France reportedly tells the u. K. Its happy to help stop the flow of migrants crossing the English Channel as long as london stops up to 30000000 pounds. Thanks for joining us today on r. T. International youre watching the program with hawkins. No one protest has been killed during antigovernment protests in belarus thats according to the countrys interior ministry blasts and gunshots throughout the capital videos of also Police Forces beating and detaining people after the government issued crackdown orders on the demonstrators and correspondent was also arrested in minsk while covering the protests he has since been released the demonstrations erupted on sunday after longtime president Alexander Lukashenko claimed hed won a landslide victory in the election the following video contains some graphic images. Did you know bono is going to be. With all of you will tell me what do you think of the right of the we dont you believe. In any political survive. Well joining us live on the line is your heavy problem on hes the director of the main dawdle council on International Relations hes in the butter russian capital itself right now you any thanks for joining us today can you just describe the latest situation on the streets of minsk what can you see what can you hear whats the atmosphere like well thats clearly a dramatic escalation of the tensions he would had over the last several days and as you read a mention in your introductory words we can hear gunshots follow with the city and following all these developments by social media which still work a little bit even though most of the internet is restricted so we can see that. Fight between the protesters and the police. Erupt in different parts of the city and basically the police have to move from one part to another trying to make sure they get out deter. The protests this level but it looks like as they said its been a dramatic escalation and you know the police have not been too successful in what theyre doing so people are. In towns in the square it doesnt look like from the videos were getting late can you confirm the reports of protesters throwing molotov cocktails the police say is that whats going on on the overall would you say that the violence is growing in times of the numbers you said people are out in the thousands but do you think people are resorting more to that now. Well it looks like that im in no ive also read about. A cocktail of them saw some reporting but i havent seen any. Video recordings which confirm that but you know that is very much in line with they were a lot to the products can only sustain their potential if they grow not only in size but also in radicalism and this is the classics of such situations and i think this is exactly whats happening. The interior ministry has now confirmed a protest has been killed its clear from the videos that many injuries do you think will throw if hes up perhaps being entirely accurate with how many people have been killed have been a measured have you see many i mean it says on the streets taking people away. Ambulances are all over the place like the police they are running from one part of the city to another. Part about one. Death. Unfortunately the level of trust collation its. Women have quite i mean hopefully not many more but at least some some more during this night but i havent heard any other numbers confirm. How do you see the situation developing because im following various telegram channels here some us saying people are going home with that dispersing office saying more people are coming out barricades being built i mean a lot depends on the governments response how far theyre willing to go where do you see things going over the next 2448 hours. As they said we definitely have enough here. Protests happening in other parts of the country as well and in some cities and towns. The police have been successful in dispersing local protesters but in others. There are still things happening so. You know given that it has being this clear clash which has very little space at least at the moment for any kind of dialogue so unfortunately the most probable scenario for the hours to calm is further escalation and it looks like the governments and the police now need to disperse the rest of the protesters especially your men and then you will need to learn the news tomorrow morning i wont be surprised at some accordion measures or introduce some kind of you know. Perhaps on a military state or something but we will need to to to wait until morning to understand what happens next. You have a friend and then the rector of the main thought a council on International Relations on the line that from the butt of russian capital thanks for joining us. Weve been speaking to some people say on the streets of but it was one woman who claims she have boyfriends were detained in the streets by police seemingly just the being outside. Was that before me and my boyfriend were out for a walk and we saw several special police unit buses and men crossed the road in front of them and they suddenly stopped and told him to lay on the ground then they noticed us and said you too we were confused there were no other people around no crowds just me my boyfriend and this man we complied got on the crown and they put us in the buses as a girl i was placed alone but the guys were 1st bet up and then put in a bus with 4 other people along the way were picked up more people and then they took us here another girl that they put in with me had all of her things taken she was searched and had to strip naked after that we were put in a cell with 17 other girls the room had only 4 beds there we spend the night with the lights on. For more on this lets go to Paul Robinson a lot of International Affairs expert and author of numerous books on the region with robinson thanks for coming on today good to have you with us a lot of comparisons have taken place in the last 48 hours between events in ukraine in 2040 and i know these situations are slightly different perhaps but how much do you think events in minsk in other cities could mirror whats happened in ukraine those years ago. Its possible of course because these things can spiral out of control a very rapidly. There are some distinct differences i think between the 2 the ukrainian down protesters. Supported by significant financial backers. I think are all a greater degree of of unity and organization they also have mostly organized muscle arm. To to confront the police and then in this sense i think its rather different from what we see at the moment in minsk those things could develop in that way over time. And look at shankar has loft off supposed interference for abroad accused accusing. Republicans well of trying to influence voters influence people coming out of the streets how likely is it that these countries that did try to create some sort of trouble for the election. I think thats right is there likely i mean i dont im sure they would like to see him back into the ocean. On the other hand the idea that this is a sort of coming revolutions on sort of by the west i think is unlikely and certainly when you look at the pictures coming out of how many scum they really look quite spontaneous rather disorganized norty something which is being sexually controlled. Is there a big base of support for the part whats the movement in the country and how will this. These troubles on the streets damage ties with moscow. Well thats a difficult to say because we dont have an accurate opinion polling so we dont really know for instance what the real vote in the election on sunday was and how deep the support for the opposition goes the 10 things tend to be stronger in major cities among the sort of educated classes and they would be among or smaller cities and rural populations and so you know whats happening minutes may not be representative of a part. Country book but we dont know as for relations with russia i think russia on the whole is for the stability and order and like to see this sort of come to an end soon as possible russian relations are looking for an amount desperately good it must be said but i think they would prefer to keep him and to see a resolution. How big is the threat of this violence escalating because opposition figures can that its theyve already hinted this is a long term challenge they think that these protests could go on violence has clearly escalated since yesterday reports of the army coming in do you think things could get worse before they get better yes they could i mean it is slightly surprising that it got so violence so quickly if you compare this for instance and the might down protests it awhile for the violence to ramp up as this seems to started on a more violent basis but it could be i think also a product of the relative spontaneity and natural in isolation of it which leaves the president small the number of protesters who sort of need more radical means of drawing attention to themselves. Time Paul Robinson public International Affairs expert thanks for your time on the program. Lebanons Prime Minister an entire cabinet have resigned following last weeks devastating explosion in beirut mass protests have been held every day since people have been demanding accountability for the 150. 00 plus the deaths and utter destruction caused by the blast our correspondent border clear reports from the scene. Situation here is becoming more and more unruly behind you you see the Lebanese Police theyve managed to push protesters all the way back from the Parliament Building were now in one of the side streets but there is tear gas and were going to move forward a little bit because rocks are being thrown in our direction by the protesters now the protesters are still out on the streets despite the fact that earlier the lebanese Prime Minister resigned he was signed along with his cabinet but what the protesters here are telling me is that theyre not going to stop taking to the streets until the whole parliament itself designed so its possible that scenes like this will continue weve witnessed people being wounded again weve witnessed ambulances ferrying them to and from the scene so a lot of the same scenes unfolding as weve witnessed over the past 2 days this is violence that started on saturday night more than 700 people have been injured one policeman so far has been killed are no we getting tear gas ok at our break for a moment while i put on my mask and well show you what the last few days of violence have looked like. The time. That. Was. Now people here are calling this a revolution ive been talking to protesters and they say that this revolution is not going to be over as i mentioned until the parliament itself resigns beirut really hasnt witnessed scenes like this in many many years weve had lots of tear gas on the streets there but the camera man was injured at the same time the police are being accused of using Excessive Force and they have admitted to using both tear gas. And live bullets were going to move forward again because they tear gas is coming in this direction and imply to some even towards us but as i say the situation in baby to a lot of anger a lot of frustration not only about the explosion at the port but also on the whole mismanagement of the government and its failure to take accountability and responsibility. Based investment banker colleagues they dont believe the resignations will eventually lead to positive changes in the country i think the majority of those that are for testing today like myself are angry. They are angry because obviously of the magnitude of this catastrophe and they are also angry at the magnitude of their incompetence on dealing with this. Is a necessity for the government to resign these creates an opening for you know a new manager and a new dynamic which can potentially need to a more stable and acceptable 3 want to run or to basically be able to undertake a huge. Explosion in beirut has changed many lives in the city forever for one family its only added to their heartache they were in hospital dealing with their daughters cancer when the blast struck the father of the family was killed. Forgive me if i did anything for me to carry or if i hurt you forgive me i love you i know of you i love you i love you for 2 hours i used to tell him i love you oh you know you are you know i love you i love you these summer months have always been synonymous with joy and celebration for sue his family the birthdays of the children and husband the anniversary of their wedding all of which falls during the sonny season but this year trouble started to loom on the horizon early when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer they called me in the morning they confirmed that its classical heart i knew that it wasnt informed by that time gemmas immune system had been shot to pieces but hodgkins lymphoma is not a sentence for children its curable and doctors have been reassuring sue her husband jihad was called by the news abroad in nigeria but couldnt stay away in a crisis like this so several dozen covert tests later he came to lebanon to be with his family we slept in the hospital the same bed the same everything me her and her gemmas hospital room was where the port explosion called the 3 of them the windows of the buildings in front of me crashing and then one by the like this like this i didnt see if fair i didnt see my daughter either then and anything that i wanted to put his head like this i felt that all smashed all all all so much that i was not sure that he was alive i saw his soul leaving his body i saw it but i didnt. I wanted to move into another hospital jihad died right before his daughters eyes at only 6 gemma faces 2 battles most adults would struggle to win cancer and coping with her fathers death she drew for me and around a circle. She she color that was red i knew its her bed. And it was full of blood but sue has heart breaks when she blames herself for letting her daughter witness all that and letting down her son by promising that his father would be at his birthday which is this week i promised my son that are me and his theyre going to be on his birthday and i broke this promise and everyones going with happy birthday for my son its his birthday on the 30th of august. So. My love. I ask sue her if she wants to take a break from the interview she refuses adamantly theres just so much she feels she didnt tell her husband enough suhas biggest concern now is her daughter processing their loss gemma seems to be protecting her mother by not sharing her feelings. She told them here was listening they heard her and i prefer can i not im not a but im not able to give details because they are killing me from inside me so can you imagine. Herself. Can you imagine the images in her brave passing whenever she closes her eyes. Suah finds redemption and relief in family pictures now as she relives the fondest of memories this is how we used to sleep playing our head on each other because you know whenever i put my head on his saw that i feel secured even when hes around i dont go so far marcus i dont do anything for the house he picks care of Everything Everything heres a think a lot of clothes from my shoulder. This is the last photo of their family together she shows it to me as im sitting on the very couch where it was taken this story has been gaining traction across me jean the arabic world and we were the 1st she so kindly let in as she struggles to deal with the pain of the loss in the home she herself can face yet how am i able to come back to this house through. Her. Oh my supposed to put my ribs on this you know and this little and dont know its for over is about the 1. 000 thing for him just to put to hard for me to put his arms to feel secure about how what im going to. This gives when theyre in 3rd when they smell his clothes has asked me to not remove his clothes from the house im not going to remove them but suha realizes that her life is not over she tells me its whole life mission now to eliminate the shortage of cancer medicine for lebanese children even with her mask on i can see her smiling when she talks about her children though as she ordered them a frozen as our. Unicorn because a lot about this one is very special i told her you see this is my hair because when youre going to take this medication your hair is going to fall down youre going to lose your hair so what i can do or this is my hair im going to give it to you or so you would wear to cater on im going to make her happy i would do whatever she wants the business my link her and her brother. It is donna reporting from lebanon r. T. France whats worse into financially helps them with the flow of moderates crossing the english travel getting a little more section thats coming up after this break. Is your 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 is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the death. Or a mate in the shallowness. During the year we talk about all those crazy problems out there and then during the summer we deal with solutions thats right so lucians and today were going to be talking with be no sin of coin floor. U. K. Or come back to the program 30000000 pounds thats the price france is said to be demanding to help with efforts to stop migrants trying to reach the u. K. The news hasnt gone down well and downing street was said to be drawing up plans to deploy the navy to help shelob lewinski reports from paris. While the clash over migrants between the u. K. And france seems to be escalating and that comes as there has been in recent arrivals from france the u. K. Which has put the 2 countries. The number of illegal smallwood crossings is appalling and unacceptably high the figures are shameful france and other e. U. States are safe countries genuine refugees. Claim asylum there not respond or lifes and break the law by coming to the u. K. France is apparently demanding some. Pounds from the u. K. Government before it says it will do you with the issue of these illegal crossings promptly on the aids now thats left apparently westminster pretty scathing this shut down those proposal saying it wont hand any will cash and less it has a hand in how the money is spent now there are also accusations that paris is trying to milk the u. K. All while these number of illegal crossings are increasing day by day lets have a look at some of the figures now so just a few days ago on august 6th 235 people made it across from france to the shoes of england now in 2020 so fall move than 4000 people have succeeded in making that crossing thats double the number in 2900. Priests that we see now french patrols are trying to stop some of those migrants leaving french shores and we know that the French Interior minister has sort of all come back saying you since january its operations have stopped 5 times as many people as they did in 2019 in the same period but with the u. K. Its just north and nothing so much so you cant exactly predict the child has announced a new appointment this is the appointment of contest dyna channel right command of this somebody who is going to be monitoring all the agencies that. Channel things like illegal migration somebody should be able to sort the problem out and the u. K. Government is even suggested that it may have to use its maritime assets to deal with this we determined. A legal route into britain for humanitarian reasons as much as anything else we are talking to our french counterparts and we in order to find a solution using maritime assets call it to try and return boats to france trying to prevent people from leaving france in the 1st place while talks between the 2 countries are due to continue this week but the clock is ticking at the moment the u. K. Has the right and of the doctor who has said that the Asylum Seekers back to france but that will end at the end of the break that transition period which will finish in december 2020 only a few months away thats of course unless the 2 countries reach a new deal something at the moment that seems highly unlikely given that the 2 countries are not seeing eye to eye on this issue. Pandemic varied from country to country with some of the worlds poorest facing the toughest restrictions documentary makers redfish have been following migrants in west africa and here is what they found. As i would have been of all minds on. Monday to fill. In for now that im missing it is one. Of the offical you love me enough to do to help on what is a feel of the whole of africa today will. Look for the most. First them this. Person. To this is. The arm up im going to then you have to see it for. Them after me and you have to contract in our back ok. After sitting through here you have to contrast that im going to get the country i mean. For me sunscreens used to mean everybody said oh no yeah you get there. In haiti so grandma going to come to. The north and. Then i got more left than a bit. Down in our. Time is where i want to it. Is making me crazy. 3 Russian Diplomats are being thrown out of slovakia news of the expulsions was confirmed by the Slovakian Foreign Ministry old quarter that he told. It was after the slovak government said that these diplomats were suspected of espionage that they were given until the end of the week to leave the country now slovakias ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it only wants good 2 way relations with moscow but that these diplomats have committed a serious violation now we do have the response from russias ministry of Foreign Affairs it says that there will be a mirror response from moscow to the diplomats expulsion and as far as what russias Diplomatic Mission in slovakia has said we still have not heard anything from them now this is not the 1st time theres been a diplomatic mishap between moscow and the European Union for example back in june the czech government actually expelled another 2 Russian Diplomats after they were accused of spreading misinformation about a potential attacks on czech politicians in december another 2 Russian Diplomats were also expelled from germany they were accused of having some sort of connection with the high profile murder of a Georgian National that took place last year of course that was not proven and now the slovakian media is actually connecting this most recent expulsion to that murder as well going on the ground anyway just a few moments title back in 30 minutes with the latest so youve got that. Im Afshin Rattansi and youre watching another lockdown edition all going on the ground this time the penultimate episode of this season coming up of the show after 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded in the port of beirut killing injuring placing thousands what caused lebanons biggest ever explosion we speak of former living