nationwide protests we boast for a 12th day in the wake of the disputed election a large production a rally is now taking place in the eastern city of beatrice. despite the warnings against meddling and deloris european leaders agree tempo sanctions on. accusations of aapc. also this hour russian opposition figure head on explain them only as an intensive care after falling sick during a flight to moscow prompting western media speculation from one place even though moscow has offered to send him a brawn for treatment. and canada's prime minister is accused of a cover up after suspending parliament at a time when the government is embroiled in the corruption scandal.

you're watching our team international all of us here at our teach here in moscow want to thank you for joining us this hour. it's now day 12 of nationwide unrest in belarus in the wake of the disputed election aside from entitling rallies and strike action many are showing sir port of the president several 1000 people are now gathering at an ampitheater in the cheapest in the east of the country they're chanting their support for a look shango and you can see people of waving the official red and green national flag. over the capitol anti-government protests are gathering the numbers are smaller than in recent days activists are lining up along a central avenue. arm in space correspondent went to a pro look at the rally yesterday and filed this report. some people. you 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 is so much anger at the rallies in support of look at shankar happening very spontaneously they get approval from local officials literally the day before gatherings like this are not so much for a look at schenkel but in support of stability in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia meanwhile belorussian prosecutors have opened a criminal case over the creation of the opposition's coronation council so the need for the creation of such organizations is illegal and their activity violates the constitution having realized down low for most of their actions a number of council members quit the body and reject its goals these include the illegal seizure of powers the council poses

a danger to national security. the chief prosecutor's words i call what president alexander lukashenko said on wednesday at a security council meeting the so-called coronation council for the transfer of power was established by the opposition leader. is currently in a self exile in lithuania only and the group of course denies any wrongdoing. are now going to go live to international affairs commentator markup cassock for more on this the belorussian prosecutors are accusing the council of plotting an illegal seizure of power the opposition of course denies that where do you see this case leading. well it depends on the way that the events in bellew's develop generally i mean if. the coup or whatever one call it really lucian is successful then these would be the new leaders that it's unsuccessful they could find themselves are facing the role of the system. against them so it really does depend only bends let's look at what let me actually represent as

a coordination council i mean what are they actually coordinating are they coordinating the events themselves in bedrooms or they could coordinating the distribution of $53000000.00 euros or the e.u. funds and then i'll know mounds of american phones that might be arriving maybe they're looking at how to divide that money up and spend some money in various ways that's a powerful motivation for any human being but one thing is for certain that the real coordination council is not seen by the rules but it's in langley virginia and its aims are pretty clear to who really made the coup in 8 years and to set up a kind of straight line going from north to south from stony absolute the black sea . presence on russia's western border because bellew's is the only obstacle that washington really has in this respect so i think that's the really i don't know how to create a new kind of ability to swoop to replace the berlin little separating western

europe from russia with this american dominated zone in eastern europe i think that's the real aim of this and the coordination council that we've been discussing is simply a think a fig leaf a symbolic figurehead a hyper fact. what kind of reaction do you think we could see from the e.u. to this case european leaders yesterday pledged to protect the belorussian opposition from quote arbitrary arrests and violence so how are they going to be this latest move from minsk. however they give it the view it however they view it but that will always publicly find fault with whatever means does because they. embarked on this call to deal with the mines. and his government so they will of course criticize this as they are now criticizing everything that's happened getting the running of the elections themselves where they've actually not being specific about their allegations that they have the elections once they have people who appear to be costly well informed they haven't yet told us

a single example of what they are referring to when they say the elections were fair and i'd like to see the elections examined and i'd like to see the votes examined i'd like to see a recount. of the opposition is saying that the election was rigged and that the government did that for themselves how could this criminal probe influence the anti looks like a crowd on the streets do you think it could actually galvanize them to continue their fight. i don't think so i think this is the crowd on the street will already have their own view i mean what we have is a situation where the criminal probe has been launched by the below russian authorities who really don't have a great deal of. weapons that this fight will they really know how to deal with the regime change machine which is running flu cold in that country so they can put soldiers on the borders they can book police out in the streets and they can use the courts but these are really. started age tactics against

a new and very well. equipped advisories so i think it's time for the belorussian government to look at sharing good to look at least situation again and try to learn some new tactics that belong to the new age in which we live. international affairs commentator marco gaslight thank you for your time and your comments. the e.u. has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters the bloc hasn't disclosed whether or not alexander lukashenko is on the list in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago meanwhile lithuania which shares a border with belarus has banned go and 31 other bowler russian officials from entering the country. you have stressed that there should be no foreign meddling in the belorussian crisis point out though that lithuania is doing precisely that with its sanctions on the. on wednesday evening the european union one emergency video

conference on the crisis the block unanimously rejected the results of the election artist on quarter takes a look at the signals coming from the e.u. . 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 student in so we don't retreat was a piece of better research license than most better issued 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 the 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 little so you can just as 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 belarus we cannot track all of the funds 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 airplane 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. 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 is close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to change that of an economic plan should be prepared for the ruse because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland is already presented to plan for intensive course. in the areas of independent media the economy investment and international trains 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 balance the skilled workers would do to help democracy. actions will not interfere with our neighbors in total the friends we can and should extend a helping hand to the russians it's a similar story in lithuania where the opposition leader settle on a take on 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 or to russia everything we hear in the western media coming out. is. that of near. east. so. really what you think is one of the. they've made the 1st steps in the all lately to fear it's. been sort of you know

loose that there's the russians and so far it go but they've been very patient when you look at those who are in charge of the e.u. institutions who believe that we're all or why one train that one direction that is if you that's been done a lot of western thinking ever since. this difficulty on what road is look of you and mr. clarke are going to lead you to. a russian opposition figure have an exam that only has been hospitalized after falling ill during a flight to moscow the plane made an emergency landing in the city of homs where not only is now in a coma in intensive care while still on the plane he was heard howling and pain as paramedics came to his aid.

but. let's bring in our team is roman crosser for the details at roma a lot of concern obviously what's the latest on his condition. well we do know that they became ill while he was on route to the russian capsule from the city all. the caps and the airplane decided to make an unscheduled stop in the city of. and after landing and then finally was promptly taking to the emergency room where he is still remains and he is reportedly in a coma now latest reports suggest that. preliminary diagnosis suggests that it was indeed a poisoning by a neuroleptic which is more common than known as a. psychotic drug not medics and this moment they continued says they continue symptomatic treatments off aleksei no one they but they have already ruled out

several things such as brain hemorrhage head trauma epilepsy and this just to name a few now one of these personal doctors says that she was out of the hospital and she received some information from the doctors who are treating him. i don't know if he has regained consciousness the doctors gave me general medical information that he is in a serious condition let's hope that here again is consciousness to mourn. on the ball is a high profile personality what's been the international reaction so far. right well the western media they were very quick with their headlines and they labeled what happened as the poisoning of a kremlin critic now someone as far as speculating that a russian leadership is somehow responsible and gave their viewers a timeline all for the supposed poisonings of kremlin critics let's just take

a look at some of what the western media had to say earlier on thursday 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 to it so i ask him not in on there is no russian city as many towers falling you see is clearly puts. the government school there saying the place would not have been possible without whose approval. is a very very silencing critics like. we always. were being humorous examples of. the kremlin response then. well ironically the kremlin has been doing nothing but call parading with the volume the stuff in this case and helping them as much as they can and just recently in the file and these other personal medic while he told the western media

that she wants you spacious to be evacuated to the european union he added that he was even in talks with clinics in france and in germany as well well the kremlin said they're ready to give any kind of green light necessary in order for them wanted to be transported were wherever he needs to be despite the fact that the borders in russia are closed now geez who called the 1000 situation they wish to. well very soon and let's hear a little bit more. of course any request to visit a foreign clinic would be approved as soon as possible if there is such a request of russian citizens to visit other countries for medical treatment despite of the closed borders. well known by his staff already or welcomed this offer from the kremlin and says they will request to his transportation as soon as possible meanwhile extend the valet is getting all of the help that necessary and

the doctors who are treating him and almost right now are also in constant contact with their colleagues in moscow. r.t. is ramon closer of thank you. russia analyst martin mccauley believes the poisoning rumors make a great story for the western media. devoutness quite a hero in the west and he's seen as a pretty powerful opponent well good he reported so from the western border of your many western countries and he's a hero so there anything that happens to him would be seen as criminal into it all because we come from the kremlin. nothing else would happen to him unless he could become an did you know acted and did something is wrong that's the way the media in the west where do things now immediately point to blame because they want sensationalism they want headline news but of course in fact the totally false news or think news. we have to wait on the medical and the medics to find out exactly

why he. descended into a coma why he was hospitalized and why he was in such paid and so on but of course it makes a great story from the from the western border view because most of the western press is only russian. lebanon is said to enter a 2 week lockdown starting on friday as it struggles to cope with a sharp rise in colvin 1000 cases the country's health care system has been pushed to the breaking point after a catastrophic explosion in beirut put 3 hospitals and half the capital's clinics out of operation new video has emerged showing the destruction of some of those facilities orning though you might find the scenes upsetting.

according to the red cross the tragedy left at least 200 people dead and over 6000 injured on addition to that 300000 people also lost their homes it's believed that a fire any warehouse at the port caused the detonation of a huge amount of ammonium nitrate the chemical compound had 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.

military and malia say they will pave the way for new elections in the country and insists they will set up a civilian transitional government in the meantime as after soldiers stage a coup to oust president abraham boubacar keita to step down on tuesday all his former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the coup but it's been reports purses track record in the region and quelling violence and unrest is open

to scrutiny. forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protest. but. the former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption and worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of france somalis former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2013 to keep terrorists at bay the results in the country have been rather modest the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. the security situation in the settled 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 in my new i'm a chronic actually believes that the operations are successful because of home a 1000000 little to we've improved their effectiveness in information exchange in the fight against terrorism and succeeded with our unique information center in niamey we have achieved strong results especially in recent weeks. 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 us who called friends

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 no normal if our leaders do not dare tell them to leave we will tell them we want him out of the country. many analysts don't point the finger at france for the situation but actually point to nato is intervention in nearby libya which are least a torrent of terrorism in the region if you want to look at the us. did one is fair you will all work in africa and 2 is the fact that you bomb ministration a friend precipitated levens the regime change against president gadhafi and then in 201212 raids. or so cheery word shipments of on syria hard in dayton mali and this led to the

collapse of the government 2012 and now it's never covered. this invasion which was precipitated by the. so you see right. now 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 pop and art see new york. the only power plant in gaza has shut down after israel stops supplying fuel was in response to cross border fire by hamas the population of 2000000 relies on israel for most of its energy needs they currently get about 6 hours of electricity a day which could now be cut to just 3 the power cuts are

a major concern for hospitals in particular. 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 caught. must be like to 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 we need to provide the treatment for 4 hours every 3 days it will be a disaster and many people will suffer this is totally wrong it's put in the health of so many people at risk people might not survive. well. 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 that surgical operations and intensive care are at greatest risk and covert 1000 testing labs may have to hope

the operations medical services need hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel to provide normal levels of care the ministry of health has called for an urgent resolution to the issue. 'd of 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 plants again. human rights activists say the hold in fuel supplies amounts to collective punishment targeting people's basic needs. the israeli decision to close the crossings and block shipments and the resulting power cutoff is a dangerous escalation and collective punishment of gaza it violates international law and basic human decency it is political blackmail. and a surprise move canadian prime minister justin trudeau has suspended the country's parliament that's a spike 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 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 on his we scandal shutting down parliament in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis with a plan sitting next week and committees working hard to get answers and solutions for canadians is wrong. trudeau has justified the 5 week suspension with the need

to reassess the parliament's agenda several of its committees had 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 trudeau is being probed over alleged breaches of conflict of interest laws that's for awarding a $690000000.00 student grant program to be charity which has ties to the p.m.'s relatives trudeau 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 canadian company sell a corruption case out of court or less public says 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 his mother and his brother received close over

$300000.00 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 is doing and the recent use of the probation as well as the we scandal are things which are continuing amounts of that i do believe that when it went on at election does little in the near future that the liberal party could perhaps be looking at somebody else to lead. that's been our wrap up of today's biggest headlines here on r.t. thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. the

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