yes well the world of politics or business i'm sure i'll see you there. anti-government rallies with tens of thousands on the streets of the by the russian capital passed peacefully after 2 weeks of unrest in the country now present expressed gratitude to the military and riot police for maintaining order. that was simple. so. mainstream media point the finger at russian authorities after the country's prominent opposition activist alexina valmy falls into a coma russian doctors who initially treated him saying no toxic agent has been detected in his blood. and. received results from 2 lobes. and the other in moscow they both said that no substance that could be classified as poison had been

furled. dozens of women of west african origin can post side their embassies and consulates in lebanon now demanding to be sent back home because their employers unlike christ country have left them literally on the street. i'm pregnant and i'm in this shit because i want to go home and create an hour. early in the streets. hello there live from. moscow this monday the 24th of august has told me day here now my name is kevin or we would be can there stay with me to take you through those headlines and bit more detail than starting with better all centering its 3rd week of on rest on sunday tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters march through the capital minsk they carried red and white flags and chanted slogans against president alexander looking demanding his resignation after disputed

election. i thought. it was a come on the brink of some spoke after the order to move in the direction of national flag square the crowd came up close to the barbed wire no longer they were a metre away from the right police and the so far there haven't been any provocation but the protests are sent the armed forces are very close to one another about a flag despite a heavy military presence there were no arrests and this latest demonstration the power peacefully without incident and i was on the look at the offices and date.

because the losing leader her older brother got. to speak. of it back to square simple. pick us up. country remains split right now between pro and anti-government supports his head to sunday's rally the government advice supporters to stay out with avoid provocations as cause for a timeline of events for the correspondent he goes down off. people behind me on the independence square of the front of russian capital minsk they have been chanting slogans like leave calling on the president of but it was alexander lukashenko to go along live better as right now they're clapping and my cameraman is just going to zoom in to show you the scale of the protest right now we have a really good vantage point over there in the distance you can see police vehicles

and well police vehicles and crowds crowd control. machines they again they are so far standing by they are here they have not intervened well yet we do not know whether or not they will also we do know that the government has called on its supporters to stay home this has been done in order to avoid any potential confrontation and you know brawls between some of the more passionate protesters the protest has spilled from the square and into the streets blocking the traffic and now it's just a sea of people yelling chants like long live and go go leave calling on the incumbent president of this republic of exam to look to shine go to leave office because they do not recognize the protestors here they do not recognize the results of the election as we will like to with the election results because i did not vote with the opinions of my friends were not taken into account the person who

is declared president is not the one who has been elected and one fairly actions political prisoners to be released and in the end to violence our country has never seen anything like what is happening now right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the security forces they are not letting people come close but they aren't trying to the road between the security forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border very very large telegram channels with lots of followers are being used to coordinate these protests because the it's not like people it's not it hasn't been spontaneous it has been organized it has been coordinated through internet for instance. the reason why protesters on trying to storm the structure is because this channel has called on people not to do that and not to approach the museum that's behind those behind the structure on the on the small hill so soon day will be moving to another and we believe that the final location of today's protest. and

so far because so far judging by what i have seen of these people these protesters they have been following every direction given by the coordinators so alexander lukashenko arrived in by helicopter at the presidential palace in the capital surrounded by protesters he was show wearing a flak jacket in carrying a kalashnikov rifle at one point the video calls the swirl of false reports of location can may be fleeing the country not the 1st fake as more ghastly of reports . it is difficult for human beings to be neutral just the way it is our biology our psychology makes us want to pick a side to root for someone even if it isn't our fight so it isn't better or worse a huge divide neighbor against neighbor brother against brother journalist against journalist there are a suit of t.v. personalities of great national networks and improve that's the gets the president

against the elections against the other side i have decided that my broadcast today and bill reese one was the last one nobody influenced this decision i took it myself there are not man no vice but we exist vera correctly cover hoost of good morning bell arrest sergei because low which presenter to tiana brought kidda anchor and vladimir bercow who snuck in and try to claim the credit. until recently i presented the os to military program on batteries one i'm no longer a presenter of this t.v. project i resigned myself and it wasn't easy the people want justice the people don't want lies the people want freedom. you may have come away with a sense that he resigned over the elections like like others who sacrificed their livelihoods their income as an act of protest vladimir didn't know no that's just

him trying to claim the credit line it is absolutely unclear from the message when the prison to have the program and in my opinion this was done on purpose the t.v. company said goodbye to a dimmer a month ago followed as a showman successfully gotten on the act bottom feeders are nothing new they swamp everything in times of hardship of desperation you'll find them on television trying to wiggle their way into the spotlight when things are tough to play and profit in people's misery you'll find them on live and blogs in social media shouting the loudest pointing and screaming lying and misleading we live in an era of fakes of think heroes fake opinions and think news she walked around spread men's legs and purposefully sadistically struck at

the group she would heated their testicles and called them scum one man who looked about 50 she beat in the groom while standing on his legs he later told me his hips were all blue kareena about 30 is blonde and not that 2 she was dressed in uniform and had a mask on her face remember what i said about taking sides you likely aren't from belarus yet hearing this story one can't help but feel revolted and many belorussians were hearing this the the witch hunt began soon they found this alleged corrina all christina and people went after her threatening to kill her to murder her family a reward was posted for her address they got the wrong woman. i have been forced to record this because of harris meant threats and insults towards me and my family as a result of false information on the internet please help me share this so that lies don't spread further and done to her me and my family christina is

a gym instructor at the interior ministry not a guard at the jail where the alleged torture happened oh they apologized afterwards after terrified and traumatized and threatening to kill her and her family they said sorry they said sorry and then posted another picture of another christina who might have been the woman from the story and went after her and let's not forget about the bear that's coming for better or worse for a while now into that users have been sharing videos of military convoys allegedly russian that are moving towards belarus there are 2 plausible explanations why they still haven't arrived russian military trucks are just really slow like incredibly slow like walking speed you could walk for moscow to better us in about a week the other explanation is that there aren't any russian armies moving towards

belarus. they recorded these videos without realizing that they were below russian armored personnel carriers not russian and that they were moving towards the western border because we decided that we needed to take additional measures to protect the sovereignty and independence we could go on and on fakes about preparing to free the country thinks about the opposition leaders i.q. been very low fakes made of stupidity reinforced with hysteria and decorated with the. broader area actually foreign policy chief joe sapporo compared the situation right now by the wrist to venezuela. we do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize nicolas maduro from this point of view maduro and lucas shanker in exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not

recognizing their democratic which is a messy well they're a bit more for you in a moment but let's speak to the rini politics. of eastern europe professor italy's university of genoa thanks we live in this josef barrels remarks suggest tough action against better russia to come do you think or not what you're feeling here. well of course so we are observers of many videos of new different news a so want to we are going to see something that dramatic so we see it. there so there are different reactions both from the only union and of course a from the russian federation what what what can be brussels really do here is it best that it doesn't get involved is it going to stand by or is it going to participate you think or is it depending on what actually happens next to minsk. well i think yes it's the last and probably perspective that you mentioned to you

see there is this comparison and it is to between what happened during this well and now what is happening in belarus because of the common thing that the red line is the fact is there today european union doesn't recognize the legitimacy of these elections because of some electoral fraud that there are many. leaders and many analysts metered and sure who knows and that's why. this comparison is. steaming are and there you are you know perspective of course it's also true there too without international observing the elections and you know real difficulty to just something really and we know probably that we don't know the extent. to which she is of course and how massed ballots were fruit juice to the men's wouldn't have to choose sides as it were between moscow

and brussels not like kind of the ukraine let's listen in to what exactly the server there or come straight back to. the case of belarus isn't comparable to that of ukraine today's problem for belorussians is not choosing between russia and europe it is achieving freedom and democracy which are basic values of the european union and which we will therefore support yeah and that's how brussels sees it as it. yes i agree i think that it is are and comparable because there are different societies the ukrainian one a was more do this is and do we just get between the e.u. and the pro russian. society as we have more evidence of this why you know russia society is not so davis is there are any anti russians sentiment feelings or so it's extremely different and there are fighting for independence and especially they are against. residency and it's not a question of being

a brother or anti russian it's something extremely domestically mather what's the feeling in europe are there going to be fresh elections to think or is local show going to hold his ground here. well the general feeling is that look at shanksville should not govern anymore sold me being there should be political transition led by both. the representatives of the oppositions and political forces and both of their role you know in order to have. electoral events and maybe in the last in the next months in order to verify exactly within the presence probably of international international observer the legitimacy and the electoral consensus and supports to r.c. look at the so let's see if it has. strongly enough war

as he mentioned there too and to have it in the elections this is the general political transitions and new elections mari thank you for your thoughts thank you but on the program. you. dog mainstream media claims that a top russian opposition figure was poisoned of course medical staff at the central russia hospital which treated him there were no traces of a toxic agent in alexina volleys blood. factually it would have been easier for us to choose a treatment strategy for we had known for a fact that we would dealing with poisoning but it took awhile to overclock would receive results from 2 lobes one in tomsk and the other in moscow they both said that no substance that could be classified as poison had been firmed it was important for us to remove the poisoning theory so we could do a better job treating mist in the valley develop me who's still in a coma has been receiving treatment now in berlin since saturday though german medics have yet to make any comment on a possible diagnosis peter all of

a joined on from outside the medical facility where the activist is being treated at the moment well x. in the valley arrived here in berlin on saturday after taking a flight on thursday going from siberia to moscow the plane had to make an emergency landing in almost we just heard from the medical team there all we know so far about this conversation is that he's in a serious but stable condition at the moment in an induced coma. medical professionals are conducting have been conducting tests and continuing to treat him now his press secretary and other supporters have claimed that he was poisoned we just heard from the medical team saying that they didn't understand that to be the case what we have heard as well from medics in is that there's only so much information that they're allowed to give about alexina family this is the more concerning. medical information they're allowed to give out about anybody that

they're treating. a lot of famous journalists and even doctors were commenting on the situation without having any information they were asking why we're not disclosing details about the diagnosis treatments and test results but all these people must know that russian law doesn't allow us to do that we were restricted by the federal law on confidential information. while there are plenty of theories as to what happened to alexina family some even suggesting it could be down to diet we are hoping to hear more solid information from doctors here to take hospital in berlin we're expecting a press conference from them later on monday the lack of solid evidence though hasn't stopped some in the media from pointing the finger of blame directly at the kremlin and claiming that russian authorities were behind this poisoning so. just a lot of chilling. people. you don't need a security clearance to know that the kremlin has a track record of poisoning its critics likes in the valley is here in germany as

a guest of chancellor angela merkel he was transported from the airport to the hospital in central berlin in german military ambulances when i spoke to police on sunday just outside of the hospital they confirmed that there is a larger presence here and that they have as they put it enough personnel on the scene to secure the area of the hospital and which alexei navalny is being treated i'll be keeping an eye on everything here in berlin throughout the day and bring you any updates here on r.t. . other news today syria's state news agency sonar is reporting that a gas pipeline explosion the spark to blackout across the country overnight also releasing this footage from the blast said to taking place around 40 kilometers to the northeast of the capital damascus the old minister says the incident could have military attack is now gradually be restored given to 20 minutes past the hour hi there good afternoon from moscow this is r.t. international i'm kevin though in ahead this story on the screens of the. clashing

with outraged demonstrators of 2 police have killed a black man in the u.s. state of louisiana will bring him all. seemed wrong. just don't all. get to shape out just to become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. choose to look for common ground. the world is driven by dreams shaped by our own personal there is.

no dares thinks. we dare to ask. again in the capital of lebanon next stranded work as a west african origin a sleeping rough side the country's embassies and consulates hoping upon hope to try to fly oh many a women and they've been abandoned by employers in beirut who can no longer pay them in the country's economic crisis local activists are trying to raise funds to

buy them plane tickets so we heard from some of those women direct. i'm pregnant and i'm in the street because i want to go home. like right now i don't have a place to stay only in the streets and my aim is to go home i came to lebanon. because i was coming. to look for a while i was coming to work for the record to be able to cover my family my own kids and my siblings as well. but what i came and saw it was not what i was waiting to see when i came here it was different thing i came to read been on to work to look for green pastures due to unemployment in my country so that's why i came to ribbon to to support my family when i came here concerts he asked me money and i met him and their sister and he asked me 200 full christiano and 400 fold my lack of dollar in the $400.00 that is $1100.00 i told him i don't have money and make

a must. have in it being the family i was working for they took me back to the office and they keep changing me the houses and i was not getting my salary for like 6 months. massive chemical blast ripped through the capital in this month leaving economic devastation and growing reports of people now unable to feed themselves a human rights watch activist told us that the west african women are essentially part of a modern day slavery system. has been under street for weeks now helping the kenyan women in baghdad or facing their consulates. they've been here actually for 2 weeks that we didn't know about it. their problem they are facing in lebanon is due to the system which is modern day slavery they are working with no sir. no overworking sometimes they are abused and at the end of the

day they were thrown on the street by their employers facing the consulate. the city you can oh sure in wisconsin has declared a curfew till the morning over unrest in that city triggered by the shooting of a black man a warning for you you may find the following footage coming up upsetting ok i agree crowds gathering over a video appearing to show police shooting a black man in the back several times his name jacob blake we think he's in a serious condition in hospital the police department is so far off that little information as to what led to the shooting what i protest as have clashed with police over it with video then appearing to show a demonstrator throwing a brick at an officer who collapsed to the ground protesters have also allegedly broken into the local courthouse the and looting has been reported in the area here pretty close. this 2 huge demonstrations over the fatal police shooting of

a black man in the u.s. state of louisiana as well footage of the moments leading up to 31 year old trade for his death of gone viral again you may find this video upset. on friday according to authorities hillary was armed with a knife and tried to enter a convenience store offices tasered him but said it was ineffective so they shots and 11 rounds killing them people immediately flooded on to the streets in protest . hundreds marched to the left at police station demanding justice the instance over the weekend follow months of rallies against alleged racial injustice jinnah study said his thoughts on the latest developments. they've achieved that certainly brought the dramatize the problem they from dave dave and pressed the much of the

population there really is a serious problem but the american political structure is unresponsiveness after earth the chasm between our rich and poor is enormous and it's getting worse by the by the year american political institutions by certain measures are more racist now than they were 16 years ago for example so the american government is actually in some ways more distant now from the needs of ordinary working class people than it was 60 years ago. wealth polarization of shooting through the roof and political instability is growing reporting an extra bit of a different kind of football fans have clashed with riot police in the center of the french capital after the team lost in the final of the way for champions league . ah.

i. all but after piers she lost one nail to play in munich on sunday leaving approximately $5000.00 fans had gathered to watch the game in that city close to tears some of them angry fans started fireworks to which the police responded with tear gas at least one person is reported to have been arrested in the clashes there. so to something completely different wrap of the program as they say designers in west africa are calling to boycott a popular colorful clothing called wax print which is closely associated with the region the problem is much of the textiles not made in africa but rather in europe with locals calling it a legacy of colonialism. different versions the countries in there are different but the only the most famous when.

it works for people it has a lot of it is not actually africa something that is made in all of that. coming from indonesia a region of basically a book that it will likely not pick up every day like it's like maybe or new moves . very good commerce traditional sort only one who gets to go bump out of the life of west africa people who have that will probably be one of the other hand to more people the story behind because of the implication on the trip to. some people don't want to babysit we can you know it was and still made it all and so it's maybe going to be people auto companies.

'd 'd can sometimes fool 5 get to pull region one just for the principle of a right reality but it was a little kindness to do is google who forwarded your dog's solution to. the. controversial cloth ending this news report for me kevin owen of the rest to take a look at that.

some other solution that's right we talk about problems all year and that summertime we come up with all submissions that say with it being joined by banker term decline from your simon dixon of bank the future long term friend of this. do no harm and shattered by the opioid epidemic. in this episode we explore the ignorance and greed that led to our current crisis one of the 1st.