hello this is bbc news this is bbc news. with rajini vadiya nathan. i'm rajini vaidyanathan the headlines. with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk as more pupils prepare and around the world. to return to the classroom — central minsk has seen crowds of up england's chief medical officer says the risk to schoolchildren to 200,000 protesters demanding from coronavirus is low. belarus‘s president lukashnko resign many more are likely to be harmed over what they see as by not going than harmed by going, a fraudulent even during this pandemic. election. state television has released president trump a video of president lukashenko arriving at his palace declares california's wildfires a major disaster — by helicopter, wearing a flak—jacket releasing federal funds to victims

and carrying an who've lost automatic weapon. secret recordings emerge their homes. of president trump's sister being highly critical of her brother. 0pposition protesters we'll look at what they might mean in belarus hold a big for his campaign for re—election. demonstration in minsk — 2 weeks after president lukashenko's the change of stories, disputed election the lack of preparation, the lying, holy victory. and health charities are urging bleep. the government to take action the uk's chief to tackle the increasing numbers medical adviser of people seeking help for drinking offers advice to too much parents worrying alcohol during about their children going back to school, saying lockdown. it's the best place to be. now on bbc news, it's time many more are likely to be harmed for echoes of empire. by not going than harmed by going, even during this pandemic. in this programme the bbc‘s weather conditions threaten to make correspondents around the world, california's wildfires worse — consider the legacy of imperialism as continuing controversy over with fears lightning strikes could start new blazes. the future of some public statues and protests and plenty of fans watching by the black lives matter movement but none in the ground — have shone a light on aspects as the champions league final gets under way in lisbon.

a day of mass protests against the belarussian leader, alexander lu kashenko, has passed off peacefully. huge crowds of up to 200,000 people packed independence square in minsk, two weeks after a disputed election handed him another term in office. thousands later headed towards the presidential palace where they were blocked by a security cordon. they chanted "long live belarus" and blew whistles and horns, before moving off towards the war memorial. state television has released a video of president lukashenko arriving at the palace by helicopter, wearing a flak—jacket and carrying an automatic weapon. 0ur correspondent steven rosenberg is in the capital minsk and sent this report. chanting they poured onto the streets. "long live belarus," they cried. a sea of protesters, flooding the centre of

minsk. "resign," they shouted — a message for this man, alexander lu kashenko. for 26 years, he's been the president. but look how the people have turned against him. 0n independence square, they accuse him of stealing the election and violence against the people of belarus. our aim is to show the government that we are not their slaves. we are here to show that we never elected him and that we want the change, that we want a new country with a new president. in belarus, people are making their voices heard like never before, they're demanding change. but the problem for the protesters is that there is one man who isn't listening — alexander lukashenko has made it quite clear he has no intention of stepping down. but he has every intention of raising the stakes.

yesterday, president lukashenko put the army on high alert, claiming the protests were being orchestrated from abroad and warning that nato was about to invade his country. the president's critics say he's painting a false picture and they're not buying it. as he was preparing for today's protest, roman zakaria told me about the culture of fear mr lukashenko has created. a few days ago, roman was beaten up by the police. the people i fear the most are the police. no—one can protect us, and i cannot live beside these people any more. we need to change something in our country quickly. his sign says "long live belarus", but roman sees no future for himself here if there will be no change of president. steve rosenberg, bbc

news, minsk. while opposition groups are demonstrating in belarus, sympathisers have held similar events in other countries. this is lithuania, where at least 30,000 people, including president nauseda, formed a human chain from the capital, vilnius, to the border with belarus. you can see how they're unfurling a huge red and white flag — that's the former flag of belarus, which is being used to show opposition to mr lukashenko. vytis jurkonis lectures at the institute of international relations and political science at vilnius university and is an expert in the politics of belarus. he joined that march of solidarity and explained why it carried such support from the people of lithuania. yeah, we had some few dozens of thousands of people marching in solidarity, holding hands together, connecting baltic countries and belarus and i think there are two reasons for that — one, expressing solidarity with the belarussian people,

and another, which i believe is also very important, for lithuanians to kind of increase their sensitivity of what democracy and human rights are and why fundamental freedoms are so important and that they cannot be taken for granted and that you need to cultivate it every single day if you don't want to have this situation as belarussian people are now having when they are really fighting for their independence and freedom. you are an expert in belarussian politics. we are seeing tens of thousands joining the protests every day. where do you think this is going to go? it's already the second week of the protests against the fraudulent elections, against the violence on the behalf of the authorities and one needs to say this, that hundreds of thousands of people who are marching in the

streets of minsk and other smaller towns, they are entirely peaceful protests and it's a very genuine thing because no matter that people are very diverse, looking at theirage, profession, they are united by one cause, this is change and perhaps dignity. and what do you think is going to happen to mr lukashenko? if mr lukashenko is wise enough, he should be stepping down peacefully and start the dialogue with the belarussian people and this coordination council. there is one precondition for that, though, is the release of all political prisoners. secret recordings have been revealed of president trump's eldest sister, maryanne, making highly critical remarks about her brother. the recordings — published by the washington post — were made by her niece mary trump,

who last month published a book about donald trump. in one of the clips, which have not been independently verified by the bbc, the president's sister can be heard calling him a liar. the white house has dismissed the tapes simply saying, "every day it's something else, who cares? " here's the first part of the recording — where the president's sister talks about how much donald trump lies. goddamn tweets and the lying, oh my god. i'm talking too freely but you know, the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, holy bleep. but he's appealing to the base. what they're doing with the kids at the border, i mean... earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes, in los angeles, and suggested they were explosive for donald trump. they are damning words, aren't they? calling the president a liar, a phony, someone who cannot be trusted and she talks about his immigration policy

in particular and the detention of parents and children at the mexico—us border and how people were split up and she says that was an example of him doing something just to appeal to his base. it's important to stress that these words of hers were recorded secretly, she wasn't aware, which is legal in new york, a conversation can be recorded as long as one of the two parties gives permission. mary trump made that recording and the backdrop of course to this is that she released a book, a memoir about donald trump which was equally damning about his life and his presidency. and peter, what else does the audio reveal? she talks about donald trump's education and after the publication of the memoir there was this hung question based on an allegation in the book as to whether donald trump had paid someone to take his college exams so he could get into university in pennsylvania. this is what his sister

has to say about that. he went to fordham for one year and then he got into university of pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams. how damaging is this likely to be? it may not be damaging at all. it may be another example, it may well be forgotten in 2a hours, it could be another case of donald trump simply bulldozing himself through harsh criticism, whether it's come from a member of his family or another politician, and i think the statement the white house released dismissing what's happened, this recording and the claims made in it, is indicative of how the president will deal with the situation in the coming week at the republican party convention — every day something else, he says, who cares? and he goes on to say he will continue the hard work for the american people. not everyone agrees, he says, but the results are obvious, our country will soon be stronger than ever before. that will be the president's focus.

he is likely to talk about his "achievements" rather than dwell on rebutting criticism and particularly his achievements before coronavirus. he will talk a lot about the economy and how he created jobs and how he sees america and the american economy especially as having a very bright future. let's just bring you the reaction from president trump's inner circle. here's jason miller, a senior advisor on the trump re—election camapign. sibling rivalries are nothing new in the world, it's been going on since the beginning of time. in fact, we heard some pretty pointed commentary from malik 0bama about former president barack 0bama said this is something when you get to the white house you have family members who sometimes decide to voice their sibling rivalries, their frustrations. nothing new but going into next week it's not something that's going to be an issue. less tha n less than 18 days to the

us presidential election, and you can find out more about it on our website. go to bbc.com/news for that and much more. with millions of children due to return to school in the coming weeks and days, parents are being forced to consider how safe they will be, with the coronavirus still present in society. but the uk's chief medical advisor, professor chris whitty, has said that the long term risks from missing lessons are greater than those of catching the virus in class. sarah campbell reports. for these scottish pupils, it was a damp but welcome return to school for the new academic year. and today there were reassuring words for the millions more across the uk who are about to get back to the classroom. the chances of children being... catching covid and then getting long—term serious problems as a result of it solely due to going to school are incredibly small. they're not zero, but they're incredibly small. the chances of many children being damaged by not going to school

are incredibly clear, and therefore the balance of risk is very strongly in favour of children actually going to school. more than 200 primary school pupils in leeds will soon be heading back through these gates, and the head teacher here is among many listening very carefully to professor whitty‘s words. i'm trusting his judgement and hoping that he's absolutely right in what he says. and i do agree that the children have had a difficult time for a long time now, for a good six months or so. they need to be back. they need us to look at what learning has been missed and what we need to catch up with. every trip into town, every visit to a museum now carries with it an element of risk. the people here today, clearly, the parents, the carers, the families, have decided, on balance, it's worth it. so what about going back to school? i think it's really good for the children. they're both looking forward to going back and seeing their friends. there's a wider implications on,

you know, vulnerable members of society. but, certainly, for kitty, it's definitely the best thing for her to go back. in his class, well, his year has been kept in one bubble. so, yeah, i think they're doing everything they can to keep us all safe. months of planning have gone into making schools as safe as possible, but teaching unions are concerned there isn't sufficient official guidance over what to do if an outbreak does occur. i represent people who want to know the logistics. if a child is going to be sent home, we get public health advice. are we told that some of the children will have to be sent home? might it be a whole year—group bubble? should those young people be in on rota—type basis? all of those, it seems to me, are important questions. politically, after the exam chaos of recent weeks, children's education and well—being is top of the priority list. we are left with a large number of situations where we have to make really quite difficult choices.

there are no easy choices in confronting coronavirus. and with no vaccine likely for many months, professor whitty‘s view is that it shouldn't be the schools which are closed. sarah campbell, bbc news. staying in the uk, and it's been confirmed that lockdown restrictions in aberdeen will be eased from tomorrow. limits on travel and visits to other households will be lifted to follow rules that apply to the rest of scotland. restaurants and pubs will be allowed to reopen from wednesday. aberdeen went into lockdown two—and—a—half weeks ago following a spike in covid—19 cases. firefighters in california have warned that a change in the weather could threaten the progress they've been making in trying to bring more than 20 wildfires under control. more lightning storms are forecast — combined with the hot, dry conditions, they have already started several fires. to give you an idea ofjust what it's like being caught up in the flames, take a look at this footage, which was filmed in roseville, near the californian state capital sacramento.

it was filmed on a dashcam as the driver tried to find their way safely along a road. kansen chu is the california state assembly member representing the east and south bay area of san francisco, where two big fires are burning, and hejoins me now. it's very good to have you with us, we appreciate you speaking to us at a difficult time. if you could tell us a difficult time. if you could tell us what the latest is where you are? thank you. i'm located surrounded by three complexes of fires, we call them complexes because so many fires are burning at once, currently we have more than 562 fires so we grouped them into complexes. 0ne have more than 562 fires so we grouped them into complexes. one is north of san francisco and one,

scu complex is about three or four miles away from where i live and then on the west side, santa cruz side there is the s2 aoife, also burning out of control. and unfortunately some lives have already been lost. is there an evacuation process in place at the moment. yes, we are focused on protecting lives and protecting structures, so many structures are already burnt down to ashes but the casualty count last time i checked is five people. it is definitely a tragedy. i think the latest resort was at least six dead. this comes at a time when cases of coronavirus are still quite high in california. what are the challenges of fighting these fires in the middle

of a pandemic? before we would be able to open up school gyms and community centres as temporary living shelters, now what we need to do or what we have done is to contract with some hotels so if people got displaced by the fire, we would be able to put them into a hotel room. tell us a bit about the geography of work the fires are. i was reading that sum is in one country, that is known around the world. yes, the wine country further north of the san francisco bay is so for the third largest fire in the history of california but the bigger one is actually in the scu, which covers the santa clara county and sanjoaquin covers the santa clara county and san joaquin county, that covers the santa clara county and

sanjoaquin county, that is more than 390,000 acres that are burning and it depends on the wind of this afternoon, it could expand very quickly. president trump has said he will give emergency funding to california but he has also blamed the state for not doing enough, he said you have to clean your forehead. what is your reaction to that? no, we definitely need to clea n that? no, we definitely need to clean our forest but a lot of the lands that are burning right now are actually national forest so those are the national forest land. actually national forest so those are the nationalforest land. there is some private owners and some estates are is some private owners and some estates a re pa rt is some private owners and some estates are part but the majority of california on the west side our national land so i guess all the federal government, state government and private landowners need to

pay more attention how to pin down there forests to reduce the fuel —— how to spin down the forehead. these are big fires, they are caught by the lightning strikes and we are preparing and seeing the next 48 hours there will be more lightning strikes the right california and so it is very unfortunate, this situation can but we hope that we will be able to get some mutual aid from other neighbouring states but we do have... kansen chu, sorry i have two stop you but wishing you all the best at this difficult time. let's look at some of the day's other news. at least 13 people have been crushed to death in peru — as they tried to escape a police raid on a nightclub

which was allegedly violating coronavirus restrictions. it happened at the thomas restobar club in lima. several people were injured, and police made more than 20 arrests. at least five people have been killed in flooding in the north of turkey. the town of derrell is among the worst affected areas. a number of people are still missing, and turkey's president erdogan has promised state help to repair the damage. the volcano at mount sinabung in indonesia is erupting again — for the third time in less than two weeks. you can see a column of ash rising a kilometre into the sky in this footage, which we've sped up a little. officials are warning people to stay away, and so far there are no reports of any injuries. here in the uk, health charities say there have been rising numbers of people seeking help for drinking too much alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown. they say the isolation, anxiety and uncertainty has proved to be a dangerous combination — as our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. six months ago, chris mclone was looking forward to a good year. fit, healthy and successful,

he was enjoying life. good girl. then came lockdown. anxiety, isolation and uncertainty led to depression, turning a man who liked a drink into a person who needed one. i was seriously suffering from withdrawal, at the very end. so, albeit i wanted to cut down and stop at that point, i wasn't in control of that. and that was the frightening part. i'd never been like that in my life. and i had to admit that to myself. so, i was drinking very early in the morning, to stop withdrawal symptoms, promising myself i wouldn't do it again tomorrow. and, of course, the exact same thing happens the next day. and that's when i realised i had to take big steps to get some proper treatment. you'll feel, like, little shock waves. with support from his family, chris went into rehab. helped by specialists like dr rob hampton, chris has been sober now for more than 70 days. but lockdown has seen a growing number of people for whom

alcohol has become a problem. somebody described it perfectly to me. every day is a friday night now and it's the only reason to get up in the morning. what do we do when we relax at the weekend? we often have more to drink. the uk already had a drink problem, even before lockdown. the last 50 years has seen a huge increase in alcohol—related liver disease, claiming more than 20 lives a day. it's one of the most common causes of premature death. health charities want government action — higher taxation, tougher rules on advertising and proper labelling. so, it's absolutely crazy. i can go into the supermarket, i can buy a bottle of milk, get all sorts of nutritional information and calorie information. i can buy a bottle of beer or wine and get nothing. in scotland and wales, a minimum unit price for alcohol has already been introduced and health services in all four nations say referrals to alcohol rehab services are now getting back to normal levels.

nick davis, more than 500 days sober, also struggled during lockdown. but like chris, he found distractions, like caring for his dog, to be a big help. i think the best advice i could give is just to be honest. be honest with yourself. be honest with everybody else. tell everybody else what you're going through. it's an illness. you know, so many people have it. so many people ignore it. just be honest about it. dominic hughes, bbc news. the champions league final is under way in lisbon — with bayern munich takinig on paris st—germain in a game which has been both rescheduled and moved to a different stadium because of the coronavirus pandemic. live now to the bbc sport centre — and marc edwards. it really is the tastiest of the champions league ties, bayern munich versus psg, both teams looking to carve a piece of history,

psg are looking to be crowned champions of europe for the first time while bayern munich would be just a second european domestic travel for them, they both swept into the final, both winning their semifinal is 3—0, ryan munich with that 8—2 victory over five—time winners barcelona in the quarterfinals so these two wonderful sides, bayern munich arguably the best on the planet and the best forward line on earth in the shape of kylian mbappe and neymar, the two most expensive players but a cagey first half, it was not an avalanche of chances, neither team taking the upper hand, psg had the best opportunities, neymar drawing a double save and open bar pipe had a golden chance on the stroke of half—time but scuffed that. it was

0-0 at half—time but scuffed that. it was 0—0 at the break, dunlop broken when the french international winner kingsley coman got a header to give bayern munich a 1—0 lead and that is how it is now after 67 minutes and as things stand it would mean bayern munich would go on to win the competition for the second time in their history while psg will now be looking to turn things up and give themselves a chance to be crowned champions of europe for the first time. you're watching bbc news. now it's time to take a quick look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello.

monday are not a bad date but used it looks different, an atlantic storm is developing, it will head in oui’ storm is developing, it will head in our direction and bring heavy rain and gales but in the short term it's not too bad apart from a few showers in the morning at southern wales and the south of england, they should clear away and there might be one or two showers in the afternoon but on balance a fine day for most of us, 20 in london, mid or high teens in the north and here's that spell of heavy weather approaching monday night into tuesday. developing low pressure, developing storm, propelled by a powerfuljet stream, as i said, it will bring a spell of rain and gales, quite widespread gales across the uk. so here it is approaching the uk early on tuesday morning. you can see the rain sweeping into western and northern parts of the country. the gales wrapping around this low pressure. it will sweep across

the uk during tuesday. the heavy rain will be in the north end of the day, in the south it might brighten up, but look at the winds, inland could be in excess of 50 mph and in excess of 60 around the coasts and that could prove troublesome for some of us who could see disruption, branches lying around and that sort of thing, so not a pleasant day at all for many of us on tuesday. wednesday will still be very windy around the north sea coast. anywhere from newcastle to norwich. as the low pressure pulls away, still some very strong winds down this side of the country, but further west it is going to be much calmer and by the afternoon the wind should die down and wednesday is probably going to be our best day of the week with dry weather, pleasantly warm up to 21 degrees, in the south of the country, and then on thursday we go back downhill with more rain sweeping in off the atlantic. it won't be as windy, though, on thursday. this is more of a rain type sort of thing rather than gales. here is the outlook for the week ahead. you can see the weather icons change from day to day quite a bit. temperatures in the south will be around the 20s,

mid or high teens in the north. that's it from me. 00:29:02,869 --> 2147483051:51:16,149 bye— 2147483051:51:16,149 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye.