Women with minorities are not yet the same great force affirmative action get what you want you in the you want it you see you see what kid i knew when. This is R T International bring you your blog news update this hour welcome to the program. 2 leading opposition figures have been arrested in belarus and a nother security crackdown following last months contested election that leaves the opposition governing body with just one recognized leader meanwhile hundreds of people have rallied in support of another activist help earlier Maria Kolesnikov a. Police trying to disperse the protesters when that failed they started to make arrests dozens were poorly detained our Senior Correspondent ron johnson is in minsk and breaks down the developments. To compromise here there is very little give in either side president if you can seemingly determined to hold on to power to preserve the state and the system that he has built over the many long years of his rule the protesters undaunted seemingly by the increasingly heavy hand of the lord as an example this is a spontaneous protest last 10 minutes away from us we set out immediately by the time we got that there wasnt a side that there had been just minutes before a violent confrontation so id mock that and scary big bloody intimidating men in a mugs uniforms without any visible identification fullface mosques. They seized and tied up everyone that looks suspicious and it was over in media minutes it seems that the better russian government recognizing the futility of trying to end these protests is now trying to contain them trying to restrict them to the weekends and that is when we will undoubtedly see tens of thousands of people marching down the streets of mins against president of the the fact that a prominent opposition member maria plastic of a has been arrested will undoubtedly breathe fresh life into these protests because shes a member of the opposition the Coordination Council which is a very long time stated different goals from securing a transition of power to merely organizing new elections fresh elections and shes facing very serious charges of trying to undo fully seize power which. As a penalty of 3 to 5 years in jail Maria Kolesnikov his father spoke to r. T. And described the circumstances of her rest to us on the phone i reported to police my daughters disappearance because there was already a video on the internet and there were so witness that unknown people pushed marie into a van and took her away now its almost all the words on the internet i had been saying to him maybe youd better leave bella ruth she was replies to me that she would stay until the bitter end and i didnt mind because i know her character and her responsibility according to the official version of events the belorussian governments version. Of opposition figures and members of the Coordination Council if there are violations suddenly decided to leave the country if you ask the opposition and their allies that they give a completely different account they describe pressure psychological and even physical pressure so opposition figures being grabbed by the arm put into caused by Security Services driven to the border with ukraine to poland and told to scrap and told to leave the country and many of them have done so one has been arrested at this point there is only one problem an opposition figure member of the Coordination Council that is still free that hasnt fled the country or being arrested and not this strict lana alex shavit a famous speller russian author winner of a new bell prize and she has stabbed her apartment in new dated with foreign diplomats and Embassy Workers who have out of solidarity gathered that the sort of form a human shield around had to try to d discourage president lukashenko from making any moves or trying to arrest her or force out and president. She mainly. Encouraged is feeling more confident that these protests havent become captive cataclysmic havent grown out of control that stills something he can. Ravage and they just dragging on at this point which is perhaps why hes tubes and now to strike at the Coordination Council the investigation has brought proof that some people from the socalled Coordination Council have committed actions aimed at destabilizing the situation in better roost and harming National SecurityMaria Kolesnik over has been arrested currently all circumstances in the criminal case of being established the situation here is a spray carious it is very very tense balance on the knife said and unfortunately with neither side willing to compromise you question who wanted to see the problem protesters god the protesters wanting to see you the shame to god and all it will take really is is a spot a little shove a little push to set this tinderbox alive and if that happens these files will bud hawt and the ugly meanwhile look a shadow says he has no intention of quitting as he needs to protect the country looks like i spoke to Russian Media including r. T. You can watch the interview in full od r. T. Dot com so here are some highlights. I mean the earth watching all of this is very painful and even tragic for me but it doesnt mean that im giving up because i look at this philosophically some day god will cool me up the but now i must protect what has been built with our homes protect the people who have built it and they are an overwhelming majority of. The stakes have risen in the diplomatic row over the Mysterious Illness of alex and the only with germany handing test results on the russian politician to the International Chemical weapons watchdog all the while demanding that russia probe what it calls his poisoning moscow in turn says it has no idea what kind of data berlin has as it wont share it and snow investigations possible for the time being now to discuss poland latest moves and moscows reaction were joined in the studio by arties dollar quarter donnel is all of this wrangling getting us anywhere while jackie it just seems like this political dispute over the alleged poisoning of alec saying of all me is entering its next chapter germanys handing over the evidence it claims to have to the o. P. C. W when the kremlin has already said its not happy about it. It looks like it talks occasion. But its not by all accounts of the berlin clinic but a kind of clinic. Its not the case we can hope but wonder why germany is having trouble sharing the information with us we have no idea what the 100 over to the w. I would much rather they had. So this is basically the essence of whats been going on over the last couple weeks berlin saying theyve established then of all me was poisoned and demanding that russia investigate while at the same time moscow is asking to see that that alleged evidence and which they actually need to open a criminal investigation if there needs to be one and theyre just being ignored that will give our viewers a little background how did this all began well it started when the volley was flying from siberia to moscow in mid august 28th else seriously ill now the russian doctors who treated him in the siberian city of all they said they didnt find any toxins at his in his system but when he was airlifted to germany the doctors there said that they did in indeed find a chemical agent in his blood they say that it was not a chalk specifically a nerve agent that was developed in the u. S. S. R. And now that the o. P. C. W. Is involved the whole situation really seems a lot more suspicious for moscow since the organizations words doesnt hold much weight with the kremlin if your p. C. W. Is in deep crisis what with the. Activities and the extreme politicization and this didnt take place just today it started a long time ago and the practice of reaching consensus decisions has been completely forgotten. Now the organizations handling of the 2018 alleged chemical attack in dumas syria was what soured its relationship with moscow a number of inconsistency is were left unaddressed and according to whistleblowers that came from the organization they said that anyone who dissented from within was silenced but nevertheless russias representative to the o. P. C. W. Has said that the kremlin will be willing to work with the organization on this case r. T. L. In court i think you for bringing us that report. The french president has been accused of hypocrisy it for removing his face masks during a meeting with students despite a law requiring them to be worn and public and to make matters worse when youre mccrone began to cough. The president coughs outside of his moms constrictors out his hand to take and return a glass of water straight off to no jail no handwashing what can we hope for macro and cant stand the fabric masks which is sparingly distributed to teaches however he only spoke for 5 minutes with his what are teachers have to say who forced to speak with one sometimes for 8 hours per day that the president does law forget the world what are we expecting that the video to be broadcasted schools will be saying that should not be done just as france and the world brace for a 2nd wave of the pen demick math skeptics are rallying our to charlotte n. C. Has the data of. Masks are just a look around on the streets of paris everywhere people are following the rules but what if youre one of those people who has questioned the whole idea of wearing a mask all effective do they prevent the transmission of 19 and what if youre one of those people who doesnt just question this in private but has actually gone to a protest about that attack on germanys democracy protesters from a demo against the countrys coronavirus restrictions try to storm the german parliament. This is how the mainstream media. And she locked down protesters has spent the afternoon terrorizing police it will be made of people. People who think the coronavirus does not exist hundreds of vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists put their faith in science instead of conspiracy theories if they want to avoid getting covert one team thats being backed up it seems a study conducted via facebook carried out by those who enjoy his foundation it found that the typical anti mascot here in france is a woman in her fiftys shes educated and supports the yellow vests shed refused to have a Coronavirus Vaccine if it was available and she believes in conspiracy theories probably being the most. Controlled and i think its because theres a difference. Between the politicians and the scientific of a. d lot of confusion among the general public but when it comes to mosques dig a bit deeper and you find that 3 of the 4 main reasons that respondents gave to objecting to wearing them were not but here. Ups and totally unreasonable. They were mosques was breathing difficulties well while of course you can breathe while wearing a mask some people have complained that when its hot out all theyve stepped up the pace wearing a mask isnt the most comfortable or experiences to they are a hive of bacteria well yes there is bacteria all around us and thats why its recommended to wash masks regularly or change them 3 they are useless in preventing 19 contamination the jury is perhaps to live on this one i say that as there is still no consensus that a governmental level here in europe as to whether or not face masks are an essential to in combat in the spread of 19 so while in france and germany for example why did you sit your face masks has been recommended or made obligatory in the netherlands there was a short trial of mask wearing in busy cities was carried out that seems ended while the dutch study their effect if this sweeping of course went totally against the grain of the countrys top epidemiologist threw his weight behind the new mask policy saying this is very dangerous to believe facemasks would change the game when it comes to. Even the w h which made a u. Turn and is now recommending face masks says this we still dont know how much protective value fabric must have for the wearer thats why when you wear a mask youre protecting others and when others where the master protecting you were still in the midst of the pandemic in the past several months the medical and the scientific advice has been a constant merry go round so is it so unreasonable. Some People Choose to question more i think because of the conflicting statements from politician and so on the white house will deny vision as well as from the Scientific Community he had to do quite a bit of confusion and uncertainty in the general public and that led to some not only distrust but also. In the journal. And that has i think probably primarily contributed into a more aggressive to work by aggressive behavior toward the space coating. So had the British Government has admitted that its new trade bill weld by a late International Law and its cost shock among allies have a live report on that story after this park. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race is also a spirit Dramatic Development that only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back the British Governments admission that its new bill will violate International Law has caused uproar among allies including the us the internal market bill if passed will clash directly with the e. U. Withdrawal agreement that took effect back in january lets cross live now to our to shaadi edward dostie in london could you explain to us whats behind this bill and why its causing such a stir well the timing of all of this is quite crucial as right now the e. U. And the u. K. Are locking horns in this final round of post trade talks and its about to be thrown into jeopardy entirely as now the United Kingdom is somewhat trying to reinterpret special brecks every entrance made for Northern Ireland and it could mean that ministers would be able to change these these export declarations for goods moving from britain to Northern Ireland and while it may seem like a fairly good idea on paper actually the government has even admit it it will violate International Law. Gods great International Law in a very specific limited boy you can the power to disappoint e. U. Law concept of dog and to create required by school for a certain very totally different circumstances. Now its all about the internal market bill which was published just yesterday on wednesday and its a designed to blow apart the bricks that Withdrawal Agreement that was negotiated last year specifically talking about the Northern Ireland protocol although quite the opposite at least according to the government that claims its not designed to blow apart the brics it would draw agreement but trying to put it all together and trying to unite and unify the United Kingdoms for home nations they say specifically it will try and salvage over lation ship with the u. Especially if a trade deal isnt agreed to by the end of the next few weeks now granted in the us almost suggesting that its designed as a limited and reasonable step to create a safety net in that event and while some commentators are also saying its more just tough talk maybe like a somewhat threat to try and pressurise the European Union into trying to reach a trade deal by the end of october but even if the threat is more in a technical sense at the moment its sending shock waves throughout the diplomatic circles. The strategy and behavior of the British Government was one of brinkmanship was one of threatening to crush you know if if you dont if we dont get to an agreement we might go chemicals on you that sort of thing trust has been eroded. Tension has been created dont have been created and thats not conducive to solid because. We didnt want to deal with any course to work with us constructively in front compromises the interests of both sides any example of britains undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. So the admission has led to a torrent of criticism also weighing in is the former Prime Minister theresa may and she says that it ultimately undermines the fact that the u. K. Is a trustworthy nation and she couldnt be more wrong according to. Who is the president of the European Commission she says it does just that it undermines the trust that the e. U. Has for the United Kingdom but banding bridges with the European Union may not be that much of a surprise right now but it seems like this somewhat political stunt may be causing quite a lot of consequences further afield as the United States is now warned london that if indeed it goes ahead and tries to violate the good friday agreement well therefore there will be no u. K. U. S. Post brets a trade deal of course that is something that the u. K. Was heavily relying on moving forward into the next few years now currently david frost who is the u. K. s chief parks and go she will be meeting with his counterpart Michel Barnier theyre having the final round of these crunch talks but no doubt this very prolific and provocative stunt might be at the top of the agenda are 2 shoddy edwards reporting live from london thank you. And other world news wildfires are raging along the u. S. West coast fanned by high winds and some areas that inferno turned the sky orange hundreds of homes have been destroyed in california Washington State and oregon on wednesday at least 6 people including 2 children were killed in the fires. And a