well in the world. of the. rival rallies in the bird russian capital one for the president the other against it does follow a week of protests in the country marred by violence with many refusing to accept the outcome of last sunday's election. in the stories that shaped the way here in r.t. russia launches production of its corona virus vaccine the 1st in the world to be registered but there are concerns over the speed at which it was developed and the lebanese government including the prime minister resigned amid civil unrest in beirut following that deadly chemical explosion in this city we talked to a woman who lost her husband in the blood. i promised my son that i me

and his that are going to be in his birthday and i brought this promise. that i welcome the latest developments and a look back to it events over the last 7 days you watch the weekly here on r.t. international now we'll start in the capital of bella ruse where a rally in support of the country's president is taking place at the same time as and in close proximity to an opposition protests rallies supporting alexander lukashenko started around 3 hours ago with some of the participants coming from the regions the leader made the find appearance to saying that there would be no fresh elections or nearby that rally and opposition protesters just got started to demonstrate his intent to go on a march for freedom for. minsk position say it will be the biggest in the country's

mobile history a small protest is also being held outside by the russian embassy in moscow and say hey we can go now to talk to our correspondent there own court. good afternoon she just let us know then what's happening right where you are. well and as you can see behind me a large crowd of protesters has gathered in front of the belorussian embassy here in moscow and it's pretty much all in opposition to the battle of russian president alexander lukashenko earlier there were some supporters of his administration but they since left and it's all coinciding with similar and much larger demonstrations that are taking place right now in minsk in the center of the city at independence square lucas shank oh actually already gave a speech to his supporters that one of those demonstrations that's still going on warning about a recent build up of nato troops on the belle of russia's western border so we also did speak to some of the participants of this demonstration so let's take

a listen to what they had to say. today is the happiest day of my life or at least in the last year finally i can express my views here and not just on the internet i support alexander lukashenko i wasn't forced to come here this is my personal choice i thought so many threats but they won't break me i bought the station with my own money no one paid me. i suppose discipline what's good to know reminds me of ukraine in 2014 everything started it was that through the scene with many of my friends only of the good stuff when societies divided the young people with flowers now just don't understand what was happening here in 1900 perhaps they want to return to 117 when people toppled the russian empire in a similar way and civil war is here but we want peace now earlier today videos did surface on the internet of tractors heading in that direction in the direction of independent. square although it's still unknown and unconfirmed as to why they were

going in that direction but right now there's also an anti lucas shank protest going on in the same independent square as of pro lucas shank oh protest is taking place and by the looks of it it seems like the abnormal brutality that the police has been using over the past several days to control protests has been contributing to a strengthening of opposition forces there we've seen workers across some of the country's major factories go on strike against the brutality we've seen protests so-called lines of solidarity protests where women dressed in white were carrying flowers and portraits of their loved ones who had been arrested since the beginning of the unrest and actually these protests that have been taking place in front of the belorussian embassy here in moscow have followed a similar style and the protest behind me also has a lot of women dressed in white with flowers and portraits as well so it's not likely that this unrest is going to die down any time soon really.

cool to that the better russian embassy in moscow where all the things appear to have calmed down in minsk and i have the week was mobbed by a lot of fun let's. just say people but i do not think you. 'd know yes i swallowed us a few years ago. but i want to leave in a free and peaceful calm openness that if you are. the most how much of this mass that is going on can you take i don't understand what. you're. going to be here through the roads. thank you.

i was. but it was. for the better reese authorities have also been criticized for failing to protect journalist 64 were detained during the recent unrest among them reporters working for artie's video agency ruptly did spend almost 5 days in jail nearly 7000 protesters were detained across the country this week the government began releasing them on thursday night promising to free all of them by friday morning although it is still unclear whether that has actually happened doctors were among those who were held is a firsthand account from one of. what kind of doctors are you you're not doctors i don't know what you are werewolves 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 you were 1st held on the street everyone driving by was shocked doctors in white

robes on their knees with a machine gun to the head. and there are 2 narratives being spun around what is at play in belarus at the moment. breaks from the. right now the world is being reminded that one man alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus for a long 26 years and he intends to add another 5 claiming 80 percent of all the ballots from sunday's presidential election have a tick next to his name but that's not something a considerable amount of belorussians believe taking their frustrations onto the streets it started off with a peaceful protests mass of groups coming out and shining flashlights but the tear gas and rubber bullets started flying and chaos has taken hold.

there are 2 realities and deloris right now and the 1st there is look shango calling the vote a celebration but one that people are trying to spoil by inciting aggression and spreading misinformation foreign powers media and social media channels are to be blamed as well so look at shingles a reality is that the protestors are bad and the special forces have no choice but to act like this. around the. around $25.00 police officers have been injured legs broken they were deliberately hit so they responded by you crying now response will be adequate we will not allow you to tear the country apart the 2nd reality though is that of the protesters hundreds of thousands flooding the streets of the country calling for the president to step down and contending authoritarian rule but also posting

instructions on how to make multiple cocktails on social media accounts which is literally playing with fire with tensions so high and while we can't ignore the videos of police beating people on the streets we can ignore this. clip showing a car ramming into troops in the capital either we are judging either of the realities but the international community is condemning the election as neither free nor fair not that they were invited to observe it so where does that leave looking shango he's a man largely without friends the west still dubbed him europe's last dictator while he's slowly pushed away his closest ally russia but nevertheless he still claiming victory and his political rivals have either been put in jail or fled the country including his opponent in the election so. i took a very difficult decision i did that by myself my friends family colleagues and husband did not influence me many will understand me many will judge many will start to hate everyone is that fring and it's not clear who will win if anyone

jackie if you get there will a number of countries have condemned what they called a rigged election and chewing police response to the protests here's the latest reaction from europe and also from the united states i was glad to see the release of some protestors but that certainly has not been the common objective is to support the bill and receive people to achieve their savage of the very freedom the european union will put forward to the better russian authorities a proposal for e.u. support in establishing and facilitating a dialogue between the political authorities opposition and broader society in view of resolving the current crisis ministers also agreed on the need to sanction those responsible for violence repression and the force if occasion of election results sanctions of the end of politics the key question now is what kind of policy the has towards by the roots for us the european union is one of our top priorities well xander lukashenko has discussed the current situation in his country with his

russian counterpart vladimir putin and they did agree that it should not be exploited by 3rd party forces seeking to harm cooperation between the 2 states some of our guests that we spoken to did say that they saw hints of ukraine back in 2014 while others do say that more dialogue it's needed. there are very strong similarities between what we played out in front of right now in belarus and what happened in ukraine so we had a very similar scenario not a color so i tended to bring a successful color revolutions make yugoslavia the united states aligned in that line of many western countries with whatever happens in the result but also between it will be illegitimate we had the same rhetoric coming out of the western capitals as we're getting here that the government that was told it couldn't really respond to any protests against even if they turn violent and that's what we're seeing so it's kind of movie that we've seen many times before and it doesn't end well that would be to get the previous thought it didn't end well for the people of your great probably the better comparison is with ukraine in 2004 of the time of the

so-called orange revolution by the russian society whatever it spews on who should be president. is anxious to avoid not only the kind of violent people that you saw in ukraine in february 2014 but all the problems in ukraine has had ever since and i think for those of us who want to see a peaceful and if you like a legitimate democratic outcome for both of us it's very important that the losing side in any political crisis has options of coming back from the ballot box once you fall clothes that new then do risk civil war civil conflict which is after all what has beset parts of ukraine ever since because it is escalating that means that both sides are short sided at the hair or lack of strategic vision of the situation overthrowing governmental side it would be wise to ask the opposition to least of the interests so why they are so keen to get to read the

president lucas and go to the opposition should also try to find a way to be integrated into into into a legal political process drive to suggest something that is acceptable to the government. now as in a significant. ment's in the fight against cave 19 on choose day rusher announced it had registered the world's 1st corona virus vaccine is being sputnik 5 and on saturday the country's health ministry did confirm production of the 1st batches had already started the breakthrough however was welcomed with caution in scientific and political circles with questions surrounding the vaccines efficacy western media have also mocked the russian innovation claiming it has no scientific value and you say it is not safe enough as it still has not passed the crucial 3rd phase of testing. i hope that the russians have actually definitively proven that the vaccine is safe and effective i seriously doubt that they've done that it is

not about being 1st it is about having a try tested and see vaccine which will be given that's the important part to hundreds of millions maybe even billions of people the problem is that we know very little because the russian authorities are not being very transparent and so i am very skeptical about what's happening in russia. that. our foreign colleagues who probably want to kind of competitive advantage over the russian vaccine or offering judgments that are to our minds completely groundless in fact many countries have taken accelerated decisions in their vaccine studies but the russian vaccine has already seen distinct clinical trials and evidence. all the vaccine have was developed at moscow's gamma institute medical workers teachers and those considered to be in other high risk groups will be the 1st to receive it to the general public is set for some time in the new year the developers do say that

2000 people to be vaccinated as the research does continue now in addition to all of this more than 1000000000 doses of russian of the russian vaccine have already been requested from different countries around the globe or this mostly came from asia and the middle east carol dimitri evis the head of the russian sovereign wealth fund that is investing in the country's research she talked to r.t. about this new vaccine in more detail. what the russians are people all over the world the very byard of the virus are very tired of the restrictions of very tired all the refuse to come on. those are one of the countries. in which we believe was very very active read over to the. people now the hope to resume a normal life is a vaccination. well i'm confident enough to inject the legacy of myself my

wife my of and your 4 year old parents and i think it's very important that we understand the science behind the vaccines though russia great story knowledge of books you can get money interest groups has developed very successful all of it seen and mercy and then basically current virus just proved to be very similar the merce though we had great science and will like that there is a good has been done really applied where aid flows lead goes a fight they're not hiring it depends. everything will be almost i've seen to date i know as a 100 percent always a line cheers elop very strong immune response or significant side effects of 100 percent protection of animals for as you are just a level of immunity. it will produce

a stronger immune response going forward we believe because only ones who have those do it for and at the number i respect there is a used miller was a vaccine and that means that our vixen response will last longer hopefully it will be in more than a year all scientists believe that years but the horse shows us a fact. will be needed to really understand the duration of the vaccination. and ever since people are starting to receive permission about how we're seeing it more and more interest but frank a lot of western media outlets a lot access to our information so i think now we have break ins through this information barrios it exists and the more people understand what we can do they go because of all outside to learn about the exchange and more countries become interested even today we had major bondsman by israel serbia elude us though brazil who are interested who or the russian because you don't work was awsome. still to

come in the weekly snapshot of one family's grief with beirut still reeling from tragedy we speak to a woman who lost her husband and whose daughter is battling cancer that's among the stories to come yourself right.

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 this on off and spearing dramatic development that only really 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 now this week beirut was gripped by large anti-government protests following the massive explosion on august the 4th that killed over 200 people that have been his government including the prime minister have resigned over the disaster although they are still acting as caretakers protesters blame incompetence

by the authorities for the blast they stormed government buildings demanding proper accountability for the explosion that destroyed so many lives along with swathes of the lebanese capital. well thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded on that fateful day leveling the port area as is ranged in the explosion so overwhelming beirut's health system too which was already grappling with the pandemic and scores of buildings were damaged or destroyed leaving up 230-0000 people homeless numbers of course don't

give the full picture of how many lives there and i have changed forever it is an added tragedy too for one family already dealing with their daughter's cancer they were in hospital when the blast struck and the father didn't survive artie's been hearing their story. forgive me if i did anything made you carry or if i hurt you forgive me i love you i know of you i love you i love you for 2 hours i used to tell him i love you oh you know you are you know i love 6 you i love you these summer months have always been synonymous with joy and celebration for sue his family the birthdays of the children and husband the anniversary of their wedding all of which falls during the sonny season but this year trouble started to loom on the horizon early when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer they called me in the morning they confirmed that it's classical heart i knew that it wasn't informed by

that time gemma's immune system had been shot to pieces but hodgkin's lymphoma is not a sentence for children it's curable and doctors have been reassuring sue her husband jihad was called by the news abroad in nigeria but couldn't stay away in a crisis like this so several dozen covert tests later he came to lebanon to be with his family we slept in the hospital the same bed the same everything me her and him gemma's hospital room was where the port explosion called the 3 of them the windows of the buildings in front of me crashing and then one by the like this. like this i didn't see if fair i didn't see my daughter i didn't see any and anything but i wanted to put his head like this i felt that all smashed all all so much that i was not sure that he was alive i saw his soul leaving his body i saw it but i didn't. i wanted to move into another hospital jihad died right before his

daughter's eyes at only 6 gemma faces 2 battles most adults would struggle to win cancer and coping with her father's death she drew for me at around. it's circle she she color that was red i knew it's her dead. and it was full of blood sue his heart breaks when she blames herself for letting her daughter witness all that and letting down her son by promising that his father would be at his birthday which is this week i promised my son that i me and his they're going to be on his birthday and i broke this promise and everyone's going with happy birthday for my son it's his birthday on the 30th of august.

so. my love. i ask sue her if she wants to take a break from the interview she refuses adamantly there's just so much she feels she didn't tell her husband enough suhas biggest concern now is her daughter processing their loss gemma seems to be protecting her mother by not sharing her feelings. she told them here was listening they heard her and i prefer can i not i'm not i'm not able to give details because they are killing me from inside me. so can you imagine. herself can you imagine the images in her brave passing whenever she closes her eyes. suah finds redemption and relief in family pictures now as she relives the fondest of memories

this is how we used to sleep playing our head on each other because you know whenever i put my head on his saw that i feel secured even when he's around i don't go so far marcus i don't do anything for the house to fix care of everything everything here so think a lot of lourdes from my shoulder now this is the last photo of their family together she shows it to me as i'm sitting on the very couch where it was taken this story has been gaining traction across me jean the arabic world and we were the 1st she so kindly let in as she struggles to deal with the pain of the loss in the home she herself can face yet how am i able to come back to this house through . her. oh my supposed to put my ribs on this you know and this little and don't know this for over is about

the 1. 000 thing for them just to put to hard for me to put his arms to feel secure or how what i'm going to. this gives when they're in 3rd when they smell his clothes there's some mean for not removing his clothes from the house i'm not going to move them but suha realizes that her life is not over she tells me its whole life mission now to eliminate the shortage of cancer medicine for lebanese children even with her mask on i can see her smiling when she talks about her children though as she ordered them frozen as our. unicorn because she lied about this one is very special i told her you see this is my hair because mom when you're going to take this medication your hair is going to fall down you're going to lose your hair so what i can do or this is my hair i'm going to give it to you or so you would wear a caterer on i'm going to make her happy i would do whatever she wants the business

my link her and her brother. diana reporting from lebanon r.t. . it has just gone 25 past 3 here in moscow now more than 10005 have been recorded in the brazilian am isn't since the beginning of august an environmentalist to say that the fires are all part of deliberate deforestation but despite the destruction often being illegal and condemned globally the president is accused of turning a blind eye. just before the 1st air fire happened on north just the ten's and 11th last year where social media grid coordinates of farmers to burn both pasture and forest areas demonstrate their approval of the anti environmental policies the government has been implementing interested.

but i'm back to me just about land has the power to wreck that he would generate other biomes and other eco systems however what's being done to buy this fire can help the estimated this far has a huge impact especially during the time that we're getting through a very severe says and with very strong winds and get the message across so what land specifically supposing small fausto into large ones that cross slush and be aside as many had tests have burned so it's a criminal for i ask. and

that was the way play here not say thanks for watching we're back with more stories in just over half an. oz no t.v. no crowd. no shots. actually felt. well. no. points your thirst for action. we had a period of time where we had 7 and a half miles of mills a cake continuous 7 and a half miles of mills there's none left now ok and all our manufacturing left this

country all these things and i blame it on the politicians it's the establishment it's washington d.c. they've got their little click they've got their thing. they don't care about anything else. and it doesn't matter democrat republican they're all the same they're all i'm sorry to use that language but. they're in there for one thing they're in there to get elected. the reason donald trump's in there is because he's a celebrity or he did this or he did that he is in there because he is not one of them and we are so frustrated. we had to vote him in if donald trump goes away we'll find another trump believe me we'll find another one the people dreamed this .