over the removal of a group on the social media site.

hello there preparations well under way for the arrival of typhoon babay this is it on the satellite showing very clearly as indeed is the eye the center of the storm so ahead of the hour ival is that it in south korea you can see the waves already way to crushing on shore and remember this is a good day before the storm is anywhere near close however as weather cools all the boats have been brought in for safety says you go through wednesday will continue his journey northwards it'll begin to bring some very heavy amounts of rain this of course could cause some local flooding and the waynes that sustained at about 200 kilometers an hour that would make it a category 3 hurricane if it was in the atlantic it is a very powerful storm out across the china again we've got rain here it's that really a combination of a front sweeping through but also these rains a lot of moisture across generally across much of the region you can see these

rains right the way down to the south and that is it go really late wednesday into thursday this storm actually expected to make landfall probably just into fall northwest portion of north korea so as i say watching very closely this will bring a lot of damage and also flooding across fairly wide area and across into south asia more rain of course in the forecast here and you can see these seeing plans. but the rain is beginning to clear from there very heavy through pakistan the through wednesday and also across into west bengal. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this whole tour in 2008 has been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism once thrived to. a chilean politician goes on a journey to meet leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost

ground so dramatically. in latin america a giant in turmoil on al-jazeera. again i missed all the tape and let's remind you about top stories here this hour germany's foreign minister says his country and the e.u. stand in solidarity with greece and its dispute over the eastern mediterranean with turkey a mouse is now in athens and is due to visit turkey in the coming hours both greece and turkey have announced rival military exercises near crease escalating a dispute over gas exploration in those contests reported. by the russian opposition data set down to kind of sky has told the european parliament

a peaceful revolution is underway in better groups she's in exile in neighboring with you wayne and was speaking to the european parliament's foreign affairs committee. and russia says german doctors must give more evidence that alexina vonnie was poisoned before it conducts any investigation the russian opposition leader and prominent kremlin critic is in an induced coma about and hospital. the police shooting of a black man 7 times has brought protest as a back out onto the streets of several u.s. cities crowds of come out in new york minneapolis and the city of connote show wisconsin that's where the shooting happened on sunday. as you can see tear gas was fired to force back crowds who defied overnight curfew orders in the city demonstrators also set fire to cars and garbage trucks used to block the roads the national guard was brought in earlier in the day after

a violent protests on sunday 29 year old jacob blake was shot in the back as he leaned into his s.u.v. john hendren reports from. the border. in a local mayors struggle to answer for the put on a shooting of a black man. hajar. let me go rob the shooting captured on mobile phone is difficult to watch jacob blake apparently unarmed walks around his s.u.v. his 3 children unseen inside seeming to ignore the police following behind at the door an officer grabs him by the shirt his back to police. police fire 7 shots. the shooting set off a night of protests in the streets the city blocking roads with garbage trucks demonstrators set them on fire leaving behind charred chances including a neighboring car lot and a message on

a courthouse wall and we clear this was not an accident this wasn't bad police work this film like some sort of been dead a being taken out on a member of our community the officers daily actions attempted to take a person's life in broad daylight the shooting drew condemnation from presidential candidate joe biden who issued a statement saying the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another black american is a victim of excessive force these shots pierce the soul of our nation. blake survived and is in stable condition jacob blake's lawyer says he parked his car and got out at this corner in order to break up a street fight and as he sought to deescalate a conflict police for reasons that remain unexplained treated him as a threat. the shooting of jacob blake adds to the anger over police brutality that erupted following the death of george fluid in minneapolis. and briana taylor in

louisville kentucky the outrage that reverberated across the u.s. now engulfing canoe ship ellis is now a word i sobbed. i just had to sit and gather my thoughts for a moment i can't speak for the carcase the community maybe it's surprising to me it's not surprising to me despite a curfew in the arrival of the military troops of the national guard to control the streets protesters are continuing their demonstrations demanding an end to a cycle of official violence against black americans in confrontations with police that could have ended peacefully but didn't john hendren al jazeera can no show wisconsin. now u.s. president on all tromped has accused democrats of working to steal the upcoming election as the republican national convention got underway speakers railed against what they say is the threats of the democrats radical left this year the republican

party has not published its own platform instead of bowing blanket support for trump's agenda white house correspondent can be helped that reports. it was a parade of some of the president's starches supporters deliberately designed to show diversity. you care about black lives republican candidate for congress kimberly clay sic who recently went viral for highlighting urban decay in the city of baltimore accuse democrats of taking black voters for granted the same cycle of decay exists and many of america's democrat run cities and that the democrats still assume that black people will vote for them no matter how much they let us down this democratic state lawmaker told the convention he's crossing the aisle to vote for trump because the democratic party does not want black people to leave their mental plantation president trump has scored low marks for his handling of race

relations throughout his presidency will not defending the president specifically a former member of trump's cabinet nikki haley a daughter of indian immigrants defended america's reputation in much of the democratic party it's now fashionable to say that america is racist that is a lie america is not a racist country speaker after speaker cautioned against the alternative to trump his democratic rival joe biden they say abided presidency would destroy schools and suburbs and crush working people was socialist policies those warnings included one from the president's son joe biden and the radical left are now coming for our freedom of speech they want to bully us into submission. if they get their way it will no longer be the silent majority it will be this silenced majority they want to enslave you to the weak dependent liberal victim my ideology to the point that

you will not recognize this country or yourself. after appearing in person at the convention during the day on monday from made 2 appearances improve recorded sessions from the white house to honor frontline workers fighting kovac and with former american hostages who he helped to bring back from other countries republicans are promising even more appearances from president trump including on the final night of the convention will accept his party's nomination for right here at the white house once again breaking with political tradition kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house on the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was in sudan where he is meeting prime minister abdullah doc this is the 1st visit to content by a top ranking american official in 15 year is sudan's looking to be removed from

the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror and pompei is promoting closer ties between israel and arab states. well turning to the corona virus pandemic and south korea has reported 280 new cases on tuesday as it continues to tackle a recent sajan infections there and the government's efforts to contain the virus have now become entangled in a conflict with some religious groups robert pride has more from the capitol hill. hundreds of new cases in this surge are being linked to the controversial right wing sudden jael church in seoul deeply opposed to the liberal government it continued to pack in worshippers promoting the conspiracy theory that the virus is a terror attack by north korea against its members. a member of our church said some hand sanitizer was delivered that smelled more like chemicals than alcohol now i see so many infections are. floating social distancing rules church members led

by their pastor jones who has since tested positive for the virus took part in this anti-government protest in mid august it resulted in clusters of new cases including police officers sent to the rally prompting this strong rebuke. no religious freedom or freedom of assembly can be claimed if he means a great deal of harm to people who are leaders of assad in jail church of being accused of obstructing public health workers making the job of testing and tracing new cases of infection among church members that much harder that echoes the 1st major outbreak of the virus back in february centered on another church also involved in controversy. that was in the southeastern city of daegu at the shin challenge each church of jesus whose leader has since been charged with obstruction the outbreak led to church services being suspended. it's said that we can't hold

a church service but we don't want any further spread of the disease the moment the group with a woman 6 months on churches like the one run by pastor jay so are still holding online services it's hard because it's important for churches to have congregations and having a meal together afterwards financially it's also difficult given the reduction in individual donations but they are hardships that the majority of churches accept whatever money and put them on the service thing is the friction between the government and some churches which is led to all churches being criticized this should be misses of hope it's wrong to fight like this. but some highly politicized churches seem happy to mix religion with anti government rhetoric to fire up their followers rob mcbride al-jazeera sold. for prominent activists in thailand had been summoned by police on sedition charges as the government cracks down on a growing student at opposition movement there the police questioned human rights

lawyer and student organizer pirate you're known to his supporters as penguin more than 30 opposition figures have since been arrested since the anti-government protests began last month demonstrators are demanding a new election new constitution and reforms to the monarchy of criticism of the monarchy is illegal and thailand and now facebook says it's followed a government order to take down a popular group that allows discussions about the royal family that page royalist marketplace was blocked on monday evening it can still be accessed from outside thailand there facebook says it's compelled to restrict content that's been deemed illegal by the government but is preparing its own legal action the group has more than a 1000000 members were earlier we spoke to pub and touch on punk band who founded that blocked page and is also an associate professor curator university he says thailand's youth are hungry for information about the monarchy. for the fact that

facebook has to apply the blocking of my i was ready supported but then when i walk up to the news this morning that facebook has shifted its position i don't know what would what would come next but nonetheless i think this is a good signal for from festool that we meant to be seeing what would be what would be a kind of legal proceedings that enter into a set up this group immediately last night after the blocking and up to now we have more than half a 1000000 already so this quarter show that described is hugely popular especially among our younger generation who has been so hungry about you know knowing. information about what you did issue that has long been a part who you know in thai society but at the time for them to request an honest discussion on leaves for an institution that has cost and impact on daily lives up to people i didn't request from the student would never come down now because they're still there push the ceiling so high that the only way for the

student is to continue with their requests now don't get into a court of the kaufman how far the government would tolerate vs the protests right now they are using legal tools in order to arrest certain people including locking my girls but then noida personality of the current you know with his reputation especially while in the reputation that east a possibility ought to use force could be out you know in order to corrupt. again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines germany's foreign minister says his country and the e.u. is stand in solidarity with greece and its disappeared over the eastern mediterranean with turkey or mass is now in athens and is due to visit turkey in the coming hours greece and turkey have announced rival military exercises near crease escalating

a dispute over gas exploration and those contested waters our john throttle us as following events from athens. we did hear the greek foreign minister with his initial remarks and say that right now we can see it is so if he is behaving illegally in the eastern mediterranean that might mean stability in the region and they're searching to member states of the european union greece and of course the other one is cyprus in whose exclusive economic zone so if you has been conducting drilling in seismic tests as well know better russian opposition latest fed monitor kind of skier has told the european parliament a peaceful revolution is underway in belarus she's in exile a neighboring if you're a nia and was speaking to the european parliament's foreign affairs committee of 5 video link she also criticized the arrest of several members of the opposition council in minsk russia says german doctors must give more evidence that alexina volley was poisoned before it conducts any investigation the russian opposition

leader and prominent kremlin critic is an induced coma at about an hospital. the head of iran's atomic agency says talks with the head of the un's nuclear watchdog have been constructive grossi is in terran pushing to visit 2 sites suspected of storing undeclared nuclear material a former bosnian serb commander known as the butcher of bosnia is beginning his appeal against his conviction for war crimes including genocide that it was sentenced to life in prison and 2017 for his role in the conflict in the balkans in the 1990 s. his forces killed more than 8000 mostly muslim men and boys in bosnia 70 eight's a nottage and sists he was defending his country and his people well those are the headlines will be more news here after inside story.

e.u. countries using the coded 19 emergency to clamp down on refugees italy and greece are accused of being more hostile to migrants during the pandemic is another humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean on the way this is inside story. hello welcome. italy and greece of long complained of being over well.