With. The attempt. Challenges facing. Also ahead on the program a military. The president threatening to. Churning in from today hello and welcome to our to International Im you know 30 minutes of news starts now. We begin in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th election both supporters of president lucas and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from evening 11 and all the unrest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historic red and white fly which has become a symbol of the anti lucas schenkel movement on the left a crowd of the president s backers during the official red and Green National flag their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. Right about right 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 leave peacefu
Condemnation. Emergency in china is story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and threaten an ancient statue of the good. And sport byron munich of set up the Champions League final with. The german champions beat lee all 3 nil to reach the biggest game in European Club football. Welcome to the program our top story protesters in baton rouge have defied the governments warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in minsk are piling on the pressure accusing the president of rigging use election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down stuff a state run chemical plants have walked off the job joining other factory workers who typically was his supporters in the past but on now calling for a nationwide general strike the protestors have found support with the European Union which has announced a new raft of sanctions and says it wont recognize the Election Res
A new understanding israel and hamas agreed to hold weeks of aggression along the gaza border of bodies on the way to the also this hour pardoned by the president Venezuelas Nicolas Maduro freeze political opponents critics say its too late jim eyes the next election and a place to resolve divisive policies from the mugabe era zimbabwe offers to give back land seize from former white house. And on people stream of switch to school to including movement below move a chunk of rich breezes through reeds through straw march in front of the n. T. Stood at the u. S. Open. Thank you very much for joining us french president emmanuel mccoys urging the quake formation of a new lebanese government to see if the country out of its political and economic crisis is calling it the last chance for lebanon system my call is making his 2nd visit since a catastrophic explosion at beirut sports that killed almost 200 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless has been at the center of International E
d are. Deeply concerned about whats going on right now. Also coming on the program. The president. Took. One minutes into a brand new day in nairobi in jerusalem and here in moscow thursday august 20th welcome to r. T. International im you know neal. We begin in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th selection both supporters of president lukashenko those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from day one of the unrest on the right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in central minsk waving the historical red and white flag which has become a symbol of the. On the left there crowd of the president s backers carrying the official red and Green National flag their main message is the the country cannot afford us. Must not be right 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. Live peacefully in
A phone call with vladimir putin. Was for the. D. P. P. Soon. Groups concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing interference from a brute. And a military uprising in mali the president from power threatening to plunge the country deeper into chaos. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is march International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th election both supporters of president lukashenko and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from day 11 of the unrest. The right of your screen you can see thousands of people gathering in settlements waving the historic red and white flag which has become the symbol of the entitled movement and on the left a 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 writin