Pressure to respond with unprecedented strength by canceling or pausing the nearly completed north stream to gas pipeline with russia my guest this week is germanys Deputy Foreign minister kneel down and its a time for a tougher stance against authoritarians in russia and beyond even if there is a financial cost. German minister of state meals on and welcome to conflicts appear to have few. Tests confirm that alexina volley was poisoned with the military grade chemical weapon no he took the german chancellor she has demanded answers from russia she says the following they are very difficult questions that only the russian government can answer and must answer. Russian response has been defiant will there be kneeling for sanctions well i still hope that we can prevent this but this is entirely the russian governments decision and i have to say i want to be very clear very very disappointed about that reaction because instead of making clear what happened and to cooperate in an investiga
A camp on the greek island of lesbos face more difficult days ahead. U. K. Leader Boris Johnson is accused of embarrassing the nation over breck sits by 2 former Prime Ministers. Plus an appetite for plant based beats you look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about foods in thailand. But 1st to bella reuss where theres been an escalation in violence against protesters the governments has also shut down the countrys internet. Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the center all minsk some of the made their way in one of the president ial compounds where police say theyve detained at least 250 people and have been demands for president Alexander Lukashenko resignation ever since he was declared the winner of last months speciate election and aljazeera stepped fasten was acts one of the process in the belorussian capital. They have been marching now for our 3rd through the city streets today despite the fact that many of them were detained at the start of this rally
Opposition rejects the transition plan its agreements with the military junta for our return to democracy. Plus an appetite for plant based meat we look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about food in thailand. And in sport world title leader Lewis Hamilton has won an incident packed tuscan grand prix the race had to be stopped twice after a series of crashes at the italians. But we start this news are in belo ruths where theres been an escalation in violence against protesters tens of thousands of people flooded the capital minsk Police Officers detained hundreds who were on the streets at times they were violent confrontations at a country where. Its internet blackouts has been imposed but that didnt deter the large crowds some of the protesters even made their way to the president ial compound there demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko with his protests comes the heads of talks between the belorussian president and his russian counterpart Vl
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Waters we says its a positive 1st step. Changing habits for changing times how the coronavirus endemic has inspired a move to a plant based diet in some parts of asia. But welcome to the program our top story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in the battle russian capital minsk following an escalation in violence against protesters. The. Police have been seen beating demonstrators and forcing many of them into military vehicles about 100000 people flooded the center of the city today in defiance of the deployment of riot police making their way to one of the president ial compounds the government has now shut down the internet activists have been demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko following that disputed election result last month aljazeera step vos and has been with protesters in mens consent us this update. The spike hundreds of detentions at the start of this rally thousands of people have managed to still gather despite the roadblocks by poli