you? it is still shocking. i live i here in washington, dc still, dry you? it is still shocking. i live - here in washington, dc still, dry by the capitol quite often, you still have those images quite often of people climbing the walls, of the people climbing the walls, of the people marching down the street, this angry looking mob. it is still shocking to think that it was only one year ago that happened. i think what is even more shocking is how the year of politics has completely changed. i remember being disillusioned, disgusted at the republican party, myself, for getting to this point. but now, one year later, you look at how this country has been run, you have almost forgotten what is taking place on january six. interesting oint. place on january six. interesting point- oddly place on january six. interesting point. oddly enough, place on january six. interesting point. oddly enough, i- place on january six. interesting point. oddly enough, ithink- place on january six. i
i mean, they worry about fuel everywhere, of course. and in europe, the germans are worried about gas supplies not gasoline but gas supplies and that s why they supported nord stream. but the republicans seem pretty determined that something should be done about that because they clearly see it as an advantage for russia that might make germany and others more malleable. more i m sorry? more malleable, more willing to toe the line with russia rather than confront it. no, i think that s wrong. i mean, ithink look, - the republican party doesn t have that much isn t that geopolitically sophisticated. - i mean, i think that they . if they, indeed, felt that way, i think they were much more frustrated - in fact, i know they were much more frustrated i by angela merkel s i approach to russia which by the way, is not that different thanjoe biden s. . michael and putin are of an
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they include thousands of civilians taking to the streets for months, at risk of their own security. but the opposition is not being tolerated by the man dubbed europe s last dictator. keen to rally the beleaguered opposition, president biden tweeted he was honoured to meet the exiled opposition leader adding that the united states stands with the people of belarus in their quest for democracy and universal human rights. it s like inspiration for our people to move forward, not to give up, although people are not giving up, for sure, but it s one more signal that we have strong allies beside us. but despite sanctions on his regime and internationalflight bans, president lukashenko has dug in with russian support. we talked about multiple points of pressure on the regime for the regime to stop violence,
this is bbc world news. our top stories. president biden prepares to announce that federal workers in the us need to get vaccinated, or prepare for an increase in testing. it comes as us covid cases continue to soar. us champion pole vaulter sam kendricks tests positive at the tokyo olympics the australian athletics team is isolating after close contact with him. the climate state we re in british scientists prove the past two decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than the average for the entire 20th century. the exiled belarusian opposition leader meets the us president at the white house, and gets a strong show of support.