this is the dub in years live from the land a power vacuum in lebanon as the entire government steps down the lebanese prime minister announces the resignation of his government almost one week after the beirut blast he blames a culture of corruption for the explosion which has left a quarter of a 1000000 people homeless. rather rooster robson anger after the government claims a landslide victory for president lukashenko but his challenger says the vote was rigged and the european union and the u.s. have their doubts too.

i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the show the lebanese prime minister and his entire cabinet have resigned almost a week after the massive explosion in beirut has and yap said their departure would make possible the changes lebanon needs but his announcement has so far done little to placate protesters even as the i was speaking demonstrators were back in the streets demanding an end to the corruption that they say set the stage for last week's tragedy. a country in pain. on the streets of beirut clashes gained momentum protesters vented their anger at thors in palo leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt. 7 their scenario only remake nodded by last week's disaster. police tried to regain control turning technique

after protesters telling a story needs. to go they want the government gone and made mounting pressure it's a demand that was granted on monday. night but today we are heeding the people and their demands to hold accountable those responsible for a disaster that has been concealed for 7 years. and their desire for real change. change from the corrupt destructive state from a state of theft to a state of law and justice and transparency to a country that respects its people. prime minister hasan deol handed in his government's resignation to the president who has asked him to stay on until a new cabinet is formed the decision has been welcomed although many feel it

doesn't are far enough it's a good thing about the government has resigned because a gun to the base someone needs to take accountability and he's to take responsibility for a copy of this it is definitely not enough that this. might be a 1st step to the problem is not those doing a charge for the past 18 months those who wait and charge for the past 30 years the only it so you should it's for us to get should of them and as long as they are stated they could option would always be there. that the no one is in the throes of the biggest financial crisis since the civil war making a recovery from last week's to zastava that much harder. one thing's clear the resignation has done little to quell the chaos on the streets of paris which i don't know and we spoke with the doubly correspondent. in beirut and we asked him if the resignation of the government meant the protesters demands. not at all even

after the announcement of that is ignition of the government but if they were just right here in downtown beirut they called in your. media demands. are not satisfied by the government dictation they are asking for more asking for your elections but imagine i mean. asking now for the nation of the president seemed the the what happened in the past days but you don't. think everything upside turned everything upside down what was acceptable by the court just a week or 2 weeks ago now it's not accepted that all the big sister weeks after the decline natural and the economy count political currency that is nation of the government was one of the main demands explosion it is to see now new york is completely different seen the protests of that world with the sick since 3 days ago

it will continue to be coming. the belarusian interior ministry says a protester has died during clashes with police after an explosive device blew up in his hands and the victim was part of a crowd protesting the results of sunday's a landslide victory for president alexander look at his main challenger says the vote was rigged and this claimed victory for herself. the leaders of belarus see these demonstrations as a threat to their authority in minsk and other cities tens of thousands showed their support for the opposition on election night even though according to official figures their main candidate won only 9.9 percent of the vote. then the situation escalated security forces attempted to disperse the demonstrators using stun grenades water cannons and rubber bullets almost 100 people were injured in the clashes authorities say they made more than 3000 arrests that joe le doux at

1st things were peaceful people walked in the chamber there were a lot of them and then police vans came and started to arrest them is a bit accusation but there were a lot of people with weapons they started shooting at people's arms and legs despite reportedly winning less than 10 percent of the vote opposition candidates for atlanta teacher not sky a claimed victory and she called on president lukashenko to step down. the authorities should think about how they can peacefully hand over power to us. right . now so far they have only responded with violence against peaceful citizens. and she did nouns the election as illegitimate. we have official reports from many polling stations that i received more votes than the other candidates. we have proof of voter fraud. have people who are ready

to come forward about fraud at polling stations. or evidence that is allegedly circulating on the internet is really a proport to show a woman climbing out of a polling station with bags claim to be filled with ballot papers. you know incumbent lukas shank the official winner with nearly 80 percent of the vote said the protests are being organized from abroad. to work. cheap are being directed by people in the czech republic to the opposition understands nothing new and he's urging people to take to the streets in order to i quote hold negotiations with the government so that it voluntarily hands over power to last but handing over power is something lucas shango has categorically ruled out. u.s. president donald trump was evacuated from the white house briefing room by secret service personnel on monday looks like

a just going to be jumping record children. trump was minutes into a briefing on the coronavirus when he was abruptly interrupted the white house was placed on lockdown after security officers short shot a person outside the perimeter of the complex the president later returned to the media briefing and said the suspect was believed to have been. well it might not a very good thing to do with me it might have been something else but it was really outside of the premises the wall the the as you know the fencing especially the new fencing that they put up is very powerful but it was on the outside of the world ok and they'll have a full report secret service for a little while before we let you know how you do it she read it it's unfortunate this is a world but the world's always been a dangerous place now to some other stories making news around the world. over

a 100 people have been arrested during a night of looting and clashes in the u.s. city of chicago the police department says 13 officers were injured during the violence the unrest began after police shot a man during a pursuit in a black neighborhood. also in the u.s. a natural gas explosion in baltimore has killed at least one person and seriously injured at least 6 others dozens of firefighters converged on the rubble after the blast level several houses. officials and. say new cracks have appeared in the hall of a japanese all time to which ran a show off the island late last month oil has already been leaking from the stricken vessel and salvage crews are racing against time to prevent the cage. cuba has reimposed its coronavirus lockdown after the island nation registered a record number of new cases nearly 100 infections all registered on monday with

the capital of a neighboring province the worst hit authorities have suspended public transport and ordered people to wear masks. germany social democrats b s p d have announced that finance minister. will be the party's candidate for chancellor in next year's election public polls show scholtz to be the most popular s.t.v. for the station he's recently and. praise for his part in a multi-billion euro coronavirus stimulus package. china is ramping up its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in hong kong police in the territory say they've carried out a national security operation that has seen several people detained among those arrested activists agnus cho tang and media tycoon jimmy lie lie as one of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists campaigners and an outspoken critic of beijing's policies in the territory lies own newspaper reported he was being held for suspected collusion with foreign forces under the national security law

introduced in june this was the moment of arrest to be lie put into an on mock police man outside his home in hong kong. then driven away. police raided the publisher's office late in the morning. he was then later brought to the offices of his media company mixed media the paper itself released these pictures mr large being escorted around the office by police officers. police said they were looking for evidence but did not specify what exactly. the 71 year old jimmy lie is among several arrested in a police operation focused on his group of media outlets including the popular top lloyd apple daily. in

a statement police said 7 people have been detained on suspicion of fraud and colluding with foreign forces part of the new security law i'm a comes on this morning around 945 together with our colleagues from the criminal investigation department and military staff we got a warrant to conduct an operation to search for evidence of a ration so far as smooth and we hope to finish soon and not to disturb the operation of the media. it is not the 1st time jimmy lai has been arrested. china's state media has portrayed him as a traitor and accused him of being one of the masterminds behind the many recent protests in the city. he's a well known and outspoken pro-democracy figure in hong kong who regularly criticize china's or thora town rule many here in hong kong see him as an unlikely hero. i don't think the police should be doing this after all this is

a media organization hong kong claims to have freedom of the press so i don't think they should be raiding the media's premises. the self-made billionaire and media owner is the only high profile business person who so far has been willing to open be criticised beijing are willing to risk only days after the us government announced sanctions on hong kong and mainland chinese officials. it's a clear signal that china is determined to enforce the new security law despite growing international pressure. the u.s. europa league and resumed on monday after being put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic all matches in the 18 knockout football competition a single leg fixtures will be completed in germany but on home soil but homes are rather couldn't help by a level because an against into side italian side interval land striker romelu lukaku scored the winning goal to help advance to the semifinals and joining them

manchester united who needed extra time and a bruno fernandez goal from the spot to defeat copenhagen. still in germany and turning now to the domestic league it looks like they'll be no fines in blunders legal stadiums when the new season starts on september 18th this comes after several politicians voiced their skepticism over a proposal from the german football league to allow a limited number of spectators to watch games in the upcoming campaign health minister jens praised the plan but said the risk was still too high given the ongoing coronavirus and demick. finally to rail wales who spent years in a chinese of clarion have been returned to the island off the ocean off iceland these 213 year old belugas called little white and little grey from now on they'll call a conservation sanctuary south of the island home conservationists will have to keep a close eye on them as they readjust to life in the ocean after nearly

a decade in confinement. you're watching d.w. news from in there's more news on our website e.w. dot com follow us as well on twitter and instagram at news and told me a lot it was unfortunate. i'm neal and i'm good welcome to the 2nd season of only good friends with the planet on the brink of disaster we did long in-depth interviews with experts about one question who changed to morning edition.