tikhanovskaya: we are talking about sanctions. that only sanctions and fighting inside the country and sanctions outside the country, could influence the regime and make them stop repression, release political prisoners, and start dialogue. we talked about sectoral sanctions because they are the most powerful. they would hit the enterprises that lukashenko's cronies. >> i have to ask you about the strength of the regime right now. it is fair to say that he still has the support ofhe security services. a few months ago he forced down a commercial plane to take down a blogger he did not like and detain him. he has now crackdown brutally on independent media and journalists. doesn't all that say to you that he actually still enjoys a lot of support on the ground? misses tikhanovskaya: he can influence the people through fear, blackmailing people. i think the majority of people in the regime are hooked by him, and a lot people in the regime, especially in the kgb, their hands are in blood already. and he is money parading these people

the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskaya, meets president biden at the white house, in a strong show of support. a message to the whole world that the greatest country in the world is with us and this is success for all belarusians. i'm sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo on day 6 of the olympics — where the us swimming star caeleb dressell blazed to victory in the men's 100 metre freestyle. the hill—sides of north wales now on a par with venice and the great barrier reef. from behind the decks, to centre stage, the world's most famous music producer mark ronson joins us to talk about his new documentary series. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated, or face more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency, the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid—june. president biden has renewed his call for people to get vaccinated. so many people, w

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joining me now is vet lana tikhanovskaya. thank you for joining us once again.den administration early on said that they would be putting human rights and the defense of democracy at the center of their foreign policy. when it comes to belarus's case, do you believe that has been the case so far? >> absolutely. now in this struggle between democracy, belarus is on the front line. and of course, for the countries that widespread democratic failures, those countries should be rebuilt at a difficult time when we're fighting against regime, against violence and for human rights in our country. yeah. >> i know that you met with the secretary of state, tony blinken. you also met with the national security adviser jake sullivan. tell us about those meetings. what do you want to see the biden administration specifically do next and did they commit to you that they would follow through on whatever they promised? >> i had more meetings in the state department and the white house. and i was surprised how involved officials are in this situation in belarus. of course i upda

ms tikhanovskaya considers herself to be the real winner of last yea r�*s election in belarus. whichas criticised as rigged. day 6 of the tokyo 2020 olympics is well underway. all eyes injapan will be on the golf competition, and the masters champion, hideki matsuyama, who'll be representing the host nation. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. it's a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he's been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he's about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi's president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let's start with the situation as regards covid, because

the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskaya, meets president biden at the white the world is with us and this is success for all belarusians. on day 6 of the tokyo 0lympics all eyes injapan will be on the men's golf competition, and the home favourite, hideki matsuyama, who's the current masters champion. the hill—sides of north wales now on a par with venice and the great barrier reef.

president biden says he was honoured to meet the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskayapower after what they claim was a rigged election last year. mark lobel has more and his report contains flashing images. this was the state's response to protesters disputing what they called a rigged election back in august. few here believe the country's long—time president alexander lukashenko when he claimed he had won re—election with 80% of the vote, and neither did governments in the eu, uk, canada and the us. and this is the woman who says she won that election, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. she met president biden at the white house on wednesday. this is a very significant meeting, a message to the whole world that the greatest country in the world is with us and this meeting is like success of all of the belarusians versions that are fighting at the moment. they include thousands of civilians taking to the streets for months, at risk of their own security. but the opposition is not being tolerated by the man dubbed europe's last dictator. keen to rally the beleaguered oppositi

president biden says he was honoured to meet the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskayahenko from power after what they claim was a rigged election last year. mark lobel has more and his report contains flashing images. this was the state's response to protesters disputing what they called a rigged election back in august. few here believe the country's long—time president alexander lukashenko when he claimed he had won re—election with 80% of the vote, and neither did governments in the eu, uk, canada and the us. and this is the woman who says she won that election, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. she met president biden at the white house on wednesday. this is a very significant meeting, a message to the whole world that the greatest country in the world is with us and this meeting is like success of all of the belarusians versions that are fighting at the moment. they include thousands of civilians taking to the streets for months, at risk of their own security. but the opposition is not being tolerated by the man dubbed europe's last dictator. keen to rally the beleaguer