By the great to have you with us youre watching the weekly on out into the. Stars above every square another huge protest against the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko is already underway people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks alleging that he rigged the late latest election the countrys been left deeply divided by that previous vote the week that followed it was dominated by protests from the opposition but on monday supporters of the president began to hold council rallies and they have gained some momentum the 2 sides can be distinguished by the colors they support. If the boy dot my hearts bleeding and i cant believe this is happening in bell. And i love i love the. Thanks it is opposition we are strong it is them who made us united we are the people weve been living in fear for a week weve been crying all these calls for change i was buying vegetables at the grocery i told the seller i was going to attend a meeting she said you look at shingle rat i think there thor it is all wrong the Election Results are a complete lie its very sad the more the authorities deny ever the things the worse it is for the state i feel bad for the country and for the people i believe that the peoples voices that we hear now justify what people decided in the election they havent been heard now they will have to listen every day to whats going on here. In the meantime a number of Foreign Countries of challenge like a shame because legitimacy as president rejecting the Election Results has confirmed that its drawing up sanctions against other russian officials suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters it is done the balkans delves into why the former soviet republic has been drawn so much international attention. Just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that all changed as thousands poured over 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 intertwine and clash. Officially the e. U. Is dismissed the elections as neither free nor fair looking persona non grata and already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing Human Rights Violations in the wake of Police Violence in custody we start number 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 restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian authorities. Condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view. What comes next the Baltic States and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that l. C. A. Sion 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 routes is russias closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and the buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with a look of shame goes over towards 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 the opposition and its the uncertainty in minsk one thing is clear washington has its own interest in. Reduce 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. With progovernment gatherings gaining momentum one of the largest rallies occurred in the west of the country today to correspond i think a standoff listen to an emotional speech by Alexander Lukashenko to grab a moment to speak with the president. What you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a progovernment rally and indeed this meeting is very special compared to others that we have that we have covered in the past couple of days not because its exceptionally large because it isnt but because its the 1st one weve seen. The president. Make an appearance and he made a speech after. Short medium and over these freaks. Over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed bruises 60 percent of the. Time will pass we will come and show you everything i have received information that there are private enterprises all over the country that are pushing people to strike some have become insulting to the point that if an unfortunate policeman arrives 3. We have telephone conversations they say cross the coops but why why will you do you return to the streets who you call do not attack policeman these are your own people if they made some mistakes forgive them but the postelection period has been quiet rocky for Alexander Lukashenko for instance a couple of times one factory workers boycotted production and he showed up there to try and calm them down he was essentially had killed and booed off stage so they didnt give him any any any any time they didnt really give him any slack if i may say so well here is a different mood here because here people are supporting him so thats what hes thanked them for and essentially his messages be. It doesnt matter whos in power it doesnt matter the only thing that matters is that should stay independent that it should lead other nations meddle. I had a chance to ask him to ask him a question it wasnt like it wasnt a Media Briefing or anything we literally caught him as he was leaving the stage yes no i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to work for i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break look at that there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where bin are being pressured to attack russia they see as a springboard and we have to wipe it out what it was really happy to see as journalists from russia as well what the mood like is here like the public celebration with some classic songs and local local hits so this is whats going on here. The russian opposition figure lexan abounding has been admitted to a bird in hospital for emergency medical treatment he was airlifted on saturday from the siberian city of homs the family has been in a coma since a fellow during a flight to moscow on thursday with the latest his peter all of. Took a lot of wrangling between doctors in the russian city of scanning the Valley Family but Alexei Navalny is here in germany he arrived on saturday in a special medical plane had been chartered by his supporters and he landed here in berlin and arrived at the hospital flanked by a column of blue flashing Lights Police motorcycles and other vehicles accompanying the ambulance that he was in to shut the tape hospital hes receiving treatment and undergoing extensive testing at the hospital to try and determine what is behind his illness that resulted in him being in a coma since thursday the Berlin Police have also put out the same and saying that they are here in increased numbers due to mr vanney being in this hospital and we arent expecting any updates really from the hospital until maybe monday morning. Less in the valleys wife is here so would be looking to see if theres any further statements from the family now russian doctors in had objected to him moving initially they said that alexina valmy was too ill to be able to make that journey however they relented at the request of the family but 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 alexina valmy took on well on thursday on a flight from siberia back to moscow he was supposed to be in some clear distress while on that flight the plane made an Emergency Landing in the city of on skin he was rushed off to hospital by paramedics that has been claimed that he was poisoned with some of his team suggesting there was a poison was put into his t. Doctors say that they ran a talk screening on him while he was in the hospital in on skin that came back negative that they were treating him under a different diagnosis if you will before the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered a massive by disruption with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. This isnt the 1st claim of poisoning against alexina van the last year he was hospitalized from prison his team at the time said that he had been poisoned it later turned out that he suffered a severe allergic reaction and claims that there has been a poisoning in the kremlin of the hind it is being strongly denied by denethor the press corps whos fled in your putins press secretary he said that the russian government to put no blocks in the way of the legs in the valley travelling he had to germany that any delays in transportation had been due to the consonants raised by the doctors he said he also wish missed in the valley a speedy recovery by the European Union have said they want a full investigation into what happened to Alexei Navalny in what seems to be a case thats demanding a lot of answers in re raising certainly a lot more questions than we have ounces at the moment a lot of eyes focused on the hospital just behind me in a case that is becoming increasingly politicized. Soon as the news of nirvanas illness broke western media rushed to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people. The vani is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin form a sponsor and his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist Glen Amir Karim was poisoned twice and survived the tourists for allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target Double Agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin course his support us will not be convinced they will believe that this is a poisoning. I am at a was a cool could be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty its a its a cliche for their west on media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately after something happens basically there are many questions on it and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia personally or to speculate if it could be done by a russian government agents without which inseparable with potence 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 are the exodus both in the story or. And or in the story or. Could you stay with us more news coming up after this short break. The world is driven by a dream shaped by. The day or thinks. We dare to ask. The lucia thats right we talked about problems all year and then summer time we come up with all solutions that say were just being joined by banker church point from your simon. Banks with your long term friend. Welcome back germany france the u. K. Russia and china theyve all rejected the us request to reimpose sanctions on iran the socalled snapback sanctions can be triggered is part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories to the pact liberal 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 secretary general to terrorism 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 u. N. 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 that 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 muscles west to you and i wear different concerns at reckless acts by the United States could trigger a serious crisis from the Security Council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this with cornel countries to resist and i stress once again that the u. S. Prices are on loehle that they will use in 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 us unilaterally seize participation in the j. C. B. Away by president ial memorandum on the 8th of may 28th and has subsequently not participated in any j c p a way related activities you cannot have for be considered to be a participant state for the purposes of possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution the United States hold out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in may of 28 scene and at this point weve 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 in was calm and on which i think today its clear that the United States is size elated and american unilateralist is not supported by other countries with the reason reason lucian there was put before the Security Council the United States was defeated and 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. Russias deputy envoy to the United Nations said on thursday that the. Had declined to hold a Security Council session on the question of sanctions against iran one time Foreign Correspondent reece erlich told us that americas actions of all for a domestic audience. The u. S. Has no legal grounds whatsoever to pursue this is very quite explicit in the terms of the j. C. B. A way that only participants in the accord could move to have the snap back weve seen all kinds of seizure iranian oil on the high seas that was on its way to venezuela are perfectly legal but the u. S. Claims the unilateral right to post its interpretation of sanctions anywhere in the world against anybody it wants. But frankly rather than a sign a strait of it 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 frankly 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. The African Union has suspended mollies membership if you see the ongoing military coup that soldiers have overthrown the president and say they plan to set up a Transitional Government and hold new elections is a video that reportedly shows troops taking the countrys president from his residence as he was detained on tuesday a few hours later president appeared on state t. V. Announcing his resignation. 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. Cheese days uprising began with a shootout at the county military camp thats close to. The capitol a group of soldiers detained their Senior Officers before marching on bamako storming the president s residence rising as been widely condemned including by the u. S. E. U. And neighboring african countries follows several months of protests in mali of reconnect hardship and alleged government corruption. I. Think a lot of. Them a leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption and worsening the security situation which you have this groups in the north also people unhappy with his backing of friends former colonizer french troops have been stationed in the country since 2013 the year he was 1st elected to keep terrorists to being reelected in 2088 a sort of fall in his popularity with mali an army facing losses from terrorist attacks and after dozens of leds the elections were disputed this spring and the demonstrators began taking to the streets calling for his resignation. People here jumped for joy to say a final farewell to mr. Hes no longer our president. Nothing is going well in mali we are all suffering but the does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. Store in gerald home claims that the roots of malis latest insurrection can be traced back to nato intervention in libya in north africa 9 years ago. This to 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 homes 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 mali 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 in bomb a ko which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least in the wall in guinea. Cant you ride up today we will bring you more now top stories will have a dates on events in minsk from a correspondent that lead to more need to check out enough. 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Some voters in some western countries are no longer discriminating against ugly man running for president of Prime Minister so i wonder if people are as obsessed about the looks as they used to be when they you were writing your book its really hard to say theres been very little studies where they do the exactly the same thing lets say in the eightys and