Month. Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our national im certainly glad youre with us. Workers have put down their tools in belarus demanding a rerun of last weeks disputed election with many protesting in cities across the country president Alexander Lukashenko however has said a new vote will only be possible if the constitution is amend it. Non the but we need to adopt and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to palm and the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus where the workers from a various a major manufacturers factories plants and other places have walked out on a National Strike and im talking about said Different Industries ultimo have metallurgy mining to name just a few now they have put forward their demands and they are in the elections with all of the candidates release of all Political Prisoners and dismissal of all those people who were responsible for the rigging of the election and the violation of human rights. Was. That was that it. Was. Legal. To look at 2nd visit if hell occasions where strikes are taking place and at one planned his departure was met with boos and whistles and and television gulp the slogans thats after he warned the protesters that they might lose their jobs just to put on you if you dont want to work here fine if you just leave nobody will stop you or hi to you for that you thought you would please eat from tomorrow just go sorry to put you in such harsh terms but at a time like this you have to be straight up wouldnt it. On sunday at least 65000 people came out in support of Alexander Lukashenko and thats in minsk alone according to official figures from the interior ministry he spoke to his supporters at length thanking them for their dedication and support now for many a bill or russians Alexander Lukashenko is a somewhat of a father figure who helped the country move out of the abyss back in the ninetys however not all of the people are happy with his 26 year tenure now earlier on monday r. T. Spoke to want to answer the shankill protesters and heres what he said. We are really fed up with these people thats why we want to change this regime they beat my son when they release him and he came back he was so badly bruised that he couldnt even sit down so how should i work whats more important to me money or much shooter. Employees of the countrys largest t. V. Network also began their strike on monday and other Media Outlets and the biller is also followed suit the question goes opponents in the president ial election that learn how to handle sco whos now in lithuania while she recorded and video addressed to her supporters saying that she is ready to become the national leader. We all want to break this endless circle that you go trapped in 26 years ago im ready to take responsibility and become the leader so as to come the country and lead into turns in the months and. Pull the rally and support all father protesters and dealers continues in the russian capital as well for a 9th day in a row weve been here every day to cover it as you can see behind me well now the largest search now today they are all largest one was recorded on saturday when this line of protesters extended beyond the block difference people here from all walks of life and testers brolga shadow protests. But as you can see so far its all been peaceful. Much of the public anger in dollars has been directed against of the Security Forces and their harsh response to the unrest you can see the message in english belorussian lives matter in these pictures from Independence Square in the capital our correspondent in minsk report. Published these are the same theres a crowd of protesters here on Independence Square which is where theyve been gathering every evening there are factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics running outside the Health Ministry which is just off the square so its already become a tradition gathering day to day and like yesterday there are no special forces out here just metal barriers so everythings moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resign. And so on its noticeable that there are fewer people here today going on previous days it was already a sense of tiredness with no change in the situation the authorities are accusing antigovernment activists of violent behavior during the unrest this video was released earlier on monday by the belorussian Investigative Committee that allegedly shows a man forcing a truck driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint according to investigators the protesters seized a vehicle and used it to block a road meanwhile the e. U. Has confirmed its drawing up sanctions against bello russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters some european lawmakers have challenged mr lucas legitimacy as president while claiming theres a threat of russian interference arties peter all over picks up the story for us. Well weve heard statements on monday from the number of the e. U. Institutions on the unfolding situation in belarus the European Parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk in other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the Russian Federation to refrain from any interference covert or overt in belarus following the election and call on e. U. Institutions and Member States to vigilantly counter any russian actions in this regard the parliament wasnt the only European Institution to be charming in on monday we also heard from the high representative for Foreign Affairs your state bar l. Pretty much the e. U. s foreign minister he said that the protests that weve seen over the weekend particularly that huge one in minsk that the sheer numbers clearly show that the belorussian people want a change but he also announced that the e. U. Is currently drawing up a list of people that would be the target of e. U. Sanctions the e. U. Is working on new listings for sanctions against those responsible for violence repression of peaceful protests and the fortification of Election Results so while the Parliament Says that russia must keep out of bellary says the e. U. Drawing up sanctions against russian officials hardly shows that they are willing to keep out of belarus themselves in fact senior figures Senior Leaders of Member States have been chime in saying that the e. U. Should get involved more should interfere more particularly money would not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on monday the German Government confident that they have been holding talks with svetlana tickin of skier stefan whos the Spokes Person for the German Government confirmed that the talks had taken place but he wouldnt be drawn on what exactly had been discussed. Has taken off sky of course is in selfimposed isolation in lithuania another e. U. Member state and has expressed a want to be installed as an interim leader in belarus until fresh elections can take place but all of this coming from the e. U. Site doesnt really fit with that statement from the European Parliament but ultimately the message coming from brussels coming from the e. U. In general seems to be russia you dont get involved in belarus but we are certainly going to involve ourselves as much as we can well throughout the day we have been getting Expert Opinion on the events unfolding in belarus heres some of the reactions weve gotten so far. I think there is a problem now theres a preconception in the west that russia could maybe. Be tempted to intervene in belarus by whatever means largely because were all looking back at whats happened in ukraine. And i think maybe this is rather different but its not necessarily how it looks when you look at it from london people will be expecting that maybe russia will act and one thing the European Union is blamed if we began to roll in the roads and the they hear her stand out there because of a group who saves the lives of the most you of liquid single but theyre the same time we accept ground and we know that there is a gun to be where mr morgan has more than 50000 of your poland in danger and there were one or sanctions against turkey so i assume that the European Union is the rain who didnt want to read self what weve been the big. Miller author. And they are writing more or less like the rabid guy and of the so cords are warrants it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of. The by their membership and people themselves i think the principle position anyone should be taking would be to see that no what governments outside of belarus should be getting involved in this we should leave this to the people of belarus to decide their own future but of course thats not going to happen in todays world so i think the European Union imposing and threatening sanctions and tell you russia to keep the hands off is absolutely hypocritical but also. Once again the exposes you know theres no. Dealing with russia as an equal because russias call up and this is well i mean it is suppose it would please no particular friend. They must be worried too but what the impact of all this is going to be so it should with the base they reach try and discover what is going on in the minds of applied to move. On trying to put some sort of discussion which we brussels and go in and most school. The lebanese president has said he is unable to resign as it would cause a power vacuum calls for michel aoun to go have been growing since the devastating chemical explosion that ripped through beiruts port earlier this month and last week in the lebanese cabinet including the Prime Minister resigned amid mass protests with people blaming the tragedy on the government incompetence Recovery Efforts are still ongoing in beirut the disaster has put added strain on a country already in the throes of a crippling economic crisis earlier the International Community pledged some 300000000. 00 in aid to lebanon the blast killed 178. 00 and injured thousands and left more than a quarter of a 1000000 people homeless. Now the u. S. Is offering a financial lifeline to lebanon but only if the government agrees to certain reforms arties done quarter comment. Massive explosions in beirut during a sudden rest in its wake and it got to. Lebanon they have in ruins and leaders across the world have no doubt opened up the foreign aid relief valve as a result countries like germany the u. K. And even the u. S. Have stepped in to help out but when you accept money from washington you need to read the fine print when we see lebanese leaders committed to real change change in word and deed america and its International Partners will respond to systemic reforms. With sustained Financial Support of course mr hale forgot to mention that u. S. Sanctions are what many to believe the key cause of lebanons economic woes but there is always someone who remembers. You have seen some countries hypocritically trying to portray themselves as defenders of the lebanese people and expressing sympathy for the lebanese people if they are honest they should remove the sanctions that they recently passed against the lebanese government nation and people and stop this hypocrisy and iran definitely knows how that feels at 1st donald trump said hed be willing to give coronavirus aid to iran if it asked for it than when the country needed a 5 1000000000. 00 loan from the i. M. F. To deal with the pandemic washington protested for some reason even the United Nations called on the u. S. To lift its sanctions against the country only to get a big fat no from pompei oh ive heard people talking about sanctions there know that the world should know there are no sanctions that prevent humanitarian assistance medical supplies pharmaceuticals from going to iran and war torn syria its a similar story washington announced a nearly 1000000000. 00 increase in 2020 humanitarian assistance at the very same time that it was creating a brand new sanctions regime against the country we are maintaining our maximum political and economic pressure to suspend the imposition of the sanctions the government of syria must meet similar conditions to go for a country in crisis thats not really difficult to get humanitarian aid from washington what they usually have to give in return however might not be that worth it. Facebook is under fire again u. K. Based counter Extremist Organization of the institute for Strategic Dialogue or i asked d. Has warned that the platforms algorithm promotes Holocaust Denial in unison with Holocaust Survivors across the world researchers are urging facebook to ban such content. This misses the reason why people engage in Holocaust Denial in the 1st place denial of the holocaust is a deliberate tool used to dealing to mind the suffering of the jewish people and to point you wait long standing anti semitic troops and when people explicitly do this you should be seen as an act of hatred research on earth 36. 00 facebook pages dedicated to Holocaust Denial they had a combined total of more than 300000 subscribers the group also found that the searching of the term holocaust and facebook returned a lot of related warped content leveled similar criticisms against twitter read it and you tube Facebook Says it removes false content only if it amounts to hate speech we remove groups and pages that discuss Holocaust Denial from recommendations and references to it in search predictions while we do not take down content simply for being on truthful many posts violate our policies against hate speech and are removed internet law expert says its facebooks duty to protect every member of the platforms community. The fact that facebook. Is classifying Holocaust Denial a legitimate political conversation is quite frightening. Thing such as only the whole caused to be banned from social media for the simple reason that it actively promotes hate it promotes violence against jewish people should be. Removed from any website that boards to be a website for the people of facebook is not designed for a very nice type of people it is made a full day in title to the entire community and is such Mr Zuckerberg has got the duty to protect. Jewish people as well. U. K. Government has made a dramatic u. Turn in a school exam gradings scandal students will now receive the grades that their teachers predicted for them in their final year at levels which are crucial for entry to University Examinations were cancelled nationwide due to the pandemic the government had introduced an algorithm which adjusted score predictions on the basis of each schools overall track record that led to 39 percent of results being downgraded state schools especially from poorer regions were disproportionately affected by the downgrade with private schools enjoying a boom in high marks. If you ask oh sparked protests across england at a demonstration in Central London students demanded the resignation of the education secretary all accusing the system of being classes we spoke to one people whose marks were far lower and she expected. When i open my results and saw 3 ds i went into complete shock absolute shock and i went to complete meltdown and i thought my last was just completely over i think to me its a very clear case of discrimination i really feel for students like me that go to a further Education College or a 6 phone call age or just a normal college really affected by this whereas they should have just based on the college that they go to that they have chosen to go to there are cases in in fact many cases where people dont do as well if the c. S. E. But seem to really flourish a little so. Is this theres no theres no theres no way of knowing what that student would have got other than the predictions that they were given by the teacher. To us that Police Officers are involved at all after being hit by rocks thrown by black lives matter protesters in Portland Oregon police fired smoke grenades while demonstrators sprayed graffiti on the Sheriffs Office. Sunday to protest against Police Brutality rocks and other missiles were thrown and some tried to storm a Law Enforcement property the demonstrations carried out outside the. County Sheriffs Office with the feeding spray painted on the buildings walls was the 80th consecutive night of antiracism and anti Police Demonstrations in the city. Switching gears now the gap between donald trump and joe biden in the 2020 election race is widening this according to a National Poll released on monday surveyed by a. B. C. News and the Washington Post gives the democrat running a 12 point lead among those registered to vote and over half of those polled approve of his pick of running mate come along harris one of mr trumps advisers recently likened her voice to a famous cartoon character leading to some animated debate over twitter. As inclining. Little speech. I teach my children. From complaint has been destroyed by march seems. Its just. Name calling administration is good for. 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Well hello hello hello and welcome back everyone to a brand new week of hawk watching and my goodness is the august news cycle started off with a bang a quite literal and deeply tragic bang for the people of lebanon over 200. 00 souls and counting of lost their lives to an Ammonium Nitrate explosion in the port of beirut in the aftermath and fall out of this tragedy of the peers to be the dire results of government negligence ignored warnings and failed infrastructure it is now being reported that the lebanese government is resigning amid all of the outrage over the blast there resigning meanwhile here in the land of milk and honey and coded leaders of the United States of america are still deadlocked in the goshi ations negotiations over how little they should have to spend on the care and safety of u. S. Citizens in a time of pandemic and how much they can funnel to special Interest Groups and corporate bailouts instead of u. S. Citizens but thankfully over the weekend u. S. President donald trump finally took action from his underground bunker on the 9th hole of the Trump National golf club in bedminster new jersey from up on high and the president signed a series of executive orders and proclamations that well according to the hill extend Unemployment Benefits suspend payroll taxes and offer federal a big. And Student Loan Relief well woohoo this is wonderful this is great great new. Sort of kind of not really you see despite all the legitimacy a ball room full of Golf Club Members brings you many legal experts and news outlets are questioning whether trumps executive orders are actually constitutionally legal the New York Times is reporting that it was not clear what authority mr trump had to act on his own on the measures or what immediate effect if any they would have given that given that congress controls federal spending even the wall street journal got in on the game their Editorial Board chimed in writing mr trump is commandeering the power of the purse but the constitution reserves for congress. So my friends while lebanese leaders are resigning in shame for their failure to protect their citizens from tragedy u. S. Leaders are governing from golf resorts while brandishing Election Year bandaids for an empire in collapse. I think thats a good place to start watching the hawks. Whats going on in a city street you want to. See the crisis you always state see a. Great city this least systemic to sepsis late show which. Some things go as. Well going to watching the hawks i am tired and im sick well well well im a look at this brand new slate of executive orders dont really know if they really will amount to anything but lets dive in and see what theyre all about show. Its interesting because republican so there is these executive orders the trump did over the weekend are getting kind of attacked from all sides even republican sides republican senator ben say its so nebraska. He called them the phone theory of executive law called it unconstitutional. Slop and that was a pretty hefty thing to mount and i think that that one of the most interesting things that you point out is that trump is taking fire from both sides on this because congress doesnt like being overstepped. So you have people on the democratic side a lot of house members who are taking trump to task but you also have a lot of republican senators who feel as though they are no longer part of the conversation what trump is done in this and think that you point to some interesting things here. Hes using this to basically circumvent congress and congressional powers but also i think to bolster this authoritarianism that he personally believes that he thinks that the buck stops with him and hes fine with doing that this is the same president who when obama was in office talked over and over again tweeted over and over again about his use of executive powers about him signing so many executive orders and how much of a problem it was and now were seeing him do actually more than what obama did and he is trying to make sure that. He basically sizes things up for this election he knew that it was going to take a long time for anything to get through congress the deliberations were not anywhere where people expected them to be and i think that he is using this to say ok well maybe im doing something where theyre American People even though that something is outside of his powers something of the group forget about executive you know executive orders there and theyre not laws theyre not passed by congress theyre not things that every citizen has to obey or every u. S. Business has to but in truth theyre really just for Government Employees at the end of the day theyre really just like heres the president s kind of idea of the direction the government is going to go in but and that does eventually filter out the citizens but theyre not like youre going to get in trouble lets say with the ticktock ban thats a private company a bigger that its not like you can ban tick tock its absolutely ridiculous but when you dig into what these things you know whats what some of these executives really its you know its not what they appear to be especially movie mirrors their years ago and you know trump is a great advertiser hes a great marker of himself and i think that hes selling things that the general public doesnt understand know one of his new orders allows employees that make less than 104000. 00 thats the majority of america to delay their payroll tax until january he no january is obviously act after election day but to do that you also have a massive bill postelection trying doesnt care because well it was already over you know these are deferred payments meaning rental you do have to pay them exactly what his argument is he can change the federal laws to make those part those into a permanent tax cut that will permit tax cut only happens if hes elected and the payroll tax funds would come directly from Social Security and medicare has been wanting to pull away from payroll taxes since before he got elected he doesnt believe in Social Security or medicare and hes fine with getting them both its interesting too because the other order that he talked about thats a great great point made from an issue brought up the other order of the 400. 00 a week which is in the 600. 00 extra that were getting the word we were getting but now the 400. 00 extra that would come in federal unemployment out of that