father rallies are held across belarus as protests against the president and a 2nd mob meeting to hundreds of our correspondent was that. drug the president we should just believe believe the presidency 1st 2nd round of elections they want to be close in the stories that shaped the week just many employees to work with moscow want to probe into the election poisoning of opposition figure i'll explain of all the an issue that's fired off the job and lawmakers why does not only need such a level of protection from a secure political mud it is part of the peace and system why would the russian government be so stupid that even let me fly out to drew me instead of hiding him

in russia. los angeles police officers are in a critical condition after being shot president trump has already called for the shooter to face the death penalty if they do supply. hello unwelcome you joined us for the weekly here on our international where we talk through the biggest stories of the week so. let's head straight to ballarat is again took place throughout sunday calling for president lukashenko to reside in the capital of minsk that was some brutal clashes between activists and security forces at least 400 arrests were made and crowds of keeping up the pressure more than a month off the contested election which the opposition claims was raked of course part of more audacity of reports from ments. well here they are despite violence

this morning from police attempts to detain and the rest hundreds of protesters they have gathered together in this antigovernment march marching down the streets of minsk ordinary as a demonstration against president bush and for 3 plotted to the north they recognize the legitimate leader there of his role as the way to for example they have a number of the funds the release of political prisoners for example as well as less police brutality they demand. the unrestrained arm of the law. they're now trying to present literature to leave to leave the presidency for a 2nd round of elections they want to change these demonstrators and they have a lot of support a lot of public support all of them in school over belarus. that were also several counter protests and many of sunday with people voicing their support for president . i'm calling for an adult to the post election on motorists lined up along the

city's highways displaying the official bread and fly this week a high profile member of the opposition embarrassed was arrested on the port out with a crane on monday more a kalashnikov it disappeared she couldn't be reached by phone and for a while her workouts were unknown on tuesday officials said the activists had been detained for breaking the law while trying to cross into ukraine i found a new question ok father to tell us in his interview with russian journalists. not only could you give us more detail about marie kolesnikov or where is she. i probably cannot give you much detail due to the fact that i was only told that she and her 2 friends who drive is all close ones or distant ones they fled to ukraine today and they had documents and everything prepared in advance they showed their passports and on site customs officers border guards let them strew. further on is

the state border and the ukrainian post between these posts there are 8 to 9 kilometers and their border is heavily guarded so we deployed more guards naturally they were stopped before the gas pedal she was even thrown out of the car on the move well on the run. so they themselves did it yes well there were 3 of them who could have thrown her out border guards of course detained her hands would have been expected i say this is an old border guard and she was sent to the border office and the car went across the ukrainian border through the ukrainian post and then as far as i'm now informed they were detained and we negotiating with them so that they return them to us. and what for they left they relatively speaking of were released from ruth you know they could not be detained they travelled legally with documents but they violated the state border they checked in at the checkpoint the border guards and customs officers did their jobs and the border itself is another 8 or 10 kilometers away and they drove right through this reinforced post

and hid in ukraine allegedly this woman sister lives in ukraine allegedly i don't know for sure they told me this today i ask why is it ukrainian not lithuania not hungry as they usually go to someone's relatives the said to live there i cannot claim so i don't know everything yet therefore she was detained and we asked the ukrainian border guards to return the others to our country we will investigate what happened but miraculously cover has a different version of that she says she was abducted by officers and taken to the ukraine border that we take to out of the country to avoid that she tore up the passport the opposition figure is now being held in the e.u. has condemned had to tension calling it a violation of both domestic and international law. meanwhile lithuania has passed a bill powers to recognize the opposition candidate in last month's by the russian election as the rightful president this way it is the fast. trying to recognize. as

we need to a better us now she fled to the plane often election since post and several videos all seen the international community to help force out i don't mabel elections to political analyst radar office believes lithuania would not have taken such a step without the backing of the larger powers. it's a signal that is being shown to look i think and it shall show that force is major forces political forces behind because little you know wouldn't take such a measure which is illegitimate according to international law if there was no support by the european union or who knows. and i see this as. not too intelligent step. too blunt because it shows clearly that the situation in. belarus is not only divided one

side is also in danger of being taken over by external interests therefore i see it in political terms and not in terms of elections in minsk. the news germany has accepted moscow's request for legal cooperation on a probe into the logic or reasoning of alex and evolving however us state prosecutors want some information will only be with the activists consent a job and he says it still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. cured him of the relations with russia or influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present times we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr. avali

performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is that russia urgently explain what happened that's what we're going to question to you that our authorities are investigating this incident we don't like it when other countries dictate to us when and at what point to start our process we cannot legally call this a criminal case based on the analysis of the german laborde 3 moreover the board to receive the b.r.d. army just as in the beer deed it is probably impossible to initiate a criminal case on the basis of tests that were taken in our military hospital this is legally nonsense there are acts of furphy cation our investigative bodies are working they have questions new questions appear we hold that we will receive information from our german colleagues it will help to move forward germany previously announced it would be sharing of ons test results with the global chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the w says nothing has been received yet no follow me

a mug from men and just came out this week with german doctors saying he is now responding to speech although the long term effects are still unclear he was lifted to berlin for treatment last month after falling ill on a flight from siberia the russian doctors that honestly treated him found no evidence of poisoning meanwhile russia's envoy to the un has responded to the allegations coming from western powers. these fools this isn't can look raise questions well so hopefully. we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed. these leaders leads us to only would will reply nickel question legion lost in search situations we want you to see it erk we plebs who used to benefit from this the one that one if you demand explanations will deflect from the people and we'll compare notes one should

with the 1st elite geishas unkillable reviewed by evidence even this is as you see me your reasonable. job in parliament debated the poisoning at a special session on friday and several lawmakers demanded action against moscow as peat all of on our ports it was a fiery session on friday afternoon until evening here in berlin in the german bundestag the majority of those who spoke or pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei novelli there were some voices that question the official government line not many i have to say but there were some that come in. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our security services political murder is part of the

putin system. so not only are the russians supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but they put it in his tea why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let an avanti fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia it's absurd nord stream too was a big issue on the during the debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps canceled altogether there are those that want to wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those saying that it's simply too important economically and it must remain purely an economic project no matter what else is going on we have though you see the heated debate over north stream both on the streets here in germany friday night in the bundestag north

stream has never been a purely private sector project as the german government has repeatedly argued despite the war in syria despite the use of a chemical weapon in souls bury the federal government is sending a message to the kremlin no matter what you do economic goals are more important to us than climate protection security policy and human rights. demanding the immediate term a nation of north stream 2 is in my view a hasty and misguided reaction but it pleases those who have always opposed the project especially the greens well as germany continues to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexei in the valley the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but it's the use of your mind you the german representative to the un said the data is no longer a matter for bilateral relations between germany and russia but a matter for multilateral proceedings what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say in the interests of our german colleagues we

urged them to provide all necessary information which might in any way should lights one absolutely unfounded accusations investigators in russia are also being on the search for more information police in the city of thompson which is where all x. in the valley had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of the lex in a valley in extreme distress well place in town skipping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane they've placements in the valley in a hotel in a restaurant in a flat and in a coffee shop what they have also been going about doing is trying to interview those that were in close contact with aleck's in the valley during his time in the city of tomsk police there say they've been able to interview 5 of the 6 people that spent a lot of time with mr novelli they say the 6th person

a woman is believed to have come here to germany there are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what happened to alexa in the funny but as we search for those facts the diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to heat up. was we just heard there from peter senior politicians in by then have been piling pressure on the government to pull out of the north atlantic project over the novelli case well we spoke exclusively with the head of the parliament's and energy committee about that issue. not stream 2 is not putin's project it involves a large number of european companies and is designed to ensure the security if europe's gas supply to question this project now is to shoot ourselves in the foot it is certainly not in the interests of germany or europe if there is a decision to end the project companies will be able to sue those who made the decision in this case the german government and of course it will affect gas prices

it must be clearly understood that this is not a game the pressure coming from the us is already enough in my view so we are strongly resisting the american sanctions that have been imposed on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline construction this is against international law and we don't accept it i can see that many people who might not have fully understood the story thinking now will show them but i think it's completely wrong 1st of all we need to establish what really happened because i don't think germany knows i think we should respond appropriately to the russians request for legal assistance we obviously received such a request but according to the russians it is so far gone unanswered. hello and 4th what offices are in a critical condition in los angeles county hafter being sought by an unknown suspect on saturday president trump has called for the shooter to face the death penalty. if the 1st trial death penalty for the killer only way to

stop this any most it must be at heart. and this is surveillance video a gunman can be seen walking up to a patrol car and opening fire to county sheriff's deputies one male one female one so i doubt very cold both suffered multiple gunshot wounds and have since undergone a much. the suspect still remains at large on saturday night a crowd showed up outside the hospital where that being treated. oh. well. according to the l.a. county sheriff's office protesters blocked a much and they were later dispersed by police 2 people were detained including a female reporter who was accused of interfering in an arrest while that incident of course follows months of on rust over police brutality across the u.s. some of the watts riots have been in portland oregon although

a new poll now suggests that most people in the state want the chaos to stop conservative talk radio host state park and says the vicious attacks against police unlike anything the country has ever seen before. it's a clearest evidence of a complete foundational moral inversion that i've ever seen in all the history of mankind and i never thought i would see it while i was still alive i want you to hear it the level of believe and joy in the voices of the people shouting that they hope those police officers die this is the sense that they are morally right that what they are doing has the element of right just nurse and proper punishment almost a law of sorts applying to them in which they are right and we are wrong and because of that they're very happy to be doing what they're doing especially when they get away with it and nobody stops them for any reason they're getting away with a right now what we're seeing i think on a grand scale is an inversion of more reality what's right is wrong and what's

wrong is right. a poll in the u.k. has found that more than a 1000 doctors are ready to quit the national health service over the government's handling of the cave a pandemic the president told the country's doctors this a station says the issues have been building for a long time i think you have serum and it's that are and it has clearly been feeding and how in broken short many years now crying to them how to make this is a profession here suffered through some of the worst crisis crises in history was intellectual us including absolutely ruinous to new jobs and contracts changes to our training that mean doctors need every 6 months around hospitals around the way and indeed the pensions tax crisis which has forced many of all my senior in experience experience to lose interest current or does this was prior to us going

into a national crisis while more than $1700.00 members responded to the doctors' associations say until you out. 3 of the said there are now more likely to leave the n.h.s. because of poor treatment from the government during the covert response most of those planned to quit within the next 3 years now some want to move abroad while others will take a career break for private hospitals so one of the reasons cited for considering quitting they were a lack of pay rises and protective equipment others say they've been diet from speaking publicly about back and medics also warn that they've had promised benefits revoked on walking on the coper frontline has also had a major impact on mental health. since we've had a major we've had these incredible time with people in dying struggling we've been

separate for families we just want some recognition for what we actually did and what we feel like we deserve over the last 1015 years let alone well. it wasn't too long ago that we were talking about our national surviving on charitable donations and perhaps a stop just because kerry came in just as you crap we deserve a profession and the whole nature. that was what. was really me the government insists it's 3 percent pay rise office is good in our prime minister course johnson has pledged more funding for hospital infrastructure over the difficult winter period that's coming up now the head of the docs association again says its workers must feel fine you'd. we know that the n.h.s. was very much understaffed and under resourced going into this pandemic and i have no doubt that that impacted on our ability to combat this fire it's we had 10000 vacancies for doctors across the frontlines 100000 vacancies for

a front line and it's our stuff including nurses so we were we were already struggling with our workforce now if so many doctors leave and we have to remember this was a survey of just 1700 doctors with 2 thirds of them saying actually they were making plans of these so who knows how how big that number truly is but this this really is a worry and i think it is even more of a worry given that many doctors feel that a 2nd set. may be coming within the u.k. so what we're asking is that the government considers the hard work of those true key kids within the n.h.s. that they show them how much they're valued and they really are carted them to retain them in the n.h.s. especially if there is to be a 2nd strike in the u.k. . finally the french president is being accused of hypocrisy for removing his face mask during a meeting with students that's despite

a law requiring them to be want to public and to make matters worse the manual began to cough. the president coughs outside of his mosque and stretches out his hand to take and return a glass a water straight after no jail no head washing what can we hope for macro can't stand the fabric masks which is sparingly distributed to teachers however he only

spoke for 5 minutes with his what it teaches have to say you're forced to speak with one sometimes for 8 hours per day that the president is laughing 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 frauds on the wall brace for a 2nd wave of the pandemic mosque skeptics are running a solid 2 penske reports. masks are just a 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 effective do they prevent the transmission of 19 and what are you 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 by a study conducted via facebook carried out by the foundation it found that the typical anti mask here in france is a woman in her fifty's she's educated and supports the yellow vests she'd refused to have a coronavirus vaccine if it was available and she believes in conspiracy theories

probably has been the most politicized. in the control and i think it's because it has a different meaning and between the politicians and the scientific i've learned 'd a lot of confusion 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 but now. i'm totally unreasonable. they were mosque's 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 or 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 ing the spread of 19 so while in france and germany for example why do 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 seemed 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 wearer that's why when you wear

a mask you're protecting others and when others where the master protecting you we're still in the midst of the pandemic in the past several months the medical and the scientific advice has been a constant merry go round so is it so unreasonable that some people choose to question more. because of the. conflicting statements from politician. and from the world health organization as well as from the scientific community quite a bit of confusion and uncertainty is in the journal public and that led to some not only distrust but also a bit of clearing up in the journal. and that has i think probably primarily contributed into a more aggressive 'd to work by aggressive behavior toward the face covering more those are some of the stories that got a lot of our time of the last 7 days but check out our 2 dot com office up next one

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