nato is probably. not need to know they did it we did of the nato nato we have been to it was when they went nuts but yes. fire nato's oh because there was one right of fire lit an actual fire and. it's horrifying to do more. so after the shooting death of briana taylor in louisville kentucky the louisville metro council passed a law in june to ban no knock warrants called brianna's law and even senator rand paul introduced legislation to ban operates nationwide so now there's an effort to make a statewide version of the louisville law which in addition to banning no knock warrants across the state it would also require officers of the be tested for drug and alcohol use after police involved shootings that would also require them to turn body cameras on whatever they're serving warrants and of course the kentucky fraternal order of police their official response to that proposal was to say and i quote this is an attack and slap in the face to great cops all across this. great storm into apartments without even knocking on the door. i look at the things that are considered these outrageous progressive cha

nato has washed concerns of the growing tensions over the two. the secretary-general called for dialogue between the nato allies. during a meeting, they are discussed -- they are expected to discuss the tense situation in belarus. it's an example of the need for europe to increase the capacity of their own security. our has more from berlin. point has been the two year strategic campus. this meeting has been all points east and southeastern europe specifically. the situation building up in the eastern mediterranean, how to resolve the tensions in a peaceful way between greece and turkey. the problem being that given it is an eu meeting, turkey is not part of the eu and therefore not in the meetings, whereas greece and cyprus are. both those countries embroiled in the tension with the turkish government. although the turkish government has been -- has representation at the meeting, the comments used from president erdogan very much at that meeting. the eu has no military role of substance in his area. natooes. turkey and greece are members of nato. natoe general secretary of it was at the meeting in berlin wednesday was calling upon both and trys to step back to ease the tensions. the interesting thing is there will be further such meetings, but this time involving foreign ministers of the eu in berlin, with the topic will be at the forefront. lauren: still to come. justice for what happened at the hands of a terrorist. victims from new zealand's mass shooting testify in court. and our investigation into how euminals are buying citizenshihip, despite warningsf ty. get aevy -- off illegali ♪ wind is no longer blowing harshly in australia but it is catching tasmania, where the french system is being steered. -- the frontal system is being steered. warmer in melbourne. sidney, sunshine in perth. the tasman sea is host to the circulation, headed toward new zealand. a breezy friday. , a typhoon isory headed to the yellow sea. it has caused minor damage on the eastern flank. strong wind will

nato alliance. nato has been the most successful alliance in history , maybe going all the way back to rome. we have a great alliance with nato. the president was tough on nato coming into office because the non-u.s. nato members for the most part had let defense spending fall to record low levels. they had no readiness. they weren't maintaining platforms. they didn't have enough troops. the president said this doesn't work. we cannot continue to be the only party seriously committed to defense. you have got to raise your game. we went to the nato summit last i was privileged to be there december. with the president and we had a lot of corporation from secretary-general stoltenberg and we have commitments of $400 billion of additional spending by non-u.s. nato countries to defense. that is fantastic for the united states, fantastic for the western alliance, and great for nato. every president i can remember since president nixon has been asking our european allies to pay their fair share and to increase their spending to protect ourselves against russia and now china and other threats, iran. it has always fallen on deaf ears

nato well nato has firmly denied that there there is a true build up at the belarus and border they've said that they're monitoring the situation. seems to be kind of trying to turn what is essentially an attorney internal political conflict into some kind of a geo political crisis we've heard as well that the recent army is now going to be holding military drills starting tomorrow and previously and today as well has accused the protesters taking to the streets against him as being kind of controlled from abroad by nato countries like poland and lithuania and he's called them sheep being controlled the protesters have repeatedly denied that in their protests and it's important to note that we don't see any european flags out on the streets. there we've been seeing flags this really isn't like what we saw several years ago in ukraine where people were looking to get a closer closer ties with the e.u. even the opposition in belarus knows how important russia is to the valley region to me so that wouldn't necessarily change even if there were a regime change and we know that lucas has spoken to russian president vladimir putin yesterday and again today what can we expect from russia in this situation. well in recent days russia has been actually surprisingly quiet considering the protests that we've been seeing. today look at shane go as you say spoke to putin again after talks yesterday and today the russian side spoke of an external threat to belo bruce and they also said that they would be willing to

nato while nato has firmly denied that they are placing troops at the valuation borders but we have heard from the belarus in the valorization army that they will be holding military drills in the coming days it seems to me that look ashamed to wants to turn this internal political crisis into some kind of a geo political conflict that he's kind of inflating it giving it more importance and that's a strategy that we've sort of seen in the past few days as well when he accused the protestors of being controlled from abroad he called them cheap but when you actually look at the protests that we're seeing they don't seem to have anything to do with geopolitics people are demanding regime change and it's important to know that we don't see any e.u. flags on the streets of cities across bella reuss 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 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 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 detonated a car bomb before a gunman stormed the building. thousands of protesters have rallied in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the demonstrations come after years of political turmoil and failed promises to restore democracy following 824000 military coup. u.s. president donald trump has said he will look into

nato while nato has firmly denied that they are placing troops at the belarusian borders but we have heard from the belarus in the valorization army that they will be holding military drills in the coming days it seems to me that look ashamed to wants to turn this internal political crisis into some kind of a geo political conflict that he's kind of inflating it giving it more importance and that's a strategy that we've sort of seen in the past few days as well when he accused the protesters of being controlled from abroad he called them cheap but when you actually look at the protests that we're seeing they don't seem to have anything to do with geopolitics people are demanding regime change and it's important to note that we don't see any e.u. flags on the streets of cities across. 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 bellerose 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 opposition government subsidy close ties there 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 belo 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 fellow after all russia sees belarus 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 franco 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. better risk correspondent alexander brokaw has been released from detention reports for russian language service he was arrested in his hometown a. few days before the presidential election. received a 10 day prison sentence for petty going isn't a charge he denies and is considering appealing. his prosecution was purely political it was his 2nd time in prison this year. well we spoke to paul rieckhoff after his release and i asked him how he was treated while he was detained. i can't describe my roth. in the war this is the work place a lesion i was sitting in the snow all over this in review was to all of a so i am here to read and do not them all this time at the. internet and i am sure n

nato. he says nato build—up is taking place on the country does not border. they natosjust an border. they nato system says this is just an exercise but there is no doubt that concerns about the stability of belarus and fears that russia might take perceptive action ina russia might take perceptive action in a country that is very much in its orbit might well have encouraged people at nato headquarters in brussels to just engage in a bit of a display of sabre rattling, if you like. no suggestion they would take direct military intervention but they would hope to rush avoid intervening. to afghanistan now — a high—profile member of the afghan team that's due to hold peace talks with the taliban, has been wounded in a gun—attack near kabul. fawzia koofi is a leading women's rights campaigner and a former member of parliament. the taliban denied they were involved in the incident. jamshayda young has the latest. fawzia koofi has now survived two assasination attempts. the trailblazer rose to prominence as a politician after the us led invasion of afghanistan in 2001. the

it's not the same thing as collective defense, which is what we had in nato. nato is all about everybody responding to an attack, they don't use the word aggression. his second idea would what is now called self-determination. woodrow never use that word. the third idea was democracy. he started an argument that now i think is empirically valid, that no two liberal democracies have ever gone to war against each other. you can think of an exception. let me know. if you come up with a really good exception, i will give you 400 dollars and we will go right the most kicking article in political science, trying to prove the iron law of the liberal democratic peace. but i think -- you can imagine what this means. you could get to world peace without world government, without empire, without the second coming if countries would become democracies. lastly, adopted leak. these are his big ideas. i will concentrate on this one. there's lots of stuff to talk about here, but it turns out that before the league fight, it's -- you need to know something, by the way. there are --

us no one will be left without hope or opportunity mexico's former president enrico perry paid a nato nato has been the accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to fund his election campaign and to buy votes didn't fluence in congress he's accused of taking money from a brick to brazilian construction that's admitted paying bribes in $12.00 countries including mexico the former head of mexico state run oil company emilio. who is facing corruption charges says panetta demanded that the money be given to his team . in the case of voter braced there were a series of bribes exceeding $4400000.00 that were ultimately used for the 2012 presidential campaign and the man who later became president along with his finance minister are the ones who according to these accusations order the story to give this money to various election advisors from abroad singapore is destroying at least 9 tons of confiscated elephant ivory it's the largest haul in recent years as part of its efforts against the illegal trade in wildlife industrial rock crushers will need at least 5 days to destroy the entire

nato declares war. the -- that's the idea of collective security. it's not the same thing as collective defense which is what we have a nato. natois all about everybody response to an attack. they do not use the word aggression. the second idea is not called self determination, wilson did not use that word. the bolsheviks use that word. the third idea was democracy. he started the argument that i think is empirically valid. that no two liberal democracy's ever gone to war against each other. you can think of exception. if you come up with a really good exception, i will give you 400 dollars and will write the most kicking article in political science trying to prove the entire law of liberal democratic peace. you can get to world peace without world government, without world empire, with that second coming, if countries would become democracies. lastly, adopt the lead. these are big ideas. the league is the heart of it. there's lots of stuff to talk about here, but it turns out, as far as the leaks ideas the scenes at the heart of. it you need to know something. there are about 135 articles in the versailles peace treaty. the fi

it's not the same thing as collective defense, which is what we have in nato. nato is about everybody responding to an attack so they don't use the word aggression. his second idea is what is called international self-determination. wilson never used that word bolsheviks use d it. he started an argument that is impeerically valid. that no two liberal democracies have ever gone to war against each other. if you come up with an exception, i'll give you $400 and we'll write the most kicking article in political science trying to prove the iron law of the liberal democratic piece is wrong, but i think it's true. so you can imagine what this means. you could get to world peace without world government, world empire, without the second coming, if countries woul become democracies. and then last ly, adopt the league. so, these are his big ideas and what i'm going to concentrate on is this one. by the way, there are about 125 articles in the versailles peace treaty. the first 25 are the covenant for the league of nations. wilson wanted a league of nations in the peace treat

nato bills but that i'm not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way it's bipartisan it's a bad idea everyone knowing i know everyone that knows me watching this program i think nato should be dissolved completely but nonetheless and you know the top line story here is misplaced this is about a fraught relationship that germany has had with in nato with the united states leading that alliance since the end. since they're not in the end in the end of the 1940 s. all the way to the end of the cold war in 1901 so there's something much bigger players go ahead. well obviously it's a much much bolder than his predecessors no you are correct this is something that has always been some tensions in the relationship has always gone on for example throughout the cold war americans were to large extent a concern about some of the european integration and us remember after the cold war you had meddling albright to cautioning the europeans that you know the e.u. should not be a couple from nato remember that nato stimming institutions now. this because well they are simply because the european integration and the ablest this continent to use collective bargaining power to have greater equality in relations with united states so this is quite normal for any country why would you cooperate with 27 to 27 countries seeking. in the negotiate from

should not be a couple for nato remember that nato system in these situations now. is because well they are simply because a european integration and they will say this continent to use collective bargaining power to have greater equality in relations with united states so this is quite normal for any country why would you cooperate with 27 to 27 countries seeking. in the negotiate from business a signal strength and they always have the incentive to deal with one state individual instead of a bilateral basis and then maximize their influence however to us nonetheless membership support of european integration of least a certain extent because it provides the price united states with a very powerful lot was very important to recognize this dilemma that the u.s. always space so a strong e.u. weakens the u.s. within the west however a stronger or a partnership with the e.u. then also becomes a source of collect intentionally and us to empower a strong army to control together now i think now in the last few years this relation fence began to change largely because of

nato encroachment. nato has been expanding to the east. and belarus porters three -- borders three natories and russia. ally, sometimes a troublesome ally, but lukashenko has been in power for 26 years and is a known factor to russia. alix: is this a ukraine situation, where russia will think it has a mandate to go in and push, or is this a different sort of set up domestically? torrey: it is hard to say right now. makea has offered to assistance available under existing -- it is not clear how that would work out in these alliances. you have other partners, for the wording is, we understand, assistance would be provided if there is outside intervention into voters. this is a domestic issue in belarus. we have not seen strong indications that russia is planning to get involved in a domestic situation. alix: if that's the case, does lukashenko have to calm things down if he does not get overwhelming backup from russia? how does he at this point do that? --rey: u.k. shannon: lukashenko has really been digging in. he made a slight concession saying that new elections are possible, but only

nato chiefly as a competitor to the u.s. . regions to test enormous skepticism and doubt on the nato alliance his point being that nato like everything else he's ever done should be transactional how much the united states is paying versus how much other allies are contributing should be the determining factor rather than the idea of collective security that has been the bedrock of the alliance since its founding. ramblings and said he's the boss of good it not that the tribe is an isolationist it is the says nato is sucking away american resources he believes this that he understands nothing about foreign policy nor does he wish to my cause and i'm sure that from vladimir point putin's point of view this is music to his ears. in july 26th hillary clinton made us history as the 1st female presidential candidate of a major party. and solo my friends it is where humility determination and boundless confidence in america's promise to hide itself was. in the same month shared care as to russia of interfering in the presidential elections russian hackers brett managed to have stolen and published e-mails from the democratic national commi

nato and he when he spoke today to his supporters he mentioned nato are crimean that's he says that need to one storm to kill us wants to conquer us to compete with us so basically you need to for him is the major air and then me right now and russia is the main ally for let me ask you that about nato because nato says they're monitoring the situation very closely but it seems like they don't particular to get involved either. absolutely and don't think nato is even considered than the interference or involvement in the situation there and they don't think it's needed to right now that's the moment when the russian people decided by them all and know for a decision or action to be is so impactful as all the events that they're happening right now in belarus made by belarusians what can be important by western powers the sanction sanctions in order to prevent potential violence if a question of staying power and if you will decide to use fire arms or continue violence against protesters then the west must make him understand clearly that harsh personal targeted sanctions will fall in the sanctions will be imposed perhaps on the police man the riot police and army will think twice before dispersal protestors were let's look at the options for you at this stage he says absolutely not

is solving solidarity with its member countries but at the end of the day these are both nato allies nato montresor and there's a legal issue which the even the un says it should be sold it's been to 2 countries but i have to say that. german chancellor is trying to play a meditation role. for instance when heikal masterman foreign minister was here in iraq during the press or he was much softer than how he was in athens so time will show how things will evolve around the agency and they said mediterranean a lot of nuances there on there thank you sincerely in istanbul. we're a quarter past this news hour this is what's coming up this is the most important election in the history of our country the presidential conventions are over and the final stretch of the u.s. race for the white house is now officially underway. with mali's ousted president now a free man west african leaders are holding a new round of talks over the country's future and the playoffs are on ice all the details coming up with indian sport for the latest. well right at the moment thousands of people are gathering in wa

nato air forces serbia. this was used against nato airforces in serbia. this was used against natoence in 1999. evidence in the city centre of buildings bombed in the same conflict. the capital is not the war ravaged depressed city some people might expect it to be. belgrade has picked up a reputation for its head nightlife and pa rfait lined boulevards. the centre is a blend of neo— renaissance architecture and the blocks built when this was the capital of yugoslavia. perhaps the most distinctive features are these things, floating jetty switch sit along the banks of the river sava. —— ajeti's which set. deena says how important the jetties are to the city. belgrade is in this amazing geographical place, like on the complement of river sava and the danube. this city basically led by the weather. -- the confluence. tina feels the creative side of the city is often underestimated. in my opinion, i believe that the stereotypes around belgrade moved between two polar stereotypes. the first is belgrade and serbia are all stricken and belgrade is basically this new berlin, eastern berli

nato secretary general against bolton bagus been speaking about it what did he have to say. but alexander lukashenko the president of better was said that nato is putting troops together in poland lithuania and latvia the bordering countries to belarus and to insult back the nato secretary general said this is nonsense the nato agreement remains vigilant and for the defend its territory of course but there is no military action planned whatsoever against. others in that region and this is from the playbook of full populist you say you have an outside enemy you have to fend him from him and this is what's happening right now and this vote makes is says remain calm and the e.u. and nato are hoping that they will not give russia any reason to to act militarily or to to to claim that the u.s. nato are interfering from the outside in the numbers ben thank you very much that was the deadliest and we get in brussels. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour firefighters in california are working to contain a wildfire threatening thousands of homes north of los angeles the blaze has already destroyed more than 15000 acres as it rages through brush covered mountains california is currently experiencing a heat wave that's fueling a ti

nato. he said nato has deployed troops to the border and the only person who can protect this nation, protectnor, protect its sovereignty is him, the president. the troops have not deployed toward this border but he is trying to whip up an air of hysteria and nationalism and he does have some supporters. not crowds that are anywhere near this size but there's been some smaller, pro-government demonstrations. there's this tug of war going. where this goes, it's hard to say. the protesters will keep it going. ha it's hard to know how long they can. witch a >>> tennessee protesters can now lose their right to vote under a new bill signed by republican governor billie lee. people who camp on state property will be slapped with a class e felony punishable by six years in prison with the added bonus to lose a right to cast a ballot once convicted. the bill passed after two months of protest smarked by the murder of george floyd. >>> the washington post is doing something it says the paper has never done before. releasing a series of what they call unprecedented editorials that will argue against a

without requiring russian military intervention well clearly wants nato to be viewed as a threat where is nato on all of this. right well nato will defend any member countries such as with the wanita and that is attacked by russian forces by the alliance going back to the protests during the cold war in hungary and the czech republic and poland will not intervene to to on behalf of a social revolution in a foreign a nonmember government so nato position is to warn russia against intervention to prepare for any spillover of conflict and so on but it's basically a defensive posture trying to deal with possible contingencies mitigate think we could see the escalation of all of this without any kind of military intervention is that likely yeah i think that the most likely solution and a good one would be if local genco leaves office and then somebody else takes power who enjoys the more popular support and can perform make the necessary domestic reforms but without really causing a major threat to russia in the short term i think in the long term bella ruth will end up looking like the other baltic countries and poland and so on

nato has voiced its concern that the growing tensions between the 2 sectors general yes stoltenberg called for deescalation and dialogue between the 2 nato allies during a meeting of the european union defense ministers at summit is also expected to discuss the tense situation in bella ruse it's an issue that germany's defense minister used as an example of the need for europe to increase the capacity to protect its own security john mccain has more from berlin. the point about this meeting has been what the e.u. is calling its 2 year strategic compass and in effect this meeting has been all points east and south eastern europe specifically this situation building up in the eastern mediterranean how to resolve the tensions in a peaceful way between greece and turkey the problem being that given that it's an e.u. meeting turkey is not part of the e.u. and therefore is not in these meetings whereas greece and cyprus are as member states of the european union both those countries in broiled in this tension with the turkish government and although the turkish government has no representation at this meeting the comments the views from the turkish government from president out of one very much at that meeting interesting me the e.u. has no military role of substance in this area whereas nato does and of course turkey and greece are members of nato and so yes the general secretary of nato who was at this meeting in berlin on wednesday was calling upon both countries to step back to try to to ease the tensions between them the interesting thing is that there will be further such meetings but this time involving foreign ministers of e.u. countries in berlin on thursday where again this topic will certainly be to the forefront . still to come one out there. i'm uncertain they were going to be enough justice for what has happened at the hands of a terrorist survivors and relatives of victims from new zealand's worst mass shooting testify in court on a white supremacist responsible awaits his sentence. and our exclusive investigation into how criminals and dissidents are buying and ship despite warnings of illegality. from the. head of the winter wind is no longer blowing too harshly of a most of australia it is still going for the bass strait in catching tasmania this is where

nato members, the nato headquarters itself. when all this information was leaked a couple of weeks ago, the congress of the united states i think it would have been better for us to present a plan to natot we're thinking about doing. we are a member nation. get the feedback from the other 27 nations about what's the impact on the collective defense, how are we going to mitigate all of that. i think we would have probably got people raising their hands saying listen, i'll take some of those troops in my country, et cetera. that would have been a little bit better than where we are now. secondly, i think there was an opportunity here, arthel, to actually strengthen nato's defense as a result of this. you mentioned the numbers, 5600 are being moved around inside europe. a couple of headquarters are going to move and air force squad droforcesquadis going to . 6400 are coming home. if we took them and put them to countries east of germany, where the threat is, where russia is intimidating and coercing eastern european allies who are all members of nato and we have some forces there right now but we don't have enough of them. and i think this was an opportunity to actually strengthen that. t

nato. we are still in it. just ais concerned, but general question for the president about britain's article three defending nato partners. but, not just natowe had a weakening of the south korean alliance, there is a dispute there over money. will the u.s. withdraw troops? as a means of applying pressure? you -- again, raising questions about the nuclear -- for japan. you have a current administration that questions it. alliances,ility of but also the importance. i am wondering if i could ask both of you, what is the lasting damage to those alliances from those questions being raised? lost ande is easily difficult to regain. stephen, i will start with you. is there long-term damage? mr. hadley: i think it can be turned around, no matter who is president. tom and i will probably disagree on this. about aam less worried reelected president trump pulling out of these alliances. i think there are a lot of people who, in his administration, who understand that particularly in a competition with china, the big advantage we have is our treaty allies, but also friends and folks with whom we have security and other relationships. this is a huge and

does and of course turkey and greece are members of nato and so un shelton back the general secretary of nato who was at this meeting in berlin on wednesday was calling upon both countries to step back to try to to ease the tensions between them the interesting thing is that there will be further such meetings but this time involving foreign ministers of e.u. countries in berlin on thursday where again this topic will certainly be to the forefront. turning our attention to peru where thousands of doctors and nurses are protesting over a lack of resources to combat coronavirus the country's seen a surge in the infection numbers reported more than 10048 hours medical staff across the country are demanding more protective equipment as well as better working conditions the virus has claimed the lives of at least 153 health workers in peru. mexico's economy is shrinking rapidly as it struggles to deal with the fallout of the pandemic it shrank by nearly 19 percent between april and june compared to the same period of last year mexico was already in a recession before lock down just under 5000 new

against the country's opposition leaders he's also accused nato of interfering of increasing its military presence on the beirut's border which nato denies. the us democratic party has formally named joe biden as its presidential nominee it happened on the 2nd bites of its national convention which is being held virtually because of the coronavirus former u.s. president bill clinton and former secretary of state john kerry are among those who addressed the convention on the 2nd day. another round of negotiations underway between the government and armed groups in myanmar more than 20 groups are demanding independence it's resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being forced to flee their homes 3 rounds of negotiations been held already many staying away from this round's due to the coronavirus south korea has reported its highest number of new corona virus infections since march nearly 300 cases were directed detected rather the latest tally the restrictions on gatherings have been imposed in seoul and surrounding areas hundreds of infections have been linked to a church and those are the headlines on al-jazeera we'll have mor

down look at genco claims the protests are being steered from abroad and he says nato is massing troops near the border now nato has vehemently denied that. putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander lucas told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country he claims enemies are at the border and as for opponents inside he's threatened to close factories if strikes against his regime continue. but look at his rule is drawing to an end so says exiled opposition leader. anyway even if we there. this moment will slow down or calm down i don't look good but our people. they don't want to accept our president anymore we have changed our minds have changed and will not be able to be under this president taking war under this authority as we will struggle till our what he tried to with the real good the changes in our country. the struggle continued on saturday women took a stand against the violent repression of protests. ignoring official warnings. and more crowds gathered in central minsk study into the nars. national we are many it's impossible to silence to fire

nato that nato angle of this book. the idea of the article five that is in the nato treaty. it's only been evoked once. we ask our partners to help us come fight in afghanistan. one of my underlining questions that were going through my mind. if one of the smaller members got attacked when we go support them or are we to war weary after afghanistan. i try to make my politics fictional in the book. this isn't about the trump administration or the obama administration. certain things are happening in the world particularly with just the timing that is unbelievable. the idea of what america get in another war in europe to protect a country that most americans probably couldn't find on a map. it will be very difficult the way russia is set up to get them back. they see that united states and nato. if they can weaken us. he thinks that is good for him and he is launching it. he wants these breakaway sovereign nations back and the fact that we let him take the prince and only encourage hitler to do more. that is my worry about. we will see history maybe not repeat but rhyme. if this pick up spymaster. are the

nato operation in europe but actually a part of you as operations in the middle east in africa so not directly concerning nato so this is an american issue it will be an additional burden to the american budget so it's not true what trump says it's not use is serving the american cause economy but it will be and additional burden however it is a political problem because the of course it just doesn't go without noticing in russia this is direct this against nato so it's more a politically politically symbolic problem than a military problem for nato. yeah indeed i mean i think what is so tricky for berlin is this issue linkage that we see security linking it to an economic if it cannot make issues like like also energy issues and and this is not the style of berlin used to deal with the issues it was much more compartmentalized in the end so this is also something we're seeing with the north stream to pipeline project and by the way i wanted to say some thing on about ukraine and poland it's not to how it's said out of washington that. didn't pay concerns i mean very little of us very much engaged in the trilateral talks in g. thing this agreement that we see now 5 is that having transit guaranteed through it crime we've seen in germany pushing inside the e.u. for common policy and energy projects like the baltic pipe for example which is paid from the european bought it. poland with with no value to the gas fields so this is part of how it's

nato now that's important the nato secretary general u.n. back is here in berlin this week here today and he will be here for the next couple of days because tomorrow and the day after there will be the e.u. foreign ministers will be meeting in then but the nato angle is important because remember that greece and turkey are both natan and this of course turkey is not in the room although they're not at this meeting the comments being made the view coming from the government of president richard type earlier one is definitely going to be that because he has been speaking about what he considers to be the turkish government support right to its its own rights over the territories of the black sea the mediterranean sea. and all everything that flows from that and that's important because the greeks and the turkish government disagree about the petrochemical finds that have been made in the eastern mediterranean around cyprus we know right now the french the italians the greeks and the cypriots have a military exercise underway in the eastern mediterranean so lots of tension right now between these 2 nato countries but only one of them has representation at this meeting that's taking place in berlin and it's taking place here of course because th

nato is playing no role nato is not building up forces on the border with yellow roses and calling on and in the words of mr shelton calling on the regime in belarus to change its policies to recognize what its people want so clearly lots of issues being discussed by these ministers and we wait to see what will emerge from this meeting as the day unfolds thank you that doesn't it came live for us and berlin. well speaking of belarus car factory workers there have joined the general strike to demand new elections. at least despair stand tamed protesters in the capital hands on wednesday the 18th successive day of anger at the reelection of president alexander the question is accused of rigging the results which contained 26 years of a party. he says the protestors are western puppets refuses talks with the opposition. while demonstrations against local shanker draw hundreds of thousands to the streets in cities it's a different story in rural areas because franco who was a farmer remains popular among people there but support is slowly starting to wane as step out of reports from scudamore total. outside the capital minsk life seems to have been standing still soviet style collective farms name call code is still exist here although they're not as prosperous as in the old days a former coal goes direct to himself this is president lukashenko is heartland villages are reluctant to talk about the mass protests against him events happening in the cities worry them protesters take stones from the pavement and attack policeman why the time of revolutions is gone nato wants war they will make profit from it on the bench an assassin gets this information from watching state television. a new person in power will not bring any changes that will never happen only young people are protesting old people are supporting look at sankoh i saw to muse like him many and of a lot have to get by on a small pension or income life has been difficult here but at least it's been stable worried about what might come next from say they rather stick to the devil they know meaning look at shankar but even here he is losing support flooding me who does not give us his full name make some extra money growing fused to be astounded 4th of look at but those days are over. in the ninety's he was a nursery leader he saved and preserve manufacturers' of the time by the rules came up from his knees but his successes have expired you must understand that he isn't able to be the country into something new the let's go. like many in belarus he doesn't believe the president will go

western border of belarus where it borders on poland and lithuania saying that nato troops we re lithuania saying that natobout but about the sovereignty of belarus itself. speech drowned by chanting. when you speak to the protest is there any lesson about the potential of russia, vladimir putin getting involved in some way to maintain stability here. is there fear about an intervention like that? look, it is on the back of people's mind. i think people are very much focused on the election, they are focused on the human rights abuses that took place in the aftermath of the election where demonstrators were basically dragged off the streets and some of them treated very brutally. what this demonstration has not been about is about russia. there will be no one here waving eu flags are saying this has got to be about belarus moving towards the west. you won't see any signs saying putin, keep your fingers out of belarus's business. the demonstrators and indeed the leaders of the opposition here are acutely aware that belarus's he relationship is with russia and that will probably have to remain the case and i