we. ask. this now the whole system would collapse and follow and everything would be put back years the president of gives an interview to russian media including he claims his country would collapse if he's forced out. meanwhile dozens are arrested protesting at the. opposition figure head over. the largest refugee camp on. the ground leaving hundreds without shelter raising

fears about the spread of covert. brussels warns boris johnson he could be jeopardizing peace in northern ireland if the prime minister goes ahead with plans to rewrite parts of last year's agreement. from moscow just 5 pm here in the capital. welcome to the program. now it's been a russian's continue to voice sang about the disputed presidential election the president has warned you cannot quit as the whole system would collapse that was the claim at least from an example of a big interview to russian media including r.t. . good thing you know someday 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 you look at 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 next thought senior correspondent maura does the office currently in minsk examines look at shanghai's interview and the latest developments in butterworth. they went on and legged. a number of prominent russian journalist including artie's editor in chief margarita simonyan who were allowed to pitch the embattled russian president alex are the new shake of various questions and they went on ad meg's about manner of topics including the internal politics

in 'd belarus speech you know the protests that have been going all the the rage and the 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 a protest could be organized and run via telegram for example from from an entirely different country talk about poulan that 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 and now although they watch me every day on every device you name it maybe they got poort but they supported me this is how i live now acknowledge that he may have a poor better or worse is a country that is split divided and often you know add each other's throats it is a situation where you have brother marching against brother the security services that military much of the government are indeed an side he doesn't do it a lot of support but the middle class for example the progressive's the service industry the young they certainly aren't on the side again we see protests of almost 100000 people marching gets. on sundays now it's traditional day of

protests and he talked about potentially me even his post about potentially giving up you know he's nickname of europe's last dictator but he said he was like course think of for example he played for the president of the had been leant 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. amuse 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 their lives their livelihoods that their well being because there is a lot of violence the police were straining themselves they are holding back and the. field strength of the law is being leveled against some of these protests some of these protesters there is there is bad blood

a lot of bad blood now is in the streets a lot of anger a lot of rage yesterday we 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 ask the better our security services or the president well you know this is something that they're deciding themselves get in the middle of the night they decide to leave the country if you ask the opposition they'll give you an entirely different story they'll describe how opposition leaders are being pressured and bully or 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 a passport on the border when she realized what was going on gets alexander lucas shanku giving a very different version of events peaceful protests managed to centralise with no leader implying tara to protest this is meaningless people are not afraid of the violence the government is using against them 1st of all they're 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 way out but he insisted that he simply won't allow what he has built over the decades of his rule. to be destroyed to collapse like the protests that he says being to sponsor. from abroad by foreign countries from poland to from the united states yet we've got to look at this from the perspective of hundreds of thousands of people who 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 lucas change to to resign. and we spoke earlier to go to sleep for a month president of the scientific research my center in minsk he told us contrary to our exoneration claims the nation is already falling apart with these claims that she is the only guy who can give the country going is just can be interpreted in the quite the opposite meaning the question should and must realize that this is done has been building is about to collapse and is collapsing look at the numbers are wage earners for a change or a nurse new sort of people trying to leave the country look at i.t. sector there is a demand to leave the country. because there isn't power but it does have supporters to support as have been out on the streets would you say that's just 3 percent all of you witness more than independently. even with the administrative

resoldered here applied he couldn't get more than 50000 people in downtown minsk in one of the sundays this is it so we're here i visited some of the clip actually you're saying people who are not there of their own accord you say were coerced into it some exactly that was the way to call words and to show solidarity we have with our groups of people but they are guarded by police because they are afraid to tell the truth and the police just the way that people are kidnapped in downtown it shows that the police are afraid to show their faces this is again lawlessness. has gotten overcrowded refugee camp on the greek island of less pawson leaving hundreds without shelter brahmanist has called an emergency meeting with the camp also at the center of covert concerns r.t. shot at the human scale reports. dhamma 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 poor me to leni 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 spare that into the nearby village where 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 cove it 19 now last week one resident at the camp tested positive for 1000 subsequently 35 wrenched cases were found at the camp now it isn't known what caused this fire but the greek gods. parties are looking into reports that this could have possibly been arson at 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 their protect and how it's thousands of migrants who have been left without pretty much anything. the u.k. and so on a market bill is being introduced to parliament today would change to ensure trade between all 4 home motions remains of barrier free after the brics a transition period ends on the 31st of december over some parts of the bill are believed to override curious of the brics agreement brussels and it issued a stern warning to downing street not to renege on last year's withdrawal deal as that jeopardize peace in northern ireland just be demagoguing you need to respect

the new fully expect the u.k. to the commitments negotiated and signed onto last year. to sit as a steroid see northern ireland any attempt by the u.k. to undermine the agreement would have serious consequences were going to this hostile backdrop an 8th round of talks with london has begun to saskia taylor asks how likely are to get a deal this time around. how i long for the breck set days even stability that you know over moves are not permanently outside number 10 braxton's president to lay off to delay after delay is 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 bricks 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 and the 15 that's going to be in force by the end of the year but perhaps it wouldn't be bracks if it wasn't full of dissatisfaction and empty promises by you the u.k. is 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 freaks ability and grit. to work with the u.k.'s redlines 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 entire market belt and its contents could jeopardize peace and security along the irish border but downing street denied this same that it's only proposing my own. alterations which would provide clarity on certain big u.s. parts of the deal but even at home not everyone is convinced about who the head of the u.k.'s legal department quit over the whole thing and then there is this one minute minor detail proving to be just a little contentious international law in a very specific and limited boy oh well as long as it's just specific but is all this proves to be the straw that breaks the camel's back in the u.k. and you don't shake hands the u.k. will be left popping up out in the north sea with no deal and no tariff gets

classic bracks set everyone happy and looming deadline threat of no deal and now the prime minister losing trust some things never change and scared america's professor at the london school of economics told us brussels is refusing to accept that britain has actually left the block. think bulls would like some kind of deal however. the e.u. insists on treating brewton like it can really get problems that we can really be truly independent and the best to do reshoots too far to the e.u. . and it believes that the. issues policies should still apply to british true true waters. believes that when it comes to rules and regulations the british should be able to make their own this should be forced to. run any new regulations passed the e.u.

to get their approval 1st course. impossible for the british to except. foreign ministers from the g 7 group of the world's leading economies have criticized what they call the confounded poisoning of russian opposition figure alexina valley the group statement demands moscow swiftly find and prosecute those behind it the kremlin though said the main obstacle to starting any probe was germany's failure to share information about his illness by lin the players moscow has everything it needs to investigate the case meanwhile russia's protested strongly to the german ambassador in moscow about violence baseless allegations and ultimatums and more details his remark or sort of. 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 to 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 data from germany regarding the medical examination of a including his biochemical test results now their requests had already been sensitive german officials by the russian prosecutor general back on its 107th of august this morning to lower requests berlin has not deemed it possible to respond swiftly and constructively a lack of information prevents the lure of false move from using old in the city procedural mechanisms to find out what's happened. surrounding this case is growing

stronger now the 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 fact that those behind it are 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 remember me 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 just call more he is alive is no longer under threat and that's of course according to german medics however there are yet to produce any of the findings of the tests that they have conducted. the british natural

history museum says a review its collection in the wake of the black lives matter movements softness of exhibits were branded offensive the review was ordered after staff complained some pieces were the legacies of colonies slavery and empire one example is the specimens collected on the galapagos islands by charles darwin the man behind the theory of evolution the review could lead to the removal of renaming some some items and some something people in london was asked we had mixed feeling about it. he added more information and less biased information will be made more useful instead of raising and pretending didn't happen past is the past you can't change it so. just observe what you've done in the past and don't like it don't look and see during the year when you should know the. mind kind and id's around that we see you look at current our history differently history is history so at the end

of the day you know i think it's always good to educate everyone about history. so honestly i don't think they should read that's my own opinion or the director of the museum though claimed the review was a step in the right direction comes off an influential paper on the issue claims museums legitimize a racist ideology would put the issue up for debate. you go through a scrape and start examining every single thing that every historical figure sad then you start just trolling got a load of old rubbish that's largely irrelevant i've not got a problem with with you know good trashing our past but you've got to kate am pulling down statues simply because we've things have moved all this nonsense and i'll say the most important point of them all the nature of human development is that every child the rate should becomes more enlightened than the generation before and i think it's crass offensive and frankly childish to to start looking down on people in the past just because they were less like the old continued sir

shake out their their past the day i mean we haven't got every single iconic historical fact from britain's existence to today some of them a discarded someone of another longer relevant some of them are you know the wider community has deemed to be offensive happens all the time you know the things that we hear from under it is completely hysterical i haven't seen the reports i can only read what the press are saying about it but i would have thought that it's quite sensible for any museum. to look back at their collections and see to what extent those collections remain relevant given there's not internet space to keep everything i mean what do we do we just eradicate history and claim it doesn't exist you know the thing that always amazes me about this black lives motsa think the people who propagate states are always complaining about american cultural imperialism that the truth a mockery that we do not have the same history of racial tensions as in the united

states of america we are all descended from slaves but some of them are also all are also descended from the 1st country that tempted to eradicate across the globe and it was thought up process has been instigated to plot large matter movement with the death of george flowing and many organizing kids at the end of a. today you can't keep everything and therefore this question all museums must what do we keep what are we not cheap and given that all the andre's point is we must keep absolutely everything forever because it's just a new logical place of me then there cons of choice about what you do keep and what you don't. donald trump's lashed out at military top brass for making weapons manufacturers happy to spite the president personally approving the largest ever pentagon budget and brokering $1000000000.00 arms sales in action rival joe biden is promising to change things but his own record suggests otherwise kaleb more pain

looks into the details in the new alexion saga it seems that all narratives are very much alive i'm proud to have the support of the war fighting generals active duty military and top experts who know both how to win and how to avoid the endless wars that we're caught up in we are ending the era. of endless wars. in this place is a renewed clear eyed focus on defending america's vital interests 4 years have passed and not much has changed donald trump has withdrawn some of the u.s. forces from syria and afghanistan but a significant u.s. military presence remains in those countries and many others of course not surprisingly donald trump blames someone else i'm not saying the military is in love with me the soldiers are the top people in the pentagon probably are because

they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy but despite donald trump's apparent aversion to conflict he certainly loves the toys that go with it we have called it the super duper missile and i heard the other night 17 times faster than what they have right now then you take the fastest missile we have right down donald trump has repeatedly bragged about multi-billion dollar weapons sales agreements to saudi arabia and other allies saying they bring money into the country and provide jobs but now donald trump's rival joe biden wants to portray himself as the candidate that will finally end forever wars it's long past time we're in the forever war. which of cost us untold blood and treasure but joe biden is just a bit more hypocritical on this issue than donald trump the objective is to compel

arac to destroy its illegal weapons of mass destruction and its program to develop airport duce missiles and more of those where saddam is dangerous the world would be a better place without him that he didn't do no good or more so if you don't do you think you know you've got your husband or your wife or your here you're on the hood of yours or are needed here. trump was very successful in his 26000 run by running on the platform of stopping of ending ridiculous endless wars of ending stupid wars and not going to stupid wars that's a big problem with presidents often times the rhetoric is very good but the follow up is not equate albany a pond you've already signed on to joe biden can't blame all of them screaming and screaming about how trump hates the military and he wants us to be defenseless we spend well over a trillion dollars when you put everything military related to gether including the

interest on the debt into the budget that's wasted on bombs and weapons that we don't need that's wasted pushing other countries around that we don't need to be doing we don't need to be making enemies it triumphantly wanted to put his words into action he would actually reduce the military budget and increase the defense budget which is that money that's spent to actually defend this country because the same song and dance every 4 years the american people are tired of u.s. military interventions around the world according to poll after poll no matter how they vote us military establishment and its highly influential lobby always seems to win it with mop and r.t. new york with donald trump ratings down across all the polls scroll still examines what's in store for the u.s. election next we're back in 5 minutes with the latest c back then.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. hello and welcome across the uk we're all things are considered i'm here in the belt all across the board trying to sit down in the polls and not just by a pointer to traditionally incumbency alone is enough to win reelection but this time around it is a race trump made lose and let's be clear this has little to do with joe biden how

did we get to this point.