this is the new news live from berlin clashes between police and protesters break out inveterate after state media says that president alexander lukashenko is set to win another election by a landslide police deploy water cannon tear gas and stun grenades in the heart of me it's. lebanon's government tanks in the balance after several ministers quit thousands of people have been taking to the streets near the parliament in the competition bay bridge calling on their leaders to step down protesters say negligence led to choose days devastating explosion which killed more than $150.00

people and injured saxon's. and a council of afghan leaders agrees to freeze 400 taliban prisoners carrying the way for peace talks to begin the taleban made the release of the prisoners a condition for the talks. b.s. welcome to the program protesters and police in batteries have clashed in major cities after president alexander lukashenko emerged the likely winner of sunday's elections thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest the early vote count which showed the longtime leader was poised to win a 6th term in office security forces detained hundreds of protesters according to a leading rights group. on the streets of minsk bella who says

capital filled with protesters. thank chance of change and long live bellerose resoundingly through the city. riot police pushed back against the demonstrators deploying water cannon and firing tear gas and rubber bullets. incumbent president who gushing call had warned would crack down on any unauthorized rallies. 7 was. followed the law and any talk of repression will disappear the law is above all else if you break it we will respond and we've been like handed in our response so far to be honest with you i've always held back or law enforcement told them there's no need for a heavy response you know. the protest kicked off after

a state exit poll said it was far ahead many of those in the streets believe the government rigged the results their concerns were echoed by opposition candidates. who rejected the early vote count. she said quote i believe my own eyes the majority is with us we will be long lines formed outside polling stations on sunday with many voters sporting the white armbands that are a symbol for to kind of tell us supporters this election poses the 1st serious challenge to look close 26 year rule with support for to cannot growing over the last few weeks she emerged as a leading opposition figure after her husband was barred from running prompting her to stand as a candidate she is now refusing to accept defeat despite official numbers showing look a shameful with a huge lead and is the terminations to keep a firm grip on power. prominent hong kong pro-democracy figure jimmy lie

has been arrested a top aide said the media tycoon is accused of collusion with foreign forces under a controversial national security law recently introduced by beijing officers in an unmarked vehicle detained lie at his home in hong kong he's one of several 7 people police said they had arrested under the new law during raids on monday july is now the most prominent member of hong kong's pro-democracy movement to be arrested under the national security legislation. while lebanon has been rocked by another day of under-estimated clashes between protesters and security forces several government ministers have stepped down in response to the growing under 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 these on raised was set off by choose days mass even devastating explosion these protestors lie the blame directly on what i say lebanon's corrupt latest 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 but have some compassion hurt we feel pain we cannot stand these people from beirut from bay come 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 what's going to do in. lebanon faces huge challenges dish reconstruction costs and the welfare of an entire nation under threat for now beyond rest of the last few days looks set to carry on into a new week. or even 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 they minister of environment for other ministers will announce that is it nation by tomorrow 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 these sources doubt it on the other hand the ignition of 7 m.p.'s and the announcement of the prime minister i think that he would discuss with his cabinet actions without god you know i think such an announcement with his both political allies the put the cabinet and the parliament into the ads. what over this government played to the. specific and urgent reforms and the place that took place bedrooms hard wasn't but the trigger that turned everything in this county upside down. well world leaders have pledged more than 250000000 euros in emergency aid for lebanon during a virtual donor conference 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 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 help from abroad during remarks in st peter's square you know well you know. i once again appealed for generous help from the international community that. morocco was also air lifting aid to the country prompting lebanese journalist simply a route 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 interest. to see if the. 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 u.s. health secretary. taiwanese president went in taipei it's the highest level u.s. visit to taiwan in 4 decades as are said he was there to convey a strong message of support from u.s. president donald trump the visit has been strongly condemned by china which claims taiwan as its territory. mahinda rajapakse has been sworn in as the prime minister of sri lanka by his brother the country's president rajapaksa a populist secured

a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last wednesday observers say that should give him a big enough majority to cement his power by passing legislation that would change the constitution. gunman in the share have killed 6 french citizens along with their tour guide and a driver the group had been visiting a wildlife park east of the capital niamey french president emanuel mccall condemned the attack and said french backed efforts to fight jihad is in the region would continue. the prime minister of marriages has warned that a ship leaking oil into the ocean is cracking threatening an even bigger ecological disaster more than a 1000 tons of fuel have already seeped into the sea polluting coral reefs beaches and lagoons another 200000 tons of fuel remain aboard for. the afghan government has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners the country's grand assembly approves the move which was endorsed by president ashraf ghani he

wants to pave the way for peace talks with the insurgents to end the country's nearly 2 decades long war which began when the united states of the taliban from power following the september 11th attacks. 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 thought on this some place decision has removed the final obstacles to these negotiations and god willing we are on the verge of these talks. well for months on the issue you must. be. one of the goals was to bring about a cease fire and it's desperately need it 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 of the future of the country will not be easy. just interim. creatures aquash they have completely different political ideas and participation civil liberties freedom of speech media pluralism all of that. so all sides are facing marathon negotiations. 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. well to sport now and let it go madrid say 2 unnamed members of their traveling party for the champions league

quarter finals in portugal have tested positive for a coronavirus the spanish club are due to play at sporting lisbon stave you make ends germany's rb leipzig 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 marks for stop and took the checkered flag of britain silverstone which was hosting a race for the 2nd time this month. formula 170th anniversary grand prix was a creative name for the 2nd silverstone race and as many weekends organizers are limiting travel due to the coronavirus pandemic mercedes had won every race so far the 30 baht 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 isa past infertile spot on another awful day for the german. dutchman for stepan managed to go in front of potus following a pit stop and promptly sped away his tire choices were looking superior on a hot day in britain. camels and then overtook the task later on to move 2nd and limit the damages ers a record equalling 7th title. but the victory was fresh happens ending a run of 4 straight wins from a safety so far in this coronavirus affected season. yeah we just had a great day i think everything worked out well we had the rights what to do everything was running smooth. so i was incredibly happy to. push up and go as above but us into 2nd in the overall standings behind hamilton.

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