Outbreak fidelity s. Germany has sent help. Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, in vilnius, lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. There you sit in vilnius in exile. Alexander lukashenko is still president of your country, belarus, and it is now the six month anniversary since you are convinced you won the president ial election. So, im just wondering how you feel today . Oh, thank you. I feel responsibility, first of all. Respo
Collapse the United Nations secretary general opens a fraud 75th the General Assembly with World Leaders including President Trump staying away. On iraq its great to be review all European Union Foreign Ministers have failed to agree upon a package of sanctions against belarus officials well thats because Member States vetoed the move on the block had identified 40 officials in blames for violence against antigovernment protesters for elec toral fraud during last months contested president ial election while a one of the main exile that belorussian opposition leaders made an impassioned plea before iran makers urging them to act the sanctions deadlock now means that a final decision has up to National Leaders at an e. U. Summit later this week. Well after that meeting today in brussels w. Brussels birches alexander phenomena caught up with c. E. O. Of Foreign Affairs minister of lithuania here is their conversation. Slammin that will this definitely just what the its to say that we are
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Welcome to the program Afghan Government and taliban negotiators are in qatar for long delayed talks these are live pictures now we hope coming from the capital doha yet there they are live pictures of the talks which are just about to get underway its been more than 6 months since the u. S. Brokered a deal aimed at ending americas longest war before his appointment in 2016 President Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict and hes hoping to follow through on his promise ahead of the november election section of state might compare was attending the inauguration event. Well the head of the Afghan Government delegation says progress in the talks is crucial for the countrys development on chamberlains momi one on today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build an of guns tanweer no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic us truth and and the people of afghanistan achieve the Economic Development they deserve well the u. N. Secretary general Spokesman Says t
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Accompanied by the Prime Minister of the state of israel, his highness, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation of the United Arab Emirates and the minister of the Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of bahrain. Thank you very much. Please. Thank you. The first lady and i are honored to welcome to the white house Prime Minister netanyahu of israel, and mrs. Netanyahu. Thank you so much. Thank you, sarah. And foreign minister abdullah bin zayed. United arab emirates, the uae, thank you very much. And foreign minister abdullah al zani of bahrain. Were here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of division we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. In a few moments, these visionary leaders will sign the first two peace d