voice is heard but of course we will be very very careful to ensure that it is not others telling beller us what it has to do but rather that belarus and the opposition in belarus has to declare what they want i don't see a mediating role at the moment president lucas shanker has indeed refused to speak on the telephone to me which is a real shame but you can only mediate if you speak to all parties. but despite that we will do everything we can them to push for a national dialogue where possible. madam chancellor opposition leader to kind of has called on the e.u. not to recognize the results of the elections and you have confirmed that you cannot recognize these results does that mean that president look at shankar from your perspective and perspective the e.u. is no longer the legitimate president of. iran and following on from the question that mr lincoln just put to you. what risk do you see of there being a russian interference and and how would the e.u. respond to such an interference from russia hypothetical questions don't require response as far as i'm concerned we are speaking

people in bellerive. day. president telling him to go. to. the leaders say. the results. warning against any external interference in the. russia's foreign minister also urges. european involvement with. the attempt. challenges facing. also ahead on the program a military. the president threatening to. churning in from today hello and welcome to our to international i'm you know 30 minutes of news starts now. we begin in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th election both supporters of president lucas and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from evening 11 and all the unrest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historic red and white fly which has become a symbol of the anti lucas schenkel movement on the left a crowd of the presidents backers during the official red and green national flag their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. right about right we have stability there's no war thank god we have bread to eat we h

western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to beller we cannot track all of the funds as much if it is in cash but we see that we know what's going on and we will focus on this issue. the airplane union isn't just paying lip service to the ballarat opposition either the millions of euros in aid it promised to the belorussian government are now being redirected to so-called civil society an independent media and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times we can't forget the e.u. states neighboring valorous which seem to have their own agendas for one the polish prime minister seems to think belarus has close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to. change that such of an economic plan should be prepared for the ruse because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland is already presented to plan for intensive calls. in the areas of independent media the economy investment and thence national trends poland's plan involv

this is deja vu news live from berlin beller us releases thousands of jailed protesters officials apologizing as well after worrying they're released some 7000 people were detained during a police crackdown on demonstrations the protests following the country's disputed presidential election. also coming out and historic agreement in the mideast israel and the united arab emirates normalizing their relations establishing diplomatic ties in return israel agrees to suspend further annexations in the occupied west bank. and celebrating one of germany's best art house film makers and inventors 75th birthday a new documentary takes the legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today the government in belarus has started releasing people detained during days of protests the followed president lukashenko has disputed reelection over the weekend some of the detainees were freed from custody the belarus interior minister issued an apology for injuries inflicted on demonstrators close to 7000 people were detained in the crackd

will convene an emergency session over the political process in bellerive starters people rally both for and against president looking across the country. the situation in our country is very serious we are against unrest the dictatorship that has lasted for 26 years has finally been weakened i stand here for valor it's our president the only way to win is to keep showing our disagreement with the results of the election. the u.s. senate intelligence committee releases the conclusion to its report accusing him of personally ordering on the democratic party back in 26 the use the phrase almost certain to stop short of providing actual evidence. and a military uprising in mali sweeps the president from power threatening to plunge the country take a. very good morning to you this is r.t. international. the e.u. used to hold an emergency summit over the political crisis in bellerive slater on wednesday the country enters an 11th day of protest with more strike action and rallies expected on tuesday the opposition held another large protest in the center of minsk calling on the president

the country's borders as soon as possible in order to prevent weapons and militants from answering beller russi here. also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movements of nato troops in poland and lithuania. hieromonk course her moscow and peter all over coming from berlin and thank you for bringing us those reports. right to further discuss this we're going to cross live to clark journalist and broadcaster as we've just heard the e.u. has confirmed it will be imposing sanctions against fellow russian officials responsible for violence repression and the falsification of the election results what impact if any do you think those sanctions were going to have on the situation in belarus. they're only going to make it worse i think the hypocrisy of the e.u. today. is off the scale the e.u. countries have in them a motion to spend 2020 locking down their own populations in britain we had a draconian lockdown from march until the summer we're still under restrictions we had your quit you showed. on the late talking about fundamental freedoms must be restored about the rest

we are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present so fun not spoken with anyone on the phone we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of prisoners no violence free speech the right to demonstrate an inclusive dialogue in that country the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in. investments. so we have there is this europe standing up for its values or is this europe claiming a geo political stake say well all that the european union has tried to do so far is to send a message that makes it clear that they do not have geopolitical interests in bellerive race of course at the same time that putin isn't going to watch buys he knows that that could be part of the race that is looking towards europe right now but this is a very different situation from the one we found ourselves in with ukraine some years ago so it depends where you stand right now but what we heard there from merkel is very much reiterating what we heard after the e.u. council meeting this week is that you know the european un

gathered in the capital minsk where activists lined up along a central avenue meanwhile in eastern bellers. and half a theater in a very back to earlier in the day with thousands of people chanting their support for president lukashenko pro-government marches were seen throughout the day there as well are to see where john off reports now from the city. it's the closest large city to the russian border and that's that's where we are and 1000 people gathered supporting the government saying that they. do think that the country needs changes but they don't like the current that the that the protesters have taken to it to some of them and they have been essentially saying that they indeed they do want changes but they want to make them peacefully they want a peaceful transition to something else not a transition old power but in the old policy if i may say so and they have been citing such examples as for instance syria or libya or ukraine and saying that well those countries they have seen some changes and while they don't like what they're seeing they're sort of looking over the border acro

sunday's result bellerive see erupted in after he claimed a landslide victory on the program global coronavirus cases surged past 20000000 new infections double.

correspondent alexander baracoa speaking to us after he was released from prison in beller roost let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour mexico's coronavirus death toll has now passed 56000 the 3rd highest behind in u.s. and brazil globally but the country has eased some restrictions such as allowing children to go some moles and cinemas with their parents opposition politicians have criticized what they call mixed messages from the government. new zealand's prime minister just seemed odd and has delayed the country's election by a full weeks because of the coronavirus will now be held on top of the 19th some early success against codes of 19 new zealand is now battling a 2nd outbreak last week its largest city o'loghlin was placed on the lockdown. at least 15 people have been killed in a militant siege in the somali capital mogadishu the militants attacked a popular beach hotel before being killed by security forces islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. and on mistake it will sound. people take cover as best they can as

in the detention of peaceful protesters and journalists have marred the process and we urge the bellerive syrian government to respect the right of peace and to peaceably assemble and to refrain from use of force. lucas schenkel has defended the police's response to the protests and said those demonstrating were being controlled by foreign countries. they were sure if you these sheep are being directed by people in the czech republic the opposition understands nothing and is urging people to take to the streets in order to i quote to hold negotiations with the government so that it voluntarily hands over power wharton's the last as look a single move to crush dissent network data showed internet disruptions in much of the country with social media and news sites inaccessible. but it didn't stop the opposition supporters from keeping up the pressure as protesters brave the police's violent clampdown to make their voices heard. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hong kong was formed long early morning lines to buy copies of a newspaper whose offices were raided by

all european union leaders will discuss possible sanctions against bellerive said in an emergency video conference today in a video message opposition politician said lata taken off skya called on the e.u. council not to recognize what she called fraudulent elections which saw president alexander lukashenko return to power for a 6th term the e.u. emergency talks come as lucas said go faces growing rebellion from sectors of society that he could once reliably count on for support. more work has joined the walkout in the past president alexander lukashenko could count on state employees to support him but he had to order manages to threaten them with disciplinary action if they joined a nationwide strike. some ignored those threats. even with the presidential challenger as with lana chicken off sky is 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. we pull commission i am up we are only beginning to rebuild mechanisms to feel like a strong and independent nation yes of course it will be very

but those filling the streets across beller us day and night are desperate for dialogue one of their leaders told t w they want everyone to help. if it is possible that the e.u. states the russian federation and ukraine can help us to organize a dialogue within the country and with external partners so that the transfer of power happens and we listen to each other i would always support it this is a decisive moment for us. who might be. decisive not only because putin has remained tight lipped but decisive because they have the support of the european union and decisive because now their fear has gone. we have got the t.v. coverage of the story tonight our correspondent nick conley he is in minsk and he doesn't use barbie's on the story for us in brussels to both of you good evening barbara let me start with you how far is the european union going out on the limb here by rejecting the election results and bill ruse and by backing the opposition they have really stuck their neck out friend because just consider after more than 20 years awful watching look i shan't go what ever he want

the top diplomat said the bloc was working to bring in the beller of sanctions as quickly as possible there was a political agreement among ministers to designate selected individuals responsible for different elections in their rooms and through the subsequent. under the existing sanctions regime so could the e.u. eventually move to punish president looking shango himself earlier i asked our correspondent alexander phenomena about the sanctions. when we talk about below it's clear that the sanctions are coming the u. foreign minister are quite clear here that there are coming and that they are trying to impose them as soon as possible we are talking about targeted sanctions against against certain individuals officials we didn't get a full list of those people on the on the sanctions list because it's still being worked on but this is the clearest sign that the going to punish those responsible for violence against protesters and for election fraud however it's not clear yet or it doesn't seem that going to be on this list in the 1st phase of imposing sanctions as you diplomat chief

we are showing that we see dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to president lukashenko has so far not spoken with anyone on the phone but we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of christmas no violence free speech the right to demonstrate and an inclusive dialogue in that country those are the values. which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in. inverts with. europe standing up for its values of the early claiming a geopolitical stake in belarus well that depends on where you stand the european perspective of course the declared aim is not to send the signal that it has interests but president putin in moscow he sees what happened after the fall of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago as a historical mistake and he won't just sit by and see bela groups look towards europe one has to say a lot of belorussians want close connections with russia to continue at the same time this offer of assistance of helping to create a national dialogue will most likely be read by the kremlin as of way by europe to try and seek further inf

the straits of minsk beller uses capital filled with protesters. thanks chants of change and long with belarus resoundingly through the city. riot police pushed back against the demonstrators the flowing water cannon and firing tear gas and rubber bullets. incumbent president who gushing call had warned the would crack down on any unauthorized rallies. was. just follow the law and any talk of repression will disappear the law is above all else if you break it we will respond and we've been like handed in our response so far to be honest with you i've always held back our law enforcement job i told them there's no need for a heavy response you know. the protests kicked off after a state exit poll said look a shame call was far ahead many of those in the streets believe the government rigged the results their concerns were echoed by opposition candidates. who rejected the early vote count. she said quote i believe my own eyes are the majority is with us we will be long lines formed outside polling stations on sunday with many voters sporting the whit

protests aim to form a human chain stretching from the lithuanian capital millions to the border with bellers this action comes 3 decades after what was called the baltic way when residents of the baltic states lithuania estonia and latvia joined hands and linked capital cities in mass protest aimed at ending soviet rule correspondent constantine agard ease at the lithuania border for us readings constantine what is happening where you are. well as you see the human china which according to some estimates numbers about 50000 people stretches nearly 40 kilometers to the sense of vilnius it is a very very significant event for lithuania which is right across the border from belarus and where developments in minsk and other below russians that is amounted to very very closely it is a very. popular event if i may say so because people come here with the families of seeing people with small children and it is very very emotional and you feel that people do feel for the cell of that with you with belarus you say to motional i mean the human chain of course is as a nod to another historic event we d

this is really not about that and the bellers 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 mission 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. 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 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

correspondent emily share when and we asked what we could expect from russia concerning the situation in bellers. 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 reuss 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 reuss 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 he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. emily so when moscow let'

can so it's like the bandits on the street i'm watching this video is right now and i'm sure the bellers turned into such powers and who in the few weeks and this callous is created by the government which doesn't want to stop. illiteracy and journalists and analysts from a view truck are reporting now to some of the other news stories making headlines around the world. tens of thousands have taken to the streets of mali's capital bamako to demand the resignation of president abraham boubacar kater opposition protests have raged since june due to disputed local elections and perceived government corruption and incompetence tensions escalated last month when police shot dead at least 11 demonstrators. flooding in yemen's capital sanaa has damaged the world heritage listed old city conservationists say the roofs of over 100 of the city's distinctive mud brick houses have collapsed they blame a severe rainy season along with the years of neglect. hong kong media tycoon jimmy lyon has been released on bail the owner of one of the city's most prominent tabloids is facing charges under the chi

we are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present has so far not spoken with anyone on the phone but we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of christmas no violence free speech the right to demonstrate an inclusive dialogue in that country those are the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in palo roasts. and bicycles. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world london central criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017. a baby was a convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions he will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. south korea's intelligence agency says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive a communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred some of his powers to senior officials most significantly his sister kim jong the move has fueled speculation as she is being groomed a

dr beller has been reporting on this project for years thi aim is to prepare a ragged tanks for survival in their natural jungle habitat in the book to go pollute rain forest in central sumatra. many were rescued as orphans often held captive as pets under terrible conditions they had forgotten or had never learned how to move through the tree tops forage for food and build nests their keepers at the jungle school teach them all these skills usually out in the forest itself this was before the coronavirus pandemic. in order to survive every rung of town has to develop a 4 dimensional map in their head covering space and time it takes time to learn the lock down can only be relaxed once the pandemic has been contained this is not good for the animals their fitness deteriorates and they become bored even the. those that have already been set free currently lead better lives it is still something. you should any arabia tang's here catch the coronavirus they won't pass it on to other ones in the wild what's more they tend to be naturally self isolating creatures anyway and don't hang out in

bellers is getting ready to hold its most hotly contested presidential election in years and there are signs that the government is seeking to hush up the media rights groups say several reporters have been arrested including freelance journalist alexander book of who reports for g.w. he's been sentenced as 2 sentenced to 10 days in prison meaning he'll be unable to cover the election president alexander lukashenko was facing a wave of dissent over his dismissal of the covert 1000 pandemic and his human rights record. travelers arriving here in germany are facing mandatory testing for the corona virus amid a surge in infections across the country the new rules apply to anyone arriving from regions deemed to be high risk those who refuse the test could face a fine of up to 25000 euros the new testing requirement comes amid experts warning that germany could be seeing its 2nd wave of the pandemic as new cases rise to over 1000 a day. let's speak more now with our correspondent carbo's on who's at the frankfurt airport conrad it's been a long time in the works getting this to become a req

this news live from berlin to rival rallies in the bellers capital and up 210-0000 opposition supporters gathered for the biggest protest in recent history calling for president the shanteau to die while the authoritarian leader urges regime loyalists to disband the country and its independence and rush out off 1st military help. also coming up a deadly gun and bomb attack on what would be shown photo leaves teeth dead and raises new fears about the strength of the islamist al shabaab militia plus overtaking a legend formula one world champion lewis hamilton cruises to victory in the spanish grand prix at breaks with details schumacher has practiced for a career podium finish. i'm sure kelly welcome to the program strikes are expected in bella bruce today after president alexander because shan't go firmly rejected calls to step down well now the political discord in bellerose he is beginning to take on an international perspective russia has offered military help and lucas shan't go has accused nato of deploying military forces near the country's border a sunday saw thousands joined the

bellers is getting ready to hold its most hotly contested presidential election in years and there are clear signs the government is seeking to hush up the media rights groups say several reporters have been arrested including freelance journalist alexander. who reports for the w. he's been sentenced to 10 days in prison meaning i'll be unable to cover the election president alexander who is facing a wave of dissent over his dismissal of the covert $1000.00 pandemic and his human rights record. in india at least 18 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a passenger plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of cory code the air india express flight from dubai was carrying 190 past vs and crew heavy monsoon rain appears to have played a part in the crash. at the bottom of this 10 made to drop a passenger plane turned a graveyard these are the remains of the boeing 737800 that skidded off the runway nose dived and split into 2. the pilot tried hard to land safely in the rainy weather. during the 2nd landing attempt the wheels stated there was a huge ditch on the left mo

well thousands of anti-government protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the bellerive andcapital minsk demonstrators are demanding of the resignation of president alexander lukashenko accusing him of rigging the election earlier this month the u.n. is calling for the release of all those who've been detained authorities are holding one of the leaders of striking factory workers and are threatening of the demonstrators with a criminal charges. president alexander lukashenko said he would solve the country's political crisis in the coming days but what does he mean by that we put the question to d.w. correspondent nick connelly who isn't meant sq. it does sound very much like a crackdown i'm standing here in front of the k.g.b. building in the center of minsk and for now the security service is staying largely loyal to the regime having said that you don't feel a lot of fear on the streets of the protests of just being in the main square where again thousands of people gathered for the nightly protest ahead of sunday's big protest that's being called the mall should 1000000

country's borders as soon as possible in order to prevent the weapons and minute since from answering beller russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movements of nato troops in poland and lithuania we asked political analyst to burn address k. and a journalist neil clark for their views on the use support for the belorussian opposition it line taken by the question koch has been these people are basically stooges of the west and should have only a statement actually backed that up she's talking about getting 3 mini euro's to the opposition so look at frankly said i'd be quite used to 530 the opposition takes about if the end of belarus as an independent country will become a e.u. nato satellite state. and so that for the opposition got a quick very carefully. with this endorsement because it's ecstatically what the question is claiming that they have a question of balance and if they are to maintain public support they've got to make clear to people that they are not i think it's a double edged sword for the opposition isn't. it looks like there is a strong pres

the country's borders as soon as possible in order to prevent weapons and militants from entering beller russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movement of nato troops in poland and lithuania you know so many elements so many aspects to this story so we asked political analyst bruno true westie under list new cock for their views on the e.u. support for the a russian opposition. the line taken by machine code has been that these people are basically stooges of the west and 1st syllable and statement actually accent up she's talking about you know with 3000000 euro to the opposition so look at the same i think what just if i believe that if the opposition takes about it's the end of belarus as an independent country it will become a e.u. nato satellite puppet state. and so therefore the opposition got a quick very carefully. with this endorsement because it's ecstatically what the question is claiming that they are the puppets of western powers and if they are to maintain public support they've got to make clear to people that they are not i think it's a dou

overnight in the capital beller protests of the country's closely watched presidential election the final results are expected shortly but exit polls just a landslide for a long time leader in exile much the fury of opposition supporters. i. i i. i. i. i mean. there were at least 80 arrest year in polling according to human rights activists supporters already accuse the vote of being rigged example of show has been in power since 1994 but this election is thought to be his toughest yet with unprecedented scrutiny and protests during the whole can is across this today's outside the embassy in moscow warning so big queues of votes yes they. take a pretty tense election there on the statement and. the result of your election was probably widely predicted by many but it's what happened in the hours that came after the exit poll came out that nobody could have foreseen you're quite right there was around 2000 people here yesterday but a russian embassy to cast their vote of the day and hundreds of them stayed once those preliminary results came out. expressing that. they view the rig's they we

in other news thousands of people have again gathered in the center of minsk the capital of bellerive they are laying flowers there for a protest he was killed in the unrest that followed last sunday's disputed presidential election you can see the place where he died early this week his family have asked people who want so you commemorate him to gather here instead of coming to his funeral our correspondent said in this report from the city. i was to go to as you can see many people have come today to pushkin square metro station where a man from minsk alexander terry cough ski was killed in the unrest it's difficult to count how many people are here they stand on both sides here they've completely filled the space near the entrance to the metro they're queuing to lay flowers cars are honking as you can see for yourself. i. was meanwhile opposition protests have been taking place all across the country this was the city of god on friday protesters unfurled a huge flag there the red and white pattern used to represent belarus and has been adopted by the opposition. as so far we've see

even more crucially the images are reaching every village town and family in bellers. and they reach the a male yano. jaeger humanity on a still finds it unsettling to watch the videos. but it will finish with really brings tears to your eyes because 52nd just beat people up and listen husbands to the mouth the words. he's really letting loose with all his strength. hugo is a police officer himself or rather he was on august 11th 2 days after the election he handed in his badge keeping only has epilepsy as a souvenir of his 15 years of service. jaeger says he had made up his mind. even though they were bush i was afraid they could send this against the protesters and he will be received the order while i was still new for. eve so i had to resign 1st before i could live this obeyed in order and treated like desertion and you just don't do that as a man just leave your comrades in the lurch somewhere and take off that i should get an upload once was there we're there for one another so i have to quit 1st step into doing it but it's you and he's not the only one to quit h

beller us has entered a 10th day of protests against its president who's accused of rigging the recent election although demonstrations were initially mourned by a heavy handed police response they are now largely peaceful factories across the country are striking in support of the opposition many of vowed to stay off the shop floor until its demands are met here's what monday's protest in minsk looked like. oh. ok ok. on monday night thousands gathered outside a detention facility in the center of miss demanding the release of political prisoners among them barred presidential candidate viktor barber you cover and the husband of the opposition leaders. people also gathered at another jail were many who were arrested during the 1st night of unrest are still being held. much of the public anger in belarus is directed against the security forces for their brutal treatment of protesters and bystanders to force their discontent demonstrators convened once again in the capital's independence square arches constantine pre-buy i was there for us. there's a crowd of protesters here on independ

elsewhere in bellerive is that these are the images from the southwestern city of brest where people phone a human chain to show their support to the protesters meanwhile back in the capsule workers at the minsk automobile party doused tolls today as they walked out on strike voicing that a mother's. day. gift bag. back here. of protests have spilled over into neighbor. in ukraine several dozen people led by the local amnesty international gathered at the bella russian embassy they voiced that outrage of the only going crackdown on protesters and demanded an investigation into human rights violations around $6000.00 demonstrators have been detained in belarus with at least 2 people killed in the post-election unrest. well president is saying. is open the russians have no interest when you say share this but this is the 1st time his grip on power appears to be slipping down quarter reports. in bellerose having the title go or daddy means you've got the most populist position in the entire post soviet sphere and for the recently reelected president alexander look at shank oh he's held

support spetzler to call it sky his call for a quote for elections artie's hawkins looks now into why bellerive says causing such a global stir. just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands poured onto the streets in protest over the disputed presidential election is the country's geography words between its big east a neighbor. europe sees the interests of international players intertwine and clash . officially the e.u. is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair. as persona non-grata and already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing human rights violations in the wake of police violence. withheld e.u. why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether they will be further restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian or thorough. condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view of what comes next the baltic states and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped shor

that users have been sharing videos of military convoys allegedly russian that are moving towards beller us there are 2 plausible explanations why they still haven't arrived russian military trucks are just really slow like incredibly slow like walking speed you could walk for moscow to better us in about a week the other explanation is that there aren't any russian armies moving towards belarus. they recorded these videos without realizing that they were below russian armored personnel carriers not russian and they were moving towards the west and border because we decided that we needed to take additional measures to protect the sovereignty and independence we could go on and on fakes about preparing to flee the country thinks about the opposition leaders i.q. been very low thanks me divide stupidity reinforced with hysteria and decorated with the. us for next steps the european parliament's foreign affairs committee is to hold an emergency meeting on belarus on tuesday because challenger in the disputed election earlier met with the us deputy secretary of state is also due to take par

now it is exactly 3 weeks since the contested presidential election in bellerive switch triggered unprecedented scenes of protests in the country today is also the birthday of president lukashenko and demonstrators have been marking the occasion by laying flowers it is official residence and he once again to gathered at independence square in the capital minsk from there because dan of sent this report. you can see there is several 100 people behind me several 100 people are waiting for these for this crowd just over there now you can see a lot of police vans here because they are right here just in time right on time when this meeting was sheffield to begin with it's not just police vans but. there are police vehicles in full riot gear there are some really advanced machinery just over there check it out and so essentially you can see the police filling everything that's going on and over there this is why people are moving essentially so they're chanting go go leave and they're chanting shame shame but essentially what they want they want the incumbent president of the republic of belarus to

has outlined where russia stands on the unfolding situation in bellerive strong mind you it is just over 2 weeks since the longstanding president there claimed in the election victory although the opposition says it was rigged and there have been large protests ever since he reports now from. russia it is important for all sides of the story here to be put out there both the story of those who are supporting the incumbent government and those who are. posed to it you see belarus and russia are really close to each other not just geographically just the 1st layer they're important and close to each other culturally story clear linguistically just you name it in many many aspects so according to the russian president for moscow it is important it does matter as to what happens here in minsk here in belarus but at the same time lattimer putin has said that ultimately the fate of this nation should be in the hands of its people that the russian citizens should decide which way their country goes where it fares he didn't shed some light though as to under which circumstances russia might and

of any protests expected again as dusk falls jacqueline takes a look at the restive post-election beller us. right now the world is being reminded that one man alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus for a long 26 years and he intends to add another 5 claiming 80 percent of all the ballots from sunday's presidential election have a tick next to his name but that's not something a considerable amount of belorussians believe taking their frustrations onto the streets started off with a peaceful protests mass of groups coming out and shining flashlights but the tear gas and rubber bullets started flying and chaos has taken hold. there are 2 realities and deloris right now and the 1st there is looking go calling the vote a celebration but one that people are trying to spoil by inciting aggression and spreading misinformation foreign powers media and social media channels are to be blamed as well for example there's been claims of russia's interference with online posts about russian special forces supposedly spotted attacking people on the streets of minsk. not eyes yes. yes just all that inf