the headlines in the room starts releasing people who took to the streets after sunday's disputed presidential election amid claims of widespread police brutality boards detainee we hear from a doctor who was jailed. because the women were lying on the floor and the men were in the next house they were constantly so badly that they just how long was the sign denounces a u.s. brokered peace deal between israel and the united united arab emirates under which television will suspend. the west bank and tensions spike in the mediterranean as france says it will bolster its military presence there to

monitor turkey's activities in disputed quarters. hello there just gone 3 pm this friday afternoon here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. finance the final results of sunday's fiercely disputed presidential election incumbent alexander lukashenko officially obtained 18 point one percent of the vote while his main rivals for atlanta taken off sky got 10 point one percent has been a wave of unrest there over the landslide victory throughout the country since monday with mass arrests and allegations to police brutality protesters began being released though today and have been sharing their stories. this is it was just the riot police asked us to show all passports but i didn't have one then they asked

for my phone and saw what i had been feldman they said i should go to them and one by a police officer grabbed me i tried to resist and he invited 5 others i said how are you going to look into your mother's eyes they shouted shut the fuck and hit me in the head so while we were walking to the police they called me across jude and the whole when we felt sick they said you can urinate on vomit we don't care. we should not have the feds use we spent 17 hours outside without water or food or anything on the cell we were given only bread and water there were 40 of us in there we slept on the floor the men were beaten so badly that they screamed 247 they beat them to within an inch of their lives imported water on them and beat them again. so a person i knew was detained and in solidarity with him i asked also to be put into the policy conditions at the crescent detention center there's much to be desired

there are 30 to 50 people in one cell no food just water and inhuman treatment or the release of by the russian started at night interior ministry has pledged to release all detainees on friday currently around 2000 people have been freed an estimated 3rd of the total arrested this week and i'm going to talk to over night describe what she witnesses saw. is that there was the women were lying on the floor and the men who were in the next out they were constantly so badly that they just how long it was a terrible howel the blood rose in my veins just from what we heard every night it was terrible the prison guards were saying what's wrong is your life that's bad decided to act out and we live work here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you you're not doctors i don't know what you are where. that's the sort of thing they shout it and a lot of swear words that i don't want to repeat they were also saying this when we were 1st held on the street everyone driving by was shocked doctors and white robes

on their knees with the head. despite those accounts interior ministry representative does insist there is no mistreatment of protesters in detention. was a trial that you don't think about it is your 1st interview but he did use the 1st is do you feel that you have let the. protests against the russian police brutality have been held across europe to including outside the better russian embassy here in moscow don't quarter was there earlier today. well it's still early in the day here in moscow on the protests in front of the bella russian embassy behind me have typically been taking place in the evening but by the looks of things the abnormal brutality with which the ballarat police is using to handle the protesters seems only actually to be strengthening the belorussian opposition yesterday we saw protests called lines of solidarity of women dressed in white

holding flowers and portraits of loved ones that were arrested since the beginning of the on rest we also saw workers from some of the country's several major factories going on strike so the sheer scale of this protests in bellerose has definitely grown massively since the beginning. you're. right you should be 010 it's not. like you who. i don't. believe so but for most of what it was was that. it was going to be there it was. very.

serious. we've also seen protests in front of belorussian embassies in a number of different countries in kiev for example we saw protesters throwing orange smoke bombs at the building and here are the protests in front of the belorussian embassy we've seen belorussians as well as native muscovites to a form to protest against the police brutality and president alexander lukashenko is a legit election raking now let's not forget that russian journalists were among the many who have been arrested in these protests including artie's. responded in minsk and a number of roughly workers now we did hear from the belorussian minister of internal affairs who apologized to those who were injured and were not violently protesting let's take a listen to what he had to say. some took to the streets before the voting had even finished they decided beforehand that they would protest on the 11th they put up

barricades using ripped up benches from bus stops and flipped over flower stands was that a peaceful act of protest in any mass confrontation when dealing with widespread violations of public order bystanders would inevitably get caught up in the action as commander i take responsibility and apologize for the injuries to people who receive them for no reason so what these protests intensifying and no sign of the government really looking to give in to them will definitely keep watching this story and give our viewers the latest developments as they become available but for the commenting on the claims of violence against journalists better it is ministry of internal affairs is now pledged to investigate every single allegation earlier we spoke to the economist manchu cater say that while the 4th day of protests in batteries were relatively calm people are still very angry. peace for people. for them. all but their gender change the last

drop that broke the camel's back was the mass join you live probably as the state enterprise dozens of different big commercial entity enjoy the prada saying that we demand not to purchase from the government we need fair. elections to look at himself put in the position when he did not deliver on any dialogue with any meaningful social group and the way that election commissioners are or the election will unfold now definitely ignited that kind of protest and anger because nobody believes in butler the question got 80 percent of. the united arab emirates and israel have agreed to normalize relations they will break it by washington does include a promise but eventually annexation is still on the cards and shoot shoot there is no change in my plan to implement our sovereignty in today and somalia in full

coordination with the united states i'm committed to it it's still on the table. palestinian leadership rejects what the united arab emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem and the palestinian cause however some 2 suspects deal between the u.s. and israel is actually trying to target another regional player it's kind of expects. israel and the united arab emirates have formally agreed to establish diplomatic ties now many see this as a historic move as for many years arab states have not recognized israel as a country this is a monumental step to forging toes of cooperation in the middle east donald trump's supporters say he deserves the nobel peace prize for arranging this but the palestinians aren't exactly thrilled with duce new arrangement the deal between. united arab emirates and israel is a betrayal of the palestinians given the historic. relationship that

israel has had with the arab states in other words no peace. according to the old formula no peace was possible until the palestinian issue was resolved and the palestinian issue is not resolved the palestinian authority is now formally withdrawing its envoy from the united arab emirates they say recognizing a country that is occupying them is simply unacceptable now in the diplomatic fallout of this deal we're starting to see what this is really all about aside from the u.a.e. israel in the united states there is a 4th country that is now showing up in a lot of the conversations surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is the romes worst nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs and the israelis of iran what we see today is a new middle east the trend lines are very different today and we see the future is

very much in the gulf and with israel and the post is that the iranian regime it clings to power on the basis of brute force. iran often labeled as israel's largest regional opponent has denounced the deal the islamic republic of iran is confident that history will show that this was a mistake made by israel and this dagger that has been unjustly thrust by the united arab emirates into the backs of the palestinian people and all muslims will lead to strengthening resistance and the unity of the muslim people against israel as well as fuel confrontation in the region when donald trump visited saudi arabia he spoke of building an arab nato that would work as a coalition in the region opposing iran and fighting terrorism and it seems now this just story deals being revealed not so much to be about getting recognition for israel or protecting palestinians from annexation but about targeting one of washington's most longstanding opponents in the region there is definitely the

pattern isn't toward iran and i think the timing is ideal given what's happening in beirut. the fact that hezbollah is now under pressure in lebanon with the government having resigned there so we have a coalition building disagreement rather than easing tensions in the gulf within the arab states will. harden stances or at least continue to maintain the antagonism that we have. tensions are escalating in the eastern mediterranean where france is now building up its military presence it is off to turkey started to oil and gas exploration in the disputed waters there and that sank in greece and cyprus perry says his deployment is a temporary measure designed to monitor the situation with a relationship with ankara writing strength with more his shot at

a bit scary. president not calling has signaled the along as tensions continue to rise between cory's and turkey the situation in the eastern mediterranean is worrying 2 keys unilateral decisions on oil exploration and causing tensions these must stop in order for a peaceful dialogue between neighboring and nato allies to take place but this seemingly didn't stop the french president from reinforcing france's military presence in the mediterranean it's confirmed paris will send to referee a fighter jets and the naval frigate lafayette a move welcomed by the greek prime minister i think president mccrone for his cell a dirty emmanuelle mccraw is a true friend of greece but also a fervent defender of european values and international law the greek pm bill this as an act of solidarity but you only have to scratch the surface to see that there

is more going on here in recent months process also found itself clashing with to eat in the mediterranean. these past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit in french amount of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document but with that incident still rushing from his mind it appears to have been keen to show solidarity with a fellow member in this case greece last month back or even called for sanctions against turkey over these purported violations in the eastern mediterranean now the arrival of turkey's new seismic civvy vessel this caught the attention of the e.u. the latest developments rick stream the worrying what is needed to be done is to

engage in solving all the open issues in line with principles of good neighborly relations international law and positive engagement with france now bolstering its military might to aid greece's plight greece is perhaps are feeling in bold and its place its military on high alert recalling naval and air force personnel from their holidays turkey for its part says it will protect its rights toys and interests in coastal areas and with france now wading into this pact turkey's president is accused of provoking regional players into taking wrongful steps there is concern that this action by france rather than just seizing the situation could in fact escalate it challenged even ski r.t. paris. people in beirut are still reeling as you would expect from last week's devastating explosion that killed over 200 people injured thousands and left

up 230-0000 homeless buildings as far as 10 kilometers from the blast site the center were destroyed well here's the story of one lebanese does. miner who is trying to rebuild his life's work from scratch. like i was always so happy we were facing the port i always sort is very artistic and inspiring because it's industrial enriching details now everything is rick's look at the destruction the wreckage i don't know how much time it would take to be rebuilt. there are no words to describe what my team and i are feeling but we can't but thank god that we're all alive and well no one was hurt we left this building 10

minutes before the blast hit and thank god no one was hurt that's the most important thing. both of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed in mere seconds it was because of this tuesday explosion which went off just across the street. this is another challenge for us how we can get our hands on funds to rebuild they say there will be compensation but that's not certain and this isn't something we used to 11 and i hope we can get compensation to rebuild. this and thinking of coming out with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident my team and i are really picking up the pieces i really want to come out with a collection inspired by beirut the suffering of beirut watching out international

fourpence more to come this hour including students in germany have inadvertently been funding the radical anti for activism group via their wishing phase were. follow the money just after the break. i know team. no shots. actually. going the extra over those 2. points your thirst for action.

seems wrong all just all. that you get to shape out just being educated and in the game because the trail. once and many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. and. hello again you're watching r.t. international nash juden sin germany have been funding the ante for movement with act knowing it it has transpired that some of the tuition fees paid to cologne university have ended up in the controversial activist groups hands for years peter

all over has been following the money trail. the anti fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the united states chime in the united states of america will be designating as a terrorist organization here in germany they haven't received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the use of university students fees from cologne to go towards a contribution to the group for the 2020 to $21.00 winter semester each student at the university of cologne pays $280.00 euro and $0.95 for $205.00 euro and $0.95 goes to the student council and is meant to pay the transport fees counting worker's salary and for the department's work out of the $10000000.00 euro the council will take in around 8 and

a half 1000 will be paid to the student branch on too far a cake it's delicate because while anti far on demonized here the way they are in the us a report by germany's internal security service that has some pretty strong things to say about a cake and the groups it's associated with conservative student groups in turn and not so happy that they have to contribute to a case without choice it shouldn't be that every student has to subsidize a group that has been classified as extremist by the office for the protection of the constitution we regularly demand that the funding of n.t. for a k. be cut the majority of students who spoke to r.t. said they had absolutely no problem paying a contribution to our 8 k. i don't know how much the payment is but i'm sure it is not enough and it should be higher i think it's good because it's important to support the social organisation

and is dealing with many board and social issues and they're less you know we ended in. i think it's a good idea to. i think it does make sense and i think it is important that a wide political spectrum is represented and i see no problem that it is fine and from the student piece a k. has received funding from students at the university of cologne since it was set up 15 years ago neither the student body that doles out the funding nor the students themselves see any reason why that should change any time soon but while the name until far continues to be mentioned in trembling tones by those in power the group may find themselves coming under more scrutiny these are all over artsy. facebook is being accused of illegally harvesting the facial recognition data refuses of its social media platform instagram and it's thought through that

a class action against the tech giant could actually cost the company up to half a trillion dollars once facebook captures instagram users protected by metrics it uses them to bolster its facial recognition abilities across all of its products including the facebook application and shares this information among various entities facebook does all of this without providing any of their acquired notices or disclosures required by illinois law it is claimed facebook violated the privacy rights of $100000000.00 of its users under the current law companies can be fined up to 5000 dollars for each individual reckless or intentional violation and that means the total fine could potentially reach $500000000000.00 well last month facebook offered to pay $650000000.00 to settle a similar case when the company was accused of illegally collecting biometric data through a photo tagging tool however it does maintain its face recognition systems are not used on instagram. the city's baseless instagram doesn't use face recognition

technology if we introduce face recognition technology to your instagram experience we will let you know 1st and you will have control over whether we use this technology for you privacy activist and technology expert ilmi does billing thing to spike the controversial nature of the last thing there are potentially high risks to facebook really is collecting uses biometric data. this is to a large extent a claim that is being brought on a speculative basis because we don't know whether instagram used facial recognition software for sure and we don't know the extent to which it used to now many users to a large extent the law being used here is the one in illinois which is the strictest biometric security or privacy law anywhere in the world and is being brought on behalf of us users which are a significant proportion of. facebook is collecting facial recognition software

without any form of consent then this is of real abuse and could be ripped equally damaging because it there loses the or fails to protect it as it has started out there instance it's then all of the people it's collected. from could be vulnerable to identity theft to the rest of the leaps. with the black lives matter movement gaining traction around the world since the killing of george floyd some of the biggest companies from silicon valley to wall street have publicly denounced racism their efforts though may be in vain as a recent poll has revealed that very few people actually think that these statements are sincere the yes survey found that 7 out of 10 americans believe the anti racism messaging coming from corporate america is simply due to public pressure rather than actual concern for black communities and also found too that people are divided over whether or not such messaging is necessary at all.

that's why black americans set out to make their own track. political commentator anthony brown legan is one of those who does think that companies are supporting the b.l.m. movement just to keep their profits up. these companies are just trying to be virtuous and as consumers and they don't want to have any kind of cancel culture or to cancel coming your direction they don't want to get your stories they don't want to have a negative reputation so to go out there is a thing as i always support black labs black cloud matters is all about. p.r. company relation is trying to appear virtuous in the ads of those that are out

there protesting and also and of those that are out there sympathetic towards the protestors if a company had a reputation of being pro social justice and pro you know black labs and anti police for loans then it would make sense for them to have this stance now but if you're not that kind of company if there's a company that sells hamburgers or dogs i mean there's no reason for you to go out there and talk about anything political at all no reason whatsoever there's no reason to pick sags it is just coming. to me here in moscow could have you companies always were back again with more nice about half and i don't forget there was plenty of stories on our website you can find.

i don't. even some of my friends who'd seen this interview with you maybe if you don't. know the. moment us. allies if you. change your mode. change. the us economy was booming growing numbers of people when they need us. you can work 40 hours a. the weak and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of it is we're not financially quantity and i'm not comfortable answering for a living minimum wage many people neutralised. that's been a problem with the city knows time limits on police stay way out almost all to saloons efforts were different is no answer because yes that requires resources the

most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible cliques. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation for let it be an arms race is on offense period dramatic developing the only relief i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. one on one with legal expert jeffrey toobin on this politics. of the politicking on larry king jeffrey toobin is an old and dear friend he's chief legal analyst for c.n.n. stand writer with the new yorker and he's out with a new book called true crimes and misdemeanors the investigation of donald trump in

which a argues that the media's reporting during the moa probe may have actually helped the president let's find out why as jeffrey toobin joins me from new york i must say jeffrey this is your 8th book i read all previous 7 i just started this one you have an uncanny ability to take legal problems and put it in layman's language i must salute you well and i salute you larry what a pleasure to be back on the air with you know you know i you know i really you the beginning of my television. in career as with 'd you during o.j. at your studio and that both are what i used to describe it is like a salon for o.j. people because you've met everyone every every single person involved with o.j. passed through that studio and i did some of my best report.