this truly has become a symbol the current endemic in new york. stability there's no war thank god we're not like that for a. republic there is no place for this kind of lawlessness we want to stop the choices that have been taking place in this country the e.u. officially rejects the results of the russian election as being rigged expressing its full support for the opposition as people in the country returned to the streets both to support and reject president lukashenko. his party warnings against meddling in european leaders agreed to imposing sanctions on minsk prompting accusations of hypocrisy. elsewhere canada's prime minister is accused of a cover up suspending parliament while the governments embroiled in an ethics scandal.

good morning this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. another day of street protests and nationwide strikes people have been showing their support both for and against president looking on wednesday even the bad weather didn't hold them back. we have stability there's no war thank god we live peacefully and calmly in our beautiful county we're not like that for ines interfere in the affairs of our republic. i. i i. i'm in solidarity with those who think there is

no place for this kind of lawlessness we saw in august the 9th 10th and 11th. station ubiquity we're here because we want to stop that process is that have been taking place in this country for a long time. space correspondent went to a. fog this report. but just 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 he said no we're the organizers and i asked the same question to other people at the rally they said they wanted to be heard because those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and there's so much anger at the rallies in support of look at shankar happening very spontaneously to get approval from local officials literally the day before gatherings like this are not so much for a look at but in support of stability in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia. well the e.u. has confirmed that it's drawing up sanctions against russian officials who are

suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters the bloc hasn't disclosed yet whether or not alexander lukashenko is on that list in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago and while if you weigh in there has been like 31 other by the russian officials from entering the country and the e.u. stress that there should be no foreign meddling in the belarus crisis moscow points out though vilnius is doing exactly that with its sanctions on the. once the evening the european union held an emergency video conference on the crisis the bloc you know mostly rejected the results of the disputed election and expressed its full support for the opposition parties on quarter looks at how that sits with the e.u.'s declared neutrality. for the west bank it was always europe's last dictator the european union never liked the guy but they did try to play nice not anymore we stand by the people of belarus their european union stint in chile didn't reach it was a piece of bread

a research by skills than most benefits should on its own choose plane dependent path to the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there just off things could no longer continue as they are in belarus now it's about when a dictator has come to the end of the road it's best to find a way forward for the violence to suspicious in western powers throw around words like dictator and regime usually it doesn't and well no wonder it sounds pretty alarming to moscow but it's good there should be a looser you can use this with we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now and better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing by the roots to interfere in them from a brutal it goes without saying belorussian president alexander lukashenko is also concerned that in the. western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to beller we cannot trade all of them as much if it

is in cash but we see that we know what's going on and we will focus on this issue . the european union isn't just paying lip service to the ballarat opposition either the millions of euros in aid it promised to the belorussian government are now being redirected to so-called civil society an independent media and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times we can't forget the e.u. states neighboring valorous which seem to have their own agendas for one the polish prime minister seems to think belarus has close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to check. change that such of an economic plan should be prepared for the reduce because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland has already presented a plan for intensive calls. in the areas of independent media the economy investment

and thence national trends poland's plan involves spending a leaven 1000000 euros on scholarships for media and academics that it deems to be independent warsaw is also generously offering to open its doors to bella russian workers just think what the loss of balance the skilled workers would do to help democracy. actions would not interfere with our neighbors in tone the fact is we can and should extend a helping hand to the russians it's a similar story in lithuania where the opposition leader spent long that's a kind of sky isn't self-imposed exile and other belorussian anti-government n.g.o.s are operating from it's also where a fund raising initiative called freedom 1st to go bella reuss is being organized intended to encourage the creation of a democratic state aside from the fact that its director provided direct support to the ukrainian uprising in 2014 little is known about who is involved or where the money is coming from combined questions surrounding the opposition's shady sources

of funding with the e.u. is cold shoulder to lucas sankoh and you have to ask yourself who is going to really come out on top from the on rest and valorous it's important russia everything that we hear in the western media coming out of the news of the day is egypt. that of mere sticks of both or. if you look east. so it's really what you think is one of the we should be they've made 1st of. all what we do here in. the russians and so far we've been very patient in the. liberals who are in charge of believes if you believe that we are all. one line one train that is one direction so what is it you that's been done to the lot of western thinking ever since. mischief.

the military in mali says that they will now pave the way for new elections in the country and insists that they will set up a civilian transitional government in the meantime this is up to soldiers and staged a coup the president. who stepped down on tuesday all these former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the can scale of open reports track record in the region in quelling violence and unrest is. forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protests.

but. the former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of somalis former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2030 terrorists and the results in the country have been rather the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. the security situation in the central countries has deteriorated considerably in recent months conflicts prevailing in the region are have an unprecedented humanitarian consequences on civilian populations face an insecurity and displacement. french president emmanuel micron actually believes that the operations are successful in the home a 1000000 little cafe with improved their effectiveness in information exchange and the fight against terrorism and succeeded with their unique information center in

ny we have strong results especially in recent weeks that france recently raised the number of troops in the region to 5000 but locals say they want them out and. the reason we are protesting is that france has been here in our country for 7 years but people die if we had 10 difficulties when france arrived we don't have 90 france came to help us to fight terrorism but now each of us is questioning if it has indeed been for. our impression is daily suffering it is as who called traitors to help we called it to help us fight terrorism thing got friends keen that they came to help but they came to destroy us not on your motives our leaders do not dare tell them to leave we will tell them we want them out of the country. and many analysts don't point the finger at france for the situation but actually point to nato as intervention in nearby libya which unleashed a torrent of terrorism in the region you want to look at the us. one is

fair you will all work in africa and 2 is the fact that you shouldn't send precipitately leaving. against president gadhafi and then in 201212 raids. or so do you want shipments of on part in. mali and this led to collapse to go to parachute. and now it's never been covered. this. week when specifically. so. how many observers are wondering if the situation will deteriorate even further toppling the president of

mali further terrorism and violence well if france's record seems to point to anything it's that the presence of foreign troops doesn't really help the situation it will happen artsy new york. the only power plant in garza has shut down after israel stop supplying fuel that was a response to cross border fire by a bus according to guards or officials the amount of electricity available to residents has been drastically reduced the population of $2000000.00 relies on israel for most of its energy they currently get about 6 hours of electricity per day this could now though go down to half those levels heavily affects the main services in the gaza strip including healthcare. either. why does only gaza have to deal with this problem it could put 75 percent of patients lives at risk patients will die if there's no electricity here treatment times will have to be cut. muscular could be another one of the machines will not work and staff will be

forced to shorten the duration of dialysis this will cause suffering for patients and some could die so we need to provide the treatment for 4 hours every 2 free days it will be a disaster and many people will suffer but this is totally wrong it's put in the health of so many people at risk people may not survive. when i get there i could lose i feel bad and i can't sleep i used to ask my daughter to help me without electricity there will be no dialysis. health officials in gaza say in addition to the patients who need regular procedures surgical operations and intensive care also at risk covert 900 testing labs may have to hold their operations medical services need hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel to provide normal levels of care the health ministry urgently is calling for a resolution to the issue. cutting off electricity to hospitals will have a dangerous effect on all health services provided in the gaza strip we call on all

relevant parties to intervene to solve this problem and save the health sector in gaza by restarting the power plant again. human rights activists say the holton fuel supplies amounts to collective punishment targeting people basic needs. these really decision to close the crossings and block shipments and the resulting power karl marx a dangerous escalation in the collective punishment of gaza it is against international law and basic human decency it is political blackmail. to say with this more news on the way. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure i'll be speaking to. politics. i'm sure i'll see you then.

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welcome back lebanon is set to enter a 2 week lockdown as of friday as it struggles to cope with a sharp rise in cope with 900 cases the country's health care systems been pushed to breaking point after a catastrophic explosion in beirut put 3 hospitals and half of the capital clinics out of operation new video has emerged showing the destruction of some of those facilities i must warn you just before we show you them you may find these pictures upsetting. according to the red cross the tragedy left at least $200.00 people dead $6000.00 plus injured 300000 people lost their homes it's believed a fire in a warehouse at the port calls the detonation of a huge amount of ammonium nitrate a chemical compound had reportedly been stored in unsafe conditions 3 years systematically could cost up to $15000000000.00 to repair the damage done to the city.

in a surprise move canada's prime minister just interviewed has suspended the country's parliament despite valley in the past never to make use of his legislative power critics are accusing the canadian leader of trying to dodge scrutiny of his government's role in a growing ethics scandal that also involves his family i have asked the governor general to procurement which must happen before any government can present

a throne speech starting a new session of parliament is about creating sustainable ways to support you moving forward that has always been our number one focus and it always will be justin trudeau his right hand to try and save himself when he forced his finance minister to resign now he's shutting down parliament and looking out of position m.p.'s to prevent us from holding him accountable and getting answers and he's we scandal. shutting down parliament in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis with a plan sitting next week in committees working hard to get answers and solutions for canadians is wrong through those justified the 5 week suspension with the need to reassess parliament's agenda several of its committees have been investigating the government's actions involving a student grants program and there's independent ethics watchdog is also separately investigating the prime minister for those being probed over alleged breaches of

conflicts of interest laws for awarding a $690000000.00 student grant program to wheat charity which has ties to the p.m.'s relatives to those dismissed allegations of preferential treatment we charity and the government have since ended their partnership. the promise has been reprimanded by the country's ethics watchdog twice before last year he was probed for pressuring his former turny general to help a major canadian company settle a corruption case out of court and this public says that this latest scandal is unlikely to go away. a number of high ranking liberals including the prime minister were connected with the charity his family members as mother and his brother received close over 300000 dollars in speaking opportunities with that organization i do think that over the last couple of years his character has as being damaged by his own actions by his own words by his past and how that

is present by the things you see versus the things that it is doing and the recent use of the probation as well as the scandal are things which are continuing amounts of that i do believe that when. does little in the near future that the liberal party could perhaps be looking at somebody else to lead. the body of a 16 year old sudanese boy who's been discovered on a beach in france the authorities say that he drowned attempting to cross the english channel ukase home secretary has blamed traffickers for the tragedy pretty perturbed says that the boy's death is a reminder of how brutal criminal gangs and smugglers exploit vulnerable people u.k.'s main opposition party labor slammed the government for its lack of compassion for incompetence in its approach to the rise in migrant crossings french

british authorities will hold talks on how best to deal with the situation paris is demanding $30000000.00 pounds to help police the channel london though says it will only offer extra money affronts takes back more migrants almost 5000 people have reached the u.k. via the channel this year alone among them numerous unaccompanied children to correspond and spoke to some of those who made the crossing. it's all guess the heights of summer with families flocking to the beach the sea being these children's playground but it's another battle field because over on the other side of the english channel many people are trying to get to the you. kingdom these are the kids who survived a life threatening journey crossing the english channel on boats made for just a fraction of the passengers this is mohammed sala and up to their names have been changed for their protection the 16 years old intercepted at sea a few weeks ago by the u.k. border force and taken into care all of them came separately and alone off camera

they told me how scared they were and how relieved they were to finally reached after years of travelling from sudan here's what they had to say their words have been voiced by an actor to pose for france. from libya it was scary very scary to 2 years to make it here from sudan we all cable road so these are the small boats and dinghies that been swept up by the u.k. border force carrying migrants across the english channel as you can see they're very small indeed usually we're told around 10 people or so but at least double that crammed onto these tiny boats many people are not even wearing life jackets across the world's busiest shipping line at least 20 miles long so when people say it's a life threatening journey it's not an exaggeration we've met a lot of the young people have come in on these boats they say that the journey was really traumatic that they thought they were going to die a lot of the times they say that when they saw the size of the boat and how many people were in it they tried to refuse to go in but they were beaten and told that

they had to get in and go while chatting with the boys they told me of their hopes and dreams of getting an education and eventually working in the u.k. but while they've made it to the u.k. it isn't a safe haven they expected with kenton depression saying it's unable to house anymore and with 4000 arriving in 2020 alone the council says it needs more support to accommodate behind this fence is one of the centers where unaccompanied asylum seeking children get taken once intercepted on the english channel and brought to the british the millbank reception center in ashford near dover holds around 50 under 18 year olds and anyone under 16 is immediately placed into foster care but the fate of these children in places like this is not known as they're held here until they're processed or even sent back it's like a prison we are not free some staff told me that in a few weeks maybe i will transfer but you don't know when we don't know anything we must wait maybe 3 or 4 months i've already been here 2 weeks but don't tell us what

happens next how many campaigners have long criticized the home office for failing to provide safe humane and legal routes for them so they are forced to make such a perilous journey. because i know for a fact that a lot of the trafficked it will go into drugs houses catechist farms and eventually find their way through the system but it would be at hand to track the kitten in hours of gangs and be exploited and also that get sent back which is quite a lot or so away and end up in those same hands of gangs and traffickers and that's what we need to sort the system out is really need to limit what these gangs and traffickers are able to do by making safe routes these boys are among the lucky ones making it a real life but despite surviving that perilous journey across the channel they and many like them still face an uncertain fate and one that could ultimately mean being sent back a spokesperson for the home office says it's doing all it can to help support young

refugees providing extra help with children services and provisions for unaccompanied minors. the coronavirus pandemic is the economic havoc across the world new study by the institute for policy studies found that for most americans their standard of living declined for the dozen richest u.s. billionaires has been a boon combined wealth has now surpassed one trillion dollars this is a disturbing milestone in the united states history of concentrated wealth and power this is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of 12 people. if it is twelve's worth went up almost 40 percent since march individually their fortunes grew no less than 14 percent the biggest pandemic when it was space x. and tesla c.e.o. you know musk his wealth a sort from $24.00 to $73000000000.00 while the u.s. economy shrank at a record 33 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year unemployment rates rose to above

10 percent that's more than during the global financial crisis of 2008 and it was 3 times higher than in february economics professor richard both thinks that the american government's misplaced priorities when it comes to financial support over the last 30 to 40 years the inequality has become x. even more extreme than it ever was it is destroying the community of the united states it is making the country extremely divided government has done nothing new or different to support the manse of people the overwhelming majority of support is going to the big corporations the big banks and that's what's fueling the stock market which keeps going up and because the top 10 percent of the people own 80 percent of the shares of stock it makes the rich richer and

the mass of people remain in their difficult economic circumstances so the inequality helped produce the crisis and a crisis reinforces the inequality. russian opposition figure had been urgently hospitalized he's currently said to be in a coma or in intensive care doctors say his condition is stable in the valley was flying to moscow the fellow on the plane he was taken to hospital after an emergency landing in the city of homs and i said of all these press secretary says that he may have been poisoned doctors haven't ruled that out but still to diagnose his condition. yes. now brings you right up to date this is our team to the national hope you'll join me when i return with updates on our top stories in half an hour.

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the. close of dependency and addiction to opiates the long term use that really is and scientifically just now study actually suggest that. the long term effects might not just be the absence of benefit. that they may because of the long term. welcome to the alex i'm sure will be returned to the dominating story not just of this year but of a lifetime the global pandemic of covert 19 it was in this very hospital in st thomas' in april that prime minister barak johnson fined i personally expedients

the full health impact of covert 90 people through but more than 41000 u.k. citizens have not been so fortunate a matter of weeks ago it was possible to feel least in most european countries that they had to fight us under some degree of control and therefore life was beginning to return to some degree of normality and ever since said there's been set back after set back as country after country have had to face up to sustain clusters of the vitus the holiday destinations of you know have been might not bike rides flocking to the beach but anxious to this heading for the cost to avoid the next low tide according to to find out where the world night stands alex turns to 2 world drying king experts on the pandemic really just talk to chris smith of the naked scientists fame and kid of university college london intensive care unit professor hume one summary but 1st let's look at the reviews of last week's show on the liberal democrat leadership race with your tweets missed just.