pressure runs contrary to international law artie's peter oliver has the details from berlin. the chairman of the german bundestag committee for economic affairs an energy has told me that it will fight us attempts to stop the north stream to gas pipeline at every turn and i don't see we should let the americans understand.

correspondent peter oliver peter the emergency summit coming up later on wednesday what's on the table. well this virtual sort of gets under way at noon brussels time what we can expect is a overall message of support from the e.u. leaders for the opposition in bello roosts germany currently holds the rotating presidency of the european union and heading in to this emergency summit anglo-american the german chancellor held a telephone call with the russian president vladimir putin as she laid out what the e.u. wants to see one fold on the streets and in politics in belarus. which for any couple to their spoke with russian president putin made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed it's prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in valerie's we will continue to discuss this to more. of the message coming from the e.u. we'll be looking to be one that unites everybody because some of the member states have been particularly vocal in their support of the opposition we're looking a

prominent opposition activists say let's get more on this now and go to our correspondent is there peter oliver hello again peter what else then did angela merkel said hello. and surprisingly coronavirus dominated her summer press conference but there was plenty of time for us to also talk about bella reuss about the ongoing dispute in the eastern mediterranean between greece and turkey and about quotas for women in prominent roles within the christian democratic union party if you're wondering where the chancellor stands on that she's very much in favor there was a question on the elex in the valley as well the russian opposition figure remains in hospital here in berlin that allegations that he was poisoned. merkel well said. we're looking for a. the ability to clarify looking for a joint statement i beg your pardon to start that all over again angle of merkel saying that germany was in a difficult position when it came to clarifying what had happened to the opposition figure out that she would be looking to the european union for a joint statement on the election in the valley case. it's we'

heard from friends of to germany now our correspondent peter oliver is in berlin and peter's understand the been even the demonstrations against measures that have been brought in to in theory tackle the virus tell us more on such as a around $15.00 to $20000.00 people were out on the streets of berlin protesting against them on the tree wearing of masks and although coronavirus prevention measures there are also so monks that crowd who were denying the existence of at all off the covert 19 virus no masks were worn at these demonstrations no social distancing it here too and health officials here in germany a furious record numbers of new covert 1000 infections worldwide it is crazy to demonstrate against hygiene rules at such a time the deliberate violation of distance rules and mask wearing is not only administrative offense but poses a danger to the health and life of others or the protesters say they have a right to free speech in a right to demonstrate the german government and city officials in berlin say they have a right also to be responsible in these times yes demonstrations m

ok let's get more on the story now peter oliver who joins us from berlin peter i understand that the prime minister's made some further comments on this case or in the last hour or so. well that's right boris johnson has also said that the united kingdom is backing an independent probe to try and get to the bottom of what happened to alexina valmy here in berlin on wednesday we've been hearing that from the well the press briefing of the german government this spokes person said that there was still a great importance to carry out an investigation into what happened to mr novelli there wasn't a great deal mentioned about him in that press briefing but that was the overarching message that came out across the atlantic there's also been attention paid to what has been happening. the u.s. secretary of state backing the use calls for an investigation into what happened to alexina bunny we've also heard from moscow with the kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov saying that moscow wants to find out what happened as well but mr peskov was also very keen to stress this conclusions shouldn't be

look at those legitimacy as president while claiming there is a threat of russian interference peter oliver picks up the story for us. well we've heard statements on monday from the number of the e.u. 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

disembarking produces menace as the situations become unsustainable a correspondent based in berlin peter oliver has more. well local government officials in lampedusa are saying the island can cope no more with the sheer number of people that are arriving on their shores in fact the mayor of lampedusa spoke to r.t. saying this he wants to see a strike a general strike on the island to try and draw attention to what's going on in a situation he describes as overloaded. the situation in lampedusa is disastrous in the sense that we have a full reception center in addition to the norm because we have 1260 people and then tonight there was a landing of 300 $67.00 more people who can no longer be taken in here they've been brought to a facility made available by the church we always carry out our job even with the total indifference of the italian government but here the problem is objective we're not in a position to host more people well as we heard from the mayor there in the early hours of sunday morning around 370 people arrived in the port of lampedusa on board a fishing boat now they received

peter oliver joins me now live from berlin good morning peter vallone has been receiving treatment now it's been almost 24 hours at that berlin hospital and given the doctor's chance to assess him what have we learned if anything. well not a great deal so far it did take a lot of wrangling between doctors in russia and the only family but election of ali is here in berlin at the shot at a hospital just behind me he flew in on a medical plane that had been chartered by his supporters on saturday he arrived here flanked by a convoy of police motorcycles and other vehicles he's receiving treatment to take and will be subject to extensive tests to try and work out exactly what resulted in him ending up in that coma he's been in since thursday police state that they are here in more numbers than they would be normally at the hospital because of mr being trapped here we aren't expecting really any diagnosis from doctors before monday we do know that. lex in the van these wife is here as well be looking to see if there's any statements from the family russian doctors had warned the alexina va

travelers returning to the region were told sorry will not sell that they actually had the coronavirus peter oliver has more details. there's been a huge blunder in the german states if the varia with 844000 corona test a backlog $900.00 of those still waiting for their results and known to have tested positive the man in charge of germany's largest state says he's sorry for the delay is due to example dot secure relighting times state government is sorry that these mistakes happened both the minister and also me personally that many people are now unsure as to what happened to their test results. the reason given is the sheer number of people coming into germany from holidays elsewhere and taking covert tests by the roadside and train stations in both area this move was brought in very quickly by the state and the information had not been recorded digitally mistakes happen in such extraordinary times the official say the bavarian health minister though had offered her resignation over the blunder bilinear. offered to resign twice and then asked whether she had the courage to continue to carry out

language in the playground her parents are now planning to sue the school our europe correspondent peter oliver has the story. there's a row brewing in southwest germany over the languages spoken in school it's after a 9 year old girl was given this punishment essay to write to speak turkish the children speak german school in germany a definition language is german you want us to speak german the schools are german if we speak turkish the children won't understand us we're not allowed to speak our mother 10 so we can speak german that's all i know the local school authority told r.t. that the german only policy is in place so that everyone students and teachers all speak a common language 43 percent of children are from migrant backgrounds so it's important for everyone to speak the same language so the school can fulfill its educational mission the rule we all speak german is also part of the class rules a school which drawn up jointly by all pupils and explained at parents' evenings it was agreed that in the event of a violation of this rule an essay on the topic why we speak german at schoo

the bloc what he sees as being meddling in his country's affairs peter oliver takes closer look. the virtual summit which will get underway to around noon brussels time will see leaders dial in via video conference germany holds the rotating presidency of the european union right now when chancellor angela merkel held talks over the phone with russian president vladimir putin heading into this summit and which it's important for the e.u. to speak with one voice. today as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that's prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus to lift the way and poland have been particularly vocal in their support for the opposition in belarus said lana ticket of sky is in self-imposed exile in lithuania and she said that the e.u. should make a statement rejecting the recent election in belarus this is taking place right now in the needle hero i call and you're not to recognize this fraud when electio

language in the playground her parents are now planning to sue the school or europe correspondent peter oliver has more. there's a route brewing in southwest germany over the languages spoken in school it's after a 9 year old girl was given this punishment essay to right to speak turkish the children speak german school in germany the fish one which is german you want us to speak german the schools are german if we speak turkish the children won't understand us we're not allowed to speak our mother tongue so we can speak german and that's all i know the local school authority told r.t. that the german only policy is in place so that everyone students are in teaches all speak a common language 43 percent of children are from migrant backgrounds. so it's important for everyone to speak the same language so the school can fulfill its educational mission the rule we all speak german is also part of the class rules a school which drawn up trying to buy all pupils and explained at parents' evenings it was agreed that in the event of a violation of this rule an essay on the topic why we speak german

and peter oliver have more. you counsel president michel wrapped up the event by saying that the e.u. member states had agreed not to recognize the results of the 9th of august election this election nerd the move for him did not meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the belarus to reteach e.u. commission president as lafond ally and confirmed that sanctions would be put in place on those deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters in belarus she also raised a few eyebrows by saying that there would be cash made available to the people of bella ruth day we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus the european commission will mobilize now an additional 53000000 euros to

language in the playground her parents are now planning to sue the school our europe correspondent peter oliver has more. there's a row brewing in southwest germany over the languages spoken in school it's after a 9 year old girl was given this punishment essay to write to speak turkish the children speak german school in germany a definition language is german you want us to speak german the schools are german if we speak turkish the children won't understand us we're not allowed to speak our mother 10 so we can speak german that's all i know the local school authority told r.t. that the german only policy is in place so that everyone students and teachers all speak a common language 43 percent of children are from migrant backgrounds so it's important for everyone to speak the same language so the school can fulfill its educational mission the rule we all speak german is also part of the class rules a school which drawn up trying to buy all pupils and explained at parents' evenings it was agreed that in the event of a violation of this rule an essay on the topic why we speak german at school

of covert 90 peter oliver r.t. early. well indeed countries across europe are now suffering from coronavirus spikes in france for example the daily infection rates shot up from fewer than 300 in mid july to almost 3000 now that's prompted the u.k. to include from some of the latest urgent additions to its quarantine list for the french government said that unfortunately the virus been going the wrong way there has been a 66 percent increase in the number of test positive tests in the last week alone and so on fortunately frances happened to be added to the quarantine list boy came in quickly london gave people until 4 am on saturday to return to the u.k. if they wanted to avoid quarantine france is hugely popular with british tourists and many flocked there after the lockdown this last minute announcements or thousands rushing back to beat the deadline creating queues and tailbacks for a while of french transport hubs so anyone who missed the deadline will now have to self isolate for 2 weeks upon their return to the rule

continent are again rolling out a popular restrictions for the public's growing increasingly fed up as peter oliver reports. as europe tries to tiptoe back to normality a 2nd wave of covert 19 seems set to derail those hopes here in germany daily infections passed a 3 month peak last week the health minister in the country says this is partly due to so much in general people coming back from holidays people attending parties and other celebrations now it in spite of it and it's very difficult to make people stick to the wounds after they've had 2 or 3 beers at a party such events make it especially easy for the virus to spread so maybe we should stick to smaller family gatherings for a while longer germany has labelled most destinations in spain including the extremely popular destination of york and as high risk it another blow to the already stricken spanish tourism industry but i think i mean i think the measures they're taking are a bit drastic we thought we had good prospects for september but now with travel companies sending people home it's getting very difficult it's good to be cautious bu

that part of the jewish and fees paid to cologne university have been going to the great for us peter oliver reports. the anti fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the united states china in the united states of america will be designating and as a terrorist organization here in germany they haven't received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the university students fees from cologne to go towards a contribution to the group for the 2020 to $21.00 winter semester each student at the university of cologne pays $280.00 euro and $0.95 for $205.00 euro and $0.95 goes to the student council and is meant to pay the transport discounting worker's salary and for the department's work out of the $10000000.00 euro the council will take in around 8 and a half 1000 will be paid to the student branch and to take its delicate be killed. on demonised here the way they are in the us a report by germany's internal security service that has some pretty strong things to say about a cake and the groups it's associated with conservative s

of yvonne he's been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday auntie's peter oliver has the latest. it take a lot of wrangling between doctors in russia and the only family but election of ali is here in berlin at the chateau tate hospital just behind me he flew in on a medical plane that had been chartered by his supporters on saturday he arrived here flanked by a convoy of police motorcycles and other vehicles he's receiving treatment and shot to take and will be subject to extensive tests to try and work out exactly what resulted in him ending up in that coma he's been in since the state. police of issued a statement saying that they are here in more numbers than they would be normally at the hospital because of missed and being traced here we aren't expecting really any diagnosis from doctors before monday we do know that. lex in the valleys wife is here as well be looking to see if there's any statements from the family russian doctors had warmed to the lexan of ali might not have been well enough in order to make the journey here to germany they were reticent t

pressure runs contrary to international law artie's peter oliver has the details from berlin. the chairman of the german bundestag committee for economic affairs an energy has told me that it will fight us attempts to stop the nord stream to gas pipeline at every turn and we should let the americans understand that if they continue this kind of behavior it will cause economic damage that is why i advise imposing punitive tariffs on american liquefied guess and under certain conditions even embargo on american guess the americans the same way they want to hit us $24.00 of the $27.00 member states voiced their concerns to the u.s. state department after the united states embassy in berlin issued a statement saying they would act to counter what it sees as russian dominance of european gas markets the united states must act to address the threat to our national security and foreign policy interests the reality could well be a deceived threat to economic interests a group of republican senators from oil and gas states led by texas is ted cruz have pushed the sanctions they want to

saturday though german medics are still not made any comment on the possible diagnosis artie's peter oliver joins us outside the medical facility facility where the activists is being treated them. well actually the volley arrived here in berlin on saturday after taking ill all my flights on thursday going from siberia to moscow the plane had to make an emergency landing in almost we just heard from the medical team there all we know so far about this and of on his condition is that he's in a serious but stable condition at the moment in an induced coma. medical professionals are conducting have been conducting tests and continuing to treat him now his press secretary and other supporters have claimed that he was poisoned we just heard from the medical team saying that they didn't understand that to be the case what we have heard as well from medics in is that there's only so much information that they are allowed to give about alexina family this is the law concerning. medical information they're allowed to give out about anybody that they're treating. a lot of famous journalists and even

project with russia it does come in the wake of the alleged russian opposition figure alexina valmy peter oliver reports. unsurprisingly coronavirus dominated the chancellor's summer press conference but she did also have time to talk about bello reduce the ongoing dispute between greece and turkey in the eastern mediterranean and proposals for quotas on women in senior positions in her christian democratic union party if you're wondering where chancellor merkel stands on that she's very much in favor there was time for a question on alexei no violently as well the russian opposition figure remains in a hospital here in berkeley and following an alleged poisoning angle of merkel said germany was not in a position in order to clarify what had happened to alexei in the valley as it stood and would be waiting for a joint statement from the european union it's we're trying to clarify things in the new through our own abilities which are in fact limited when we have more clarity like in the case of mr scruple we will try to forge a reaction on the european level alexei in the valley has been here in

he's been in a coma since he fell ill during a flight to moscow on thursday 'd with the latest is peter oliver. took a lot of wrangling between doctors in the russian city of. the family but alexei navalny is here in germany he arrived on saturday in a special medical plane had been chartered by his supporters and he landed here in berlin and arrived at the hospital flanked by a column of blue flashing lights police motorcycles and other vehicles accompanying the ambulance that he was in to be shot at a hospital he's receiving treatment and undergoing extensive testing at the hospital to try and determine what is behind his illness that resulted in him being in a coma since thursday early in police have also put out the same and saying that they are here in increased numbers due to mr vanney being in this hospital and we aren't expecting any updates really from the hospital until maybe monday morning. air less in of on these wife is here so we're looking to see if there's any further statements from the family now russian doctors in had objected to him moving initially they said that alexina v

native turkish in the playground her parents and are planning to sue the school our correspondent peter oliver has the story there's a role brewing in southwest germany over the languages spoken in school it's after a 9 year old girl was given this punishment essay to write to speak turkish the children speak german school in germany the official language is german you want us to speak german the schools are german if you speak turkish the children won't understand us we're not allowed to speak our mother tongue so we can speak german that's all i know the local school authority told r.t. that the german only policy is in place so that everyone students and teachers all speak a common language 43 percent of children are from migrant backgrounds so it's important for everyone to speak the same language so the school can fulfill its educational mission the rule we all speak german is also part of the class rules of school which drawn up jointly by all pupils and explained at parents' evenings it was agreed that in the event a violation of this rule. an essay on the topic why we speak german at s

peter oliver he joins us from outside the medical facility where the activist is being treated pater good evening again a major development here isn't it german. it is now coming out saying that actually in fact yes we believe he may have been poisoned. well yes the top line of the statement put out by shell it's a hospital says that alexei navalny was poisoned that they claimed or found substances in his body. called colistin inhibits is there a substance that attacks the nervous system the rest of the body of the statement doesn't use the word poison and it mentions him being it says he was intoxicated by a toxic substance there's no word just yet of what they say toxic substance could be it is of course not up to doctors to proportion blame in these matters now this goes against what we heard coming out of russia out of the clinic in which they said they couldn't find any toxic substance or sign of a poison in alexei move on the system in fact the clinic in his offered up all of the tests that they did all of the results to the clinic here in berlin to try to get to the bottom of