this is deja vu newsline from berlin the ballad reuss opposition leader in brussels pushing for sanctions against her own country's leadership that is the setting as european union foreign ministers gather to debate penalties on president alexander lukashenko and others masterminding the crackdown on peaceful protests and indeed. also coming up to the banks at the center of the illegal deals totaling some 2

trillion dollars a massive investigation finds financial institutions facilitated corruption that money laundering on behalf of criminals. and the emmy awards handed to the watchman again and again the h.b.o. drama takes a lebanese and a mostly virtual extravaganza will print your graphic. i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us foreign ministers are meeting in brussels where they are trying to break a deadlock over imposing sanctions on bello russi and officials and president aleksander lucas shango the block has a list of some 40 officials have blamed for violence against anti-government protests and electoral fraud during last month's presidential election but cyprus is blocking those sanctions because it wants measures to be taken. against turkey

on a separate issue now exiled pelosi an opposition leader spent land. is at the meeting in brussels and she is trying to keep up the pressure on the international community to take action and a short while ago she gave an impassioned plea on behalf of the ballad we've seen people. use. in the. beginning. and indeed in. the. in the in the in the in the. in the. even if it was in the. field which is. just the interview. that you. let's get more on the story now with our correspondents we have alex on the phenomena in

brussels and nick connelly in minsk good to see you both aleksandr let's start with you there as you were at that press conference where. i spoke what else did she have to say well i found it quite interesting how she described her meeting with the foreign minister and saying that she has asked them for hope that the opposition in miller was understands that there really needs help to change the facts on the ground she also told us that she believes that sanctions are very important because they can force the regime to listen to what the people of barrels has to say and in the end so she was very diplomatic describing this meeting but in the end she'll also told us that her message to the e.u. foreign minister was to tell them to be braver and to be bolder and that of course could be seen as an indication that maybe there are figures within the opposition who are becoming impatient and who really wants the repeal of the union to to it take.