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With her murder taylor was shot dead when police raided her apartment on a socalled no knock warrants. The European Union has unveiled a plan to overhaul its migration policy by 2023 the goal is to ease overcrowding and strains on resources and countries with the most migrant arrivals under their proposals of Member States like hungary and poland which refuse to accept migrants but instead offer money equipment or personnel to help patrol in new borders. Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a berlin hospital hes been undergoing treatment there for poisoning since the beginning of the month and on the intends to return to russia once he has fully recovered germany has demanded answers from moscow over the poisoning but the kremlin says there is no evidence of any crime. This is g. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at u. W. News or visit our website w dot com. Alexander lukashenko has been president of bella ruse for 26 years he is known as europes last dictator today staying true to his moniker. Was sworn in in secret snow public ceremony no public protests it is impossible to predict what will happen next in this divided country tonight the leader of the opposition is making no secret of where she stands. She says stole the presidency im often berlin this is the day. I stepped down at sky and this only elected private that it was seen people. Today china to hold his own inauguration in secrets from the nation. It was an attempt to protect himself the legitimate leader which only means that his previous monday suspended by im sure that very soon all of you will understand that you saved the world on this piece of land and defended this offer empty and independence of our country. Even after todays ceremony mr lucas shank it cannot claim democratic legitimacy whove. Also coming up in the late u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg america remembers a woman an icon of justice for all. Are you coming out every one of the. Record rather than. The. Other if theyre hungry or are you. The writer and i. Were to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the president who tried to keep a secret today in belo roots in a secret inauguration Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as president for a 6th term the ceremony was not public there was no televised coverage all a continuation of the governments crackdown on dissent however the secret today it got out fairly quickly the countrys opposition called for nationwide civil disobedience on top of what has been almost 2 months of nonstop demonstrations tens of thousands of people demanding that lukashenko resign demanding a free and Fair Election the woman who ran against go in last months election today called the secretive inauguration a farce slit lunna the hound of sky was forced to flee bella ruse after the election she has made public appeals to the European Union to help the forces of democracy in bill arrives on monday the e. U. Failed to agree on sake sions against those administration undaunted slight lama scalia today declared herself the legitimate leader of the roofs of the real present. Dear bene rescind today look a child to hold his own inauguration in secrets from the nation and we all understand what has happened it was an attempt to proclaim himself the legitimate leader which only means that his previous mondays has ended well the nation hasnt given him a new mandate. Tisha north sky this old leader elected by the better racine people and our common goal now is to build a new better ruth. Our correspondent Nick Connolly he is in the capital. For us tonight good evening to you nic this secret inauguration did not remain a secret very long as we have seen has it triggered more protests and i wonder has it strengthen the resolve of the opposition. Well there were a few hours brant where you got the sense that everyone was just shocked no one could actually believe that this was happening this seemed like a dress rehearsal there wasnt much urgency about it i certainly just heard the roads go silent but you know roads being shut down essential is no rarity these days in the russian capital some people have seen you have uniforms dress uniforms on soldiers in the capital but no one could imagine that he would pull this off without foreign dignitaries to add legitimacy to the event without the russians not even the Russian Ambassador was there and extraordinary that those 700. 00 people all top officials in the regime managed to keep a secret no one releasing information no one letting out about this event but it definitely seems to have changed the tone people were very anxious today but angrier than ive seen them in the last few weeks just appalled that after weeks of refusing to talk to what are called the streets and people he accuse of being agents of Foreign Countries hes now gone one stage further and proclaim himself president and we also saw the western world reacting countries from germany poland even ukraine saying that he is no longer the legitimate president of and they want treatment such you know the optics of this secretive inauguration they certainly were not good nick from the outside it looks like an admission of guilt by the mission that his election victory was indeed fraudulent what do you say about that. I mean this is definitely a regime that hes stressed that is feeling the heat that is running scared to an extent i mean we saw the extraordinary photo ops in last few weeks you everyone will have seen. Coming out of his president ial palace in a flak jacket carrying a rifle without any ammunition in it him flying over the protests at the end of those protests calling the people down in the streets protesting rats claiming that theyd all been sent out by the cia operating out of warsaw this is just one further example of p. R. Opportunities going wrong and really a sense of connection a lack of reality a lack of a sense of what really people here on the ground all feeling i think there is definitely a sense that they are living their ivory tower and really you know unwilling to engage with the mood on the streets yeah it looks like gives has been a good week for luke who should go on monday the European Union failed to agree on saying sions against him and his government a couple of weeks ago we had lattimer putin guaranteeing bellerose another major injection of money and even what we saw today the military appears loyal to. So his power seems to be rather solidified. I mean obviously he is Holding Things together fun now but i wouldnt overestimate the reserves of stability that this regime has every week protest is costing them deah in cash in dollars theyre having to pay the riot Police Coming out every week and huge bonuses several multiples of the normal pay just to ensure that loyalty that goes for the riot police but the army is a lot less willing to really get its hands dirty for him and make themselves culpable in front of potentially future leadership i think theyre the reserves really running out weve already heard theyre trying to save money on pensions nothings really keep all these boots on the ground its fascinating whats going on especially with the economy in the country what will the opposition be able to do moving forward help powerful is. Reach from outside the country. I mean there is obviously a limit to what she can do shes acquitted herself very well and is proved to be very effective communicator something that people hadnt expected of her after all she wasnt a politician herself she had no real experience of politics until her husband was put in jail and she took over from him so definitely shes been putting on a very solid performance in front of the u. N. In front of the e. U. But i think this protest is going broader now this is not about a hierarchical top down organization of sending messages to people here from her ex on the youre seeing the protests moving off the streets off those kind of sunday big square meetings into an every day life of seeing people in the residential districts of minsk meeting evening for evening talking politics talking to neighbors who maybe they never engaged with the police being forced to play a cat and mouse game trying to take down take down flags every time the police comes to remove flags or murals the next day that back up theres a. Situation one district where the police was guarding a wall of a residential building 24 hours a day to prevent the residents from putting the murals in the graffiti back i cant really see that. The riot police here in the world will be enough to really guard every square inch of this city so i think very difficult times ahead for. Carly giving us excellent analysis tonight in minutes nic thank you. While the president of bill ruses contending with mass protests and perhaps more civil disobedience next door in russia the picture looks completely different russian president Vladimir Putins grip on power is practically locked in for years to come and the countrys main Opposition Leader hes not even in the country and as of today he is no longer in the hospital either alexina vallone was discharged from the berlin hospital where he spent the past 3 weeks being treated for poisoning last month and a volley became suddenly ill during a flight across russia after 2 days in a siberian hospital he was brought here to berlin tests showed that he had been poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent no egypt the german chancellor called the poisoning and attempted murder and has demanded an investigation by the kremlin so far moscow has offered nothing but denials of any involvement the poisoning of the volleys sent european and russian relations to a new look it has not had the same effect apparently on mr nerve already the kremlin critic says as soon as he is fully recovered he plans to return to russia. Not long ago alexina valen he was at deaths door and this is how he looks today drawn thien visibly aged but very much alive its now just start for a month off he fell ill and 2 weeks since he awoke from many jews coma and the valley is no longer in the intensive ward but russias most prominent opposition politician will stay in germany with wife yulia and his children for now to continue his rehabilitation. He wrote on instagram my doctors have decided that my recovery requires a regime in normal life rather than treatment in hospital walking spending time with my family ive already stumbled to the pock in pants 3 sizes too large. 44 year old invalid me got sick while campaigning in siberia last month. He was lifted to believe. And then tests in germany france and sweden confirmed he was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent nova chalk the west holds the kremlin accountable for the valleys poisoning but moscow denies responsibility and says hes welcome home when hes ready. We wish him a speedy recovery. As a russian citizen he has a right to return to moscow at any time. Its still highly uncertain if he would be safe there last week ally said traces of navi chocolate been found in a water bottle from the siberian hotel but the kremlin still says he wasnt poisoned in russia too many for its part wants answers from us go about who attacked the valley threatening action if thats not forthcoming and if russia is not cooperating i think we should be new and nato partners to think about what measures should be but 1st we have to said those questions to russia and russia should have the chance to answer but theres little sign the kremlin is ready to cooperate leaving relations between bilin and moscow i ling even as alexina found he recovers as. It has defied the political powers of political giants such as german chancellor Angela Merkel and it has allowed europe to become home to humanitarian disasters the European Union does not have a policy on migration that works today the e. U. Unveiled a new plan that on paper attempts to bring fairness and equality to a policy that has been anything but a camp on the greek island of some most fit for 500 people it houses 5000 it was meant to be a transit point but a backlog migration system has turned it into a home for so many. Thoughts on the 2 years ive been here not in good. Conditions. This place and these people are why europe is finally confronting this crisis. Presenting her proposal the European Commission president called on Member States to rise to the challenge of this package we flex a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share the burden the migration pact includes compulsory pre entry screening with fingerprinting on the health check a faster 12 week asylum processing target and a sponsored return scheme that would see Member States take responsibility for returning migrants on behalf of other Member States. The plan abandons previous efforts to relocate new arrivals around the 27 member state something opposed to by the likes of hungry im paul and n. G. O. S see that could create havoc in the mediterranean. Member states front line Member States like italy greece and. Will be reluctant to cooperate if there isnt any sort of mandatory relocation and then they might not disembark our ships that have been rescued and then migrants remain stranded so a lot will depend on the willingness of either Member States rights in the last 5 years has not been a very high the Commission Hopes the scenes of a farming migrant camp on the greek island of les pauls will be the catalyst for change. Morea is a stark reminder we need to find Sustainable Solutions on migration and we all have to step up. Moreas residents know rehung used in another makeshift camp can only hope that action comes sooner rather than later. For more now were joined by our correspondent barbara veins all in brussels she is standing in front of the European Commission building where a special display is taking place tell us more. You know this is a group of political activists they call themselves led by junkies they were quite active during the sit in london and they have come out here tonight to sort of project images of migrants and the police of migrants onto the Commission Building here in the back office because they want to remind the European Union that they say we dont deserve to be treated like this were human beings we deserve more than just to be managed because that is really at the core of this new proposal thats on the table its supposed to manage migration better and its supposed to repay people more and faster from the borders off europe so this might be fortress europe 2. 0 when you so wish but the people we see here in the front in the back of us they say we need to be considered as human and we need to be treated better and you know weve been hearing from n. G. O. S helping refugees theyve criticized these new proposals because they fear that refugees who are already in camps without any mandatory redistribution within the e. U. That those those refugees are just going to stay put do they have a point. They do have a point because of course camps will still be part of this project and this new program because people who are rife they will again have to be put in camps now the promise is that they will then be proses much quicker that the whole is silent request and the whole Legal Process that follows it will be done much foster that it has been in the past but weve put these promises for years and nothing has happened so far it is also not easy legally because after which the rule of law are they supposed to be then judged on their asylum request all that is quite unclear and it is quite complicated so no easy solutions and there will be camps and there will of course now the e. U. Trying to have a Pilot Project in. Greece unless boss to help greece managed to manage things better but whether that is the solution and whether that is a big step forward there is a lot of doubt about it. You know weve talked about this policy migration policy many times before whats your verdict on this plan will parts of it work or do you think of the end of the day. You know its all going to be a big failure. It will parts of it might work because if they really work on repealing more people make the borders Even Stronger discourage more people have more agreements was the countries of origin is to take their citizen spec that might work to a certain extent but on the other hand they have completely let drop the idea of relocation because it is just voluntary now which are a few peon Member States apart from germany and maybe a few others are willing to take people and everybody is going to turn that backs if its not mandatory and so there is no real solution and politically this will remain a minefield and things will more or less carry on as they are there is no good future for migrants on the border for the border of europe if these plans we have heard didnt today are being really put in place already to be used for provisional list or for some brussels barbara thank you. The us has begun 3 days of tributes to the late supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg she died last week from cancer at the age of 87 mourners are gathering at the u. S. Supreme court in washington d. C. That is where the caskets of the legal and simmons to icon arrived on wednesday for 2 days of public viewing on friday ginsburg will become the 1st woman to y. In state at the u. S. Capitol. Was a leader among liberal justices on the Supreme Court. Her death has ignited a bitter political battle over her replacement president plans to announce his nominee on saturday until then the u. S. Will mourn the loss of a remarkable legal mind and a remarkable human being. For days people have been a legend at the Supreme Court. And in Brooklyn New York where Ruth Bader Ginsburg grew up in the 1930 s. And fortys the daughter of jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe she lived in a modest house in an ethnically mixed neighborhood ginsburgs career was a life long battle against sexism despite being one of a handful of women to attend Harvard Law School in the 1950 s. She was rejected for prestigious training by a us supreme Court Justice because of her gender she was paid less than male counterparts in University Appointments she eventually worked for the American Civil Liberties union and in the volatile 1970 s. She went on to argue cases in front of the u. S. Supreme court to advance gender equality. President jimmy carter selected her in 1980 for an Appeals Court seat in 1993 president bill clinton nominated her to be the 2nd ever female justice on the u. S. Supreme court there she made a name for herself as the leader of the courts liberal wing and later in life gained unlikely famous r b g a celebrity justice who inspired countless women and girls. Worried about. This is that. It is amazing. That it. So many people want to take a page. With ginsburg death the Supreme Court has lost an iconic liberal and her replacement could tilt the court in a conservative direction for decades. Yeah in his poll joins me now from washington our Washington Bureau chief shes on the story for is just not going to be to you ines so were looking at 3 days of official remembrance in is is that what this icon of equitable Justice Justice for all is that what she deserves what your take. You know friends i spent a couple of hours today i infront of the Supreme Court of s. C. Is laying in response for 2 days before then she will be the 1st woman to lay in state in the capital and i had the chance to talk to very many people who came from all across the country and i had the feeling this is the right thing to do 2 full days. To spend respects to go there to cry and to mourn and then we have the ceremony at the capitol and then after all she will be buried at arlington and that is also a huge honor so my feeling here today in washington is yes its the right thing to do. She was known for her liberal stance on the Supreme Court and she was also known for holding the ballots on the court will then balance be maintained moving forward or does or b. G. s death does it mark the beginning of a new era of conservative jurisprudence in the u. S. This is thats a big fear of the liberal part of this country i mean the Supreme Court now is with 5 conservative supreme Court Justices and. Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death down to 3 moderate supreme Court Justices the liberal supreme Court Justices and it might happen that donald trump takes the challenge to put a 3rd supreme Court Justices in place before the election and that will make then like 6 conservative supreme Court Justices 23. 00 liberal supreme Court Justices and you know its just this balance of this lack of balance the worlds talking about the world is talking about our b. G. And the u. S. President ial election as the Supreme Court story has replaced the pandemic in this president ial campaign and im wondering has has her death has it helped trumps reelection chances. Its a little bit too early to answer if it will help him or not to most definitely its very very controversial if donald trump should pick a new supreme Court Justice before election day and we have to say are we do you put kind of and a discussion about supreme Court Justices into the Public Discourse course which has never happened before so more people are interested in the supreme Court Justice Supreme Court than ever before so yes for the moment its discussed by the pandemic we just had the 200 thousands dead person who died of the pandemic i think it will come back to to the mind of the voters because the pandemic is far from being over and this kind of hits so many families and so many individuals so i think it will come back to the headlines so to speak all right our Washington Bureau chief in his post on the story the worst analysis as america mourns the loss of an iconic legal mind in his thinking. 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