A call from the granny i am an ideal candidate here this is your vaccine theres not much in there looks like drops ok im ready. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our International Lunch on thomas. Now there has been another turn out of the hundreds on the streets of minsk for a protest against the belorussian president the situation flared up right after Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term. There was a heavy Police Presence earlier in the day and some clashes in the capital several demonstrators were injured as well and dozens were arrested the unrest has been simmering for almost 7 weeks now since and the disputed election with people calling onlookers shanker to resign theyve also been counter rallies in support of the president rival groups past each other on the streets because opponents carrying the red and white flag and government supporters with the official red and green flag parties but ive got to give has been following the unrest and the
Im michael okun welcome to the program at least 90 people have been arrested in hong kong in protests against the governments decision to postpone Elections Police fired pepper balls at prodemocracy campaigner protesters are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday authorities have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay antigovernment protesters have been held across since june last year. And correspondent phebe kong joins us now from hong kong by phone phebe hundreds of people are protesting there today against the press boning of the elections what exactly are they worried about. Yeah i have been writing that sos has all i said all afternoon in hong kong today and all this week with her protests so kind of like give me back my clothes and i want to kind of like those guys on the street so today i originally on this is just an election day one of the most important election in a city. Like this and so it acts like a st
Britain than the United States as a as you seek to support the trashing of a. Covert reputation no i would really seek to support trashing him on kyra well get it very objective we actually you know i dont why the racial bellicosity in a blue collar family we are a family of immigrants and all white and john people go back to the countries that the originally came from thats what they told my grandmother 100 years ago i dont like the bullying of private citizens whether its hillary or my wife your hero i dont like the deconstruction of the western alliance that is alternately led to great peace and it hasnt prosperity for most of the quote that hes deconstructing so now theres a whole series of things that hes doing that you can look at energy actively and if you love america and you want peace in global prosperity you have to reject him at the polls isnt. But is it peace or is it i did actually get the thing and jacked it leads and you guys in the us weve got to get somebody else in h
A week bears down on its southern coast. And Donald Trumps former lawyer says the president is guilty of the same crimes that landed him in jail Michael Cohen prepares to release a tell all memoir that threatens for further damage to the present. A michael look who its nice to have you with us we start with a big show of force from police in hong kong thousands of officers in riot gear have descended on antigovernment protests arresting hundreds of people demonstrators are furious about a decision to postpone todays planned legislative elections theyre also angry about a sweeping National Security law imposed by china that gives beijing unprecedented power to crackdown on critics in hong kong. Oh was reclaim hong kong they chant and hong kong people unite. These prodemocracy campaign is should be voting today in elections to the citys legislature instead that out on the streets after authorities delayed the poll until next summer citing a spike in coded 19 cases the what was it that pr
First black president s friend. Trevor night three of the Democratic National convention was focused on women. Women fighting for their rights, women pushing for change, and women who dont want to say they told you so but they told you so. We also heard from Elizabeth Warren who delivered a speech from inside a school about the biden policies that would help families and working mothers. Now, if you paid attention, you would have noticed she also left a little easter egg for people in the background with letter blocks spelling out b. L. M. , which, if you think abit, the perfect rorschach test, because if youre woke it stands for black lives matter. If youre conservative it means blue lives matter. And in my mind it means beyonce loves me oh, my god beyonce loves me i knew it i knew it now this wasnt just womens night because it had a lot of women speaking. It was womens night because it highlighted the constant obstacles and challenges women have been fighting against for years, from