banks preventing them from providing new loans to be a le ruth. then a ban on imports of protest from b was feel a roofs in the is the biggest potash producer in the world. and there will be also restrictions on imports of to baker to tobacco and on on the import of oil products. and this is really something that has the potential also of hurting and lucy and economy. alexandra, we also know of course, russia the most important ally of belive roost the foreign ministers are also discussing a new strategy on russia today was planned there while there is a broader agreement of that to the european union needs and use strategy to deal with russia but at the moment we don't think we don't see anything real new and those discussions according to your foreign policy chief, yours forever. there are 3 key words here. first of all,

push back. that means that the, you have to push back on the human rights violation the, the violations. the key word here is to constrain meaning that the, you should constrain russia's attempt to undermine use interest through, for example, cyber attacks. and the 3rd word is to engage, meaning that the european union should engage in a dialogue with russia when it's possible on climate change, for example. but that is something that we have heard before. however, this is also the 1st opportunity for the foreign ministers to meet and talk after the summit between the u. s. president and the russian president last week. so it will be interesting to, to see whether the foreign ministers will have something new to say about the relations with russia after this day of talks in luxembourg, alexander phenomena in luxembourg. thank you. so let's take

a closer look at those targeted sanctions. the western powers have already been using against bella rule. they have been in place for the better part of 20 years. have they had an impact on lucas shan't go? well d w analysis using freedom of speech and freedom of the press, among other parameters to measure bella risky and democracy has found a little positive change since they were introduced. the recent mass protest may have had some positive effect on democratic participation, but those games have been short lived with little find that 2 decades of sanctions have encouraged democratic development developers. let's get more. we are joined by d. w. sandra peterson, who is head of the research and investigations team here at d. w. thank you so much for joining us, sandra. what does this mean? does it mean sanctions don't work? looks like it when you just see the graph, but it's not as easy as that. i mean,

what we have seen for foreign bella is mainly targeted sanctions only, which means freezing of asset freezing of bank accounts of the elite already $88.00 persons plus 7 entities. on that blacklist doesn't more will most likely be added today. and that is also in an effort, applying targeted sanctions only to protect the population from negative sanctions from the effects of sanctions. and that has happened in iraq. if we all think back to the 1990 s, we saw an almost total economic blockade of iraq. southern was saying then dictator, state in power. but millions of iraqis suffered from the negative consequences of new sanctions and that should never be repeated. that's why we have targeted sanctions as the flavor of the day s i may say. but when we look at what the e u is planning, now we will see the broader economic and also financial sanctions hitting both the

regime and the population. because if you hit the sectors of the economy like the 30, like the, or the oil industry, that of course is causing damage at which will be felt by everybody in the country . absolutely. and the logic with the targeted approaches that those implemented members then who are, who are perhaps close to lucas shank. oh, well then maybe influence the situation. put some pressure on it. you've been analyzing, though, some of you know, sanctions and their effectiveness in particular health. what you've been sort of finding in that analysis, i mean the success of sanctions, really heated debate among scientists as well because so many of the effects are very hard to measure. for instance, the political thickness that sanctions to send to autocrats at large not just for luca, shanker but also to others and positive sickness to these suppressed opposition. and we are standing by, you know, that is also something that is very hard to measure. but in terms of she and

numbers, we looked, for instance, at the success rate of trevor bent and the past 25 years. and we came to the conclusion that about a 3rd of them 36 percent bit lead to some thought of confession from the sanctioned state. let it be the release of political prisoners or engaging in talks or reduction in violence. broader sanctions had an even highest success rate, roughly 40 percent, but here comes the caveat. i mean if you look at the sanctions they were effective in all forms of government. if it's hot and or talk with sees like bill root is and that success the rate shrinks from 40 percent to 26 percent. wow. okay so so not, not terribly good results for a country like olivers in particular. sandra peterson, joining us. thank you so much and bela worth the liter. alexander lucas shan't go, has managed to maintain his firm grip on power,

despite major protests within the country and international pressure. helping to keep him there is the country secret service and the climate of fear. they've created. the soviet dictator yoseph stolen lose larger than life at this military theme park, near men's people from all over billers have come to celebrates a so called border guard day. many like the support alexander lucas shanker. she works in a meat processing plant and breast on the polish border. she can't understand why people in bella. ruth wants to be rid of lucas shank. 0. one of the most important things in life. we have a salary, a job. we live in peace and our kids get a good education for me and my family. the current leadership is exactly what we need. we like living in bella was, i don't want change in the foreseeable future. master

john cooper left sees bella ruth in a positive light. he's a truck driver but has no desire to travel abroad and he feels safe with lucas shanker in charge. you go to stimulus. i'm not saying i like him, but i don't see who else i could vote for. was lucas shanker was leader. i can let my son play on the streets without any concerns. i sleep in my lory cabin without worrying that something could happen to me. many people here are untouched by the pro democracy movement. they watched a tv and work in state own companies or for the military or police. above all, it's the support of the secret service, the k g b. that is helping lucas, shank, oakland to power agents hound opposition activists and generate a climate of fear. valerie costco once worked for the k g, b himself wellness that he knows why there is virtually no descent in its rank. so

new polish piracy. first of all, they make good money compared to those who plow the fields or work in the factories around their operations, who have taken on a criminal element. so lucas shank needs people who already have blood on their hands. correct, and i will cause them to move them. there is no way out grow you. i'm assuming you cover up there and they've ensured that the opposition is red and white banners have all the disappeared. all that visible is the soviet era, red and green of the countries official flag. for many, it's become the symbol of lucas shank goes regime. and here's the look at some other stories making headlines. sweden's government has been toppled after the prime minister lost no confidence vote in parliament. stefan lovin now has a week to resign or announce a snap election. the vote was triggered by

a plan to ease rent controls. he becomes the 1st prime minister to lose a confidence around. so nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shut down over what was described as a technical fault. official says that the outage is expected to last up to 4 days. power blackouts are expected. if you have begun voting in general elections that are seen as the 1st major test to prime minister abi met and his will in coalition, the elections were scheduled to take place last year. but the government says that they were delayed by the corona virus is the only challenge that, that is facing. the vote comes as war rages and the northern t grab region, in turn triggering a famine. that's right. and hundreds of thousands of people opposition groups have accused, ethiopia is really a party of harassment. but the prime minister has promised the election will be

peaceful when all the men came to power, he was lauded as a reformer, lifting bands and opposition parties and free and thousands of political prisoners . his efforts to end hostilities in the region also saw him awarded a nobel peace prize would be a med is facing mounting pressure, both at home and abroad. ethiopians, international partners when a quick end to the ongoing conflict to grow region. fighting there between the regions former willing party, fatigue, rise people liberation front and both government and retrain. troops has caused untold thousands of lives and spread famine throughout the region. un figure say over 350000 people here are facing acute hunger. that includes tens of thousands of children. monday's pulling has been twice delayed due to the band,

demik and logistical challenges still remain. many opposition parties are also boycotting the election because leading members have been jailed. the use the government of rolling back many of i'll be off meds, initial reforms, hardly no species backdrop for the 1st major test of the prime minister's prosperity party. but in the run up to the vote, mister med remain confident. seeing the pulling would be his country's 1st attempt . i truly free and fair elections. and for more on this, let's bring in doctor i'd him a baby who is from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance in the hague. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. as we have heard of the argument has described this quote as the nation's 1st attempt at free and fair elections. to what extent is that true? was who if you, if you compare with which was past elections,

it's definitely better. we had very good election in 2005, unfortunately a day after the elections, things turned ugly. and there was a lot of filers and oppressive tactics became, became more progressive. the same time, there's really no illusion that the election salute they leave a lot to be desired. in particular, as you noted in the, in the, in the statements, the takeaway region is in conflict and a large part of the country, particularly, or romeo. there will not be position critical pushing parties which miss that the elections will not represent the political dividing lines, the popular sentiment in that particular region. but overall, i think given the context, elections can be seen as, as a good beginning, as a good beginning under, under very difficult circumstances. however, and i'd like to turn to some of the circumstances because there has been this brutal war waging and ethiopia s t y region for the past 8 months. the,

the un human rights chief is actually saying that she is quote, deeply disturbed. i continued reports of rights violations, also inter communal violence in other areas of the country. how much is left of the arguments image as a reformer and a peacemaker? i mean, he was supposed to be a break from, from governments, authoritarian governments that proceeded him. you are right, i think what is happening into grace is a tragedy. at the same time, we should not create the confusion that it is connected with the these particular elections. in fact, the origins of it have, they are connected to our happened in august 2221 elections had to be postponed. and some of the contestation over the elections contributed to the court. the confrontation about this election is happening in a context indeed, where there is conflict. i think from the government side, it's,

you cannot leave an entire country without an election a simply because there are tragedies occurring in parts of the country. but it, but it's more what i want to ask you separate from the election is just about, i'll be arguments image in general because, i mean, when you have the un level and based accusation, some of them against government troops, we have to say and we're talking you know, here about execution of civilians, sexual violence against children's force displacement. i mean these are the reports that are coming out of the region. what has that done to all the arguments image as a peacemaker? it's in trends, isn't it? absolutely, obviously, particularly at the international level in the west, his reputation has suffered for what is happening integrate, but also large parts of the country. at the same time, i think we should not blame him alone for what is happening even in integrate. the origins of the conflict are complex. obviously, as you said, there's some very, very serious allegations. and the government must conduct investigations to sort

them out. but what i was trying to say is that these, these allegations are not necessarily connected with, with the elections, but you are absolutely, absolutely right. that international, his reputation has suffered and suffered significantly. and even domestically there is a lot of anger at what they see is that prevail in insecurity, in not just integrated but across the country. just very briefly, only only 20 seconds here. how do you think his prosperity party will do what i think there is no question that they're going to win. and partly this is because of what i said at the beginning. the 2 regions where he would have fest the largest opposition and take rise in conflict and you know, not only because the mental plus your parties have cultured the outcomes will not be a representative of the popular sentiment. so the key is what is going to be done to ensure that the political process, particularly in a word after whether, you know,

time, how would be seen as reflecting the, the property, the political sentiment will be reflected in the, in that, especially in the political dispensation. dr. adam, they, they joining us from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance in the hague, breaking down everything that is at stake at these key elections in ethiopia. thank you so much for your insight. armenian prime minister nickel pushin yon has one other term in office after snap parliamentary elections official results show his party has won over 50 percent of the vote. ashley young called the pole to shore up his mandate after a disastrous war with us or push on last year. last year sees fire saw armenia lose largest with the territory and the long disputed nagondo car, bach region. the election results could impact the future of the agreement with us or by john. the results came instead of the after the polls closed,

one figure was available quickly turn out. despite and emotionally charged campaign, only half the eligible voters cost that bothered incumbent nicole petunia and the paid on facebook. shortly after accounting started to claim victory. but men got 10 . did we already know that we won the convincing victory in the elections? and we will have been seeing majority in parliament for passion, young called the election in a bit to stabilize his government. the armenia is still smarting from its defeat. as about john in the wall over the disputed enclave, with no call. no, kara, with a peace treaty broken by russia in november, see the last so fast way to territory and that's after thousands of armenian soldiers had died in the fighting with the last war, kicked off a wave of protest. we've demonstrated,

even storming the parliament. and yet, yvonne we are going to be do i want to be able to get up in the mornings and go up from my exercise without finding a demonstration outside on the street at this meeting of the last 3 years have been awful. i economy our politics, it's all gone tightly, wrong. my present rebecca chevy is heading for 2nd place in the polls. far behind persons party. he's already cried foul over the result, claiming fraud. but that's unlikely to concern pushing young hu, one international praise. so leading the country to its 1st free and fair elections 3 years ago and looked set to emerge victorious once more. hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple daily has said that it may forced to stop publication within days. after the government froze its assets, more than 500 police officers re that the news room and arrested by the executive

last thursday, saying it's articles had reached a sweeping chinese national security law. the company, c. e o. jimmy lie was already charged and imprisoned under the same law in april. the paper now says that it is unable to pay staff and that it's friday issue is likely to be as last. see, the kong is standing by with a view from hong kong. phoebe pro democracy newspaper, apple daily stuffing publication in 5 days. just walk us through the timing here last week to l. o. 5, arrested. excited his watch harsh for the national security charges of conspiring collusion, the foreign forces and more the to can the 3 companies length to apple day. the including is printing at internet companies which are but it responsible for that they operate on the newspaper were also charged as entities under the security law

. so basically it makes the apple daily, almost impossible to conduct any kind of banking operation because of the free taxes that a total of $800000000.00 hong kong dollar taxes were frozen by the thought since last week. and it is now like really hard for the newspaper to pay salary or to sustain and kind of like they routine and publishing. so that's why the board decided that they may have to shut down the newspaper, the newspaper, and the organization within this week. and it is such a big blow, in fact the pro democracy movement just walk us through the significance in fact is not only about low to the pose marcos, the cam or the movement they sell, but also to the people society as a whole that every member will be affected in the community because it's now a metal freedom of expression and apple daily you. what found it shortly before hong kong returned to china in an i p. yesterday just marked his 26 and the 1st re

and it has witnessed and documented one of the most important the controversial period of history in hong kong and the chinese food and has been an icon also a critical voice of the authorities and chinese communist party as well, so is close show what mean like a really a really fake lay setbacks for the press and also for the freedom of expression that they will definitely intensify the fear among the community specially i'm the national security at all. and what is it likely to mean for other journalists who are working in hong kong right now? the, the reason repression on apple lady is just one incident in the serious off down on the press industry in hong kong that a month ago, the public broadcast and home county. kate is like, i'm going, i'm sorry, i missed. and the 2nd, like we phone late after the got them and replacing the head off,

they broadcast that they have taken down many critical episodes and investigated reports from the broadcast. the am a journalist was convicted for the charges relating to an investigative report of the movement, so it's really like a chilling effect. it's really serious in hong kong and among the journalists. see the kong in hong kong. thank you. now italy's reputation as slow starter as a major tournament has been blown out of the water by their blistering form at euro 2020, where they won group a, they viewed wales one mill in their final game on sunday. and fans across the country celebrated their teams path to the last 16 in passionate style. jubilation on the streets of rome. i had no wonder with 3 winds out of 3 and not a single go conceited. italy's fans are convinced that all roads lead to london

and confident and hopeful that will least make it to the final. we have a great team, a great coat. we have a good chance of winning the tournament. you don't know what it was, certainly an easy road for italy, but it's a good start. it gave us confidence insecurity. you know, we have to see how we will play the important matches mateo person as the when it's really he was one of a new faces in a much changed side that worryingly for their opponents. so few signs of a drop in quality. never the motivation to waste every day. i'm very pleased to see that we change players rather than the team played very well. many valid if you got it, we just have to score more goals. but wales defended fiercely, but i really like what i saw in my team, the boys played very well, but i know much and i was so excited. we're living the moment. we're very happy to be here. how are we going to face the quarter finals?

well, we're going to put up a good fight. the actual fight starts, right? no. ominous words for austria and ukraine. one of whom will fight italy in the last 16, the year up to date on the w news. i'm or kelly in berlin. thanks for watching. ah, the news. news. news, news, news. news

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from outside rather play at home near the end of the day. never come within that and if and when open, i mean there's a lot of anxiety about air pollution. you've got the especially in jakarta, been goes near the massage i think only been unfortunately we had to resign ourselves to living in a city that has one of the highest rates of air pollution in the world. i was taken from the side. you see the german, what people with asthma like my son or me need to avoid breathing in dirty air whenever possible. when daddy i we have to wear

a mask every time we go out with it. unless it's on the island, it's been getting worse year after year because the amount of traffic increases. i'm not so much bye. now me. i see that on the air pollution can cause they don't as much a flare up i will. i get up and up all this in the data. ah, i am the why, it's a pity the government has chosen to build even more coal fired power plants. solar energy would be much better than daddy. the

country used to have a lot more green, aramis now they're gone. yeah. because of people seeking profits from new building projects everywhere the me ah, you need to know we are radical randa home, which we designed and built. it's a combination of a family home and large, and you've got to look at the entire building is covered in education, improving the micro climate around the location. yeah. i don't see equally micro and it's even possible to lower the room temperature inside the building by around $1.00 to $5.00 degrees centimeter and at least minutes the month or something to

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a balance between humans and they're built up environment monday. and it's designing incorporates nature in buildings, in a harmonious way designs. there is now growing awareness about the issue are getting more and taking down to the park has a really positive impact on his health. and it's all on high hopes for did on monday he was smart and lively from a very young age. and i hope his asthma can be cured, so he can run around and play with his friends again. mine my mind and not get tired so quickly. another country grappling with air pollution is wrong. with the pandemic

international sanctions, economic hardship, making everyday life a challenge. climate change is rarely top of the agenda, both in the capital t, ron individuals that pushing and peddling for change riding a bike through the streets of iran is a potentially hazardous activity. exhaust emission levels here up to 8 times higher than w h. safety recommendations. the city is often smothered in smoke that 57 year old n no is not re, wants to change this. you studied abroad and now runs a cafe in tehran. she recently joined a group of young people who call themselves green clubs. their goal is to make the

city greener. the bigger problem is, we don't see the potential alternatives. we're saying, because one has a lot of traffic and has a lot of pollution. it's impossible to write a bicycle or to walk or to run. but with the fact is that we're running the reduce pollution and no, it's not really a is a meeting point for a small dedicated cycle community twice a week. the group up is free repair services and coffee. many of the cyclists, a women, though they're not expressly prohibited from riding bicycles. a lot of hotline is continue to insist that it's on this lamp. but according to these women, a lot of iranians differently how much most of the reactions i get when people see me barking a positive. a lot of people encourage me,

especially women. they clapped me from their car windows hung loudly and call that masha la. how great for eleanor's know, the recycling presented a business opportunity. during the pandemic, she started selling solid bread. this allowed her to continue earning money during the lockdown. initially one of the biggest challenges was handling deliveries. she asked a few of her psychic and soon she had a small fleet volunteer. seat korea. the very great. we started with 4 cyclists about 2 months ago. now the club is close to $100.00. the one of the cyclists, photographers shown team every week. he takes an afternoon off so he can take pos, atlanta, georgia. that was up until now we haven't had the infrastructure for biking. and

thanks to our efforts, we can hopefully make officials aware of the fact that there are people like us out there. but maybe then they'll build bike lanes all over the city. and they go shunting and his friend mohammed a heading to touch, reached a neighborhood in the north of the city. bike lanes are still quite rare here as well. the leader of the pack is period tennessee, the mayor of iran since 2018. though, he only cycles with male colleagues. he's regarded as a reform oriented politician. every tuesday. he rides with them as part of an event known as call free tuesday about it. and on the years into iraq, we thought only of cause we built roads purely for automobiles, which effectively only encourages people to drive them time for us to rethink things and create more public space for bikes and pedestrians and have it. and they go to his goal is that within the next 5 years, such as will make up 5 percent of the traffic in tehran. currently it's less than

one percent. already shown team has reached his 1st customer off the day of the day says she uses the green delivery service once a week. it avoids my traffic time consuming traffic and tear on i make new acquaintances. i love having tea with all the people that come here as volunteers, shantina and mohammed make time for t for the time being customers don't have to pay for their service. and i really like doing it because i like contributing to my cities development. i mean, it's good that more people ride bikes, but also the companies are supporting our movement for, and it's not really the scheme. it's more of a movement than a profit making venture. like many other food service workers during the pandemic,

she's had to fight to survive, but she still stands by her project. i ever leave you on. if i were to leave the business, i wanted something more than just the walls and the with them the name to stay behind me. i want it to start a movement, something to be remembered and something that could be continued with or without me . her goal is to reach as many people as possible. she believes that's the only way the movement will have a real chance in iran. ah, in other parts of the world cycling, it's a lot more straightforward with high quality lane shielding writers from the surrounding traffic given conditions of this kind. a lot of will willingly leave that cause at home in the german city of min stuff. well over a 3rd of commuters get from a to be bank, bike, making cycling attractive is also the key goal of an initiative underway in the

city of belo, horizontal in southeast, in brazil, for a country designed with cause in mind. it's an especially significant move for this weeks. global ideas are reporter be anchor coach, went to find out more the streets are coordinate dos and the new speed limit sign is up able interview side is the sustainable mobility officer. with an ambitious mission, she wants to radically reduce the flow of traffic in the brazilian city of below or result because it's not going to suffer this. i think we'll do is turn our blueprint into something tangible. so we can start working with the ideas to reclaim the street. that means fewer cars and more kids playing outside though their numbers are smaller than usual due to the pandemic, a group of volunteers have come to help the st artist intended to reinforce the

point in many parts of brazil, a speed limit of 30 kilometers an hour is barely conceivable. separate single flooring is tobias. i've always dreamed of a slow pace you 30 last one which allows pedestrians and cyclists. i want to move about safely, you know, vehicles on the commercial timber 30 that says if you'd like to see them as a way to pursue the stream and we put on the air will be monitored to find out what difference the new speed limit has on emissions levels the volunteers you sand, cement, and clay to create st furniture. it's the same technique that was used to build the great wall of china. simple, stable and.