As a cio strategic hours but several Foreign Policy disputes are currently dividing the e. U. Different members are blocking progress posing the question is the unionists really able to exert united influence on a global level while lets find out our chief in your correspondence alexander phenomena is in brussels for you alexander good to see you know there have been now over 7 weeks of protests and the worst why has cyprus particularly been so determined to block sanctions. Well cyprus is saying they are not against sanctions on belarus officials for the violence that we have seen on the streets and minsk and other cities per se but there are saying if the European Union is willing to impose sanctions on belarus it also has to impose sanctions on turkey for what cyprus is calling the illegal exploitation for gas in its territorial waters cyprus is saying we cannot operate on a double standard here if we are willing to take a version in a crisis outside of the European Union and we also need to punish turkey for what they are calling invasion of the territory so dad is their position and and the moment we have to say its not clear if they are willing to compromise in any way so that begs the question of when i was there is the e. U. Any closer to solving the Eastern Mediterranean the gas dispute. Its a very difficult question to answer right now one would say that its important to agreed that the european leaders that the Member States they dont have any other choice than to agree because they have been talking about imposing sanctions against pillar was for weeks now and Nothing Happened and its really embarrassing for the European Union on the other hand we so the leaders arriving here and how divided they are on the issue we just heard the german chancellor being very cautious and calling on all parties to talk but the french president was saying that its important to show solidarity with cyprus and greece that its none not be negotiable so its seems that they are still divided on that issue and now a very different question how about the bloc stance on china what can be what can we expect rather to be discussed there. This topic on the agenda tomorrow we can expect it leaders to express or to stress how important it is to come to an agreement to have a trade deal and investment deal with china a by the end of this a year and there are still negotiating and its important for the European Union because that and evil Companies European companies to get access to the Chinese Markets and to have a level Playing Field in the economy relations with china however we can also expect their leaders to criticize human rights abuses in china hugh specifically the situation in hong kong because they are getting more and more impatient with what is going on their chief correspondent alexander phenomenon reporting thank you. Want to sign of us some of the other stories making news around the world. And European Commission president or the vonder Alliance Says the e. U. Has launched legal action against britain for violating the breaks that would roll agreement the move comes after an e. U. Deadline for the u. K. Government to scrap a bill that would override parts of the divorce deal expired on wednesday. Major u. S. Carriers American Airlines and United Airlines are putting a combined 32000 workers on unpaid leave while both their allies announced the moves separately on wednesday after congress failed to extend emergency funding for the Airline Industry travel bans have hit airlines especially hard during the pandemic. Police in hong kong have arrested dozens of activists who were defying a ban on protests it comes as the city marked the 71st anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china officials denied permission for rallies citing security concerns and coronavirus restrictions. Russian Opposition Leader alexina volley has accused president Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning with a soviet era nerve agent one of only has posted comments online as he continues to recuperate in germany and his 1st ever interview since being released from the hospital he told german news outlet there spiegel that germany had become a very special country for him in august the volley was flown from moscow to berlin where he was treated at the shot at the hospital for suspected nova chalk poisoning. All right lets get you more on this story im now joined here on the set by did every reporter on there all it great to see you now listen of all he is making a very serious accusation that the leader of russia was behind his poisoning can he back that up no hes basically telling us he had to follow the facts now in this interview with the german news magazine this be go no money says that he is so that putin was behind the crime he says i have no other explanation for what happened im not saying this out of self flattery but based on the facts the most important fact is novacek now whats not on the continues to say is that there are only 2 or 3 men he says in russia who would have access to know which up they are the heads of the internal Intelligence Agency the foreign intelligence and the military intelligence those 3 men report directly to Vladimir Putin and not only says that to make any decision on that level they would have had to consult directly and he also says that the reason that snow which is restricted to these top few people is that its such a dangerous nerve agent that if it was in more hands it would be considered a Global Threats now and of on the also assesses that the reason that that no which was used on russian soil in this incident is basically good because from kremlin is now fighting for its survival he says must remember the last time it was used against the script holes it was in on on british soil. And so no one is now saying that the old the old tactics against the opposition of arrests and intimidation is not working anymore there have been demonstrations in possible russia over the summer against the government and so hes saying that the kremlin is now taking these extreme measures every heard from moscow moscow have come out with a statement theyve said that such. Accused accusations against the russian president are absolutely groundless and unacceptable thats from dmitri pesci of the spokesman he also said that no vallone had been working with the u. S. Intelligence but the cia in the Statement Today now involved in the later this afternoon says hes now suing the kremlin spokesman and he says that he wants this evidence made public the alleged evidence that they have that he is working with the cia the man is fearless has a germany weighed in on this 25 well belin has been saying that the the reason that they brought allowed in of on him to come to the land was all based on humanitarian humanitarian reasons and he says that he thanked machall when she visited him in hospital and she replied saying it was only my duty and this is far from over he is still in berlin now rehabilitating and but he does say he is for turning to russia since again to be continued the reporter of the car thank you so much. Next human rights are under threat across the world and so are the activists who defend them the right livelihood award or recognizes their hard won achievements also known as the alternative nobel prize this year its being awarded to individuals and groups fighting for peace and equality and by the wrists iran nicaragua and the u. S. The right Livelihood Award Foundation is again honoring people who peacefully defend basic human rights around the world they will cut to the right and who democracy is under threat all over the world thats why we want to send out a signal to the world in defense of democracy. American lawyer Bryan Stevenson a prominent member of the black lives Matter Movement will be one of this years laureates he has promoted the fair treatment of africanamericans in u. S. Courts for decades it comes at a moment when theres a lot of uncertainty a lot of anxiety about our efforts to achieve justice in america so deeply appreciative to the Selection Committee this kind of recognition both ski and the bella risk in Democracy Movement will also be honored the on the outs he founded the Human Rights Organization yes now some 25 years ago i lets be. Honest. Now will receive the prize for their promotion of human rights and democracy and Alexander Lukashenko below groups which can rightfully be called europes last dictatorship to seize the. Iranian human rights lawyer nothing in so doing will also receive the award shes currently serving a 38 year jail sentence the 4th Award Recipient will be Lottie Cunningham rent of nicaragua and advocate for the rights of Indigenous People in her country the right my plea hood Award Ceremony will take place in stockholm on december 3rd giving it meant that the. Ancestors force now the draw for the group stage of the Champions League has taken place and holders byron munich have been handed some tough looking fixtures byron who have won all 5 competitions they have been in this year will face at least accommodated salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow in group a over the coming months the 1st picture fixtures rather are on october 20. The draw ceremony also included the usa for player of the year awards byrons that robert love and our skits of the mans a prize as expected for the fallen international scored 55. 00 goals across all competitions last season as fire in one of the Champions League and germany only were 16 more than any other player in europes top 5 leagues it is the 1st time he has won the award denmark so far and then a lot harder took the womens prize. Congratulations to them up next all the latest a coronavirus news in our covert 19th special program so stick around for that iraq and for a lets go back with your world headlines the top of the hour for now thanks for spending part of your day with us. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona. That 19 special next on d w. I was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. It was hard i was for. I even got white hair. Learning the language to know about this gets me and clinical but you need to interrupt lets say you want to know their story in. Fighting and reliable information for margaret. The coronavirus is pushing more women to seek a legal abortion. As lockdowns limit health care. There are 25000000. 00 unsafe abortions every year almost half of all terminations worldwide. And now the pandemic is approaching hopes of progress argentinas president promised to decriminalize abortion a 1st for latin america. Well this one year because were not even a member is required to be outbreak has put the reform on hold indefinitely. Colombia was also close to be good lies in abortion instead of talk or has ruled against it. In developing countries one in 3 terminations is carried out in dangerous conditions women in africa are at the highest risk of dying from an unsafe abortion. Statistics are nice but there are a reality whether youre for or against abortion and not even factoring in lock downs sure the restrictions have exacerbated the situation but this isnt anything new each year in kenya 2 and a half 1000 girls and women die from unsafe abortions its a leading cause of Maternal Mortality especially in low income families and i robey correspondent my met a survivor in the atari slum. We call her mercy but thats not her real name she was 16 when she fell pregnant her mother wanted her to finish school so she forced mercy to abort the baby for fear of repercussions she hides her face in the end. I went to a local medicine man and i stayed there for 3 days he gave me herbal medicine and i took it. On the 2nd day i started seeing blood and i was very afraid. There are people who are bored and they seemed fine i mean i thought i would die. The. Its estimated that in kenya 7 women die each day from unsafe abortions abortions are illegal unless the mothers life or health is in danger or if theres a rape case thats why women come to this man hes well known for carrying out abortions along with other procedures even though he has no medical training mercy came here too she paid the equivalent of 8 euros for the abortion in the interview however he denies performing abortions but still he wants to hide his identity. Given an injection drug a mess sent home the pregnancy can terminate there many of these women die if theyre on lucky they do die if theyre lucky the pregnancy terminate safely its usually bad however safe. To resign them by. In most cases women need professional help after the abortion the International Aid organisation mary stopes is one of several n. G. O. S in kenya that offers these polls abortion Cast Services but theres a lot of uncertainty says daisy adela. We dont have Guidelines National guidelines on money doing this possible should care so so were going to football should subsist therefore this stigma that envelops goes down to these women or god who has no option and doesnt know where to talk to of course mercy would have preferred to see a real doctor 3 years later shes still suffering from the traumatic experience because those men would just give you some kind of medicine and then tell you when the pregnancy has been terminated they only want your money in the end youre the one who has to suffer in a battle. Despite the stigma she faces from her community she thinks every woman should have the right to a safe abortion. Ordering how we were weary is Senior Press Officer of Human Rights Watch east africa so how has covered exacerbated the situation. Think you know pandemics always an adverse effect to my time on health we saw with their boil up and their making cereal you and Maternal Health access was very limited and now with the coronavirus bandaid make that the same is happening you have a b. S. Warning that with their disruptions and their lack of access to contraception. In middle Income Countries in low Income Countries about 7000000. 00 be about 7000000. 00 unintended pregnancies and this is the time for governments to step in and start addressing Maternal Health even as they are thinking of corner virus because we see women right now having to be discharged from hospital much faster in hospitals or trying to social disturbance and you know putting all the measures to prevent the Coronavirus Infections so this really limits how they can care for women who are coming in to give bya or who are coming in just for their care before they give their event after and of course the shortages in medical supplies has affected our section and even condom Manufacturing Companies are warning or shortage you saw of course this will greatly affect how people can prevent pregnancies and you also seen other places like italy and poland d governments are taking care taking advantage of the pandemic to completely cut off access to abortions. Health care side of things what about the educational side of things the link between education and teen pregnancy for example. Years saw before the pandemic many countries especially in africa are world wed be struggling with teen pregnancies and if i can give an example of kenya. A few months ago 2 months ago or some counties in kenya released data or pregnant teenagers and we saw this in the cows and tens of thousands girls who are now pregnant and why the government should have some concern and you know i acknowledge that this has happened we did not see any efforts to ensure that these girls will be considered when schools are reopening and even now when their discussions about how schools will be opened then all special considerations being outlined how these girls will who are back to school and what happens today to keisha saul find a lot of the year this year has already been lost due to the pandemic but their children who are you know locked up sometimes of their users or people having sex because they did not you know. Information or you know. Other reasons but now we need to address the fact that the children need to go back to school and whats the government doing to make sure that theyre not left behind whenever schools reopened or just tell me how how can education help our girls are raped by a Family Member in lockdown. So all children have a right to education right and the lockdown did force some of these children to be locked down with children with people who are abusing them and if youre if a girl if a child is receiving comprehensive sexual education then theyre very clear on about their bodies about whats acceptable about what consent means and about where to get help so some of these tips its part of education some of this test can help well child seek help report and talk freely about whats going on with them but even so we need to secure the education after the pandemic and of apapa thats a stigma around abortion as i guess one of the biggest problems facing us and many young women. Theres a lot of stigma around abortion but you see this is coming about from laws and policies that prevent abortion but that does not actually stop abortion it just makes it more difficult to access them for the people who are seeking abortions are not getting them from qualified health care for Health Care Providers and so when they do procure their bush on its policies and people do see others suffering. Bleeding so much or even losing their lives so this just perpetuates this sigma but it is to see if abortion is actually health care that can be provided to people who are going to give us and you know limits the kind of big money and misinformation that comes with it or to go into why when i see a press officer at Human Rights Watch if africa thank you thank you. And let me hand you over to Derek Williams whos been busy researching answers to your questions on the correct advice. What if no vaccine is successful what would be the powerful what the speed at which vaccines are being developed for covert 19 is breathtaking and there are over 150. 00 of them in trials of some sort with with dozens of them in testing in humans and though that might seem like overkill its not thats because under normal circumstances where Development Takes many years less than 10 percent of vaccine candidates for other diseases and up receiving approval so blots of the ones aimed at covert 19 are not going to work out almost certainly the majority but but what happens if none of them do its a scary scenario and its one that most experts dont consider likely but i suppose its certainly a possibility so lets look for a 2nd and what that would mean if a vaccine remains elusive will have to continue to try to fight the virus by helping and healing the people who become infected with treatments like newly developed or repurposed drugs that improve outcomes there are still just a couple of compounds being used widely intubate 19 treatment and they only help seriously ill patients so if it takes longer than we think to develop a vaccine were going to need more therapy and then a big goal would be to nail down early stage treatments that prevent the disease from progressing to deadly later stages some of the most promising potential alternatives in this direction are around a dozen repurposed antivirals but also an immune system protein called interferon beta as well as artificially produced antibodies called mad for monoclonal antibodies researchers are racing. It tests those compounds and others and its likely that at least some of them will pan out so so even if a vaccine doesnt we should still be able to save many more lives in the future with more effective treatments for people who catch the disease. As there are benefits all of us have you along a see you next time of ice. Age. Every day. For us and for our planet. The ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation the book how do we make seduced greener how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the waste. We can make a difference by choosing reforestation over g. Force to. Recycling older disposable Smart New Solutions overstrained certain i want to. Lose truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is one a while so i still wear them survive. Why do you assume to be a martyr meant to shoot from global 3000 on g. W. Im going to play. 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