Good to have you with us authorities in belarus has suspended the popular independent news outlet before 3 months the site has covered the ongoing protests against the reelection of the authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko for people to be has been a key source of information about the government crackdown on the demonstrations at sprawled cast images documenting police and mass arrests including those of opposition leaders journalists and photographers the government is also making it increasingly difficult for foreign journalists. Is trying to stop the cameras from filming and what that might mean for the protest movement. Weeks of protests capturing imaginations around the world colorful symbols charismatic leaders. Its often turned ugly Security Forces cracking down brutally on peaceful protests and when it did photographers and journalists were there to report. People here tell you one thing time and time again knowing that the world is watching makes them feel safer. They show the outside attention acts as a restraint on the government. But journalists are facing increasing intimidation 2 photographers spent 15 days in jail for quote organizing an illegal protest they had taken pictures of a demonstration an editor who published an interview in which a victim of torture names his torture also ended up in jail and tire news outlets now stand to lose their media licenses without them their journalists could face arrest at any time. Foreign journalists like me havent so far been subjected to this kind of treatment very soon there may not be any of us left here in belarus getting a new credit station or extending this thing papers is no longer possible theres no outright refusal just the same excuse over and over again the commission in charge they say called get together because of covert this in a country where the man in charge president Alexander Lukashenko who claims to have won the disputed election downplays the dangers of the coronavirus he has said that a visit to the sauna is the best treatment for the disease. Has independent media here vanishes protesters fear a future in which there is no one left to document what the government does to its opponents. Or developments in belarus have gained the attention of course of lawmakers here in europe. And in brussels later today rather the leaders will gather for a 2 day summit on Foreign Affairs and im joined now from there by g. W. Correspondent Barbara Fazel barbara the standoff in belarus is big on the agenda today in brussels can we expect the European Unit take any action on that. Theyre just really trying to terry because they are shame faced because of what happened 10 days ago the e. U. Foreign ministers agreed on sanctions against 40 people in the better was regime people who were supposed to be involved in the crackdowns and in the torture off prisoners and then one country got up and said no and that cyprus cyprus is blackmailing the e. U. They want sanctions also against turkey to totally non related issues but theyre stalling everything so now the european leaders try to talk to cyprus and say please please do get out of your tree will you let us put those things last against belarus because they are long overdue and can you talk about turkey later so that is the situation and it is one that diplomats find extremely problematic to put it mildly welcome back to turkey in a moment theres no shortage of challenges for your leaders at the moment what else is on the summit agenda there are today. Really if you look at it at the borders of europe its Little Fires Everywhere there crises that have broken out all around the European Union just to name one is azerbaijan in the military standoff with armenia about the old supposedly frozen back conflict and then there is libya ongoing fighting there ongoing problems in the e. U. Is even pondering whether they might send a military mission and then of course the biggest off it all is you mentioned turkey turkey has shown some sort of aggressive behavior in the east and needed to remain in sending a drilling vessel there into disputed waters disputed between cyprus and greece and turkey who has the rights there and came to the military standoff between france release the nato vessels even u. S. Vessels and Turkish Military gate so it is a very dangerous and tense situation and leaders are trying to find a solution to its turkey and the question is to sanction or not to say theres no resolution yet for that ok relations with turkey are strained in multiple ways not just this clash between cyprus and turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean what is the overall strategy barbara for dealing with turkey. The e. U. Is split on was that some countries that are more belligerent france for instance they say i mean were fed up with this at the end of patients its enough weve seen enough from turkey and we just now need to hit back and they are supported by austria of course by greece for instance but its a smallish group and others led by germany say we cant gain anything by really sort of playing hardball was turkey we need to try to diplomatic channels to sort of in gauge them to to sort of talk them out of this belligerent attitude to to find Diplomatic Solutions weve seen this for years ahead and really lead the European Union very far but bilin in particular is scared of really getting into a very hostile situation was turkey so these 2 can really be brought together and the question is whether they whether the european leaders will even talk about sanctions whether they will even the wave them in the room and say listen ankara we can get tough economically and we can really hurt you if you didnt dont play ball with us that is what theyre going to talk about tonight and its a very difficult question to resolve. There in brussels thank you very much. Lets turn now to some of the other stories making headlines today french president manuel markel has condemned comments on turkey on the by turkey on the latest flare up in the caucasus as reckless and dangerous thats after turkey voice support for us russians efforts to take control of nagornokarabakh from armenian separatists dozens of people have been reported killed in the worst clashes since scenery spewed region in decades. Phone call marked the 71st anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china with a flag raising ceremony attended by the citys chief executive kerry lam some prodemocracy activists protested in the streets in much lower numbers compared to previous years after authorities banned the protest march amid a growing crackdown on dissent. And Iraqi Kurdish security sources say paramilitary groups backed by iran have launched a rocket attack targeting u. S. Troops the rockets landed Near International Airport in the semi autonomous kurdistan region of iraq local media say sirens were heard inside a military base housing u. S. Troops u. S. President ial candidate joe biden has described president dont transfer formants and tuesday nights televised debate as a National Embarrassment the discussion over issues including the coronavirus Race Relations and the economy quickly descended into a series of interruptions and insults prompting horrified reactions from the u. S. And beyond. Some commentators are calling it the worst president ial debate in u. S. History 98 minutes of interruptions crosstalk insults and accusations mostly from president trump. The heated exchanges were many like this one over the u. S. 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The next debate is scheduled for october 15th the Debate Commission has announced changes to the rules to allow for a quote more orderly discussion most americans are hoping they dont get a repeat performance. The United Nations has hosted a biodiversity summit the mostly Virtual Event took place in the uns General Assembly hall in new york with most delegates attending online the focus was to discuss strategies for reversing dramatic losses to biodiversity and to forge a global biodiversity pact chinese president xi jinping addressed the summit by video link saying all countries were quote passengers in the same boat here in germany and the former borders between east and west has become an important haven for wildlife but despite the transformation the nature reserve still faces threats. Soccer news. 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