and to a very large extent, the kremlin itself isn't a big fan of alexandr lukashenko.uld probably live with the idea of somebody else coming in, taking over who they could work with. and so, you know, i think all this speculation about russia possibly preparing a military intervention is just that at this stage. >> all right. we'll watch it very closely, see what happens next. matthew chance joining us live from moscow. many thanks. >>> the first time in two years, the u.s. navy is providing cnn can rare behind-the-scenes footage of a reconnaissance patrol over the disputed south china sea. china has claimed much of the sea, despite objections from a number of other countries. cnn's ivan watson reports the south china sea is a growing potential flash point. >> final preparations before takeoff. rare footage of u.s. navy air crew flying a mission over the south china sea last week. >> you see that? >> reporter: this aircraft bristles with high-powered scopes to conduct surveillance. >> we're serving as the eyes and ears, patrolling ahead of the force, closely monitoring

and they say that pressure is not going to stop until alexandr lukashenko cedes power and also allows for a new election. lukashenko's answer a clear no. "my response to", he says, we held the elections and until you kill me there won't be any new elections. lukashenko tried to speak at one factory, but was booed which workers, yelling "get out." many russians fear leukemia shenko may be trying to drag vladimir putin into invading belar belarus. lukashenko falsely claimed nato is massing forces at the borders. nato has denied that. and lukashenko says the protests are a threat to russia as well. while putin said he would help if needed, so far there are no signs he has any interest in moving his army into belarus like he did in ukraine in 2014. while european leaders have strongly condemned lukashenko, weaker comments from president trump. >> that's a terrible situation, belar belarus. we'll be following it very closely. >> reporter: but for many belarusians, there is no turning back. they vow to continue their action until they finally get free and fair elections. fred pleitgen, mins

protesters clashed with police in bellows after state exit polls predict victory for president alexandre looker sanker in sunday's election. time about this and this is all it is ever live from doha also coming up government protests continue for a 2nd day in beirut 2 ministers resign amid growing public anger after tuesday's devastating blast confirmed covered 1000 cases in the u.s. reach 5000000.

this is the man determined to stop the opposition alexandr look at cinco he has been in power for 26 years and he's made it clear he and officials who back him aren't going anywhere. good. this state will not give you up and it will protect you we have found a way to bring these extremists to justice it's. taken off scale has almost no chance of forcing outlook but she and the other complainants have still managed to help fill the visions imagine the country without its long term leader. or to talk more about this potentially historic day in better or worse marina raptly from the german marshall fund and then joins us marina look at cinco is under pressure for the 1st time in 26 years is reelection genuinely at risk this time. technically inefficient of course not. because it is what you say it's the election because they diction is not a day of crossing vote but the whole. preceding. tension mentioned tension candidates who are behind us electoral commute just as there are knobs and there is in men's pressure also to take part in voting preceding today's election day basically and a

marched through the city and they were clapping honking car horns and facing off with the police alexandre the victory in some ways didn't come as much of a surprise especially considering the fact that international observers have never recognized in the election under look at those rules as free and fair but the opposition candidates atlanta has said that she doesn't recognize the results and she told a press conference that i believe my eyes and i see that the majority is with us after all said leon it's you had an unprecedented amount of support in the run up to this election tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in support of her at various rallies that she's held across the country now alexander lukashenko has said that he isn't willing to give up the country official results have yet to be published in the coming days but it looks likely that tensions in belarus will continue world leaders have pledged more than 250000000 euros in emergency aid for lebanon following choose those devastating explosion in the company of beirut the city has been rocked by another day of

signs of dying down once again today protesters took to the streets to call for authoritarian leader alexandre to step down the country has been gripping the grip quiet aggressed president lukashenko is widely disputed election when earlier this month these protesters gathered outside a prison in the capital minutes for many of the people arrested during the demonstrations are thought to be held include the husband of opposition candidates but. she fled the country after the election fearing for her safety german chancellor angela merkel today urged the government. to avoid violence and start a national dialogue with the opposition and more and more the european council will hold a video conference about the roots i spoke with russian president putin today i once again make clear that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest the prisoners must be released under house to be a national dialogue that enables the situation to be resolved peacefully and ballerinas who will just does not further tomorrow. earlier we spoke to de w's nick conaway who's following the situation for us

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alexandr ceferin says. we were forced to do it but in the end we found something new. do it but in the end we found something new. ultimately any decision will probably come down to what broadcasters want and how uefa stand to profit, but it's worth noting though that even if changes happen, they can't be brought in until 2024. this is sportsday on bbc news. let's look at some other headlines... usain bolt says he's self isolating after undergoing a test for coronavirus. although he says he doesn't currently have any symptoms. it comes days after he hosted a party to celebrate his 34th birthday. alex dowsett missed out on a medal in the time trial at cycling's ‘ézfiéba—“b—zfi'; tetra—£2“; gem;- won to claim his first individual road title. and anna van der breggen beat her dutch compatriot and reigning champion ellen van dijk by thirty seconds to win the women's title. britain's lizzy banks and hayley simmonds were 13th and 16th. now, the paralympic games in tokyo are due to get underway a year today. the pandmic forcing its postponment. it is raising serious questions f

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angela merkel says russia must investigate the poisoning of one of president putin's greatest rivals, alexandrealley. he was transported to billing for treatment last week. doctors say they have found traces of a toxin that disrupted his nervous system. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. his people have turned against him in the streets, but belarus' dictator, alexander lu kashenko, is streets, but belarus' dictator, alexander lukashenko, is still in power. his security forces are still following his orders. so where did the anti— lukashenko activists go from here? —— where do. my guest ‘s natalia kaliada, one of the founders of the belarus free theatre, an artist dissident in exile. will belarus' summit rebellion be blown away with the autumn leaves? —— summer rebellion. natalia kaliada, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me here. we have seen extraordinary scenes for more than two weeks now in belarus. masses of people protesters on the streets. but president lukashenko, he the streets. but president lu kashenko, he hasn't the streets. but presiden

belarus as the authoritarian regime continues its crackdown on protests challenging the reelection of alexandre of the country's long serving ruler will talk about literary voices as a moral authority and also coming up. 5 years after germany's welcome of over 1000000 refugees a syrian pianist is making a life for himself and his family. and ahead of the virtual ceremony for the 2020 good to medal awards we profile the 2nd of 3 laureates british novelist indian mckeown. well back in 2015 svetlana alexei of it won the nobel prize for literature for work that as the jury remarked was a monument to suffering and courage in our time the writer is famous for chronicling her country's troubled history through carefully constructed 1st hand accounts well today she's one of the most outspoken voices of the coordination council that's a group that seeks new elections and talks with europe's last dictator. a nobel laureate in literature on her way to question the famous author took the opportunity to warn against a split in the nation pitting the system against peaceful demonstrators. but. this year if w

russian capital as the post-election unrest and turns a 3rd week account of movement and support of alexandre looks like go is also gaining momentum. alex in a lonely is at the berlin hospital after being airlifted from siberia to receive emergency treatment the russian opposition figure has been in a coma since thursday. and a u.s. request to re-impose sanctions against tehran is rejecting by the remaining members of the iranian nuclear deal. you're watching the weekly here on r t international bring you the day's news along with the biggest stories from the week just cause. we start in belarus where another massive protest against president alexander lukashenko is currently underway people been rolling for more than 2 weeks accusing look shango of working the august 9th election in his favor our correspondents report from misc. writes in front of me people have blocked independence after you were right at the intersection near the cinema 500 meters from independence square. the people have left the pavements and taken to the roads . in violation of the traffic moves. people heading to the s

in my opinion those who came out on sunday were actually ideological protest is actually against alexandre look he didn't vote for it but on monday yesterday those who just want to have a fight with the security forces came. you know any problem and director of the minsk dollar council thinks that the situation may be approaching a critical moment. but we have at the moment is partially the result of several really big mistakes his government government made over the last year but most particularly the way the government treated the corona virus crisis this situation has escalated to a very dangerous level and they were boarding just seeing seems to point to that where soon approaching a critical point where it's either going to be. kind of military or state of emergency quired and that will be the only way for the government to deal with the situation or. negotiations should be against. more than 20 countries have placed orders for russia's coronavirus vaccines just a day after the country claimed to be the world's 1st with a job over much of the global scientific community has doubts abo

saturday in the city of good old law in the west to the man at the center of this wave of discontent alexandr look i shankar railed against the opposition supporters queues nato of deliberately positioning its forces by the country's western border and the army to defend its territory but the you were not the nato forces are approaching we understood this last year when they announced drills coronaviruses slowed them down a bit now the situation from their point of view has become unstable and they've switched back to operation and they've deployed all their troops we can see this. nato has dismissed because accusations as baseless only a few days ago strikes and protests to take place here but a heavy handed response from the authorities provoked further outrage along with threats of job losses if state employees the president's traditional support base go on strike again the belarus is opposition leaders for atlanta to cut off sky his flight to laboring lithuania this is not a movement that is disappearing and she's urged her supporters to keep up the momentum what they know is that the rus

scary that past leopard fair to know what we're dealing with under norful said shouldn't of that alexandre show for the 4 star a more welcome aboard incredibly informative and helpful as mina a superb and glamorous horse missing from the house of commons a good one says one of the best most informative discussions of colbert i have seen huge then. festing to talk yuki express if you missed it for the read on highly recommended margaret says a must watch thanks for this hope it deals with some of the complacency that seems to be spreading. money high got to take an opposite point of view to many for contributors so this fight us kills the vast majority of people i thought the vast majority survive it very well and the kilo which will pale covert 19 into the ranks of generally non fatal diseases will be world wide unemployment and destitution killing millions upon millions and millions more than $1000.00 ever will we have on the voices of sanity muddy us or do they not fit this disgraceful and very disturbing knot of and finally maybe on our side but in some ways a hopeful note she says havi

protesters clashed with police in bellow's after state exit polls predict victory for president alexandre look in sunday's election. time about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up anti-government protests continue for a 2nd day in beirut 2 ministers resign amid growing public anger after tuesday's devastating blast confirmed covered 1000 cases in the u.s. reach 5000000 with numbers still rising in almost 20 states. paving the way for peace talks in afghanistan the president agrees to set free 400 taliban prisoners. protests have erupted in cities across but the russos president alexander lukashenko claims another win to extend his quarter century in power but testers have set up barricades in the capital minsk while riot police have responded with stun grenades a police van drove a crowd of demonstrators and ambulances have been called in for the injured protesters fastens in men's she's been joining us by phone because of an internet blackout and she's got more on the protesters who've been battling with police into the early morning. when they try to right there po

angela merkel says russia must investigate the poisoning of one of president putin's greatest rivals, alexandren that disrupted his nervous system.

what started as a memorial for 34 year old saw a car mechanic alexandre that i call ski was killed here at this queer earlier in the week during protest has now lets you out of the largest mass rally that we've see in valor rose in the last week thousands probably found so far out until people have gathered here in the last couple of hours not only to play risk but. there are people carrying flowers to latch onto the flowers to give me a bite people are crying it was very emotional but also to anger is coming out they are calling police women staffing folks are back out to resign immediately and they say that's not the final sky is our question now iran will be able to stop buying conventional weapons again in october after the u.n. security council overwhelmingly rejected washington's bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on terror iran's president hassan rouhani says it's a humiliation defeat for the u.s. . russia says it's begun manufacturing its new vaccine for $1000.00 and initial that says it will be rolled out within 2 weeks doctors will be the 1st to be immunized before the

this but the public response to the result we have so far from this election how do you think that alexandre look has shanghai is going to handle these protests but what we see right now rob is not encouraging so you know what we have to go by are really videos that are posted on social media but it seems like there are quite large protests happening all across bellary so it's quite substantial protests in minsk in particular and a frightening response coming from the belarusian authorities we have reports of tear gas and stun grenades and i think we all have to keep a close eye on this because belarusian people want is just to have a say in electing their own leaders and deciding the fate of their own country and this is a very very tenuous situation and we really need to keep a close eye on it and make sure that there's no violence against these protesters i was talking to our correspondents who has been live for us in misca minsk as the election process has been going forward she was saying but they position have been trying to encourage the security forces on the military to actually joi

belarus as the authoritarian regime continues its crackdown on protests challenging the reelection of alexandre crush the country's long serving ruler will talk about literary voices as a moral authority and also coming up. 5 years after germany's welcome of over 1000000 refugees the syrian pianist is making a life for himself and his family. and ahead of the virtual ceremony for the 2020 good to medal awards we profiled the 2nd of 3 laureates british novelist indian mckeown. oh back in 2015 svetlana alexei of it won the nobel prize for literature for work that as the jury remarked was a monument to suffering and courage in our time the writer is famous for chronicling her country's troubled history through carefully constructed 1st hand accounts today she's one of the most outspoken voices of the coordination council that's a group that seeks new elections and talks with europe's last dictator. a nobel laureate in literature on her way to question the famous author took the opportunity to warn against a split in the nation pitting the lucan shank of system against peaceful demonstrators. but.

belarus as the authoritarian regime continues its crackdown on protests challenging the reelection of alexandre to crush the country's long serving ruler will talk about literary voices as a moral authority and also coming up. 5 years after germany's welcome of over 1000000 refugees the syrian pianist is making a life for himself and his family. and ahead of the virtual ceremony for the 2020 good to medal awards we profile the 2nd of 3 laureates british novelist ian mckeown. oh back in 2015th deadline a aleksei of it won the nobel prize for literature for work as the jury remarked was a monument to suffering and courage in our time the writer is famous for chronicling her country's troubled history through carefully constructed 1st hand accounts well today she's one of the most outspoken voices of the coordination council that's a group that seeks new elections and talks with europe's last dictator. a nobel laureate in literature on her way to questioning the famous author took the opportunity to warn against a split in the nation pitting the lucan shanklin system against peaceful demonstrators

saturday in the city of gold now in the west to the man at the center of this wave of discontent alexandr look railed against the opposition supporters cues nato of deliberately positioning its forces by the country's western border and the army to defend its territory but the you are not the nato forces are approaching we understood this last year when they announced drills but coronaviruses slowed them down a bit now the situation from their point of view has become unstable and they've switched back to operation and they've deployed all their troops we can see this. nato has dismissed the question because accusations as baseless only a few days ago strikes and protests to take place here but a heavy handed response from the authorities provoked further outrage along with threats of job losses if state employees the president's traditional support base go on strike again. the bella who says opposition leader spent lenity kind of sky has fled to laboring lithuania this is not a movement that is disappearing and she's urged her supporters to keep up the momentum what i know is that the ru

protest as umbrella rusa keeping up the pressure on their longtime leader alexandre look. a day of mourning has turned into a 6. consecutive day of boss protests calling for political change after a disputed presidential vote thousands have laid flowers and lit candles at the site for a man died on monday during the violent crackdown on protestors crowds have been chanting leave aimed at president who's facing the biggest challenge to his 26 year rule. for the memory of the man who died died for us for our freedom ours and yours and the 2nd reason is probably even more common which is the impossibility to live like this any longer right now the power is in the hands of those who have no rights to it and the people are not in agreement they haven't been in agreement in a long time but there was fear now the fear is no more. funerals been held for the 34 year old protester but of us in authorities say an explosive device blew up in his hand but opposition supporters don't accept the official account. why did they shoot at his legs why didn't they shoot at his arm he was unar

after 2 hip surgeries he beat francis t. a phone who has recovered from coronavirus more replays alexandre's farah of in round 2 to go from dustin johnson has built a commanding lead at the northern trust the world the before followed up around of 60 with a 64 on saturday 7 on the par finishing his round with a birdie and eagle that puts him 5 shots clear of the field heading into the final round johnson is on course for his 2nd p.g.a. tour win since the resumption of the lockdown. the world's top cycling team to meet any os has pulled out of the italian national championship after one of its riders tested positive for corona virus in order basso tested positive on saturday but showed no symptoms but he and 3 other riders will isolate 2 weeks is precaution not him a part of the squad for the tour de france which starts on saturday. australia's cricketers are on their way to england for their 6 game tour there the 1st national sports team to leave australia during the current virus and demick one remain in a bio secure bubble in england just like pakistan in the west indies have done for thei

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