i'm constantly thinking to imagine. to. start september 16th on d w. did she flee or was she forced out the opposition challenger and belarus his presidential election leaves the country her campaign team say she was expelled after accusing president bush and co of bringing the results of a rooster up to deny the location code claimed a landslide victory also coming up little towns prime minister announces his government's resignation the planes the culture of corruption for the huge explosions in beirut a week ago people on to the streets demanding reform and urgent efforts in

riches to pump 2500 tons of oil out of the ground ball carrier before it breaks up some coral reefs and lagoon have already been polluted. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program the opposition candidate in belarus his presidential election has left the country and is now in neighboring lithuania taken off but hasn't so far spoken about her move but her campaign team says she was forced out after accusing president alexander lukashenko of rigging the election results germany has called on the european union to consider imposing sanctions on belarus u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe said the vote was not free and fair but russian president vladimir putin has congratulated lucas shake on his win. in the battle

russian capital minsk protesters have been on the streets again for. a 2nd night of protests in bellerose. 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. 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. and were deeply concerned by

the ballot 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 delarue san government to respect the right of peace of to peaceably assemble and to refrain from use of force. 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. loss. as lucas incl move 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 protesters braved the police's violent clampdown to make their voices heard. person analysis now we're joined by bill russian journalist proud enough charkha thanks for being with us we just learned that. the main opposition candidate in the better was a lections has left the country and is now in lithuania do we know why she's gone there. we don't know why but the definitely after yesterday's talk in the central electoral coming to she changed her mind because before she planted the support for testers from what i know and she plans to join the protesters about 3 hours stuck the secret talk with the secret service of brothers made her change for

a moment what did they tell her i think i think they end up blackmailed her i don't know what they used for abs they threaten her with with her husband perhaps with her relatives perhaps they promise to not shoot people if she flees the country we don't know but definitely what we know they achieved what they wanted they divided protesters from their leaders and the resistance now becomes leaderless so the protest has lost its figurehead it would seem tell us more about those protests in belarus how serious are they. i never saw it before that something absolutely. unprecedented in the country i must say that i couldn't even imagine the other sense can protest so broadly they have been not just immense but in more than 30 sit beside i think 100 self thousands people took part though we

have merit many clashes several people indict. introduced army on the streets and special security it forces so that i for group of k.g.b. or we'll shoot in jordan the list yesterday we had him can for our colleagues report there so there is going from ation since last night of all them i one the reporter michael leak. from national news was wounded over the bulletin she was in hospital about her or her condition is stable so it's not just the bulk test of snow there shouldn't everyone who is on the streets and it also could mean that authorities are going to introduce something like a martial law or state of emergency. just one of those fellows reporters was detained shortly before the election took place in a still in custody i wanted to ask is there any sign that president lucas is prepared to make concessions to the protesters. unfortunately no

science and opus that he's. put in the old breed just on fire he doesn't want wrong negotiations he continues to talk in that their opposition leaders the media and laymen everyone forbearing their evolution he and not rely on that public support anymore to rely solely on them when they're on the force on the law enforcement from the army and he he could deliver it in the pre-war situation and this water was started by him against his own people which is which is quite weird because he was always claiming that he's the father of the nation. from to thank you very much for talking with those that was a product be a charkha an analyst on on building roofs. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today 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 injure. a security scare forced u.s. president gul trump to leave a press briefing on monday he was escorted from the room by secret service personnel because of a shooting outside the white house a man and a secret service agent were taken to hospital after the incident. and a powerful storm has swept across the u.s. midwest causing widespread damage and leaving more than half a 1000000 businesses without power the storm tore through eastern nebraska iowa parts of wisconsin and illinois several people were injured. cuba has reimposed its coronavirus walked out after registering a record number of new cases nearly 100 infections were registered on monday with the capital have on it and a neighboring province the worst hit authorities have suspended public transport in order for people to wear masks. the entire government of lebanon has resigned

almost a week after the massive explosions that ripped through beirut prime minister has said his cabinets departure would make possible the changes lebanon needs but his announcement is 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 for. the country impact. on the streets of beirut clashes going to menton protesters vented their anger at times in palla leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt. 7 scenery only really nodded by last week's disaster. police tried to free gang control turning to sneak out to protest his howling starnes. i.

don't think. they want the government gone i mean now i'm saying pressure it's a demand that was granted on monday. night 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. chain. 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. tended 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 that the government has resigned because at the end of the day someone needs to take accountability and needs to take responsibility for a cop in the us it is definitely not enough that this. might be

a 1st step back to the problem as not doing a charge for the past 18 months and those who wait and charge for the past 30 years the only year that's where you wish and it's for us to get should have them as long as they are stated they could option would always be there would. have been honest 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 things clearly the resignation has done little to quell the chaos on the streets of paris. in moorish is urgent efforts are being made to pump $2500.00 tonnes of oil out of a grounded japanese ball carrier before it breaks up already more than a 1000 tons of fuel have washed up on the eastern coast polluting coral reefs protected lagoons and the shoreline. it's a race against time thousands of residents of marriages are working around the

clock their mission to prevent a 2nd disasters oil spill off the picture perfect coastline devastating for one of the world's most popular tourist destinations it's very sad for us all our work the fisherman the boat men there's no work at the moment it's finished us now. the japanese own vessel kushal ran aground 2 weeks ago carrying 4000 tons of fuel which started leaking last week the government has declared an environmental emergency conservationist call it an unprecedented catastrophe these satellite images show the enormous scale of the disaster huge stretches of pristine sea water around the ship now stained with thick oil sludge call reefs mangrove forests and tranquil legumes all affected along with many endangered species efforts are ongoing to

empty the ship but high winds and waves are pounding the vessel experts say it could break up any time the opposition is calling for the resignation of the environment minister and many here are angry that it has taking the government so long to act government was acting on the advice of the company on there. without taking the best interest of the people are just and the best of what should be done to protect our country. it was a potential. and gross negligence by. the spill is another blow for tourism industry militias which has hope visitors would return to the waters after the coronavirus pandemic. so you look now at some of the latest developments in the credit iris pandemic the number of confirmed cases worldwide has passed 20000000 that's according to a tally by the johns hopkins university more than half of the cases are in the

united states india and brazil russia's president vladimir putin says his country's health ministry has approved a coded $9000.00 vaccine after less than 2 months of human testing the speed has raised concerns over the vaccine safety the us administration is reportedly considering blocking u.s. citizens and permanent residents from returning to the country if they are suspected of having the virus and there are signs that an outbreak of in $1000.00 it australia has come victoria state is subsiding case numbers are falling a week after lockdown restrictions were imposed and finally 2 rare whales which spent years in a chinese aquarium have been returned to the ocean off iceland these are the 213 year old belugas name to little white 10 little grey now and they'll call a conservation sanctuary south of the island. conservationists will have to keep a close eye on them as they readjust to life in the ocean after nearly

a decade in confined. you're watching news from berlin coming up next we've got a documentary film for you on the relationship between president strong and. there's always much more on our website indeed if you don't call him to thanks for watching. hi i'm neil and i'm good welcome to the 2nd season of only. the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long interview experts about one question. who would change 2nd here.