Responsible for that. Live why this is r. T. From moscow good to have you with this is just turned 1 am on friday here in the russian capital on call a break with your Headline News at this hour a 1st for you here so he may putins outline where russia stands over the unfolding situation in belarus to remind you its now nearly 3 weeks since the long standing president claimed another election victory over the opposition says it was rigged and there have been large protests there ever since he closed on of reports next from minsk. Lattimer putin has said that for russia it is important for all sides of the story here to be put out there both of the story of those who are supporting the incumbent government and those who are opposed to it you see belarus and russia are really close to each other not just geographically just the 1st layer they are important and close to each other culturally story clear linguistically just you name it in many many aspects so according to the russian presid
Live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight out International Diana hawkins here with you throughout the evening welcome to the program. And rather here putin has outlined where russia stands over the unfolding situation in belarus to remind you its nearly 3 weeks now since the longstanding president there claimed an election victory but the opposition says it was rigged there have been large protests ever since it was not of reports from minsk. Russia it is important for all sides of the story here to be put out there both the story of those who are supporting the incumbent government and those who are opposed to it you see belarus and russia are really close to each other not just geographically just the 1st layer they are important and close to each other culturally. Story clear linguistically just you name it in many many aspects so according to the russian president for moscow it is important it does matter as to what happens here in minsk here in belarus but at the same time l
Commissioner chow is supposed to be here. I thought he was on but he is not. Mikaela, can you share that slide right now . Im going to pop up the Public Comments slide so that everyone on can see how to make Public Comment. Theres a few people on and i want to make sure everyone knows. Give me one second and ill pass you to ball. So, the phone number for Public Comment is 415 6550003. The access code is 133 1902636 and press pound twice to get on the line. When you are on, if you would like to raise your hand for a specific item, please press star 3. When you get on the line, you press pound twice and then star 3 if you would like to raise your hand for an item and well talk about the comments for each item. Commissioner bernal, would you like to move forward with the approval of the minutes or wait for commissioner chow . Commissioner ball do we have a quorum . We do. Is he dialing in now . I will call. And i apologize. No problem. Well give him 30 more seconds. Thank you to dph staff
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A grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covert 19 deaths exceeds 100000. Outrage over tuesdays explosion in lebanons capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours the street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured hes in a hot reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived explosion but part of. I am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all the people. I know so what can we do what they did was r