Concerned whats going on right now in. The attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing. The president from power threatening to plunge the country deeper into chaos. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our International Im certainly glad to have you with us now we start in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of the august 9th election both supporters of the president lukashenko and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from day 11 of on the right of your screen you can see. Thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historic red and white flag which has become a symbol of the. Movement and on the left it crowd of the president s backers carrying the official red and Green National flag their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. I started writing the book great we have stability theres no war thank god we have bread to eat we have jobs even if we are not rich we would like to be but we just need to work more. With them and live peacefully and calmly in our beautiful country its very clean whats not to like about. That one is doing quite a lot like that for in this interfere in the affairs of our republic we can manage it ourselves we stand for below its. Our correspondent went to go rally and he filed this report i did but just some people are protesting while others are protesting against the protests i happened to meet my University Friends here i asked them did anyone make you come out here they said no we are the organizers and i asked the same question to other people at the rally they said they wanted to be heard because those red and white flags are being shown everywhere and there is so much anger at the rallies in support of happening very spontaneously to get approval from local officials literally the day before gatherings like this are not so much for a look at but in support of stability and maintaining good relations with russia. One rally in the russian capital on wednesday some activists had a strong message. People there chanting freedom for all but the use of the european flag. Was. On wednesday evening the European Union held an emergency Video Conference on the crisis our correspondents. Are all over have more. You Council President michel wrapped up the event by saying that the e. U. Member states had agreed not to recognize the result of the 9th of august election this election nerd to move further. North to meet International Standards we dont we could not reach the results presented by the belarus to reteach e. U. Commission president as lafond ally and confirmed that sanctions would be put in place on deemed to have been behind the violent crackdown on protesters in belarus also raised a few eyebrows by saying that there would be cash made available to the people of bella ruth day we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and falsification of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus and the European Commission will mobilize now an additional 53000000 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times all in all though it seems it was a stronger response from the European Union than we were probably expecting heading into this emergency summit there is plenty being said by e. U. Member states during this summit before it all got underway there was a statement put out by the visit guard for thats made up of the group thats made of poland hungary Czech Republic and slovakia they were calling for fresh elections to be held in belarus after the summit finished the polish Prime Minister chipped in again saying it. A you may help the roofs become a majestic clee independent from russia well germany holds the rotating presidency of the European Union right now and as soon as the summit it wrapped up chancellor Angela Merkel was in front of the cameras and talking to the press she said that its important that outside influence is kept away from belarus belarus should on its own choose plain dependant path of the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation there be interesting to see how that flies with the statement from a sort of on the line what we were expecting coming out of this summit was support for the opposition and called for mation on sign sions what we ultimately got was a refusal to recognize the election result from earlier at august and cash for the opposition coming from the European Union it now looks like moscow is has become a direct mediator between the European Union and belarus xander look at shank oh he initiated gets another telephone conversation with his a russian counterparts to me or buton president of belarus asked booth into sent a message to german chancellor Angela Merkel not to interfere in the Domestic Affairs in a bill or he added that he doesnt see any point in talking to the european leaders by himself earlier Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov while he said that he warned against external interference in belarus his internal affairs the swedish. We are deeply concerned about whats going on right now in better roosts we are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bill of rights to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial to everything were hearing now from the european captions specifically from the baltic countries. And in the European Parliament has nothing to do with Alexander Lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics moscow is calling on all parties involved to have to provide for a genuine dialogue and is used they also said that according to the kremlins words of the kremlin belorussian officials are indeed ready to speak to the protesters and to the opposition however interference and provocation from abroad are certainly counterproductive Alexander Lukashenko hes also all earlier accused the west all for financing the opposition one of those western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus we cannot strike all the funds as much if it is in cash but we see it we know whats going on and we will focus on this issue i had another meeting with his countrys Security Council and instructed it to strengthen the countrys borders as soon as possible in order to prevent the weapons and minutes in strong answering beller russi he also instructed the defense minister to begin monitoring the movements of nato troops in poland and lithuania we asked a political analyst to burn out press k. And a journalist neil clark for their views on the e. U. Support for the belorussian opposition. Line taken by the same code has been these people are basically stooges of the west. And the last statement actually backs that up shes talking about you know with through many euros to the opposition so look at him go he said i think were just defiantly but if the opposition takes about it to the end of belarus as an independent country it will become a nato satellite puppet state and so therefore the opposition is going to crack very carefully here with this e. U. Endorsement because its exactly what the question is claiming that they are the puppets of western powers and if they are to maintain public support theyve got to make clear to people that they are not i think its a double edged sword for the opposition isnt. It looks like there is a strong pressure within the e. U. Or especially due to. Draw American Allies of the United States like poland and the tech states to push you to take much more radical stones. Against the belarusian government and doing so to mexico and we know dutch germany and france are not sure exteriorise as of the warsaw and. News governments so i think. Its very important. To take into account a 5 you dont. Look a simple i dont. Recall the guys decided that day will they would have a discussion with a girl in and the. Bar is not wars all and the news and in this case it means. Dont accept little to recognize any role to washington to the United States. Meanwhile u. S. President ial hopeful joe biden has expressed his backing for the belorussian opposition he tweeted that washington should support as fed learned to call for quote Fair Elections arties Daniel Hawkins looks into why belarus is causing such a global stir. Just a fortnight ago many western viewers may have barely heard of belarus that will change the thousands paul out of 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 dismissed the elections as 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 because it is. Withheld e. U. Why discussions on sanctions against those responsible for Human Rights Violations how these sanctions will be organized and whether there 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 looking 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 mark kroll 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 look at 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 hasnt exactly been a top priority for the United States in 2006 they slap sanctions on minsk for you guessed it democratic 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 his energy needs and extended a helping hand the United States wants to help the roofs build its own sovereign country this leaves washington with a dilemma should they carry on befriending looking 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 more news after a short break this is our Team International. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Is your media a reflection of reality. In the world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true whats his face. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallow. Back this is our Team International now to the u. S. Where the Democratic Party has officially nominated joe biden for president in a virtual vote during day 2 of their Virtual Convention but despite efforts to attract Younger Voters with a star studded lineup for song the event is proving to be something of a bore. Without a doubt it will be the most boring repetitive meanspirited convention in history of us. The d. N. C. So far feels like one long. Usually. This convention so far makes me think the democrats are the party ready to lead america into the. Party crowd im dying which means you can see now as it is goodbye to. 2 both democrats and republicans are busy making a raft of Campaign Promises ahead of novembers election including about American Military intervention joe biden says he wants to see a quote and to forever wars but critics say that his track record on pieces into exactly heres one quarter. Donald trumps surprising 2016 election victory had a lot to do with one golden promise and americas endless wars i am proposing a new Foreign Policy focused on advancing americas korda show interest to avoid endless wars that were caught up in the current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists we now know he didnt deliver on his promise but Many Americans still long for that a waste of peace and in 2020 the opposition understands this all too well democrats know its time to bring nearly 2 decades of unceasing conflict to an end and left wing right wing it doesnt even matter polls are showing that 3 out of 4 americans want troops withdrawn from afghanistan and half of them want to see cuts to the military budget when it comes to u. S. Foreign policy the vast majority of americans are fed up with never ending war and yet the democrats are supporting joe biden as their candidate a man with a track record of supporting conflicts. Lets start from 2002 when joe biden jumped right on the weapons of mass destruction bandwagon and supported the u. S. Invasion of iraq clearly be more secure without Saddam Hussein in position of weapons of mass destruction almost 5000 american soldiers dead thousands more iraqi civilians killed a catalyst for the rise of the Islamic State i wouldnt say any of that fits into most peoples definition of peace and security you might find. Were. Not having it. Because there are no you know. As Barack Obamas v. P. Biden cheered on americas longest war in afghanistan he called it a success and promised to bring the troops home that strategy is succeeding and as a consequence the president is making good on his commitment to bring our young men and women home right on schedule well here we are 2020 and so little has changed it just goes to show Us Operations in afghanistan are more about dysfunction than success what are we trying to do here we didnt have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking if the American People knew the magnitude of these dysfunction syria libya pakistan yemen the list of countries that were bombed while joe biden was Vice President is very long so are we supposed to believe that hes going to put an end to years of endless war you decide well biden was there he was in the room where it happened as you say he was there for 8 years of obama so he cant divorce and so through obamas warmongering policy pretty rich for the democrats to pretend now that theyre the peace part of the because we had 8 years of president obama starting more wars i think than any president in decades before hand before him more drone strikes more volume ings more killings under president obama hope it was all for everyones own good when in fact just last month when President Trump announced he wants to remove 12000 troops from or you want to remove troops from afghanistan the Democratic Party that controls the house actually teamed up with liz cheney daughter of dick cheney to try to block and they actually passed legislation to try to prevent the end of the longest war in u. S. History so for them to now say we want to end endless wars it really is a farce who knows that the voters will buys thats nonsense. The United Nations has can. In the army mutiny in mali and urged soldiers to immediately release detained government officials the un Security Council held an emergency meeting a day after soldiers in the west african nation overthrew the president and announced plans for a new election law says if this is really a Civil Society and political movements are invited to join us to create the best conditions for a transition towards credible general elections to exercise democracy and plot a road map to the foundations of the new mali. I didnt know if you will probably show. The president from his residence as he was detained on tuesday and a few hours later president appeared on state television announcing his resignation. I would like to inform you of my decision to resign from my position with immediate effect and with all the legal consequences this entails the dissolution of the National Assembly and of the government. Or todays uprising began with a shoot out at the conti military camp close to the capital a group of soldiers detained their Senior Officers before marching on bomb ago and storming the president s residence the uprising has been condemned by neighboring african countries who have closed their borders with mali it shows several months of protests over Economic Hardship and alleged government corruption. People here jump for joy to see a final farewell to mr clarke a time hes no longer our president. Nothing is going well in the early were all suffering but the coup detat does not suit us we must advocate for dialogue above all. Historian gerald horne claims the roots of malis latest insurrection can be traced back to nato intervention in libya 9 years ago. This to accept was basically a result of the 2011 tragic overthrow and murder more market off the libya engineered by the United States of america and its nato allies particularly britain. That murder of gadhafi led to a leakage of weapons into neighboring mali which got into the hands of religious zealots who call themselves muslims who since that time have been waging a brutal and bitter war against the soldiers in mali been killed as a result this in turn has led to a French Military intervention backed by the United States of america and its also helped to generate unrest and instability this might be on the verge of seizing power in bamako which could have a negative knock on effect throughout the neighborhood not least. In guinea. German authorities have confirmed that an incident on a berlin highway on tuesday night is now being treated as an islamic terrorist attack it involved a series of car ramming 6 people were injured with 3 currently in Critical Condition the suspect an iraqi born refugee was detained prosecutors say he was deliberately driving his car into several vehicles witnesses state that he began shouting god is great in arabic and threatening to detonate explosives authorities have confirmed the suspect was known to them for extremist behavior and that he spent time in a Psychiatric Hospital 2 years ago he was also apparently facing deportation from germany suspect is expected to face 3 charges of attempted murder. The number of covered 1000. 00 cases in peru has now exceeded half a 1000000 and with over 26000. 00 deaths it is the highest fatality rate per capita in latin america and to make things worse many peruvian families who have lost a loved one cant give them a proper burial. 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