Good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. We start with other roofs and its exiled opposition leaders from long taken off guard he was addressed to fellow citizens in a new video message shes urging them to keep up pressure on president lukashenko with more strikes almost 2 weeks after the disputed election threw the country into political turmoil. As of us thought get up so you can try some entirely legal and powerful weapon against the regime and they know it thats why they intimidate you leave the fear mongering to the dictatorship remember you are not alone im asking you to keep on striking who will make the coward hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us when you recently expressed this full support for the belarus opposition voicing concerns over meddling in Domestic Affairs moscow reminded european colleagues of just what kind of impact their support had last time they decided to intervene in a political crisis on russias doorstep it is don the reports on the russian attitudes towards the from approach to rally in the city of vitebsk. How long has it been since you played spot the difference well you wont have many difficulties matching footage from the 2014 uprising in ukraine to whats happening now in another post soviet republic right next to it better us. Military. At face value the pitches are identical but beneath the record discrepancies because ukraine didnt exactly set an example of how to in the short term yes be good all it wanted a new president elect filled rotation a visa waiver for the e. U. But that was where the buck stopped because the newly elected president quickly lost all support the economy collapsed Key Industries sloped National Debt hiked and so called western partners until this day still arent rushing to accept cave as one of their role so is it really a surprise that here in belarus people dont want a repetition of that thanks to us and stay a fine and shouldnt bail out a knock on to our there and you can walk down the street in the evening and not be afraid for safety and the safety of your loved ones thinking is that reason we stand for an independent billers only with beef and tranquility well be able to survive this there is no need to describe the country may seem small i can watch the news and can see that some food in as they didnt see a. Iraq and ukraine ive seen how countries have been destroyed with people fleeing on boats to europe and living in migrant camps i believe who must not choose this path this is really a Color Revolution even antigovernment protesters werent happy to see e. U. Flags among their ranks would be easy but i suppose if they see if there was. Anybody who was factory workers across the country briefly boycotted production but that impulse quickly faded out labor has realized they have no friends in the e. U. Only competitors eager to fill market gaps left by belarus factories yes if that gives it some credence about not having friends. Get them out its us you know i view it negatively a couple of people from my team went to the strike stayed there for 10 minutes and came back. They were not interested in what was happening that they didnt like it good deal on you but i will listen and youve got to go by dealing with those who support lucas sankoh should have shown that they are the majority by taking to the streets it would have been a different picture now if only they had shown up at the antigovernment protests we should have started rolling earlier in support of the current president morsi almost recognition you dont see basically everyone has a negative view of the strikes because this is a Key Enterprise and the well being of the entire city depends on its stable operation there for such actions of the plan itself are next up to another coup difference with ukraine the people of better seem more against losing russia as their ally and geopolitical friend even distorted just opposition arent rushing headlong into a breakup with moscow. To the last politician in belarus would be the one he seeks to build a wall belarus in russia it is in our interest to have good relations with both russia and the e. U. And russia and the European Union both want by the russians to be their allies see each of them needs to meet the expectations of our people pretty much as everyone almost everyone who ive spoken to here and elsewhere in belarus theyve said that they were appalled that they were disgusted and that they stood with those tortured by the police but then things changed and protests started to lose momentum and thats when politics kicked in and that was when all these thousands of people took to the streets with a different message with a message of unity i mean down of reporting from belarus. Or both the European Union and russia being looked to as mediators in the belarus crisis we have speed limits who theyd like to see play that role. As for me i prefer russia because im a bit skeptical about the e. U. I would rather stay with russia but at the same time i want bell russians to be valid russians again of course despite having russian belorussian roots i feel closer to the e. U. Here been a lot of belarus to remain as valorise and to have brotherly relations with all our neighbors when they are saying you know brats political analyst under wilczek believes that the Antigovernment Movement in belarus is losing momentum because of the lack of a clear agenda. Be a little show stand then go to speed in the store is fired. Some people obviously had little bitty an awful floor of this conflict and. By this opposition this uprising as it is being called the are are aiming at the some at Something Else which they really dont know what it is they are just being told and dogged by the opposition by European Union that they. Have to demand change they have to change the system but people are thinking ok now for the 1st time or what is going to happen if we really. Do have this change or are we going to end up like ukraine are we going to. The former soviet republics which were pushed through this independence or. Are we going to end up basically on our in the. Russian opposition figurehead alexina barney remains in intensive care in a hospital in the siberian city of square hes in a coma the valley was taken earlier on thursday during a flight to moscow with suspected poisoning doctors have said his condition is not yet stable enough to allow him to be airlifted abroad for medical care as requested by his family and supporters but a correspondent on course for the story joins me live on the line now good morning don there has been Media Briefing by doctors have talked a little bit about nirvanas condition what do we know this point. Well good morning neo like you said a german mill german medical aircraft just landed in intending to take in a volley to a facility in germany for treatment his family and supporters have been calling for him to be moved to a facility abroad but at that press conference actually the russian the russian doctors at the hospital that hes being held that now say that that might not be a good idea. For you know what his condition improved over night but it is not completely stable it is too early to talk about lifting him a brute 1st we have to make sure his condition is completely stable we cannot transfer him in this state even if his family have consented to it. Now on thursday nov ali was heading towards moscow from tomes from siberia on a plane when he suddenly fell ill the pilot had to make an Emergency Landing after paramedics had rushed to his aid and he and the opposition leaders sounded like he was in a lot of pain. Involved he was quickly brought to an Emergency Care unit near the airport where hes since been in a coma and on a ventilator his press secretary whos been traveling with him says that it was likely that his morning tea was poisoned but the doctors at the russian hospital say its too early to tell they say that there are still 5 possible working diagnoses that they dont know which one is the most accurate yet they say that theyll need another 2 days for the final test results to be made clear and theyve also said that so far there is no indication of poisoning that still this situation has gotten a lot of international attention. In the veneer if you didnt both mist in the valley of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the city. Alexina valmy this morning what happened to him and i want to say here that we give him all always support his family his loved ones for a problem for calgary and we send by their side hopeful intervention or through to us i hope and wish of course that he will recover as quickly as possible we will of course offer him all the medical help he needs and he can turn to german hospitals. Were lucky that advice is going to be reporting to me. Now lets not forget just last year another socalled suspected poisoning took place where of all me was hospitalized with a swollen face he said that he had never had an allergic reaction before he said that he was perhaps poisoned his doctor said he was possibly exposed to a toxic agent and in the end what it turned out to be just an allergic reaction it seems the western media still hasnt learned from this because theyre already jumping the gun and jumping to conclusions on the kremlins supposed involvement in the situation. The most outspoken critic of russian president Vladimir Putin has been rushed to a siberian hospital doesnt seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved its all true and if so asking that in there is no crime and has many towers falling steam is clearly put saying blame the governments there saying the place would not have been possible without putins approval. Is a very pretty sight it seems like. We always. Were being humorous examples. Now this is all despite the fact that the kremlin Spokes Person dmitri past called has already commented on the situation he said that the government would be willing to allow him of all need to go abroad for treatment despite the fact that the countrys borders are still closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic so it definitely seems like a bit early for this kind of finger pointing in the western media because the very latest on that story on tuesday will call to that thank you. Moving on now to germany france the u. K. Russia and china theyve all rejected the u. S. Request to reimpose sanctions on iran the socalled snapback sanctions can be triggered as part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories illiberal picks up the story so at this point weve got the United States essentially demanding that the United Nations reimpose its crippling sanctions Economic Warfare against the Islamic Republic of iran this is mike pompei o laying out the demand just a few minutes ago i delivered letters to both the un secretarygeneral to tears and to the president of the Security Council. Notified them that the United States is initiating the restoration of virtually all u. N. Sanctions on iran lifted under Un Security Council resolution 2231 did i say it will never allow the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes tanks missiles and other kinds of conventional weapons now essentially the United States is hoping to invoke the snapback mechanism that was part of the j c p o a conclusion of the Iran Nuclear Negotiations the Iran Nuclear Deal now the snapback mechanism was put into the nuclear deal so that if iran did not fulfill the agreement and did not fulfill its obligations broke the agreement that there would be an immediate snap back and all the un sanctions would immediately be reimposed on iran so now the United States is trying to invoke the snapback mechanism however it has virtually no support in the International Community when it comes to this demand weve got all the other cosigners of the deal the United Kingdom germany france china russia all staying that basically the United States doesnt have the right to invoke the snapback mechanism because the United States pulled out of the deal not iran this has been the International Reaction to the United States call and this was western doing as well where did the concerns at reckless acts by the United States could trigger a serious crisis in the Security Council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this week or no contrails to resist and i stress once again that the us prices are low for that. The United States has withdrawn from the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian Nuclear issue and hes not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the Security Council as i have repeatedly recalled the u. S. Unilaterally seized participation in the j. C. B. Away by president ial memorandum on the 8th of may 28th in and has subsequently not participated in any j c p o a related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a participant state. For the pipes is a possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution United States hold out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in may of 28 c. And at this point we got the trumpet ministration saying that they are open to read negotiating a new deal that would restrict irans activities more harshly now at this point people are reacting to the recent effort by the United States to extend the arms embargo against the Islamic Republic of iran which was roundly defeated by the International Community the u. N. Security council the 15 member body that leads the un the only other country to support the u. S. Move was the Dominican Republic and it seems with the world basically opposing washingtons moves against iran that iran actually has the upper hand this is what weve heard from some iranian officials call me one which i think today its clear that the United States is size a limited and american unilateral ism is not supported by other countries with the reason reason lucian that was put before the Security Council the United States was defeated in the slum a group of iran has the upper hand about it in the International Community it seems like almost a consensus that the Iran Nuclear Deal should remain intact however washington has pulled out of the deal and they seem to be almost standing alone at this point in their call to reimpose sanctions and to essentially escalate tensions with the Islamic Republic. Which is deputy envoy to the United Nations said thursday that the u. S. Had declined to hold a Security Council session on the question of sanctions against iran jonas we said alex says americas actions are more for a domestic audience the u. S. Has no legal grounds whatsoever to pursue this very quite explicit in the terms of the j. C. That only participants in the accord could move to have the snap back weve seen all kinds. A seizure iranian oil on the high seas that was on its way to venezuela are all perfectly legal but the u. S. Claims unilateral right to close its interpretation of sanctions anywhere in the world against anybody it wants. But frankly rather than a sign of strait i think this is a sign of weakness because the u. S. Is unable to get support any other country in the world for these. Actions including britain france germany and staunch u. S. Allies are completely reject the above the driver news on this issue and its a sign of desperation that theyre hoping something will happen between now and november and turn things around and trump hopes to use these efforts to gain reelection i think frankly its quite the opposite. John topple has become the 1st u. S. Company to reach a valuation of 2 trillion dollars well bring you more on that after the break. Geysers financial survival guide. Those that you can. Only. Keep in mind the place of. Welcome back tech giant our poll this week became the 1st ever u. S. Company to be worth 2 trillion dollars value puts it on a par with Major Economies it has now surpassed the g. D. P. Of brazil canada russia south korea its market capitalizations doubled over just the last 2 years most of that growth has happened since the start of the pandemic expert now estimate that if i were an economy it would be classified the 9th richest in the world like ali you know in the last economist edward hall and Jeffrey Tucker for their thoughts on apples 2 trillion dollar valuation. Does it seem as if some things are quite right when millions are losing their jobs or close to it on a tiny number getting insanely rich. That is exactly right and i have to correct language you say because of the pandemic its because of the lockdown its all across the world and especially in the u. S. Governments have it been bankrupting small and b. Medium size businesses and forced closures and stay home orders and closing schools closing borders stopping travel its been an outrage and of course who benefits its the Big Companies especially the tech giants and the rich meanwhile in this country the the poor and the middle class are suffering and medium Small Businesses are going under because of the lockdowns not because of the pandemic obviously theres an end plenty of encouragement for Companies Like apple which have received public funding. From their very get go and we really need to see far more diversity at the grassroots of the economy to to channel that kind of innovation and it seems it. Large Companies Like apple once they reach a threshold like this they need a lot of public scrutiny to keep up with that kind of responsibility of being so large that needs to be under public scrutiny and to perform at a higher level and providing innovation rather than the monopolistic in their aims last month aapl along with Google Facebook amazon were questioned in the u. S. Congress and were told they have quote too much power under a danger to the American Economy have they become too powerful i dont want to blame apple and google and amazon so much so i just think the rules should be applied fairly and evenly to everyone so everyone has a chance to get to get big and wealthy and serve the Community Consumer to excellence i think thats most important thing and thats thats the essence of what we mean by Free Enterprise its supposed to be equal rules for everyone and that is not the situation today people making the point that apple Google Facebook for instance have more influence than than most governments but is there anything wrong with that why should governments have a monopoly on power. Thats. The question as governments become centralized in any fashion there is opportunities for collusion with with businesses that are succeeding at a certain level thats when we start having this stratified rule set the rule of law starts to break down in any country and once a company can overtake him and work with the politician is supposed to be protecting the public then you can get some you know problematic behavior thats unaccountable and then the rule of law breaks down. Hong kong has joined beijing in denouncing washingtons decision to suspend a series of bilateral treaties in what is the latest spat between the 2 countries comes just weeks after the u. S. Also began targeting high ranking hong kong officials with sanctions including the citys chief executive the United States unilateral decision reflects its disrespect for bilateralism and multilateralism under the Current Administration and should be condemned by the International Community the Hong Kong Government strongly objects to and deplores the United States action which is widely seen as a move to create troubles in training u. S. Relationship using hong kong as a pawn wednesday the u. S. Announced that it would be suspending 3 treaties of hong kong they took over the surrender of fugitives as well as extradition a Bilateral Agreement on Tax Exemptions on income from shipping operations has also been scrapped on conger suspended its side of agreements in response to trouble ministration has cited chinas new National Security law which it claims is eroding the citys autonomy but china expert professor benjamin cho says that america doesnt have the moral high ground on the issue. The u. S. 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Welcome to so visionaries me Sophie Shevardnadze the card has been the biggest blow to the sporting industry since world war 2 causing major events to be postponed or canceled what does a post called 900. 00 Playing Field look like. When i talk about this with. The Qatari Star League club the former coach a National Football team. They had coaching retirees star leak that abby and the former coach of icelands National Football team its great to have you on our program one more time welcome i so be nice to be with you i get. It right you know what so recently i talked to a great orchestra conductor john andre and i sat out and he told me about his experience how hard psychologically it is to play to the empty halls i also heard this really famous russian piano players in these months who have saying that performing in a hole without an audience is an experience he would not want to repeat so i suppose families also are a crucial part of any sporting event right so when the team is playing to empty stands how does that affect the game day morrall of the squat. Is this division between culture of actually in trouble is different between cultures if you look at games from. Especially germany. England its the cost of the fun plays in this issue which in other countries is not so much you think about we dont have many fans because of the heat so it really doesnt affect a lot of the good place here and. I think its different between cultures ill much. Influence. And its also different. So if youve got. 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