e.u. council presidency to do so other e.u. states including germany would have to show solidarity with the countries bordering the mediterranean and take in more refugees his counterparts have sent positive signals but say ho for also warns against too high expectations. saying i don't think this is being too optimistic but i do feel some confidence that we can achieve a lot in the coming months although i can't guarantee today that we will make the breakthrough it's a very difficult task you see sridevi of. difficult or perhaps unsolvable until now many e.u. member states have been vehemently reluctant to accept even a handful of refugees yet far fewer of them arrive in europe by water or land than they did 5 years ago. manfred vapor an ally of say who 1st party in the european parliament has proposed that u.s. officials should examine asylum applications directly at the external borders. does appear in front of i think it's unreasonable to 1st distribute everyone who arrives before checking if they're allowed to stay it woul

e.u. council president sharon michel tweeted that the e.u. is ready to provide aid and support the european commissioner for crisis management confirmed that more than 100 search and rescue experts from greece the czech republic and the netherlands have already arrived in beirut. women of these firefighters are highly skilled in search and rescue missions in urban areas we have also activated the copernicus satellite system which enables us to obtain very detailed photos of the disaster area will forgive me. germany is also sending 42 rescuers complete with search dogs to beirut in the past 9 years the e.u. has invested more than 2000000000 euros in lebanon. as a stock like it's never been on has an important strategically positioned in the eastern mediterranean and it is an important partner for the e.u. yet it's ivan as we knew him in the past experience has told us that on unrest in lebanon and he stabilize the region your own vitae festac that may be the reason why iran and israel have also offered humanitarian aid. now is taylor small th

e.u. council not to recognize what she called fraudulent elections which saw president alexander lukashenko return to power for a 6th term the e.u. emergency talks come as lucas said go faces growing rebellion from sectors of society that he could once reliably count on for support. more work has joined the walkout in the past president alexander lukashenko could count on state employees to support him but he had to order manages to threaten them with disciplinary action if they joined a nationwide strike. some ignored those threats. even with the presidential challenger as with lana chicken off sky is still in exile the opposition is growing more confident they set up a coordination council in bella ruse to organize a peaceful transfer of power. we pull commission i am up we are only beginning to rebuild mechanisms to feel like a strong and independent nation yes of course it will be very difficult but we have taken a step and we are setting an example for all to see how we can unite how we can work together and speak with one voice. but bellary says authoritarian leader is not ready to ta

e.u. council to take action against the bug darian government protests have been held for over a months now demanding the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor they accuse. of corruption. almost a 3rd of bangladesh still has now been inundated by floodwaters from extreme monsoon rains affected residents have received emergency supplied supplies by boat more than a 1000000 people have been displaced and many have died in the floods which the country's agriculture minister ministry has called the worst in more than 2 decades . a fast moving brush fire north of los angeles has prompted action of some 500 homes or the 300 firefighters have been deployed to battle the flames the blaze has forced more than 4000 hectares near lake hughes in the angeles national forests. media mogul jimmy has urged democracy movement supporters to be persistent and patient in their fight for freedom in an online address after being released on bail on wednesday the newspaper publisher was arrested under a draconian new chinese laws which restrict protests and trial rights in hong kong . lebanese la

e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government has been seen as seeing more than a month of protests people that use the prime minister and chief prosecutor of corruption and are demanding their resignations. to belarus now and a rare public apology from the government for a violent crackdown on demonstrators in the wake of sunday's disputed presidential election thousands of people again to to the streets of the capital minsk on thursday tens of thousands forms human chains and peaceful protest against the police brutality including shootings and beatings around $7000.00 people have been detained in the past few days but now the government says the protesters will be released. may 5th the night of protests there appears to me no letup in the people's push for change. thursday crowds of people took to the streets of the better assume capital to denounce that police crackdown on demonstrations over sunday's disputed election many women wore white and carried flowers condemnation of the extension of president alexander lukashenko 26 year old rule is gathering momentum across.

e.u. council to take action against a bulgarian government or kerry has seen more than a month of protests and campaigners demand the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor who make use of corruption. in germany has registered its highest day of the number of new coronavirus cases for more than 3. it's a development health minister young has described as worried this comes as a sudden state of bavaria deals with problems with its testing system tens of thousands of people have been left waiting for several days for test results. or to bella ruse where thousands of people have returned to the streets of the capital minsk for a 5th day of protests against the violent crackdown demonstrations that follow sunday's disputed presidential election in many parts of the city protesters formed human chains filling squares and lining avenues almost 7000 people have been detained since president lukashenko claim to that role of victory and sparked a public anger a report contains images that you might find distressing. a frantic wait these people are seeking news on their loved ones de

e.u. council to take action against the bow garion government both area has seen more than a month of protests as campaigners demand the resignation of prime minister and chief prosecutor who they accused of corruption. and germany has registered the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in more than 3 months of development that health minister again describes as worrying this comes as a sudden stated prevented deals with problems in its testing system tens of thousands of people left waiting for test results for several days. and thousands of people have returned to the streets of the baton rouge in capital minsk or for a 5th day of protests against a violent crackdown on demonstrations that followed sunday's disputed presidential election in many parts of the city protesters formed human chains filling squares and lining avenues almost 7000 people have been detained since president lukashenko claimed electoral victory and sparked public anger. what began during the day carried on late into the night their defiance on. earlier hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of men's

e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government well there is seen more than a month of protests people accuse the prime minister and chief prosecutor of corruption and they're demanding their resignations. is a look now at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. germany has recorded more than 1440 new corona virus cases for the 2nd day in a row is the highest level of new infections in 3 months new zealand's research and corona virus outbreak has spread beyond all cloned us despite police imposing roadblocks to stop people leaving the country's biggest city and south korea has reported one of its biggest jumps in infections in months the korean center for disease control reported 103 new cases on friday one of the biggest headaches facing e.u. foreign ministers of the virtual meeting this friday will be the growing conflict between greece and turkey tensions have been rising ever since turkey launched oil and gas exploration work in a disputed area of the mediterranean france has called for each new sanctions against turkey and on thursday held military trai

e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government or gary has seen more than a month of protests people accusing the prime minister and the chief prosecutor of corruption and they're demanding the resignation is. in historic move israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to a full normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank u.s. president trump says the agreement will be signed at the white house in 3 weeks time for their part the palestinians have rejected the deal calling it a betrayal of their calls it's only the 3rd time israel has struck such an accord with another arab country and the 1st in a quarter of a century. i historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal. and idea was clear that israel would come out of the 3 way calling with the united states to stop being and exceed suspending. at the same time we will be able to also i know that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship

e.u. council meeting this week is that you know the european union is ready to have talks both with russia and with bellary says well the president doesn't seem ready to be to speak to anyone just yet but even back a year and as michael reiterated just now comes with conditions and that means making sure that prisoners are released in that there's no more violence on the streets we know that at the moment miracle and. keen to have these kind of images being shown to the public what's what's the message there is the franco german engine here in europe is it busy working or is it busy demonstrating that it can work well i think is a bit of both at the moment of course there were a whole plethora of topics that the 2 leaders had to discuss today and also right now. is to. trying to be more cooperatively and more union in a more united way and we've seen that recently as well in the in the response of financial response to the concern of virus pandemic and that it's seeing among the macron of machall camps very much a success on that as well but this wasn't just about a mob. a fad down and tha

e.u. council presidency that rotating presidency which which is powerful does give the platform to be a bit braver so what's the plan. the e.u. has set itself the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 now that is a very ambitious goal and germany indeed has the council presidency at the moment it's had it since the 1st of july and it had lots of ambitious plans for big client summits etc but then of course the corona pandemic hits and all those topics were thrown off the agenda and emergency measures had to be taken to support the countries that are really suffering here in europe so the e.u. is currently working together when it comes to reducing emissions in the big sector of energy and when it comes to big industrial plants but other than that it's still very much a national effort to bring emissions down germany is on a good track and of course what it can do is lead by example it is the blocked biggest economy after all uncle miracle is an extremely influential figure and the latest climate protection plan here the report that was released this week actually showed that germany did mana

e.u. council to take action against the bug garrion government protests have been held for over a month now demanding the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor they accuse of corruption. the u.s. military has released footage claiming to show iranian navy commandos seizing an oil tanker near the strait of hormuz the ship was held for several hours before being released with no explanation according to u.s. officials last year saw several ships captured in the strategically important waterway hong kong media mogul jimmy lie has urged democracy movement supporters to be persistent and patient in their fight for freedom held an online address after being released on bail on wednesday the newspaper publisher was arrested on the draconian new chinese laws which was tricked protests and trial rights in hong kong. to the u.s. now with democratic presidential candidate joe biden running mate come a harris have made their 1st complaint appearance harris's 1st woman of color on a major party's presidential tickets the event comes prior to biden formally accepting the democratic nomin

e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government will carry seed more than a month of protests as campaigns demand the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor whom they accused of corruption. lebanon's parliament approved a 2 week state of emergency for beirut in its 1st meeting after the 4th catastrophic explosion in grants the military broad powers such as prohibiting gatherings and declaring curfews protesters and rights groups fear the measures could lead to a crackdown against a crackdown on civil liberties. and staying in lebanon and lebanon where for one couple last weeks explosion in beirut will forever be bound up with another life changing event the birth of their baby boy george and the father to be caught it all on film. watching his wife being wheeled away had been thought he was about to film the 1st moments of the sun god. instead he recalls the moment that a massive blast rocks beirut sending broken glass all over her. i saw with my own eyes i started feeling over but. i was looking around at the ceiling just waiting for it to fall on us but i did

e.u. council to take action against the bar garion government protests have been held for over a months now demanding the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor who they accuse of corruption. the world's biggest tourism group to eat has posted a 1500000000 euro loss for the last quarter the shutdown of global tourism has forced the company to slash costs by one 3rd as revenues are down 98 percent compared with last year the company has already received 2 huge bailout was from the german government. the u.s. military has released footage claiming to show commandos of the iranian navy seizing an oil tanker near the strait of hormuz the ship was held for several hours before being released with no explanation that's according to u.s. officials last year saw several ships captured in the strategically important wars way through to the u.s. now where the democratic presidential candidate joe biden and his running mate carla harris made their 1st campaign appearance or is the 1st woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket event comes prior to biden formally accepting th

e.u. council to take action against the bug arion government protests have been held for over a month now demanding the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor who they accuse of corruption. the u.s. military has released footage claiming to show iran are any a navy commandos seizing an oil tanker near the strait of hormuz the ship was held for several hours before being released with no explanation according to u.s. officials last year saw several ships captured in the strategically important waterway. media mogul jimmy urged democracy movement supporters to be persistent and patient in their fight for freedom them online address after being released on bail on wednesday the newspaper publisher was arrested under a draconian new chinese laws which restrict protests and trial arrives in hong kong . ringback firefighters in california struggling to control a brush fire burning north of los angeles hundreds of residents have been ordered to evacuate from the area several homes have been destroyed in the blaze more than 400 hectares has already been scorched. to the u.s. now w

e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government well kerry has seen more than a month of protests this campaign this demand the resignation of the prime minister and chief prosecutor who they accuse of corruption. the u.s. military has released a photo claiming to show iranian navy commandos seizing an oil tanker any of the straits of hormuz that u.s. officials say the ship was held for several hours before being released without explanation last years or several ships captured in the strategically important was a way. to lebanon where the lawmakers of met to approve emergency measures following last week's devastating explosions which destroyed the port of beirut move gives the government wide ranging powers which critics worry could be used to crackdown on protesters who blame politicians for the disaster meanwhile volunteers from across the country have traveled to by route to help residents clear the streets of rubble plastic sheeting is being used to replace count was windows shattered by the blast and the army is distributing boxes of food to residents and the thousands of w

e.u. council head to show me show he said we stand firmly behind the right of the belorussian people to determine their own fate. that's a reminder that the rejects the outcome of the election and the e.u. will impose shortly sanctions on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and electoral fraud said pulling no punches without giving details of which individuals will be concerned but the e.u. is stressing that their action is designed to punish individuals within the administration in belarus without harming the general public they've also said that they will be allocating money to the chewed of $3000000.00 euros to belarus to bolster an independent media and also to support civil society groups this all comes after. messages from the likes of the dutch prime minister mark rooter that the e.u. has to do more than just say this wasn't a free and fair election and now we are seeing this reaction from the top of the european union saying that action will be taken but at the same time they're repeating the message that they hope there can be a dialogue initiated or i

e.u. council shell michele said we stand firmly behind the right of better russian people to determine their own fate the e.u. will impose shortly sanctions on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and electoral fraud angela merkel the german chancellor after the meeting ended said the election was neither free nor fair that's a commonly held view around the u. and that's why she said the result of the election cannot be recognized but in terms of steps apart from shortly we assume announcing which individuals will be placed under those sanctions the only real announcement was that there would be 53000000 euros for belarus from the e.u. funds most of that covered 19 recovery but around 3 and a half $1000000.00 worth going to support independent media and civil society groups in belarus as well as what they called what you have on the low end called victims of state violence after after that election was held so you'll see that although they're saying that we must act they're continuing to say that they hope that russia can impress on president alexander look

e.u. council meeting to attempt to draw up a list of individuals in belarus linked to what they call state violence. following the election and also involved in alleged vote rigging but they want things to go further and faster is the general consensus lots of people calling for this list of individuals to be published but it doesn't seem the message is that when he usually does gather again that they're going to be any moves to to actually publish this list of individuals who face sanctions we did of course see what other taken out sky herself address viral video message this meeting of the foreign affairs committee she didn't directly interact with what they were saying but interestingly she picked up on the theme of sovereignty for bella ross she said that she could join to the whole world to respect its in its territorial integrity she did say that the country is part of europe has been historically but she stressed her movements and she's calling it now peaceful revolution is not either pro or anti european union or pro or anti russia it is simply a people's movement calling for repre

e.u. leaders say euro council president arroyo that the elections in belarus were neither free nor were their fair he added that the subsequent violence against peaceful protesters was a shocking and should be condemned and he also said that people of belarus have the right to determine their own future now the meeting of the e.u. leaders will be held via video conference on a wednesday and meanwhile a no matter their resolution it looks like it's clear that the european union wants to know moscow's views on the situation in belarus and its internal conflict now president look at shanghai held a meeting with the country's security council and he criticised the opposition plans to damage the relationship with russia and as he said its aspirations towards nato and the e.u. let's hear what else he had to say in his statements have been made by some western countries who don't even know where belarus is i have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat oh me units on our western borders and have brought them to full comba

e.u. leaders the euro council president said that the elections in belarus were and neither free nor were they fair and the subsequent violence. against the peaceful demonstrators was shocking and has to be condemned but say he added though that people off there are all builders can discern in their own future the meeting of the e.u. leaders is supposed to take place on wednesday meanwhile no matter their risen to sion it looks like the european union wants to know a russia is due on the conflict in belarus meanwhile president lukashenko held a meeting with his security council and he criticised the belle of the russian opposition and their plans for the future and said he also noted that say the opposition is planning to damage the relationship between russia and build a ruse and he also agreed their goal to aspire towards a nato and the european union let's have a listen. to this is the statements have been made by some western countries who don't even know where the roof is and have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and d

e.u. leaders at the council last week were saying about rejecting the official results of the belorussian election and calling for the release of protestors and political prisoners and so on but she did say that while she believed a peaceful revolution was under way in belarus she stressed that this was neither pro or anti the european union or russia she said that this was a simple demand for the people of belarus to have democracy she repeated her call for free and fair elections and she said i declare my readiness for negotiations with the all thirty's she went on to talk about how she and a colleague had formed the national coordination council regretting the arrest of several members of that council she said that one of them was actually a nobel peace prize winners flatliner alexi of it she's due to appear for questioning on wednesday others already in custody so she did mention what she sees of the suppression of pro-democracy activists but still holding out a hand for dialogue to alexander look at shanker right now and again having had fun to kind of sky what is the european parlia

e.u. are condemning the action and the un security council has called an emergency meeting. the us democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate it happened on the 2nd night of its national convention which is being carried out virtually because of the coronavirus biden and the support of some big names with the former u.s. president bill clinton and former secretary of state john kerry addressing party supporters when this president goes overseas it isn't a goodwill mission it's a blooper reel he breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators america deserves a president who is looked up to not laughed at donald trump pretends russia didn't attack our elections and now he does nothing about russia putting a bally on our troops so he won't defend our country he doesn't know how to defend our troops the only person he's interested in defending is himself. south korea is reporting its highest number of krona virus infections since march close to 300 new cases were detected on wednesday taking the total number past 16000 ne

e.u. are condemning the action and the un security council has called an emergency to. the u.s. a democratic party has formally donated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate it happened on the 2nd night of its national convention which is being carried out virtually because of the current violence. valerie's the president is vying to quash opposition rallies the country has seen 10 days of protests demanding his resignation speaking to the belorussian security council alexander lukashenko accuse nato of ill intent and increasing their military presence along its border i mean i'm quite clear the who did not us on the other side and demand no less then to hand them power we consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the indian consequences western countries including some leaders are not even aware where the beatles is located however they make some statements to prove that the president was right who discussed it with the defense ministry and god we have reacted deployed and brought to combat it in as the combat units of our army and the western borde

e.u. countries so clearly there's plenty at stake for europe the european council is jus to hold an emergency meeting almost situation do you expect more any unity in hard to handle the crisis there. well it's possible the closer you know the geographical the geopolitical see the position of being the roosts is very interesting for both the you and rational of course and as a consequence of both the political actors i'm trying to understand. this strategy the political strategy both of rationed of course and more than the e.u. and so it's quite possible that. stressing the fact that it's important to to sort of poor to human rights and the process of them look at these ation and get a room that could follow such an position such that 2 were set at their situation and a better in east let's say outside and external it's a external influence on the process of them look at these ation in general so for the euro is a strategical of course a situation and political situation which is very close to the emotion of the markets of course president lukashenko said the belarusian troops are being sent v

power in belarus held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises this council to maintain friendly mutually beneficial relations with the e.u. russia and ukraine it also criticizes the role of the security forces in governing by the roofs as they look at the slum the council is nothing but in legal terms to seize power. meanwhile the number of foreign countries of challenge the legitimacy as president rejecting the results of the election e.u. confirmed it is drawing up sanctions against the russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters dystonia hawkins delves into why the former soviet republic has drawn so much international attention. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands paul out of the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election it's the country's geography which between its big east the neighbor and europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash. officially the e.u. is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair. as persona non grata and already begun drawing up new s

e.u. countries 3 of them so clearly there is plenty at stake for europe the european council we know issue to hold an emergency meeting on the situation with out in mind the close month do you expect to see any unity in how to handle the crisis. i think so i think nobody in europe wants right at one of the doors of all of europe's especially given the fact that there's no list 3 names or no nations next to $1.02 so everyone will be hoping for a peaceful solution to this perhaps you may see 2nd say a 2nd wave of elections coming through into better use in the coming in the coming weeks or months but for sure nobody wants you know the worst case scenario which is more violence and more police brutality in the nation and as the scenes are developing as you're speaking we're looking in on the screen we know that president lukashenko said that better russian troops have been sent to western borders and have been put on high alert what is most of without action do you think. i'm not too sure because there's no extra threat from what i see from any need to counterparts there may be a sign of dest

e.u. institutions and member states to vigilantly council any russian actions in this regard. the parliament wasn't the only european institution to be charming in on monday we also heard from the high representative for foreign affairs in your state bar l. pretty much the e.u.'s foreign minister he said that the protests that we've seen over the weekend particularly that huge one in minsk that the sheer numbers clearly show that the belorussian people want a change but he also announced this the e.u. is currently drawing up a list of people that would be the target of e.u. sanctions the e.u. is working on new listings for sanctions against those responsible for violence repression of peaceful protests and the fortification of election results. so while the parliament says that russia must keep out of bellary says the e.u. drawing up sanctions against russian officials hardly shows that they are willing to keep out of belarus themselves in fact senior figures senior leaders of member states have been chime in saying that the e.u. should get involved more should interfere more

e.u. and neighboring african countries the un security council is now convening for a closed door meeting on the situation the coup follows several months of protests in mali over economic hardship on alleged government corruption. 6 6 people here jump for joy to say a final farewell to mr carr kate he's no longer our president. nothing is going well in mali and we're all suffering but the coup d'etat does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. i spoke earlier to historian gerald horn he claims the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced back to nato as intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago. this accept was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder more cut off the libya engineer by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain and france that murder. led to leakage of tons of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time had been waging a brutal and bitter war against the soldiers in mali been killed as a result this in turn has led

e.u. condemning those arrests and the security council called an emergency meeting as well. the u.n. backs court has convicted a member of the armed group hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri salim jimmy i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia but the other 3 were acquitted. the government in better roosts has admitted some police officers have resigned as pressure grows on president alexander lukashenko to step down more workers have also walked out on strike as demonstrators held the 10th straight day of protests. they insist last week's presidential election was rigged on the per day of the jailed opposition leader take on a ski orders rally outside the prison where he has been held since may. have appeared all this flagrant injustice and lawlessness shows how this decaying system works where one person controls everything or it will give my husband sergei to kind of ski and other political prisoners are sitting in jail but he's calling on you to not sit idly by to do what you can to make a free country. well for us president bill

the opposition's coronation council for the transfer of power and belarus held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises to maintain from. mutually beneficial relations with the e.u russia and ukraine also criticizes the role of security forces and governing belarus though has slammed the council as nothing but an illegal attempt to seize power. with world powers now turning their focus on belarus are teased in hawkins finds out what's at stake. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands paul out of the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election it's the country's geography which between its big east the neighbor and europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash. officially the e.u. is this miss the elections as neither free nor fair. as persona non-grata and already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing human rights violations in the wake of police violence closer to home withheld e.u. why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether they will be further restrictive meas

opposition's coronation council for the transfer of power and belarus held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises to maintain a friendly and mutually beneficial relations with the e.u. russia and ukraine also criticizes the role of the security forces and governing belarus because i go has slammed the council as nothing but an illegal attempt to seize power. meanwhile a number of foreign countries have challenge the legitimacy as president rejecting the results of the election e.u. has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against bello russian officials who are thought suspected of election brian and violence against protesters art is a no hearkens delves into why the former soviet republic has drawn so much international attention just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that all changes thousands poured over the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election is the country's geography which between its big east the neighbor europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash. officially the e.u. is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair. persona non-grata and already begun drawing up new s

e.u. the european commission the council can be extremely creative flexible when it comes to finding solutions for difficult issues for example the the famous or infamous deal with turkey for receiving refugees for which mr erdogan got paid 6000000000 euros. there was no legal basis for that arrangement and yet it exists so if the political will is there anything can be done we are going to look into it to all the possible legal avenues to tackle this because it is unacceptable that you know a small group of member states is basically a a red carpet into the european union for criminal activity and criminal money. but i mean you hit the nail on the head there that there is a political element to this do you think there's an appetite to tackle this is there an appetite to tackle these kinds of schemes particularly given how much of a money spinner it is for the governments are involved. yes no of course of course there is no i mean certainly in the countries that benefit very very generously from these schemes no to be cyprus malta there are a couple of others. and the other you know heads of g

stance in the issue in a bill or rousseau european council president charles michel said that he spoke to blood may putin on tuesday and said that the e.u. began working on personal sanctions against all those responsible for human rights violations against peaceful protesters michelle added that there should be no outside interference in this matter now in 2 separate cell phone calls and shoes day and they shaded by burned and paris let him is. and spoke to his counterparts angela merkel and emanuel mccraw on and he said that any example by outside forces to intervene in the internal political crisis in bella roosts is counterproductive and he stressed that placing external pressure on the officials in the bill of rights is on acceptable now a german chancellor angela merkel also outlined germany's position after the phone call with a lot of my position let's have a listen to issue and help today as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that prisoners be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in