Very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h. Q. In moscow thanks for tuning in this hour. The russian prosecutors have opened a criminal case over the creation of the oppositions chord nation council. So the need to do it with the creation of such organizations is illegal and their activity violates the constitution having realised then lawfulness of their actions a number of Council Members quit the body and reject its goals these include the legal seizure of words the council poses a danger to National Security the chief prosecutors words acco what president Alexander Lukashenko said on wednesday at a Security Council meeting socalled Coronation Council for the transfer of power it was a stop by the Opposition Leaders that. Is currently in self exile in lithuania the group denies any wrongdoing. Its now day 12 of nationwide unrest in belarus in the wake of the election aside from as i look and strike action many are showing their support for the president on wednesday about whether didnt hold them back either. God. Was was was right we have stability theres no wall thank god we live peacefully and calmly in our beautiful country where not like that for an ace interfere in the affairs of our republic. It was us that missed us im in solidarity with those who think there is no place for this kind of lawlessness we saw in august the 9th 10th and 11th. Was stationed there because its were here because we want to stop the trusses that have been taking place in this country for a long time i meant based correspondent went to a pro looks like a rally and filed this report. Idea but just some people are protesting while others are protesting against the protests i happened to meet my University Friends here i asked them did anyone make you come out here they said no we are the organizers and i asked the same question to other people at the rally they said they wanted to be heard because those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and theres so much anger at the rallies in support of look at shankar happening very spontaneously they get approval from local officials literally the day before gatherings like this are not so much for a look at schenkel but in support of stability in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia. The who has confirmed its drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters the bloc hasnt disclosed yet whether or not Alexander Lukashenko is on that list in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago you know all the way now which shares a border with the roof has banned the 31 other belorussian officials from entering the country you have stressed that theres should be no foreign meddling in the belorussian crisis points out that lithuania is doing precisely that with this ink sions on the go. On wednesday evening the European Union held an emergency Video Conference on the belarus crisis a bloc unanimously rejected the result of the election and expressed its support for the opposition artist on quarter it looks at how that fits with the self declared trotty. For the west bank it was always europes last dictator the European Union never liked the guy but they did try to play nice not anymore we stand by the people of belarus their European Union student in so we dont retreat was a piece of Better Research by skills than most benefits should on its own choose brain dependent cost of the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there just off things could no longer continue as they are in belarus now its about when a dictator has come to the end of the road its best to find a way forward for the violence to suspicious in the western powers throw around words like dictator and regime usually it doesnt and well no wonder it sounds pretty alarming to moscow but its good there should be a looser you can use this when we are deeply concerned about whats going on right now in better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing by the roofs to interfere in them from a brutal it goes without saying bella russian president Alexander Lukashenko is also concerned that in the. Western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to beller we cannot track all of the funds as much if it is in cash but we see that we know whats going on and we will focus on this issue. The European Union isnt just paying lip service to the ballarat opposition either the millions of euros in aid it promised to the belorussian government are now being redirected to socalled Civil Society an independent media and the European Commission will mobilize now an additional 53000000. 00 euros to support the bill. Russian people are in these challenging times we cant forget the e. U. States neighboring valorous which seem to have their own agendas for one the polish Prime Minister seems to think belarus has close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and theres a plan to change that of an economic plan should be prepared to bend the rules because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland is already present a plan for intensive course. In the areas of independent media the Economy Investment and International Trains polands plan involves spending a leaven 1000000 euros on scholarships for media and academics that it deems to be independent warsaw is also generously offering to open its doors to belorussian workers just think what the loss of bellerose to skilled workers would do to help democracy. Actions would not interfere with our neighbors and tone of the fact is we can and should extend a helping hand to the russians its a similar story in lithuania where the Opposition Leader spent long thats a kind of sky isnt selfimposed exile and other belorussian antigovernment n. G. O. S are operating from its also where a Fund Raising Initiative called freedom 1st to go bella reuss is being organized intended to encourage the creation of a Democratic State aside from the fact that its director provided direct support to the ukrainian uprising in 2014 little is known about who is involved or where the money is coming from combined questions surrounding the oppositions shady sources of funding with the e. U. Is Cold Shoulder to lucas sankoh and you have to ask yourself who is going to really come out on top from the rest and valorous is an important russia everything will be here in the western media i mean you know the news of the day is. That of mere speeches or. So. Are really what you think is one of them if they should believe you theyve made the 1st steps its the all lately to fear its the sort of illusion that theres the russians and so far go back theyve been very patient and you liberals who are in charge of the e. U. If you keep believe that were all or why one train that one direction so what is the view thats been done to the lot of western thinking ever since. It was difficult yama wrote his book of the end of history. Back a guy 22. Russian opposition figure head on exciting live on me has been hospitalized after falling ill during a flight to moscow the plane made an Emergency Landing in the city of one of ali is now in a coma in intensive care while still on the plane he was heard howling and pain as paramedics came to his aid. For all of the latest across live now to our to his room on course of a lot of concern for my banja obviously whats the latest on his condition. Course lets try and take it step by step but hes saying that they will he fell ill while he was on route to the russian capsule from the city. And then the captain of the airplane decided to make an unscheduled landing in the city of ohms scans where the holiday was promptly its a can sue the emergency room now he was briefly connected to a ventilator according to the doctors but he is now breathing on his own however he is in a coma now and the popular bloggers associates were quick to say that he was poisoned and they have already demanded a criminal investigation to be launched about that however the team of doctors who were able to stabilize them on this condition are yet to determine the cause of his condition thats having us and. We have already excluded any number of diagnoses i think we will be able to confirm his diagnosis later today too soon to say whether he was poisoned or not the state could have been caused by a variety of conditions because same symptoms as. Well number one these own medic told the western media that he wants to vacuum. The European Union and hes already in stocks with clinics in france and in germany the kremlin said that its ready to give any kind of green lights and necessary in order for that to happen and families associates already took crim and up on that offer and will now request the help that they need meanwhile here is what kremlin had to say. Of course any request to visit a foreign clinic would be approved as soon as possible if there is such a request for russian citizens to visit other countries for medical treatment despite all because. Only it is a high profile personality what has been the International Reaction so far. Well the western media are all theyve been quick with their headlines almost immediately labeling this as a poisoning of a kremlin critic lets take a look what happened the most outspoken critic of russian president Vladimir Putin was being rushed to a siberian hospital doesnt seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved its all true and if so asking that in russian Opposition Leader alexina vali is in intensive care and of course a well known i was spoken critic of russian president Vladimir Putin but its not the 1st time the only stuff to see he has been poisoned there is an old russian saying kremlin has many towers but sometimes there are take matters into their own home under proof. Well actually it was the bloggers press secretary who was the 1st to announce that vitally was poisoned and that took place before we heard any official statements from doctors at all meanwhile the u. K. Foreign office were also quick to voice their concern with this statement. I am deeply concerned by reports that russian Opposition Leader alexina violently has been poisoned on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in intensive care my thoughts are with him and his family. So it looks like the cause and the blame have already been attributed here in this case thats taking place before any of the facts are written at this moment looks like everything is being done to take care of say the botany and his health it began with the unscheduled landing in the city of scans it continued with prompt Emergency Services and according to reports and that is receiving all the help thats a scary and his doctors and also in constant close contact with their colleagues in moscow. Stay across those developments for us thank you. Russia analyst Martin Mccauley believes the poisoning rumors make a great story for the western media. Novelli is quite a hero in the west and he seen as a very powerful opponent well good team of putin so from the western border of your many western countries and hes a hero so there anything that happens to him would be seen as criminal into it all because we come from the kremlin. Nothing else would happen to him unless he could become an did you know acted and did something is wrong thats the way the media in the west where do things now immediately point to blame because they want sensationalism they want Headline News but of course in fact the totally false news or think news. We have to wait on the medical and the medics and find out exactly why he. Descended into a coma why he was hospitalized why he was in such paid and so on but of course it makes a great story from the from the west im bored of you because most of the western press is only russian. Lebannon is set to enter a 2 week lockdown starting on friday as it struggles to cope with a sharp rise in covert 1000 cases the countrys Health Care System has been pushed to the breaking point after a catastrophic explosion in beirut but 3 hospitals and half the capitals clinics out of operation new video has emerged showing the destruction of some of these facilities and warning though you might find the following scenes upsetting. According to the red cross the tragedy left at least 200. 00 people dead and over 6000. 00 injured in addition to that 300000 people also lost their homes its believed that a fire any warehouse at the port caused the detonation of a huge amount of Ammonium Nitrate the chemical compound had reportedly been stored in unsafe conditions for years its estimated that it could cost up to 15000000000. 00 to repair the damage to the city. The military and mollys say they will pave the way for new elections in the country and insist they will set up a civilian transitional guy. Meant in the mean time as after soldier stage a coup to oust president abraham book archita has stepped up on tuesday well his former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the coup but the scale and reports persons track record in the region and quelling violence and unrest is open to scrutiny. Forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protest. But. The former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption and worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of france somalis former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2013 to keep terrorists at bay the results in the country have been rather modest the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. The security situation in the sahara countries has deteriorated considerably in recent months conflicts prevailing in the region are have an unprecedented humanitarian consequences on civilian populations face an insecurity and displacement. French president emanuel mark actually believes that the operations are successful live on a 1000000 little tiff with improved their effectiveness in Information Exchange and the fight against terrorism and succeeded with their unique Information Center in niamey we have achieved strong results especially in recent weeks. France recently raised the number of troops in the region to 5000 but locals say they want them out and. The reason we are protesting is that france has been here in our country for 7 years but people die if we had 10 difficulties when france arrived with 190 friends came to help us to fight terrorism but now each of us is questioning if it has indeed been for. Our impression is daily suffering it is ours who called friends to help we called it to help us fight terrorism thank god friends came they came to help but they came to destroy us. If our leaders do not dare tell them to leave we will tell them we want them out of the country. Many analysts dont point the finger at france for the situation but actually point to nato as intervention in nearby libya which unleashed a torrent of terrorism in the region you want to look at the us didnt you did one is there you go all Northern Africa and to is the fact that the Obama Administration explained precipitately leaving to the regime change against president gadhafi and then in 2012 and twice raids. Or so jiri want shipments of on syria far in dated more than mali and this led to the collapse of the government 2012 and now its never covered. This invasion in which was precipitated by people new Obama Administrations new hours susan rice. Gave me a strange president. How many observers are wondering if the situation will deteriorate even further if toppling the president of mali lead to further terrorism and violence well if france is record seems to point to anything its that the presence of foreign troops doesnt really help the situation caleb oppen artsy new york. The only power plant in gaza has shut down after israel stop supplying fuel that was in response to cross border fire by hamas the population of 2000000 relies on israel for most of its energy needs it currently get about 6 hours of electricity a day which could now be cut to just 3 hours of power cuts are a major concern for hospitals. Ive seen them and. Why does only gaza have to deal with this problem it could put 75 percent of patients lives at risk patients will die if theres no electricity here treatment times will have to be caught. Miscue i could be out of one of the machines will not work and stuff will be forced to shorten the duration of dialysis this will cause suffering for patients and some could die so we need to provide the treatment for 4 hours every 2 free days it will be a disaster and many people will suffer but this is totally wrong its put in the health of so many people the trees people might not survive. I feel bad and i cant sleep i used to ask my daughter to help me without electricity there will be no dialysis. Health officials in gaza say that surgical operations and intensive care are at greatest risk and coded 1000 testing labs may have to halt their operations medical services need hundreds of thousands of leaders of people to provide normal levels of care the ministry of health has called for an urgent resolution to the issue. Cutting off electricity to hospitals will have a dangerous effect on all Health Services provided in the gaza strip we call on all relevant parties to intervene to solve this problem and save the Health Sector in gaza by restarting the power plants again. Human rights activists say the halt in fuel supplies amounts to collective punishment targeting peoples basic needs. The israeli decision to close the crossings and block shipments and the resulting power cutoff is a dangerous escalation and collective punishment of gaza it violates International Law and basic human decency it is political blackmail. And a surprise move canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau has suspended the countrys parliament atthis by following in the past never to make use of this power critics are accusing the canadian leader of trying to dodge scrutiny operatives Government Role and a growing ethics scandal that also involved his family. I have asked the governor general to probe the parliament which must happen before any government can present a throne speech starting a new session of parliament is about creating sustainable ways to support you moving forward that has always been our number one focus and it always will be Justin Trudeau his right hand to try and save himself when he forced his finance minister to resign now he is shutting down parliament and looking out of position m. P. s to prevent us from holding him accountable and getting answers on his we scandal shutting down parliament in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis with a plan sitting next week in committees working hard to get answers and solutions for canadians is wrong. Trudeau has justified the 5 week suspension with the need to reassess the parliaments agenda several of its committees have been investigating the governments actions and valving a student grants program kind of those independent ethics watchdog is also separately investigating the Prime Minister trudeau is being probed over allegations breaching of conflict of interest laws for awarding a 690000000. 00 Student Grant Program to wee charity which has ties to the p. M. s relatives joe has dismissed allegations of preferential treatment charity and the government have since ended their partnership. The Prime Minister has been reprimanded by the countrys ethics watchdog twice before last year he was probed for pressuring his former attorney general to help a major Canadian CompanyCorruption Case out of court journalist problem in co says this latest scandal is unlikely to go away. A number of high ranking liberals including the Prime Minister were connected with the charity his family members his mother and his brother received close over 300. 00 sounds and dollars in paid speaking opportunities with that organisation i do think that over the last couple of years his character has as being damaged by his own actions by his own words by his past and how that conflicts with those present by the things hes seeing versus the things that its doing and the recent use of the probation as well as the we scandal are things which are continuing amounts of that i do believe that when it went on at election does little in the near future that the liberal party could perhaps be looking at somebody else to lead it. Thats been our breakdown of the days headlines for this hour for further details on those stories and countless more head to our website r. T. Dot com. Has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. 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