d.w. would have to invite it back. and dance with the baby. this is news coming to you live from berlin a power vacuum in lebanon as the entire government quits the prime minister blames a culture of corruption for the huge explosions in beirut a week ago they drove people on to the streets demanding reform and left a quarter of a 1000000 homeless. melrose a rough stone anger after president lukashenko claims a landslide victory but his challenger says the boat was bringing and please the

country european union and the u.s. have their doubts too. oh i'm sorry martin good to have you with us the entire government of lebanon has resigned almost a week after the massive explosions that ripped through beirut prime minister said his cabinet's departure would make possible the changes lebanon needs but his announcement has so far done little to placate protesters even as the op was speaking demonstrators were back on the streets demanding an end to the corruption which they say set the stage for last week's tragedy. a country impact. on the streets of beirut clashes gained momentum protesters vented their anger.

authorities in palau leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt. the scenery only reignited by last week's disaster. police tried to free gang control turning teac after protesters telling star needs. to go they want the government gone and made mounting pressure its demand that was granted on monday. now that 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 over there many feel it doesn't are far enough it's a good thing about the government has resigned because at the end of the day someone needs to take accountability and this particular sponsibility for a copy of this it is definitely not enough that this. might be a 1st step back to the problem as not those doing a charge for the past 18 months and those who wait and charge for the past 30 years the only year so usually it's for us to do to get rid of them and as long as they are stated they could action would always be there. that the no one is in the throes of the biggest financial crisis since the civil war making their 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 beijing rich. our correspondent

roseanne solomon is in beirut and joins us now rosa lebanon's government has resigned who will leave the country now. well terry the president. the prime minister has said and. that the government and take your capacity and to end your government that's formed some officials are saying that the resignation of the prime minister has an inception has. been of a national unity government by just my friends and by . their governments when grace it's formed it will embrace. all the political choices. and this way there would be a political settlement resolves all the finance and they kind of make that military

can prices. and there are talks that maybe the sooner prime minister saddam had medium lights had the new government or somebody if you were even nominates might head the new government but you don't know what the action of the people who will be in case this happens ok so it sounds like a transitional government is trying to be formed but protesters are calling for a total overhaul of the way the country is run the system of government what could that look like. well the questions are asking for a tool to do with the formation of the whole political establishment there as are they are asking for and new teacher in government to govern and not involve any of the political that have been running the country since the end of this in or since the civil war actually. and this is why there are protests and there are passions between the security forces and the protesters where this will or will they accept

the new government in its form and we doubt from what we're hearing from putin they're asking for a new and explore and know they're asking for early elections pointing to the new and experience that does not abide by this sectarian based political system 11 not ok and they are asking for accountability yet we're responsible for to the expulsion talking about that system of actions many factions powerful factions including the iranian backed hezbollah are heavily invested in the status quo how likely are they to accept a government overhaul. what action. from what you're hearing yesterday. has one know when to back. the government the russian unity government that i was talking about before that one of the of this is we're talking about and former prime minister saad headed heads this government they would accept they have he

would have their approval ok thank you for now that was our correspondent. in beirut. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a long lines of people have bought up copies of the apple daily newspaper in hong kong the show of support comes a day after the paper's offices were raided and its pro-democracy owner arrested under a controversial new security law imposed by china in june. a security scare forced u.s. president dole trump to leave a press briefing on monday and he was escorted from the room by secret service personnel because of a shooting outside the white house a man in a secret service agent were taken to hospital after the incident. and bolivia has called for international support in lifting road blockades it says are threatening the transport of medical oxygen to cope with patients protesters have blocked roads

in the country for around a week over the government's decision to postpone the general election because of the pandemic. cuba has reimposed its coronavirus lockdown after registering a record number of new cases nearly 100 infections were registered on monday with the capital have on it and in neighboring province the worst hit authorities have suspended public transport in order people to wear masks. the opposition candidate in belarus is presidential election has fled to neighboring lithuania according to the foreign minister there spent lot of taken off sky out head admitted she felt scared after losing the election to president alexander lukashenko who claimed a landslide victory germany has called on the european union to consider imposing sanctions on bevere is us secretary of state mike pump ayos said the boat was not free and fair but in moscow president putin congratulated lucas shank 0 on his win in the in belarus the capital on the bell russian capital minsk protesters have

been out on the streets again. a 2nd night of protests in bellerose was the streets of minsk once again filled with thousands of people. the protesters were met by security forces who deployed stun grenades and rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse them demonstrators put up barricades some were injured after being beaten and others were taken away by the police. protesters are still claiming victory in sunday's election which observers and the main opposition candidate say was rigged. according to the official results incumbent alexander lukashenko convincingly won his 6th term in office with over 80 percent of the vote there are doubts about the

election outcome of broad as well. more deeply concerned by the valorous a presidential election severe restrictions on ballot access for candidates prohibition of local independent observers at polling stations intimidation of opposition candidates in the detention of peaceful protesters and journalists have marred the process and we urge the bell rusin government to respect the right of peace of to peaceably assemble and to refrain from the use of force lucas schenkel has defended the police's response to the protests and said those demonstrating were being controlled by foreign countries. these sheep are being directed by people in the czech republic the opposition understands nothing and is urging people to take to the streets in order to i quote to hold negotiations with the government so that it voluntarily hands over power wardens dutch or lost. as lucas cinco moved to crush dissent network data showed internet disruptions in much of

the country with social media and news sites inaccessible but it didn't stop the opposition supporters from keeping up the pressure as protestors grave the police's violent clampdown to make their voices heard. events in belarus of course are being closely watched in brussels our correspondent ben is there about what are e.u. leaders saying about the election and ongoing protests in belarus the official common statement of the you came from which was a row the high representative for foreign policy or you could also name in the european foreign minister he condemned the violence and the crackdown the against the protests and demonstrations in the those who didn't outright say that the votes for fraud of the voting was fraudulent but he called full faith actions and the counting of every vote and he said the situation would be observed so it was

a lukewarm response other european politicians some more critical of below rules. threatening withing chin's poland and lithuania called for an extra summit of the heads of states of the european union but this is unlikely to happen. and i want to talk about the possibility of sanctions more in just a moment but 1st we just got news just came in during the last hour that the main opposition candidate in the better is a lecture and it's taken off sky that she has left the country and is now in lithuania and e.u. member state do we know why she's gone there. well it's not uncommon unfortunately for opposition politicians from below rose to flee the country and to go into exile there are several of them in poland and also lithuania so it makes sense for the candidate who failed now to leave the country and as you know the bellerose is not a state of with rule of law we have witness that was

a correspondent who was arrested so it's safe for the position to leave the country we've seen that in the elections before. germany's foreign minister has raised the possibility of re imposing sanctions on better rose is that something that. is considering that the u.s. certainly considering that but the u.s. . sanctions against belarus been lifted 4 years ago in 2016 and then there are sanctions again 170 persons and 3 companies in place and they've been lifted because the e.u. also needs the russian. dictator mr lucas hanka because he's entertaining the minsk peace process between ukraine russia and the west and it's

a military ties between bellerose and nato and also the european union has ties visibility rules because bonnaroo says in the immediate neighborhood the u.s. is taking part in the neighborhood policy program so this is a double edged sword only hungary is also opposing any sanctions against baylor was but we will see how that plays out in 2 weeks the foreign ministers of the you will meet and talk about being a ruse ben thank you very much for now that was our correspondent bound to get in brussels. sports news and the way for the europa league resumed on monday after being put on holders of the credible pandemic all matches in the 18 knockout football competition are single leg fixtures this time and will be completed here in germany but home soil couldn't help by a labor cruisin against italian side inter milan striker roman to knock who kaku scored the winning goal to help interest bents to the semifinals joining them are

men chester united who needed extra time and bruno fernando's goal from the spot to defeat copenhagen. well still in germany and turning now to the domestic league it looks like there will be no fans and going to sleep to stadiums when the new season starts on september 18th comes after several politicians voiced their skepticism over proposal in the german football league to allow a limited number of spectators to watch the games in the upcoming campaign. thanks for watching. time and place captured in pictures. images of cars on. 'd the flu studio's archives slimes in bygone eras.

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