1st for. 2 weeks the political turmoil in belarus will be capped by another huge opposition protest in the capital on sunday rallies in support of the president getting significant the bunsen in the last. leg of the families of the berlin hospital after being airlifted from russia to receive emergency treatment russian opposition figures being in a coma since he fell critically ill on thursday. the u.s. request to reimpose sanctions against tehran is rejected by the remaining members of the nuclear deal.

good morning thanks for joining us here on mount international this is the weekly. and we'll start in belarus where another huge protest against the presidency of alexander lukashenko is expected people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks now alleging that he rigged the presidential election the country's been left deeply divided by the vote week that followed was dominated by opposition protests but on monday supporters of the president began holding counter rallies which of gain momentum the 2 sides can be discussing distinguished by the colors they support. i. the situation in our country is very serious we are against unrest in our country i want to say one thing i stand here for valorous our president we do not condemn the subpoenas for the position so why should they condemn not. i

was it was acid that missed us 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 we're here because we want to stop the trial cities that have been taking place in this country for a long time. the pro-government gatherings gaining momentum one of the largest rallies took place in no in the west of the country and today correspond i think a standoff listen to an emotional speech alexander and even money stick a chance to speak with the president what you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a pro-government rally and indeed this meeting is very special compared to others that we have that we have covered in the past couple of days not because it's exceptionally large because it isn't but because it's the 1st one that we've seen. the president. make an appearance and he made a speech. for over

a year and over these fixed time over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed bruises 60 percent of the. time will pass we will come and show you everything i have received information that there are private enterprises all over the country that are pushing people to strike some have become insulting to the point that if an unfortunate policeman arrived. we have telephone conversations they say cross the coops but why why will you do if crime returns to the streets who you call do not attack policeman these are your own people if they made some mistakes forgive them but the post-election period has been quiet rocky for alexander lukashenko for instance a couple of times one factory workers boycotted production and he showed up there to try and calm them down he was essentially had killed and stake so they didn't give him any any any any time they didn't really give him any slack if i may say so

well here is a different mood here because here people are supporting him so that's what he's thanked them for and essentially his messages be. it doesn't matter who's in power it doesn't matter the only thing that matters is that should stay independent that it should lead other nations meddle. the chance to ask him to ask him a question it wasn't like it wasn't a media briefing or anything will literally caught him as he was leaving the stage yes i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to where i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break look at that there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where being bullied are being pressured to attack russia they see as a springboard and we have to wipe it out. it was really happy to see us journalists

from russia as well what the mood like is here like a public celebration with some classic songs and local local heads so this is what's going on here. meanwhile a number of foreign countries have challenge lukashenko is the jitter mysie president rejecting the election results confirmed it is drawing up sanctions against the russian officials suspected of election fraud and violence against protesters for what he's done hawkins delves into why the former soviet republic has drawn so it international attention. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands paul out of the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election it's the country's geography which between its big east the neighbor and europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash. officially the e.u. is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair. as persona non-grata and

already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing human rights violations in the wake of police violence in custody we start number withheld e.u. why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether there will be further restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian authorities. condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view of what comes next the baltic states and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that l.c.a. sion others still have sought a balancing act the e.u. can't turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. so it's no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks. with merkel mark kroll

and the european council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roofs is russia's closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and the buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with look at those overtures to the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affairs of belarus which could lead to a further escalation of the crisis would be an acceptable. for many years but it doesn't exactly been a top priority for the united states in 2006 they slapped sanctions on minsk for you guessed it undemocratic elections and in 2008 the country's expelled each other's ambassadors but earlier this year things began to change for the 1st time

since 1904 minutes got a visit from the u.s. secretary of state. generously offered to meet all of his energy needs and extended a helping hand the united states wanted to help the reuss build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with a dilemma should they carry on befriending look who may be interested or put their bets on the opposition and it's the uncertainty in minsk one thing is clear washington has its own interest in belarus the possibility of another u.s. friendly state on russia's border could be a game changer and as protests grow in a country suddenly thrown into the international limelight and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved hold their breath as they play out their next move. the russian opposition figure lexan of ali has been admitted to a berlin hospital for emergency medical treatment he was airlifted on saturday from the siberian city of on sc not only has been in a coma since falling ill during

a flight to moscow on thursday. peter oliver joins me now live from berlin good morning peter vallone has been receiving treatment now it's been almost 24 hours at that berlin hospital and given the doctor's chance to assess him what have we learned if anything. well not a great deal so far it did take a lot of wrangling between doctors in russia and the only family but election of ali is here in berlin at the shot at a hospital just behind me he flew in on a medical plane that had been chartered by his supporters on saturday he arrived here flanked by a convoy of police motorcycles and other vehicles he's receiving treatment to take and will be subject to extensive tests to try and work out exactly what resulted in him ending up in that coma he's been in since thursday police state that they are here in more numbers than they would be normally at the hospital because of mr

being trapped here we aren't expecting really any diagnosis from doctors before monday we do know that. lex in the van these wife is here as well be looking to see if there's any statements from the family russian doctors had warned the alexina valley might not have been well enough in order to make the journey here to germany they were reticent to allow him to do so but they relented at the request of the family. but 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. they were. thursday when alexei navalny took on well on a flight from siberia to moscow he was seen to be in some extreme distress on the flight on the plane when it had to make an emergency landing in the city of

paramedics took aim off to the hospital claims have been made that he is the victim of a poisoning his team suggesting that poison may have been slipped into his. doctor's however who trusts him in the city of say they carried out a top screening and that came back negative for any poisons that they were treating and i beg your pardon under the premise of a different diagnosis. and if you will or the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered by disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off . this isn't the 1st time that there's being claims that alexa been the victim of a poisoning last year he was hospitalized from prison with what his team claimed to be a poisoning it later turned out to be an extreme allergic reaction now the kremlin spokes person. has said that there is no truth to these claims that he's been

poisoned they said that they were behind any of the delays in getting him from russia here to germany that down to the concerns raised by the doctors and in fact the russian authorities had rushed through paperwork to allow him to make the trip he also said that he wished alexina valley a speedy recovery the in union calling for a full investigation into exactly what happened to alexina valley on thursday on that flight that resulted in him being in a coma since then and ending up here at the shot at a hospital in a lot of answers being looked at and a case that's becoming increasingly politicized. well thanks for the update peter live in berlin for us. now as soon as the news of the valleys illness broke west the media rush to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people vonnie is not the

1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin form. his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector alexander litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist glad amir khan was poisoned twice and survived the tourists for allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target double agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin of course his supporters will not be convinced they will believe that this is the poisoning. i am at a loss who would be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty it's a it's a cliché for their western media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately after something happens basically there are many questions unanswered and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia personally i want to speculate if it could be done by

russian government agents without which inseparable with potence 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 are the exodus both in the story or. in the story of. germany france the u.k. russia and china have all rejected the u.s. request to reimpose sanctions on iran the so-called snapback sanctions can be triggered as part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories to the pact on the scale of more pain 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 terrorism 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 and that's reckless acts 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 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 participant state. for the purposes of possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution 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 read negotiating 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 un 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 which i think today it's clear

that the united states decisively did an american unilateral is and is not supported by other countries with the reason reason lucian there was put before the security council the united states was defeated and the slummy 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 the u.s. had declined to hold a security council session all the question of sanctions against iran on top foreign correspondent 3 said alec told me 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 we've seen all kinds of procedure iranian oil on the high seas that was on its way to venezuela perfectly legal the u.s. claims the unilateral right to close 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 from any other country in the world for these. actions including britain france germany and staunch u.s. allies are completely rejected by the i'm trying to news 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 it efforts to gain reelection i think frankly it's quite the opposite. day soldiers overthrew the

president of mali after months of anti-corruption protests now they say they plan to hold a new election the house after the break. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being. direct. what is true what is faith. in

a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. come back the african union suspended mollies membership due to the ongoing military coup that soldiers have overthrown the president and say they plan to set up a transitional government and hold new elections this video coming up reportedly shows troops taking the country's president from his residence as he was detained on tuesday few hours later president kate appeared on state t.v. announcing his resignation. to deceive you i would like to inform you of my

decision to resign from my position with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the national assembly and of the government. tuesday's uprising began with a shootout at the military camp close to the capital group of soldiers detained the senior officers before marching on bomber co and storming the president's residence the uprising has been widely condemned including by the united states the european union and neighboring african countries because you follow several months of protests in mali over economic hardship and alleged government corruption.

the former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption and worsening the security situation with jihadist groups in the north also people are unhappy with his backing of friends former colonizer thinks troops have been stationed in the country since twice. the 13 year he was 1st elected to keep terrorism. being reelected in 2018 k. to sort of fall in popularity in the mali an army facing losses from terrorist attacks and dozens of legislative elections were disputed this spring demonstrators began taking to the streets calling for his resignation. and people here jump for joy to see a final farewell to mr clarke a time he's no longer our president i mean. nobody is going to make it and you can be at the does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. the story joe believes that the roots of mollie's latest insurrection can be traced right

back to nato intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago. this coup attempt was basically a result of the 2000. tragic overthrow and murder of more market darkie libya into nearby the united states of america and its nato allies particularly britain france. that in murder of gadhafi led to a leakage of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time had been waging a brutal and bitter war against the soldiers in bali and killed as a result this in turn has led to a french military intervention backed by the united states of america and it's also helped to generate unrest and instability this might be on the verge of seizing power in bamako which could knock horn to rout the neighbor not least.

in. the us democrats officially nominated joe biden as the running for president in a virtual vote during the party's virtual convention but democrats and republicans are making a raft of campaign promises including about american military interventions joe biden says that he wants to see and forever was his track record on peace leaves a bit to be desired on a culture explains. donald trump's surprising 2016 election victory had a lot to do with one golden promise and america's endless wars i am proposing a new foreign policy focused on advancing america's korda show interest to avoid endless wars that we're caught up in the current strategy of toppling regimes with no play and for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are

filled simply by terrorists we now know he didn't deliver on his promise but many americans still long for that a waste of peace and in 2020 the opposition understands this all too well democrats know it's time to bring nearly 2 decades of unceasing conflict to an end and left wing right wing it doesn't even matter polls are showing that 3 out of 4 americans want troops withdrawn from afghanistan and half of them want to see cuts to the military budget when it comes to u.s. foreign policy the vast majority of americans are fed up with never ending war and yet the democrats are supporting joe biden as their candidate a man with a track record of supporting conflicts. let's start from 2002 when joe biden jumped right on the weapons of mass destruction bandwagon and supported the u.s. invasion of iraq clearly be more secure without saddam hussein in position of weapons of mass destruction almost 5000 american soldiers dead thousands more iraqi

civilians killed a catalyst for the rise of the islamic state i wouldn't say any of that fits into most people's definition of peace and security in my mind. we're. not having it. there are no you. as barack obama's v.p. biden cheered on america's longest war in afghanistan he called it a success and promised to bring the troops home that strategy is succeeding and as a consequence the president is making good on his commitment to bring our young men and women home right on schedule well here we are 2020 and so little has changed it just goes to show us operations in afghanistan are more about dysfunction than success what are we trying to do here we didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking if the american people knew the magnitude of these dysfunction

syria libya pakistan yemen the list of countries that were bombed while joe biden was vice president is very long so are we supposed to believe that he's going to put an end to years of endless war you decide well biden was there he was in the room where it happened as you say he was there for 8 years of obama so he can't divorce and so through obama's warmongering policy pretty rich for the democrats to pretend now that they're the peace part of the because we had 8 years of president obama starting more wars i think than any president in decades before hand before him more drone strikes more followings more killings under president obama hope it was all for everyone's own good when in fact just last month when president trump announced he wants to remove 12000 troops from or you want to remove troops from afghanistan the democratic party that controls the house actually teamed up with liz cheney daughter of dick cheney to try to block and they actually passed

legislation to try to prevent the end of the longest war in u.s. history so for them to now say we want to end endless wars it really is a farce who knows that the voters will buys that's nonsense. stay with altie internationalists morning or rather today help about with mourinho. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is often very dramatic developments only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

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