officials turned a blind eye to allegations that moscow was trying to influence key votes such says the brics that referendum. now the british have it in black and white who the kremlin interfered in the 24000 scottish independence referendum members of the intelligence and security committee also believe russia intended to influence the brics that referendum to help so discord in the e.u. but they say the government was not interested but no one in government knew if russia interfered in or sort influenced the referendum because they did not want to know the u.k. government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia into field the report says that the $24000.00 referendum in scotland in which 55 percent of scots voted against secession from the u.k. was the 1st post soviet interference by russia in a democratic election in the west russian influence is the new normal says committee member kevin jones so the question is who is protecting british public from interference in our democratic process when a no show we found no one is parliamentarian suspect that this is why prime minis

government actively avoided investigating russian interference in the brics referendum. unearned taylor says al-jazeera live from london also coming up. we did its europe east's raunch europe. after 4 days of fraught discussions e.u. leaders struck an historic deal on an $859000000000.00 recovery fund. after federal agents are sent to break up protests in portland oregon i'm as of chicago and new york pushback against president trump's plans to do the same in their cities. and molly's opposition calls for a 10 day pause in protests against the president head of the ija festival. and or the u.k. government has been accused of actively avoiding looking into evidence of russian interference during the 2016 e.u. referendum a report from parliament's intelligence and security committee says the government failed to take action even after information emerged of moscow trying to influence the 2014 scottish independence vote. the offer say it's hard to prove that the kremlin sought to meddle in the brics referendum because the government failed to investigate it inquiry also say

as it puts human rights abuses in the crosshairs of its 1st and unilateral sanctions after brics it . tensions between the u.k. and china rise as the ambassador in london events his anger at gross interference in hong kong last. long. the oscar winning composer ennio morricone best known for his spaghetti western scores dies aged 91. below with more than 530000 people dead the coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing but the focus of attention has shifted yet again as india surges past russia to become the furred hardest hit nation with nearly 700000 infections or their cases per capita remain low the outbreak there isn't expected to peak for several more weeks india is now only behind the u.s. and brazil which together have more than a 3rd of all the world's cases and deaths meanwhile the limits of our understanding of the disease have been highlighted again as 239 scientists now say there's evidence airborne and can spread through smaller particles in the air they want the w.h.o. to revise its recommendations is about per annum begins our coverage from new delhi where som

to agree any sort of framework for a brics it trade deal before the end of the year and nothing is more polarizing in the debate than fishing rights in the 1st of 2 reports that aren't sleeze been speaking to fishman in the southeast of england who welcomed a new deal bricks it. fisherman work harder than nearly anyone it's just after 5 in the morning and wink walpole is doing what he does most days traveling out of the mouth of the thames estuary towards the english channel to look for a catch but he has a big problem the far larger dutch trawlers which not only stealings a british waters but which sometimes used techniques like the mass electrocution of fish to take the lion share if the cold and the soul don't make it up to the estuary his chance is lost we shipped up to fish. on. boats would typically be fishing for 2020 stone and. one of our friends when. i think about 6 start you know i wouldn't pay for wonder why our industry is falling apart. so. fishing rights have become arguably the most totemic issue of all for supporters of brics it's the small boats became a photo opportun

from brics it to an unprecedented health and economic crisis britain's 1st johnson completes a to mulch us 12 months an hour. and returning to the ring iron mike said today for an exhibition fight against former while champion boyfriends jane and. now the staggering impact of craven 1000 on the united states shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has now crossed 4000000 more than 1401 thought her 814-4000 people have died now president trump has called off the republican convention in florida because of coronavirus fears castro reports. the world's richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and it's feared the number will only soar what's important about that is the steamroller that it is. the acceleration that this has the rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a record number of deaths reported in florida that's where president trump had planned to speak before a massive crowd at the republican national convention in august an important moment for his reelection campaign but now those events are canceled i care dee

government has been accused of actively avoiding looking into evidence of russian interference during the brics it referendum the intelligence committee report into moscow's activity in britain called for immediate action russia's foreign ministry dismissed the claims as russophobia synagogue or has this report. in the shadows of britain's democratic process and its economy the threat of interference from russia looms large russia poses an all encompassing security threat which is fueled by paranoia about the west and a desire to be seen as a subject great power carries out malicious cyber activity in order to sell to self aggressively for example by attempting to interfere other country's elections by pre-positioning itself in other countries critical national infrastructure and this is an immediate threat to national security. the warning signs were there the scottish independence referendum in 2014 the 1st post soviet interference in a western democratic election but it raised little curiosity from the government this long awaited report paints a picture of a political system rife with compl

government actively avoided investigating russian interference in the brics it referendum. 13 people held on a bus and ukraine walked free after the president agreed to the hostage takers demand to endorse an animal rights documentary. so the u.s. president donald trump has warned that the creative arts outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it is a mild to part from the optimistic picture he's projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many states trump was speaking it is merely resume daily coronavirus briefing that's the 1st since april and yes the public to wear masks and promise to deliver a vaccine as soon as possible the u.s. is the worst affected country in the world with more than 141000 deaths and whatever 3800000 cases that join a virus is a vicious and dangerous illness but we've learned a great deal about it. and who it targets we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be very very powerful we've developed as we go along some areas of our country are doing very well others are doing less well it will probably unfortunately get

fishing rights have become arguably the most totemic issue of all for supporters of brics it's the small boats became a photo opportunity in support of no deal the argument being that a line had to be drawn in the sea to offer proper separation from a europe which gains far more than the u.k. from the current arrangements that votes that was taken to westminster belongs to this man who is as convinced now as he ever was that brics it must be used to support the u.k.'s broken fishing industry we've said we could potentially have an industry where fight 1000000000 pounds if fission in st you where there's a moment it's in a 1000000000. that's. more employment there's an awful lot more you know no more of your money 1st little towns you know around the coast mr switzer without so this is one of the more difficult arguments for critics of no deal that while it might look catastrophic for other industries for the owners of small fishing boats it could be hugely significant opponents of brecht's it often points out that fishing is only worth half a percent of the whole british economy but in c

because of brics it's china and north america has been contacting us all know you joe. it's right next to highways train lines and the upcoming sand not europe canal linking the have to the benelux countries river network smart logistics would streamline the hubs activities. will set up start up incubate us and be working with artificial intelligence and big data everything will be mechanized this robots exit skeletons and drones in and around the warehouses we have a cyber security department and our campus will include restaurants cash and tells and training centers. but this economist says it won't be that easy to become europe's number wonder just 6 march up the covert 1000 crisis has also increased competition. and. this new wave to set up logistics warehouses is creating a new market for real estate many regions will be competing to attract companies and their follow local taxes what's more evil its business model is based on the said no europe cannot but the letter is being delayed and will only be completed in 20285 years later than scheduled. and yet the develo

nationalistic and 1st approaches of some countries to coronavirus vaccines and treatments the 1st face to face brics is talk since the coronavirus pandemic began have ended a day early and with the 2 sides no closer to a deal failure to reach an agreement by the end of the year could have a major impact on businesses already reeling as a result of the pandemic. this was the moment britain officially left the european union. it was january 31st and nothing really changed. instead a transition period began giving both sides 11 months to decide on the future of their relationship 6 months on an agreement still seems a very long way off. this week the 2 sides met for their 1st face to face talks since the coronavirus struck the hope was that they could make significant progress towards reaching a deal on trade and other issues by october. but it wasn't to be negotiations ended a day earlier than planned and german chancellor angela merkel raised the possibility of the transition period ending without an accord. me fighting for and continue to fight for a good solution but the e.u. and germany must and s

rather than celebrating our afterwards the big issue is who was the winner this is how we got into brics it by this move mindset and it shows clearly we have to move to majority voting also on budget issues and in the end probably we need something like a european problem republic rather than member states in consensus trying to govern this will never make us competitive we'll have to leave it there spending gold a member of the european parliament speaker of the german green delegation thank you for joining us here and. that the trial has begun here in germany of the man accused of attacking a synagogue in the eastern city of hillah last october he's alleged to have killed 2 passers by after failing to gain access to the synagogue on kapoor the holiest day in the jewish calendar prosecutors say he intended to massacre the worshippers inside. under armed guard and wearing a coronavirus face mask 28 year old stephan b. was led into court to answer for one of the worst anti-semitic attacks in post-war german history it left 2 people dead but prosecutors allege he intended to kill many more

this is the 1st huge big piece but then there are so many other things that will be coming up the brics it of course a difficult situation and relationship with china and the difficult relationship to the united states and so many so many building sites as we say here in brussels problems that have to be tech world and dealt was that she will hardly get any sleep during the next 6 months so can uncle america walk on water that's what the european union it is expecting from her but she is just a mere mortal and she will just have to do her best. the e.u. has opened its external borders still asia and business travel survey but not all countries coronavirus hotspots including the u.s. and russia were excluded from the so-called safe list of countries. and into the block australia japan and south korea did make the. child is travelers 10 also and to have but only off to china opens its own borders so it's a difficult summer it's proving to be for tourism dependent businesses in europe with more e.u. residents choosing to stay close to home. and this is due to every news here's a reminder o

about a massive coronavirus rescue package they haggled into the early hours of the 750000000000 euro bric conference on it looks like they could finally be edging towards a deal. also coming up argentina starts easing lockdown restrictions bringing a welcome boost to businesses battered by the 4 month period national walked out. and the united arab emirates launches the arab world's 1st mission the markets they hope the probe aims to provide the 1st complete picture of the red planet atmosphere. i'm seeing so much going to thank you for joining us a tense european union summit in brussels over a proposed 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery package has gone into a 4th day but there are signs that there might be a breakthrough today countries are split over how much money could be a should be distributed as free grants or as loans that will have to be repaid and whether strings should be attached to enforce the rule of law and some countries now hard hit southern states including italy and spain want to see substantial aid payments but a group of self declared frugal northern european co

summit with china in september that was postponed and then there's also this brics that's looming in december. and by land thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other news around the world police in hong kong have made their 1st arrest under the tough new security law imposed by beijing on tuesday the man who was detained was holding a flag advocating for independence police had warned that displaying pro independence materials would lead to arrest and prosecution. heavy downpours are sweeping across the southwest in eastern china causing flooding and mudslides almost 3 quarters of a 1000000 people have been evacuated in the east in the south west at least 12 people have died and 10 are missing. brazil's army has been testing isolated indigenous communities for the coronavirus on this visit no one tested positive but the pandemic is threatening to decimate hundreds of amazon tribes they have a little immunity to external diseases and have a communal lifestyle that pulls out social distancing. and the united states the government's top infectious disease expert has sounded th

budget this is the 1st huge big piece but then there's so many other things that will be coming up the brics it of course the difficult situation and relationship with china and the difficult relationship to the united states in so many so many building sites as we say here in brussels problems that have to be tech old and dealt was that she will hardly get any sleep during the next 6 months so can uncle america walk on water that's what the european union is expecting from her but she is just a mere mortal and she will just have to do her best one of the problems that you mentioned the e.u. china relationship let's talk about that barbara where does germany stand on that given the germany has been extremely critical or overly critical of china in the past. we know that the german economy is so closely linked to exports to china that the german welse and german car industry the whole machinery sector and is closely linked to china so for germany that's always been the point to stay well back to not sort of get drawn into the middle east not to sort of interfere too much on the america it's t

government is hoping that michael brings her pragmatism to the brics at negotiating table to secure a deal with the brits germany is considered a reliable development partner and when germany took over the g 20 presidency michel at a strong focus on africa one thing kenya will probably take a good look at is germany's role at the u.n. security council because at the end of the year germany will be handing over the baton to kenya as one of the nonpermanent members of the council the rule of law is a sensitive issue between warsaw and brussels many polish people worry that they no longer live in a constitutional state they want europe to keep a closer eye on the polish government during the german presidency germany had planned for a big china summit in september where both sides were to announce an investment agreement the summit has been cancelled due to covert 19 and the negotiations on this agreement are stuck more over western partners are very worried about china's decision to impose a national security law on hong kong germany has joint declaration is voicing concern but has also

china that those are some of the core issues and last but not least we also have the deadline for the brics a transition looming in december and if the e.u. and the united kingdom can't agree on a deal on their future relations that might mean that the united kingdom will crash out of the european union at the end of the year so a lot on the table for the german government but a lot of this also requires consensus and better than simply what's going to be really what's going to be required i think i'm going to. take our viewers straight to the german parliament not because john slanging a buckle has begun how to dress to members of parliament. and i president of the bundestag in my introductory words years since it is the 1st. presidency is now assumed by german aid in a difficult time germany has assumed the presidency of the council of the european union and not surely a presidency will be overshot of a shadowed by the corona pandemic our efforts to contain it and to return to a new normal if you like of 2 weeks ago i asked for your support for the unprecedented recover i plan that we hav

minister and his deputies were declined while the poor get the law in america that that the state the bric a throw back to. then brick that into the door but i didn't need to go to get that kind of my sausage or her hair on any book and at that get the baby somebody's time assuming we're good we begin america didn't look with pity. from one health workers say the raids a creating fear and mistrust amongst vulnerable populations now you know hard to contain the spread of coronavirus. told to fit into the board. at these health clinics foreigners queue to be tested for covert military but the line used to be much longer. since the raids began there's been less demand to free testing they need be apprehensive about coming forward because. of the possibility of them being exposed and then the possibility of perhaps being apprehended by the authorities for being unbecoming to. dr ahmed faisal put downs is the president of mercy malaysia which runs these health programs for migrants and refugees there definitely would be extra pressure now for those who are undocumented pleasure on them. to deci

expected to release a long delayed report next week on alleged russian interference in both in the brics that referendum 4 years ago as well as the general election in 2017 well we can now speak to our correspondent paul brennan who is in london for us paul i want to start with this latest allegation of russian hacking around the covert 19 vaccine just what do we know about who's behind this. it's a fascinating report that's been published and circulated by the u.k.'s national cybersecurity center gives it extra credibility is that it's not just the u.k. that's produced this report has been done in conjunction and in collaboration with the canadian intelligence services and 2 of the american us intelligence services department for homeland security in the national security agency as well so this for agencies involved in this what it's looked at is the activities of a group called a c t 29 otherwise known as the jukes perhaps best known around the world as cozy bet that done some high publicity high profile attacks in the past this latest report on that tactics and what they're up to says

a report has found that the british economy is likely to face a double shock from brics it's on top of the devastation caused by covert 19 the london school of economics claims that while up to 80 percent of businesses have already been negatively impacted by the pandemic others are yet to feel the economic impacts of the end of the transition period its research is a calling for a sector by sector assessment well the report details the industry's most impacted by cove in 1000 such as accommodation and food services transport and the arts and entertainment it also records those hit or less hard such as professional technical and scientific industries where home working is an option but those industries are also among those expected to be hit by bricks it goods linked to those sectors electrical equipment chemicals and textiles manufacturing are mungo's expected to suffer. particularly if a free trade deal isn't ratified in time but despite the threat of grave economic consequences a u. and u.k. ministers a still struggling to agree on a trade deal used chief negotiator says an agreemen

hoping that mantle brings that pragmatism to the cracks at negotiating table to secure a deal with the brics many things have changed dramatically but one thing remains the same it's the respects for the german chancellor and the popularity of. also coming up tonight to their train to take out terrorists and to rescue hostages germany's elite k.-s. kings special commando force but one unit is being dissolved on concerns of right wing sympathizers within its ranks how prevalent is it extremism inside germany's military. and someone else said it was not meet you saying there are still jews you know you wouldn't know if it would eradicate the. time another guy that. went to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with perceptions and pandemic in case you didn't notice 2020 is now half over and i am sure you noticed how difficult the past 6 months have been for the entire world when we 1st reported about a new coronavirus in china in the 1st week of january little did we know that a regional outbreak was about to become a global killer well th

domestic what they identified was the use of russian money to pay british influencers to try to get the brics it vote. to go in favor of putin and that is identified as being booted as interest the disintegration of the european union and the disintegration of data so those 2 things now m i 5 we're told watched money changed hands but did nothing further with it so that is the big state you know my 5 watched the russians hand over money but then didn't inform parliament and the government by its own admission didn't ask to be informed. the question is begged i think the lawfulness of the brakes at referendum result remember it was a very small minority 3.7 percent of those made a difference in an in out referendum ok very is that is analogous. going to have to fight another day and i want to quickly ask should we presume that this is not just russia doing it should be presumed that britain the united states and others are also launching these sorts of attacks of course of course the truth is ever since 2016 britain has become increasingly vulnerable we've seen britain under attack and being t

and then later with the brics it advisor. the group representing scottish police officers is criticize the nation's proposed hate crime legislation saying it would lead to officers making decisions on what is and isn't free speech in submissions to to devolve government inquiries these go to police federation said the new powers are too vague want to temps at enforcement would undermine trust in the force it argues existing laws are capable of tackling racism and discrimination we are firmly of the view this proposed legislation would see officers policing speech and would devastate the legitimacy of the police in the eyes of the public the bill would move even further from policing in criminalising of deeds and acts to the potential policing of what people think or feel as well as the criminalization of was said in private the bill wants to make stirring up hatred a criminal offense even if the comments were said in private or not intended to incite violence it covers areas such as age race sexual orientation religion disabi

from brics it to an unprecedented health and economic crisis britain's 1st johnson completes a to mulch us 12 months and our.

record daily increase in covert infections also the country's biggest surge since the start of the bric a russian intensive care doctor based in new york sees the crisis is only like anything health workers have seen before. many of my colleagues including those who were here during the 911 attacks. was surprised by the situation. it was unprecedented even for them. also ahead this. poland's conservative president normally secures another term for a closely fought race. germany has been exerting influence on voters. no. secret tests investigators say they have a stop. mysteriously died in russia. more than 60 years ago. are tuning in from right across the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know me good to have your company. new video has emerged showing a us police officer restraining a black man by kneeling on his neck in a chilling echo of the george floyd killing the latest incident happened in allentown pennsylvania on saturday evening investigation is under way the local police department has so far defended the officer's actions saying the sus

minister is quoting and i think also the fact that after brics that if it's a no deal practice that u.k. especially needs the u.s. as a partner and if it wants a bilateral agreement then it has to concede to some of the u.s. concerns about the way. only what about germany and other countries are some other countries also considering banning the telecoms giant from china while way. well it's interesting germany's decision is still forthcoming originally germany was saying we're not going to ban while way we need that to make 5 t. a success but it's decision now will be coming in september so it's a telecom of the big german telecom company where the german government is also still a shareholder is a lobbying fiercely for wall way but other countries like australia japan and canada have banded italy's also it's alluding well way from contracts for italy and for brits so thanks much for that today from frankfurt in india the number of drone virus cases is fast approaching 1000000 medical crisis us authorities must balance with its ailing economy very much in mind a national lockdown the cl

saying he said this is the big the report is basically a failure of remain in the desire to say the brics it was. was created in effect by the russian government well if it was you're not the russian government doesn't it to you that much to do with any foreign governments is to do with the patient xenophobia of the people who teach leave the euro. i certainly. don't blame russia for us losing the heart well their own. country. well the report attacks m i 5 you say for saying that the reason why the intelligence and security committee couldn't find any evidence for election meddling is because we didn't look enough for it some of said it's a bit like a santa cause argument what do you make of the i ses explanation that the problem here is that we can't prove something because we haven't tried hard enough to prove it or we make it look the job they are my 5 serves is to crack down terror which costs lives on 3 and to shut down the people who are perpetrating or planning these terror attacks if not friends we go out looking for evidence all male may not be. you know red now for years ago bu

investment and the middle east africa and the bric countries combined so it's a major major thing for the economic model and in that context 13000000000 is not much at all ok and this is this is creating a lot of tensions inside the e.u. ireland doesn't want to pay brussels wants to wants it to pay wants to accept the money rather and it desperately needs the cash from ireland this 13000000000 would flow back to brussels much of it to fill the loopholes that the tax the liberties creating in ireland to help pay for their coronavirus crisis funded 750000000000 those are the numbers we're talking about right now exactly so this very week the e.u. is having major major discussions on this. fund so billions of yours has been spent across the block to try and recover the economies of the continent while at the same time of companies like apple facebook google receiving these very very loose tax arrangements on avoiding billions in tax the thing is that your being commission is increasingly trying to crack down on this and you have actually the potential at the moment and we just this very

but certainly not the only one there are a whole host of issues that are also very important one for brics it to relations with china migration climate change all sorts of things but still that absolutely one overriding thing is likely to be the centerpiece of merkel speech as well you know richard i want to ask you about that economic recovery package as you said worth hundreds of billions of euro is a lot of hopes being placed on that program but negotiations over it are proving difficult what are the hurdles at this point. that's right i mean the negotiations are kind of underway in the background at the moment the president of the european council shall michelle's been doing a lot of negotiation with individual member states to try and find out where they will stand almost the one thing that everyone agrees on is that there is a need for a major step here a major program but once you come to a lot of the details there are discrepancies about the size of it should it be 750000000000 or just mentioned or should it be less than that there are some northern european countries that have bee

by its own admission didn't ask to be informed the question is begged i think the lawfulness of the brics it referendum result remember it was a very small. 3.7 percent of those made a difference in an in out referendum ok so that was a very is that isn't. going to have to fight another day and i want to quickly ask should we presume that this is not just russia doing it should we presume that britain the united states and others are also launching these sorts of attacks of course of course the truth is ever since 2016 britain has become increasingly vulnerable we've seen britain under attack and being threatened by china we've seen britain do attack being threatened by putin and we also see america 3 it's way around it's not coincidental that secretary of state of peo came over in person at the beginning of the week in order to ensure that britain would not honor its agreement to take who our way 5 g. we are in a very difficult place with very vulnerable in britain we don't have friends we don't have friends in europe right now and that makes us like who vowed people open to abuse and ag

politics and indeed in the brics it referendum in 2060 of that report has been delayed and delayed and delayed by the johnson government possibly because it contains embarrassing stuff about russian links to the conservative party so guess what they do today quickly before the committee gets that report out next week they rushed out a statement saying hang on the russians did interfere in the 29000 election and at that time it was the labor party that exploited it and i think there is a lot of muddying the waters going on yeah i mean it sounds like there's some deflecting going on here like if you heard anything about what quicken is saying is that been reported at all in russia is there a connection between these stories. i don't i haven't seen that reported in russia i think that's a little bit you know that's pretty inside politics for the russian press of the moment i'm sure that something in russian state acres may seize upon in the future to claim that this story is made up that this story is doesn't doesn't hold water. you know that all said and i you know it sounds like there's

begin getting on with one thing that is obviously you know a hard deadline at the end of this year is brics it now the united kingdom has one foot out of the european door but it's not a completed pro process yet the 2 sides still have to negotiate a trade deal but the brits have been very clear that they want to leave fully at the end of this year even if there is no deal a form of brinkmanship you could say on their side or the europeans are really now saying well ok if that see if that's the case then so be it so many including angela merkel have been sort of preparing the ground for a possible no deal scenario saying that they want to find a solution but they're not going to. they're not going to do anything to achieve it that's just one massive issue then there are the big. the long term issues of climate change and the digital transformation these are 2 things that angela merkel also was rough on the european commission a very keen to tie together with this recovery plan to say well let's use this necessary stimulus to actually bring progress on these 2 very important sort of generati

state of washington brics gets confirmed the team will change its controversial name off to fresh protests over racist connotations. hello i'm christie want to welcome to the program germany's health minister has warned that the country could face a renewed outbreak of coronavirus if tourists drop their god while on holiday in spawn told a news conference in berlin that he was along to buy images of germans flossing social distancing guidelines while on the beaches of majorca on say the danger off a 2nd wave is real and urged tourists to follow the rules. on my yorkers beaches holiday makers enjoy the sun and the fresh breeze but at night all the coronavirus related rules seem forgotten on the party strip the so-called tourists are drinking and dancing with few face masks and little social distancing to be seen. german health minister young man has expressed concern. reasons of course in this that we have to be very careful that the man doesn't become a 2nd ready. what i mean by that is the risk of infection is particularly high when people don't stick to the rules. it's cool the austrian

challenge number 2 bricks it britain's prime minister boris johnson insists he wants to finish the brics process at the end of this year that means a huge rush to work out a trade deal crucial for business on both sides germany has a big stake in this but there are doubts whether britain's hardline government really wants a deal it's about the political well it's not so much about certain policy areas it's really about having a common approach and what you see at the moment is unfortunately no willingness especially on the u.k. side to find a deal beyond those top 2 challenges relations with china problems with migration digital transformation and climate change are also major issues facing europe this year but our guest says setting priorities will be key i think we need to lower the expectations concerning the german council presidency because the task ahead i huge i think it would be a success if germany already manages to have an agreement on the recovery front that is good and finally if it manages to find a brecht's a degree meant then it would be extremely successful so germany ha

government has also said that they don't see a need for reinvestigating to re-examine the brics that ballot they've released a statement saying a retrospective assessment of the e.u. referendum is not necessary following the publication of the russian report well in that 50 page russia report the intelligence and security committee said that the you kate was clearly a target for dissent summation campaigns around the general elections it also says that in forcing a new espionage act that's one of its recommendations would certainly prevent or at least inhibit individuals concealing their connections to a foreign state they also recommend a foreign register register a foreign agent such as they have in the u.s. where you would have to register your interest with the justice department and also working closely with the online companies so that they could plant doubt on any hostile state activity on their platforms when in response the. government claims that it has long recognized the threat by russia and sees moscow as a security priority they also say they have a 30 a strategy for de

government is hoping that machall brings her pragmatism to the brics that negotiating table to secure a deal with the brits. germany is considered a reliable development partner and when germany took over the g 20 presidency michel at a strong focus on africa one thing kenya will probably take a good look at is germany's role at the u.n. security council because at the end of the year germany will be handing out the baton to kenya as one of the nonpermanent members of the council the rule of law is a sensitive issue between warsaw and brussels many polish people worry that they no longer live in a constitutional state they want europe to keep a closer eye on the polish government during the german presidency germany had planned for a big you china summit in september when both sides were to announce an investment agreement the summit has been cancelled due to covert 19 and the negotiations on this agreement are stuck more over western partners are very worried about china's decision to impose a national security law on hong kong germany has joined declarations voicing concern but has

to a whole new level so rick back to that question of how much is too much think about it this way brics nations brazil russia india china and south africa they have all been working actively for the past 2 years it continue to work every day to detach themselves from the supremacy and the authority of the u.s. dollar they do this on a regular basis through relationships with other countries the creation of new currencies and that also includes digital currencies it would be almost ironic if the power of the u.s. dollar which makes us ancients possible was weakened and ultimately dethroned because of an overreach caused by again u.s. sanctions but the news with rick sanchez unbends one great stuff thanks so much for setting the table for a spell it's go do what's really going on in the reaction we're joined now by christiane i george galloway and econ professor richard wolffe professor wolf i want to start with you have we gone sanction crazy. yes i think so i think it is quite. evident the sanctions do not work and some crimes are counterproductive raggatt unintended consequence but are