no this. point ch your thirst for action. examined by the russian opposition leader urges her fellow citizens to keep up the pressure on president lukashenko with more strikes and protests further large rallies both for and against him are held across the country. doctors treating russian opposition figure had to say that he's too ill to be airlifted abroad for treatment he's currently in a coma in a siberian hospital. and the u.s. secretary of state formally requests a resumption of u.n. sanctions against iran using the country violating the 2015 nuclear deal even though washington quit that agreement 2 years ago.

this is r.t. to national for good morning and thanks for joining us. we start this hour with brother recently said opposition leader spitler taken off his address to fellow citizens in a new video message in which she urged them to keep up the pressure on president bush and co with more strikes almost 2 weeks after the disputed election threw the country into political turmoil. as of us thought get up so you can try some entirely legal and powerful weapon against the regime and they know it that's why they intimidate you leave the fear mongering to the dictatorship remember you are not alone i'm asking you to keep on striking who will make the coward hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us. the you recently expressed his full support for the below opposition voicing concerns over meddling in domestic affairs oscars reminded european colleagues of just what kind of impact their support last

time they decided to intervene in a political crisis on russia's doorstep or is it just on of reports on by the russian attitudes towards the e.u. from a production karoly in the city of the tabs. how long has it been since you played spot the difference well you won't have many difficulties matching footage from the 2014 uprising in ukraine to what's happening now in another post soviet republic right next to it better us. military.

at face value the pitches are identical but beneath the record discrepancies because ukraine didn't exactly set an example of how to in the short term yes be good all it wanted in president electoral growth taishan a visa waiver for the e.u. but that was where the buck stopped because the newly elected president quickly lost all support the economy collapsed key industries sloped national debt hiked and so-called western partners until this day still aren't rushing to accept cave as one of their role so is it really a surprise that here in belarus people don't want a repetition of that thanks to us and stay if i and chanelle to knock on to the house are there and you can walk down the street in the evening and not be afraid for safety and the safety of your loved ones things in a service and we stand for an independent billers only beef and tranquility we'll

be able to survive this there is no need to describe the country may seem small i can watch the news and can see that some food in as they didn't see a. iraq and ukraine i've seen how countries have been destroyed with people fleeing on boats to europe and living in migrant camps i believe who must not choose this path this is really a color revolution even anti-government protesters weren't happy to see e.u. flags among their ranks would be easy but i suppose they see if it was. anybody who was factory workers across the country briefly boycotted production but that impulse quickly faded out labor has realized they have no friends in the evening only competitors eager to fill market gaps left by belarus factories yes if that gives it some credence about not having friends. yet just give them what it's not

enough i view it negatively a couple of people from my team went to the strike stayed there for 10 minutes and came back. they were not interested in what was happening that they didn't like a schedule on you but i will listen and you've got to go by dealing with those who support lucas sankoh should have shown that they are the majority by taking to the streets it would have been a different picture now if only they had shown up at the anti-government protests we should have started rolling earlier in support of the current president morris homosexual shown you don't see my basically everyone has a negative view of the strikes because this is a key enterprise in the well being of the entire city depends on its stable operation therefore such actions of the plan itself are next up to another coup difference with ukraine the people of better seem more against losing russia as their ally and geopolitical friend even distorted just opposition aren't rushing headlong into a breakup with moscow. to the last politician in belarus would be the one he seeks

to build a wall belarus in russia it is in our interests had good relations with both russia and the e.u. and russia and the european union both want by the russians to be their allies to each of the needs to meet the expectations of our people pretty much as everyone almost everyone who i've spoken to here and elsewhere in belarus they've said that they were appalled that they were disgusted and that they stood with those tortured by the police but then things changed and protests started to lose momentum and that's when politics kicked in and that was when all these thousands of people took to the streets with a different message with a message of unity i mean down of reporting from belarus on scene. with both e.u. and russia being looked to as mediators in the russian crisis we asked people to men's coup they'd like to say play that role. as for me i prefer russia because i'm a bit skeptical about the e.u.

i would rather stay with russia but at the same time i want belorussians to be valid russian again of course despite having russian belorussian roots i feel closer to the e.u. here been a lot of belarus to remain as valorise and to have brotherly relations with all our neighbors when they are saying you know that's political analyst and they will check believes that the anti-government movement in belarus is losing momentum because of a lack of clear agenda. below show you stand the goodspeed in the studio is fired. some people obviously had little bitty an awful lot of the scum for. by this opposition this uprising as it is we. are aiming at something else which they really don't know what it is they are just being told and don't believe the opposition by european union that they. have to demand change they have to change the system but people are thinking ok now for the

1st time a world is going to happen if we really. have this change or are we going to end the blake ukraine are we going to. the former soviet republics which were pushed through this president or. are we going to basically or not of the. russian opposition figurehead alexina valley remains in intensive care in a hospital in the siberian city of elm square he's in a coma and ali was taken ill on thursday during a flight to moscow with suspected poisoning the doctors have said his condition is not yet stable enough to allow him to be lifted abroad for medical care as requested by his family and supporters it's going i taught a course one done called following the story for a certain morning don there's just been a media briefing understand the last couple of hours by doctors they were talking about nirvana his condition what did they have to say good morning you know well

the latest piece of news is that german medical aircraft has actually landed in. equipped with a team of coma specialists there intending to bring the volley abroad for treatment to germany his family and his supporters have been calling for that for a while now but the russian doctors at the hospital actually said at this press conference that they don't think that is probably a good idea. well you know what his condition improved overnight but it is not completely stable it is too early to talk about lifting him a brute 1st we have to make sure his condition is completely stable we cannot transfer him in this state even if his family have consented to it. now was on thursday that volley was on a plane traveling from siberia to moscow when he suddenly fell ill the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after paramedics had rushed to the opposition leaders aid who seemed to be in serious pain.

none of all he was quickly brought to an intensive care unit near the airport where he's since been in a coma and on a ventilator now we have also heard from the volleys press secretary who was traveling with him on that plane she says that the opposition leaders morning tea was likely poisoned but doctors at the hospital say that it's a little too soon to make a determination they say that right now there's 5 possible working diagnoses and that it's going to take probably another 2 days to make a final determination based on the test results but still this situation has really gained international attention. in the veneer if you don't know about missed in the valley of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the situation of alexina valmy we heard this morning what happened to him and i want to say here that we

give him all our support his family his loved ones for a problem for calvary and we send by their side hopeful intervention or through it does i hope and wish of course that he will recover as quickly as possible we will of course offer him all the medical help he needs and he can turn to german hospital and. yet it will appear that advice going to be reporting to me. now although it was the medical professionals in that almost cost battle who think that involve the is not ready for transport the western media has already jumped the gun in making accusations about the kremlin's possible role in the situation. 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 there is no crime as many towers falling steve is clearly put saying blame the government school they're saying the place would

not have been possible without hussein's approval. as a very. silent seems like. it's always. been immersed examples. now that's despite the fact that the kremlin spokes person dmitri past called has already said that the government would be willing to allow in of all need to be transported abroad for treatment despite the fact that the country's borders are still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic so because of that it seems without that much evidence it's strange to be pointing the finger. many thanks donald cool to covering the story for us the. united states has formally requested a so-called snow pack of united nations sanctions against iran secretary of state met with the u.n. security council president on thursday to make that request a lot more pain and explains so at this point we've got the united states

essentially demanding that the united nations reimpose its crippling sanctions economic warfare against the islamic republic of iran this is mike pompei o laying out the demand just a few minutes ago i delivered letters to both the un secretary-general to tears and to the president of the security council. notify them that the united states is initiating the restoration of virtually all u.n. sanctions on iran lifted under un security council resolution 2231 did i say it will never allow the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes tanks missiles and other kinds of conventional weapons now essentially the united states is hoping to invoke the snapback mechanism that was part of the j c p o a conclusion of the iran nuclear negotiations the iran nuclear deal now the snapback mechanism was put into the nuclear deal so that if iran did not fulfill the

agreement and did not fulfill its obligations broke the agreement that there would be an immediate snap back and all the un sanctions would immediately be reimposed on iran so now the united states is trying to invoke the snapback mechanism however it has virtually no support in the international community when it comes to this demand we've got all the other cosigners of the deal the united kingdom germany france china russia all staying that basically the united states doesn't have the right to invoke the snapback mechanism because the united states pulled out of the deal not iran this has been the international reaction to the united states' call and this was my studio and i was aware difficult star in that reckless act by the united states could trigger a serious crisis in the security council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this week or no contraries to resist and i stress once again that the u.s. prices are low for that. the united states has withdrawn from the comprehensive agreement

on the iranian nuclear issue and he's not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the security council as i have repeatedly recalled the u.s. unilaterally seize participation in the j.c.b. away by presidential memorandum on the 8th of may 28th in and has subsequently not participated in any j c p o a related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a j c p o a participant state. for the pap's is a possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution the united states hold out of the iran nuclear deal in may of 28 scene and at this point we've got the trumpet ministration saying that they are open to renegotiating a new deal that would restrict iran's activities more harshly now at this point people are reacting to the recent effort by the united states to extend the arms embargo against the islamic republic of iran which was roundly defeated by the international community the u.n. security council the 15 member body that leads the u.n.

the only other country to support the u.s. move was the dominican republic and it seems with the world basically opposing washington's moves against iran that iran actually has the upper hand this is what we've heard from some iranian officials call me one wish access it today it's clear that the united states is size a limited and american unilateral is and is not supported by other countries with a reason reason lucian that was put before the security council the united states was defeated in the slum a group of iran has the upper hand about it in the international community it seems like almost a consensus that the iran nuclear deal should remain intact however washington has pulled out of the deal and they seem to be almost standing alone at this point in their call to reimpose sanctions and to essentially escalate tensions with the islamic republic. russia's deputy envoy to the u.n. said on thursday that the u.s.

had declined to hold a security council session on the question of sanctions against iran just 3 says america's actions are more for a home audience. the u.s. has no legal grounds whatsoever to pursue this it's very quite explicit in the terms of the j.c. p.r.a. that only participants in the accord could move to have the snap back and we've seen all kinds of procedure iranian oil on the high seas that was on its way to venezuela all perfectly legal the u.s. claims the unilateral right to pose its interpretation of sanctions anywhere in the world against anybody it wants. but frankly rather than a sign of straightening this is a sign of weakness because the u.s. is unable to get support any other country in the world for these. actions including britain france germany and staunch u.s. allies are completely rejected by the trump a news station on this issue and it's

a sign of desperation frankly that they're hoping something will happen between now and november and turn things around and trump hopes to use these efforts to gain reelection i think frankly it's quite the opposite. john apple has become the 1st u.s. company to reach a value of 2 trillion dollars school bring you more on that story after the break. seem wrong. but i'll just tell all. if you get to see a pallet just to become educated and in detroit equals betrayal.

when some find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. well. before. you guys report summer solutions to. stacy harbor and today we're going to be talking about the banning cell. and soft reliance joining us very quickly.

welcome back take this week became the 1st ever u.s. company to be worth 2 trillion dollars bills value puts it on the major economies. of the g.d.p. of brazil canada russia and south korea this market capitalization has doubled over the past 2 years most of that growth has happened since the start of the pandemic experts now estimate that if i were in a coma me it would be classified as the richest in the world well you know neal spoke with. geoffrey took it to get their thoughts on apple's 2 trillion dollar valuation. does it seem as if some things are quite right when millions are losing their jobs or close to it i'll a tiny number getting insanely rich. that is exactly right and i have to correct language you say because of the pandemic it's because of the lockdowns all across the world and especially in the us governments have heard been bankrupt in small and be medium size businesses and forced closures and stay home orders and closing

schools closing borders stopping travel it's been an outrage and of course who benefits it's the big companies especially the tech giants and the rich meanwhile in this country the the poor and the middle class are suffering and medium small businesses are going under because of the lockdowns not because of the pandemic obviously there's an end plenty of encouragement for companies like apple which have received public funding and. from there very get go and we really need to see far more diversity at the grassroots of the economy to to channel that kind of innovation and it seems that the large companies like apple once they reach a threshold like this they need a lot of public scrutiny to keep up with that kind of responsibility of being so large company a leg that needs to be under public scrutiny and to perform at a higher level and providing innovation rather than at the monopolistic in their

aims last month aapl along with google facebook amazon were questioned in the u.s. congress and were told they have quote too much power under a danger to the american economy have they become too powerful i don't want to blame apple and google and amazon so much as i just think the rules should be applied fairly and evenly to everyone so everyone has a chance to get to get big and wealthy and serve the community the consumer to excellence i think that's the most important thing and that's that's the essence of what we mean by free enterprise it's supposed to be equal rules for everyone and that is not the situation today people making the point that facebook for instance have had more influence than than most governments but is there anything wrong with that why should governments have a monopoly on power. that's such a fascinating question as governments become centralized in any fashion there is

opportunities for collusion with with businesses that are succeeding at a certain level that's when we start having this stratified rule set the rule of law starts to break down in any country once a company can overtaken and work with the politician is supposed to be protecting the public then you can get some you know problematic behavior that's unaccountable and then the rule of law breaks down. hong kong has joined beijing in didn't sit washington's decision to suspend a series of bilateral treaties and what is the latest spat between the 2 countries comes just weeks after the u.s. also began targeting high ranking hong kong officials with sanctions including the city's chief executive the united states unilateral decision reflects its disrespect for bilateralism and multilateralism under the current administration and should be condemned by the international community the hong kong government strongly object to and deplores the united states action which is widely seen as

a move to create troubles in china u.s. relationship using hong kong as a pawn. on wednesday the u.s. announced it would be suspending 3 treaties of hong kong thank you for the surrender of fugitives as well as extradition a bilateral agreement on tax exemptions on income from shipping operations has also been scrapped on congress suspended its side of the agreements in response to trouble ministration aside to china's new national security law which it claims is eroding the city's autonomy china expert professor benjamin chant says that america doesn't have the moral high ground on this issue. the u.s. says it is trying to protect its freedom and human rights of the ongoing people but the us itself is ranked much of the work then hong kong in many we need to know issues and dearest know police kneeling on the neck of people talking people to their feel is that many hong kong very being angry with washington is

a plank that was then did it come ignoring the fact that many hong kong people do not want themselves to be represented by a foreign entity we have dealt a proper offer it's they should remember 3 mm median home the rest of the half of the population signed a petition to support the new measures a bill that has been set to spark a new round of action and that's. because she staying with us join me for updates on our top stories in half an hour.

join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday should we let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. on the long haul.

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an urgent warning from a former u.s. secretary of defense about the new nuclear arms race under way on this politics. the politicking on larry king the authors of a recently released book a warning about a new nuclear arms race that they say is currently underway joining us for an urgent in-depth discussion about that book show to you right here which is called the button they always in perry the former secretary of defense during the clinton administration he's in california and tom collina director of the policy ploughshares fund and he is in new hampshire secretary perry i don't hear talk about

a nuclear arms race it is not discussed in the presidential race why not we're assuming it's over. everybody believes that the dangers of nuclear weapon ended with the cold war ended which is not true today in fact the probability of a nuclear catastrophe is actually greater there was during the cold war and we're entered into a new arms race is dangerousness costly is the one in the cold war tom if that's true why well i think what happened is that a lot of policies that we had for the cold war for the arms race we had with the soviet union those policies never changed when the cold war ended and so as bill said people have moved on if the surgeons have moved on to other issues but the old policies are still there and we never change them they're still dangerous and in some ways they're more dangerous than ever because people are focused on other issues and they simply don't see the dangers that we face and certain terry perry

why isn't it discussed. that's that course is too deep for a dance a psychological question to fundamentally. when the cold war ended the danger there worried that people had to fear the people had about a nuclear catastrophe just ended with that and they just don't want to pick it up again and soon again but unfortunately that the reality is that the danger is still very much there you sir tom that the defining air of united states nuclear policy is that it's focused on the wrong threat what are you talking was the wrong threat so the threat that we're focused on a leftover threat from the cold war is the threat of an intentional attack from russia that is simply not a likely threat because it would be suicidal for russia to watch that attack any attack a nuclear attack that russia would launch at the united states the united states would respond with a nuclear response and so it would be so.