absence of benefit actually the. headline story 'd russian opposition leader. to keep the pressure on president. with more. protests. i came here because i want to keep. peace in our country. gave the green light for. me to be flown to germany for treatment figurehead is in a coma. quit

3 years ago. today hello and welcome to r.t. international 30 minutes of news and views. rallies protests are sweeping for a 30 day in the wake of this month's disputed election fraud friday large crowds have been gathering in support of president. in the country's west. it's really really loud here what is playing behind me right now is the national anthem of the republic of the us a little bit of context we are right so what's the name of the country in the city of rest a lot during the time the 2nd world war. the great seal cyclone

your guess is as good as mine here when it comes to scale but i would say there's about there's definitely thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people who have to look to a number of them and their message is some of them would change. but none of them want to listen ukrainians and to be played out in their public also a lot of people are making a huge point about the flag you can see how many better russian flags official by the russian flags are behind and just around me well essentially they have been saying that the white red and white flag the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. the shoes by the collaborationist jerk the 2nd full day of a huge problem with the because a lot of people in. history those it. was good to get.

your vote. they take it seriously so even those who may have supported your position. now what. century the flag the colors of the picture was what. broke the camel's back. i came here because i want to give belarus the way to i don't want on rest i'm the mother i have a small child i want him to grow up you know peaceful and beautiful but nobody forced us to come here everyone has their own opinion and we should not prevent each other from expressing our views. i am from belarus for a peaceful use i'm 60 years old and i've been working as a driver all my. i have a life and i've traveled to europe but i've not seen the best the country can spell or use and i was outraged that your position provoked our security forces to violence i saw it myself i'm for peace in our country and we just need to start

talking to each other. so this is the hand they are supposed to do you know you can go home i think this is not only an example. and they have come here it was done just not just to the city they will come from neighboring cities as well this is now the sort of been. going on around some 81 from the ground can get in the spotlight can be in the center stage and speak their mind. here are some of the latest pictures we've received from outside minsk people are standing alongside a highway into the capital carting red and white flags used by opponents all from the south line starts its side of the tension center where demonstrators arrested during the early days of rest are being held it stretches to the skirts of the city but elsewhere in the capital there's a very different scene artie's constantine pretty bailo took a ride with about a russian motorist getting behind the president. off the plaza can see i'm now in

a car it's a convertible this convoy in support of the government has just set off people are driving their cars around the capital waving these official red green bell russian flags to be honest i didn't have an opportunity to count all the cars but i can tell you it's a huge line. i couldn't find the organizers of this event i thought it would be great to get an interview but i went up to several people asking if they could tell me which car the organizers were in and they told me that there are not. somebody just created the chat and more and more people joined it wanting to participate so the guys are telling me that's what's great about this event is that people have done everything themselves they bought. the flags themselves can you see this flag that's actually not a flag pole it's a spade handle so as you can see many cars waving red and green flags this is how minsk looks right now there's another thing that's interesting about this convoy is

the opposition was planning a completely opposite event they wanted to block the roads of the city. but as you can see they didn't succeed but i don't think many people would be disappointed about this you can imagine the anger of ordinary people if the roads were completely blocked. bella who says exiled opposition leader has given her 1st media conference since fleeing to lithuania to use the opportunity to tell foreign countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus earlier she addressed her fellow citizens in a new video message urging them to keep all the pressure on president lukashenko with more workplace strikes because of us talk at that so you can join entirely legal and powerful weapon against the regime and they know it that's why they intimidate you leave the theme mongering to the dictatorship remember you are not alone in a mosque you need to keep on strike who will make the college hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us. well to kind of earlier said she is ready to lead

belarus one 'd former russian presidential candidate believes she has a valid claim valarie sept called on foreign countries to recognize her as president and he drew a part of what the situation in venezuela where most western powers have recognized the opposition leader. as leader. well let's not speak too into journalist joel laurie on that aspect of things joe good to see in the program is it surprising that an opponent of look what draw a comparison with fairness will it given how that has worked to date. absolutely surprising it's even acknowledged now in the senate and recently that this has been a failure the way that the u.s. tried to change the government in venezuela by choosing someone who had very little support inside the parliament there it's become the president it's not work many

allies of the u.s. agreed initially in london has kept the gold from venezuela but that project is over and that it's not necessarily what's happening in belarus obvious that these comparisons are being made more aware of what happened in ukraine in 2014 as your reporter pointed out and i think of course relatives. it's border in ukraine as well so it's a true asia where i don't think there's any doubt u.s. would like to pride away from the russian orbit bring it into the neo liberal west perhaps someday bring it into medo. there's a lot of differences because in ukraine in 2014 we sort of u.s. senator john mccain the late senator john mccain go down into them i don and actually address the protesters and we sort of victoria nuland that then system secretary of state your asian and european affairs go into the square and hand out cakes she made 3 trips to him at that time and there's of course the

lead conversation she had with the american ambassador at the time to which they discussed who would take part in a new ukrainian government weeks before yannick overaged was kicked out and. they were midwife ignace but that's another thing that has been pointed out is a big difference i think between unocal which look at trent. bridge was elected in 2010 in a free and fair election that's according to the organization secured population of europe whereas look the shuttle has been in power since 1904 and he's never gotten any international observers to support that so he's not a democrat i think that has you pointed out and these protests in bellows are legitimate but the u.s. of course would probably like to explain what about the european union they have already rejected the results of the election do you expect them to go one step further and recognize stick out of sky as leader i don't know but they have agreed to put sanctions on belarus so that is significant where they were i mean if you

recognize an opposition leader who is now in with the rainy. that's slightly different right joe i mean she did take part in the election of the do not get many votes and there was that scene where she was detained for quite some time and made to do a video to tell the protesters to stop the back all she seemed to be on the grass and they want you guys look when she's changed her story so i don't know if the europeans are do that in america and might want to do that and i don't know how that would play out i just i just want to make the point that this is a situation where the fellowship people to decide it's only up to them outside it should matter in this even if you think a dictator is not for it's someone you know there are legitimate protests and strikes going on so we can't dismiss that but outside it should stay out events we have. to talk about caracas it's an interesting one though because you know you have to take into account don't you that the broader economic shock that venezuela

has had to live through could anything like that happen if you were to be isolated say by world powers in the way that mature oh how's been. yes that's course that's possible but the united states went a few steps further they actually backed a small invasion force try to go into venezuela like the bay of pigs in cuba that failed miserably like the bay of pigs in cuba so. yeah i mean the economic issues. aren't serious but i don't think there is serious isn't that as well so i wouldn't put a comparison there as well i think that as i said venezuela model failed and recognizing the opposition leader in belarus may not but i don't see that it's an instant solution to the crisis ok joe thanks as always for your time independent journalist jill noria live on the program. russian doctors have given the all clear for alexina valmy to travel to germany for emergency treatment the

opposition figurehead is in a coma and medics have ruled out poisoning as the cause of his illness re a financial reports. the doctor is in charge of treating alex st of ali in russia's siberian city of almost now agreed to allow his tourists for taishan to a clinic in germany this is something his family has been repeatedly calling for with his wife julie or even appealing to president why demur putting the medics say that the vine is still very weak and he's not stable they smallman he's not strong enough for travelling but they say they're ready to allow these trust potations at the german doctors and the family's risk. we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation earlier the russian doctors after discussing the vollies house with their german colleagues who came to all my earlier on friday

said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to a mosque he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alexander violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violins blog and urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6

substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to the room with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered and it's a big disruption with reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. well alex cena violet is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course his situation with his health attracted a lot of international attention in the if you demo bones mist in the valley we of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the situation of alexina valmy we heard this morning what happened to him and i want to see here that we give him what i would support his family his loved ones for a prompt recovery and we send by their side hopeful intervention or through to us 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 hospitals

. were looking to and vice going to be reporting to me despite what the russian doctors say about toxic materials we still here are saying that violence supporters talking about poison and we have to remind you that this is not for the 1st time just last year there was a very similar situation when alex cena violence suddenly felt ill and they were very quick to say that he was poisoned but it turned out later that it was just an allergic reaction to the news of number only zillah's broke western media rushed to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people for political analyst dimitri believes the poisoning rumors don't stand up to scrutiny. of course he support us will not be convinced they will believe that this is a boy's inning. i am at

a loss at who would be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty it's a it's a cliché for the west on media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately off to something happens basically there are many questions on and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia putin personally i want to speculate if it could be don that by russian government agents with all of which inseparable with putin's approval is just safe to make it has a chance against russia because it's much more dangerous to really investigate and to see broadly the role of all the extra us both in the story all of us and all in the story all over. germany france the u.k. russia china of all 'd rejected a u.s.

request to reimpose sanctions on iran the so-called snuffbox sanctions can be triggered part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories to the pact came up and picks up the story 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 this was west to you and i was aware difficult reckless acts by the united states could trigger a serious crisis from the security council our american colleagues do not seem to

care about this we can all countries to resist and i stress once again that the u.s. plans are in low for. 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 ceased 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 away related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a j c p o a participant state. for the pipes 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 in was called and on which i think today it's clear that the united states decisively did an american unilateralist is not supported by other countries with a reason reason lucian that was put before the security council the united states was defeated the slummy group public 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 and like obama seen its share price skyrocket since the start of world wide locked on we look at the power that tech giant is able to wield after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see if. this is.

the 1st. back to you guys report summer solutions. with stacy harbor and today we're going to be talking about the banning cell money. and soft reliance joining us very quickly. cost. a lot again a residential gas explosion has killed at least one person and injured 4 others in the russian city of all located around 250 kilometers to the northeast moscow the

blast occurred on friday evening it caused 3 floors to collapse in one section of the apartment block destroying several homes residents are being evacuated from the building search and rescue teams with sniffer dogs are out the scene looking for people who may be trapped under the debris. criminal probe has been launched into potential violations of gas safety rules. it's a lucrative time to be a shareholder in uppal the tech giant this week became the 1st ever u.s. company to be worth 2 trillion dollars of value put it on a par with major economies in fact it surpassed the g.d.p. of brazil canada russia south korea its market capitalization has doubled over the past 2 years and most of that growth has happened since the start of the pun demick experts know estimate that 'd if apple were an economy it would be classified as the 9th richest in the world economists edward hall and jeffrey tucker share their

views on the 2 trillion dollar value ation with me earlier this it seems as if something's not quite right when millions are losing their jobs or close to it and 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 lockdown it's all across the world and especially the us governments have been bankrupting 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 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 them current for companies like apple which have

received public funding. from the 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 it. 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 almost on where question in the u.s. congress and we're 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 but 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 google 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 now. the watching the hawks crew have been crunching the numbers on the scale for the u.s. military is active in 22 african countries perhaps no wonder then that many are questioning the nature of washington's involvement in the continent up program gets going after the break stay with us.

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let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. greetings and salutation. as we stand in the afterglow of the democratic party's great vice president's election extravaganza warmed by the burning embers of a crumbling republic that now gives us voters the most exquisite of candidates to

choose from this november either neil liberal pro wall street corporate yes folks like biden and harris. or the narcissistic be fuddled flag humping sexist racist want to be strong men that is why our great president donald trump it's important for us not to predict that ultimately it's the u.s. military industrial complex that calls most of the shots here in washington no matter who occupies the white house and this military empire built on u.s. taxpayer dollars is still wreaking havoc in the name of fighting the biting a terror over the world over particularly on the great continent of africa in fact according to a new investigation by south africa's mail and guardian in just 2019 alone u.s. special forces operations were deployed in 22 african countries countries like algeria botswana burkean a cave bear.