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 build up at the belarus and border theyve said that theyre monitoring the situation. Seems to be kind of trying to turn what is essentially an attorney internal political conflict into some kind of a geo political crisis weve heard as well that the recent army is now going to be holding military drills starting tomorrow and previously and today as well has accused the protesters taking to the streets against him as being kind of controlled from abroad by nato countries like poland and lithuania and hes called them sheep being controlled the protesters have repeatedly denied that in their protests and its important to note that we dont see any european flags out on the streets. Rather weve been seeing both flags this really isnt like what we saw several years ago in the ukraine where people were looking to get a closer closer ties with the e. U. Even the opposition in belarus knows how important russia is to the valley region and hard to me so that wouldnt necessarily change even if there were a regime change now and we know that lucas has spoken to russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday and then again today what can we expect from russia in this situation. Well in recent days russia has been actually surprisingly quiet considering the protests that weve been seeing. Today look i shant go as you say spoke to put in again after talks yesterday and today the russian side spoke of an external threat to belo bruce and they also said that they would be willing to help. Within the framework of an existing military agreement with the country so that would mean that we could potentially see the military the Russian Military getting involved or peacekeepers from that pact getting involved but it doesnt seem likely to me it seems more likely that russia is issuing a warning to the west not to get involved after all they see bell reuss as part of their sphere of influence and that will change didnt lose any show and reporting from moscow thanks very much. Bellerose correspondent alexander birkhoff has been released from detention but of course reports are due to reason Russian Language Service he was arrested in his hometown of a few days before the president ial election during received a 10 day sentence for prepare for petty hooliganism charges he denies in which he is considering appealing going to com says his prosecution was purely political it was his 2nd time in prison this year when i spoke to recover just a short time ago and asked him about the events that led to his arrest. I didnt know on very few self although i was going to a meet and greet the. Election etc i had to be bad and ever ask for lent their hives about election the cause i was driving and suddenly because i saw or this guy on the jets might go up against everything there was a damn payoff to all but a lot of which is my car because maybe i care if they go up above of course the reason was. 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Now a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour israel launched further attack airstrikes rather on the harassed positions in gaza overnight and closed the on closed off shore fishing zone the army said the measures were in response to rockets and balloon fire bombs being sent into israeli territory over the past week its the most intense escalation of hostilities in months. Thousands of protesters have rallied in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading prodemocracy activists the protests come after years of political turmoil and failed promises to restore democracy following a 24 tane military coup. U. S. President donald trump has said he will look into a pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden trump said he had heard strong arguments for and against the move the exiled former National SecurityAgency Contractor faces criminal charges over his really of classified documents that revealed u. S. Government surveillance. One Japanese Oil Tanker that spilled more than 1000. 00 tons of oil since running aground off the coast of riches has broken into official said the split was caused by a crack in a cargo hold after the ships condition deteriorated severely overnight emergency teams and thousands of volunteers have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel on board the ship. And earlier i spoke to christian booga hes a director of the safe seas network on Maritime Security and he told me that the government of nourishes didnt do enough to prepare for such a catastrophe to go. Morriss is very close one of the main shipping lanes in the government didnt know that something is her most recent quite substantial Capacity Building this is all over the years and only in march this year there was a larger workshop on prevention where the country are. Prepared also into the 16 or 4 years ago there was a very very similar event happening there was an accident with the ship almost in the same location back there most was lucky no Major Oil Spill occurred but the country didnt learn lessons from us and prepare for the next years after and brought us to this is. No question bigger of the same Things Network on Maritime Security speaking to me a little while ago. But egypt has launched a crackdown on kite flying after a number of accidents among young people and children or far he have banned kite flying in cairo and alexandria where its long been a popular pastime some officials fear the cuts could even be used for espionage or terror attacks. Thrills adventure has been hard to come by recently in egypt people were confined to their homes for months because of the pandemic then spirits were lifted high just because its. Not everyone here approves kids love. The look of. This special thing a boat is getting somewhere beautiful. And getting some fresh air. So much fun flying kites over the river. I like it much better than playing for the new world good for the go ahead of me which i didnt i didnt look quite so great and so boring at home so we come here and play by the water bottle jealous of you but that was about that sometimes we come and why are some other people try to catch them it can be dangerous now that we should be off. Some children have been hurt falling from hoses or getting tangled up in the tricity lines there have been several fetal accidents. Have also injured unsuspecting passers by thats something that was damaged upcoming against them and got these injuries from a kite last week that was really painful and i had to put lots of cream on it for a better ownership issue but see if i get them because they know that it. Egypts government has other concerns and says cakes could be used for spying or even for dropping bombs and authorities acted in the cities of cairo and alexandria the past time was burned at short notice thanks to lawmakers Khaled Abu Talib he says hes keeping the people safe. And im glad to hear some cameras are no bigger than 3 centimeters he could be used to fill military sites sensitive areas that are not open to the public and were filming is not a load to ask. The band. Family by surprise they have been making colorful decorative kate for 20 years. Lately this nest had been booming they were selling 100. 00 coats a month but not anymore even so the plan to continue and to pass the business dont to their children. Fighting any why should i be afraid theres no reason to know what happened passing the craft on to the next generation. Many of cairos children seem equally unconcerned. Sometimes the police chase the we but the soon here again you get to bring flying colors but to the skies over. Most of sports now sports news now rather in the formula one where defending champion was sadies driver Lewis Hamilton has just won the spanish grand prix for a 4th straight time its the brit 88th victory from pole position hamilton aiming for a record equalling 7th title extended his lead in the standings to 37. 00 points after easily fighting off red bulls. Who finished 2nd hamiltons maceda Valtteri Bottas was 3rd rounding out the podium. You know watching a news has or a minor of the top story were following for you at this hour federer is sam president Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election speaking to his supporters in minsk luke schenn co said moscows ready to step in to quell the protests against his regime a regime ranging the opposition is also rallying in the capital for its biggest demonstrations yet against the question because disputed election victory. To. Take europe today and ill be back next hour with more headlines and of course you can always keep up with our stories on our website that state of being felt calm im going to follow it on twitter and instagram to you im rebecca riches thanks so much for watching. Our middle. Welcome to the 2nd season of only. The planet on the brink of old disaster we did a long indepth interview experts about one question how to change. The leadership