Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our G International thomas certainly glad to have you with us now rallies and counter protests have swept about the roof for a 13th day in the wake of this months disputed election throughout friday large crowds gathered in support of president look i shant go in the countrys west r. T. C. Go to john f. Was among. Its really really loud here what is playing behind me right now is the National Anthem of the republic of the us a little bit of context we are right so whats the name of the country in the city of brest a lot during the time the 2nd full. The great well see what your guess is as good as mine here when it comes to scale but i would say this about the stefani thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people who have to look to a number of them and their message is some of them one dont want to but none of them want to listen to ukrainians and to be played out in their public also a lot of people are making a huge point about the flag you can see how many better russian flags official by the russian flags are behind and just around me essentially they have been saying that the white red and white flag the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. The shoes by the collaborationist during the 2nd full day of a huge problem with that because a lot of people in. History those are huge. Movement here to get not sure that. They take it seriously so even those who may have supported your position. What. Century the flag the colors of the picture was what. Broke the camels back. I came here because i want to keep belarus the way to i dont want on rest im a mother i have a small child i want him to grow up you know peaceful and beautiful but nobody forced us to come here everyone has their own opinion and we should not prevent each other from expressing our views. I am from belarus for peaceful use im 60 years old ive been working as a drive all my. I had a life and ive traveled to europe i have not seen the better country than belarus and i was outraged that your position provoked our Security Forces to violence i saw it myself im for peace in our country and we just need to Start Talking to each other. They are. An example. Of the sort of. Ground like being the center stage and speak. Meanwhile this was the scene in minsk people gathered alongside a highway carrying the red and white flags of the countries opposition the demonstration began outside a Detention Center where protesters were held heres what people are saying on the streets of the bell russian capital. Certainly when you see that you are not alone it helps to keep the spirit top and stops you becoming said but to let you speak you stop these 3 crosses we wanted to call those who are responsible for the evil and humiliation of the brain over several last days to confess since it was one of the greatly at the beginning now people are saying that the Common People that this a mistake but i have to remember that there were 26 years its impossible to overturn it in 10 days. Elsewhere in the city there was a very different picture arties belarus correspondent took a ride with the motorists getting behind the president. Off the plaza can see im now in a car its a convertible this convoy in support of the government has just set off people are driving their cars around the capital waving these official red green belorussian flags to be honest i didnt have an opportunity to count all the cars but i can tell you its a huge line. I couldnt find the organizers of this event i thought it would be great to get an interview but i went up to several people asking if they could tell me which car the organizers were in and they told me that there are none. Somebody just created the chat and more and more people joined it wanting to participate so the guys are telling me thats whats great about this event is that people have done everything themselves they bought the flags themselves can you see this flag thats actually not a flag pole its a spade handle so as you can see many cars waving red and green flags this is how minsk looks right now another thing thats interesting about this convoy is that opposition was planning a completely opposite event they wanted to block the roads of the city. But as you can see they didnt succeed but i dont think many people would be disappointed that about this you can imagine the anger of ordinary people if the roads were completely blocked. The exiled Opposition Leader has given her 1st Media Conference since fleeing to lithuania svetlana to come no sky and use the opportunity to tell Foreign Countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus earlier she addressed her fellow citizens in a new video message urging them to keep up the pressure on president will go with more workplace strikes. So bust off get up so you can join 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 we will make the college hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us well despite of those calls for industrial action most employees are going about their business as normal over the last few days there have been no protests that factories and most enterprises are fully functioning that is in contrast to earlier seems we spoke to some workers yes just get them out its us you know i view it negatively a couple of people from my team went to the strike stay david 10 minutes and came back they were not interested in what was happening that they didnt like it was a good deal on you but i was going to go by dealing with those who support 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 or was homosexual sure 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 therefore such actions of the plan itself are in except a bill. Moscow based political scientist artur joke told us how he thinks will go shadow will seek to end the crisis. In such case its battle to im dissipate future demand so the opposition that dissipate crisis and get dry to. Setup some instruments for dialogue maybe like public dialogue roundtable discussion about the future of develop the recent Biology Development of both social and Political Development and somehow to incorporate. Moderate opposition into political process try to maybe not sharing power but drive to allow them to participate in Decision Making at the local level of regional level that maybe at the National Level so that they can express the ideas and interests of those who are intending to tour the present well he doesnt want to maybe to our direct negotiations with the council because they are selfappointed people so all the legally they do not represent the present occupation so its not clear who they are representing in this and this can include council but i think that he is very likely to agree to have dialogue with the labor unions with local local leaders legacy to me. Local officials. Doctors in the southern siberian city of kava given the all clear for election of ali to travel to germany for emergency treatment the opposition figurehead is in a coma after falling ill on thursday his allies believe he was poisoned russian medics claim however that they found no trace of toxic substances in his system heres maria for national. The doctor is in charge of treating alex st of ali in russias siberian city of almost now agreed to allow his transportation to a clinic in germany this is something his family has been repeatedly calling for with his wife julie or even appealing to president why demur putting the medics say that the vine is still very weak and hes not stable that they smallman hes not Strong Enough for travelling but they say theyre ready to allow these trust potations at the german doctors and the familys risk. We are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation earlier the russian doctors after discussing the vollies house with their german colleagues who came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to a mosque he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. And almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alec saying of violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. But. Earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violins blog and urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to you with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered immense about disruption with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. Well alex cena vilely is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course his situation with his health attracted a lot of International Attention in the veneer if you demo both missed in the valley we of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the situation of alexina valmy we heard this morning what happened to him and i want to say here that we give him all our support his family his loved ones for a prompt recovery 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 looking at that advice going to be reporting to me despite what the russian doctors say about toxic materials we still here are saying that violence supporters talking about poison and we have to remind you that this is not for the 1st time just last year there was a very similar situation when alex saying the violence suddenly felt ill and there were very quick to say that he was poisoned but it turned out later that it was just an allergic reaction as soon as the news of the volleys illness broke western media rushed to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people now political analyst dmitri bobbitt claims that the poisoning rumors dont stand up to scrutiny. Course his supporters will not be convinced they will believe that this is a poisoning. I am at a loss who would be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty its a its a cliche for their western media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately after something happens basically there are many questions unanswered and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia putin personally i want to speculate if it could be done that by russian government agents without which inseparable with putins approval is just safe to make it has a chance against russia because its much more dangerous to really investigate and to see broadly the role of our the exodus borth in the story all of us. And all in the story all over. Lebanon is facing a threat of famine the deadly blast earlier this month destroyed a grain silo storing most of the countrys weak supplies and badly damaged to beirut port which receives 85 percent of the countrys food imports but locals are doing their best to help those in need. Lot. 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International now a gas explosion has killed at least 2 people in a russian apartment block and it is feared that that figure could rise with 28. 00 people still unaccounted for including one child the blast occurred on friday evening in the city of jaroslava located around 250 kilometers to the north east of moscow it caused 3 floors to collapse in one section of the building destroying several homes residents have been evacuated from the building search and rescue teams with sniffer dogs are at the scene looking for people who may be trapped under the debris a criminal probe has been launched into potential violations of gas safety rules. A court in germany has sentenced a woman to 21 months in prison on terrorism charges the 30 year old a dual citizen of syria and germany was found guilty of sending several young women to syria to become brides of Islamic State fighters the prosecutor was asking for 3 and a half years in prison however the court counted time the defendant had spent in a turkish Deportation Center and noted the alleged short time she had been a member of i saw apparently less than one year additionally the sentence took into account the defendants 4 Young Children and when someone distances themselves from terrorism as she did then you have to give them a chance this could set a precedent for other trials for other people who wish to reintegrate themselves in our society that the state gives them this chance indeed we are not convinced by how display a regular change in how ideology we believe this is tactically thats why were skeptical journalist adel darwish told the program earlier that cases of former Islamic State members successfully reintegrating into society are rare. We face a big problem because the way the defense has been busted. The defense is paid for by taxpayers money the only was find ways but that is not enough evidence or the sense would be the pleading in germany is that they showed. That i havent actually come across many of them who have entered it and safavian fag on the contrary they even the ones who go to jail at the thought that include being gay is because that kind of ideology. From the nazi ideology is just the way of life for them you are talking about leniency there and it was also said that having children this woman having 4 Young Children was also take into account is that correct. I can you see this is a close argument because. Of liberal minded left wing social. Away. From a loving that is if the woman happened to drink the problem off of unity havent you gave that or the people the history of some kind of fight between the father on the mother and the flimsiest of evidence that courts would actually think that she was in the way for their own protection i dont feel either so he didnt actually take that children away from the into the lines of the parents who might get it through them and deal with the idea of you have to. Hong kong has joined beijing in denouncing washingtons decision to suspend a series of bilateral treaties in the latest spat between the 2 countries this comes just weeks after the u. S. 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 china u. S. Relationship using hong kong as a pawn on wednesday the u. S. Announced it would be suspending 3 treaties with hong kong they cover the surrender of fugitives as well as extradition and a shipping Tax Exemption has been scrapped as well the Top Administration has cited chinas new National Security law which it claims is eroding the citys states economy autonomy rather but china expert professor benjamin chows says the u. S. Doesnt hold the moral high ground on this issue. The u. S. Says it is trying to protect a freedom and human rights of the home computer but the u. S. 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Every day and youre doing nothing youre falsifying information and you are misleading the public over 4000 people have died and you are blaming the protesters you guys that are your claims and youre doing nothing shame on you so its a must what actually prompted to you to do this state of florida is now i just asked are right were getting record cases every day yesterday we had Record Number of deaths i believe 186 deaths today we had 217 and we have more cases in new york and italy which were initial epicenters for this pandemic and we are 4 or 5 months out from the start and its frankly because the governor refuses to do basic things like instituting a statewide mass mandate refuses to listen to Public Health experts. So heres a little bit of back story about florida that shows what a wavering approach to code it can do when big states like california new york rush to shut down and quarantine in march this