headlines stories this hour the president. saying. the nationwide strike. factory workers are among. the. people to chanting the same slogans against the president resign. you politicians warned russia against trying to interfere in belarus but at the same time brussels itself. in the program the u.s. says it will hold. up the desperate situation.

just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow. welcome to r.t. international. factory workers have been there too. demanding a rerun of last week's election with many taking to the streets right across the country president alexander lukashenko however a house and a new voter will only be possible if the constitution isn't meant. number of the but we need to adopt and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want palm meant for presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus

where the workers from a various a major manufacturers factories plants and other places have walked out on a national strike and i'm talking about said different industries ultimo they have metallurgy mining to name just a few now they have put forward their demands and they are new elections with all of the candidates release of all political prisoners and dismissal of all those people who were responsible for the rigging of the election and the violation of human rights. was was was. was. was.

was look at 2nd visit if he'll occasions where strikes are taking place and at one planned his departure was met with boos and whistles and and silica shank all of the slogans that's after he warned the protesters that they might lose their jobs just to put on you if you don't want to work here fine or just leave nobody will stop you or hi to you for that you thought you would so please eat from tomorrow just go sorry to put you in such a harsh terms but at a time like this you have to be straight up. on sunday at least 65000 people came out in support of alexander lukashenko and that's in minsk alone according to official figures from the interior ministry he spoke to his supporters at length thanking them for their dedication and support now for many a bill or russians alexander lukashenko is a somewhat of

a father figure who helped the country move out of the abyss back in the ninety's however not all of the people are happy with his 26 year tenure now earlier on monday r.t. spoke to want to answer the shankill protesters and here's what he said. we are really fed up with these people that's why we want to change this regime they beat my son when they release him and he came back he was so badly bruised that he couldn't even sit down so how should i work what's more important to me money or much children. employees of the country's largest t.v. network also began their strike on monday and other media outlets and the biller is also followed suit the question goes opponents in the presidential election that led to the whole sky who's now in lithuania well she recorded and video addressed to her supporters saying that she is ready to become the national leader.

we all want to break this endless circle to go trapped in 26 years ago i'm ready to take responsibility and become the leader so as to come the country and let it to turn to no month. pull the rally and support all father protesters in belarus continues in the russian capital as well for a 9th day in a row we've been here every day to cover it as you can see behind me well now the largest search now today they're all largest one was recorded on saturday when this line of protesters extended beyond the block difference people here from all walks of life and testers brolga shadow protests. but as you can see so far it's all been peaceful. much public anger and valorous has been directed against the security forces and their harsh response to the rest you can see the message in english valor russian lives matter these pictures from independence square in the capital artie's pretty if i look reports from. washington d.c.

there's a crowd of protesters here on independence square which is where they've been gathering every evening there are factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics running outside the health ministry which is just off the square so it's already become a tradition crowds gathering day after day and like yesterday there are no special forces out here just metal barriers so everything's moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resign we're sick of you and so on it's noticeable that there are fewer people here today than on previous days there was already a sense of tiredness with no change in the situation. it should be pointed out that the authorities are accusing l.-t. government activists of violent behavior during the unrest this video was released earlier on monday by the belorussian investigative committee it will actually shows a mom forcing a truck driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint according to investigators the

protesters seize the vehicle and use that to block a route. in while the e.u. has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters some european lawmakers have challenge mr. president while claiming there's a threat of russian interference artie's europe correspondent peter all over picks up the story. well we've heard statements on monday from the number of the e.u. institutions on the unfolding situation in belarus the european parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk in other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the russian federation to refrain from any interference covert or overt in belarus following the election and call on the e.u. institutions and member states to vigilantly counter any russian actions in this

regard the parliament wasn't the only european institution to be charming in on monday we also heard from the high representative for foreign affairs your state bar l. pretty much the e.u.'s foreign minister he said that the protests that we've seen over the weekend particularly that huge one in minsk that the sheer numbers clearly show that the belorussian people want a change but he also announced that the e.u. is currently drawing up a list of people that would be the target of e.u. sanctions the e.u. is working on new listings for sanctions against those responsible for violence repression of peaceful protests and the fortification of election results so while the parliament says that russia must keep out of bellary says the e.u. drawing up sanctions against russian officials hardly shows that they are willing to keep out of belarus themselves in fact senior figures senior leaders of member states have been chime in saying that the e.u.

should get involved more should interfere more particularly money would not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on monday the german government confident that they have been holding talks with svetlana ticket of skier stefan who's the spokes person for the german government confirmed that the talks had taken place but he wouldn't be drawn on what exactly had been discussed. has taken off sky of course is in self-imposed isolation in lithuania another e.u. member state and has expressed a want to be installed as an interim leader in belarus until fresh elections can take place but all of this coming from the e.u. site doesn't really fit with that statement from the european parliament but ultimately the message coming from brussels coming from the e.u. in general seems to be russia you don't get involved in belarus but we certainly go to involve ourselves as much as we can you know so many elements to this story and

throughout the day we have been getting expert opinion on the events on fooling in belarus here some of the reactions the thoughts we've gotten so far. i think there is a problem now there's a preconception in the west that russia could maybe. be tempted to intervene in belarus by whatever means largely because we're all looking back at what's happened in the rain. and i think maybe this is rather different but it's not necessarily how it looks when you look at it from london people will be expecting that maybe russia will act and some one thing the european union is blamed if we began to roll in the roads and the they there were no one stand out there because of a group the size there's a b m

a c u of liquid single but they're the same time we accept ground and we know that there is a gun 3 where mr graham has more than 50000 of your poland in danger and there were one or sanctions against turkey so i assume that the european union is the rain who didn't want to read self what we've been the big oil for melosa. and they are trying more or less like the rabid guy and the have so chords are warrants it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of. the by their membership and people themselves i think the principle position anyone should be taking would be to see that know what governments outside of belarus should be getting involved in this he should leave this to the people of belarus to decide their own future but of course that's not going to happen in today's world so i think the european union imposing and threatening sanctions and

tell you russia to keep the hands off is absolutely hypocritical but also. once again exposes you know there's no. dealing with russia as an equal because russia is caught up in this is well i mean it is support it will please no particular friend more school they must be worried too but what the impact of all this is going to be so it should with the best they reach try and discover what is going on in the minds of. i'm trying to put some sort of discussion which we brussels and got a little more school. here to another story we have been closely following for quite some time the lebanese president has said he is only able to resign as i would call the power vacuum calls from a show to go have been growing since the devastating chemical explosion that ripped through beirut supporter earlier this month last week the lebanese cabinet

including the prime minister resigned amid mass protests with people blaming the tragedy on government incompetence recovery efforts are still ongoing in beirut the disaster has put out a strain on a country already in the throes of a crippling economic crisis there earlier the international community pledged some $300000000.00 in aid to lebanon the blast killed 178 injured thousands and left more than a quarter of a 1000000 people homeless now the respect to this the u.s. is offering a financial lifeline to lebanon but only if the government agrees to certain we forms double quarter explained. massive explosions in beirut during a sign rest in its wake and the government. lebanon chaos. in bruins and leaders across the world have no doubt opened up the foreign aid

relief valve as a result countries like germany the u.k. and even the u.s. have stepped in to help out but when you accept money from washington you need to read the fine print when we see love. these leaders committed to real change change in word and deed america and its international partners will respond to systemic reforms a sustained financial support of course mr hale forgot to mention that u.s. sanctions are what many to believe the key cause of lebanon's economic woes but there is always someone who remembers. you have seen some countries hypocritically trying to portray themselves as defenders of the lebanese people and expressing sympathy for the lebanese people if they are honest they should remove the sanctions that they recently passed against the lebanese government nation and people and stop this hypocrisy and iran definitely knows how that feels that 1st donald trump said he'd be willing to give coronavirus aid to iran if it asked for it than when the country needed a 5 $1000000000.00 loan from the i.m.f.

to deal with the pandemic washington protested for some reason even the united nations called on the u.s. to lift its sanctions against the country only to get a big fat no from pompei oh i've heard people talking about sanctions there know that the world should know there are no sanctions that prevent a humanitarian assistance medical supplies pharmaceuticals from going to iran and war torn syria it's a similar story washington announced a nearly $1000000000.00 increase in 2020 humanitarian assistance at the very same time that it was creating a brand new sanctions regime against the country we are maintaining our maximum political and economic pressure to suspend the imposition of the sanctions the government of syria must meet similar conditions to a rule go for a country in crisis that's not really difficult to get humanitarian aid from washington what they usually have to give in return however might not be that worth it. 60 minutes into the program coming up is facebook not

only to hold a rating but promoting holocaust denial in searches we look into the. more besides the shortest of. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the dares thinks. we dare to ask. anyone else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all.

get to shape out just they become educated and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back to the program facebook is under fire again u.k. based country extremist organization the institute for strategic dialogue or a.s.d. has warned that the platforms algorithm promotes holocaust denial in unison with holocaust survivors across the world researchers are urging facebook to buy such

cult it. this misses the reason why people engage in holocaust denial in the 1st place denial of the holocaust is a deliberate tool used to dealing to minds the suffering of the jewish people and people had to wait long standing anti semitic troops and when people explicitly do this you should be seen as an act of hatred. not just here or there either research by the iowa state on earth $36.00 facebook pages dedicated to holocaust denial they have a combined total of more than 350000 subscribers the group also find that searching the term holocaust in facebook returned a lot of related warped content now the iowa state level similar criticism against twitter read that you tube facebook sees it removes false content only if it amounts to hate speech we remove groups and pages that discuss holocaust denial

from recommendations and references to it in search productions while we do not take down content simply for being untruthful many posts violate our policies against hate speech and are removed or internet lawyer experts your colon ses it's facebook's judy to protect every member of the platform's community. the fact that facebook. classifying holocaust denial is legitimate political conversation is quite frightening thing such as. should be banned from social media for the simple reason that it actively promotes hate it promotes violence against jewish people it should be. removed from any website that purports to be a website for the people of facebook is not designed for a very nice type of people it is made for the entire world of the entire community

and is such mr zuckerberg has got the duty to protect. do you see people as well. to a story that's got a lot of people speaking in the u.k. the government has made a dramatic u. turn in a school exam grieving students will now receive the grades not their teachers protected for them in their final year in a levels which are crucial for entry to university no examinations were council nationwide due to the pound the government introduced an algorithm which adjusted score predictions on the basis of each school's overall truck record that led to 39 percent of results being done graded state schools especially those from poorer regions were disproportionately affected by the dunn grid private schools though enjoyed a boom in marks the fiasco sparked protests across england

a demonstration in central london students the mother the resignation of the education secretary while accusing the system itself of being lost as we spoke to one people whose marks were far lower than she expected. but when i opened my results and saw 3 d's i went into complete. shock and i went to complete meltdown and i thought my last was just completely over i think to me it's a very clear case of discrimination i really feel for students like me and a further education college are 6 phone call it just a normal college really affected by this whereas it should have just based on the college that they go it's you that they have chosen to go there are cases and in fact many cases where people don't do as well. but seem to really flourish at a level so. this there's no there's no there's no way of knowing what that student

would have got other than the predictions that they were given by the teacher. let's bring you to the west coast of america now we're 2 police officers are in hospital after being hit by rocks thrown by block lines mutter protesters in portland oregon police fired smoke grenades while demonstrators sprayed graffiti on the sheriff's office. coming out in portland to protest against police brutality as we say rocks other missiles were through and some tried to storm law enforcement property the

demonstrations carried on the county sheriff's office were spray painted on the building's walls it was the 80th consecutive nights of the racism of mounted police demonstrations in the system here. well let's keep attention stateside because the gap between donald trump and joe biden in the 2020 election race is widening according to a national poll released some hours ago the survey by. the washington post paper gives the democrats runner a 12 point lead among those registered to vote and over those polled approve his pick of running mates. mr trump's advisers recently likened her voice to a famous cartoon character leaving the debates in for twitter.

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