some key figures that could indeed influence whether or not there is a deeper investigation in the bundestag and for that to happen there would need to be the supports all that least 25 percent of the lawmakers in the bundestag and that is looking more and more likely already the business friendly free democrats and the left party have said that they would support a deeper investigation and we're expecting to hear quite possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well tomorrow so a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be question but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germany's next big election year with with voters here in germany had into the polls already in fall of next year well and investigation like this you know the next year who's in the line of fire that what's at stake. well the biggest parties that have something to lose here are indeed the 2 governing parties anglo-american is conservative c.d.u. pass a current course holds the seat of the chancellor but also the juni

you're going through tina is a member of the german bundestag foreign affairs committee and speaks on foreign affairs for the country's green party welcome to day w can we start with your reaction to the news from the hospital that it looks like alex intervallic was poisoned it's really embarrassing that now there is medical evidence that he has peak always and by carlos during their hours in the bitterest. this is not the 1st time something like this happened in russia we have to close the noon hour on a holocaust carrier we had other cases where people get poisoned. stand in opposition to the regime and to vladimir putin. an embarrassing why well it's a system that even america craddock system that do not protect those who oppose this system but makes it possible. that a number it's not one case it's a lot of cases that's a number of oppositional people could be attacked by poison this is not. but putin always is reclaiming for himself that he is a guarantee for stability he is not able to protect people who are not on the same line then he is and just to be clear you believe that p

intelligence services had any knowledge of the far right groups infiltrating this demonstration and the bundestag zone advisory committee says that the whole security concept needs to be reworked ok and just briefly joel we had some some of the flags up here right behind me for instance cause a lot of discussion help out but help us understand this we saw all these black red and white flags being waved on the steps and there's several versions of these flags but they they stem from the german by the imperial period up until the 1918 and some of these flags are also used by the nazis so they are symbols of the far right but he can be a group called the rights which denies the legitimacy of the german state and that's one reason that the foreign minister said that it was shameful for this flag to be waved in front of this building ok. thanks for that insight. sports know and formula one defending champion lewis hamilton has coasted to victory in the belgian grand prix to increase his lead in the overall standings the britain is now just 2 wins from matching mikhail schumacher mark of 91 race victor

to happen there would need to be the supports all that least 25 percent or of the lawmakers in the bundestag and that is looking more and more likely already the business friendly free democrats and the left party of said that they would support a deeper investigation and we're expecting to hear white possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well tomorrow so a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be question but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germany's next big election year argentina is on track to restructure its massive $65000000000.00 debt burden after weeks of wrangling bondholders appear to have embraced the terms of a deal which the government hopes will enable the country to avoid a 10th default in the future but as negotiations between borrowers and lenders have showed it takes 2 to tango. even economic crisis and financial disaster can take away argentines love of tango as evidenced in this international online dance competition but the coronavirus pandemic has mad

to happen they would need to be the supports all that least 25 percent all of the lawmakers in the bundestag and that is looking more and more likely already the business friendly free democrats on the left posse of said that they would support a deeper investigation and we're expecting to hear what possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well as some are so a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be questioned but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germany's next big election year. it's the chef and us we can do it those famous words from german chancellor i'm going to 5 years ago led to over a 1000000 refugees mainly from syria coming into the country in the hope of starting a new life 5 years on how things turned out we followed up with 2 syrians we met we 1st met shortly after they arrived. baby rosa di her and her father 4 years ago. and today the diab family from syria has been living in germany for 5 years they've integrated into german society even making friends with th

carefully written by the founding fathers to make absolutely certain that power would never orleans people bundestag and certainly it's not going to do with the current system he had used to. jump and. sniping at each other it's called the outputs and when it's where you keep the conversation so tightly focused on in this case there is action but it's completely elections rather than the picture around it it's the going to make sure that they don't let the people look at that picture. because it because if they did start looking acid they would stop undermining the power base and they would start removing. from the very very wealthy and you don't you don't have to be able to do simple arithmetic see fit once what i say is. look at not a shoot at you seem quite involved in the palestinian one you have been very vocal against israel's occupation policy and that backfired people like is being anti semitic and it was specially because you showed support for the boycott this invest in sanction movement the b.d.s. move it but why did you get involved because the palestinian people lost. back in 2006 in 20

part of the costly project which aims to double gas imports from russia to germany the head of the bundestag energy committee clowes the us to phil's washington's behavior is unacceptable. it is unacceptable that any country like the united states tells another sovereign nation like germany or an independent european union how to deal with the question of its own energy supply it's out of sync with normal relations in the era of globalization things cannot be achieved by blackmail the americans say if you don't do as we want we want to protect you and if we protect you then you have to pay for that and we should pay with the import of liquefied guess and if you don't do that we will get rid of everyone here this is the current american policy but this is unacceptable and we should fight it there are 2 aspects the stakes one is a professional one and the 2nd one is more important than the independence of germany. washington has repeatedly claimed is a threat to european energy security the u.s. plans to sanction companies that don't pull out of the projects accounts and stick and believes ger

the head of the bundestag human rights committee called for a european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which anxious to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewed its call for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream 2 gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it's worth to tell you why europe because of why that's wrong and the project also was. just wrong is one of our founders of regime which has this kind of systematic us a nation that oh this is not we shouldn't be there for germany russia has always been a complicated partner but gridley have relations been another this much strain. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world but it's all of our genes have declared the continent of africa free of wild polio the milestone follows an aggressive vaccination campaig

the head of the bundestag human rights committee called for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which anxious to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is free new call for the german government to scrap the crown traversal nord stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it's worth to tell you why europe because of why that's wrong and the project also. is one of our founders of regime which has this kind of systematic us nation that. we should be there for germany russia has always been a complicated partner but really have relations been another this much strain. let's get more on this from moscow correspondent emily show when that chief international editor richard walker welcome both and start with you richard a chance or a knuckle reacted quickly to the hospital statement diplomatically speaking how strong was

terrible dark past flags that have nothing to do with a modern democracy and they show up in front of the bundestag building the rice tank building the most important symbol of our democracy the parliament the. parliament of the demonstrators who filled central berlin on saturday were no longer the center of attention. many remained on sunday though and how the small day after rally at the brandenburg gate. they focused on the qur'an a skeptic message and dismissed the previous day's aggression. happened here was kyle said some small groups who wanted to take advantage of the situation and wish we'd who support the corona demonstration want to have nothing to do with this. yet the far right to a comfort and a place in turn and for weekends amid the rainbows and peace flags for the demonstrators and the crowd to skeptics didn't seem to have a problem with them being there. and we turn to sport and football and leo have won the women's champions league for the 5th time in a row after beating germany's will spur in the final the french side were 2 goals ahead at half time while spurred captain alexand

him and he looked down ronnie and lynn have tried to storm the german federal parliament building the bundestag police of more than 300 arrests as they moved in to break up the demonstration. the authorities had earlier cool the protesters to maintain social distancing but police say that since the request was ignored they had no choice but to move in this demonstration was preceded by a furious legal battle with officials attempting to. a quarter century rule that could go ahead but activists claim you authorities showed double standards when. comes to different protests it's all of a has more. demonstrations by those on happy with corona virus restrictions this weekend city authorities had tried to ban the demonstration saying they wouldn't be able to stick to rules put in place to stop the spread of the virus that upset people already were very happy city authorities were quick to point out that they no way was the attempt to ban these demos and attempt to limit freedom to demonstrate. that the law says explicitly that the right of assembly is protected no matter the reason of the respective

caught up with the german bundestag president both kong choice today she answered him how germany and europe should deal with the crisis. president leaders are meeting for a special summit on belarus what does europe have to do at this very moment. europe must signal clearly that it won't use everything at its disposal to push for a human rights democracy and non-biological about. to say it's europe doesn't intend the shift of power spears for sheeple that it simply wants to show we have a responsibility towards our neighbors and that is something europe and also now has to clearly demonstrate or at least to mosul bring do you mean sanctions go beyond that. i believe the most important thing is to do all we can and that is something those responsible can decide better than i can increase the pressure so that there is a nonviolent outcome. because we can all sense that things can no longer continue as they are in belarus now. when a dictator has come to the end of the road it's best to find a way forward without further violence based him and vague. or near by think about it. what does

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.

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 'd 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 e.u. 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 sell europe liquefied natural gas which is far more expensive than gas pipe direct from russia

big debate now and there's already a debate on going in germany about what the future security of the bundestag of the i started building the pollen the building will look like but we're already seeing in a way the effects over the weekend as well the courts here in berlin have already called off a planned long term camp protest by the same people who organize these coronavirus skeptic protests that we had that's already been banned that was going to be a 2 week long camping protest between the brandenburg gate in the victory column here in the capital because they all thought it just didn't see that there was going to be possible for protesters to to maintain those coronavirus protection measures so certainly as i feel it's going to be a clampdown on these protests going forward especially when it comes to ensuring the public safety of people here in germany political correspondent kate brady thank you. first of a commercial passenger flight from israel to the united arab emirates just landed in abu dhabi the plane took off from tel aviv and crossed to jordan and saudi arabia and the historica

breast i have opinion and this is true for the german bundestag as well that we stand with the peaceful demonstrators there's been close contact in recent days for a new person is well with many of the member states and i particularly want to thank lithuania. the opposition leader was taken in by lithuania but they've also done a great deal of. things to try and support civil society and if you want i also want to thank poland for us as members of the european council there is no debt there have been huge infringements against election rules these elections were not free and they were not fair. and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections together in a common message of the member states we've said clearly that we can damage the brutal violence against the demonstrators as well as the imprisonment and use of violence exerted against thousands of belorussians we are calling for the regime of the government of mr lucas schenkel to cease all violence but the freedom of opinion and freedom to demonstrate must be guaranteed and we also called for an independent media so

intelligence services had any knowledge of the far right groups infiltrating this demonstration and the bundestag zone advisory committee said that the whole security concept needs to be reworked ok and just briefly joel we had some some of the flags up here right behind me for instance cause a lot of discussion helped up and help us understand this we saw all these black red and white flags being waved on the steps and there's several versions of these flags but they they stem from the german by the imperial period up until the 1918 and some of these flags are also used by the nazis so they a symbols of the far right but you can a group called the book which denies the legitimacy of the german state and that's one reason that the foreign minister said that it was shameful for this flag to be waved in front of this building ok. thanks for that insight. and we now turn to sports and formula one defending champion lewis hamilton has coast it to victory in the belgian grand prix to increase his lead in the overall standings the britain is now just 2 wins from matching michael schumacher is mark of 9

that's right it came after the main demonstration a group broke away broke down the fences around the bundestag and overcame the few police who were there and stayed there for quite a while before they were moved and the leaders of the main demonstration have tried to distance themselves from these right wingers. you're a force it's thank you so much take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the 1st of a commercial passenger flight from israel to the united arab emirates is bound to happen darby started flights as the u.s. brokered deal establishing diplomatic relations between israel and the u.a.e. the 1st such arab israeli code in more than 20 years. sudan's transitional government has signed a peace agreement with 5 rebel groups at a ceremony in neighboring south sudan it seems a major step towards resolving deep rooted conflicts that raged for 17 years under the rule of former leader of al bashir. one of greece's most important archaeological sites is narrowly escaped wildfire as a flames reach the gates of my seanie before firefighters brought the blaze under co

taking part in an anti coronavirus rally and berlin have tried to storm the federal parliament the bundestag police made more than $100.00 arrests as they moved in to break up the demonstration. was. i was. was i have power to said earlier called on the protesters to maintain physical distance saying but the police say this is that request was ignored they had no choice but to move in the demonstration was preceded by a furious legal battle as well with officials attempting to ban the demo a call did eventually rule but it could go ahead but activists claim that the authorities show double standards when it comes to differing protest as peter all of an hour explain. it is set for launch demonstrations by those on happy with corona virus restrictions this weekend city authorities had tried to ban the demonstration saying they wouldn't be able to stick to the rules put in place to stop the spread of the virus upset people already were very happy city authorities were quick to point out that in no way was the attempt to ban these demos and attempt to limit freedom to demonstrate. that the law s

intelligence services had any knowledge of the far right groups infiltrating this demonstration and the bundestag zone advisory committee said that the whole security concept needs to be reworked ok and just briefly joel we had some some of the flags up here right behind me for instance because a lot of discussion help out but help us understand this we saw all these black red and white flags being waved on the steps and there's several versions of these flags but they they stem from the german reich the imperial period up until the 1918 and some of these flags are also used by the nazis so they are symbols of the far right but you can be a group called the exposure which denies the legitimacy of the german state and that's one reason that the foreign minister said that it was shameful for this flag to be waved in front of this building ok you don't use joel thanks for that insight . return to sports now the u.s. open tennis tournaments starts on monday but has already been hit by mass pull outs due to the coronavirus pandemic one player has already tested positive and had to withdraw men's champ

the head of the bundestag human rights committee called for a european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which i'm stupendously human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel ban such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewed its call for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that. suited you why europe because of why that's wrong and your project also was. just wrong it's one of funders of. which has this kind of systematic us nation. this is not we shouldn't be there for germany russia has always been a complicated partner but really have relations been another this much strain. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world but a lot of our viewers have declared the continent of africa free of wild polio milestone follows an aggressive vaccination campaign in nigeria which accounted for mo

reasons why germany and russia have a tense relationship at the moment, the attempted cyberattack on the bundestag. why do you think that alexei navalny was allowed to leave the country at the insistence of his family and friends for treatment, joerg? the russians could have stopped him leaving, perhaps. one is obviously that the kremlin took to damage control in the situation. here ofe seen the risk it even more seriously impacting the already bad reputation that russia has for its approach to any critic of the kremlin. as i mentioned before, there have been serious incidents pertaining to russian critics and the kremlin in the past. so that is one explanation, simply damage control. seriouslynot successful attempts at a session nation if, indeed, that was the case. i wonder, after all of this, merkel has confronted prudent about the annexation of crimea, but in the end, germany -- confronted putin about the annexation of crimea, but in the end, they really did not do anything about it, and then about these attempted assassination attempts, but have not done much about it, and now belarus, and at

pandemic that drew some 30000 people will talk to a lawmaker about what happened on the steps of the bundestag right after this report. it looks like a normal monday in central bolin the tourists are back the price tag is open for visitors again but the scenes of unrest at the weekend are in many people's minds. saturday evening far right extremists pushed through police lines to the top of the high stock steps. the pictures that my generation just isn't familiar with. these people stand for different values and to see that also here in germany there are so many people who think differently and have different values that pains me. to. be don't stand the demonstrators shouted resistance. and the isn't us folk we are the people. the black white and red of the colors of the old imperial german right used now by neo nazis in front of that i stuck it makes for shocking symbolism. other demonstrators who filter linen.