well it's go to europe now of course one of peter oliver is in berlin has been following events peter what have the e.u. leaders managed to come up with. that was a 3 hour e.u. council video conference on thursday evening they've pledged a united front when it comes to tackling coronavirus the 2 key takeaways from it seem to be that borders will be kept open we saw the words of national borders within the shang and zone within the e.u. during the spring they want to avoid that happening again and also that when a vaccine is available it will be shared equally throughout the block now there was also a warning from the e.u. commission president has left on the line he said that they needed to present this united front to stop health care systems being overwhelmed. i think it is enough to say that it is very serious numbers of cases raising numbers of hospitalization are rising numbers a day of death are rising not this fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat covered patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our health c

lockdown measures after it recorded one of its biggest daily covert spikes since the pandemic began peter oliver is in the german capital. strict coronavirus measures are coming back to berlin from this saturday until at least the end of the month old bars restaurants local shops or any other business that would be open late at night will have to shut their doors at 11 pm until 6 in the morning. covert cases are rising in germany at the fastest pace since mid april as europe struggles with a new wave of infection the health minister says the new rules a needed because people and not taking the virus seriously it isn't a programme with a lack of rules it is more a question of where certain rules are enforced and i think there is room for improvement in our beautiful capital city the chancellor has warned 'd that with winter on the way things may be about to get tough if you loaned him the money we learned a lot and did well throughout the summer but we know that more difficult 'd times are ahead of us namely in the autumn and winter. once and we see a gradual increase especially in densely popula

announce a broad lockdown starting next week and set to last one month our europe correspondent peter oliver reports from berlin. well this was called lock down lights in the build up to it we knew it was coming what we didn't expect is how soon these new measures would come in place that was talked about before the november or late to next week it's going to be monday the 2nd of november that this new lockdown light comes into play then the idea behind it is to keep schools and kindergartens open what that means is that other areas are going to have to make way younger merkel was speaking to the press earlier she said the social contact is going to have to essentially suffer in order to try and get over this hump over this autumn spike in corona infections now what we are going to see is a limit put in place on meeting meeting in public a meeting with members from of the households one of the household a maximum of 10 people you're allowed to meet with all theaters concert halls all prison any that was still open they're going to be closed on the sport that's going as well as fitness clubs

government imposed tight limits on public events and family gatherings our europe correspondent peter oliver has more. a whole bunch of anti lock down activists far right campaigners corona deny is anti vacs is all people who are being on happy with the way the german government has handled the corona pandemic of being out on to the streets of the sort than german city of constance there are parts of a group that call themselves the lateral think is usually the demonstrations have taken place here in berlin they chose the southern city for their large demonstration this time around there was a small scale outing here in the german capital on friday evening though around 200 people came out to that they say that the measures that have been put in place by the government designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus breach numerous parts of the german constitution the reports coming in from the scene say that it was very peaceful demonstration there was no major incidents reported by the police anyway so far brought these people out there to say get rid of the anti corona measures that's not

after months of measures impacting their lives the new moves aren't going down particularly well peter oliver reports. italy and spain are the latest nations to put in place new restrictions on their populations in an attempt to try and get the number of covert 19 infections down in italy they've seen the number of cases double each week over the last 3 weeks in spain they vented what's being called a state of alarm that's putting in place a curfew for the next 15 days people not allowed out on the streets from 11 at night until 6 in the morning now politicians there also wanting to extend a state of emergency in the country for a further 6 months now in italy what we've seen is new rules come in place regarding restaurants and dining out all restaurants are going to have to shut their doors to customers from 6 pm at night on the 4 people allowed at a table while they're allowed to be open they are allowed to continue serving takeout after the vote there is a strict rule against any food consumption or drinking on the streets or in public areas after 6 pm these new rules well there's been pus

follows the vollies claim in an interview with german media that vandeman putin poisoned him or his peter oliver reports from berlin. alexina valmy used this interview to the german news magazine beagle to thank the german people and in particular angle america for the help peter received german chancellor visited mist in the valley secretly while he was in the shot at a hospital here in berlin in the interview mist in the valley pulls no punches about who he thinks is behind his alleged poisoning he points that finger of blame firmly at russia and directly at president vladimir putin the kremlin has responded to this kremlin spokes person dmitri peskov saying the claims made against me if britain against russia were unacceptable and also accused foreign intelligence services of working with mr novell me i claim that putin is behind the crime and i have no alternative versions of what happened i don't say that to flatter myself but on the basis of fact the most important fact is normally chuck the order to use a manufacture it can only have come from 2 men the head of the f.s.b. or of the foreig

response that's our correspondent in berlin peter oliver thank you. i get upset over this news hour appreciate a company this is artsy about with more than half an hour. hello and welcome across town where all things are considered i'm peter will go even after russia gate was debunked as a hoax this conspiracy theory lives on in fact it appears to become part and parcel of our political discourse if you oppose someone or an idea all you have to do is blame in russia no facts necessary slurs and in fact was claims now suffice. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest patrick lawrence in norfolk he is a foreign affairs commentator who's columns appear in consortium news and other publications and in lake jackson we have daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity all right gentlemen crossed up rules that i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated well it's going to patrick in norfolk i read your article the damage russia gate has done with great pleasure because you

asset freezes and involves the alleged poisoning of the opposition figure our europe correspondent peter oliver has a story. the sanctions measures were put forward jointly by france and germany the legal necessities will need to be drawn up before they can come into full force and we're expecting them to be announced in e.u. council meeting that's a meeting of the heads of government in state of the e.u. member states on thursday and friday of this week what we can expect from the sanctions though is that they will take the form of asset freezes and travel bans it's being reported that 9 members of russia's security services may be the targets of the sanctions the german foreign minister announcing them had this to say that we have initiated sanctions against individuals whom we believe to be partly responsible for this violation of international law it is important that the e.u. shows unity in such a serious crime we did today while germany and france were the 2 member states that put forward these berlin and paris say that russia has not given adequate answers as to what happened to alexei n

severely injured it's a dent in dresden has reportedly been linked to islamic terrorism artie's peter oliverhas the story for us. according to the german media prosecutors are investigating a possible extremist link to an attack that took place on 2 tourists in the city of dresden earlier this month the president public prosecutor's office has said that they have a 20 year old syrian national in custody he was the main suspect in this case and was arrested on tuesday evening. it's 20 year old syrian citizen has become the focus of the investigation the accused will appear before the judge of the dresden district court later today what we know about the main suspect is being pieced together from information coming from the authorities and also press reports about him as well the 20 year old is said to have been here in germany since 2015 he failed in an application for asylum he had been sentenced to more than 2 years for conspiring to commit a serious violent act and also for recruiting or attempting to recruit people to the islamic state group it's understood the main suspect was only relea

reportedly said she'd like to meet with the russian president vladimir putin r t correspondent peter oliver has more on the upcoming talks today. taken off sky is in town and she's here in berlin for these meetings on tuesday with german chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko ma she's brought with a list of names that she wants to see added to the current sanctions to the names currently sanctioned by the european union this 40 names on that list already notable the act absent from that list though was alexander lukashenko the president of belarus that raised a few eyebrows when it was announced last week that she's also going to be looking for germany to play a role as a mediator in trying to sort out the impasse following the disputed election that took place in august our plans for changes in ballarat consists of 3 points which we have already voiced pressure on the authorities which you lead to negotiations and d'anjou negotiations with new fear elections human rights are being grossly in viciously violated in belarus and ballarat actions are now crying out for help so we h

investigation there concluded that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent reporting from berlin his peter oliver. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has published its findings from samples they tested from alexei navalny the results won't come as too much of a surprise to many the o.p.c. w. found novacek was present those results in a detailed analysis were sent here to germany where berlin has been demanding answers from moscow but using o.p.c. w. finding this as the foundation for allegations it's unlikely to sit well in the russian counter so it is in fact even tacit cool story initiated at the behest of berlin by its your atlantic allies to gather with the leadership of detachment goes to the chariot of dio p c w it has continued in accordance with to preplan conspiracist scenario with the e.u. council set to meet next week to decide what their reaction to the novell new report will be the german government demanding serious consequences for the use of a chemical weapon this o.p.c. w. reports could have far reaching ramifications peter all over r.t. . all talking of ram

affect that opening the 2nd wave lockdowns incoming in europe with the latest details from germany peter oliver thank you. protests a gripping the muslim world over the french president's recent defense of the right to parody religion his remarks followed the beheading of a teacher who journey's class caricature of the prophet mohammed these were 1st published by satirical magazine show which is again sparked fury with his latest front cover features a caricature of the turkish president who has been one of the fiercest critics of the french state stance on the right to mock religion and protocol that front cover disgusting because prosecutors launching a criminal probe in response to shirley ago publishing the caricature of the turkish president slammed the hostility towards islam adding that disrespect for the prophet muhammad is spreading like cancer especially among european leaders so we asked people in paris how they see the one cartoon. i personally i find it disrespectful even if you have the right to use blasphemy you have no right to mock religion it's only here in these times of cris

russian officials but not president alexander lukashenko many thanks of course when the berlin peter oliver with that date. because the reaction now from run a road geopolitical honest to base the in germany welcome. so president he's the one who would directly benefit from any vote rigging is the one who would benefit from suppressing the protesters is the one who's not on the sanctions list why on earth not. i think that the e.u. is leaving some space for making the sanctions tough ther step by step because we have already seen an attempt of the european union to channel into bailout was 50000000 euros why are the coordination council of the opposition this attempt has failed because the opposition didn't want to lose its good reputation as a real internal belorussian opposition by receiving money from the european union that we had to step that lithuania has acknowledged. as the president and now we are seeing these sanctions which 1st have been blocked by cyprus so i think it's just a game of slightly stepping up the tone against. against look i shan't go and i see the difficulty that.

they're worried certain sectors of the economy including entertainment won't survive a correspondent peter oliver reports. but it's being called lockdown lights essentially what the aim is is to prioritize keeping schools and kindergartens and as much of the economy open as possible at the expense of social contacts what you're not going to be allowed to do is go to any well leisure activity basically see it is james a mature sports all of that is closing down professional sport will continue but those fans that have been allowed into bonds legal football games no more they are going to be played behind closed doors until a miracle the german chancellor in announcing this lockdown light said that these moves were necessary to stop the german health care system becoming overwhelmed if you can no it isn't that's a theme if the current rate of spread of the crooner virus in germany continues the health care system will collapse within a few weeks these can get out of control in the blink of an eye so that is why the taking decisive action the german finance minister or less surely said that november

she'd like to meet with russian president vladimir putin our europe correspondent correspondent peter oliver takes a look more closely at so what she's doing there about ticking off skies goals for the upcoming talks. she brought with a list of names that she wants to see added to the current sanctions to the names currently sanctioned by the european union this 40 names on that list already notable me absent from that list though was alec. under luca shank of the president of belarus that raised a few eyebrows when it was announced last week that she's also going to be looking for germany to play a role as a mediator in trying to sort out the impasse following the disputed election that took place in august our plans for changes in belarus consists of 3 points which we have already voiced pressure on the authorities which to lead to negotiations and the end of negotiations with new fair elections human rights are being grossly in viciously violated in belarus and ballarat sions are now crying out for help so we hope that germany's role in resolving this issue is the mediator will be one of

number of let's say resuscitation measures reporting from berlin on the battling the 2nd wave is peter oliver. 3 hour video. from the council they agreed on a couple of things one of them is that borders across the block should remain open they also talked about a vaccine when it is discovered that it should be freely and equally distributed across the member states for the law and the e.u. commission president said that a good night in front was necessary to stop health care systems across the new becoming overwhelmed i think it is enough to say that it is very serious numbers of cases raising numbers of hospitalization are rising number sudden death of death are rising not as fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently runs in lockdown. on. protesters clashed with police over that decision to really look down the whole country tear gas was used those clashes took place the french prime minister though acknowledged that the measures being

tackling the health crisis it seems political unity is in short supply or europe correspondent peter oliver reports. cases of coronavirus skyrocket across europe e.u. leaders are bringing back hard core restrictions and we have made a decision to impose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region and 8 other french officers just in this situation over the bend them it is serious because we record rising infection numbers almost everywhere the reason is that fear is a 2nd autumn winter wave of the virus would be worse than the 1st appear to be coming true back in march france was in lockdown with around 7 and a half 1000 daily cases the latest figures show that is high and now the same picture is repeated in spain and in the u.k. while all those countries were in lockdown in the spring now politicians are trying to strike a balance between safety and personal freedom for many the potential economic damage of another lockdown outweighs concerns of a public health. and. now. since the virus was 1st detected in europe different countries of opted for different tactics the swedish governmen

for now peter oliver in berlin thank you. next the head of russia's foreign intelligence service is warning that terrorists including from the notorious to about al nasra group are seeking to join the conflict in the corner karabakh the disputed caucuses territory that seeing fighting intensified between azerbaijan and armenia with an update here don of. so the russian foreign intelligence service has released a statement a memo and at 1st they just issue a general concern for the wellbeing of the citizens of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh and they also released a call to both sides to stop the fight he immediately saying that a full blown war in the region is well unacceptable but when it gets interesting is when then they talk about hundreds and perhaps even thousands of syrian fighters on the front lines open a corner cab back they even gave the names of the groups which came here which came to this disputed region to take part in the war have a listen according to the information that is available to russia's for

capital or a page kicks off more than a snarky proposal for the day for now have a good day yourself peter oliver a correspondent in berlin you know somewhere not having a good day at all sudan one of the poorest nations in the world which has seen years of political turmoil and now has to deal with major floods on its hand is our sister can only september but the consequences are still being acutely felt in 16 out of the country's 18 regions authorities have put in place a 3 month long state of emergency. or rather i doubt nothing out of the water has destroyed all of our house furniture and belongings they were glowing lost in the flood of being evacuated from our homes to safer places several houses were in time it's truly we managed to save some furniture because the rest mistakingly through it so. some people are living now under a tree we don't have anything left and children live on the trees there's no place to shelter us and the village is still submerged in water we're building a hoss out of wood and plastic she said to show to ourselves and our families until things get better. this aw

back in spring and they're resorting to some tough new containment measures as well as artie's peter oliver reports. lots to get through different measures being taken in different countries across europe will start from where i'm talking to you from here in germany while most of germany has got off pretty lightly compared to its european neighbors what we've seen on tuesday is a full red alert announced in the back this god no region of bavaria in the south of the country 2 and a half 1000 tourists being told you've got to go and they have to go immediately that says the berchtesgaden a region goes into this full lockdown what that means is that schools are going to be closed all of them are going to be counselled restaurants are only open for takeout and people have been told only to leave their homes if there's a good reason to do it now those good reasons do include business and also exercise and in poland which is one of those countries that fared reasonably well in the spring when we 1st saw over 19 ripped through europe it's not doing so well now with the government there is put in p

against protesters responded in kind with measures against a list of european officials and his peter oliver reports now from berlin. it was a long time coming but the european union have agreed sanctions on belorussian officials following organists disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and pretty much the rest of the e.u. bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over an kriz exploration for energy resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella ruse that action against turkey that was agreed eventually and therefore they were able to proceed with the better russian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. facing sanctions this is to do with them they being accused of falsifying election results and a crackdown on protests following not election back in august now notably absent from this list is you gaze better russian president alexander you to share his name not being there is raised a few eyebrows however underlying the e.u. commission president says these sanctions send the right mes