good why do you oppose the environmental suit to global 3000 on t w. this is d w news coming to light from european union leaders including the german chancellor say they don't recognize election results that kept the russian president. in power these elections were not free and they were not fair and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections. just merkel says opposition protesters in

belarus deserve dialogue with luka shanker but the president isn't taking her call also coming up a military coup in mali. there's jubilation in the capital as president ibrahim hooper card cato's resigned saying no blood will be shed to keep him in power but international observers fear more instability is on the way. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us european union does not recognize the results of the recent election and better that has allowed president alexander lukashenko to cling to power that word from german chancellor angela merkel after an emergency video summit of e.u. leaders the head of the european commission added that europe is ready for a quote. peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus will provide detailed

analysis in the wake of that emergency meeting in a moment but 1st let's get more on the situation as it stands now in belarus. more workers joined the walkout in the past president alexander lukashenko could count on state employees to support him but he had to order managers to threaten them with disciplinary action if they joined a nationwide strike. some ignored those threats. even with the presidential challenger svetlana chicken of sky is still in exile the opposition is growing more confident they set up a coordination council in bellerose to organize a peaceful transfer of power. with the commission that i'm up we are only beginning to rebuild mechanisms to feel like a strong and independent nation yes of course it will be very difficult but we have

taken a step and we are setting an example for all to see how we can unite how we can work together and speak with one voice. but belarus is authoritarian leader is not ready to talk about ending his 26 year rule yet at a meeting with his security council he branded the opposition's actions a coup. what cuba will do the western countries that are behind these protests toss this other side to toss and demand no less than to hand them power we consider it a clear attempt to seize power with all the consequences of the protesters have already experienced brutal consequences and opposition activists shows photos of injured demonstrators he says were beaten by riot police 2 people have been killed during the mass protests and thousands jailed the violent crackdown has drawn

criticism from some of bellary says neighbors. but not from one important one. the bit of russian president vladimir putin received phone calls from german chancellor angela merkel and of the e.u. leaders on tuesday merkel said political prisoners in belarus must be released and there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully. but according to the kremlin putin's reply was to tell them to stop meddling in belarus where the powerful neighbors get involved or not the bellary see an opposition is planning their next step to bring league has rule 2 in and. let's cross over to minsk now where our correspondent nick connolly is standing by nick e.u. leaders today through their weight clearly behind the demonstrators and agreed to impose sanctions on look at those government is that likely to change anything in

belarus. well the thing is resolution has been under sanctions time and time again during these 26 years in power and they haven't pushed him out of the position palace here in minsk often being withdrawn years later without really doing much in return i think that would have much the way of direct effect on his ability to exercise power what it will do it will show really strong sign to people here on the ground in belarus that europe cares about the situation this country that europeans are following situation that's something you really notice here when you talk to people they are worried and keen to hear how far this situation is being followed in the rest of europe and what people think about it i think for now there wasn't really much more the europeans could do they're all big you're going to russian desprez in poland in ukrainian neighboring countries if you're in your home to see the presidential candidate who had to flee . so there is some support there for these opposition groups that are operating from those neighboring countries but beyond that this this change of power if it

comes will be decided on the streets of minsk and not with the help of european powers ok will europe clearly throwing its weight behind the protesters but russia has an interest in all this of course nic what is the kremlin saying about these latest developments. so far we haven't heard any specific response to these latest decisions taken at this summit but it puts that in it puts them in a very difficult busy. on the one hand we have seen attempts to. move closer to the e.u. off about 56 years of deep divisions of the ukraine of the crimea and on bass may be an end to some of the sanctions that have been imposed on russia now this situation better reuss really puts them into a dilemma russia doesn't see any real. thing to win in case to do so and it's been made clear time time again that the democrats and sees the roost as russia's nearest ally nearest neighbor that he plans to integrate that you

countries close into one kind of federal state so i mean a protest here that would take but to respond with russia is not something the kremlin seemingly would contemplate for now. nic we're getting reports that president lukashenko has ordered police to put down the protests in minsk is there any sign of that happening where you are. i mean terry they've been doing this for the last 10 days it's been a game of cat and mouse protesters and the police no central protest camp here means people coming out across the city across the country indeed not just protests but also strikes in the country's biggest companies but it's very clear that he is relying fully on security services the k.g.b. headquarters behind me here and sentiment is crucial to the survival of his government supporters have been absent there been a few pro-government demonstrations but it's being pretty clear that most people there don't necessary want to be that happy thought to go there by their employers so as difficult situation here but no sense in the protests that they're losing

hope that they're going to just simply stop coming out just because we think oh is still in power you get the people the sense talking to people here that they see this is the beginning of the end of anything. nic thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was only there in minutes. well as mentioned european union leaders just wrapped up a virtual round table summit in the last hour where they discussed the increasingly volatile situation in belarus when that disputed election earlier this month the $27.00 heads of government and top leaders met online to share their reactions to the crisis and coordinate policy going forward they decided to impose economic sanctions on the former soviet republic and its autocratic leader alexander lukashenko. chancellor going to michael then took questions from media representatives in berlin let's listen to a clip from merkel statement where she says the e.u. does not recognize the results of the recent elections in belarus sall president

alexander lukashenko re-elected fares been huge infringements against election rules these elections were not free and they were not fair and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections together in a common message of the member states we said clearly that we can dam the brutal violence. against the demonstrators as well as the imprisonment and use of violence exerted against thousands of belo rest we are calling for the regime of the government of mr shanker to cease. violence and the freedom of opinion and freedom to demonstrate must be guaranteed and we also called for an independent media so that people can get independent information. and that statement coming from chancellor angela merkel just about an hour ago our chief political editor mikhail and our brussels correspondent barbara bizzle have

been covering the e.u. summit for us mckillop just merkel made it very clear which side the e.u. is supporting in this standoff in belarus one of the main messages coming out of brussels well quite clearly brussels is now met what set out to hand off care the opposition leader called for she called on you does not to recognize these elections that is exactly what the e.u. did at the same time we heard the german chancellor there trying to avoid the impression that taking sides standing by the side of peaceful protesters could be interpreted by moscow as taking a side against russian interests in the region after all bella is clearly right in the middle of this fear of influence of russia as it stands right now that will be treading a very very fine line there she called for all e.u. leaders called for round table discussions a dialogue at the same time condemning these elections as neither for your fair

which usually is the role that election observers have but in the end by the rules didn't let them in this time around barbara e.u. member states often have difficulty finding a common law and dealing with foreign policy issues or are they standing together on this. they are terry and it seems like rather a sort of miracle they really have to right the tiger in this case because as micaela said they have to sort of tread the fine line between putin interests in their own interests to support democracy and to sort of help the belarus in opposition and they stand united at that point is and the reason for that is this unusual occurrence which creates a certain amount of happiness in circles is that all the eastern european countries are really unified on this they have taken a keen interest and we saw even

a special statement of the fall vision got countries right before this summit meeting who said that we support the opposition and better was need to decide its own fate and so on and so forth so they are really tone toeing the line of theirs because the thing is they are sort of all of them reminded of their own fights in their own parson 1989 culminating in sort of getting out of the eastern bloc sort of leaving the shackles and then they serve belarus now and there's some how see brothers and that really makes the e.u. so unified the east the eastern countries and there were some countries so who so often in other cases are at odds became this is clearly a tough challenge for the united for the for the european union at this point it doesn't want to see bloodshed on the streets of minsk they would like the european union would like to see perhaps a smooth and democratic transition of power in bella ruse how much of

a balancing act is it. well it's a very tight one is still seen as a bit of a political miracle that was achieved when the berlin wall fell almost 31 years ago right now and that was also the very historic moment of the machall started to call korea so she knows what she's talking about when she talks about run round table discussions she is from the east and she's very sensitive towards the interests of russia vladimir putin sees that as a historical mistake that the soviet union fell apart in the 1st place he will not simply when it comes to bell averse and we see it done in tonsils speaking here on behalf of e.u. leaders who is very very conscious of this very fact at the same time the e.u. has to uphold its values it is under pressure to really also communicate and demonstrate that it firmly stands behind democracy and human rights here but let's just remind ourselves of what happened in georgia or more recently in ukraine where

russia eventually simply an extent crimea region to fix what it saw as a historical mistake so we are in a very very delicate moment right now when it comes to geopolitical interests but more specifically over what's happening on the ground and whether those protests whether the reaction stays peaceful barbara many people are looking at this standoff. and they're thinking well external players are extremely important not just the e.u. but also of course russia what can we expect the e.u. to do next in dealing with the situation does that you have any leverage. the u. has a lot of leverage because if russia has the military as leverage and that of course as so often as i mentioned in ukraine for instance is seems to be the clinching argument so to say the e.u. has the purse strings they have economic leverage now putin is in

a very difficult economic situation corona has weakened the country further the drop in oil and gas prices if we continue and so on and for us it's a long list and they know as soon as the e.u. would really if he were to escalate this crisis militarily if the e.u. would then really turn against him was i had way is to support the opposition for instance that channeling to latino who is the neighboring country has strong historical ties to bella ruse to sort of help opposition leaders and sort of keep watch over this not lead up was being watchful and sort of keeping up the political pressure on this in order to sort of to sort of smoothes this along. and i was saying in unison it's a very delicate process delicate indeed thank you so much as our brussels correspondent barbara visual and here in berlin our chief political editor me thank you both. let's get

more input on this. attribute is a member of the european parliament from lithuania and he is the parliament's rapport tour on belarus thank you for being with us are you satisfied with the e.u.'s decision not to recognize the elections in belarus. well good 6 all i think it's it was a very timely e.u. summit. taking care of very good stand and clear line at keeping on. i'm very glad it was reconfirmed that's elections recently held and there was not a free of fear and elected to do so for self elected president look at this illegitimate i think this is a very beginning. there a beginning that implies that more will be coming what actions do you think should now follow this position by the e.u. . again we would have to notice

a very strong message by supporting could talk it's very. personal and economic sanctions against a look at shankar regime it's a very powerful message i'm afraid mr lucas shankar didn't to understand it's yet since today we see again rhiannon's and intimidation is back on the streets of minsk at least. and i mean to impose those sanctions i mean not to frighten by sanctions but to start is implementing and applying those sanctions as soon as possible it would be a very again it message to the white public in bellerose which cites the european union which is. a key a set of values for which the russians are so eager to go. a standing on so that's why the decisions are taken let's implement and see what we can zoom all you wanted to travel to belarus understand see what's happening on the ground here sell

since you are the e.u. is run our tour on that country you take it was canceled you mentioned sanctions do you think have any impression that that alexander lukashenko is going to be open for dialogue with the e.u. . well he might he might i mean he's a very smart dictator i mean to stay in public but for 26 years in the sense of if you were you know it's not given i mean you have to invent the situation you have to many people ate minds and hearts of people by political and economical means and i would say if you look russia into was really if. in fact successful to create a kind of mixture of latin america. you know dictatorships in africa mixture in europe it's very unique it's very unique but europe shouldn't extend a hand for. time is over and the dictates of should it should

understand it's from very beginning thank you very much for your insights that was paid to us austin beach just named a lithuanian member of the european parliament thank you thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. democratic party has now formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate to go up against all trump party officials from all over the country cast their votes for the former vice president during the all virtual democratic national convention. prosecutors here in germany say they are treating a series of traffic accidents in the capital berlin as anything but accidents they say an islamist terror attack is what happened 6 people were injured 3 of them seriously when the alleged attacker drove into several vehicles forcing a busy highway to be closed for hours reports say the man may also had

psychological problems. and japanese prime minister shinzo of a has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for a routine check up came just days after a top politicians said they appeared who worked took time out from politics a decade ago for health reasons is japan's longest serving prime minister. leaders of a military coup in the west african nation of mali say that they will bring about a political transition and hold new elections within reasonable time while these president abraham were carcase to announce his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his. months of protests over corruption and economic mismanagement while the events have been met by jubilation inside mali they've sparked alarm among international observers. to stay in bamako reads one newspaper headline mali and work up to

a new chapter in their country's history on wednesday less than 24 hours earlier rebel military leaders force president evo him boubacar kater from office. for some in bamako the coupe came as a welcome surprise. no we didn't expect this at all it was a surprise for everyone but since yesterday morning in any case the population has abandoned the president. i got to tell you the truth i'm very happy i'm very satisfied that the military intervened and really very faced. a day earlier shots fired in celebration president is led away by mutinying soldiers later resigning in a broadcast he called for calm. i accept their decision. because i don't want a single drop of blood to be spilled to keep me in powers of fear. probably not

because it is also appeared on state television following a transitional that would lead to fresh elections. we're not keen on power but we are keen on the stability of the country which will allow us to organize general elections within a reasonable time and this will allow mali to equip itself with strong institutions capable of handling our daily lives and restore the confidence. between the governing and the government. really. leading up to the putsch mali has been gripped by months of anti-government protests with many accusing cait us administration of corruption and incompetence especially when it came to preventing a jihad this insurgency from the north while the president's resignation was celebrated by those in the streets the takeover was roundly condemned by the international community eko was the west african regional bloc pledged to close land and able orders to mali as a result. this might feel like

a deja vu for some and military coup was launched from the very same army base in 2012 toppling that then president and sending the country into a period of chaos this time around the people of mali will be hoping for a smoother transition of power but it is still unclear just who that power will be 100 to. is following this for us is there broad support in mali for this coup well on the surface as we've seen in these images there appears to be with all these people who came who came out to the streets to welcome the military to welcome the soldiers in to bamako the capital as they went on to overthrow the president but that's just one large section we don't know about other parts of the country where there is little to no government presence some of these places are run by armed movement some of whom are sort of you know calm down and not fighting as they were before so

we see hear from those boss of the country as well but generally they seems to be this support because the government has not been popular lately this coup was preceded by months of unrest you said the government was not very popular what are the main grievances behind living up to its promises so there's complaints about corruption about nepotism about a weak institutional systems about his inability to handle the violence the jihad valance but also the ethnic violence that has been happening in different parts of the country says a long laundry list and generally people just saying this government is incompetent is it clear what the coup leaders are going to do next how this is going to play out well the leaders have promised to bring in a civilian transitional government that they say will lead to the elections less not clear who will make up that that transitional government it's not clear what the timeline is as well they're talking about reason a reasonable timeframe but that's anybody's guess as to how will. all that is going

to be of course a lot of other countries have an interest in what's going on in mali the european union at its summit today they also talked about what's going on there what about these neighbors what are other african countries saying about what's happening there in mali i think as we've seen from elsewhere in the world the u.s. the e.u. all strongly condemning this this coup with the word from echo us which is the west african regional body has been similar they've condemned it they've not given it any shred of legitimacy they've asked for restoration of constitutional order one major thing is to remember that a lot of african countries have gone through this kind of thing and they've not normally had a good outcome from it so a lot of africans looking at this will have some question about the military coming in and taking over and that's why echo us has come out with a strong statement to say you know there has to be a restoration of constitutional order democracy has to stand they don't want to set

of the wrong president with this and with this event tommy thank you so much for your analysis some of this was to do was tell me i love it oh indeed. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on t.v. news talking about says the e.u. does not recognize the recent election results and about the ruse that kept president alexander lukashenko in power this after an emergency video conference of the new leader. says she has tried to initiate dialogue between protesters and friends and the government but who could shake of has so far not taken her call. and mali and president ibrahim baba car kato says he will resign after a military coup in the west african country thousands of protesters are taking to the streets to celebrate but regional leaders have condemned the whole process. you're watching t.v. news from berlin i'm terry marchin to stay tuned for news changes coming up next

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