more opposition arrests and valorous as the country's strongman leader on xander looks appears to find and says he's there to protect what's been built. also this hour caught in a vicious circle as germany demands russia investigate what happened to opposition leader i would say the only with moscow in turn calling on berlin to share its data berlin though decides to send it straight to the global chemical weapons watchdog instead. and the oscars change rules warning only diverse films will win best picture from 2025 but our debate found anger that ethnic minorities women t.q.

class or people with disabilities have to feature. films with african-american people films with women. minorities are not born at the same rate you can't force affirmative action but you would you on this you want to just see one kid i knew in . a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow let's get started with your live news update. a fresh crackdown on the belarus opposition sees 2 more high profile figures detained leaving the group's governing body with just one recognized leader meanwhile hundreds of women have rallied in support of another opposition figure held earlier. dozens were reportedly arrested at the protests.

demonstrators haue banners and chanted slogans that maria kolesnikov is their hero place trying to disperse the protesters and when not failed they started to make arrests our senior correspondent ron brownstein is in minsk and breaks down the developments. to compromise here there is very little give it neither side presidents you can be determined to hold on to power to preserve the state and the system that he has built over the many long years of his rule the protesters undaunted seemingly by the increasingly heavy hand of the lord as an example there's a spontaneous protest not 10 minutes away from us we set out to meet it he by the time we got that there wasn't a side that there had been just minutes before a violent confrontation so i'd mock that and scary big bloody intimidating men in

a mux uniforms without any visible identification fullface mosques shoot up they see these didn't tied up everyone that looks suspicious and it was over in media minutes it seems that the better russian government recognizing the futility of trying to end these protests is now trying to contain them trying to restrict them to the weekends and that is when we will undoubtedly see tens of thousands of people marching down the streets of means against president. the the fact that a prominent opposition member maria plastic of a has been arrested will undoubtedly breathe fresh life into these protests because she's a member of the opposition the coordination council which is of varying time stated different goals from securing a transition of power to merely organizing new elections fresh elections and she's facing very serious charges of trying to undo fully seize power which has

a. i don't see it 3 to 5 years in jail maria kolesnikov his father spoke to r.t. and described the circumstances of her rest to us in the proposal i reported to police my daughter's disappearance because there was already a video on the internet and they were to witness that unknown people pushed marie into a van and took her away now it's almost all the words on the internet i had been saying to him maybe you'd better leave bella who says she always replies to me that she would stay until the bitter end and i didn't mind because i know her character and her responsibility according to the official version of events the belorussian government's version a she knew of opposition figures and members of the coordination council if there are violations suddenly decided to leave the country if you ask the opposition and their allies that they give a completely different account they describe pressure psychological and even physical pressure so opposition figures being grabbed by the arm put into caused by

security services driven to the border with ukraine to poland and told to scrap and told to leave the country and many of them have done so one has been arrested at this point there is only one problem an opposition figure member of the coordination council that is still free that hasn't fled the country or being arrested and not this straight line a alex shavit a famous speller russian author winner of a new bell prize and she has found her apartment in new dated with foreign diplomats and embassy workers who have out of solidarity gathered that the sort of form a human shield around had to try to 'd discourage president lukashenko from making any moves or trying to arrest her or force out and president. she mainly. encouraged this feeling more confident that these protests haven't become captive cataclysmic haven't grown out of control that stills something he can manage and.

just dragging on at this point which is perhaps why he's tubes in now to strike at the coordination council the investigation has brought proof that some people from the so-called coordination council have committed actions aimed at destabilizing the situation in better roost and harming national security maria kolesnik over has been arrested currently all circumstances in the criminal case of being established the situation here is precarious it is very very tense balance on the knife said and unfortunately with neither side willing to compromise you question who wanted to see the problem protesters god the protesters wanting to see you the shame to god and all it will take really is is a spot a little shove a little push to set this tinderbox alight and if that happens these files will bud haut and the ugly amid protests and violence in the country look spoke to

russian media including r.t. they claim that now is not the time to quit as he needs to protect the country will have the most newsworthy bits of his interview at various times here throughout the day and his words are all on our website. the miracle which in all of this is very painful and even tragic for me but it doesn't mean that i'm giving up because i look at this philosophically some good will kumi up the but no one must protect what has been built with our homes protect the people who have built it and they are an overwhelming majority. the stakes have risen in the diplomatic row over the mysterious illness of alex in the only with germany handing test results on the russian politician to the international chemical weapons watchdog all the while demanding that russia probe what it calls his poisoning moscow in turn says it has no idea what kind of data berlin has as it won't share it hence no investigation is possible for the time being now to death discuss pearl and latest moves and moscow

to let reaction we're joined in the studio by artist on a quarter lots of back and forth here is it getting us anywhere while jacki it just looks like this political row over the alleged poisoning of aleksei in a volley is entering into a new chapter germany's handing over the evidence of the claim it has to that it claims it has to the o.p.c. w. and the kremlin is not exactly happy about this decision. it looks like it talks occasion. but it's not by all accounts of the berlin clinic but the kinds of clinics and it's not the case become hopeless wonder why germany is having trouble sharing the information with us we have no idea what the 100 over to w. and would much rather they had us. and that's the essence of what's been happening basically over these past couple of weeks berlin saying that they established that alex saying of all me was poisoned demanding russia to investigate while at the

same time moscow is asking to see the evidence saying that they need that to start a criminal investigation but completely being ignored now to give our viewers some background aleksei nevaeh he was flying to from siberia to moscow in mid august when he says when he suddenly fell seriously ill the doctors who treated him in the siberian city of all claims that they didn't find any sort of trace of any sort of toxic substance and but after the opposition leader was transported to germany doctors there said they did indeed find traces of a nerve agent specifically novi chalk in his system this is something that was developed back in the u.s.s.r. but now with berlin handing over these materials to the o.p.c. w. and getting getting this organization involved it's only making the situation more suspicious for moscow. if your p.c. w. is in deep crisis what with the. activities and the extreme politicization and this didn't take place just today it started

a long time ago the practice of reaching consensus decisions has been completely forgotten. now the suspicion on the part of moscow for the o.p.c. w. comes primarily from its handling of the 2018 alleged chemical attack in duma syria in which. it left a number of inconsistency is unaddressed according to whistleblowers from the organization people who dissented to the against the process that was going on there were were silenced basically and the most recent response we have from russia's representative to the o.p.c. w just happened recently is that he said that russia is willing to cooperate with the o.p.c. w. in on this case so we'll of course bring our viewers the latest developments as they come available artie's done a quarter sitting across that story for us thank you. the french president being bashed for removing his face maxed out a meeting with students just as the country outlaws not wearing one in public to

make things worse he then rather unfortunately started to cough causing more than a few panicked faces. the president coughs outside of his mom's can stretch his out his hand to take and return a glass of water straight after no in jail no head washing well can we hope for back wrong can't stand the fabric masks which is sparingly distributed to teaches

however he only spoke for 5 minutes with his what it teaches have to say who forced to speak with one sometimes for 8 hours per day that the president is lawful at the world what are we expecting that the video to be broadcasted schools will be saying that should not be done. but just as friends in the world brace for a 2nd wave of the pandemic masks skeptics are rallying. reports on the political headache of the rising anti mask movement. mask so just look around on the streets of paris everywhere people are following the rules but what if you're one of those people who has questioned the whole idea of wearing a mask all they effective do they prevent the transmission of 19 and what if you're one of those people who doesn't just question this in private but has actually gone to a protest about that attack on germany's democracy protesters from

a demo against the country's coronavirus restrictions try to storm the german parliament. this is how the mainstream media. and she locked down protesters has spent the afternoon terrorizing police it will be made of people. people who think the coronavirus does not exist hundreds of vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists put their faith in science instead of conspiracy theories if they want to avoid getting covert one team that's being backed up it seems fine a study conducted via facebook carried out by those who enjoy his foundation it found that the typical anti mascot here in france is a woman in her fifties she's educated and supports the yellow vests she'd refused to have a corona virus vaccine if it was available and she believes in conspiracy theories

probably has been the most politicized. may control and i think it's because that is the difference. between the politicians and the scientific of a. 'd lot of good. among the general public but when it comes to mosques dig a bit deeper and you find that 3 of the 4 main reasons that respondents gave to objecting to wearing them were not perhaps i'm totally unreasonable. they were mosques course breathing difficulties well while of course you can breathe while wearing a mask some people have complained that when it's hot out all they've stepped up the pace wearing a mask isn't the most comfortable experiences to they are a hive of bacteria well yes there is bacteria all around us and that's why it's recommended to wash masks regularly or change them 3 they are useless in preventing

19 contamination the jury is perhaps still on this one i say that as there is still no consensus that a governmental level here in europe as to whether or not face masks are an essential to in combat in the spread of 19 so while in france and germany for example why did usage of face masks has been recommended or made obligatory in the netherlands there was a short trial of mask wearing in busy cities was carried out that seems ended while the dutch study their effect if this sweeping of course went totally against the grain of the country's top epidemiologist threw his weight behind the new mask policy saying this is very dangerous to believe face masks would change the game when it comes to. even the w h which made a u.

turn and is now recommending face masks says this we still don't know how much protective value fabric must have for the wear that's why when you wear a mask you're protecting others and when others wear the mask. they're protecting you we're still in the midst of the pandemic and the pa several months the medical and the scientific advice has been a constant merry go round so why is it so unreasonable that some people choose to question more i think because of the conflicting statements from politician and from the. united nations as well as from the scientific community quite a bit of confusion and uncertainty is in the general public and that led to some not only distrust but also. in the journal. and.

i think probably primarily contributed into a more. 'd aggressive behavior toward the space. still had britain's prime minister reveal strict anti covert measures as doctors and politicians accuse him of mishandling their response details on that story and more after this part. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on often very dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. we dear to ask. welcome back major scene change coming to the oscars after years of criticism over a lack of diversity and a film hoping to bag the best picture gong from 2025 will have to meet inclusion

standards one of the main characters or a significant supporting character must be a person of color at least 30 percent of the whole cash should be from an under-represented group at least 2 off screen leadership positions and 30 percent of crew jobs must also go to under-represented people have to be similar represent taishan in the film's publicity marketing and distribution teams as well but the new rules aren't popular with all actors. but. the changes come after claims that the ceremonies are overwhelmingly white movements against that have been growing for years now

voting group had also invited more than $800.00 new actors and directors in the push for diversity 45 percent of the new invitees were women and 35 percent of representatives of racial minorities will put the new diversity rules up for debate . you take a look around the world and you realize that for the most part. african american people terms what women lead minority needs are not given awards at the same rate and that only 15 people of color have received academy awards only 9 people hispanic people have received can their wives realize that there is just a cultural bias that exists and so in order to correct that we have to come in and address the issue of what the represent solution is and so even if we have to mandate films to numbers it's just what's necessary if you go through history a lot of things that have been under represented. certainly people of ages

shirt people of different looks in weeks for you to mandate whether self-imposed or by legislation but a mandate shirton require me a certain number of people based upon demographics is sheer. lunacy and an industry that is right now. we know for a fact that the grammys i'm sorry the oscars and other you know cultural organizations have consistently shown year in year out that they do not have the knack for being inclusive in 2020 we're deciding that we want to get a little crazy and we're going to follow the path looking into how we can include more people who have typically been on the outside that's not a negative then guess what a firm that has done products that is not harming the iranian equality and how can

work. that is not the role of hollywood let me explain something to you if there is a good role with good especially today irrespective of sexual identity key shouldn't whether it's color if it's good it's going to work this is not title 19 this is an education this isn't you kid forced affirmative action i guess unless you want to unless you want to just say no let's see what can i ruin now does adding women of color just adding my person from a marginalized community drag up take away something from the creation of the film people's films unlike a lot of creation are not just the concepts of one person's might be alone on where we go to see the world around us when we're imagining the future where i don't want to looking at the past and can you imagine if i would say you know what i think we need to have more of a representation so i'm going to force

a bunch of but people by virtue of their color into the n.b.a. or or here or hip hop because i want to see more of a balance oh there's no guarantee of equality in music that's the way it is show it if it's good it's good and if it's good it'll sell and we're. picking up on a story we brought you on wednesday shocking pictures of orange clouds from some of the worst ever wildfires on the west coast of the u.s. 6 people including 2 children were reportedly killed on wednesday when than 2000000 acres have been destroyed in the blazes so far. and fire tragedy across the atlantic a blaze has torn through europe's largest refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos but it shows the destruction of the previously overcrowded facility that has left nearly 13000 people without shelter migrants now have nowhere to go and are forced to live on the streets. the

rise in covert cases among young people in britain is causing special concern sparking strict new measures prime minister boris johnson says he had no choice i'm sorry about that and i wish that we did nor to have to take this step but as your prime minister i must do what is necessary to stop the spread of the virus and to save lives a key measure is banning gatherings of more than 6 people including indoors rule breakers will be fined covert secure events and large households are exceptions as well as work and education settings. things have gotten so bad that brits now even worry if the restrictions will be lifted in time for christmas media are calling the measures draconian adding they could destroy holiday plans it all comes with a country already reeling from failures and the government's response kate

partridge reports. it's all about sharp rise in coronavirus cases the government's chief medical advisor chris witty he was also on there with the prime minister as well he said that the cases that come up rapidly over the last few days even and the rates are going up in a certain age group as well it's among the young people and that has been stately rising since the middle of august position. he also had a few sharp words to say about the government's the you case test in-tray system and he said that it was on the verge of collapse what we're seeing now is stories over the past few days that is showing that just the regime is on the verge of collapse heartbreaking stories from people who needed to been told no tests are available or the website is crashing or people are being told to go miles and miles for a test nobody can argue that this is good governance well this comes in due to the fact that the government would claim that they're ramping up testing that it's more widely available now than ever in fact more tests are being conducted in the u.k. than across the whole of europe but at the same time as well there's also been

a survey conducted amongst medics about how they feel about having to deal on the front line with coronavirus and all of those 69 percent say they're more likely to quit from the pandemic and government treatment leaving $1143.00 planning to leave the n.h.s. at the end of it basically we're looking at medics who think they're on the edge of burnout well the scientific basis for all of these measures that was highlighted by the chief medical advisor so chris which he early on he is the example of spain amongst other european countries he said that there had been a sharp rise there but if you implement measures to combat that then you can prevent what the long they've been anticipating a 2nd wave. that's been a rundown of the day's top headlines for now but don't forget you can always how to our website r.t. dot com for their further details on all of our shows. problem

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pandemic on mental health help t.v. psychologist emma can you give from vital tips on how to cope with the particular pressures of this unique here as what do you see by family health and are being joined by here is about family finance and then no wonder parents are go as alex meets a group of very lively women who decided to tackle long time by launching their own online chat show featuring a number of special things including paul o'grady sally dana part while i'm family night all that's coming up in our show but 1st over to alex with your tweets emails and messages. quite a reaction to last week's show on a blog for science to adult fight kamiya a public health expert from x. to university who engaged online with so many of us and then the julian says i enjoy healing don't apply honey is diffuse which always thoughtful and considerate but elena says seeing the whole of the makers trying to be the quarantine plot gets

me riled ken says it dumbfounds me there's a warning period all it does is give people a chance to suck invent the public health measures i'm rolf he says i lay the blame at governments myself they let it happen. i s s r says refreshing to have the topic of covert covered with solutions instead of speculation and mourning ferguson says thank you for the great show of this monstrous talk about dr plank honea was listening to be less death in making noise strikes a different note he says trust can trace social isolation of all failed miserably to be covert 19 or even get it under control when a politician is going to realize that this is a failed strategy about to this mayor and i can use just about the best one psychologist in the u.k. you have a resident spot on morning television in recent weeks she shared with the nation her grief on the death of her much loved and to the english education.