The u. K. Out of the withdrawal talks if there is no agreement by october 15th and 5 years ago germany welcome to hundreds of thousands of Asylum Seekers we talked to volunteers who stepped up to help the new arrivals find their way in a new country. Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Reports from bellaver say that a prominent Opposition Leader has been abducted by an identified people in the capital minsk the website dopy i b y excuse me says that maria colon this call was pushed into a minivan by men in black clothing and driven away shes seen here at a massive protest rally held on sunday more than say. 100 people were arrested in the demonstration protesters have turned out for the past 4 weeks calling on longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a contested election. And correspondent Nick Connelly joins us now from minsk nic tell us witnesses say that marine kolesnik ovo was bundled into a van what do people in minsk think has happened. So you see of
Basically forced them to detain her now by refusing to be edged out of her own country as so many other opposition figures have she has also been involved in the founding of a new party but i think that early early early days of that kind of thing now at the moment this is about the symbolism of these protests coming out we got the week and she is certainly one of the most recognizable and most competent faces of those protests even if those parts are happening without kind of an obvious organization or you know indeed coming out week after week i mean we saw sunday morning huge protests but yet we have the single building farm what is now going to happen what is next for the opposition. Im sorry there is no road map to this this is a country basically that had no politics of the possible to the century where one man decided on everything and now suddenly you see people totally agusta the fact that politics is on everyones lips you sit in cafes on the street and you hear young people o
Match to his teams fighting for survival and for Champions League qualification we have the highlights and analysis of the leagues last games. Welcome to the program. More than 6000000000 euros more to help Vulnerable Countries battle the coronavirus pandemic the money is being raised at a summit organized by the European Union and the International Aid Group Global Citizen the goal is to make potential vaccines tests and treatments affordable and accessible or why. This was a slick to tell production its not just symbolic shellac noble son a taxi after an initiative to. Come to 19. The task of this size can only happen if the world unites opiate 19 threatens not just people whose held but our common humanity. No one is safe until everyone is safe to me must help people in developing countries to cope with the impacts of this pandemic sunday were covered 19 years behind us. We would like it to be said that we the nations of the world are the peoples of the world. Stood together and hav
Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today on the 1st of july germany will be assuming the presidency of the council of the European Union now this means that until the end of this year germany will chair the meetings of the council and will be tabling e. U. Legislation this morning on a macro will set out to the German Parliament her vision for europe and where it should be heading were seeing some live images right now for from that session thats just getting underway at the bundestag at this hour. The president of the german bund a cycle of gong show you blow will be addressing parliament 1st medicals statement is expected to include details of a massive stimulus package to all economies recover from the impact of the coded pandemic and plans for the distribution of a 1 point one trillion euro budget you have used chief Political Editor Michelle Acuff theyre standing by for us at this hour at the Parliament Good day to you michelle can you tell us about the priorities berli
Its good to have you with us after weeks of lockdown borders are starting to reopen across europe the European Commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered Tourism Industry and make it possible for people to take a Summer Vacation at the same time the German Government has announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with other e. U. Member states starting this coming weekend. Border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. That is simply that if people continue to show discipline observe the hygiene rules and wear face coverings then in spite of the easing of restrictions during may not only here but across europe we can foresee that the borders will be open on the