this is deja vu news live from berlin clashes between police and protesters break out in better rooms after state media say president alexander. is set to win another election by a landslide police deploy it water cannon tear gas and stun grenades in the heart of minsk. lebanon's government hangs in the balance after several ministers quit thousands of people have been taking to the streets near the parliament calling on their leaders to step down protesters say negligence led to choose days devastating

explosion which killed more than 150 people and injured thousands. a council of afghan leaders and greens to free 400 taliban prisoners clearing the way for peace talks to begin the taliban made the release of the prisoners a condition for the talks. on public only as welcome to the program we started in better routes where protesters and police have clashed after president alexander lukashenko emerge the likely winner of elections police used water cannon tear gas and stun grenades on thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the center of the capital minsk the violence broke out after state media announced that lucas shango had won around 80 percent of the vote because shango seen here casting his vote as help. since the

ninety's and is running for a 6th term his challenger was for. an english teacher who's the wife of a jailed presidential candidate she's already questioned the validity of the result . well the w.'s moscow correspondent emily sure when sent us this update following the initial results of the presidential elections protesters took to the streets in several cities in bello groups in the capital minsk they marched through the city and they were clapping honking car horns and facing off with the police alexandre the victory in some ways didn't come as much of a surprise especially considering the fact that international observers have never recognized in the election under look at those rules as free and fair but the opposition candidates atlanta has said that she doesn't recognize the results and she told a press conference that i believe my eyes and i see that the majority is with us

after all said leon it's you had an unprecedented amount of support in the run up to this election tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in support of her at various rallies that she's held across the country now alexander lukashenko has said that he isn't willing to give up the country official results have yet to be published in the coming days but it looks likely that tensions in belarus will continue world leaders have pledged more than 250000000 euros in emergency aid for lebanon following choose those devastating explosion in the company of beirut the city has been rocked by another day of unrest a major clashes between protesters and security forces several government ministers have stepped down in response to the growing anger the demonstrators blame the country's political elite for deep rooted corruption and for negligence that ended in tragedy. another evening of anger in beirut violent clashes

with security forces as people protest for a 2nd day the sun raised was set off by tuesday's mass even devastating explosion these protestors lay the blame directly on what i say lebanon's corrupt leaders sunday sore a number of government officials over the crisis in the hunt that this is the point of no return the people are hungry the economy is collapsing the economic financial and monetary crisis is escalating while family children relatives and friends are homeless consumed by grief despair and frustration. authorities have had little involvement with the cleanup so far instead it's been left to volunteers to clear the debris lebannon was already struggling through a financial crisis when the explosion he's making the recovery from this disaster that much harder. to prove have some compassion with her we feel

pain we cannot stand these people from beirut from become from the north everybody is hungry we're not just here protesting to take a picture and post it on facebook people are hungry and when people get hungry well that's it what's going to do it. lebanon faces huge challenges dish reconstruction costs and the welfare of an entire nation under threat for now being on rest of the last few days looks set to carry on into a new week. correspondent bosler revie sent us this update from beirut. it seems that lebanon is heading in the next days into a new political turmoil whether the nation of 2 ministers the minister of information and the minister of environment for other ministers will announce that is it nation by to morrow the minister of finance defense unit affairs and economy the question now would this government that is just on thursday to attend the

parliamentary question expressions the sources adopted on the other hand the diggnation of 7 m.p.'s and the announcement of the prime minister i think that he would discuss with his cabinet actions without coordinating such an announcement with his boat and political allies. the put the cabinet and the parliament into the edge. what over this government trade to do. specific and urgent reforms and the blaze that took place bedrooms harbor wasn't but the trigger that turned everything in this county upside down well the pledges of aid for lebanon came after a donor conference attended by world leaders but they've warned that no money will be made available without political and economic reforms. saying that lebanon's future is at stake french president emanuel mark hong appealed for

a unified international effort to help the country as he opened the emergency donor conference in which other world leaders prasun participated. together we have to do everything we can so that violence and chaos do not win the day. and aid was arriving in beirut from around the world the united states air force loaded food and medicine destined for lebanon on to planes at an air base in qatar. at the vatican pope francis called for unity and levanon and help from abroad during remarks in st peter's square. you know well you know into the bay i once again appealed for generous help from the international community that. morocco is also air lifting aid to the country prompting lebanese journalist sim beirut to express their gratitude. thanks morocco for their help and i thank all

countries all countries face crises but they support us the support is stronger than politics and interests. at the theater. russian rescue teams continue to search for survivors at the site of the blast in beirut hope of finding any fades with each passing day. now just some of the other stories making news around the world gunman in niger have killed 6 french citizens along with their tour guide and their driver the group had been visiting a wildlife park in the cool re area a popular tourist attraction known for its population of rare west african giraffes . a ship that ran aground just last month that leaking tons of oil into the ocean is cracking more than $1000.00 tons of fuel have seeped into the sea polluting coral reefs beaches and lagoons another 200000 tons of fuel remain aboard.

more than 40 people have been confirmed dead after a landslide at a tea plantation in the southern indian state of karada nearly 2 dozen people are feared trapped it happened after heavy rain hit the plantation in a dukie district in the early hours of friday when workers were still sleeping. well the afghan government has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners the country's grand assembly approves the move which was in dorset by president ashraf ghani he wants to pave the way for peace talks with the insurgents to end the 19 year war. not everyone on the traditional afghan council was ready to free the detained tell about members many of the delegates have lost relatives in attacks or clashes for them the fact that the government is now going to release those responsible is hard to take but in the end a desire for peace prevailed. i said. i don't know this soundless decision

has removed the final obstacles to these negotiations and god willing we are on the verge of these talks are going well for months are a lot of snow on the should remove. one of the goals was to bring about a cease fire and it's desperately needed on sunday another attack in kabul left people dead and some injured the taliban control or contesting around 70 percent of the country the insurgent group has agreed to start peace talks within days of the release of its detained members back in february they committed to the united states that they would reduce the amount of violence but observers believe the after coming talks over the future of the country will not be easy. just interim. creatures aquash that have completely different political ideas and participation civil liberties freedom of speech media pluralism all of that so all sides are

facing marathon negotiations. as i call nobody on the grand assembly is expecting a rapid result but the decision at least paves the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost 2 decades of war. western europe is baking in a heat wave and to stay cool people have been flocking to beaches this weekend but authorities are worried there sunbathing too close to each other they've warned about a potential uptick in coronavirus cases as people let their guard down. when temperatures are climbing past 35 degrees celsius there's nothing like a quick dip in the sea to cool down but this is what many beaches in western europe looked like this weekend. britain's southern coastline was packed with visitors many had been forced to abandon holidays abroad because of colvin 1000 travel

restrictions but it seems like the risk of getting infected also exists closer to home. early enough that we would get a decent space for us out as you can see how we now happened sure. people just. from the top. and she was just too busy. it's the same story across other parts of europe to control visitor numbers the belgian coastal city of austin and introduced a reservation system for the busiest stretches of its beach. authorities in germany warned that some beaches. and lakes would have to close if there were too many people but how are they surviving the heat wave without a refreshing dip. it's a filtering. drink plenty stay in the shade normally i'm someone who loves the sun but that isn't too much. high temperatures are set to continue in the next couple

of days and it seems like a trip to the local ice cream vendor might be less of a risk then going to the beach. or moving to sport now we're letting go madrid say 2 unnamed members of their travelling party for the champions league quarter finals in portugal have tested positive for corona virus the spanish club are due to play at sporting lisbon stadium against germany's rb lights on thursday and say they're in touch with authorities about further steps the champions league had previously been suspended for 4 months because of the pandemic. failed to win a formula one race for the 1st time this season red bull's match for stop and took the checkered flag of britain silverstone which was hosting a race for the 2nd time this month. formula one the 70th anniversary grand prix was a creative name for the 2nd silverstone race in as many weekends organizers are limiting

travel due to the coronavirus pandemic mercedes had won every race so far only bought us and teammate lewis hamilton both got away cleanly at the front but behind them red bulls max for stop and quickly move past surprise 3rd place qualifier nico holcomb. there are a sebastian fettle spot on another awful day for the german. dutchman for stop and managed to go in front of potus following a pit stop and promptly sped away his tire choices were looking superior on off day in britain. hamilton then overtook both asked later on to move 2nd and to limit the damages ers a record equalling 7th title. what the victory was for stop and ending a run of 4 straight wins them a safe and this coronavirus affected season. pushed up and goes above but us into 2nd in the overall standings behind hamilton.

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