still boils people are once again gathering in the center of minsk this evening while police are bolstering their forces to take you through the country's continuing post-election plight meanwhile see freelance is working for artie's video agency are released in minsk they had been detained while covering the protests also to come this hour she is the 1st ever african-american running mate in u.s. presidential election history but says the past as california's top cop isn't winning over all of the black lives matter movement we'll have a look at that person from the way with hospitals that used to agreements in beirut

following last week's catastrophic explosion in the city we follow a russian team of medics lending a helping hand. get even with our international just on 7 o'clock here in moscow tensions in the russian capital of minsk to continue to saw citizens have already started to gather in the city center and armored vehicles are reported to have moved in as well it doesn't come in the wake of sunday's disputed presidential election which has plunged the country into chaos our correspondent reports from the city. because moving extremely slowly literally in 1st gear all the drivers are honking their horns and waving marathons there are lots of flowers serving as though it says something unimaginable is going on in the center of minsk this is the way the

people are driving the women is standing alone independence avenue well if something like that. but i'll swear in belarus these are the images from inside western city of brest where people formed a human chain there to show their support to the protesters while back in the capital works at the men's automobile plants down tools today is they walked out on strike forcing voicing their demands. and while the batteries office of the russian internet giant yandex was entered earlier by armed men said to be part of the better russian security forces is also being reported to the minsk office of the on line taxi service over which is owned locally by yandex was also raided for details now from rome. well chris service

alpha 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 a compass cations one of the young they seem glory's told r.t. earlier that everyone at the minsk office has been working remotely since march and the only people on the premises border security and the person on duty now russian diplomats and men skaar 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 the roost and now they noted the 'd external pressure on the authorities in order to destabilize the country even further than

it is now he added that attempts to find a russian trail in this are completely groundless and just like the attempts to drive a wedge in that relationship between the other 2 countries now you were talking about protests earlier workers at truck manufacture have been striking and wasting their anger at the actions of lawyers for some of the against the a protestors and against. the results of the election but 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. i know you would like to know i know it's not. like you're not sure if you do you mean you've got to. do you. 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 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 alluded talking extensively about journalists who were detained during mass rallies in. a russian association of journalists are saying at least 64 people have been detained now a russian journalists 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 erupt leo agency were still unaccounted for a while they were detained on sunday right soon as the polls opened the roost 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 this time it looks like all of a free lancers have been released and they already join their loved ones now the interior minister bill or is claims that the various reporters with the proper papers should not be touched unless they get in between the protesters and law enforcement present because shank has all the better russians have known for the last 26 years but this is the 1st time his grip on power does appear to be slipping down quarter as much. 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 look at shank oh he's held the position for decades.

the loser who shot the russians have to hold on to look even in the most critical situation as a drowning man who catches the straw that you just took my racing to be 90 percent tomorrow who 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 only dictator in europe. i'm 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 those approval. why did you bring me here so why now tell security service to put you in handcuffs the 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 with. in europe it's been a popular stance for years but now look at those image is facing some big problems .

sure look at shank 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 local shankar's recent anti russia statements alley unaided 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 no incidents if you will 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.

for 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 the director of the minsk dialogue kinds of all international relations police we have reached a critical moment in batteries but we have at the moment is partially the result of several really big mistakes his government government made over the last year but most parts. totally the way the government truly the coronavirus crisis is this situation has us collate to very very dangerous level and there are boarding just seeing seems to point to that where soon approaching a critical point where it's either going to be kind of military

or state of emergency we're wired and that will be the only way for the government to deal with the situation or. new negotiations should be against. joe biden is hoping that his choice of come out of harris is running mates will give his campaign what it needs to unseat donald trump from the white house but it seems that everybody shares that enthusiasm particularly considering how past his kind of with. from rival to running mate joe biden is hoping that the terrorists 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 comma 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 are in a battle for the soul of this nation and that safeway 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 .

hart. so joe biden has selected kamel harris as his vice presidential running mate and with her joy. macon and indian roots she is the 1st woman of color to be selected by a major u.s. 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 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 i went over she then joked about the fact that she's a pot smoker herself have you all smoked i have ok again i had and i inhaled 98 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 the 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 tom lehrer's in november got pretty big questions you know what martin are to new york. and other news tonight emergency teams working to contain a major oil spill off the coast of nourishes say the situation is now finally under control helicopters have been airlifting oil from the stranded cargo ship which ran aground on the cole reef at the end of last month that had been carrying almost $4000.00 tons of oil almost all of the fuel on board though has now been removed there had been fears the vessel would break apart and teams constructed barriers to try and contain the spillage the oil that did leak did pose a serious risk to to the environmentally sensitive area leading the authorities there to declare a state of emergency. huge

explosion in beirut last week not only left much of the 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 now out of action leaving the one still functioning completely overwhelmed but international help is arriving as you push down of has been finding it. we're about 7 kilometers outside of the 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. 'd so russian surgeons with the help of the lebanese colleagues have just finished

administering and it's the 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. mutation is leading the medical team overseeing the surgery they have decades of experience between them specializing in treating the injured from natural disasters and rules syria palestine indonesia nepal armenia 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 open 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 about their work here has been made possible thanks to russia's official aid agency russell trood and just about 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 the 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 say russian cultural center because at that moment about the because you know nowadays. we have

a crisis explosion 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. . israel and the united arab emirates have struck a pace steel brake by the west that would see diplomatic relations restored between the 2 middle east actions as a result of this diplomatic breakthrough and at the request of president trump with the support of the united arab emirates israel will suspend declaring sovereignty of the areas outlined in the president's vision for peace and focuses efforts now on expanding ties with other countries in the arab and muslim world. the historic

deal is the result of leontine goshi ations between israel and the united arab emirates and the united states and it will see israel suspend its west bank and it's a shame plans previous he outlined in trump's peace plan all this would be the 1st step to normalizing relations between the countries which also plan to open embassies bilateral agreements are expected to be signed in the coming weeks covering business tourism direct flights security and other issues too so let's get some reaction to this now with that offensive commentator and they aren't good evening t. thanks for coming on are you surprised at this deal is this point is this or should this be seen as a major breakthrough. no it's not a merger breakthrough or told police the scene from here from pill abuse even though prime minister netanyahu would obviously try to put the best face on it the

major feature of this agreement is the suspension of the. what. tried to do in the last several months and that is the end accession of parts of the west bank of the jordan river now that he is in a freezer he will not be able to unfreeze it because then the iraqis and others will suspend their relations with israel so you know effect he has now for all that he's an extension dreams for a very small price of having a friendly country in the persian gulf having already good defense relations with israel put up some offices here and there it's just not good news for the middle east as a whole this is what the parties involved are saying you know look to the future this should be good for the region. yes it's

a. it's very good news because of the enix ation suspension which is really the end of an exception and because the iraqi statement pointed out that a 2 state solution and the arab peace initiative led by saudi arabia are due ways to go obviously israel will have to contend with the reality and president trump to this is obviously the end of the so-called trump peace deal because israel will have to talk with the palestinians on other sorts of agreements and also it means that israel did not manage to get saudi arabia to do the same this would have been a much bigger prize now obviously the united arab emirates saudi arabia and others are the enemies of iran and sees israel but this has already been

a fact for several years right after the oslo process started prime minister rabin launched the relationship we do you eat so in effect the reason no big advance here we see israel's relations in the gulf but the reason a major breakthrough in israel this agreement to suspend the annexation what will this do you know he supported how you think. well netanyahu supporters from the right have already been suspicious of him because he knew that the price for an exception would be a palestinian state and some parts of israel proper being given over to the palestinians and they resisted the sort of an exception now they will obviously fight him from his right wing and he will lose public support rather than gain because the moderate israelis these. center to left israelis are not going to

come around and supporting for so for him it will be a net loss and just finally a word on donald donald trump he broke this deal or at least he says you know if united states and my team did should he be given a lot of credit for this. well not really you know he always exaggerates it's not a peace deal because israel was not in war with the u.a.e. rather it's to earth forces have trained together and as was mentioned they look at towards iran but of course trump is quite short of achievements lately so he too much like netanyahu is trying to put the best possible face on it ok. tonight i was a mere auden political commentator thanks for your thoughts thank you. now there is growing support around the world for

a ban on so-called killer robots report from human rights watch to say that 30 countries want a global treaty against technology professor no sharky from the campaign to stop killer robots does say it must be humans and 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 to bow 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 to weapon that will go out on a storm driven by a computer and the computer to make that final decision this targets ok because under the laws of war if you're indo to better target if there's any doubt whatsoever don't lethal autonomous weapons are able to operate in the air water and even space to and they are programmed to identify and engage targets humans still

give the order to attack at present although they can be programmed to make that decision themselves or some countries do you see the benefits of having such technology in war zones the u.s. arms control association does say that the weapons often actually opportunities in combat for example they are cheap they do work 247 and they don't get tired and then on the frontline too it could also reduce casualties but professor sharkey does say that the risk to civilian lives is not being 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. but that is standard classic stuff you must always ensure protection of civilians i can see no way that these weapons can come comply with international humanitarian law i don't think that they can

comply with the laws of war or at least we can't guarantee their compliance i don't think they can appropriately discriminate between military and civilian targets and i don't think they can be proportionate in response to attacks. that bring up tonight that's how the news is looking safe today here in r.t. more from us about how often. in the early ninety's sometimes helmet a psychologist next all just proposed to the west but a social experiment he wanted to live paedophiles and neglected boys experiment was a. hold. on one. doctor came to believe that sex with older men would

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