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Profile person to be detained under beijings new security law. I cant be scared but im scared i wont be able to do anything or see. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program belarus and president Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election and says moscow is ready to step in to save his country speaking to supporters in minsk lucas franco said the opposition protest of being steered from abroad and accuse nato of deploying military forces near the countrys border the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it is closely monitoring the situation in belarus undeterred tens of thousands of opposition protesters are also holding a massive rally in the capital called the freedom march its the biggest debt. And so far because disputed election victory. We know now to do to reduce amnesia and whos following the developments in belarus for us from moscow emily what can we make of president because accusations against nato well nato has firmly denied that there there is a
In the Pristine Waters off the riches are stranded oil tanker has broken into we ask a maritime expert to assess the impact. On rebecca written is welcome to the program belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election and says moscow is ready to step in to save his country speaking to supporters in minsk said the opposition protests being staged from abroad and accuse nato of deploying military forces near the countrys border the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it is closely monitoring the situation in belarus undeterred tens of thousands of opposition protesters are holding a massive rally in the capital called the freedom. Its the biggest demonstration so far because disputed election victory. We know now to do to reduce emilys show and whos following the developments in belarus for us from moscow emily what can we make of president bush and his accusations against nato well nato has firmly denied that there are that there is a troop bu