Finally get a common european asylum policy. Because. My conduct of could look at that i cant see often enough that migration is a global issue of enormous importance and one company has for many years to come near the feeling shifting that the e. U. Commission assured me in a Video Conference just hours before the fire that it would present this common solution on september. 6th in september these are good men somebody who swung before leaving. So what next im joined from geneva now by hunt on your veto do you know hes the director general of the uns International Organization for Migration Greece is overwhelmed by the vast number of migrants arriving in general now some countries are stepping in to help us we just heard in our report is that enough its not enough but the great help in these secret stances what happened in more of a catastrophe a humanitarian catastrophe that to be honest was just a catastrophe in waiting because the camp is overwhelmed you have mentioned before 100 him and a companion miners that were taken out of schools by o. M. And other International Partners and we very much hope that we have a will to relocate those and a companion minors Different Countries in europe like germany and france at the current moment the actors issues really in camps in northern greece that are managed by i. O. M. But definitely the situation requires. The assessment of what is going on in the greek islands and as ministers are all for a 7 day fully agree we need we have great difficulty system off here responsibility i want you to be a member state how hopeful are you that this predictable system is on its way. We have definitely expecting that the pact on this island migration that European Commission s problem is to put forward by the 30 of september but lets be clear there are splits among the european Member States in relation to migration and as i look we need to build a Strong Political will put dress the deep root causes of migration and thats the major election lesson from the 2015 crisis European Union is been looking carefully ending gating and thats positive with neighboring countries not just 30 but also the north african countries countries of transit but also countries of origin the un itself i. O. M. U. N. H. C. R. And other agencies together with the African Union and the deal will be in the union if we try to assess jointly the deep root causes of these movements and what i would do you address in housing plan to address the deep root causes for migration what what is what are concrete steps that could be taken there ask short term and long term the short term is to prevent people from embarking in dangerous perilous straits there might and we had their deaths thats the situation in the mediterranean we need the predictable mechanism of these embarkation of those who are rescued in the body to regen but there is also the long term issue which is addressing the deep root causes that the drivers of the movement and that is above all a question of these Security Community stabilization and economic Gold Development and tony with the you know that the general of International Organization for migration thank you very much for joining us today here on news. Time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world india and china have agreed that troops should pull back from a stand off disputed border in the western m. L. A. As the countrys foreign minister issued a joint statement after a meeting in moscow tensions have been high since a clash in june left 20 indian soldiers dead. Mining Company Rio Tinto has announced the resignation of its c. E. O. Over the mining giants destruction of sacred of original sites in Western Australia from target an outcry from shareholders and the public after blowing up to action caves for its expansion of an iron ore mine. And his 9 people have died in 2 nights of violent protests in the colombian capital bubbletop hundreds of people were injured the demonstrations was sparked by a viral video of Police Tasing a man who later died in hospital. On president s and wildfires have forced almost 600000 people to flee their homes across several western u. S. States as unusually hot and dry weather fans flames half a 1000000 people have been evacuated in oregon thats a 10th of the states entire population washington and california have also been hard hit all 3 states have reported casualties in San Francisco the fires have been making their presence felt even from a distance. As if 2020 wasnt strange enough already this was the morning commute over San Franciscos Golden Gate Bridge this week. Small can die from wild fires mixed with the cool Pacific Ocean air to produce an otherworldly effect. 1115. Crazy 11 in the morning and its. Like the middle of the night and it looks like youre part. Of the weirdest like the weirdest thing ive ever seen. You go come out and experience it together take a break from work and come out. Historic fires are ripping through 3 western states and california almost 5000 square kilometers have. Firefighters dont expect to bring the blazes under control until the middle of. Some villages have already been lost. Describe the flames advanced. Of the one was wrong for hard and wouldnt have been daylight but it was dark. And the ashes were everywhere just ridgeley bad. That. A driver in oregon filmed the dramatic scenes as an unfair engulf the forest. While a birds eye view reveals the total obliteration the fires left in their weight. The governor told residents to brace for a huge loss of life on property and said this would not be a one off event. We are feeling the acute impacts of Climate Change we are seeing at the devastating impacts in oregon on the west coast and frankly throughout the entire world. In Washington State 2 fires have retired and heartbreak. Everything done close. Everything. Has firefighters continue their bottom across the west coast meteorologists are warning that it is nor yet even peak wildfire season. Still to come we take a look at the painstaking restoration of the cathedral in paris. To restore stability architectural. Position activists say theyve faced increasing intimidation ahead of Regional Elections this weekend this week police in moscow raided the office of the open russia Position Group and an intruder smashed a bottle containing a chemical substance in the siberian office awful position say. The kremlin critic who germany says was poisoned with agents to Office Volunteers were taken to the hospital before the attack on his office. Been caught up with to him about his campaign and his hopes that his vote could shake up the status quo. Yes. Sergei boyko prides himself on being alive and edited social media is the main way the politician is reaching out to voters in novosibirsk hes up for a seat in the siberian cities parliament on his you tube channel the politician promises to clean up his hometown and sweep out corrupt politicians and we have a mafia here boyko is leading a coalition of 31. 00 opposition candidates their goal is to push united russia the ruling party out together boyko says the kremlin is watching the Regional Election campaign closely. Of course and their friends are united russia has a thin majority here if we can break the majority in the us and there is can been example for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you can change the situation and destroy their monopoly. Boy goes Campaign Recently got a boost when he appeared alongside his close ally opposition politician i like saying. You know video that has gotten millions of views now news team expose the alleged corruption schemes they say helped united russia politicians in the get rich and buy Luxury Properties now he was poisoned shortly after filming this video he uses it to call on russians to support the candidate most likely to be united russia in the poll a strategy he calls smart voting that we can use russias the 3rd the biggest city as an example of how to take down the insatiable told that is united russia. Novosibirsk is siberias main Industrial Hub more than one and a half 1000000 people live here. United russia current li has the majority in the city council and the Regional Assembly and their campaigning to keep it that way. Regional united russia is the party of the president of the government the party of respect. And kara we work in the interest of the citizens of the russian federation. But not everyone in the city feels cared for by the russian government. People live in fear of what the future holds its not clear whos shops could be closed cool might be fired. The situation now is a far cry from how things were in the ninetys and early 2000 i think a lot of things are good no but isnt. This. We pay taxes like good citizens but who knows where those taxes go. Boyko wants to drive the city in a new direction he hopes that if his Coalition Wins a majority they can turn novosibirsk into a city for its people. People from united russia are not interested in developing the city or talking to voters instead of running the place they are just defending their own personal interests i believe that despite the extreme weather here and the fact that it isnt of the richest planes in the us a beer can be a modern european city i think it says the main challenge is to convince people their decision in the polling station can break through the status quo and that smart voting against the ruling party here can set an example for change across russia. Was from emily. Correspondent who joins us now from there emily how important are these elections in general. Well gerold on the one hand these are Regional Elections in a very centralized country but on the other hand these elections are being seen as a kind of litmus test for the mood among voters ahead of russian parliamentary elections next year elections to the russian duma and thats both for the opposition in campaigns like save a boy goes who is do we just saw in that report and also for the kremlin of course and all fortys are likely to be paying particular attention to the regions because 1st of all there are protests in neighboring valorous which happened after elections there and also there have been protests in various regions across russia and thats actually pretty unusual in russia usually protesting takes place in moscow and in St Petersburg so in the biggest cities but weve recently seen protesters taking to the streets in the far eastern city of pub ato square they have been protesting for for weeks and weeks against the removal of a local governor who was also elected in a protest vote and there have been environmental protests as well and rush court to stand in the southern year olds and also in the north of the country so i think its likely that the kremlin is watching these elections very closely well. Of ali who is in a german hospital at the moment and recovering and say boy call close allies and theyve been calling for a small vote saying as you mention in your report in these elections to the government united russia policy does this tactical strategy pose a serious threat to the. Well sergey boyko in no severe sky actually went so far as to say that i would say that the new strategy of smart voting was perhaps such a big threat to the kremlin that that was the reason that he was actually poisoned that was his his theory at least that he that he told me about after all it seemed that finally was in siberia and also in novosibirsk before he was poisoned filming videos kind of advocating smart voting smart voting has had some success in the past in 2019 it cost united russia about around a 3rd of its seat in the Moscow City Council elections and now it will be getting a kind of broader testing ground so well have to wait and see what that yields if you dont use any sherbet in moscow thanks emily meanwhile the German Government says its looking at the entire set of instruments it could use in taking action against moscow for the poisoning of alexander vonnie chancellor Angela Merkels spokesman has underlined that she would not rule out consequences of the multibillion euro north stream to pipeline project if moscow fails to authority investigate the case he also says the german leader is open to all sanction options. The north stream to pipeline through the baltic sea means a lot to both parties for russia its a source of solid foreign currency to germany and other e. U. Countries its a major Energy Conduit befalling the poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexina vonnie a crime blamed on moscow the German Government has for the 1st time considered Holding Construction of north stream to it wouldnt be the 1st time the e. U. Has levied sanctions against russia the number of cases in which countries impose sanctions on others is climbing accelerating rapidly from 2004 on besides russia the countries most often targeted are iran and north korea as well as some african countries. The main pretext for such sanctions are violations of human rights and democratic procedures theyre also often a stance simply aimed at trying to prevent terrorism and war but how effective are sanctions really have to achieving their aims opinions oh widely divided. Well seen a business that has been physically and has been for the story and joins me in the studio not been this is not just any little project is it and is this the place where politics and business really collide well it sounds like a big project 900000000000. 00 euros is a lot of money and were talking about a lot of gas but talking about germany becoming more dependent on russia as far as energy goes though and the project if youre using that as a bargaining chip in this whole in this whole deal there are huge sanctions that you could bring against russia that would hurt a lot more than just its my blood so analysts actually say its only a little threat the best sanctions of course are the ones that not use the ones that are threatened before imposing them and theres some sort of change in behavior but we do not see russia changing its behavior russias a best as are also shrugging this off they they dont see a huge threat here most his finances are extremely strong it actually has the strongest public Balance Sheets in the world would you believe i was talking about the effectiveness of this you would have to hit all sectors that would hit all of russia the russian people as well it would also hit europe the ultimate sanction here is to make it illegal to own russians over and it and the problem there is that the u. S. U. S. Residents are 10 percent of russians over and it europe is also a big investor canada is to japan is as well and getting all of them on board is going to be extremely difficult i asked an economist about that this is what he had to say. There since be a bus to good beat that is the enlarged action but we would need a coalition there is a lot of excess sitting around in the road so theres a lot of savings that seeking basements and we would need to brought. You know all d ways of russia selling their bombs if its just europe that wouldnt be enough we would need the United States on board on this and probably also Asian Countries so i think theres no real knowledge ever. To believe it or. If we will use sashes and these need to be almost universal sanctions and getting the United States on board how well does trump get along with putin. We do know. Can you think germany and the u. S. Can see eye to eye on they could on some certain factors the pipeline for example trump would love it if the pipeline gets cancelled because it would mean hed have the opportunity to increase Energy Exports to europe and that means a whole lot more fracking he would love that im not sure about the rest of it and thats also something that mr fed them i was worried about. Without the us boards very difficult to call sanctions and to make them effective in particular because of course the growth residues the dollar without us those actions would be very difficult and we do see a large pollutions effect against patrick that through is a result of. The past experience large lucians you something but even if a country like germany were really be moderately or indeed National Financial markets like you go alone then the chances of success are im sorry to see that. Low chance is there for germany going it alone but germany is definitely underlining the fact that dialogue with curtain does not come free very multifaceted and very interesting story thank you very much ben. Now its a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world u. S. President donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden due to mark the anniversary of the 2001 september 11th attacks will separate visits to the crash site of one of the hijacked planes everyone on Board United Airlines Flight 93 died when it came down in pennsylvania a battleground state in november surprise eventually lives. A new exhibition featuring the work of anonymous street artist banksy has opened in rome it showcases more than 90 office provocative works doing paintings sculptures and prints the submission titled the visual protest runs until next april.