Women filled with minorities are not given awards at the same rate you cant force affirmative action unless you want to and this you want to just say lets see one kid i knew when. This is our to International Coming to you live from the russian capital this theyre saying welcome to the program. The belorussian opposition has been left with just one recognized leader in the country after a security crackdown following last months contested election one of the latest activists to be arrested was miracle lest a cuppa and hundreds of supporters have rallied demanding her release. Police trying to disperse the protesters and when not failed they started to make arrests dozens were reportedly detained our Senior CorrespondentMark Johnston is in minsk and breaks down the developments. Do compromise here there is very little give in either side president if you can seemingly determined to hold on to power to preserve the 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 not 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 mux uniforms without any visible identification fullface mosques shoot up 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 means against president. 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 of varying 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 has a pedal. We have 3 to 5 years in jail Maria Kolesnikov his father spoke to r. T. And described the circumstances of her rest to us in the course of the i reported to police my daughters disappearance because there was already a video on the internet and there were several witness that unknown people pushed marie into a van and took her away nice almost all the words on the internet i had been saying to him maybe youd better leave bella ruth she always 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 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 or 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 Straight Line a alex shavit famous bella russian author winner of a new bell prize and she has fab her apartment in new dated with foreign diplomats and Embassy Workers who have out of solidarity gathered there to 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 manage and age. Dragging on at this point which is perhaps why hes to send 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 precarious it is very very tense balanced 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 team in the box alight and if that happens these files will bird hawt and the ugly mean all the belorussian president says he has no intention of quitting as he needs to protect the country Alexander Lukashenko spoke to Russian Media including r. T. You can watch the interview in for on r. T. Dot com though here are some of the highlights the main earth or 2 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 there 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. Germany is handing over its data on unexplainable new case to the Global Chemical weapons watchdog a top to berlin urge russia to investigate the alleged poisoning of the opposition activists also declining to hand over evidence to moscow i discussed the story with artist on quarter. 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 in the kremlin has already said its not happy about it. It looks like. But its not. Of the. Kinds of clinics. Its not the case. Germany is having trouble sharing the information with us we have no idea what 300 over to the w. So this is basically the essence of whats been going on over the last couple weeks berlin saying theyve established than of all he 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 that just being ignored dont 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 l 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 extreme politicization and this didnt take place just today is still a long time ago the practice of reaching consensus decisions has been completely forgotten now the organizations handling of the 2018 alleged chemical attack in duma syria was what soured its relationship with moscow on a number of inconsistency as were left on the. Dressed 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. The french president has been accused of hypocrisy for removing his face mask during a meeting with students despite a lot requiring them to be worn in public and to make matters worse the man youre mccrone then began to cough. The president coughs outside of his mines constrictors out his hand to take and return a glass of water straight after no jail no head washing well 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 are forced to speak with one sometimes for 8 hours per day that the president is laughing at the world what are we expecting that the video to be broadcasted schools will be saying that should not be done and just as friends and the world brace for a 2nd wave of the pen demick mask skeptics are rallying our to charlotte even if he has the story. 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 day 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 adamle against the countrys coronavirus restrictions try to storm the german parliament. This is how the Mainstream Media these years 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 by 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 fifties shes educated and supports the yellow vests shed refused to have a corona virus vaccine if it was available and she believes in conspiracy theories probably has been the most politicized. In the may control and i think its because it has a different meaning and between the politicians and the scientific i we learned d a 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 now. 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 free they are useless in preventing 19 contamination the jury is perhaps still 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 of a tree in the netherlands that was short trial of mask wearing in busy cities was carried out that seems ended while the dutch study their effectiveness sweden 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 face masks 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 mass theyre 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 from the White House Organization as well as from the Scientific Community quite a bit of confusion and uncertainty is in the general public and led to some not only distrust but also a bit of flaring up in the journal. And. I think probably primarily contributed into a more aggressive d to be a view to world of the face covering. A 12 year old black boy in the u. S. State of colorado has received a police visit and been suspended from school for playing with a toy gun during an online class as a elliot displayed his neon green zombie hunter pistol for just a few seconds while sitting at home during a class conducted via zoo the teacher reported him to the School Principal and called the police without contacting the childs parents as it was suspended for 5 days and officers reportedly threaten a file criminal charges Brown Mountain school has defended its actions citing safety rules we follow School Board Policies whether were in Person Learning or Distance Learning we take the safety of our students and staff very seriously safety is always our number one priority not everyone was convinced by the schools explanation though the American Civil Liberties union called it wrong on so many levels and so the criminal is ation a black youth in schools needs to stop and many people on social media accuse the school of racism political activist Anthony Rogers wright says the reaction was not only unwarranted but put the boys life at risk. Every day we are insists a patient a Police Shooting an unarmed black person whether its in the back and an arms. Resting on our child whatever it is this this childs life was literally put in danger the fact that the teacher called the police before the parents makes no sense whether its our child when our child is sick we always call the parents before calling you know the ambulance unless its a critical emergency but again in this case it was clearly. Defined that the gun was a toy gun i mean it had writing on it that indicated that this was not a weapon of mass destruction or a weapon that could kill anyone and in that case the teacher not only failed the parents not only failed the students but also still be in the entire School System because other parents are going to be wondering if they have to be concerned especially black brown and indigenous parents if they have to be concerned about cops knocking on their door for the smallest of issues despite the allegations of racism there was a similar case involving a white student in colorado a few days earlier police were called to the home of 11 year old matt explo after he was seen holding a b. B. Gun during an online class it was also suspended for 4 days Anthony Rogers right again believes police are often brought into situations where their presence does more harm than good. If the child had a toy gun if the teacher tried to interact with the child and you know percival say please do not show that that is not appropriate even if it is a toy gun and then called the parents again we dont want to call the police when we dont have to because when people show up with guns for small issues they tend to escalate unfortunately you know i think here ringback in the United States we are so used to a car sorel and police state that we put police in positions that they shouldnt be and we we know that there are people who are better equipped and more capable of getting to the bottom of the situation without it escalating this is why so many in the United States have called for a divestment from the police and a reinvestment into Community Services that would be more appropriate for handling these types of issues. A major scene changes coming to the oscars after years of criticism over a lack of diversity and a film hoping to win the best picture award from 2025 will have to meet inclusion standards one of the main characters or a significant supporting character must be a person of color at least 30 percent of the whole cash should be from an under represented group at least 2 off screen leadership positions and 30 percent of crew jobs must also go to underrepresented people to be similar representation and the films publicity marketing and distribution teams as well but the new rules arent popular with actors. The changes come after claims that the ceremonies are overwhelmingly white movements against that have been growing for years now voting group had also invited more than 800. 00 new actors and directors in a push for diversity 45 percent of the new invitees were women and 35 percent representatives of racial minorities who put the story up for debate. You take a look around the world and you realize that a for the most part. African American People terms what women lead minority needs are not given awards at the same rate and that only 15 people of color have received Academy Awards only 9 people hispanic people have received can their wives realize that there is just a cultural bias that exists and so in order to correct that we have to come in and address the issue of what the represent function is and so even if we have to mandate films numbers its just whats necessary if you go through history a lot of things that have been under represented on the shirt new people of ages. People of a different looks in weeks for you to mandate whether selfimposed or by legislation but a mandate shirton require me a certain number of people based upon demographics is sheer. Lunacy and in the industry that is right now. We know for a fact that the grammys im sorry the oscars and other you know cultural organizations have consistently shown year in year out that they do not have the knack for being inclusive in 2020 were deciding that we want to get a litt