Presents federal intervention in new york as a wave of violent sweeps the city from Anti Police Brutality protests and unrest over lock down measures. This is all to international for joining us. Valerie says entered a 9th day of protests against the president whos accused of rigging the recent election although demonstrations were initially marred by heavy handed Police Response they are now largely peaceful and turnout of opposition rallies across the country remains high i i i i i i i. I i monday night thousands gathered outside a detention facility in the center of minsk demand. The release of Political Prisoners among them barred president ial candidate viktor bout article and the husband of opposition leaders at lunna to cannot scar people also gathered at another jail where many who were arrested during the 1st night of unrest that being held. Now much of the public angered by the recent directed against Security Forces for their brutal treatment of protesters and bystanders to voice their discontent demonstrators convene once again in the capitals Independence Square parties constantine pretty by law was there for us. There is a crowd of protesters here on Independence Square which is where theyve been gathering every evening there are the factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics rallying outside the Health Ministry which is just off the square so its already become a tradition of crowds gathering day after day like yesterday there are no special forces out for your interest metal barriers so everything is moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resign or seek of you and so on its noticeable that there are fewer people who had to flee their own previous there is already sense of tiredness with no change in the situation. Meanwhile authorities in minsk accuse the protestors a violent behavior heres a video released by the Investigative Committee which allegedly shows a man forcing a truck driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint according to the investigators protos to seize the vehicle and used it to block a road to pressure mounting president lukashenko has made a number of public appearances but that is seems to have backfired his words were met with anger during a speech made at a factory on monday the same day thousands of workers across the country downed tools and demanded a rerun of the disputed election ok thank you though says thats only possible if the constitution is amend it. Number doubling we need to adopt a new constitution you must adopt it in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in referendum and under the new constitution we can hold new elections if you want for parliament for presidency and local authorities. Because shankar also hinted that if necessary russia might offer Security Assistance in the event that theres an external threat to belarus some foreign media have interpreted that as an indication the kremlin is poised to intervene in belarus to restore order amid all the speculation a number of e. U. Countries have raised concern over possible russian meddling an issue we discussed with our guests i think there is a problem now theres preconception in the west that russia may. Be tempted to intervene in belarus by whatever means largely because were all looking back at whats happening. 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 somewhat. European union is playing a political role in the. Us and they stand out there because the group you say is theirs is the most you look at soon go but at the same time we accept the ground and we know what is it going to be where mr graham has more than 50000 of months in jail and there were one or sanctions against so i see that the European Union is there a who in south what weve been. Through out of the outcry in more or less certain. You like the red big. Order all around it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of. The my. Themselves i think the principle position anyone should be taking would be to see that nor governments outside of belarus should be getting involved in this he should leave this the people of belarus to save their own future but of course thats not going to happen in todays world so i think the European Union imposing it threatening sanctions and tell you russia keep your hands off is absolutely hypocritical but also once again it exposes you know theres no more attempt to deal with russia as an equal because russia is caught up in this is well i mean it is supporting would call but these no particular friend or more school they must be worried too about what the impact of all this is going to be so it surely is the best they reach try and discover what is going on in the minds of the mckew so elsewhere up and try and open some sort of discussion between brussels and garland and more school in wall more Foreign Countries of challenge lucas and his legitimacy as president rejecting the results of the election the e. U. Confirmed that its drawing up sanctions against the russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters the same time the head of the oppositions had managed to cannot announced her intention to leave the country even though shes currently in exile in a few ania and hes done hawkins takes a closer look at his main challenger is. But the roof is at boiling point streets and squares are main packed with thousands of voices of discontent its people determined to be heard they feel the president just isnt listening they dont want a new leader a symbol to unite them at a time of crisis. Has become this symbol yet im not a politician my husband surrogate economically wanted to become the president of valorous hes now in prison for that almost unknown at the end of may the humble english teacher and interpreter to lead a quiet life until her husband is said again to cut off ski a popular blogger president ial candidate was disqualified from the president ial race and thrown in jail in an act of protest she took up the opposition husbands name and announced she would stand she said herself that she didnt want power at one point telling supporters shes more comfortable frying cutlets in her role as stay at home mom you are just as i want to become president in order to restore justice in this country my Campaign Program won be familiar to everyone the main point is new honest and fair elections. To cut off was just a woman with a grudge like many he couldnt predict the crowds would turn her into a symbol misconceived our constitution is not for women our society is not mature enough to vote for a woman but as things got heated it seemed but was ready perhaps not specifically for ticking off but for change yet despite condemning the results as false protests gaining traction she fled the country putting our family 1st. I have probably remained the soft woman that i originally was i know that many will understand me many will condemn me and many will hate me but know this god forbid that you faced a choice that i had to face children are the most important thing that we have in life. Yet for some in the west she really is one step away from the presidency with the German Government already confirming its held talks with the exiled opposition figure now shes no long with the english teacher mother or weak one as she described herself days later she claims shes ready to step up to the plate as head over Transitional Government and get all of the. I am prepared to act as a national leader. Others could have been in her shoes but as opposition figures fell out of the picture taken off her was left as the last woman standing the accidental candidate with her latest announcement shes upped the ante time will tell whether she can meet the expectations of those that want her to lead that change. The specter of a 2nd wave of coronaviruses haunting a pandemic we have a europe governments across the continent are again rolling out unpopular restrictions but the public is growing increasingly fed up into all of reports. As europe tries to tiptoe back to normality 2nd wave of covert 19 seems set to derail those hopes here in germany daily infections passed a 3 month peak last week the Health Minister in the country says this is partly due to soma in general people coming back from holidays people attending parties and other celebrations now it in spite of it and its very difficult to make people stick to the moons after theyve had 2 or 3 beers at a party such events make it especially easy could virus to spread so maybe we should stick to smaller family gatherings for a while longer germany has labelled most destinations in spain including the extremely popular destination of york and as high risk it another blow to the already stricken spanish Tourism Industry but i think i mean i think the measures theyre taking are a bit drastic we thought we had good prospects for september but now with travel companies sending people home its getting very difficult its good to be cautious but the situation here looks fine to me and now with no customers i dont know how long we can hold on you know back east at the moment is my spain has taken tough measures against condit 19 social distance in masks as you can see we dont have outbreaks but the virus is everywhere you never know where you will be safe and where you can catch it let people travel because here we depend on the tourism and if we dont have to or is it will sink neighboring france has also been breaking records for all the wrong reasons marking up post lockdown high of over 3000 cases seen metropolises like paris and mall say expand outdoor areas with face coverings a mandatory while work spaces are also set to become mosque zones so. It is a good idea but it wont be easy to make people respect the rules especially at work because they will have to spend the whole day there with a mosque on vision. I wear a mask to work every day and i think its normal so for me nothing will change you know not us theres a surge of cases in france and all the other countries so i know its necessary to wear a mask i wear one every day at work a spike in cases among young people has seen the Italian Government step in to shut down discos and night clubs theyll also be a reintroduction on rules insisting that face coverings be worn in outdoor public spaces at night its a pity that we did not see this government response before in my opinion everything should have been closed sooner than we can be but i sympathize with those who own nightclubs its not easy finding the balance between the interests of entrepreneurs and Public Health what will prevent going on there are no i dont think the club should have been reopened it all should have remained closed because the clubs are not essential and closing them prevented new cases both the number of cases in europe rises so does anger over covert prevention measures to the. I. No one wants to see a return to full lockdown and that places those in power in the on enviable position of having to try balance freedom with fighting cope with it as we try to work out which restrictions we want to be imposed and where the virus is determined to reimpose itself across the whole of europe these are all over r. T. The in. The state of emergency in the lebanese capital has been extended until september 18th beirut is still reeling from the devastating chemical blast that told through the city 2 weeks ago. Some more 180 people were killed in the tragedy more than 5000 injured 300000 were left homeless as the explosion ripped 3 buildings well century old structures belonging to lebanons cherished Architectural Heritage of also have been damaged and the owner of one ruined historic mansion lived in by his family for generations shed his loss. My ancestors lived here 200 years ago and has been in the family ever since i lived up stairs and when the explosion happened i was sitting here with my wife daughter and 2 grandchildren i was reading a newspaper. All the stairs were made of marble they dont make them like that anymore real artistry went into the building now everything is computerized and heartless but even the small things i inherited from my grand grandparents and wanted to hand down to my children theyre gone destroyed. Ive never seen anything like the port explosion we have witnessed wars and blood spilled but nothing like this. If they finish their investigation and arrest people they wont rebuild my home or bring back our history it is the politicians who should be held responsible for what happened. Would build this country and we will build it again we have national unity. New york sees a sharp increase in violence. Rejecting federal assistance also getting the backing of an influential police union ahead of the elections story more after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to the world of politics sport im sure ill see you then. Welcome back president all trump has renewed threats to send federal agents to new york citys grappling with a wave of violence protests against Police Brutality and lockdown restrictions from blames budget cuts for the spike in unrest and his bank by new yorks longest police union issue could prove significant ahead of novembers election as can the mopin explains new york city needs saving apparently more so than oregon and media is now comparing new york city to gotham city however there is no batman here fact theres barely any one wave of looting crime and riots has seen many high end stores close up their windows. 50 people were shot over the weekend and theres been a 177 percent increase in gun violence this july compared to last year now Donald Trump Blames local officials for this and says that soon washington may step in. If the new york city conduit we will after the city Council Agreed to cut the new York City Police departments budget by roughly 1000000000. 00 the Police Officers union decided to go rogue politically rogue that is they decided to endorse donald trump now many times people say that a union like ours mourned for spin groups give indorsements. Not in the new york city p. B. S. Are in the new york city p. B. S. Mr president you are in the endorsement and youve earned it indorsement im proud to give it no surprise its got anger burning in the bellies of the Democratic Party here in new york i am speechless new york citys a beautifully diverse working class democratic city the n. Y. P. D. Clearly showing theyre not interested in working with the people of our city this explains their continued aggression against innocent people its time for dramatic change and y p d union endorsed trump im sure this is a part of the Neighborhood Outreach plan also does anyone else see a potential problem with Police Unions enforcement arms of the state with liberal weapons promoting preferred candidates for office is that just me its a political wrestle mania here in new york weve got trump versus the local officials local officials versus the police and vice versa at this point its pretty clear new york city needs some kind of caped crusader to stop the wave of crime but will that savior be in washington. R. T. New york. U. S. Intelligence agencies reportedly believe iran paid to bounties to the taliban for targeting american and Coalition Forces in afghanistan according to information obtained by c. N. N. The payments are linked to at least 6 attacks last year including a suicide bombing at the u. S. Base in december a little colder as the story. If you remember not too long ago the Mainstream Media was again citing its Anonymous Sources claiming that russia was somehow paying balinese to the taliban for hits on us soldiers in afghanistan brush an Intelligence Officers have offered to pay bare aunties to taliban fighters who kill americans who kill americans complex story the whole of it though is something very simple that the european intelligence official i spoke to says that Russian MilitaryIntelligence Officers offered money to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill american or other Coalition Fighters if this times report is correct this means that u. S. Intelligence has concluded that vladimir putin. Is offering bounties for the scalps of american soldiers in afghanistan now back then no evidence was provided President Trump even said that the story wasnt credible enough for him to have been briefed on it and the kremlin denied any involvement it Spokes Person dimitri pascoe of said that it was regrettable that one of the worlds most Renowned InternationalMedia Outlets was public was publishing absolute hoaxes now fast forward to today and in the world of c. N. N. All of a sudden iran is also paying bounties to the taliban. C. N. N. Has just learned that an assessment by u. S. Intelligence agencies has found that iran in addition to russia also paid bounties to taliban fighters to target u. S. And Coalition Troops in afghanistan all of this of course is according to Anonymous Sources that the channel declined to mention but who knows what will happen this time because last time a lack of evidence didnt seem to stop democrats from going berserk over the issue there is overwhelming evidence that putin has gone and hes paying significant bounties to kill american soldiers in afghanistan seems clear from what the intelligence is real and i find it inexplicable in light of these very public allegations that the president hasnt come before the country and assured the American People that he will get to the bottom of whether the russians are putting a bounty on the heads of american troops now hopefully this time american officials will wait for the facts to surface before they jump to conclusions about iran but until then it just seems like stories such as this one only serve to make russia and iran out to be the bad guys in the in the eyes of the western public we spoke with investigative journalist Dave Lindorff he says the allegations against the rounding questionable. Russia and iran have both been demonized for some time by both the media and particularly in the case of a rand by the trumpet ministration you know when the media came out with this trumpet ministration you know when the media came out with this what clearly appears to have been a bogus claim about russian intelligence paying these panties to taliban fighters to do what they were doing already. You know trying to kill americans and drive them out of the country the evidence turned out to be completely wrong and so now we have the trumpet ministration supporting this claim that the. That its the iranians are doing the same thing i dont think the rationale is there the taliban dont need as they have explained themselves dont need anybody to pay them for them to want to attack americans and to make the work to know so costly for the us that the us pulls its troops out so. You know absent really strong evidence i think its a ludicrous claim. Some lebanese embrace now until 2 shells struck near kabul the diplomatic district on Tuesday Morning as afghans Mount Independence said that the people in just know want to claim responsibility when the strike comes a day after the government refused to release its last 320 taliban prisoners when the insurgency for the more cant sit still exists. A 6. 6 magnitude earthquake shook the central philippines on cheese day buildings and roads and damaged one person has been confirmed dead search and rescue efforts on the way. As well as in california have their work cut out for them as the heat wave aggravates local wildfires there around 32 guys and on sunday the temperatures soared to above 54 degrees celsius thats the hottest day on record since 1913. Now brings you right up to date appreciate you staying here on our team to national join me for updates on the top stories in half an. Ah no team no crowd. No shots no. Action to help speed up. Well. No 1st. Points your thirst for action. 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