absence of. people in. day in support of the president. warning against any. in the crisis. russia's foreign minister.

was. right. to interfere. in the story. the president's power threatening to plunge the country. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team myself you know me hello and welcome to the program. we start in a shark is emerging in the wake of. both supporters of president lukashenko those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets. to.

day. rest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historic red and white flag which. become a symbol of the. movement. a crowd of the president's buckers carrying the official reading green national their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. like. 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. peacefully and calmly in our beautiful it's very clean here what's not to like about. you know what i'm not like that for an interview in the affairs of our republic we can manage it ourselves we stand for below its or our minsk based correspondent constantine pretty bailo went. followed by what he saw.

some people are protesting while others are protesting against the protests i happened to meet my university friends here i asked them did anyone make you come out here they said no we are the organizers and they asked the same question to other people at the rally they see they wanted to be here because those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and there is so much anger at the rallies in support of her happening very spontaneously to get approval from local officials literally the day before gatherings like this are not so much for looking but in support of stability in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia. in the bella russian capital. a strong pro e.u. message. people there are chanting for all but they use all of the european flying.

was. well few hours ago the european union held an emergency video conference on the crisis our correspondents. are all over or following the discussions. you counsel president michel wrapped up the event by saying that the e.u. member states had agreed not to recognize the results of the 9th of august election this election nerd the move for him did not meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the. e.u. commission president the lion confirmed that sanctions would be put in place on those deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters in belarus 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 one fundamental freedoms and democracy. secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion 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 euros to support the belorussian people 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 iteration 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 this summit before it all got underway there was a statement put out by the visit guard 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 brain dependent path 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 called for mation on sign sions what we ultimately got was a refusal to recognize the election result from earlier at august and cash for the opposition coming from the european union health 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 belarus xander look at shank oh he initiated gets another telephone conversation with his a russian counterparts a lot of mir buton president of belarus asked boots into sent a message to german chancellor 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 the swedish. we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now and roofs are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bill reuss to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at. posing rules that outside act is considered beneficial to everything we're hearing now from the european capitals specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy only with geopolitics moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine dialogue. is he they also said that according to the kremlin the words of the criminal belorussian officials are indeed ready to speak to the protestors and

to the opposition however interference in provocation from abroad certainly counterproductive now alexander lukashenko he's also earlier i could use to the west financing the opposition but of those western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus we cannot strike 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 well look i had another meeting with his country's security council and instructed it to strengthen the country's borders as soon as possible in order to prevent weapons and minute since from entering russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movement of nato troops in poland and lithuania. or we asked political analyst bruno to westie under listening clark for their views on the e.u.'s humbling of the crisis in belarus. line taken by the same

code has been these people are basically stooges of the west and should have only a statement actually backed that up she's talking about you know 3 mini euro's to the opposition so look at simply saying i'd be quite used to 530 the opposition takes about if the end of belarus as an independent country will become a e.u. nato satellite state. and so therefore the opposition got a crack very carefully. in dortmund because it's exactly what the question 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 stand.

against the belarusian government and was 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 5 dot. and. we cover that is do 5 day will they would have a discussion with a girl in. diaries not words all the news and indeed means. they don't accept and still can recognize any role to washington to the united states there are u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has expressed his backing for the belorussian opposition he tweeted that washington should support spetzler to call it sky his

call for a quote for elections artie's hawkins looks now into why bellerive says causing such a global stir. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands poured onto the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election is the country's geography words between its big east a neighbor. 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. 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 or thorough.

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 neighbors 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 my crawl 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 ally 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 look at those overtures that the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized

that any attempt at external interference in the internal affairs 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 2000. 6 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 but who says energy needs an extended 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 befriending looking 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 line right and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved to hold their breath as they play out their next move a quarter of an hour into the program we're back with more world news in iran 1000 seconds time.

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where the democratic party officially nominated joe biden for president in a virtual vote during day 2 of their virtual call invention but the spikes efforts to attract younger voters when a star studded lineup for some 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. thanks. to. 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 of which indians message is good but why. 2 is there a want both democrats and republicans are busy making a rough go of campaign promises ahead of november's election including american military interventions joe biden says he wants to see a quote end for ever wars his track record though and pace is not exactly spotless quarter tells us. 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 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. 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 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 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 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. well the story we're closely following today the african union has suspended mollies membership due to the only going military coup their soldiers have overthrown the president and say they plan to set up a transitional government on a whole new elections. blasters if this is really simple 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 part a road map for the foundations of the new mali. i. 7 this video reportedly shows troops taking their country's president from his residence and he was the taint on tuesday a few hours after the president kate appeared on state television announcing his resignation. 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. didn't choose these are prizing began with a shoot on south a military camp close to the capital a group of soldiers detained their senior officers before marching and bomb a ko and storming the president's residence the uprising has received global condemnation including from the e.u.

and neighboring african countries the un security council is now convening for a closed door meeting on the situation the coup follows several months of protests in mali over economic hardship on alleged government corruption. 6 6 people here jump for joy to say a final farewell to mr carr kate he's no longer our president. nothing is going well in mali and we're all suffering but the coup d'etat does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. i spoke earlier to historian gerald horn he claims the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced back to nato as intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago. this accept was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder more cut off the libya engineer by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly

britain and france that murder. 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 effects throughout the neighborhood not least in the wall in guinea. let's take you back to germany where authorities have confirmed of an incident on a berlin highway and choose the night is being treated. extremist attack not

involves a series of car bombings but we know at this stage is that 6 people are injured. currently in critical condition the suspect an iraqi born refugee was detained prosecutors say he deliberately drove his car into several vehicles witnesses that he began shouting gold is great in our back on threatening to detonate explosives authorities have confirmed the suspect was known to them for extreme this behavior and that he spent time in a psychiatric hospital 2 years ago he was also a partly facing deportation from the suspect is expected to face charges of attempted. the number of 19 cases in. exceeded hough a 1000000 other quits to over $26000.00 hits it is the highest fatality rate per capita in latin america to make things worse many peruvian families have lost a loved one can't give them

a proper burial. of a. lot of the body not get out because of coronavirus they're not burying people in any cemetery around kind of 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 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 a virus.

my 2 sons arrived at the clinic this is where they die eat 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 then. just approaching help us tell at night here in moscow a reminder for up to the moment developments on any of the day's big stories and plenty more content besides artie's twitter page is well worth a full season. has

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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 season stay safe coming up in this episode we ask bernard shaw give the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed humanity and what it means for the internet the police and the planet plus as those leaving lockdown seem friends and family for the 1st time in months we ask the legendary german director about his new film family romance l.o.l. see which explores the commodification of relationships full of people coming up in today's going underground but 1st after a weekend that's all 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

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