this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. arrests in belarus, as tens of thousands protest in minsk and security forces block off areas to deter demonstrators. today's protests was very different to the protests of different to the protests of different sundaes. a lot more police, tighter security. the police, tighter security. the police determined to stop this protest. a man is shot dead in the us city of portland, as supporters of president trump clash with supporters of black lives matter. as the total number of coronavirus cases tops 25 million — india sees a record rise in 2a hours. why coronavirus may ruin plans to get british university students back in class

before christmas. tens of thousands of anti—government protestors have again taken to the streets of minsk for a third sunday, angry at the re—election of the belarusian president alexander lu kashenko. there've been clashes with riot police trying to stop them entering the capital's main independence square. steve rosenberg reports from minsk. in minsk, they headed to independence square. protesters keeping up the pressure on alexander lu kashenko. but this time the police were waiting for them and moved in. there were chaotic scenes.

some protesters were detained, others tried to free their comrades. we found sasha wandering alone, completely confused. "where's my husband?" she says. "the police took him, but where is he?" "was he in here?" no reply. further down the avenue, there were more scuffles, and more riot police taking up positions. today's protest feels very different from the protests on previous sundays. as you can see, a lot more police, much tighter security, the police determined to stop this protest. it wasn't only the police putting on a show of strength — a column of armoured military vehicles was seen driving towards the centre of minsk.

mr lukashenko had previously placed the army on high alert. as for the president, on his 66th birthday, this defiant image of a leader who has no intention of stepping down. but the protesters have other ideas. all chant. they managed to regroup, and then they flooded through the belarusian capital on their way to mr lukashenko‘s official residence. and while they marched, they accused the leader of belarus of rigging an election, stealing the presidency, and of brutalising the people. they're insisting he resign. i don't know what will be the result, when will be the result, but i'm absolutely sure people won't stop, they won't stop. but mr lukashenko retains the support of his security forces and of powerful neighbour russia. and that, for now, is helping

to keep him in power. so, what next in belarus? well, that depends on the determination of the protesters, whether they continue taking to the streets in such numbers. it depends on whether the army and the police stay loyal to mr lukashenko and it depends on the kremlin. because vladimir putin has already made it clear he's prepared to offer security assistance to the authorities here if, as he put it, the situation gets of control. the head of the us department of homeland security, chad wolf, says all options are on the table to resolve violent protests, which are intensifying, in the city of portland in oregon. a man was shot dead in the city on saturday night, amid clashes between supporters of president trump and supporters of black lives matter. police have not yet released details about the victim. nick bryant reports.

america in the run—up to the 2020 election — a deeply divided country that often seems to be tearing itself apart. the latest fault line — portland, oregon, the scene for the past three months of protests against racism and police brutality. tensions rose further after the supporters of donald trump formed a convoy of some 600 vehicles and then drove through the portland downtown. some fired paint balls and pepper spray at black lives matter protesters, who tried to prevent a caravan from entering the city. the fatal shooting came amid clashes between trump supporters and protesters. gunfire rang out, and a man died after being shot in the chest. it's been reported that he was wearing a cap with the insignia of patriot prayer, afar—right group that's clashed with anti—racism protesters. this has been one of the most volatile and violent weeks of the black lives matter summer, sparked by the police shooting of an african—american,

jacob blake, in kenosha, wisconsin. then, on wednesday night, two people were killed in the city after a 17—year—old who claimed to be guarding buildings allegedly opened fire on protesters. kyle rittenhouse has now been charged with murder. donald trump has not yet condemned kyle rittenhouse, who's believed to be a trump supporter, and on friday, before the latest shooting, railed against black lives matter protesters at a campaign rally in new hampshire. protesters — you know what i say? protesters your ass. they‘ re not protesters. those aren't protesters. they're anarchists, they're agitators, they're rioters, they're looters. donald trump is portraying himself as a law and order president and sees a political opening — a comeback in the polls fuelled by scenes of civil unrest. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. mike baker is a reporter for the new york times.

he's been covering the protests in portland and describes how events unfolded. the event really started yesterday after a rally of trump supporter is covered with mostly trunk —— trucks, flags and they came out and their goal was to come down to portland and really waive the trump flag there in a city where they have been protests against police brutality and against police brutality and against the administration on some weeks. over time some of them came down town, they were a number of protesters there ready to be there for their arrival and as they drove through the trump supporter rush as the ad trump supporters drove, they were fistfights in the streets, some of the trump supporter ‘s work shooting paintball from the back of pickup trucks. protesters on the streets were throwing things back at them. it was an

ongoing escalation up until the point when this person was shot and killed. the number of confirmed cases of coronovirus worldwide has passed 25 million, with more than 840,000 people known to have died from covid—i9. the united states and latin america continue to have the highest number of cases. but india has reported more than 78,000 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours — that's the world's record single—day rise so far. here's our correspondent yogita limaye in mumbai with a breakdown of those figures. we are now testing about a million samples a day and just to sort of compare that, the us, for example, is testing about 750,000 samples a day. so the government is certainly trying to say we have more people testing positive because we are testing more. however, even with that number, 41 million samples tested so far, that's really a fraction of india's population of 1.3 billion people.

and along with the fact that the counting of deaths in india is not watertight, i think most people in india ——i think most people agree that the data we are seeing from india right now is underreported. what the government is though saying is that the death rate, which is the number of deaths as a percentage of the population is low in india. i've spoken to several doctors and public health experts over the past several weeks who agree with that. no—one really is able to explain why that's happening, but i think the worry for india is clear. india's coronavirus graph, the curve is growing, it's rising. there is no indication about when that curve will begin to flatten. you know, and we look at these as numbers, but these are people losing their lives every day and around 1000 indians are dying from covid—i9 every single day now. let's get some of the day's other news. for the first time ever,

a commercial flight is expected to leave israel for the united arab emirates in a few hours, after the two countries agreed to normalise relations. the word ‘peace' has been freshly painted on the side of the plane — in arabic, english and hebrew. onboard will be an israeli delegation and us aides who helped broker the peace deal. lebanon's president, michel aoun, has called for a secular state saying its the only way of "protecting and preserving pluralism" and creating real unity in the country. he was speaking on the eve of a century since the state of greater lebanon was declared. the country faces a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the devastating beirut port explosion. in italy, 400 people have been evacuated after a major wildfire broke out saturday night in the south—western outskirts of palermo. fires erupted simultaneously in five different places. here in the uk — universities are being urged

not to hold face—to—face teaching before christmas because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. the university and college union says more than a million students returning to campuses could turn them into the ‘care homes' of a second wave. but university leaders say they've worked hard for months on creating safe environments for learning. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, has the story. for the moment, just a few students on campus — many more planning for their first year. the university was actually two tube rides away. imi is leaving home in york to begin theatre studies in surrey, anxious about coronavirus, but not deterred. it doesn't put me off, because i think that everyone's slowly been getting used to it when they have been re—immersed in society, coming out of lockdown, so it's just a case of how the universities are tackling it, and everyone's going to have to accommodate what they want.

but i'm not put off, i'm just willing to do what it takes to do because i to do. it's been strange having graduations online. but still, at york today, photos with proud parents. within weeks, across the uk, more than a million students will start term. the academics' union is warning of a public—health crisis. we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—i9 in the uk. the sheer amount of people that we're asking to move across the country and then congregate together in large numbers, when we don't think there is sufficient safety measures in place. everywhere you look on york's campus, reminders to keep a social distance. they're offering a mix of learning online and in small groups. inside buildings, face coverings are required. the vice—chancellor confident they're prepared.

well, we started thinking about how to make our campus safe in the condition of a pandemic pretty much as soon as we locked down. what would you say to students and their parents about how ready you are? are campuses safe? i think we owe it to our students to do all we can to ensure they have as much as they can of the university experience. we've been using a motto, on campus what we can, online what we need to in order to keep people safe. the government says campuses should open, allowing students to get on with their education. no—one knows how many international students will get back to university this autumn but there is little sign of stu d e nts but there is little sign of students willing to delay. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: the beat goes on — the mexican jazz group that isn't letting coronavirus

stopping them from playing. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the sick and dying. mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to pick —— help people in need. will we have to identify the bodies and then take the conference back home. wives are waiting. hostages appeared. some carried, some running. trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she

reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: tens of thousands turn out for anti—government protests in belarus, for the third consecutive sunday. more than 100 people are arrested, and military vehicles are seen on the streets. a man has been shot dead in the us city of portland, as supporters of president trump clash with black lives matter supporters. it's not clear if the shooting was directly linked to the clashes. more now on the situation in belarus. yuval weber is bren chair of russian military and political strategy at the krulak centre of marine corps university. he's in washington.

let's start with those —— resident vladimir putin in this, huge interest for russia in what in belarus. what do you think he is thinking and calculating it this moment in time? he is thinking how hard it is to get good help, given how lukashenko it is to get good help, given how lu kashenko has it is to get good help, given how lukashenko has made belarus a cause of international concern. what putin wants to do is ensure there is stability on the streets of belarus, but it doesn't become some colour revolution type of thing and there is violence on the streets and by doing that, he has put lu kashenko streets and by doing that, he has put lukashenko into a bit ofa has put lukashenko into a bit of a trap. by saying he supports him by having the russian military ready, they do a joint police force, all these things to shore up the loyalty of lukashenko's things to shore up the loyalty of lu kashenko's police, things to shore up the loyalty of lukashenko's police, riot guards, military and things of that nature, what putin has done has in fact get lukashenko

to agree to give over more pieces of belarus's sovereignty and infact pieces of belarus's sovereignty and in fact today is lukashenko's birthday, and in fact today is lu kashenko's birthday, the leader of belarus, putin called to congratulate him and invite him fora to congratulate him and invite him for a personal meeting in moscow and at that point the bill is going to be due and they will make the big trade there. the bill is due, that is there. the bill is due, that is the interesting phrase. what you think is going to happen? you say belarus will be handing over some of its sovereignty, what do you mean? so the ability, when we talk about the big inks of sovereignty, can belarus stick paid its own foreign policy, create its own foreign policy, create its own foreign economic policy. one of the things belarus is done to shore up its economy in recent yea rs shore up its economy in recent years is to help european companies evade sanctions that are meant to strangle the russian economy, issues from crimea and the war in ukraine, for instance a lot of european seafood comes from belarus which is a landlocked country

so one which is a landlocked country so one thing putin is going to ask or tell lukashenko to do is probably put an end to this european trade that comes into russia. it is going to be one thing. but the bigger things are in terms of belarus's security outlook. it shares a border with several nato countries and what putin is going to ask i would imagine is the ability all right or permission to place russian troops, paratroops, permission to place russian troops, pa ratroops, tank divisions, things of that nation —— nature in belarusian soilfor the nation —— nature in belarusian soil for the joint defence of both belarus and russia but with the effect of taking away belarus's foreign policy by putting russian military units inside the country itself stop that would be a huge step, wouldn't it, and a huge step change. if in your analysis putin continues to support and in essence pop—up lukashenko, how long do you think that goes on for? well, we are at the point where it's gone on for a

couple of week. lukashenko doesn't have much popular support but so long as i said his police and interior ministry and military believe that russia has lukashenko's back, that they are supporting him, they are probably going to stay loyal to him because if anything happens, they stand no chance against the russian invasion service can go on for a couple of weeks and over the course of the couple of weeks, the economy of belarus is going to come to a standstill, the country will run out of money and at that point they will be beholden to whoever is going to give money and that is clearly russia and perhaps to some extent china and that is where lukashenko has made the trade, to stay in power means to give up to stay in power means to give up more and more of belarus. to stay in power means to give up more and more of belaruslj see. up more and more of belarus.” see. great to have your analysis on the programme. polls have closed in montenegro's parliamentary election. early exit polls say the ruling party,

led by the president milo djukanovic, is ahead of the main opposition group, with a very narrow lead. according to the polling agency cemi, the ruling dps party is projected to win 34.2% of the vote. the opposition alliance for the future of montenegro, which wants closer ties with serbia and russia, isjust behind, with 33.7% of the vote. our balkans correspondent guy de launey has been monitoring the results and says it's milo djukanovic‘s character that seems to have convinced voters. well, they regard him as a very strong leader. if you look at the poles asking people, how do you feel —— view milo djukanovic, they say, "we see him asa djukanovic, they say, "we see him as a strong leader, somebody who has led montenegro, as you say, for three decades and has led the

country through numerous transitions through that time from being part of yugoslavia, through the yugoslav wars into independence in the 2000, just three years ago becoming a member of nato. in other countries on the road to european union membership as well. so while there are all sorts of issues surrounding milo djukanovic, there is at the heart of it among the people of montenegro or at least a great deal of them, some positive feelings for him but there are plenty of others say the man runs the country for the benefit of himself and those close to him and indeed, at freedom house is downgraded montenegro from democracy to a hybrid regimejust this montenegro from democracy to a hybrid regime just this year. the united states has accused russian fighter jets of making what they describe as an unsafe and unprofessional intercept as the us air force was flying over the black sea on friday. the us military has released footage which it says shows russian jets crossing multiple times, within about 30 metres of a b52 bomber. the us says it was conducting routine operations over international waters

when the incident ooccured. the evening standard newspaper's defence editor robert fox is following the story. this is farfrom this is far from the first insta nce this is far from the first instance of this kind and it's a standard, quite powerful russian interceptor, it's actually a sukhoi—27, known as actually a sukhoi—27, known as a flanker in nato pilots, but very close indeed to a b—52 bomber. these aircraft are relatively old stock models but the us plane was establishing the us plane was establishing the us plane was establishing the us claim that the black sea, its skies and its waters are international areas for international transportation, traffic and transaction and then we must start asking, what

is putin doing with such aggressive manoeuvres, and as i said, it's the second and third time in this region, to establish his neighbourhood security and his sovereignty. very quickly, it's part of a doctrine now being pursued actively by putin russia called aad, area axis denial. the northern part of the black sea as ours, and funnily enough coincides much the same with what is going on with a nato ally, turkey, on the southern side. the spanish football league — la liga — says any club wanting to sign lionel messi must pay barcelona a 700 million euro release clause. the argentinian superstar wants to leave barcelona, and says he should be allowed to depart for free. but la liga is supporting barcelona's claim that part of his contract which would allow for a free transfer has now expired. when the coronavirus

pandemic hit, live music venues around the world had to shut up shop. thousands of musicians were left with nowhere to perform. in mexico city, one group were forced out of their usual home, but they were determined to carry on making a noise, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. the diego maroto jazz trio, the beat goes on. normally they play at a local restaurant called el convite. they entertain diners and staff alike. but then lock down happened. translation: everything became silent. i think during the pandemic that eve ryo ne think during the pandemic that everyone has discovered listening to music made it more bearable. it has as it an emotional important, social importance and economic importance. so they are pioneering what they calljazz on wheels, playing on the back ofa

on wheels, playing on the back of a pick—up truck, performing for local residents and passers—by, parking back to an earlier age when this form of music began. translation: jazz was born on the street, it com pletely was born on the street, it completely belongs to the street. jazz is not academic. of course you can study it, but jazz, the essence of it, you don't get in school, in a music university. jazz is this, jazz is being in the street. maybe so, but presumably they want to get back inside a club as soon as possible. the treat has reopened but only with a reduced capacity. only when the diego maroto jazz trio make a proper come back will they be able to play the smooth sounds in all their glory. nice. tim allman, bbc news. plenty more on the bbc website and download the app as well and download the app as well and if you are on line, you can get me there as well.

hello. summer warmth has been in short supply over the last few days. in fact, on sunday morning one sheltered spot in county down in northern ireland just a fraction below freezing. and monday morning is getting off to a rather cool start as well. but a largely dry start to the new week. later in the week, it will turnwetter, windier and a bit warmer for a time before cooler weather returns just in time for the weekend. so we start monday with high pressure in charge of the scene. underneath this area of high pressure with light winds, temperatures have been dropping away. but it means a mostly dry day. we will see some spells of sunshine and i think quite

a lot of cloud will bubble up in the sky and the cloud spreading out and some places will have grey skies by the afternoon. one, 15—18 degrees. the winds will be strengthening towards the north—west. later in the day we will see some cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing into northern ireland, perhaps north west scotland as well. a very weak frontal system trying to push its way in, but elsewhere it stays dry during the night. not quite as chilly although some spots particularly in northern and eastern areas will get down into single digits. so for tuesday, this frontal system will make some progress eastwards, but it's running into high pressure, that'll squeeze a lot of the energy out of a weather front. you can barely see it on tuesday's weather chart. some cloud, some splashes of rain across parts of north—west scotland, may be northern ireland. but elsewhere it's looking predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine. temperatures starting to creep upwards a little bit. and then as we move out of tuesday and into wednesday, this next frontal system will have more life about it.

so that will bring some slightly heavier and persistent rain and the rain will get further south eastwards less time. but east anglia and the south—east of england will probably stay dry for a good part of the day. turning quite windy as well. those are the average wind speeds, we could have gusts of 50mph or more for the western isles of scotland. but with those winds coming up from the south—west, temperatures will be higher, 17 degrees in glasgow, 20 in london. thursday likely to be the warmest day of the week. training places and into the weekend it turns cooler again, but there will be a lot of dry weather.

this is bbc news — the headlines: for the third successive sunday, demonstrators have filled the streets of the belarusian capital minsk in their tens of thousands. protesters gathered near the official residence of long—time autocratic president — alexander lu kashenko — insisting that he resign and again accusing him of rigging recent elections. the democratic nominee for the us presidential election —joe biden — has accused donald trump of ‘fanning the flames of hate and division‘ in america. his comments came after the president criticised the mayor of the city of portland for failing to stop three months of violence. the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide has passed the 25 million mark, with more than 840,000 people known to have died from covid—19. india has reported more than 78,000 new cases — that's the world record single—day rise so far during the pandemic. police have been tackling

a number of illegal raves