Happen to these people have their dream of europe gone up in smoke was that dream ever more than smoke and mirrors im for golf in berlin this is the day. It doesnt get sick to see images of what happened in moria a terrible. Poverty because i expressed my sorrow for the events in moria i recognized the difficult conditions because it will. Go on. No money to deport those folks however nothing as an excuse for finding reactions to health checked to see them it was a good excuse we will not abandon greece to deal with this alone we have multiplied and in the people in the camp. Also coming up the explosive already a recording us President Donald Trump admitting that he downplayed the deadly threat from the coronavirus that he concealed the truth from the public the president has never lied to the American Public on coded the president s been very the president was expressing common his actions reflect that. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with smoke and ashes and thousands of people who were once again without a home on tuesday night the migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos coldfire by daybreak the extent of the destruction was visible the overcrowded camp built for 3000 which had become home 212000 was completely destroyed maria was europes largest refugee camp but it was never designed or built to be that for years its over crowned in squalid conditions had triggered warning after warning of a humanitarian disaster in the. The coronavirus pandemic had added yet another layer of danger in fear or now that humanitarian disaster has happened what will you do about it for some now is the time for soul searching in the face of europes lack of empathy for the plight of refugees for others the smoke will send a signal to would be migrants telling them to think twice before they head for the shores of europe our coverage begins tonight with this report. Daylight reveals the devastation morea lies in ruins it was a temporary home for over 12000 migrants stuck on the greek island of less boss human Rights Groups have long deployed conditions in the overcrowded camps operating at 4 times its intended capacity. Overnight several shacks went up in flames before the entire camp began to. Winds reaching 70 Kilometers Per Hour fanned the flames forcing thousands to flee. Here our. Kids from our 1st night here. Or are. You know. The inhabitants headed to nearby hills and woods others began walking to the islands capital mytilene e riot police were deployed along the roads amid fears that the camps residents might spread the corona virus across the island last week morea was placed under lockdown after 35. 00 cases were detected in the camp. As day broke some residents return to search for belongings among the remains the fire has been put out but over 12000 migrants are now left homeless once more in their lives they have nowhere to go. What next for moria is a question many have been posing for years and from authorities has now become ever more and more the maria camp was built to cope with an unprecedented number of people who fled war and tried to reach europe back in 2015 the trails of migrants making their way through Eastern Europe seemed endless spent many never reached their destination the perilous journey by boat across the mediterranean claimed more than 3700 lives that year and at the end of august police in austria made a gruesome discovery the bodies of 7 words into a truck on its way from hungary to germany. The news sent shock waves around the world and it prompted european leaders to act. Its a humanitarian tragedy that has influenced european politics like no other the procession of migrants and refugees hoping to find a new home in the you but a crisis that peaked in 2015. For 5 years now hundreds of reporters myself included have been trying to shed some light on the policies that e. U. Member states and institutions have been trying to come up with in response to these pictures so lets take a look at what has actually changed since 2015 is the e. U. Any better prepared for a new major increase in migration flows today one thing that your Member States here at the European Council in brussels have all agreed on is strengthening the use external borders part of that strategy has been a landmark deal with turkey to prevent migrants on Asylum Seekers from entering the you in the 1st place and despite the recent drought over what exactly turkey gets in return apart from Financial Aid for refugees in turkey the effect has been a dramatic decrease in the number of the rifles. Preventing people from heading for europe is now a common condition that the e. U. Tries to economic partnerships and Even Development aid particularly when it comes to african countries its also why they fund the libyan coast guard proactive search and rescue operations like this one along the Central Mediterranean ruge have in turn practically stopped so europes fortress is stronger than ever but what about europes ideal for human rights protection from War International conventions the u. Commissions plan was that Reception Centers like this one on the greek island of less force would welcome Asylum Seekers in a dignified manner and process their Police Station forms quickly but more europes biggest camp for displaced people became a sprawling symbol. Of fame here even before the devastating fire and a recent covert 19 lockdown built to house 3000 some 12000 people were living here rather than days it took often years to process applications thanks to baraki see indifference but above all a lack of political will this human suffering is the result of dysfunctional legislation the Current System known as the doppler regulation stipulates that most people must claim asylum in their country of arrival but states with extra no borders like italy or greece say thats just not fair so in the heat of the crisis the you try to bring in relocation quote us with each country taking their share of refugees and migrants based on their g. D. P. And population but the idea crashed and burned hungary the Czech Republic slovakia and poland refused to accept refugees or abide by the rules now its done only one of all im sorry paces 5 years on the e. U. Remains deeply divided on the issue take the coronavirus pandemic already some Member States have been using the virus as an excuse to bring in tougher controls without epidemiological justification after countless delays the e. U. Commission is expected to finally bring forward its new pact on migration and asylum at the end of the month. Eric Mark Lawrence he is a member of the greens and a member of the European Parliament mr norcrosss good to have you on the program youve been to moria before youve seen firsthand the deplorable conditions there did you think that a disaster like this fire was inevitable was it just a matter of time. I actually did not only think that this kind of protest just a few would happen but he said it in interviews in march many humanitarian organizations said that the situation we have is a big problem and that this kind of protests of pekin happen and every time so he did not know how this catastrophe would happen but that it was just a question of time when Something Like this happens and was very clear who do you blame for the conditions that allowed this disaster i think its a difficult question actually so of course you can say ok there are people who try to put some trials in the can and in the end there are responsible can say that you know that we sponsor the author i think the kind on fire as a politician and as a member of so you can see him and to follow the political debates about you can assign him system as a condition that takes on a bought us a quite a long time i must say that im not very interested in doing the police work now and seeing who its a fire im interested in talking about a situation where you key Member States governments where are we in the European Parliament where not able to react. To this situation to this catastrophe and i think in the end its a political. And we should feel ashamed for that i mean this does it does expose one of the European Unions greatest failures this is what happens when some members of the e. U. Refuse to take the migrants and leave other members of his greece to deal with the reality on the ground do you agree. I would say that its not only a few Member States who did not we locate people from greece on the greek islands especially its all of them so there were some in the states that said ok we take some unaccompanied minors but in the end we cannot say ok we have no unified positions on our side and policy for quite a long time for 4 years the european Member States do not find a position the European Commission has a position that you can find and has a position as u. P. A. Member states are not able to find a unified position and they are also not able to see that when you have conditions where there is not enough water where there is no education for the children where there is no Fire Protection system that they can test if you will happen and so its somebody you have to react so its like responsibility not from the u. K. And union and the others its their responsibility for everybody who has a. Possibility to have do you know who is going to take responsibility for these migrants now. What i have from today is pretty shocking actually so yesterday at night i received some photos from some friends and i said ok its as if she. Says ok thats. The end it was clear that almost the whole was their own and we have 13000. 00 Homeless People who lost everything and the situation is that they just have no they dont even have a tent to sleep they have nothing left and so one day later. They have the 2nd night just without saying. I need a shamed as a politician i cannot do something but if i would be in government i would take immediate action to have these people make humanitarian aid or not. To. People earlier this week 13000 shares were placed in front of the German Parliament building to symbolize the 13000 People Living in the camp the just went up in flames and you were involved with that demonstration having to wear face masks has brought thousands of protesters here to berlin recently will hope was burned out refugees in greece will they get more attention than just a bunch of. So i come directly from a demonstration and the demonstration was 5 to 10000 people who were just shocked by this its not accidental but these are and the pictures they saw and the 5 to 10000 people it was noble mobilization for one day and also in Different Countries in the cities in germany where they dont stray ssion so i think that we should understand that there are lots of people. Who would be very proud when they can use their possibilities to help people in need and i think that the situation where we hear so much from the father i will give you all of north every time when we talk about migration about the problem of migration but when we have a. Huge amount of people and possibilities to help these poor people and i think it make genuine i dont care about people like doing demonstration prepay snouts but i care about the dignity of people about human rights and i think that they are the basis of our societies and i think that many people are not against the look asian of these people actually yeah you know where the beeves and you see if there is a mini type of public action now that this camp has been destroyed eric fraud a member of the European Parliament mr market we appreciate your time and your thoughts tonight thank you frank you. I think you will not necessarily think i dont think thats the thats the great. Actually internationally has done well if you look at other Nobel Laureates for example in the germ nothing its nobody asked in her personal life from his 1st minutes and how he treats his life for nasa through other Nobel Peace Prize winning. And you shouldnt ask that for have rights there are myriad there are personal right for it really does the rest if thats not what it gets international and that was the far right no we jim lawmaker christiane t. Bring yetta explaining why he has again nominated u. S. President donald trump for the Nobel Peace Prize he says trump should be considered because of his role in the Peace Agreement between israel and the United Arab Emirates and mr t. Bring you get a 1st nominated President Trump for the prize back in 20 teen for his efforts to bring reconciliation between north and south korea are lets take this story now to washington d. W. Correspondent abbie who has the sun joins me now abbie good evening to you has there been reaction from the white house to this nomination for the president. Certainly a brand i mean they welcome this nomination and they praise the israel u. A. E. Agreement that led to the norwegian m. P. To nominate trump in the 1st place and again it allows the white house and the administration to tout president traumas Foreign Policy prowess thats what theyve been doing in this homestretch going into the election they certainly did that when the argument agreement rather was initially signed her critics will certainly question house of stand to have this agreement which will be and bring about lasting peace to the region especially given that the palestinians werent even invited to the table and that it could in fact hurt the overall Peace Process but the white house certainly doesnt see it that way brant the norwegian lawmaker normally doing. He is a far right member of the Norwegian Parliament now that would be reason enough for most politicians in the u. S. To disassociate themselves what about president. While hes not one to turn against anyone who is complimentary of him he hasnt actually mentioned the norwegian m. P. By name and neither has the white house and not press release the nomination process is worth noting here any politician working at the National Level can put forth a name for 2020 in particular there are more than 300 nominees so this is by no means a short list again as you mentioned earlier this is the same m. P. From norway who nominated tromp in 2018 back then he cited the president as the reason for improved relations on the Korean Peninsula but again as i mentioned in my 1st answer one kind of progress was actually made about what critics are saying that north and south korea leaders did meet and historic summit but in the end when kim jong un met with trump on 3 separate occasions he did so without making any major concessions and north korea continues to test missile and has not agreed to give up its Nuclear Program nor has it addressed Human Rights Violations so again there is a big gap between having summits and findings and seeing actual results on the ground that is indeed the truth trending on twitter at the moment is hash tag. And we learned today that. Donald trump told veteran reporter bob woodward that he knew the coronavirus was dangerous and deadly and on march 19th he admitted to bob woodward that he had always wanted to play the devil so here we have the president admitting that he has concealed the truth about this pandemic. And its on tape brant trump spoke more than a dozen times with bob woodward for this book and bob woodward of course is a veteran journalist who broke the watergate story that ended up helping to push president nixon out of the white house and his new book reveals that in the days leading up to the lockdown and multiple states the president was downplaying the virus publicly but privately he seemed to understand and grasp the fact that it was a deadly disease and that it was an airborne disease so in the tape from mid march trump is heard saying quote i wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down because i dont want to create panic but again at the time he was still publicly saying that the coronavirus was similar to the seasonal flu that it would disappear by summer that the u. S. Had it under control now were moving into mid september more than 189000 americans have died from the virus and there are nearly 6 and a half 1000000 cases and questions are swirling now about whether some americans particularly his supporters would have behaved differently had they heard him warn them sooner and trump spoke just a short while ago and he reiterated the fact that he just did not want to cause panic at the time that was what he was saying but again not panicking it doesnt mean not reacting we also heard from democratic president ial candidate joe biden he was asked about this tape and he called it quote a life and death betrayal of the american people. Big. 14 from washington tonight. Explosive words there from the president abbi thank you. Well believe it or not despite the pandemic a Film Festival is now underway in italy the venice Film Festival is the 1st major Film Festival to be held since the world went into pandemic lockdown a german film entitled tomorrow the entire world is in the running for the top prize the golden one julie of hiness film tells the story of a student who joins left wing activists fighting right wing extremists here in germany but eventually shes forced to question how far shes prepared to go to fight for her political ideals. All right joining me now from venice is our movie guru the reporter scott you need to you. Tell us more about why the director selected this topic looking at extremism in the political spectrum yeah hi brant it was interesting i was able to talk to the director julie of before the premier of the film here in venice and she said she thought the topic was so important to tell now because she feels that the biggest question the biggest political question in germany at the moment is how to fight right wing extremism and she said it was so vital to have this film out now because of the surge in support for a right wing ideology in germany lets have a listen to what she had to say. And dont chant device in germany 13 percent of time to support a far right party it has seats in the National Parliament and in the federal states thats needed they used to be fringe parties now theyre becoming mainstream checking it is not of people were killed in homs and in hama a few tried to force his way into a synagogue you know its gotten hundreds of thousands and i think the escalating right now. Is tell you. So scott is this film is it only biographically inspired yes very much so the director was a member of the far Left Activist Group thats depicted in the film of course this may become famous also because of attacks from donald trump against it she spent 10 years with with the movement she assured me that she was never involved in a violent actions and that the violence thats the pick in the film is not something that she personally experience but she said she took direct inspiration emotional inspiration for her character in the film and said that the the questions that the young woman in the film face particularly the big question how far are you willing to go to defend and to fight for the the things that you believe in she said that comes directly from her own personal experience interesting so lets talk about all of these films what are your favorites to win the golden lion did she. Yeah its a very interesting year because typically we have a lot of big hollywood films last year joker of course was here and one that has a we dont have those films here this year because of corona so weve got a lot of very sort of personal artist movies and very political movies here and i think probably will have one of the other winning on my 2 picks for them would be on the personal side pieces of a woman a very delicate story about trauma about a woman who loses a child and what that does to her and to her family starring Vanessa Kirby in a role i that for me is a breakout role for her i think shes the shoo in to win the best actress prize and on the political side i picked a documentary. By an italian documentary filmmaker he made a famous film fire at sea about Syrian Refugees trying to escape to europe here hes gone to the people who didnt leave their countries to who were trying to survive in the war zones of the middle east a very powerful movie that really goes far far deeper than were used to seeing the refugee crisis and look at the real human faces behind the strategy those are my 2 picks for gold mine but of course well find out who wins in a couple days on all right. With the latest from the venice Film Festival tonight in venice thank you very much stay safe. Well the day is almost done the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either the news or you can follow me at brant golf t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day of the. Political dissent in russia can be life threatening poisoning alexina is just morning example we meet militia leaders who refuse to be intimidated. 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K. s Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union are now under threat and time is running out for european lawmakers what if anything can you do and of the Nobel Prize Winning author split mana alexy a bit accuses the bellerose government of using terror against its own people shes one of bellews his last leading opposition leaders who is still free to not. Im. Good to have you with us so we begin with the ashes that were once europes largest migrant camp on tuesday night a fire broke out at the. Reya camp on the greek island of lesbos tonight a 2nd blaze broke out there are no reports of casualties from either fire and thousands of refugees have been taking to safety local officials suspect arson and say it may have been a protest against a coronavirus lockdown that was imposed earlier this week tonight a state of emergency is in effect on the entire island for. More even lines in ruins. It was a temporary home for over 12000. 00 migrants stuck on the greek island of lesbos. Human Rights Groups had long deplored conditions in the overcrowded camp which was operating at 4 times its intended capacity. Now and politicians from around europe are calling on the blocks members to take action. This is. These are horrible pictures that we see in what has happened in moria. I think it is important now that we dont leave greece alone with this just today we have already offered the greek government every support we can the most important right now to protect people and to give them immediate shelter thanks to a Quick Reaction from the stuff in the compound from the greek police and fire brigade we had no. People in hospital and of course now the focus is to give shelter for all these people tonight. The fire was sparked overnight several shacks went up in flames around the camp before the entire compound began to burn. Winds reaching up to 70 Kilometers Per Hour fanned the flames forcing thousands to flee. Fear out there is pretty hard for. Her. And. The inhabitants headed to nearby hills and woods others began walking to the islands capital might only need. Right police were deployed along the roads amid fears that the camps residents might spread the coronavirus across the island. Last week more he was placed under lockdown after 35 cases were detected in the camp. As day broke some residents returned to search for belongings among the remains of the fire has been put out but over 12000 migrants could now be homeless once more in their lives they have nowhere to go. So whats next for moria is a question many have been posing for years. And the answer from authorities has now become ever more urgent. And sort of you know from lesbos is amanda munoz ditto she is the executive director of the n. G. O. S finnick in that provides protection and Legal Services for refugees in less but some and its good to have you on the show you work with many of the people who lived inside the camp have they all been given shelter tonight to me how are they doing. Thank you for having me at the moment no one has been given shelter so people are sleeping on the streets it was people with disabilities in a wheelchair as great now remained with babies very Young Children people the severe medical issues. People have just left the hospital with surgery survivors of torture a survivor of Sexual Violence i have to now face apparently teenagers because theyre all sleeping in the same streets so tradition is called tick yes sir no shelter provided at the moment ok so no shelter for the more than 12000 people who were living inside the camp what about the cause of this fire or. What have you heard about a possible calls. At the moment we only have rumors unfortunately theyre still not a statement from the fire brigade what is spirit is a consequence of 6 months of knockdown in so humid conditions im now the fear looming over everyones heads of Detention Center in america. And how were things going to go from here for these migrants and refugees if they dont have shelter over them i mean whats whats the next step for these people. Well people who are left for over 24 hours without food and water and the people that were doing the dishes we should know where people from n. G. O. S had to self organize to provide this Emergency Response we do not know what to expect in the next days and there was a Statement Today from the greek government but its not clear on where people will be housed in both be sent back to more yeah and you know this will be set up for the moment theres no clear instruction. European union has announced that he plans to bring 400 miners children from the camp to agree is that enough is that too little too late its too little and too late 1st because besides me requesting begging for this for the past years i mean europe has not answered and 2nd because its not enough to take unaccompanied children as i was saying before and that is their speed disability severe medical issues that are sleeping on the streets without oxygen any type of support or shelter these people need to be transferred immediately out of greece we heard today from the German Foreign minister there politicians here in europe saying that they will put maria high on the political agenda do you believe them and what would you like to see them do tomorrow. I think thats the spirit that we want to vote at this time but there are things. You want people. Thats tomorrow with the many efforts of many many members of the european tried and that are pushing for every indication of people to your friends who they listen to. Amanda. With the phoenix joining us tonight from lesbos cement we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. Well as we heard greece is calling on the European Union to help i asked our brussels correspondent riegert about the role the e. U. Parliament can play and what it can do now protesting is the only thing the parliamentarians can do right now and immediate the 20 of them have stuff have spontaneously gathered here in front of the building of the European Parliament the European Parliament is only a colead just late and the whole migration policy process and so far the Member States refuse to accept any changes in migration or asylum laws and they refuse of course to take migrants from greece and to distribute them to relocate them all over europe and this is the main problem right now. There was Political Correspondent reporting from brussels here in germany progress groups have called for nationwide protests in support of the migrants from the king out in berlin at least 3000 people joined these spontaneous demonstration which so activists march through the citys government district activists say several german states would be willing to offer shelter to some of the refugees from. However the German Federal government has so far refused to accept any of the mine. Heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world at least 10 people have been killed dozens wounded in a bombing in the Afghan Capital kabul fishel say the attack targeted the countrys Vice President who sustained minor injuries no group has claimed responsibility the taliban has denied any involvement the United States is said to reduce its troops in iraq from just over 50023000 this month President Donald Trump is trying to make good on his Campaign Promise to get his country out of what he calls endless foreign wars the withdrawal comes as trump faces heavy criticism for allegedly denigrating american war dead. Germany has unveiled a ban on the routine calling of male chicks set to begin in january 2022 scientific advances now allow the gender of the chicks to be checked before hatching so the eggs of male chicks can be sorted instead of hatching only to be killed. Dozens of wildfires have blanketed many areas of the western u. S. With smoke it has left an orange glow over San Francisco about 200 kilometers northeast of the city winds have fanned an inferno in the Sierra Nevada foothills more than 14000 firefighters are battling blazes across the state of california back here in europe a british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says he will push ahead with legislation that could go against the brakes an agreement made with the European Union and therefore violates International Law the announcement prompted dismayed reactions today from the European Union it demanded emergency talks to address the new legislation and it warned that any minor breach could undermine future relations germany and france called on johnson to stand by the exit deal that had already been agreed to. Well we asked the chairman of the European Parliaments u. K. Coordination group if he thinks brussels can still trust the u. K. As a trading partner all of the european situations are now doing is carefully analyzing the draft or from a legal point of human of course it will also have to be interpreted politically commission president. Other european actors but also representatives of e. U. Member states have all been very clear in their messaging in the last few hours that the. Correct implementation of the books all the imminent and especially the correct implementation of the protocol another and all of that. Is a matter of trust for a future partnership and of course this has an impact on the british credibility d. To comply with by having International Treaties i always said that the implementation of the local agreement is a kind of a litmus test for the u. K. Government and especially for the confidence of the trust we have the British Government so really the ball isnt a bit too shield now and they have to explain what this is all about i must say that many here in brussels including me we are seriously concerned. That was David Mcallister speaking with us earlier today in the government crackdown on opposition leaders appears to be ramping up the latest to be targeted is a warrior maximes not other critics of the older crowd of president Alexander Lukashenko are now in prison or have left the country the only high profile opposition figure he was still living freely in bella ruse the Nobel Prize Winning author Svetlana Alexia bitch has said unidentified men trying to intimidate her. On monday it was many are clueless nicola detained by Security Forces in minsk. On wednesday and identified men in plain clothes were seen taking maxime son not into custody. The roos and Security Forces have now confirmed that both prominent opposition figures have been jailed accused of calling for action that would Harm National Security it doesnt stop here. Noble prize winning authors of a plan that excessive if said unknown people repeatedly rang her doorbell and attempted to enter her apartment despite the intimidation she called on president Alexander Lukashenko to engage in a dialogue with his critics thats a good issue because franco said he will not speak to the people taking to the streets but those on the streets are countrymen but the people are not those who follow who question goes orders he doesnt decide who is the people and who isnt but the people are those on the streets. 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