must protect its own existence with. the u.n. security council rejects a u.s. sponsored resolution to extend an arms embargo on iran with only 2 members voting in favor. the e.u. rejects the election results in a belarus and says it will hit the country with sanctions meanwhile the thousands arrested during the mass anti-government protests begin to be released and amid claims of widespread police brutality this week one doctor shares her experience. with the women were in line on the run and the man when the next hour they were constantly beaten so badly would be just how long. and tensions spike in the mediterranean as francis says it will bolster its military presence there to

monitor turkey's activities in disputed waters. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now the u.n. security council has rejected a us sponsored resolution to extend the arms trade embargo on iran only to members including the u.s. supported the draft while russia and china voted against and the other members including the u.k. france and germany abstained the embargo was imposed in 2010 and is to expire in october under the joint a comprehensive plan of action 2015 deal to impose controls on iran's nuclear program here's what he's come up with more. well the resolution put forward by the united states would have extended the arms embargo against iran now france germany

and other countries have been very vocal about the fact that they oppose the united states' decision to unilaterally withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement and furthermore they oppose putting new sanctions on iran now in the lead up to the vote at the u.n. security council u.s. diplomats were very adamant that they felt this arms embargo must be extended here's some of what we heard. i call up all security council members to wake up to the real world implications of allowing this arms embargo to lapse the security council central purpose is to promote global peace and security failure to extend the arms embargo would make a mockery of that sacred responsibility on which the united nations was created now prior to the vote in which this resolution failed mike taylor said the united states feels that if this arms embargo is not extended as it was not that the

united states will impose the snap back mechanism in the iran nuclear deal and snap back the sanctions on iran this is mike papantonio the us secretary of state i don't want to as i said i want to be too cute how we're deeply aware that snapback is an option that's available to them that it sticks and we're going to do everything within america's power to ensure that that arms embargo is extended and i'm confident that we will be successful now the snap back mechanism in the iran nuclear agreement was essentially put in place so that if iran were to violate the chase c.p.o. away they would then face the penalty of an immediate snap back of the sanctions however let's remember that it was not iran that violated the agreement and the agreement was not withdrawn from by iran it was the united states that pulled out of the agreement so u.n. lawyers are going to have to look into the legality of the united states imposing the snapback mechanism when iran has not violated the agreement now currently mike

pompei o is in vienna talking with officials from the international atomic energy agency they say that iran has fully complied with the nuclear deal i'm not violating my font they are says however it doesn't really seem to be a about the nuclear deal anymore this is my pompei on iran must provide full transparent and immediate cooperation with the i.a.e.a. we can't allow the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell. weapons the mess it's not us so it seems that the trumpet ministrations policy of imposing the maximum pressure on iran and quote ripping up the iran nuclear deal was essential put 2 of folks at the body that meets the united nations and it seems that this policy of the trump white house seeking to escalate tension with iran was overwhelmingly rejected. joshua landis a director of the center for middle east studies and professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma believes the u.s.

steps are part of a wider campaign to take control over oil supplies the united states as you know has a maximum pressure campaign on iran they want the iranian government at least the way they put it to change its behavior radically in the region this is part of a much larger u.s. policy to help its friends saudi arabia israel and ernest enemies and to keep america paramount in the persian gulf the source of so much of the world's oil 50 percent of the world's oil supplies is about control of the international energy supply the united states is leading the way in this maximum pressure campaign and it believes that it should be able to get its allies in europe to join it now of course that leaves russia and china who are looking at this very skeptically but even france is looking at it skeptically europeans are highly dependent on united states they need to stick together with the u.s.

and i guess that's the major hope that the u.s. will be able to rally its people at least show the world that there is a division and that china and russia are on one side. the united states and europe are on the other side of. the e.u. the top diplomats have agreed it to slap sanctions on bellowed over what they claim was the falsified election and the violence that during the ensuing protests 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 that he didn't have a problem with the conduct of the security forces although he did urge them to take a softer line meanwhile protests continue with the country's capital once again the main focus. in these are in. the main government building in some harrowing and striking images some protesters rushed to hug and hand flowers to security forces

after they laid down their shields that's after crowds of demonstrators converged on the area striking workers from one of the country's biggest factories the minsk tractor works were among them let's now hear from our correspondent on the scene. which is a city that's been the square in minsk something absolutely unique and interesting for better or worse is happening here you can see the special police was moving the town insoles is standing behind me with the carriage and that's 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 officers put down a shield is. that's the situation those minsk attractive factory workers arrived here with them banners. and nothing else is going on. people are chanting slogans let them go. but all of this is going on thankfully without provocation as for now they certainly enforcement officers are just openly

standing that look at this it's a unique picture i haven't seen anything like this before. with more on today's developments in belarus in tears over a long costly. all this friday night we'll see a lot of family we'll let's see there are a lot of 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 on sunday right after they were 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 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 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 so while we were walking to the police man they called me a prostitute when we felt sick they said you can urinate on vomit we don't care. we should not show 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. or send him i was not one person and he was detained tyra's who he might asked also to be put into the police van conditions at the creston detention center there's much to be desired there are 30 to 50 people who once how no food just have 4 to 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 a lot. among those people who were detained were medics as well let's take a listen to this firsthand account as it was the women were lying on the floor and the men who were in the next hour they were constantly so badly gray just how lonely it was a terrible how the bloody frozen my veins were just what we heard every night in the basement was terrible good prison guards were saying what's wrong is your life that's bad i decided to act out and we live war here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you you're not doctors i don't know what you are where louis is that's the sort of thing they shout at people 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 bonjean guns they had a machine that now protest in belarus have moved beyond the streets as as factories

bland send different markets began protesting expressing their son to geraghty with their bills at 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 all pillar ruth decided to visit at this plant and cut off to the strikers however they were not satisfied with what the meeting and now they're heading towards the russian capital often means mad they're 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 day 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 bellew small he. he apologized to the people who are hurt during the protest in a statement earlier on friday as well now about 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 as it managed to cut off scale she dismissed the result state 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 the the bill or russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor angela merkel she said at that point in post-election president of bill reese was on except civil and the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements say came out just to head off a special video call all for you for it ministers on friday who convened to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus professor at the french national institute of languages and eastern civilizations bruno dress ski season european sanctions on the as a mostly symbolic move. there are discussion was in european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one side. they would like of course some political change to changes in their rules but in the same time they don't want to.

serve their east most western countries and especially i think germany wants to have a negotiation with me hold a moment the sanctions they are talking about are mostly symbolic and not really profound we will see how the situation will will change. the massive explosion last week in beirut destroyed much of the city and the locals have been left trying to pick up the pieces not just of the shattered buildings but also of their lives one fashion designer shared his story. of the work i was always so happy we were facing the put it is very artistic and

inspiring because it's industrially reaching details everything is wrings because the destruction the wreckage which time it would take to be rebuilt. there are no words to describe the feeling that we could but thank god to. no one was to leave this building 10 minutes before the blast hit and thank god the underskirt that's the most important thing. 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. smaller 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.

this thinking of coming out with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident my team and i really picking up the pieces and ready to come out with a collection inspired by babe ruth the suffering of the bainbridge. still to come in the program students in germany have inadvertently been funding the radical and activist group through their tuition fees more on that after a short break this is r t international. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in the spirit dramatic development only loosely and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

and welcome back this is our team international friends is ramping up its military presence in the eastern mediterranean this is after turkey began oil and gas exploration in disputed waters there paris says its a deployment is only a temporary measure but its relations with ankara are already strained with more here's our to show differences. president matt corn has signaled that the a long list tensions continue to rise between greece and turkey the situation in the eastern mediterranean is worrying tookey is 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 referee

a 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 do need her 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. 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 makan even cool the 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. with principles of good neighborly relations international and close to engage 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 but 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 defeating the situation could in fact escalate it. not see paris. here's something different for you students in germany have been funding the controversial activist group without even knowing it it has come to light that part of the tuition fees paid to cologne and university have been going to the group for years now or disappear all over reports. the 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 when to 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 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 on demonised 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 k. and the groups it's associated with conservative student groups in a 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 said they had absolutely no problem paying a contribution to a 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 . is dealing with many board and social issues and they're less you know ended in improving wellbeing. i think it's a good idea to catch. 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. with the growth of the black lives matter movement following the killing of george floyd some of the biggest companies on the planet were very quick to publicly denied. it's racism but a recent poll shows few people actually think the statements are sincere the survey in the united states 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 while black americans sit out to make. political commentator anthony bryan logan believes companies are only looking out for their own 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 story they don't want to have a negative reputation so don't go out there it's a thing as i always support black labs black lab 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 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 ought 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 i'll be back in about 34 minutes with another full get your news this is art international and we're glad to have you with. us. i don't. even some of my friends cuttin dish if you hear me. if you don't have a mouse you might don't even. know the. moment u.s.

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legion mom. and i'm going to go so said i'm not going to much to you mama it's just that are. below and welcome to crossed off we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle with good reason public discourse is focused on addressing and finally containing the coburg 19 pandemic now that the focus is on devastated economies we're in

a recession will it morph into a depression will the recovery be a u. d. or in l. . crosstalk economic recovery i'm joined by my guest benjamin kyle in lubbock he is the director of the free market institute a professor of economics at texas tech university as well as the senior fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to he is an independent economic and geo political 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 year time 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 n l 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 this since february is essentially marking to market if you will of collective economic mattrick 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 that.