the lion and the president of the european council shall michel to boycott it and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder action, a saudi consulate. blogger arrived at dar, we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, educate the insulting islam activist lucchino loud troll, detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the it's against its own nationals. that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence a patient in the summit, even though it's only a virtual event mark to rebel is sp

lawmakers also send a personal letter to european commission president or the law funded lie and european council president shall michel we asked the commission for their response and we're told this summit was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation. the protection of human rights in the kingdom, and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. you fishel say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open. but human rights groups argue the leaders must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment. coronavirus pandemic has turned 2020 into a truly exceptional year. for most people, keep your distance where facemask stay at home, you know the term, the new normal. but how have children adapted? our reporters me

all the majority, all the european council, and that you have a presidency, including the proposed rule of law mechanism. violation of the cheat. it's a shame violation. hold the cheaters. article 2, which specifies the values of the european union, should be respected by due to be in union. but do you oppose it? but do you oppose it not on a legal basis? or do you oppose it on a principles basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look, for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for judicial independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. even launched article 7 proceedings against poland. for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is of course, a cornerstone of rule of law. you're facing some really serious accusations, concerns that your party is taking ov

all the majority, all the european council and the german presidency includes the proposed rule of law mechanism, is late violation of the cheat. it's a shame this violation. hold the cheaters. article 2 which specifies the values of the european union should be respected by duty. but do you oppose it, but do you not on a legal basis or do you oppose it on a principle basis? because because ultimately let's have a look. for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for digital independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. even launched article 7 proceedings against poland for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is of course, a cornerstone of rule of law. you're facing some really serious accusations, concerns that your party is taking over the body that selects

have been with the european council on foreign relations, mr. leader, and we appreciate your time, your insights tonight. thank you. and the united nations is calling it the shadow pandemic. the number of coronavirus infections increased, so did the violence against women and girls. but in the south american country, peru, the disturbing why women and girls was a fact long before the pandemic. and yet just one percent of the abuse cases reported there last year led to a conviction. women say the country's justice system is failing when performer and teacher was 20 years old, she was raped by a theatre instructor using the excuse of helping her to explore art. he made her remove her clothing and then assaulted her. he did the same with 16 other students for 3 years. the group has been fighting to have the man prosecuted. despite the allegations, the peruvian justice system concluded there was not enough evidence to get a letter saying that your case of sexual abuse was closed due to lack of evidence. that makes you listen again and believe what y

the european parliament and the european council appear to have agreed that for the first time, the eut of financial aid, and particularly we're talking about the emergency financial package post—covid i9, they're going to link it to member states‘ respect for the rule of law. and you have a fundamental problem because the eu institutions do not think you are respecting the rule of law. now, you're thejustice minister, what are you going to do about it? actually, there are also proposals in the european parliament raising this issue, but let me reiterate again, what we experience here is an infringement of the treaty framework, is a circumvention of article 7 procedure, which is the unanimity procedure, now they are circumventing it with a qualified majority. they are breaking the deal of thejuly historic eu agreement. this is the real issue here, just in order to exert political and ideological pressure. and if you don't believe me, just read the statements, the enthusiastic statements of liberal mps, meps and also some commissioners, that they say "if you don't take our line", be it

lawmakers also send a personal letter to european commission president or the law funded lie and european council presidential michel, we ask the commission for their response and were told the summit was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation, the protection of human rights in the kingdom. and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. e.u. officials say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open, but the human rights groups argue the leaders must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment and football. just turned 16 on friday and he soon could have something else to celebrate. that's because he's on the brink of becoming the bundlers leaguers youngest ever plan. here's a closer look at germany's ne

the president of the european council tweeting that european council tweeting that europe strongly condemnsly act that violates life and our human values. french president emmanuel macron says the french people share the shock and grief of the austrian people. the latest message from the police is that the operation is still active, urging people to stay at home and if you are on the streets, they say, take shelter. avoid public transport. translation: this is the hardest day for austria for several years. we are dealing with a terror attack, the severity of which we haven't experienced in austria for a long time, thank god. unfortunately, we have several injured, several dead. our special forces have managed to eliminate a heavily armed terrorist armed with an automatic weapon. from what we know, there is at least one perpetrator on the run. as the manhunt continues for at least one heavily armed and dangerous attacker, the special forces are also looking beyond the capital. nick thorpejoins us from hungary. i know you have a lot of experience in this part of europe, what are you hearing?

young me have been with the european council on foreign relations, mr. leader, and we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. the united nations is calling it the shadow pandemic. the number of coronavirus infections increased, so did violence against women and girls in the south american country, peru. the disturbing why women and girls was a fact long before the pandemic. and yet just one percent of the abuse cases reported the conviction. women say the country's justice system is failing. one performer and teacher was 20 years old. she was raped by a theatre instructor using the excuse of helping her to explore art. he made her remove her clothing and then assaulted her. he did the same with 16 other students. for 3 years, the group has been fighting to have the man prosecuted. despite the allegations, the peruvian justice system concluded there was not enough evidence get a letter saying that your case of sexual abuse was closed due to lack of evidence. it makes you listen again and believe what you were told the 1st time. you made

i'm joined tonight by yana to be anyone with the european council of foreign relations . it's good to have you on the program. we know there is delight in berlin and paris with biden's foreign policy plans. how much dread is there? well, i think looking forward to engage with the new at midspan and this also comes at and to find a compromise with paris to come up with some things like european offer for the americans. because i think there is broad consensus that we cannot just wait and sit and confide about the concept of strategic autonomy, but not really come up with concrete ideas, how to improve the relationship and what the europeans can bring to the table. we know that donald trump, he alienated america's european allies, and at the same time he drove them towards each other like never before, did me. yes. and the one hand he did at the other, i think that rift in the transatlantic relationship is always also a rift within europe. just look at the reactions and sensitivities in europe to the trump presidency, and it was brought up through full of holes in the balti

the president of the european council tweeting that european council tweeting that europe strongly condemnssays, a friend of ours is attack. this is our europe, ours is attack. this is our europe, our enemies must know what they're dealing with. we will not give up. the latest message is that the operation, urging people to stay home and if you're on the streets, ta ke home and if you're on the streets, take shelter, avoid public transport. as the men continues for dangerous attackers, —— manhunt, they are seeking them out and also looking for them beyond the capital. it manhunt is under way for potential attackers, not limited to the streets of vienna which are secured heavily as he heard from the witness earlier and will continue to monitor this story. to turkey — where rescuers are continuing to search for survivors of friday's powerful earthquake in the resort cit of izmir. at least 90 people are known to have died. but there are extraordinary stories of survival, including that of a 3—year old girl, pulled from the rubble on monday. from izmir, here's our international correspondent 0r

and even before trump came into office, when you look at the preamble of the european council sanctions on the russia, 2 to the crimean crisis. so to 1st of july 24th, it's a scary clearly in this document by the european council of heads of state and government. that there is the decider to have alan, she lost american and she into the european union market. so we have seen ever since 2214 a desire by the u.s. industry to to have a foot in the door and this has definitely increased with was the drumbeat ministration. and i'm pretty sure you also air and next u.s. administration will stick to this goal. i think it puzzles me here is that america doesn't seem to say, look, come on, take our gas, it's good for you because they're saying take our gas or sanction you if indeed it's not this kind of business, a roach where bulls park not speculate, cost and benefits and it's an in, it's a calculation. it's a calculation and costs in literate sense. how much do you pay and laws? american alan, cheap on the emirates costs 40 percent more up. it's also a matter of demand. and do we really need

and european council president shall michel, we ask the commission for their response and we're told the summit, it was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation. the protection of human rights in the kingdom, and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. if you fishel say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open. but human rights groups argue the tourists must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded it. at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment. over more, let's ask christiane boot, who specializes in international trade with the battle's from an institute. here in germany, christian welcome, saudi arabia is hosting this weekend's g. 20 summit. the oil wealthy kingdom that was recently and repeatedly accused of major human rights

president also love funded lie and european council presidential michel. we asked the commission for a day response and were told the summit was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation. the protection of human rights in the kingdom, and we will continue to most attention to this question. you officials say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open. but human rights groups argue the others must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment of a more let's ask director of policy and partnerships at the no wage and refugee council, or they could have it with us. saudi arabia is hosting this weekend's g. 20 summit. the kingdom has recently and repeatedly been accused of major human rig

young men with the european council on foreign relations, mr. leader, and we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. the united nations is calling it the shadow. pandemic, the number of coronavirus infections increased, so did violence against women and girls in the south american country, peru. the disturbing why women and girls was a fact long before the pandemic. and yet just one percent of the abuse cases reported there last year led to a conviction. women say the country's justice system is failing. when mikheil a performer and teacher was 20 years old, she was raped by a theatre instructor using the excuse of helping her to explore art. he made her remove her clothing and then assaulted her. he did the same with 16 other students. for 3 years, the group has been fighting to have the man prosecuted. despite the allegations, the peruvian justice system concluded there was not enough evidence to get a letter saying that your case of sexual abuse was closed due to lack of evidence. that makes you listen again in this and beli

2014, when for the 1st time, there was this idea of the rule of law mechanise legal services of european council rejected it. so there is no legal basis whatsoever. it's in conflict with article firey, the principle of the conferral of the articles of the treaty of european union. that is, the european commission and all european institutions have only those competences know the words to become the accomplishment of quantum explicitly. and the monitoring of the judiciary system is not the competence of the european. so you don't want anyone to pay attention research writers. you don't want it since you don't want anyone to pay attention to what is going on in poland but, but i'd just like to highlight this one example for you and get your response to it . because in your government, establish a disciplinary chamber which has the power to punish judges of our court rulings. the judges have been appointed by your party's leadership. you have in a landmark ruling just this past spring by the european court of justice. they criticize this body heavily. they have said that it is not an independent co

we'll see if the leaders put their money where their message is and come up with the extra cash european council president schama shell reacted to the outcome by calling for a new treaty on pandemics with the world health organization as its cordoning body . now as awkward as the virtual summit appeared at times, the saudi crown prince on behalf of the outgoing presidency, actually called for this to be made. a fixture of the g 20 agenda. he said there should be a virtual summit every year in addition to the annual in person one. well, let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. the head of the u.s. covert 19 vaccine program says he expects the 1st americans to be vaccinated by december 12th. he told u.s. media that vaccinations could begin 2 days after it's approved by the food and drug administration, which is meeting between the 8th and 10th of december. but a modest government says protestors who sent fire to the country's congress building on saturday are guilty of terrorist acts. but a human rights watchdog said the police used excessive force against them. th

european council president told on the need to renew and revive the transatlantic alliance on the markle and emanuel a call. both spoke to joe biden,, for the 1st time in his capacity as u.s., president elect, british prime minister barak johnson, also congratulated midst of biden, and invited him to next year's climate summit and glasgow. and coming us later says he's confident of repairing relationships that was strained under the trumpet ministration. we're all looking forward to being able to from great britain to france, to germany, to canada, etc. in ireland, the reception and welcome we've got around the world from our allies and our friends has been real. and i have a number of other calls to return. so i feel confident that we're going to be able to move for the mirror for trade america back in the place of respect that it had before. let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world. russia has begun deploying around 2000 pace capers to the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh that enforce a truce that azerbaijan and armenia agreed to on monday. at least a 100

the lion and the president of the european council shot michel to boycott the event and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government's murder in a saudi consulate blogger riot, but dull we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul mudgett lee insulting islam activist role detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency. the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the saudi authorities. so nationals, that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence of patient in this summit, even though it's only a virtual event, mokhtar of bella is spearheading. t

we spoke to a member of the european council on foreign relations. he joins us from new york. i was saying that hopes are clearly high here in europe that things could or should or may change under joe biden and that the u.s. foreign policy might also change. what is your feeling? >> i think it is clear we are going to see a seachange in u.s. foreign policy. for four years, we have had president trump trying to undermine agreements like the paris climate change deal. it's obvious that in his first months in office, joe biden is going to reverse those policies and be emphasizing u.s. re-engagement with the international community. of course, that is very, very welcome news to the europeans and to u.n. leaders. host: during the trump era, european governors -- governments did a good job. that's likely to continue. >> i think world leaders, especially european leaders, deserve some serious credit for standing by the u.n. and standing by agreements like the paris deal or the iranian nuclear bargain when they were under pressure from trump. trump could really pull the international

legal services of european council rejected it saying, but there is no legal basis whatsoever. t's in conflict with article firey, the principle of the conferral article vi of the treaty of the european union. that is, the european commission and all european institutions have only those competences know the words to become that were confirmed of quantum explicitly to monitoring the judiciary system. it's not the competence of the european. so you don't want anyone to pay attention. he said, writers, you don't want, it seems you don't want anyone to pay attention to what is going on in poland, but i'd just like to highlight this one example for you and get your response to it . because in your government established a disciplinary chamber which has the power to punish judges of our court rulings, the judges have been appointed by your party's leadership. you have in a landmark ruling just this past spring by the european court of justice. they criticize this body heavily. they have said that this is not an independent court, ordered its suspension. furthermore, your country has

she is the director of the european council on refugees. an exxon cheese fries from brussels. thank you very much for being with us. let's try to understand the problem 1st. the north atlantic route had been largely abandoned in the last few years because of its danger. why is this route now getting busy? again? why? why are people risking everything to get on unsafe boats in the north atlantic? i would say this to keep reasons. one is the number of people who are, of course, at the displaced global a, which is at record levels around 80000000. people have been forced to leave their homes and that continues to increase year by year. secondly, as your correspondent has already mentioned, are those routes have been closed. so people are now forced to take the more dangerous route. we believe there are many people within those arriving in spain, who are refugees who are being forced to flee with no turnitin except to arrive via the atlantic route. more than 18000 people have a 2nd area insists here, and we've heard that refugee reception sent is for what the situation on the grou

thomas: the european council chief, the german chancellor angela merkel, and the dutch prime minister mark rutte up were among the attendees who logged on for a videoconference earlier. that meeting was called by the french president following recent terror attacks on his territory and in austria. emmanuel macron said the group discussed a need for a determined fight against terrorist propaganda and hate speech on the internet. they discussed bolstering borders with the outside world. with more from brussels, here is dave keating who spoke to us earlier. dave: when macron has been talking about reform, a lot of people have immediately gone to this open borders system, but that is one of the three pillars of schengen, this idea you can cross between eu member states without showing a passport. there are two other parts. the second part is sharing immigration and policing da, and the third part is the you's external borders -- eu's external borders. what we saw is macron is focused on the latter two rather than the first pillar. rather than the open borders system within the you, he's t

also, the deputy head of the northeast on the european council. welcome to all of you.ould like to be -- i would like to begin in jacksonville with nancy. the foreign policy needle, the american foreign-policy needle was always set to the middle of self-interest and status quo. that seemed to work for many years, and then along came president trump who seemed to rip that up, bringing the u.s. out of established agreements like nafta and changing agreements that he simply did not agree with. after four years, what is the legacy of american foreign policy it stands today? >>'s up the play, we are less safe today than we were four years ago. donald trump came in and tried to upend all of our agreements, take on allies, side with dictators. i think whoever wins this election needs to understand, and joe biden does come of the united states needs the rest of the world to solve our global problems. we need to work with our allies, stand up to dictators and be sure that those international agreements -- while not perfect, are hard -- but, we need to show global leadership whet

been with the european council on foreign relations. mr. leader, and we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. the united nations is calling it the shadow pandemic as the number of coronavirus infections increased. so did the violence against women and girls. but in the south american country, peru, the disturbing plights of women and girls was a fact long before the pandemic. and yet just one percent of the abuse cases reported there last year led to a conviction. women say the country's justice system is failing. when mikaela, performer and teacher was 20 years old, she was raped by a theatre instructor using the excuse of helping her to explore art. he made her remove her clothing and then assaulted her. he did the same with 16 other students. for 3 years, the group has been fighting to have the man prosecuted. despite the allegations, the peruvian justice system concluded there was not enough evidence get a letter saying that your case of sexual abuse was closed due to lack of evidence. that makes you listen again. in

and the european council president shall michel, we ask the commission for their response and we're told the summit was too important not to attend. we've been racing career cern's and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation. the protection of human rights in the kingdom, and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. you officials say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open. but human rights groups argue leaders must use this summer, doesn't opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today. for you, when has warned that yemen is in imminent danger of facing the worst famine, the world has seen fit decades and that millions of lives could be lost without immediate action. yemen has enjoyed a 5 ye

of the european commission and european council not to participate in protest at saudi arabia's human rights rest record, including for example, and very notably, the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi by agents known to be linked to the saudi government. and that letter went on answer for a long time. and now just today, commission president of underlying council presidential michelle have responded to that letter saying they feel it's important to be there. that if you want to make an impact on the saudi government, on human rights, you need to talk to them. they said they can't possibly stay away when finding a solution to the coded. 1000 crisis is so important for the whole world. so michelle and vulgar lane will be there, but they did finally take note of this, this protest that they were asked to to hold the summit starts as we hear a critical phase of the coverage. 19 pandemic. terry, the distribution of the vaccine is crucial to what extent should competition for access to the vaccine be part of these discussions? i think leaders are very much going to be focused on coopera

with foreign porus policy issues and actually now all eyes are on merkel, germany holds the european council president c. and will talk to hungry, hungry prime minister all down to his polish colleagues to, to try to solve this crisis, you mentioned the unanimous need for you, none of the decisions could be on the e.u. member states. go ahead and at least get the coronavirus aid fund on track by themselves. yes, actually they could do this according to the e.u. treaty. is it possible for a certain number of e.u. members to say, now we are moving forward by and hands corporation. the best example for that is the euro, the european currency, not every e.u. member fulfill state conditions to have the euro. so the new members could say ok, we are going, we're moving forward with the recovery fund and hungry can think about it and then join us later this hour for diplomacy, isn't it? if the e.u. reacts to harshly some say to drive into putin's arms or do you think well, it is certainly a possibility on the hour hand, we have to say that hungry has been profiting for from its membership has been r

france is united, and europe is united and the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even though cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to fink craftily a buy out its next move. all of this could come to a head as easy does meet next month when the real possibility open sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey, joining the bloc. so what do you can ski altie, paris? appreciate you coming here and i wanted to national, you're buying up to date. i will return with more not top stories in just over 30 minutes. chose seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold the old beliefs yet to shape out just because the educated and indeed trained equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, just to look for common ground. she'll welcome you. normal god holds a memory a little, you know, well, you know, but notice when you're watching cruiser up

all the majority, all the european council and the chair of the presidency includes the proposed rule of law mechanism, is violation of the cheat it's it's a shame violation. hold to cheat. article 2, which specifies the values of the european union should be respected, but you don't. but do you oppose it? but do you not on a legal basis or do you oppose it on a principle basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look. for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for digital independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. it even launched article 7 proceedings against poland for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is, of course, a cornerstone of rule of law. you're facing some really serious accusations, concerns that your party is taking over the body tha

france is united and europe is united and the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to think carefully about its next move. all of this could come to a head as leaders meet next month with a real possibility, open sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey, joining the bloc. so what do you can ski auti, paris today, throughout the morning and early afternoon here from the russian capital, this is an international morning, top stories is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe from isolation, full community, are you going the right way or are you being led? so direct. what is truly wants is faith in the world corrupted. you need to descend to join us in the depths of the shallowness. just feel welcome you. normal god holds a memory a little, you know, well,

we'll see if the leaders put their money where their message is and come up with the extra cash european council president shall. michelle reacted to the outcome by calling for a new treaty on pandemics with the world health organization as its cordoning body . now as awkward as the virtual summit appeared at times, the saudi crown prince on behalf of the outgoing presidency, actually called for this to be made. a fixture of the g 20 agenda. he said there should be a virtual summit every year in addition to the annual in person one. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. the head of the u.s. covert 19 vaccine program says he expects the 1st americans to be vaccinated by december 12th. he told us media of vaccinations could begin 2 days after it's approved by the food and drug administration, which is meeting between the 8th and 10th of december. what amount of government says protesters who set fire to the country's congress building on saturday are guilty of terrorist acts. but a human rights watchdog said the police used excessive force against them. thousands of

lawmakers also send a personal letter to european commission president or the law fund and the european council president shall michel, we ask the commission for their response and we're told the summit was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation. the protection of human rights in the kingdom, and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. e.u. officials say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open. but human rights groups argue. the leaders must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment of the people lives 100 phenomena named in that report are suffering abuse by saudi authorities as activists troll who spent nearly 3 years in a maximum security prison for campaigning for the right to drive a fam

france is united and europe is united and the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to think carefully about its next move. all of this could come to a head as leaders meet next month when the real possibility over sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey,, joining the bloc. so what do you will ski r.t., paris, u.k. prime minister boris johnson has promised the country will not be in lockdown over the christmas holidays. this means that families will be able to spend time together over the festive period. however, the announcement has dismayed some who think to say it's unfair that minorities had to give up their religious holidays. earlier in the pandemic. restrictions in england were made on december. and it will last be read this doris. obviously you don't get a grant at christmas truce. doesn't mo

sole keith best form, a vice chair of the european council on refugees told us that whatever the situation people in these camps have rights human rights is something that you just cannot contain in one country or whatever it is universal. and that the laws about human rights should be applied in the diversity and that includes in these camps rather than leaving those even if they. 'd are accused of crimes or accused of having gone to support an action or a group or terrorist group which is contrary to the laws of the country 2 of which there are citizen. but those people should be brought back to the country, prosecuted and tried for that offense in their country of which they are national. i can understand the reluctance of security services wanting these people to come, but, but at the end of the day, you have to do with your citizens as you find them rather than just forgot all left to be forgotten about most teachers in norway fair personal consequences if they send partings of the prophet mohammed in cloth, according to a survey, we talked with one who says that there is now a very,

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lawmakers also send a personal letter to european commission president or the law funded lie and european council president shall michel, we ask the commission for their response and we're told the summit was too important not to attend. we've been raising our concerns and we discussed further how to improve the human rights situation, the protection of human rights in the kingdom. and we will continue to pay off most attention to this question. if you officials say it's important to maintain dialogue and keep communication channels open, but the human rights groups argue, the leaders must use this summit as an opportunity to ramp up the pressure on riyadh and hold the country to account for human rights abuses. they demanded that at least all the women's rights activists currently in jail should be released as soon as possible. after all, one of the themes of the g. 20 is women's empowerment. one of the people that is hunter phenomena named in that report are suffering abuse by saudi authorities as activists troll who spent nearly 3 years in a maximum security prison for campaigning for the righ

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the president of the european council, charles michel, tweeting that europe strongly condemns this cowardlyolates life and our human values. he says he stands with austria. french president emmanuel macron says, the french people share the shock and grief of the austrian people. after france, he says, a friend of ours is attacked. this is our europe. our enemies must know who they are dealing with. we will not give up. the latest message from the police is that the operation is still active, urging people to stay at home and if you are on the streets, they say, take shelter. avoid public transport. translation: this is the hardest day for austria for several years. we are dealing with a terror attack, the severity of which we haven't experienced in austria for a long time, thank god. unfortunately, we have several injured, several dead. our special forces have managed to eliminate a heavily—armed terrorist armed with an automatic weapon. from what we know, there is at least one perpetrator on the run. as the manhunt continues for at least one heavily—armed and dangerous attacker, the specia

navigable that more blood will be spilt in the sea of tents keefe passed through his form of the european council on refugees says that if some of the detainees did commit crimes, they should be tried in the home countries human rights is something that you just cannot contain in one country or whatever it is. universal laws about human rights should be applied the diversity and that includes in these camps rather than leaving those even if they. 'd are accused of crimes or accused of having gone to court not sugar or a group or terrorist group which is contrary to the laws. also, the country of which there are citizens of those people should be a group that national income actually prosecuted trollies. so that in a sense, in the country of which they are a national, i can understand the reluctance of the security services wanting these people to come. but, but at the end of the day, you have to do it with your citizens. as you find the roles and just forgot all left to be forgotten about moving on. now, u.s. president elect joe biden has announced his pick for white house press secretary. and as

we saw quite despondent shalmi shell, the european council president alongside angela merkel, the german chancellor of course, but also germany holding the presidency of the at the moment. they said that they would get back to the drawing board and try and work out a plan, a solution to get hungry and poland on board. but saying that there were serious problems at the moment. in fact, those problems a so serious that it's being whispered in room is that plans are afoot to try and circumvent the veto of those 2 men the states in order to try and push through this budget. so needed is that money? however, to do that? well, that would go against the unanimity of the european member states, all voting in one direction to push forward an agenda of doing that would be going against something that sacrosanct and would certainly have well quite a few eyebrows raised if not questions about where the direction the european union was going in, artie's peter, our reporting live from berlin. thank you. soldiers from azerbaijan, accompanied by russian peacekeepers, are now entering parts of the disput