i think that's fine in minsk everything is right and proper. there are bones everywhere in belarus we don't know everything that happened here but life has to go on. so now people go to a spot where people were killed to have a good time it's not right. so nice agree he makes the bus journey from minsk to pay at least twice a week he has been protesting against the restaurant here for a year and demonstrators want to keep fighting. and the others see this restaurant as an attack on the memorial and for them that means it's an attack on the people of bella roots. we don't really have anything of our own anymore but we do have quite a party when they are here and we have to defend them by you know if the government destroys this is not i won't call myself about to receive anymore. and for the victims here in the woods it's a prayer for the dead but. has demands for the living as well he wants the whole historical truth of this place to be revealed and is demanding the opening of soviet archives. the climate crisis is forcing many of us to rethink

these woods on the highway to minsk were the site of a mass murder and right next to the improvised memorial is a restaurant. lets go in each is just a short drive away for the residents of the belorussian capital. and it's a nice sort of bundle of each thinks it's horrible that people dine here the 29 year old is handing out flyers to the guests he wants to ensure the atrocities committed here are not forgotten and that the restaurant is closed. because some of the visitors are aware of where they're going and some aren't and some people don't mind being on bones. johnny stands vigil outside the restaurant every weekend he's a critic of the government and sees himself as an opposition activist he's the chairman of the young french and nationalistic youth movement pushing for democratic change the activists call this the restaurant of death and they stand outside it in shifts the owner of the restaurant doesn't want to speak to us and

running and possibly also looking to minsk summit because the fact is the process has been on the ice for some time now and i think there's a lot of interest here in germany in seeing it reactivated but again much rests on the kremlin and a lot of me have put in at the same time that russia says it's interested in seeing the process restarted russia has been handing out russian passports to people in eastern ukraine which is viewed as a violation of international law and russia is still still holding ukrainian soldiers sailors so so much to be done from the russian side if that process is to pick and seriously. when the queen did the obvious chief political correspondent in berlin and an economy in kiev thank you both very much for sharing your perspectives with that. let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world the top court has ruled that a tilde scheme germany wanted to introduce for its use off its high res violates anti discrimination laws it was due to come into effect next year and would have applied to nonresidents using the autobahn aus

was feeling much better the end is in the german capital for discussions on bilateral issues on the minsk peace process to resolve ukraine's tensions with russia. let's talk to our correspondents in but in we have a political correspondent emma chairs and in kiev we have a nick carly ellen let me start with you 1st of all we saw this bridges of chance the anger messy not looking very well do we know how she is now. well she suddenly seemed afterwards to feel much better but a scene earlier on today while the 2 national anthems were playing were actually was actually quite impressive reso chancellor angela merkel shaking and she was visibly trying to contain the situation. under the sun is quite warm here in beijing which could explain why she felt and where now according to d.p. a news agency it isn't the 1st time that the german leader suffered from such a health incident and worried and that is why every journalist asked her in the press conference after her meeting with about him or as a rescue how she was feeling and here's what she had to say to reassure people. up in switch and i've

but 1st bellows has to prove its competence as the host of the european game speed minsk 19. to the women's world cup now when it was a nightmare and to the competition for scotland they enjoyed a comfortable lead over argentina but then threw it away in the final 20 minutes of the game means the scots are heading home while argentina still have a slim chance of progressing to the knockout stage here's what happened. scotland didn't waste time taking the lead with kim little something maternal at their 20th minute strike. scotland seemed to have things wrapped up at 3 nil thanks to an aaron custard volley in the 69th minute stop and well on their way to their 1st ever knockout round appearance in a major football tournament. but argentina responded less than 5 minutes later with new dagoes mendis is a neat finish launching an improbable comeback. 32 in stoppage time scotland keeper leo xander period a late penalty to look the hero. but it didn't stand for the 3rd time in this world cup the video assistant referee demanded a penalty retaken and for the 3rd time this world cup

shared about the north team to pipeline project and of course what was in everyone's head today was to minsk peace process and it seems that both parties seem united in their wish to set in motion again. this process which is seen to have stalled over the past months and while it can afford probably welcome more pressure on the german government's side i'm going to america to fear him by the current situation as saying that i quote as long as there is no progress on that front the sanctions can't be lifted the sanctions against russia and the sanctions a related to crimea could only been lifted eve crimea returned to ukraine so there's a strong with here to. ukraine's sovereignty on the german side let's go to nic now to get their perspective for you created germany of course very keen to resuscitate the peace process remind us what the miss peace process exactly is and is midst of a lot of the man to help revive it. well the process was the political process back in 2014 that brought the presence of ukraine and russia together in the capital with international mediation and basically froze

great britain have won theirfirst gold medal at the european games in minsk, the recurve women's teamevent was dropped from the 2022 commnwealth games programme in birmingham. and in super league, hull fc are flying against catalans dragons — they went behind early on but they were 26 points to 10 ahead by half time, thanks to four tries, including this one from albert kelly. they're now leading 36—10. 50-10 to hull. andy ruinunior has revealed how he's been enjoying his success since become world heavyweight champion. ruiz won the wba, wbo and ibf belts when he knocked out britain's anthonyjoshua in new york at the start of this month. he admits he's used his new—found wealth to make amends with one person in particular. i bought a carfor my mum. that was the first purchase i made. i bought my mum a car because i messed up a lot of our cars when i was young. so i got her a brand—new car. lot of our cars when i was young. so i got her a brand-new car. we can tell you that andy murray and his partner phyllis janne lopez won their match in the doubles at queens dry sunny and mostly one

what's lacking in minsk of the political will for russia -- they are denying they have a responsibility. i don't think it has outlasted its purpose but serves a very important purpose. and what we have to do, we have to get to the point where russia makes a different decision. sanctions is part of a stralt guy, one piece among many, that can add up to a decision in russia that says it's not worth it, it's not working. and we are striving for through the combination of sanctions, support for ukraine reform, anti-corruption, support for the military, all of these things add up to making it more and more clear to russia that their effort to resubordinate ukraine is not going to work. senator shaheen: one of the things that we have done since in place ve put legislation that defines a strategy to include women at the table as we are looking at conflict goirks. as we look ahead to a time when we hope there will be negotiations to end this conflict in ukraine, how important is it to have women at the table in those negotiations? >> i would like to say something on that, when you visit the con

great britain's women claimed a silver in the women's team pusuit at the european games in minsk.et were beaten by italy in the final. elsewhere, there was success for britain's boxers — lauren price comfortably beating russia's darima sandakova to reach the women's middleweight final, whilst britain's men secured three bronzes. great britain's men suffered a heavy defeat against australia in the semi—finals of the hockey pro league. despite taking an early lead through ashley jackson, danny kerry's side were beaten 6—1 by australia. they'll play in the bronze medal match in amsterdam on sunday. defending champion geraint thomas and colombia's egan bernal will be joint leaders of team ineos for the tour de france which starts next month. defending champion thomas has sufficiently recovered from a crash in switzerland to defend the crown he won last year. danny ciprinai has been added to the england rugby union squad for their world cup training camp. eddiejones is still without players from saracens and exeter who are rested after their late seasons so cipriani may well still miss

ellis and smith caused a shock in minsk and put on an emphatic performance to beat the, also british,ampions chris and gabby adcock. it was a second gold at the games for ellis — he took gold with chris langridge in the men's doubles yesterday. let's turn our attentions to wimbledon now... where kyle edmund will lead british hopes in the men's singles. andy murray will be there, in the men's doubles and possibly the mixed — and right now, there's a lot of talk of a very exciting pairing.. 23—time grand slam champion serena williams. when asked about the prospect she said "i'm definitely available". now 37, serena has only played five tournaments this year because of a knee injury. and andy murray himself has said she would be a "solid partner." sally nugent has been speaking to the seven—time wimbledon chamipions ahead of the start of the tournament tomorrow. ifeel good now, it has been a rough time for me this year but i'm finally at a place where i am like, oh, my god, i'm not in pain, let's do this! so this is a good place for me to be in. you feel not in pain and ready to go? yes,

but 1st bellows has to prove its competence as the host of the european game speed minsk 19. it's to the women's world cup now and england and japan progressed in the last 16 the 2 teams play each other in their final match inside 1st and 2nd place in group d. 2 goals from ellen white made all the difference in a dominant display by the english. a link up between manchester city's georges stanway and her club teammate alan white so england taken earlier. the striker neatly slotting in pastor jaco yama sheeder together 2nd of the tournament. england continued to have the lion share of chances but yamashita kept her side in the game saving this long range effort from jill scott in meet team to minute. and soon afterwards pinning her fingertips to this strike to deny rachel doing. the saves continued in the 2nd half yama she to stoop low to prevent barcelona's tony dugan from doubling being when lead. when the 2nd goal came it was white again with the finish a perfectly placed strike to polish up a successful night in nice and a perfect start to the tournament for the lionesses

ration set and then he is being held let us tell us what's happening there to remember the timonen minsk the massacre. every year since $989.00 hong kong has this common ration event it's the only place on chinese soil that is able to do this due to its special constitution. people are arriving now there will be a commemoration event with candles and little bit later it's an important event for civil society and on kong it specially says hong kong zones freedoms are under threat since c. jinping took power and it's and restricted the freedoms that this city has been enjoying before so i think singh lettice beijing is not locking this song by anniversary at all. more than beijing is trying to silence any common ration even in private of this event at least some people who are for example mothers who have lost their children. who have wives who have lost their husbands and vice versa they are blocked often from even going outside and to the places where they've been loved ones were killed and remembering them beijing is afraid of remembering this event because the communist party has power

but 1st belarus has to prove its competence as a host of the european games minsk 19. mine are now the top stories we're following for you here and v.w. iran says that it is quote ready for war after shooting down what it claims was a u.s. spy drone over southern iran washington has confirmed a u.s. drone was shot down but says that it was in international airspace over the strait of hormuz. you're watching news focus on europe is next looking at the plan destruction of nature preserves along a river in bel averse i'm sorry killing in berlin thank you so much for watching every take. mob. cut me. a. little. surrounded by coal mines. this is the village of our creamy in northern greece. people were getting ready to move away until it turned out there's no coal here. that was 8 years ago. up until most of this outer ring no one seems to care for the guy. next long w. . enters the conflict zone confronting the powerful the international criminal court has a new enemy in washington the trump administration is accused it of having no legitimacy he says is one sick to my gue

great britain have won theirfirst gold medal at the european games in minsk — the recurve women's archery dropped from the 2022 commonwealth games programme in birmingham. jean eric vergne won the 11th round of the formula e season on the streets of bern. the frenchman extended his lead in the championship to 32 points with just 2 races to go. andy ruinunior has revealed how he's been enjoying his success since become world heavyweight champion. ruiz won the wba, wbo and ibf belts when he knocked out britain's anthonyjoshua in new york at the start of this month. he admits he's used his new—found wealth to make amends with one person in particular. i bought a carfor my mom. that was the first purchase i made from the money that i got. i want my mom a car because i've messed up a lot of her because when i was young. so i got a brand—new car. so i got a brand—new car. it's considered to be the ultimate test of sporting prowess. this week the modern pentathlon world cup final takes place injapan and the british team includes the current men's world champion. but, if all five events feels a b

taking place on the peace process what canceling the offer on that issue remind us again what the minsk peace process is for those of us who don't know. well that was the form that basically froze this conflict in the form it is now that prevented the fighting continuing and spreading across ukraine these were talks that were held in the capital minutes with the russian side the ukrainian side and then representatives from europe from germany france there on hand to see that happen basically we've seen very little progress towards a political negotiated solution to that conflict the front line hasn't moved but the continue the killing continues soldiers on the ukrainian side but also on the separatist side dying even in the last few weeks i think selenski will very soon find that he's not able to change as much as maybe he's been hoping to promise in his 1st months in office he spoke very eloquently in his inaugural speech about wanting to prevent ukrainian soldiers dying at the front and doing everything he could to do that. except rather. giving up ukraine's sovereignty to crimea not

more from school admin craning people have trusted me to make difficult compromises in line with the minsk protocol. and in the war and reclaiming annexed ukrainian territory on main tacitly family evelyn as of dying. crane said ominous to that of london mia is -- in ski -- on his visit to the leasing. away match with sarah. let me -- parts gives me with. emanuel michael. nextel live from paris at least thirty people reported killed in a triple suicide bombing in nigeria. please say it best the hallmarks of an attack by the islamist terror group boko haram. the incident happened on sunday and come to guide you to muddy kyrie borneo state. bombs detonated among a crowd gathered to watch football on television. branch school students of sort of their final exams the bacchanalia or the back short. stop over seven hundred and forty thousand candidates here france twenty four after hilly explains why the back is seen as something crucial. the french teenagers career prospects. it's about time of year again. monday marks the start of what some describe as the most grueling and stressful rites of

general patton, as you will , -- to where he broke down in minsk. i should not have used the words "broke down." he got ahead of his gas lines. so, he was bogged down. so we got the gas to him so we could get over in doubt to get to burn -- over and out to get to berlin. >> after you went back, tell me between afterod you went home to england and the next time you saw action. leonard: i may have misunderstood you. >> tommy about the time between going back to england and the next time you saw action -- tell me about the time between going back to england and the next time you saw action. leonard: if i understood you correctly, on the fourth day after d-day, i was evacuated to england. that was my first back to .ngland after d-day i had some operations i had to take care of for wounds. then i was sent back to normandy and became a sergeant major of battalion.italian -- the whole battalion. then i remained in that position , and in the movement, of course, france, until we got up -- elgin him, and i received a battlefield commission to secondly tended

obviously the biggest topic as they discussed today was the implementation or lack thereof so far of the minsk agreement process and that's something that both leaders say that they were united on with america having quite a different stance though. her counterparts ukraine and counterparts while kiev would like stronger sanctions against russia we saw that and that america was standing firm by the current situation she say that quote as long as there is no progress on this front the sanctions accountability and the sanctions related to crimea can only be lifted if crimea returns to ukraine so we see that and america is ready to lift ukraine russian sanctions if you crane in over crimea is where toward and on the if the let me bring in nick here nick we know that germany would like to see progress made in the peace process progress that we haven't seen in a while is there anything though that newly elected president zelinsky can offer did change there. well brant this is important not only for germany but this is at the center of the. agenda as president in his celebrated inaugural speech he s

there are 6 months because of a lack of minsk agreement implementation a reference to a stalemate in the peace talks and eastern ukraine the sanctions against russia affect the energy defense and financial sectors were only slated to be in effect until the end of july sanctions that banned the e.u. from doing business in crimea were also extended until june of 2020. factory output is faltering as global industrial production has been weakening since the start of 2018 this darken the outlook for the global economy is increasing the likelihood that the leading central banks low respond with fresh stimulus to keep growth alive many economists are divided on whether the factory slowdown is largely a consequence of disruptions to trade and investment as a result of higher kara's an uncertainty or if it's just a pause after a long expansion the u.s. composite p.m.i. output and next on friday reported 50.6 in june which signaled the weakest expansion of business activity for over 3 years respondents cited less favorable domestic economic conditions and a tendency for greater risk aversion a

play a role there's no getting getting out of this both france and germany are signatories to the minsk accords which are designed to ended the hostilities and get the heavy weaponry taken out of eastern ukraine out of out of don bus they simply just haven't been effective yet nato provides more than 40000000 euro's in support in trust funds to ukraine for internal reforms for improving the quality of ukraine's defense of itself and also is providing more military support in the black sea simply just nothing has worked so far without the willingness of moscow to get its forces out of eastern ukraine president selenski said he was going to be asking for more support from brussels to end this war but it remains to be seen if he gets any further pledges and again without a commitment from the kremlin this war is not going to end regardless of how much support he gets from the e.u. or from nato well on a related note terry ukraine pursuing a pro western path isn't likely to go down well with the kremlin our leader is worried about blowback from russia if they encourage t.f. into forging clo

ellis and smith caused a shock in minsk and put on an emphatic performance to beat the, also british,arts tomorrow and there's no andy murray in the men's singles so they'll be plenty of attention on britain's current number one kyle edmund. in an exclusive interview, our sports correspondent david 0rnstein joined edmund on a tour of his favourite football club — liverpool — and found out that edmund is more nervous watching football than he is playing tennis. there is a point you really have to start believing it if you want to do it. kyle edmund has lofty ambitions. hejoined me on a visit to liverpool. the bottom line is you are never consider great or good in people's minds without silverware — i think that is the nature of sport. you think of all those guys winning trophies who have been so consistent throughout these years. there is a time when they will be coming out of it and there is a gap to be filled and it is down to me to do it. born in south africa but raised in yorkshire he has been a lifelong liverpool fan. there is a gap to be filled and it is down to me to do it. born

and that the european games in minsk, great britain's women claim silver in the team pursuit, beatenxing. laurent prices into the middleweight final. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start. the comfortable victory in their opening game against the host usa, the rose won the tournament in 2017 and beat the americans 38—5 in san diego. they will face canada in their next match injust over a week's will face canada in their next match in just over a week's time. saint helens increased their lead at the top of super league to eight points after coming from behind to beat warrington. they trailed by six points midway through the second half, but fought back, running in three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwelljones stadium. three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwell jones stadium. that three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwelljones stadium. that is just about it for now, but the final practice for the formula 1 austrian grand prix gets under way at 11 o'clock this morning. you can follow all of that on the formula 1 section of the bbc sport website,

what are the prospects for negotiations in minsk program platform? mr. medvedev said that he will conduct negotiations directly regardless of the position of the new power in kiev. so as for prisoners and their release, what do you have to say about that? >> translator: well, we always keep track of these issues. again, these are humanitarian issues. people have found themselves in a very difficult situation. they end up in jails or in similar institutions that are no better than jails. you've dealt with it. it all started actually with the instruction by mr. polyshenko. you take it to heart and just recently raised tissue of releasing ukrainian naval workers, ukrainian seamen that were captured near the straits and some other ukrainians that are serving time here in russia. these issues have to be resolved in a comprehensive way. we need to think of the, of the fate of the people who we really care about and these are russians who have ended up in the same situation in the ukraine. i'm sorry for interrupting you. i saw one question on the screen. when w

eventually a very uncomfortable silence from it and then another estimates and it landed in a field near minsk belarus. several 1000 kilometers away which is incredible and blew it up to just over 10 kilometers . and then it probably encountered high altitude winds and was pushed east at a mess of the massive speed. we believe that that the deep sleep was the 1st civilian earth to stratosphere scan is routinely done by military but we believe we are the furthest. we've got plenty of interesting forms if you like shapes that indicate traffic and activity. if i just drop the scroll bar down we actually see the waveform representation so this is the low low frequencies this is the mid range and this is the the high frequencies and we see as we go from the dick across like this point to point we see where there was there was in ajijic phenomena the saying that is peaks and drops and and rise of falls much like a mountain range i suppose. the low frequencies are predictably very energetic. you've obviously got a lot of moraine more to call astronomical in the sense of ready to astronomy you've got

there are 11 of you and you are not the only ones who came here from minsk.his is the family of our relatives so you have the similar conditions here. >> yes, we have similar problems and sometimes, it's worse. my self and my brother had permits and at one point, we had theind -- so we stayed at center for foreigners before we received the status of refugees. >> so you received letters? >> yes, we all received official letters saying from officials, saying who we are, where did we come from. so they are trying to take us into the army to basically make us conscripts. we know the reason they are trying to do that. your children are going to school but you don't have social guarantees? so you don't have the opportunity to ask the questions mr. putin. mr. putin, on the second of march you signed this law making the process of getting russian citizenship more easily but our family does not fall under this law. could you help us? this is basically our last hope. could you explain it to us what can we expect in the future? as i said earlier, on the 29th of april, i

eventually a very uncomfortable silence from it and then another estimates and it landed in a field near minsk bellerose. several 1000 kilometers away which is incredible where he blew it up to just over 10 kilometers. and then it probably encountered high altitude winds and was pushed based at a mess of the mess of speed. we believe that the deep sleep was the 1st civilian earth to stratosphere scan is routinely done by military but we believe with the 1st. we got plenty of interesting forms if you like shapes that indicate traffic and activity. if i just drop the scroll bar down we actually see the former presentation so this is the low. low frequencies this is the mid range and this is the high frequencies and we see as we go from the dick across like this point to point we see where there was there was in the jet it phenomena the saying that is the peaks and drops and and rises and falls much like a mountain range i suppose. the low frequencies are predictably very energetic you've obviously got a lot of moraine more to call astronomical in the sense of ready to astronomy you've got a hell

great britain's first gold medal at the european games in minsk, came in the archery.pped from the 2022 commonwealth games programme in birmingham. this year is the second edition of the multi—sport european games. it is all about the football this afternoon, really. bbc one and on radio 5 live. they have won three out of three so far, cameroon ranked 46th in the world, lower than the three teams england have already beaten. lewis hamilton's fashion is getting a bit of stick today. i don't know if you can see it, he is getting a bit of stick for wearing this... it was at a fashion show in paris earlier in the week. what is that? it looks like a smock but it is an anorak. apparently it is a quadruple excel, i don't believe that. look at the turn ups on his jeans! i can't criticise. give it a go one day, see what the reaction is like. i'm the one who came to work in a sweater with a big hole in it this morning, so i can't criticise! in shetland they call this time of year "the simmer dim", because the sun dips just below the horizon for only a few hours at night. imagine

eventually a very uncomfortable silence from it and then another estimates and it landed in a field near minsk bellerose. several 1000 kilometers away which is incredible blue when up to just over 10 kilometers. and then it probably encountered high altitude winds and was pushed east at mess of the mess of speed. we believe that the deep sleep was the 1st civilian earth to stratosphere scan is routinely done by military but we believe with the 1st. we got plenty of interesting forms if you like shapes that indicate traffic and activity. if i just drop the scroll bar down we actually see the former presentation so this is the low. low frequencies this is the mid range and this is the high frequencies and we see as we go from the dick across like this point to point we see where there was there was in the jet it phenomena the saying that there is peaks and drops and and rise of falls much like a mountain range i suppose. the low frequencies are predictably very energetic you've obviously got a lot of moraine more to call astronomical in the sense of radio astronomy you've got a hell of a lot of

there was more british medal success at the european games in minsk yesterday.rts, josie knight and jennifer holl were beaten by italy in the final. elsewhere, lauren price is through to the middleweight final in the boxing, whilst the men secured three boxing bronzes. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start with a comfortable victory in their opening game against the hosts usa. the roses won the tournament in 2017, and beat the americans 38—5 in san diego. they will face canada in their next match in just over a week's time. there could be another lifeline for danny cipriani. england head—coach eddiejones has included him in his latest world cup training camp. the gloucester fly—half was premiership player of the year but hasn't played for england for 12 months, and could still find himself squeezed out of the final squad of 31 when it's named in mid—august. that's because england head coach jones is still without several key saracens and exeter players as they undergo a mandatory rest period following the premiership fina

there was more british medal success at the european games in minsk yesterday.ie knight and jennifer holl were beaten by italy in the final. elsewhere, lauren price is through to the middleweight final in the boxing, whilst the men secured three boxing bronzes. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start with a comfortable victory in their opening game against the hosts usa. the roses won the tournament in 2017, and beat the americans 38—5 in san diego. they'll face canada in their next match in just over a week's time. there could be another lifeline for danny cipriani. england head—coach eddiejones has included him in his latest world cup training camp. the gloucester fly—half was premiership player of the year but hasn't played for england for 12 months, and could still find himself squeezed out of the final squad of 31 when it's named in mid—august. of 31 when it's named in mid—august. that's because england head coach jones is still without several key saracens and exeter players as they undergo a mandatory rest period fol

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crime in minsk, the crimea strait now, the elections, the skripal there's been a growth of sanctions against russia. speaking just from my experience, i've always seen a difference of view between various administrations, not only this one, and congress as to who should be in the driver's seat on sanctions. it's always a question as to how much leeway the administration has in implementation. >> shouldn't we do more? you listed all of the reasons that russia deserves a firmer response. >> yes. >> and the simple question is shouldn't we do be doing more? >> we need doing more and we will continue to do more. >> let me ask you this when i was the chairman of maccommittee i offered the ukraine freedom support act and advocated then with president obama to robustly help the ukrainians. and now in response to russia's illegal actions in the ker strait i called on the -- this administration to increase security assistance to ukraine, including providing lethal maritime assistance and weapons and to assist ukraine's efforts to improve its maritime domain awareness. if we, the united states,

russia has consistently —— consistently failed to deliver its commitments under the minsk agreementse. the council also expressed serious concerns over turkey‘s drilling activities in the eastern mediterranean. the uk has made it clear to turkey that drilling in this area must stop and our priority must be to see the situation d escalated. in the margins of the council i also raise the issue of iran. we are calling on iran to urgently escalate tensions and our priority remains finding a diplomatic solution to the current situation in the region. a substantial part of the council focused on what are known as the eu's focused on what are known as the eu‘s topjobs, the focused on what are known as the eu‘s top jobs, the appointments of the next presidents of the eu institutions and the eu plasma high representative. this is primarily a matter for the 27 remaining representative. this is primarily a matterfor the 27 remaining member states so i have been clear the uk will engage constructively and will not stand in the way of a consensus among the other member states. but it is also in o