al-jazeera. where every. perez seen béla rule says thousands of people defy warnings to call off their protests against the president. clear watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also ahead a divided nation voting is underway in bottom entry elections that could see montenegro on a new path. and minimum wages among sweep labor reforms as qatar edges closer to hosting the 2022 football world cup and salvaging whatever they can severe flooding

in saddam's capital with the threat of war as a nile river reaches precedented levels. protesters have ignored warnings by turning out in force again to demand the resignation of bella who says president at least 125 people have been detained by police in the capital minsk president alexander lukashenko is accused of rigging his reelection earlier this month to continue 26 years of authoritarian rule as protests centered a 3rd week the interior ministry warned they are an authorized it says there was a risk of violence let's bring in berners smith who is following developments from lithuania he joins us live from the only is so big crowds again today in men's tell us 1st about what you're hearing about the situation right now and what sort of challenges are the protesters confronted with today.

terms of thousands of russian seems to have those warnings from the interior ministry in the pictures we're seeing showing very busy part streets not all not far from the residence of alexander or exam to look at either a lot of the areas have been closed off by the military. on the police but there are still many thousands out there and the protesters were concerned as the weeks went on that they would lose momentum in the 1st $23.00 days when the protests started there was a violent attempt by the security forces to repress those protests 7000 people were detained hundreds injured and 3 were killed over 3 days as water cannon was used rubber coated bullets were used what's happened since then it seems is that the security forces have taken a step back and allowed the bulk of protests to continue and not only him in minsk but in many other russian cities as well yes there have been detentions of people

in the authorities say $125.00 people were detained today but on the whole the protests have continued but if you look at shanker and his supporters were hoping they would peter out the momentum still seems to be that old yet and i understand that russia's president putin and looking have had a phone call elliot today do we know what came out of that conversation. as it happens the lukashenko 66 birthday today and the kremlin said this was a phone call from vladimir putin to wish. happy birthday the scenes i mean probably not the president he was hoping for but anyway both men have said that look we'll go to moscow in the next few weeks so no power need for any hurry or rush that there's no love lost between the 2 men. had said before the presidential election that russia was trying to divide his country and people would vote for him to make

sure the country stayed united now he says it's the europeans and nato is trying to divide this country putin has also offered to supply a rapid reaction peace force a police force i beg your pardon should he wants it to control the crowds thank you for that ben is smith reporting there live from the. strong turnout is being reported in montenegro a spot of entry election president has cast his ballot in the capital port so raissa is governing parties facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia it kind of his government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. making him one of europe's longest serving leader is alive to even patrick of h. imports arisa force that's the capital city of montenegro so even turnout has been very high for this election with the main issue for voters being the serbian orthodox church why is that why is that such an important election issue.

well it's a question of identity primarily a current montenegro government to reestablish one's existing montenegrin orthodox church but the problem is that the church is not officially recognized in order to orthodox world within the population 17 percent of our population of one of the negro 70 percent are orthodox believers and the only official and recognized serbian orthodox church with its leader sitting in belgrade in neighboring serbia sense it's a national serbian orthodox church it's to magically a political issue in this year here in montenegro so there's a struggle between. those 2 forces montenegro and parties and those who are preserve me and. further divisions happened after montenegro parliament adopted a controversial law on religious freedom by the end of the last year. could provide . a state could give

a state an opportunity to take over control to take control over all the religious societies which were built before 18 when montenegro joined union with serbia so serbian orthodox church believes its main target of the day organize a huge protest almost every day throughout this country they also excommunicated main political leaders in power in montenegro from church and from christianity and they now openly called their believers and their followers. in these elections for main prosser be an oriented opposition and that prosser be an opposition would love to see closer ties montenegro with neighboring serbia and also with russia i have to mention that not the grow joined nato alliance 3 years ago and there was a stronger resistance from this process to be in opposition to that more so it's a tough political struggle in this country which could even lead to

a change of its courts. course and it seems that voters realize that that's why we see such a. turnout for the selections thank you very much for that that's our correspondent . reporting there live from port. has just announced a series of reforms to its labor laws for the 1st time it has set in monthly minimum wage for employees regardless of nationality or type of job it also gives workers the ability to change employers without meeting the sponsors approval imraan khan has. after a 2 year long consultation process with the u.n. body the international labor organization the state of cattle has announced sweeping reforms in the way employees are treated in the gulf state some of the changes include introduction of a minimum wage of $1800.00 tory rails around $500.00 us dollars a month which includes an allowance for food and accommodation there's also freedom

of movement between employers without the need for what's called a no objections difficult the law applies to all experts who plays in the country including domestic workers employed by individual families there's concern that previous laws in place to protect workers haven't been in force properly local media reported that some construction workers were paid for months at the start of the code 19 pandemic the international labor organization says the new laws will be forced and will be more outlets to resolve labor disputes. we have to jointly with the state of qatar study its impact its proper ations and ensure that it's beneficial for all including the workers the private sector and the country so a lot of ground work had to be done also the legislative changes the actual law to be prepared but also when it comes to the minimum wage there actually has to be a study done on the needs of the workers councils largest export populations come

from bangladesh pakistan the philippines and india the government says that the minimum wage will be beneficial to both employees and the country this is part of a bigger picture there reforms 1st laws are very good. to new to major announcements so they are fantastic for the country but implementation is equally as important so we will be working with the government here. ensuring that the labor inspectors are fully aware of the legislation making sure that their workers are aware making sure that the enterprises companies the private sector is aware council is hoping these reforms will also address concerns in the run up to the football world cup in 2022 human rights groups have highlighted various issues about workers in the country that include deaths on construction sites and inadequate living conditions in the last 6 years 34 workers have died during the construction of world cup stadiums that's brought a lot of attention from the international community on cats are now these labor law

reforms are partly the way of dealing with international pressure however the closer we get to the world cup in 2022 the more bright the international spotlight will shine in my own car on al-jazeera. schonberg general secretary of the international trade union confederation she says this is a right step in the right direction in making the world cup a secure environment for way. this is a new dawn for workers migrant workers in qatar to have a free system to in the kfar system and normalize contracts with appropriate provisions to have a backup system of the labor pool to reagan's procedures representation at the workplace but then to have a nondiscriminatory minimum wage on top of that we are delighted to say the courage in the latest of the qatari government it's been

a long journey we thank the ilo and the government for the dedication to these and frankly it will make the world cup much lee secure environment forward knowing that they have secured a normalised industrial relations system we say some movement in oman in kuwait a little bit of hope was there in bahrain but looking very late and of course we were in discussions ahead of the g. 20 with saudi arabia but then too we see them recognize that they can file a system must be in the transparent system of contracts a minimum living wage and of course the right for workers to be represented and to settle grave and when those things are in place then we will say this region is fit for the business but the tasks are only reaches that binged today of course there

are things we'll continue to talk to them about we continue to think we're where they are actually at the plot of unscrupulous employers but this is a fantastic historic moment and congratulations to all involved. still ahead on al-jazeera easy new husband sunni town the families of victims of enforced disappearances in pakistan the government to take out action fast voluntary to help find a corona virus vaccine will meet the indonesian sisters taking on any human trials . hello the kinds of crowd has been streaming across northern areas of asia in the last few hours and this is bringing some very heavy rain across into meanwhile to

the south this mass here course is our thai food this is typhoon may sock a very powerful typhoon indeed throughout monday moving northward away from the philippines but of course heading close the a towards western japan is certainly beginning to have some impacts in the right now through monday this storm will have winds sustained about 195 kilometers an hour and of course gusting a stronger than that it will become even stronger on cheese day that is what the forecast is saying from the joint typhoon warning center by then we could see sustained winds over 200 kilometers an hour and gusting to $270.00 really will have an impact even across into taiwan east and china and certainly much of the ricoh islands and western areas of japan me want to few showers across the korean peninsula and work in the east was for northern china bunch of rain across the south asia it is a little sick out of course on the satellite and the house the more flooding this is up into or down into karate the streets is still very much under water and there is more rain in the focus on

a reef extending all the way from southern into northern areas of pakistan heavy downpours at times stays in the forecast on tuesday and by then we'll see heavy rains across into nepal and across bangladesh. but. in 2008 al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities 'd. we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super 30 amount as they are.

welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera police in béla rules have detained at least 125 people as protests enter a 3rd week demonstrators are demanding political change present alexander lukashenko is accused of breaking his reelection earlier this month as strong turnout is being reported in montenegro as parliamentary election president you kind of h. cast his ballot early in the capital his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia and qatar has announced labor reforms for the 1st time it has said in monthly minimum wage for employees me godless of nationality or type of job it also gives workers the ability to change employers without needing their sponsors approval. more flooding is expected in

sudan in the coming days the government says the ny rivers already reached unprecedented levels parts of the capital khartoum are submerged after days of torrential rain at least $88.00 people have died in thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season here morgan reports from khartoum this is all that remains of osama and his belongings after the flood of his home and his neighborhood in sudan's capital hutton he says when he 1st saw the river rising 2 days ago he thought he'd be able to save his home but soon realised otherwise. we put sandbags around the entrance of the house so it won't collapse then i went to help other homes much closer to the nile and when the water continued rising i ran back to make sure my house wouldn't collapse but it did and we lost so much i took my family to a relative's house and now i'm trying to see what i can salvage. dozens of other homes have suffered similar damage destroyed by the river less than 5 kilometers

away. i took my kids out when my home got submerged in water or lower property and life savings have been destroyed by the flood. i have lived here for many years but this is the 1st time the flood has reached this height it's caused a lot of damage my house now has collapsed. meteorologists say the rise in the level of the nile river is due to heavy rains in the south of the country they also say climate change has increased the amount of annual rainfall flash floods have killed scores of people since the start of the rainy season a month ago thousands of properties around the country have been destroyed hundreds have been displaced some living in tents of us staying behind to guard what is left of their shelters for many families who've lost their properties in the floods they journeyed to starting over is one that will take some time but country is going through an economic crisis with inflation soaring at 150 percent and as families wait for the water levels to recede there remain concerned about the potential

spread of water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera so dense government says it expects more floods in the coming days as heavy rains continue to fall in the highlands of neighboring if you are the source of much of the miles of water not that. we speak to an increase in the normal level in all situations especially from khartoum going northwards so we're doing those people on the banks of the neulander branches not just to be alert but to help protect the areas in their villages and come together for osama the damage is already done he's hoping the government now focuses on assisting those who have been affected by the floods so that they can get over the crisis and rebuild their lives he will morgan on to 0 or tomb and flooding has forced hundreds or thousands of people from their homes in the share at least 45 people have been killed after the new share river overflowed in heavy rain the capital niamey has shut down hundreds of grain stores have been damaged. dozens of migrants rescued from the mediterranean sea last week have been taken to

the italian island of lampedusa they were among more than 200 picked up by a charity vessel financed by british street artist banksy shallot belize has more. after radio silence from the italian coast guard on saturday they responded to calls for help transporting 49 migrants from charity luis michel to the island of lampedusa it was 32 women 13 children 4 min and one body and identified migrants who failed in their dream to start a new life in europe. they had been on the ways michel a search and rescue ship funded by renowned british street artist banksy named after a 19th century french an artist banksy painted it with a fire extinguisher and tagged it with a modified image of his balloon go. it launch last week from never loose here but the sushmita ship and its crew of team have been quickly overwhelmed. it came

across nearly 90 people floating in a rubber boat on wednesday in $130.00 more off the coast of libya eventually with an overcrowded dare they to the life rafts to the ship and motor in germany for urgent help but received no assistance the reason that they would not ever to move were because they were going to live along the road to not overcrowd so much and also to have. 5 a place for the body that they found. as the drama unfolded banksy posted this on instagram you might think that it's a guy writing like most people who make it in the art world. to cruise the meat it's a french navy vessel we converted into a life bush the authority deliberately ignore distress calls from known europeans

he goes on to say black lives matter. the u.n. says 44000 migrants have crossed the mediterranean this year 5000 have been rescued mainly by charity ships 500 have drowned there is a very dire a very. preventable and a very unacceptable situation going on in the in the mediterranean right now there is deeply deeply concerned by the continued absence of search and rescue search and rescue vessels the u.n. to school for europe to do more is a whole sort of countries like italy imports like lampedusa there are a disproportionate in the migrant crisis. another boat with hundreds of migrants and refugees has been allowed to dock at the port of lampedusa but all boats and the italian coast guard rescued the vessel with about $450.00 people on board a boat was in danger of capsizing because of strong winds. to pakistan now which

has one of the worst records in the world for in force disappearances why school of say thousands of political activists and human rights workers have been taken against their will and held in secret al-jazeera has spoken to one woman whose father was seized by armed men last year she asked ratford has a story. tanya contacts father idris is a well known human rights campaigner in pakistan on november 13th last year he disappeared in a police statement his driver said that an identified armed men the stops their car put bags over their heads and drove them away in a separate vehicle the driver was released 2 days later and recently has been through 3. you try to knock on every door of the mental police and. unfortunately the problem is a sense one. and it's fun to see that so many families have to go through

this the real true silurians and and the really under. and. in the end these 2 have you won a zation defense of human rights pakistan says it receives one of the around 5000 people appointed as having been subject to in forced disappearance in pakistan in recent years to include journalists political and human rights activists and suspected members of groups many protests against the practice of being held families are demanding to know the whereabouts and fate of their missing loved ones in june the united nations released a statement condemning what it is. bribes the widespread silencing of human rights defenders through intimidation secret detention torture and in forced disappearance with the direct involvement of the pakistani government with its complicity

complacency those are my brother has been missing since 2017 and since then my mother self has deteriorated we are worried about our health we demand pakistan's army chief to help us in his recovery as promised by his. prime minister imran khan was a vocal critic of enforced disappearances while in political opposition after being elected in 2018 he approved a draft law criminalizing the practice but to use later the law still has not been presented to parliament for approval it is absolutely name for that after 2010 there was a report of the national commission on it forced to simply and insist no more elected government has enforced are implemented any of its recommended pakistan's minister of human rights offers no explanation why it's taking so long to pass the law for them and that was why we need more and more on this one front government

like. that. to see if we live there to be at the moment when we look forward to focus on i wonder does that mean i made a video as part of the family's campaign demanding more information about their missing father in a rare acknowledgement of an enforced disappearance the military has confirmed that it received facing charges under pakistan's secrets act the family have filed a petition in the high court ordering the government to tell them where he is so far they have heard nothing they are increasingly afraid about the safety of a man they say has for years worked tirelessly to improve human rights in pakistan trial strafford al jazeera. deen is a south asia campaigner with amnesty international she says is likely to be a high a number of people have gone missing and were speaking with ported in force

disappearances are certainly something that because they're shrouded in secrecy we're never going to have an idea of the exact numbers of what a grackle how many people have disappeared especially in box and across the region but in fact then we see that it's very much an ongoing phenomena it is something that we see almost daily reports often it doesn't really show any signs of relenting and in sri lanka you seem to sort of hold on to a word looking at a smear if it's at a transitional justice where they're not ongoing but families are still waiting for justice but i think the most critical number that really sort of defined the phenomenon of a horse's appearances in south asia is the number 0 'd which is the number of prosecutions that uptick they say that it's one of the biggest reasons why it continues to happen with the force that it does it's one of those situations where it really as long if the political will doesn't exist it doesn't really matter what the background well it's of how the government was functioning or how entrenched

they were in the military affair is because as we see that even if the democratically elected governments that spent this francis' continue to happen relent that's the and and even in sri lanka of course we've had civilian governments that have decided over those we've seen in the fall that has been the case we've seen that in kashmir that continues to happen so it's really just if you don't have the political will and then that's if the act itself is not criminalized to continue unabated. global corona virus cases have surged past 25000000 as scientists worldwide work against a call to find a vaccine for the past 3 days indonesia's record numbers of infections and is advancing trials of a potential vaccine developed in china al-jazeera is jessica washington has more from bandung. these sisters are used to doing almost everything together and now yet another shared experience they are part of the trial of a potential covert 19 vaccine. if this vaccine works praise god indonesia will

go back to normal and we can go anywhere without being what. each day they feel in a health report and so far they've had no side effects on it and i'm sad. that they did human trials in phase $1.00 and $2.00 and they were fined so there's no need to be afraid more than 2000 indonesians signed up for the trial of the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers sign of back dr ecu 1000000 or has also been teared indonesia's medical community has been hit hard by the outbreak and dozens of doctors and nurses have died he hopes he can help his colleagues. know that. i don't feel like we're being used as guinea pigs in this time of the pain to make this is an honor for us. the proposed vaccine has previously been tested in china now advanced trials are taking place in countries

with higher rates of infection base 3 trials are expected to last around 6 months and if the vaccine does work indonesia's state owned pharmaceuticals manufacturer says it will increase production capacity and aim to produce around $250000000.00 doses of the vaccine by the end of the year. the government has signed a deal with sun about to purchase 50000000 doses of vaccine concentrate and take part in a technology transfer. according to those running the trial in indonesia that's good for both nations. the infection rate is still high here we can benefit from this trial if it is successful in the initiative will be one of the 1st countries to get the vaccine. analysts say the outcome of the vaccine race could have long term impacts on global politics if. it's no.

more. son of a vaccine candidate is also being tested in brazil and has been approved for late stage trials in bangladesh jessica washington al-jazeera indonesia. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera police in bella rules have detained at least 125 people as protests sent to the effort week demonstrators are demanding political change president alexander lukashenko is accused of breaking his reelection earlier this month when a smith has more on a meeting planned between and russia's president. both leaders of spoken and they've agreed to meet in moscow sometime in the next few weeks so clearly no sense

of urgency on the side of putin or lucas shanker there is no love lost between them in front before the presidential election lucas said that russia was trying to divide belarus something agents to draw and divide the country so they should vote for him he now says after the election that is nato europe is trying to divide is country but anyway and so no love lost between the 2 leaders but putin has offered these ready a rapid reaction police force should look at ask for it to come and stop the protests. a strong turnout is being reported in montenegro spot of entry election present kind of h. cast his ballot early in the capital is governing parties facing opposition from an ally in seeking closer ties with serbia and russia qatar has announced a series of the neighbor reforms for the 1st time it has set a monthly minimum wage for employees regardless of nationality or type of job it

also gives workers the ability to change employers without meeting their sponsors approval rights groups have highlighted concerns in the past regarding ponces just sought sponsorship system known as and the plight of workers leading up to the 2022 football world cup more flooding is expected in savannah in the coming days the government says the river has already reached an unprecedented levels far so the capital khartoum. the days of torrential rain at least $88.00 people have died in fountains of homes have been destroyed since the start of the brainy season the talent coast guard has transferred $49.00 migrants to produce after taking them off a stranded rescue vessel there among 200 people picked up by a rescue boat financed by british street artist banksy those are the headlines coming up next over 30 stay with us. take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen

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