nic: thank you for having me on.he easterseals disability film challenge is a weekend film competition where over the course of a weekend, participants create films that have somebody with a disability in front of behind the camera. what was unique is that normally these are narrative films. this year, because of the coronavirus, we ultimately made a documentary short film competition where participants videos from the safety of their home. we have the most film submitted this year. i am really excited. host: how did the contest get started? nic: background on me. we are in a zoom world. i'm sitting down, so he cannot really tell, -- so you cannot really tell, but i am a little person. i am 3'10". it was my dream to act. i went to business school and i continued to do standup and acting and i learned early in my career that i have to be in charge in all facets of my career. writing, shooting, creating my own content. and ultimately, that led to work for me. work led to work. i am lucky that i have been in tv shows an

nic: sure.ell, just as you said, 61 million americans -- what is interesting about that is that the intersectionality of disability, that includes people of all different races, genders, ethnicities, religion. ultimately, we are talking about a huge percentage of people with disabilities. in terms of what brings all that group together, i would say the entertainment industry. what better platform than to be able to have film and tv where you could get a show like " speechless" in a title role on a tv show. so now if you have cerebral palsy, which intersects all different races, genders, ethnicities. if you have cerebral palsy and you see michael fowler on abc, then you are able to see yourself. i feel like it is the media that ultimately has an amazing platform of getting behind the disabilities community. beyond that, the disability community embracing these roles and these portrayals. host: in the years that you have been doing this, can you tell me one or two specific stories that you know ha

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries

so we've agreed to talk to nic through an open window.hat came out of the blue. there were no tell—tale signs for it. the cancer is too far progressed, and, certainly the last conversation i had with my oncologist, he spoke in months. he spoke between 21 and 36 months. that was probably about four or so months into my treatment. so, to do the maths, i guess not long is the... is the kind of reality of it. nic‘s cancer treatment has been cut back because of the crisis. he's been told that continuing his chemotherapy would put him more at risk of the virus, so it's been stopped for the next three months. you're gambling on not having chemotherapy and being safer from coronavirus. or having chemotherapy but then be much more at risk from coronavirus. i can only guess that it's going to mean a shorter life. i'm not ready yet. and ifeel that, you know, potentially having this treatment taken away... it's stealing some time. i haven't got a lot. ezra laughs. i've got a son to raise, and you have plans for life. i'd kind of come to terms with th

let me bring nic robertson back in.ften with agreements of this type and at this level, require buy-in from other players within the region. what do we know about how this is being received, encouraged or discouraged by others in the middle east? >> you know, i think one of the key indicators there is pakistan, of course. pakistan has been the country that has propped up and given sanctuary and support to the taliban over the decades and being sort of helping to launch them back in the early 1990s. and i think most significantly, when pakistan released from jail the taliban deputy leader who is doing the signing today, who has been the main interlocutor on that side, that alone there, tells you that pakistan is getting on board with this. in part, pakistan will have its own expectations of what a new political dispensation in pa pakist pakistan. with the taliban. and the taliban will play a significant role in a future afghan government that could push the current president ashraf ghani, could push him out of office as

this nic nic where it does where do things go from see here i mean look as cinco is still refusing to meet with the opposition how does the opposition intend to proceed. that's the $1000000.00 question i think there's no clear answer to that this is unknown territory for a country which basically for a quarter century had no politics in which one man called all the big shots i think this is a kind of cultural protest now where protest spreads beyond the city streets beyond the sunday demonstrations i was in a residential district i mean just yesterday evening in a yard a building presidential building where there's been a mule of some d.j.'s who but he came up with the soundtrack to these protests that mural has been painted over time and time again by the authorities here and time and time again the people living there have replaced the mural but now the police is there 24 hours a day essentially guarding the rules prevent people from the place you are and the people who live in that yard are out talking to the police reaching every evening drinking tea there was even an impromptu ca

good to have you in vision once again nic connelly in. hong kong police have arrested hundreds of people at anti-government protest in the city demonstrators are furious about a decision to postpone sunday's planned legislative elections there are also angry about a sweeping arsenal security law imposed by china against beijing unprecedented power to crackdown on critics in hong kong. the. reclaim hong kong they chant and hong kong people unite. these pro-democracy campaign is should be voting today in elections to the city's legislature instead that out on the streets after all sorry cheese delayed the poll until next summer citing a spike in coded 19 cases. was that that protests have been met with an andras bonds with police firing pepper balls at some. and using stop and search on others was the was there but the. the new national security law imposed by china bans demonstrations like these i know the reason people are protesting right now the protests there is it's planned by the ha ha ha so really we have to fight for that space thr

nic thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was nick conley there in minutes. now let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today the u.s. democratic party has now formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate to go up against donald trump party officials from all over the country cast their votes for the former vice president during the all virtual ever tragic national convention. japanese prime minister shinzo has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for routine check up it came just days after top politicians said of a appeared overworked took time out from politics a decade ago for health reasons he is japan's longest serving prime minister. authorities in france are to make face coverings mandatory in all places of work throughout the country from september 1st basques will be required in all work spaces including open plan or shared offices corridors meeting rooms and changing rooms move comes after france's daily corona virus infection count jumped

no longer taking medications and that he is ready to go back on to the trail we are awaiting however nic for a confirmation of that from his physicians can you tell us briefly about joe biden his challenger he's been campaigning what's he been doing and what is he saying. that's right mikko joe biden was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania a crucial swing state we know for both candidates he was at a a socially distance rally for union workers and he did blast the president for being reckless and for being irresponsible in the handling of the pandemic and his own illness as well and that really is the centerpiece of joe biden's campaign he knows this is a question where the president is weak most americans do not approve of the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and one last point on that nic i should say that saturday was also a day that we saw the highest covert infection rate in the country in 2 months so this is very much an issue that's going to remain continue to dominate the campaign all right sumi some is going to in washington thanks for that insight. and now som

i want to hear what is echoing what nic said.t's not just democrats concerned about the repercussions, it's analysts that we're talking to. and giving context to president trump. he said he wanted to get out of the middle east. he has lamented about the united states big footprint. and many are concerned this is going to make it worse, not better. >> the congressional response is going to be an important part of the story today. kristen, thanks so much. >>> if iran does choose to respond with force, israel would be one obvious target. israel is assessing its security this morning. oren liebermann is live on the israel/lebanon border. oren? >> reporter: christine, we got word from the prime minister's office, he has cut his trip short to greece. he's on his way back to israel. that, as the defense ministry announced it will hold a security assessment with the defense minister, security officials and the idf chief of staff. there's no additional restriction or limitations on what civilians can do in israel along the northern border

i want to bring nic robertson and kylie back in. nic, i want to get back to you, mike pompeo said something that was interesting. again, we know as you've said, this is not a peace deal or treaty. this is an agreement to step forward to get talks going between the taliban and afghan government. he said that the taliban expressed agreement in this. obviously, it was negotiation between all sides but primarily because the taliban -- i don't want to say save up, i don't feel like that's the right verbiage to use here. but the taliban had just decided they wanted to do things differently and how trustworthy are they? >> you know, if we think about how long the taliban has been at war which is almost 30 years now, 1992, to 1993, when they first came on to the scene in afghanistan, they're in the second generations, son and fathers, there on the front lines. there's elements there. they've imposed their will on the elements of the afghan people, they know that. the taliban haven't been able to take a major city in the country and for the

ments for us tonight nic thank you. well the european union today demanded that bella ruse release all protesters who have been detained in the last 2 weeks some 7000 in total now we understand that many of are really been freed some say they were beaten or tortured in police custody some protesters went missing and have not been heard from since can anyone help we have more now in this report the small park in front of an isolation center on the outskirts of men's cars the common important contact point for relatives of victims of police violence volunteers provide information about the whereabouts of those who were arrested during the peaceful protests. we're helping those who are gradually being released from the isolation center and everyone waiting to be released we give them clothes and psychological and medical help. the authorities let some volunteers inside to see the detainee's they are the 1st to learn about the conditions of detention and the circumstances of the arrests some of those who have been released

nic robertson in london. thank you very much for joining us. >>> a new report says thousands of people suffering from coronavirus were moved to new york nursing homes. how did that happen? a closer look, coming up next. >>> a new report shows thousands of people were moved to new york's nursing homes as they recovered from coronavirus. nearly 6,000 have died in nursing homes across the state. could some of those deaths have been prevented? cnn's jason carole reports. >> nursing homes are the single-biggest fear in all of this. >> in the midst of the coronavirus crisis last month, new york's governor said the medical evidence showed where people were suffering and dying the most in the state. >> vulnerable people, in one place, it is the feeding frenzy for this virus. >> reporter: despite those words, critics say one of the governors executive orders ended up hurting, rather than helping, those most in need. that former directive asked nursing homes to take recovering patients even if those patients had not be

and so, two years ago, he weroached us and said, nic, have an amazing role. it is a recurring role in a tv show and it is for a little person actors. dino anybody that would be good for this? we were able to take over 10 watchand he was able to all these films and see that an action. ultimately, a major recurring role went to sophia cheyenne, a little person from new york city who has been a theater actress who has not had the opportunity to really showcase herself up until she randomly makes the film for the easterseals disability film challenge and then cut to her being now in her second year recurring on the tv show shot in canada. a major career defining role. that's one example. we also have so many examples of deaf -- another is a filmmaker, he used his film and ultimately he used it to submit to hbo's project greenlight, which ended up winning. we have another participant that is going to be in another major starring role in a netflix film next year. they found out about her through the film challenge. she did not have an agent and if she had not made

in about 80 to 90 percent of cases like nics is going to be. so there are very and. there over there only one friday. it involves chemotherapy which will suppress his immune system amis is an autoimmune disease which means nick's immune system doesn't just defend him from infections it attacks healthy cells. no one knows why it happens but m.s. damages the protective coating on nerves in your brain and spine cause and lesions nick has more than 50 these distorted messages from the brain to the rest of the body sometimes leading to severe disability. there's no known cure. for stem cell treatment blood to stem cells are removed from your bone marrow day and the high dose of chemotherapy is used to knock out your immune system which is the source of the m.e.'s and then your stem cells are real and fused rebooting your immune system although the treatment doesn't claim to reverse the damage done by m.s. some people get lucky. virus. stem cell transplants known as h s c.t. have been very successful in clinical trials especially for young patients with relapsing remitting

. >> cnn's nic robertson joins us live from london now.ic, you're in a park write assume one of the protests is expected to happen. give us an idea of what is expected today. >> reporter: sure. listen, i'm right outside parliament. this has taken the message to power, if you will. the protests will get under way in about an hour's time. people are gathering here already, just coming down the steps here. if you look at some of the pictures here, some placards, this one is interesting. i under i'll never under but i'll stand with you. that's a message you're hearing a lot. police are keeping an eye on the situation but low profile policing and as you were saying social distancing is a big thing. the mayor of london has been calling for it. the prime minister. the secretary of health has been calling for social distancing at these protests. you can see people gathering here. this is already a bigger number than we saw yesterday. i was down here yesterday for a protest around the streets of london. the message is very clear. black lives matter

the hospital in moscow finally contacts nic to confirm the bad news and the stage. let's delay but we'll find out a date when situation is stable again it will work normally we will accept to you we now thirst group of patients when restrictions will be cancelled. he said quite an emotional roller coaster it's stop and heads about to explode so it's so close to getting this thing done now just looks like so far away and. what's your biggest fear right now. because fear right now we see a mess progressing may getting another episode that may result in further disability god knows what that disability could bring. that's a scary scene. but what he hopes to spread. what he i can't follow nick to russia anymore. but i'm still keen to follow michael's progress as best i can from my home in melbourne sat how you feeling today what stage of the treatment to us. and there are. going to be no. honeymoon. this is dr dennis federico experiment years and there are russian hematology just who is revealed by the thousands of m.s. suffer as he's treated other yards. he's the reaso

our nic robertson joins us now. nic nic, as we said, this is being investigated as a terrorist incident. what can you tell us? >> yeah, the police say that it's -- that they are investigating this under the terrorism laws. there have been no normal charges against the alleged attacker yet identified by security forces saad sadullah, a 25-year-old libyan national. the police still have the place where the attack took part behind me sealed off. the national newspapers are all running with a very similar headline which tends to indicate that this alleged attacker was known to the security services. these are the headlines in all the sort of national newspapers here. you can see the indications quite clearly that all the newspapers here running with the story that he was known to the security services. this isn't the first time in the uk there's been a terror attack. indeed, the last two terror attacks, the cases -- those cases, the attackers in those cases were both known to the security serves. the government had tigh

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thanks, nic. becky. >> back in washington, top democrats are blasting the trump administration for keeping them in the dark about the attack. typically leaders on both sides of the aisle are briefed over these kinds of military actions ahead of time. but here democrats are still waiting. >> the pentagon says the secretary of defense, mark esper, is, quote, committed to providing congress a detailed all member briefing next week, unquote. it's unclear if republican leaders got a heads-up on what was going to happen in baghdad, but at least some republicans were in the loop. >> i was briefed about the potential operation when i was down in florida. i appreciate being brought into the orbit. i really appreciate president trump letting the world know you cannot kill an american without impunity. we will stand up for our people, and that is an absolutely essential message. >> but democrats who were not brought in as they normally would be in something like this say this should have been handled in a wa

, nic, thanks so much.osemary. >>> well, michael we have this breaking news on the ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran. iran says the jet was on fire before it went down killing everyone on board. an initial report also indicates the plane changed direction because of an unknown problem and then tried to turn back toward the airport. the cause of the crash remains unclear. for more cnn's scott mclean joins us now from kiev. so scott, iran is refusing to hand over the two black boxes retrieved from the crash sites. how do investigators get closer to finding out the cause of this tragedy? >> reporter: yeah, it could be some time, obviously you mention that initial report that this plane was on fire in the sky, which seems to be backed up by some bystander video that showed up online as well. and rosemary, i have to tell you, you know, we're here at the airport and there's just been a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects. the president here, volodymyr zelensky has

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no longer taking medications and that he is ready to go back on to the trail we are awaiting however nic for a confirmation of that from his physicians can you tell us briefly about joe biden his challenger he's been campaigning once you've been doing and what is he saying. that's right nick joe biden was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania a crucial swing state we know for both candidates he was at a socially distance rally for union workers and he did last the president for being reckless and for being irresponsible in the handling of the pandemic and his own illness as well and that really is the centerpiece of joe biden's campaign he knows this is a question where the president is weak most americans do not approve of the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and one last point on that nic i should say that saturday was also a day that we saw the highest covert infection rate in the country in 2 months so this is very much an issue that's going to continue to dominate the campaign all right susan is going to in washington thanks for that insight. in germany rapidly risin

at the new nic security conference u.s. secretary of state my complaint rejected claims that america is backing away from its global leadership germany's president said yesterday the u.s. was turning its back on the international community. this is deja vu news up next our world story 75 years after dresden was bombed to ruins fiber tells his story on a spicer thanks for watching. they were forced into a nameless mass. their bodies near jewels when. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. describes the full power and trough it plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence. this is the journey back into the history of slavery. i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routs starts march 9th on d w. this week on world stories. we get a taste of politics in on kong. and to hear about a controversial ban in lego's but we begin in germany 75 years ago allied planes carried out devastating air raids on dresden the histo

nic, to you first. while soleimani has been killed, we must now de-escalate.e national newspaper here, a very close ally of the u.s. you are in riyadh where i believe you are hearing echoes of a similar call for restraint at this point. >> yeah, i mean, what the saudis are saying in essence is, look, we know iran was the troublemaker and soleimani was the spearhead of driving up aggression from iranian proxies in the edge roothe region causi and strikes from saudi arabia and direct strikes that the saudis believe came from iran on the oil refineries here. so, the message to the united states is, look, we're on track with what you're thinking. but don't escalate this further because that will bring further bloodshed to the region. and a real potential for serious economic impact. nobody wants that. nobody has the appetite for that at the moment. so, the message, message is clear. and whatever the next steps are, don't ratchet it up. and i think it's interesting if you flip this around and look at it from iran's perspective. iran will be looking at isolating the

but is that because the see it's no ordinary sense nic he's home to his craft at specialist sent to school in the us these are diplomas which i did my set the school they teach us how to make you whole the ha ha ha it's not just to do it from her mouth you need to do it from your belly and when you do it from your belly must come from your belly out to all the way from inside that's the way how sad that smile as when they have a big belly ok you go like this oh christmas. and of course i add to it as i'm in the jerusalem sand then the holy land i gave with the whole i continued to be whole all holy land. just. it takes just 10 minutes for easter to transform himself into center clothes. her christmas. gifts today the palestinian sand is listing in nursery school outside the old city. as we walk he prepares himself mentally he wants to be able to answer any questions the children might ask oneself the hole you currently urgings clothes they are already asked me that i said go ahead or a year i park it you have the airport and then i go with the camel to jerusalem it's. just 30 thoughts i at

on the local government people in manila to come and bring aid immediately and that's just one area nic another island in fact and one this just only to the forty's managed to send aid so this has been happening

nic you still there. i can hear me now i'm free into friday right nic can hear me but we're back on air again if you're there nic and i can hear me. let's carry on them with this chat remember where we were actually we're talking about young people finding it very difficult to endure this knockdown particularly the 20 to 30 age group. well i mean there's this new studies coming out now that doing this you know people who the lockdown effect i think the young are relatively more effective in terms of their mental health their anxiety at the end of depression rate has gone up by quite a bit among the young so i think you know a lot of financial worries about them because they are the lowest earning group of the of the entire age groups so. yeah basically i think i don't think there is a lot more benefits to keep them you know not under lockdown for longer than they should and yes that's basically it really so if the if this was implemented when do you think the people all either side of the age bracket even

nic, what would your advice be to other chefs others that find themselves in a similar position >> iinitely have a good team around you be sure of your ideas and go for it it's being -- coming from a chef and only being in the cooking side of of a restaurant and then coming on to the business side i quickly learned there is a lot more work behind the scenes of a restaurant rather than just food, there's a lot of marketing and a lot that goes into it so be prepared for a lot of work and just be prepared >> have fun. >> definitely have fun while doing it. >> do you guys like working together, greg go ahead. >> oh, yeah. this is my brother this is my brother no, it's -- we go through -- we have our business challenges, you know, like just pushing the business we thoroughly enjoy it like it's a good exercise. >> well, i look at you two and think maybe my two son also go foo business one day congratulations, best of luck wit and thanks for joining me. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> greg and nic bryon. >>> jack dorsey subpoenaed over the north on hunter biden. senator ted cruz w

favor, becky. >> nic robertson is in riyadh.appreciate it. >>> joining me now is an expert in middle east foreign policy and author of "losing an enemy: obama, iran and the triumph of diploma diplomacy." great pleasure to have you on. even if iran does not want escalation, it has to respond, doesn't it? it's not looking weak and that's how things get under control, doesn't it? unintended consequences. >> it is. whether it's unintended or not remains to be seen, of course. even though the iranians have pressure on themselves they have to respond to this, it does not mean they have to respond right away. in fact, i think they are hoping for the advantage of some form of a surprise, which means that they likely will wait. what i think they will do first, is try to utilize the popularity that soleimani had inside of iran, because he was seen as such a critical player in defeating isis and trying to see if they can get some of that popularity to wash off on them and on the regime which is faced with inpopularity. >> what factors come

essentially nic what's behind that decision by germany is that a pledge that you mention and also that announcement by the united nations that warning that the pandemic is affecting obviously all countries around the world but not all countries in a very equal way so the most vulnerable countries around the world are suffering more from this pandemic and that's why united nations actually needs that extra money the money that you mentioned and that explains why germany as well announced so 300000000 and this goes to something very important in germany's foreign policy and that's that idea of multilateralism something that the foreign minister has stressed on various occasions in fact he has been looking for a so-called alliance for multilateralism and this explains why germany is giving this money to the united nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of a conflict or a

this is a battle that will be one on the streets of dollars and not through international sanctions nic thank you very much as always. well german chancellor angela merkel will not rule out consequences for a russian german gas pipeline projects over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina bonnie the german government has warned that it could end its support for the 10000000000 euro nord stream to project the project is set to double russian gas deliveries to europe the chancellor says that there could be consequences if russia fails to investigate the nibali case on monday of ali woke from a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital german doctors say there is unequivocal evidence that he was with a soviet era nerve agent. well this case draws parallels to another russian opposition figure who was poisoned 2 years ago he says the use of nova truck as a nerve agent indicates that poisoning goes all the way to the top moscow correspondent. reports. is fighting fit but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his life struck down by a poison his situation was similar to

correspondent nick connelly on the telephone nic i'm happy that we have a connection but what's going on there right now. i don't think michael weinstein just off independence square the main square here in minsk that is just a white and red protest flag as you mentioned and no signal on the square that being a government tactic and recently cutting off mobile internet prevent footage of all of this getting out that you don't get a sense of people here that they really had the police we have. been getting out with megaphone telling people reminding them that these protests were illegal that taking part in these protests was an illegal act and they will doubt you can get the sense that anyone wants to keep scared of them all the protests is optional that there are. people in civilian clothes filming is going through the crowd trying to work out do. anything with this but it was the regime right now these mass protests seem to be uncoordinated that are happening spontaneously. the regime's crackdown on people another detail we've seen restrictions on today roads leading to the capital b

correspondent nick connolly is covering developments there nic tell us more about the demonstrators have been arrested. are they being held and how are they being treated. good morning terry well this is a difficult to say at this point because telephones are. taken away from people detained by police on the square protesting here this is interesting in so far as there hadn't been many arrests for the past week or 2 protesters had to go out they were filmed by security services yes the evening then a group of what's believed to be about 70 to 80 people detained on independence square and interesting lead the authorities doing their best to prevent reports filming reports threatening reporters with detention if they were to film this and this is indeed what happened including to my colleague who spent about 6 hours into tension she was to provide access to her phone to provide she refused to do that and when she refused to that she was only released today had confiscated her phone so really tempted to crackdown on protests and coverage of those protests it's been almost 3 weeks now since

good to have you once again nic connelly in minutes. hong kong police have arrested hundreds of people at anti-government protests and city demonstrators are furious about a decision to postpone sunday's planned legislative elections they're also angry about a sweeping national security log posed by china that gives beijing unprecedented power to crack down on critics in hong kong. the was reclaim hong kong they chant and hong kong people unite. these pro-democracy campaign is should be voting today in elections to the city's legislature instead that out on the streets after all sorry she's delayed the poll until next summer citing a spike in coded 19 cases. was that that protests have been matched with an andris bonds with police firing pettable rules at some. and using stop and search on others as was the was that the the new national security law imposed by china bans demonstrations like the ones i know the reason people are protesting right now the protests my style is planned by the phone calls so we will have to fight for that spa

nic joins us from the netherlands. reporter: what is amazing about the llamas, unlike humans, they produce two types of antibodies to the coronavirus. one's a big one, one's a small one. it's the small one that the researchers are so interested in. say hello to winter, not just any llama. her blood might save us all from covid-19. researchers have discovered that llamas produce a type of antibody that could be vital in fighting the coronavirus infection in humans. >> those llama antibodies are binding entities, much smaller and much more stable. >> reporter: the eureka moment of this tiny belgium lab came january 20th. they realized research with llamas a couple of years ago could catapult them to a cure fast and scaled up immediately from 2 to 20 staff. >> we've worked really, really long hours, especially in february and march, when we were racing to get the antibody. >> reporter: now they're racing to test their antibodies on mice and hamsters. everything here is happening at much faster speed than normal, but it st

peace or a security architecture and dreams nic member of the german parliament and the conservative c.d.u. party mr niggas always we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you very much. of the pandemic and summer vacation does one cancel out the other can both co-exist without increasing the threat of new infections these are important questions and with summer just around the corner time is running out to find the answers well today the european commission unveiled a plan designed to breathe new life into the battered tourism sector by making a summer holiday possible for all who want to travel now at the moment you won't get far if you hit the road in search of summer boarders all across europe remain mostly closed but that could soon change. these were europe speeches last summer crowded with some bathers today they lie empty a consequence of the coronavirus restrictions across the continent the measures to contain the virus have impacted the tourism industry hard. over a dozen shang and countries have put emergency border controls in place flights have been cancel

nic what is going on where you are right now. well michael if you can see behind me people are just streaming past this looks to have been the biggest demonstration in modern belorussian history we don't have exact figures yet but people already they say could be hundreds of thousands to 300000 they definitely seem to be convinced that it's more than last weeks which was already the biggest in recent belorussian history and the mood is very buoyant you have people bring their pets their small children all kinds of like halted signs it doesn't feel like a traditional demonstration and the police has being very thin on the ground and when we have seen they've been booed we spoke to the people on the streets here earlier today let's have a listen to what they have to say you believe that this is a dictatorship because there is no respect for society for people to call for freedom. in places like i'm studying in germany to be a priest in my seat nothing but i need to be here and support my country and my mind i feel like i'm told pre

cnn's nic robertson is live for us, from london. and good morning to you, nic. protestors are even defying coronavirus lockdown rules there to make their message heard. >> and i think that's sort of one of the growing concerns in capitals around the world. while there's a willingness to see, you know, protests because that's people's right to protest, there is this concern that people are, you know, breaking this sort of -- in the uk, the two-meter rule. in other countries, it may be one and a half meters. we've seen protests in amsterdam yesterday. and these protests really are spanning the globe. >> from auckland, new zealand, tory y to rio de janeiro, brazil, to berlin. crowds have gathered so george floyd's last words don't die with his killing. a huge mural elected along the old path of the berlin wall. prime minister justin trudeau adding his own cautionary words. no country immune to the scourge. >> anti-black racism is real, it's real in the united states but it's also in canada. >> in island, north and south, george floyd larger than in life, remembered

cnn's nic robertson is live this morning at 10 downing street. nic, boris johnson planned to ease restrictions around the current holiday, now a rude about face with this new variant of covid-19. >> reporter: 16.4 million people in the country, a third of england under a tier 4 lock down because of the new variant that the government says could be more transmissible by 70% more. scientists don't believe it's more deadly, just that it can transmit faster and more readily. the concern of course is over a shorter space of time, that could diminish capacity in hospitals and that would have a knock on health effect. but the immediate effect for the cabinet session boris johnson is having today, this emergency session with government experts is to look at the impact of the fact that more than 20 countries have now banned travel from the uk, most significantly across the channel to france, 20% of goods coming in and out of the uk, go across those port crossings, they are blocked today. 6,000 trucks stacked up on the roads. roads being closed by the poli

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right nic what is from the investigative journalism collective at bentinck at thank you very much for talking to us and. thanks very much indeed. the u.s. house of representatives meanwhile has voted to limit president trumps ability to engage in military conflict against iran the chamber voted almost completely along party lines to cross the resolution it would become binding if the senate supports it trump ordered the killing of iranian general custom salinity last week without congress should approve of the resulting increase in tensions with iran prompted to read mergence the meeting of european union foreign ministers in brussels later today they are hoping to find a way to guide the u.s. and iran away from for the confrontation. first the assassination a few iran's top general. then iranian retaliation. in the deepening conflict between iran and the united states the european union seems caught in the middle the country says deeply affects not only the region but all of us and the use of weapons must stop now to give space to dialogue talks seem to be the only feasible option he

nic thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was only there in minutes. well as mentioned european union leaders just wrapped up a virtual round table summit in the last hour where they discussed the increasingly volatile situation in belarus when that disputed election earlier this month the $27.00 heads of government and top leaders met online to share their reactions to the crisis and coordinate policy going forward they decided to impose economic sanctions on the former soviet republic and its autocratic leader alexander lukashenko. chancellor going to michael then took questions from media representatives in berlin let's listen to a clip from merkel statement where she says the e.u. does not recognize the results of the recent elections in belarus sall president alexander lukashenko re-elected fares been huge infringements against election rules these elections were not free and they were not fair and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections together in a common message of the member states we said clearly that we can dam the br

nic thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was only there in minutes. now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today firefighters in california are battling some 30 places across the state the fires have forced evacuations north and east of san francisco some nuff of valley vineyards have been threatened by the flames california's governor has declared a state of emergency as israeli fighter pilots have held their 1st ever training exercises over germany with the german air force planes flew past the site where members of israel's 972 olympic team were killed in a hostage standoff with palestinian militants they also flew over the side to before the nazi concentration camp where tens of thousands of jews were murdered was and japanese prime minister shinzo has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for a routine check up came just days after a top politicians said they appeared overworked they took time out from politics a decade ago for health reasons years japan's longest serv