Following that deadly blast in beirut earlier this month. Were broadcasting live director our studios in moscow this is our 2 International Im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Factory workers have put down their tools and demanding a rerun of last weeks election with many taking to the streets right across the country president Alexander Lukashenko however has said a new vote will only be possible if the constitution is amended. Not in the but we need to adopt and you can situation you must adopt sits in a referendum because the previous constitution was adopted in the referendum and on dylan you can situation we can hold new elections if you want to palm and the presidency and local authorities because the mass protests continue in belarus where the workers from a various a major manufacturers factories plants and other places have walked out on a National Strike im talking about said Different Industries ultimo they have metallurgy mining to name just a few now they have put forward their demands and they are new elections with all of the candidates release of all Political Prisoners and dismissal of all those people who were responsible for the rigging of the election and the violation of human rights. Groups. Was was was. Was. Was. Was look at 2nd visit if hell occasions where strikes are taking place and at one planned his departure was met with boos and whistles and and television gulped the slogans thats after he warned the protesters that they might lose their jobs just to put on you if you dont want to work here fine it will just leave nobody will stop you or hi to you for that you thought you would so please eat some tomorrow just go sorry to put you in such harsh terms but at a time like this you have to be straight up there. On sunday at least 65000 people came out in support of Alexander Lukashenko and thats in minsk alone according to official figures from the interior ministry he spoke to his supporters at length thanking them for their dedication and support now for many a bill or russians Alexander Lukashenko is a somewhat of a father figure who helped the country move out of the abyss back in the ninetys however not all of the people are happy with his 26 year tenure now earlier on monday r. T. Spoke to want to answer the shankill protesters and heres what he said. 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 or my children. Are employees of the countrys largest t. V. Network also began their strike on monday and other Media Outlets and belarus also followed suit. Opponents in the president ial election that led to to final sky whos now in lithuania while she recorded and video addressed to her supporters saying that she is ready to become the national leader. We all want to break this endless circle to go trapped in 26 years ago im ready to take responsibility and become the leader so as to come the country and lead to do turns in the months and. Pull the rally and support all father protesters in belarus continues in the russian capital as well for a 9th day in a row weve been here every day to cover it as you can see behind me well now the largest search now today theyre all largest one was recorded on saturday when this line of protesters extended beyond the block difference people here from all walks of life and to the question of protest theres prologue a shadow protest. But as you can see so far its all been peaceful much of the public anger in belarus has been directed against the Security Forces and their harsh response to the unrest you can see the message in english belorussian lives matter in these pictures from Independence Square or his correspondent on the ground there in minsk reports. Theres a crowd of protesters here on Independence Square which is where theyve been gathering every evening there are factory workers who went on strike this morning and medics running outside the Health Ministry which is just off the square so its already become a tradition drones gathering day to day and like yesterday there are no special forces out here just metal barriers so everythings moving along quite peacefully people are chanting the same slogans against the president resigned we are sick of you and so on its noticeable that there are fewer people here today than on previous days there was already a sense of tiredness with no change in the situation. You thought these are accusing antigovernment activists of violent behavior during the unrest in this video was released earlier on monday by the belorussian Investigative Committee it allegedly shows a man of forcing a truck driver out of his vehicle at gunpoint according to investigators the protesters seized the vehicle and used it to block a road meanwhile the e. U. Has confirmed it is drawing up sanctions against a bill of russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters so im european the lawmakers have a challenge mr lucas legitimacy as president while claiming that there is a threat of russian interference. Peter oliver picks up the story. Well weve heard statements on monday from the number of the e. U. Institutions on the unfolding situation in belarus the European Parliament issued a statement in which they called for calm and for peace on the streets of minsk in 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 covert or overt in belarus following the election and call on the e. U. Institutions and Member States to vigilantly counter 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 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 that 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 a 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 will not go on the french president now when it comes to how this is developing on monday the German Government confident that they have been holding talks with svetlana ticking off skier stefan whos the Spokes Person for the German Government confirmed that the talks had taken place but he wouldnt be drawn on what exactly had been discussed. Has taken off sky of course is in selfimposed isolation in lithuania another e. U. Member state 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 throughout the day we have been getting Expert Opinion on the events unfolding in belarus here are some of the reactions weve gotten so far. I think there is a problem now theres a preconception in the west that russia may. Be tempted to intervene in belarus by whatever means largely because were all looking back at whats happening frank. And i think maybe this is rather different but its not necessarily how it looks when you look at it from london people will be expecting that maybe russia will act and one thing the European Union is playing for you began to roll in the case of belarus and the they hear her standards there because of a group this size theres a bemis here of liquid single but theyre the same time we accept the ground and we know that there is a gun to the weirdness that organic is there more than 50000 of your poland in danger and there were one or sanctions against turkey so i assume that the European Union is the rain who didnt want to read self within the big. Miller officer. And they are writing more or less like the raper guy end of it so quarter or answer it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of. The my membership and people themselves i think the principle position anyone should be taking would be to see that know what governments out said billoo should be getting involved in this he should leave this the people of belarus to decide their own future but of course thats not going to happen in todays world so i think the European Union imposing in threatening sanctions and tell you russia and so forth is absolutely hypocritical but also in. Once again exposes you know theres no. Dealing with russia. Because russia is caught up in this is well i mean it is suppose it would please no particular friend. They must be worried too but what the impact of all this is going to be so it should with the best they reach try and discover what is going on in the minds of. Im trying to put some sort of discussion between brussels and the wind and most school. The lebanese president has said he is unable to resign as it would cause a power vacuum calls for michel aoun to go i have been growing since the devastating chemical explosion that ripped through beiruts port earlier this month and last week the lebanese cabinet including of the Prime Minister resigned amid mass protests with people blaming of the tragedy on government incompetent Recovery Efforts are still ongoing in beirut the disaster has put added strain on the country which already was in the throes of a crippling economic crisis earlier the International Community pledged some 300000000. 00 in aid to lebanon blast killed 178. 00 injured thousands and left more than a quarter of a 1000000 people homeless the u. S. Is offering a financial lifeline to lebanon but only if the government agrees to certain reforms arties done quarter comment. Massive explosions in beirut during a sign rest in its wake and it got to. Lebanon to pay off. 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 or respond to systemic reforms. The 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 that 1st donald trump said hed be willing to give coronavirus aid to iran if it asked for it then 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 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 2022 minutes tearing 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 thats not really difficult to get humanitarian aid from washington what they usually have to give in return however might not be that worth it. Is facebook not only tolerating but promoting the Holocaust Denial and searches we look into that after the shortest of break this is our 2 international. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race is very Dramatic Development only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. Welcome back this is our to international now facebook is under fire again u. K. Based encounter Extremist Organization the institute for Strategic Dialogue or i esteem has warned that the platforms algorithm promotes Holocaust Denial in unison with Holocaust Survivors across the world researchers are urging facebook to ban such 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 jews or 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. Researcher by the north 36. 00 facebook pages dedicated to Holocaust Denial they had a combined total of more than 300000. 00 subscribers the group also found that searching the term holocaust in facebook returned a lot of related warped content. Leveled similar criticisms against twitter reddit and you tube Facebook Says it removes 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 cohen says its facebooks duty to protect every member of the platforms community. The fact that facebook. Is classifying Holocaust Denial is legitimate political conversation is quite frightening thing touches on the whole should be banned from social media for this simple reason that it actively promotes hate it promotes violence against jewish people it should be. Removed from any website that boards to be a website for the people at large facebook is not designed for a very nice type of people it is made for the entire wall to the entire community and is such Mr Zuckerberg has got the duty to protect. Jewish people as well. The u. K. Government has made a dramatic u. Turn in a school exam grading scandals students will now receive the grades that their teachers predicted for them in their final year a levels which are crucial for entry to University Examinations were canceled nationwide due to the pandemic the government had introduced an algorithm which adjusted score predictions on the basis of each schools overall track record that led to 39 per cent of results being downgraded state schools especially from poorer regions were disproportionately affected by the downgrade with private schools enjoying a boom in high marks the fiasco sparked protests across england at a demonstration in Central London students demanded the resignation of the education secretary while accusing the system of being classist he spoke to one people whose marks were far lower than she expected. When i open my results in school st d. s i went into complete. And i went to complete meltdown and i thought my last was just completely over i think to me its a very clear case of discrimination i really feel for students like me. To further Education College or a 6 phone call a 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 there are cases and in fact many cases where people dont do as well. But seem to really flourish a little so. This is theres no you theres no theres no way of knowing what that student would have got other than the predictions that they were given by the teacher. To Us Police Officers are in hospital after being