how do you feel about, for example, eu council president charles micheljust the other day saying thatt, in the end, he said, any resolution of this crisis must be found inside belarus, not in brussels or in moscow. now, that was his way of saying, "there's not much we can actually do here." and eu commissioner on industry or marketing, he said last week that belarus is not part of europe and belarus is located in between europe and russia. this is that knowledge that european union has on belarus, and that's absolutely shameful what is happening. and that's exactly like what borrell said yesterday when it was announced that we will talk to lukashenko. so again and again and again, for 26 years, people of belarus feel betrayed. so the question is, like, when, for god's sake, european union will wake up and act properly, when european union will show its force. and it looks like dictator is stronger than democracy. that brings me back to the beginning here. lu kashenko hasn't buckled. whatever you say... your husband the other day said, "fundamentally, we will never go back to the way t

and today the eu council president. >>charles michel traveled to lebanon to visit the site of the explosion, he said he was quote shocked by the scale of the disaster and he tweeted his assurances that europe will be there to help beirut rebuilt. >>and a couple of being less than 2000 feet from the blast site in beirut say they were lucky to survive. abdel aziz has more now on the story. >>it began with what sounded like fireworks from their balcony husband and wife lena allow me tell you could see a fire growing in the beirut port. >>less than 600 meters away the couple live stream from their apartment as the flames and smoke grew thicker then a second blast. >>lena says she only remembers flying through the air both were knocked unconscious. when lena woke up she saw her home destroyed and her husband bleeding profusely. the couple nolley together in a local hospital room recovering from severe injuries that required hours of surgery to treat. this video shows the catastrophic destruction to their apartment every wind

as you noted, all of it comes in front of a diplomatic backdrop as the eu council has the emergency meeting the situation in belarus and you had a lot of phone diplomacy going on. with putin and macrone and lukeshenko and for the first time, there's a message coming out in english, urging the council to not recognize the election. here's what she said. >> i call on you to not recognize the fraudulent elections. mr. lukeshenko has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of the nation and the world. honorable leaders of europe. i call on you to support the awakening of belarus. i call on all countries to respect the principals of international law. i call to respect the serenity of belarusthe choice of bell-- >> they are calling for new elections and for lukeshenko to move aside, as we see today, that could be a long process still ahead, rosemary. >> thank you so much, fred and i'm rosemary church, i'll be back in just a moment. awesome internet. it's more than just fast. it keeps all your devices running smoothly. with built-in security that protects your kids. protects your info and gives you 2

. >> eu leaders gathered online for a meeting led by the head of the european council. they outlined how they will respond to an election that they say was not for your fair and after subsequent crackdowns on protesters. >> we have the right to --ermine our own faith, >> the eu was making money available for pro-democracy groups in belarus as well as for its health sector. >> the european commission will mobilize now an additional 53 million euros to support the belarusian people in these challenging times. euros to assist the victims of repression and 1 million euros to support civil society and independent media. and 50 million euros of coronavirus emergency support. >> this is seen as a russian government as meddling -- by the russian government as meddling. ministeroreign resisted calls for lukashenko to talk to the opposition. >> to everybody believing mediation is the only way out, i implore them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 in kiev, when eu representatives reached an agreement. will remember what that led to. -- we all remember wha

i think the measures taken at the july european council in terms of the eu recovery has been very importantas well. i think the market stabilization can also be seen in the payments. go to the next chart. focus on the right side, the liabilities. foreignow boxes are debt liabilities, mostly foreign investors holding sovereign debt. euroee the group of countries that are less vulnerable, stronger countries, and more vulnerable. in march, there was a big selloff of the sovereign debt of the more vulnerable group. at the same time, increasing ,urchasing of sovereign debt and we've seen a return to the more vulnerable countries as investor confidence -- [indiscernible] that has come back to net inflows, and that is an important indicator. if you go to the next chart, what this chart shows you is essentially what has been going on with credit dynamics. what it shows you, the black line is the data so far, and compared to previous significant recessions, what we have seen is that there has been sustained increasing credit in recent weeks and months, which to some extent does happen at the start o

how the eu is going to approach that in the security council remains to be seen. the issue is not on the official agenda, but one would have to assume that it would be broached and it will come up today. alix: richard, thanks very much. the ecb released its account july meeting noting it is looking for signs of recovery. michael mckee is here with more beer michael: -- michael mckee is here with more. michael: we got mixed messages. song,b is seeing the old to you in september -- singing the old song. they did not know what was going to happen with the virus. here is what the minutes said. thets september meeting, governing council will be in a better position to reassess the monetary policy stance and policy tools. this would provide more clarity regarding medium-term inflation outlook and prospects for economic activity. they have had a sharp initial rebound because they controlled the virus and the economy came back and so some people going into the meeting felt they might not have to spend all of the 1.3 5 trillion euros they set aside to buy bonds. but some w

council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. saysher stories, russia german doctors treating alexei navalny must identify the substance that caused his illness before they can investigate. the eu urged the kremlin to launch an independent probe after german doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body. moscow insists the berlin hospital diagnosis of poisoning is not conclusive. supporters say a cup of tea at the airport was laced with poison. re-imposept to sanctions on iran is facing a pushback of the united nations. the security council president says 13 members are against three imposing sanctions and will take no further action. the u.s. has been pushing for sanctions to be restored for alleged violations of a nuclear deal. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said iran continues to be a threat to peace in the middle east. meanwhile, sudan's transitional government has told the u.s. secretary of state it does not have the mandate to establish diplomatic ties with israel. pompeo has been holding talks. there are concerns washington may be trying to use sudan's designation as a state sponsor of terror as leverage. reporter: mike pompeo became the first top u.s. dipl

council members were in power once. they were kicked out and hold a grudge. others are outright nazis. meanwhile, international pressure on minsk is increasing. our message is very clear. stop the violence. the eu announced it will impose sanctions on officials in belarus involved in brutality, vote rigging and imprisoning protesters. brussels has offered to mediate, but it needs to tread carefully. there is a risk that people power in belarus will make the kremlin think that europe is meddling in russia's backyard. these protests are neither pro—europe nor anti—russia. they are anti—lukashenko. but the authorities here are trying to paint these people as part of a western plot to try to pivot the country towards brussels to try to drag russia into this crisis. but they're not thinking geopolitics here. all they want is a better, saferfuture. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. in the uk, there are growing signs of tensions between local leaders and government ministers over how to deal with regional spikes in the infection rate of coronavirus. greater manchester's mayor, andy burnham, is resisting any new lockdown in old ham, saying it would be a "knee—jerk" reaction. it comes as the government

results and the eu is expected to soon impose sanctions on individuals connected to the election and the repression of f protestersr. this is charles michel, the president of the european council>> our m message is clear. stop the violence andd we do not accept the impunity. amy: in russia, opposition activist alexei navalny fell ill and collapsed during a flight from siberia to moscow, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in omsk, where he was rushed to a hospital and placed on a ventilator. a doctor said the 44-year-old kremlin critic remains in serious s condition. passengers say navalny became violently ilill after he was photographed d drinking tea a an airport cafefe shortly before boarding the flight, raising the prospect thahat he was poisoned. in the gaza strip, israeli tanks shelled hamas positions overnight in a ninth consecutive night of violence, as palestinians continued to launch incendiary balloons into israeli territory. in the occupied west bank, thousands of palestinians rallied wednesday to protest israel's agreement normalizing ties with the united arab emirates, in a deal brokered by the trump administration. at least three palestinians were wou

union, from the president of the european council, the organisation that represents the member countries, the former belgian prime minister. john michelle says the eustability of belarus so the eu will discuss that with a video conference involving different leaders of the 27 member organisations on wednesday. new zealand has announced it will delay its general election by four weeks because of a fresh coronavirus outbreak. the prime ministerjacinda ardern says the poll will be moved from mid—september to october 17th. the main opposition party supports the move. jacinda ardern says parliament will reconvene on tuesday to set out a new timetable for the campaign. australia has seen its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic after the state of victoria recorded 25 deaths in 2a hours. victoria's previous daily record was 21, recorded last wednesday. there were 282 confirmed cases in the state in the past 2a hours. losing a child is the most difficult thing a parent can face. but for two mothers who have had to endure this tragedy, it has brought them together in a unique friendship. harry dunn and pc andrew harper were killed just 12 days apart. n

here's the eu council president, charles michel.uropean union stands in solidarity with the people of belarus. and we don't accept impunity. on august 9, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. he was referring to the belarus presidential election on august 9, in which official results awarded 80% of the vote to the incumbent alexander lu kashenko. there've been widespread claims of vote—rigging and ten days of mass protests. but ahead of today's eu summit, mr lukashenko told the european union to stay out of belarussian affairs. translation: they're holding a meeting today of eu foreign ministers or leaders. i would simply advise them, before pointing fingers at us, to focus the agenda on, for example, the yellow vests of france, the terrible chaos in the united states, the protests in germany and other countries against coronavirus restrictions. what i'm sayi

here's the eu council president charles michel.opean union stands in solidarity with the people of belarus. and we don't accept impunity. on august the 9th, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair, and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. it was poland who called today's emergency summit. it wants president lukashenko to commit to talks with the opposition. here's poland's deputy foreign minister. you cannot rule the country without a popular support. itruly you cannot rule the country without a popular support. i truly believe that the president lukashenko understands is very well, he cannot rule without a popular support of your own people. so the dialogue is the best option for now. all this follows the belarus presidential election on august nine in which official results awarded 80% of the vote to the incumbent alexander lu kashenko. there've been widespread claims of vote—rigging and ten days o