or a made in the shallows. people and dollars take to the streets some to support their president many others telling him to go and within the anti-pollution go crowd there's discord over the use of the flag. of the state. the european union confirms it will impose sanctions against fellow russian officials accused of election fraud and violence against protesters. meanwhile russia's foreign minister warns against any external meddling and the belarus crisis after a look at raises his concerns over european interference and the phone call with president putin. is going to shoot you or your conditions we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now in better groups we are concerned but the attempt

to exploit the internal challenges facing the other groups to interfere in them from a brutal. and a military uprising in mali sweeps the president from power threatening to plunge the country deeper into chaos. this is our to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the belorussian interior ministry has confirmed several arrests in the ongoing strikes and demonstrations gripping the country belarus has entered an 11th day of rest on wednesday crowds gathered outside the ministry of education holding the official red and green national flag or part of a movement in support of that's been springing up over the past couple of days on the other side of the divide police to stir disperse peaceful protesters outside the minsk tractor factory on wednesday morning dozens had gathered outside the

entrance to greet and support workers who are on strike demanding the presence resignation. and at 1 am time looks like a protest in minsk some people were seen at weaving flags some concern. now the e.u. has just held an emergency video conference on the belarus crisis and we can now bring in our europe correspondent peter all over who's with us in berlin and then we're going to cross over to remind castro in moscow peter let's start with you what came out of those e.u. talks. yes this emergency summit wrapped up with a statement from the bloc saying they would not recognize the results of the may 9th of the august 9th belorussian elections show michel who's the european council

president making the announcement. the european union student in so we don't reteach was a piece of bread or these elections neither free nor. to meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the belarus authorities. well that is sure it's a police were planted to kind of sky who stood against president lukashenko vote she called for the e.u. to do exactly that earlier on this is taking place right now in the. euro. i call on you not to recognise this fraud and elections mr center has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the wild.

well european commission president on the line confirmed that the e.u. would be placing sanctions on those deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters she also announced that funds would be made available to those of those in the belorussian opposition. a we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and falsification of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the

belorussian people in these challenging times. well that makes it interesting listening when you also take into account what was coming out of berlin chancellor angela merkel heads up the rotating presidency of the you at the moment and she was facing the cameras as well following that virtual summit saying there needs to be no outside interference in bell or reduce. benefits should on its own she's been dependent part of the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there. we went into this virtual summit expecting sanctions to be confirmed and a statement of support for the opposition what we've got was the e.u. as a bloc coming together saying they don't recognize the august 9th vote. cashin support given to the opposition. all right peter all over bringing us the european reaction to the situation and valorous from there let's cross on over to ramon cross-road

who is in moscow that russia has been raising its concerns over potential interference and belarus give us the details. will be already getting our reactions on the virtual summit that was held earlier on no one's day and moscow said that the european council's a statement on the need for a new presidential election in belarus is strange meanwhile earlier alexander lukashenko initiated another telephone conversation with his russian counterpart vladimir putin and he asked putin to. send a message to german chancellor angela merkel to ask her not to meddle in the internal affairs of. him he added that say he doesn't he doesn't want to have any direct conversations with any european leaders meanwhile right now looks like a moscow has become

a mediator between the european union and bella ruse sendhil earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov also made a statement where he warned against external interference in the internal situation and delivers. what he's going to issue. we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now and reuss we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing béla groups to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial everything we're hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics . now moscow is also calling on all parties for a genuine dialogue between the authorities and belarus and protesters are courting so the kremlin officials and bill routes are indeed are ready to work with the

opposition but say interference and provocations from abroad are counterproductive now alexander lukashenko also accused the west of financing the opposition and cold on his a foreign ministry to deliver a message to european union countries and ukraine not to fuel on rest in belarus let's hear what else the czech i have to say. but of those eights of finland see that when you were recently on c. western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus but we cannot track all of the funds as much if it is in cash but we see it we know what's going on and we will focus on this issue. meanwhile it is out of the shuttle held another meeting with his that security council and he instructed it to strengthen the country's borders and that's in order to prevent minute sense and weapons from coming into the race according to the president and he also instructed

the defense ministry to start tracking nato troops movements in inadequate and in poland as well. peter all over staying across the international and russian reaction to the story for us thank you both for those reports. were to address believes the refusal of location go to hold direct talks with the e.u. has effectively turned russia into a mediator i spoke with him earlier. because shango has actually asked to tell angela merkel that he has no appetites to talk with her is there any surprise there . it's important because it means darts a look at woman to give to put into russia duros of mediate your. eyes in a certain way belarus is linked strategy can be with a russia even if there are complete gated relations between most going minsk and

he's engaged on the outside and died it will not then. go directly to western powers and especially people judge me so it's a way to recognize mosco is now the main part of. it looks like there is a strong pressure within the e.u. especially. pro-american allies of the united states like poland and the tech states to push you to take much more radical stand. against a new law of the belarusian government and doing so to mexico and we know. germany and france are not short story mr oz of the warsaw and. news governments so i think. it's very important.

to take into account a foreign doubt. and continue to recover that has defied that day will they will have a discussion with the early in and and. not wars all the unions and in this case it means. they don't accept and still can recognize any road to washington to the united states. the opposition's coronation council for the transfer of power and belarus held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises to maintain from. mutually beneficial relations with the e.u. russia and ukraine also criticizes the role of security forces and governing belarus though has slammed the council as nothing but an illegal attempt to seize power. with world powers now turning their focus on belarus are teased in hawkins finds out what's at stake. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands paul out of the streets in protest over the disputed

presidential election it's 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 this miss 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 closer to home withheld e.u. why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether they will be further restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian authorities. condemnation was perhaps predictable but there's 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 macro and the european council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roofs is russia's closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and a 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 that the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affair. 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 his energy needs and extended a helping hand the united states wants to help the roof's build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with a dilemma should they carry on befriending look 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. us democrats have officially nominated joe biden for president and a virtual vote during day 2 of the party's virtual convention but despite efforts to attract younger voters with a star studded lineup for some the event has fallen flat. without a doubt they will be the most boring repetitive told meanspirited convention in history at. the d.n.c. so far feels like one long have to on 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 indian see messages goodbye to just in which. 2 both democrats and republicans are making a raft of campaign promises including about american military interventions joe biden says he wants to stay in and to forever wars his track record on peace though leaves a lot to be desired on the quarter has a story. 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 away says 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 us 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. 7 not having it. because 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 and so we're obama's war mongering 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 killings under president obama but it was

all for everyone's own good when in fact just last month when president truman announced he wants to remove 12000 troops from where he wants to remove troops from afghanistan 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 in of the longest war in u.s. history so for them to now say we want to and endless wars it really is a farce who knows that the voters will buy that's nonsense. the u.n. security council will be convening and a couple of hours to discuss the military coup in mali soldiers there have overthrown the president and say they plan to set up a transitional government and hold new elections. not so sure this is really a 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 call the

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 over him boubacar keita said the decision to leave power would avoid bloodshed in the country. in the d.c.u. 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. this 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 by mco and storming the president's residence to meet me was swiftly condemned by the african union the e.u. and the head of the un neighboring countries have closed their borders calling for sanctions against revolutionaries the coup fall several months of protests in mali which saw the opposition demanding the presence resignation of a corruption allegations and i deteriorating security situation. that most people

here jump for joy to say a final farewell to mr walker kate he's no longer our president. nothing is going well in mali we are all suffering but the does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. historian gerald horne claims the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced back to it made us intervention in libya 9 years ago. this. was basically a result of the 2000. tragic overthrow and murder more khadafi libya into nearby the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain. that. and murder of gadhafi led to leakage of homes 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 bali of whom been killed 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 in bamako which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least in cote d'ivoire in guinea. an incident on tuesday night on a berlin motorway is being probed as a possible terrorist attack authorities say a series of crashes may have had an islamist motive 6 people have been left 203 of them are in critical condition the suspect an iraqi born man was detained he apparently deliberately rammed his car into several vehicles local media report he also claimed of explosives inside his car that that turned out to be called

a suspect is expected to face 3 charges of attempted murder. a number of coded $1000.00 cases in peru now exceeds a half a 1000000 with over $26000.00 deaths is the highest fatality rate per capita in latin america and to make things even worse many peruvian families that have lost a loved one can't even give them a proper burial. normally bobbie not until because of coronavirus they're not burying people in any cemetery around cairo bio they can only bury them here people from other places come here because no cemetery can take them the only ones that can appease cemeteries but if you don't have money what can you do. people come from all over the club district to park down below is what people have

died of all the booze and this boy up here is for those who have borne the virus. my 2 sons arrived at cape town the radia clinic this is where they died he told me there weren't intensive care bet those are for people who had money there is no salvation for poor people there is none. that's been our breakdown of the day's headlines for this hour for further details on all those stories and countless more head to our website r.t. .

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic development 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. ah no team no crowd. no shots. actually dealt. with well it's true no 1st. point ch your thirst for action.

after accounting you're watching going underground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting september the 5th but until then we'll be showing you some of your favorite shows of this past star studded season stay safe coming up in this episode we ask her to her talk of the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed humanity and what it means for the internet the police and the planet plus as those leaving lock down from friends and family for the 1st time in months we ask the legendary german director about his new film family romance l.l.c. which explores the commodification of relationships all of the more coming up in today's going underground but 1st after a weekend that saw the united states celebrating independence day and the u.k. flooding the country's pubs you'd be forgiven for thinking life was getting back to normal after the coronavirus pandemic but with protests calling for the defunding

of police still going on around the world will the only way to return to normal mean us having to embrace the surveillance state in fact will anything really be the same ever again joining me now from los angeles in the united states is the greatest film director of all time at least according to francois truffaut verna his new film family romance l.l.c. is streaming now on movie ivana thanks so much for coming on before i even get to the new field. what culture of you've been enlightening yourself with during the lockdown well i'm trying to be disciplined i stay tell me and i think it's a. huge responsibility you keep distance takes facemasks experience to mention indeed. starts to sucker meaning about irish seems to be starved out the most expensive for attitudes. straights strain the rejections more than actually texas.

so you better watch out to get. now many people maybe a different generations will know your acting as a as a star of the man the laurian but this new film family romance can you just explain why i might ask you whether there i am impersonating an interviewer interviewing you and how that how that is to do with the film it's a deep question yes it could be you know might be an impersonator. does it elitist possible to plough you into some digital interview with a likeness of you a real person so we may have to understand that representation of self even if you were yourself has changed with the digital age

and in the way family romance. has as a subject this question of performative things or fake fake news of performative appearance of people where you're meant somebody most of the people actually know exactly what they are doing they rent a friend when they're in deep salvage the woods and they have a great afternoon with a friend and they go out to the bar but sometimes. that might be a case of a change missing a father. gets a rented father and does know that the father they see and it so then it's and it's a deeper thing but of course make question is how much is your last performative. doing a conversation on the air you probably talk differently than to your own family we play roles when we are in the military service of n.p.r. without.