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demonstrators who are gathering for another protest in minsk. standing by their demands the president alexander lukashenko his resignation ever since he was declared the winner of last month's disputed election that's what they want they want him to go critics say the vote was rigged more than 10000 women defied a government crackdown to rally in the city on saturday for the 35th consecutive day. correspondence to boston is in the thick of it we will try and establish communications with clearly we have no internet link telephone lines are maybe a bit questionable as well we will go to service and just as soon as we establish comms with her we'll stay with these latest pictures we'll also talk to correspondent in moscow alexander go well what kind of reception do we think mr lucas will receive when he arrives in russia to meet mr putin.

well you see the relationship between these 2 between the belorussian president alexander lukashenko and the russian one vladimir putin has never been an easy one it was a complex relationship of love and hate to where look at schenkel was before these elections and before he started having so such a big problems in his own country he was sort of trying to play an upper hand sometimes winning it sometimes losing it so because he got this so much needed support from russia and from its president vladimir putin it is clearly who has the upper hand is this these negotiations now and he got support of russia as one of the few countries that recognize him as the winner of the disputed elections and russia is clearly stating that yes he is the president and this is the and that they are that is internal matter of what is happening in belarus and that it is not the oppositional council members the ones that sure anyone talk to actually there

saying that there is countries meddling in this elections and warning everybody off from that present what it even said that there is a reserve unit prepared if things get really out of control reserve unit here in russia that will be sent as a help to belorussia if needed if certain a red line of crossed a so what we do expect tomorrow is that these are going to be negotiations that in which the upper hand will be and the cards will be in the hands of putin now what has been. pushing for finalizing or wrapping it up the organization called union state between russia and belarus that are asked which question court was quite resistant to finalizing it and they're doing that now week with the here this organization mentioned numerous times saying that they are supposed to protect each other the constitution democratic rights and so forth to end the so on so easy

expected by some analysts here that russia might be pushing now that it has the opportunity to do so for some sort of integration with belarus and though here they are denying the use of such word or a merger week with here but in kremlin they're saying no it's not about that these are going to stay to southern countries whatever whatever happens ok we'll leave it there xandra sooner bitch go for the moment alexandra thank you very much we have established communications without as yours correspondent. who 1520 minutes ago she was in the middle of what was going on not what you're looking at right now she was with the demonstrators going to the central point in minsk for the protest step just take us through what's happening. i'm here in the middle of the 1st boston suffer a protest us right now marching out towards one of for a look of shock us to residents it's always possible areas with not so sure police

and military on guard but because this is such a large group sorry hard to estimate how many people are here but it's so many fans a 1000 fold police and military have so left this group alone despite the fact that in the beginning of 2 so rally. 200 cars we changed not sure on the streets present also in a time by mash mine and i'm actually watching here too lots of group of the women say also wearing the same mistake masks i see the policeman do just to make sure i protest about it it's gotten to people here that this is like cool but this is not part of trust how balogun stupid beating people should not be taken clear and being intimidated being swept just a series and go on to a life you say walking on the space may be false be carrying a flag so people are pretty angry but to the moon it's very upbeat i have to say

there's a lot of music and people are certainly impressed by the fact that the sides. this tensions and the bridge pressure we see in the last week that there are still manage to gather that now singing clean well when we know so far they will perform so this is the moment and it's also children here older people people come to me all walks of life i gather in here now as you were finishing off that on so that we cut some pictures of a young female demonstrates it being taken away and piled into the back of what looks like a lot of me i thought she was going to be pushed into the side of the back of a blue v.w. van that was actually being take. and further away from the vantage point of the camera as you were explaining what was going on there we were looking at a shot clearly taken by somebody on a cell phone a mobile telephone looking down at this huge. turning road with several 1000

people on its way i'm going to assume step in amongst all the people we've now rewrite the pictures we're looking at those heading towards one of mr lucas inca's residences in minsk if he's in that building and they know he's in the building is there potential there for that to become not just a protest but a confrontation and a flash point. definitely something i he's been very worried about. my concern is some day when 'd protesters also having had a small say so residents just as the palace here he actually showed up in the 'd body armor carrying her kalashnikovs when he was 1st arriving in a highly softer across the crowd and i suppose a small experts here analysts who are seen following this career and also been writing a biography about him and they said that that was definitely

a sign of fear so you said we worried of course that this crowd trillo will go for him but so far and there has been clashes this only run over again their meetings are peaceful there's never been any real violence guns by these protesters except from what i saw showing some plastic bottles there has not been any time to really turn this movement into silence once because they know very well that this does happen that that's exactly what mr shank and also one shot might be waiting for and that's a sign for them too is the fear. a 6 of. some here fascist. why . suddenly there's none to make money. we have already announced as we have the pump indians are ready on the other side of the border. any moment this situation

is under. so i mean one is very aware of this and the people that we still have. at the moment i'm just a lot of people. who are carrying cash i mean children flapping their hands thinking. that the mood right now to those demonstrates is that you know marching with we're not marching with them step you are reporting on their protest to they know the internet is being caught but we don't have a sony kind of that's why i'm speaking to you on the phone and the reason is of course because these demonstrations have been directed by social media there are telegrams channels that are posting the information for the 1st time when they know where they can gather and that's why it's more of. the you can have every sunday to make sure that they're not gathering together but. this is a manageable. obviously we are now reporting that this channel step

the internet provider was aust by the government to shut down the internet we don't know how long a fool but is there an expectation there that you know it's autocracy want to one isn't it if you want to make sure try to make sure that would doesn't get out of the country about what you're doing or what you're about to do you shut down internet but the irony is somebody will always spend the money on for geo 5 g. and then reporters like yourself you know they're talking to us on an old fashioned telephone. exactly there's always a way out and that's also how this is that a gram generally is operating they managed to have a baby insert into that location for some reason for that's why you can still see footage coming and video material that's actually filmed by by

a citizen who robin sending this footage to us about a big old boy it can't be spread around so it's very hard to block out this because before he fled to perth thank you we had a look at santa has been accused of living in the car that his idea of the poor are always somehow they think you know has its own separate mentality and that the economy of the country your girls are still run in the soviet style that is not suitable for this time anymore and that's exactly why these people here they want to let go until justice is sort of shown which is more modern and have more opportunities. ok so do stay close. thanks very much for getting us up to date on what's going on there if you just joining us here on the news what you're looking at a mishmash of the latest pictures coming to us with people risking capital minsk you can see the security forces have been deployed to either try to cathal away

from the main thrust of the protest in the protesters as they make their way in their thousands to one of the presidential compounds the president of course being alexander lukashenko he says he won the election for 5 weeks ago the protest to say no you didn't they say it was rigged was it free and fair impossible to know because as we've been reporting again over the past 4 or 5 weeks. neutral election observers in certain situations at certain times in the run up to the vote and on the day of the vote were not given proper access to that vote so we have not had an authoritative trust with the statement from anyone who you would trust to say yes the election was free and fair they want him to go they are marching in their thousands now towards one of his residences and a step boston was saying that one of the issues is they know mr lucas shanker knows that he. it is not looking forward to that situation to put it mildly

where he's in his residence if he's in the building that they are walking towards. thousands or tens of thousands of protest us outside because both sides are digging in here in the state with the latest pictures and bringing peace zalmay effie's joining us on skype from kiev in ukraine he is the executive director of the eurasia democracy initiatives welcome to. just take me through your reaction to what we're seeing happening on the streets of minsk well we're seeing a culmination. i would say of what 3 of $43.00 weeks actually a month a truly popular uprising that has as its game has its aim as its sole aim the ouster of a man who has ruled this country with iran fist for a quarter of a century there are the people that are out on the streets have not been protesting

against the kremlin they have not been appealing to a new european values which is distinguishing this particular revolution we were witnessing from bad that happened in ukraine 6 years ago there wan goal the protesters have is to get rid of the guy and do it doing it in a spectacularly democratic fashion with no single leader with their leadership dispersed and with a truly kind of popular. it's a popular uprising the likes of which delegates has never witnessed. why is that though you know we're 45 weeks into this process now why is it though no side is either winning or no side is on the other hand of that debate giving in to the other no one seems to be able to deal a killer blow here on the part of either the president or the demonstrators. well

it's a very good question and. on the part of the whole we're seeing bad. he is able to hold on just enough simply because he has read between the loyalty of his security services that has not wavered with few exceptions did big on no remains wooden who has sent contradictory signals but is yet from what we have been able to see on willing to contemplate a victory by a street protest which 'd would create a very unpleasant precedent for russia and for putting a rule when it comes to the protesters i think we're witnessing truly that the belorussians are finally waking up after their 70 years of the so get real look at 25 years of this guy they are willing to shake their fear but for right now they approached us has been peaceful and big big debate is whether they will you know

consider taking a militant action against the question and there are indications now of dad certain defense brigades as they're called are being formed so before long we may see an unarmed uprising and in fact i mean in that situation all bets are off 'd and lucas and discounting on. introducing troops to quell the uprising ok so give me if i'm signing this piece of but are you saying unarmed uprising because the security services basically stage a coup. they stopped fighting with their own weapons alongside the protesters are you saying that's a possibility it. i'm saying that the protesters themselves are arming when they beat balik the cocktails sticks stones. you know light weapons so we are going to

be seeing some of that simply because there is that. sort of standoff that's not moving either here nor there as you mention. and as there is often the case in such situations these things have a tendency of being turning violent you know and i think there's also a scenario you cannot discount and that's you know you would have russian or look at shands got. sort of. trying to come across as protesters and inciting violence so that lucas. has an excuse to welcome russian tanks in order to quell the uprising but once again we are not certain as to what lighting republicans moves here i'm not so sure he's be there is going to be willing to support a very unpopular president so he is just like anyone any of us experts who are now guessing what's going to happen next i will get you put in

himself is daily calculating the odds of this desk move on his part he does not know what's going to happen himself the situation is very unpredictable and combustible at the same time and also you cannot of course discount the possibility of a tool that you mention but for right now we are not seeing those signs yet ok. in kiev in ukraine great to get your insight on this we'll talk again i'm sure in the future for the meantime thank you very much joining us on the phone out of minsk is yet. he's formally a russian presidential candidate mr roman welcome to the news. when you see the pictures my pleasure to be with you thank you so. when you see the pictures we're broadcasting when you see thousands of people demonstrating again for mr lucas to go when we see young old men and women being bundled to the ground

and bundled into the backs of vans again when we see hundreds of women peacefully demonstrating once a week again what goes through your mind at that point. just back from another demonstration and that's joy that is happening is the determination to get rid of the dictatorship for the peaceful and orderly nature i do not see that it would turn violent unless it is. turning into using weapons instead of just watching and grabbing demonstrators yesterday we had over to about 300 persons the way detained by police today i think that the demonstrators began with detentions so that some of these are using these tactics to start to detain people before and right after if people like do not not perform because. 1 of

course everybody is waiting for tomorrow's meeting between putting a look at just. putting definitely that across route because he would. use the systems the he would a look a sense in the military and problem military way but that would. be fury to belarusians and definitely more. resistance to russian aggression what would you call aggressor alongside with the crime and don't want it to happen that's why it wants. to somehow start a dialogue but. he still is adamant that he believes that he could go on without any dialogue and that he would the reappoint himself as. for the presidency once again so there's a deadlock but the determination the of of the people of both genders not dying out and i was in grodno yesterday the same kind of spirit i was impressed

a week ago the same kind of spirit so it's not on that means get the whole country is against the regime and it's i think it's a matter of time before the has to give up and start a negotiation on the transition of power ok lots to on. back with what you've just been saying to us there mr roman shop let's talk about that meeting tomorrow 1st off as we continue breaking down these latest pictures of men's so mr walks into a handshake photo up conversation with. how does that conversation go. from the terms to put it by idly look at. the campaign for a long time against the kremlin again it would seem that putin and russia are all trying to. have a political merger between russia and by the rules. especially to look at sceptical broke plans to stay in power for another 60 years i mean where you put your back

to 1 the day it comes to issue a referendum on the relations between bother with that russia on the longest possible level in trade terms in that integration terms so there is like cold and the market we all called friendship between them but i do think time there is no like different points of view in russia on what to do general. reporting look at because they've been working with him for a long time people who do we can all make policy definitely don't like to have any military any intervention into politics realize. he's the guy who would never keep you in the work you promise ok you don't like mr mitchell but i'm going to interrupt you for a 2nd so there's i want to apologize but i do just want to get to one final brief point the protesters a say is going to go you're saying look this is going to go mr putin may say to mr

you've got to go. mr lucas that makes him so supremely unself aware of how the people see him. major factor is that he could not have failed to resist evil and here that shows you. that the fundamental point that makes everybody believe that he must go oh and i think we've lost the line there from minsk yes we have ok we were talking . about the russian presidential candidate apologies for that you know live television these things happen we'll go back to him if we can but we did manage to get a good sense of what his take is on the latest situation there you can see it unfolding pretty much in real time thousands perhaps tens of thousands of people are making their way towards one of an example because presidential residence is in the middle of minsk is he inside the building we don't know. this kind of protest yes very

probably the internet has been caught did he issue a direct order to have the internet pulled the plug on it yes he probably did because the internet provider has confirmed to various news agencies new supplies that they were asked by the russian government to make sure that the internet was not working but as is the way with modern technology we are able to get the latest pictures and correspondents and analysts on the ground and also in russia and in ukraine we will go back to that evolving story for you just as soon as we can. the other top story the authorities in greece today started moving refugees to a new sites on the island of less boss after their earlier this week thousands of refugees have been sleeping rough since the morea camp that's europe's biggest was

reduced to the refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and they're resisting attempts to relocate them greek police fired tear gas at protesters on saturday staff is joining us live from lesbos welcome back to the news has the aid operation started happening yet for those refugees. well i mean one thing that's obvious is there is no coherent aid operation happening at all there were almost you know 4 or 5 days since that fire that that new camp you were talking about that's right behind us there's been a drip of people coming here around $500.00 now have been moved here over the last 2 days and inching of course in the times of corona peacher that's another issue so they've been testing everyone for corona coming in to the camp from what we understand 10 nor do we have more specific numbers and that the 10s have tested

positive of course this started with 35 refugees having tested positive and they then mingled with the rest of the population so this is of course a concern but yes i think more importantly how are you going to provide shelter food water and a future for these people are going to bring in our guest. and she works for the ngo stand by me you've been here for a very long time you've seen the situation you saw the fire yourself tell me a little bit about now what are the issues now how difficult is it what are they facing. like you're saying still a lot of people are missing food they're missing water to missing shelter and also they're missing medical treatment psychological treatment which is also. highly important in this situation i mean we're talking about people who are dealing with no minimum of 4 traumas being their home country to journey to the fire on top of. so are people worried because we've been talking to people some people want to come here some people don't want to come here at all well there is a lot of rumors going on i'm in with a group run

a situation that's been happening since march already been locked up in can for 6 months and now i mean there's there's a lot of rumors going on and people are questioning if the fences are there to keep them in order to protect them and for sure i just spoke with immigration office and they're promising you know that everything will be supplied to them inside. and really this is the only facility available right now so we i think the government is doing a good job about getting this up so fast it's a dire need and a lot of news to be covered because i mean people are on the streets still we've just been talking to people in all of groves there's no organized water handouts food handouts yes we understand there's some medical point set up but almost a week later it seems to me that there's not really a lot of refuge that people can have off you're absolutely correct in that there is still i mean there is no coherent aid right now where a lot of people and organizations who are trying to collaborate in aid is being

given but other small scale at the moment i saw yesterday afternoon that a lot more n.g.o.s were finally able to enter. right now i think this is the fold of everyone and people need to find new solutions in regards to providing aid like for example ourselves we were able to provide aid already the day after despite not being able to enter then we just met. people the people who couldn't get out they met us there so we met in between we found new solutions to provide aid is this illusion. it's a solution for right now because it's the only one who exists right now ok thank you very much but of course you know yes this is the solution right now but as we've been talking to the refugees they want they've been here for years many of the waiting for papers to be processed waiting for an answer one of them told us we're just one and all it's our yes or no and then you know whether that means we have to go back but it's this limbo that is taking a huge toll it's these hopes on hold its future is on hold and certainly i think

interestingly peter what this fire has done is is put us were talking about it they got right so i think that's important because you do have tens of thousands of people in refugee camps where their lives on hold with their cases pending with question marks of what's going to happen so i think you know in that sense at least it's an important debate but certainly nothing has been resolved the greek authorities have made it very clear to the people here who want to leave the island at the moment they would be leaving anytime soon ok stephanie thanks stephanie correspondent. the husband of a british iranian charity worker serving a 5 year sentence for espionage in iran has told the channel that hearing on new charges against her has been postponed there's been no immediate comment from the iranian judiciary and as a means of faces accusations of spreading propaganda against the state of iran the announcement was made when she was close to completing her sentence after being released early because of the pandemic now seems arrested in 2016 while visiting

her parents johns with working for him as nations trying to overthrow the government. bahrain's top shia cleric is rejecting relations with israel and is calling on people across the region to resist is the 1st such public reaction from a muslim scholar the kingdom became the latest arab nation to recognize israel on friday it follows a similar u.s. brokered deal with the united arab emirates the move has been condemned by the palestinians. the turkish vessel sent to map a possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area has now returned home speaking to the state earned an adult news agency the turkish defense ministers of the ship's return was part of it shared operations with turkey and greece claims to potential energy resources in the eastern med tensions flared last month after ankara sent a ship to the area the turkish defense minister who see aka says the ships return does not mean ankara has given up on its rights in the eastern mediterranean but

the greek prime minister has welcomed the ships departure from these disputed waters. raised. the return of or trace it on telly as a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions or the us secretary of states might pump a 0 has been in cyprus for talks on those recent tensions in the med he says the united states is quote deeply concerned but actions in the region and is pushing for a diplomatic solution. turkey's president has won the french media quotes not to mess with ankara the nato allies are at odds as paris banks greece and cyprus over hydrocarbon resources and naval influences in the region on friday the french president emanuel mccraw and other southern e.u. leaders did threaten new sanctions against and korea similar damage them you are

one measure i do not want to mention him by name but i have to because he's messing with me he's seeing our problem is not with the turkish people but with no on mr macro and you will continue to have not more problems with me ok let's get more on this story for you going to talk now to james collins e. he's a visiting professor at the inn he specializes in greek turkish relations james welcome back to al-jazeera so one ship has gone back home is that good news well it is in its much as it deals with the immediate crisis and what we've been seeing over the past months is a general ratcheting up of tensions between greece and turkey so are they don't we will be are really about issues regarding whether it's you heard it said this doesn't change anything it doesn't change its claims in the eastern mediterranean and of course greece has got its this action but i think the hope will be made by.

countries that will be each other why is it nobody on either side or in the southern med on the eastern med kind of saw this problem in the making because you know the relationship between the turkey and greece particularly focusing on cyprus has never been particularly easy anyway and on top of that you've got a nato member on top of that you've got different overlapping literally territorial claims. well you know what the i mean as you can imagine it's an incredibly complex problem and an essential me you know just on the way through all my history 100 years ago to see the country sort out their borders but times change you know when they set those borders and 1923 notches once for international law it was in a very different place and we could explore deep waters and so there was an accident tension over this but obviously asked technology means that we've been able to explore much more deeply and state make discoveries that and it jeepers

also it's in eastern mediterranean and as international law has allowed countries to claim even more territory and conflict will shout this is all come together to create this problem in the century he is all giving the priests by virtue of one until he lets on he learns actually cuts off access to claim a lot of resources in the eastern mediterranean and this is essential is all about satan is shaped into greek waters and saying look we have every right to claim this is all rome and greece obviously say well look we're happy about it but we want folk about it while you're threatening us in this way is there an easy solution here that can kind of take the temperature out of this situation that both sides can agree on so we're not in that situation where we have exploration vessels being shadowed by military vessels. well i mean you know as is often the case

with the soap situations if the relationship between atkinson and crew was good then that would precipitate talks of the 2 countries could sit down and come up with some agreement between themselves but of course relations aren't good and they haven't been good for a while they they are always bad guys but it tends to go in a cyclical pattern in 1990 sort rates improvements of relations with recent years we've seen in syria rate and over seat these sort of crises become much more prevalent when those relations at syria rates and i would say it's also combined with the major energy discoveries in the cement training over the past decade which certainly makes this so much more important for both countries ok we have to leave it there james thanks very much james collins thanks for coming on james analyse in london. several demonstrators have been injured by the police in eastern libya it happened in the region of march which is under the control of the warlords only for half to the protesters were calling for the resignation of one of his security

officials who they blame for breaking up an earlier rally there's been widespread unrest in the area with demands for improve living conditions and an end to corruption manik trainer is in misrata he says people across the country are unhappy with the current situation. we've seen for the 3rd straight day of protests in eastern libya that's in areas such as a bay the tobruk. and a mother's 7th several civilians were injured but we've also seen the same kind of protest in western libya it's due to the deteriorating living conditions demonstrators say this is because of the lack of government services are there's no cash in the bank so government employees or regular employees can't really pull out their salaries from the banks and there's also a long power cuts across the entire country that's in eastern libya as well as western libya so we've seen demonstrations protests in western libya in tripoli here in misrata in front of the the municipality and and they say demonstrators are

upset because they say corruption has led to a lack of government services now the national oil corporation has said that the power cuts are in are due to the oil closures so so the diesel and gas feeding the power stations haven't been able to do to the the power stations due to the to the oil closures. more than a 1000000 people have been displaced by severe flooding in west and central africa in need share at least 65 people have died a large parts of the capital remain under water and here is one of the world's driest countries but the rainy season has intensified over recent years which has been linked to climate change the suburbs of senegal's capital dhaka still under water earlier this month there was more rain in one single day than compared to the country what it usually experiences in the entire rainy season the president sell launched an emergency aid plan to help people in need. in sudan hundreds of

thousands of people displaced by heavy flooding a calling for more help their homes were destroyed by the worst flooding in a century tens of thousands of students are among those whose lives have been disrupted here morgan reports from hard to him on how many are struggling to keep up with their studies just hours left before ryann jaffer and her colleagues sit for sudan's general high school certificate examination in the capital hard to it's a requirement to be able to get into university but after she and her family lost their home in the floods that prospect seemed almost impossible. because my only concern was to get my books out so that i can study and sit in my examinations it's hard we've lost everything we've lost a house and that is hard we were inside and the river just flooded and we lost everything. her colleague had real tragedy and also lost her family home in the floods that had village in the northern part of

a week ago when it's an affair that i'm too soon homesick that the floods came in and took away everything that homes were destroyed and we ended up on the streets near the main road the government gave us tents and people from the area gave us a place to stay and study and so we can prepare for examinations the examinations which are usually held in march every year have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic so then the government sets up demba 13 as the new date more than $150000.00 students will take part in the capital alone a rise in the river to levels not seen in more than a century caused devastating floods in many parts of sudan it's led the government to declare a state of emergency and announced the country as a natural disaster zone more than $100.00 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced schools in several towns and villages were among the damaged properties tens of thousands of those displaced by the floods are school students and many are due to sit for their high school general certificate best here but for those students sitting for examination to guarantee seats in universities in the

future is hard when their families have lost most or all of their belongings so dan has set up a committee to deal with the impacts of the floods the head of the committee says the government is working to ensure that students around the country take the exam as scheduled. every day there is they're basically checking on on all the ministries of education in the different states check on what's to ration is the centers that people need to go and have exams form what is the situation we're talking about the people the affected the numbers of the people who are pointed for the exams and they said they're assessing the situation on daily basis so hopefully you know it well hoping that it's you know it's going to be something that fits the needs of the people the levels of the mile have started to drop but those affected see what they've been through already is enough. i didn't want the exams to be held at a time like this it's hard she and her colleagues see they'll have to sit for the exams and hope for the best despite their very difficult circumstances people morgan

al-jazeera hearts. beijing has rejected us condemnation of the detention of 12 hong kong activists on the mainland washington says it is deeply concerned about the group whose injuries range between $16.33 the families of the detainees according to the hong kong government bring them home difficult pollen as more. a plea from a mother who doesn't know when she will see her child again. i hope the government can help bring them back to hong kong then at least i can see my son we don't even know if he is dead or alive her 30 year old son is one of 12 activists from hong kong detained in mainland china the group includes this man 17 year old son. my son left home with a fishing rod and 2 buckets i really believed he was going fishing but then i was notified by mainline officials that he's been arrested i still haven't seen him a few days after they were arrested on august 23rd the chinese coast guards gave

the coordinates of where they were stopped close to international waters local media outlets reported the group left from a quiet fishing village on the east side of hong kong it's believed they were hoping to reach taiwan to seek asylum the 12 plan to travel more than 700 kilometers but just 70 kilometers from hong kong's coast they were intercepted by chinese coast guards their detention is the 1st such confirmed case of activists being caught by mainland authorities at sea they were arrested on suspicion of illegal border crossing the group are being held in a detention center in the southern chinese city of shenzhen in mainland based human rights lawyer appointed by the relatives send this video outside the detention center saying he's been turned away several times reporter lawyer refused entry as i said to check their clothes and suddenly after several hours the sort of visual lawyers are being appointed so that this wife to the family are very worried about

the legal roger will be will not be respected some of the group have been accused by hong kong authorities of offenses related to last year's pro-democracy and anti-government protests one of them was arrested in august 10th in one of hong kong's most high profile police operations under the national security law he's accused of vile. in the law by campaigning with an online group for international cooperation for hong kong's democracy movement on friday the u.s. secretary of state sent out a tweet calling on the hong kong government to safeguard the rights of the 12 young people detained the hong kong immigration department released a statement saying it is following up on the case and could help deliver letters to the detained from their families all the way it must be very tough in jail there are babies i cannot bear to imagine what they must be going through chinese authorities have yet to provide any information about the group's welfare or the

charges they face the. hong kong the corona virus pandemic is driving a surge in demand for plant based b. products across asia in thailand one of the world's coloring capitals sales a soaring as many times focus on making healthier choices scott hylas in bangkok. i hope you're healthy and stay healthy are common greetings in the era of covert 19 with the immune boosting benefits of a healthy diet and reports of covert contamination at meat processing plants millions in asia are taking those greetings seriously controlling their health by eating less meat the plant based meat industry across asia pacific is seeing an increase in demand one projection sees a 12 percent expansion putting the 2020 industry valued at more than $17000000000.00 in thailand imports of plant based meat have been on the rise but industry analysts see it as a growth industry for the few companies now producing it here in case of

international plant based me food. we can see that many many. restore on that plan base me too to make that move but in time that. the market is not only to book one plant based meat company here in thailand has seen a surge in consumer demand because of kobe had 19 their understanding of the thai culture and just how seriously food is taken here they have a design their product so that it can incorporate the unique type flavors more meat started as a direct supplier to restaurants just as the covert 900 pandemic started but consumer interest in their plant based meat was so big they had to rethink their distribution. 10 to one inconvenience like like a hawk like more meat without any seasoning at all since they have to add you know

that on this. fish sauce so his product unlike imported ones has no seasoning at all but in haute cuisine taste is paramount and seasoning is viewed as an art form . executive chef dominic boneyard has been leading 5 star hotel kitchens for decades he's also seen a shift to plant meat as a chef and french i'm very close to them that this what is very nice with these meat you can have diversity of the meat. coming and also think about people. you know you and you're also. potentially healthier habits will be one of the few positives in our lives to come out of the pandemic and if cooks take care in the kitchen it might not be that much of a sacrifice. al-jazeera thank. still to come here on al-jazeera.

that is. the courage. thank you very much the show must go on the 1st film festival to little preside as during the global pandemic. 7 mosques 7 names 7 men choose war name a osaka is compelling us open when the story coming up in sport. corruption it is there invisible behind a wall of silence. because russia corruption is not something to be tolerated. with. no country his. let's destroy this wall. in 2020 the free space over encourages the heroes who are fighting against corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address

the burning problems that affect us all. shine a light on your anti corruption here and. nominate now. al-jazeera. where every. time for you sports news is power thanks so much peter naomi osaka has wrapped up the u.s. open with a 3rd ground slam title the japanese star who battled against victoria azarenka for

the win used her platform throughout the tournament to shine a light on racial injustice so how malik reports. naomi osaka is celebrating winning a 3rd grand slam title but she had to produce one of the most remarkable comeback the u.s. open history to get her hands on the trophy. the 22 year old started terribly against victoria azarenka in the final she was taken apart by the for the whole world number one in the 1st that losing it 61. but osaka who witnessed the rena williams capitulate against in the 2018 finals refused to go the same way. she came back strongly in the 2nd set overpowering as the rancor to take it 636. and in the 3rd the japanese star looked on stoppable. she completed an

almost unimaginable turnaround to become the 1st woman since $994.00 to win the us open final after dropping the 1st set. a special moment for a song who's been using her run to a 2nd flushing meadows title to spread awareness of racial injustice through wearing masks with the names of black victims of alleged police or racist violence in the united states you said from the beginning you had 7 matches 767 names what was the message you want to send mail bomb or what was the message. you got was more the question a feeling the point is to make people start talking. about coffee getting the job done in new york but must quickly decide whether she'd be going to paris for the french open so hell malik. the l.a.

lakers are heading to a conference final for the 1st time in 10 years they want the houston rockets to get there and in the longest row in franchise history le bron james had 29 points and 11 rebounds as the lakers clinched the series $19296.00 in game 5 le bron is aiming to bring the championship back to the lakers for the 1st time since kobe bryant's team won it a decade ago james is now tied in 3rd with kareem abdul-jabbar for most playoff wins with 37 games will face either the l.a. clippers or the denver nuggets next i know with my name my stature and what i've done as they come when iraq decide to join a franchise the 1st start my 1st 7 years in cleveland 4 years in miami go by the clique of 4 more years and then come in and set his franchise and know my name. you know comes with and come to win it and i take that responsibility to the most than anything because i am a winner and i've always been a winner miss been

a move with experience oh. so season force. in your life you wanted to. just. just got to figure it out. after 16 years away leeds united have made a spectacular but ultimately losing return to the english premier league 3 times they were behind against reigning champions liverpool at anfield and 3 times they managed to equalise with the score level at 33 leeds conceded a late penalty by gave mohamed salah the chance to complete a hat trick final score 43 to liverpool. i think a lot of people would have thought a little but they do deeds after 6 you know the 1st time in the pentagon in liverpool we can champion that see how they how they are now i says to the fighting unit or whatever and i have to say. they just don't see. it as everyday like it and so that's ok you know we have to improve and the n.h.l.

playoffs the dallas stars are now one win away from reaching their 1st stanley cup finals in 20 years they beat the vegas golden knights 21 in game for extending their lead in the western conference finals to 3 games to one the stars can clinch the series with a win in game 5 on monday. and major league baseball the houston astros beat the l.a. dodgers it was the 1st time the 2 sides met since the cheating scandal broke out last season dodger fans haven't forgot it. angry supporters greeted houston's team bus before the game in l.a. the dodgers lost world series to houston back in 2817 an investigation later discovered that the astros cheated by stealing the opposing team science. ok and that is all your support for now peter back to you for thanks very much we will see you later on i'm sure. the venice international film festival is the 1st award shows to go live in front of an audience since the virus pandemic began the cannes

film festival was canceled this year while festivals in new york and to rome 2 were held online but in venice the usual hollywood star power was missing was killed 1000 restrictions keeping most americans away is fintan more than. the glamour of the movie business returns from a covert induced hibernation that is was the 1st film festival in front of a live audience since the pandemic took hold but signs of the outbreak were still very much apparent masks all around empty seats to maintain distancing and many stars accepting their prizes from a far unable to make the journey to be there in person the golden lion for best is no man's land by chloe. the big winner was chinese born director koichi out the 1st woman to take home the golden lion in 10 years her movie nomad land stars frances mcdormand as a widow who lives as a nomad after the 2008 financial crisis an ode to american wanderlust the highs and

lows of the open road surely believe is human nature in need. i really believe there we can just see it. and nothing is going to be able to star. to see what you saw in town so. i hope you share more. this is. the 1st of all was billed as something of a relaunch of the global film industry battered by the effects of the pandemic. cinemas across the world have been forced to shut down production on many studio films has been put on hold. new films are slowly returning to screens but tens of billions of dollars have been lost this event that. did became a saw both. say a strong. signal of. that we need tourists it

can be done we draw the same image in place that we don't need to fear too much we need to go back to the this we need to go back to your frames and it can be done yes the pandemic is still far from over but the industry will be hoping that that is a good omen heralding return to business as usual then to milan al-jazeera. last more news one of you wanted on our website you know the address al-jazeera dot com ok let's wrap up this news for you where we started it the events on the streets of the russian capital minsk security forces dressed in riot gear well away from what you're looking at right now they've been working hard they've been put in bob wire upslope the central square in the capital the interior ministry in a statement saying 250 people have been detained across various districts in the capital we'll get a live update for you on that developing story when we come back. ferguson

has been in turmoil last july police officer talking to him during our lifetime you're. about to make a political hole in my city where you are a state representative back in 9091 to me it was all how hard you wanted a guy without a gun my brother was killed my hood don't look no different than any other hood out here and my whole world was keel me i saw my son in 15 years and i felt like you know at this my time to stand up. this is the most and bill book i'm just not willing to accept what substantial legislation can i get through that's going to speak to a major need for my community and this builds identifies used violence as a public health epidemic last year we had $200.00 murders the ripple effect of

violence when it comes the youth it stretches far why. are you willing. this mom some money. to extraordinary family. dealing with these issues long lines in some of the toughest leaving dish and speak to. the fact. i'll just use condoms tonight some remarkable people who were. on the wrong. list on i'll just. remind you to. town to. tell you i'm here on in the future the hard thing to. me. was saying

india 10000000 children caught in bondage are the victims of trafficking and 100 other that's a large number 2 very very big number on al jazeera. police go after process does in the russian capital and there's a countrywide internet blackout. again peter will be here in doha you are watching al-jazeera your other top stories more anger on the greek island of lez boss where aid is barely coming enough for a fire destroyed a refugee camp. embarrassing the nation to formally u.k. leaders to the parliament they're not.