hundreds more were arrested by police after weeks of mass anti-government rallies strongman alexander sankoh faces the biggest challenge ever to hit the decades long break from power. also coming up the e.u. commission president warns the u.k. to respect the rights it was a troubled deal or risk a future trade partnership this hour.

years has been supporting deeper integration deeper ties however when it comes to president alexander look at sankohjudging by his rhetoric before the election in august. especially we were able to understand that he's unhappy with how it was going in many ways and at some point he even called some russian official traitors but it seems now that he's seeking the russian government support everything is going back on track and one of the latest steps that moscow made towards minsk was that it and now it's a $1500000000.00 loan for bella ruse while sitting right next to his bell russian counterpart the russian leader made it clear that moscow will remain committed to all its agreements and promises. russia remains committed to all our agreements including those that arise from the treaty on the union speech and the collective security treaty organize the ships we see belarus is or close is telling of course fulfill our responsibility most western countries have kept a close eye on what's happening and belarus what kind of reaction have we been thing to the crisis from them there are closest neighbors

the weekly rallies against president alexander lukashenko who won a 6th term last month in an election protesters and outside observers say was rigged lucas sankoh has accused foreign states of stirring up the protests and is threatening to close his country's western borders. romany's scenes near the polish border russia and belarus conducting joint military exercises according to other xander look i shan't go neighboring poland and lithuania are on the verge of starting a war he's threatening to close the borders. but at the moment. we are forced to withdraw troops from the streets the army on high alert for going to and close our western borders primarily with lithuania and poland. up with the piers of civil suit if we were forced to strengthen our borders when those students were suited to go through dawson moved on youthful. poland is considering sanctions against the rules the lithuanian foreign minister sees lucas and goes moves as pure desperation . going i mean this is truly unnerving in the sense that this is an inadequate reaction to the situation by an inadequate person as the only thing one can say all assessments and comments lead

alexander lukashenko to step down sunday marked the 50th day of protests since the disputed presidential election in august a look at those opponents and much of the international community say was raked look sankoh denies electoral fraud and was inaugurated on wednesday in unannounced ceremony. still no end to the stalemate but these massive protests just won't stop either the demonstrators are determined to oust alexander lukashenko who last week swore himself in for a 6th term in office on sunday they mocked the man they believe is clinging to the throne. was feel like. years and that's why he made a secret race if he did not ride it again. opposition leaders have planted to kind of scalia dubbed sunday's protest the people's inauguration protestors came bearing her portrait they believe she not look as shank 0 1 august disputed presidential election. ok and today we're celebrating. i don't know always will be sick when you live but you know the ration of our presidents step on a time most here built 50 days of protest but there's no sign the christian co's government is about to go and it is still trying to push the people off the streets. in call mel and other cities peaceful protesters agai

alexander lukashenko today. russian president vladimir putin pledged to extend bella bruce credit of $1500000000.00 putin also expressed support for lugar sankoh president lukashenko made the visit to appeal for help as he faces the biggest protests of his 26 years in power whether 100000 people joined the demonstrations in the bella hussein capital mintz over the weekend calling for his resignation hundreds of people were arrested the demonstrations began last month following deliverances disputed presidential election. ard for more now let's go to our russia analyst constantine a good can even say you constantine what exactly did president lukashenko hope to get from vladimir putin and did he get exactly what he want yes he did but he wanted it simple don't leave a putin he wanted a photo op with if you want to let even a push into treating this dress didn't tell the neighboring country of an l. ike and he wanted money and all of that he got the credit of $1500000000.00 that was extended by moscow will be interesting enough to cover at least not not all of it but part of it to come up through this crits that moscow has given i mean bellew's

resignation of president alexander lukashenko police made several arrests during the latest saturday protests in the capital minsk weekend demonstrations have been held since their sankohwon last month's election that's the opposition say was rigged. an ambush on a state governors convoy in nigeria has killed at least 13 people including his security guards the governor of borno state escaped unharmed the armed group boko haram is suspected of the attack in the northeastern town of barga. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power could buy. houses north korea one of the poorest countries in the world mannish to evade u.n. sanctions and pay for its nuclear weapons program the answer is through a secretive government organization known as bureau $39.00 which obtains foreign exchange by any means possible to fund kim jong un's regime in the 1st of 2 episodes investigating how it's done we reveal how money laundering and slave labor raise cash for kids.

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hundreds more were arrested by police after weeks of math anti-government rallies strongman alexander sankoh faces the biggest challenge ever to his decades long grip on power. also coming up the e.u. commission president warns the u.k. to respect the brics it was a troubled deal or risk a future trade partnership this after u.k. prime minister boris johnson signals he's got other plans to and 5 years ago germany welcomed hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers we'll speak with volunteers who stepped up to cope the new arrivals find their way in a new country. plus a shot at the u.s. open as number one seed novak djokovic is disqualified the serbian heads a line judge with a ball behind him it appears unintentional and he has apologized but officials say he still has to be thrown out. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program reports from bellaver say that a prominent opposition leader has been abducted by on identified people in the capital minsk the website to adopt b y says that marino. was pushed into a minivan by men in black clothing and driven away she is seen here at a massive protest r