well the russian leader offers to meet protesters heart sank a rerun of the disputed presidential election. but only if the constitution is amended after thousands of factory workers down to the cross the country running alexander lukashenko resignation. i. i i i. i i. spy king across europe governments across the continent all very imposing unpopular safety restrictions widespread. president. ventured in new york as the wave of violence sweeps the city limits

police brutality protests and rushed over lockdown measures. thanks for joining us here on r.t. and. today turned protest against its president who's accused of rigging the recent election although demonstrations were initially marred by heavy handed police response they are now largely peaceful turnout of opposition rallies across the country remains high i i i i i i i. i monday night thousands gathered outside a detention facility in the center of minutes demanding the release of political prisoners some of them barred presidential candidate viktor bout. the article and

the husband of opposition leaders for a long article of scar impulses gathered at another jail where many who were arrested during the 1st nights of unrest are being held. much public anger directed against security forces for their brutal treatment of protesters and bystanders to voice their discontent the demonstrators convene once again in the capital's independence square auntie's constantine pretty bailo was there for us. there is a crowd of protesters here on independence square which is where they've been gathering every evening there at the factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics rallying outside the health ministry which is just off the square so it's already become a tradition of crowds gathering day after day like yesterday there are no special forces out here just metal barriers so everything is moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resign or seek of you and so on it's noticeable that there are fewer people here today than on previous

days there is already a sense of tiredness with no change in the situation. meanwhile the authorities in minsk accuse the protesters a violent behavior this video released by the investigative committee allegedly shows a man forcing a truck driver out of his vehicle a gunpoint according to investigators approaches to seize the vehicle and used it to block or wrote the pressure mounting president lukashenko has made a number of public appearances but they seem to back fired his words were back with anger during a speech at a factory on monday the same day thousands of workers across the country downed tools they demand a rerun of the disputed election because of those says that's only possible if the constitution is amend it. number of that but we need to adopt a new constitution you must adopt it in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in referendum under the new constitution we can hold new elections if you want for parliament for presidency and local authorities. look the same as also hinted that if necessary

russia might offer security assistance in the event there's an external threat develops some foreign media interpreted that as being an indication the kremlin is poised to intervene but they are putin and his german counterpart angela merkel have spoken by phone the 2 leaders agreed any outside intervention in belorussian affairs was an acceptable early though a number of e.u. countries raised concerns of a possible russian meddling an issue we discussed with our guests. 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 brain. 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 one thing the european

union is blamed for you begin to roll in the. us and the they hear her stand out there because of a group this size there's a bemis here of liquid single but they're the same time we accept the ground and we know that there is a gun to be where mr hogan 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 there aren't who didn't want to read self within the big east or miller author. and they are writing more or less certain who like the rabid guy end of it so corner or answer that it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of. the my their membership and people themselves i

think the principle position anyone should be taking would be to see that know what government's out said billoo should be getting involved in this we should leave this 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 and so forth is absolutely hypocritical but also in. once again the exposes you know there's nor an attempt to deal with russia as an equal because russia is caught up in this is well i mean it is supporting would call but these no particular friend or more school they must be worried through but what the impact of all this is going to be so sure with the best they reach try and discover what is going on in the minds of the glad to work you said elsewhere i'm trying to put some sort of discussion which we brussels and darwin and more school in the meantime more foreign countries challenge the link

because legitimacy as president projecting the election results they you confirmed is drawing up sanctions against belorussian officials suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters at the same time ahead of the opposition's atlanta taken off announced her intention to leave the country even though she's currently in exile in lithuania on the stand hawkins takes a closer look at who his main challenger is. but the roof is at boiling point streets and squares remain packed with thousands of voices of discontent its people determined to be heard they feel the president just isn't listening they don't mind a new leader a symbol to unite them at a time of crisis. has become this symbol yet i'm not a politician my husband surrogate economically wanted to become the president of valorous he's now in prison for that almost unknown at the end of may the humble english teacher and interpreter to lead a quiet life until her husband is set again to cut off ski

a popular blogger presidential candidate was disqualified from the presidential race and thrown in jail in an act of protest she took up the opposition husband's name and announced she would stand she said herself that she didn't want power at one point telling supporters she's more comfortable frying cutlets in her role as stay at home mom you are just as good as i want to become president in order to restore justice in this country my campaign program one be familiar to everyone the main point is new honest and fair election. to going off was just a woman with a grudge like many he couldn't predict the crowds would turn her into a symbol misconceived our constitution is not for women our society is not mature enough to vote for a woman but as things got heated it seemed was ready perhaps not specifically for to. but for change yet despite condemning the results as false protests gaining

traction she fled the country putting our family 1st there. i had probably remained the soft woman that i originally was i know that many will understand me many will condemn me and many will hate me but know this god forbid that you faced a choice that i had to face children are the most important thing that we have in life. yet for some in the west she really is one step away from the presidency with the german government already confirming it's held talks with the exiled opposition figure in our shoes no long with the english teacher mother all week one as she described herself days later she claims she's ready to step up to the plate as head over transitional government. this is their i am prepared to act as a national leader. others could have been in her shoes but as opposition figures fell out of the picture taken off there was left as the last woman standing the

accidental candidate with her latest announcement she's upped the ante time will tell whether she can meet the expectations of those that want her to lead that change. the specter of a 2nd wave of coronaviruses haunting a pandemic weary europe governments across the continent are again rolling out a popular restrictions for the public's growing increasingly fed up as peter oliver reports. as europe tries to tiptoe back to normality a 2nd wave of covert 19 seems set to derail those hopes here in germany daily infections passed a 3 month peak last week the health minister in the country says this is partly due to so much in general people coming back from holidays people attending parties and other celebrations now it in spite of it and it's very difficult to make people stick to the wounds after they've had 2 or 3 beers at

a party such events make it especially easy for the virus to spread so maybe we should stick to smaller family gatherings for a while longer germany has labelled most destinations in spain including the extremely popular destination of york and as high risk it another blow to the already stricken spanish tourism industry but i think i mean i think the measures they're taking are a bit drastic we thought we had good prospects for september but now with travel companies sending people home it's getting very difficult it's good to be cautious but the situation here looks fine to me and now with no customers i don't know how long we can hold on you know back east at the moment is my spain has taken tough measures against condit 19 social distance in masks as you can see we don't have outbreaks but the virus is everywhere you never know where you will be safe and where you can catch it let people travel because we're here we depend on the tourism and if we don't have to or is it will sink neighboring france has also

being breaking records for all the wrong reasons marking up post lockdown high of over $3000.00 cases seen metropolises like paris and mall say expand outdoor areas with face coverings a mandatory while work spaces are also set to become mosque zones so. it is a good idea but it won't be easy to make people respect the rules especially at work because they will have to spend the whole day there with a mosque on vision. i wear a mask to work every day and i think it's normal so for me nothing will change you know mortars there's a surge of cases in france and all the other countries so i know it's necessary to wear a mask i wear one every day at work a spike in cases among young people has seen the italian government step in to shut down discos and night clubs they'll also be a reintroduction on rules insisting that face coverings be worn in outdoor public spaces at night it's a pity that we did not see this government response before my pig everything should

have been closed sooner we can be i sympathize with those who own nightclubs it's not easy finding the balance between the interests of entrepreneurs and public health foremost prevent going on there are no i don't think the club should have been reopened it all should have remained closed because the clubs are not essential in closing them prevented new cases both the number of cases in europe rises so does anger over covert prevention measures to the. i. no one wants to see a return to full lockdown and that places those in power in the own enviable position of having to try balance freedom with fighting code it as we try to work

out which restrictions we want to be imposed and where the virus is determined to reimpose itself across the whole of europe peter all over r.t. bill in. the state of emergency and the lebanese capital has been extended until september 18th beirut is still reeling from the devastating chemical bust that tore through the city 2 weeks ago 190 people were killed. in the tragedy more than 5000 injured or 300000 were left homeless as the explosion ripped through buildings century old structures belonging to the evidence cherished architectural heritage have also been damaged the owner of one ruined his store mansion lived in by his family for generations shared his loss.

let's take a my ancestors lived here 200 years ago and it's been in the family ever since i lived up stairs and when the explosion happened i was sitting here with my wife and daughter into the grandchildren i was reading a newspaper. the oldest tears were made of marble they don't make them like that anymore real artistry went into the building you know everything is computerized and heartless but even the small things inherited from my grand parents and wanted to hand down to my children their got destroyed. by so i did that much that i've never seen anything like the port explosion we have witnessed warts and blood spilt but nothing like this.

and if they finish their investigation and arrest they won't rebuild my home bring back our history it is the politicians who should be held responsible for what happened. to build this country and we will build it again we have national unity. new york sees a sharp increase in violence as the trump slum city authorities for rejecting federal assistance is also getting the backing of an influential police union elections that story more after the break. seemed wrong we all just don't all. get to

shape out just become active. and engaged because the trail. find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i know. no shots. back she just felt. strong both of those 2. points your thirst for action.

president as we knew threats to send federal agents to new york the city's grappling with a wave of violence amid protests against police brutality and lockdown restrictions some blames budget cuts for the spike in arrests and is backed by new york's largest police union if she could prove significant ahead of november's election more put explains. new york city needs saving apparently more so than oregon and media is now comparing new york city the gotham city however there is no batman here fact there's barely anyone a wave of looting crime and riots has seen many high end stores close up their windows.

50 people were shot over the weekend and there's been a 177 percent increase in gun violence this july compared to last year now donald trump blames local officials for this and says that soon washington may step in. if the new york city mckown do it we will after the city council agreed to cut the new york city police department's budget by roughly $1000000000.00 the police officers union decided to go rogue political road that is they decided to endorse donald trump now many times people say that a union like ours lauren for sprint groups give indorsements not a new york city p.b.s. star in the new york city p.b.s. mr president you are in the endorsement and you've earned it indorsement i'm proud to give it no surprise it's got anger burning in the bellies of the democratic

party here in new york. i am speechless new york city's a beautifully diverse working class democratic city the n.y.p.d. says clearly showing they're not interested in working with the people of our city this explains their continued aggression against innocent people it's time for dramatic change and y p d union indorsed trump i'm sure this is a part of the neighborhood outreach plan also does anyone see a potential problem with police unions enforcement arms of the state with liberal weapons promoting preferred candidates for office is that just me it's a political wrestle mania here in new york we've got trump versus the local officials local officials versus the police and vice versa at this point it's pretty clear new york city needs some kind of caped crusader to stop the wave of crime but will that savior be in washington. r.t. new york. u.s.

intelligence agencies reportedly believe iran paid bounties to the taliban for targeting american and coalition forces in afghanistan according to information obtained by c.n.n. the payments are linked to at least 6 attacks last year including a suicide bombing at a u.s. air base in december quarter. if you remember not too long ago the mainstream media was again citing its anonymous sources claiming that russia was somehow paying balinese to the taliban for hits on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan russian intelligence officers have offered to pay belmonte to taliban fighters who kill americans who kill americans complex story at the heart of it there is something very simple that the european intelligence official i spoke to says that russian military intelligence officers offered money to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill american or other coalition fighters if this times report is correct this means that u.s.

intelligence has concluded that vladimir putin. is offering bounties for the scalps of american soldiers in afghanistan now back then no evidence was provided president trump even said that the story wasn't credible enough for him to have been briefed on it and the kremlin denied any involvement it spokes person dimitri pascoe of said that it was regrettable that one of the world's most renowned international media outlets was public was publishing absolute hoaxes now fast forward to today and in the world of c.n.n. all of a sudden iran is also paying bounties to the taliban c.n.n. has just learned that an assessment by u.s. intelligence agencies has found that iran in addition to russia also paid bounties to taliban fighters to target u.s. and coalition troops in afghanistan all of this of course is according to anonymous sources that the channel declined to mention but who knows what will happen this time because last time a lack of evidence didn't seem to stop democrats from going berserk over the issue

there is overwhelming evidence that putin has gone and he's paying significant bounties to kill american soldiers in afghanistan seems clear from what the intelligence is real i find it inexplicable in light of these very public allegations that the president hasn't come before the country and assured the american people that he will get to the bottom of whether the russians are putting a bounty on the heads of american troops now hopefully this time american officials will wait for the facts to surface before they jump to conclusions about iran but until then it just seems like stories such as this one only serve to make russia and iran out to be the bad guys in the in the eyes of the western public we spoke with investigative journalist dave lindorff who says the allegations against a random drug questionable. russia and iran both been demonized for some time by both the media and particularly in the case of

a rand by the trumpet ministration you know when the media came out with this what clearly appears to have been a bogus claim about russian intelligence paying these bounties to taliban fighters to do what they were doing already. you know trying to kill americans and drive them out of the country the evidence turned out to be completely wrong and so now we have the trumpet ministration supporting this claim that the. that it's the iranians are doing the same thing i don't think the rationale is there the taliban don't need as they have explained themselves don't need anybody to pay them for them to want to attack americans and to make the work to know so costly for the us that the us pulls its troops out so. you know absent really strong evidence i think it's a ludicrous claim. when using the now and mortar shells cobbles

diplomatic district on tuesday morning as afghans mount independence day several people were injured no one has claimed responsibility the strength comes a day after the government refused to release its last $320.00 taliban prisoners a month and says its free mall can sell just. $6.00 magnitude earthquake shook the central philippines on tuesday buildings and roads with jemmy's one person is being confirmed dead such a mosquito if it's on the way. and if i thought in california have i would have for them is a heat wave aggravate the cool while the cool wildfires that are around to find it on sunday the temperature soared to above $54.00 degrees celsius and. also stay there on radical since 90 to. tell you all right it today really appreciate you company throughout the morning it

takes stick around in 30 minutes. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic to follow only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. an entire village in alaska. if another country run the wife of an american. we do everything in our power to protect the. water that escaping climate change is the same threat right now alaska seems some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world

we lost about 30 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. is fast and means the river is 35 closer to power than was near or were part of the 1st for. a pro. bowler solution that's right some resolution now we're covering whether or not gold price moves are signaling an end to the us dollar aware of yes superstar alice the clouds of gold money god out there wolf.

this is a boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss for in washington coming up the u.s. is set to further tighter restrictions on wall way as president donald trump says the white house is looking at potential action against other chinese giants we'll bring you the latest plus japan has seen a huge economic contraction due to the copan $1000.00 pandemic will take a look at how this dire economic news is affecting world markets and as 2 major college football conferences have postponed their season over the financial landscape of sports amid the pandemic with some expert analysis with a packed show today so let's dive right it. doesn't stop with tic toc and walk away now u.s. president donald trump said saturday he will go even further and is indicating that he might ban access to other chinese companies including e-commerce giant. well the

big thing is one way to read while he's not here and one way i'm not allowing and i've told european countries and others australia has been fantastic as an example but well he's not coming here and then we told certain countries that was thinking about well way that's ok you can use them but we're not going to be sharing intelligence and they've all backed away you look at the u.k. it looked like they were going that way and now they've backed scotland yard and. there are a most of them do we're looking at other things. and this comes after the president signed an executive order on august 14th which requires tick tocks parent company bite their hands to divest its interest in tick tocks u.s. operations within 90 days now once again chinese foreign ministry officials say that this is just another example of how the u.s. is violating its own free market principles. because as a dummy so does he once again proves that the so-called freedom and security are nothing but an excuse for the digital gunboat diplomacy pursued by some us

politicians. do this type of bullying 'd is a blatant annihilate the market economy fair competition principle in the us has only been advocated. and joining us now to discuss is blue bus coast investigative journalist ben swan and geoffrey tucker editorial director with the american institute for economic research thank you both for joining us but i want to start with you here because we know you've been very critical of the u.s. stance on chinese companies including this move over to so does this latest statement i mean he just matched it over ali baba does it surprise you it doesn't surprise me it disappoints me i continue to be disappointed by these decisions by the trump administration really to take the stance look i have a huge problem with it i have a problem with the way the way has been treated as a private company but essentially having the u.s. government essentially launch not only a war against wall wait here in the u.s. but to really go to bat overseas and to try to get while we remove from countries around the world which again is not a good.