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 influence on tuesday russian president vladimir putin spoke with the leaders of france and germany and reportedly warned europe not to get involved in support of democracy in belo reuss europe risks going too far giving the kremlin an excuse to send in troops to turn bella reuss into another ukraine. this is not lunch time on the end of a shift this is another nail in the coffin if you can shank has credibility. because we'll catch the state run chemicals factually. threats have no power over them anymore. protestors urged workers at one of the country's famed track to factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. thank you as we're already outside at a rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of lukashenko regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rej

and bella ruse had improved but without progress on human rights and the rule of law the e.u. belarus relationship can only get worse over more tonight i'm joined by failing school of art 6 with the center for east european and international studies felix it's good to have you on the day i want to start by watching this video which was posted today by. sky you take a look for someone who does the risk of getting their hours off of arms or most of them lots of chatter about purpose and that that would pull our voices tell sort. of that these 2 or 3 have to show some class and that the intense feeling in normal since there is a lot of us. russian leaders are cornered in culture on. the question by us in a state that's getting more guns in proportion to student protests versions have persisted he said that he said he's. there she says don't risk your lives don't resist the police what do you make of this video the lives. so this video i think is a method that she was all blush to send to the russian people telling their countrymen the regime she really needed to leave the country

president alexander lukashenko was declared the winner demands for a new vote continue unabated many of bella ruse say the election was rigged today the european union agree the e.u. said that the presidential election in belo 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 below 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 influence on tuesday russian president vladimir putin spoke with the leaders of france and germany and reportedly warned europe not to get involved in its support of democracy in belo reuss europe risks going too far giving the kremlin an excuse to send in troops to turn be

and bella ruse had improved but without progress on human rights and the rule of law the e.u. bellerose relationship can only get worse over more tonight i'm joined by failing scriven 6 with the center for east european and international studies felix good to have you on the day i want to start by watching this video which was posted today by svetlana scalia take a look or so how does the responding to their own lives lost and come to the most of them lesser chester purposes that from now until our voices tell sort. of that these 2 or 3 have a shared some past and the intense feeling more sympathy in the normal sense that this is about us. intercept or cultural component and i see the question of us going to the states and getting more guns in proportion to student protests fish and happiness and peace and that he's. there she says don't risk your lives don't resist the police what do you make of this video felix. so this video i think is a method that she was all blush to send to the russian people telling their countrymen the regime she really needed to leave the country bec

and bella ruse had improved but without progress on human rights and the rule of law the e.u. belarus relationship can only get worse over more tonight i'm joined by failings provide 6 with the center for east european and international studies felix is good to have you on the day i want to start by watching this video which was posted today by. sky you take a look. for some over the last images from the girls dancing around the most of them lots of chats over that on purpose and that that would go overseas to well sort. of that lasted for a week here because shares of some past and kind of intentionally portion of the borders and yet this is our last. question is of course in culture conan and i see the question bus to the states need to move on to the promotion to start the new president bush's helplessness to pieces that he's. there she says don't risk your lives don't resist the police what do you make of this video of felix. so this video i think is a method that she was all blush to send to the russian people telling their countrymen the regime she really needed to leave

well the european union will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday to discuss bella ruse the crisis in bella ruse it is a crisis for all of europe some of germany's past and present leaders say they see echoes of germany's own history playing out on the streets of minsk. on the left east germany in 1809 on the right bellaver east 2020 in germany where memory of peaceful revolution is only 3 decades old comparisons of binturong between the protests in the of various and those in the g.d.r. which eventually led to the full of the berlin wall. the interesting side deciding factor will be what russian president vladimir putin does whether he supports alexander lukashenko in the regime or whether he has the wisdom and intelligence of the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev and says that's no good we have to give up this country enable democracy and enable a new partnership between russia and belarus but. some german papers are already calling the belarus protests the beginning of the end of the dictatorship but what that end might look like is the question occupy in the minds of polit

under pressure to resign the embattled president of bella ruse seeks russia's help . you want your job is there a market for headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. you ever hear the expression you want to make the post office great again donald trump defends his postmaster general despite allegations that he's trying to sabotage mailing votes ahead of november's election. also demonstrators in israel rally outside the prime minister's residence demanding benjamin netanyahu quit over corruption allegations and the response to covert 19. plus the japanese ship that spilled tons of oil off the russian coast has broken up past. welcome to the program the president of bella ruse has sought help from russia as protests grow calling for him to step down alexander lukashenko says his russian counterpart vladimir putin has agreed to help to ensure the security of the country if needed there's been a 7th day of mass protests against his rule with members of the state media now joining the ranks step vassal reports now from the capital minsk. euphoria instea

in the capital of bella ruse extraordinary displays of defiance by state company employees it was me visiting tractor workers in minsk president alexander lukashenko insisted there will be no new elections until he's killed while adding he may be willing to redistribute power. as thousands of striking state workers march towards the tractor works plant demanding the president step down because shank a flew away in his helicopter. all of this coming on the heels of a massive rally on sunday and as anger about the results of last weekend's election continues to grow. while the official count of the august 9th vote gave 80 percent and his opponents felt line it's kind of sky only 10 percent the opposition says the result was rigged. large scale protests continued even after to kind of skier left the country for lithuania last week which her campaign team said was made under duress she has in a new video message the opposition leader said she was ready to help lead bellerose during a transition period where. we all want to leave this loop that we found ourselves in 26 years ago i am read

and bella ruse had improved but without progress on human rights and the rule of law the e.u. belarus relationship can only get worse over more tonight i'm joined by failings provide 6 with the center for east european and international studies felix it's good to have you on the day i want to start by watching this video which was posted today by. sky you take a look for someone who is from the rounds possibly armed almost all of them lots of chatter about purpose and that. that would pull our forces to have sort. of that lasted for a week here for the shares of some past and that tense really wants to be in normal so there is a lot of us who are russian as of course. don't seem to get the should of us to stay had to get more movement in proportion to student protests they should have passed and they didn't get to see that he's. there she says don't risk your lives don't resist the police what do you make of this video felix. so this video i think is a method that she was all blige to send the russian people are telling their countrymen the regime she really needed to leave th

flags on the streets of cities across bella ruse unlike in ukraine a few years ago when people were kind of demanding closer ties to the e.u. this is really not about that and the belarus in a condom me strongly depends on russia it's an important partner for the country and that will be the case going forward even if there is an office dition government subsidy close ties there live to go spoke to the russian president vladimir putin on saturday and again today sunday so what can we expect from russia in this situation. well it's kind of hard to know at the moment but in recent days up until today russia has been rather quiet about what's going on in its neighboring country today we then had the russian side talking about external pressure on bella reuss and saying that it would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under an existing military agreement with bella ruse so that could mean either russian troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that we've seen from putin today is kind of a warning si

are still in exile the opposition is growing more confident they set up a coordination council in bella ruse to organize a peaceful transfer of power. with local machine i'm up we're only beginning to rebuild mechanisms to feel like a strong and independent nation of course it will be very difficult but we have taken a step and we are setting an example for all to see how we can unite how we can work together and speak with one voice. but belarus is authoritarian leader is not ready to talk about ending his 26 year rule yet at a meeting with his security council he branded the opposition's actions ok who. do they went to the countries that are behind these protests toss this other side to toss and demand no less then to hand them power we consider it a clear attempt to seize power with all the consequences of the protesters have already experienced brutal consequences and opposition activists shows photos of injured demonstrators he says were beaten by riot police 2 people have been killed during the mass protests and thousands jailed the violent crackdown has drawn criticism from some of be

beat donald trump in november also coming up the woman who wanted to be the next president the bella ruse is now a woman on the run. scott says that her decisions of leave her home country was her own but her supporters saying she was pressure she's calling for an end to protest over an election that she has described as rigged. golf it's good to have you with us we begin with breaking news just a few moments ago the u.s. democrats presidential candidate joe biden announced his running mate for november's election he have selected california senator kamali harris to be his running mate and she is the 1st black woman to be a major party's candidate for vice president this decision comes just a week ahead of the democratic national convention where biden and harris will be officially confirmed to challenge president donald trump and vice president mike pence for the white house. we will be going live to washington for more on that decision in just a moment but 1st we want to go to belo roots now where the opposition's top presidential candidate has left the country amid a massive police cra

bella ruse erupts in anger after the government claims a landslide victory for president lucas schenkel but his challenger says the vote was rigged to move european union and the u.s. have their doubts too. and crux in distress thousands of giant reptiles face starvation at a crocodile talk in india as the coronavirus keep spain visitors away. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program the lebanese prime minister and his anti-air cabinet have resigned almost a week after the massive explosion in beirut has and their departure would make possible the changes lebanon needs but his announcement has so far done little to placate protesters even as speaking demonstrators are back in the streets demanding an end to the corruption that they say set the stage for last week's tragedy. country in pain. on the streets of beirut clashes gained momentum protesters vented their anger out at thors in palo leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt. 7 this scenario only reignited by last week's disaster. police tried to free gang control turning teen gas at protesters telling starnes. not to go

would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under and existing military agreement with bella ruse so that could mean either russian troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that we've seen from putin today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in belo after all russia sees values as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that lucas shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if you stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. emily's women in a mosque to somalia now we're at least 15 people have been killed in a militant siege in the capital mogadishu the militants attacked a popular beach hotel before being killed by security forces islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. and on mistaken sound. people take cover as best they can as somali special forces exchanged gunfire with al shabaab militants. t

mean europe does not want to see bella ruse become another ukraine right. that is the worst case scenario of course and i'm glad america and president who both talked to putin on the telephone yesterday before this emergency summit in brussels know this and they obviously sort of let him know that they want to avoid this at all costs and the cost for putin would be high in this case because it would be even more dramatic really bad sanctions economic sanctions against russia that would put the european union and russia into full confrontation mode and that again is something that nobody really wants so putin in a way is boxed in which is not a very good position for him to be him to be and on the other hand the european union is trying to to give the appearance of we will just accompany this we just want dialogue to be possible we will not actively interfere because they do acknowledge that belarus has been fairly within russian sphere of political sphere during the last decades so it is a very thin line there's sort of treading here and they're hoping for

it would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under an existing military agreement with bella ruse so that could mean either russian troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that we've seen from today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in after all russia sees bella ruse as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that luka shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. one who's keeping a close eye on all the goings on in batteries for reporting from moscow thank you so much well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 5 people have been killed in an attack on a beach from the somali capital mogadishu many more have been wounded so details about the incident are still emerging state media says islamist militants deton

news live from berlin tonight the of battle president of bella ruse sending mixed messages about new elections within 24 hours alexander lukashenko goes from total defiance to conditional acceptance of new elections in el says he is ready to share power after a constitutional referendum and what about russia will it move to keep the pushing coing pot were also coming up here in germany the trial begins in an unprecedented online pedophile case alongside the defendant more than 150 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say they're investigating thousands of leads. plus the virtual convention us democrats kick off a week long political party to nominate joe biden to take on donald trump in november but this pandemic means that this year's convention will be very unconventional. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in bill roofs where president alexander lukashenko was sending mixed messages about new elections on sunday he said that protesters would have to kill him before any new vote is a while today the president said that he may. be open to new elect

united states and all around the world welcome confidence appears to be growing among the people in bella ruse that they can rid themselves of president alexander lukashenko and lucas cinco himself insists that his power is not wavering in that he has the backing of russia but russian support for the president has not been full throated and today after speaking with the russian president the european union took in him a stake of a position on the side of the protesters in belo groups. this is not lunch time or the end of a shift this is another man in the coffin of leaky shank has credibility. as will catch the state run chemicals fracturing. threats have no power over them anymore. protestors urged workers at one of the country's famed track to factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. thanks miners were already outside at a rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of lukashenko regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rejection officially went international a clear message from the european union we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic trans

well the european union today demanded that bella ruse release all protesters who have been detained in the last 2 weeks some 7000 in total now we understand that many of are really been freed some say they were beaten or tortured in police custody some protesters went missing and have not been heard from since can anyone help we have more now in this report the small park in front of an isolation center on the outskirts of men's cars the common important contact point for relatives of victims of police violence volunteers provide information about the whereabouts of those who were arrested during the peaceful protests. we're helping those who are gradually being released from the isolation center and everyone waiting to be released we give them clothes and psychological and medical help. the authorities let some volunteers inside to see the detainee's they are the 1st to learn about the conditions of detention and the circumstances of the arrests some of those who have been released returned to pick up their belongings that. we had distributed leaflets saying that the strike was a l

violence that followed the disputed elections in bella ruse striking workers joining determined protesters in calling for their leader to go. and emily sure went is following developments she joins us now emily as we heard there 9 nights of protest against shango the pressure is high what's at stake at the moment well i think in a way the future of the political future of other acts on that it will question go is at stake and as you say pressure on him has been growing and continues to grow yesterday we saw protesters marching to several prisons in minsk and demanding the release of political prisoners and of some of the people who were arrested during the protests they gathered there and more and more workers from state enterprises are joining protests and are joining strikes as well including enterprises that really make up key sectors of the russian economy and yesterday also state t.v. one state t.v. channel joined those strikes so these are really groups that were traditionally loyal to question co and it seems that even support within those groups is crumbling yesterday will question

i bring coffee it's good to have you with us we start tonight in bella ruse where the opposition's top presidential candidate has left the country amid a massive police crackdown in a video message today slipped law. said that she was safe with her children in neighboring lithuania she also urged supporters to end their protests to get sunday's election result which handed president alexander lukashenko a 6th term. scalia had initially called for a recount saying that the election had been rigged but her allies say she was pressured to back down. proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election. by monday she was gone her whereabouts on earn her tame unable to reach her kelly now svetlana taken off scalia has reappeared with a somber message online. to say the companion. i knew what this campaign really toughened me and empowered me that i could withstand anything. but perhaps i'm still the weak woman that i was in the beginning was initially. the opposition candidate has fled to neighboring lithuania as confirmed by the country's foreign minister taken off scios says she was

in the capital of bella ruse extraordinary displays of defiance by state company employees whose mission visiting tractor workers in minsk president alexander lukashenko insisted there will be no new elections until he's killed while adding he may be willing to redistribute power. as thousands of striking state workers march towards the tractor works plant demanding the president step down because shank a flew away in his helicopter. all of this coming on the heels of a massive rally on sunday and as anger about the results of last weekend's election continues to grow. well the official count of the august 9th vote gave 80 percent and his opponents felt lynott kind of sky only 10 percent the opposition says the result was rigged. large scale protests continued even after to kind of sky left the country for lithuania last week which her campaign team said was made under duress she has in a new video message the opposition leader said she was ready to help lead bellerose during a transition period when. we all want to leave this loop that we found ourselves in 26 years ago i am ready to ta

an empty studio in poland ahead of an emergency conference call by european union ministers on bella ruse poland's deputy foreign minister said e.u. funds should be spent to support villar ruse not someone used to join you were a child or a hand and that you also reaches out its head to bellows but it's up to by the russians to decide which direction they want their country to go i have an impression that through these protests and by shouting out their disagreement they tell us what kind of bellows they for sure do not want and therefore we can in the press from it what better way they would like to have. bella ruse finds itself at a crossroads an embattled president refusing to end his 26 years in power versus committed protesters refusing to end their rebellion. and dizzier. as the mass movement contin. news indiana loose european union leaders will meet for an emergency summit on wednesday they'll discuss the disputed election and the violent crackdown on protesters european council president charles michel of tweeted that violence against demonstrators cannot be allowed the e.u. is a

on down jordan this is down to 0 live from coming up nato warns russia against meddling in bella ruse as president putin promises troop support to protests get out of control. laura one of the strongest storms to hit the united states batters southern louisiana we'll have a live update. on the crisis deepens in the eastern mediterranean as turkey and greece stepped up the rhetoric over a maritime dispute. welcome to the program democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his pitch to the party faithful at the republican national convention harris condemned trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the police shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice. the reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier president trump praised the national guard's efforts to quell sometimes violent protests in the city of connection i

an empty studio in poland ahead of an emergency conference call by european union ministers on bella ruse poland's deputy foreign minister said e.u. funds should be spent to support villar ruse not someone used to join you were a child or a hand and that you also reaches out its head to bellows but it's up to by the russians to decide which direction they want their country to go i have an impression that through these protests and by shouting out their disagreement they tell us what kind of bellows they for sure do not want and therefore we can enter press from it what better way they would like to have. bella ruse finds itself at a crossroads an embattled president refusing to end his 26 years in power versus committed protesters refusing to end their rebellion. and dizzier. some was a state media headquarters in minsk. the extraordinary scenes here at the ballarat television where 130 workers walked out this morning there was an empty studio aired on t.v. and after that they'd just been rerunning shows they were joined here by other protesters who were phonology him on the television s

also coming up tonight the president of bella ruse says he won sunday's election by a landslide but europe says there may be reason to believe the vote was forced and not free. the e.u. lifted the sanctions against valorous because the country took steps in the right direction such as the release of political prisoners we must now discuss in the e.u. with it they still applies in the light of the past week and the past days. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day in lebanon where the shock waves from last week's explosion in beirut continue to rip through the country today the entire. government of lebanon resigned over the weekend ministers began stepping down one after the other as calls on the street for a revolution became more desperate and violent tonight's resignation amounts to an admission of utter failure a government accused of corruption at its core that was unable to protect the people it is supposed to represent a government many in lebanon now say with blood on its hands and here is the lebanese prime minister and

in minsk the capital of bella ruse demanding new elections rejecting last week's reelection of president alexander lukashenko and. reaction and i'm quoting here until you kill me there will not be any more elections tonight defiance and denial the leader known as europe's last dictator could these be his last days in power i burnt off in berlin this is the day. through. the fall the whole world knows that the one stop that's been the rules will be a free and independent country. for the. markets this is a protest against the current government. because we do not agree with the election results and with the current regime and use new and different for you to look. up. to which the more people realise the inevitability of regime change in our country the faster this will happen for all. also coming up to 9 to no was skipping the summer a heat wave in the arctic has siberians hot under the collar everyone bought electric fans they were totally sold out here people had ice cream and cold drinks we aren't prepared for these conditions in the clear new couple cars. to our viewers on p.b.s. in

flatline a tea house of sky and was seen as the main challenger in the presidential election in bella ruse she was an english teacher turned political candidate trying to finish what her husband had started now he had been the front runner the man seen as the one who could end president lukashenko 26 years in power but lucas think of an ally of russian president putin and known as europe's last dictator allegedly had the hand of scalia's husband arrested which disqualified him from running so mrs scalia took her husband's place after sunday's vote the state election committee declared the incumbent the winner with 80 percent of the vote protests erupted in minsk one person was killed scalia said the vote had been rigged and she valved to prove it but then she disappeared turning up today in lithuania tweeting that she had fled della reese to save her life and the lives of her family we have more now in this report. proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election but. by monday she was gone whereabouts unknown had tame unable to reach her. now so that lot of taken off scalia has

and he said that any example by outside forces to intervene in the internal political crisis in bella ruse is counterproductive and he stressed that placing external pressure on the officials in the bill of rights is unacceptable now german chancellor angela merkel also outlined germany's position after the phone call with a lot of my position let's have a listen to issue and help or to say as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that prisoners must be released and that there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus we will continue to discuss this to more all these talks with the russian leader are taking place as head of the european union summit on bella ruse the e.u. leaders planning to meet via video conference on a wednesday and meanwhile no matter the resolution it's clear that the european union one says is in no rush as in the internal situation in belarus eastern europe specialist ben arus believes the bellerose crisis is a major concern for both russia

you reject the election result of bella ruse and says it will hit the country with sanctions meanwhile the thousands arrested during the mass anti-government protests begin to be released and amid claims of widespread police brutality this week one doctor shares her experience. with the women were in line and the men were in the next hour they were constantly. battling these just columns . and tensions spike in the mediterranean as francis says it will bolster its military presence there to monitor turkey's activities activities in disputed waters. are broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the u.n. security council has rejected a u.s. sponsored resolution to extend the arms trade embargo on iran only to members including the us supported the draft while russia and china voted against and the other members including the u.k. france and germany abstained the embargo was imposed in 2010 and is to expire in october under the joint comprehensive plan of action that is the 2015 deal to impose co

special police protection also on the program tens of thousands to fire back on demonstrations in bella ruse to demand the resignation of president alexander lukashenko he has warned that he could call on the military to break up the protests. a court in new zealand hears from the families of the victims of the white supremacist who killed 51 people in mosques in the city of christchurch. and he's the man who led by a music to the trouble of major titles this season one safely took over as interim coach midcap paid his guiding club to the red feet of winning the punters league a german cup and champions league. i'm phil gal welcome to the program doctors at berlin's sherif tate hospital say clinical findings indicate that alexina found he was poisoned in a statement the hospital said dr zavos i found traces of a group of substances called colon aster ace inhibitors in his system that they specific compounds has not yet been identified missed in the found he said intensive care in a medic. used to coma his concession his condition is said to be serious but no longer life threatening for dust

so protests in the bella ruse itself continued for a 3rd day in a roll and the police are using all kinds of crowd control equipment against the protesters and that includes tear gas or rubber bullets and stun grenades and it's all happening as we speak now minsk a city center is apparently cordoned off subway stations in a sense or at least 77 of them are close soul other people cannot reach the center of the bell or russian capital in the police are doing everything in order to disperse the crowds the biller russian health ministry says that hundreds of protesters have been injured and they're now being treated at the hospital old soul over the last 3 days we saw one death of a protester and said the belorussian investigative committee are now have now launched an inquiry into this case and outride that sermon all of the circumstances surrounding the death of this allegedly protests are now the biller russian president alexander lukashenko has made a statement saying vat's law enforcement in his country their response to protests in belarus have been proportionate to say listen. but on

all these talks with the russian leader are taking place as head of the european union summit on bella ruse the e.u. leaders planning to meet via video conference on a wednesday and meanwhile no matter the resolution it's clear that the european union one says is in no rush as in the internal situation in belarus. let's go live now on the program to political analysts cliff director of the punk wire group a consultancy firm good to see you president mccraw chancellor merkel have both been in contact with love him or putin we don't know the exact contents we should say all of those conversations but what do you think european powers are hoping to get from russia. this is a very unique situation in europe but this is something into or players need to work very closely together with in order to find a peaceful solution to the uproar in dollars not to know that you know what you want. in the country or in the surrounding countries related to better or worse so everyone i think has their own ideas as to what they feel the best way forward is but as a european union as a union of nations i think

instance that channeling to latino who is the neighboring country has strong historical ties to bella ruse to sort of help opposition leaders and sort of keep watch over this not lead up was being watchful and sort of keeping up the political pressure on this in order to sort of to sort of smoothes this along. and i was saying in unison it's a very delicate process delicate indeed thank you so much as our brussels correspondent barbara visual and here in berlin our chief political editor me thank you both. let's get more input on this. attribute is a member of the european parliament from lithuania and he is the parliament's rapport tour on belarus thank you for being with us are you satisfied with the e.u.'s decision not to recognize the elections in belarus. well good 6 all i think it's it was a very timely e.u. summit. taking care of very good stand and clear line at keeping on. i'm very glad it was reconfirmed that's elections recently held and there was not a free of fear and elected to do so for self elected president look at this illegitimate i think this is a very beginning. there

is warning the west to stay out of internal affairs in bella ruse will putin was a further diplomatic collision with the un other nations 2 or does he simply not care. at the moment russian doesn't really have to risk diplomatic relation with your or our west in general because russia mainly has a lot of means of influence over minsk and that's in contrast to europe so just are displaced for a time trying to secure its interests its influence over millions in the end russian ones to secure this this influence so it won't risk all sort of relations with the west but at the moment it doesn't look like it has to but it seems that putin's reaction to all this is quite predictable isn't it is not a good thing that. russia is so predictable it is it is predictable from that point that russia once is secure its influence or it has an interest instead of allies in the regime in minsk and preventing an opposition to come to power that is indeed very predictable but it's also at the core of the conflict with the west because europe wants to support free and fair elections and a purist society u

show the opposition leader reading a prepared statement now it's believed to have been recorded in bella ruse just hours before she left for lithuania. who was the responding to their own lives lost informant almost all they did was a chest tube and purpose and that is what poor was used to all sort of. hotel that was to a point where the shares of some customer intentionally more suitable boreholes is above us as we knew was in her suck or he would put it on in the studio the question bus we put into the states we need to move on to the potion to show that he put in a tense finish and have past mistakes he said there is these. don't risk your life she said as well joining me now is delusion journalist an analyst for the georgia. the video is bizarre to say the least what do you make of it. yes it's bizarre for people living then civilized world in the western countries where the moccasin exists for the dozens of years but that's normally for belarus if you are caught by k.g.b. and they can force you to do whatever you want we still have k.g.b. which is called k.g.b. was to have. informants a