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Lukashenko says he could launch Russian nuclear weapons – BBC News
The President of Belarus has suggested that he could use tactical nuclear weapons, which are being deployed in his country by Russia.
Alexander Lukashenko is a close ally of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country served as a launchpad for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Recently President Putin announced that Russian nuclear weapons had been deployed in Belarus. He said they would only be used if the Russian state or its territory was threatened.
Speaking to the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, the Belarus President Lukashenko insisted that he could launch the weapons if he chose to. He said: “In Ukraine a whole army is fighting with foreign weapons, with NATO weapons. So why can’t I fight with someone else’s?”
Mr Lukashenko also said that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin was in Russia. The Wagner leader hasn’t been seen since he staged a mutiny against Russia’s military leadership.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Minsk and Gordon Corera in Kyiv.
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Booker prize winner Margaret Atwood describes herself as an “observer,” but in her many novels she has often offered us a portal to understanding, be it about totalitarianism, or the idea of other forms of life, future and past.
In her latest book, Old Babes in the Woods, she navigates death and the loss of loved ones, in short stories which are both acerbic and hilarious, as well as adding to her fantastical oeuvre, such as an octopus-like creature narrating its own interpretation of a folk tale.
Seven of the stories feature the characters Tig and Nell, a thinly-veiled portrayal of Atwood and her long-life partner Graeme Gibson who died four years ago. Margaret Atwood began her interview with Kirsty Wark with a reading from the darkly funny story, Widows.
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Hundreds have been arrested across France during a day of major protests over falling education standards and the cost of living.
In Paris, protesters are clashing with riot police – you can watch live above.
A tourism office has been set on fire in Lyon, while protesters have broken into and damaged town hall buildings in Lille and Marseille – the interior ministry condemns what it calls “targeted acts of violence”.
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The former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a series of child sex offences, including rape.
Donaldson was convicted in June of 18 offences, which he committed against two women when they were children, between 1985 and 2008.
Reading victim statements, the sentencing judge said one woman grew up feeling ashamed, while the other said: “every day I pray God will let me die”.
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President Zelensky admitted he felt ‘betrayed’ by Trump in an interview with Piers Morgan. Where does that leave the US-Ukraine relationship?
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They discuss the resulting shift from realism to absurdism online, the existential threat to any type of IP ownership, and why independent creators inevitably suffer the most.
To hear the full episode, search Top Comment on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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@irkiIIer
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
5 months ago
well well well looks like nothing has happened as always
@laulusb87
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Giving Lukashenko nuclear weapons would be the same as arming isis. This man is mentally insane and doesn’t mind killing everyone on the planet to make a point.
@lapualam
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
these reporters man lol, Russia if you want a new world order warm the waters around north and south pole, use your subs to nuke the ice from below by warming the waters
@D.Frasure
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Well all I can say is when the nuclear weapons start flying Lukashenko and Putin would have started the end of life. I'm already older now and have lived a long life I just feel sorry for all the youngsters that didn't even get a chance at life. we all know it will be the end because it's called:
( MAD)
Under MAD, each side has enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side. Either side, if attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate, irreversible escalation of hostilities resulting in both combatants' mutual, total, and assured destruction.
@anthonyking9284
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Stupid madman
@Fartgoddess01
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Noo
@user-fh9cp3cd5j
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia really believes that using nukes is going to make Ukraine join them . How does that work if everyone is dead ?
@jacksontaekafoa9382
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Try it u fk ashole
@jeffersonmotel24
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
long live lukashenko! long live USSR.
@wck6664
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
i could win the lottery
@jamzjam6703
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia a nuclear power because europe gave them rights to be a nuclear power
@user-hi1ke5gp6n
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
и что дальше кроме ядерного оружия есть наркотрафик рынок оружия и брилиантов и нефти и вам они выкопают могилы и вашим детям
@user-wn3cm6jf8e
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
We would have so much satisfaction in replying in kind !!😂
@thelast14Norte14
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Magnetic guns
@joseaugustofigueiredo2796
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
It had to be in the United Kingdom of Northern Thieves!
Syria celebrates return of ancient 4th-century artefact from the UK to its homeland
"The return of the Syrian artifacts was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of the National Museum of Oman, the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria and the Russian Hermitage museum"
"This return of a Syrian artifact has a symbolic meaning: the victory of truth over falsehood, of civilization over barbarism"
@afterdark6822
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Keep f'ing around ans find out.
@nikogrujic6807
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Steve go home and tell your people to leave Russia alone , you guys are like a Bunch of wolfs surounding a bear the bear will do anything to survive !!!? Leave Russia alone you idiots or we all go to heven idiots
@kokomanation
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
If he launches he will die too.Mutual assured destruction.
@BIFC216
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Try it if you want to and see what happens
@AB-dy2ll
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Lukashenko,is instead a loud trumpet Zhirinovsky
@DCspace101
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Russia on the brink of a mass rebellion against putin.
@timoconnor1674
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Belarus will be used as a Pawn and as a Russian scapegoat to launch Nukes. Russia wont do it themselves so they can point the finger at an eventual "Rouge State" on the World Stage. Why would they get their hands dirty when they dont need to.
@vinto34
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
If he trimmed down his moustache he would look exactly like another dictator in war history.
@bazza518
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
I’m not sure this guy could launch a book let alone a nuclear weapon.
@PETRUK-BALI
December 25, 2023 at 12:23 am
Deze "man"is nog gekker dan putin,2 loooosers😄