are signaling an end to the u.s. dollar with yes superstar alice to the clouds of gold money dot com allister welcome. rival rallies are held in belarus amid the fallout from the country's disputed presidential election as more factories workers go on strike demanding a new vote. the leaders of france and germany reach out to president putin to discuss the situation and belarus russia has called on all countries to avoid interfering in the crisis. also this hour with coded $1000.00 infections spiking throughout europe and governments across the continent are imposing safety restrictions sparking

widespread discontent. and president donald trump threatens federal intervention in new york as a wave of violence sweeps the city and the anti police brutality protests and anger over a lockdown measures. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h 2 in moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. belarus has entered a 10th day of protest against the president who's accused of running the recent election in his favor although demonstrations were initially marred by a heavy handed police response they are now largely peaceful belorussian interior ministry has issued a statement saying it accept some responsibility for the way the crisis has unfolded factories across the country have been brought to a standstill by workers strikes and crowds are out on the streets demanding the presence resignation and vowing to keep up the pressure and tell their demands are

met this is how things looked on monday. i. think that next. encounter protests is now being held in the belorussian city of mind over in support of. the main message from that gathering is look as a source of stability for belarus and the un rest needs to stop. and i'm going to cost lives to our teams or i'm a closer for the latest on all of this not roma european leaders have been in contact with the russian president to discuss the crisis what can you tell us about what was said. that's right european leaders are indeed seeking the kremlin says stance in the situation in belarus european council president said sharlee michel said that he spoke to vladimir putin on tuesday and

michelle says that the european union. began working on personal sanctions against those are responsible for human rights violations against peaceful demonstrators and he also said that there should be no outside interference in the matters all 5 biller routes now into other separate phone calls on tuesday initiated by byrne in paris but a mere putin spoke to his counterparts angela merkel and emanuel mccraw and he said that's any attempt by outside forces to intervene in the political crisis in belarus would be counterproductive and russian president stressed that placing the external pressure on the leadership in minsk is unacceptable now folding the phone call with the russian leader angela merkel also outlined german his position and spoke about their conversation

a lot of members and. going to help me today i spoke with russian president putin and they did. once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that's prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus we will continue to discuss this to more. now all these talks with the russian president and say can place a head of the european union summits on belarus now in his invitation to e.u. leaders say euro council president arroyo that the elections in belarus were neither free nor were their fair he added that the subsequent violence against peaceful protesters was a shocking and should be condemned and he also said that people of belarus have the right to determine their own future now the meeting of the e.u. leaders will be held via video conference on a wednesday and meanwhile

a no matter their resolution it looks like it's clear that the european union wants to know moscow's views on the situation in belarus and its internal conflict now president look at shanghai held a meeting with the country's security council and he criticised the opposition plans to damage the relationship with russia and as he said its aspirations towards nato and the e.u. let's hear what else he had to say in his statements have been made by some western countries who don't even know where belarus is i have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat oh me units on our western borders and have brought them to full combat readiness. now the opposition in belarus already a reply to that and they should their own statements saying that look at shadow planes are false and an attempt at manipulation and they also said that they plan

to honor all of the eggs. this thing agreements with russia and other partner countries as well meanwhile who've been here outside of the belorussian embassy in moscow for 10 days straight they can probably see behind me that they're rally in support of the protesters and bill ayers continues largely it's old being that peaceful we've seen all kinds of protesters both pro and anti go but like i said before it's been peaceful so far. art is roman coaster of staying across those ongoing protests and belarus thank you. mr near up specialist paris believes the belarus crisis is a major concern for both russia and the e.u. . a few days ago a look at. the kremlin and said that he was going to ask who's in it supports the suggestion was that the present was reaching out to the russians or 'd you know significant force the riot police bit troops in order to quell the process by

brute force and it's raised the question will russia invades. russia where there's been a lot of speculation navy terms of people to follow the situation closely and that idea has been pretty written off putin's unlike stu that the veteran population has actually warm image of russia and see them as friends and they fought so hard to oust look the shanker that if person came in and crushed the. demonstrations by force and kept the percent go in office by force then the entire population with then suddenly turn against russia and putin and then you'd end up with another ukraine situation which the kremlin doesn't want so because of these fears you've got macron and merkel 'd reaching out the e.u. has been very aggressive they said they've warned russia that there should be no

overt or covert interference in the domestic policies under the threat of facing new renewed extremely quote unquote heavy sanctions if it's seen to do that but i think it's going to come back with exactly the same argument in fact and he did say explicitly to merkel this morning in that telephone that there should be no western interference in the domestic politics of. more of the e.u. all this talk of values and ideals will not actually do much to help in the short term even if they're russia did help that programs been role that matter a few $1000000000.00 a year they come with a lot of strings and they're implemented very slowly the and. in order to help in this time of need and struggling economy crisis everything on top of each other is russia which will come in rapidly help with money with investments lots of

russian businessmen would love to expand and this is their only do so very quickly and have some world class come. meanwhile the german government has confirmed that it's been in talks with the leader of the belorussian opposition so it logical moscow fled to lithuania soon after the election r.t. is down hawkins takes a closer look at look at shanghai's main challenger. well the roof is at boiling point the streets and squares are main packed with thousands of voices of discontent its people determined to be heard they feel the president just isn't listening they don't want 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 home will english teacher an interpreter to lead a quiet life until her husband a set of gates on 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 the project our constitution is not for women our society is not mature enough to vote for a woman for us things got heated it seems but 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. 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 now she's no long with the english teacher mother or weak woman as she described herself days later she claims she's ready to step up to the plate as head over transitional government. this is where 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 her 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 a coronavirus is hunting a pandemic weary europe governments across the continent are again rolling out unpopular restrictions but the public is growing increasingly fed up as peter albert reports. tries to tip toe back to normality 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 is to buy into that and it's very difficult to make people stick to the moons 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 labeled 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 each of them on pain has taken tough measures against crowded 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 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 it work every day and i think it's normal so for me nothing will change you know more person is 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. we can be but i sympathize with those who own nightclubs it's not easy finding the balance between the interests of entrepreneurs and public health what will 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 and 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 in that place as those in power in the own enviable position of having to try balance freedom with fighting code of 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 these are all over our bill in. a state of emergency and the lebanese capital has been extended until september 18th beirut is still reeling from the devastating chemical blast that tore through the city 2 weeks ago some 180 people work. killed in the tragedy with over 5000 injured all 300000 were left homeless as the explosion ripped through buildings century old structures belonging to lebanon's cherished architectural heritage have also been damaged the owner of one ruined historic mansion lived in by his family for generations chart has lost.

ancestors lived here 200 years ago and has been in the family ever since i lived dumpsters and when the explosion happened i was sitting here with my wife and daughter and 2 grandchildren i was reading a newspaper. full of love stories were made of marble don't make them like that anymore artistry went into the building everything is computerized and heartless but even the small things inherited from my grand grandparents when the temp down to my children. last night is that most out of i've never seen anything like the porch explosion we have witnessed were lots but nothing like this.

if they finish their investigation rest they will rebuild my home bring back our history is the politicians who should be held responsible for what happens. live in this country and i mean to build it again like we have national unity. donald trump has renewed threats to send federal agents to new york the city is grappling with a wave of violence amid protests against police brutality and lockdown restrictions issue could prove significant ahead of november's election and 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. just.

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 mourned for spin 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 why p.d. union endorsed trump i'm sure this is a part of the neighborhood outreach plan also does anyone else see a potential problem with police unions enforcement arms of the state with lethal 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 in new york city need 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 that iran paid bounties to the taliban for targeting american and coalition forces in afghanistan earlier the same accusation was leveled against russia or his own quarter has the details 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 that 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 10 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 it 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 to investigative journalist david lindorff who says the allegations against iran and russia follow a familiar pattern. russia and iran have both been demonized for some time by both the media and particularly in the case or ran 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 panties 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 so costly for the us that the us pulls its troops out so. you know absent really strong evidence i think that it's a ludicrous claim. from global news in brief now mortar shells struck near

kabul's diplomatic district tuesday morning as afghans marked independence day several people were injured and no one's claimed the attack as of yet the strike comes a day after the government refused to release its last 320 taliban prisoners it wants the insurgents to free more captured soldiers 1st. a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook the central philippines on tuesday buildings and roads were damaged and one person is confirmed dead the search and rescue efforts are still underway. and firefighters and california have their work cut out for them as a heat wave aggravates local wildfires there around 30 active fires on sunday the temperature soared to over $54.00 degrees celsius the hottest day on record since 1913. that's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines for now and that's all for me as well today we're not you know neil will be here at the top of the hour with all the latest.

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some are solutions now today we're covering whether or not gold price moves are settling in and to the u.s. dollar with our guest superstar alstom a clown of gold money dot com allister welcome thank you for asking me bax all right alistair 1st of all i might want to say of course max my our investors and gold money dot com because we love the company and you do a lot of great research so we're having you on here to discuss some of your research and the solutions to the issues that when you look at gold and you look at the fact that it's sort through $2000.00 do you agree with what goldman sachs who is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the can tell you in a fact all of the sort of money system they say that the u.s. dollar is days are nearing an end and how they determine that in their reports is that. the gold price so do you see those $2.00 as being related and are they

a little bit too doing gloom and that the u.s. dollar is ending soon the answer to that is yes they are related i would put it slightly differently from the way goldman sachs describes it there was a day earlier in this year when everything changed it was rather like you know the tide stopped going out and started coming in all from here on the board if you stop coming in as a going out and that was the 20th of march between more or less the beginning of the 23rd of march markets sank the s. and p. lost a 3rd of its value you had gold was just absolutely knocks down i mean certainly the open interest was not down though the price was a lot more resilient than you would have thought and so there were various things that really hit i mean even a bit coy and sort of was pretty weak in those in the at that early time but then on the 23rd of march something happened and that was that the fed made a statement.