ambassador to the e.u. ivan rogers told the observer that many senior sources put those in quote senior sources they're telling him they believe johnson was waiting for the results of the u.s. election before deciding on a no deal breck's it johnson responded by saying quote the 2 things are entirely separate do you see the presidential election in the states actually playing any role in these negotiations when it's not for me to say what boris johnson's timing is but i would say this i've known facts are as follows president biden is very proud of his irish ancestry and he obviously was the vice president to president obama who resented very much the comments that were made about you know his kenyan background he had a lot of resentment about in quotes the british empire and the ills of the british empire and he was no fan of the u.k. he actually made the statement that the u.k. would be in quote at the back of the line should bricks. go through and they break away ultimately from the e.u. so i would say t

last year the e.u. tariffs are expected to take shape until after the presidential election next week . and talks between the united kingdom and european union on a post trade deal will continue after that use chief negotiator decided to stay in london until wednesday of this week show barn yes has been in london since thursday of last week as the 2 sides resumed stalled talks but was expected to return to brussels sunday as negotiations were set to move to the belgian capital the 2 sides have previously said they needed a deal by mid october if it were to be implemented before the end of the brics a transition period at the end of this year as we have talked about in the past the main points of contention remain fishing rights and the level playing field rules so for more on this let's go ahead and bring in the report which board member with the british american business association to break it all down hillary thank you so much for joining us i want to start with the importance of the e.u.'s chief neg

joined the e.u. basically the fishing industry was sacrificed in the 1970 s. to join the e.u. and what happened was all these fishing rights were given away you have cities in france like belonging for example and they are dependent the entire community is dependent on fishing rights so what this comes down to is some of the fish such as you know the mackerel and the herring and the called the sold in europe and also langoustine and snails a lot of course going to europe about 73 percent of what they catch comes from those british waters the british want to maintain it and that was what brett's it was about so the bottom line it is a huge leverage card for the u.k. and it is something the wrong cannot back down on and he cannot see his fishing villages and his coastal community devastated neither can those other 7 nations so 8 and the e.u. standing vos this is the leverage ship for the u.k. burn october 15th which is what thursday is the deadline for these trade talks obviously that has been missed you know u.k. prime minister boris johnson that is if a deal was not reached by

is violating international law well the e.u. does this often in fact last year there were 800 of these cases in the e.u. with other countries 800 and the proceedings take quite a long time to progress so big picture i think this is sort of a hardball play by the e.u. and of course they have to take a hard stance because quite frankly bent they can't let all the countries leave they can't make this easy for the u.k. it cannot be easy otherwise you'd have other nations like the dodge leaving you'd have next it and you'd have sweats it with the swedish leaving so they're trying to make it tough with these of infringement and trying to inflict infringement proceedings and trying to play hardball. cannot trade freely with each other after breakfast if there is no new trade deal with the you without breaking this divorce deal provisions or that sort of our border. is just mentioning there what do you make of this is this true. well i think hillary if i get a couple of important points here which is that the e.u. is trying to make it a

well the e.u. has been very good at using its internal differences as a way of time the hands of the commission who actually do the negotiating and i think that's the key point is that it's neither american or in one year markov who is doing those negotiations even though clearly they have strong views on the masseur it falls to the commission to michel barnier is the lead negotiator at the same time it was us remember that these member states are going to have to see you sign off on whatever deal is put together if one comes together the commission doesn't set accounts of a range of views in that room and will certainly use that to try and force more concessions out of the u.k. . i like to quote you back it yourself if a nice i've been reading your your work as long as the agreement produces a better outcome than a non agreement then it's irrational to proceed with the agreement that's what you wrote but especially question is is politics rational doesn't better depend on who you are and what you

reportedly saying or offering positive you e.u. turkey agenda and that was rejected by cyprus and greece they said that it's too much carrot and not enough stick all right so what does then this like of agreement mean when we're talking about seeing patients against bella ruse we have to keep in mind that sign preserves effectively linked to the issues here. well that's the problem here with cyprus not giving up its blockade of belarus sanctions we are not going to see anything on the ground on this matter and this is of course very embarrassing for the european union they have been talking about sanctions against officials for weeks now and nothing has happened so far and the longer that continue the more europe's commitments to upholding certain values values such as democracy and the right to vote in that free and fair elections can be called into question all right to use all these other phenomena on the story for us tonight in brussels i was under thank you for that summit also marked a fresh crisis in the torch your hair's br

e.u. leaders agreed to impose sanctions on officials accused of election fraud also on the agenda at their 2 days foreign affairs summit tense relations between turkey greece and cyprus plus. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us with just 4 weeks until election day u.s. president all trump and 1st lady melania trump have tested positive for cope at 19 the president made the announcement on twitter shortly after the news that his top aide hope picks a contract at the virus hicks traveled with the president several times this week trump tweeted that he and his wife would quarantine immediately but his doctor said the president would continue to carry out his duties in the white house quote without disruption of time. well the for very latest now it's talk to our washington bureau chief in this poll as in the final weeks of the election campaign president trump is tested positive for the coronavirus what more can you tell us. well indeed if you just read it out in certain areas you

and the e.u. in terms of train to go she. the e.u. says that it doesn't want to impose these tariffs at all what they want is for the u.s. to take off the tariffs that they imposed as part of the airbus case last year and those have been heading really a broad range of industries french wine italian she has all sorts of things so they want those to be gone the white house the trumpet ministration has been quite reluctant to do that they've been negotiating over this for over a year now and they really haven't made any headway but if joe biden does win the election it could open the door to a longer term settlement for this very very long negotiation this conflict has been going on for 16 years now joe biden's trade advisor has said that he wants the e.u. and the u.s. to work for the e.u. in the us to work together if they're elected so we likely won't see an answer on this quite soon but it will depend on the november election or a huge lead it was late in frankfurt thank you the international monetary fund has upgraded its forecast f

and the e.u. has been a very good about backing their chief negotiator michel barnier but they also have the luxury of being able to play good cop bad cop so let's have a look at a good cop and get a medical. the years and provide for it we are ready to continue negotiating because we have seen light in the last days of negotiations shut not of course there are also still shadows if the e.u. has its way and if i have mine then we should simply carry on the talks by thoughts it's been so far so reasonable now here's president bad cop busker liberate and the british whatever they were told jordan a vote need the european single market they are much more dependent on us than we are on them but what's on the table today the british proposal is to have access to the european market without respecting the rules follow the rules today but being able to change them this is unacceptable to accept that simon underwood is it harder for one country to negotiate with a bloc of 27 all of whom have to agree what

e.u. on certain sticking points on those sticking points remain we're talking about the so-called level playing field the e.u. wants assurances from the u.k. that britain would not undercut any competition unfairly in the e.u. single market it wants more clarity on governance on how this trade deal any future trade deal would actually be regulated and of course there is this very contentious issue of fishing u.k. and the e.u. fishermen have been using a been fishing in each other's waters for decades centuries even the u.k. says that breaks it means that it wants to control its own seas and who can access those waters the e.u. says it wants things to remain as it is at the moment it wants a status quo in fact we have the french presence or management process and look fishing has been used by the u.k. by boris johnson for boris johnson's own political gain because fishing was a very popular issue for many bugs voters but macro saying there's no reason why fishing should be treated in a diff

requires a unanimous decision to impose just measures of the e.u. leaders say the e.u. risks losing credibility if cyprus continues to block the sanctions so the situation on. the 2 rating decaff continuing. crites we have to train people to track people but cyprus says it's only willing to agree to sanctions if its fellow e.u. governments also sanction turkey because it is training for gusts in an area of the mediterranean sea that cyprus sees at its territory but the bloc is split on this german chancellor angela merkel says she sent favor of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute had a dolphin was in dozens of i'll point out that our relationship with turkey is obviously very complex the european union has great interest in developing a constructive relationship with turkey despite all the problems we have partners and nato we depend on each other when it comes to regular migration flows and we support turkey hosting so many refugees because through a normal does disappear to a guy by the fog of the a few fish the new t.v. took a while from impede. the economic

with the e.u. coming into question so the effects are now coming from the russian side and is economic would you say that relations are pretty low now at the moment. and getting lower capital of the interview the long interview with 70 lever of yesterday on. our moscow radio it was clear that mr lavrov with his rather moderate approach was getting under pressure we join the lists we interviewed him. he was arguing he used the not not very diplomatic word of arrogant as characterizing the treatment of russia by by us by the e.u. from what was suggested at the interview it was clear that we are on the road to escalation and that the sanctions will only lead to conversations countermeasures leading again to counter measures etc. thomas thanks so much for your time journalist author thomas fassbender my guest. now let's just quickly return to breaking news story this hour russia says it will stop taking part in consultations over the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 tragedy occurred over eastern

cyprus dropped its veto after securing e.u. support in its gas dispute with turkey sanctions travel bans and asset freezes. a breakthrough in brussels after weeks of deadlock e.u. leaders presented a united front on belly roofs slapping sanctions on 14 members of president alexander lukashenko his regime. they are accused of falsifying the august election results which is led to weeks of unrest across the country the bloc stopped short of sanctioning lucas shanker though to see. but already rejecting the bellary scene leaders claim to the presidency the people of the have the right to determine what own future is also our intention to continue to develop in order to support the important use such as the freedom of the press the freedom of speech and decision of society they had been broad support for the sanctions but discussions here to snag when cyprus vetoed the move but there is a huge requiring a unanimous decision all eyes were on the cypriot president who wanted to 1st secure a few support in his country's dispute with t

the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted in e.u. summit in brussels and there's jolted the democratic presidential campaign less than 3 weeks before elections the president of the european commission are sort of on the lion abruptly left briggs's trade talks after she came in contact with someone infected with covert 19 and us democratic vice presidential candidate campbell harris suspended all in person events after 2 of her campaign members tested positive we'll speak to our white house correspondent just a moment of 1st let's go over to natasha butler she's live for us in paris how much of a cloud the departure of love on the lens cast over the summit. well it was certainly unexpected. had arrived at this summit she was seen greeting our other leaders all seemed well and then she had to leave broccoli it later turns out she put out a tweet saying that she had left the summit because somebody in her entourage had tested positive for covert 19 now what the e.u. commission had said was that she had actually tested negative but as a

is concerned the e.u. leaders looking to see what sort of policy that they can agree upon what sort of statement they can agree to express their view and to see how they can help resolve the situation between those 2 countries ok dominic kane there live from berlin thank you very much indeed while the e.u. debates on a position to take france and russia have stepped up calls for an immediate cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan as dominic mentioned they're fighting over that disputed not gorno region it's internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but controlled by are many and forces by both sides are vowing to continue fighting and armenia says 2 french journalists have been injured in as ery shelling while as a by sharon claims the train station was at the damaged in armenian attacks parents methinks is all the latest from r.n. in armenia. well ace we're hearing from the armenian side is that their defense ministry says they shot down an israeli and as ery helicopter crashed into iranian terr

and the e.u. . well let's be clear about one thing that october 10th line was set by the british government it was not set by the e u it was set by the british government the government of boris johnson which clearly suggests that they are prepared if required to depart the european union in such a way the hardest possible way without any form of acceptable agreement between itself that's the u.k. government for the u.k. and the european union the interesting as you were saying about the high a negotiation stakes as it were well it's clear that the european union is negotiating as a bloc 27 countries whose interests it has to look after rather than as it were the interests of the former member state the u.k. so it's clear the e.u. saying will know from now on our situation is that because we believe that's the even situations but effectively a sort of fund a lion and and the leaders of the european union governments they will believe that now is the time to flag up to the u.k. that it cannot walk aw

leaving the e.u. at all costs even if it means breaking the wall i burned off in berlin this is the day. this will lead to i'm toast to the eyes of constrictive nation we have invited 1000 british friends to remove the problematic parts in legislation supported by the hospital and as a safety net the belt and braces protection by its very nature and greed the obligation of good things the threat to the good friday agreement has come for me to be used to design station problematic provisions have not been removed and those polls will remain in that bill but a conservative government is willing to go back on its with the 1st to break an international agreement signed in good faith we stand by our commitments to thank you. also coming up but there are 2 more u.s. presidential debates scheduled before the november election the commission in charge of those debates has announced changes hoping to prevent a repeat of what the world witnessed in disbelief this week well as president x. now to be honest it's

a free trade deal with the e.u. would make many jobs in britain more secure not just good fish but throughout the auto industry. now for a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news the silver screen is making a cautious return in india after months of shutdown despite the country's virus cases surging past 7000000 of bollywood is partially reopening some cinemas this restrictions are eased strict social distancing rules will apply. siemens health in is has launched a rapid coronavirus antigen test kit in europe rising infection numbers have boosted demand the test is able to deliver a result in just 15 minutes like a pop it's not only conquering the music charts it's also proving a financial market it shares in the management company of korean boy band b.t.s. performed strongly on the stock market debut thursday the huge interest in the i.p.o. is a reflection of the massive global success story that is south korean pop and its current kingpins. even though she could only watch the show online

must prepare for a no deal break from the e.u. and that's that's what he calls a fundamental change of position from brussels e.u. leaders have dismissed mr johnson statements as rhetoric. just as leaders in brussels were wrapping up 2 rather slow days of talks from across the channel british prime minister johnson decided to breathe some life into the meeting given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months and given that the summit appears explicitly to rule out a canada style deal i concluded that we should get ready for january the 1st with a range of months that are more like australia's based on simple principles of global free trade the clock is ticking in 10 weeks time the u.k. could crash out of the block without a deal key issues regarding treat are far from being settled access to u.k. fishing waters yet another contentious issue. some you leaders are warning that britain needs a deal more than the e.u. newson will see new clearly they just so happens that making the british prime mini

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says the e.u. took you'd feel it when the 16 fewer arrivals mean few would sincere around $100.00 on average but for the 10s of thousands who do make it the greek shores there's one big drawback the problem is now because any you turkey deal they're stuck. in 2015 they were in on the island 3 days they were gone it is a crime against humanity what's going on here they're living on the road they live on the street in the rain this now everything. thing your mother with a little girl and a beautiful swan. and the salt on a boiler same age as me when i left. it was 18 on his own miss. my most which was the moria comp. and all the people with. the mother call conversion phone. calls when there were long. refugees here callers was a beautiful prison. i want to find out was preventing them from leaving. myself because it is our christian a singer songwriter dreams of making a mark. a world away a famous you tube artist works in secret. a virtual connection sparks a magical collaboration. presenting princ

fish production is exported to the e.u. does the people in the and the e.u. wanted of course they do it's where the boy in the 1st place of people of the market politicians can make all the body of the work but what it's a boat is the people wanting the fish to pay up to be the plate braced for that there's a mood of great expectations here although within it's a realisation that some concessions are likely to be made but there are red lines and if they're broken or blurred they'll be uproar and shouts of betrayal aimed at the u.k. government planning i think this is the u.k. prime minister borrows johnson here at peterhead fish market a year ago making one of many promises to regain full control of fishing in british waters and his breakfast negotiators still seem to be abiding by that pledge if the e.u. doesn't do a u. turn that could be a no deal breck's it and all the uncertainty that could bring. well andrew simmons joins me now live from peta has and i'm joined u.k. prime minister boris johnson has made thursday the 15th the deadline for reaching a post

says the e.u. took you'd feel into a new 16 fewer arrivals mean few would sincere around $100.00 on average but for the 10s of thousands who do make it the greek shores there's one big drawback the problem is now because any you turkey deal they're stuck. in 2015 they were in on the island 3 days they were gone it is a crime against humanity what's going on here they're living on the road they live on the street in the rain this now everything. from your mother with a little girl and a beautiful smile. and the soul gonna boil the same age as me when i looked. there was a plume of zone most. my most which was the more your come. over people were. the mother called conversion from. when there were. refugees here call us was a beautiful prison. i want to find out was preventing them from leaving. 5 g. internet technology game changer or global threat i don't want to be a human leverage activists. the. conspiracy theorists engineers and world leaders this is only the beginning. arguing fiercely over co

here the e.u. will not be the one to walk away from these talks but other one of the expectations in brussels will there be a deal at the end. expectations are really low because from the e.u. perspective britain has not been moving on these essential issues and this is particularly state aid this is a governance of the deal and this is something that has now gained even more importance governance of this deal might means that if there is trouble if there are divergence those then who gets to decide how to solve the problem is there going to be some courts and so on and so force that is a tricky issue because the u.k. says under no circumstances will be except rulings of the european court of justice so some other body has to be found now there has been no movement on that because the 2 sides can't get together and the point here is that the internal market bill this bill that means that britain is somehow nixing it was draw agreement at least the parts was regards to trade in ireland and northern

and that's making the e.u. britain's most important trading partner and that's all gone if there is a no or no trade deal in place by january the 1st for more let's bring in d.-w. charlotte potts who is standing by for us in london shouted good to see you know we know that british business is already weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic what's the mood among companies there right now. well business says he absolutely alarmed by the prospect of a possible new deal at the end of the year and they are already saying they that they have so much to pay even if there was a trade deal in place so they are urging the government to be serious in these negotiations and in the end now find a very comprehensive trade deal that would help them as you said british business is already struggling from the coronavirus pandemic and from the subsequent lockdown in the spring and now they are facing this triple threat in this upcoming winter the resurgence of the virus then strict lock down rules throughout the country and on

the coronavirus pandemic is disrupted an e.u. summit in brussels and has jolted the democratic presidential campaign less than 3 weeks before elections the president of the european commission on the land abruptly left trade talks after she came in contact with someone infected with cope with 19 and the u.s. democratic vice presidential candidate campbell harris is to spend it all in person events after 2 of her campaign members tested positive. speak to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett in just a moment but 1st let's go to natasha in paris and sasha even summits are not immune to covert 90 how is the departure of sort of on the lane impacted the meeting. well it's certainly a dramatic twist into this summit that it only really just got started in brussels as e.u. leaders arrived a short while ago but soon after a civil glenn the e.u. commission the head suddenly left the summit it turns out because she said later she has come into contact with someone with a covert 19 someone has tested positive in her own to raj no

e.u. trade deal is nowhere close to being a done deal will there even be a deal british prime minister boris johnson will reportedly measure the mood of european leaders this week and then he'll decide yes or no to more negotiations to stay at the table or to get up and walk away i burned off in berlin this is the day. we want to the grievances but we want also to pretty delivered plain truth and must be a fair agreement from which both counts can benefit can put this group and the prospects for the other that that would be a new free and fair competition but we didn't choose briggs's different britain didn't grow from it it will work the same thrill the same practice with things like civility on either side you have to think of this planet as richard their european union as united we have a kid position we want a good deal but not at any cost. also coming up as the 2nd wave of the coronavirus rolls over europe germany is tightening restrictions to slow the spread but. she's not convinced

says the e.u. took you'd feel it when the 16 fewer arrivals mean fewer sincere around 100 on average but for the 10s of thousands who do make it the greek shores there's one big drawback the problem is now because any you turkey deal they're stuck. in 2015 they were in on the island 3 days they were gone it is a crime against humanity what's going on here they're living on the road they live on the street in the rain that's now everything. thing a mother with little girl and beautiful sua. in the sauna boiler the same age as me when i left. there was 18 only zone miss. my most which was the maria camp. and all the people who were. in the medical condition. when they were wrong. refugees here called us was a beautiful prison. i want to find out was preventing them from leaving. trust is fundamental to all our relationships we trust banks with our money doctors without really personal thought what happens to trust in a world driven by algorithms as more i want to see chanson made for us by these comp

waters the e.u. says look fishing communities in the you've always been able to have access to those waters and that should continue we should also continue. talk about some other european issues so stay with us for a 2nd attash of his own kind of come back to you on this but european union and u.k. leaders oppose sanctions on 6 russian officials close to president vladimir putin now as a response to the poisoning of rock russian opposition leader and it's in the van the kremlin has promised retaliate 3 measures around these recovering in berlin after being poisoned in siberia in august moscow is denied any responsibility to take a look at those who are being targeted now in these sanctions alexander bartunek of the chief of russia's domestic spy agency 2 of russia's deputy defense ministers president putin's envoy to siberia which is where the poisoning took place the 1st deputy chief of staff of the president's office and the head of the president's domestic policy directorate go to natasha once ag

you said earlier the e.u. will not be the one to walk away from these talks but other a lot of the expectations in brussels will there be a deal at the end. expectations are really low because from the e.u. perspective britain has not been moving on these essential issues and this is particularly state aid this is the governance of the deal and this is something that has now gained even more importance governance of this deal means that if there is trouble if there are divergence is then who gets to decide how to solve the problem is there going to be some courts. want to force that is a tricky issue because the u.k. says in the no circumstances will be except rulings of the european court of justice so some other body has to be found now there has been no movement on that because the 2 sides can't get together and the point here is that the internal market bill this bill dead means that britain is somehow nixing the it was draw agreement at least the parts was regard to trade in ireland and northern ireland.

the e.u. chief negotiator michel barnier is ready to travel to london on monday to try to find a compromise but the british chief negotiator david frost told him not to bother the 2 sides will speak instead by telephone paul brennan al-jazeera london. have more on this let's speak with much to rahman he's the managing director for year up at the eurasian group obviously a very dramatic gesture by the prime minister today between brussels saying that the negotiations will simply continue and in case chief negotiator saying that michel barnier doesn't have to come to london next week what happens when where do the talks go from here. but i don't think we should be too carried away of the drama frankly today i think another mini crisis was certainly expected on the e.u. side we know boris johnson was hoping for originally hoping for an agreement at today's council when it was clear he was going to get he was hoping for some concessions on the process so this idea is intensified talks that you did

e.u. trade deal is nowhere close to being a done deal well there even be a deal british prime minister boris johnson will reportedly measure the mood of european leaders this week and then he'll decide yes or no to more negotiations to stay at the table or to get up and walk away i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we want an agreement but we want also to protect the little plain truth and must be a fair and riemann from which both accounts can benefit. this group and the prospects for the other that puts the treaty and fair competition but we didn't choose briggs's britain did but ultimately it will work the same for israel to say pragmatism think flexibility on the side you know it's a key to this prime minister said their european union is united we have a kid position we want a good deal but not at any cost. also coming up as the 2nd wave of the coronavirus rolls over europe germany is tightening restrictions to slow the spread but. she's not convinced that that's enough. trodden

e.u. countries have reached an agreement on agricultural reforms under the proposed changes farmers must adopt environmental practices in exchange for direct payments from the e.u. the new agricultural policy covers the next 7 years and is worth almost 400000000000 euros environmentalist say it doesn't go far enough. the 27 edu member states worked late into the night to reach an agreement the main point of contention was linking the payment of agricultural subsidies to environmental practices that's highest in the dust lies don't commit the means that environmental and climate protection are also being taken into account even though those services for the common good don't automatically increase yield or company income just as a whole nuclear tipped agriculture forms the largest part of the e.u.'s budget. it represents around $58000000000.00 euros annually so far those funds have been distributed into 2 separate programs more than $40000000000.00 euros are direct payments linked to the si

and the e.u. agreed to last year when there was draw agreement was signed so this has to be kept and of course the european union is standing by island where in dublin the government is of course very nervous watching all these shenanigans coming from london so it is sort of coming to the point where the 2 sides will really have to decide particularly london will have to decide what do we want do you want to leave europe with a big crash and bang at the end of the year have no trade agreement or are we willing to compromise and walk to spec barbara thank you very much that was brussels correspondent barbara. and just a quick recap the european commission president ursula underlying has announced that the european union will immediately launch legal action against the united kingdom for a breach of the good faith articles in the withdrawal agreement of course we'll be bringing you up to date on this story as we get further details now officials in hong kong are marking the 71st anniversary of the f

well the e.u. has been very good at using its internal differences as a way of tying the hands of the commission who actually do the negotiating and i think that's the key point is that it's neither markel nor emmanuel mccann who is doing those negotiations even though clearly they have strong views on the matter it falls to the commission to michel barnier is the lead negotiator at the same time we are such remember that these member states are going to have to sign off on whatever deal is put together if one comes together the commission doesn't set accounts of the range of views in that room and will certainly use that to try and force more concessions out of the u.k. . i like to quote you back at yourself if i might have been reading your your work as long as the agreement produces a better outcome than a non agreement then it's rational to proceed with the agreement that's what you wrote but especially my question is is politics rational doesn't better depend on who you are and what you want w

e.u. leaders have condemned turkey's decision to dispatch a ship into disputed waters in the eastern mediterranean again german chancellor are going to battle said this action was regrettable and deployed a research boat close to greek islands to look for gas reserves. delarue says issues are under arrest warrant for the opposition leaders that monitor kind of guy a scene here during a recent visit to bow lane accusing her of trying to oust the government has taken a skier has been calling for protests against the regime of president lukashenko since going into exile in august. the pro-democracy your protesters have clashed with police in the thai capital of bangkok or thought to say the gathering was illegal activists want constitutional change but the governments of the country's government and powerful monarchy of so fast stood their ground. taking cover using whatever they can find. a wall of police advances trying to clear the protesters out but they hold strong. around 2000 pro-democ

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. usually when we have reached a stage of sanctions once it's like a one way road and we will never never get out of it so we can take years and that was sanctions 1st may harm or amaze seem to harm the political elite but in the end we know from enough experience in this world iraq syria venezuela cetera that it's the normal pe

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e.u. countries have reached an agreement on agricultural reforms under the proposed changes farmers must adopt environmental practices in exchange for direct payments from the e.u. the e.u. agricultural policy covers the next 7 years and is worth almost 400000000000 euros environmentalist say it doesn't go far enough. the 27 you member states worked late into the night to reach an agreement the main point of contention was linking the payment of agricultural subsidies to environmental practices. that's highest in the does. it ultimately means that environmental and climate protection are also being taken into account even though those services for the common good don't automatically increase yield or company income test us that agriculture forms the largest part of the e.u.'s budget. it represents around $58000000000.00 euros annually so far those funds have been distributed into 2 separate programs more than $40000000000.00 euros are direct payments linked to the size of each farm the oth

foreign policy and because the e.u. is very strong economic power a bit also and a combination of nations that upholds the rule of law 'd and the importance hopeful if you interacts. that doesn't mean that together we have a strong army and then the force that comes with it but then dismay in debt we are an extremely interesting party to work and trade with also for turkey also for. and that means that widget that we should engage with is the dissipation in libya which which acts we do european union does and where we sometimes luckily see some of hope that means that that we have to engage in that which are about things that we agree on and with things that we don't hear agree on and. i'm a very strong supporter within the european community of acting together in the field for foreign affairs libya perhaps isn't a good example of european foreign policy because you've had certainly it's early in france pursuing very different policies and isn't the problem with an alliance yes there's strength in numbers but i know for

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