So im told that inside the meeting everyone was on the same page all allies believe that this was just a horrific attack something that is completely unacceptable by any standards not to mention International Law and while they are not able at this point with no investigation to say exactly whos responsible everyone agrees that those who did this those who can get their hands on this nerve agent and use it to attack private citizens to attack anybody must be brought to justice so thats the main message and im told there was no dissent inside the meeting on that on that line what do you make of what stoltenberg said was it clear enough. Well whats clear enough i mean remember that nato has in the case of the script all poisoning when the u. K. Went so far as to be able to identify 2 russian nationals and nato expelled 7 diplomats that would seem to be a very very strong response and european governments followed that up with expulsion and expulsion of Russian Diplomats punishing moscow for this and yet its happened again on russian soil with a nerve agent that was developed by the predecessor to the russian government so its unclear what will be Strong Enough to stop these kind of attacks from happening in the future but you can clearly see by the fact that this meeting was taken so quickly after the german results that nato and the European Union as well are very determined to send the strongest of signals possible to the kremlin given that what are have been next steps life they to be well nato theyre definitely calling for russia to launch its own investigation and not only that but to cooperate with any potential investigation that will be opened by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague that hasnt happened yet but presumably it will because this nerve agent is illegal its banned under the chemical weapons provisions that russia itself has signed and so by any measure of International Law this this nerve agent should not be possible for anyone to get their hands on and so russia does have some questions to answer a secretary general stolzenberg said as well about if nobody in the kremlin is responsible for this how is it possible for anyone to get their hands on over check and that is their responsibility so as was said after the nato meeting russia has many questions to answer even if no one is going so far at this moment as to point their hands at russian officials correspondent teri schultz in brussels thank you. Well now it has been a full month since the massive explosions that ripped through beirut killing at least 190 people but at this very moment rescue workers are trying to save somebody who they believe may still be alive under the rubble signs of life have been detected a couple of meters down. Rescue workers use detection equipment as they continue their search for any signs of life. On thursday off to noon this team from chile with the help of their rescue dog flash and specialist scanning equipment discovered a pulse under the rubble of this collapsed building. Others quickly joined the search. The other feel about this ghana indicated theres a pulse of 18 beats a minute that along with the Temperature Sensor means theres a possibility of life according to the senses sensors that all. But by midnight fear that a wall could collapse meant the hard work was briefly suspended after protests from some members of lebanons Civil Defense team resumes the search. Rescue is are still hard at work even using their hands to remove the deborah. A pulse was again detected on friday morning but it to drop from 800. 00 beats per minute to just 7. The likelihood of finding any survivor is slim but these search and rescue workers are refusing to give up. One month to the day after an explosion at the citys port destroyed most of central beirut the people here desperately need something to give them hope. Its printed on your correspondent basel already who is on the scene for us in beirut is there really a glimmer of hope there whats the latest. Unfortunately it seemed the hope to find survivors its decrees in a few moments ago i go to the city to tease the throat some other having the shoes but it seems that the audience cannot indicate there is no survivors and even there is no human body it seems that the whole day from since beginning there was wrong info about this issue unfortunately this is what the latest news after this moment buxton to the rescue works in progress as you can see behind me its the old view just using the g. B. Team these children need to be sent to work in progress state to get you home maybe so theyre going to follow the lead up to. Basel that is so disappointed to hear and of course we hope that those affected exactly are indeed incorrect we understand has affected how this came about we understand that it was the rescue dollar that the path to the possible presence of the 35 or so how did that develop. Flash the name of the dog was one of the most famous now in lebanon and its photos went viral on social media all these they didnt you can see behind me they are going to get to follow up the the if you. Need to have some photos with the dog. In the 1st place the tree and rescue team was there just to follow up the the damage done day before so some signal on their machine they sent the results of the building where they got the signal thats what they told us they believe that there was. A pause for the human body they believe in the 1st place that it might be like its a human body remains of a human body. So thats why these older do you start dividing beginning but as i mentioned before hopefully hopefully we are. Right but still. Were looking at all the people there behind you i mean that everyone is really hoping that this would be a positive result can you just talk with us right now because you know youve been in favor of it from the very beginning talk with us about the general mood right now in the city and how people have been digesting all of this. We start something. Right now yesterday was. Announced that theyre going to postpone their work. Day and get almost all the reading from other peoples money came from other areas to the protest you can hear. The did you see the forces and all these could be forced to leave their work and they sat there willing and they are ready to do to pay from their own pocket for any if needed it would point. To a reference here to help in this area. The whole mood in government is still the same 3 states of anger state of frustration against all these political system this tape that will lead to whats happening. Already there with a view from beirut at that scene there they they have been hoping to find some sign of life youre there with the latest developments for us we appreciate it. Lets have a look at some other stories making news around the world attalia media are reporting that former Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi has signs of pneumonia the 83 year old was hospitalized in milan on thursday night after being diagnosed with covert nineteens a few hours ago his party said that his condition was no cause for concern. Federal law officers in the u. S. Have shot dead a suspect wanted in connection with the Fatal Shooting of a far right wing activist at a protest in Portland Oregon the 48 year old suspect was killed as a task force tried to arrest him southwest of seattle its unclear why the law officers opened fire. At least one person has died in a blaze on a supertanker off of the coast of sri lanka the indian and the sri lankan natives are trying to prevent the fire reaching the oil storage area of the vessel they say that no has so far leaked out from and. The hundreds of thousands of students in india desperate to get into top level universities are being told that they must go ahead with Competitive Exams thats despite the countrys nassif problems with the coronavirus pandemic Safety Measures are in place but students are worried that a few days after the college test they will also indeed cope with 19 tests. Examinations during a pandemic or. Some colleges remain closed as India Records the highest d. V. D. Drives and cases a load of. These students are building photos to shoot test. And its just sting like never before. Mosques assigned at the exam center constant sanitization and repeated calls for social distancing measures and this is the use of parents and students here are reassured by these measures these see they cannot afford to lose any more time to the pandemic. Trying hard. Because as all the Safety Measures are big and so that is all going to get better than before the bend and they go up they could have conducted this exam and he pulled the caseload was low then but they pushed it to july and now because they cant afford any more delays yet not everyone has been listened to about the test many of the competitive advance held every year in india have default position this time students have protested online against the risk if they have they are being forced to take and have even approached the Supreme Court all of the students took to social media to trend the harsh times dries against exams and quit while the Supreme Court has rejected their demands didnt say forcing them to appeal for the exams is cruel its probably a good while an aspiring doctors is expected to travel 150 kilometers next week to the test center she hasnt stepped out in 5 months and a steady fight to do so she her dream was over social media that another exam led to dozens of school was 19 deaths in this one i knew many students whose parents are asking them to skip exams this year it is far too risky to go for them nothing is decided for me either my family is scared they dont know whether i should go for the sick someone not. Opposition parties have taken up the cause as well as the accuse them or the government of being and i student protesters insist they do not want the exams cancelled but simply postponed until it is safe for a vote on the new welfare in the control. Of the county. And of the parents. Because of. All of the you can only question but i may still be able to postpone your. Examination for time b. These students however intend to get on with their pants they see there could be has been have to be formed within this new normal. And from our we are joined from delhi by the author of that reported correspondent initiatives fall in the me so we have to mention that some students say that theyre eager to get on with their lives take these exams others more cautious who is in the majority. This way and its really difficult to say that would. Be glad to do have hundreds of how loop of students stepping out every day willing to do to continue giving these exams all of the political fortnight or 2000000. 00 students like specter the 2 of you have to do different sets of exams and these students are a unit in these tests and doesnt want to go ahead with it but on the other hand you can also want to ignore the fact that there has been a dip in the number of people often enough of you for exams that have been massive on my daughter over the bodies happy cannot try as well being to deal with students faultless moment in time just to do you mean part once again rejected the oppositions request to close one of these exams these exams mean conduct it does one of my however in just overall approach right now why its not random in india or the Indian Government and this gives even the students and parents are insisting i must want this thing ok so its a highly contentious issue no easy answers there and when we look at the broader population india fast approaching the 4000000 mark when it comes to corona virus infections yet in most places the lock down is being lifted how much support does that have. Well against that yes in the 4th month all easing restrictions what it well you im not be and this does have bites if you step out in a city like you. Actually comes out and about just like you just what you read in ma and. That the how to live the grew out of it you definitely. Dont see how awful it is important to keep in mind that critics say that you know the article despite chopping up testing that testing is not a mouth that maybe even death because to do that is definitely a need to eat streaming or just because india cannot definitely see that the clothes even actually. They may should dress well with the view from delhi thank you youre watching data news still to come on the program im trying to train for and have a new womens team with hopes of flying high like any gold in the womens put to sleep we will look at their chances of bringing success to germanys financial capital. But in the meantime all this week. We has been marking the 5th anniversary of a decision that would change the course of european history on this day and 2015 thousands of migrants who had been stuck in limbo in a station in budapest set off on foot for the german border for them it was the start of a new route at the heart of europe for the European Union it was a challenge to its Core Principles by the end of 2015 more than a 1000000 people had sought refuge in the e. U. With many making the long trek from turkey across greece to the balkan countries all the way to the german border. And im joined now here in the studio by head of news max max welcome to the program you were in budapest 5 years ago and you covered the story from the very beginning what impressions from maine with you the most i thought about that a lot this week sara of course there are the obvious memories you know the demonstrations in front of the station thats the name of that train station in budapest the the violence also from the authorities the heat it was 35 degrees without any clouds the people trying to get on those overcrowded trains and i think were seeing footage that we shot back there 5 years 5 years ago but you know one thing really stuck out and its something thats not obvious because its not representative for what happened back then after those days were done and everybody was completely exhausted there was sort of a little piece settling in families huddling together laughing playing games and with the sun setting after those hot days it really gave you the impression i think you know the cation is a little too much here but it was some a peaceful moment and it just showed you that despite all the obstacles that these migrants had to overcome there was still a lot of hope in them that they were heading towards a better life tell us a little bit more about the picture that the media painted at that time because i mean you felt it in the media this sense of urgency that these people that they needed help with the coverage too one sided on the part of the plight of the migrants i mean what were there enough questions about the governments decision to open the borders ultimately i was part of that coverage of course and i can tell you that it was very very hard to be balanced on the ground because what we saw was. There in authorities playing games clearly playing games with with migrants trying to pick them off on the fringes arrest them bringing them to camps not providing any information the uncertainty was actually the hardest thing for. The migrants because they did not know whether they would be able to proceed where they could take a certain train and if they could take that train where the train was going there were unscheduled stops and all that having said that of course we could have reflected more on what happened in the backlog was the communication between the u. Member states also from germany sufficient were they on the same page or was hungry left alone mccall did we communicate enough saying that hungary is not only the one dairy and government but also its people that try to help in those situations you can always do more in that respect but i can tell you for this segment right here on this show we reached out to hunt there in north origins over weeks tried to get him on this show right here take a stance tell them their position they all refused and in the meantime i mean you you were speaking with so many people on the ground you had access in that way one of the one sound bite in particular stood out and id like to play it right now this was a moment where essentially you asked one Asylum Seeker if he was getting aid from the hungary government have a list not at all. Not a single hell no were trying our best to take. A course theres nowhere to sleep except the streets. And here and here everyone. If you could have make one wish where to go and what to do what would that be. To well be open the way for us let us go where it wont let us go i helped i hope to go to germany i love germany i wish to live there i i. Its universities i love study. That was a message that we heard from from many people on the ground at that time tell us a little bit more about the different approaches from from different governments and how would you analyze this particular strategy and retrospect just. Sort of hung up on what the young man just said because i remember seeing those pictures again he actually called me from from a prison later because we exchanged numbers and he took him a long time to make it to germany if you ever made it so even after we left these people had to stay there back to your question sorry a driver thing is that. The decisions that were made back then opened a rift in the European Union between east and west and back then we thought that viktor orban could only go this far because in the end the big countries like germany and france would bring him back into the loop but that has never happened in fact he gained some allies over the years and this is still the single strongest reason within the European Union for discord this is something that was potentially extremely dangerous and still is to the European Union and if you think back sara it started it did not start the if in germany but it gave it a huge boost it put migration as one of the dominant topics on the table and this is the case up until now of course we have corona but that you has not solved this problem its trying to keep migrants away from the European Union but what happens with them once they make it to the e. U. This is to this state unresolved remains such a polarizing issue is head of news max hoffman thank you so much. Phone is now the womens bundesliga is beginning its new season 2 weeks before the men while ferg and byron munich the dominant teams in recent years are again the big favorites for the title but theres also new hope that frankfurt is ready to top the table meet the women of frankfurt now wearing the i chocked eagle on their jerseys on sunday the but is that his newest outfit will don their new kits against brave. Personally i think its great to play for such a big club that theyre a big part of this 10 you know the no go you know the name its great that we can that play under the eagle. Womens football in germany lacks the investment scene in other countries like england in germany some but as they go to clubs are still slow getting involved in womens football but now i trucked frankfurt seeks to follow the lead of wool spurred by iron hoffenheim and labor coups it only pots them son and s. And continue to try their hand it being all womens clubs. Clubs should not be forced to develop. Im sure that the quality of womens football alone will be enough to see many top clubs doing the same we can not be ignored the complaint says i didnt sleep in frankfurt they are convinced that they have made the right decision the womens teams professionals and youngsters are important parts of im shocked enriching the club as a whole just proves and i have the feeling were very well prepared for constantly improving and were not really looking forward to the start of the season. Optimism is obviously back time will tell if the eagles attitude will match their altitude this season. And finally some good news for cinema the makers of the new James Bond Film have released their new trailer and they say that they are sticking to the november start date in theaters. This is the trailer for no time to die the stars their day craig is of course as always double 07 or at least recently the new trailer arrives as another blockbuster tennant tries to build on its strong cinema release with openings in china and the u. S. The coronavirus for studios to delayed release dates up and to get into street already losing revenues to online competition like netflix. A quick reminder of our top story this hour the Nato Alliance has called on russia to cooperate with the International Correspondents to the poising of russian dissident alexina of all that. Im sorry thanks for watching. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. To the point sean opinion is a clear position in the International Perspective of such. A geo political storm is brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean and strangely enough its 2 nato allies that are stoking the tension of turkey versus greece is there no one willing to risk war thats our topic on to the bottom of the point cut in the midst of the t w a. 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A geo political storm is brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean and strangely enough its 2 nato allies that are stoking the tensions greece and turkey have sent warships to an area southwest of cyprus in an effort to reinforce their claims to oil and Gas Resources in the area fred says dispatched its own naval vessel in support of greece with turkey already at odds with france and other middle eastern powers over libya could everyones military adventurism spark a wider escalation our title today turkey versus greece is anyone willing to risk for. Mum. Hello and welcome to to the point and here are our guests. Is an expert on Turkish Foreign policy and a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in berlin and he says in this conflict greece is using the language of International Law and European Solidarity and turkeys using language of fear sharing of Mediterranean Resources and coerced. Diplomacy its also a pleasure to welcome cha he works for. And he is convinced that unlike turkeys adventurous regional ambitions in recent years its Foreign Policy regarding the Eastern Mediterranean is following its traditional line and were also very glad to have with us yes i mean she is a freelance journalist from hamburg who works mainly with the a r d network she says everyones hardline approach in the Eastern Mediterranean is part of his symbolic politics with which he tries to distract from domestic problems in the current conflict hes taking this strategy too far so let me start out with you char and get your take on how come all stumble this situation really is in mid august greek and turkish warships actually collided in the Eastern Mediterranean were hearing some pretty martial rhetoric and some experts are saying this in fact is the highest level of tension we have seen between these 2 countries since 1974 would you see it that way. The way that you put it as combustible i think is a way a way to use it turkey in the past when it comes to the. Matters regarding the mediterranean. Never. Had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so weve seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought turkey was bluffing regarding that weve seen almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small land mass of small islands on the ija sea. Right now were seeing. And if we look at the Turkish Foreign policy regarding the. Maritime matters over the area. Change its stance over that. And since it doesnt recognize the un called nation on the sea of law which part of it and turkeys not and this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines so its always said that its a war if greece goes beyond the blind because basically what greece is claiming by extending its territorial waters is to kind of corner toward q over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept. Is willing to use of force if necessary i dont see a war like about so maybe so yes i mean were hearing this is part of a longstanding pattern. Is telling us would you say its more explosive than past incidents in that part or. In relation to greece it is more explosive than his. Policy and his for topics has been and is a more explosive when we look at the big picture of turkeys Foreign Policy and. Its dangerous its unprecedented because hes risking to nato allies going to wa does he really mean that. Im not sure i dont think turkey actually once was i think turkey knows very well that International Mediation will step in turkey knows that the e. U. Will make efforts that germany will make that the us even though they have their own issues at the moment will also not one to scum flick so i think it is using his aggressive rhetorics because it always helps him domestically but that at the same time he is relying on International Diplomacy as we can see in a while and everyone is using aggressive rhetoric his foreign minister has expressed at the same time that he is ready funny goshi ations. So let me come back. To what you said in your Opening Statement about the language of International Law and fair sharing of Mediterranean Resources as we heard there from charter both sides citing International Maritime law law of the sea and so on turkey says greece is manipulating International Law 10 turkey right to oil and Gas Resources in the mediterranean to a very small corner of the gulf of an talia but is that even possible isnt International Law clear on this point its not clear like yes it is clear but the International Law is also open to interpretation on different interpretations so in these regards the language that is. Using still its reference from the international but with different reference one for his they can refer to argues that it is the it is the maidan that not the island that got the territorial waters that have the economy. I mean yes would. Being the area of course where a country could then explore exactly exactly so given the fact that they grew. Like a very large number of islands in mediterranean i mean i think its as high as one dozen island so if everyone claims the exclusive Economic Zone that effectively means that turkey is very much you know confined to the gulf. And then from the turkish perspective this is a. Maritime blockade you know it sounds like you know that you have like a very limited very limited area so in this does this pose is actually the has much more continued from turkey saudi than many many things lets not forget that both the Turkish Parliament in 1905 that declare that if treat greece is going to increase the maritime water from 6 mile to 12 miles that will be like a cause for war so in this got this policy has more continued it and both of them have like Reference Point to a different form of legitimacy and here you are right there you see the conflict in you know different claim of legitimacy and different idea of what the share of the resources should be so charles let me ask you this maritime boundary disputes are hardly a new thing in the Eastern Mediterranean as you pointed out and in fact generally these disputing claims of cyprus greece and turkey were largely viewed as a local affair but now suddenly francis getting involved why whats changed. I think it has 2 reasons why. It could be the way i see it the way all of. It within the European Union. Has been pursing an active Foreign Policy in the middle east recently weve seen what he has been doing in libya and lebanon and so on and so forth so its on the one hand some sort of act of solidarity to support greece and on the other hand i think the 2nd point is that somehow perhaps. You cannot go far like you are thinking that greece is may be you know small bites for you were standing behind greece so you cannot go there for. Just a minute to be honest with oil and gas prices way down at the moment investors backing out of fossil fuel resources it seems like a strange time to make so much of a fuss over these resources yeah it is a strange time its actually one of the pick kuli era teas of this conflict that. No one really talks about that i mean some experts talk about it is that. We are actually at a time in history when fossil when we shouldnt compete over. Resources fossil energy but we should compete and discuss how to step out of them and as you say its very expensive and probably not profitable we dont know yet how profitable it will be to actually drill for these gas reserves and is the mediterranean and of a point is that when we look at the very complicated we go weld of maritime law. In truth and you just explained that attacking this point is not so bad here took a situation is not so bad so if. This issue went through for example an independent International Institution or a. Trace. They like Turkey Greece wouldnt manage to pull off they are maximum demands because yes like this idea that every small Little Island every small little greek island can declare its own Economic Zone that probably wouldnt yeah i mean an international probably wouldnt agree with that and what. Turkeys point here so in reality its not so necessary for our john to be as aggressive as he is he could also step back and rely on International Law which obviously hes not willing to do and hes never really been interested which of course underlines the point you made about symbolic politics well just one thing i mean they were talking about. Energy as the most people topic but this issue is not that was the energy its a different form of sovereignty and its about the joe Public Companies i mean the fact that you have a country like u. A. E. Which has no border through it to use a mediterranean like you know doing drilling weeds with griese. Does indicate pull. It is a job all the companies into this program and the reason thats france is in the game as well i mean the french and the turkish tension right now multifold its in libya its in the mediterranean its in north africa its in syria so now you. Play a lead. Like in france i mean. In. Iraq so. Now once again you see in a sounds like an assertion of the sphere of influence pulled by both actors in this regard the french is not playing as an e. U. Members the major geopolitical player that has its own interests and thats why the french and the germans are not seeing eye to eye on quite mean of this issue quick quick follow up question on geopolitics in the past the United States was often seen as a kind of mediator or even guarantor of peace between these 2 nato allies. Is the reason that this is flaring up also because of the vacuum left by the fact that the trumpet ministration is no longer willing to act as world police will surely the fact that the there is a right not a veteran that left by the us and has not in field way anyone and anyone else is like and want to reason that you see kind of this job pull the lever is becoming much more dangerous you see this in the middle east you see it is there in the military and you saw this in libya as well to jordan is trying to play the role of the mediation and i think like you know to make some they did was but in the end i think they can it will be still the us the they that will step in that just like in a push or at least because at this stage a conflict is unlikely but not on think will let me ask lets say this did come to an outright conflict with greece even stand a chance against turkeys extremely powerful military im not another that military expert and i dont think it will boil down to a total war between the 2 countries where everybody is more globalized so it will if even if it escalates into some sort of a conflict i think it will be stopped straight away by the International Powers and the sides will be forced to return to the negotiation table as a result of that so i dont imagine like a full scale course that in the 2 countries on there are any circumstances the fact is that turkeys army is the 2nd strongest in nato and it has been put to increasing use of late. In october 29000. 00 Turkish Armed forces launched an offensive into neighboring syria but failed to achieve their ultimate objective ousting dictator Bashar Al Assad in favor of a radical muslim government. Turkish soldiers have also been involved in libyas internal fighting on the side of the government. But anticipated deals on natural gas deliveries from president fire has also raj have yet to materialize. This may have prompted turkish president her to want to refocus his Foreign Policy efforts on the Eastern Mediterranean and its potentially vast natural gas reserves. Had once been building up Turkeys Armed forces didnt know who swore ships and jet fighters have been encroaching on the territorial waters of neighboring countries as a recent example the turkish vessel was spotted searching for gas in a disputed area of southwestern cyprus. Go to one has also used arms deals with russia to turn up the political pressure on nato and hes threatened to let thousands of Syrian Refugees pass through to europe. What does everyone hope to achieve with his aggressive Foreign Policy. I may put that question straight away to yes i mean what does the one hope to achieve with the saber rattling not only in the Eastern Mediterranean but elsewhere as well. Elsewhere meaning at home and domestically. This. Plan as we call it has proven