about the people who have bravely taken to the streets who have cold types of uses i hope they can have all the freedoms that we take for granted the freedom to protest freedom of opinion. all these things must be fought for and bell rings and it's what the people want. they should be able to achieve independently without any external interference from any side. let's get more on this now with my colleague and your. new politics to see on what you make of the chancellor statement done below us. i think it was a strong statement on belarus brian and at the same time it was a plea for restraint to repeat what the chancellor has said she said 70 of belarus should be respected and that she hoped that the forces we heard about the the russian forces putin announced that they wouldn't be deployed she

stressed that it is important that the people of belarus can protest can demonstrate s. they wish without any interference from any side asked by john list for the. violent line of action from the security forces in belarus not only against demonstrators but also against drawing a list of said that this is not acceptable and she added i found that very interesting that she wanted to talk to alex on the look of sankoh and try to reach him on the phone because it is important to keep up the dialogue but he declined to talk to her so far at this summer press conference annual event journalists international journalists as well asking the chancellor a range of questions one of them was about alexina vali the russian opposition leader currently being treated for suspected poisoning here in berlin let's take

a listen to what he had to say about that it's been vehemently we will do our best to find a small shop and but our ability to do that here is limited once we're clear about what actually happened like in the case of mr powell we will strive for a coordinated european response not just responses by individual states this is not just a german problem even though germany has taken in mr. a much more cautious no there why isn't she taking a tougher stance on than of all the case. i think she has been pretty clear on the novelli case and on russia's role there as well brian when when mr novelli fell ill a few days ago she gave a joint statement with the german foreign minister and this in itself is already on usual america and the foreign minister they are pressing russia to

investigate the case and full transparency and i know america said she sees an obligation to clear up the case and right after the press conference germany's foreign minister said that there will be diplomatic consequences if it proves that it is indeed as they used to initiate it might attempt ok that investigation into whether this was a poisoning what happened exactly still on going on here thanks so much for that well european union has agreed to impose sanctions on senior belorussian officials accused of electoral fraud and cracking down violently on protesters that decision was made by european foreign ministers meeting here in berlin they also argue that urge rather that russia should not intervene in belarus that after russian president putin about all turns support for the country's battles leader president

alexander lukashenko. these top diplomat said the bloc was working to bring in the belarus sanctions as quickly as possible there was a political agreement among ministers to dissing nate selected individuals responsible for different elections in their research and for the subsequent. under the existing sanctions regime. so could the e.u. move at some point to punish president lukashenko himself earlier i asked our correspondent alexander phenomena about the sanctions. when we talk about. it's clear that the sanctions are calming the u. foreign minister are quite clear here that there are coming and that they are trying to impose them as soon as possible we are talking about targeted sanctions against against certain individuals officials we didn't get

a full list of those people on the on the sanctions list because it's still being worked on but this is a clear sign that the. going to punish those responsible for violence against protesters and for election fraud however it's not clear yet or it doesn't seem going to be on this list in the 1st phase of imposing sanctions as you diplomats chief diplomat put it if the situation is going to get worse on the ground if the violence against protesters are going to continue. certainly going to target himself as well. well the e.u. foreign ministers also threatening sanctions against turkey because of its escalating dispute with member states greece over gas and oil exploration in the mediterranean now is that strengthening athens position in the dispute or

correspond barbie's will put that question to greek foreign minister. miss you had a foreign policy success at this miniseries meeting in berlin the e.u. is willing now to consider sanctions against turkey can you let us know the details well i would not consider this success for us we consider this success for a common european family the fact is that in the southeast the mediterranean we are facing turkish aggression turkish legal behavior behavior which goes against international law and international law of the sea so within our family we have agreed and that in case taken does not come back to its senses does not come back to the process of dialogue and process according to its the respect of international law international law office she's paramount sanctions have to be the order of the day but these what has been agreed do you think that greece and maybe

the european union should have intervened earlier is this something that you missed should things have been taking a bit harder early in the game when you have to say it's even worse they don't view each other through radios they view each other statements as you know we had an accident last week and be jenny's thanks to the cup and some of the to seep in mainly the greek up to me for this collision has been avoided but i had to say that the problem is the turkey does not understand the limits and the remove the limits are all pushed the limits of all international law international of the sea and i have to say that if there is a mistake in the part of the union if there's a mistake in the blood of the united states is that they have not spoken directly with a clear enough language but i think after today's meeting these could be put you know so what do you find in these things should happen would greece be willing to sit down at the negotiating table somewhere maybe in stockholm and talk to turkey

was all parties involved and figure out is the new. figure out in agreement with everyone we can do that as well but we have to have terms of reference and what are the terms of preference that's a discussion it's clear international law international rules of the sea and also if we may respect of human rights because there's real issues intrigue about human rights but good again if there is we to come clean of the standing with you you know with greece with cyprus we would be perfectly happy but if you're going to miss that then yes thank you fareed thank you so much thank you. let's get your briefed on some of the other stories making the news at this hour a court here in berlin has overturned a ban on demonstrations the saturday against coronavirus restrictions and said the protests could go ahead if organizers adhere to strict conditions city authorities

tried to stop the event citing concerns about spreading the coronavirus thousands of people ignored distancing rules at a similar protest on august the 1st. japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says he is stepping down due to poor health is long suffered from ulcers but said his condition had worsened in recent weeks the downswing comes just days after he became the country's longest serving leader is expected to stay in office until his party chooses a replacement. a teenager has been charged with killing 2 people and injuring a 3rd during protest against the police shooting of a black man in the u.s. state of wisconsin call rittenhouse faces 6 criminal counts including murder authorities believe the 17 year old was inspired by self-styled militia groups on social media. u.s. president donald trump has accepted the republican party's nomination as their

candidate for president he said he intends to save the american dream after the november election trump attacked rival democrats saying they were on the side of violent protesters and were responsible for recent unrest in the country. large crowds are gathering at this hour in washington d.c. to take part in a march in support of racial justice under the motto get your knee off our necks and the racism protestors descended on the u.s. capitol after the police shooting of african-american jacob blake reignited tensions over police violence tens of thousands are expected to take part in the march on washington national mall. well as people continue to gather there let's have a look at the historic significance of today's event and its venue. the national mall in the u.s. national capital home to the greatest symbols of american history and political power and of the country centuries long struggle to overcome racism

a major milestone in that struggle was august 28th 1963 when martin luther king jr brought his nonviolent civil rights movement to the mall formally known as the march on washington for jobs and freedom it's not the only such rally to have taken place there but it remains the most iconic and one of the largest 250000 people from across the country took part king was the last of several civil rights leaders to speak that day from the steps of the lincoln memorial. which lionize is the 16th u.s. president who is credited with ending slavery a century earlier king delivered what many historians call one of the best speeches of the 20th century i have a dream he said that his children will one day not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character 57 years later civil rights activists are still fighting for that dream to be fully realized in june this year during the

memorial service for george floyd civil rights leader reverend al sharpton called for a new march on washington floyd's death a result of a police officer pinning him to the ground pushed the u.s. into months of unrest. and march please don't keep up and we don't keep watching the change. sharpton is national action network is organizing the march which will be attended by king's eldest son and families of recent victims of police brutality. coming up one historic election in this kind of country where voting needs to be assessable to all communities and not just some communities where the government needs the fun fun voting i'm so we're coming to ensure that we have the right to vote we have access to the ballot we're also being heard being represented in protected by people who are supposed to protect and serve us sharpton march is unlikely to overshadow king's but organizers hope it will ensure that racial inequality remains

a political issue as donald trump seeks reelection in november. and will be bringing you full coverage from the national mall in washington d.c. over the next few hours i'm brian thomas for now from all of us here in berlin thanks so much for being. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. 19 special next on d w. every day counts for us and for our planet. the ideas is on its way to bring you more

conservation. how to make city street. how can we protect our tickets. we can make a difference to. the ideas the environmental series of little 3000 on t.w. . you could see it from space shown in raid china's air pollution cleared up dramatically during the great lockdown. less traffic and closed factories so thick smog keep way to blue skies. air travel is responsible for 7 percent of greenhouse gases long haul flights are down 90 percent. could the looked on be a road map to a green a future. we've seen with the drastic measures that china has taken with regard to

corona that the nations. i've gone down seriously so people are working from home manufacturing a slowdown so these are the kinds of drastic measures that we will have to take for climate change no one wants a 2nd lockdown but we've caught a glimpse of a list polluting world the challenge is aiming for that while avoiding the damage to our livelihoods and the economy. the blue economy is thriving thanks to the global quality disruptions to industrial fishing has seen some fish stocks explode that's brought back these guys to places like portugal but i think it's a stage when everything returns to normal the fish could run out again we'll bring you that report in a moment 1st german chancellor angela merkel says the world is not doing enough to come back climate change she's pledged to accelerate efforts. for this quite say he is from the whole research institute on global commons and climate change felix

how do you balance the planet's needs and ours does that mean changing our consumption habits. it may mean that. all. who. post. who have. been at a political level europe's largest greenhouse gas a meter is germany and germany would have missed its 2020 climate targets hadn't it been for the pandemic it slashed emissions basically for us. carbon pricing mechanism for the industry and transport sectors is is that an answer in your

opinion. yes definitely like economists consciousness they don't think one of the best place and like you have to kind of buy as a model of the plan that you have already. and sometimes a matter of that we don't want to promise it's like the one who can. read the amount and he and the ball all the. profits off the cost. of just. that's the biggest concern i guess is jobs because if you start getting industry or all these companies trying to foot the bill i'm sure they're going to say well we're going to have to lay off stuff we're going to have it up about who the. industry is who was. on the on the rules of opportunities digitization or the high quality just so it's

really about i get into this and not just be on the. oso want to post a level lot i can't believe the amount of discarded mosques i've seen on the streets people just don't seem to get it i mean it's hard enough to get them to wear a mask in the 1st place but they can't even throw to tobin afterwards how do you get the health of our planet through to people. i want to miss the. need. to go. back. i want to have to respect. the mom and if you don't know who has to sort of pressure and who can hold it could look to a few. who say for who they have and never see the connection effectives i'm optimistic because i mean you do see that people are very worried very scared about their health all of a sudden. and it's

a disconnect almost because the health of our planet i mean a healthy planet would mean a lot healthier lifestyles for us. that's the interesting thing. i think also. on the planet. but. there. is this one. and it's obviously a 2 way street. from the medical research institute on global commons and climate change thanks very much for being on the show today and you're. well on the state of our oceans the last time a global crisis hit the fishing industry was the 2nd world war the closure of the north sea about cod and haddock to thrive there were big catches throughout the 1950s something similar is happening in portugal.

for the people of lisbon this is nothing short of a small miracle dolphins have returned to the river takashi estrie as a biologist inish claro often went dolphin watching in the azores today she works as a sailing instructor because of the pandemic and finding work is tough especially because there are no tourists. but in addition her boss say this is a silver lining is the end of the war miss year there are more sardines and macro in the ocean that's what the dolphins like feeding on there's dispersing specific. there are massive 50 kilos stones bass as well huge sea about us and we've never seen this many sardines. principle. they say the water quality of recent tog has

improved a lot due to the lockdown that on the decline in industrial fishing as encourage the dolphins to return and the fact that no noisy crew ships are harboring in the portuguese capital helps too as dolphins are very sensitive to noise. but i think of the large ships are very invasive dolphins are disturbed by them and avoid swimming up the river we. know it was. this huge vessels are not docking here right now due to the pandemic the authorities and there's been a using this time to make the city more environmentally friendly they've pledged that by 2022 docked crew ships must stop their motors to reduce emissions. you could eventually every cruise ship docked in lisbon will have to be connected to the electricity grid to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions or cut pollution in the city with the other guy the. initial hopes that the expected him. movement and

water quality and decline and noise pollution will keep the fish and the dolphins near the beach that way lisbon could live up to its nickname of europe's green capital long after the pandemic is over. and what better time to ask if the global battle against the coronavirus is actually working let's take a little look at the most up to date data that's come through from over 200 countries and territories new cases have doubled in 29 countries had increased in 70 countries in all new case numbers stayed at the same level in 10 nations 73 countries have seen new positive cases for cope with 19 go down new the reported case numbers haft in 16 countries and 11 have reported no new cases for 4 weeks in a row he is the bug graph stacked up against the statistics of the last weeks remember the battle is won when that entire chart is blue there is

a long way to go another part of the show when derek williams takes over the helm our science correspondent has been looking into your questions on the corona virus . what's dangerous is the pneumonia why not find a cure or treatment for the pneumonia instead of the virus. pneumonia is a blanket term that's generally defined as a more or less serious inflammation of tissue in your air passages and or your lungs it can be caused by a number of different pathogens both both viral and bacterial pneumonia that cove in $1000.00 can cause is generally initiated by the virus and can't be treated for example with antibiotics which only kill bacteria when they're infected with source code to the cells in the small sacks in their lawns where gas exchange occurs what

are called the alveoli begin to die and clog the lungs up and that can eventually lead to what's called an acute respiratory distress syndrome as the pneumonia progresses the situation can be exacerbated by the immune system causing massive inflammation which is which is supposed to help get the infection under control but which can actually make things worse so so treating or curing coronavirus pneumonia means either addressing the problem at its root which is the sars code to infection itself or somehow toning down the body's immune response to it when it goes over the top. in other news e.u. trade commissioner phil hogan is resigning amid allegations he breached lockdown restrictions in island and we could go going to tender to go for dinner with over

80 people sparking a national outcry the irish government says his actions undermined public confidence. so. now what do you miss from pretty locked down days i've certainly got a long list if live concerts is one of them well this next story might be one for you tell near los angeles is now holding rooftop gigs and give everyone the best seat in the house with balcony views of the action below california has called off thousands of concerts tours and music festivals because of social distancing rules . because it's a nice chance to isn't good music and get some fresh air the same folks. quite a lot of rooftop parties going on as well as had i been fizzling nice to have you

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