the european union will start building this case and these sanctions are expected to be in effect sometime in march what are the e.u. foreign ministers most concerned about until now leyla the european union has been somewhat limited in its sanctions toolbox when it comes to human rights abuses there are sanctions available for all kinds of things but when it comes to cases like the case of election of only like the case of undue abuse against demonstrators that you hasn't had a lot to a lot of tools to work with now it has this global human rights mechanism colloquially referred to as the european magnitsky act and that will allow it to to punish individuals seem to be responsible for human rights abuses and that's why this is a really important move in experts i spoke with leading up to this decision said it's very symbolic that the 1st time this mechanism is used is against russia sergei magnitsky was

a victim of russian abuses and this mechanism colloquially carries his name does indeed but what impact will it have what are they hoping to achieve specifically when they're targeting these 4 individuals that you reported on at the start of this conversation. well these high ranking officials are not by any means in president putin's inner circle and that's what really is believed to be what would have the most impact on the kremlin and that is something that alexina vollies chief of staff leonid. volkoff was here in brussels advocating for he spoke with foreign ministers leading up to this meeting and he and his supporters had a list of 35 names so they're certain to be disappointed about 4 names but he said this is still a step in the right direction let's listen to what mr volcker had to say ahead of the meeting be a different issue or that this not going to be dyleski up so even if it's

a little even if the world will be like a little bit disappointed for us it's well the 1st time personal some sanctions are applied as regards to human rights violations it opens the very 1st. own this was europe its sense a very clear message to. people who walk part of this regime and maybe this will contribute at least a small crack to a small split prisms the regime and people start to feel as of being close to putin is not as safe and pretty anymore as it used to be my terry of course not so long ago we heard from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov he said if the e.u. makes good on his threat to impose sanctions which it which it is doing right now we will break off ties with the block. yeah that's a that's a threat that sergey lavrov made a few days ago and he has walked that back a little bit it's highly unlikely that russia would break all ties with the

european union it can't afford to do so financially to be honest it may make some more steps in that direction politically i mean remember when joseph bruno was there in moscow they kicked out 3 diplomats simply for being president of all the demonstrations so there may be more moves like that in an effort to show the european union moscow's displeasure with these moves but it's highly unlikely that we'll see a full cut off of tuck in ties that said you never know with the kremlin you never know with president putin and i'm certain that there will be some some strong arm tactics to try to convince the e.u. not to make more moves in this direction however again that novell new supporters have 35 names on this list and only 4 are likely to be on this ancient so you know you have to balance who really won here involving supporters will be happy that any names are being sanctioned for human rights abuses but the kremlin can also say you know it wasn't as bad as it could have been terry in the 10 seconds i've got left

with you how much of this is damage control by the you have to that catastrophic a visit to brussels to russia rather to be to be fairly left plenty of countries had lists of people they wanted to have sanctions on before the trip to moscow there were government saying don't go at all and some of these sanctions were being drawn up before that trip however the way he was treated and the comments by the kremlin certainly coalesced member states around moving forward with this step today to diffuse brussels correspondent teri schultz reporting thank you. well next we turn our attention to the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace who is calling on the country for many more that country's military to mediately halts what he called its brutal force and repression he also demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners detained since the february 1st coup thousands of pro-democracy protesters again flooded the streets of major cities today as

a general strike shut down businesses across the nation or the marches continue despite the threats of legal lethal force from the military rulers. rallies across the country despite threats of violence ahead of monday's general strike me as military rulers raised the stakes warning demonstrators they were risking their lives if they continued their quote riot and anneke undeterred tens of thousands again flocked to the streets in the biggest act of defiance yet seen in this standoff. i was. scenes like this have been nonstop since a coup ousted democratically elected leader aung sun suu kyi 3 weeks ago the killing of 3 people by police has only served to make many protesters move defiant many have put their jobs on hold to keep up the fight and they say it's worth the

cost. but. today is a day for countrywide protest we don't want to stay under the control of a military dictatorship so we came here to join the protest regardless of lost salaries nothing will happen to me if my salary is cut but if we stay under the control of a military dictatorship it will become this slaves that. it's a sentiment felt in all corners of the country in the capital naypyidaw the same defiance. i'm joining the nationwide protest as a citizen of the country we must join the protest in this time without fail. so i've closed down my factory and join the demonstration. the big mob i would you know i know i'm joining the protests to fight against the gentle we don't want to be governed by the regime it's not worth working for the sake of

a group of people will fight against them until we win i'll join the protest every day. a generation unwilling to give up their freedom and return to a military dictatorship like the one they were born and. i want to turn now to journalist dave for greenbaum for more on the developments in myanmar mr edward abound help us understand who are the protesters and how much support is there for these the popular protests i mean the protesters in the country run the gamut from students university students to blue collar workers to white collar workers to doctors and nurses to lawyers to laborers i mean they just run the gamut and it is very clear from these demonstrations that they are by far the overwhelming majority of the country i mean keep in mind the government that the military got rid of that

they overthrew in a series or coup in february 1st one resoundingly lection by a massive amount back in november now you see these demonstrators and a lot of the demonstrators didn't vote for that old government that was an hour before the coup but they believe in democracy and they don't want the military in charge and it's very clear that the anti kook movement is the overwhelming majority of the population there's a ground all support a groundswell support for the protesters is the military crackdown galvanizing the protesters in ways that it didn't do before. yeah and we should be clear when we talk about you know crackdown they have it's not like in protest decades ago at least not yet where they've shot down massive numbers of demonstrators it hasn't gotten to the point at least not yet hopefully doesn't get there but you know the military with the fact that 2 protesters are manoli were killed over the weekend we had a young woman who died on friday she turned 20 years old while she was a hospital while she was on life support hospital it is just united that movement

has just added more fuel to the protest movement it didn't scare them away it got more people to come out. what makes this time so very different that people are basically willing to take the bullet. you know there's a few few reasons for this 1st off keep in mind that these people they got a taste of democracy these last few years it wasn't great there was a lot of promise this democracy was struggling to transition to democracy this country after 50 years of military rule but they got a taste of it and they also saw the economic tuning opportunities that were starting to open up and they don't want to go back to that and the parents and grandparents of today don't want their children to grow up the same way that they did secondly you know one of the signs that you've seen protesters hold up is you messed with the wrong generation and that goes to this smart tech savvy generation that has been live streaming demonstrations out even when local data networks have been shut down some of these demonstrators have foreign sim cards to try and get

that video out and the generals are keenly aware of the tech savvy lot of these demonstrators and the generals realize that if they were to open fire mass numbers of demonstrators that that video and information is going to get out relatively quickly whereas in 20071008 they could try to suppress that for a while trying less to do for good thank you so much for providing us some context sure thing. want to turn now to some of the other stories making news this hour at least ambassador to the democratic republic of congo has been killed in an ambush in the east of the country luka c.e.o. was traveling with a united nations convoy was near the city of goma when it came under attack at least the foreign ministry says an italian army officer police officer rather was also killed. investigations are underway after 2 separate incidents involving jet engine fires on boeing planes over the weekend in the

netherlands at least one person was injured after debris fell from a 747 cargo jet in the u.s. a large sections of a triple 7 engine fell on a residential neighborhood boeing is now recommending the grounding of more than $100.00 triple 7 jets worldwide. the united nations has opened its environment assembly with a call to make peace with nature the virtual meeting is bringing together $193.00 countries and represents the world's highest level decision making body on environmental issues well several speakers called for firm commitments from businesses to place the health of the planet 1st in 2021. schools are open to get for young children most of germany as despite slight increases in coronavirus cases in the country after more than 2 months of remote learning many primary school students are able to attend in person instruction

again class sizes are reduced the older students remain in distance learning. iran has agreed to allow limited u.n. nuclear inspections for 3 more months on the head of the international atomic energy agency negotiated the temporary agreement at crisis talks in tehran it could give negotiators some breathing room as they struggle to revive the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and will power. for rafael grossi the clock was ticking the moment he touched down in tehran he faced an imminent deadline to convince the rainy and leadership to drop a new law that would suspend u.n. inspections of its nuclear facilities but iran 1st wanted relief from oil and banking sanctions for now grassley has secured an extension of sorts we reached a. buy lateral technique of understanding

well by the agency he's going to continue this is that even if he gave and money towing activities for a period of up to 3 months but across he conceded that the un's watchdog will have less access than before iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif has already said tehran will restrict access to security cameras at nuclear sites it is clear that they won't get a foot. as long as the united states has not come back to full implementation of its agreement so the fizz also demanding compensation for sanctions he claims caused one trillion dollar. as worth of damage to iran's economy. under the terms of the agreement with world powers reached in 2015 the i.a.e.a. can inspect nuclear facilities in the country at short notice after the usa

unilaterally withdrew from the deal and re imposed sanctions 2 years ago iran suspended compliance with most of its key commitments under the pact thank you so much the current us administration under joe biden has signaled it is open to rejoining the deal on lifting sanctions but the 2 countries both want the other to make the 1st move at least last summer grossi had struck a deal to allow inspectors to visit 2 suspected nuclear sites following months of negotiation now he has passed the baton on to others my hope the hope of the 8 has been to be able to stabilize a situation which was very unstable. and i think these techniques understanding. so that other patients at other levels can take place a better one small diplomats are on the clock with 3 months to find common ground.

and i want to welcome now our to the program ellie jeremiah she is a senior policy fellow focus on iran and deputy head of the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations so good to have you with us well let's pick up for that report left off how likely is it that common ground will be found in the next 3 months. well the good news is that we now have a u.s. administration that has vowed to return to nuclear deal so if iran and the united states agree on the end point at the moment which is coming back into full implementation of this agreement what remains to be seen is if they can use this political opening created by 7 both iran and i with this latest agreement to actually pivot towards a very serious diplomatic track that the european union has now put on offer by bringing all the parties around one table to discuss how they can make this happen how is suspend receives in iran. well on

expected to be actually how would say. you know there has been a better deal on the table that i say at 3 months is i think a longer period than most would hope for when they were thinking about some sort of a side arrangement between iran and international inspectors so i think from the position of the iranian government and the political leadership surrounding it this is a good deal how mother it has created already some political backlash in iran's parliament which is majority of the hands of domestic opposition to the current administration in government and they have actually today voted to refer the case including the irani administration of things in there to the judiciary for review on the legality of this decision so there is

a not going to be sure to the mess that backlash and wrong what's at stake for iran . well iran economy has taken a major blow from u.s. sanctions over the recent years at the same time though that. inflation's that its economy is on the road map to growth very marginal growth but i am f.m. world bank i'm predicting growth for the coming year so i think that if iran. wants to meet its optimal economic growth projections it will need to push for us sanctions easing having said that and this doesn't mean that iran is willing to keep pitching late to us reasonable demands or at this point in time willing to actually change the goalposts all of the original mint green men struck at 2015 for some sort of a broader deal as some european governments and some within the united states have

suggested it's possible hard thank you so very much a rally sorry for the senior fellow focused on iran and deputy head of the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations appreciate your time. to serve in our communities of exiled wigger muslims fear that beijing's recent revocation of an extradition agreement with turkey could see them sent to china to face show trials or even imprisonment and torture turkey host the largest exiled population of wiggers in the world some 50000 almost are fleeing china's alleged attention of up to a 1000000 weekers and ethnic minorities has yet to ratify the agreement but exile wiggers are leaving nothing to chance doing their utmost to increase pressure on turkey not to approve it. her father her uncle her

grandfather several members of shamsi it could sheikhs family were arrested or detained in china because their weakness. for weeks shamsi has been joining protests in front of the chinese consulate in istanbul where everyone here has missing relatives everyone here is hoping for a sign of life easing didn't suck the blood i think these photos are all we have we're not dangerous we just want our families back i don't understand why they're not being released and why nobody talks to us maybe they are afraid of us or afraid of the truth how he got you know used let's make them call through a lot of stories like shamsi as can be heard by the dozen in the streets of the 18th hole in the istanbul district is the center of the exiled reka community in turkey but now their safe haven seems to be threatened turkey could soon rectify its extradition treaty with china for decades we guess flame prosecution in china

have found sanctuary here in tokyo the country house one of the largest we got diaspora communities in the world but now many tell us they no longer feel safe. like useful he works as a cook in a we go restaurant the thought of possibly being deep. what it worries him. to look good there so if turkey sends us back to china they will put us in jail forever or shoot us dead. lawyer. represents many legal refugees he has a folder full of extradition requests from china there have been no deportation so far as our gain the pressure from beijing is growing was upon them is that initial most especially during the coronavirus pandemic chinese investments have become very important for turkey's troubled economy 2 major chinese mobile phone companies have recently announced that they want to invest here and relies on the chinese

made vaccine i think china uses all of that to exert pressure on techie. with. china has given turkey massive financial support in recent he is with investments in infrastructure in ports and bridges but also with credits and loans however this has not affected the turkish position on the regus the ruling party says. this extradition treaty with china is about criminals we have similar agreements with 32 other countries it is extremely wrong to present it as an agreement again so we get brothers and sisters. to shamcey ikey cheek says she has always been grateful to the turkish government for its support of the weakest but should the extradition agreement with china be right to fight she feels her name could also appear on a deportation this band saw up there sticking up by my own activist the fact that

i'm searching for my father and other relatives makes me a criminal out in china. and now i'm afraid that what has happened to others could one day happen to me that. i does not want to give up her protest be silent disappear in the crowd. she wants for the fatal for the family to not be for. our real lives they have closed the gap on leaders byron munich's 2 just 2 points 6 security comfortable 3 no victory against her to berlin in a match that included another contender for goal of the season. the weekend has already started well for you the inaugurals men's like sick before they'd even kicked a ball by ends defeating frankfurter welcome boost for this bunch and they made sure to capitalize in berlin. i must south

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