his drug dealer to lose to blame patients doctors manufacturers. collapses now the whole system would collapse and follow and everything would be put back years the president of veterans gives an interview to russian media including the way he warns the country will collapse if he leaves. meanwhile dozens are arrested during rallies in support of the detained position figureheads to go. along just refugee camp on the greek. to the ground leaving hundreds without shelter raising fears about the spread of covert. brussels warns could be jeopardizing peace in northern

ireland if the prime minister goes ahead with plans to tamper with last year's agreement that was divorced. around. live from moscow thanks for joining us today on r.t. international welcome to the program. i was but i russians continue to voice anger at the disputed presidential election the president has warned he cannot quit the whole system would collapse was a claim from an exam in a big interview to russian media including r.t. . good luck to you some day i will leave maybe but i will not allow the destruction of what we have created with people with generations i would not allow it to be destroyed this is how i live now and how this country has changed what keeps me very much in this situation and you probably know it too if look at schenkel

collapses now the whole system would collapse and belarus would follow and everything would be put back years well maybe someone that would have lent a hand but now it would be very hard and these guys from police special units and others those who are with me they would be blamed and they would be assaulted and torn apart and all senior correspondent were aghast the if is currently in minsk is going to look now because interview on the latest developments across but our earth . they went on and legged. a number of prominent russian journalist including editor in chief margarita simonyan who were allowed to pitch the embattled russian president alex are the new shake up various questions and they went on ad meg's about manner of topics including the internal politics in belarus speak to the protests that have been going all the rage and you know what predictability

surrounding the political crisis gripping bellaver said he also talked at length about foreign meddling talking a lot about how it is becoming glue belies internationalized how protests could be organized and run via telegram for example from from an entirely different country talking about the united states which he says very clearly picked sides in this internal struggle that is bella russian and yet all these protests telegraphed channels and groups are being won from from other countries he talked about the internet for example this is. talking about the internet a man who who forced the into that you to force that down. into that shut down across belarus at the peak of protests trying to disorganize people trying to through the protesters off of their feet you know off their ballots and he said ultimately it is all pointless and we know that he has certainly tried he says that

if belarus fulls if it falls that russia is next he said that vladimir putin who in dering you referred to as his elder brother should take note of what is happening because that is what is coming for russia either also talked about the protests of course you know better russia isn't a huge country a population that isn't even 10000000 and you have a certain. points on the streets of belarus we saw more than a 100000 people sunday a traditional day of protests yet. insisting on the fact that the majority is still with. of course for me it is very resentful and tragic if you like but this does not mean i gave up because i look at it philosophically well someday the lord will call me but i must protect what's been created by our hands to

protect those people who created it and those are the overwhelming majority the majority who voted for me but now although they watch me every day on every device you name it maybe they got bored but they supported me because this is how i live now. he may have a poor better or worse is a country that is split divided and often you know add each others through to the situation where you have rather marching against brother the security services the military much of the government are indeed and you can shake aside he doesn't do it a lot of support but the middle class for example the progressive the service industry the young they certainly are and you can take a side again we see who gets the almost 100000 people marching gets you. on sundays now a traditional day of protests and he talked about the fed to even his post about

potentially giving up you know he's nickname of europe's last dictator but he said he was like horse think of for example you think the president of the had been eons stashed away and sweets bank accounts then he could have left but that he doesn't well it's all very well i sling to. let me use about the protests and dance again but the fact is that it is better russians in the 10s of. thousands who are out in the streets every week who are who testing risking you know they live their livelihoods that their well being because there is a lot of violence the police were straining themselves they are holding back in the . field strength of the lure is being leveled against some of these protests some of these protesters there is there is bad blood lot of bad blood now and in the streets a lot of anger a lot of rage yesterday should dozens of people detained at the pruett this. ledge

detention of the opposition leader maria kolesnikov as you mentioned earlier you see this theme remarkable tendency in the middle of all opposition leaders to out of the blue and decide to leave the country often in the middle of the night that where this is originating from up to who you us because if you are the better our security said. the president well you know this is something that they had decided in themselves get in the middle of the night they decide to be the country if you are the opposition they'll give you an entirely different story they'll describe how opposition leaders are being pressured and bully forced out of the country by the security services by the police maria kolesnik was saying that she had allies saying that she ripped up her passport on the border when she realized what was going on gets alexander giving

a very different version of events peaceful protests managed to centralise with no leader applying tara to protest this is meaningless people are not afraid of the violence the government is using against them 1st of all the afraid of living in a low a state which will become a reality for them and their relatives it's a situation does not change in this country and the rule of law and democracy is not restored. you may well be looking for a way out but he insisted that he simply won't allow. what he has built over the decades of his rule. to be. to collapse like the protests that he says. to sponsor who live. from a good foreign country from poland to from the united states. we've got to look at this from the perspective of hundreds of thousands of people who go out to demonstrate who go out to protest every day for them there is only vote one viable

option and that is for lucasian coup to resign. we're joined live now by maxine vilest of director of center for crisis society studies maxime thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today. as our correspondent was saying look at her claiming if he goes better as would collapse perhaps using slightly colorful language there do you think this is just a scare tactic i mean surely the country can carry on with another leader at the helm. he is partly right now actually because 'd now we are not talking about the whole country but was talking about the collapse of the state institutions and if you go off now and the few goals if you lose under the pressure. system a collapse because he is actually the main designer of the main. system. what about what's going on right now and better as the president is blaming foreign

interference for what's going on the disorder on the streets saying it's being orchestrated from a border at least encouraged and supported from abroad where is the evidence for that i mean we ask for evidence in the valley poisoning for example where is the evidence that western countries and poland czech republic are directing these protests. well actually let us consider that some to look at us. a little bit old fresh man so he. said he still even in the soviet 'd era and. recently is going to be under control but you may cannot control the internet you cannot control their. growth grows. 'd coming this way probably if. he is basing these conclusions on these we actually in fact there are a lot of this those specially among the young people who what 'd did you question him brought to this country so fall under the strain here and i was it european

countries then they return to their country and they come. in the right and says right they have read. of course we have a lot of for. you i was the view from countries not only in the west on what the russians well they also are. involved in these protesters but steel we don't have any. rules. from the official power from a story. or proof or displacements. sometimes of the numbers out on the streets a relatively small country less than 10000000 population we're seeing hundreds of thousands out in the streets this is a significant number. given how many people have this express their dissatisfaction

should the president be showing more respect and more understanding towards people's grievances. yes of course but again this is. the future of. this understanding the submission nice used by the reagan when he talks that there are people who are always 'd in force here yes and they actually are this is. all that they're silent those people will never bow are on the street. but. resilient also and yahoos will grow up to establish a new fusion use the young generation busy then was. tired of the. my society and this. was true of their current mission that we can and there is no. seamless of the rector of center across a society studies thanks for joining us the program good to have you with us today

thank you no. fire has gotten over crowded refugee camp on the greek caught in the last boss leaving hundreds without shelter the prime minister has called an emergency meeting with the camp also at the center of covert concerns shot at demon's key reports. we're describing this is a time bomb that has finally exploded thousands fled the morea migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos in the early hours of wednesday after those fires broke out now firefighters spent hour tackling the blaze which is said to started in the field around the camp but also there are suggestions that there were fires started within the camp itself this is a camp that houses almost $13000.00 migrants according to him for migrants 70 percent of those who've been living there are from afghanistan but there are people from around 70 other countries that have made this tourist camp their home for months or perhaps even years my living there were living it 4 times the

capacity that the camp was set up to look after at the time now those who fled the camp this morning made their way on the highway towards the port at me to leave some was said to be suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation now it wasn't bad enough that they had to flee the camp as it was on fire this morning there are reports that some were attacked as they made their way to the port people escaping out of moriah we've created these people will have had enough trauma for tonight and 10 years here are getting reports of some locals attacking and blocking people spend that into the nearby village or the marrow of the island has been talking on a local radio station on wednesday morning saying that thousands of migrants are now being guarded by police on the highway that's to keep them in one position one because of these reports of attacks by locals but also because of this issue with

could move it 19 now last week one resident at the camp tested positive 1000 subsequently 35 wrenched cases were found at the camp now it isn't known what caused this fire but the greek thought. ah looking into reports that this could have possibly been arson the the reason for that is that there are local reports by the greek media that those 35 protests cause it positive for coke 19 had refused to isolate with their families and that was causing tensions in a camp that is notorious for the problems we've seen over the last few years but we know on wednesday this camp looks like it has been largely destroyed and the problem now which will have to be dealt with immediately is how to look after protect and house the thousands of migrants who have been left without pretty much anything. through 7 nations claim illness of russian opposition activist is

confirmed as poisoning while moscow notes germany's refusal to share data is getting in the way of a probe or after the break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with. dares thinks. we dare to ask. when i was

a child seemed wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain become educated and in detroit it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back to the program do you 7 ministers have criticized what they call the poisoning of russian opposition politician alexina valmy the statement from the group of developed countries that it must swiftly find and prosecute those behind it however russia has already noted germany's failure to cooperate and share

information on his illness in the main obstacle to a probe that on course it has more on moscow's response. ever since neville in these arrival in germany and over the last couple of weeks we've heard similar calls from the west that's russia must conduct an investigation and that russia has consistently responded with one request only show us your data otherwise how else can we cooperate if we don't actually know what's what's now russia's question is how can we launch a probe if our doctors are saying that there were no toxic substances found in the system while german doctors are saying that indeed he was poisoned and that without presenting any details on the test results whatsoever russia's foreign ministry said that there persistently seeking they said from germany regarding the medical examination all. including his biochemical test results now their requests had

already been sent german officials by the russian prosecutor general back on its 107th of august this morning tool requests berlin has not deemed it possible to respond swiftly and constructively. and prevents the lure of full smoot from using old in the city procedural mechanisms to find out what's happened. surrounding this case is growing stronger now this statement also said that the russian medics offer to set up a close dialogue with their german counterparts however burnin has put the brakes on that process opting for at saks on a rush instead just stopping short of directly accusing the kremlin now russia's foreign minister sergei allowed for all of that germany's attitude towards a russia in this case is unbecoming adding that it's only used to deliver germany's

position to the world is unacceptable against the backdrop of such a non-constructive approach by the german authorities. against russia continue the massive disinflation campaign which has been launched clearly points to the blues behind it's not interested in of only as well being or finding out the truth behind his condition but rather in mobilizing intentions in favor of sanctions now a member of the fell ill on the it's wednesday it of august when he was on a plane bound for moscow now he was a promise sent to the emergency room up on landing in say bierria where a local medics detected no trace of toxins in his system now after his condition was well enough to be transported he was airlifted to germany where a local medics claimed that he was poisoned now since then russian authorities and daughters have requested multiple times that said germans share the their findings with them but as we already know that did not happen not only is at the moment he

is no longer in the medically you just call more he is alive is no longer under threat and that's of course according to german medics however there yet supreme use any of the findings of their tests that they have conducted. in the u.k. internal market bill is being introduced to parliament today was changed to ensure trade between all 4 home nations remains free after the break the transition period ends on 31st of december over some parts of the but i believe to override key areas of the brics the agreement of brussels issued a stern warning to downing street not to run ads on last year's withdrawal deal that could jeopardize peace in northern ireland. just pick them up get in you need to. expect the u.k. to earn of the commitments negotiated and signed up to last year. of a citizen strides in northern ireland any attempt by the u.k. to undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. as hostile but

throughout of the talks with london has begun to saskia taylor asks how likely they are to get a deal this time round. how i long for the breck set days even stability than you know a removal van parked permanently outside number 10 braxton's president today after delay after delay was a passive but something reassuring not so comforting that in these tumultuous times one can turn to breaks it and like the good friend that it is but still that in fact nothing's changed round bump bump 8 of breaks a trade talks has begun and apparently this time and ups enough we have now been talking for 6 months and can no longer afford to go over well trodden ground we need to see more realism from the e.u. about our status as an independent country the needs to be in agreement with our european friends by the time of the european council in the 15th that's going to be

enforced by the end of the year but perhaps it wouldn't be bracks if it wasn't full of the satisfaction in empty promises by u.k.'s having 2nd thoughts about the withdrawal agreement signed back in january so it might override key parts of the last brussels basically says we are soon off to a free trade deal by mid october and the media thought of the u.k. renee taking on its words elicited cries of moment you're from those bureaucrats in brussels do you. believe shawn franks ability and grit. to work with the u.k.'s red lines it's time to do you good to great i trust the british government to implement their withdrawal a criminal and obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership protocol in ireland northern ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the single market the one room of the got people especially worried is that tucked away in voters' pocket is something called

the internal market belt and this contest could jeopardize peace and security along the irish border but downing street denied this same that it's only proposing my. alterations which would provide clarity on such a big us part of the deal but even at home not everyone is convinced about who the head of the u.k. to legal department quit over the whole thing and then there is this one minute minor detail proving to be just a little contentious piece god's great international law in a very specific and limited boy oh well jones it's just specific but is all this proves to be the straw that breaks the camel's back on the u.k. and you don't shake hands the u.k. would be left popping up out in the north sea with no deal and no time or free gas classic bracks set everyone happy and looming deadline to threat of no deal and now the prime minister losing trust something was not the change and scared them right

as professor at the london school of economics told us brussels is refusing to accept that britain has actually left the bloc think both sides would like some kind of deal however. the e.u. insists on treating britain like a can and going to get problems that we can't really be truly independent in the best good we should stoop for truth you. and it believes the. tissues policy should still apply to british territory waters. believes that when it comes to rules and regulations the british shouldn't be able to make their own. should be forced to. run any new regulations see you to get their approval 1st and of course. impossible for the british to accept. things syrians are not international going underground coming away just a few moments time the team on our back can often are the latest. trade

and investment to become magic spells to economic development. most people think about trade they think about goods and services being exchanged between countries and the investor chopped or a trade agreement is about something very different but what one investment leads to toxic manufacturing that destroys sacred sites all ruins the environment. that means that if local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can they serve.

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have. we're going underground on day 3 of an old bailey hearing for the world's most famous publisher and journalist julian a son jesse faces the trial of his life in london later in this program we'll speak to use of salaam one of the central park 5 whose wrongful conviction that donald trump to argue for the death penalty but 1st here is joining us on speaking presciently about the power of the black lives matter movements in one of the many interviews he did for this program in 2016 black lives matter. movement has come up . yes by hard work practice but the. core of what is driving it is footage that is undeniable that if you want it's not a matter of the you know do you believe the police do you believe friends of

a person who are strong witnesses because undeniable footage of exactly what has occurred is not only stimulating parts of the black community i mean the black community is on the understood this all too long. but it stimulating enormous acceptance and sympathy outside the market because the argument is proving a son speaking to us in 2016 after being granted asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london the un special rapporteur on torture claims the founder of wiki leaks has been tortured by u.k. authorities since his capture by scotland yard and this week the trumpet ministration seeks to extradite just lacked that could see him die in a u.s. prison his supporters include amnesty international reporters without borders as well as even mainstream news outlets cognizant that the court of controversial english judge vanessa borate could lead to the nail in the coffin of free speech in britain as sanchez millions of supporters around the world here are

a few who have spoken to us here and going underground it would be cruel on the part of the british. to see the u.s. . then tradition. would be to they've already committed many crimes. a songes offense is not being bill and if he's extradited it comes up for trial on the us as spinoza's laws which even carry a potential death. trial he's being tried who committed the crime of letting the general population know things that they have a right to know and that powerful states don't want them to know anyone who exposes misconduct is not a terrorist i mean do the assassins never threaten anyone he has never committed a violent try.