this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: arrests in belarus, as tens of thousands protest in minsk and security forces block off areas to deter demonstrators. today's protest was very different to the protests of previous sundays. as you can see, a lot more police, much 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.

lebanon's president calls for the proclamation of a secular state — as the only way to protect and preserve pluralism. and — checkmate — why a faulty internet connection led to a premature end for the world chess olympiad. 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 kashenka. there've been clashes with riot police tryinging to stop them entering the capital's main independence square. steve rosenberg reports from minsk. all chant. 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. earlier i spoke to michael carpenter. he is the managing director of the penn biden centre for diplomacy and global engagement. he previously served in the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defence. i asked him if he thought the protesters would succeed. it depends how much longer

these protests keep up, what their strength is in terms of numbers, whether lukashenko decides to repress them completely using overt force, torture or terror, as he has done in the past. he's relented a little bit over the course of the last week, maybe ten days. today, once again, he upped the ante, using more brutal tactics with his security forces. and then it also depends on the western community, whether they stand with these protesters, whether they outlined that there will be severe consequences to the lukashenko regime if it continues to use these brutal methods. and also whether it puts on the table, perhaps, as i and others have suggested, a more positive vision — outlining what could be if there were a more democratic transition. for example in terms of economic existence and so forth. there are a number of variables in play here, it's very hard to say. one of the variables is a putin of russia, what do you think he's calculating, what you think he's doing at the moment?

well, putin has signalled he has the appetite to invade if need be. i think that's probably his last option in terms of preference. what he's doing already is sending covert intelligence operatives, media consultants, news anchors and security advisors to infiltrate belarusian institutions, including the security services first and foremost — so the bkbg, the ministry of interior, the armed forces — and putin hopes that through this gradual infiltration of his people, he will have more say over what lu kashenko does in the coming days and weeks and he also, in my opinion, is preparing for a sort of faux dialogue, if you will, between selected leaders that the kremlin views as friendly and the authorities to distract attention away from the protest movement which both the kremlin and lu kashenko fear. interesting, and finally, because we're nearly out of time, but what could the west actually do to intervene to try and stop

some of those things? well, intervene i think is the wrong word, but what western leaders need to do is get off the fence and stop this moral equivocation that you hear from so many and finally support the protesters with all that they can. say very clearly that there should be a democratic transition, that lukashenko has to leave, that there should be new free and fair elections and support sviatla na tsikhanouskaya who's the leader of the opposition movement now, in lithuania. secondly, they should put in place sanctions, asset freezes and the like. notjust on the very top leadership of belarus, but all those agents that are engaged in repression. and then thirdly, as i said, there needs to be some sort of positive vision here for what the west would do if in fact there was a peaceful transition of power. what sort of economic assistance is the west willing to provide? i think those sorts of steps

will go a long way to shaping the outcome and especially giving succour to the people out on the streets and letting them know that the west stands with them. 0k, great to have your analysis on the programme. to the united states now and the head of the 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. 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 the 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. i spoke tojules boykoff — a politics professor at pacific university in oregon. over the last 90 days, he has been attending and observing the protests first—hand. there's been a range of different types of protests from the more traditional mobilisations and marches that are largely family friendly to direct action marches in the evening that tend to be confrontational with the police, whether they're federal offices in town or the portland police.

last week we saw clashes between anti—fascists and people from patriot prayer and from the proud boys and other far—right wing organisations. they were clashing in the streets while the portland police stood by and basically watched. so we've seen a wide range of protests here in portland and it doesn't seem like it's letting up any time soon. given it is ongoing and now playing this central role in the election campaign, how do you frame it, how do you view it in that context? well, it's become a political red meat issue for president donald trump where he can claim law and order and claim that there are anarchists and all sorts of problems in portland. of course on the ground it's a great deal more complicated and much of what the president is saying is incredibly misleading. one thing is true though that he said, is that the political response in portland from the mayor has been relatively weak.

he also doubles as the police commissioner and he really hasn't reined in the portland police who've been using teargas almost on a nightly basis, who have a use of force incident rate at five times as high as any other police force in the united states in 2020. so there are political problems on the ground here in terms of controlling the portland police. the thing is, when the federal officers showed up in portland last time and went out onto the streets in portland, it only inflamed tensions. it's like throwing gasoline on the fire of dissent here in portland, and so when you hear donald trump threatening to send in the feds again or the national guard, he's also threatening to create the very disorder that he claims to be against. so how, if you were in joe biden‘s position, given all that, how would you respond ? if i werejoe biden, i'd get on over here as soon as possible and send some emissaries, and of course be socially distanced, and engage with what's actually going on here, engage with the political leaders, see what's actually happening in portland. talk to activists

on the ground. there's one thing that unites all the activists and that is that they are for black lives matter, whether it's those spikier protests in the evening or the daily marches that you'll sometimes see as well. so were i biden, i'd come on over, send some emissaries, try to figure out what's actually going on the ground instead of shooting off tweets and doing press conferences. let's figure out what's actually happening and see if you can have some kind of positive influence here in portland. 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 agree that the data we are seeing from india right now is under—reported. 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.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the beat goes on — the mexican jazz group that isn't letting coronavirus stop them from playing. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. cheering it will take months

and billions of dollars to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: tens of thousands turn out for anti—government protests in belarus for the third consecutive sunday. more than a hundred 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 supporters of black lives matter. it's not clear if the shooting was directly linked to the clashes. of black lives matter. it's not clear if the shooting was directly linked to the clashes. to lebanon now. the french president emmanuel macron will visit beirut later, on the centenary of

the declaration of the state of greater lebanon. the country faces a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the devastating beirut port explosion. lebanon's president has called for a secular state, saying its the only way of creating real unity in the country. rebecca bailey reports. its 100 years since french authorities declared the state of greater lebanon, carving its borders modern lebanon is not ina mood borders modern lebanon is not in a mood to celebrate. some of the some of these buildings have survived. killing at least 200 people. the government resigned en masse but that's done little to dampen people's anger. on sunday, the president called for change. translation:

the transformation of lebanon into a modern secular state, citizens and citizenship means that salvation from the hated legacies of sectarianism and its repercussions, it salvation from redlines and quotas which hold any step towards reform. lebanon officially recognises 18 religious communities. the three main political offices, resident, speaker of parliament and prime minister are divided among the three biggest communities under an agreement dating back to 1943. and parliament's 128 dating back to 1943. and parliament's128 seats are also divided evenly between christians and muslims. michelle aoun‘s speech comes ahead of visit by the french president later, his second visit since the blast. this is how his last visit went. do something about us! visible anger on the streets. mr macron

ended that visit by calling for a new political fact for the country, something michelle aoun seems to be echoing. has bomber had this to say about the french proposal. translation: i would like to say today that we are open to any kind discussion in this regard. —— hezbollah. that's in regards to reaching a new political pact. but this discussion should be carried out with the will and consent of various lebanese factions. whatever happens next politically is likely to be a drawn—out affair. and even while there is talk of change, lebanon's existing political processes grind on. later on monday, it's likely that lebanon's ambassador to germany will be formally nominated as the next prime minister after securing major political backing, including from hezbollah, all this while the country struggles to pick up the pieces of the explosion on

top of the crippled economic crisis. on the centenary, there will be little focus on the past 70 urgent problems to resolve in the present. 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. in italy, 400 people have been evacuated from their homes after a major wildfire broke out saturday night in the south—western outskirts of palermo. fires erupted simultaneously in five different places. russia and india have been declared joint winners of a major international chess

tournament after two indian players lost their internet connection during the final round. chess olympiad was being held online for the first time this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. this is the moment the game froze. she's lost on time. this is over. this means russia are champions. russia are champions. have they just cracked? have they cracked? i mean, what is happening? what's happening? look at the facial reactions? the facial reactions say to me that, i think she just forgot about the clock? she has just literally forgotten about the clock. this is devastating. absolutely... devastating. nick barton, director of esports and events at chess.com, who, together with the international chess federation, set up the olympiad, told us how he reacted when he realised the game had frozen. you know, the most important thing to do during critical times like that is to just keep

calm and try to figure out precisely what the issue was. so that was the first thing that we did, was, start looking into server logs, our load logs, things like that to make sure first of all it wasn't an issue on our end. and then once we determined it wasn't, we started looking for the cause behind it so that we would be able to provide the right information to then make the right determination on whether the match should be replayed or whether the result should be changed. and remind us, them, what is the determination that you made? so initially, the match was given to russia, and they were crowned champions by the chief arbiter, who is basically the referee of the event. but after we provided the information from chess.com, that showed that the issue was a transit provider, basically, someone who distributes content around the world, and it wasn't chess.com, nor on the end of the players, fide president arkady dvorkovich decided that there should be two gold medals. and, you know, i'll say that in trying times like these with the global pandemic and everyone having to work

from home, you know, it's a practical and pragmatic decision. so we agree with it. yeah, and i'm guessing the players, i mean, maybe not so much russia, but india must be happy with that result? there's something pleasing that in these challenging times people coming together and sharing a prize? yeah. you can imagine with no prize fund on the line, and really only medals, national pride takes centre stage as the key prize and that really reverberates throughout an entire nation. to be able to hand the gold medal to two such proud chess nations such as russia and india was something pretty special for an event like this, being held online for the first time in its nearly 100 year history. we have all been having zoom calls that have frozen, presentations, dare i say it, interviews on tv that have frozen. are you scarred now, or do you think you will be doing this again? i see many more events coming online in the nearfuture, you know, for better or worse.

and there are always some unique challenges and as the infrastructure of the internet continues to improve, hopefully these issues are mitigated. 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. for diego maroto jazz trio, the beat goes on. normally they play at a local restaurant called el convite, or ‘the treat‘. from bebop to jazz, swing to the blues, they entertained diners and staff alike. but then lockdown happened. translation: everything became silent. i think that during the pandemic that everyone has discovered that listening to music made it more bearable. it has an emotional importance, a social importance, an economic importance. so they are pioneering what they call jazz on wheels, playing on the back of a pick—up truck, performing

for local residents and passers—by, harking back to an earlier age when this form of music began. translation: jazz was born on the street, it completely belongs to the street. jazz is not academic. of course you can study it, butjazz, 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 comeback will they be able to play their smooth sounds in all their glory. nice. tim allman, bbc news.

tens of thousands turnout for anti—government protests in belarus. military vehicles seen on the streets. that is it. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello there. summer warmth has been in short supply over the last few days. in fact, on sunday morning, one very sheltered spot in county down, northern ireland had a temperature 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 turn wetter, 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. temperature—wise, another disappointing one, 15—18 degrees. the winds will be strengthening up towards the north—west. and 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 through 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 our weather front. you can barely see it on tuesday's weather chart. some cloud, some splashes of rain across parts of north—west scotland, maybe 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 a bit more life about it. so that will bring some slightly heavier and persistent rain and the rain will get further south—eastwards this time. although i think 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 got lunch of 50mph or more for the northern and western isles of scotland. thursday likely to be the warmest day of the week. still some rain in places. 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 lukashenko 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 lebanese president has called for the proclamation of a secular state. michel aoun said it was the only way of "protecting and preserving pluralism" and creating real unity in lebanon. mr aoun said sectarianism was now a barrier to development

and a cradle for corruption and sedition.