reporter: alexander lukashenko has dismissed protesters as criminal gangs.cs say he has never faced unrest like this. many argue they are less afraid of detention then another five years of lukashenko rule. >> the twitter accounts of several high-profile people and companies, including barack obama, joe biden, bill gates, apple, and uber, have been hacked. hackers posted tweets trying to dupe people into sending bitcoin, promising they will double their money. bitcoin is a form of digital currency traded on the internet also known as critical currency. comments and posts on twitter suggest thousands of dollars in bitcoin may have been sent to scammers' digital account. twitter says it is investigating. u.s. tech giant apple is celebrating a big win in ireland. the european high court has ruled apple does not have to pay $15 million in irish back taxes. judges ruled it has not been proven that apple had an illegal tax react -- relationship with ireland's government. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester has been erected in bristol in the same spot whe

was how they got on the radar of the security services so talk about hiding in plain sight alexander lukashenko he is in the middle of his reelection campaign and this road to the next term is proving quite difficult quite rocky for him because people have been taking to the streets protesting against him staying in power. and some even went as far as accusing him of jailing his political opponents so this situation that we're talking about only adds chaos to this campaign. 3rd the race and police protests in the u.s. city of portland saw a crowd stay gassed overnight much of their anger was aimed at the federal officers sent there to crackdown. on. protesters set off fireworks the fan and selves on the receiving end of tear gas after ignoring police loudspeaker warnings is also concerned so that detained campaigners have been told that will only be released if they are going to stay away from further protests as for the federal officers sent in by trump the oregon governor says that they will start withdrawing later on thursday they were deployed early this month to cities which donald trump h

presidential elections just over a week off she's hoping to topple the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko. the coronavirus mutes festivities as muslims around the world markets start of each . pandemic the cautions up changing centuries old traditions for the face. welcome to the program hong kong has just announced that the non-stock septembers legislative council elections will be postponed by one year the vote. would have been hong kong's 1st since a controversial security law was brought into effect at a press conference in the last hour later carry law signs of the spike in coronavirus cases as the reason for the delay but opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using the outbreak to slow their pro-democracy movement is was. to say at that press conference we are going to invoke emergency regulations older nearness in. a factory to be laid off green elections and a certainty of course the main content of the rule rendition and the structure for justice will give you some details later announce finally we have the support of the center because government in making this decision

the other is victim baba rico seen as the biggest rival to a sick turn by president alexander lukashenko the banker was detained last month accused of money laundering election administrators say then it's why he was excluded so what you're seeing now today we were spat in the face and they tried to take away our future and our hope they're waiting for the end of the struggle but they don't understand that it's now that everything begins many of president lukashenko rivals are either in jail or under investigation but some have been allowed to run one is the wife of another at the time the opposition candidate who used to call a cockroach despite the insults the president's victory is almost certain he's already spent 26 years in power the u.s. once down term the last dictator in europe. got frightened and he wanted to prevent any single slightest change or. that's why you hear it so harshly did not register candidates and believe just words 'd the crowd. has dismissed the protesters as criminal gangs but critics say he's never faced an race like this and many here argue they are makes a

they were members of a private security company indicating they were messengers president alexander lukashenko said he was demanding an immediate explanation from russia if you just want to let me ask you these are so young i'm already seeing the reaction by the russians they are already making excuses saying things such as we invited them here it is obvious dirty intentions have to be justified. the roots media reports say up to 200 mercenaries were in the country suspected of planning to destabilize the country ahead of presidential elections on august the 9th and the security sources reported as saying 14 of the suspects had fought in the donbass region of ukraine since 2014 ukraine's military has been in conflict with russian backed forces that the allegations against russia have been dismissed by the kremlin. spokesman dmitri peskov said we don't know of any illegal activity that would be grounds for detention. because shinku an ice hockey fan has caused widespread protests in better ruse by dismissing curve it 19 as a stretch he is however still the favorite to win the election having ha

its upcoming election after 30 of its citizens with detained nimitz belarus and president alexander lukashenko has accused the men of being mercenaries sent by moscow to incite riots to be investigated for working with lucian because critics jailed opposition politician mykola started and blog surrogates because all city have been named in the case but iris has been one of russia's most reliable allies since the fall of the soviet union relations have strained in recent years moscow wants but a ruse to implement the union agreement signed in 1909 they were create a single currency single constitution and parliament and court system between them but president lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and has accused it of plotting to overthrow him humala relations with the west have improved in february much pompei became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington appointed its 1st ambassador in over a decade and then in may better resoldered oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree a price to buy it from russia or right

ballads they turned out in the capital minsk to support the main challenger to longtime leader alexander lukashenko and next month's presidential vote 2 other opposition candidates have been barred from running. and canadian police are investigating how a tour bus careened out of control and flipped over at the end of a sightseeing tour in the rocky mountains on saturday 3 people are dead and at least 2 dozen more were injured in the incident. syrians have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament the election comes against a backdrop of civil war and economic crisis and at the coronavirus pandemic it is the 3rd vote since the conflict began in 2011 but syrians could only cast their ballots in government held regions of the country. syrian president bashar al assad cost his vote in his country's parliamentary elections $167.00 of the parliament's $250.00 seats are already allocated to his ruling baath party critics say the vote will create a parliament that will just be a rubber stamp for the president's decisions so why hold it at all as it wants to say i'm still there a little i'm still going t

it's to belarus know where alexander lukashenko has ruled the former soviet republic for more than a quarter of a century elections have not been free nor fair since of him a power in 1904 and he's once again expected to win the next presidential election on the 9th of august but frustration with his rule is growing demonstrators have been taking to the streets of the capital minsk and other cities to protest against his handling of the economy and of the coronavirus pandemic. for the 1st time in her life and this days yes has a feeling that change is possible in belarus that's why she's out collecting signatures for opposition politicians in the capital minsk applicants require 100000 signatures to qualify a bit of the decency of life those who are in power now have to be replaced and the direction of our country needs radical change because everything is falling apart here and the culture education and health care system i mean. in belarus critics of the regime face persecution it takes a lot of courage to talk openly. to go through a dictatorship it's pure dictatorship or to put i

week before presidential elections the 37 year old is challenging the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko he accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. hundreds of protesters have gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin benjamin netanyahu is official residence in jerusalem to repeat their calls for him to step down as you know who's come under fire for holding office while on trial for corruption and pushing for similar seemingly anti-democratic measures under the guise of combating the coronavirus. a special prosecutor in switzerland has opened a criminal case against me for president jenny infantile the charges relate to secret meetings he held with the swiss attorney general michael ober in 2016 and 27 team in france you know was reelected president of football international's goven governing body just last year. newly launched mission to search mas for ancient life is experiencing technical difficulties the agency says the spaceship named mas 2020 has entered safe mode where the vessel shuts down all nonessential systems initial checks of the spac

a week before presidential elections the 37 year old is challenging a decades long rule of alexander lukashenko he accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. spain has entered a deep recession official figures show the spanish economy contracted by 18.5 percent during the 2nd quarter wiping out 6 years of economic recovery from the global financial crisis spanish government imposed one of europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns and sectors such as tourism have been badly hit tropical storm isaac is made has made landfall in for the ricoh high winds and torrential rain knocked out power and triggered small landslides across both puerto rico and the dominican republic forecasters are predicting the storm will strengthen into a hurricane while moving towards the homeless and the u.s. east coast. brazil's 1st lady michelle bows and arrows has tested positive for corona virus after her husband presidential hopefuls are spent 2 weeks in quarantine after his earlier. also has faced criticism for his handling of the pandemic brazil has the world's 2nd highest kovan 19 infe

groups turned out in the capital minsk to support the main challenger to long time leader alexander lukashenkoin next month's presidential vote 2 other opposition candidates have been bought stand. up or kenya west has made a chaotic stop his campaign to oust president donald trump in november's u.s. the elections in a rambling appearance before fans in south carolina the musician spoke out against abortion it's not clear whether he's seriously running for office. well syrians have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament the election comes against a backdrop of civil war and among going economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic it's the 3rd such vote since the conflict began in 2011 the pole was postponed twice because of the virus and syrians could only cost their ballots in government regions of the war torn country. syrian president bashar al assad cost his vote in his country's parliamentary elections $167.00 of the parliament's $250.00 seats are already allocated to his ruling baath party critics say the vote will create a parliament that will just be a rubber stamp for the preside

week before presidential elections the 37 year old is challenging the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko who accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. hundreds of protesters have gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu official residence in jerusalem to repeat their calls for him to step down there's a new who has come under fire for holding office while on trial for corruption and for pushing for seemingly antidemocratic measures under the guise of combating the coronavirus. the 1st official heat wave of the european summer has hit spain temperatures reached 42 celsius on thursday the same day masks became mandatory the above average temperatures are expected to last several days and hot weather is also forecast for france and britain. a court in egypt has sent several young women to prison after they posed to videos to the social media to talk prosecutors allege they had violated family values the accused include 2 prominent young influences. and more. now human rights groups see the jailings as part of a larger social media crackdown es

bell of it turned out in the capital minsk to support the main challenger to longtime leader alexander lukashenko in next month's presidential but the 2 other opposition candidates have been standing. both already is in it in northern india and the polls say 4000000 people have been displaced by monsoon flooding dozens have been killed in floods landslides and lightning strikes officials are warning rising river levels will bring get more flooding. the united arab emirates has launched the arab world's 1st interplanetary mission the u.a.e. is hoping the probe a mark in arabic to orbit mas and provide the 1st complete picture of the red planet's atmosphere well the launch had twice being postponed by bad weather. you know but a blasted off from a small island in southern japan. hope this is the 1st research probes sent by the united arab emirates to investigate other planets. after a roughly 7 month trip popa said to each man was unsettling to orbit. the hope mission and particular is going to study the martian atmosphere so it's going to study the lower middle and upper atmosphere of mars and it'

president alexander lukashenko said he was demanding an explanation from russia.een the reaction by the russians. they are making excuses saying things such as, we invited them here. obvious dirty intentions have to be justified. report sayinge a up to 200 mercenaries were in the country suspected of planning to destabilize the country ahead of presidential elections. sources sayingy 14% of the suspects have gone to review. -- ukraine. ukraine's military has been in conflict with russian forces. allegations have been dismissed by the kremlin. a spokesman said we do not know of any illegal activity that would be grounds for detention. lukashenko, an ice hockey fan, has caused protest in belarus by dismissing covid-19 as a threat. he is however still the favorite to win the election, having had a quarter of a century in power. many observers believe the president, seen here with vladimir putin at a military parade in moscow in june, can ill afford a spat with the russian president. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> one person is reported to have died after floods hit t

hundreds of protesters detained in bello who suffered a long time president alexander lukashenko his 2 main rivals from london in next month's vote. of the sport as tiger woods prepares to return to competitive golf for the 1st time in 5 months will get his due on the back climbs mattson expense and playing in the current virus pandemic. now may begin with a flare up in fighting on the border between armenia and azerbaijan 13 soldiers and at least one civilian have been killed in the heaviest fighting between the 2 neighbors in years the 2 former soviet republics went to war in the 1990 s. over the disputed region of nagano caught a black areas internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but it's controlled by armenians a fragile ceasefire was agreed in one. $994.00 attention has summoned ever since and 201-6200 soldiers and civilians were killed and what's known as the april war russia brokered that cease fire and the international community is now looking to russia once again robin for us ian walker reports the us. large crowds of protesters in demanding the government declare

the week or so away come what president alexander lukashenko faces one of his toughest election runs in his number of years in power there have been opposition rallies taking place across the country and he's been very clear warning against any sort of political unrest any political provocations and quite scathing towards russia in his accusations all of them being caught red handed. you need to address the russian mass media and also the not to say nonsense if you are guilty you need to get out of this situation with dignity not guilty good we have no goals to discredit the country close to us the russian ambassador to call for an end to what he calls groundless speculation in the media calling for a joint investigation into this incident which has so far ruffled quite a few diplomatic feathers and caused quite a strain between minsk in moscow. that hawkins reporting so that's how things are looking so i thought that i hear not say yeah we'll be back with headlines more stories to tell. us secretary of state mike ok ok he's on a mission he claims the world must change china or china

belarus the presidential elections are just around the week or so away incumbent president alexander lukashenko faces one of his toughest election runs after his many years in power there have been opposition rallies across the country he's been very clear warning against any sort of provocations and certainly didn't mince his words when he criticized the russia for allegedly being caught red handed. down. so you need to address the russian mass media and also the not to say nonsense if you are guilty you need to get out of the situation with dignity not guilty good we have no goals to discredit the country close to us there's certainly been a war of words back and forth over the last few days between minsk moscow the russian side there has called for an end to groundless speculation in the media and they call for a joint investigation into this incident which is certainly so far resulted in quite a bit of different strain. start to correspond over hawkins if you get any more on this over kevin i was come back to us here briefers thanks for now. it doesn't take much for donald trump to fire up

president alexander lukashenko who faces one of his toughest election runs in his number of years in power there have been opposition rallies taking place across the country and he's been very clear warning against any sort of political unrest any political provocations and quite scathing towards russia in his accusations of them being caught red handed and long ago we need to address the russian mass media and also the not to say nonsense if you are guilty you need to get out of the situation with dignity not guilty good we have no goals to discredit the country close to us the russian ambassador to call for an end to what he calls a groundless speculation in the media calling for a joint investigation into this incident which has so far ruffled quite a few diplomatic feathers and caused quite a strain between moscow. and hawkins reports and they are watching r.t. that brings you up to date don't forget there was plenty of stories on our web site and you can find that. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation com

presidential elections just over a week off she's hoping to topple the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko. and the coronavirus mutes for stephenie's as muslims around the world mark the start of the. boss pandemic precautions are changing centuries old traditions for the faithful. as welcome to the program us president ronald trump has drawn across party criticism after suggesting a possible delay to this year's presidential elections trump who currently trails democrat joe biden in opinion polls has no authority to change the date which is set by law so trump later backtracked but continues to push claims that any increase in mail in voting due to the corona virus pandemic what was altered fraud . even for president trump it was a rapid u. turn after floating the idea of delaying november's election only hours later he was walking it back i don't want to delay i want to have the election but i also don't want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are missing and the election doesn't mean anything earlier on thursday trump tweeted that universal my inviting would

the roof's the presidential elections are just a week or so away and the incumbent president alexander lukashenko faces one of his toughest election runs in his number of years in power there have been opposition rallies taking place across the country and he's been very clear warning against any sort of political unrest any political provocations and are quite scathing towards russia in his accusations of them being caught red handed. we need to address the russian mass media and also the not to say nonsense if you are guilty you need to get out of this situation with dignity not guilty good we have no goals to discredit the country close to us the russian ambassador to call for an end to what he calls a groundless speculation in the media calling for a joint investigation into this incident which has so far ruffled quite a few diplomatic feathers and caused quite a strain between minsk and most. burn or contributing we'll keep you posted how that develops now finally toy makers mattel of launched a new range of barbie dolls and she's all getting political it seems this is an election candidate

belarus but burroughs is taking this very very seriously in fact the belarusian president alexander lukashenko he met with the country's security council over this situation and here's what he had to say about this whole thing. we need to address the russian mass media and also the not to say nonsense if you are guilty you need to get out of the situation with dignity not guilty good we have no goals to discredit the country close to us so it has all the potential to become a messy situation as for the as for the details as to how those people were detained there quiet order i should say because according to what we're hearing from better from belarus these men they all got rooms at a single hotel and they were wearing military style clothes and that's how they got identified that's how they got on the radar of the ukrainian special services so if that was a spy or paul speak about hiding in place in plain sight. plenty of questions still you got this is all happening isn't it just in the run up to the presidential election which happens next week and it's no lection that's proven to be a lot

she's a stay at home mom of 2 but in a matter of months she's turned into president alexander lukashenko top election rival overnight mass crowds turned out in the belorussian capital minsk to support opposition leader it's taken off sky on the 37 year old is challenging lucas shank those decades long rule but he accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. thousands of people thursday evening in minsk they came out to support as you cannot the presidential candidate who is challenging the author of tarion rule 11 xander look. we need change in this country there is no other solution. we want to be free so that we can work and study. the economic scale yeah entered the race after her husband a prominent blogger was not allowed to run he is now in jail and. i want to become president to restore justice the current president has been in power for 26 years not because the people want it but because he doesn't want to leave. other candidates have also been barred from contesting the election or arrested opposition politician sept even fled to russia president who a

upcoming election after 30 of its citizens were detained in minsk where the recent president alexander lukashenko has accused the man of being mercenaries sent by moscow to incite riots they are being investigated for working with critics. today with the headlines here in our 0 got more news coming up right after the bottom line life and. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question are china and the united states headed for a new cold war or is it going to be a hot war let's get to the bottom line. the downward spiral began years ago but in the last few days it has really sunk to new lows following a pattern of kneejerk tit for tat ism washington just shut down china's consulate in texas last week and in response facing shutdown america's consulate in chengdu thousands of chinese watched as the u.s. flag was lowered from that former diplomatic post as part of america's full court press secretary of state mike pompei of gave a speech asking the world to embark with it on a new cold war with china which the 2 countries already have a trade war they've got new travel restrictions on each other and t

rejected valerie it's up carlo and victim applications to take part in the polls the president alexander lukashenko his main rivals you're saying crowe is currently seeking a 6th term in office the e.u. says the decision undermines the overall integrity and democratic nature of the election. protesters have rallied for a 4th day now in far east russia and what's said to be the biggest demonstrations there in 30 years they're angry at the arrest of their regional governor on murder charges that his supporters say are politically motivated alexi or brian reports. the crowds might be smaller but they may surge is the same they demand the regional governor said to her go be released. the rallies lasting long into the night in khabarovsk in russia's far east there have been protests here since for a girl was detained last week and taken to moscow more than 6000 kilometers away he deployed in court accused of murder but according to the investigation 4 goal was organizing assassination attempts on the murders of a list of business men the charges date back about 15 years before he got into politics he de

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they were members of a private security company indicating they were messengers president alexander lukashenko said he was demanding an immediate explanation from russia if you just want to let reaction to see you and i'm already seeing the reaction by the russian side and already making excuses saying things such as we invited them here it is obvious 30 intentions have to be justified. media reports say up to 200 mercenaries were in the country suspected of planning to destabilize the country ahead of presidential elections on august the 9th and the security sources reported as saying 14 of the suspects had fought in the donbass region of ukraine since 2014 ukraine's military has been in conflict with russian backed forces that the allegations against russia have been dismissed by the kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov said we don't know of any illegal activity that would be grounds for detention. and i saki fan has caused widespread protests in better routes by dismissing covert 19 as a threat he is however still the favorite to win the election having had quarter of a century in power. but man

its upcoming election after 30 of its citizens were detained in minsk interest in president alexander lukashenko has accused the men of being mercenaries sent by moscow to incite riots and who is seeking a 6th term in elections next month a better reeses been one of russia's most reliable ally instance the fall of the soviet union earl asians have strained in recent years moscow to once been a ruse to implement a union agreement signed in 1990 that would create a single currency constitution parliament and a court system between the president blames moscow for domestic discontent and is accused of plotting to overthrow him meanwhile relations with the west have improved if every my pump became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington appointed its 1st ambassador in over a decade then in may but ordered all from the united states for the 1st time after failing to agree on a price to buy from russia. arroyo as the premier is a fellow at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house which is a british foreign affairs think tank he doesn't believ

create a single currency constitution parliament and court system between them but president alexander lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and has accused it of plotting to overthrow him meanwhile relations with the west have improved in february like pompei became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. and after that washington appointed its 1st ambassador in over a decade there in a bella resort oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree a price to buy it from russia and a whore as the penya is a fellow at the russia and eurasia program of chatham house which is a british foreign affairs think tank but he says this is part of a wider attempt to hold on to power by looking. actually not so many people in belarus believe that these people came to belarus of the civilized many people in belarus i jailed on the freight charges and previously below sneath ortiz several times he used all civil terrorist attacks as a tool to suppress them a practical activities during the election campaigns so what most people believe if that this mess their

create a single currency constitution parliament and court system between them but president alexander lukashenko blames moscow for domestic discontent and has accused it of plotting to overthrow him meanwhile relations with the west have improved in february my pompei a became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after the washington appointed its 1st ambassador in over a decade then in may belew sordid oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree a price to buy it from russia ryan or as the pena is a fellow at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house which is a british foreign affairs think tank joins me now from london good to have you with us on the program let's just talk about these men that have been detained could they be russian mercenaries linked to the wider group for example or what are they doing in belarus. well let me start from the point of actually not so many people in belarus believe that these people came to belarus of the civilized many people in belarus i jailed on the freight charges and previously below south ortiz seve