post corona i mean if the e.u. can't rise to the challenge now and use this moment for further integration further solidarity further consensus coming together when it's really facing this massive public health crisis and the greatest economic challenge since it was created then when when when will it become a stronger union well e.u. has been managing so many crises during the whole lifetime or you i am i quite sure that the e.u. will manage it managing this crisis as well and it will take some time to go back through to the economy to the free borderers to the internal market but we will manage as we have star always i'm not afraid of that that's nothing i worry about swedish foreign minister and linda thank you for joining us on complex one. thank you very much. what's going on here oh no house of your very own from a printer. computer games that are killing. my dog needs electricity. to deliver. what the future holds. living in the digital world shipped. on t w. on the 77 percent we talk about big issues that.

the e.u. all strongly condemning this this coup with the word from echo us which is the west african regional body has been similar they've condemned it they've not given it any shred of legitimacy they've asked for restoration of constitutional order one major thing is to remember that a lot of african countries have gone through this kind of thing and they've not normally had a good outcome from it so a lot of africans looking at this will have some question about the military coming in and taking over and that's why echo us has come out with a strong statement to say you know there has to be a restoration of constitutional order democracy has to stand they don't want to set of the wrong president with this and with this event tommy thank you so much for your analysis some of this was to do was tell me i love it oh indeed. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on t.v. news talking about says the e.u. does not recognize the recent election results and about the ru

e.u. commission president as lafond ally and confirmed that sanctions would be put in place on both deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters in belarus she also raised a few eyebrows by saying that there would be cash made available to the people of bella ruth day we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus one fundamental freedoms and democracy. secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times. all in all though it seems that was a stronger response from the european union than we were probably expecting heading into this emergency summit. this iteration has garnered a lot of attention what other statements have been made by e.u. leaders.

it is quite clear that this is the biggest threat what the e.u. doesn't want under any circumstances is a repeat situation like in ukraine in 2015 they do not want sort of russia to submerge into a neighboring country they don't want another conflict that then in the end again ends up as a frozen conflict that nobody is willing or capable of to resolving. on the other side they do have a certain amount of hope if you look at what happened in armenia for instance in 2018 there was a sort of peaceful turn over a new new power came in in new prime minister who sort of was not anti russia but still sort of emphasized armenian independence who still sort of was able to do his own thing within certain limits and that is more or less the model of what the european union hopes for in belarus could in new person come in somebody who is not anti putin somebody who putin who putin will tolerate who put in is able to live with because if you look at the his relationship to look he certainly does not love him foreign minister sergey lavrov today said there wer

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 measures depends on the further actions of the by the russian authorities. condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view of what comes next the baltic states and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that l.c.a. sion others still have sought a balancing act the e.u. can't turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. so it's no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks with merkel mark kroll and the european council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation above the roofs is russia's closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and the buffer zone ag

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which the e.u. has confirmed that it is working on thanks again speller russian officials suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters european lawmakers are also claiming there's a threat of russian interference and belarus they are all over has the details but we've heard statements on monday from the number of the e.u. institutions on the unfolding situation in valorise the european parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk and other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the russian federation to refrain from any interference. in bella ruse following the election and call on the 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

and at the same time i would like to remind you that the e.u. remains unconvinced that cyprus is doing enough to stop suspect money and characters flowing into your country and by extension the e.u. . as a liberal democrat. very. good have to leave it up because i'm the cat of a political party that belongs in the european liberal democrat family i couldn't be more in favor of fighting corruption and supporting a democracy and. can any measure that can be taken on a new i'd lever to strengthen the fight of the heart of the european union against the money laundering against corruption. could not but be welcomed by the liberal democrats. however we should not be singling out and new white policies could certainly saw many problems in the european union i have one more comment another small actually story you know i happened to be in the during the bluejay and 8017 and i was living a company there and we felt very much for a friend that we you know what we identified with the dive people and we felt very much a sentence that is small country like

and e.u. member states not to support greece's maximalist amounts against international law under the pretext of union solidarity greece is not an archipelago state it's against international law for greek islands especially because the result of a continental shelf so basically there is no problem about the territorial waters but turkey and greece are at odds with regard to the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone johns are all places more on the greek reaction from. the sanctions according to certain leaks that have been made would include would begin from the energy sector from sanctioning individuals and ships and companies supplying those ships that are involved in the exploration but they could extent massively they could extend to e.u. states to turkey to bank loans being given by e.u. bank to turkish companies and individuals and they could extend to travel restrictions to individuals so the climate at today's informal meeting shows that europe has finally rallied behind greec

the e.u. increases sanctions pressure on better routes and warns russia against intervening in support of president look at shank. santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera the e.u. is also threatening sanctions against turkey if no progress is made in the eastern mediterranean crisis with greece tens of thousands gather to march on washington d.c. or a new drive against police brutality and a demand for racial justice and accusations india's police were complicit in the deadly riots there. the european union is edging closer to sanctions on better russian officials which it has linked to both electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters the blocs foreign ministers have all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people though they have not said exactly who some e.u. states want the inclusion of president lukashenko on that list he has faced mass demonstrations ever since winning elections which critics say where richt. there was a political agreement amo

the e.u. hers confirmed it is drawing up playing sions against beller russian officials who are 'd suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters some european lawmakers have challenge mr lukashenko legitimacy the president while claiming there is a threat of russian interference artie's europe correspondent peter oliver picks up the story well we've heard statements on monday from the number of the e.u. institutions on the unfolding situation in bellary the european parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minute skin other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the russian federation to refrain from any interference covert or overt in belarus following the election and call on the e.u. institutions and member states to vigilantly counter 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 rep

the e.u. will convene an emergency session over the political process in bellerive starters people rally both for and against president looking across the country. the situation in our country is very serious we are against unrest the dictatorship that has lasted for 26 years has finally been weakened i stand here for valor it's our president the only way to win is to keep showing our disagreement with the results of the election. the u.s. senate intelligence committee releases the conclusion to its report accusing him of personally ordering on the democratic party back in 26 the use the phrase almost certain to stop short of providing actual evidence. and a military uprising in mali sweeps the president from power threatening to plunge the country take a. very good morning to you this is r.t. international. the e.u. used to hold an emergency summit over the political crisis in bellerive slater on wednesday the country enters an 11th day of protest with more strike action and rallies expected

e.u. politicians warn russia trying to interfere in the roost but at the same time brussels itself to slap sanctions on top officials in. the u.s. says it will not. hold. until reforms happen despite the desperate situation following the deadly blast in beirut earlier this month. by broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international. thousands of factory workers have put down their tools in belarus demanding a rerun of last week's election with many taking to the streets right across the country president alexander lukashenko however however has said a new vote will only be possible if the constitution is amended. not in the but we need to adoption and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to palm and the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus where the workers from a various a major

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 that 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 a 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 particularly money will not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on monday the german government confident that they have been holding talks with svetl

is surrounded to not only by its biggest neighbor russia but also by the e.u. members poland and lithuania you may not have the close economic ties with belarus that russia has about it the dots have political influence the opposition has repeatedly emphasized how important the use of their it it's is for them and its opposition politicians have gone to kind of scope we saw it cold today on the you not to recognize presidential elections however it is not to the e.u. that has the final say when it comes to the country's future about the people and take on also the urge to the e.u. to respect their choice and there's a bit there's a bit of tension right now going on over over the involvement not only of the e.u. but also that of russia talk with us about the how serious russia is in its support of belarus especially if leaders are getting involved now. yeah i think russia will definitely try to avoid any military intervention such interference especially to prop up alexander lukashenko will quickly and irrevocably change the attitude of belarus and society towar

now the e.u. has just held an emergency video conference on the belarus crisis and we can now bring in our europe correspondent peter all over who's with us in berlin and then we're going to cross over to remind castro in moscow peter let's start with you what came out of those e.u. talks. yes this emergency summit wrapped up with a statement from the bloc saying they would not recognize the results of the may 9th of the august 9th belorussian elections show michel who's the european council president making the announcement. the european union student in so we don't reteach was a piece of bread or these elections neither free nor. to meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the belarus authorities. well that is sure it's a police were planted to kind of sky who stood against president lukashenko vote she called for the e.u. to do exactly that earlier on this is taking place right now in the. euro. i call on you not to recognise this fraud and elections mr

while the e.u. politicians warn russia against trying to interfere in belarus but at the same time brussels itself threatens to slap sanctions on top officials in minsk. but it will hold back financially it says the u.s. to lebanon and to reforms despite the desperate situation following the deadly blast in beirut earlier this month. from moscow to the world this is our international pleasure to have your company best news hour my names you know me. factory workers have done there are 2 in belarus demanding a rerun of last week's election with many taking to the streets right across the country president alexander lukashenko. new vote will only be possible if the constitution is amend it. not in the but we need to adoption and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on the then you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to palm and the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in

sion others still have sought a balancing act the e.u. can't turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. so it's no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks with merkel mark kroll and the european council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roof's is russia's closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and the buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with look at yours to the west than risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affair. years of belarus which could lead to a further escalation of the crisis would be an acceptable. for many years but it doesn't exactly been a top priority for the united states in 2006 they slap sanctions on minsk for you

the e.u. may help their roofs become a majestic clee independent from russia well germany holds the rotating presidency of the european union right now and as soon as the summit it wrapped up chancellor angela merkel was in front of the cameras and talking to the press she said that it's important that outside influence is kept away from belarus belarus should on its own choose brain dependent path that the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there be interesting to see how that flies with the statement from a sort of on the line what we were expecting coming out of this summit was support for the opposition and confirmation on sign sions what we ultimately got was a refusal to recognize the election result from earlier at august and cash for the opposition coming from the european union it now looks like moscow is has become a direct mediator between the european union and belarus xander look at shank oh he initiated gets another telephone conversation

the e.u. neighboring african countries and the un security council is not convening for a closed door meeting on the situation the coup follow several months of protests in mali over economic hardship and an age government corruption. 6 people here jump for joy to say a final farewell to mr walker kate he's no longer our president. nothing is going well and we're all suffering but the coup time does not suit we must advocate for dialogue above all. we've been getting reaction to what is occurring there including from historian gerald horne who claims the roots of mali's lead us insurrection can be traced back to nato as intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago. this. accept basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder more cut off the libya engineered by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain france that murder of gadhafi led to leakage of tons of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselve

and the e.u. is pushing forward with sanctions against $28.00 senior officials of a voter fraud and the crackdown on protesters president alexander lukashenko has over the army to be on alert and says he's prepared to retaliate to sanctions has been nearly 3 weeks of demonstrations since a disputed election those were the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story that's a watch by fidel. called golden passports documents obtained in cyprus by which people from a number of countries the aim for some is to access the e.u. one of void corruption brought downs at home or elsewhere but is that legal and what's the e.u. do to stop with this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. and al-jazeera investigation has revealed that cyprus has being given european passports to convicted criminals and high level political figures if for an investing 2 and a half $1000000.00 in the country the law leak of possible data to our investigative unit exposes serious flaws to the island

meanwhile the e.u. held a virtual emergency summit on the increasingly volatile situation in belarus the 27 heads of government and top leaders decided to impose economic sanctions on the former soviet republic lucas shank oh the german chancellor angela merkel condemned the recent elections take a listen there have 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've said clearly that we can dam the brutal violence against the demonstrators as well as the imprisonment and use of violence exerted against thousands of belo rest since we are calling for the regime of the government of mr luker schenkel to cease violence and the freedom of opinion and freedom to demonstrate must be guaranteed and we also called for an independent media so that people can get independent information. that was chancellor merkel speaking in berlin the softer

they can travel around they can open a bank account in another e.u. country so we've been really calling that is like what it's been a long time we've been calling the e.u. i'm doing something and they. as we've mentioned before they came out with a report saying that they would do something but we still are waiting for 4 for a response and now that the commissioner commissioner renders that said this week that he was there would it be exploring whether the e.u. could bring infringement proceedings against cyprus where were they what the legislative and we really urge the e.c. must that the commission sorry must not waste no time on this. they must and the law is whether the prince principle of since a corporation between member states has been violated whether the security of the of this of the e.u. has been undermined by this means and not only in the case of cyprus but in the case of over countries which are so have these kind of schemes and plates and then or so what we doing is what we calling for is that a phase out of these schemes both forts a

the e.u. is going ahead with sanctions on 20 senior belorussian officials say it's over a just future election and a crackdown on protesters president alexander lukashenko says he's prepared to retaliate by cutting off trade routes. hundreds of refugees and migrants are stranded on a railway track in bosnia herzegovina one province has decided to ban that while another one has refused to accept them elsewhere has become a bottleneck for thousands of migrants often other routes closed down. the un security council has approved cuts to its peacekeeping force in southern lebanon its mandate has been extended for a year but the number of troops has been reduced by 2000 after pressure from the united states and israel they say the unifil force needs to take more action against the lebanese are group hezbollah kristen salumi has more. tension in southern lebanon where israeli mortars and allegedly has ball of fighters criss cross the border that's the backdrop to a u.n. security council unanimous de