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images showing the moment. through. earlier this. past 9 pm in beirut in bucharest and here in moscow this thursday august the 20 welcome to our to international my names you know. it's day 12 nation wide on rest. in the wake of the disputed election earlier this large crowds on both sides of the divide are making their voices heard those who support president alexander lukashenko and those who want to see him gone. oh. people are chanting for the president to resign in the city of goma but in contrast you've also got a convoy of

a president supporters driving past them with the official red green flying on to government demonstrators have also gathered in the capital minsk where activists are lining up along a central obv in you a well in eastern. was. i. in. earlier in the day with thousands of people chanting their support for president lukashenko also marches throughout this city there are some of those supporters for their views on the current owners. would like to question because things are always peaceful and clean and life is good and that those who are against him they don't know how bad things can get they haven't seen a bad life. wouldn't you agree with me i would maybe want to see her place maybe but i don't see who would be the right candidate to do it's a mess that has started in this country i don't need it i want stability and peace

. that would take a dim view of the rights. children get to go it's the closest large city to the russian border and that's that's where we are and 8000 people gathered over there supporting the government saying that they. do think that the country needs changes but they don't like the current that the that the protesters have taken soon but they have so they have been. they have been voicing their support with the current government 1000 people over there i talked to some of them and they have been essentially saying that they indeed they do want changes but they want to make them peacefully. they want a peaceful transition to something else not a transition power. over policy if i may say so this is what they've been telling me and they have been sightings that examples it's for instance syria or

libya to ukraine and saying that well those countries they have seen some changes well they don't like what they're seeing there this sort of looking over the buddha across the board and they don't like it they don't want that and that with that indeed as you've mentioned the support fool the incumbent president bush has been growing here still i have to say not as large as looks not as large as the opposition protests but this could be a case of a silent majority because again who has won the election a highly controversial case but still. this similar action has taken place in other cities like in capital minsk and all across the country again people in the thousands there have been cases one anti government people sort of try to crash their rallies or to crash the pro-government rallies and tackle the pro-government

protest as cooling them traces but again it would have been the already consecutive days of protests. and they're not it doesn't look like they are going to end anytime soon was. running the situation prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the opposition's coordination. accusing them of plotting a legal. power. so the book of the creation of such organizations is illegal and their activity violates the constitution having realized for most of their actions the number of council members quit the body and reject its goals these include the illegal seizure of words the council poses a danger to national security the chief prosecutor's words echoing what president was said on witness stand a security council in the to be so named coordination council for the transfer of

power as a starbucks by the opposition leader so i plan to come of guy she's currently in exile in here we'll hear. that denies any wrongdoing. of political analyst under vul check believes the anti government movement in belarus is losing momentum due to the lack of a clear agenda. one would want to be too cynical. people are just a little bit bored with the conflict which they have there are you know as europe now is facing all sorts of social are are there are certain prices due to. the other issues bill i'll show you standing goodspeed in the store is fired. some people obviously had little bitty an awful lot of the scum float. by this opposition this uprising as it is being called the are are

aiming at something else which they really don't know what it is they are just being told and told by the opposition by the european union that they. have to demand change they have to change the system but it can see now the support for this. 'd kind of disappearing because people are thinking ok now for the 1st time or what is going to happen if you really were. to have this change or are we doing to the ukrainian army going to. the former. republics. who do this ready. are we going to basically or not at least the e.u. meanwhile has confirmed it's drawing up sanctions against ballard russian officials who are suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters the block has not disclosed as yet whether alexander lukashenko is on that list in fact brussels

lifted penalties on him 4 years ago lithuania which shares a border with belarus however 131 other about a russian officials from entering the country the e.u. has stressed out there should be no foreign meddling in the balor russian crisis moscow points out that let you any is doing precisely that with its sanctions on. russia's foreign minister has contacted the e.u. foreign policy chief to urge brussels again stirring up confrontation between the government on the opposition in belarus after the e.u. unanimously rejected the results of the election and the current president lukashenko persona non grata artie's donald quarter takes a closer look now at the signals coming from europe. 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 so we don't retreat was a piece of better research 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 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 going to be a looser you can use this with 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 bella ruse 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 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 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 is 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 is already

present a plan for intensive corporation in the areas of independent media the economy investment and thence national trends poland's plan involves spending a levon 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 fact is we can and should extend a helping hand to the russians it's a similar story in lithuania where the opposition leaders settle on a take on 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. it is. that it mirrors the speech of. east. so. really what you think is one of the should be they've made the 1st steps they all get in. the russians and so far. they've been very patient in the. those who are in charge. that we all. wonder why one train one direction so what is it to you that's.

what we're thinking ever since. the super yama wrote his book on the end of. moving the program on the russian opposition figurehead alexina felony has been hospitalized after falling ill during a flight to moscow the plane made an emergency landing in the city of. intensive care in a coma while still on the plane he was heard howling in pain as part of medics came to his aid. artesian non-kosher about was more in the situation only international reaction to it. i think seeing the van it felt ill when he was on route to the russian capital from siberia the aircraft counts and decided to make an unscheduled landing and

once on the ground level he was promptly taken to the hospital where he remains in a coma now the. latest reports suggest that their preliminary diagnosis is poison by neuroleptic which is more commonly known as anti-psychotic drugs how ever at this moment said medics can see the testing they continue symptomatic treatment of they see in the modern a but they have already ruled out several things that meanwhile one of the they say there are lazy personal medics is already there in almost school where she received some information from the doctors 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 have it here against consciousness to morrow and all the as a high profile personality what's been the international reaction so far 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 of supposed poisonings of kremlin critics let's just take a look at some of what the western media had to say the most outspoken critic of russian president vladimir putin has been rushed to siberia hospital doesn't seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved here it's all too early so i ask him not in on there is no russian city i'm going to ask you any time. fawley's team is clearly put saying blame the government school they're saying the place would not have been possible without putin's approval. is a very. silent secret it's like. we've always. been immersed example. well ironically of all that the kremlin has been doing

nothing but call parading with that nonviolent stuff in this case and helping them as much as they can and just recently in the violent these other personal medic while he told the western media that he wants his patients to be evacuated to the european union he added that he was even in talks with clinics in france and in germany as well while 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 close now g.'s to colvin 1000 situation they wish to nevada to get well very soon of course and the request to visit a foreign clinic would be approved as soon as possible if there is such a request for the for russian citizens to visit other countries for medical treatment despite of the cross border well enough on his staff had already welcomed this offer from pissed off and will now put in a request of the kremlin to help with the evacuation if it is necessary meanwhile

elsewhere in the western media it looks like the cause and the blame all of this and already been attributed and that's despite the fact that everything is being done in russia for nevada need to get better soon as possible devoutness quote here in the west and he's seen as a very powerful opponent we're going to move putin so from the western border of your many western countries in eastern europe you never anything it. would be seen as criminal and it always recoating the crime. 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 you think. the media played going to blame because they want sensationalism they want headline news but of course in fact the totally false news will think he's. going to wait then when the medical and the

medical find out exactly why he. descended into the coma why he was hospitalized why he was in such paid him so long but of course it makes a great story from the from the west and what have you because most of the western press is only rushing. several hospitals in favor it's already in ruins ofter i think deafening blasts there earlier this month and pretty old has emerged showing the moment there's a crack or i'm not up to the prick. 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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20 minutes into the program welcome back lebanon will enter a 2 week unlocked on friday now as it struggles to cope with a surge in covert in 1000 cases the health care system in beirut has been pushed to the brink by an explosion earlier this month which this straw and several hospitals new footage shows emerge showing that the struction of some of those facility a warning you may find it upsetting.

it's just extraordinary video and according to the red cross that tragedy killed at least $200.00 people and left more than $6.00 and injured over a quarter of a 1000000 people also lost their homes it's believed a fire in a warehouse sent the port calls the destination of a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate the right $15000000000.00 will be needed to repair the damage to the city.

the french military has vowed to continue its counterterrorist operation in the holy this by the recent overthrow of the government soldiers arrested the president on tuesday forcing him to resign and sparking international condemnation kill up and now reports on frances truck record in the west african nation. 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 smalley's 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 sahara 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 now 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 i don't know normally if our leaders do not dare tell them to leave we will tell them we won the mouth 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 well almost in africa and 2 is the fact that your bomb ministration a friend precipitated levens the regime change against president gadhafi and then in 201212 race. or so jury worship and sit on a hard and dated more than a mile and this led to the collapse of the government 2000 well and now it's never recovered so this invasion which was precipitated by. well new shoes and always seem to rise. again. strange. how many observers are wondering if the situation will deteriorate

even further if toppling the president of mali lead to further terrorism and violence well if france is record seems to point to anything it's that the presence of foreign troops doesn't really help the situation poppen artsy new york. let's move to the middle east where the only power plant to shut down after israel stop supplying fuel that's in response to cross border fire efforts to destroy farms by hamas militants the $2000000.00 plus population relies on israel for most of its energy needs they currently get around 6 hours of electricity a day which.