sitting. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is state of the news live from berlin pressure builds on the government of president. as antigovernment protesters are freed from detention and more reports of mistreatment and murder the e.u. threatens sanctions against officials who violate democratic freedoms and human rights also coming up. a historic agreement in the middle east israel and the united arab emirates to normalize their relations and establish diplomatic ties in

return israel agrees to suspend further annexations in the occupied west bank. and united states concerns of male and over mainly in voting for november's election president trump has cast doubt on the process and is blocking extra funds for the postal service to help handle the ballots. and a bull's eye for leipzig as they stand athletico madrid to go farther than they ever have in the champions league will bring you all the action. i'm michael it's nice to have you with us the e.u. commission chief ursula funded lion has said she supports sanctions on bell russian officials who violated democratic. abused human rights e.u.

foreign ministers are holding talks at this hour to discuss if and when sanctions could be imposed the government says it has now released 2000 of around 7000 people who have been detained at a police crackdown following president alexander lukashenko is disputed reelection this apparent concession comes on the back of growing pressure both at home and abroad and more disturbing reports of abuse of protesters at the hands of security official. protesters freed from custody. many bearing scars. they were detained whilst painting fury at what they see as a stolen election at the weekend giving president alexander lukashenko a 6th term in office. generally they arrested

everyone beat everyone girls guys children who were 151413 years old there was a grandpa who's around 70 with us everyone got detained even if you just came out of a shop to see what was going on you got arrested. the violence of authorities against initial protests solidified opposition to the regime an american citizen in belarus told the w. hy state agents broke into her flat and took away her belarusians boyfriend earlier this week he's still believed to be in jail where was 7 manual mast on wood. it was just i think i think i briefly saw one of them i think the 47 or some sort of. automatic rifle i could see that they his nose i think he had broken his nose there was blood on his b.s. . sizes of out there is across the country are also hoping for the release of loved ones waiting and organizing and picketing detention centers.

many of those already freed show the injuries officers inflicted the pictures are spreading around the world and more of. people in the streets are piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. we do joined from mince pie journalist. and from brussels by our correspondent. who is following the virtual meeting of you for ministers on the situation in belarus 1st you hanna what is the situation in minsk right now. well again thousands of people came out to the streets and they've been just marching right now as this week on the main street on the road actually and they have been drained by workers of this main manufacturer all to maker.

in minsk so it's like last time when something like this happened that all major enterprises when it went on strike across the country was basically 30 years ago so it's unprecedented it's historic and this is happening just right now. the pressing question on this side of the border is is the e.u. going to increase the pressure on. increasing the pressure that was where exactly the was of the german foreign minister ahead of this meeting he made clear like a number of his counterparts in the european union that he hopes that a new sanction regime will be put in place however the austrian foreign minister has also made clear that these measures will not be formally adopted they will be discussed today and ministers will look into a list of individuals who where either involved in further cheating in those elections or in violence against peaceful protesters whether they will be put in

who will be put on the list so it is a meeting off symbolic value for the moment today sending a clear message to bella ruse that the actions of the past couple of days are totally not acceptable for the european union well the. president look at chicago held a meeting with construction industry officials today and we have an interesting sound bite from that meeting and let's take a listen. first of all i would like to say that i am still alive and not abroad as some well informed people here say the president has left the country. today is all because the 14th. and we are here to discuss the work of the construction industry. and i want to go to you what's your take on what is change here it doesn't sound like he's likely to give in. well yeah i mean today are

the final results of the election where announced and according to those results 80 percent of the wall given to so nothing has changed. only 10 percent of the bolts so apparently is ignoring well basically the whole country that has been protesting. also well what he said to do in this meeting with the construction industry today he basically said that there went only 20 workers at those major factories major plans. and told who wanted to express their opinions but they then they just turned away and came back to work and it wasn't true and well apparently the whole country now knows that this is not true and this workers have joined 3 protest this right now so it's very hard to ignore it must strikes that are happening across the country we have about

30 seconds here if the e.u. agrees on sanctions against what could those look like. it's likely to be a list of people that will be selected like i said a list of people who are either with a fraudulent election or vest been directly involved in violence against protesters and what is likely today is that the european commission will be given the task to put together that list the formal decision can only be taken at one of the next meetings of the foreign ministers and announcement that the commission will look into this affair is likely today. matches in brussels and in minsk really appreciate your insights. now a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour . the united nations says the death toll from last week's massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut as risen to nearly 180 some 6000 people were injured the

agency says the blast has affected operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city and damaged schools used by 50000 students. authorities in afghanistan have begun freeing 400 taliban prisoners they are among a final group of inmates whose release has been a key taliban demand for beginning peace talks with the afghan government the prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. pakistan is celebrating 73 years of independence as tensions with india continue to soar over the disputed region of kashmir president. expressed solidarity with the people of indian kashmir across the border militants attacked a team of police in srinagar killing 2 officers. now israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to the full normalization of

relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the united arab emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason . i historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and the idea was very clear that israel would commit a. phone call with the united states to stopping and exceed suspending. him at the same time we will be able to also announce that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship with israel in the various various areas israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu greeted the deal as a huge step towards peace in the region well today we are sure in a new era of peace between israel and the our road this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the our world in the last 26 years. but netanyahu specified that his an accession plans have not been outright canceled credit or only put on a temporary hold. the agreement brokered by u.s. president donald trump over months of discussions is seen as an unprecedented reshaping of the political order in the middle east it comes as a diplomatic win for trump just as the election campaign in the u.s. starts to heat up by uniting 2 of america's closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east. but not everyone is satisfied

with the agreement the palestinian leadership dubbed the deal of betrayal and demand that it's retraction of what the palestinian leadership affirms that neither the u.a.e. nor any other party has the right to speak on behalf of the palestinian people and does not allow anyone to interfere in palestinian or. or report on their behalf in their legitimate rights to their homeland. you're welcome as around the world the agreement is being hailed as a historic achievement the palestinians see themselves pushed to the sidelines. pandemic guidelines have brought dramatic changes to the way the 2020 presidential campaign is playing out in the united states gone over the large scale rallies and close up encounters of 2016 physical distancing also poses a logistical headache for polling day one reason voting by mail is in focus but the mail in vote has critics including president trump as we hear from de w.'s in

a sport. over 2 thirds of the u.s. voters will be able to make their choice by either mail in or absentee ballot in the 2020 election more than ever before in the history of the united states this is what this year's election battlefield looks like sounds ridiculous well donald trump has politicized mail in voting in absentee voting because he fears that this might lead to a great awarded her knowledge among democrats according to president trump made in voting is more susceptible to voter fraud even though there is little to no evidence for this he has already announced that he might not accept the outcome of the 2020 election undermining the most crucial tool of democracy the right to vote. he is unfortunately turning into a necessary carrying fakir and. he doesn't like democracy so much anymore it

seems like so i think it's really important for all of us to exercise our right to vote and i'm teaching that to my children. how people want to exercise their right to vote looks different from many in this year's election due to the 5. 1000000 downloads as a professor at cringe a pac university of connecticut and he has been teaching constitutional and criminal for decades i'd rather vote in person i'm used to doing that i've been doing it for 50 years but because of the pandemic i just don't want to go into a polling place where people are standing in line where i'm dealing with people who could be in fact where i have to cut your voting machines other people may have touched so i'm very much in favor of the absentee voting this year at least. deca demick has a very different take from the republican president compass been sowing doubt about

the reliability of this year's election results from the beginning of his tenure. the biggest risk that we have is mail in ballots because with the mail in ballots called universal mail in ballots it's much it is a much easier thing for a foreign power it's much easier for them to forge ballots and said the man it's much easier for them to cheat. the president's statements raise concerns that he might not accept to defeat and might try to remain in the white are concerns about even if the president doesn't refuse to leave it remains to be seen how its followers are going to take this they have already been primed to believe that if he loses this was an unfair alexion and that could easily lead to mass resistance even to violence in the street. the pandemic damages many aspects of life even the integrity of the democratic process itself. let's give you

a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic spain is responding to a spike in an factions with new restrictions including the closure of nightclubs and a ban on smoking in an outdoor area france has declared paris and more say high risk zones the decree gives authorities their powers to impose localised restrictions and new zealand's research an outbreak has spread beyond the country's largest city auckland officials say the cases are 2 people visited by infected family members from auckland. false information surrounding covert 19 has been responsible for hundreds of avoidable deaths in nearly $6000.00 hospitalizations in a 3 month period around the world that is the conclusion of a study published in the american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene the reporter. has been looking into this story for us and joins me on the set now oleg

it's good to see you tell us about the study's conclusions and how exactly they got there right so the scientists here have been monitoring social media news outlets and fact checking platforms looking for rudeness looking for conspiracy theories and for a stigma or related to the pandemic and they say they found what they call an infant demick off a false information the room is for the most prevalent group you must have heard some of them before for example the drinking bleach was strong alcohol so. it's an 8 hour 700 people diet a few months back in iran because they drank toxic methanol because of these remiss in india you've had remiss of cow urine being ineffective treatments similarly camel urine in saudi arabia people who got ill from drinking that on the stigma and the stigma group one of the big ones is that people of asian heritage or of chinese heritage have been have been physically or verbally attacked including health care because now this is because of the because of claim and unproven claim of course

that the people of chinese heritage were the ones spreading this virus of course you also have the conspiracy theories that this is a planned this is a planned pandemic that is a biological weapon and of course the big one that bill gates is behind the whole thing to sell vaccines of course it's important to say that these have all been debunked now the study identified more than 2300 reports of false information and this is just in the 1st quarter of the dissenters in 300 yeah well now this research was gathered earlier this year but clearly. distance of this information is still out there right it's only is now at one example that just just to pick one that has been making the rounds recently is that when you go and get tested for the coronavirus the swab that they stick up your nose they pass it through into the brain to open it up to other infectious diseases and i've had to test myself it did indeed hurts but i don't think you need to be a medical professional to debunk that theory but away from that what we can call

the tinfoil hat part of the internet you have much more powerful culprits out there one of course is donald trump just last week he he retreated a post from his own reelection campaign faming that children were virtually immune to the decease a claim that is no way proven and just a couple weeks before that video went viral in the us tens of millions of you views of a group of doctors again claiming that the malaria drug hydrox of chloral queen is a treatment for coated which again has not been proven that was retrieved by the interim son donald jr that was taken both of these streets were taken down by twitter now some new things are happening over at facebook they say they have taken down 7000000 posts with false information about coded just in the 2nd quarter of this year and they have also put warning labels on 100000000 or nearly 100000000

posts in that same period of time now this study by the american society of tropical medicine and hygiene they conclude that it is really up to the governments and to international organizations to tackle this problem but of course the social media giants will have to do their job too and this seems to be a way to go that i'm struck and and just shocked by the volume of misinformation out there let's hope that millions of people are listening to a leg or else a car right now thank you alike. now the penn demick mean some aspects of public life are restricted here in germany and that includes public swimming pools they're only allowed to admit a fraction of the normal visitors so it's little wonder that a recent heat wave is sending residents here in the capital fleeing to the cities surrounding lakes but that freedom comes with its own challenges. berlin in the

summer and the living is easy swimmable lakes are just a subway ride away stand up paddling afterwork no problem an august heat wave with temperatures over 35 degrees and strict visitor quotas on city swimming pools has sent people flocking to the lakes. it's great you can go in the water without freezing with this heat it's a nice way to cool off who. doesn't get that many really beautiful sunny warm days so when it's nice out you have to take advantage of it and that makes life more stressful for the people who enforce park rules like here at the show is a lake usually their job consists of walking around and making sure people are all getting along but now they also have to make sure visitors follow park rules. i'd say were over stretched on busy days there are 6 of us and 40 or 50000 visitors

that gives us plenty to do it's still early afternoon on a weekday the park wharton's have time to remind people to maintain social distancing. maybe move up a little bit so you're one and a half meters apart the park wardens already have their hands full with preventing forest fires protecting nature and resolving conflicts. on this one but. the number of swimming accidents is also rising after doing around they report to park manager. the record us senators know the coronavirus added a lot to our workload we can't just stop our fire protection efforts but there can be a lot of aggression between visitors we have to mediate that and also deal with corona so we try to combine everything and we appeal to everyone to exercise self discipline and responsibility. and discipline to build up and the park

wardens do what they can they hope that berlin's legendary and say named one of the world's most beautiful swimming spots by c.n.n. doesn't earn new notoriety as a coronavirus hotspot. sport now and the champions league quarter finals are underway like 60 on the experts and beat the favored athletico madrid 2 to one to advance the semifinals they opened up in the 2nd half of life 6 danny almost put the bulls ahead with a header in front of goal 20 minutes later a hard foul by cost him and provided athletic over a chance which felix converted to even the school like 6 winner came minutes before the end of the game substitute tyler adams became the 1st u.s. men's player to score in a champions league quarter final leipzig advance of the semi's to face p.s.g. . so what's the reaction like when

a team like leipzig pulls off such an upset sports journalist and he may ease on the ground in lisbon. leipsic you only formed 11 years ago they are very much the underdog team along with that so lance it would be to them by our essential man they are the story they often through so that 1st have a champions league semifinal they were playing in that 1st quarter final so it's an extraordinary story yulian noddles men their coach she's actually younger than leah now messi who's hoping to night to be going for a place him self in the semifinals of the competition i saw the game with some fans of sporting last night they are the underdog team of this city lisbon the capital of portugal behind the big rich a team of them faecal so the supporters of sporting in a very small bar near the stadium with the match took place that josie i'll fill out their home they were very very happy at the end the lights have made it through to the last of this competition it's an extraordinary moment for them as they aim

to become a german champion here and maybe we'll see byron as well perhaps doing the business later. many football fans would prefer to see by in munich in barcelona battle it out in the final and not in the quarter final but such was the look of the draw the match takes place in lisbon and is close to the public because of the pandemic but with the cream of the crop on the pitch there is still plenty of buzz in the city. it's not like there aren't any fans in lisbon welcoming their favorites some were camped outside the hotel barcelona players are staying at supposedly the next best thing if you can't get into the stadium. byron munich vs barcelona should be a celebration of soccer instead it's a muted classic to be played behind closed doors it pits not just 2 great squads against each other but it's also a meeting of superstars such as arguably the world's greatest player barcelona's

leonel messi purses the deadliest striker in europe this season byron's robert leaven dusty with $53.00 goals to his credit including many of those scored in the champions league. nor have this level i don't think there are favorites. yes we can count on having the best player in the world. but live and off city has 13 goals in the champions league this year. while he is so high on both teams that either one can wind up with it on a bus going a bit kanalz all will approach barcelona with the necessary respect we'll analyze them as we do with any other team you know we know our strengths and we will try to use them as much as we can on the 2 office who is doing this behind supplying it all comes down to this winning the coveted champions league title this is a giant version of the cup which is set up in downtown lisbon where fans view as they are can come together and also watch the games on t.v.

set up by local restaurants. but this is where they'd really rather be at the study or deleuze inside. you're all caught up on d. w. news coming up is d. w. news asia i'm michael okuda thanks for watching we'll see you with more news as over at the top be out. the for. the for.

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