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There in brussels to you foreign minister so how is that being seen where you are. Whats different being followed carefully something that seen as a potential demotes demonstration of support a symbolic gesture yes the sanctions will be significant but they wont be able to. Cause this regime to suddenly engage with protestors this regime has been under sanctions time time again and has survived them but i think this is now about the gesture is about the symbolism showing that europe is watching closely hasnt lost interest in this and beyond that i think the future of these protests and of this democratic. Attempt is a Democratic Change of power that will be starting on streets mintz going to pushy not with the help of western europe that is unfortunately reality russia has all the cards in this russia has the money on the table and has offered on the ground or europe can provide support to better russian exiles people who have to leave the country but a book but beyond that you can just Pay Attention and to keep up the pressure while there are questions about what that could support could look like alexandre you know e. U. Foreign ministers will be giving a press conference that will be following i mean can we expect sanctions against individuals to go through. Well this press conference was actually supposed to start right now we are still waiting so it seems that the foreign minister are still discussing things and we also have to say that they heard of a lot of topics on their agenda maybe thats a problem as well we know that cyprus has been blocking sanctions against saying that there needs to be coupled with punitive measures against turkey and if the Foreign Ministers are not going to agree on sanctions today we of course in theory can say well we have the European Council meeting coming up at the end of this week and then they have governments and states will have to decide but the longer it takes the longer the credibility is at stake and the longer the commitments to upholding values such as democracy human rights and the right to vote in the free and Fair Election can be called into question. And nic amid all of this tell us how protesters there are keeping up the momentum after so many weeks. The. Government. People will just give up. The government money being spent. On the bonuses. To make sure that week. This regime. Put. Them in a direct and. The regime. Of this government. Ready to go back to being. Brussels thank you very much. Lets take a look now at some other stories making news around the world a plaque that antigovernment protesters in thailand installed over the weekend has been removed the plaque in bangkok declared that thailand belongs to the people students have been leading protests there since july calling for reform of the monarchy and the political system. In israel thousands of people gathered in jerusalem to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic protests have been held every week for almost 3 months this was the 1st since a new nationwide lockdown started on friday. Hundreds of pilot whales have become stranded along the west coast of the australian island of tasmania government Scientists Say it appears that dozens of the animals have already died rescuers have arrived at the site they are assessing the situation. Now to a banking scandal of gigantic proportions a cache of documents just revealed show that for years banks around the world have helped divert and conceal criminal funds the documents leaked from the Us Treasury Department appear to show how banks helped circumvent International Sanctions including those against iran and syria danish and british banks as well as Germanys Deutsche Bank are among those implicated. All over the world to using the Global Financial system to launder money its a dirty with lucrative business for the banks. If a bank notices a species transfer it has to report it to the authorities. Thousands of such reports were timed by both speed news. And then evaluated by the i. C. I. Jai. Its an International Network of investigative journalists. They have discovered evidence of Money Laundering worth 2. 00 trillion dollars. You could learn a lot by handling money from criminal sources. So thats why its hard for banks to say no to criminal money. In germany dortch a bank has some explaining to do the countrys largest banks already had to pay millions in fines in 27. 00 tane after dodgy dealings in russia. The investigation reveals that those illegal activities a much more extensive than previously thought russian criminals used torture banks musk i branched along to millions the current c. E. O. Christian setting served as head of corporate order thing at the time he did not raise the alarm but subsequent external investigations deede Deutsche Bank says it is since toughened its internal controls and it denies that c. E. O. Saving did anything wrong it says he was unaware of the external probe. Yeah i know i know how it is she founded a unit that led these investigations as would it not being fixed have since been external investigations to us and at no stage could any responsibility be traced back to the head of the business to the concerns of it and if i thought it was some nod to the consent of those who have lived in the city the investigation also shows that us President Donald Trump may have profited from dirty money all agog from kazakstan allegedly bought a pot mint at the trump new york property with laundered money trumps Company Denies knowing who these customers were but they did make money from the transactions. The investigation shows the scale of the international Money Laundering efforts to curb it a floundering. Because regulators cant get to grips with highly sophisticated criminal networks. It is a massive scandal lets talk about it more now with our Business Reporter Arthur Sullivan is with us here in our studio and do we have our correspondent selsey delaney over in frankfurt near the headquarters of georgia back great to have you both arthur lets start with you were talking about a massive scale here so many banks that are implicated what does this tell us about the Global Financial system you know the skin is huge since you know at the center of it is these 2000 or so suppose socalled suspicious activity reports and these were these are reports detailing what banks suspect to be criminal activity in their accounts and so on so theres so much detail to pore through its 20 years of reports and around 2 trillion dollars worth of transactions so so much stuff to come out and so much specific detail about some of these transactions what they tell us is something that on one level we already know about the Global Financial system bunks how for years facilitated Money Laundering and the socalled washing of dirty money not the something that they necessarily want to do but its something that has been happening but what these reports show is the extent to which its been happening and in some specific examples shines a very very strong light on exactly the nature of some of those transactions and i guess why there are so potentially bad for so many people one of those banks is germanys biggest lender Deutsche Bank and chelsea i mean if we look at the numbers here it was involved in 60 percent of the leaked transactions and tell us more about that. So georgia being very much at the center of this scandal and for georgia bank this is obviously a blow up because theyve been embroiled in so many scandals over the past couple of years and theyve really been trying to move past it some of the details that have come out of this investigation were already known some of the Illicit Activity that it had been involved in such as for helping evade sanctions against iran or for Money Laundering and russia those are things that torture bank has already been fined for but what weve learned today is that that for many of these things continue to to carry on those activities after they had already been fined and as well as just these documents are really just shed light on how lax really was for for its entire Money Laundering controls for example and russia where its Moscow Office was was under a lot of scrutiny for for Money Laundering they just had very few controls in place at all even the most basic ones like knowing who your clients are having an address for them they really didnt have any of that information so they definitely were turning a blind eye to. To these activities and thats really putting a lot more pressure on them today so what do you think this is going to mean for Deutsche Bank. It definitely opens up to more regulatory fines to more regulatory investigations Going Forward as i said they have paid some fines for these activities already but investigators likely will take another look at these reports and see if theres more to be done already is being investigated from by the department of justice and the United States for several Money Laundering complaints this could certainly play a role in that and it also does raise more pressure on the bank c. E. O. Christiane saving who was overseeing auditing at the time of some of these Money Laundering transactions in russia which a bank has said that he wasnt really involved in that but critics say he should have taken a stronger approach to that so a lot of questions and we are seeing this certainly reflected in the stock price today its down about 6 percent so investors are clearly stuped by these new reports so arthur as we heard there Deutsche Bank is now under massive pressure again to clean house but who really is responsible is the banks or the regulators who have also failed to do their job i mean ultimately sumeet is a little bit of both know its important to remember this information came directly from the banks they were obliged to file these reports of suspicious activity so they were largely aware of what was happening its not necessarily proof of criminal activity but when you see some of the cases broken down its quite clear that the banks had a very very good idea of what was going on so certainly theres a moral question on them why has this been allowed to happen when theyre literally making money through fees off some of these multimillion and 1000000000. 00 transactions at the same time it is ultimately regulators and in the u. S. And elsewhere that are responsible so its a little bit of both i mean the banks really should be should be doing better on this and some banks do better than others as weve seen Deutsche Bank is doing particular poorly or husband to keyboard in the past but ultimately its a little bit like the global tax question its up to regulators internationally to come together and governments to figure out a way to crack down on what is of global problem rather than one specific to any individual country where it will have to leave it there are business correspondents are there sullivan here in studio Chelsea Delaney for us in frankfurt thank you both for. Watch. Lets get some more headlines from around the world now new zealands Prime Minister just into ardern has announced all remaining coronavirus restrictions will be lifted across much of the country with the exception of its largest city auckland will continue to have some measures in place for another 16 days but that citys outbreak now appears to be under control. And new restrictions on movement have come into force in spains capital madrid as authorities try to combat rising coronavirus cases almost a 1000000 people in and around the city will not be able to leave their neighborhoods except for work study or medical reasons the restrictions will be in place for 2 weeks. And across many European Countries there are concerns about a resurgence of the pandemic especially as winter approaches the time when respiratory diseases typically soar britains top medical advisor kris when he says the country is at a critical point and that infection rates are going in what he called the wrong direction Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency meeting on tuesday to discuss how to contain the recent rise in cases and in germany the city of new nick is introducing new restrictions including compulsory mask wearing and more areas if the infection levels were made high. And Germanys Health minister again spahn gave a News Conference earlier he had this to say about the latest restrictions in munich. Celebrating together makes it easy for this virus to thats why im asking citizens to consider carefully for another couple of months whether the celebrations theyre planning can live on in public spaces cities like munich corruption the right to take the necessary action to. Push the most number of lets bring in our chief Political Editor michelle or krisna for more on this so is what were seeing in munich now the 1st step towards another wider lockdown. No it isnt something that the government here has firmly ruled out not just for the time being but overall there are still many would see the 2nd lock down and it seems hard to imagine that the whole country with no questions asked would agree to do that after all germany has a federal structure but what happens here in munich is that the infection went above 50 per 100000 within the space of a week at the statistics says 55. 00 and thats why instead of the october fest which has been cancelled this year the city is now implementing tighter restrictions once again as the government is still working out its strategy which wants to choose to go into that winter season with more colds more respiratory illness spread around the country we heard the Health Minister yen spine appealing to germans to be patient i mean how patient are germans prepared to be overall germans are very patient in fact the americans Approval Ratings are soaring and so is still i would say the support for the restrictions that have been in place above 2 thirds of germans at least agree with the measures that have been taken so far and they worked out for the german population currently there are less than 150. 00 people thats according to what spawn the Health Minister told us on actual respiratory assistance here in germany due to the corona virus infection rate today is once again below 1000. 00 it was above 2000 over the weekend so currently we see the politicians actively reminding germans that it was their diligence their discipline that allowed many to go largely unscathed so far through the corona crisis and just very quickly michelle do we know what strategy will see here in germany as fall and winter setter. Well it looks like we will see separate doctors separate clinics separate for people who have a fever to make saw that the disease doesnt get spread the word people wait for a doctors appointment due to learn what the nationwide strategy potentially unsafe potentially because the individual states deciding it will be by mid october our chief Political Editor thank you. Now to the biggest night of the year for programs on the small screen it was held on a grand stage with no audience the emmy awards only had a hint of the glitz and glamour that we usually see the u. S. Network h. B. O. Came up the big winner of the night its shows succession and watchman took home handfuls of hardware. For hello and welcome to the pandemic. At 1st it looked like any awards ceremony but it soon became clear there was some technical trickery going on and no audience but more than 100 stars joining from home on live internet feeds it was a big challenge but everything went smoothly. Did you ever think i could do it. On. The top job the h. B. O. Series succession scored big wins across the drama categories with its star Jeremy Strong named best actor. In the bar the night. Of the moment i fell in love with. This is the movie but the most awards winters watchmen moment an adaptation of a superhero graphic novel tackling racism in america. My perception of time yeah i get it this series took 11 awards in total including regina king put best actress king reminded us that its not only awards season in the us could also election season got a vote i would be remiss not to mention that being a part of the show is precious and is watchman how the voting play and go to about the people here dot com vote up the ballot please when its time to lay down you know wear a head we all find comfort that same day partially renovated rose. Stanek sheets creek swept the comedy awards with 9 prices breaking the emmys for most wins in a single season for comedy. But the shows actor daniel levy was more political than comical in his acceptance speech as you know as well our show you added score is about the transformational effects of love and acceptance and that is something that we need more of now than weve ever needed before and i just wanted to say for any of you who have not registered to vote please do so this year is amies was hailed for its many nominees of people of color. One of them 24 year old scindia also became the youngest we know of best actress in a drama for her role in the series euphoria. But talk more about the emmys now Melissa Holroyd from debut arts and culture is with us hi melissa so this year the emmy awards they were digital they were virtual how did that work. Yeah i think it worked ok i mean i think along with a lot of other people my heart sinks a little bit when i hear this word virtual because everything seems to be virtual at the moment being the 1st socially distanced emmys meant the ceremony was always going to be a little bit rocknroll we had jimmy kimmel in l. A. And they had 130. 00 camera tames sent out around the world to peoples houses or to wherever else they made and that provided some of the highlights and lowlights of the so we had David Letterman who rocked up he just sort of appeared in a field with a big bushy be good looking like a hermit hes been looking like a hermit for quite a while now and he had a jar of all of it and the phone from the back of a car for this darius you talk series it was always going to be a little bit awkward and i think jimmy kimmel own that or couldnt us but the opening sequence when jimmy kimmel came out and he talked to an audience that effectively wasnt there an audience that was in his head and then suddenly they really werent there and that was a big reminder of how isolated everyone is and how you know those of the taste of the rest of the show if you like i found a little bit depressing. So that was part of the emmys that kind of fell flat but at the same time there were big successes the story of the watchman for example that was a show that really one a lot of hardware also reflects the Political Climate in the u. S. Right now to tell us more about totally current watchman is absolutely spot on at the moment this is explores the legacy of racial violence in the United States the whole thing starts by looking at a real but little known massacre that took place in tulsa oklahoma in 1921 where white vigilantes attacked black residents executive producer damon lyndall hoff dedicated he is best limited series award to the victims of that atrocity its inspired by the 1987 graphic novel of the same name watchman explores an alternate. Ality where master vigilantes hunted as criminals in a story that tackles issues of Terrorism Police brutality and racism sound familiar yeah its really really current at the moment is the 1st comic book adaption to win a major in neve for best limited series and it does 2 things its a its at once a comic book show and a show that examines these very very important issues so its a big night for the what im a bit also for a show called shifts creek tell us more about this one thats right shits creek spelt with a c and to tease for anyone thinking anything different everything everyone is saying that this years emmy is was a shits creek show its a canadian show about a rich family who lose almost everything and have to settle down in a place called shits creek its created by eugene and livia father and son team they created and started in the sit com they both took time emmys that makes them the 1st ever Father Son Team to win emmys in the same year they won 7 the show won 7 prime time awards and 9 emmys in total all right thats certainly something to celebrate in just quickly succession did really well succession did really really well successions a great show its a little bit like a modern day dallas and sort of the also sort of long lines of like king lear its a terrific show if you a good night at the emmys for a lot of shows there most all right from good of you arts and culture thank you so much for joining us. 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