In a renewed drive against Police Brutality and a demand for Racial Justice and flash flooding triggers landslides in afghanistan at least 150 People Killed its one parts of corruption in neighboring pakistan so. The white scene game goes on for basketballs biggest stars after 2 days of protest against social injustice its still to be confirmed if the playoffs will resume this friday. However in the European Union is edging closer to imposing sanctions on bell russian officials it has linked to electoral fraud as well as the violent crackdown on protesters the blocs Foreign Ministers have all but agreed on a list of almost 20 high ranking people but they havent said exactly who some e. U. States want president Alexander Lukashenko to be included on that list of course hes faced mass demonstrations since winning elections that critics say were raked. 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 so lets start with john mccain. Is this a european approach of of going maybe a little more softly softly a little more gradual rather than going straight after the big fish look at. The point to make 1st of all is that its a pretty clear demonstration of the will of the European Union regarding the situation in belarus they have looked at the protests in the streets they have looked at the results of the election and they feel this is the right response they are trying to send a message to president lukashenko that he needs to embrace the transition to a different government that he needs to listen to the protesters on the streets of his capital city in minsk now the problem from the european perspective will be what president has said in return hes already made very clear that the prospect of intensified sanctions targeted sanctions will not to turn him he has said that if they come when they come he is going to respond by closing off transit routes important transit routes for e. U. Goods through his territory to russia but also to the Baltic States very clear then that the European Union is trying to send this message the interesting thing not just from what the Foreign Ministers are saying in berlin these past few days but angle immaculate german chancellor at a different News Conference earlier today was asked by media about her view of whats going on in belarus and she reminded people that shed grown up under communism that she had seen the bull in wall toppled that the wall that divided this city that was the icon of the cold war and she said at the time it was because the governing mindset from the soviet union would this change to happen but that now was a very different geopolitical situation so what youve got coming from burleson but also from the e. U. As its expressed by the Foreign Ministers here is that clear determination to show the world that they disapprove of what president has been doing and they feel that theyre. Economic power can be used as a weapon with this targeting of sanctions ok thank you thats dominic cain in berlin with the european side of things for us were going to have a look inside better roost now with freelance journalist. Has more from minsk. On the 20th day of fun to look at the process the president has sworn the wests he wants a canny external pressure when the e. U. Sanctions imposed he says he will do the same in return for the bell or is government my do is unclear the economy struggling there are queues. And hes giving heart to be withdraw cash from a. T. M. s ukraine has also now cut off contact with the governments here so that location can now has only russia to rely on putin has promised to send a reserve police force but also put in the military into combat ready moats ive been told by one metro driver that hes been called up to the army in the coming days because he protested after the Election Night after the rest of us to journalism thursday night it could be much harder for the media to cover future events sunday is look at a 66th birthday and protesters are planning a new rally for what they call peace and independence there are also fears though of a russian invasion of exam that are still going to go through it is in moscow to take us through this one what is the likelihood in your opinion and based on what the russians are saying about more of an intervention in belarus. Well no wonder the local shank was not taking this pressure and criticism and threat of sanctions lying down since he got to such a clear support from russian president Vladimir Putin that said that there is a reserve police force and that they will act and that they are obliged to act according to the collective security treaty and the union states 3 t. If he said that the extremist elements inside belarus start crossing the line. Starting good cars on fire and banks and they can go were basically a vow or. Was not to so harsh when it comes to the west where we hear a lot of shankar saying that there is an external threat to there from on its western border and that he is going to react to a death and there will be russian soldiers then marching in to help him he was pointing more at the words the internal threat now this is new once in a what theyre saying though theyre on the same page and aware that it is likely that this will happen well that the depends on how this situation develops and how russia is russia going to really risk and strange in that part of population which is friendly to russia by marching in and basically invading the country beth i dont see as a likelihood because there is other ways for them to keep belorussia Strategic Partner because it is not like i shant call himself that is so important but the country for now theyre supporting look at schenkel they recognized him as a president they said that the elections were fair but in the meantime it is possible that theyre searching for other partners inside of belarus and we heard from the moscow officials that there is a bell or Russian Politicians which do want to keep at the close ties. Russia and dont want to leave any joint organization that they have right its an interesting distinction to make then under can i ask you for an update on another story if you dont mind Alexei Navalny the russian opposition politician is currently undergoing treatment in berlin is there an update on his condition. Yeah well there is indeed a huge steel in a medically induced coma he is on a medical ventilator but his life is no longer a threat than that and there is a slight improvement so the symptoms of intoxication with the inhibitors of colon asteroids are apparently receding this was stated by his press secretary cura. So but no one can say to this point to how long it will take him to recover and what will be the consequences of this poisoning the violence headquarters in city of homs where he was initially hospitalized said the ones that are trying to hide the truth should be ashamed of themselves they pointed out that there is no criminal investigation in russia on the this case even after 8 days and they are also calling and hoping that there will be sanctions against to put in and his circle because according to their opinion they think that they are behind the what they call poisoning of the violin a russian official position did not change their saying there is no reason at this point for any criminal investigation says there is no proof that there was poisoning let alone the live birth or as an ng so they want to 1st see the proofs of that but if we look back a bit into the past in the similar cases russia has never recognized any involvement in any war is an ng of any of its of opponents and even denied that there was a doubted that there was for the new saying there is no conclusive evidence in somebody of use cases so at this point in russia we should not expect a criminal investigation it might come as it was promised if a toxin is actually identified stocks in that cause need to hold and common 8 days ago or example as the universe go for it with the word from moscow this friday thank you. There is another big talking point for even Foreign Ministers in berlin today that is the increasingly tense situation in the Eastern Mediterranean greece and e. U. Member it is in a standoff with turkey over the competing claims to Maritime Territory and potential or and gas reserves just about all says the bloc could even sanction turkey if theres no progress in this crisis 1st you know theyre now listing personalities we cant pass to least assets ships we can do. Sanctions the participation of activities that we could shoot the illegal in the engine everything related with working in these kind of. Manned. Usually to. Be in capacities to your knowledge. Has our team covering the story this hour. In istanbul where you will be with her shortly starting over John Psaropoulos in athens john reaction from the greeks now this is what they will want to hear i guess some support from the European Union. Yes theres a tentative satisfaction from the greek side the Greek Foreign minister said greece got what it could from this council because this was an Informal Council so it couldnt adopt any formal binding conclusions legally speaking we. Are in understanding of sanctions is what we weve got if turkey does not deescalate he added that there was a clear sentiment and that was entirely supportive of our country in other words the general tone of the conversation in this council was very supportive of greece and cyprus and the whatever objections there have been to sanctions so far have apparently been temporarily at least swept aside but of course final decisions will be made on those sanctions we heard from Joseph Burrell next month that gives a much bigger. Time period will both greece and turkey to re approach each other for turkey to deescalate to pull back its exploration ships for greece to renew overtures for a Bilateral Dialogue with greece dont forget has placed conditions on that it wants that dollar love not just to be a political agreement. That is simply what the 2 sides agree based on the current dynamics in the eastern med greece wants the basis of the dialogue to be international. And it wants turkey to commit to arbitration at the International Court at the hague if the dialogue doesnt ultimately succeed those are 2 tough conditions could turkey which hasnt signed on to the International Law of the sea under the un auspices and which does not therefore recognize the International Court of the hague as a fait court to educate these masses. John psaropoulos in athens with that update thank you so in is stan bill jones pointed out there that the greeks and the europeans would certainly like this to be more of an International Thing and show you were telling me yesterday that the view this as a bilateral issue they will not like hearing what they have to say today. Well yes. Actually many parties say that this is a bilateral issue even the e. U. Put e. U. Commission puts it through like this for instance. When one of the turkish mainstream newspaper asked that question to the e. U. Commission with regard to this question the your commission reply to them as reported topics like the limitation and the use of resources can only be a result through good intentions based on International Good neighborhood relations trade dialogue and negotiation so basically the issue must be solved between turkey and greece i have spoken to some turkish diplomats from the Foreign Ministry today basically as one of the turkish diplomats puts it through. Regarding the 4 hour statement this is a legal issue between turkey and greece based on the legal rights of 2 countries on the waters of the ija in c. But the e. U. Is putting a political stance towards this legal issue which is basically understandable because they are part of a union European Union this is why in a reaction statement from the turkish Foreign Ministry just an hour ago the Foreign Ministry spokesman put it like this we you know white the e. U. And e. U. Member states not the support greece is maximalist amounts against International Law under the pretext of Union Solidarity greece is not an archipelago state its against International Law for greek islands especially. To have a Continental Shelf so basically there is no problem about the territorial waters but turkey and greece are at odds with regard to the Continental Shelf an exclusive Economic Zone for instance the island that i mentioned is to claw meters to the cherokee mainland but 580 kilometers to the greek mainland and its all a 10 square kilometers. According to athens this small island and square kilometer island must have 44000 square kilometers of exclusive Economic ZoneContinental Shelf to be able to use the resources in the world and this is what turkey is they get probably we will hear more but from the turkish perspective it is understandable that the e. U. Is solving solidarity with its member countries but at the end of the day these are both nato allies nato montresor and theres a legal issue which the even the un says it should be sold its been to 2 countries but i have to say that. German chancellor is trying to play a meditation role. For instance when heikal masterman foreign minister was here in iraq during the press or he was much softer than how he was in athens so time will show how things will evolve around the agency and they said mediterranean a lot of nuances there on there thank you sincerely in istanbul. Were a quarter past this news hour this is whats coming up this is the most important election in the history of our country the president ial conventions are over and the final stretch of the u. S. Race for the white house is now officially underway. With malis ousted president now a free man west African Leaders are holding a new round of talks over the countrys future and the playoffs are on ice all the details coming up with indian sport for the latest. Well right at the moment thousands of people are gathering in washington d. C. In a renewed drive for criminal Justice Reform and racial equality theyre calling it another march on washington white because it is 57 years to the day since monday Luther King Jr is famous i have a dream speech which he delivered in washington the us has been gripped by racial protests and unrest since george ford was killed in Police Custody in may drawing comparisons to the anger in the violence that flared after dr kings assassination in 1960. Meanwhile a Court Hearing for the 17 year old charged with murder over a shooting at the black lives protests in black lives matter protests in wisconsin has been postponed until the end of september congress and house was arrested on wednesday after 2 people were killed in kenosha hes facing 6 challenges including reckless and intentional homicide officials are requesting that he be extradited to wisconsin so lets talk to john hendren about this hes live in for us john why the delay. Well his family says that rittenhouse is seeking help from a private attorney but he hasnt hired one yet so a public defender somebody who can represent him for free at least in the short term in this case has asked for a continuance a delay until september 25th so that he can arrange a private lawyer and deal with that were learning a little more about this young man the 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse that he he was in a youth police should debt groupie admired the police very much in took a lot of pictures of himself using weapons he was a member of a group a Militia Group that went to protect buildings as they put it during the protests and that is where police say during a scuffle he shot and killed 2 protesters and wounded another one so hes going to wait for another month hes in illinois and his his the people here the court here is going to get him extradited from illinois to wisconsin its a short distance but thats the procedure they have to go through in order to try him here in. The shooting which gave rise to little bits of course was the Police Shooting of jacob but now i spoke to his lawyer yesterday and he said he was heavily sedated in hospital im not aware of whats going on now there are reports that he was handcuffed to his bed. Thats right jacob blakes father Jacob Blake Sr says hes lying in bed paralyzed from those 7 Police Bullets and yet he is shackled handcuffed to the side of the bed his father points out that he couldnt get up if he tried his legs dont