More of the pristine coastline. I bring coffee its good to have you with us we start tonight in bella ruse where the oppositions top president ial candidate has left the country amid a Massive Police crackdown in a video message today slipped law. Said that she was safe with her children in neighboring lithuania she also urged supporters to end their protests to get sundays election result which handed president Alexander Lukashenko a 6th term. Scalia had initially called for a recount saying that the election had been rigged but her allies say she was pressured to back down. Proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election. By monday she was gone her whereabouts on earn her tame unable to reach her kelly now svetlana taken off scalia has reappeared with a somber message online. To say the companion. I knew what this campaign really toughened me and empowered me that i could withstand anything. But perhaps im still the weak woman that i was in the beginning was initially. The opposition candidate has fled to neighboring lithuania as confirmed by the countrys foreign minister taken off scios says she was not forced out of her country and the government also insisted that she left on her own accord. I made a very difficult to sit in for myself and ive made it absolutely independently the its in the knee in the game in your play moot many will understand me no food many will denounce me and many will hate me. Is that you but god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced. Her departure came after she refused to concede defeat in sundays vote Election Officials said authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko won his 6th term in office with a landslide 80 percent of the verdict took another scale one on the 10 percent but has dismissed the results before fleeing she submitted a formal demand for a recount. Thousands of belarusians have also rejected the results taking to the streets for a 2nd night of protests demonstrators in minsk were met by Security Forces who deployed stun grenades rubber bullets and tear gas injuring dozens. Well another video of slit. Is also circulating on social media appearing to show the Opposition Leader reading a prepared statement now its believed to have been recorded in bella ruse just hours before she and her family left for lithuania. Or she was the latest from the heroes just in front of the most vocal that it was a check to the bank or to suggest that one pillar was used to all sort. Of that mr brown to eat you have to share a simple question or a part of the tension when we get to the indian born person yet is above us. Russian is our corner in culture only and i see that i should pass the baton to us they had some hits it wasnt of course interested and he put it that they should have passed this to haiti to see them say these are the still in our very own economy hes in kiev hes on the story for us this evening nick good evening to you i mean that is a bizarre video what do you make of it. Indeed brant i mean in that video looks anything but comfortable she barely looks at the camera in the 30 seconds or so that video she definite doesnt sound like herself shes someone whos known for a very personal personable style of communicating with voters what she read out basically sounds like a Government Press release weve heard today from her team that when she was in the building of the better Russian Electoral Commission she was joined by 2 top rank Security Officials who spent 3 hours with her we also heard from then that further members of her team are in government detentions if the government needed any further ways to put pressure on her husband whos been in prison for quite some time they have it and i think there seems little real question now as to whether that was recorded in. It and she calls on protesters in that video not to gather and not to resist the police do you think her supporters will listen to or will it better russian social media as it is go by i know the comments on the more recent video taken recorded if you ania from freedom are awash with swords. But also recognition the fact that she was not in a position to refuse the requests seemingly made to her to make that video and pledges to keep on protesting tonights in minsk weve seen protests across the city not gathering in any one place using so she can really tactics to spread the police thinly now with molotov cocktails after the police had used stun grenades and rubber bullets against them on the other hand the government bringing in vehicles and center of town so really if anything it looks like this video has backfired and escalated things even further you know weve got the European Union tonight saying that the election was not to say here or free what do you think president lukashenko his next move will likely be in the face of this type of unrest and this type of criticism coming from europe. Well hes done what he has done time time again hes tried to put a lid on this and to shut down discussion by essentially switching dollars off cutting it off from the internet theres been no mobile internet in minsk at least opposition media reports that since 6 pm tonight people having to communicate by s. M. S. And phone call to coordinate these protests. People being detained on a huge scale we dont have reliable numbers on a number dissensions there he seems to be in an effort to try intimidate protest this to give people a sense of having no real chance to achieve anything and that the risks of going out to protest over away any chances to change their country that doesnt seem to be working instead it seems to radicalizing protesters and more worrying potentially for reports of entire factories going out on strike and people of all ages giving up on work and going out instead in support of the protest is so sign maybe that this protest is spreading not just from the younger people whove been out in the streets in recent but also to other parts of our society yeah well its definitely not going to end anytime soon and that is for sure the economy of the story for is tonights from kiev nick thank you. Well heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world lebannon has marked a week since a massive explosion tore through its capital beirut hundreds marched in memory of the more than 170 people who died in the blast and in protest at the failure of the authorities to prevent the disaster over 6000 others were injured when a warehouse full of Ammonium Nitrate blew up at the citys poor. Duncan media tycoon jimmy lie has been released on bail the owner of one of the citys most prominent tabloids is facing charges under the chinese territories new National Security law mr lyons a prominent prodemocracy activists and was arrested during a crackdown on critics of beijing. Russias president Vladimir Putin says the countrys Health Ministry has approved the worlds 1st coded 19 bank scene and that one of his daughters has already received an injection the announcement comes after fewer than 2 months of human trials raising concerns about the vaccines safety meanwhile confirmed coded 1000 infections around the world have passed 20000000 with cases numbers doubling in 6 weeks according to John Hopkins University more than half are from just 3 countries the United States india and brazil global deaths are currently at 738. 00. A team of United Nations experts have arrived in marias shoes to help prevent a major ecological disaster salvage crews are racing against the clock to pump oil out of the stranded freighter before it breaks apart more than a 1000 tons have already spilled into the waters around the ridges damaging the countrys pristine marine environment. Its a race against time thousands of residents of marriages are working around the clock their mission to prevent a 2nd disasters oil spill off the picture perfect coastline devastating for one of the worlds most popular tourist destinations its very sad for us all our work the fisherman the boat men theres no work at the moment its finished for us now. The japanese own vessel kushal ran aground 2 weeks ago carrying 4000 tons of fuel which started leaking last week the government has declared an environmental emergency conservationist call it an unprecedented catastrophe these satellite images show the enormous scale of the disaster huge stretches of pristine sea water around the ship now stained with thick oil sludge call reefs mangrove forests and tranquil legumes all affected along with many endangered species efforts are ongoing to empty the ship but high winds and waves are pounding the vessel experts say it could break up any time the opposition is calling for the resignation of the environment minister and many here are angry that it has taking the government so long to act. The government was acting on the advice of the company on there. Without taking the best interest of the people are just and the best interests of of what should be done to protect our country i will argue. It was a potential. And. The spill is another blow to the Tourism Industry militias which is hoped visitors would return to the waters after the corona pandemic. Well for more now im joined by and environmental activists in port louis in. Stefan is going to have you on the show live issues is home to the world renowned coral reefs and how severe is the impact of the oil spill on the countrys ecosystem and its economy. Yeah thank you for having me. So emotional motional still has a thing thats and important aspect of the things and theyre deeply affected with what is happening right now and nat reefs what we need to know is that charisma already under pressure due to nazi past and present constructions specially in connection with the hotel and tourist industry so who digs an exact example of golf courses using a lot of pull you had that ends up in the good and the no been part of the island as an exit who is it is has a system has the poorest ecosystem to do the stress and not ruin because of intense interest in activities and Global Warming is adding up to that problem so beach erosion for example is a visible phenomena here when it comes in nurses and doctors has shown us from birds from sea people that there has been an improvement of the lagoon during the confinement that we had in moshes which correspond rescission of touristic activities and yes yes the oil spilling with greatly affect already impacted on our ecosystem that we have and now we are talking about one of the most versatile like which is the eastern part of moshes and the place where the workers show rick is house to and then expect shes and successful conservative critics and theres a lot of sensitive biodiversity but they are they are run so centuries there and regarding the economy we need also to put into equation that the most to be likely afflicted of species works and both good people and from the east and out of the island and they are and they are many of them many of the religious and the and each one of the island they leave out of the sea my could be produced effective it is accomplishing itself so yes definitely stephen what do you make then of the governments cleanup efforts 7 can you hear me ive just lost you ok stefan can you hear me now. But you know unfortunately were out of time stefan do a joining us from port louis in moree shoes we certainly apologize for losing that signal there unfortunately our the u. S. Space agency nasa says its found water on a so called a dwarf planet nasa Scientists Say there are reservoirs of salty water beneath the surface of cirrus thats the largest object in the Asteroid Belt between mars and jupiter they think its craggy surface could have been formed from water using out of cracks and then freezing researchers dont know whether the dorf planet has ever supported living organisms. You know so well youre watching the news heres a reminder that top story were following for you the opposition challenger in billoo says president ial campaign has left the country after accusing president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging the results the country erupted in anger after the president claimed a landslide victory. 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