Deadly riots there. The European Union is edging closer to sanctions on better russian officials which it has linked to both electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters the blocs Foreign Ministers have all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people though they have not said exactly who some e. U. States want the inclusion of president lukashenko on that list he has faced mass demonstrations ever since winning elections which critics say where richt. There was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for their fraudulent elections in their rules and for the subsequent crackdown on that exist in the revolution sanction regime this is a nation shall include individuals at the high political level from now on today least and the respective illegal acts will be prepared by the combating Cancer Working Group in the coming days with a view to be adopted as soon as possible donna karan reporting off from berlin he says that is a
Increases sanctions pressure on bill rusin warns russia against intervening in support of president bush. And the u. S also threatening sanctions on turkey if no progress is made in the Eastern Mediterranean dispute with greets flash flooding triggered landslides in afghanistan killing at least 150. 00 people its also a swamp parts of karate in neighboring pakistan. And in school the n. B. A. Playoffs will resume on saturday the players have agreed to end a boycott that was aimed at highlighting social injustice. In the afternoon in washington where tens of thousands of people have gathered to a renewed drive for criminal Justice Reform and racial equality theyre calling it another march on washington because it falls on the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr i have a dream speech which happened in the same place the u. S. Has been gripped by racial protests and breasts since george floyd was killed in Police Custody in may strong comparisons to the anger in the violence that fl
A 2nd president. Tension in the turkey says its repelled Greek Fighter Jets as their maritime dispute over the mediterranean escalates. Taking its sovereignty over parts of the antarctic chill it joins argentina and the u. K. In the race for territorial claims. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in washington d. C. In a renewed drive for criminal Justice Reform and racial equality they have called it another march on washington on the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther king jrs i have a dream speech the us has been gripped by racial protests and the rest since george floyd was killed by police in may its drawn comparisons to the anger and violence that flared after kings assassination in 1968. No person no people are more keenly aware of the risk of disenfranchisement than those who suffer from it there is a need upon the neck of democracy and our nation can only live so alone without the oxygen of freedom the streets must be exercised by more than rhetoric and more than marching
Better was his capital despite the government stepping up pressure by jailing and questioning activists also this hour all of the african continent is declared polio free only afghanistan and pakistan are yet to eradicate the disease worldwide and the father of an African American man shot 7 times by the police in the u. S. State of wisconsin says his son jacob blake has been paralyzed wastes. And in sport Manchester United captain Harry Mcguire has been given a suspended prison sentence by a greek court defender was arrested in greece last week following an altar cation with police. Thank you for joining us spock could lead to a disaster thats a warning from germanys foreign minister heikal mosse who is on a. To help the stenches between turkey and greece in the Eastern Mediterranean is serkis count upon. To say turkey is ready for talks with greece over a dispute about Gas Exploration in contested waters but without preconditions heikal ma says both sides are willing to find a soluti
Mood are. Stepping up the pressure against racism in the us jacob blakes family leads a march in the town where he was shocked a week ago. Volunteering to help find a vaccine will meet the indonesian sisters taking part in human trials. Italian coast guard has transferred 49 migrants to the island of lampedusa the taking them of a stranded rescue vessel in the Mediterranean Sea thank you and women and children on the body of one person who died trying to make the crossing they are among 200 migrants who were picked up by a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy the crew of the Louise Michel says repeated distress calls were initially ignored by. European rescue services the un says around 500 people have drowned in the mediterranean so far this year for Tancredi Palmeri is a freelance journalist following the story he says rescue operations have been challenging during the coronavirus outbreak. Lampedusa is a very tiny island and basically the hotspot that hes receiving