still ahead on the program slap sanctions on belorussian of. claims but leaves lucas go off the list all the details when we return. first presidential debate exhibited lots of like but not much one can argue neither candidate last night there was a perfect reflection of the nation's politics put the campaign coming to an end to the debates nobody meaningful impact is there such a thing as an undecided voter. we did a survey and just about a month into the pandemic and found that people said they lost 35 minutes a day less unwanted interruptions at home which was kind of a surprise because you know with all the things that are going on in june right now this is not the best times to be to be doing it. and so that's one element the other element is they tend to give back 50 percent of the time that they would have otherwise spent commuting. join me every 1st day on the alex salmond and i'll be speaking to the world of politics or business i'm show business. 16 minutes into the program welcome back let's start in spain with a regional authorities

slap sanctions on the belorussian officials over election rigging claims but lives were good friends. off the list all the details want to return this is our international. media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what's his face. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallows. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. talk about this is our to international now the regional authorities in madrid have launched a legal challenge against the spanish government's new lockdown order they have filed an appeal in the national court claiming that the measures violate local laws on self rule and will cause unnecessary economic harm the madrid area has one of the highest corona virus infection rates in spain and the health minister insists the shutdown is unavoidable. but i can tell you is there we have t

the united states sounds imposed sanctions on 8 belorussian officials including the interior minister over the country's disputed election earlier the e.u. had blacklisted 40 belorussians in response to allegations of election rigging and violence against protesters minsk responded in kind with measures against the list of european officials our europe correspondent peter all of hers in berlin with more details. it was a long time coming but the european union have agreed sanctions on belorussian officials following orcus disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and pretty much the rest of the e.u. bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over and krizz exploration for energy resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella ruse that action against turkey that was agreed eventually and therefore they were able to proceed with the better russian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. facing sanctions this is to do with them they being accused of falsifying election results and a crack

it was a long time coming but the european union have agreed sanctions on belorussian officials following organists disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and pretty much the rest of the e.u. bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over an crews exploration for energy resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella ruse that action against turkey that was agreed eventually and therefore they were able to proceed with the better russian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. facing sanctions this is to do with them they being accused of falsifying election results and a crackdown on protests following not election back in august now notably absent from this list is you gaze bell russian president alexander shank his name not being there is raised a few eyebrows however underlying the commission president says these sanctions send the right message there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrators and opposition politicians sunni important is th

slapped sanctions on 40 belorussian officials over allegations of election rigging with minutes responding in time. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan and the south caucuses the main city in the disputed province of mccormack has been bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. several buildings have been damaged including the emergency ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls armenian defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on full combat alert as a bridge on has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids has also seen its share of damage though a border region was hit by mortar fire and several buildings were destroyed are reports now from the government. has come under probably the heaviest shelling since we arrived here 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city usually what we could hear what we could see the smoke from the explosions

has sanctioned dozens of belorussian officials over allegations of election rigging and the country's brutal crackdown on protesters men's quest quick to react issuing its own blacklist but the details has been all over from berlin. it was a long time coming but the european union have agreed sanctions on fellow russian officials following oldest disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and pretty much the rest of the e.u. bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over on cruise exploration for energy resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella reuss thought action against turkey it was a. agreed eventually and therefore they were able to proceed with the belorussian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. facing sanctions this is to do with them they being accused of falsifying election results and a crackdown on protests following not election back in august now notably absent from this least is you gays the russian president alexander you can shank his name not being there is r

busted for sanctions belorussian officials over allegations of election rigging with minutes to return the favor. other thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. as a by chance says it's made strategic gains in its military campaign against armenia the reignited territorial conflict is into its 6th day the armenian side is also claiming success with the prime minister saying his to shut down for drones near the capital. hey you can see all media not television rocket launchers and hostilities i've seen civilians killed in the crossfire among them journalists a cameraman from an armenian t.v. channel was severely injured when his car was hit by shelling and 3 french journalists of those have been hospitalized covering the conflict all course wanted to get down off reports from the battleground. deadly clashes continue hay in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides amenia and us air by john battering each other with artillery right now you have on is saying that dozens of its soldiers were killed yesterday alone while azerbaijan is saying that these numbers are actuall

themselves with the european union is ready to take part if that's what belorussians wants russia should also be included as part of that dialogue with moscow is unequivocal on this and says that these meetings are direct outside interference on the future of belarus vladimir putin's spokes person to me to the press corp saying that there was tremendous external pressure on minsk and. alexander lukashenko right now we consider these decisions to be at odds with international law they clearly feel to facilitate dialogue and in effect and mountain meddling in internal affairs they expect more bellerose talk coming this week on thursday and friday there's a special e.u. council summit taking place during that summit we can expect the future of sanctions on belarus and all alexander lukashenko and those close to him to be discussed bringing you all the latest on the us as it happens. returning to tuesday night's u.s. presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden the new york times is under fire from its own readers over its coverage of the event now the paper tweeted this screenshot

and to an increasing number of belorussians he no longer symbolizes. but stagnation. and even. considered a real winner of the election. and security forces file a crackdown on protesters with torture beatings thousands of arrests. but a group of women marching in the capitol wearing white flowers that moment turning point the protests turned into a mass movement. into the crowd. to. hear. the. rise of. the protests. sure. now. now. has become the most. fearless. longtime activist and great grandmother carries the historic flag of bellows now the opposition symbol to every protest rally. so you have been confronting police in the last couple of weeks i've seen you fighting with the flag and really being at the front line of these these protests how do you get your confidence i mean how do you overcome your own fear. in the us now so i've to go. more. recurring there is a mo and he has 3 other store rich number and bad there but i his luck was short north that you daughter finish nor did he want to hit the can your snare you do not need to you have to do here for we should talk

yes in a not of rita statement urging belorussians to stop the protests i saw a sinking ship us pressured because of course when we men are meant. to present from. us or this. out for all these out internet news out here low out nobody. everybody will understand what happened. the crackdown has its effect hardly anyone dares to go to the street. was a. ruin that. was but then suddenly a group of women start marching around the capital minsk cow in flowers. women have been leading this opposition movement against alex on the look i shouted back and now again it's women like taking to the streets so i just hope it stays that way well because of it but yes it was on the up look up it was the quick pick up because by which is it that made you decide to release even shirts for the job i at 1st look at this with me because i'm just glad that the discussion i was that you had such as thanks. it's the start of a protest movement that quickly grows bigger. thank. you our. thanks. to our. this has been started by workers from the tracks the factory here in minsk with hundreds in the main avenue in

this was the police response on the streets of the belorussian capital minsk. in what the opposition is calling state sponsored violence. security forces deployed stun grenades and tear gas on protesters who'd been marching against the president alexander lukashenko. the rally had started peacefully with wide columns of dam and stretches fanning out across ments they were heading for the president's home determined to send a message that it's time to go on was the march was called by opposition leader script line a ticking off skier who'd given location can to leave and of someday to resign or face a nationwide general strike. organizers say more than a 100000 people were out banging drums chanting strike and long live bellow roofs. of them are still only unfortunately i think that lukashenko will not accept the ultimatum he lives in his own world he thinks that many people support him and that we're all wrong that we're drug addicts prostitutes and vandals but we're just peaceful he cannot understand it yet we are afraid of what will happen next week we will g

these 3 women became the face of the belorussian push for democracy you cannot skya maria kolesnik over svetlana aleksey if it it's a movement which has now been given the european parliament's top human rights award the zachariah freedom of thought prize parliament president david saucily said the huge protests on the streets of bel-air were strictly following what the e.u. called a rigged presidential election have moved the world. in opposition in belarus continue to be strong and fight your fight your struggle we will stand by your side that we are with you that we've. taken our skya the exiled opposition leader said the award was for the nation as a whole. oh i'm really. glad that. the. award because this is not only for. you know for me it's what all the people of course now we like one. who's fighting the regime it's a sentiment echoed by others in the bella ruse opposition and you know. they were fighting for the rights of people to freely elected leadership that we only want and i think that this is what made them different from our political movements. throughout europe huge p

rain yes since the contested election which sparked a nationwide protest and us have joined the belorussianopposition in the announcing the result as rate were taken off sky arrived in berlin on monday where he did take part in a solidarity rally organized by the belorussian the a sport there during the. the opposition leader also reportedly said that she'd like to meet with russian president vladimir putin r.t. correspondent peter all of a tell us more about her goals for the upcoming told us. she's brought with a list of names that she wants to see added to the current sanctions to the names currently sanctioned by the european union this 40 names on that list already notable the act absent from that list though was alexander lukashenko the president of belarus that raised a few eyebrows when it was announced last week that she's also going to be looking for germany to play a role as a mediator in trying to sort out the impasse following the disputed election that took place in august our plans for changes in belarus consists of 3 points which we have already voiced pressure on the author

foreign ministers say they're ready to sanction belorussian president alexander lukashenko the e.u. has already sanctioned 40 other belorussian officials those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's talk to all jazeera good buy. i'm counting the cost etc from the pandemic who will pay to get vaccines to the world's poorest in kastrup zimbabwe strike oil using drilling reports in the 1990 s. and what's behind china's plan to lift 1000000000 people into the middle class. counting the cost on al-jazeera. was called to. see. the netherlands it's known for its liberal and innovative policies including being one of the 1st countries to legalize prostitution euthanasia and same sex marriage. it's also one of the world's most vibrant economists a founding member of the united nations and the european union and has the clout to play a role in global affairs. i'm james plays at the un in new york on this edition of talk to al-jazeera we connect with the foreign minister of the netherlands as we review global crises from belo roost in the corner karabakh the dynamics between the u

foreign ministers say they're ready to sanction belorussian president alexander lukashenko the e.u. are ready sanctions for day other by the russian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after a look a psycho held on expected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reform meanwhile the belorussian interior ministry has told police they can use lethal weapons against protesters on sunday more than 700 people were arrested as they rallied against the bush and co for a 9th consecutive day by the wrist has been rocked by months of on rest following a disputed election in. britain's prime minister says he won't impose another full coronavirus lockdown what is almost $14000.00 new daily infections were reported boris johnson warned that the weeks and months ahead will be difficult he announced a 3 tier system of local lockdown measures in england including a ban on some households mixing indoors emergency hospitals have been put on standby in cities with high infection rates. there are those who say that on that l

with as much criticism of him as it provides isn't actually doing the same just siding for the belorussian people that the issue here is to what extent are we comforted that he lost he claims he won 8. percent of the official result was 81 has not behaved as opposed to 180 percent of the see no gration the rebel polling stations we have numbers and those numbers in order those stations so a landslide they say and also there was this just a study on that based on the official results also says 70 percent and finally when the pro-government demonstrations have been organized no one sends up if he just met me and really. can't be the name of the recent tracking to the question of why the look of shock is legitimate i'm not i'm not having that argument i think there are lots of additives that these these elections weren't free and fair and that he's legitimacy as a leader is that very very questionable my question is if a friend again should meet a c.m. that he had lost at that is a legitimate representative of the belarusian people that she had this status unique or shape let's say aid packag

already sanctioned 40 other belorussian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after local sanka held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reform meanwhile the belorussian interior ministry have reportedly told police they can use lethal weapons against protesters on sunday more than 700 people were arrested as they rallied against the her sanka for the 9th consecutive day belarus has been rocked by months of on the west following a disputed election oldest. still ahead and al jazeera millions of children across africa head back to school following the coronavirus shutdown. and jobless and hungry in brazil the pandemic leaves millions wondering where their next meal is coming from. but. hello we say goodbye to chan home not because you know the one but the time because in open water now we look to weather coming off the land and that's a cold front you'll be seeing more and more of those behind it should be when she weather not yet 9 degrees and then if you follow the tail end of it you still got s

on the merkel has said she is planning to meet with the belorussian opposition leader so a lot of taken off guy is currently in an lithuania having fled her country after the disputed presidential election in august and the german chancellor shares her view that the vote was rigged. ok levi's phone didn't we do not recognize the legitimacy of the president see him to engage in dialogue with his people without interference from east or west we can down what's going on there on a daily basis specifically the derailment of democratic processes and the violence perpetrated against the opposition german chancellor angela merkel has added her voice to calls from french president emmanuel back on for alexander lukashenko to step down as president of belarus micron had met with svetlana ticking off sky the woman who ran against in august disputed election just earlier this week that meeting took place between the french president and mistaken following that meeting that crown said that he was willing to act as a mediator to get to the bottom of the impasse that followed that vote however there

summit which will continue today your leaders agreed yesterday to impose sanctions on dozens of belorussian officials linked to the widely disputed reelection of xander lucas shanker in the recent presidential vote cyprus dropped its veto against the move after securing e.u. support in its gas dispute with turkey the sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes. a breakthrough in brussels after weeks of deadlock e.u. leaders presented a united front on belly roofs slapping sanctions on 14 members of president alexander lukashenko his regime. they were accused of falsifying the oldest election results which is led to weeks of unrest across the country to block stop short of sanctioning lucas shankly though despite rejecting the bellary seen leaders claim. to the presidency the people of the have the right to determine what's the own future it's also our intention to continue to develop a foot in order to support the important use such as the freedom of the press freedom the freedom of speech and decision of society they had been broad support for the sanctions but discussions here to snag

accusations of vote rigging later on monday for the 9th consecutive week tens of thousands of belorussians have marched in the capital to demand the resignation of president. police in minsk cordoned off streets and use water cannon to disperse protesters california set a new record in the amount of land burned by wildfires more than 1600000 hectares of land have been lost double the previous record at least $31.00 people have died this year those are the headlines news continues here on out is there. talk to o.j. is there a school is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that when we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter so does their own. folks. love them or hold anger at their good. after the mention you know i guess you already know it's raining and cars don't work the way they are usually the ones where. the mystery in a millionaire you. know what i do and they can turn up again. and let them go oh go on are going to write

tens of thousands of people of again marched to the belorussian capital minsk in what's become a weekly protest against president alexander lukashenko police have threatened to use firearms on demonstrators opposition leaders for a lot of the kind of sky it is thought to call a nationwide strike unless local shanker quits within the next week and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after 101 east. on counting the cost the price of doing business with china and see how the fund is turned to the coercion of economic and geopolitical wills. reeducation camps and we all bailouts of bill of rights to moscow or of minutes. on al-jazeera. the. arab league. all. ok. ok. ok. maybe this will be. as coded 19 continues to ravage america another epidemic is emerging. harassment and the hate crimes against asian americans are on the rise of the race on the planet where we can go back to whatever country you bomb ok really. this is not your place fuelled by fear of the virus and about how it spreads. may believe the senate phobia is coming from the very top. comes. some peopl

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after a few hours most are released because police just didn't know what to do with so many belorussianwomen. the number another bits of the dominion proportion. something to support those that choose but the one shown. i had the worst thought not quite the ceiling sort of being you know. this in the towns of the other kinds yes the. shafik of men i guess i'm talking to here because each check. is going to kill us as the years to make up the over. frank assessments look at checkers don't anyway the protesters are going anyway either the bullet will television and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines is it it's really out there on the inside story on al-jazeera. keeping law and order is a primary function of any state. in protecting the people became police brutality a domestic incident became a global lock. in a country torn apart by racial inequality. when americans find a leader to unite them. follow the key issues of the us elections. on al-jazeera dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic let's start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the news co

after a few hours most are released because police just didn't know what to do with so many belorussian women. but as the number another bits of it i mean you proportion . something to support those that she treats but the one shown. i had the worst those notes whites of sealy said opinion. piece in the towns of the other kinds yes the. shafik of men i guess i'm talking to here because the check. is going to kill us as the years to look at the over. examining the impact of today's headlines with a scale from 0 to misty but we don't feel safe here setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions my black friday in my will as is my whole being out there weaponize international filmmakers and world class journalists tell us how and why the textile and fashion industries are made of water polluters bring programs to inform and inspire you. on al-jazeera. when covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. some in the west criticized come to measures as too harsh or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this g

all titians have been at an impasse for months over the size and scope of the relief package 40 belorussian individuals have been sanctioned by the european union for their role in the disputed presidential election president alexander lukashenko isn't currently on the list of sanctioned individuals but the head of the european council warned that could change police of crackdown on opposition politicians on protesters since look assange coke claimed victory in august. we really prevent what we as politically decided that least its immediate point about recession to no question to it's not on the current on the truant least but of course we will will follow ups to she really followed the developments and you know that we often includes these delicate but i wish we teach that we then all the intimidations against the opposition we can then there's islands against a peaceful peaceful. members of the of the of the opposition turkey and greece will jointly set up a military hotline to avoid accidental confrontations in the eastern mediterranean nato has been working with both countries to diffu

over the disputed region of the go in aqaba tens of thousands of people have again marched to the belorussianapital minsk in what's become a weekly protest against president's alexander lukashenko that's despite threats by officials to use firearms against demonstrators opposition leaders for planning to kind of sky has threatened to call a nationwide strike unless look at seneca quits within the next week those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's rewinds good buy. i want you to know our nation's going to defeat is terrible china virus as we call it there is no place for hate in america well i'm feeling great i don't know about your worry is not a political statement it's a scientific recommendation the final presidential debate live on al jazeera. hello and welcome again to rewind i'm come all santamaria. here on rewind where revisiting our extensive documentary archive to bring you some of the best and most influential programs of the past decade as well as news of how the story has moved on since from the early days of al-jazeera english the award winning people and policy

since the disputed election back in august demonstrators have once again flooded the streets of the belorussian capital. it. comes on the last day of an ultimatum set by the opposition for the embattled leader alexandre lucas to resign police use stun grenades to disperse the demonstrators who've been peacefully marching through the streets near the presidential palace presidential residence in minutes a number of arrests were made although no casualties were reported. that's our breakdown of just some of the biggest headlines from the past week for more on those stories and the latest news follow us on twitter or facebook and check out our website at r t dot com thanks for watching and i hope you have a good day. no i mean maybe up there so i don't think. i don't mean a grown man now for. i kind of were on the. course of the now i think it's higher than our. members of the africa mafias safe and quick passage to europe but once they. leave the country each util. will not some of them leave be a mom and i couldn't you know if this unit were going to go to him. they sold the. lead. core of the.

one pays any attention to the fact that this could also be considered as foreign interference in belorussian affairs. all of this was happening sergey lavrov laid out what his belief was the end goal of all these sanctions fabulous old unfair competition and creating tell more russia's borders let's listen. the west will always try to hold us back to undermine our political and economic capacities this is all part of the same old game they want to throw russia of violence not just with direct assault like dirty competition and illegitimate sanctions but also going creating instability on our borders. now one other of russia's key relationships that lavrov did touch upon was of course with the u.s. and he said quite bluntly who are for wins in november whether it's trump or biden probably very little is going to change he said that all moscow has ever wanted of course is good cooperation but on an equal footing sometimes washington's policy especially when it comes to foreign policy made it very difficult for so those were the main topics on top of that they also talked about the resolution f

one pays any attention to the fact that this could also be considered as foreign interference in belorussian affairs such a lot from laid out his view on what the end goal was from these verbal assaults from unfair competition for calls for sanctions and for causing tellme oil russia's borders. on the us the west will always try to hold us back to undermine our political and economic capacities this is all part of the same old game they want to throw russia of violence not just with direct assaults like dirty competition and illegitimate sanctions but also by creating instability on our borders. now one out of russia's key relationships on the international stage that was top spot was of course with washington and quite frankly he said with less than a month to go to the election whoever wins in november whether it's trump or bite and probably very little would change he reiterated that all moscow has ever wanted was good cooperation but i'm an equal footing and that sometimes washington's foreign policy made that very difficult other topics such as the protests in batteries or indeed a peac