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challenges facing. them from. the program. the president from power threatening to plunge the country. one minute past 9 pm here in moscow you have chosen r.t. for your news this hour my names you know. we start this hour in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th selection both supporters of president lukashenko those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets. a government gathering in many. then several other cities with the official reading

green national flag on display in the main message from the president's backers being that the country cannot afford calles. run by being the right people great we have stability there's no war thank god we have bread to eat we have jobs even if we are not rich we would like to be but we just need to work more. live peacefully and calmly in our beautiful country it's very clean here what's not to like about. you know we're not like that for an ace interfere in the affairs of our republic we can manage it ourselves we stand for below is. one rally in the bell russian capital on wed and diverse have a strong message. i. think . people were chanting for all but the use of the european flying up the ante because schenkel really was not welcomed by everyone.

if there was. any was it was. only a few hours ago the european union held an emergency video conference only by the rules crisis our correspondents were among koester of peter all over 1st were fell wrapped up the event by saying that the e.u. member states had agreed not to recognize the result of the 9th of august election this election night the free move. to meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the belarus. e.u. commission president as lafond ally and confirmed that sanctions would be put in place on both deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters in belarus she also raised a few eyebrows by saying that there would be cash made available to the people of

bella ruth day 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 falsified cation of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the battle. people are in these challenging times all in all though it seems it was a stronger response from the european union than we were probably expecting heading into this emergency summit this is jewish and has garnered a lot of attention what other statements have been made by e.u.

leaders there is plenty being said by e.u. member states during the summit before it all got underway there was a statement put out by the visit for that's made up of the group that's made of poland hungary czech republic and slovakia they were calling for fresh elections to be held in belarus after the summit finished the polish prime minister chipped in again saying that the e.u. may help their roofs become a majestic clee independent from russia well germany holds the rotating presidency of the european union right now and as soon as the summit it wrapped up chancellor angela merkel was in front of the cameras and talking to the press she said that it's important that outside influence is kept away from belarus belarus should on its own choose plane dependent part of the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there be interesting to see how

that flies with the statement from a sort of on the line what we were expecting coming out of this summit was support for the opposition and confirmation on sign sions what we ultimately got was a refusal to recognize the election result from earlier in august and cash for the opposition coming from the european union tell us what's the kremlin's view on the protests in belarus it now looks like moscow is has become a direct mediator between the european union and bellerose xander look at shank oh he's in the heated gets another telephone conversation with his a russian counterparts a lot of mere buton president of bill roos asked boots into sent a message to german chancellor. and angela merkel not to interfere in the domestic affairs in a bill or he added that he doesn't see any point in talking to the european leaders by himself earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov while he said that he

warned against external interference in belarus his internal affairs this could there should be a looser conditions or we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now in better roosts we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing bill of rights to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial to everything we are 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 moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine dialogue. because you they also said that according to the kremlin's words of the kremlin belorussian officials are indeed ready to speak to the protesters and to the opposition however interference and provocation from abroad

are certainly counterproductive alexander lukashenko he's also all earlier accused the west all for financing the opposition one of those western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus we cannot strike all 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 well look at shanghai had another meeting with his the country's security council and instructed it to strengthen the country's borders as soon as possible in order to prevent weapons and militants from answering beller russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movement of nato troops in poland and lithuania it we've been getting. reviews on that reaction as well from political analyst bruno to westin also 1st journalist neil clark asking for their views on the e.u.'s handling of the crisis and dollars. line

taken by has been that these people are basically stooges of the west and ursula bought land statement actually backs that up she's talking about getting 3000000 euro's to the opposition so look at the same i think what you're defiantly that if the opposition takes about it at the end of belarus as an independent country it will become a e.u. nato satellite puppet state. and so that whole operation got a quick very carefully. with this endorsement because it's exactly what the bush is claiming that they are the puppets of western powers and if they are to maintain public support they've got to make clear to people that they are not i think it's a double edged sword for the opposition isn't. it looks like there is a strong pressure within the e.u. specially you. bro american allies of the united states like poland and the tech states to push you to take much more radical stands.

against the belarusian government and doing so to mexico and we know dutch germany and france are not sure. of the warsaw and. news governments so i think. it's very important. to take into account the foreign dot. and. recover that has defied that day will they will have a discussion with and and berries not words all and the news and in this case it means. they don't accept little to recognize any role to washington to the united states. and speaking of the united states u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has expressed his backing for the belorussian opposition who tweeted that washington should quote support taken off skies call

for fur elections artie's done hawkins looks into why causing such a global stir. 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 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 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 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 raul 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 us that 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 undemocratic 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 a u.s. secretary of state. generously offered to meet all of energy needs and extended a helping hand united states wants to help the reuss 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. let's turn in focus to the u.s. where they democratic party have officially nominated joe biden for president in a virtual vote during day 2 of their virtual convention but the spine efforts to attract younger voters with a star studded lineup for the event is proving to be something of a bore. without

a doubt they will be the most boring repetitive told meanspirited convention in history of. the d.n.c. so far feels like one long. usually skip. this convention so far makes me think the democrats are the party ready to lead america into the eighty's. holy cow i'm dying of which indians messages goodbye to. 2 both democrats and republicans are busy making

a raft of come pain promises ahead of november's election if their want to do including american military interventions joe biden says he wants to see a quote end to for ever wars his truck record pace though is not exactly spotless quarter explores. donald trump 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 core to show interest to avoid endless wars that were caught up with the current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan 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 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 the minds of.

not having it. there are no you know. 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 has teamed up with liz cheney daughter of dick cheney to try to block and they actually pass legislation to try to prevent the end of the longest war in u.s. history 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. 20 minutes into the program still. heading to leading german authorities say an incidental a burly of the highway is being treated as an islamic extremist we get into that and more after the short break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by our own personal. dares thinks. we dare to ask.

someone else chose seemed wrong all along just don't call. me. yet to shape out just they become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. that started the program back in africa where the african union has suspended molly's membership due to the ongoing military coup and their soldiers have

overthrown the president and say they plan to set up a transitional government on hold new elections. blasters if 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 plot a road map for the foundations of the new mali. i. in this video reportedly shows troops taking me country president from his residence he was the tang and on tuesday you hours after the president cater appeared on state t.v. announcing his resignation. i do see you 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. or choose this uprising began with a shoot out that county military camp close to the camp at all their group of

soldiers the tane their senior officers before marching on. storming the president's residence the op rising has received global condemnation including from the european union and neighboring african countries the un security council is now convening for a closed door meeting on the situation the crew follow several months of protests in mali over economic hardship and alleged government corruption. i 6. people here jump for joy to say a final farewell to mr clarke a time he's no longer our president. nothing is going well in mali and we are all suffering but the coup d'etat does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. well historian gerald horne claims the roots of mali's latest insurrection can be traced back to nato this intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago.

this coup attempt was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder more market off the libya engineered by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain france. that murder of gadhafi led to leakage of tons of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time had been waging a brutal and bitter war against the soldiers in mali 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. which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least the wall in guinea

. yes the worry about we're also closely following today german authorities have confirmed an incident on a berlin highway on choose the night is knowledge being created. extremist attack it involved a series of car bombings 6 people were injured with 3 currently in critical condition the suspect an iraqi born refugee wants to take prosecutors say he deliberately drove his car into several vehicles witnesses state. gold is great in our back and threatening to detonate explosives authorities have confirmed the suspect was known to them for extremist behavior he spent time in a psychiatric hospital 2 years ago he was also a partly facing deportation from germany the suspect is expected to face 3 charges of attempted murder. the number of 19 cases in perth exceeded half a 1000000 with over $26.00 in debts is the highest fatality rate per capita in lots

of american to make things worse many peruvian families who have lost a loved one cannot give them a proper burial. of a. lot of it bob you know and gather because of coronavirus they're not burying people in any cemetery around cairo by you know they can only bring 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 car by you district to park down below is for people who have died of other cousens and this bar up here is for those who have grown the virus.

my 2 sons arrived at the clinic this is where they died they told me there weren't intensive care beds those are for people who have money there is no solution for poor people their reason. or if you would like to delve deeper into any of those stories a good place to venture is or to dot com why not leave a comment or 2 as well with your thoughts so you are good at the top of the hour after some more great programs beginning in moments.

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