for. people taking to the streets for in the day in support of their president. and within the. e.u. leaders themselves say they don't recognize the. russian election. officials this warning against any external interference in the crisis. russia's foreign minister against any meddling. european and.

'd are. deeply concerned about what's going on right now. also coming on the program. the president. took. one minutes into a brand new day in nairobi in jerusalem and here in moscow thursday august 20th welcome to r.t. international i'm you know neal. we begin 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 these

are 2 contrasting scenes from day one of the unrest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historical red and white flag which has become a symbol of the. on the left there crowd of the president's backers carrying the official red and green national flag their main message is the the country cannot afford us. must not be right 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 in our beautiful. very clean what's not to like about you know what it's doing we're not like that for an ace interfere in the affairs of our republic we can manage it ourselves we stand for below its. base correspondent constantine pretty bailo went to

a pro. file to us what he saw. i didn't but just some people are protesting well 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 i asked the same question to other people at the rally they said they wanted to be heard those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and there's so much change or 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 maintaining good relations with russia. well one rally in the bell russian capital on weapons they say a strong message. people chanting freedom for all but the use of the european flag out the.

was. well just all not aspect of things number of hours ago the european union held the merge and see video conference. crisis our correspondents. are 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 to move further. north to meet international standards we don't we could not reach the results presented by the belarus to reteach e.u. commission president as lafond ally and confirmed that sanctions would be put in

place on those 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 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 the 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 fellow roofs

bellerose should on its own choose pain dependant path to 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 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 initiated gets another telephone conversation with his a russian counterparts a lot of near buton president of belarus asked boots into sent a message to german chancellor angela merkel not to interfere in the domestic affairs inability 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 better roofs 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 captions 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 it. is you they also said that according to the kremlin's

records of the kremlin below russian officials are indeed ready to speak to the protesters and to the opposition however interference in provocation from abroad certainly counterproductive now alexander lukashenko he's also earlier accused the west financing the opposition one 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 that 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 entering beller russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movement of nato troops in poland and lithuania you know so many elements so many aspects to this story so we asked political analyst bruno true westie under list new cock for their

views on the e.u. support for the a russian opposition. the line taken by machine code has been that these people are basically stooges of the west and 1st syllable and statement actually accent up she's talking about you know with 3000000 euro to the opposition so look at the same i think what just if i believe that if the opposition takes about it's the end of belarus as an independent country it will become a e.u. nato satellite puppet state. and so therefore the opposition got a quick very carefully. with this endorsement because it's ecstatically 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. especially 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 deem dogs. it's very important to all. to take into account the 5 dot. and. we cover that is decided that day will they would have a discussion with early and and diaries not wars all and the news and in this case it means a done day don't accept a little to recognize any role to washington to the united states. meanwhile u.s.

presidential hopeful joe biden has expressed his backing for the belorussian opposition he tweeted that washington should supports that plan are taken off the skies call for a quote for elections r t telling hawkins looks into why belarus says 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 because it is. 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 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 but i'll see ation 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 routes is russia's closest historical ally 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 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 hasn'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 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 roofs 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 limelight and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved hold their breath as they play out their next move the president of mali has quit after an army mutiny we get into that story after the break.

let's say i'm the troika here please. thank you for. the story that's right. that's slavery. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. period dramatic probably the only move. i don't see. will be very critical. to sit. and talk.

back in the u.s. where the democratic party have officially nominated joe biden for president in a virtual vote during day 2 all their virtual convention but the split efforts to attract younger voters with a star studded lineup for some the event is proving to be some you know a bore. without a doubt it will be the most boring repetitive told meanspirited convention in history a tax cut to. 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 is e.m.c. messages goodbye to. 2 2 both democrats and republicans are busy making a raft of campaign promises ahead of november's election including about american military interventions joe biden says he wants to see a quote end to further ever wars his track record on peace though isn't exactly spotless double quarter explores. 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 the minds and. we're. not having it. there are no you. as barack 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 while 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 year's event list 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 through 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 hand before him more drone strikes more followings more killings under president obama hope it

was all for everyone's own good when in fact just last month when president trump 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 end of the longest war in u.s. history so for them to now say we want to end endless wars it really is a farce who knows what the voters will buy as that's nonsense. the united nations has condemned an army mutiny in mali and urged soldiers to immediately released detained government officials the un security council held an emergency meeting a day after soldiers in the west african nation overthrew the president announced plans for a new election. 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 part a road map for the foundations of a new mali. i 7. list video reportedly shows troops taking the country's president from his residence as he was detained on tuesday a few hours after the earth president putin state television dancing his resignation. 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 to. choose this uprising began with a shoot ourself a kelty military camp close to the capital the group of soldiers the tane their senior officers before marching and bamako and storming the president's residence the uprising has been condemned by neighboring african countries who have closed their borders with mali and follow several months of protests over economic

hardship on alleged government corruption. people here jump for joy to see a final farewell to mr clarke a time he's no longer our president. nothing is going well and i live in europe and we're all suffering at the coup time does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. historian gerald horne claims the roots of mali's latest insurrection can be traced back to nature his intervention in libya 9 years ago. this coup attempt was basically a result of the 2000. tragic overthrow and murder more khadafi libya engineered by the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain france. that murder the gulf be 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 have been waging a. war against the soldiers involved 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 route the neighborhood not least the wall. german authorities have confirmed that an incident tell me berlin highway and choose the night is not being treated as an islamic extremist that it involved a series of car bombings 6 people were injured with 3 currently in critical condition the suspect an iraqi born refugee was detained prosecutors say he deliberately drove his car into several vehicles witnesses state he began shouting god is great 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 kobe 1000 cases in peru has now exceeded half a 1000000 with over 26000 deaths is the highest fatality rate per capita in latin american to make things worse many peruvian families who have lost a loved one cannot. have them a proper burial. of a. lot of the body you know and get because of coronavirus they're not burying people in any cemetery around bio they can only bring them here people from other places come here because no cemetery can take them the only ones that can copy cemeteries but 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 die eat he told me there weren't intensive care beds those are for people who have money there is no salvation for poor people their reason. 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 with your thoughts as well shows here at the top of your after some

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