a european parliament member for the center right e.v.p. group saying that perhaps there should be new elections under the o.s.c. the organization for corporate security and cooperation in europe and warning in fact the head of the e.u. if you like foreign ministry helga schmidt that her effectiveness would be judged on how she acts right now how much pressure she puts on a belarus but from the green group we heard from a speaker saying that nobody should be naive it's clear she said that russia was already very present and on the ground in belarus in terms of organizing military activities providing bodyguards she said for alexander look at shanker sending members of the media to replace state media employees in belarus who've resigned or being pushed out and so on and she said that there for it's clear that we have to call to say it like it is even while admitting that any future process can't rule out the russian influence on alexander lukashenko and embalm of their process all those developments for us from london thank you very much mi

party groups i want you to listen to a man a man for weber's from germany he's a member of the european parliament and leader of the conservative european peoples party group which he refers to in this clip as the e p p take a listen to b.s.e. p.p. via very happy now that's a european council sense now it could be a signal off to get on this no where else in developed $27.00 countries states are giving such a strong and united on systems a call it crisis like in europe. so when munford vapor there talks about unity does he mean that his conservatives from germany the conservatives of chancellor angela merkel they are in agreement and share the same values as the conservatives of hungary and of prime minister viktor orbán. well i did get that if you are clear what he's trying to get at is just crazy green if they reach last weekend don't get me wrong there's plenty of good things about the agreement it's good that the e.u. was able to read a collective response to the pandemic but i think you know more generally you know weber's been trying to sort of change his reputation on this issue lately ente

well let's pick up on some of our 2 with former member of the european parliament live on the pro. notice as always good to have you. let's just speak about the block 1st in fact at 100 far do you expect the e.u. to go with sanctions against belarus if it comes to that will we just see targeted asset freezes travel or could it be something more radical. i think the european union is playing for you to got a role in the rules and they have double standards because they criticize the lives of the most you look at single but that the same time he accepts edible grant and we know that is a gun to be where mr bill graham has more than $50000.00 the future of poland in jail and there were no sanctions against durkee so i see that the european union is that i ain't too involved with self what we've been in the case of. and they have to write in more or less who lack of a big guy and of the so core. or answer it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of the sure the my their membership and people themselves this should not accept to any of the fre

officially but from the various groupings in the european parliament directly elected body so they have diverged on some point since last week's meeting of the european council the heads of government of the member states so they repeated what the council said which was that basically it doesn't accept the results of the bell or a selection as free and fair they don't recognise alexander lukashenko as the elected president of belarus they did china with a message from the online meeting in brussels previously saying that this is not a bipartisan issue and the street protests have not been pro e.u. they some of the european parliamentarians noted the lack of the u.s. flags neither has it been a pro russian movement and they are in their numbers called for the involvement of russia in fact one of the european parliament speakers said that if things don't change in better us now in terms of another election for example there must be a strategy on the part of the you how to progress in belarus involving direct talks with moscow some speakers suggested using the organization for economic coo

hearing now from the european caption is specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy only with geopolitics moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine dialogue. is he they also said that according to the kremlin the words of

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 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 this 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 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 would not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on

give me children now bellows opposition leaders for one of the kind of sky a tells the european parliament that a peaceful revolution is underway. no reason to investigate alexy no vote on these illness the kremlin says the german finance initial poisoning diagnosis is not conclusive. montana how much not have all the support the bron james they live is a big performance to put the lakers they just one win away from the western conference semifinals. and. germany's foreign minister is urging turkey and greece to hold direct talks to defuse tensions in the eastern mediterranean says enough and will travel to turkey later in an effort to mediate the 2 countries have announced rival millet. exercises in the mediterranean escalating a dispute over gas exploration in contested waters turkey has been operating a research vessel accompanied by warships to survey the seabed for gas and oil deposits greece claims the area with the ship is overlaps its own continental shelf athens says it's ready for dialogue but it will defend its sovereign rights this shows the exclusive economic zones of greece t

been some definitive statements from brussels no need to wait any longer we've heard from the european parliament to put out a statement calling for calm in belarus but that statement from the e.u. parliament from parliamentarians there also contained a warning for russia we call on the russian federation to refrain from any interference covert or overt in bellerose following the election and call on e.u. institutions and member states to vigilantly counter any russian actions in this regard one of the e.u. institutions to be chipping in on valorise on monday high representative for foreign affairs your said bell basically the e.u.'s foreign minister has also released a statement in which he said the sheer numbers clearly show on the streets this is the clear sheer numbers of people out demonstrating clearly show that the belarusian people want change he also though announced that the e.u. would be getting involved that they would work early drawing up a list of people to whom they would be placing sanctions upon. the e.u. is working on a new listings for sanctions against those responsible for v

addressing the world via a video link to the european parliament in brussels the unexpected figurehead of the better russian opposition who fled to lithuania says she represents the majority and believes a peaceful revolution is on the way it is needed and until european union no truly european union. e.t.s. and democratic revolution it is this driving of the nation to decide for itself the parliament's foreign affairs committee echoed her call for the belarus government to release protesters and political activists detained since this month's presidential election won fraudulently they say by alexander lukashenko during the election campaign the people of belarus have demonstrated their desire for democratic change. the authorities responded with repression and arrests of potential candidates and political activists many of whom remain in prison but that's not keeping people off the streets the latest gathering on tuesday came in response to a call to mark the anniversary of belarus declaring full independence from the soviet union in 1901 the same time the crackdown continues against

belorussian opposition leaders for atlanta to kind of sky has told members of the european parliament peaceful revolution is underway in belarus she's in exile in neighboring lithuania and was speaking to the european parliament's foreign affairs committee by video link their demand is simple and free and fair election this is the demand of the protesters on the streets this is this law people on strike in universe factories cross the contrie been there in this case woken up. we are not to hear oh position anymore. give me generate now russia says the german clinic treating opposition leader alexina violently must find the substance the caused his illness before it can investigate the e.u. has urged the kremlin to launch a transparent and independent probe after german doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body but moscow insists the berlin clinic does not conclusively diagnose poisoning the long time opponent of president vladimir putin is in an induced coma at a hospital in bound and a former bosnian serb commander known as the butcher of bosnia is beginning his appe

is not theirs it belongs to all of us this is a security risk for the european union and the european parliament has repeatedly called for these schemes to be shut down and if they cannot be shut down then at least they should be regulated at european level and that's why we are putting pressure on the european commission to put forward legislative proposals that book you raise the point there yourself this is something the parliament has been calling for for quite some time of european union has had several difficulties over the past few years when it comes to the people who the e.u. wants it to be able to access it's ok if you've got 2 and a half 1000000 u.s. dollars to buy access to the european union that's not an option that's available to people who are jumping in rubber boats and risking their lives crossing the mediterranean this is always been an issue it's been an issue for a very very long time is the e.u. actually able to do anything about it. well the e.u. in this case no because we have no say legally no because the e.u. has no say over who gets national citizenship at the same tim

institutions on the unfolding situation in belarus the european parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk in 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 representative for foreign affairs your state bar l. 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 new listings for sanctions against those responsible for violence repression of peaceful protests and the fortifi

the european parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to schemes where one country can sell passports which open up access to the rest of the european union in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the arab and justice commission has said the time had come for legal action. i have had many contacts with. the minister of interior. said letter to the government and now we are analyzing its need of interviews in the city all key problem was a list of the cyprus papers leak reveals the scale of passports sold to wealthy foreigners including criminals and officials considered high risk of being corrupt the european commission should put cyprus before the european court of justice the passport scheme of cyprus is a risk to security in europe you should earn your passport and your citizenship by integrating into society and not because you have a lot of money at a press conference yesterday this is how the cypriot interior minister branded the cyprus papers you have to go and you are just you know what houses here is doing is not investigative journalism but rather propaganda against the li

capital with no sign of tensions calming the country's opposition leader who fled to address the european parliament once again claiming the presidential election was rigged. and in the u.s. rioters in wisconsin said shops and cars on fire attacked police after officers shot a black man in the back. across . the kremlin has dismissed as info noise claims that opposition activists alexina valmy been poisoned the presidential spokes person to be said no substance have been identified and a number of different medical theories have been ruled out it comes after the german clinic now treating the russian activist said it had found a toxin in her system. we cannot take seriously the accusations that russian authorities ordered in the van need to be poisoned these are accusations which combine no means be true and are likely what i would describe as info noise my german colleague was quick to point to poisoning but he should have mentioned the possibility of a 2nd 3rd 4th version to all those possibilities which are doctors we're looking at you can't single out one version at this point one of only was ai

like a member of the european parliament thank you. that's a better ruse for authorities have detained one of the leaders of striking factory workers and threaten demonstrators with criminal charges this latest crackdown comes on the 13th day of protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down from the recent presidential election protesters have been joined by strikes at state owned factories and fueled by a. kind of skier who officially lost the election and was forced to flee the country and she says she plans to return when she feel safe despite the protests president lukashenko has said that he will settle belushi's political crisis in the coming days meanwhile in the capital minsk people gathered to support the opposition's newly formed coordination council to all sorts of criminal case accusing them of attempting to seize power. we can go to men square we're joined by correspondent nick conley welcome nic so president bush says he can resolve this crisis in the coming days what we think he means by that. well it

as the country's opposition leader who fled to lithuania addressed the european parliament once again claiming the presidential election was rigged. and in the u.s. rioters in wisconsin cars on fire and attacked police after officers shot a black man in the back. thanks for joining us and i. am here in the capital. welcome to the program. now the kremlin has this missed as in phone noise claims that opposition activists that like saying a valley had been poisoned the presidential spokesman going to give us cough said no substance had been identified and a number of different medical theories haven't been ruled out and comes after the german clinic now treating the russian activist said it had found a toxin in his system we cannot take seriously the accusations that russian authorities ordered me to be poisoned these are accusations which combine no means be true and are likely what i would describe as info noise my german colleague was quick to point to poisoning but he should have mentioned the possibility of a 2nd 3rd 4th version to all those possibilities which our doctors were loo

attribute is a member of the european parliament from lithuania and he is the parliament's rapport tour on belarus thank you for being with us are you satisfied with the e.u.'s decision not to recognize the elections in belarus. well good 6 all i think it's it was a very timely e.u. summit. taking care of very good stand and clear line at keeping on. i'm very glad it was reconfirmed that's elections recently held and there was not a free of fear and elected to do so for self elected president look at this illegitimate i think this is a very beginning. there a beginning that implies that more will be coming what actions do you think should now follow this position by the e.u. . again we would have to notice a very strong message by supporting could talk it's very. personal and economic sanctions against a look at shankar regime it's a very powerful message i'm afraid mr lucas shankar didn't to understand it's yet since today we see again rhiannon's and intimidation is back on the streets of minsk at least. and i mean to impose those sanctions i mean not to frighten by sanctions but to st

now the european parliament's foreign affairs committee is meeting to discuss the political crisis and better reduce their talking to opposition leaders but none of the kind of skier who's in a self-imposed exile in neighboring a few ania police in belarus detained several leading opposition activists on monday protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to resign have grown since the disputed election day of this month which the opposition says was rigged well that's now speak to alexandra story out of it's called why she's a journalist based in the russian capital monitoring developments from there alexandra a moscow be watching very closely and it really looks like the crackdown is continuing across the border. yes yes of course we have 2 prominent leaders of the coalitional council of russian opposition detained there to face administrative court to as it is said today and they will if this doesn't turn into a criminal case probably would be fine because several other opposition leaders namely union leaders in different factories have been fined already one of them for 270

a leading member of the european parliament's justice monitoring group asks the e.u. justice commissioner to take decisive action to end its cypriot scheme to south e.u. citizenship a call from n.e.p. sophie into found follows al-jazeera as a report on the golden passport program which has revealed serious security concerns investigation also revealed the large number of russians who purchased cypriot passports up to 1000 deborah davis reports. the sign reads limit so grad to have the 2nd largest city in cyprus has welcomed so many russians each paying more than $2000000.00 to become citizens on the island round the coast and powerful sea owners of these coral sea villas include a trio of russian bank is. all were approved to separate citizenship and passports on the same day the senior executives with v t b a state controlled russian bank that's on the sanctions from the e.u. and us after russia annexed crimea in 2014 but the cyprus papers show 3 of the top people was still sold passports with full access to the e.u. the russians don't just come for the cypriot sun t

questioning the exiled opposition leaders for atlanta taken off school i was speaking to the european parliament today via video link from the way mia she said a peaceful revolution was underway in her country. well teach as an act is wrong those who join the demonstrations in minsk on tuesday a rally was held outside the ministry of education to present a question of threaten to fire teachers who don't share his views step fasten reports from minsk the. soul of their witty for those punished protesting against the look i shankar we dream musicians are gathered at the theatre in minutes every day so it's our rectal sex for supporting the protests while more cultural minister powerful aftershock faces a criminal investigation and says this listen he's become one of the key members of the opposition council performances a council an absence of all resigned in support of him including all of gobbles was been a popular performer for decades but. there are a lot of resignation letters at the moment we are lucky we are united in stick together your thirty's don't know what to do with us we don't know

so magos case is drawing support from european parliament members have written to poland saying that she should be released from pretrial detention and we've also seen new protests there was one today in poland so we're seeing this new wave of resistance in poland children roy thanks for bringing this type of thing what's going on in poland. let's bring you up to date now with the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization is sounding the alarm after the number of new infections hit an all time high according to the w.h.o. almost 300000 cases were recorded across the world in the past 24 hours says korea and the u.s. have delayed their annual joint military drills after a south korean officer tested positive for covert 19 it's now due to start on tuesday but it's scope has been scaled down and new zealand's deputy prime minister has called for a delay to the planned september general election that's after a new coronavirus cluster emerged in the country's largest city all cleaned the source of the outbreak is being investigated well brazil is trying

manfred vapor an ally of say who 1st party in the european parliament has proposed that u.s. officials should examine asylum applications directly at the external borders. does appear in front of i think it's unreasonable to 1st distribute everyone who arrives before checking if they're allowed to stay it would be logical to quickly check at the extra no border whether a person may stay in the e.u. but have to do this we can't delegate it to greece or italy. what he is proposing is in principle already being practiced in greece in addition to greek officials staff of the european asylum agency also examine the applications despite this thousands of people have been stuck in miserable camps for years waiting for a decision on their situation there are simply too many applicants in one place. and while e.u. member states argue about asylum procedures and distribution quotas scenes like this continue to play out on europe's xterm no borders. the remaining quarter final games in the europa league took place on tuesday night spider sized severe defeated britain's wolves one nil th

comes as france and other parts of europe are seeing rising numbers of new infections and the european parliament's foreign affairs committee is meeting to discuss the political crisis and better race there talking to opposition latest but not to kind of sky or who is in neighboring if you win yet in self-imposed exile on monday police in belarus detained several leading opposition activists protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down have been growing since the disputed elections earlier this month. all those other headlines right matheson we'll have more news for you here on al-jazeera off to viewfinder at last in america do stay with us. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand and you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al jazeera viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of you know filmmaking around the globe.