well. know. your 1st. batteries continues to boil people have already started gathering in the city center again while police are bolstering their forces to take you through day 4 of the country's post-election plight meanwhile 2 freelancers working for artie's video agency released in minsk they had been detained while covering the protests and also to come she's the 1st african-american running mate in u.s. presidential election history but his past as california's top cop isn't winning over all of the black lives matter movement plus also to come with hospitals

reduced to ruins in beirut following last week's catastrophic explosion in the city the following a russian team of medics lending a helping hand. hello good evening watching out international it has just gone 5 o'clock in the russian capital now tensions in the belorussian capital of minsk continue to saw today citizens have already started to gather in the city center again vehicles reported to have moved in as well it all comes in the wake of sunday's disputed presidential election which has plunged the country into chaos our correspondent reports now from the city. yes it's just that here there were less wars to be honest it's quite difficult to describe to you what's going on in victory square in minsk on the square there are women with flowers in their hands and you can also see the women

dressed in white with flowers in their hands remaining along independence avenue cars and buses which are passing by a honking their horns in support of what they call the solidarity action the solidarity is against violence and the right place and all the recent developments in minsk there are mainly women many passing cars honking i do not know i'll ask this girl why are you here because i am here to stand up for fair elections in this country and this action is also against violence isn't it great i guess all these ideas are being championed here i got it thank you. and this is what's going on almost across the entire city center in some places women are arriving spontaneously and others they are moving from one spot to another one you have seen these 2 girls with flowers in the hands just close by but this is how the center of minsk is looking like can there. be more workers at the minsk automobile plant than tolls today and walked out on strike forcing their demands. but you.

know. what a lot has been happening today because of better resources of the russian internet giant. and today earlier by armed men said to be part of the better russian security forces it's also being reported to the minsk office of the online taxi service which is owned by yandex was also let's get more information on this now back to our roman course that i've been following developments for us today. a busy afternoon plenty going on and quick developments to just bring us up to speed about what we know so. well chris service off the yandex confirmed that the armed men who entered their offices and blocked all of the exits well they introduced themselves as the police organized crime and corruption department now after spending several

hours there they left without making any arrests or accomplice cations one of the young makes employees told r.t. earlier that everyone at the minsk office has been working remotely since march and the only people on the premises were security and the person on duty now russian diplomats and minsk are waiting for answers from the dollar russian authorities as to why this russian company was searched and what was the reason behind such action now elsewhere russian foreign ministry issued a statement regarding the situation in dello russo in that they noted the 'd external pressure on the authorities in order to destabilize the country even further than it is now they added that attempts to fly into a russian trail in this are completely groundless and just like the attempts to drive a wedge in their relationship between the other 2 countries that. we're talking about protests earlier workers at truck manufacturer have been striking and to

avoid seeing their anger at the actions of lawyers for spence against the protesters and against. the results of the election now they've been heard by the mayor of the town and he actually came out to speak with them and let's take a look at what happened. but knowing that you would like to know what i know so. thank you for your honesty you've got your disagreements you know that doesn't mean you're not. now there's more video where the mayor said that say he will meet with all of the people again this thursday evening and he said this time it will be without the police so without loudspeakers and it will all be done to peacefully after he said those words the crowd chanted that the mayor is with the people now also we've been talking extensively about journalists

who were detained during 'd mass rallies in billa reuss a russian association of journalists are saying at least 64 people have been detained now a russian journalist union is also saying that so many russian journalists have been detained as well some of them have been already deported they're back whole in russia however until this morning freelancers working for art sees eruptive video agency were still unaccounted for val they were detained on sunday right soon as the polls opened the roof and we only received a message from them at 830 saying that they were detained and we haven't heard them from from them in days now on wednesday we received word from a stranger who was also that saint on sunday but released later she said that so the cell where she spent a few days was meant for 6 people however there were 37 women in there with her and

so there was also a men's block and she said in the men's law there are 50 men to 6 seats and she also added that they had to take certain sleeping and there was no food and all its out water this time it looks like all of the freelancers have been released and they all enjoy their loved ones now the interior minister bellew's claims that various reporters with the proper papers should not be touched unless they get in between the protesters and law enforcement. ok thank you no man from uncle sort of there for the night develops today in better race and presently to shake is all but the russians have known for 26 years but this is the 1st time his grip on power disappear to be sipping on quarter has more. in bellerose having the title go or daddy means you've got the most populist position in the entire post soviet sphere

and for the recently reelected president alexander lukashenko he's held the position for decades. who shot a russian some to hold on to look to even in the most critical situation is a tremendous man to catch a stroll that you just took my racing to be 90 percent tomorrow paid will be with you like we all know it is no not for you to decide for. themselves i envy myself but i am the last and i don't need to tell you you're. not going to hold this position for a lifetime as soon as the people refuse my services i'll take my bag under my arm

and i'm going. on board the populist train before it was cool before politicians like steve bannon and donald trump probably even knew the meaning of the word one of his most recent populist stunts involve the dismissal of bellerose his agricultural minister after the minister's cows failed to gain lucas shank was approval. when did you bring me here so i now tell the security service to put you in handcuffs was a person does not understand that this is auschwitz and you put him in charge of the holding people who did not understand you were to. look at shank as a man of inspections meetings with bureaucrats and reprimands of government officials when the cameras are watching of course this puts a smile on the faces of ordinary people who struggle daily with bureaucratic red tape it's also the main reason why they call the shank obama for many baka is also a strong man who created an enclave of the soviet union. within europe it's been a popular stance for years but now look at those image is facing some big problems

. sure look i shan't go claims he won the election it seems like the security forces are on his side and for a while he only faced small pockets of pro western opposition but based on the brutality used by the police to control the situation arrests made of journalists and the death of a protester it seems like the entire country's view of the government is definitely turning sour. that it's possible locus shank goes recent anti russia statements alley and made it his main base of support those who want closer cooperation with belarus is eastern neighbor we need to address the russian media reduce them not to say you know

incidents if you would see you need to get into the situation with dignity you know you'll see good we have no gold to discredit the country clues to us arresting russian journalists didn't help the situation either. to the west he's always been europe's last dictator even look at shankar himself said he knew people would dispute the election results whatever the case the belorussian president will need to father more support if he wants to remain at the head of the table and of course reporting melody yeah director of the minsk dialogue council on international relations police we've reached a critical moment. what we have at the moment is partially the result of several really big mistakes is government government made over the last years but most are take only the way the government trivia of the coronavirus cries says this

situation has us collate to a very very dangerous level and there are courting interesting seems to point to that in where soon approaching a critical point where it's either going to be out of military or state of emergency what the required and that will be the only way for the government to deal with the situation or. new negotiations should be against. joe biden's hoping his choice of come out of harris has running mates will give his campaign what it needs to unseat donald trump from the white house but it does seem to say what everybody shares that enthusiasm particularly considering his past is calum often with will. from rival to running mate joe biden is hoping that harris will be a powerful weapon in his arsenal as he selected her as vice president as he prepares to go to battle with donald trump for the white house i decided that

comment to harris is the best person to help me take this fight to donald trump and mike pence and then lead this nation starting in january 2021 i need someone who understands that we're in a battle for the soul of this nation and that say if we're going to get through these crises we need to come together a new night for a better america come and i gets that but unity it seems is not the word on every democrats' lips. let's not forget that for the past few months the united states has been gripped by

a wave of protests against police brutality sparked by the killing of george floyd . so joe biden has selected kamel a harris as he is vice presidential running mate and with her jamaican and indian roots she is the 1st woman of color to be selected by a major us political party as a vice presidential candidate this may sound like a smart move generating enthusiasm among the democrats base among african-americans

however the holes are suggesting otherwise we protest build more schools less jails put the money into education our prisons. there's a fundamental problem with that approach i agree with that conceptually but you have not addressed the reason i have 3 padlocks on my front door. kamel harris has got a resume full of working with the police locking people up and being unnecessarily gleeful about doing so she even took the move of jailing parents of children who were truant from school as california's attorney general camila harris fought against moves to release nonviolent offenders even after the court ordered her to do so as san francisco's district attorney she secured the conviction of over 1900 people 1st moken marijuana these folks got a life long criminal records and often jail time however she then joked about the

fact that she's a pot smoker herself have you all smoked i have ok again i had to and i have my name and i didn't have a good. day with a long time ago. at a time when police are not necessarily the most loved among rank and file democrats a certain catch phrases spreading across social media. kamel harris has done a lot in recent months to try and clean up her image she's gone to police brutality protests to shake hands and take photos she's a published an autobiography that presents herself and her career as a prosecutor as if she was fighting against racism on behalf of the downtrodden but

some people just aren't buying it i watch a poll numbers go bomb bomb bomb down to almost nothing donald trump has indicated that he is not too worried about camila harris as she is not polling very well around the country however many are jubilant about the fact that a woman of color as finally joined a major presidential ticket in the united states. but many of the people expected to vote for carl errors in november have got pretty big questions you know what martin art see new york. the huge explosion in beirut last week not only left much of this city in ruins it also knocked out many of its hospitals and with so many people injured in the blast that is only adding to the difficulties there were 3 major hospitals are out of action leaving the one still functioning completely overwhelmed but international help has been flooding in and she was done of has been finding it. we're about 7 kilometers outside of be roots in the

mountains here is one of lebanese main hospitals and we have come to witness the work of a top surgical team of russia they have come here to help lebanon deal with the traumatic fallout from the blast in the port. so russian surgeons with the help of a lebanese colleagues have just finished administering and is teaching here and have begun the surgery i'm being told this woman has a lot of bones in her face broken and they are not in the right places this is the primary thing that doctors here are dealing with right now also she has a severe head trauma.

is leading the medical team overseeing the surgery they have decades of experience between them specializing in treating the injured from natural disasters and was syria palestine indonesia new media just some of the places where they've been saving lives here in lebanon the groups worked alongside local doctors who moved in 200 cases but some of the most difficult procedures like the one we saw earlier they have been taking on themselves or the local centerboard is the most difficult surgeries that our team carried out here with the severe cranial traumas and face skull fractures one patient had there all with bones completely fractured but the surgery was successful everything was reconstructed and the patient is feeling better and. their work here has been made possible thanks to russia's official aid agency russell trood and just up by larry says that being deployed to trouble spots

can sometimes take up to a couple of weeks this time it only took around 24 hours a remarkable difference and a swiftness that's likely saved lives. during surgery russian medical aid also arrived at the hospital we received this donation from the russian humanitarian mission we thank them a lot for this generosity and we want to call for the russian cultural center because at that moment for the because you know nowadays. we have a crisis with the explosions that to that happened and we need every every help we can get from anyone many injuries like this require complex delicate and lengthy procedures during a break away from the operating table the surgeon tells me everything's going well broken bones are reset stitches are applied the start of a healing process for a girl who's seen more than enough trauma in her young life because diana from

lebanon r t. now there is growing support around the world for a ban on so-called killer robots a report from human rights watch does say that 30 countries want a global treaty against the technology professor now sharky from the campaign to stop killer robots says it must be humans are not machines making decisions on the battlefields we want to see meaningful human control over all weapons systems for every strike another words there's always a person who's a kind of bull who's watching that weapon and will decide in the end will we use this weapon to kill this target is this an appropriate target we don't want a weapon or go right and so on driven by a computer and through the computer to make that final decision this targets ok because under the laws of war if you're in day to better target if there's any type

whatsoever don't. well lethal autonomous weapons are able to operate in the air water and even space they are programmed to identify and gauge targets humans still give the orders to attack at present although they can be programmed to make the decision themselves some countries do see the benefits of having such technology in war zones the u.s. arms control association says that the weapons offer opportunities in combat they say that they are cheap work 247 and don't tire and on the frontline could reduce casualties too but professor sharkey says the risk to civilian lives has not been taken into account you must above all protect civilians regardless of what country they're from whether they belong to your enemy or anything else i know it's often flaunted but that is standard classic stuff you must always ensure the protection of civilians can see no way that these weapons

can comply comply with international humanitarian law by don't think they can comply with the laws of war or at least we can't guarantee their compliance i don't think they can appropriately to scrutineer between military and civilian targets and i don't think they can be proportionate in response to attacks. gars or a young palestinian man's death from a survivable illness has shone a light on treating patients across the border in israel 22 year old you allow sure affy had been waiting a month for permission to visit the hospital the request was denied and else father told us about his son's last few weeks. condition was discovered in mid january we noticed his face was turning yellow we hospitalized him and after a few days of tests they found out that he had a plastic anemia after 3 and a half months he got

a referral to go to the hospital until his from there at that time his condition was deteriorating and he needed a blood transfusion every couple of days on sunday at 10 am we were told that the application for the patient and his escort had been rejected by the israeli authorities for security reasons finding an escort wasn't easy because the coronavirus was spreading across israel finally my cousin agreed and she was accepted but the time was after 9 pm and the border was closed on sunday a week after the initial application was scheduled we were arranging ambulances both in gaza and in israel we were still doing that until july died at around 1 pm his heart just suddenly stopped any patient can have setbacks at any moment so these delays played a key role in his death. had dragged away to from university with distinction and have plans to become a teacher the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees israeli officials insist though his death was not done to them. giles 1st request was approved for july the

16th but this permit was not utilized for reasons unrelated to the israeli side on july the 63 new request was received to coordinate the patients exit foreign ambulance after his health deteriorated due to suspension of coordination by the civilian committee the organization made the request was asked to provide the missing details on july the 19th the missing details were received and his exit for treatment was approved immediately. the n.g.a. physicians for human rights says that access to israeli health care from gaza has been limited after security coordination was halted back in june since then though only urgent cases are being processed although in june and july at a 195 patients every half were actually approved by israel without family says that they were left feeling helpless. it was hard not to feel helpless condition was worsening and we couldn't do anything about it we could only

give him pain killers he was always happy to see me and we used to stay up late in the hospital and have fun and laugh he used to ask me to take him to the beach for a few minutes to cheer him up was a very social person loved by everyone he wanted to build a house and get married and wanted me to get married to him to become his neighbor so i wanted to become a teacher in the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees even managed to finish his college education but it wasn't god's will of. sick people who get rejected pose no threat to israel but these measures are taken to torture people this is one of the ways of the siege in gaza these past days since his death where the hardest days of my life i never had a situation this hard in my life i was a helpless father unable to help my dying son even though we had all the papers to do it even when in a very bad condition was still talking about getting married and having

a happy life in any other country this would have been a simple transplant. that is just coming up in the afternoon here in moscow and that's how the world is looking so far today here at r.t. we're back again at the top. of the u.s. economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours 'd a week and still not have enough to get out everybody believes america still is the . reality of. financial inequality and the lack of affordable housing or living minimum wage give many people no choice. this is effort for that there is no answer because yes that requires resources. in

abandoned on the streets to become invisible. an entire village in alaska. if another country trying to wipe out an american town . we do everything in our power to protect. water they escaping climate change is the same threat right now alaska some of the fuss just coastal erosion in the woods we lost about 30 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. is fast the river is 3 closers. was here for i think we're part of the 1st from across. the river.

54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capable. there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as

we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. this is a boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss i'm sorry on thursday ok in washington coming up the u.k. crash into its deepest recession on the record let's play and how it compares to other rich countries around the world precious metals are climbing their way back after plummeting on to the can they return to those record highs have a lot to get to so let's get started. on wednesday britain officially entered a recession as coronavirus lockdowns hammered the.