Bringing top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment of elements well this is the weekly on our to International Hello and welcome lets kick off in belarus where theres no limit to the wave of government on wrist big crowds gathered in minsk throughout sunday calling on president to step down and accusing him of rigging the august 9th election arties reports from the capital. So this is what the antigovernment protest looks like right now since the last time you saw me or now weve moved about 2 kilometers away from the Independence Square to another iconic landmark of the better russian capital and it has become sort of a traditional a regular place for people to gather and vent their anger after the highly controversial elections and right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the Security Forces they are not letting people come close but they arent trying to the road between the Security Forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border and people have been flocking here but this is not the final destination the final destination will be announced shortly were expecting in one of the telegram channels a very very large telegram channels with lots of followers which are being used to coordinate these protests because the its not like people its not it hasnt been spontaneous it has been organized it has been coordinated through internet for instance. The reason why protesters on trying to storm the structure is because this channel has called on people not to do that and not to approach the museum thats behind those behind the structure on the on the small hill so soon they will be moving to another and we believe that the final location of todays protest and so far because so far judging by what i have seen of these people these protesters they have been following every direction given by the coordinates his. First. Witness. Alexander lukashenko their greeting Security Forces a few hours ago they had sealed off a perimeter around the president ial residence during the protests in that prides were earlier moving towards the comp. His residence and body on the scene exiting a helicopter with a gun in his he was accompanied by his 15 year old song. About being left deeply divided by b election the week that followed its was dominated by opposition protests but on monday supporters of the president began holding cultural rallies. Boit dot my hearts bleeding and i cant believe this is happening in bell. And i love i love the. 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 buying vegetables at the grocery i told the seller i was going to attend a meeting she said you look at it i think there through it its all wrong the Election Results are a complete lie its very sad the more the authorities deny ever the things the worse it is for the state i feel bad for the country and for the people i believe that the peoples voices that we hear now justify what people decided in the election they havent been heard now they will have to listen every day to whats going on here or if we go to sell today that is when fellows and showed up for a protocol rally in the western border city of grodno the president himself delivering on the motional speech he reiterated his belief that the political turmoil gripping the country is being stirred up by external forces r. T. Was able to speak to him right after his appearance on stage. Oh i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to work for i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break look at that there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where being bullied are being pressured to attack russia they see as a springboard and we have to wipe it out. Meanwhile a number of Foreign Countries have challenge no question because legitimacy as president rejecting the results of this months election the e. U. Has confirmed its drawing up sanctions against russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud and violence against protesters are down the hawkins delves into why the former soviet republic has drawn so much international attention. Just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that all changed as thousands pall over the streets in protest over the disputed president ial election is the countrys geography which between its big east the neighbor and europe sees the interests of International Players intertwine and clash. Officially the e. U. Is this mystery elections is neither free nor fair. As persona nongrata and already begun drawing up new sanctions lists citing Human Rights Violations in the wake of Police Violence closer to start number withheld e. U. Why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for Human Rights Violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether they will be further restrictive measures depends on the further actions of the bully russian authorities. Condemnation was perhaps predictable but there is no shared view of what comes next the Baltic States and poland have been the loudest critics of location while hungary has stopped short of outright that l. C. A. Sion others still have sought a balancing act the e. U. Cant turn a blind eye neither can it risk having it be stabilized neighbor state on their doorstep and confrontations with moscow a longtime ally of minsk are getting tiresome. So its no surprise putin has been busy on the phone holding talks with merkel macron and the European Council chief we all see russia as an actor that can help influence or regulate the situation a better roofs is russias closest historical alloy a vital economic and military partner and a buffer zone against nato over recent years have seen their relationship strained to say the least nevertheless moscow would surely rather put up with a look of shame goes over to yours that the west and risk chaos on its borders the russian side emphasized that any attempt at external interference in the internal affair. Years of belarus which could lead to a further escalation of the crisis would be an acceptable. For many years but it doesnt exactly been a top priority for the United States in 2006 they slapped sanctions on minsk for you guessed it undemocratic elections and in 2008 the countrys expelled each others ambassadors but earlier this year things began to change for the 1st time since 1904 minutes got a visit from the u. S. Secretary of state. Generously offered to meet all of energy needs and extended a helping hand get out of 6 wanted to help the reuss build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with or should they carry on befriending look who may be interested or put their bets on the opposition and its the uncertainty in minsk one thing is clear washington has its own interest in belarus the possibility of another u. S. Friendly state on russias border could be a game changer and as protests grow in a country suddenly thrown into the International Limelight and with multiple interests at stake all actors involved hold their breath as they play out their next move dont you hawkins meanwhile the e. U. Foreign policy chief urge for a caution in dealing with bella reuss you said said europe cannot allow the country to turn into a 2nd ukraine and that meant does not have to choose between europe and russia Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov also warned against the repeat of the 2014 ukraine uprising. We will support any decision that the belorussian government takes to promote dialogue with its people but when western countries say that mediation can only be effective with their presence of course we all remember what happened in ukraine when the gauche asians with our partners failed that is why the belorussian people will decide for themselves how they want to emerge from this situation but i think the clear signs of normalization that we are seeing are very important but i know that not everyone likes what is happening there are those who want to shift the current flow of events and better use which is normal and peaceful to a path of violence to provoke bloodshed and create another ukraine scenario. If you were in your declaring that she wanted to take care of her children but evidently she wasnt allowed to settle that so she started making political statements quite harsh ones demanding more strikes and protests its significant that shes making more and more statements not in russian or belorussian but in english her target audience is in the west and its possible they dont insist on this the whole goal is to ensure that they dont calm down keep stirring up the situation some by the russian opposition figures who live in the west and are trying to influence the events in their country from abroad want everything to be different they want blood they want to provoke the belorussian Security Forces who are not touching anyone right now and theyre not intervening against peaceful demonstrators we think this is criminal. A moving on the russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been admitted to a burley in hospital for emergency medical treatment he was airlifted on saturday from a siberian city of valley has been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday our europe correspondent peter all of us the latest. Took a lot of wrangling between doctors in the russian city of. The family but Alexei Navalny is here in germany here arrived on saturday in a special medical plane had been chartered by his supporters and he landed here in berlin and arrived at the hospital flanked by a column of blue flashing Lights Police motorcycles and other vehicles accompanying the ambulance that he was in to to shot at a hospital hes receiving treatment and undergoing extensive testing at the hospital to try and determine what is behind his illness that resulted in him being in a coma since thursday early in police have also put out the same and saying that they are here in increased numbers due to mr vanney being in this hospital and we arent expecting any updates really from the hospital until maybe monday morning. Less in of on these wife is here so will be looking to see if theres any further statements from the family now russian doctors had objected to him moving initially they said that alexina vanny was too ill to be able to make that journey however they relented at the request of the family we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation alexina down the took on well on thursday on a flight from siberia back to moscow he was headed to be in some clear distress while on that flight the plane made an Emergency Landing in the city of on skin he was rushed off to hospital by paramedics that has been claims that he was poisoned with some of his team suggesting there was a poison was put into his teeth doctors say that they ran a talk screening on him while he was in the hospital in that came back negative that they were treating him under a different diagnosis if you will the more the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered emitted by disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. Now this isnt the 1st claim of poisoning against alexina van the last year he was hospitalized from prison his team at the time said that he had been poisoned it later turned out that he suffered a severe allergic reaction and claims that there has been a poisoning in the kremlin of the hind that is being strongly denied by the need to the press corps is flooding me of putins press secretary he said that the russian government to put no blocks in the way of the legs in the valley travelling he had to germany that any delays in transportation had been due to the consonants raised by the doctors he said that he also wish missed in the valley a speedy recovery of the European Union have said they want a full investigation into what happened to Alexei Navalny in what seems to be a case thats demanding a lot of answers in re raising certainly a lot more questions than we have ounces at the moment a lot of eyes focused on the hospital just behind me in a case that is becoming increasingly politicized. Or indeed as soon as the news of the bombings illness broke western media rushed to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people. The vani is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist Glenn Amir Karim was poisoned twice and survived the tourists for allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target Double Agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin course his supporters will not be convinced they will believe that this is a boys inning. I am at a loss who would be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty its a its a cliche for their weston media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately after something happens basically there are many questions on it and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia putin personally i want to speculate if it could be done by russian government agents without which inseparable with fortunes approval is just safe to make it has a chance against russia because its much more dangerous to really investigate and to see probably the role of are the exodus both in the story or. And or in the story or. The u. S. Has been left isolated on the world stage after the u. N. Security Council Rejects its attempts to reimpose sanctions on iran weve got that story and more after this break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments only personally 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. The day or thinks. We dare to ask. It in minutes into the Program Welcome back the Fatal Police Shooting of a black man in the us state of louisiana has sparked large scale protests a video of the moments leading up to his death has gone viral a warning you may find at the starving. The confrontation happened in the city of lafayette on friday and was caught on camera 31 year old Trafford Pellerin the words pursued by police after entering a station people in the background of the video can be heard saying he has a knife the man fled and several officers caught up with him at a convenience store. The suspect was tasered but officers said it was in affected so he was shot the video was posted online and. Hundreds of people marched to the Lafayette Police station demanding justice for mr pellerin the situation escalated to war with breaking riot Police Moving it police have promised to investigate the deadly shooting which has been condemned by the American Civil Liberties union. The case follows months long protests over alleged Racial Injustice and Police Brutality following the death of george boyd in minneapolis i discussed the case with journalist daniel is on. Theres every reason for suspicion that the police overreacted there is a consistent pattern of. Blacks are treated very badly by the criminal Justice System its a very bad racial situation thats and were getting worse not to justify the officers actions trigger happy actions as well in any way but do you think running from Armed Police Officers is ever a good idea people are afraid of the Police People are afraid of the police with good reason theyre afraid that if they out that they surrender to the police they will be killed the months of protests in the wake of the George Floyd Killing the calls to defend the police. The protests actually achieve anything a what. How have the achieved theyve achieved that certainly brought the drop dravid ties the problem they from dave dave and pressed the much of the population there really is a serious problem but the american political structure isnt unresponsiveness that perth the chasm between rich and poor is enormous and its getting worse by the by the Year AmericanPolitical Institutions by certain measures are more racist now than they were 16 years ago for example so the American Government is actually in some ways more distant now from the needs of ordinary working class people than it was 60 years ago. Wealth polarization of shooting through the roof and political instability is growing. Its a story that we are closely following on the Program Germany france the u. K. Russia and china all rejected a u. S. Request to impose sanctions on iran the socalled stuff can be trigger