The country deeper into chaos. This is our to international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. The belorussian interior ministry has confirmed several additional arrests strikes and demonstrations gripped the Country Police and belarus dispersed Peaceful Protesters outside the minsk tractor factory on wednesday morning dozens of people gathered near the entrance to greet and support workers on strike demanding that Alexander Lukashenko resigns protest over the disputed election are now into their 11th day heres what some of tuesdays rallies both for and against the president looks like. The situation in the country is very serious we are against unrest in our country i want to say one thing i stand here for valeries a president who did not condemn look. For the position so why. It should be condemned. I came here to support the protest because the only way to win is to keep getting out and keep showing our disagreement with the results of the election im here to show solidarity with my people as i also want changes the dictatorship that has lasted for 26 years has finally been weakened and our country is now moving in an democratic direction the oppositions Coordination Council for the transfer of power and belarus held its 1st meeting on tuesday it promises to maintain a friendly mutually benefit relations with the e. U. Russia and ukraine and also criticizes the role of the Security Forces in governing belarus looks like other the council as nothing but an illegal attempt to seize power meanwhile in number of Foreign Countries have challenge look at those legitimacy as president rejecting the results of the Election Year has confirmed its drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters artist and hearkens delves into widely former soviet republic has drawn so much international attention. Just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands poured out of the streets in protest over the disputed president ial election is the countrys geography which between its big east the neighbor europe sees the interests of International Players into twine and clash. Officially use this missed the elections as neither free nor fair. Persona nongrata already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing Human Rights Violations in the wake of police violence. Withheld e. U. Why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for Human Rights Violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether there will be further restrict measures depends on the further actions of the building. North or. Condemnation was perhaps predictable but theres no shared view of what comes next the Baltic States and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that i dont see ation others still have sought a balancing act the e. U. Cant turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. So its no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks with merkel macron and the European Council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roofs is russias closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and a buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with look at those overtures to the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affairs of belarus which could lead to a further escalation of the crisis would be an acceptable. For many years but it doesnt exactly been a top priority for the United States in 2006 they slap sanctions on minsk for you guessed it undemocratic elections and in 2008 the countrys expelled each others ambassadors but earlier this year things began to change for the 1st time since 1904 minutes got a visit from the u. S. Secretary of state. Generously offered to meet all of his energy needs and extended a helping hand the United States wanted to help the reuss build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with a dilemma should they carry on befriending look who may be interested or put their bets on. Opposition amidst the uncertainty minsk one thing is clear washington has its own interest in belarus the possibility of another u. S. Friendly state on russias border could be a game changer and as protests grow in a country suddenly thrown into the International Limelight and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved hold their breath as they play out their next move the e. U. Is currently holding an emergency summit over the political crisis and belarus looks shango has slammed the block for what he sees as meddling and his countrys affairs artist peter ever has the details the Virtual Summit which will get underway to around noon brussels time will see leaders dial in Via Video Conference germany holds the rotating presidency of the European Union right now when chancellor Angela Merkel held talks over the phone with russian president Vladimir Putin heading into this summit and which its important for the e. U. To speak with one voice and today i spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed thats prisoners must be released and that there must be a National Dialogue to settle things peacefully in ballots. And poland have been particularly vocal in their support for the opposition in belarus settle on a ticket of sky is in selfimposed exile in lithuania and she said that the e. U. Should make a statement rejecting the recent election in belarus this is taking place right now in the. Euro i call and youre not to recognize this fraud and elections. Mr center has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the wall but theres a balancing act to play for the e. U. Alexander lukashenko is already claiming that foreign interference is behind the only rest in the country and in fact hes put the military on standby because of it this. Statements have been made very some western countries who dont even know where bill is and have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat army units on our western borders and have brought them to full combat readiness. So what can we expect coming out of the weather stays solid we can expect clarification on who will be targeted by e. U. Commission sanctions most likely its going to be belarusian Security Forces and election authorities could also expect a statement of support for the opposition however for now at least the e. U. Will be looking to tread lightly. With the e. U. Focusing its attention on the political crisis and belarus russia is warning that not to meddle in minsk is to methodist affairs later in the program we have to cross to our tears were among closer up to bring us more on last house reaction. The u. S. Democrats have officially nominated joe biden for president and the virtual vote during day 2 of the partys a Virtual Convention but despite efforts to attract Younger Voters with a star studded lineup for some the event has fallen flat. Without a doubt it will be the most boring repetitive gold meanspirited convention in history of. The d. N. C. So far feels like one long have to usually skip. This convention so far makes me think the democrats are the party ready to lead america into the. Party crowd im dying of which ones are insane messages goodbye to just what you. And well both democrats and republicans are making a raft of Campaign Promises including about American Military interventions joe biden says he wants to see an end to forever wars his track record though on peace leaves a lot to be desired all quarter explains. Donald trumps surprising 2016 election victory had a lot to do with one golden promise and americas endless wars i am proposing a new Foreign Policy focused on advancing americas korda showed interest to avoid endless wars that were caught up in the current strategy of toppling regimes with no play and for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists we now know he didnt deliver on his promise but Many Americans still long for that a waste of peace and in 2020 the opposition understands this all too well democrats know its time to bring nearly 2 decades of unceasing conflict to an end and left wing right wing it doesnt even matter polls are showing that 3 out of 4 americans want troops withdrawn from afghanistan and half of them want to see cuts to the military budget when it comes to u. S. Foreign policy the vast majority of americans are fed up with never ending war and yet the democrats are supporting joe biden as their candidate a man with a track record of supporting conflicts. Lets start from 2002 when joe biden jumped right on the weapons of mass destruction bandwagon and supported the u. S. Invasion of iraq clearly be more secure without Saddam Hussein in position of weapons of mass destruction almost 5000 american soldiers dead thousands more iraqi civilians killed a catalyst for the rise of the Islamic State i wouldnt say any of that fits into most peoples definition of peace and security in my mind that. Were. Not having it. Because there are no you. As brock obamas v. P. Biden cheered on americas longest war in afghanistan he called it a success and promised to bring the troops home that strategy is succeeding and as a consequence the president is making good on his commitment to bring our young men and women home right on schedule well here we are 2020 and so little has changed it just goes to show Us Operations in afghanistan are more about dysfunction than success what are we trying to do here we didnt have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking if the American People knew the magnitude of these dysfunction syria libya pakistan yemen the list of countries that were bombed while joe biden was Vice President is very long so are we supposed to believe that hes going to put an end to years of endless war you decide well biden was there he was in the room where it happened as you say he was there for 8 years of obama so he cant divorce and so were obamas war mongering policy pretty rich for the democrats to pretend now that theyre the peace part of the because we had 8 years of president obama starting more wars i think than any president in decades before him before him more drone strikes more bombings more killings under president obama but it was all for everyones own good when in fact just last month when president truman announced he wants to remove 12000 troops from or he wants to remove troops from afghanistan the Democratic Party that controls the house actually teamed up with liz cheney daughter of dick cheney to try to block and they actually passed legislation to try to prevent the end of the longest war in u. S. History so for them to now say we want to end endless wars it really is a farce who knows that the voters will buy thats nonsense. We cross to a developing story now the organizers of the military mutiny and molly say they will hold fresh elections and uphold all international agreements. This is really a Civil Society and political movements are invited to join us to create the best conditions for a transition towards credible general elections to exercise democracy and plot a road map to the foundations of a new mali. Earlier the countrys president appeared on state television announcing his resignation as after he was detained on to say during a military what is your home above a car kiba said the decision to leave power would avoid bloodshed and his country. A decision i would like to inform you of my decision to resign from my position with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the National Assembly and of the government. To say is uprising began with a shoot out at the military camp close to the capital a group of soldiers detained their Senior Officers before marching on bamako and storming the president s residence to meet me was fully condemned by the African Union the e. U. And the head of the un neighboring countries have closer borders calling for sanctions against the revolutionaries who fall several months of protests in mali which saw the opposition demanding the presence resignation of a corruption allegations and a deteriorating security situation there. People here jumped for joy to say a final farewell to mr walker kate hes no longer our president. Nothing is going well in mali we are all suffering but the 2 term does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. Historian gerald horne claims the roots of mollies latest insurrection can be traced back to nato intervention in libya 9 years ago. This coud accept was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder of more market duffy in libya engineer by the United States of america and its nato allies particularly britain and france that food and murder of gadhafi led to a leakage of tons of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time have been waging a brutal and bitter war against these soldiers in bali i mean if youve been killed as a result this in turn has led to a French Military intervention backed by the United States of america and its also helped to generate unrest and instability this might be on the verge of seizing power and bomb a ko which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least in the wall in guinea. We bring you more on the political unrest and valorous after this short break stay with us. When else shows seem wrong. Why dont we all just dont call. Me well get to see palace just days after. And it again should be close to trail. When something you find themselves well its a part we just of the common ground. Who are all those driven by a dream shaped person. No dares thinks. We dared to ask. Can we go back now to our top story with International Pressure mounting on the president a bell roast over the ongoing protests and his country russia has been giving its response to the events come on that were going to cross live to our kids room on crossfire of our money whats the kremlin stance on all of this. While Alexander Lukashenko initiated another telephone conversation with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin making its 4 calls in just 5 days president s of belarus asked me or putin to send a message to german chancellor Angela Merkel to ask her not to meddle in his countrys internal affairs she added thats he doesnt see any point in speaking to european leaders directly so it now looks like a moscow has become a direct mediator between minsk and the European Union russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov earlier warns against external interference in the bill russian internal political conflict. Producer there should be a little secret just as we are deeply concerned about whats going on right now and the roofs concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bela groups to interfere in them from a brutal and it is. Not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial everything were hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both a countries poland and the European Parliament has nothing to do with Alexander Lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics. Now moscow is calling on all parties to allow for a true dialogue between protesters and how thorough it sees according to the kremlin officials in belarus are indeed ready to work with the opposition however external interference and provocations are counterproductive now Alexander Lukashenko also talks about financing from the west and cold on his a foreign minister to deliver and message to the European Union and to ukraine not to fuel unrest in belarus lets hear what else he had to say. Western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus we cannot track all of the funds as much if it is in cash but we see it we know whats going on and we will focus on this issue. But look at sugar held another meeting with his a Security Council and instructed them to strengthen the core of the countrys borders and but he did that in order to as he said to prevent a militants and weapons from entering the country he also instructed the defense minister to monitor the movements of nato troops in poland and lithuania so many statements from the bill are russian leader this wednesday and were now waiting on the outcome of the e. U. Summit thats taking place right now and find out whether they heard any of the messages from belarus that were echoed by moscow as well. From across our thank you for bringing us that report. Were now going to discuss this further with burn address key. A professor at the National Institute of languages and eastern civilizations as we were just hearing there has been given his comments and he recalled how the is bid to mediate in ukraine in 2014 what lead to disaster hinting that brussels is poised to make the same mistake here and now do you see any parallels there. There are barlows but there is also a big difference in belarus is much nearer geographically to moscow and russia. Telling to do world and especially to western countries dot. Mosco cannot accept any political change in every step would change the general jewels drug education situation of the region its obvious that is linked with russia for strategic and military reasons and i think the kremlin has decided to tell western powers doubt. They will not accept any change. As they did in here well and along the same lines look at sango has actually asked putin to tell Angela Merkel that he has no appetites to talk with her is there any surprise there. Its important because it means dubbs look as a woman to give to put into russia duros of mediate your. Eyes in a certain way belarus is linked strategy can be with russia even if there are complete gated relations between most going minsk and that hes engaged on the outside and died he will not. Go directly to western powers and especially people germany so its a way to recognize mosco is now the main part of that arose as youre saying a belarus and russia are connected historically economically and whatnot and yet here we have the saying that theyre at looking at sanctions on the russian officials theyre having this emergency meeting why do you think theyre taking such an active interest in the Domestic Affairs in bellerose right now. I think doc you know western powers are not still united because just sanctions they are talking about for them over and they are mostly symbolic so it means it looks like there is a strong pressure within the e. U. Especially. Bro American Allies of the United States like poland and the tick states to push you to take much more radical stance. Against the belarusian government. Next and we know. Germany and france are not sure extruding mist of the warsaw and villain used government so i think. Its very important. To take into account a foreign dot. And. Recovered eyes too far that day will they will have a discussion with early in and and. Not wars all and feel news and in this case it means. Dont accept also to recognize any road to washington to the United States if we turn to look at whats happening inside the country right now many belorussian workers factory workers are on strike thousands upon thousands of them but locus i go has warned that this is going to cause a dire economic consequence do you think that threat is real or is he just trying to get it to stop. Doug hes read. A lot of hair and he made. Earlier weeks but in the same time we must take into account of the rest not so many faced asians in favor of new question go especially outside it makes. A good look say that irish and elation. In majority of those actually got government. Funded to do societies still on the side of government of course its difficult to do exactly what are the proportions but what can be danger in belarus would you rather be a c b warts she is easy but i get. Most open minded position and it seems that it does stand out and we can observe some. Some measures in the direction of National Dialogue and i think. Well take advantage of the situation to help the situation be. Be quite. Near. In the near future even if you dont ask you dont you can get erosional with. A strong in truancy. To address k. A professor at the National Institute of languages and eastern civilizations thank you for your time and your comments making. German authorities have confirmed that an incident on a berlin highway tuesday night is now being treated as an extremist attack Authorities Say a series of car remains were religiously motivated 6 people were injured or 3 now in Critical Condition the suspect an iraqi born refugee was detained prosecutors say he deliberately drove his car into several other vehicles witnesses say he began shouting god is great in arabic and threatening to detonate. Explosives authorities also confirm the suspect was known to them for extremist behavior and that he spent time in a Psychiatric Hospital in 2018 he was also apparently facing deportation from germany a suspect is expected to face 3 charges of attempted murder. Has been our roundup of the days top stories for now for further details and up to the minute reports all of us on twitter or instagram. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race is often very dramatic to follow only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. I know. No shots. Actually felt. Thats true i know those 2. Points your thirst for action. Readings and salyut. Well well well well well my friends we have a big nose today as russia has developed a possible back scene for cold with 19 reuters and other news outlets around the world now reporting russia has indeed become the 1st country to grant Regulatory Approval to a covert 19 vaccine after less than 2 months of human testing a move moscow likened to its success in the cold war era of the space race and apparently russian president