more likely that russia is issuing a warning to the west not to get involved after all they see bell reuss as part of their sphere of influence and that will change didn't lose any show and reporting from moscow thanks very much. bellerose correspondent alexander birkhoff has been released from detention but of course reports are due to reason russian language service he was arrested in his hometown of a few days before the presidential election during received a 10 day sentence for prepare for petty hooliganism charges he denies in which he is considering appealing going to com says his prosecution was purely political it was his 2nd time in prison this year when i spoke to recover just a short time ago and asked him about the events that led to his arrest. i didn't know on very few self although i was going to a meet and greet the. election etc i had to be bad and ever ask for lent their hives about election the cause i was driving and suddenly because i saw or this guy on the jets might go up against everything there was a damn payoff to all but a lot of which is my car because maybe i

more likely that russia is issuing a warning to the west not to get involved after all they see bell reuss as part of their sphere of influence and that will change data values emily show in reporting from moscow thanks very much and didn't belarus correspondent alexander bureaucrats has been released from detention your cough reports for data russian language service he was arrested in his hometown gilleo a few days before the presidential election near a conversation to attend a prison sentence for petty hooliganism charges he denies and which he's considering appealing says his prosecution was purely political it was his 2nd time in prison this year i spoke to be recalled just a short time ago when i asked him about the events that led to his arrest. i didn't know on very few self although i was going to a big and recent. election etc i kept the bad and it provides for that there are highs about election must cause i will drive and suddenly because i mean i solo or with the jets my daughter man everything there was a band payoff to all but a lot of which it might cost because maybe i ca

influence and on on the weekend we saw the russian side even offering military support if necessary to bell reuss i think that was a very clear signal to the west to kind of stay out bella ruse is seen as a key ally here in russia and also as kind of a buffer zone between russia and nato allies and i think even russia now knows that . it has kind of lost legitimacy in the past few days and that if he stayed if they did prop him up he would be a weak leader so i'm sure that the kremlin is looking around for other options after all even the opposition here even the opposition in bell roots rather knows that russia is a key partner that russia is an important country for the belorussian economy and that they will want to keep it that way so it could be that if there are talks at least that's what people in the media here are saying that russia could be some sort of a mediator in those talks that could reflect the thinking in the kremlin as well that they want to mediate the future of. only show and thank you. all now a look at some other stories making news around the world. protests have taken plac

who is the rightful president of bell reuss almost a week after the election protestors continue to demand a new vote claiming that president alexander lukashenko victory last week was rigged and the european union agrees and that could put europe on a collision course with russia moscow has warned europe not to intervene europe says the future of the roost should be decided by the people not by the military of lead a mere putin i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we stand by the people of. stuff the violence and we don't accept the shooting there's been huge infringements against election rules these elections were not free and they were not fair little sunshine all those responsible violence the pressure and full sophistication of the results of the election we do not recognize the results these elections. also coming up tonight last week u.s. president donald trump announced a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates he predicted other arab states would follow he apparently did not mean saudi arabia peace must be achieved between the palestinians and israelis based on

let's go back to our breaking news from the bell reuss it's a big night lots going on where large scale protests are unfolding after the election exit polls point to a landslide victory for president lukashenko who has held power since 1994 but many people are refusing to accept that result and activists have set up barricades in the capital minsk and other major cities as well the rival candidate claims sunday's vote was rigged and she has vowed to challenge the result there's also been widespread anger over the way the vote was conducted with polling stations apparently closing their doors despite long lines of people still queuing up to vote the interior ministry has convened an emergency meeting in response to the on roads. where this has been the weekly here in our 2 international we will be back with more news of the top of the hour stay with us. thinking of getting a new book on the ones we got in here she found out why he didn't know until he was trapped in this tiny little wired conch you don't need a crate with him he will stir reaching out into the wall when it's really many

the kremlin has been strangely silent and that perhaps shows how fraught the relationship between bell reuss and russia has been the past few years russia has been trying to create a closer union with fellow reuss and lucas shanker has been kind of stalling on that and playing off in a way the e.u. and russia kind of keeping both on side it's really surprising that moscow has been quiet considering that it's a neighboring country where protests like this are happening to get a strongman leader of many years out of office that is really too close to home but lucas has been talking in these protests about the fact that it's actually russia and other foreign powers who have been directing the protesters and that seems to have really kind of rattled russia as well but ultimately i think they want look at shango in power in the long term as a long as a known entity emily thanks so much for that analysis from wall street to. let's get you up to date now with some of the other stories making in the news at this hour firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires amidst the bliste

these are the headlines the european union has agreed to impulse sanctions on senior officials in bell reuss over a violent crackdown on protesters it follows a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers in berlin president alexander lukashenko has been under pressure to step down since his reelection this month there was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for the fraudulent elections in their rules and for the subsequent crackdown on that exist in girlish sanction regime this is a nation sharing blued individuals at the high political level from now on today least and the respective illegal acts will be prepared by the competitive country a working group in the coming days with a view to be that as shown as possible germany's foreign minister says there will be diplomatic consequences for russia if it's proven that opposition leader alexina valmy was find to be poisoned as part of the state in this united murder attempts have only a sill in a coal mine a german hospital after a suspected poisoning last week and japan's prime minister shinzo abbey has

who is the rightful president of bell reuss almost a week after the election protestors continue to demand a new vote claiming that president alexander look as she goes victory last week was rigged and the european union agrees and that could put europe on a collision course with russia moscow has warned europe not to intervene europe says the future of bella reuss should be decided by the people not by the military of lead a mere puton i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.

all around the world welcome we begin the day with the european union standing with the people of bell reuss and walking a very thin line with russia leaders held an emergency summit today to discuss the crisis in bella ruse more than a week after an election in which president alexander lukashenko was declared the winner demands for a new vote continue unabated many in bella ruse say the election was rigged today the european union agree the e.u. said that the presidential election in bella ruse was not free and not fair it announced sanctions on those responsible for the fraudulent election and the e.u. demanded all protesters arrested during demonstrations be released direct and clear positions placing europe firmly on the side of the people of bell roofs. but the e.u. held back on one important point unlike the thousands of protesters in minsk european union leaders are not demanding bella ruse hold a new election and that may have more to do with the president of russia than the president of bella reuss belarus is a former soviet republic and remains firmly within the kremlin's spear of

for violence repression and election fraud i mean these are targeted not to hurt the people of bell reuss will they help the people. i think we're in the realm of gesture politics here brant and i think people have taken this to hops and the people in the square protesting earlier on had read about the fact that europe wasn't recognizing these elections and sanctions have being brought in i think this is about giving a signal of solidarity or at least of hope to the protesters here so that europe is listening and watching them in terms of the nitty gritty in the power to make much difference the people who work at the k.g.b. headquarters behind me here in minsk are used to sanctions at the wave after wave of sanctions against us and they have passed without much of a change here i think people charge you have fact that those in. in the the one demand that protesters have risked their lives for in the past 10 days that demand has been new elections yet the european union today did not call for new elections bottleneck to hand didn't recognize the last polls i think these are kind of diplom

here in the internal situation in belarus eastern europe specialist ben harris who believes the bell reuss crisis is a major concern for both russia and the e.u. . a few days ago a look at. the kremlin and said that he was going to ask who's in it supports the suggestion was that the present was reaching out to the russians or 'd you know significant force the riot police spear troops in order to quell the protests by brute force and it's raised the question will russia invades. that russia where there's been a lot of speculation 92 of the people to follow the situation closely and that idea has been pretty written off putin's unlike stu that the better some population has actually warm image of russia and see them as friends and they fought so hard to oust look the shanker that if person came in and crushed the. demonstrations by force and kept the percent go in office by force then the entire population with then suddenly turn against russia and putin and then you'd end up with another ukraine situation which the kremlin doesn't want so because of these. you've got macron and merkel 'd r

on the eve of presidential elections in bell reuss the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of our top aides were detained by police. check on the sky is running against the man who's been called europe's last dictator alexander lukashenko. u.s. health secretary set to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades as visit has prompted firm opposition from beijing which is threatened to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island success in fighting covert 19 survivors in dignitaries are marking 75 years since an atom bomb was dropped on nagasaki in japan there's a live pictures from there that is prime minister shinzo obvious speaking it's a scaled back ceremony because of covert 19 about 74000 people were killed after u.s. forces dropped the ball in the final stages of world war 2 came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hiroshima brazil has become just the 2nd country to pass the milestone of 100000 coronavirus deaths activists some marked it with an event on rio's famous copac

european union is about to hold an emergency virtual meeting to discuss the political crisis and bell reuss bloc has already rejected the outcome of this month's disputed elections which handed president alexander lukashenko a 6th term in office something these are hinting at expanding sanctions against after violent crackdowns on protesters said learn or take heed of sky the opposition candidate who's now living in lithuania it's called on the european union not to recognize the result of the vote people who went out to defend the ward in this rich or they say it is all across belarus where brutally beaten imprisoned and tortured by their regime they spread liquid on to power mr has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the war on our boat off here all i call in here to support that awakening. and the embattled president has threatened strong action against opposition that this set up a council to coordinate a peaceful transition of power because she is also accusing nato of ill intent and of increasing its military presence along his country's border claim nato denies. the

over the last 4 days and bill are reuss and laos now to take a look at some more of the footage from their. load . or you. lisa. well not all of the rallies in that bell are rusa resulted in violence in the conflicts between the police and the protesters a group all for a while several groups of women came out on the streets of minsk earlier on a wednesday they were carrying flowers. up their arms to join in a large chain and the passers by cars were honking at them in solidarity with the protesters in the road. ok thank you would a minimum cost that if there were the latest developments in better rivers. just because science professor at the mosque a state university all told them shoot disbelief both sides that in batteries have failed to listen to each other. because it is escalating that means that both sides are short sided the heroine of strategic vision of the situation of trauma governmental side it would be wise to ask the opposition to at least the interests so why they are so keen to get rid of the president look at the opposition should also try to find a way to be integrated into into own 2 legal political process drive to suggest somethi

who is the rightful president of bell reuss almost a week after the election protesters continue to demand a new vote claiming that president alexander lucas she goes victory last week was rigged and the european union agrees and that could put europe on a collision course with russia moscow has warned europe not to intervene europe says the future of bella ruse should be decided by the people not by the military of lead a mere putin i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we stand by the people of. stuff desireless and we don't accept him shouldn't there have been huge infringements against election rules these elections were not.