situation in the country is very serious the dictatorship the loss of for 26 years this one we've been weakened i stand here for valor is our president the only way to win is to keep showing our disagreement. as people involved take to the streets some to support their president and many others to tell him to go out as police in minsk make more arrests over the violent clashes with police in the immediate aftermath of the country's disputed election. the european union is taking a keen interest in events in belarus with an emergency session over the political process that's underway the european parliament is urging block leaders to slap sanctions on minutes. also this hour the u.s. democrats formally nominated joe biden as their runner in 2020 as the party top

campaign promises of biden's hawkish pounce would come back to haunt him. and a military uprising and molly sweeps the president from power threatening to plunge the can country deeper into chaos. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our 2 h.q. in moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. the belorussian interior ministry has confirmed several more arrests and strikes and demonstrations grips the country police and valorous disperse protesters outside the minsk tractor factory on wednesday morning dozens of people gathered near the entrance to greet and support workers were on strike demanding that their president alexander lukashenko resigns protests over the disputed election are now into their 11th day. here's what some

of them to say israelis vote for i'm against the president looked like. he was yeah. the situation in our country is very serious we are against unrest in our country i want to say one thing i stand here for valorous our president who did not condemn the subpoenas for the position so why should they condemn the us. i came here to support the protest because the only way to win is to keep getting out and keep showing our disagreement with the results of the election or uses i'm here to show solidarity with my people as i also want changes the dictatorship that has lost it for 26 years has finally been weakened and our country is now moving in and democratic direction the opposition's coordination council for the transfer of power and dollars held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises to maintain friendly

and mutually beneficial relations with the e.u. russia and ukraine and also criticizes the role of the security forces and governing valorous though has slammed the council as nothing but an illegal attempt to seize power meanwhile a number of foreign countries have challenged the question goes legitimacy as president rejecting the results of the election new has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters artist and hawkins delves into why the former soviet republic has drawn so much international reaction. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands pall over the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election is the country's geography which between its big east the neighbor and europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash. officially the e.u.

is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair. as persona non-grata and already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing human rights violations in the wake of police violence in closer to start number we're told eli discussions on sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether there will be further restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian authorities. condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view of what comes next the baltic states and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that l.c.a. sion others still have sought a balancing act the e.u. can't turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. so it's

no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks with merkel mark kroll and the european council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roof's is russia's closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and the buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with a look of shame goes over to yours to the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affair. years of belarus which could lead to a further escalation of the crisis would be an acceptable. for many years but it doesn't exactly been a top priority for the united states in 2006 they slap sanctions on minsk for you guessed it democratic elections and in 2008 the country's expelled each other's

ambassadors but earlier this year things began to change for the 1st time since 1904 minutes got a visit from the u.s. secretary of state. generously offered to meet all of energy needs and extended a helping hand the united states wants to help fellow troops build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with a dilemma should they carry on before ending look at who may be interested or put their bets on the opposition and it's the uncertainty in minsk one thing is clear washington has its own interest in belarus the possibility of another u.s. friendly state on russia's border could be a game changer and as protests grow in a country suddenly thrown into the international limelight and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved hold their breath as they play out their next move the e.u. is currently holding an emergency summit over the political crisis and deloris looks to go has hit back at the block for what he sees as meddling and his

country's affairs are just bitter over has more on that. the virtual summit which will get underway to around noon brussels time will see leaders dial in via video conference germany holds the rotating presidency of the european union right now when chancellor angela merkel held talks over the phone with russian president vladimir putin heading into this summit in which it's important for the e.u. to speak with one voice and today as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus to lift the way and poland have been particularly vocal in their support for the opposition in belarus said lana ticket of sky is in self-imposed exile in lithuania and she said that the e.u. should make a statement rejecting the recent election in belarus this is taking place right now

in the middle or hero i call and you're not to recognize this fraud went elections. mr quest center has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the wall but there's a balancing act to play for the e.u. alexander lukashenko has already claiming that foreign interference is behind the own rest in the country and in fact he's put the military on standby because of it this. statements have been made very some western countries who don't even know where bill is and have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat army units on our western borders and have brought them to full combat readiness. so what can we expect coming out of where these days you saw that we can expect clarification on

who will be targeted by e.u. commission sanctions most likely it's going to be belarusian security forces and election authorities could also expect a statement of support for the opposition however for now at least the e.u. will be looking to tread lightly eastern europe specialist ben eris 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 us brits and what supports the suggestion was that the present was reaching out to the russians for 'd a significant force the riot police beer troops in order to quell the protests by brute force and it's raised the question will russia invades. generation where there's been a lot of speculation 92 of the people to follow the situation closely that idea has

been pretty written off putin's unlike stu that the better some population has actually warmed 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 turned against russia and putin and then you'd end up with another ukraine situation which the kremlin doesn't want so because of these fear is you've got macro and merkel 'd reaching out the 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 is going to come back with exactly the same argument in fact and he did say explicitly that there should be no west in in the domestic politics of.

the u.s. democrats have officially nominated joe biden for president and a virtual vote during day 2 of the party's convention that despite efforts to attract younger voters a star studded lineup for some the event has fallen flat. without a doubt it will be the most boring repetitive gold meanspirited convention in history of. the d.n.c. so far feels like one long only you tube usually skip. this convention so far makes me think the democrats are the party ready to lead america

into the. party crowd i'm dying which indians messages goodbye to just what you. 2 mean while both democrats and republicans are making a raft of campaign promises including about american military interventions joe biden says he wants to see an end to forever wars his track record on peace though leaves a lot to be desired. quarter explains. donald trump's surprising 2016 election victory had a lot to do with one golden promise and america's endless wars i am proposing

a new foreign policy focused on advancing america's korda show interest to avoid endless wars that we're caught up in the current strategy of toppling regimes with no play and for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists we now know he didn't deliver on his promise but many americans still long for that a waste of peace and in 2020 the opposition understands this all too well democrats know it's time to bring nearly 2 decades of unceasing conflict to an end and left wing right wing it doesn't even matter polls are showing that 3 out of 4 americans want troops withdrawn from afghanistan and half of them want to see cuts to the military budget when it comes to u.s. foreign policy the vast majority of americans are fed up with never ending war and yet the democrats are supporting joe biden as their candidate a man with a track record of supporting conflicts. let's start from 2002 when joe

biden jumped right on the weapons of mass destruction bandwagon and supported the u.s. invasion of iraq clearly be more secure without saddam hussein in position of weapons of mass destruction almost 5000 american soldiers dead thousands more iraqi civilians killed a catalyst for the rise of the islamic state i wouldn't say any of that fits into most people's definition of peace and security in my mind that. we're. not having it. there are no you. as brock obama's v.p. biden cheered on america's longest war in afghanistan he called it a success and promised to bring the troops home that strategy is succeeding and as a consequence the president is making good on his commitment to bring our young men and women home right on schedule well here we are 2020 and so little has changed it

just goes to show us operations in afghanistan are more about dysfunction than success what are we trying to do here we didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking if the american people knew the magnitude of these dysfunction syria libya pakistan yemen the list of countries that were bombed while joe biden was vice president is very long so are we supposed to believe that he's going to put an end to years of endless war you decide well biden was there he was in the room where it happened as you say he was there for 8 years of obama so he can't divorce themselves from obama's warmongering policy pretty rich for the democrats to pretend now that they're the peace part of the because we had 8 years of president obama starting more wars i think than any president in decades before him before him more drone strikes more bombings more killing under president obama oh

but it was all for everyone's own good when in fact just last month when president truman announced he wants to remove $12000.00 troops from there he wants to remove troops from afghanistan so the democratic party that controls the house actually teamed up with liz cheney daughter of dick cheney to try to block and they actually passed legislation to try to prevent the end of the longest war in u.s. history so for them to now say oh we want to end endless wars it really is a farce who knows that the voters will buy that's nonsense. the u.s. senate intel. this committee accused us blot of our putin of personally ordering the on the democratic party back in 2016 details on that story and more after this break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person of those.

who dares thinks. we dare to ask. i don't know. no shots. actually felt. well it struck both of those 2. points your thirst for action.

and. welcome back we turn to a developing story now the organizers of the military mutiny and mali say they will hold fresh elections and uphold all international agreements. this is really going to civil society and political movements are invited to join us to create the best conditions for a transition towards credible general elections to exercise democracy and plot a road map to the foundations of the new mali. earlier the country's president appeared on state television announcing his resignation as after he was detained on tuesday during a military revolt in her home of a card he does so the decision to leave power would avoid bloodshed in the country

. but i would like to inform you of my decision to resign from my position with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the national assembly and of the government. to say is uprising began with a shoot out at the current military camp close to the capital a group of soldiers detained their senior officers before marching on a bomb co and storming the president's residence to meet me was swiftly condemned by the african union the e.u. and the head of the neighboring countries have closed their borders calling for sanctions against the revolutionaries who fall several months of protests in mali which saw the opposition demanding the president's resignation over corruption allegations and the deteriorating security situation. people here jump for joy to see a final farewell to mr. clarke a time he's no longer president. nothing is going to make of it and we're all

suffering but the does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. historian gerald horne believes the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced back to nader's intervention in libya 9 years ago. this crew attempt was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder of more more cut off the libya engineer by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain and france that and murder of gadhafi led to an leakage of tons of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time have been waging a brutal and bitter war against the soldiers in mali whom you can kill as a result this in turn has led to a french military intervention backed by the united states of america and it's also

helped to generate unrest and instability this might be on the verge of seizing power and bomb a ko which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least in cote d'ivoire in guinea. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has released the final part of a report on alleged russian meddling in the 2016 election the document accuses bottom or putin of orchestrating the hack a democratic party service but if you're hoping to find a smoking gun and the report you're likely to be disappointed as came up often explains. it is the 5th and final installment from the senate intelligence committee regarding allegations of russia and trump and the 2016 elections now the report is over a 1000 pages long it takes us to quite extravagant places from the ritz carlton hotel to the miss universe pageant and the ultimate conclusion of the report the long awaited conclusion is that russian president vladimir putin himself werder the

hacking of the democratic national committee server take a listen the committee found that russian president vladimir putin ordered the russian effort to hack competes networks and accounts affiliated with the democratic party and leak information damaging to hillary clinton and her campaign for president do they offer any proof well no they just simply state they have high confidence this is an intelligence community assertion that the russian government is responsible and that lattimer putin himself ordered the hacking of the d.n.c. and phrases like high confidence show up throughout the report for example the phrase likely is used 139 times furthermore the phrase almost certain shows up 23 times and the phrase seems shows up 39 times however despite all this high confidence and almost certainty the russian security services are

blamed for the hacking of the d.n.c. server take a listen to this passage from the report beginning in march 26th seen offices of the russian main intelligence directorate the g o u successfully hacked competes networks belonging to the democratic national committee and the democratic congressional campaign committee and the e-mail accounts of clinton campaign officials and employees including campaign chairman john podesta the report claims that russian security services in gauged in spirit fishing and this gave them. access to the d n c server now at this point the main piece of evidence that they put forward to back up this claim is testimony from the tech firm known as crowd strike crowd strike you'll recall was hired by d.n.c. royer to look into the matter now crowd strike has come under a lot of scrutiny crowd strikes president ex f.b.i.

official shawn henry testified that they saw a quote activity that we believed was consistent with activity we'd seen previously and had associated with the russian government in the same testimony and we also testified that crowd strike never had any evidence the data was actually exfiltrate it i.e. stolen from the d.n.c. servers but regardless and not surprisingly we see wiki leaks also thrown into the report wiki leaks activity sort on played a key role in the russian campaign and very likely knew it was assisting the russian intelligence influence efforts from jill in a sanches long denied these allegations and said he is simply not a russian operative however the allegations persist many americans looking at this report as well as many people around the world have got to be asking themselves how much longer is this russia gate story going to keep going is this final installment really the last report or will they find

a way to get it back into the news once again right our charles our intel gave us his reaction to the intelligence report. whether one or another country maybe interfering in our elections i think people are tired of that frankly and tired of the endless investigation of the same issue 20 only to rush i have seen so far little evidence it's not no evidence. on the balance of probabilities again when i say the way from looking to the 16th hillary clinton ran an atrocious campaign that's why she lost you've got to look at 16 and understand that hillary clinton went out of her way to offend a large percentage of the voting population she did not champaign effectively in key states she looks very ill in september 11th 2016 she was operating with her husband a corrupt foundation has been since 1997 where hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars have been sitting there similar questions of all the joe biden and his

family those are the big issues that are going to animate voters in this country. and incident on tuesday night on a brillant motorway is being probed as a possible terrorist attack authorities say a series of crashes may have had in isil missed motive 6 people have been left wanted 3 of them are still in critical condition the suspect an iraqi born man was detained after he apparently deliberately rammed his car into sample vehicles local media report he also claimed to have explosives inside his car though that turned out to be false the suspect is expected to face 3 charges of attempted murder. that's been our breakdown of the day's headlines for this hour for further details on all those stories and countless more at our website our team dot com.

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