when something is find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . but a mere putin hosts a meeting with bella russian president alexander lukashenko after more than a month of anti-government unrest in belarus the russian leader stresses the need for minsk to resolve its own crisis without external interference. also this hour germany says 2 more on the borders have independently verified the russian opposition figure i'll extend them although it was poisoned with the nerve agent an overture as moscow still waits to be granted access to berlin evidence. and brits enjoy one last night of partying before a ban on gatherings of more than 6 people takes a fact in england scotland and wales. almost every day is don't tell

a drunk people to go out and up on i don't be like no you can't go out anymore it's not a. very warm welcome to the program on this monday it's 5 pm here in the russian capital let's get started with your live news update russia's president has called for dialogue between the bell of russian leadership and opposition to the ongoing crisis in the country following the disputed election last month what amir putin is now meeting with president alexander lukashenko in the black sea resort city of sochi and we're not joined live by our team is in their patrol go who has been following the talks for us so tell us more about what's been said so far. jacqueline hi there well i can tell you that before this trip the line from both sides from the russian side and the belorussian side was that this trip of the main intention of it is to talk about cooperation between the 2 countries but the

obvious assumption by many many people though was that the long standing by the russian leader is heading to saudi to seek support from someone that he called his elder brother just a little earlier vladimir putin after a month of the nationwide protests back home but i can tell you that the actual fact that mr putin was receiving alexander lukashenko in his residence as the head of the bell russian state to talk about cooperation is definitely support at least in the form of some kind of confidence boost but i can also tell you that in the western media. in the buildup to this location computing summit there has been speculation that the russian side would be trying to use this meeting

to push through its agenda to somehow put pressure on a weakened president but instead what we heard from mr putin just before they went to talk one on one was that russia is in no way trying to sort out what's going on inside definitely up to the people of that country to sort out and once again moscow set it straight that it does not accept any outside interference when it comes to that matter. we want to build the russians to handle their situation without any external assistance or pressure and co manner through dialogue with each other and come to a joint decision on how to move forward. we do remember though that bell reuss is russia's close ally and it's also part of some integration blog

post soviet territory and what we heard from the bell russian leader was that the crisis in his country should be discussed on that level between the leaders of the so-called eurasian economic union and also the commonwealth of post soviet states in the meantime we do remember that protesters keep gathering in the streets of many many c.d.'s the biggest protests we see and the capital minsk where this weekend hundreds of protesters were detained now just for you to get a picture of what it looked like here's a little clip. of

. it now and give us a little background on the overall relations between bellaver us and russia. will of 1st of all it used to go without saying that bell roofs that men ski is a top ally for moscow we do remember that after the fall of the soviet union a number of agreements were signed between the 2 countries to form a so-called union state now this is something that was meant to follow in the footsteps of the european union in terms of how the 2 countries get along and during some time there was a lot of progress but lately because of some of the rhetoric bile exam. lucas shango the process really slowed down now there were

many things said in that regard by the bell russian president in fact at one point he even went as far. to say that you russians are our brothers anymore for now we are just partners then he made a u. turn on that particular statement but i do have to say that when it comes to the government in moscow they always seem to be in favor of closer ties with bell routes and still no matter what. is a part of a customs union with russia there are a lot of enormous joint projects between the 2 countries including a nuclear power plant that was billed by the russians on the territory of dollar plus minsk heavily relies on financial aid from moscow in fact there have been a number of announcements by the russian government that minsk debt

could be restructured and during that meeting it's been announced once again that no matter what moscow and minsk will try and stick to these agreements. russia remains committed to all our agreements including those that arise from the treaty on the union street and the collective security treaty organization we see belarus as are closest ally and will of course fulfill all our responsibilities. ok and what about western countries how they've been reacting to the crisis and. jacqueline well as you can see this is the 1st official visit of the. well russian leader after the crisis there a bit more than a month after the election was over but it seems that he's absolutely not

welcome by the western countries are radically belo or says closest neighbors were the countries the governments of these countries like la via lithuania estonia poland they've made the harshest statements against alexander rocha shango and in fact with u.a.e. . already said that it considers. who was mr look at those rival during the vote the legitimate leader of the country but if we speak about the e.u. as a whole they have not come up with punitive measures against the government just yet although we do understand that they are being discussed and today we heard from the german foreign ministry that there are expecting these measures to be finalized in brussels next week here's exactly what's been said. we are working hard in the e.u.

to coordinate a package of targeted sanctions against those responsible for falsifying the belle of russian presidential election. while on the other hand i do have to say that the meeting in tsotsi despite all the interest from all sides i know that the meeting is being closely watched in washington by the way u.s. politicians of all sorts right and alexander look at saying go with sanctions this is in a very open meeting we were expecting a press conference probably when we heard that this kind of summit was going to take place but it was never and now so hopefully we'll be trying to get more details from either the belorussian president's office or from the spokesperson of the kremlin but hopefully you know we really do want to know what else was said

when the 2 presidents were speaking one on one so i'll tell you about of when we find out. our idea of the thing across those talks for us thank you oh. earlier the russian president spoke by phone with the french leader emmanuel mccrone urged western powers to avoid making groundless accusations are the alleged poisoning of an extent of on the a comes after germany's latest conclusions as to what happened to the opposition activists and for more on that peter arbor joins us live from berlin and peter it's been a week since an accent of on it was taken out of an induced coma what's known about his condition. well is shot at a hospital here in berlin where he's been receiving treatment to put out a further statement on monday in which they've said that alexei in the volleys condition is improving that he's able to leave his bed for short periods of time. the condition for nixon of i need continues to improve the patient has been

successfully removed from mechanical ventilation he is currently on to go in mobilization and is able to leave his badge for short periods of time well there has been a lot of reaction on monday a lot of new developments regarding the political and diplomatic fallout from the lexan valley ending up here in berlin in the state that he's been in it when the the grave physical illness condition that he's been in we've heard from the german foreign minister. saying this germany should not be treated as the bearer of bad news when it comes to saying that he was poisoned within novacek nerve agent this is after it was announced earlier on monday by the german government spokesman stephens i bet that to further labs have now identify the chalk present in samples taken from aleck's in the found these were labs that were in france and in sweden

making it 3 laboratories all together that have identified those samples also the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is involved in its own investigation and taking samples from aleck's in the valley to try and verify the claims that he was poisoned with a novel nerve agent now stephens i spoke to the press on monday morning he told them that yes these extra tests had been carried out further to laboratories. boards recent france and sweden have carried out their investigations and confirmed the german evidence that means we now have 3 laborious reads working independently from each other which of all reached the conclusion that the substance that caused the poisoning of mr know was a nerve agent from the not betrayal group. well the chief toxicologist in the russian city of squids 1st treated alexei navalny has poured scorn on math saying

that mr novelli did not present with the symptoms that you would have if you had been poisoned with a nerve agent or not a chalk nerve agent for that matter these new this news coming out of germany is unlikely to placate russia moscow wants to see the data from the samples taken from alexa in the found me this data is now being shared with labs in france in sweden and moscow says it needs to see the evidence behind the claims made against it. the usual uses them raise questions. being speech we hear what statements want and what measures are being mentioned discussed or in war. these leaders leads us to only would rule republican question legion lost in search situations we've won you trace it erk we've pulled those who used to be. the one that won it if you demand explanations will deflect when the people and

we'll compare ml's one should with the last elysia is uncorroborated by evidence even leases as you see your input reasonable. russian president vladimir putin is how they phone call with the french president a manual mech on micron in which the russian president said that the unfounded claims against russia were inappropriate he called for the transfer of the samples from mist in the valley to russia and that russian scientists russian doctors should be involved jointly in trying to determine what happened to alexei navalny now on choose day the european parliament will hold a special session in which the case will be discussed and what type of e.u. reaction there will be to the what they say is the poisoning of alexei navalny the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said they'll be watching and listening

closely and should sanctions be imposed upon russia and russia would respond accordingly. peter all of our reporting live from berlin thank you. social gatherings in england scotland and wales are now limited to 6 people starting from monday the u.k. is tightening restrictions amid a sharp increase in covert infections the so-called rule of 6 bans larger gatherings both indoors and outdoors however there are exceptions with larger gathering still permitted at work schools gyms and places of worship police have been given powers to crack down on offenders with potential fines of more than 3000 pounds on sunday 3000 $300.00 people in the u.k. tested positive for cocaine 19 a sharp increase compared with a month ago but the recent spike in cases fail to deter some revelers looking to enjoy themselves ahead of the ban as are too shoddy at work stuff she reports while you would think it was new year's eve ok prior to the final of the football world

cup but come monday the new round of 6 restricting meet ups of more than half a dozen people will be implemented meaning scenes like this will once again be upgraded. that's the kind of begins i mean it's a gate crashers great thing about the last opera freedom. the public was just about getting back to normal for a little bit as coming they were told to eat out to help out the struggling off the top the sector leading to a very busy month of wining and dining told the travellers rules were locked and encouraged to get back into the office to kick start the economy when suddenly the u.k. decided to clamp down again but not only is the timing of it uncertain exemptions causing confusion many brits upon seeing like it's the last orders oh wait it sort of is yeah it's annoying to to to celebrate you almost like that last night it

really is don't. tell us young people to go out there now but on the down be like no you can't go out anymore it's that except i don't believe that why don't you just stated on the day when you and he said not oh i will use a couple days off i think is a good trick however i don't have 6 friends so it does not i'm going to doesn't mean anything to i'm just going to take advantage of it so monday and then i'll just make sure to stick to the rule or risk decided to include this 6 day 6 governing ban just to stop bus days from happening but i'll try to get only before and devoted students and then add here accordingly to the golden rule when it's widely known that brits and houses are a party and so instead of counting teacher gatherings many i just drain them forward to this weekend all the kind of infection rates growing again the heights of the town illegal raves of going ahead as reckless driving is mobilized the complete to be the high says with the most us.

eating gluten free monday introducing the breed of 60. there is a real risk some members of the public will take advantage of the current situation and treat this weekend as a party which. follows i used to organize raves i used to love racing but i employ in full use who organized race to still. well critics will seize any opportunity to pay the town but this really is the final farewell to a punch he was making an appearance for shots at woodstock. and

a case that shocked los angeles county in california to local law enforcement officers are in critical condition after being targeted by a gunman on saturday and what authorities have described as a cowardly ambush in this surveillance video the shooter can be seen walking up to a patrol car and opening fire to county sheriff's deputies one male the other female were inside the vehicle and both suffered multiple gunshot wounds a manhunt is underway for the suspect with a $100000.00 reward being offered on saturday night crown showed up outside the hospital where the deputies are being treated. oh. according to the l.a. county sheriff's office protesters blocked emergency exits and were heard shouting abuse against the officers 2 people were arrested there with the crowds later dispersed by police now that incident falls months of on rest over police brutality

across the u.s. conservative talk radio host dave perkins says the vicious attacks against police are unlike anything he's seen before. it's a clear is 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 me 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 righteousness and 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 there 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. relations between australia and china are taking a turn for the worse and vera has defended its right to carry out intelligence related raids after beijing lashed out at what it called a barbaric searches of the homes of its journalists. turn australia claimed that the questioning of chinese journalists was in accordance with normal procedures calling china's measures hostage diplomacy this statement fully demonstrates the hypocrisy and double standard. earlier 2 australian correspondents were banned from leaving china the authorities demanded they answer questions on a national security investigation reporters went to the australian embassy for protection and stayed there for several days before being allowed to fly home. but it's not just journalists getting caught up in the dispute between the 2 countries to chinese academics had their australian visas revoked after they were accused of foreign interference one of them 10 hong told us what happened i received an email

containing a formal you know the you know advising me that my. visa having the australian intelligence organization made assessments i was directly or indirectly all risk to security so i was very much shorts and funded and perplexed really you know stu didn't believe at 1st this was real i was still thinking that i might be involved in the ballpark and it was all part of us a fraud scam for someone like me to be you know assessed as offer just to a straight a security arsing does is simply preposterous ridiculous and i refuse to accept it is a system and these developments follow several years of gradually deteriorating relations between beijing and canberra professor hong again says australia is simply following america's lead the sees the mid twenty's and.

being you know starting anti china campaign to make up a sort of patients about the so-called trying to spread your cause say that actually you have been attacking a country while also taking advantage of trade relationship of course china will be politicizing the weapon as he treats. you know it's gaining some kind of a political leverage and i think actually in the reason he is being so the interests all fortune so that there is only interest whenever it washington and she starts a call about and to try to convey also a similar case against russia or euros see up on the flag. in support of the u.s. system points is merely i think she only needs the united states. it's never to late to learn and italian man has graduated from university at the age of 96 filling a lifelong dream he told us about his journey. that

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