U. S. Says it will hold back Financial Aid to lebanon until reforms happen despite the desperate situation following the deadly explosion in beirut. Good evening and welcome to the program this is r. T. International coming to you live from the russian capital bring your live news update. The president of belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said a new election will only be possible if the constitution is really written thousands of factory workers have down their tools demanding a rerun of the vote with many taking to the streets across the country. The. Climbdown to art is roman culture of roma tell us about the latest on the strikes and looks like us reaction to them. As well indeed mass protests can seen you all over a bill a ruse with the workers from various major manufacturers black the factories that came out in a National Strike and im talking about said various Industries Including mets allergic. To the including the mining ultimo as you just named a few industries there old were out on strike earlier on monday the people have been walking out from their places of work to join others in protests a lot of the country their demands or new elections with all of the candidates even those that were not registered for the election release of all Political Prisoners and of course dismissal of only those responsible for election rigging and for violation of human rights president lukashenko attended some of the rallies arriving in a helicopter and while speaking there has said there will not be a rerun of the election and that he will not be a pressure to do anything at all however thats another iraqi leader he gave a hint of a compromise thats have a listen. But we need to adopt it and you can situation you watch the dock. Its in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dublin you can situation we can hold new elections if you want palm meant for presidency and local authorities look at shank a visited a few locations where the strikes are taking place said one planned his departure was met with the boos whistles and angelica shank a slogans. After he said he want protesters that they might lose their jobs that have a listen. Just to both of you if you dont want to work fine or just leave nobody will stop you or fight you for that so please eat from tomorrow just go sorry to put you in such harsh terms but at a time like this you have to be straight up. On the sunday at least 65000 people came out on the streets in support of Alexander Lukashenko those numbers are according to the interior minister ministry look at shank all spoke to his supporters at length and i thank them for their dedication hes a for many bill russians he is somewhat of a father figure that helped take the country out of the abyss back in the ninetys though some of the people are still not happy about his 26 year tenure now r. T. Spoke to a one of the protesters earlier on monday lets say here to what he had to say. We are really fed up with these people thats why we want to change this regime they beat my son when they release him and he came back he was so badly bruised that he couldnt even sit down so how should i work whats more important to me money oh my children. Employees all fall largest t. V. Network also walked out and joined people in strikes and their colleagues from other Media Outlets in belarus followed suit as well now. Earlier look at shadows opponent of president ial election spent lot of jihad off sky who is now in lithuania will she recorded a video address to her supporters and said that shes now ready to become the national leader. We all want to break this endless circle that you go trapped in 26 years ago im ready to take responsibility and become the leader so as to come the country and let it to turn to no month. While the rally in support of the protesters in beirut is also taking place here in moscow has been happening for over a week of weve been here for the 9 days already the turnout is different but the largest turnout was this past weekend when this line of women with the flowers and this white ribbon extended for be on the block of course there were other protesters here as well those in favor of Alexander Lukashenko but its all been peaceful of course we will remain here to bring you any more updates as they become available our days are among cossar bank you for bringing us that report. Now art is constantine prebuy reports from outside the state t. V. Studio in minsk. Theyre not just going to build the building of the built in the Radio Company in minutes its a state t. V. Building with several channels of paste earlier today there was a meeting between the companys management and staff who made their demands clear they want to report on both sides of the situation in belarus including the mistreatment of protesters by riot police theyve been talking here inside this building now these people have come to support the t. V. Star fukrey to go on strike right now there are about 200 people here but i think theyll be more by the evening theyre chanting slogans like tell the truth on t. V. And so on minsk factory workers will also come but theyre not here yet this rally is not the 1st here outside the t. V. Building a few days ago there was another with the same message and demands today people are standing in protesting against violence and some believe the recent election should be declared illegitimate. Which the e. U. Has confirmed that it is working on thanks again speller russian officials suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters european lawmakers are also claiming theres a threat of russian interference and belarus they are all over has the details but weve heard statements on monday from the number of the e. U. Institutions on the unfolding situation in valorise the European Parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk and other major cities but within that statement there was also a warning for russia we call on the Russian Federation to refrain from any interference. In bella ruse following the election and call on the e. U. Institutions and Member States to vigilantly council any russian actions in this regard. The parliament wasnt the only European Institution to be charming in on monday we also heard from the high representative for Foreign Affairs in your state bar l. Pretty much the e. U. s foreign minister he said that the protests that weve seen over the weekend particularly that huge one in minsk that the sheer numbers clearly show that the belorussian people want a change but he also announced this the e. U. Is currently drawing up a list of people that would be the target of e. U. Sanctions the e. U. Is working on new listings for sanctions against those responsible for violence repression of peaceful protests and the fortification of election results. So while the Parliament Says that russia must keep out of bellary says the e. U. Drawing up sanctions against russian officials hardly shows that they are willing to keep out of belarus themselves in fact senior figures Senior Leaders of Member States have been chime in saying that the e. U. Should get involved more should interfere more particularly money would not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on monday the German Government confirmed that they have been holding talks with. The spokesperson for the German Government confirmed that the talks have taken place but he wouldnt be drawn on what exactly being discussed is taken off sky of course is in selfimposed isolation in lithuania another e. U. Member states and has expressed a want to be installed as an interim leader in belarus until fresh elections can take place but all of this coming from the e. U. Site doesnt really fit with that statement from the European Parliament but ultimately the message coming from brussels coming from the e. U. In general seems to be russia you dont get involved in belarus but we are certainly going to involve ourselves as much as we can. The lebanese president is adamant he will not resign calls for him to go have been growing since the devastating chemical explosion that ripped through beiruts port earlier in the month last week the lebanese cabinet including the pm resigned amid the protests of people blaming the tragedy on government incompetence Recovery Efforts are still underway in beirut the disaster has put added strain on a country already in the throes of a crippling economic crisis earlier the International Community pledged some 300000000. 00 in aid to lebanon a blast killed 178. 00 people injured thousands and made 300000 homeless. Meanwhile the u. S. Says its own pledge of Financial Support to lebanon following the blast will depend on the countrys reforms to tackle corruption as well a quarter explains american offers of help arent always what they seem. Massive explosions in beirut your hassan rest in its wake and it got to. Lebanon chaos capital in ruins and leaders across the world have no doubt opened up the foreign aid relief valve as a result countries like germany the u. K. And even the u. S. Have stepped in to help out but when you accept money from washington you need to read the fine print when we see lebanese leaders committed to real change change in word and deed america and its International Partners will respond to systemic reforms a sustained Financial Support of course mr hale forgot to mention that u. S. Sanctions are what many to believe the key cause of lebanons economic woes but there is always someone who remembers. You have seen some countries hypocritically trying to portray themselves as defenders of the lebanese people and expressing sympathy for the lebanese people if they are honest they should remove the sanctions that they recently passed against the lebanese government nation and people and stop this hypocrisy and iran definitely knows how that feels at 1st donald trump said hed be willing to give coronavirus aid to iran if it asked for it than when the country needed a 5 1000000000. 00 loan from the i. M. F. To deal with the pandemic washington protested for some reason even the United Nations called on the u. S. To lift its sanctions against the country only to get a big fat no from pompei oh ive heard people talking about sanctions there know that the world should know there are no sanctions that prevent a humanitarian assistance medical supplies pharmaceuticals from going to iran and war torn syria its a similar story washington announced a nearly 1000000000. 00 increase in 2020 humanitarian assistance at the very same time that it was creating a brand new sanctions regime against the country we are maintaining our maximum political and economic pressure to suspend the imposition of the sanctions the government of syria must meet similar conditions to a rule go. For a country in crisis its not really difficult to get humanitarian aid from washington what they usually have to give in return however might not be that worth it. Facebook is under fire again after the institute for Strategic Dialogue or i s d a u. K. Based counter Extremist Organization founded the platforms algorithm promotes Holocaust Denial in unison with Holocaust Survivors all over the world researchers are urging facebook to ban the type of content this misses the reason why people engage in Holocaust Denial in the 1st place denial of the holocaust is a deliberate tool used to dealing to minds the suffering of the jewish people and the but you wait long standing anti semitic troops and when people explicitly do this you should be seen as an act of hatred the i as d. On earth 36 facebook pages dedicated to holocaust and with a combined total of more than 300000. 00 subscribers the group also found that searching the term holocaust in facebook returned the same content and level similar criticism against twitter reddit and you tube Facebook Though says it removes a false content only if it amounts to hate speech we remove groups and pages that discuss Holocaust Denial from recommendations and references to it in search predictions while we do not take down content simply for being on truthful many posts violate our policies against hate speech and are removed internet law expert here cohen says its facebooks duty to protect every member of the community. The fact that facebook. Is classifying Holocaust Denial is legitimate political conversation is quite frightening thing such as. Should be banned from social media for the simple reason that it actively promotes hate it promotes violence against jewish people it should be. Removed from any website that purports to be a website for the people of facebook is not designed for a very nice type of people it is made for the entire world for the entire community in such Mr Zuckerberg has got the duty to protect. Jewish people as well. The future of thousands of british students is up in the air amid a scandal over how their exam grades were determined this year the results are critical for entry to university and many received lower grades than expected after exams were scrapped due to the pen demick to add insult to injury there have been mixed messages over the appeals process whereby students can have their grades reconsidered with a level examinations cancelled nationwide rates were based on teachers predictions they were then adjusted on the basis of a schools overall track record this lead to 39 percent of a level results being downgraded from the predictions state schools especially from poorer regions were disproportionately affected by the downgrade was private schools enjoying a boom and high marks the whole fiasco has sparked student protests across england hundreds held a demonstration in Central London demanding the resignation of the education secretary Gavin Williamson thank you this is tim being classist but the exams regulator says there was no evidence of bias in the system and Prime MinisterBoris Johnson defended the results calling them robust we spoke to me and bunting mitchum whos grades were far lower than shed expected. When i opened my results and saw 3 days i went into complete shock absolute shock i went to complete meltdown and i thought my life was just completely over i think to me is a very clear case of discrimination and theyre denying that i really fail for students like me that go to a further Education College or 6 phone call or just a normal college really affected by this whereas they should have just based on the college that they go to that they have chosen to go to im trying to stay really close to really hopeful and i want everyone to be aware so im trying to get my voice you know its not just me thats that affected its other students and i think eventually something will come of that and students will eventually hopefully get the grades that they work for. We now turn to some world news in brief womens rights or groups organize a march through mexico city calling for an end to Sexual Violence it also marks the one Year Anniversary of the large protests or allegations that teenagers were raped by Police Officers almost 2000 police were deployed to to keep order at the latest rally. As you can see protests in iraq have descended into clashes with Security Forces in the eastern city of basra demonstrators blocked roads using burning tires and set fire to a police car as well they are demanding the local governor resign following the murder of a social activist on friday but the suspects still unknown. And with heavy rain on the way thousands are being evacuated from chinas north and south west regions 201000 people have died or have gone missing in this years floods the worst in years millions have been affected. 2 Police Officers have been hospitalized after being hit by a rock allegedly thrown by a black lives matter protester in Portland Oregon police fired smoke grenades while demonstrators reportedly spread freebie on the Sheriffs Office. Was it. Was. Hundreds again came out in portland to protest against Police Brutality after 2 hours of relative calm some started throwing rocks and trying to storm a Law Enforcement property when he demonstrated outside the county Sheriffs Office it marked the 80th consecutive night of antiracism an antipolice demonstrations in the city. We now go back to our top story of the mass protests and strikes taking place and belarus are at their recent disputed president ial election and im going to get live analysis from a writer and broadcaster married to jeff ski youre very welcome to the program presently shango is saying a new election could happen if the constitution were amended via a referendum thats the latest coming from him do you see that as a genuine offer or is it just trying to calm the unrest. Well its very hard to tell but the print the probl