well at the moment this feels like a very important development has the british government reacted. both for the moment they're really keeping their cool they're quite belligerently saying well this is their intention and they say that this needs to be happening in order to safeguard the good friday agreement and the internal market the trade within the u.k. however we also noted that there is a summit coming up in brussels in just a couple of weeks' time and we do know that the government would try to get some sort of agreement with the european union so they might be quite cool for the moment by might not be the last who knows whether this will last and whether this will maybe change when there is. face to face in brussels our xander is this the european union calling a boris johnson's bluff. well ali i think that it's fair to see it this way the

european commission did today what it was expected to do they launch infringement proceedings against london and it was a clear signal saying that they are not willing to play. london's game that they are ready to negotiate but at the same time that they are not ready to to adopt what the game or to to do what london is demanding and of course the european union understands the board's jonson's by raising the stakes he's trying to put to increase the pressure on the european union to agree to his conditions but i think also that start to say that the european union that britain needs to deal more than the p.-n. union does and that it's why brussels wants to continue the negotiations from a position of strength a bigger to seems like a very dicey approach that the u.k.

has taken to mean this is such a decisive phase in the divorce proceedings the british leadership prepared to walk away with no deal. well certainly they're trying. to explain that trying for it to look that way however we also know that there's a lot of pressure from within britain for example industry manufacturing industry calming effect or as i read begging the u.k. government to get a deal because we could see more or less the extinction of manufacturing at least of those like the car makers who really depend on the close relations and close trade with the european union but. also wants to hold his own he was elected as a leader who said we are going to leave do or die and who also accused the reason maze government of not really meaning to walk away without

a do you always said that this was the mistake of the make of them and it always looked like they needed desperately a deal and now they are really trying to show well if we if you don't give us what we want well then we will be prepared to walk away well alexandra time is running out there is a hard deadline at the end of this year is there enough time for all parties to overcome their differences what are you hearing in brussels. well time is running all that's what we hear here in brussels at the same time i think that we cannot rule out any think at this moment what we saw in the last weeks or complaints from bourse sides saying that you know a coup the accusing each other. for not being the germans to make progress. negotiators chief negotiators saying that they are disappointed and at the same time they also say that they still see a chance for

a deal in the and tell her we also have to add that it's important for the european union don't to give in to the brics to tears not to encourage should those within the law cool my belief that the future would. be better outside of the european union and i'm going to just a quick follow up you leaders are meeting right now for a 2 day summit to focus on foreign affairs is it being eclipsed by this latest decision by the commission. i don't think so what we heard from the leaders arriving here. it's not on the agenda we cannot rule out one of the leaders will bring that up but they're hot they have all their important topics on the edge and the same. they've been talking about it for weeks but so far no sanctions have been imposed and the tensions in the eastern mediterranean still lation with starkey oh also a very huge issue so i don't think that this developments today is going to overshadow

their meeting in brussels alexander phenomena reporting in brussels and better get my ass for you in a london a thank you both for you continued coverage want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. russia has offered to host talks to try and end hostilities in the congresses over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh but armenia and azerbaijan have vowed to continue the fighting that's killed more than $100.00 people since sunday is their most violent military engagement since the mid 1990 s. . major u.s. carriers american airlines and united airlines are putting a combined 32000 workers on unpaid leave both airlines announced the move separately on wednesday after congress failed to extend emergency funding for the industry travel bans have hit our allies especially hard during the pandemic.

you're watching to get when you're still to come. the gun a in far worse smashing stereo times is the 1st ever woman in her region to become a licensed tractor driver. that coming up in just a moment or 1st we want to turn our attention to hong kong where police there say they have made at least 60 arrests as people defied a ban on protests as the city marks the 71st anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china but officials denied permission for a protest march to take place citing security concerns and coronavirus restrictions but some activists stage small scale demonstrations nonetheless at an official ceremony chief executive carrie lamb credited hong kong strict new security law imposed by beijing with helping aquash massive pro-democracy protests that have tested relations with the mainland. gun shots as a protester the 1st in hong kong government's demonstration and the city's history

and the chinese through a life changing moment for the 18 year old student keep he was shot in the chest during a protest on chinese national day last october a bullet shot by the police nearly took a slight as he was last only a few centimeters from his heart. we showed them the kids are legal white see many protesters including myself. well prepared to make sacrifices and even get wounded when we took to the street. because what i thought of losing my life in this movement. hardly what i was lucky enough to survive the gunshot. who so you know it's all a child died or function. there's been a shot that triggered school strikes now one year later suddenly a struggle in what is more the injuries but also 3 criminal charges by the hong

kong government which has sent him behind bars for up to 7 years and other student protests to choke me face the same sentence he's also among those shots with life around stuff cheap these pills can barely is his face a campaign having his spine is fractured a kidney and part of his liver removed trauma looms over his everything life attempted robbery obstructing police and the state the last 30 pages to 22 year old child at court 3 months why why are. they ok the police officer didn't warn me at all it's unreasonable for him to use the most lethal weapon immediately even though i was unarmed i've been so traumatized the very day or not passed by the shooting scene again and i often cried i can't stand for long periods of time and have to go to the hospital whenever the pain gets to one bearable. who is justified firing a life well that's

a self defense while killing the child caught it excessive force home close call to prove to privates prosecution files by an opposition lawmaker over the officer who shot a child but the justice minister took a rare move to intervene as it tried to request a case is that child is there planning to sue and is are equally against the police don't eat the same but they all thought he rejected his legal aid to happen cation . by claiming the gunshot reasonable. for the us how to bring what they call riotous to justice more than 10000 happiness rested and over them were prosecuted have a frame time nothing to point out that there have been the best to prosecute a lot of optical despite numerous light. there you see day manifest the intolerance against dissidents what we protesters do is deemed to be wrong the authorities sleeplessness troublemakers so want to protest or my right to speak up will be

suppressed even more severely. than the stakes are even higher now as people can be jailed for their speech under the national security law . but i believe the movement isn't over yet. it's just continuing in another form so i talk. to students feel hopeless just as the pro-democracy movement to find a way out in pursuance of justice they will try every means a stone as they used to free to do so. all human rights are under threat in hong kong and across the world and just like the activists that we've just seen there are those that the fend them as well with the right livelihood award aims to recognize their achievements also known as the alternative nobel prize this year it's being awarded to individuals and groups fighting for peace and equality in belarus iran nicaragua and the us. the right

livelihood award foundation is again honoring people who peacefully defend basic human rights around the world they will katzenbach to know who democracy is under threat all over the world that's why we want to send out a signal to the world in defense of democracy. american lawyer bryan stevenson a prominent member of the black lives matter movement will be one of this year's laureates he has promoted the fair treatment of african-americans in u.s. courts for decades i was at a moment when there's a lot of uncertainty. efforts to achieve justice in america so deeply appreciative to the selection committee it was kind of recognition both ski and the bell of risk in democracy movement will also be honored young outs founded the human rights organization be us now some 25 years ago i let's be. honest. it's now will receive the prize for their promotion of human rights and

democracy and alexander lukashenko groups which can rightfully be called europe's last dictatorship seize the. iranian human rights lawyer nasrin sotoudeh day will also receive the award she's currently serving a 38 year jail sentence the 4th award recipient will be lottie cunningham rent of nicaragua and advocate for the rights of indigenous people in her country the right my plea hood award ceremony will take place in stockholm on december 3rd hearing that meant that and joining us now is a lot to kind of them around one of the 4 recipients of the right livelihood award she is committed to environmental protection and the genus people in nicaragua a very warm welcome and congratulations mr cunningham what does this award mean for you. well firstly i would like to go and the plea save my gratitude to receive this hour i did and i want to express my

sincere directly to the group when their rights lay reward and for us is that very important that the. experience in a deep and serious human rights crisis in the east and these have the nicaraguan states has been practiced scenes restriction as the city since close in spaces and apparatuses south in seclusion and that there erased and and this process and there can safely have and still have actually was in fact in the very very af in the generous people and after this in the in the caribbean cool cephalic or so for us is very poor because the current situation have missed the birth this is serious human rights the and they only shan which is their consequence for the life and the there is very and then the lack of action by

nicaragua states to protect their life and their rick perry asking the generous community in these. huge impact 'd in the your life now you are obviously trying to shine a light on all these issues that you've outlined what is your single biggest challenge at the moment for you to be able to do your work. well why not have over moles chance being you know we the international. to see for justice for might be good who brought that mother in the chair because we had the so far in i am humanly theory and crises for the forces these policemen from the there is there is and it. companies coming and foreseeing might be to leave because the.

ethnic there our government giving grants a chance to my. den and cut in ranch so is why. you would be there in action and. dual seek for justice. and the. land rights for indigenous people very important issues are there that your raise a lot of kind of them around the recipient of right livelihood award congratulations again. very much. want to fill you in now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world belgium is back on the german government's list of high risk areas in the corner virus pandemic cases there have surged and the overall death toll has surpassed

$10000.00 jim he also warned against travel to iceland and parts of the u.k. including wales and northern ireland. russian opposition leader alexina volley has accused president vladimir putin of being behind his poisoning with a soviet era nerve agent of only has posted comments online as his recovery interim he progresses and his 1st interview of all he said i don't have any other versions of how the crime was committed. now get ready to meet a young woman breaking stereotypes and blazing trails literally to become norman got his 1st ever a licensed female tractor driver and when she does that we hand the wheel repairing her fear she's encouraging other girls to try out farming too. whenever the tractor ropes across the bumpy field. she was a rush of joy she's the 1st female. to integrate the farms. of tamani it's 26 year olds. have

made her a role model for many young farmers. out of the 1st. region dry and then. also excited. when i came back to people and so on nice to see you in my face in history to driving a truck. and do today mate is like my joint. and . just a few kilometers away he came up to radio station. where he also hosts a radio show on his show she gives advice to pharmacy madonna's region she office tips and advice for growing green raising cattle and the right kind of harvest yeah radio is very important because. most of their population over 80 percent of the

population especially in parts of. do not tough process to. kick him out who wants to help them the majority of people in ghana are dependent on. small farmers often lack of specialist knowledge so. this radio show. young women also benefit from the program they lend how to increase yields and provide better. benefits a lot and so i can sell the eggs buy food for my family and i can give the eggs to my children and to call them so they stay home and they will be my. turn. to always welcomes positive feedback she's now qualified as a senior. this means she can repair the truck to herself and offer more tips about

truck has she spearheading a path for other young women like yourself and it's keen to convince them to enter the world of agriculture will mention will go into farming because farming if you're going to read it's. easy comparing it to. farming is easy and then you can get some money so if you're going to farm and you make money then you help your family. radio presenter truck driver role model he came out to is driven by the support office she dreams of a future where even more truck drivers like a will be able to feed themselves and their families. art is all about challenging boundaries and artists are no strangers to crossing

borders when it comes to self-expression from paint pop song to sculpture and exhibit here in germany showcasing the creations of artists who work both in the visual arts and in music. oh. laurie anderson gained fame outside the art world with the song oh superman which reached number 2 in the u.k. charts the video to the hit single is on display in the exhibition hall lives. we ask music journalist and pop expert christiane bose to explore the show with us . artists also make music as an act of liberation from the rigid rules of ardent. fan that's what this show is about the freedom of art and the way fine artists disregard the rules of their musician

colleagues fearlessly and innovative late 0000 no has shifted between performance art and music for 60 years she's considered a hunk of art. he's given her voice cracks and if you look at different kinds of heavy metal singing for instance a priest say just so much for that was our life. my the exhibition contains a number of challenging acoustic experiences but there are also clues ing and catchy videos icelandic artist cock knockout and so on addresses the role of the artist in his work in his music video the one he appears as a pop artist. unconventional

completely bypassing the classical rules of composition that's a common denominator of all the videos displayed on the boom filling screens in the been disclosed. mike kelly an art star of the ninety's also had a band destroy all monsters. with a group which is fine art and which is music they're very closely related. to the political artist's collective noir slovenija couldn't stop or use will be in your heart also makes music under the name libre provocation image and sound here they cover a freddie mercury head. on and then the former favorites clean crumble away you know rock music lived in the olden rock talks about freedom and sells you fascism and here is a band that uses fascists that expire and actually sells you freedom of the occult

and they can find out. whether it's deliberate rule breaking or just out of a sense of fun the 50 music videos in the exhibition show artists who play around with rock or pop star poses dissonant provocative and delightful. are right now the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour the european commission president or so vulgar alliance says the e.u. has begun legal action against the u.k. government of prime minister boris johnson for violating the brics it were drawn the greeks. and police in hong kong ever arrested dozens of activists who were defining a ban on protesters on china's national day holiday officials have denied permission for rallies citing security concerns and quantifiers restrictions. coming a raise up put the focus on europe with a look at both groups and the women who are standing up to the question go don't forget you can misstep today by visiting us online and you can see they're called

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was a gentleman much as i'm hala to expand for democracy him in belarus will not back down in the face of violence cropping up feel for a tear in regime. they continue to demonstrate on to mom before socratic president stepped down getting them up and gets women processed look at shinnecock got some goods from her. on d.w.i. .

every to say. a person is forced to flee their home nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises around the world. forgetting when i didn't go to university to kill people that i don't know or to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone having in many and if i don't they'll kill me. people with their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad. scares me the most about this state to rise is that someday we won't even see the relief. but what will become of her stay behind it's if

my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. sent down. starts oct 16th. hello and welcome to focus on europe thanks for joining us the day europe's a last remaining strongman is clinging to his seat there are o.c. and the look assange is doing everything he can to remain in power although the e.u. doesn't recognize him as the legitimate leader of the country.