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[00:01:00] The rescuers are eliminating the consequences of the bad weather. In the Vileika district, work to eliminate
[00:01:03] the destruction after the hurricane is actively continuing
[00:01:07] today. The Ministry of Emergency Situations units are sawing
[00:01:10] fallen trees, including providing an opportunity for emergency
[00:01:14] crews to restore electricity supply. Power engineers
[00:01:17] of the Minsk region continue to restore electricity supply.
[00:01:20] Work did not stop at night, they are going on now.
[00:01:24] Minskenergo stressed that they are doing everything to return light
[00:01:28] to every home.
[00:01:30] Forest fires that engulfed several continents this summer forced authorities to
[00:01:34] evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and called into question the vacation
[00:01:37] plans of millions of tourists. In Europe, at least 25 people
[00:01:41] died in the fires, including six firefighters and
[00:01:45] two helicopter crew members. In France and
[00:01:48] Spain, about 330,000 people
[00:01:51] left their homes. In Spanish territory, the fire burned 77,000
[00:01:54] hectares of forest. Army units were thrown into the fight against
[00:01:58] the elements. By the most.
[00:02:31] US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkow, and
[00:02:34] the American leader's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, may visit
[00:02:37] Kyiv and Moscow next week. TASS clarifies that
[00:02:41] the visits may take place within 10 days. Information
[00:02:44] appeared in a number of Western media. In Moscow, they previously
[00:02:47] stated that they would be ready to consider the proposal that
[00:02:50] Ukraine will present to US representatives during the meeting, while the Kremlin
[00:02:54] has repeatedly stressed that the conditions for ending hostilities
[00:02:58] were clearly stated by Russia earlier, and everything depends on
[00:03:02] the decisions of the Kyiv regime.
[00:03:05] Warsaw, meanwhile, is closing its doors to Ukrainian refugees.
[00:03:08] The leading opposition party of Poland, Law and Justice, led
[00:03:12] by Nowogrodzki, unveiled its program for the parliamentary elections
[00:03:15] in 2027. The main point is the complete
[00:03:19] abolition of benefits and privileges for unemployed Ukrainian
[00:03:22] men with their subsequent deportation. This way, they
[00:03:25] earn political points on the growing dissatisfaction of ordinary
[00:03:29] Poles. Society is tired of supporting millions of Ukrainian
[00:03:32] refugees, politicians are rushing to convert this social
[00:03:35] irritation into future votes in elections. According to the main
[00:03:39] department of the Polish police, in the first half of the year, the number
[00:03:42] of attacks and beatings of Ukrainians on the basis of hatred jumped
[00:03:46] by more than
[00:03:46] 30%.
[00:03:50] Today, on the first information evening, interactive podcast Volkov and
[00:03:54] Sych. 40 days on infrastructure. Kushner and
[00:03:57] Witkov are rushing to Kyiv to grieve and summarize.
[00:04:01] remained undeveloped, Poland is plunging into a political crisis on the eve of
[00:04:05] parliamentary elections, there will be no apologies, why
[00:04:08] 81 years ago the US dropped nuclear bombs on peaceful
[00:04:11] residents of Japanese cities, who is again ready for dirty
[00:04:15] games? Your questions and comments in the Telegram channel Volkov and Sych
[00:04:18] will help you better understand the topics of the program. Subscribe
[00:04:22] now, write to the chat bot, watch today at
[00:04:25] 22:15 on the first
[00:04:27] information channel.
[00:04:40] Global politics is a forest where everyone has their own
[00:04:44] paths, and these are what we will carefully study
[00:04:47] together.
[00:04:53] Festival weekends continue throughout Belarus. A unique holiday
[00:04:56] has become a wonderful tradition of the city of Ivye, which
[00:05:00] celebrates Tomato Day every year, the largest harvest
[00:05:03] and a real battle of tomatoes. Our correspondent Olesya
[00:05:06] Chychura is ready to share the details and
[00:05:08] emotions.
[00:05:11] Thank you, colleague. Indeed, Ivye Tomato, I think, gathered
[00:05:15] a colossal number of guests, people came here from
[00:05:18] Minsk, Grodno, other completely different corners
[00:05:21] of Belarus, we even managed to talk to
[00:05:24] guests from other countries, each of them
[00:05:28] highlights one part of the program as a separate point, this is, of course,
[00:05:32] the tomato battle, which has already taken place, as you can see, I
[00:05:36] even had to change my image a little to appear on air for you,
[00:05:39] let's just...
[00:07:12] there is still an opportunity to join us,
[00:07:16] so that's all, colleagues, I'm giving the floor back
[00:07:18] to you. Thank you, Olesya, Ivye celebrates Tomato
[00:07:22] Day. To preserve the unique nature
[00:07:25] of Belarusian swamps, to remember the craftsmanship of ancestors,
[00:07:28] the traditional ecological festival Sporovo haymaking
[00:07:32] was held in the Bereza district. More than 25 teams from all
[00:07:35] over Belarus tested their skills in manual
[00:07:39] haymaking today. For the nineteenth time, the festival united
[00:07:43] hundreds of professionals and amateurs. The task of the participants is to mow
[00:07:46] a section 100 meters long and at least 1.5
[00:07:50] meters wide as quickly and cleanly as possible
[00:07:53] for each person. The passage time directly depends on the height,
[00:07:56] humidity, and density of the grass. On average, one
[00:07:59] mowing takes from 5 to 10 minutes. Another spectacular
[00:08:03] part of the holiday is the football tournament. The field for
[00:08:06] the game is an open area of lowland peat bog without
[00:08:09] vegetation. Of course, I held a scythe as a child.
[00:08:13] And 20 or 30 years ago, something like that. I got very
[00:08:16] tired without practice, to be honest. But
[00:08:19] it's good, I'm a city guy, so for me this is something
[00:08:23] new, well, you always have to try something new in life, the president
[00:08:27] said that young people should be closer to the earth, try not to forget their
[00:08:31] roots, we are trying our best to support
[00:08:34] the president's words, to show not with words, but with deeds, our approaches to
[00:08:38] love for our country, to help the guys and people who
[00:08:41] live in the village, we city people don't know how, but
[00:08:44] we will learn, if anything, the guys
[00:08:47] will tell us, teach us, make sure that we reach
[00:08:51] new heights with them, the haymaking
[00:08:55] festival, Sporovo haymaking - this
[00:08:58] is a traditional event that takes place in
[00:09:01] the Bereza district of the Brest region, which attracts
[00:09:04] many tourists, guests,
[00:09:08] in principle, residents who
[00:09:10] are fond of and appreciate a healthy lifestyle, appreciate
[00:09:14] traditions, we see that now there is a serious
[00:09:17] demand from our citizens for their native,
[00:09:21] Belarusian, and of course, we try
[00:09:25] every year to make the program
[00:09:28] more intense, interesting with
[00:09:31] the revival of more unique traditional Belarusian
[00:09:34] crafts. The festival got its name from
[00:09:38] the Republican Biological Reserve Sporovsky, which is one of
[00:09:41] the largest low-lying peat bog arrays, occupying an area of
[00:09:45] over 19,000 hectares. The reserve is located in
[00:09:49] the territory of several districts
[00:15:12] A view from Minsk on what is happening in the world, the most notable
[00:15:16] events and topics that are discussed, exclusive
[00:15:19] opinions, important comments from guests and experts. The time of Belarus
[00:15:22] in the international broadcast, Pavel Lazovik is with you.
[00:15:26] Hello, Algeria - a global gateway to
[00:15:29] Africa, the readiness to open mutual interests was discussed in
[00:15:33] Minsk. University of the future,
[00:15:35] Academy of Intellectual.
[00:16:07] We'll look into the collection of the Palace
[00:16:10] of Independence.
[00:16:16] Belarus and Algeria: the political dialogue between the countries is becoming more
[00:16:20] intense. President Alexander Lukashenka visited
[00:16:23] Algeria at the end of last year, in May Minsk hosted a parliamentary
[00:16:27] delegation from this African country, and now a new meeting and a step
[00:16:31] forward in the development of relations. Official visit to Belarus
[00:16:34] of the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs for National
[00:16:37] Communities Abroad and African Affairs of the Algerian People's
[00:16:41] Democratic Republic.
[00:16:43] Cooperation with Algeria is developing in line with the Belarusian strategy on
[00:16:46] the African continent. Belarus is trying to gain a foothold in the main
[00:16:50] markets in this part of the world, and the north, where Algeria is located,
[00:16:54] is one of the links in this chain. And this country also has high
[00:16:57] economic potential for our manufacturers, including as
[00:17:01] a hub for building promising business
[00:17:04] ties with companies from the Mediterranean, Arab.
[00:17:09] Algeria, in turn, is interested in diversifying its trading
[00:17:12] partners outside the West. Belarus in this regard
[00:17:15] is considered a stable supplier of agricultural
[00:17:19] machinery and food products. I am
[00:17:21] still impressed
[00:17:24] by my meeting with your president. The main
[00:17:28] conclusion I drew from this meeting
[00:17:31] is that we can
[00:17:35] agree with Algeria.
[00:18:07] in interaction with your state. In Belarus,
[00:18:11] an academy of intellectual technologies is being created. How important
[00:18:14] is the project for the country? The task is to systematize and bring to
[00:18:18] a new level the work with talented people. Here
[00:18:21] they should fully unleash their potential and bring maximum
[00:18:24] benefit. The Academy should become the locomotive of the entire
[00:18:27] system of Belarusian education and a key element
[00:18:31] of technological sovereignty. The President
[00:18:34] reminds that Belarus, not having rich mineral resources,
[00:18:37] should invest more precisely in intellectual resources,
[00:18:41] making a bet on the introduction of the latest educational technologies in
[00:18:45] working with talented children, we began to form the future of our
[00:18:49] country, as we call it the intellectual
[00:18:51] elite, but time does not stand still, we
[00:18:54] need to make a qualitative leap in working with
[00:18:58] gifted youth, and not only youth, I have already
[00:19:01] repeatedly said that the formation of the economy of the future
[00:19:05] is impossible without anticipating... that the development
[00:19:08] of the higher education system, we are talking about
[00:19:11] creating a fundamentally new educational
[00:19:14] environment, flexible, yes, interdisciplinary,
[00:19:17] results-oriented, integrated into real
[00:19:21] economic processes, first of all, to meet the needs
[00:19:24] of our country, that is
[00:19:27] why the need arose to create a new
[00:19:30] university, a university of the future, and we
[00:19:33] agreed that such an institution, as you call it, an academy,
[00:19:37] should exist today. This center is expected to concentrate
[00:19:41] the best minds, regardless of age, so that they can unleash their potential and
[00:19:45] bring maximum benefit to the country and society. Specialists
[00:19:49] will be trained in such areas as natural sciences, engineering
[00:19:53] and digital technologies. The Chairman
[00:19:55] of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences stressed that not only school graduates, but
[00:19:59] also students, university graduates, and established
[00:20:02] scientists will be able to undergo training at the academy. For them,
[00:20:06] the possibility of enrolling
[00:20:08] in postgraduate and doctoral studies is provided.
[00:20:14] This is the time of Belarus, an example of unique integration, the Commonwealth
[00:20:18] of Independent States is preparing to celebrate its anniversary
[00:20:21] of 35 years together. How we are going through this path in times
[00:20:25] of economic turmoil, geopolitical challenges, and how
[00:20:29] Belarus confirms its commitment to integration, we will talk with the guest
[00:20:32] of the studio: this is the permanent plenipotentiary representative
[00:20:35] of Belarus to statutory and other.
[00:22:20] a unique integration entity,
[00:22:23] where the voice of each is heard,
[00:22:26] and it is,
[00:22:28] well, extremely weighty, because
[00:22:31] most issues are resolved in a consensus
[00:22:35] format, and even if
[00:22:39] someone considers
[00:22:41] something not entirely convenient or comfortable for themselves, they will
[00:22:45] ask either to correct or delete that or another
[00:22:49] provision that and...
[00:23:50] competition is sometimes excessive, but the market
[00:23:54] is quite extensive,
[00:23:57] so it is not necessary to talk about competition directly in
[00:24:00] the Commonwealth market, yes, if we take
[00:24:04] a clear example such as a Belarusian tractor,
[00:24:08] we would not like duplicating production to be created, on the other
[00:24:11] hand, each state has its sovereign
[00:24:15] right to develop those areas that it considers
[00:24:19] necessary for itself.
[00:24:50] we are creating corresponding production, assembly production in
[00:24:54] Kazakhstan, in the Russian Federation, in
[00:24:57] other states, because,
[00:25:00] firstly, the products are in demand, they
[00:25:04] have a very high
[00:25:06] reputation,
[00:25:09] and are very good in terms of price-quality
[00:25:13] ratio, and moreover, they
[00:25:16] have proven themselves over many decades.
[00:25:50] bad cop, good cop, in any
[00:25:53] case, what the cop needs is done,
[00:25:57] for the police community as a whole, as for
[00:26:00] the ability to hear
[00:26:04] the voice of the Commonwealth, it is heard, yes,
[00:26:07] you don't even have to speak loudly, you can whisper,
[00:26:11] if someone is interested, they will
[00:26:14] even understand with such articulation,
[00:26:18] they will hear the relevant
[00:26:20] information, we are talking about the fact
[00:26:23] that transport interaction
[00:26:27] or transport connectivity
[00:26:30] should be very clear,
[00:26:32] comfortable, seamless for business,
[00:26:36] meaning without additional obstacles and
[00:26:39] barriers, built
[00:26:42] on a single platform, if you take the railway,
[00:26:45] we have a railway track width
[00:26:49] of 1520 mm, it is completely in all CIS countries,
[00:26:52] in Georgia, in the Baltic
[00:26:55] countries, even in Finland and Mongolia, that is,
[00:26:59] already only by railway, without changing.
[00:29:22] In the Grodno region, large-scale international search
[00:29:25] excavations are underway. At the sites of battles of the Great
[00:29:29] Patriotic War, servicemen of the P battalion
[00:29:33] and over 70 searchers from
[00:29:35] Belarus and Russia are working. The international group includes dozens
[00:29:39] of detachments from different regions of Russia, Tatarstan, Mordovia,
[00:29:42] Leningrad and Tver regions. This season,
[00:29:45] search operations cover five districts of Grodno region at once. All
[00:29:49] fallen defenders of the Fatherland will be laid to rest with military
[00:29:53] honors in mass graves.
[00:29:56] Slonim launched the international youth project by word and
[00:29:59] deed. On the basis of the local meat-packing plant. Activists of the Iskra
[00:30:03] movement of the Belarusian Party White Russia and the All-Russian organization Young
[00:30:06] Guard of United Russia united. The project involves 12 boys and girls
[00:30:10] aged 18 to 30 years. They are officially
[00:30:13] employed by the enterprise and will work as auxiliary workers in the workshops.
[00:30:17] The main goal of this initiative is to unite the youth of the two countries
[00:30:21] through common work and live communication. In the future, this
[00:30:24] experience is planned to be expanded.
[00:30:27] A Belarusian schoolchild became a participant in an international
[00:30:31] expedition, the Knowledge Icebreaker. About 500 schoolchildren from
[00:30:35] 22 countries competed in the selection. This year's Arctic expedition
[00:30:39] includes 24 winners of the Knowledge Icebreaker
[00:30:42] from Russia and one representative from each partner
[00:30:46] country. The expedition started from Murmansk on
[00:30:49] the nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" and will last
[00:30:52] 10 days.