russia throws support behind leroux's and the showdown with -- kind leroux's -- belarus.hreat to arrest a dissident journalist last week. emmanuel macron promises to invest in vaccine production in africa. calling for a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights on coronavirus vaccines to boost production. tensions in

russia throws support behind leroux's and the showdown with -- kind leroux's -- belarus. a threat to arrest a dissident journalist last week. emmanuel macron promises to invest in vaccine production in africa. calling for a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights on coronavirus vaccines to boost production. tensions in jerusalem a week after a cease-fire ended 11 days of conflict between israel and hamas. our team on the ground reports. ♪ >> russian president vladimir putin throws support behind belarus leader lukashenko. lukashenko is in a standoff with the west after ordering the grounding of a passenger jet in the arrest of a dissident blogger and his girlfriend. he plans to bck from airports and demanded the release of the man and his girlfriend. felix joins us from moscow. what is the latest? >> julia, the meeting is still going on. it is dragging into the evening. it is a part of the course at this point, lukashenko is a regular visitor to russia these days. he is often asking for more financial and political support. he is personally dependent on russia. t