walking to freedom batteries begins releasing some of those to telling during mass protests over last weekend's election amid claims of widespread police brutality one doctor shares her experience. with which the women were lying on the floor and the men were in the next hour they were possibly so badly that they just how long. the stein slams a new peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates is an act of betrayal brokered by the u.s. it will see israel's west bank panics ation plans put on hold but not abandoned and tensions spike in the mediterranean as france says it will bolster its military presence there to monitor turkey's activities in disputed waters.

6 o'clock here in the capital of russia moscow could have a company watching international now protesters detained during a week of antigovernment demonstrations in better reduce over what they claimed was sunday's rigged election have started to be released early today to the final official results of the vote was given handing president because a landslide victory so let's get more on all of this now from joins us. has been happening today just bring us up to speed then on how events have unfolded over the last few hours. all this friday night we'll see a lot of family will let's see their loved ones after almost a week long absence and that's because the bill russian authorities began releasing all those protesters who were. means in that mass rallies that on sunday right

after the right after the presidential election in the roost now many of the detainees are being released right now have been sharing their harrowing experience this take a look. at us to tell you i was just telling you 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 so they said i should go to the van 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 while we were walking to the policeman and they called me a prostitute and a whole when we felt sick they said you can urinate on vomit we don't care. we should not stop 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 stopped on the floor the men were beaten so badly that they scream which 247 they beat them to within an inch of their lives imported water on them and beat them again. or send him i was not only a person and he was detained tyra's who he might ask also to be put into the police van conditions at the creston detention center there is much to be desired there are 30 to 50 people who once how no food just have 14 and human treatment. of interior ministry pledge that they will let all of the detainees go by the end all for this friday now so for around 2000 people have been freed and that's approximately a 3rd of all those who were detained during the week long almost a week long rally lot among those people who were detained were medics as well let's take a listen to this firsthand account. it was if the women were lying on the floor and

the men were in the next hour they were constantly me so badly great just how and it was a terrible how all the bloody frozen my lns were just what we heard every night in the basement was terrible the prison guards were saying what's wrong is your life that's bad decided to act out who we live we're here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you you're not doctors i don't know what you are werewolves is that's the sort of thing they shout at you and a lot of swear words that i don't want to repeat they were also saying this when you were 1st held on the street everyone driving by was shocked person white ropes on their knees been chained on to the had most of the group. now protest in belarus have moved beyond the streets as factories bland sends a different markets began protesting expressing their solidarity with the bills of the mass rallies as well one of belarus's biggest tracks there's a tractor manufacturers well they suspended their operations partially after

employees decided to walk out on strike now the prime minister off the roof decided to visit this plant and talk to the strikers however they were not satisfied with with the meeting and now they're heading towards the russian capital often minsk now they're calling for reforms their calling to bring justice to those who were hurt during the mass rallies and they're also calling for the departure of president look at shankar now the president himself all here reacted to the growing number of work your support testing and address the strikers by calling on them to get back to work and he also promised that all of the detention cases that took place over the last all almost a week will be investigated meanwhile in syria minister all below roosts wallachia he apologized to the people who are hurt during the protest the. in

a statement earlier on friday as well now the 1st official results of the votes which took place last sunday was announced on friday and gave president lukashenko a landslide victory his opponents said minus the kind of scale she dismissed the result stayed and it has absolutely nothing to do with reality as you call it she said that she will create a cold the nation council that will see to the peaceful transfer of power in the bella ruse meanwhile this comes as the european union is also mulling sanctions against a bill or is germany and the european union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on that the bill of russian officials following mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said that the bottom post election president of bill aris was on the except civil and the chancellor was

shocked by what she had seen now these statements a game just to head off a special video called off edu foreign ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus. little one calls that are there with a summary of the fast moving events today in better a school for the commenting on the claims of violence against journalists the interior ministry to trying to win investigate every single allegation economists shed a little man chub to say that despite the latest protest remaining relatively calm people are still very angry. who is truth said peace for people are calling for the joy in their home but they engender a change because the last drop that broke the camel's back was the mass join the live cold as the state enterprise dozens of different big commercial entities

joining the fraud. as saying that if we demand not to purchase from the government we need fair bold. elections to look at him sell the position when he did not deliver on any dialogue with any nibbles social group and the way that election commissioners deliberate fraud on election. definitely ignited that kind of protest and anger because nobody believes in ballarat litigation got 80 percent of. the united arab emirates and israel has struck a peace accord the deal was brokered by washington and we'll see israel holds its west bank an extension plans the palestinians though aren't happy after the israeli prime minister did say that an exception isn't completely off the table. and 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. at least a new leadership rejects what the united arab emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem and the palestinian cause of the less. i report some do believe it's another player in the middle east which does like the true heart of this new accord. 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 to a corporation in the middle east donald trump supporters say he deserves the nobel peace prize for arranging this but the palestinians aren't exactly thrilled with this new arrangement the deal between. united arab emirates and israel is a betrayal palestinian 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 now showing up in a lot of the conversations surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is the rome's worst nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs. the israelis than 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 past is with 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 storage deal is 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 continue to maintain the antagonism that we have. now and he's tonight france is ramping up its military presence in the eastern mediterranean to to keep began oil and gas exploration in disputed waters there paris says his deployment is only a temporary measure but his relations with already strained his child and been ski now reports president matt cohen has signaled that the ally tensions continue to rise between cory's. the situation in the eastern mediterranean is worrying to

keys you know. 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 ref a and fighter jets and the naval frigate fiat a move welcomed by the greek prime minister i think president mccraw on for his cell a dirty emmanuel mccraw on 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 turkey in the mediterranean city these past few days we have seen turkish warships

deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit in french ment of what was agreed upon in berlin and 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 maclin even cool 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 me 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 our feeling in. bolden 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 ties 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 fronts rather than to fees in this situation could in fact escalate it so that david asking r.t. paris. the massive explosion last week in beirut destroyed much of the city and locals have been left trying to pick up the pieces not just of the shattered buildings though but also their lives on fashion designer shared his story.

you. know i work i was always so happy we do facing the talk to you we saw it is very artistic and inspiring because it's industrially breaching details of everything it's rings because the destruction the wreckage which time it would take to be rebuilt. there are no words to describe it a feeling we can't but thing going to be will know what was left this building 10 minutes before the boston thing going to the most current the most important thing . of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed the media seconds it was because of this tuesday explosion which went to just across the street.

this is another challenge for us how we can get funds to rebuild the city that will be compensation. and this isn't something we used to 11 and i hope we can get compensation to rebuild. this american thinking of coming up with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident. really picking up the pieces i really need to come out with a collection inspired by bernie rouge the suffering. machine the best of luck nash didn't and germany have been funding the controversial activist group banter for without even knowing it and saying this because it has come to light the part of the tuition fees paid to cologne university have been going have been going to the group for years peter oliver reports. the anti fascist organization and tea for 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 empty for as a terrorist organization here in germany they haven't received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the gifts 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 face $280.00 euro and $0.95 for $205.00 euro and $0.95 goes to the student council and it's meant to pay the transport discounting 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 and to take its delicate because

while auntie far demonized here the way they are in the. u.s. a report by germany's internal security service the beer file has some pretty strong things to say about a k. 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 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 social. plays dealing with many board and social issues and they're less you know we ended in improving

wellbeing so i think it's a good idea to support them and. i think it does make sense and i think it is important that a wide political spectrum is represented here 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 peter all over. facebook is being accused of illegally harvesting the facial recognition data of its instagram uses class action against the social media giant can actually cost the company up to half a trillion dollars. once facebook captures instagram users protected by metrics it

uses them to both or its facial record. 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 other acquired notices or disclosures required by illinois law it is claimed that facebook violated the privacy rights of $100000000.00 of its users under the current law companies can be fined up to $5000.00 for each individual reckless or intentional violation therefore means the total fine could potentially reach 500000000000 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 maintains its facial recognition recognition systems are used on instagram the suit is 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 activists and technology expert bill new release of facebook really is collecting biometric data that could be huge repercussions. 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 uses to a large extent the law being used here is the one in illinois which is the strictest biometrics security or privacy law and the way around the world and has been brought up all of us uses which are a significant book course you know go back to facebook is tell a facial recognition software without any form of consent then this is a real abuse and could be take really damaging because if it loses

the files to protect stuff it up for instance it's then all of those people tell it to pleasure information could be vulnerable to identity theft to the rest of their lives. with the growth i think black lives massive movement following the killing of george floyd some of the biggest companies on the planet were quick to publicly denounce racism but a recent poll does show that few people actually think that these statements are actually since a if the survey in the us found the 7 out of 10 people believe corporate america's anti racism stance is just dancing public pressure rather than actual concern it also fantasy that people were split over whether such messaging is necessary at all .

this while black americans set out to make their own. political commentator on things like them police companies are only looking after their own profits. these companies are just trying to be virtuous in as of their consumers and they don't want to have any kind of the cancel culture or to cancel coming your direction they don't want to get your stories they don't want to have a negative representation so to go out there is a thing as i always support black labs black cloud matters as is all about just p.r. company relation is trying to appear virtuous and good in the ads of those that are out there protesting and also and as a of those that are out there sympathetic towards the protesters 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 these things 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 is no reason to pick sags you want to nationalise i things are looking thank you company this friday evening well back again at the top of the. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from.

the isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. directly to what is truly what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. of the shallows. the sudden fullest and illegal takeover of a government by a small group. rather than revolutionaries all soldiers conduct small group be cool for russians when you have a tiny group of people who have all the power you have to have some means to make sure that asked of us don't get together and take it back. loser sacrifice some places that capitalism exploited and destroyed for profit and left behind

misery poverty environmental devastation and so you see things like voter suppression building more prisons you seem gerrymandering all sorts of undemocratic practices are well into that world for well focused world and there's no question that the. i don't think. even some of my friends jane this is sort of your humanity is dying for a mouse you. know the. moment. our life it's not going to. change or our life change.

hello and welcome to crossed off we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle with good reason public discourse is focused on addressing and finally containing the code at 19 pandemic now the focus is on devastated economies we're in a recession will it morph into a depression with a recovery be a you. or an l. shaped across the uk economic recovery i'm joined by my guest benjamin cowen lebrecht he is the director of the free market institute professor of economics at texas tech

university as well as a senior fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to light and he is an independent economic and geopolitical analyst as well as a former commodities trader all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciating let's go to los angeles 1st here i said in my introduction i guess probably the most important question there is as we come out of this pandemic and it's all going to be about the economy and it's everything we're going to think about for. the next few months if not years is about recovery so infer a very simple question will it be a v a you or in hell go ahead well we've been in an l. shape depression since the 2008 financial crisis i mean only that true economic data on unemployment inflation g.d.p. and the like have been warped or hidden outright while the fed pumped up the stock market to give the appearance of a genuine economic recovery and we've been in a structural downturn rather than

a typically cyclical recession and those aren't easy to get out of all of us since february is essentially marking to market if you will of collective economic metrics as the fake money pumping charade is being wrapped up in favor of a longer term plan monetary paradigm shift our right and i remember the last time we spoke we were talking about the turbulence in the oil market the oil price that that seems like a kindergarten play to consider considering what's going on now ben let me go to you the same question a you or an l because that will really dictate what kind of policy is necessary to get out of this lump go ahead ben well i think policy has a lot to do with what type of shape it is so right now we're in a flat line and that's because we have a shutdown orders that are essentially telling people not to produce so the question is when shutdown orders are.