it's rebirth of the industry i think nuclear power is our future. prosecutors in belarus open a criminal case over allegations the opposition's newly formed coordination council is illegally trying to seize power something the body denies. despite e.u. warnings against meddling in european leaders agreed to imposing sanctions on something accusations of apostasy. also this hour russian opposition figurehead is rushed to hospital in a coma after falling ill during a flight for this team claiming he was poisoned. and canada's prime minister is accused of a cover up after suspending parliament at a time when the government is embroiled in an ethics scandal.

that afternoon and welcome to the program this is art international coming to you live from the russian capital with your global news update this hour. the russian prosecutors have opened a criminal case over the creation of the opposition's court nation council. so that lead to the creation of such organizations is illegal and their activity violates the constitution having realized then lawfulness of their actions the number of council members quit the body and reject its goals these include the illegal seizure of power words the council poses a danger to national security. the so-called coronation council for the transfer of power was established by the opposition leaders that monitor. initiative has met with support from european countries which reject the recent presidential election in belarus as rigged the body denies the accusations made by prosecutors. it comes

as belarus sees another day of street protests and strikes people are showing both support for and rejection of lucca shankar on wednesday bad weather didn't hold them back either. out. we have stability there's no war thank god we lived peacefully and calmly in our beautiful country we're not like that for an ace interfere in the affairs of our republic. 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. was stationed there because it's we're here because we want to stop the choices that have been taking place in this country for a long time. our minsk based correspondent went to a prohibition

a rally and filed this report. idea 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 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 because those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and there's so much anger at the rallies in support of 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 subdued in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia the e.u. has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters block hasn't disclosed yet whether or not alexander lukashenko is on the list and in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago meanwhile let the way it has been looking to go and 31 other belorussian officials from entering the country it has stressed that there

should not be foreign meddling in the belorussian crisis while scott points out the realists is doing precisely that with its sanctions a look. on wednesday evening the european union held an emergency video conference on the crisis the block you know mostly rejected the results of the disputed election and expressed its full support for the opposition party its own corner looks at how that sits with the e.u. is a self 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 the european union student in chile didn't reach it was a better response by skills than most benefits should on its own choose brain dependent cost of 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 going to be a looser conditions when we are deeply concerned about what's going on right now in better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing béla groups to interfere in them from a brutal it goes without saying bella russian 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 track all of that as much if it is in cash but we see it 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 the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the bill. russian people are 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 change that such of an economic plan should be prepared for the ruse because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland is already present a plan for intensive course. in the areas of independent media the economy investment and its 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 belorussian workers just think what the loss of bellerose to skilled workers would do to help

democracy. actions would not interfere with the navy's intoned 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 svetlana to kind of sky is in 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 rest and valorous is an important russian everything will be here in the western media i mean you know the news of the day is

. that of mere speeches both. or really what you think is one of them if they should believe you they've made the 1st steps of the all the way through to fear it's. been sort of the evolution of the russians so far. they've been very patient and liberals who are in charge easy to believe that we all. want one train that one direction so what is it you that's been. thinking ever since. mr sugar yama wrote his book of you and mr. parker going to $92.00. russian opposition figurehead alex has been hospitalized after falling ill during a flight to moscow the plane made an emergency landing in the city of homs of ali

is now in a coma in intensive care all still on the plane he was heard howling in pain as paramedics came to his aid. from. the cross live now to our to his room on coursera for the details now not only as a high profile personality and this current plight has already garnered a lot of international reaction tell us about that. all the western media work quick with their headlines that label labeling what happened as a poisoning over a kremlin critic let's take a look. the most outspoken critic of russian president vladimir putin has been rushed to a siberian hospital doesn't seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved its all too and if so asking that in russian opposition leader alexina vali is in intensive care and now of course

a well known i was spoken critic of russian president vladimir putin but it's not the 1st time the only stuff to see he has been poisoned there is an old russian saying the kremlin has many towers but sometimes other actors take matters into their own hands from under proof well the u.k. foreign office were also quick to voice their own concerns and they made this statement i am deeply concerned by reports that russian opposition leader alexina valley has been poisoned on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in intensive care my thoughts are with him and his family. so it looks like the cause and the blame have both already been attributed so without all the facts being in so far so what do we know of extent of ali who is also known as the leader of the moscow protests movements while he became ill on the flight to the russian capital from the city off. and the plane had to make an unscheduled landing and

that he was promptly taken to the hospital to the emergency room and where he is still right now and according to recent reports he is in a coma now he was briefly connected to a ventilator but according to some reports from the hospital he's now breathing on his own now the popular bloggers associates well they believe that he was actually a poisoned and they he they already demanded that a criminal investigation be launched however it's doctors who were able to stabilize i think seen a lot of these condition. of this point cannot complain firm what the cause of his condition is let's take a listen. we have already excluded any number of diagnoses i think we will be able to confirm his diagnosis later today just too soon to say whether he was poisoned or not could have been caused by a variety of conditions because same symptoms. on the vote of these all on

medic he spoke to the western media and he says he wants to evacuate his patients to the european union he said negotiations are now under way with clinics in france and in germany now the kremlin said they are ready to give all the green light whatever is necessary and they wished need to get well soon. of course any request to visit a foreign clinic would be approved as soon as possible if there is such a request for russian citizens to visit other countries for medical treatment despite of the quds borders. so at this moment it looks like everything possible is being done in order to say these life now it all began with an unscheduled landing and then very prompt emergency services in the city of. as we understand best

medics are now treating. me and they are there also whenever they need so they seek advice from their colleagues in moscow as well as our teams are among bringing us the latest on the all news condition then. now it's called live to author and russia analyst martin mccauley to dig deeper into this story as we heard there the western media are already in overdrive with kremlin assassination hysteria which is probably unsurprising in this situation but is there any capability of objectivity coming from them. well novelli is quite a hero in the west then he's seen as a very powerful opponent of the team of putin money called the. the constitutional amendments needed to vote on the new constitution or the constitution amendments he called it a coup and so on so from the western border view in many western countries and he's a hero because of that because even closer to true to the anything that happens to

him would be seen as criminal rented it over to come from the kremlin. and nothing else would happen to him unless because the kerman did you know acted and did something and so on that's the way the media in the west really thinks now immediately point the blame because they once inflation is a mere one headline news and it sounds really great if you declare that mitt romney has been poisoned and poison in the orders of the kremlin that makes great headlines but of course in the in fact be totally false news news and we have to wait on the medical and the medics and find out exactly why he. descended to go to cobra why he was hospitalized and tell him why he lives in such pain and so on did he drink from tea which is poison and so on we don't know the answers or these things but of course it makes a great story for moved in the west and what if you because most of the western

press is only russian. how my never found his current plight together with the international reaction or seeing fact domestic politics in russia. well nevada seen in the west as a very powerful opponent of looting with looters and so on but if you look at his economic program it's very far left and i think most of those who supported out in the west don't really go into politics read economics because he is left of center . and he is opposed to a vision of putting these are the type of. irrational in many ways a rational reaction to clinton he just doesn't like me and the president and then supported by many people in west because i. know in the valley died then of course they'll be if. not to be would be screaming their heads off. and demanding an

international inquiry into his death jurors very important that the medics 1st class and the given 1st glance treatment and so on is also a great job why is that if you wish to go from germany from further treatment then you can do that that would be quite possible for him. then. he would be then get the get the best treatment that they have and so on but we have to at this moment in time we usually don't know because it was reported he was he was breathing you have reports that he was in coma and then suddenly they say he is in fact you have breathing and so and. so therefore the situation changing moment by moment and the international press now will be waiting for and i'm going to be waiting to news about the valley's state of health and whether he's going to he's going to survive. we have course hope that he does recover there

we've heard from the kremlin saying that if it makes a request to go abroad for treatment as you're mentioning there that that would be facilitated in any way possible of course that's not as straightforward as it used to be doing so to all the coronavirus lockdowns but why make that statement if they are behind all of this well if in fact. the kremlin will still be connected with the group. did you sean. toxic substance for zooming will still be in his body judy goes abroad then you have the medics there that when the 1st thing you look right. and examine the blood and so on was this some toxic soup. substitute or toxic agent which was administered which was mixed with his teeth and anything he drank that would come to the floor so if in fact there is a drum and did that the old regime wouldn't want to move i wanted to go of growth

to be examined by wish them specialists because they might come up with an argument and the result not in fact he was poisoned there was a country agent administered to him in some way without his knowledge and so i'm sure how much criminal quantity that would be good about this is that so presumably because the criminals said there's no reason if you wishes to go if you see his wife. wishes to go within the company him he can go to france or germany will medical treatment because they had nothing to do with what is good and so called poison also move on these so from the criminals point of view it's good politics because they're saying we didn't poisoned him and we're not responsible for it and he can go abroad and his blood can be examined and tested and so on through. what actually happened to him but we didn't administer anything he acquired all that

took the agents which he in just it he acquired some other when he just had some some other source nothing to do with us from the dreams point of view through its politics to see that he grew up grow of good friends and germany and be examined and his blood tested and believe he will then become of mine we're going to leave it there martin mccauley author and russia analyst thank you for joining us on the program today thank you. your global news update continues after this short break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

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back lebannon that is set to enter a 2 week lockdown starting on friday as it struggles to cope with the sharp rise in covert 1000 cases the country's health care system has been pushed to the breaking point after a catastrophic explosion in beirut to 3 hospitals and half the capital's clinics out of operation here video has emerged showing the destruction of some of those facilities and warning though you might find the following scenes upsetting.

according to the red cross the tragedy left at least $200.00 people dead and over $6000.00 more injured 300000 people also lost their homes as believe that a fire and a warehouse at the port caused the detonation of a huge amount of ammonium nitrate a chemical compound has reportedly been stored in unsafe conditions for years it's estimated that it could cost up to $15000000000.00 to repair the damage to the city .

and the surprise move canadian prime minister just introduce has suspended the country's parliament that's by bowing in the past never to make use of that power critics are accusing the canadian leader of trying to dodge scrutiny over his government's role and the growing ethics scandal that also involves his family i have asked the governor general to probe the parliament 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 nonces on his 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. has justified the 5 week suspension with the need to reassess the parliament's agenda several of its committees have been investigating the government's actions and valving a student grant program canada's independent ethics wash ogg is also separately investigating the prime minister is being probed over alleged breaches of conflict of interest laws for awarding a $690000000.00 student grant program to we charity which has ties to the p.m.'s relatives should go has dismissed allegations of preferential treatment which charity and the government have since ended their partnership. the prime minister

has been reprimanded by the country's ethics watchdog twice before last year he was probed for pressuring his former attorney general to help a major comedian company sell a corruption case out of court journalists public says the latest scandal as unlikely to go a. number of high ranking liberals including the prime minister were connected with the charity his family members his mother and his brother received close over $300.00 sounds of dollars in paid speaking opportunities with that organisation 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 conflicts with those present by the things he's seeing versus the things that it's doing and the recent use of the probation as well as the we scandal are things which are continuing amounts of that so i do believe that when it went on like she does

little in the near future that the liberal party could perhaps be looking at somebody else to lead it. that's been your news break down but if all those stories haven't quench their thirst for stories head on over to our website our to dot com for countless articles and interviews thanks for tuning in.

summer solution like gas 3 just sort it all out during this series down today we're covering the big dollars age big global as a state what comes next is worth the investment manager lawrence looked hard at lawrence long. welcome to the alex i'm sure will be returning to the dominating story not just of this year but of a lifetime the global pandemic of corporate 19 it was in this very hospital is st

thomas' in april that prime minister barak johnson find i personally expedient the full health impact of covert 90 people through but more than 41000 citizens have not been so fortunate a matter of weeks ago it was possible to fit least in most european countries that they had to fight under some degree of control and therefore life was beginning to return to some degree of normality have ever since said has been set back after set back as country after country have had to face up to sustained clusters of the vitus the holiday destinations if you don't 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 you to find out where the world nice stunts alex turns to to world trying to an expert on the pandemic really just talk to chris smith of the naked scientist fame and kid of university college london intensive care unit professor humor. but 1st let's look at bit of youth of last week you on the liberal democrat

leadership respect your tweets mr. lane says interesting sure i don't think the lib dems will get in power in any parliament. when it comes to it does it really matter just says the lib dems are not serious party anymore in brief safe limit and will be a success both as just since then we bang theory is not their support for choice but if i were a lib dem i would go for ms moran and finally peter says what she recently damn interviews with vince cable really enjoyed the shows i'll be back it's a refreshing change of thank you peter the make of scientists podcast a little national radio show was made crisper one of the best known for all just in the world back in february when president donald trump was forecasting a bad case of the flu he warned on this show instead we could be facing down the battle of a global pandemic meanwhile professor human drama has been on the front line of the

from there to secure london seeking to minimize the death rate from this a vicious virus they both join me in the studio. chris christie can start with you put a point we've no will. to this pandemic or what do we know about the spread know of this virus and in particular these are the nude clusters which are happening in so many countries i think the real wake up call for everybody has been the where previously we regarded this as a bit like influenza in the sense that if you had symptoms you had it if you didn't have symptoms you probably didn't have it now we realize that a very significant proportion of people maybe 2 thirds of people who catch this new coronavirus have no symptoms and this is been its major success story from a virus point of view because it's been very successful at hiding in plain.