many believe that lukashenko wants to recreate stalin style grip on the country, so nobody dares to contest the next election. many belarussians came here to lithuania in an attempt to flee the repressions. there are currently around 19,000 of them living here. in retaliation, the belarussian regime has decided to target their relatives who stayed behind. and many fear that this isjust the beginning. anatoly was detained more times than he can remember, but he says that families of activists were not being targeted before. translation: this is the first time. it was always a war, but there were some rules. there were some lines they wouldn t cross. now we have gotten to the point where, before shooting their enemies, they put our children in front of us. in a country that claims to have no political prisoners, there are currently almost 1,500 people in prison for political reasons. one of them is ex presidential hopeful viktar babaryka. his son eduard was his campaign manager
people, including a 9-year-old. they say a tip led to his arrest. also happening today, the fed is expected to raise interest rates again. the big question, though, is whether the fed chair, jay powell, signals that a pause is to come. also, the biden administration now signing off on sending 1,500 troops to the southern border ahead of an expected surge in migrants. and the u.s. announced a new immigration deal with mexico aimed at deterring border crossings. and new and promising data just released on an alzheimer s treatment. details about the drug the company says significantly slows cognitive and functional decline. and the new york times reports that said, quote, it s not how white men fight. new information on how that text may have contributed to his firing. cnn this morning starts right now. we do begin with the texas massacre suspect accused of gunning down five of his neighbors. he is now under arrest after a huge manhunt. the fbi says it received a tip
bianca nobilo, max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here and david. what we ve built with is something that no community should have to endure. we are seeing a historic refugee crisis across the western hemisphere. nearly 90,000 migrants have made the track so far, all of them on their way to the u. s southern border. a power struggle between the two most powerful general in sudan. there is a shared deep concern about the fighting violence that s going on without . hi from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, april the 17th nine am here in london. three am indeed ville, alabama. another community is now mourning the loss of children at the hands of gun violence. investigators in dade villa working to find who is responsible for a deadly shooting that killed at least four people and injured 28 others at a sweet 16 birthday party. some of the victims ha
damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
in that year hundreds of thousands dead, tens of billions of dollars in damage and there s no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battlefield and is a stalemate in, and how will it end? i ll ask the experts. while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons, which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, crane has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it s a fight being fought on the airwaves as well as on the battlefield. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing and to wit, calling the war in ukraine a war could