The spending. Government is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Over here churning in from right across the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r. T. International mines you know me well good to have you with us. Its day 12 nationwide on wrist in belarus in the wake of this speech at election earlier this month large crowds on both sides of the definer making their voices heard those who support president Alexander Lukashenko and those who want to see him call. The. People theyre chanting for the president to resign in the city of. Cars and motorbikes driving past them with the official red. Green flying meanwhile in the capital minsk demonstrators have also gathered but in smaller numbers than in recent days activists are lining up along a central thing you there. I. Know what youre seeing here are several 1000 people a theater in free tips in the east of the country theyre chanting their support for president of the shake oh we asked people at the rally what they think of the current unrest. I would like to question because things are always peaceful and clean and life is Getting Better those who are against him they dont know how bad things can get they havent seen a bad life. Wouldnt you agree with me i would maybe want to see a new caution clear placed maybe but i dont see who would be the right candidate to do it the mess that has started in this country i dont need it i want stability and peace. It would take a dim view of the rights. Children get to go outside. Or a minsk based correspondent went to one such proliferation corelli idea 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 look at shankar 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 in belarus and maintaining good relations with russia. Meanwhile bell russian prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the oppositions coordination console accusing them of plotting an illegal seizure of power so that little of the creation of such organizations is illegal and their activity violates the constitution having realized down low for most of their actions a number of Council Members quit the body and reject its goals these include the illegal seizure of power words the council poses a danger to National Security the chief prosecutors words echoing what president lukashenko said on the web and a Security Council meeting. In Coordination Council for the transition of power it was established by the opposition leaders to apply to collapse shes currently in self in the few winnie of the group denies any wrongdoing. Of political analyst and the revolt check believes the Anti Government movement in belarus is losing momentum due to the lack of a clear agenda. One would want to be too cynical. People are just a little bit bored with the conference which they have there are you know see europe now is facing all sorts of social are on that as prices due to. The other issues below actually standing good speed in the store is fine. And some people obviously had little bitty an awful floor of the scum float. By this opposition this uprising as it is being called the are are aiming at Something Else which they really dont know what it is they are just being told and dont believe the opposition by European Union that they. Have to demand change they have to change the system but you can see now of the support for this attitude this. d kind of disappearing because people are thinking ok now for the 1st time or what is going to happen if we really. Have this change or are we going to end the blake ukraine are we going to. The former soviet republics which were pushed through this independence. Are we going to basically ringback or not in the east of the e. U. Has confirmed its drawing up sanctions against bella russian officials who are suspected of Election Fraud violence against protesters the block has not the close yet whether or not alexander and show because all not list in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago meanwhile lithuania which shares a border with belarus has banned because shank on 31 other beller russian officials from entering the country well the e. U. Has stressed there should be no foreign meddling in the ballad russian crisis moscow points out though that lick you any is doing precisely that with it sanctions on. Russias foreign minister has contacted the e. U. Foreign policy chief to urge brussels again stirring up confrontation between the government opposition in belarus thats after the e. U. You know mislead rejected the results of the election on the 3rd president lukashenko persona non grata ortiz double quarter no one takes a closer look at the signals coming from europe. For the west bank it was always europes last dictator the European Union never liked the guy but they did try to play nice not anymore we stand by the people of belarus their European Union student in so they dont retreat was a piece of bread to reduce by schools and most benefits should on its own choose plain dependant cost to the country will follow there should be no outside interference in the situation theyre understaffed and things could no longer continue as they are in belarus now its about when a dictator has come to the end of the road its best to find a way forward for the violence to suspicious in the western powers throw around words like dictator and regime usually it doesnt and well no wonder it sounds pretty alarming to moscow but its good there should be a looser you can use this with we are deeply concerned about whats going on right now in better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bella to interfere in them from a brutal it goes without saying ballarat president Alexander Lukashenko is also concerned that those incidents you know when you see western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to work we cannot track all of the funds as much of it is in cash but we see that we know whats going on and we will focus on this issue. The airplane union isnt just paying lip service to the ballarat opposition either the millions of euros in aid it promised to the ballarat government are now being redirected to socalled Civil Society an independent media they you know can come. Will immobilize now an additional 53000000. 00 euros to support the belorussian people are in these challenging times we cant forget the e. U. States neighboring balla reuss which seem to have their own agendas for one the polish Prime Minister seems to think belarus is close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to change that of an economic plan should be prepared for the ruse because now it is highly dependent economically on russia poland is already presented to plan for intensive course. In the areas of independent media the Economy Investment and International Trains are polands plan involves spending a levon 1000000 euros on scholarships for media and academics that it deems to be independent warsaw is also generously offering to open its doors to belorussian workers just think what the loss of belarus a skilled workers would do to help democracy. Actions would not interfere with our neighbors in tone and the fact is we can and should extend a helping hand to the russians its a similar story in lithuania where the opposition leaders settle on a take on of sky isnt selfimposed exile and other belorussian antigovernment n. G. O. S are operating from its also where a Fund Raising Initiative called freedom 1st to go bella reuss is being organized intended to encourage the creation of a Democratic State aside from the fact that its director provided direct support to the ukrainian uprising in 2014 little is known about who is involved or where the money is coming from combined questions surrounding the oppositions shady sources of funding with the e. U. Is Cold Shoulder to lucas sankoh and you have to ask yourself who is going to really come out on top from the unrest and valorous or do everything that we here in western media i mean you know the news of. Egypt. And that of near there. Speaks about foreign powers not just look at the feast. So the 2 sides are really pointing fingers at one another in the case of the e. U. Theyve made the 1st steps its all late with just clearance. For the russians so far but theyve been very patient and look those who are in charge the e. U. Is to. Believe that we all are why one train at one direction so what is it you thats. A lot of west thinking ever since. Mr for yama wrote his book of the end of history. Barkin 22. Russian opposition figurehead alexina volumnia has been hospitalized after falling ill during a flight to moscow the plane made an Emergency Landing in the city of natalee is now in a coma in intensive care while still on the plane he was heard howling in pain as part of medics came to his aid. But. There are teams from on cost for a house more in the case on the International Reaction to it. They became ill while he was on route to the russian capsule from the city of the caps and the airplane decided to make an unscheduled stop in the city of and after landing in the valley was promptly taking to the emergency room where he still remains and he is reportedly in a coma now latest reports suggest that. Preliminary diagnosis suggests that it was indeed a poisoning by a neuroleptic which is more commonly known as anti psychotic drug not medics at this moment they continue to sing they continue symptomatic treatments of alex saying that 1 may but they have already ruled out several things such as brain hemorrhage head trauma epilepsy and this just to name a few now one of these personal doctors says that she was out of the hospital and she received some information from the doctors who are treating him. I dont know if he has regained consciousness the doctors gave me general medical information that he is in a serious condition lets hope that here gains consciousness to more on the all the as a high profile personality whats been the International Reaction so far the western media they were very quick with their headlines and they labeled what happened as the poisoning of a kremlin critic now someone as far as speculating that a russian leadership is somehow responsible and gave their viewers. In line all for a supposed poisonings of critics lets just take a look at some of what the western media had to say earlier on thursday the most elsewhere critical of russian president Vladimir Putin was being rushed to a siberian hospital doesnt seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved very chill to it so i think not in there is you know the russian city. Many towers fell out of the steam is clearly puts a blame the governments to all theyre saying got this would not have been possible without husseins approval. Is a very. Silent secret its like. Weve always. Been immersed example so. Well ironically of all that the kremlin has been doing nothing but call parading with nonviolent stuff in this case and helping them as much as they can and just recently in a violent these other personal medic while he told the western media that he wants his patients to be evacuated to the European Union he added that he was even in talks with clinics in france and in germany as well while the kremlin said theyre ready to give any kind of green light necessary in order for them wanted to be transported were wherever he needs to be despite the fact that the borders in russia close now g. s to covert 900 situation they wish to nevada to get well very soon and lets hear a little bit more of course and the request to visit a foreign clinic would be approved as soon as possible if there is such a request for the for russian citizens to visit other countries for medical treatment despite of the cruise board well enough on the staff had already welcomed this offer from peskov and will now put in a request to the kremlin to help with the evacuation if it is necessary meanwhile elsewhere in the western media it looks like the cause and the blame all of this and already been attributed and thats despite the fact that everything is being done in russia for nevada need to get better soon as possible devoutness quote here in the west and hes seen as a very powerful potent well good team of putin so from the western border of your many western countries in Eastern Europe so the anything could happen. Would be seen as criminal. Youre into it obviously coming from the club and. Nothing else would happen to him unless he could become an did you know acted and did something is wrong thats the way the media in the west really thinks now immediately going to blame because they want sensationalism they want Headline News but of course in fact the totally false news will think news and we have to wait for the medical and the medical find out exactly why he. Descended into the coma why he was hospitalized and you know why he was in such paid him so long but of course it makes a great story as removed from the western world of you because most of the western press is only russian. Living the program on lebanon will enter a 2 week lockdown on friday as it struggles to cope with a surge in covert 19 cases the Health Care System in beirut has been pushed to the brink by an explosion earlier this month which destroyed several hospitals and you footage has emerged showing the destruction of some of those facilities and warning some of you may find it upsetting. According to the red cross the tragedy killed at least 200 people have left more than 6000 injured and over a quarter of a 1000000 people also lost their homes its believed that a fire in a warehouse something the port calls the detonation of a huge stockpile of Ammonium Nitrate around 15000000000. 00 will be needed to repair the damage to the city. Ok to a story weve been following for a number of days now and update the military in mali say bay will pave the way for a new elections in the country and insist a civilian Transitional Government will be established in the meantime comes after soldiers staged a coup to us president Abraham Boubacar k to who subsequently stepped on mollies former colonial power a key ally france condemned the coup but as kill up and reports part of this truck records in the region is violence and unrest while its open to scrutiny. Forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protest. September 11th. But. The former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of france smalleys former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2013 to keep terrorists at bay the results make. 3 of them rather the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. The security situation in the saddle countries has deteriorated considerably in recent months conflicts prevailing in the region are have an unprecedented humanitarian consequences on civilian populations face an insecurity and displacement french president Emmanuel Mcbride actually believes that the operations are successful because of all a 1000000 little to live improve their effectiveness in Information Exchange and the fight against terrorism and succeeded with their unique Information Center in niamey we have achieved strong results especially in recent weeks. France recently raised the number of troops in the region to 5000 but local say they want them out and. The reason we are protesting is that france has been here in our country for 7 years but people die if we had 10 difficulties when france arrived we dont have 90 france came to help us to fight terrorism but now each of us is questioning if it has indeed been for. Our impression is daily suffering it is as who called friends to help we called it to help us fight terrorism thing got friends keen that they came to help but they came to destroy us the normal is our leaders do not dare tell them to leave we will tell them we want them out of the country. Many analysts dont point the finger at france for the situation but actually point to nato as intervention in nearby libya which unleashed a torrent of terrorism in the region you want to look at the us. One is fair you will all work in africa and 2 is the fact that the Obama Administration a friend precipitated the even sleep. Against president gadhafi and then in 2012 and 12 raids. Or so cheery word shipments of on syria hard in. Mali and this led to the collapse of the government 2012 and now its never recovered so this invasion which was precipitated by bombing ministrations powers seems right. To get. French president. How many observers are wondering if the situation will deteriorate even further if toppling the president of mali region further terrorism and violence well if france is record seems to. Point to anything its that the presence of foreign troops doesnt really help the situation it will pop and artsy new york. The only power plant in. After israel stopped supplying fuel that was in response to cross border fire by hamas the 2000000. 00 plus population relies on israel for most of its energy needs because they get around 6 hours of electricity a day which could not be helped the power cuts are a major concern for hospitals. Either. Why does only gaza have to deal with this problem it could put 75 percent of patients lives at risk patients will die if theres no electricity here treatment times will have to be caught. Which going to be another one of the machines will not work and staff will be forced to shorten the duration of dialysis this will cause suffering for patients and some could die so we need to provide the treatment for 4 hours every 2 free days it will be a disaster and many people will suffer but this is totally wrong its put in the health of so many people at risk people might not survive. Were it not good that i could lose i feel bad and i cant sleep i used to ask my daughter to help me without electricity there will be no dialysis. Health officials and gals are saying about surgical operations and intensive care are at greatest risk covert 19 testing labs may also have to hold their operations medical services need hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel to provide normal levels of care and the ministry of health has called for an urgent resolution of the issue. Cutting off electricity to hospitals will have a dangerous effect on all Health Services provided in the gaza strip and we call on all relevant parties to intervene to solve this problem and save the Health Sector in gaza by restarting the power plant again. Local human rights activists say the halt in fuel supplies to collective punishment targeting peoples basic needs. Of the israeli decision to close the crossings and block shipments and the resulting power cutoff is a dangerous escalation and collective punishment of gaza it violates International Law and basic human decency it is political blackmail. Conservatives encourage there are accusing the Prime Minister of a cover up after he suspended Parliament Justin Trudeau is facing an investigation over an ethics scandal but also involved his family. I have asked the governor general to probe the parliament which must happen before any government can present a throne speech starting a new session of parliament is about creating sustainable ways to support you moving forward that has always been our number one focus and it always will be just introduce. His right hand to try and save himself when he foresees finance minister to resign now hes shutting down parliament and looking out of position m. P. s to prevent us from holding him accountable and getting answers on his we scandal. Shutting down parliament in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis with a plan sitting next week in committees working hard to get answers and solutions for canadians is wrong or trudeau has justified the 5 week suspension as a need to reassess the parliaments agenda several of its committees had been investigating the governments actions involving a Student Grant Program counted as independent ethics watchdog is also separately investigating the Prime Minister trudeau is being probed over alleged breaches of conflict of interest laws for awarding a 690000000. 00 Student Grant Program to we charity which ties to the p. M. s relatives trudeau has this mistah a geisha and self preferential treatment we the government have since ended their partnership. The Prime Minister has been reprimanded by big countries ethics watchdog twice before last year he was pro pressuring his former attorney general to help a major Canadian Company settle a Corruption Case of Court Journalists that. Say this latest scandal is unlikely to go away. The number of high ranking liberals including the Prime Minister were connected with the charity his family members his mother and his brother received close over 300000. 00 in paid speaking opportunities with that organization i do think that over the last couple of years his character has as being damaged by his own actions by his own words by his past and how that is present by the things hes seeing versus the things that hes doing and the recent use of the probation as well as the we scandal our things which are continuing amounts of that i do believe that when it went on like shannon does little in the near future that the liberal party could perhaps be looking at somebody else to lead it. Lets return to our top story it is day 12 of nationwide protests in bel air routes following the disputed election while most of the focus has been on the Anti Government movement theres also a growing show of support for president lukashenko and one such rally has been happening in the eastern city of tips is where our correspondents are to. Give us a sense of the feeling there whats been happening. Well indeed one very to just for some this was some context its the closest large city to the russian border and thats where we are and i know theres not much happening behind me right now but. Just a few hours ago in an opening a few 1000 people gathered over there supporting the government saying that they. Do think that the country needs changes but they dont like. The that the protesters have taken so much they have so they have been the way they have been the voicing the support of the current government. So you can see the pictures right now several 1000 people on theres a whole evolution was not the whole of them but the no just move move away from over that last my cameraman to get up here and get this do. Not let me do my work properly just to get the hell out of here im sorry but getting back to its 1000 people over there i talked to some of them and they have been essentially saying that they did they do want the changes but they want to make them peacefully they want a peaceful transition to Something Else sort of an old power but in the old policy if i may say so this is what theyve been telling me and they have been citing such examples as for instance syria or libya or ukraine and saying that well those countries they have seen some changes while they dont like what theyre seeing