this is t w news coming to you live from berlin beijing intensifies its crackdown on democratic freedoms in hong kong police arrest the media tycoon leading pro-democracy campaigner jimmy lie and search his news room is accused of colluding with foreign forces under the tough news any law imposed by beijing will get the latest from also coming up. in the circles. first shaking things a landslide victory despite a strong challenge from the opposition candidate the election commission says we've

just taken 180 percent of the but. then clashes in the lebanese capital beirut tens of thousands take to the streets there to get rid of the government 2 ministers have quit that's not enough for the protesters were angered by last week's devastating explosions that killed more than 150 people. following terry martin good to have you with us china has again cracked down on democratic freedoms in hong kong with the arrest of media tycoon jimmy lie he's a prominent pro-democracy campaigner and an outspoken critic of beijing's policies in the territory an aide said live was being held over suspected collusion with foreign forces under the tough security long posed by beijing in june the 71 year old owns the popular tabloid newspaper daily. well for the very latest let's cross

over to hong kong where our correspondent phoebe kong is standing by this is the most hope high profile arrests for under the new security long posed by beijing what more can you tell us. the operation is why ranging today not only stimuli what that was and the rest but also on them both to me a man is now well best well just relating to committing fraud so while we don't have much details about the at the station but the operation today he was up police have deployed a huge number of officers to conduct a raid hundreds of office said oh i'm now working inside a media have water and it's expected to last for a while but the rest of the day and also outside the premises we heard a number of media including foreign media like like many news agencies thrown.

up by the police reporting. side of the shooting and also just 10 so what can happen like how the atmosphere would happen today and essentially many think this could be allowed to in the past. so this sounds like part of the wider. the media tell us more about who exactly jimmy is and what his arrest is so. much of the media hype. and now that apple daily news paper wishes they lost just local media all in isolation which has put a hold on the government and also not only the hunger government but also the beijing government so it's you know i can tell personally. about you but if it was on he's off and i attended

a rallies and protests on his own capacity. he has always he has also been back to . just relating to a protest and demonstration before but this time he was arrested and the national security you know and he's the most high profile about you so and but for the apathy the all the nice a shiny house along be criticized by the state media outpacing and authorities that they are. accusing the government and blaming the government more than a social problem so they are definitely and i but that case not so well i don't. know the police raid on jimmy lies offices were live streamed people in hong kong reacting to the news of his arrest. but this is definitely a shock you may have people shocking news to many of those why expected that she

knew i would be under the national security law as beijing up north you know they had to have already stated earlier that. committing some of the offenses in the district which you know but today we see the the back home and the go all the operation that shocked many people and the challenge of the solicitation to the station in hong kong the chairman sandy operation to say that it and i'm with you is that you have to walk across the city especially shallowness. even for those who were not arrested today but they may be afraid to speak out. thank you very much that up to our correspondent in hong kong. though to build a ruse swear cities are reported to be call me after late night clashes between protesters and police over the outcome of the presidential election the electoral commission says president alexander lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote but the

opposition. candidates for atlanta. says the results were rigged and she was the real winner she said she wants to hold talks with the government. on the streets of minsk bella who says capitol filled with protesters. chants of change and long live bellerose resoundingly through the city. riot police pushed back against the demonstrators the flowing water cannon and firing tear gas and rubber bullets. incumbent president who gushing call had warned would crack down on any unauthorized rallies. was. follow 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 our law enforcement joe i told them there's no need for a heavy response you know. the protests kicked off after a state exit poll said who 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 the many voters sporting the white armbands that are a symbol for to kind of stay yes supporters this election poses the 1st serious challenge to luka shing close 26 year rule with support for taken off 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 lucas shankar with a huge lead and is the termination to keep a firm grip on power. for more let's bring in money zaw a scene from hamburg he's a member of the german parliament's foreign affairs committee and the green party's parliamentary spokesperson for eastern european policy thanks for being with us misses of unseen let me start by asking you about the electoral commission in bella ruse saying that you think that i want to around 80 percent of the vote do you think that's a credible result. you know it's quite obvious that since 25 years we haven't seen free and fair elections and but i was at all i think not any election before has been as much fake this one i think that it's really a fake election that you cannot call an election now people took to the streets all

over bellerose to protest the election result. human rights organizations are saying one person has been killed what do you make of the way the police have responded to the demonstrators i have expected actually that the question coville use false and violence to clean up the streets not have a situation like in ukraine on i mean and it's clearly that his legitimacy has been broken to a certain extent and that is for years for all of us at the impression that there's much more of his sentiment against them and that much i opposition to an official public and showing what that he might have originally to in the country at at all in any way and this seems to be different this time and i think that the best that you were duped and union and also berlin has been grown too soft an approach from unconstrained go and believe it is. the works of us i want to ask you about that because i was looking at your twitter feed and reacting to google shakers announced

victory you tweeted that the elections in belarus should be a lesson to berlin and brussels what should germany and the e.u. learn from this. we should learn clearly that the idea that look at what a safe abella was independence from russia union state of russia and below it was just in debate since many 5 years is a fake arguments by look i should go and the kremlin to hold us at that as they were tearing and they should see clearly that our only part that can be the democratic opposition and the democratic movement in the front please and if the levels really really wants to change across who are more open more of what's best it must be on a value based approach how would you suggest that germany and the rest of the european union should go about bringing in the other routes into a closer relationship with the european union that the based on relations with those

opposition parties and i think the 1st point is even that seems to be naïve we need to put in the full of his dream of sanctions again after we saw that the question of us not holding this process regarding the election european union has to run over it and we also have to be clear that this this process of the far off openness of europe even if i'm not possible it is only a corrupt puppet of the kremlin playing the game as national leader of a country that is trying to sustain its of identity while in the back and. paying and selling out the country what's a question this must be a possible what's the best of the lot was open not possible to such. a president in this way and a democratic opposition. this is how it's seen thank you very much for talking with us that was meant to solve a senior member of the german parliament. now some of the other stories making news

around the world today in afghanistan an assembly of tribal leaders has approved the release of 400 taliban prisoners decision was endorsed by president who is seeking peace talks with the militants to end the 19 year war and the taliban says it's ready to start negotiations with the government after the prisoner exchange is completed the u.s. health secretary says are has met taiwanese president citing when in taipei it's the highest level u.s. visit to taiwan in 4 decades a source said he was there to convey a strong message of support from u.s. president. the visit has been strongly condemned by china which claims taiwan as its territory. and australian prime minister scott morrison says he's told the 1000 cases or stabilising in victoria staged the hotspot city of melbourne recorded a drop in daily infections at the same time that the state marked the country's

highest single day rise in fatalities 19 deaths. levanon has been rocked by days of unrest amid clashes between protesters and security forces to government ministers have now stepped down in response to the growing anger sparked by the huge explosions last tuesday that killed more than one $150.00 and left hundreds of thousands homeless the demonstrators blame the country's political elite for deep rooted corruption and negligence. and now the evening it anger in beirut clashes with security forces as people protest for a 2nd day he's on raised was it off i choose days mass even devastating explosion these protests does lay the blame directly on what i say lebanon's corrupt latest sunday so are a number of government officials quito over the crisis in the hunt that this is the point of no return to people hungry the economy is collapsing. the economic

financial and monetary crisis is escalating now family children relatives and friends a 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 lebanon 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 by route from be calm 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 see it. followed. lebanon faces huge challenges dish reconstruction costs and the welfare of an entire nation under a trace finale beyond raced off the last few days looks it to carry on into

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