A military uprising in mali sweeps the president from power threatening to plunge the country deeper into chaos. Thanks for joining us here are not. The leader of the bell russian opposition. Has called on the e. U. Leaders not to recognize the results of her countrys recent president ial election the block is to hold an emergency summit over the political crisis in belarus a little later on wednesday and while the country enters an 11th day of protests with more strike action and rallies expected on tuesday the opposition held another large protest in the center of ments calling on the president to go supporters of Alexander Lukashenko also held rallies across the country outside the capital the largest was in the eastern city of magni off. Situation in our country is very serious so we have come out here to show our support for the president we are against unrest in our country im here to show solidarity with my people as i also want changes the dictatorship that has lasted for 26 ye
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In ireland, all of the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake. The radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition, and they are guiding the country through the covid i9 pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed its moment . Mary lou mcdonald in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well you won the most first preference votes in irelands general election you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, whats happened to that revolution . Well, five months on, we are into really uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves, with a global pandemic, with the Public Health eme
He would like to reduce detention between the any differences that exist between the muslim countries and thats what our stance has been how do we talk about having the assassination as we said whats pakistans position when donald trump tweeted that he wanted to destroy cultural sites in iran but i think. The world statement and our leaders have reacted to that and the we have this is this is how we look at it that any action that could destabilize the region that could escalate detention in the region is a matter of concern to us thats the same as the british governments position is although Boris Johnson did send 2 warships immediately to iran through as it was montrose major missile defended to the shores i mean would pakistan join in any u. K. Intervention against iran i think our position is very clear if you look at the statements coming out of park a sign that we would not like to be part of any. Adventure and we would not like to be part of anything that causes. Of the region o
About must not happen the news that mr sarin would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a. F. D. Overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c. S. U. Voters held the same view the Party Faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministrys website a ministry run by the Christian Social Union we want a culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved both at work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c. S. U. While senior Party Figures have gone out of their way to show him supp
Hello, welcome to bbc news. The conservatives will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, National Insurance or vat when they publish their election manifesto this afternoon. Borisjohnson has also said he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. Our Political Correspondent, nick eardley reports. What would he do with power . This afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. His basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. He will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. That, he says, would allow the country to move on. So what will the conservatives do on the home front . They will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance, or vat. Thatll make it harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. Mrjohnson has already promised money