orders of blood. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world we're willing to fit in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there ready. the e.u. increases sanctions pressure on better routes and warns russia against intervening in support of president look at shank. santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera the e.u. is also threatening sanctions against turkey if no progress is made in the eastern mediterranean crisis with greece tens of thousands gather to march on washington d.c. or a new drive against police brutality and a demand for racial justice and accusations india's police were complicit in the

deadly riots there. the european union is edging closer to sanctions on better russian officials which it has linked to both electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters the blocs foreign ministers have all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people though they have not said exactly who some e.u. states want the inclusion of president lukashenko on that list he has faced mass demonstrations ever since winning elections which critics say where richt. there was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for their fraudulent elections in their rules and for the subsequent crackdown on that exist in the revolution sanction regime this is

a nation shall include individuals at the high political level from now on today least and the respective illegal acts will be prepared by the combating cancer working group in the coming days with a view to be adopted as soon as possible donna karan reporting off from berlin he says that is a clear demonstration of the whims of the e.u. regarding. they have looked at the protests in the streets they have looked at the results of the election and they feel this is the right response they are trying to send a message to president lukashenko that he needs to embrace the transition to a different government that he needs to listen to the protesters on the streets of his capital city in minsk now the problem from the european perspective will be what president has said in return he's already made very clear that the prospect of

intensified sanctions targeted sanctions will not to turn him he has said that if they come when they come he is going to respond by closing off transit routes important transit routes for e.u. goods through his territory to russia but also to the baltic states very clear then that the european union is trying to send this message the interesting thing not just from what the foreign ministers were saying in berlin these past few days but angle americal the german chancellor at a different news conference earlier today was asked by media about her view of what's going on in belarus and she reminded people that she'd grown up under communism that she had seen the berlin wall toppled that the wall that divided this city that was the icon of the cold war and she said at the time it was because the governing mindset from the soviet union would this change to happen but that now

was a very different geopolitical situation let's have a look at what's happening inside better rates now for journalists to underwrite which has more from minsk. on the 20th day of fun to look at the process the president has sworn the west's he wants a canny external pressure when the e.u. sanctions same posts he says he will do the same in return for the bellerose government my duty is unclear the economy struggling there are accused money exchanged and he's getting hard to be withdraw cash from a.t.m.'s ukraine has also now cut off contact with the governments here so that look at can now has only russia to rely on what they were put in has promised to send a reserve police force but also put in the military into combat ready moats i've been told by one metro driver that he's been called up to the army in the coming days because he protested after the election night after the rest of 50 journalists and thursday night it could be much harder for the media to cover future events

sunday is a look at 66th birthday and protesters are planning a new rally for what they call peace and independence there are also fears of a russian invasion. was more for the to deal with at the moment those foreign ministers have been meeting in berlin and that is the increasingly tense situation in the eastern mediterranean e.u. member greece is in a standoff with turkey over competing claims to maritime territory potential and gas reserves just the block could sanction turkey if there is no progress in the crisis 1st you know there now we listing personalities. we can do least. ships we can do. sanctions the participation of activities that we can shoot the illegal in the engine related with the working. man the.

game there. will be and. will have turkish reaction with some concern in istanbul shortly 1st. half and. the sanctions according to certain leaks that have been made here would include would begin from the energy sector from sanctioning individuals and ships and companies supplying those ships that are involved in the exploration but they could extend massively they could extend to e.u. states to turkey to bank loans being given by e.u. banks to turkish companies and individuals and they could extend to travel restrictions to individuals so the climate at today's informal meeting shows that europe has finally rallied behind greece and cyprus it has largely adopted greek and superior positions to put pressure on turkey to come to the table greece wants negotiations to begin on the basis of international maritime law and

should they fail it wants turkey to commit beforehand to arbitration at the international court at the hague. i have spoken to some turkish diplomats from the foreign ministry today basically as one of the turkish diplomats puts it through. regarding the 4 hour statement this is a legal issue between turkey and greece based on the legal rights of 2 countries on the waters of the agency but the e.u. is putting a political stance towards this legal issue which is basically understandable because they are part of a union european union this is why in a reaction statement from the turkish foreign ministry in a white the e.u. and even member states not to support greece is maximalist amounts against international law under the pretext of union solidarity greece is not an

archipelago state it's against international law for greek islands especially because the loser to have a continental shelf so basically there is no problem about the territorial waters but turkey and greece are at odds with regard to the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone. but germany's foreign minister says there will be diplomatic consequences for russia if it is proven the opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned in a state initiated murder attempt. is still in a coma after this suspected the poisoning but the berlin hospital where he is recovering says his condition is improving. tens of thousands of people are gathering in washington d.c. in a renewed to try for criminal justice reform and racial equality they've called it the march on washington it happens on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr i have a dream speech that's the reverend al sharpton speaking at the moment the u.s. script of course by racial protests and breasts and showed ford was killed in

police custody in may drawing comparisons to the anger and violence that flared after king's assassination back in 1968. it's at the march in washington. nearly 60 years after the great american civil rights leader martin luther king jr ascended the steps of the lincoln memorial to deliver his iconic i have a dream speech his son is now telling this crowd of some 50000 new marchers that it's brothers dream is still not fulfilled this march was planned during the funeral of george tiller the black man who died under the knee of a white police officer in minneapolis earlier this year and the name of the speech of this march is get here in the off for our next with these protesters saying that still more and more blacks are dying or being gunned down by police officers the latest flashpoint the name jacob blake and no other african-american man in

wisconsin who was shot in the back by police officers in front of his children and the marchers here say that even despite this pandemic and despite those restrictions social distancing taking temperature everyone required to wear these masks they say the risk of kovi will not stop their movement from going forward they say that down at the white house the u.s. president does not care about the rise of black americans and they say that congress has disappointed them as well loading reforms that sound odd but that have still yet to make any significant change. extra to. the hearing for a 17 year old charged with murder for shootings at the racial equality protest in wisconsin has been postponed. was arrested on wednesday a day after 2 people were killed he's facing 6 charges including reckless and intentional homicide the teenager was arrested in his home state of illinois though officials are trying to get him returned to wisconsin in the news ahead i did look

at it and i i made a judgment i should not continue my job as prime minister by the end of an era as japan's resigns because of health problems and more job cuts at the philippines largest t.v. network we'll tell you about that and update the headlines in a moment. how the weather is fine in try again across much of the arabian plays the bass in places of cloud just around the southern end of the red sea maybe the op isolated showers just coming in here around the southwest and course this is just the sound of possibility just spinning out of iraq towards kuwait just running down towards that both east and called of saudi arabia not too much to our about highs here in

doha of around 40 celsius on sats di similar value as we go one through sunday nothing much else going on really northern parts of iran could catch one of 2 shows of course we could still see some showers there into the fall southeast on a pakistan along with just around the gulf of aden southern end of the red sea for the showers that we have around the ethiopian highlands across the central belt of africa shows a cool tried to sink their way a little further south was now we'll see some what's the weather just coming back towards uganda want to see coastal shell is a possibility just around kenya maybe into the final feast of tanzania what officials around the eastern cape lookout kota this for cape town should be about 18 degrees at this time of the year southern cape seeing more wet sand at times very windy weather racing through temperatures start to recover as we go on through sunday. but.

then latest news as it breaks it from passing not only against the police crackdown but also against what they call our greek election details covering. more than 300000 people have lost their jobs because of the. deal is journalism from around the world following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material there are plans for mass demonstrations. ruth. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the european union's edging closer to

imposing sanctions on the russian officials it has links to electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protests foreign ministers of all but agreed on almost 20 high ranking people but haven't said. also the top diplomat says the union's considering sanctions against turkey the tension is continuing between turkey and greece over competing claims to maritime territory and potential gas reserves and tens of thousands of people have gathered in washington d.c. for criminal reform and racial sort through the eyes for criminal justice reform and racial equality they're calling it another march on washington 57 years after martin luther king jr's i have a dream speech the us has been gripped by racial prejudice since may. west african leaders have agreed that mali's transitional government must be led by a civilian and last no longer than 12 months members of the bloc ico us held a summit on friday to discuss mali's future and whether they're going to lift

sanctions it's suspended mali from its institutions it shop borders and stop financial transactions after last week's removal of president abraham. career leaders released k. to himself on thursday after managers is monitoring the story for us from a budget nigerian he says the regional leaders are not backing down from their demands. well horses looking at the shape of the shorter transition timetable simply because they believed that the military the military in mali and elsewhere in west africa have no business in being in government rather initially remember the a course of the new military leaders in mali to return to the barracks and return. to power until they until when the delegation sent by of course met with in prison he told them that he has no interest in going back to the presidential palace following months of demonstrations and protests against him so they of course

summoned by the way has and that it was a virtual meeting and from all indications in the military leadership in mali released yesterday just to secure or get some concessions from their course leaders that seem draw failed simply because from the statements made by the various heads of state and government 14 of them with the exception of mali it looks like they are keeping sanctions in place one of the key things the military leadership in mali wanted was the lifting of economic sanctions and blockades on the landlocked country today the president of course the chairman of course the president mohamed is a fool in his opening statement said there is no chance that sanctions will be live to sanctions are imposed they are bitter but they are necessary to force some kind of progress so the sanctions will remain in place japan's prime minister

shinzo aves resigned because of poor health and 65 year olds long suffered from the ballot disease all sort of calamitous is the country's longest serving lead at priyanka gupta has more. a chronic illness that cut short his 1st term in office 13 years ago has come back to force shinzo ave japan's longest serving prime minister to step down is employing out an aga i would like to sincerely apologize to the people of japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of office and amid the coronavirus woes while various policies are still in the process of being implemented. oh the foremost of the century should so our pay has told me to japan's politics he comes from an influential political dynasty his grandfather was prime minister and his father foreign minister the conservative politician rose to the ranks of his liberal

democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. album is that what became known as the no makes it was a series of the bishop's reforms aimed at boosting japan struggling economy his vision of a well here stronger japan came with a lifelong mission to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his

power really up until now it is a year. that japan has been well governed has been predictably inconsistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and globally rb strengthen security entry ties with the u.s. making japan one of its closest allies. and despite total disputes he warmed up to regional superpower china and japan's wartime legacy led to renewed friction with south korea causing their worst diplomatic and create dispute for decades. the 2011 earthquake tsunami and fukushima nuclear disaster was a further test of his leadership another came in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic scuttled his plans to showcase japan on the world stage by hosting the tokyo summer

olympics the world's 3rd largest economy already on the slide since 2018 slumped to a record low abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. al-jazeera a suspect has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of $39.00 vietnamese immigrants were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near london last year over an irish run and hughes also admitted to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration 10 of the victims were teenagers they were all from a poor region of central vietnam tops the results showed they died from a lack of oxygen and overheating. the wearing of masks in paris is now mandatory after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the french capital the estimated rate of

infection in france has quadrupled in the past month face coverings were already compulsory outdoors everywhere in some of the cities places like must say toulouse and nice francaise told recorded nearly 300000 cases of the virus and at least 30000. scuse me opposition groups in india have staged protests against the government's refusal to delay university entrance exams for millions of students the demonstrations happened as india recorded its highest single day rise in corona virus cases over 77000 it was the country remains the 3rd worst affected in the world with maybe 3 and a half 1000000 reported cases with nearly half of those infections detected this month alone when testing was ramped up still in india and amnesty international's accusing delhi police of being complicit in religious violence that broke out back in february you may remember this 53 people killed and more than 500 injured during

the fighting over a controversial citizenship or the support from others with her own. peace and dote on their baby sister the 5 month old is the newest member of the khan family she was born just 3 weeks after her father made and his brother were killed in religious violence in delhi in late february. the father can remember when he had to identify his son's body. when they showed us the photos our world came crashing down our throat. can't even describe their injuries they were hit so many times. on the head. their throats were slit knife or sword injuries on the head. 2 of 53 people killed in the last week of february 40 who are muslims the violence began when hindu supporting the government citizenship amendment act will see

a fort with protesters who said the law discriminated against muslims. amnesty international says in a report that delhi police was complicit in violence against muslims one of the things that we found that the police officer actually either did not intervene in their rights despite being present or intervened only to disproportionately arrest a protest us so there was a differential treatment of a somebody else. amnesty international and lawyers also accused police of falsely implicating muslims in the violence there are a number of examples where muslims have been shot dead and their bread was from sick as examples of that so bad do they are going to fear fear delhi police has actually created. delhi police didn't respond to al-jazeera as requests for an interview but the government says amnesty international has an agenda against them the allegations are unfounded completely. people who are. saying the police has.

missed in the. international an official fact finding committee also says police were involved in the rest of the delhi minority's commission said in its $135.00 page finding that not only was the delhi police complicit but its investigation as floored bright spots a calling for action against the hindu nationalist leaders that threatened violence against protesters before the riots broke out and for an investigation into the delhi police. says he wants justice for his family for his granddaughters who still haven't been told that their father and uncle a dead elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. flash floods in afghanistan and pakistan are killed at least 200 people and many others are missing after the heavy

seasonal rains has that story. buildings reduced to rubble and cars overturned by the force of floodwaters not recovered a little over that it was a little heavy rains and flooding have swamped 13 provinces in the east and north of afghanistan this week residents living in the mountainous area of parwan record by surprise when. the rain started it but not with the dangerous noise we try to get out of the harm but we're stuck inside floodwater was everywhere. there are fears that many are still trapped under their destroyed homes. we are missing one family member we are searching but look at the destruction. people are trying to recover whatever they can but the flood water and the filth it carries gets everywhere he goes are doing really showing around going to 6 houses were flooded

some have lost family members because of more electricity or those tried to escape in cars but were trapped. families and rescue workers are searching through the wreckage for survivors at least 150 people were killed by buildings that collapsed some of the injured are being moved to the capital kabul for treatment. plan other than that you authorities are providing coffins to families who have lost loved ones before the sun the sun or the relatives have taken around 75 dead bodies from the hospital because we provided them with coffins there were more dead bodies that were not even brought to the hospital and many people trapped under the rubble. the people here are calling for help afghan president ashraf ghani has promised that emergency aid will arrive soon including ground and air support. heavy rains have also batted. financial capital. with sewage water floods the streets many are forced to live in makeshift tents shelters are being set up for

the displaced. but could even determine what about bridges were submerged in water we rescued them overnight and shifted them to a safer place which was a school. in. the region struggles every year with monsoon rains made worse by poor infrastructure as rubble is cleared families anxiously awaits news about the missing while others prepare for mass burials for him hunted al-jazeera at least $4000.00 employees from the philippines biggest media network and lost their jobs a.b.s. c.b.s. shutting down many of its operations and its regional news bureau the network was forced off air in may after congress refused to renew its license jimena under reports. studied mass communication to pursue his dream of working as a journalist for a.b.s. c b n for 13 years he's been a producer in the philippines biggest news room until today. i

put all my piece in one big books but there's no works large enough to fit all the memories i have here he thought the hard fight we lost but we know that we didn't lose our sense of dignity and honor the 4th. says leaving a.b. a c b n after 22 years is john mattick and painful it's really half of my life and. everything i do business about industry about the profession. most don't hear what the government really was. i mean they wanted to get the owners of this company. but. who suffers most now. it's just there among the more than 4000 employees who have been laid off by e.b.'s

sybian the network was forced to let go of thousands of its employees after congress voted against the renewal of its license many of those who lost their jobs worked regional bureaus across the country in an archipelago where many people in remote areas are unable to access the internet or receive television signals a.b.s. sybian is a communications lifeline rights groups are outraged they say shutting down a b a c b n at a time of up on demick when the public needs to call and independently verifiable information is an injustice. the last time a.b.s. c.b.s. was shut down by the government was in 1972 the beginning of the 21 year martial rule on there the late dictator for it didn't marcus if he opened in 1986 after she was ousted following a series of demonstrations known as the people power revolution but this time

critics say the cuts are deeper so president that the good it does threaten to close down the network for failing to air his campaign ads in 2016 or oh. many of those losing their jobs say the government valid to punish the network's owners but is also damaging and nishan that similarly duggan i'm just here in the law. just taken to the headlines now and al-jazeera the european union is edging closer term posing sanctions on better russian officials which it's linked to electoral fraud and the crackdown on protesters foreign ministers have all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people but haven't confirmed yet some e.u. states want inclusion of part president alexander lukashenko there was

a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for the fraudulent elections in their rooms and for the subsequent crackdown on that exist in the revolution sanction regime this is a nation shall include individuals at the high political level from now on to the day the least and the respective illegal acts will be prepared by their competitors country a working group in the coming days with a view to be that as soon as possible. he used top diplomat says the union is also considering sanctions against turkey tension is continuing between turkey and greece over competing claims to maritime territory potential and gas reserves in the mediterranean germany's foreign minister says there will be diplomatic consequences for russia if it's proven the opposition leader alexei navalny was

poisoned as part of a state initiated murder attempt the family is still in a coma in a berlin hospital tens of thousands of people are gathering in washington d.c. in a renewed drive for criminal justice reform and racial equality they're calling it another march on washington on the 57th anniversary of dr martin luther king jr i have a dream speech the us has been gripped by racial protests and unrest since george floyd was killed in police custody in may. and japan's prime minister shinzo of the house resigned health a 65 year old has long suffered from intestinal illness he is however japan's longest serving the news hour in 25 minutes time but next on al-jazeera it's the latest edition of inside story.

cold golden passports documents obtained inside of prose by which people from a number of countries the same for some is to access the e.u. one avoids corruption and rock downs at home or elsewhere but is that legal and what's come the e.u. do to stop with this is inside story. hello welcome to the program.