maybe. you just can't. see them due to. the e.u. rejects the election results him bellerose than plans to hit the country with sanctions meanwhile the thousands arrested during the mass anti-government protests begin to be released and made claims of widespread police brutality this week one doctor shares her experience. with the women in my line of work and the man when the next hour they were constantly being so badly just how much. the stein slams a new peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates is an act of betrayal worked at by the us it was the israel's west bank and their plans put on hold but not abandoned. tensions spike in the

mediterranean as france says it will bolster its military presence there to monitor turkey's activities in disputed waters. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me and if you. use top diplomats have agreed to slap sanctions on bellaver to sever what they claimed was the falsified election and the violence during the ensuing protests well meanwhile those arrested in minsk during a week of anti-government demonstrations have started to be released since the outbreak of the unrest police have faced allegations of excessive brutality earlier today president alexander lukashenko said he didn't have a problem with the conduct of the security forces or they were urged them to take a softer line when meanwhile protests continue with the country's capital once again the main focus these are images from the square in front of the main government building some protesters rushed. so how can how the flowers to security

forces after they laid down their shields cast off the crowds of demonstrators converged on the area striking workers from one of the country's biggest factories their midst truck to works were among them west a from our correspondent at the scene. pushes a school seriously in the square in minsk something absolutely unique and interesting for better or worse is happening here you can see the special police force moving the town and so she's standing behind me with the courage of gnomes pass the house of the government on the other side as we protest and sit down and everything is peaceful no provocations and says we can see offices put down machinery. that's the situation knows minsk attractive factory workers arrived here with them banners. and well nothing else is going on. people are chanting slogans let them go. through all of this is going on thankfully without provocation as for now they certainly inforced know susan just openly

standing there look at this it's a unique picture i haven't seen anything like this before. this morning to day's developments in bolivar's his room on cars or. ball this friday night will see a lot of family go well let's see they're allowed loved ones after almost a week long absence and that's because the bill russian authorities began releasing all those of protesters who were detained in that mass rallies that are on sunday right after the right after the presidential election in belarus how many of the detainees are being released right now have been sharing their harrowing experience this take a look as a child it was just the right 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 feldmann they said i should go to the band 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 police then they called me across just when we felt sick they said you can urinate on vomit we don't care. we should not shift 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 except on the floor the men will 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 cushion and he was detained tyra's who he asked also to the put into the police van conditions at the christian detention center there's much to be desired there are 30 to 50 people who want no food just have water and human treatment. venturi

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 a lot among those people who were detained or medics as well let's take a listen to this firsthand account it was that 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 how all the bloody frozen highlanders were just through what we heard every night the bees and it was terrible the prison guards were saying what's wrong is your life that's bad i 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 loads that's the sort of thing they shouted at and a lot of swear words that i don't want to repeat they were also saying this when you were 1st held in the street everyone driving by was shocked person white ropes on their knees with a machine gun to the head of us. now protest and bill arose have moved beyond the

streets as as factories bland sand different markets began protesting expressing their son a gerrity with it those of the mass rallies as well one of belarus is biggest tracks there's a tractor manufacturers well they suspended their operations partially after employees decided to walk out on strike now up prime minister all pillar is decided suv visits at this plant and talk to the strikers however they were not satisfied with would the meeting and now they're heading towards the russian capital often men's mouths are calling for reforms 3rd 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 shango 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 suit place over the last sellable almost a week will be investigated meanwhile in syria minister all below rispoli key he apologized to the people who are hurt during the protest in a statement earlier on friday as well know of 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 sitting on a 2nd all scale she dismissed the result statement 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. many in the european union have both expressed concern and support

for science sanctions on the the bill or russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said that the blood and post-election freidman of bill aris was on the except civil and that the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements a game just to head off a special video called off edu for it ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus political analyst muslimah corney believes the e.u. has based his decision on moral grounds. european union fears it has to do something it has to support those who have demonstrated because it is a democratic right. they say human rights are important role of negotiations are important they present a moral obligation to remove to to rule the country in

a democratic fair and just way and he's not doing it at present he should just do that except that. received 80 percent of the vote i'm surprised he claims the money why not say 55 percent that person bit more credible but arguing that or stating that. he received 80 percent of the road that isn't like not credible what is happening now is it appears that the 2 prior the 2 shards look at sugar supporters and have been no demonstrations in favor look. look at your supporters and the opposition the opposition are gaining more traction and they're coming out all the time and you have a situation where you have struck psychology which is very important because the larger the crowd is and the more infuriated if they try to get people are killed or

blood is shared or tortured and so on the become very angry and once they become very angry they're basically uncontrolled what is then look at sugar to do is you've got to be really close if you go to send in the military in a very delicate position and you must guard against we are shedding blood because that would exacerbate the situation. the united arab emirates and is route have struck a peace accord the deal brokered by washington will see israel halt its west bank an extension plans the palestinians though aren't happy the israeli prime minister said annexation isn't completely off the table. sure i'm sure 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. listing new leadership rejects what the united arab emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem and the palestinian cause nevertheless the scale of more

pain now reports some do believe that it's another player in the middle east which lies 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 ties 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 this new arrangement the deal between. united arab emirates and israel is a betrayal of palestinians given the historic. relationship that israel has had with arab states in other words no peace. according to the old formula no peace was possible until the palestinian issue was resolved in the past

the mission is not result of 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 conversation surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is a roan's 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 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 year 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 or at least continue to maintain the antagonism that we have. a massive explosion last week in beirut destroyed much of the city and locals are being left trying to pick up the pieces not just at the start of buildings but also their lives one fashion designer i said his story. the comic i was always so happy we were facing the sewer it is very artistic and inspiring because it's industrially rich in details of how everything is race look

at the destruction the wreckage down am which time it would take to be rebuilt. there are no words to describe it my team and a feeling that we can't but think going to the real life and well no one was hurt we left this building 10 minutes before the blast hit and thank god the most current that's the most important thing. is. most of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed the mere seconds it was because of this tuesday explosion which went off just across the street. this is another challenge for us and 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.

the 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. there's a constant in germany have inadvertently been funding the radical and activist group that's a western phase that set off the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to go in for the duration let it be an arms race is on offer and spearing dramatic development only to me i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

welcome back france is ramping up its military presence in the eastern

mediterranean 1000 off to turkey began the oil and gas exploration in disputed waters the powers says his deployment is only a temporary measure but his relations with anchor already strained was more his solid to penske. president matt corn has signalled that the along tensions continue to rise between greece and turkey the situation in the eastern mediterranean is worrying turkey's unilateral decisions on oil exploration are 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 lafayette 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 cross has also found itself clashing with turkey 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 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 the worrying what is needed to be done is to engage in solving all the open issue. in line with principles of good neighborly relations international and positive engagement with fronts now bolstering its military might to aid greece's plight greece is perhaps there feeling in bold and its place its military on high alert recalling naval and air force personnel from the 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 defeating the situation could in fact

escalate it challenged even ski r.t. paris. students in germany have been funding the controversial activist group and without even knowing it it's come to light that part of the 2 wish of fees paid to closing of a city have been going to the group 3 years it's all over. the county fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the united states china being 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 is meant to pay the transport is 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 and to take its delicate because while auntie 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 k. and the groups it's associated with conservative student groups and not so happy that they have to contribute to a case without choice it shouldn't be that every student has to subsidise 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. please dealing with many board and social issues and they're less you know ended and well being i think it's a good idea to go into. i think it does make sense and i think it is important and why 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 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 a class action against the social media giant could 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 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 the required notices or disclosures required by illinois law it's claimed 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 of their 4 means the total fine could potentially reach 500000000000 dollars 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 software is not to use 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. well previously activist and technology expert bill mears believes if facebook really is collecting biometric data they could be here since this is to 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 biometrics of security or privacy law and the way around the world and is being

brought on behalf of us users which are significant book portion of. facebook is collecting facial recognition software without any form of concern then this is of real abuse and could be particularly damaging because if it loses that or fails to protect it as it has started other instances then all of the people collecting pleasure information could be vulnerable to identity theft to the rest of the lawyers. with the growth of the blacklist mass amazement following the killing of george floyd some of the biggest companies on the planet who are quick to publicly denounce racism but a recent poll shows 50 people actually think these statements are sincere the survey in the us found 7 out of 10 people believe corporate america's anti racism stance is just down to public pressure rather than actual concern it also found

people split over whether such messaging is necessary at all. this one black american set out to make them. political commentator anthony bryan logan believes companies i mean looking out for their profits 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 representation so to go out there is a thing as i always support black labs black lab matter is all about just p.r. company relation is just 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 a long time 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 hot 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 thanks for taking off the international feel news out date with back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. i don't meet those goals even some of my friends school jane dishes or if you are you may think i used if you don't die for a mouse you by going by each. moment if you catch us our allies influx of all you do it won't change or more of our lifes out change

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