writing viruses the diseases millions living working your commuting in such tight there since the one expert says it's about what's more than just density it's about how all this was put together and how it's run. for the state approved exit polls say president alexander lukashenko has won the battle over a selection of almost 80 percent of the vote despite a major challenge from an unexpected rival voting had to be extended after the opposition urged its supporters to vote late to prevent fraud a move election officials have branded sabotage. you know i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. the 2nd day of clashes in beirut made

angry protests against lebanon's government 2 ministers have now quit over tuesday's last number of confirmed covert 19 cases in the u.s. reaches 5000000 but numbers are still rising in almost 20 states. and the afghan president agrees to release $400.00 taliban prisoners paving the way for vital peace talks. we begin this hour in belarus west state approved exit polls show president alexander lukashenko winning the election with just 80 percent despite voting being extended in some places because many people were still trying to vote supporters of the main opposition candidates for the kind of skier were asked to vote as late as possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud attempts to alter the vote . had been widely suspected in previous elections but officials and supporters of

the president who's held office now for a quarter of a century are accusing the opposition of sabotage al-jazeera step vassar reports now in the capital minsk. cheers for start lana the kind of guy who went into hiding on the eve of the election because she feared arrest that was after 8 members of her team including her campaign manager were reportedly detained at 1st a reluctant presidential candidate she has grown into the biggest hope many belorussians have for change then are you worried about your safety. everybody works with the kind of guy s. election rallies attracted the largest crowds bello's high seen in decades with 2 other women on her side the wife and complain manager of 2 other jailed opposition figures she can paint across the country on the eve of the election one of them applied abroad and the other one area kolesnikov i was briefly detained she's

undeterred but i have her great hopes that all dreams are. today tomorrow or day after tomorrow this is the beginning of the end it's a beginning of a new life she came out of hiding to cast her vote the main opposition candidates but linus economy is what's going to rest on election day the election that has been dominated by accusations of fraud and the rest. after casting his vote president alexander lukashenko called the opposition we just. brought you in the us if you're going to go against our country or even in the smallest way tries to plunge the country into chaos and stabilize it you will receive an immediate response from me. for decades he's enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately he's faced criticism for downplaying the covert 19 crisis and worsening economy he's attracted voters by accusing the opposition of planning to

create chaos. criminalists of us to i want to vote for peace and the well being of the other rooms and every family here and have no crazy crowds in the city. as rallies have been prohibited in the past week supporters of the kind of scalia found creative ways to protest against us rule but even that led to more arrests more than 800 people have been detained during this heated campaign stop fast and al-jazeera minsk. well step joins us now on the phone from an opposition army that's currently underway in the capital what's it like there. well pretty amazing things here at santa claus anything in the men's god the streets are full of this square is full of people all very angry calling the election a huge fraud science but also for me scared because the police riot police is in full force they're everywhere the saving people right in front of us right now so

people are spreading around trying to get away from police and their police cars are coming in in big numbers now so people are really angry about also this post election well that was the published on the belorussian television saying that 79.7 percent has voted for some the look of shankar nobody believes that this is the real vote because of course this election had a huge turnout of the opposition there's a sense of thousands of people attend the opposition rallies there's a huge mood for change right now so nobody believes that that's going to be the real election results and even not waiting for what they're already protesting before the official election result has been announced right and so people are not happy about the exit poll result they gathering and can continuing with that

protest also you are saying the security presence is continuing to build on that fear is about this breaking out into violence as the situation as the situation so far remain peaceful. there's a lot of fear that this could be very violent in 2010 also on election night a similar protest happened and there was a crackdown with lots of injuries and lots of people leave change and so people are worried the same thing is going to happen again tonight or maybe tomorrow when this anger is going to build up and different than 1000 times is a lot bigger group of opposition right now so it's not only opposition activists but these are people from all walks of life they're also people young people people with children family they all have said that they want to change that that they want the president goes so this is a much bigger that it was absolutely for so there is definitely concerned that the government is really seriously gotta crack down on this all right thank you very

much right ok all right wolf now step thank you very much that boston in the better russian capital minsk where protests are swelling in frustration at what is a foregone conclusion in this election but that possible continue to a portress from the countries we monitor the situation that. now tensions have boiled over for a 2nd day in lebanon after the massive explosion that tore through the capital beirut more clashes near the parliament off the protesters gathered that demanding an end to rampant corruption riot police fired tear gas to try to disperse the growing crowd of demonstrators hold rocks and shot fireworks into the air in a show of anger against the government the army says there is now little hope of finding any more survivors often choose days bloss devastated the city $21.00

people still missing thought be trapped under the rubble which has already claimed a $158.00 lives well the protesters accuse that politicians of gross negligence over the storage of thousands of tons of the chemical compound ammonium nitrate at a warehouse at the port they now want to complete overhaul of the political system information minister. and environment minister domino's qatar have become the 1st senior leaders to resign over the last 9 m.p.'s of also quit meanwhile an international donors conference has raised $297000000.00 in emergency funds for lebanon but corruption concerns mean the money won't go directly to the government so let's go live to bonnet smith is following this issue a should in beirut where i could see there is a security presence on the streets that what's what's the time outright ban it. well there were protests. there were confrontations with the security forces and

some protesters on a much smaller scale i should say than the happened on the button on the saturday night these are the security forces just on the other side of that is lebanon's parliament where for the last couple of days the protesters have tried to sort of breach through security boundaries and get towards the palm and security forces of having none of it and with a heavy hand yesterday they cracked down on those protesters and i've seen some ambulances leaving today it's quiet now they've cleared martyr square which is in front of me they clear the palm an area now and they have essentially wrapped up for the evening but an indication really of the stream tension and frustration that there is here in lebanon while the worse some protesters out onto the street while there were many more of us have been every day since this explosion started of volunteers thousands and thousands of young lebanese cleaning up helping giving aid

filling the gaps left by the state. here where all the skills the talent and the enthusiasm this is this yeah this is the nasa that this has been issued yesterday but these people will not be able to rebuild beirut on their own we have an ingenious team and nothing team working in sync together we sense scouts on little scooters and their job is to basically go and examine a building and say hey this structure is no longer safe to enter they're doing all this because the government isn't. food is given out to people who never have to ask for handouts in their life. or volunteers are given a safety briefing before heading out with a cleanup team mates there are hundreds of these camps across beirut hastily set up in the shadows of the buildings ripped open by choose days. of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the pool. for international donors one of the hardest

questions is how do they get aid to people who want to get off the top when they have to deal with a political elite that's been doing exactly that for decades literally the lebanese authorities now have to put in place the political and economic reforms which are being called for by the lebanese people it's the only thing which will allow the international community to act efficiently side by side with lebanon in its reconstruction. it could cost up to $15000000000.00 to rebuild beirut says the city's governor its residents want to make sure that money goes where it should the government of lebanon is a criminal government this is a criminal state. these are people who were. responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the lebanese civil war and we're expecting that a few extra bodies is going to make them cringe that's not going to happen on monday lebanon's prime minister will ask his cabinet to agree to early elections

they'd be held within 2 months but there have been calls bannan for the whole government to resign and what is that position becoming increasingly unstable. well i think the speculation of the cabinet meeting on monday will decide if they agree with the prime minister there are going to be elections and if that happens then they'll draft a law which will go to parliament on palm and will either pascal or agree that there should be elections or try and find another way of forming another cabinet with another prime minister sol to move it lays in the hands of cabinet but there's a new parliament there's enormous pressure for this to go ahead for parliament to be dissolved and new elections the problem the challenge though is that a lack. of electoral law is such in lebanon that you can only stand.

depending on what your sect is and so there's very little room for nonaffiliated individuals or groups to gain any momentum in any elections and so the very forces the people are fighting against here the very things that are making them for straight about the system are unlikely to be resolved in these elections thank you from beirut with all the latest that done its worth. watching al-jazeera live from london will still ahead a records 10000 crown of our stats as latin america struggles to bring its outbreak under control. 'd and an urgent call for peace survivors mark 75 years since nagasaki was flattened by an atomic bomb.

it is still hot struck most of europe not breaking records but well above the average and staking surulere as an injection of it more moisture and slightly cooler out frontal system there but not doing much to be honest said generating some lightning storms and not contempt by the greater was still 26 known as low as 36 in revenue between the 2 anyway but he could generate enough for sure enough of a cloud for thunderstorm or both monday and tuesday it's rather dry now than of late in greece turkey and the balkans in his truck crossed the military into north africa as well the prison term should drop is what represents a slow leakage of heat as you generate more and more showers or thunderstorms every day and it's those thunderstorms are really the story throughout north africa and this is about the northern most line that runs through sudan and west was towards mali if you get clumps of thunderstorms there of interest sometimes turn into

a revolving storm in the atlantic nothing too obvious at the moment then jumping south of all the rain we watched the winter fronts coming through into the western cape and this one is way to cape town at the moment takes a couple of days to get in but it looks like it'll rain in cape town come tuesday with an increasingly strong wind. history has called it the great war in the 1st episode conscription draws hundreds of thousands of our group troops into both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had a huge impact on the course of the. world the war through our. own knowledge is even. if you want to help save the world. sneeze and hero.

and back a look at the headlines now a state approved exit poll indicates president alexander lukashenko as won the election in belarus with just under 80 percent of the vote is opponents for atlanta taken off skier was given just under 7 percent despite long queues of opposition just forcing polling to be extended in some areas. and protesters have been out on the streets of beirut for a 2nd night now protesting against the government 5 days after an explosion tore through beirut killing $158.00 people so far 2 ministers have resigned joining 9 other m.p.'s have quit. now the number of corona virus

infections across the united states has passed 5000000 according to figures from johns hopkins university but medical experts say the true number could be many times higher health officials are urging the use of face masks and public and of pleaded with people to avoid social gatherings but many are ignoring the warnings this was the scene in south dakota this weekend where roughly 100000 people gathered for a 10 day motorcycle rally in the city of. as of this week 40 percent of u.s. infections are in 5 states florida california texas new york and georgia let's go live to gabriel is on who's in new york and so just take us through what we're seeing with the virus in different parts the country obviously there is a concentration of infections in those 5 states but what are we seeing elsewhere. yeah well 1st the good news and there's not much good news from the us but here in

the northeast of the united states where there was the epicenter of the current a virus outbreak in march april and may numbers have gone way down just here in new york the infection rate is below one percent point 7 percent the lowest since march and there are only 131 people in new york that are covert patients that are in the intensive care units that's the good news but that's pretty much word ins in the rest of the country in dozens of states we are seeing the outbreak of corona virus continuing to increase and continuing to spread we're talking about california where the numbers are still very high texas where it's very high as well and florida florida there have been more than 6000 new coronavirus cases for the 3rd teen straight day that's particularly troubling in florida because that's a state with a very high population of elderly people who are susceptible to depart

perhaps dying from corona virus so that's very worrisome and also in the state of georgia as well the numbers continuing to rise there and now health officials are saying they're starting to see the virus pick up steam and move into the midwest of the u.s. as well as states like tennessee and that part of the country so what we're seeing is a continuing outbreak of coronavirus throughout the country and we're seeing primarily because many states reopened their economies reopened businesses too soon number one and number 2 we're not seeing a lot of definitive action from the white house white house has left it up to individual states to decide how to deal with mostly deal with coronavirus and that is proving to be very difficult indeed and quite remarkable images from south dakota we are seeing $100000.00 people descending for this most a cycle event in light of the impact this virus is having on the country how much

concern is that causing and could that be other similar events taking place. yeah this motorcycle event is considered the biggest motorcycle rally anywhere in the world and this is the 80th year that it's happening in a very small town in north dakota it brings actually more than 100000 it's about a half 1000000 people that come to that particular town and most of them are not wearing masks according to the images that we're seeing listen this is a very traditional motorcycle rally that's been going on for 80 years some people in the area had said we should not be holding it this year but the mayor and the governor both decided to go forward with this because it's a big boost for the local economy as you can imagine with hundreds of thousands of people descending on a small town in north dakota it brings in tens of millions of dollars to the local economy but clearly it's a big worry if this is going to cause a spike in krona buyers cases because all of these motorcycle enthusiasts are

coming from all over the country to go to this small town sturgis north dakota for this so we might not tell the full details of of how much the virus spread at this event until days or even weeks down the road but the bottom line is this is the biggest gathering in the united states at any gathering at all since march when the corona virus outbreak hit the east coast of the united states certainly federal officials and others have said this is certainly not anything that they want to be seeing nevertheless it's happening and it's gone forward so now it's really much too late now it's just a matter of if coronavirus will spread because of this and if so how much thank you very much gabriel is on the new york. latin america has seen more corona virus infections than any other part of the world more than 10000 people have died in chile which has emerged as one of the region's worst hit nations with one of the

highest death rates alessandra reports from bogota. just as parts of chile prepare to reopen economic activities on monday health totoro it is announced the country reached a sad new record of covering $1000.00 related deaths and one. day we arrived in the us from our hearts we feel for the families for those who miss and love those who have been lost but even if the gone they will be remembered we regret that the pandemic is cause us to lose so many loved ones so many people who wanted to continue on. the country of 18000000 has the 2nd highest that raped her 1000000 people in latin america after neighboring peru and hired in brazil the worst affected country overall in the region authorities also say they have registered a slight increase in new infections after days of the creases. and like other regions the capital sent most of its metropolitan area will keep the current

lockdown measures for at least another week but some residents think it's time to relax restrictions in the capital. so if the infection rate drops then they should leave the coroner how long will the quarantine last in santiago they should have lifted it if they still haven't explained why they're extending it to the film if the spread of corona virus has been relentless across latin america even rare success stories like the island of cuba that had managed to reduce cases to a handful per day have had to backtrack after a spike in the last couple of weeks the government on saturday ordered restaurants bars and beaches to close once again also suspending public transportation without braiding citizens for letting their. guard down. with you we have to return to measures in place during the community spread in havana with all limitations and demands that are clickable to the space as well as the sacrifices that this entails

for everyone for institutions for the public sector for the private sector for our citizens. for many countries in the region fighting dippin them it's a case of one step forwards in 2 steps back i listen to them. well the cases of corona virus have been rising across europe alarming public health experts u.k. has recorded more than a 1000 new infections in a 24 hour period for the 1st time since june the next stage of reopening has been put on hold and the government says if needed it will shop pumps to allow schools to reopen next month greece once praised for its handling of the crisis recorded its high single daily increase with 2 $103.00 new cases germany and italy also reported hundreds of new cases on sunday. vietnam's reported 31 you covered 1000 cases and another death as it struggles to cope with a new outbreak of the virus

a sports stadium in the resort town of don has been turned into a field hospital capable of treating a 1000 patients a new koester of cases was 1st detected in the central city late last month it's since spread to at least 15 locations across vietnam but the national infection total is still relatively low it 841 country had been celebrated for its success in rapidly containing initial outbreaks. well now the rajapaksa has been sworn in for the 4th time as the country's prime minister he took the oath in front of the president also his younger brother got a buyer in a sign of their hold on power their strength and grip on power in the country and themselves also served as president for a decade sri lanka people's front party won wednesday's parliamentary election by a landslide 2 thirds majority means they now have the power to make promise changes to the constitution but critics fear the restoring of presidential powers will make the country autocratic. now

a significant obstacle has been cleared on the path to peace in afghanistan after the president agreed to release $400.00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani made the landmark decision on the recommendation of the loya jirga a traditional assembly of tribal elders the release was the final precondition from the taliban to agree to talks but there are still other hurdles to overcome as some adventure of aid explains. for centuries of understands traditional ground assemblies known as jurors solve problems by confrontation within $3000.00 elders and community leaders joint politicians to decide on the final stumbling block for the negotiations with the taliban with some reluctance president danny has honored the agreement between the us government and the armed group decided 5000 prisoners must be released before incra of one dialogue can begin most inmates have been released to do ago was called to decide about the final 400 prisoners if i'm government says these 400 are wanted for media crimes and some even face the death

penalty they want to ensure that these men do not return to the battlefield the ben . grimm today i will sign the decree that i did not have the authority to sign before now i will sign the decree to authorize the release of the 400 taliban prisoners based on the request of the loya jirga and they will be released. in a complex power sharing structure is the chairman of the loya jirga as he leads the high council for national reconciliation. the declaration of the loya jirga has removed all the obstacles to start the interim afghan talks and we are on the cusp of starting the negotiation we do have respect for all your decisions and the afghan government will be committed to implementing all of them. despite temporary cease fire is one in 3 and a half 1000 afghan security personnel have been killed since february that's when the deal was signed between leaders and the us government us troops are supposed to

leave of want to stand by april 2021 and remain divided over the u.s. could draw. it would be better that the u.s. does stay here that will also help our security and reconstruction of our country. the withdrawal of foreign troops is good for us as they were against our culture and. it will definitely have impact. for almost all of the security remains there for most concerned but yeah no doubt. regarding the release of prisoners we need peace in afghanistan and we will need to pay a price for that therefore we are obliged to release the taliban prisoners of them and say their rights and safety is non-negotiable regardless of who wields power there did it. i continued my university studies despite losing many of my classmates to suicide attacks we still have faith stands government will need to

bring security in all the places where we do not have security at the moment. the us government has acknowledged the release of prisoners is unpopular but president danny's government to hold direct talks to facilitate a peace agreement the release of prisoners is a 1st step for all of the factions to sit across the table but they remain multiple challenges and wide ranging differences to overcome for peace can be achieved. with their. survivors and dignitaries a month 75 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on the japanese city of nagasaki . more than 70000 people were killed when u.s. forces dropped the bomb during the final stages of world war 2 the city was targeted 3 days after hiroshima was hit in the world's 1st of a nuclear attack a scaled back when morial nagasaki neha warned against a nuclear arms race and japan's government to sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons. so they can use that when you push them as

a country that has experienced the horrors of nuclear weapons please sign the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and see to its ratification of the earliest possible date in addition please examine the plants establish a nuclear weapon free zone in northeast asia please it here for eternity to the peaceful principles of the choppiness constitution which includes the determination not to wage war. quick look at the headlines now a state approved exit poll is saying the president of belarus has won the country's election it gives alexander lukashenko almost 80 percent of the vote despite poland being extended at some stations because of long queues the main opposition candidates that line the ticking off skier who drew large crowds to rallies across the country was given just under 7 percent by the exit poll question goes been in power for a quarter of a century has been referred to as europe's last dictator protesters have been out

on the streets of beirut for a 2nd night 5 days after the massive explosion that killed 158 people demonstrators demanding political change held rocks and police responded with tear gas to government ministers have now resigned as anger in the country grows against corruption in the political elite they joined 9 of the m.p.'s have already quit meanwhile an international donors conference hosted by the french president has raised $297000000.00 for the lebanese people. these are the security forces just on the other side of the lebanon's parliament for the last couple of days the protesters have tried to sort of breach through security boundaries and get towards the palm and security forces of having none of it and with a heavy yesterday they cracked down on those protesters and i've seen some ambulances leaving today it's quiet now they've cleared martyr square which is in

front of me they clear the potman area now and then have essentially wrapped up for the evening and now all the headline the sal the number of corona virus infections in the united states has passed 5000000 the unofficial tally from the john hopkins university comes as many states continue to swerve the imposition of restrictions on hundreds of thousands of bikers have descended on a small city in south dakota a state with no requirement to wear a face covering more than 160000 people have been killed by the virus in the country but the number of cases rising in almost 20 states officials are warning that the number of new cases is beginning to increase in major cities including boston and chicago well those are the headlines this hour how more news later on it's high enough to talk to al-jazeera.

it'll be a good beauty to see. the covert 19 pandemic forced governments worldwide to impose look downs earlier this year. as 1000104 months normal life grounds were virtual holds. that meant a major reduction in and water pollution some animals even reclaim their stolen habitats. but as some countries start to ease emergency restrictions and governments implement plans to rescue their economies many are concerned the clear blue skies won't last forever.