Welcome to the weekly where we bring you the latest news along with the roundup of the biggest stories from the week that was. We start in belarus where another huge protest against the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko is currently underway these are the latest pictures from central minsk where thousands have turned out people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks alleging that looks rigged the election in his favor the country has been left deeply divided by that vote the week that followed it was dominated by off the vission protests but on monday supporters of the president began holding counter rallies which have gained momentum the 2 sides can be distinguished by the colors they support. If the boy does my hearts bleeding and i cant believe this is happening in bell. And i love i love you. Thanks it is opposition we are strong it is them who made us united we are the people weve been living in fear for a week weve been crying all these calls for change i was buyi
Youre watching the weekly here on R T International bringing you the days news along with the biggest stories from the week just gone. We start and valorous where another huge protest against president Alexander Lukashenko is underway you can see live pictures just behind me from a central minsk where thousands upon thousands have turned out people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks now accusing look shango of rigging the election in his favor it has gone up reports from its. People behind me on the Independence Square of the the russian capital minsk they have been chanting slogans like leaves calling on the president of some example of the shanku to go long live belarus right now and theyre clapping and my cameraman is just going to zoom in to show you the sky. Of the protests right now we have a really good Vantage Point so you can see for yourself people are flocking i can see them flocking from all sides now the opposition has been promoting this action as a rea
Peter urban and im a park ranger at for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island before that time, so let me talk to you briefly about ellis island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the origin form this island was in, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the the barely came above. Its first serve as a fort in 1812 and then as a storage depot. Somewhere around 1890, it was decided by the federal government that this would be the place that they would institute the first buildings specifically constructed for the processing of immigrants. And so they did construct that building between 1890 and 1892. The building you see here is not the first Processing Center, it is actuall
Welcome to the weekly where we bring you the latest news along with a roundup of the biggest stories from the week that was. We start in belarus where another huge protest against president Alexander Lukashenko is underway currently people have been rolling for more than 2 weeks accusing look of rigging the august 9th election. Download and constantine pretty bhalo report from mitt. Romney right in front of me people have blocked independence after me. Right now right at the intersection near the cinema 500 meters from Independence Square the 1st of which is the people have left the pavements and taken to the roads. In violation of the traffic. People heading to the square to protest. People behind me on the Independence Square of the belorussian capital minsk they have been chanting slogans like leave calling on the president of but a recent example of the shuttle to go long live belarus right now theyre clapping and my cameraman is just going to zoom in to show you the scale of the p
Welcome to the weekly where we bring you the latest news along with a roundup of the biggest stories from the week that. We start in belarus where another massive protest against president Alexander Lukashenko is currently underway people been rolling for more than 2 weeks accusing looks of rigging the august 9th election in his favor our correspondents report from misc. Right in front of me people have blocked independence after many. People right here right at the intersection near the cinemark 500 meters from Independence Square. Were the people have left the pavements and taken to the roads. In violation of the traffic whose. People heading to the square to protest. Was the 10s of thousands of people have decided to come out here in central mens it is quite deafening here because they are occupying the Independence Square theyve got a russian capital if you blonds behind me even with a good Vantage Point that we have you would struggle to tell exactly where the road begins because