There to monitor turkeys activities in disputed waters. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now the top diplomats have agreed to slap sanctions on bellerose over what they claim was the falsified election and the violence during the ensuing protests meanwhile those arrested in minsk during a week of antigovernment demonstrations have started to be released since the outbreak of the Unrest Police have faced allegations of excessive brutality earlier today president Alexander Lukashenko said he didnt have a problem with the conduct of the Security Forces although he urged them to take a softer line meanwhile protests continue with the countrys capital once again the main focus of these are images from the square in front of the main governor. Building some protesters and rushed to hug and hand flowers to Security Forces after they laid down their shields thats after crowds of demonstrators converged on the area striking workers from one of the countrys biggest factories the mills tractor works were among them lets hear from our correspondent at the scene. Bush this is a city thats been the square in minsk something absolutely unique and interesting for better or worse is happening here you can see the special police force move in town insoles is standing behind me with the code in arms thats the house of the government on the other side is where protesters have gathered everything is peaceful no provocations and says we can see offices put down machinery. Thats the situation those minsk attractive factory workers arrived here with their banners. And well nothing else is going on. People are chanting slogans let them go. But all of this is going on thankfully without provocation as for now they certainly enforcement officers are just openly standing that look at this its a unique picture i havent seen anything like this before. With more on todays developments in belarus heres our own cause. All this friday night will see a lot of families who will lets see there are a lot of loved ones after almost a week long absence and thats because the bill russian authorities began releasing all those of protesters who were detained in that mass rallies that on sunday right after they were right after the president ial election in the roost how many of the detainees who are being released right now have been sharing their harrowing experience to say hello as if it was just the moment the riot police asked us to show all passports but i didnt have one then they asked for my phone and so but i had been feldman they said i should go to the van and one by a Police Officer grabbed me i tried to resist and he invited 5 others i said how are you going to look into your mothers eyes they shouted shut the fuck and hit me in the head while we were walking to the policeman so they called me a prostitute when we felt sick they said you can youre a nato involvement we dont care. We should not show the feds use we spent 17 hours outside without water or food or anything on the cell we were given only bread and water there were 40 of us in there we stopped on the floor the men were beaten so badly that they screamed 247 they beat them to within an inch of their lives imported water on them and beat them again. Or send him i was not born or a person and he was detained tyras who he asked also to the put into the police van conditions at the creston Detention Center theres much to be desired there are 30 to 50 people who wants how no food just have to water and human treatment. Of interior Ministry Pledge that they will let all of the detainees go by the end all for this friday now so for around 2000 people have been freed and thats approximately a 3rd of all those who were detained during the week long almost a week long rally a lot. Among those people who were detained were medics as well lets take a listen to this firsthand account as it was the women were lying on the floor and the men who were in the next hour they were constantly me so badly great just how lonely it was a terrible how the bloody frozen my lanes were just what we heard every night in the basement was terrible Prison Guards were saying whats wrong is your life thats bad i decided to act out and we live war here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you if youre not doctors i dont know what you are werewolves thats the sort of thing they shout at people and a lot of swear words that i dont want to repeat they were also saying this when you were 1st held in the street everyone driving by was shocked person white ropes on their knees with inching guns they had a machine that now protest in belarus have moved it beyond the streets as factories bland send different markets began protesting expressing their son and geraghty with their bills at the mass rallies as well one of belaruss biggest tracks theres a tractor manufacturers well they suspended their operations partially after employees decided to walk out on strike now the Prime Minister all deliveries decided to visit at this plant and cut off to the strikers however they were not satisfied with with the meeting and now theyre heading towards the russian capital often minsk now theyre calling for reforms 3rd calling to bring justice to those who were hurt during the mass rallies and theyre also calling for the departure of president look at shango now the president himself all here reacted to the growing number of work your support testing and addressed the strikers by calling on them to get back to work and he also promised that all of the detention cases that took place over the last all almost a week will be investigated meanwhile in syria minister all bellew small he. He apologized to the people who are hurt during the protest in a statement earlier on friday as well now the 1st official results of the votes which took place last sunday was an ounce on friday and gave president lukashenko a landslide victory his opponents that managed to cut off color she dismissed the results even if it has absolutely nothing to do with reality as you call it she said that she will create a Coordination Council that will see to the peaceful transfer of power in belarus meanwhile this comes as the European Union is also mulling sanctions against a bill or is germany and the European Union have both expressed concern and support for science sanctions on the bill of russian officials calling mass arrests off the demonstrators also a spokesman for german chancellor Angela Merkel she said at that point in postelection president bill aris was on except civil and that the chancellor was shocked by what she had seen how these statements a came just ahead of a special video called off e. U. Foreign ministers on friday who convene to discuss the measures that they will take on the situation in belarus professor add to the French National institute of languages and eastern civilizations bruno do esky is seen as european sanctions on bellerose as a mostly symbolic move their discussion was in European Union because they are in a difficult situation because on one side a day would like of course some political changes changes in there larry but in the same time they dont want binaries to. Serve their east most said western countries and especially i think germany ones do have a negotiation it was me told a moment the sanctions they are talking about. Mostly symbolic and not really rough and we will see how the situation will will change. The United Arab Emirates and israel have struck a peace accord the deal brokered by washington will see israel hold its west bank and exemption plans the palestinians though arent happy after the israeli Prime Minister said an extension isnt completely off the table. Sure sure there is no change in my plan to implement our sovereignty in today and somalia in full coordination with the United States and im committed to it its still on the table dorland alister new leadership rejects what the United Arab Emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem and the palestinian cause never last has came up and now a report some do believe that its another player in the middle east which lies at the true heart of this new accord. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have formally agreed to establish diplomatic ties now many see this as a historic move as for many years arab states have not recognized israel as a country this is a monumental step to forging ties of cooperation in the middle east Donald Trumps supporters say he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for arranging this but the palestinians arent exactly thrilled with duce new arrangement the deal between. United Arab Emirates and israel is a betrayal of palestinians given the historic. Relationship that israel has had with the arab states in other words no peace. According to the old formula no peace with possible until the palestinian issue was resolved in the past the mission is not result the Palestinian Authority is now formally withdrawing its envoy from the United Arab Emirates they say recognizing a country that is occupying them is simply unacceptable now in the diplomatic fallout of this deal were starting to see what this is really all about aside from the u. A. E. Israel and the United States there is a 4th country that is now showing up in a lot of the conversations surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is in rome as well as nightmare no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs and the israelis of iran what we see today is a new middle east the trend lines are very different today and we see the future is very much in the gulf and with israel the post is with the Iranian Regime it clings to power on the basis of brute force iran often labeled as israels largest regional opponent has denounced the deal the Islamic Republic of iran is confident that history will show that this was a mistake made by israel and this dagger that has been unjustly through. By the United Arab Emirates into the backs of the Palestinian People and all muslims will lead to strengthening resistance and the unity of the muslim people against israel as well as fuel confrontation in the region when donald trump visited saudi arabia he spoke of building an arab nato that would work as a coalition in the region opposing iran and fighting terrorism and it seems now this Historic Deal is being revealed not so much to be about getting recognition for israel or protecting palestinians from an accession but about targeting one of washingtons most longstanding opponents in the region there is definitely going to zoom toward iran and i think the timing is ideal given whats happening in beirut and the fact that hezbollah is now and the pressure in lebanon with the government having resigned there so we have a Coalition Building this agreement rather than easing tensions in the gulf within the arab states will. Harden the stances or at least continue to maintain the antagonism. The massive explosion last week in beirut destroyed much of the city of moguls have been left to trying to pick up the pieces not just of the shattered buildings but also of their lives as well one Fashion Designer shared his story with us. I think it was we were so happy we do facing the pool or it is very inspiring because its industrially reaching details everything is because the destruction the wreckage which time it would take to be rebuilt. There are no words to describe it might seem a feeling but we call it but thing going to the rule of life and well no one was left this building 10 minutes before the blast hit and thank god the most current thats the most important thing. Of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed amy seconds it was because of this tuesday explosion which went off just across the street. Small and this is another challenge for us how we can get our hands on funds to rebuild they say there will be compensation but thats not certain and this isnt something we used to 11 and i hope we can get compensation to rebuild. This and thinking of coming out with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident my team and i are really picking up the pieces i really want to come out with a collection inspired by babe ruth the suffering of beirut. Still to come in the Program Students in germany have inadvertently been funding at the radical anti activist group for their tuition fees was that after a short break. No clue no crow. No shots. Back shoes belt. Strap no personal. Points your thirst for action. When i was told some seemed wrong but old roles just dont know all. The world yet to shape out just they cant get out of jail and engagement because of the trail. Once on many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. I welcome back youre watching r. T. International now i want to go to some news just in from a story that we touched on briefly earlier in the newscast the u. N. Secretary Council Security council excuse me has rejected a u. S. Push to draft resolution to extend on the embargo on iran this is according to the state secretary pompei o he said the u. S. Will continue to take effort to prevent iran from buying weapons the arms embargo was imposed by the u. N. It is expired it is expected to expire in october by 2015. France is ramping up its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean that is after turkey began oil and Gas Exploration in disputed waters there paris says its deployment is only a temporary measure but its relations with are already strained with more his r. T. Show dubinsky. President matt corn has signalled that the along tensions continue to rise between greece and turkey the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean is worrying tookey is unilateral decisions on Oil Exploration are causing tensions these must stop in order for a peaceful dialogue between neighboring and nato allies to take place but this seemingly didnt stop the french president from reinforcing frances military presence in the mediterranean its confirmed paris will send to referee and fighter jets and the naval frigate fiat a move welcomed by the greek Prime Minister i thank president mccraw and for his cell a dirty Emanuel Mccraw is a true friend of greece but also a fervent defender of European Values and International Law the greek pm bill this as an act of solidarity but you only have to scratch the surface to see that there is more going on here in recent months cross has also found itself clashing with turkey in the mediterranean. These past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit in french amount of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document but with that incident still rushing from his mind it appears to have been keen to show solidarity with a fellow member in this case greece last month back on even cooled the sanctions against turkey over these purported violations in the Eastern Mediterranean now the arrival of turkeys new seismic civvy vessel the school the attention of the e. U. The latest developments rick stream the worrying what is needed to be done is to engage in solving all the open issue. With principles of good neighborly Relations International and positive engagement with fronts now bolstering its military might to aid greeces plight greece is perhaps now feeling in bold and its place its military on high alert recalling naval and air force personnel from the holidays turkey for its part says it will protect its rights toys and interests in coastal areas and with fronts now wading into this part turkeys president is accused of provoking regional players into taking wrongful steps there is concern that this action by fronts rather than defeating the situation could in fact escalate it. R. T. Paris. Students in germany have been supposedly funding the alleged controversial activist group until without even knowing it this is come to light that part of the tuition fees paid to Cologne University have been going to the group for years arties peter all of her comments. The anti fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the United States china in the United States of america will be designating and as a terrorist organization here in germany they havent received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the use of University Students fees from cologne to go towards a contribution to the group for the 2020 to 21. 00 winter semester each student at the university of cologne pays 280. 00 euro and 0. 95 for 205. 00 euro and 0. 95 goes to the Student Council and is meant to pay the transport discounting workers salary for the departments work out of the 10000000. 00 euro the council will take in around 8 and a half 1000 will be paid to the Student Branch and to take its delicate because while auntie far on demonised here the way they are in the us a report by germanys internal Security Service that has some pretty strong things to say about a cake and the groups its associated with conservative student groups into a not so happy that they have to contribute to a case without choice it shouldnt be that every student has to subsidize a group that has been classified as extremist by the office for the protection of the constitution we regularly demand that the funding of n. T. For a k. Be cut the majority of students who spoke to our t. Said they had absolutely no problem paying a contribution to our k. I dont know how much the payment is but im sure it is not enough and it should be higher i think its good because its important to support a social organisation and is dealing with many board and social issues and theyre less you know we ended in. Well. I think its a good idea to support them and. I think it does make sense and i think it is important and why political spectrum is represented here and i see no problem that it is fine and from the student piece a k. Has received funding from students at the university of cologne since it was set up 15 years ago neither the student body that doles out the funding nor the students themselves see any reason why that should change any time soon but while the name continues to be mentioned in trembling tones by those in power the group may find themselves coming under more scrutiny these are all over. Facebook is being accused of illegally harvesting the facial recognition data of its instagram users a class action against the social media giant could cost the company up to half a trillion dollars once facebook captures instagram users protected by metrics it uses them to both areas facial recognition abilities across all of its products including the facebook application and shares this information among various entities facebook does all of this without providing any of their acquired notices or disclosures required by illinois law. It is claimed facebook violated the privacy rights of 100000000. 00 of its users under the current Law Companies can be fined up to 5000. 00 for each individual reckless or intentional violation if therefore means the total fine could potentially reach 500000000000. Last month facebook offered to pay 650000000 to settle a similar case when the company was accused of illegally collecting biometric data through a photo tagging tool however it maintains its facial Recognition Software is not used on instagram. The suit is baseless instagram doesnt use Face Recognition Technology if we introduce Face Recognition Technology to your Instagram Experience we will let you know 1st and you will have control over whether we use this technology for you privacy activist and Technology Expert bill mew believes if facebook really is collecting biometric data there could be huge representations this is to a large extent a claim that is being brought on a speculative basis because we dont know whether instagram used facial Recognition Software for sure and we dont know the extent to which it used to now many uses to a large extent the little being used here is the one in illinois which is the strictest biometrics security or privacy law anyway around the world and his big rules of golf of u. S. Use which are a significant book or. Face book is telling facial Recognition Software without any form of consent then this is of real abuse and i could be potentially damaging because if it loses the or fails to protect as it has started another instance its then all of the people its collected closed information could be vulnerable to Identity Theft to the rest of the leaps. With a verb growth of the black lives Matter Movement following of the killing of george floyd some of the Biggest Companies on the planet were quick to publicly denounce racism but a recent poll shows few people actually think the statements are sincere and the survey in the us found 7 out of 10 people believe corporate americas antifascism stance or antiracism stance rather is just down to public pressure rather than actual concern and also found people split over whether such messaging is necessary at all. This while black americans sit out to make sure. Political commentator Anthony Bryan logan believes companies are only looking out for their own profits. Companies are just trying to be virtuous in the eyes of their consumers and they dont want to have any kind of cancel culture or to cancel coming your direction they dont want to get your stories they dont want to have a negative reputation so dont go out there is a thing as i always support black labs black cloud matters is all about just p. R. Company relations trying to appear virtuous and good in the eyes of those that are out there protesting and also and of those that are out there sympathetic towards the protesters if a company had a reputation of being pro social justice and pro you know black labs and anti police for loans then it would make sense for them to have these states now but if youre not that kind of company if theres a company that sells hamburgers and hot dogs i mean theres no reason for you to go out there and talk about anything political at all no reason whatsoever there is no reason to pick. I will be back in about 32 and a half minutes with another look this is our International Day with. The sudden forced and illegal takeover of the government by a small group. Rather than the revolutionaries also just the small group the operation when you have a tiny drip of people who have all the power you have to have some means to make sure the rest of us dont get together and take it back. 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