well, the european parliament intends to call on germany to initiate the formation of a consortium ofuropean states to send two leopards to ukraine before ochevelya about it informs. well, actually, how is it being prepared, what is happening there now and what is important to us is whether the resolution on the creation of a special tribunal will really be adopted, especially in in the light of recent events and the murder of 40 civilians has already been confirmed in the dnipro, we will ask tetyana vysotskaya, this is a correspondent for espresso. she is currently in strasbourg, tetyana, we congratulate you. greetings from the studio. greetings from ukraine. good afternoon, indeed, tomorrow in the european parliament there will be a very important discussion, this is a discussion about the creation of an international tribunal to punish the crime of russia's aggression against ukraine. russian criminals, as well as soldiers, officers and mercenaries, will allow to punish for crimes of aggression against ukraine the president of russia, vladimir putin, and his closest entourage , in

because the problem is not only exist in existence in the european parliament, we see similar cases also in national parliament. what this push for more transparency when it comes to the support for ukraine, for instance, do you think there's enough the oversight and accountability on where all that money is going and what is europe even actually getting in return? yeah, that's in just a another very important example because an, i mean the debate is never being made. what are the interests of what are the benefits off of the european union and its citizens in those are policies shifting more and more resources, the weapons or via to just funding for us weapons to a ukraine at this also shows that there is a certain degree of what i would call ideological corruption here because of the european politicians obviously are not really seeing are not really able to understand and to fight for the interests of the people's european people's themselves. they seem to be just a yeah for supporting interests of our trans atlantic part of the united states. and this is the problem which should be a

and european institutions, that is, the european parliament continues to put pressure on germany to allow it to provision of leopard tanks to ukraine and may have also provided these tanks in relation to the european tribunal of the international tribunal for the punishment of russian aggression against ukraine, which will allow directly punishing putin and even lukashenka, as it became known yesterday, took place in the evening time was quite interesting and a long debate, during which it was actually outlined how exactly this tribunal should look like, and there were a number of interesting details that were voiced by the representative of the european commission, so let's talk about it tomorrow, there will be a vote on the resolution on the establishment of the tribunal, so also tomorrow there will be good news for ukraine, or most likely there will be, tatyana will confirm what sentiments you hear officially and unofficially, what are the predictions for tomorrow's goal, whether they will vote for this resolution about the tribunal, what are they saying in favor of the resolution

the corruption scandal dabbed as katara gate continues to royalty european parliament threatening to undermine the very credibility of the institution. a lot of damage has been done to the parliament due to that corruption case. but of course it's corruption. it's a crime. oh, so justice, the belgium and european justice will make their job whenever you meet people, they ask you about the corruption, please, and not about to political work. and i think this is sir, a big damage or in the repetition, in the work of more than 700 members. in december, belgium, police raided homes and officers of incumbent and former members of the parliament, bags of cash were found for people among them. eva k lee, one of the parliament's vice presidents were arrested. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favours for co. tar and morocco, accusations the countries deny heidi hotel is a finish politician. and as kaylee used to be vice president of the european parliament, she did not fit very well into the opinions of her, her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the eu

please tell us what yours are . impression of how the session of the european parliament is going, what be expected in ukraine, what decisions can be made tribune, we are primarily interested in the tribunal and leopards 2 well, let's start in order thank you, you know, and not only the tribunal as important as words as an institution, but those who should be in this tribunal are probably the most important thing is that the leaders of the russian federation who attacked ukraine, who made the decision to start this aggression, and those who contribute to this are all responsible by the way, i'm alluding here to the leaders of belarus and those who accompany all this aggression, kadyrov and others, they should all find themselves in an institute that we can call, let's say , an international tribunal or a specialized court of some kind which was must be created in order to er, so er, listen to all cases and accusations er in connection with er, aggression against ukraine, and today we will discuss the european parliament, so these are all er questions er on thursday, we will adopt a reso

the corruption scandal continues to royal the european parliament, threatening to undermine the veryredibility of the institution. of course, it is corruption. it is a crime, so justice will make their job. >> whenever you meet people, they ask about the corruption case. i think this is big damage to the reputation and the work of more than 700 members. >> belgium police raided homes and offices of incumbent and former members of the parliament . bags of cash were found. they have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for favors for qatar and morocco, accusations the countries denied. >> she did not fit very well into the opinions of her other social democratic colleagues in the bureau of the european parliament, so then i could observe that she had her own way , some questions about it she had some sort of private interest maybe sometimes went through my head. >> as a consequence of the scandal, the parliament's president has proposed new rules against corruption including better control of who has access to the chamber and its members. mep's would also have to declare their ass

position of the absolute majority of european parliamentarians, this is the position of the european parliamenti believe that the very important provisions of the resolution are, in particular, in particular appeals to the eu institutions, in particular the european commission of the european external action service, to strengthen the work with ukraine in order to find the most acceptable legal and technical solutions for the creation of a special tribunal, therefore this is a very important resolution, which i hope will speed up the movement of the need to create a special tribunal you know i would like to ask you as a lawyer , an internationalist, as an e-e ambassador with special assignments from the ministry of foreign affairs. please tell me how to explain these constant refusals from officials of various countries of the european union about the fact that we are ready to provide something but we did not receive requests from ukraine or we did not receive a request from poland, germany says about leopard tanks, now in the netherlands they say we are ready to provide ukraine with f16 fighte

see why you can, resolution the european parliament is voted by deputies elected in direct elections. that is, it is the demand of the voters of the citizens of the european union for the creation of such a tribunal, and this is much more important, not the government of some country, or the president, the chancellor, or the prime minister, but the people in the electorate are demanding punishment. of justice and were in moscow that this appeal would be heard and the leaders of the head of state jumped for putin there, it is more or less clear because putin and russia must be condemned for the crime of aggression in there is no such international criminal court , he does not have such jurisdiction. and as for lukashenko, he will also be prosecuted precisely for the crime of aggression, or the international criminal court can decide his fate. it seems to me that lukashenko will be prosecuted more simply, faster and more effectively the crime of aggression, the republic of belarus provided its territory to carry out an attack on the territory of ukraine on february 24, 2022, and we know

defeat the enemy, not the past and the tragedy. that happened in the brovary building of the european parliamentr correspondent tetyana vysotska works. tetyana, congratulations. and tell me about the reaction of europeans to the plane crash and how else europe will help ukraine yes yes in europe indeed in strasbourg everyone was shocked by the tragic news about the death of the leadership of the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine in a plane crash, and the president of the european parliament, roberta neton, even interrupted this very big meeting, at which ursula deryalyent foundation, e.e. charm-michel reported on the plans for 2023, and e. she suspended the meeting in order to express her condolences to ukraine and the relatives of the victims, let's listen to her direct speech, we just reported that the minister of internal affairs of ukraine and the leadership of his ministry died in a helicopter crash near kyiv we were informed that the investigation to establish the cause is ongoing. speaking on behalf of the european parliament, i can say that our thoughts are now with all the brave p

one of them is a greek mep, vice president of the european parliament.ng but this doesn't look good for the eu institutions. it is also worth remembering that qatar strenuously denies trying to buy influence on the european parliament through cash and gifts, but, you know, as we just heard from his lawyer, mr panzeri is preparing to reveal key information including the names of the people that he bribed. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: madonna will tour the us and europe this summer to celebrate more than a0 years of hit songs. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west g

that's i right, one is a greek mep, she is a vice president of the european parliament.n't look good for the institution. it is also worth remembering that qatar strenuously denies trying to buy influence in the european parliament through cash and gifts, but as we just heard from his lawyer, mr panzeri is preparing to reveal key information, including the names of the people that he bribed. ., �* ., ., ~ bribed. sofia bettiza, thank ou ve bribed. sofia bettiza, thank you very much. _ to afghanistan now where more international aid organisations have partially restored work in the country after receiving assurances from the taliban government that women will be able to work in some sectors. the international rescue committee and care havejoined save the children in resuming a number of programmes, mostly in health and nutrition. there was global condemnation in december, when the tailiban ordered aid organisations not to let female staff work saying they'd not adhered to their interpretation of islamic dress code. most aid agencies stopped their aid efforts as a result.

demonstrated today. 472 members of the european parliament voted for this resolution and only 19 were against 33 you will receive that is, it demonstrates that, in principle, we are no longer what we are half a step away from pressing the situation , pressing the decision on the creation of this special prosecutor's office and, in principle, special of the tribunal as such, this is demonstrated by the concert, but if you look at the cross-section of the states in principle , it demonstrates the consensus that even the absolute majority of 90%+ of states and politicians on the territory of the european union are ready to speak clearly. we as europe must create a specialized prosecutor 's office . should accordingly prepare all the possibilities for holding such a special tribunal, and the most important thing in all of this is that today they really started talking about lukashenka and belarus, because before you know, they tried to bypass this situation, to bypass these persons, but today they are actually putin's partners, partners of the russian criminal terrorist army. also, i thin

possible to create such a tribunal because that is why questions are raised not only by the european parliament ukraine, but the government of germany before this, and the president of the european commission on sula, flanders, everything is talking about the same thing about the direction that it is necessary to create a special tribunal for the crime of military aggression because this crime cannot be it is not investigated, or it cannot be dealt with by other international instruments, such as the existing international international court, and the crime of the so- called intelligence crime, kord, because he does not have such a mandate, as far as it is possible to talk about the sanctioning effect on russia it justifies its real expectations that the measures taken for 10 months in a row really change russian policy well, first of all, i think that sanctions are what we call economic sanctions are a policy that accommodates russia's military potential, russia's economic military potential, now such instruments have been introduced as a ceiling on oil and gas prices, on russian oil, on russi

and er, this resolution was supported by 472 deputies, which is a very large majority in the european parliament. therefore, this is a very good signal, and we see a plus that this is a certain strategy of the european union , because they talked about this resolution back in december , when they recognized the state of russia as a sponsor of terrorism, and then they already discussed a special, whole resolution on the tribunal, that is, the entire resolution, the entire text, not just one paragraph, but the entire document is devoted to the question of the tribunal, what is there the important thing in this resolution is that, first of all, it says that there are no alternative ways to hold russia accountable. and this is an important political signal, because it is still the largest country in the european union and america there are experts who say that it is necessary to go and use the already available tools through the international criminal court through other procedures, but this only delays and slows down the process, therefore very clearly in this resolution there are calls for the fac

russia's aggression against ukraine this important issue for us will be considered today in the european parliamentance; the scheduled evening meeting of the european parliamentarians is also on the agenda discussion of how europe should respond to russia's terrible attack against civilians in the city of dnipro espresso correspondent tetiana vysotska works on the sidelines of the european parliament tetiana congratulations please tell us what news we should expect in ukraine today good evening angelica good evening ukraine is really fine today day european parliament two important ukrainian issues and both are scheduled for a rather late time around 9 p.m. in kyiv, the meps will talk about how and how they must give an answer to the terrible attack of the russian federation against the peaceful inhabitants of the city of dnipro, and it is known that they will talk about a new strengthened package of sanctions against russia, as well as about increasing the level of eu military aid to ukraine. the expected consideration of the creation of an international tribunal for the punishment of the crime of

antonio panzeri is a former mep member of the european parliament, and brussels.tralfigure in this corruption scandal, so far qatar gate. he was arrested in brussels a few days ago with other eu figures. now what's new is that he's now admitted to participating in a criminal organisation and being an active corrupter. according to active corrupter. according to a statement by belgian�*s federal prosecutor, he's agreed to enter a plea bargain. now the reason that significant is he said he'll give details about how this criminal network was operating. now mr panzeri has a lawyer who is just given an interview, let's listen to what he had to say. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri's involved. - he did not deny it. this is a man who is destroyed. he will have to tell everything he knows, both about the beneficiaries of the corruption phenomenon, the organisation that was implemented, and the financial circuits that existed. in other words, he'll have to say everything he knows. this is part of the commitment he's made. fascinating stuff — talk us through the bac

that such and such a terminal should be created er , there were more equals there is now the european parliament for individual countries of the european union and this is precisely laying the legal and political geopolitical basements for this tribunal to be created and now it is just a matter of time for such a mechanism to work well, it would really be enough for the decision of the security council of the united nations to start the mechanism of creating such a tribunal, but you are absolutely correct in saying that russia is part of this council for the time being certain geopolitical international decisions need to be passed, the european parliament of the un general assembly, what is president zelenskyi also talking about? but it is a matter of time, and the netherlands and ukraine have initiated the creation of a special commission for the monitoring of these crimes. i think that on the basis of of the netherlands, well, let's think that this special tribunal will still be created in gas. perhaps on the basis of the international criminal court, in the event that all these facts are prov

oleksandr, we welcome you again what do you mean by this step of the european parliament regarding thereation of a special tribunal for russia and belarus by oleksandr pavlichenko, and in fact the issue is very important because for all the crimes committed by russia in ukraine, all war criminals must be held responsible, and the first is the kremlin the leader and all the team of the top military leadership, they all have to answer for their actions, mr. oleksandr, there is a connection again, so we are listening , and that is, about this document, about this resolution, what it gives now and what steps should be followed after it. look at one of the er, important issues are er, the creation of political er, significance er and, accordingly , the establishment of a mandate by which er, this body of perception to responsibility for the crime of aggression er can deprive immunity, for example, of high-ranking officials of the state of the functional immunity granted to today, putin and the higher military and political leadership of the russian federation are actually talking about this

thank you, thank you, thank you, tetyana, tetyana vysotska, our correspondent who works in the european parliament , let's move on. well, accordingly, an extremely important story about the european court of human rights who is responsible for who allowed the donbass case to be considered by combining , so to speak, the three cases about the downing of the flight and the malaysian airline, in particular, and about the occupation of donbass, a very important date that was noted and the prosecution ukraine started suing russia for crimes in the temporarily occupied territories of donetsk and luhansk regions back in 2014. well, we will now briefly remind you what exactly is involved in the great case on the occupation of the ukrainian east, the case on the occupation of donbas, one of the five that ukraine initiated against russia in the european court of justice of human rights, kyiv accuses the aggressor of systematic violations of human rights during the occupation of the region, murder , torture, destruction of property, abduction of children, and the plane crash of the malaysian boyang are only

it's a home grown problem that we're seeing in european politics in the european parliament. and this corruption scandal is surely is just the tip of the iceberg. so for me, the problem is not a to improve only the regulations and to be more harsh and punishing cases of corruption. the problem is more deeply rooted. it's a lack of it, which leads a european parliamentarians to be a prone to a such a corruption and not always, it's a suitcase full with money that leads to corruption. it's often also, i do a lot ideological interest stead of a fighting for the rights for the interest, for the needs of those. a people citizens who have voted for them and who ask for their rights and interests to be taken serious in the parliamentary work. it's an attempt to save her face and i think it's really hard to tackle this problem. it's also hard to wind back the trust of the population with later paramountcy international was back in 30 minutes with.

it's a home grown problem that we're seeing in a european politics in the european parliament. and this corruption scandal actually is just the tip of the iceberg. so for me, the problem is not a to improve only the regulations and to be more harsh and punishing cases of corruption or the problem is more deeply rooted. it's a lack of effect which leads to european parliamentarians to be a prone to a such a corruption and not always it's the suitcase or full with money that leads to corruption. it's often also, i do last ideological interests, that of fighting for the rights for the interest or the needs of those. a people citizens who have voted for them and who ask for for their rights and interests to be taken serious in the parliamentary work. it's an attempt to save a phase, and i think it's really hard to tackle this problem. it's also hard to win back the trust of the population. the thanks for joining us. they are not international as a way she can follow the latest updates on our website. i think i'll come ah, november the 3rd 1945, just a month after the war ended. the

qatar has contested claims it offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament.r reporter sofia bettiza, who's been following the story. he has become a centralfigure, arrested in december with other eu officials. what is new is that he has admitted to participating in criminal organisations and actively correcting people. he has agreed to a plea bargain and thatis agreed to a plea bargain and that is significant because it means he will give a lot of information about how this criminal network was operating. mr panzeri has a lawyer who has given an interview. let's listen to what he has to say. translation: it listen to what he has to say. translation:— listen to what he has to say. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri — translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is _ translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. - translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. he - mr panzeri is involved. he doesn't _ mr panzeri is involved. he doesn't deny it. this is a man who— doesn't deny it. this is a man who is— doesn't deny it. this is a man who is destr

she's vice—president of the european parliament. worth mentioning that qatar denies that it tried to gain influence in the european parliament through gifts and through money but, as wejust through gifts and through money but, as we just heard from his lawyer, mr panzeri is getting ready to name the people that he's tried to bribe. so this latest development means that more revelations are coming. 0k. sofia, thank you, for the latest on that story. do stay with us here on bbc news. so much more to come, including: could one of britain's richest men become the new owner of manchester united football team? donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him

demand of today's gathering in the main city and support for resolution 1 was passed in the european parliament, which asked the european union and the council of europe to put the irgc on the terrorist list and sanctions list of this union. the chanters of the norwegian government and parliament should declare the islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organization. iranians abroad have used every opportunity in the past 5 months to be the voice of the iranian people by holding protest seminars and rallies. to the islamic republic, to the health of mehran abbasian, our will to win, for our hearts and minds , we have a plan to gain freedom in the name of the islamic republic , we are the core of iran, iran, all your words are ours, can we forget, with the zeal of iran today, we have a common goal, which is human rights and respect our human dignity but let's put an end to this darkness together, we are all together, the women of iran, the earth, i always remember you today, saturday , the 28th of zanuye, 2023, hag, denmark, a field called knut gu that you see, my fellow countrymen, that

it's a home grown problem that we are seeing in a european politics in the european parliament. and this corruption scandal actually is just the tip of the iceberg. so for me, the problem is not to improve only the regulation and to be more harsh and punishing cases of corruption. the problem is more deeply rooted. it's a lack of off ethic which leads to european parliamentarians to be prone to such a corruption and not always, it's a suitcase full with money that lead to corruption. it's often also, i do lot ideological interests that of fighting for the rights for the interests or the needs of those people. citizens who have voted for them and who asked her for their rights and interests to be taken serious in the parliamentary work. it's an attempt to save her face, and i think it's really hard to tackle this problem. it's also hard to win back the trust of the population. he can find that the latest news discussion and debate on our website r t dot com. thank if it, even his company here went out in smash. mm long when i was shopping wrong when i.

at the same time, let's look at things realistically, and the resolution of the european parliament.statement today. i can't remember a situation when such statements of the european parliament are... and byly, uh, they came to life already, all of them are crazy, although of course this is perm , it is a significant political signal that when they gave it, the matter will go, uh, from the resolution of the european parliament, which can be treated with skepticism. real and not troika of the formation of the composition of the future tribunal , but also how to renew the bench of crockery to the tribunal will deliver those and put those who will be otkazyvat from the surface laws and before the tribunal mr. firmly and in general, they have some kind of vision, well or well, what will happen next in the future , what will they do through year 2 5 10 even if there is no this tribunal well, we want it to be, god forbid that it happens, should those guilty of war crimes be punished ? they will turn the page and everything will start as before the 13th year or the 8th year before the first

maria: what is going on at the european parliament? as it often happens, it comes down to money.blem here is that this is not the good kind of money. instead, a blockbuster police investigation has revealed what seems to be a complex web of corruption, money laundering, and bribes being paid out to members of the european parliament. not just anyone, it goes all the way up to the vice president or maybe i should correct myself and say, former vice president, because she has been replaced from that job after the allegations came out. the big question is, is it a one-off or fundamentally the issue here is that the european parliament has a systemic corruption problem? that is the question i put to the head of the european parliament. >> this is an institution who needs to be reformed. whoever is in this house being tempted to do that will know that the measures we are putting in place are ones that will deter. maria: the questions going forward are two fold. who is going to fix this mess, and who was going to take the blame for it? there has been an important twist in this saga. an

today, the european union, the european parliament sent an extremely positive signal to ukraine, because the overwhelming majority of european deputies voted for the resolution on the creation of an international tribunal to punish the crime of aggression against ukraine. 472 deputies voted in favor, 19 against and 33 abstained. that 's a lot of support. it is also important that the resolution says that responsibility can be brought, it cannot be, and not only vladimir putin will be brought to the top management of russia, but also oleksandr lukashenko, the president of belarus and also the highest political and military leadership of belarus, for the fact that belarus gives russia its territory to carry out aggression, provides logistical assistance to russian troops and, therefore, also aggression against ukraine. e-e international tribunal will be created e-e in the form of an intergovernmental agreement by the states of the european union together with the international community with the involvement of the council of europe, the osce, a country of the big seven and a small a contro

the european parliament has turned into a bureaucratic office where they write. only unnecessary resolutions in the house of representatives of the national assembly commented on the adoption by the european parliament. the resolution on the establishment of a tribunal in the case of aggression against ukraine, as noted, belarus remains open to dialogue with all eu countries, but we will never tolerate pressure and diktat, the tribunal is not needed in relation. we need a tribunal for what they did to iraq, for what they did to the plums, for what they created by yugoslavia, for what is now, instead of putting them to the negotiating table to the parties and making peace in ukraine faster what belarus and our president are talking about tanks deliver weapons there and unleash, uh, further war. such a tribunal is needed, but unfortunately there is none, but i think sooner or later. peoples who live in europe they will deal with these politicians who, instead of dealing with their own problems with the problems of their own countries, write regular papers. this is

in particular , and therefore, by definition, the european parliament, and after it the council of then union, other executive bodies do not have the slightest legal, political or moral right to establish any then the tribunals seize some property. especially to confiscate it and use it in the interests of one of the parties to the conflict. all this is absolutely contrary to international law as a whole, including, first of all, the charter organization of the united nations and the statutory document itself with you to the european union itself a from this point of view. then they are legally null and void, and in any case, the russian federation did not recognize them under any circumstances. why then do they adopt such resolutions? well, you know . it's politics. er, perhaps the european union wants to act as a world government as a supreme court . and what is called to rule the world. but this is exactly the construction that our country categorically does not accept. this the design, by definition, cannot suit either russia or many other countries of the world, they are much more

easy to so all muscles to words didn't salinas being sign and member of the european parliament evans insured many, many fact. thank you. tennis now and at the australian open olympic champion, alexander's fair of, of germany has crashed out in the 2nd round, after being defeated by american michael mo, in $0.04. spare of one. the 1st said 76, but the following 3 went to mo, without much of a fight, mo, only qualified for the open due to another players withdrawal. it's the 1st time since ferris tournament debut in 2016 that he's fail to make it to the 3rd round. and a reminder of our top story german defense ministry force historians has held talks with is us counterpart, lloyd austin in berlin. this comes ahead of the wider meeting of european defense ministers at the u. s. air base and ramstein in south western germany on friday. berlin is under pressure to facilitate the delivery of leopard 2 battle tags. to you, chris, don't forget you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store. that will give you access to all the latest

it comes a day after members of the european parliament appealed to the e. you to sanction the military force. the lawmakers condemn the crackdown on protesters by iranian security forces, which include the powerful revolutionary guards as brutal to ron, says any sanctions will affect global, as well as regional security and peace rules on the resolution of the whole by roku for some insight. so let's bring in evan in sir, us, readers social democrat, who's a member of the european parliament and an expert on iran. first of all, i want to make sure we've got your name correctly. did i pronounce that well? evidence your it was for now. excellent. um, did you have been you've been a leading voice in the call to sanction ron's revolutionary guard. what would it mean practically speaking, if the e you designated the military force as a terrorist entity? look, it's very important that the european union starts acting. we have heard a lot of very nice words from math from a member state the salesman, but we have seen lack of action. so it's time to go from words t

busy it let is for the european parliament's recommendation has destroyed levels of trust between morocco and european legislative institutions and has profoundly affected the positive progress which took several decades to achieve. the moroccan parliament strongly condemns half fell attempts to harm the countries image and interests and the long standing relations between morocco and the european union. yet, but last thursday, you legislators voted in favor of a non binding resolution calling on the rock and authorities to improve the state of media freedom in the country. the document claimed press rights in the north african kingdom have been continuously deteriorating and went on to call for the fair trial of and prisons. journalists, the, however, one moroccan lawmakers struck back at the european parliament, making mention of a recent karone burning in sweden saying, here is the sort of europe considers freedom of speech. and while other officials noted that rabbit is capable of dealing with its domestic affairs by itself. but the new dean be she dug was strongly condemned this wold

the scandal has rocked the european parliament, after several people were arrested last month. found more than 1.5 million euros in cash, stashed in various properties, which had been given as bribes, allegedly by qatar. but the gulf state denies any wrongdoing. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now. what does the scandal entail? watchdogs have called this one of the scandal to hit the european parliament in its history, what prosecutors say is that age individuals have allegedly been accepting bribes in exchange for political or economic influence within the european parliament and that this has been apparently going on for several months, eu sources have said is qatar is behind all of this but they firmly deny any wrongdoing, they say in assumption of any wrong misconduct is gravely misunderstood. what's really interesting is the details of this case, they are astonishing, the fact bags of cash even a briefcase full of hundreds of thousands of euros in found in places like hotel rooms and a meps apartment, officials say a greek mep was caught red—handed suggesting she

what exactly can he change, what does the adoption of the european parliament resolution on the establishment of a tribunal for putin and lukashenka mean? and why is it optional ? joseph biden of the united states responded to a question about providing ukraine with leopard tanks. biden told cnn that ukraine was receiving weapons when a journalist asked if he supported the idea. to poland and send german-made tanks to ukraine, ukraine will wait for a decision on the provision of tanks in the future and hopes that it will be accepted by the majority of ukrainians, and this is how ukraine will continue to fight on the diplomatic front, president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy said this while commenting on the results of the rammstein meeting. in general, we can conclude that today's rammstein will strengthen our stability partners are principled in their attitude, they will support ukraine as much as it is necessary for our victory yes that we will have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious without an alternative that the decision about tanks must be mad