merkel promised to fund 50% of the borders in the future. i can confirm that this has been delivered. on the other hand, we had considereration whwhere refugees were stranded. we have overcrowded camps. there is not much happening these days. >> we are in the middle of this coronavirus crisis. are people still trying to leave the country in the numbers they were five years ago? >> sururely not. thisis couldld be a big didisasr soon. we havee many people who get vey lilittle support. especicially this year,r, only % of the funds coming are needed to support syrian refugees in their home region. once we have the issue, they c n neither reach germany.. nor cacan they crossss the mediterranean a because sea rescueue missions have stopppp. letting people drown in the mediterraneasesea. it ihetherhey are tturered, beaten up. this is a key challge. people are not cing fromyria anymor fery gdeasons. >> thankou for agning th. ewthank you so much for r joinig us. tokyo has gotten back in the olympic groove by putting the flame on display ahead of the

camp as a -- macron and merkel. this also carries some european weight. germany is the president of the european council as well so this was a visit that was very europe-focused. brent: it is not unusual to have a visit in the south of france, is it. ? >> absolutely not. brent: thank you. prosecutors have opened a criminal case against alexander lukashenko. that is after opposition activists said that they negotiated a position to power. belarus has seen more than 10 days of demonstrations and strikes after the president claimed victory in an election that the opposition claimed was rigged. lelet's tatake a l look at somoe other stories making headlines arouound the wororld. the united states has written to the security council requesting that sanctions be reimposed on iran. washington insist that tehran is in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal. it is controversial because washington abandoned the nuclear them at -- nuclear agreement two years ago. south korea's intelligence agency says it is seeing signs of a power

we have we have somebody with merkel is that correct yes. we are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present. spoken with anyone on the phone we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of prisoners no violence free speech the right to demonstrate and an inclusive dialogue in that country those are the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in. investments. so we have there is this europe standing up for its values or is this europe claiming the geopolitical stake. well all that the european union has tried to do so far is to send a message that makes it clear that they do not have geopolitical interests in bell or various of course at the same time though putin isn't going to watch by. that that could be part of the bridge that is looking towards europe right now but this is a very different situation from the one we found ourselves in with ukraine some years ago so it really depends where you stand right now but what we heard there from merkel is very

>> this was a strong statement from angela merkel. it was a plea for restraint when she said that the solve entry of belarus -- sovereignty of belarus has to be respected and police forces that vladimir putin was talking about would not be deployed. she stressed that the people of belarus can take to the streets. they can protest as they wish without any interference from any side. when one of our colleagues asked her about the riddle line of the belarus security forces not only against demonstrators but also against journalists, she said this is not acceptable. she tried to talk to mr. lukashenko. she tried to reach him on the phone, but he declined. >> the chancellor was also asked about the russian opposition leader who is currently being treated in berlin for suspectctd poisoning. >> we will do our best to find out what happened. our ability to do that here is limited. once we are clear about what actually happened, we will strive for a coordinated european response. not just responses by individual states. this is not just a germ

chancellor merkel says she is open to dialogue with belarus if they are willing to accept. we are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present has so far not spoken with anyone on the phone but we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of christmas no violence free speech the right to demonstrate an inclusive dialogue in that country those are the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in palo roasts. and bicycles. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world london central criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017. a baby was a convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions he will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. south korea's intelligence agency says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive a communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred some of his powers to senior offic

how big of a step was it for chancellor merkel there to say. we as the european union definitely do not recognize these election results as legitimate and she's essentially saying we heard a reporter asked that very question that we don't recognize president rightful leader of the country actually the former minister was very fast just off of those elections to declare that those elections didn't take place under such conditions of being free and fair and he was very fast and it was a very unusual reaction because that is something it's a deliberate step to have election observers to not have states comment directly on the quality of elections particularly when they weren't able to observe them but clearly under the market has been here before this year sees 30 years of german reunification own political career is based on the end of a de facto dictatorship of east germany and this whole round table concept is something she is very familiar with because she sat at those tables where all sides were brought around one table at the same time looki

what do you think has chancellor merkel delivered on her promise to syrian refugees . is delivered 4 years on this promise have been 2 sides of this promise of war refugees are welcome in germany at least for some period of the other wars we have made a big mistake we stopped funding humanitarian aid in syria and the neighboring countries to such an extent that is was surely a trigger for people to move want to move to europe and merkel promised to fund at least 50 percent of what is needed in the region in the future and i can control for my time in the region that this has been really delivered on the other hand we have a situation today where syrian refugees now are stranded in islands we have overcrowded recants we have promises to get these the sick kids out of these camps in germany and there is not much happening today. or in the middle of this coronavirus crisis so of course that was very much taken our eye off what's going on in syria at the moment are people still trying to leave the country in the numbers they were 5 years ago. surely not and what this has a

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speak of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there's a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effect by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. supporters have been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment ignited the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so to. friendly into a country and say we

in 2015 many an angler merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there's a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effects by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. supports have been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment to ignite is the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape it's co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so differently into a country and

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speak of germany's parliament it still is. but for bible one has to prevent the impression that there is a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effect by now we need a european solution to these problems. because of problems instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. supports have been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment ignited the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so diffe

angela merkel says russia's north stream to gas pipeline to germany must go ahead despite the tensions ip alleged poisoning of the prominent opposition figure alexina valmy and on the 1st anniversary of the teenager harry dunn u.k. authorities consider a virtual trial for the wife and 3 u.s. diplomats accused of killing him and then fleeing the country. she was the last person to risk it is absolutely clear that the united states government does not have either a legal or moral there to stand on. a good evening here with our protesters close to the white house did attempt to shank down donald trump during his speech on the final night of the republican party congress. and chancing langley hundreds tried to disrupt the event and a number of were carrying black lives matter banas but that didn't stop the president from claiming he's done more for black people and almost all of his predecessors. i say very modestly that i have done more for the african-american community than any president since abraham lincoln our 1st republican president. and i have done more in 3 years for the black co

summit for us mckillop just merkel made it very clear which side the e.u. is supporting in this standoff in belarus one of the main messages coming out of brussels well quite clearly brussels is now met what set out to hand off care the opposition leader called for she called on you does not to recognize these elections that is exactly what the e.u. did at the same time we heard the german chancellor there trying to avoid the impression that taking sides standing by the side of peaceful protesters could be interpreted by moscow as taking a side against russian interests in the region after all bella is clearly right in the middle of this fear of influence of russia as it stands right now that will be treading a very very fine line there she called for all e.u. leaders called for round table discussions a dialogue at the same time condemning these elections as neither for your fair which usually is the role that election observers have but in the end by the rules didn't let them in this time around barbara e.u. member states often have difficulty finding a c

this is the news live from berlin chancellor angela merkel warns against foreign intervention in belo roosts with russia clearly in asides merkel says for the russians should have all the freedoms other nations take for granted without external interference from any soft also coming up. donald trump takes aim at his democratic rival in a fiery excepted speech he calls joe biden a destroyer of the american jobs and calls november's vote the most important election in u.s. history and japan's prime minister shinzo obvious stepping down because of poor health his announcement comes just days after he became the longest serving holder of the office and. a pianist in the ruins no longer we hear the story of us who fled syria and found sanctuary in germany 5 years ago. has welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has warned that the sovereignty of must be respected there should be and should not be any foreign intervention merkel said traditional someone who's gone. friends in berlin where she discussed a broad range of topics with german and international journalists on the m

lockdown back in march it's still well above a 1000 a day and that's considered potentially risky so merkel wants to make sure the strategies in place across the nation arc here and a consistent for the weather in germany is already giving a hint of autumn and that means the beginning of the flu season and a possible 2nd wave of covert 19 the government wants to avoid a new spike but it also wants to keep andy coronavirus measures flexible. the viruses stand i make the situation a stand i make the strategy is clear we want to get it under control health ministry and span wants to scrap compulsory tests for holiday makers returning from high risk countries with more than 800000 tests per week capacities and the strain after the holiday season the minister wants to return to a strategy that combines testing with quarantined measures after the holiday season will do more targeted testing of people with symptoms or contact a covert 1000 patients as well as nurses doctors or care recipients of. the varian state premier mark was has already made it clear that his state will stick to my test even

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against open arms policy but. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there is a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effects by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. support have been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment ignited the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. and if we didn't make. we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so differently into a country and say w

yes arik apologies back in 2015 we know the german chancellor angela merkel told the country we can do this looking back was she right i think we sorrow all are off the 'd field back to where i would say we are on a good way i could say after 3 years and this is what our reports are looking at 3 years after you watch immigration into germany it's we love 'd at the end of the integration process so we have reached a lot there are still areas where we still have to do more accurate stick integrate in pretty girl or female refugee east jaw to really get a good education for children and adolescents and also for our other adult refugees so i would say. partly yes we should. we should could team you always all our efforts because it's still too early to say well we. thank you so much for joining us to share that assessment catarina head of the department for education and family at the german institute for economic research we appreciate it. and there is more information on the fallout from the migration crisis 5 years on on our web site t w dot com in other news european football's newly c

chancellor merkel says russia's nord stream tube gas pipeline to germany must go ahead despite tensions over the alleged poisoning of prominent opposition figure alexina valving. and a survey of british media finds muslims that get disproportionate coverage in terrorism stories despite other groups being far more likely to commit attacks. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now protesters close to the white house attempted to shout down donald trump during his speech on the final night of the republican party convention on with horns and chanting loudly hundreds tried to disrupt the event and a number were carrying black lives matter banners that did not stop the president from claiming he has done more for black people than almost all of his predecessors . and i say very modestly that i have done more for the african-american community than any president since abraham lincoln our 1st republican president. and i have done more in 3 years for the black community then joe biden has done in 47

also german chancellor angela merkel maintains that russia's new giant gas project to europe must go ahead despite high tensions over prominent opposition figure. and on the 1st time of the truth the death teenager u.k. authorities consider a virtual trial for the wife of a u.s. diplomat accused of killing him and then fleeing the country she was the last person to risk it is absolutely clear and albert the united states government does not have either a legal or moral. and a disturbing report finds that muslims get disproportionate coverage when you can use in terrorists and stories that is despite of the groups being far more likely to commit attacks. hello good afternoon you with national just gone 3 o'clock here in moscow protests have been held outside the white house while dong trump was giving his reelection speech. hundreds try to disrupt the event some carrying black lives. but that didn't stop the president from claiming he's done more for black people than almost all his predecessors. and i say very modestly that i have done more for the african american jimmy. knitty than

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy but. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there's a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effects by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. support had been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment ignited the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so do. family into country and say we can

to answer turn to our top story german chancellor angela merkel is holding a video summit with the premise of germany's 16 states to decide whether to change strategies for testing and controlling the coronavirus the current system was only brought in a few weeks ago but the number of new cases keeps on rising so we think it is considered necessary to once a more unified approach across the nation there could also mean tightening the rules such as limiting the number of people allowed to gather together in public and finding people who fail to wear a face mask when shopping or on public transport transport. and with me in the studio is still a political correspondent nina as we're waiting for the press conference to start it was supposed to start roughly 45 minutes ago it hasn't started yet just bring us up to speed why is this. press conference so hotly anticipated and what's going on right now is the 1st such press conference in 10 weeks that was the last time back in june when michael mrs merkel and the leaders of the 16 states actually sat together and discuss the nation the national c

>> that this man be sitting in angela merkel's office next year? the current vice chancellor and finance minister has seen his popularity rise over the past months. his handndli of the cocoronavirs pandemic and his grafting of germany's multibillion euro recovery fund have been hailed by his colleagues. >> to be able to handle a crisis , that is a v very impoportant quality that a german chancellor must have. >> no one has proven more that he is capable of decisive action in a country during the coronavirus crisis, he can also lead the country out of the crisis. >> with his nomination, they are trying to fill the gap left by angela merkel. >> a new era is beginning. not only in the sense of the time after corona, but also that the next decade will be about how we can manage the future of our country. how we manage the future of europe. and who has s the best plan. we are firmly convinced this is the social d democratic party. >> for now, he seems confident, but he will have his work cut out, reversing his party's poor showing in the polls. brent: l

tinsley merkel rules out loosening of virus measures. europe's biggest economy recorded the biggest increasing cases and newly four months. it has just gone 6:00 in london. 7:00 in frankfurt. 9:00 in the difc. warm welcome to the show. good morning to you. , i love the bank of america report. it looks as if the birds have capitulated. positionede who have from bear market rally, that was from 47% last month down to 35%. good morning. annmarie: good morning. or a bear market rally? some people are thinking this has legs. this s&p 500 fresh record, they finally got there. so much emphasis has been on the retail investors. one investor said, it's like 1999. people just left their jobs to go to a trade -- a trade. 1999, i was in bonds and commodities. i was not dancing to baby one more time. have a look at your markets. i will not sing it. good morning. annmarie: i was thinking of tlc's no scrubs. unchanged.c futures higher after that record finally getting there. pound, 132. an absolute tear. the dollar is near this two-year low. the dollar

and german chancellor angela merkel has a national dialogue in battle roosts as the country is gripped by the rest she tells presently his government must avoid using violence against peaceful protesters and were released political prisoners. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us and u.n. back tribunals has convicted a senior member of the lebanese militant group hezbollah for the assassination of the country's former prime minister rafik hariri a court in the hague said salim orchestrated the 22005 operation to kill riri with a massive truck bomb but the tribunals cleared 3 other defendants finding they had no links to hezbollah leadership or aries assassination up ended life in lebanon setting the stage for years of unrest. a suicide truck bomb blasts ripped through beirut some valentine's day 2005 an explosion so powerful it was hurt and felt across the city 22 people lost their lives that day. including the targets of the attack. lebanon's former prime minister rafiq hariri it was an assassination that transformed lebannon removing an influential sunni muslim leader and a

alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko mosques are demanding an investigation in view of most in the valleys prominent role in the political opposition in russia the authorities there are now urgently called upon to investigate this act fairly and to do so with full transparency alexina on the is not the 1st russian critic of the kremlin to be poisoned the former spy alexander litvinenko died in 2006 after he drank poisoned tea before her assassination journalist anna politkovskaya said she had survived an attempt to poison her and the opposition politician barzan them soft was gunned down in 2015 and now this suspected attack for politician norbert wrote ken it's clear who's behind it these are this latest attempted murder and the threats and intimidation against anyone linked to the opposition has once again revealed the true face of the regime and in particular vladimir putin could sort. doctors say alexina vell nice condition is serious but not life threatening. of the findings of doctors in

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy but. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. was before bible one has to prevent the impression that there's a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effect by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the support had been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment ignited the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so differently into a country a

taking on debt that was a milestone also pushing angela merkel much closer to french president. they see a lot more i to why under this pressure at the same time there's a whole laundry list of conflicts that they need to tackle together molly the eastern mediterranean and also libya just to name a few and they're both countries have different approaches but they've clearly demonstrated here that when they see eye to eye. they can at least take the lead sets the tone for the e.u. to act at the same time they know that they need the other leaders to agree in the end and that is still the biggest stumbling block within the we character of chief political editor thank you. honest take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president obama's former chief strategist steve bartman has been charged with fraud federal prosecutors in new york allege that mr ballen and 3 others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors who gave money to an online crowd funding campaign to build a wall along the u.s. the southern border. south korea's i

people in bell a very strong protest calling for president lukashenko to resign german chancellor angela merkel tells him his government must free political prisoners and avoid violence. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program leaders of a military coup in the west african nation of mali say that they will enact political transition and fresh elections within a reasonable time this after mali's president. announced his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his ousting following months of protest over corruption and economic mismanagement but while the events have been met with jubilation and side of mali they have sparked a long among international observers. 7 gun shots that aren't meant to kill but to celebrate this can die the gates the jeering crowd sitting inside is believed to be the arrested president or him because kita and other officials and later on in the day a weary looking president keita appeared on state t.v. . if today it pleased some elements of our armed forces. to conclude that it would end their intervention. do i really have a choice. i submit to it

dialogue with the opposition here's what merkel had to say about situation. tomorrow the european council will hold a video conference on bella reeves i spoke with russian president putin today and once again make here that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest the prisoners must be released on the house be a national dialogue that enables the situation to be resolved peacefully and ballerinas we will discuss up further to must bring in russia analyst constantine egret in moscow now of course and jane do you see any strategy behind the way that president lucas shank i was responding to these unprecedented protests. well there is an instinctive strategy definitely in this is to basically buy time when she talks about the constitution of which she didn't speak of and 5 days ago he's talking about this and this discussions about something that will provide for a possibility for him to stay in power and i think that that he will find some support for that from mr putin when he spoke today to chancellor merkel and to the elite of the shout the

and german chancellor angela merkel tells president lukashenko a bill will rue said his government must release political prisoners and stop using violence against peaceful protesters. it's. good to have you with us we start with breaking news from mali where soldiers have arrested both the president and the prime minister of the west african nation this comes after shots were heard earlier in the day. a military base trucks carrying muteness so drew is were met by cheering crowds as they drove through the capital bamako now both the president and the prime minister are thought to have been sheltering in the president's private residence when they were detained today the u.n. security council plans to hold an emergency session on wednesday to address the crisis in mali. journalist a moment to talk healy is covering developments for us in boma co he gave business update from outside the presidential residence on the developments in the capital. to prisons has been. and what a prime minister so you can even hear like gunshots going on it's just talk it so they're shutting in the area just

german chancellor angela merkel has called on russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina vali doctors treating him and berlin say that they have found evidence of a toxic substance in his body he was brought here on saturday after falling ill in serbia with the russian doctors saying it was a metabolic disorder ramping up security at the sheraton hospital in berlin alexina valley is being treated here for what his supporters say was a case of poisoning the shower taken from the doctors treating putin's most prominent critics say he probably was poisoned. it's said clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of color no store is inhibitors it's not clear exactly what the substance was some call in australia's inhibitors are used as a treatment for alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko mass are demanding an investigation in view of most in the valleys prominent role in the political opposition in russia the authorities there are

in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against open arms policy but. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speak of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there is a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effects by now we need a european solution to these problems. instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany of merkel's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural. background who behave so differently into country and say we can make it. a matter of decision was humanitarian yet many also hopes the migrants would be able to meet germany's growing demand for skilled workers a new surv

it was the moment that defined going to merkel's response to the 2015 migration crisis. fishnet us it was the german equivalent of this yes we can. i was there 5 years ago when desperate migrants in hungary set off on foot towards germany just hours later i'm going to machall singlehandedly decided to keep germany's borders open the scenes of an open welcoming germany went around the world. 5 years on this raises the question did germany make it and at what cost. in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy but. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there's a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effect by now we need a european solution to these problems. because of problems instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany merkel's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for g

macron and merkel 'd reaching out the has been very aggressive they said they've warned russia that there should be no overt or covert interference in the domestic policies under the threat of facing new renewed extremely quote unquote heavy sanctions if it's seen to do that but i think it is going to come back with exactly the same argument in fact and he did say explicitly to merkel this morning in that telephone that there should be no western interference in the domestic politics of . more of the e.u. all this talk of values and and said ideals will not actually do much to help but to russia in the short term even if that ever she did ask for help that the programs that been rolled out a matter of a few $1000000000.00 a year they come with a lot of strings and they're implemented very slowly. in. but a russian in order to help in this time of need and strictly economy hope it crisis everything on to the beach at that is russia which will come in rapidly help with money with investments lots of russian businessmen would love to expand their businesses there and do so very quickly and h

german chancellor angela merkel speaking there well this week we are looking back at events in the summer of 2015 when europe faced its biggest migration crisis since world war 2 hundreds of thousands of migrants fled their home countries in search of a better future on the continent most of them crossed from turkey to greece by boat often and flimsy rubber dinghies small than 750000 migrants landed on greek shores that you hear from there they took what became known as the balkan routes travelling north through macedonia and serbia into slovenia or hungry then on to austria other e.u. countries including germany. and america declared an open door policy for refugees from syria as a result of germany talking about a 1000000 migrants although not all of them were qualified to stay while those who did qualify was i have a lot here's a story. his songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also hope 5 years ago pianist a how mass murder fled syria specifically the yarmouk refugee camp for palestinians . back there he played music to counter the nightmare scene of bomb craters and ruined build

should be coupled these issues and in our opinion north trying to should be completed the chancellor merkel is steadfast in saying that germany's by turn the use energy security should not be politicized there is some interest from the united states and this is you would imagine the u.s. alternately wants to sell europe its own liquefied natural gas and not seen senators from the united states put forward sanctions against companies involved in building the gas line project the thing is ultimately they want to sell their own liquefied natural gas which is more expensive and that doesn't seem like it's going to happen anytime soon this pipeline is going ahead despite the political tension surrounding it we got reaction last hour from form austrian foreign minister cameron conies all who believe the chancellor merkel's doing the right thing and backing the pipeline project. nobody built pipeline chose to n.r. somebody pipelines built because there is the man it's the 2nd car into the pipeline and that was initiated in 2000 try we saw this same argue man in those years apart and back to allerg

and spoke to his counterparts angela merkel and emanuel mccraw on and he said that any example by outside forces to intervene in the internal political crisis in bella roosts is counterproductive and he stressed that placing external pressure on the officials in the bill of rights is on acceptable now german chancellor angela merkel also outlined germany's position after the phone call with a lot of members and let's have a listen to issue and 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 prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus we will continue to discuss this to more all these talks with the russian leader are taking place as head of the european union summit on bella ruse the e.u. leaders planning to meet via video conference on a wednesday and meanwhile no matter the resolution it's clear that the european union one says is in no rush as in the internal situation in belarus. let's go live now on the program to po