In the city coming up to we talked to a woman who lost her husband. I promised my son that i me and his that are going to be in his birthday and i broke this promise. Just turned one of the afternoon very good afternoon from moscow then my names kevin here with the weekly roundup of the main news stories we brought you over the last 7 days including stuff thats happening right now this week and thats what were going to start. Where the action is this were a rally in support of the countrys long standing president s in full swing last sundays election which under the 6 consecutive term in office. Is being disputed by the opposition you see these live shots coming through now which plans to hold its own Mass Gatherings later today but this 1st in support of him lets get more on whats happening in belarus. From the double forward through there was an embassy of mosco where dated is quiet at the moment but weve seen so much there this week as well take us through whats expected to happen over the border of belarus the song to the 2 different rallies on either side here yeah. Right kevin well like you said it does look a bit quiet here right now but in belo theres really little indication that the on the rest is going to be dying down any time soon earlier today president. Arrived at Independence Square at minsk where a demonstration has been taking place in support of his administration we were able to talk to some of the participants in that demonstration so lets take a quick listen to what they had to say. The young people with flowers now just dont understand what was happening here in 1900 perhaps they want to return to 117 when people toppled the russian empire in a similar way and civil war here but we want peace in this craziness and what country and something should be done to stop it soon as you can thats why i came here to support not president bush which is what. We are a calm country the sitting of safety has become our National Trends and the recent events in the country may cause marie we support a common solution of all problems. Now videos of tractors and military vehicles approaching that direction have also surfaced across the internet but scheduled for just 2 hours after the beginning of this demonstration is a mass protest against the current belorussian government and over the past week of unrest weve seen how it really seems like the abnormal brutality used by the police to control these protests has only strengthened the Opposition Forces there are workers across several of the countrys major factories have already gone on strike against Police Brutality and earlier in the week we also saw a socalled line of solidarity protest in which women dressed in white marched and men scalding flowers and portraits of their loved ones who were arrested since the beginning of this. Reston valorous we also saw in moscow a copycat protest of this line of solidarity style of protests in front of the Russian Embassy here now like i said before it looks quite quiet now but it is still early in the day here and protests have been typically taking place are typically taking place in the evenings so theres really no reason to assume that they would be taking a break tonight or either will keep across it for us over the coming i was come back to is a feed here anymore coming in from the south to noon again suppose theyll try and keep those 2 demonstrations apart but if they do meet the the whats going to happen for us thanks for so although things appear to have calmed down in minsk at the moment of course the 1st half of the week was very much marred by violence. I just take people that i do not think it. Was yes ive swallowed yes yes ive come out but i want to leave in a free and peaceful country. I was how much is this mass that is going on can you take this time will tell. I i. Was not so sure that because i was. The better us authorities have received some flak for failing to protect journalists 64 of them were detained during the recent unrest among them reporters working for arties video agency roughly to spend almost 5 days in jail our own correspondent better us was also briefly held. You know speeches. Right Police Officers and asked them whether the road was blocked and if i could go through they said no its not come with us they twisted my hands but the loving to put my phone in my pocket we had lee enough they care a lot about phones so that people dont lose or break them it was really uncomfortable my hands were twisted my head was down and i had to walk like this but charles as were falling off a Police Officer from the back was pulling on them it wasnt painful it was uncomfortable they pushed me into the vehicle and put a plastic 20 k. On my hands it was difficult to breathe suddenly we stopped the door opened and they asked my surname and said to go out whats next a riot Police Officer said just go out and make sure we dont see you again and he smiled i could see it from his eyes. Nearly 7000 protesters were detained across the country this week the government began releasing them on thursday night promising to free them all by friday morning or thats still unclear if as such and totally happened doctors are among those who were held to his one medics firsthand account of what she saw and went through. What kind of doctors are you youre not a doctor i dont know what you are where well this is thats the sort of thing they shouted and a lot of swear words that i dont want to repeat they were also saying that when you were 1st held in the street everyones riding by was shocked the person white ropes on their knees but they had enough so there are 2 narratives being spun about whats happening in belarus at the moment. Breaks them down for us. Right now the world is being reminded that one man Alexander Lukashenko has ruled belarus for a long 26 years and he intends to add another 5 claiming 80 percent of all the ballots from sundays president ial election have a tick next to his name but thats not something a considerable amount of belorussians believe taking their frustrations onto the streets it started off with a peaceful protests mass of groups coming out and shining flashlights but the tear gas and rubber bullets started flying and chaos has taken hold. There are 2 realities and deloris right now and the 1st there is look shango calling the vote a celebration but one that people are trying to spoil by inciting aggression and spreading misinformation foreign powers media and social Media Channels are to be blamed as well so look at those were all the is that the protesters are bad and the special forces have no choice but to act like this you. C know you. Are on the verge of. Around 25. 00 Police Officers have been injured legs broken they were deliberately hit so they responded by you crying now it will be adequate we will not allow you to tear the country apart the 2nd reality though is that of the protesters hundreds of thousands flooding the streets of the country calling for the president to step down and contending authoritarian rule but also posting instructions on how to make multiple cocktails on social media accounts which is literally playing with fire with tensions so high and while we cant ignore the videos of Police Beating people on the streets we can ignore this. Clip showing a car ramming into troops in the capital either we havent judging either of the realities but the International Community is condemning the election as neither free nor fair not that they were invited to observe it so where does that leave look at shingo hes a man largely without friends the west still dubbed him europes last dictator while hes slowly pushed away his closest ally russia but nevertheless he still claiming victory and his political rivals have either been put in jail or fled the country including his opponent in the election so. I took a very difficult decision i did that by myself my Friends Family colleagues and husband did not interest me many will understand me many will judge many will start to hate everyone is deafening and its not clear who will win if anyone a number of countries have condemned what they call a rigged election and the ensuing Police Response to the protests is the latest the cave in in the wake them from europe and also the us. I was glad to see the release of protesters but that certainly is not and the Common Objective is to support the belarussian people to achieve their sovereignty their own freedom the European Union will put forward to the better russian authorities a proposal for e. U. Support in establishing and facilitating a dialogue between the political authorities opposition and Broader Society in view of resolving the Current Crisis ministers also agreed on the need to sanction those responsible for violence repression and the force of occasion of Election Results sanctions are the end of politics the key question now is what kind of policy the e. U. Has towards by the roots for us the European Union is one of our Top PrioritiesAlexander Lukashenko discussed the Current Situation were in his country with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin they agreed that it should not be exploited by 3rd party forces seeking to harm cooperation between the 2 state so of our guest said they saw in severe crane back in 2014 others said war dialogue was needed. There are very strong similarities to be played out front but i tell you what happened you trace we had a very similar scenario have a color code it takes to bring a successful color prevalent because the slavia the United States like that line of many western countries with whatever happens to sell it but also between it will be rejected that we had the same rhetoric coming out of the west as were getting here that the government that was told it couldnt really respond to any protests against even if they turn violent thats what were seeing so its kind of really that weve seen many times before and it doesnt end well that we think that the previous thought that it did well for the people of your great probably the better comparison is with ukraine in 2004 at the time of the socalled orange revolution by the Russian Society whatever answer you news on who should be president. Is anxious to avoid not only the kind of violence or people who saw ukrainian february 2014 but who know the problems of ukraine has had ever since and i think for those of us who want to see a peaceful if you like a legitimate democratic outcome for both of us its very important that the losing side in any political crisis has options of coming back from the ballot box once you foreclose that new then do risk civil war civil conflict which is after all what has been set parts of ukraine ever since because it is escalating that means that both sides are short sided hair or lack of Strategic Vision of the situation overthrowing governmental side it would be wise to ask the opposition to least the interests so why they are so keen to get to read also the president lucas and opposition should also try to find a way to be integrated into into into a legal political process drive to suggest something that is acceptable to the government its developing story will continue to track it this weekend this was big. News in a Significant Development in the fight against covert 19 on tuesday russia announced it had registered the worlds 1st Coronavirus Vaccine its been called sputnik 5 and on saturday the countrys Health Ministry further confirmed that production of the 1st batches id already started the breakthrough however was welcomed with caution in scientific and political circles with questions surrounding the vaccine efficacy western media also mocked the russian innovation claim its got no scientific value and its not safe enough and it still has not passed the crucial 3rd phase of testing. I hope that the russians have actually definitively proven that the vaccine is safe and effective i seriously doubt that theyve done that it is not about being 1st it is about having a tried tested and see vaccine which will be given thats to important part to hundreds of millions maybe even billions of people the problem is that we know very little because the russian authorities are not being very transparent and so i am very skeptical about whats happening in russia. Our foreign colleagues who probably want to kind of competitive advantage over the russian vaccine or offering judgments that are to our minds completely groundless in fact many countries have taken accelerated decisions in their vaccine studies but the russian vaccine has already seen a distinct Clinical Trials and evidence. So it was developed at moscows gamma liar institute medical workers teachers and those considered to be other high risk groups will be the 1st to receive it all goes to plan then are released the general public is set for the new year the developers out the 2000 people be vaccinated shortly as the Going Research continues at a pace the authors are becoming into more than a 1000000000 doses of russian vaccine have already been requested from Different Countries around the globe most orders coming in from asia in the middle east it seems so far in the week we spoke to Carol Demetrius hes the head of the Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund thats investing in the countrys research here he talked to r. T. About this new vaccine and some more detail them for us. Welcome the russians people as a wall to vary by their tools of virus a very tired of the restrictions of very tired tones they refused to come homage to those of fags that one of the contras is approved in which we believe this very safe very active raid was that if the month of all the people now have a better hope to resume a normal life is a vaccination. Well im confident enough that they are injected flexi myself my wife my of and your 4 year old parents and i think its very important that we understand the Science Behind civics so russia great historic knowledge of books you can get my Interest Group has developed very successful in all of our seeing and mercy and then basically current virus just proved to be very similar the merce so weve had great science and will likely there is a bit of care has been done really applied where 8 blows a lead goes a fight theyre not hiring you tend to chill for russian because. Everything will be fall in almost ive seen to date i knows a 100 percent always a line cheers elop very strong immune response or significant side effects of 100 percent protection of animals forest fire is the level of immunity. It will produce a stronger immune response Going Forward we believe because only once who have those 2 different of the number i respect there is a used billet was a vaccine and that means that our vaccine response will last longer hopefully it will be in more than a year our scientists believe that years but of course physicist fact. Will be needed to really understand the duration of the vaccination. And ever since people were starting to receive permission about how were seeing it more and more interest but frank a lot of western Media Outlets access to our information so i think now we have break ins through this information bear is it exists and the more people understand what we can do they go because theres a website to learn about civics and the countries become interested even today which had been by israel serbia its over its still cool interest. Or the russian but she dont work with us on thanks for taking the time to check in with international this grief with beirut still of course reeling from the awful tragedies that we speak to a woman who lost her husband and whos also having to deal with her daughters constant battle to. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond short and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you there. This week beirut was gripped by large antigovernment protests following the massive explosion on august the 4th that killed over 200 people the lebanese government including the Prime Minister resigned over the disaster there are still acting as caretakers at the moment protesters blame incompetence by the authorities for the blast theyve stormed government buildings demanding proper accountability for the explosion the destroyed so many lives along with swathes of the lebanese capital. As you can see behind me the protesters have started a fire and they throwing rocks and bits of pavement at the Police Officers and the army on the other side now the army has been responding with tear gas at which point the crowd this side surges back and this comes as the numbers of missing stanley turns into. Samis and i sang 20 people dead were not hearing sounds of tear gas so the crowd is starting to move backwards the fear is that any moment the situation here and i can i can actually smell to get the situation is becoming increasingly for the danger right behind me is the army theres a lot of tear gas in the air theyve managed to push the protesters further away from the Parliament Building and down the streets and there is the least over smell of tear gas in the air as you can see the riot police and the army are in full gear theyre taking this seriously they have been accused of Excessive Force and theyve admitted that they have used live ammunition and tear gas in the past thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded that fateful day leveling the port area thousands were injured in the explosion its overwhelming beiruts Health System too which has already been grappling with the pandemic scores of buildings were damaged or destroyed living up 2300000 people homeless the numbers of course dont give the full picture of just how its touched individual lives its an added tragedy next case in point and for one family already dealing with their daughters cancer they were in hospital when the blast struck the father didnt survive we heard this story direct. Forgive me if i did anything for me you ok what 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 loved you oh you know you are you know that i love 6 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 was informed by that time gemmas immune system had been shot to pieces but Hodgkin 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 it fair i didnt see my daughter either then and anything but i wanted to pull his head like this i felt that all smashed all all smug i was not sure that he was alive i saw his soul leaving his body i saw it but i have a sensor and i want to move on to 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 there. And it was full of blood. Suhas 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 i me and his theyre going to be on his birthday and i broke this promise and everyone sing with happy birthday for my son its his birthday on the 30th of august. So. I love you 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 he was listening he heard her and i prefer can i not im not im not able to give details because they are killing me from inside me so can you imagine. Her said. Can you imagine the images in her brain 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 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 who takes 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. This you know in this little room and dont know there is forever is about a 1. 000 thing for him just to put to hard for me to put his arms to feel secure. What im going to. Those kids when theyre in 3rd when they smell his clothes. For nothing more his clothes from the house im not going to move 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. Unicorn because she lied about this one is very special i told her you see this is my hair because mom 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. Donna reporting from lebanon. Beirut population and city yet again continuing to endure so much pain now one final story before i leave you this sunday afternoon more than 10000 fires have been recorded in the brazilian amberson since beginning of august environmentalist say those fires are not a natural phenomenon the deliberate part of deforestation there despite the destruction often being illegal and condemned globally nonetheless the president is still turning a blind eye to it. Just before the 1st air fire happened on august the tens and 11 last year where social media group coordinated farmers to burn both pasture and forest areas demonstrate their approval of the n. C. Environmental policies government has been implementing interest. In fact we just about land has the power to grant that he would generate other biomes and other acar system however whats being done by the sky cannot be estimated at this far has a huge impact especially during the time that were getting through at very severe cases in with very strong winds that metaphor so wetland specifically its causing small fast so into last months that translation envious many had tests have burned so its a criminal fire. Thats a snapshot of the week that was the world news we brought you over the last 7 days if you want to keep in touch with whats happening right now auti dot com is the place to be specially keeping an eye on a better or worse the sultan and the pharmacy in the coming hours well take you through it anyway this sunday dont worry about that for now reporting from moscow to kevin 0 in on the team here signing off for a bit