International law british lawmakers agree and who poisoned a russian Opposition Leader saying of all me russian president Vladimir Putin thats what deval knee is now saying publicly the kremlin pushing back saying it had nothing to do with the poisoning that almost killed the bone. Im brink off its good to have you with us we begin tonight with the question who speaks for europe at a summit in brussels e. U. Leaders are trying to agree on an answer sanctions against the roofs a joint approach on turkey and how to distribute coronavirus recovery funds those are just some of the issues demanding attention and unity delegates are hoping that the 2 day summit will help break a deadlock over sanctions against bella reuss. He has become the unlucky center of attention at this 2 day summit in brussels nick us and asked us to add as the president of cyprus has caused a big stir lately cyprus is long been the only member state opposing sanctions against belarus officials and the e. U. Requires a unanimous decision to impose those measures your leaders say the e. U. Risks losing credibility if cyprus continues to block the sanctions the situation. Is deteriorating to care for continuing violations of human rights we have to train people for track people but cyprus says its only willing to agree to sanctions if its fellow e. U. Governments also sanction turkey because it is struggling for gus in an area of the Mediterranean Sea that cyprus sees at its territory but the block is split on this german chancellor Angela Merkel says she sent favor of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute issue at a dolphin was in dozens of ill point out that our relationship with turkey is obviously very complex the European Union has great interest in developing a constructive relationship with turkey despite all the problems we have partners in nato we depend on each other when it comes to regular migration flows and we support turkey hosting so many refugees because through all normal does disappear to cry by the fog of the a few information a new t. V. Took i often impede. The economically powerful bloc still has to position itself clearly and not only a regional powers like turkey but also when it comes to finding a common position an emerging superpower china before to europe is not only a market it has to better protect its independence and resilience it has to be seen as a geo strategic powers but several Foreign Policy disputes are currently dividing the e. U. Members are blocking progress posing the question is the unionists really able to exert united influence on a global level. The big question lets take this now the alexander phenomena shes on the story for us tonight brussels good evening to you all xander theres a long list of issues to go through here lets start with turkey is the European Union any closer to solving the Eastern Mediterranean gas dispute it doesnt seem that thats the case right now we are hearing that the german chancellor and the french president are speaking now directly with greece and cyprus to try to break the deadlock on that matter however we also hearing that initial draft of the 1st draft of conclusions of that matter was rejected by greece and cyprus according to confront reports this draft was saying that the European Union was ready to use all instruments at its disposal to make sure that the sovereignty of greece and cyprus is respected and calling on target to stop its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean at the same time this trough. Reportedly saying or offering positive you e. U. Turkey agenda and that was rejected by cyprus and greece they said that its too much carrot and not enough stick all right so what does then this like of agreement mean when were talking about seeing patients against bella ruse we have to keep in mind that sign preserves effectively linked to the issues here. Well thats the problem here with cyprus not giving up its blockade of belarus sanctions we are not going to see anything on the ground on this matter and this is of course very embarrassing for the European Union they have been talking about sanctions against officials for weeks now and nothing has happened so far and the longer that continue the more europes commitments to upholding certain values values such as democracy and the right to vote in that free and Fair Elections can be called into question all right to use all these other phenomena on the story for us tonight in brussels i was under thank you for that summit also marked a fresh crisis in the torch your hairs breadth process as the e. U. Has launched legal action against britain after its refused to draw controversial legislation that would violate the brics agreement and break International Law all European Commission president for the lion announced a move in brussels earlier today. Brussels had given london a hard deadline europes british friends and most of the fund and i and puts it have been given until wednesday to revise their proposal and because london did not react brussels is now doing so the commission has decided to send a letter home of notice to the u. K. Government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure but that invites the u. K. Government to send its observations within a month. The british lower house only approved the controversial internal market bill on tuesday it would not find a border agreement on Northern Ireland in the already existing brecks it treaty. Will lose the earlier deal was meant to avoid a physical border with each member ireland. London says it will answer the matter in due course but this dispute puts a further strain on the talks with britain over a free trade deal time is running out if no agreement is reached theres the risk of a hard break sit and the reintroduction of custom duties would need to be used charlotte chosen pill shes covering the story force from london the e. U. Launching legal action against the u. K. Circling makes for dramatic reading this after all could end up in the European Court of justice and it shows the e. U. Means business but the big question is will this dispute do wedo ongoing trade negotiations well it doesnt look like it yet and the legal timeline of it will be key the e. U. Has given the u. K. A month to respond within the time both the e. U. And the u. K. Have said that they want to see a trade deal done and in the words of the Irish Foreign minister the contentious issues within the u. K. s intel malkuth bill will become quote not actually irrelevant if a deal is done so not a game changer yes but there are voices on both sides who say that at the very least this controversy will undermine trust in the u. K. I was due to be use charlotte just until the reporting from london or lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines these Spanish Government has imposed more lockdown measures on the capital madrid after insurgent coronavirus cases people will only be allowed to leave home for the essential including work and Shopping Trips bars and restaurants must also close earlier and reduced Seating Capacity by 50 percent major u. S. Carriers American Airlines and United Airlines are putting a combined at 32000 workers on unpaid leave both Airlines 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 a rally citing security concerns and corona virus restrictions. Russia has offered to host talks to try it in hostilities in the caucuses over the disputed region of nagorno cover bloc but armenia and azerbaijan are valid to continue the fighting gets killed more than 100. 00 people since sunday this is their most violent military engagement since the mid 1990 s. Russian Opposition Leader says he believes russian president Vladimir Putin is behind his poisoning with the soviet era nerve agent no veto the allegations appeared in the german news magazine there spiegel today in the volleys 1st interview since being released from a hospital here in berlin in august of only was flown from siberia to berlin where he was treated of all me as we could parading in the german capital. Are for more of this im doing about my colleague ollie also hes following this story for sort of only says that it was reputed who was behind the poisoning what is he pointing to to back up his claim so nobody is really telling us to follow the facts he is assessing he says that putin was behind the crime he says i have no other explanation for what happened im not saying this out of self flattery he says but based on the facts the most important fact is no wieczorek. He says there are only 2 or 3 men in russia who have access to knowledge ok they are the head of the intel internal Intelligence Agency the foreign intelligence and the military intelligence all 3 men report directly to president Vladimir Putin and of all he says its very like if for a decision on this level to be made basically they would have had to consult president putin now for putin to go to such extreme measures novelli is saying it means that cracks really are a pairing at the top of the kremlin theyve used what is basically a biological weapon on russian soil that shows that the old methods of intimidation auth arrests of decision figures is no longer working add to that theres been a government demonstrations in russia this summer and not only is this this really looks like the kremlin is fighting for its survival and whoevers behind it was not expecting germans to take the ball only as was the case there was been the reaction from moscow to this moscow has said the accusations are groundless and unacceptable Dmitri Peskov hes the spokesman for the kremlin he also said that the volley has been working with the cia the u. S. Intelligence agency that only reacted too late to later today saying they have other saying that he is going to suit the spokesman and he wants to see evidence of the. Alleged cooperation with the americans all right well there thats an interesting theory there we know that not only is here in berlin recuperating so what is germany doing is germany still caught in the middle here somewhat well jim is not doing much at the minute to be on this michel the german chancellor we know shes a pragmatist she deals with russia on a case to case basis but its fair to say of course that the german russian relationship is on the rocks it has been for a while the some of the e. U. Extended sanctions against russia over the 2040 an annexation of crimea so machall is under increased pressure to get tough on russia including coles for her to cancel the north stream to gas a gas pipeline which would bring natural gas directly from russia to to europe to germany metal is calling for a European Response to the nub on the case of course the saga is far from over of all news here in berlin hes still recuperating from his hospital stay he says he will return to russia and he also said in his interview today that not returning to russia would have meant that putin would have achieved his goal its a little always we appreciate your reporting thank you. Theres a sports news now the draw for the group stage of the Champions League has taken place and orders by your munich have been handed some tough looking fixtures biran who have won all 5 competitions they have been in this year will face a political madrid salzburg and looking what if moscow in group a over the coming months the 1st fixtures are on october 20th. The drawings harmonix also included the u. A. E. For player of the year awards byrons rubber glove and dolls he took the mens prize as expected the Poland International scored 55. 00 goals across all competitions last season as biron won the Champions League bundesliga in germany cup it was 16 more than any other player in europes top 5 leagues it is the 1st time that he has won the award in marks and yellow harder so the womens try this. Arch watching the w. News ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. Coated 19 special next on d w. Sometimes sense that. This. Is what connects people is stronger in the midst of race that. Is so strong that they can be torn down. We celebrate the 30th anniversary of free unification october 3rd on d w. The coronavirus is pushing more women to seek illegal abortions as lockdowns limit health care. There are 25000000. 00 unsafe abortions every year almost half full terminations worldwide. And now the pandemic is a road in hopes of progress argentinas president promised to decriminalize abortion a 1st for latin america. Well this remember those people not only remember this whether it be outbreak has put the reform on hold indefinitely. Colombia was also close to be delighting 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. Just the 2 sticks on their reality whether youre for or against abortion and not even factoring in lockdowns 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 im robey correspondent mario met a survivor in the matar islam. We call her mercy but thats not her real name she was 16 when she fell pregnant her mother wanted to finish school so she forced mercy to abort the baby for fear of repercussions she hides her face. I went to a local medicine man i stayed there for 3 days he gave me herbal medicine and i took it and. Then on the 2nd day i started seeing blood in that i was very afraid. There are people who were bored and they seemed fine so. I thought i would die if you scale 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 he is 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. Im not. Given an injection drug unless sent home so the pregnancy can terminate there many of these women die if there are lucky they do die if theyre lucky the pregnancy terminate safely its usually bad however safe. By in most cases women need professional help after the abortion the International Aid organization mary stopes is one of several n. G. O. S in kenya that offers these polls Abortion Care Services but theres a lot of uncertainty says daisy abdullah. We dont have clear Guidelines National guidelines on my making this possible should care so so were going to football should study says therefore this stigma that envelops us goes down to these women no doubt who has no option and doesnt know where to talk to. Of course merci would have preferred to see a real doctor 3 years later shes still suffering from the traumatic experience because those men will 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. Or drink weary is Senior Press Officer of Human Rights Watch east africa so how has covert exacerbated the situation. Same to you you know pandemics always have an adverse effect to my turn on health we saw with their boy a pandemic in sierra leone my final Health Access was very limited and now with the coronavirus and then make the same is happening to us warning that with the disruption and their lack of access to contraception. In middle Income Countries in low Income Countries about 7000000. 00 there be about 7000000. 00 unintended pregnancies and this is the time for governments to step in and start addressing Maternal Health even as theyre thinking of coronavirus because we are seeing women right now having to be discharged from hospital much faster and hospitals are trying to show this and you know putting all the measures to prevent Coronavirus Infections so this really limits how they can care for women who are coming in to give fire or who are coming in just for the care before they give or even after and of course the shortages in medical supplies has affected contraception and even condom Manufacturing Companies are warning of shortage you saw of course this will greatly affect how people can prevent pregnancies and you also see in other places like italy and poland governments are taking care taking advantage of the pandemic to completely cut off access to abortion or to 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 already struggling with teen pregnancies and if i can give an example of kenya. A few months ago 2 months ago all. Counties in kenya released data out of pregnant teenagers and we saw this in the thousands tens of thousands girls who are now pregnant and why the government showed 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 there are discussions about how schools will be opened then all special considerations being outlined how these girls will walk back to school and what happens today to Kiesha Reeves all find a lot of the year this year has already been lost due to the from their me but their children who are you know locked up sometimes with their users or people having sex because they did not you know have 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 reopen 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 they have very clear on about their bodies about whats acceptable about what consent needs and about where to get help so some of these tips its part of education some of this test can help our child seek help reports and talk freely about whats going on with them but even so we need to secure the education after the pandemic and apart from that the stigma around abortion is 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 these 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 the stigma 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 sigma and misinformation that comes with it or to go into why when i see a press officer at this 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 device. What if a new vaccine is successful what would be the power full at the speed at which vaccines are being developed for coated 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 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 life with but i suppose its certainly a possibility so lets look for a 2nd and what that would mean if a vaccine remains elusive well 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 into that 1000 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. There are millions there ive been fizzling as have you along ill see you next time of ice. To the point the strong opinions clear positions International Perspectives to me smoking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the 2 germany some east and west today its a different country more makes all diverse the Younger Generation of course has its own perspective so whose germany is it find out going to the point shortly. To the point. Of the next oclock t. W. Like. My gorgeous was food for the russian soul. It runs deeper. Than so many different walks of life. Some are pumping and oddly trying not all of them come straight from the heart its cool to see it even when theres no more delusional mush to enjoy. 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