this is the lovely news that live from. now. at this hour a tough decision to leave the country but how much of it was hers. god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced with supporters of opposition candidates front lawn have to come to scotland says she was left to us she left under duress she is now calling for an end to protests over an election that she herself described as rape also on the program. of global coronavirus traces past

20000000 russia becomes the 1st country to approve in fact saying it's taken just months to develop so how safe or effective is it. and russia's threatened by an ecological disaster with a grounded japanese tanker in danger of breaking apart and polluting even more of the pristine coast. i'm phil gal welcome to the program the opposition candidate in better was his presidential election has left the country. has joined her children in neighboring lithuania she'd sent them back before the vote and before accusing president alexander look at shango of rigging the result germany has called on the european union to consider imposing sanctions against a better roast us secretary of state might pump aoe said the votes have been a. either fair nor free but russian president vladimir putin has congratulated

president bush and co on his way to kind of skier had given no him 3rd she was leaving the country. proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election. by monday she was gone her whereabouts on earn her team unable to reach her. now svetlana taken off scalia has reappeared with a somber message online. to say the companion i knew what this campaign really toughened me and empowered me that i could withstand anything. new but perhaps i'm still the weak woman that i was in the beginning but was initially. the opposition candidate has fled to neighboring lithuania as confirmed by the country's foreign minister taken off scale says she was not forced out of her country and the government also insisted that she left on

her own accord. i made a very difficult to sit in for myself and i've made it absolutely independently the it's in the knee in the game in europe a moot many will understand me many will denounce me and many will hate me. god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced because of those. who prepared the pot she came off to she refused to concede defeat in sunday's vote election officials said authoritarian president alexander lukashenko won his 6th term in office with a landslide 80 percent of the verdict took another scale one only 10 percent but has dismissed the results but fulfilling she submitted a formal demand for a recount. thousands of belarusians have also rejected the results taking to the streets for a 2nd night of protests demonstrators in minsk were met by security forces who

deployed stun grenades rubber bullets and tear gas injuring dozens of foreign officials have also expressed doubt about the election outcome. more deeply concerned by the bellary 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 german officials have called for the european union to discuss re imposing sanctions on belarus but for now with the backing of russia and china president lukashenko remains defiant let's explore this further with the other was a journalist an analyst a fan like a virtual welcome to d.w. there are of course widespread suspicion is that she kind of skier was pressurised into leaving the country but what do you think. all i'm pretty sure are government

is trying to employ the same tactic they did in 2010 when some presidential candidates went to k.g.b. it and then came back and said that all pollution is guilty and thanks for helping us get a slot on my truck i had the same situation as to an oscar right now and apparently they put pressure on the metrics family i think to come or skate yesterday was scholem something extraordinary perhaps she was given the choice between the health and life of a relative for her husband and that the choice to to leave the country to go to the us and of course she should prefer the 2nd one. and nobody expected her to go does anyone expect her to come back i don't think she will come back any time soon and or visually it's very difficult to manage their evolution from outside and this means that even the broths will continue today and the further days in the weeks they will be leaderless and it's simpler since are learning

quickly to be to self organize it started during the call of it to 1900 week when government didn't do anything and people organize their special support of each other and gather in money to buy protective gear for doctors and now miller stand together money to build some equipment and some stuff to build barricades some organizations. are leaving what there are leaving some protective gear for protesters near the metro station and everywhere in the means you can find many comments some drugs left especially in case if someone will be beaten and will need some. urgent medical help so now that serve the presidency is there's room for 26 years he's now he's one again what's he like me to do next. is it business as usual. no it's not usual i think it's

a very very special extraordinary situation here understand that he's losing control over the situation and he wants to. stay in power so long as he can but i'm sure he feels there is time is over and this pro this this process of transition from look at to the new government it may last that beat the question this is it will last for weeks or it will last for months and years and everything depends on to day to morrow and this week even the protestant sort of life if they will continue then look at us and it will be very very soon we thank you for joining us and outlining how to for a so clearly better journalist and analyst from a very chalker. well the number of confirmed covered 19 cases around the world has surpassed 28000000 with more than half of those in the united states india and brazil health officials believe the number of people infected is likely to actually

be much higher as many countries have only limited testing i mean while russia says it is the world's 1st country to vegetate a coronavirus vaccine but there are questions over its quality and safety. president putin with a potentially world changing and now incident approval of the 1st coronavirus vaccine it is nice to honorable to try know that it is effective it provides a stable immunity and has gone through the necessary tests you know but i you get you. the new vaccine was developed here at moscow's gamma layer institute you know palatial could begin in october but it has only been tested on a few volunteers for the studies will be carried out alongside the production of a new vaccine research at the tally sheriff says this is irresponsible but of. course that's just dealing with a hit or created here is something completely new these vaccines aren't available

yet we don't know how it will behave and what will happen when someone is infected with the virus we also don't know how long the sun for going forward with this. despite many warnings 13000000 doses of the facts seem to be produced in russia this year another 170000000 are expected to be produced by foreign firms in the future. so how reassured should we be by russia's claim to have approved a coronavirus vaccine i put that question to you k. health analyst nurse and educator john campbell i think the answer is not very reassured i mean the u.k. in europe and the united states is being absolutely flat out on this vaccine development since since the coronavirus pandemic became an issue and we are still only a few sample vaccines and what we call phase 3. clinical trials i think there's 4 vaccines now in phase 3 clinical trials and this means are we max an 8 a large number of people with a vaccine

a large number of people with the placebo and then we see how that happens now this simply has not been enough weeks and months have passed to do such a study in russia the level of reassurance and validity and safety testing efficacy testing that we were expecting westing coaches for a new drug or a new vaccine to come on line they simply has not been the time to do that john campbell let's have a look at some of the other developments in the coronavirus a pandemic will start in india where the prime minister narendra modi says his country can defeat the virus if it curbs surging infections in its 10 most populous states which account for more than 80 percent of india's active cases he urged regional leaders to increase testing and contact tracing in new zealand they've registered the 1st infection in more than 100 days when 4 people from one house hold testing positive or clint has been placed under a new lockdown following this outbreak and the us government is reported to be

considering blocking citizens and permanent residents from returning to the country if they are suspected of having the virus the operator of a japanese freighter grounded off the coast of militias are are is bracing to pump out the ship's remaining fuel before it breaks apart more than a 1000 tons of oil have already spilled into the pristine seas damaging coral reefs and polluting the coastline. 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 for 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 or more interest and the best interests of what should be done to protect our country our. attention

it was a potential. and. this bill is another blow to the tourism industry in marriages which is hoped visitors would return to the waters after the corona pandemic. and while some professional sports are on the while the managing to weathervane coronavirus pandemic many others like mexico's new wrestling haven't been so lucky social distancing bulls have left the sport on the ropes and put thousands of restless out of work. break is a celebration of culture in mexico which draws thousands of wrestling fans like characters straight out of a comic book the wrestlers don masks to capture the crowd's imagination but no one could envision the effects coronavirus would have on the sport with all of the arenas still closed in mexico the sport remains at a standstill there's no telling when or if this electric atmosphere will ever return the bulk of these wrestlers don't have health insurance or

a pension plan no wrestling means no way organizations committed to helping have provided food and other provisions for out of work wrestlers but some say that isn't enough. the rest of us the people in the top now we don't need to simplify. we need more we need a loan in this. sport organizers have insisted wrestlers will continue to be paid but according to some payments never reach them there are plans to launch a format similar to a drive in movie theater to bring spectators back in the meantime some wrestlers have organized their own fights on the internet. i don't agree with those underground fights here or anywhere because i doubt they are complying with safety measures that they're known as the movie. according to the boxing and

wrestling commission at least 30 mexican wrestlers have lost their lives to cope at 90. in situ up to date i'll have more here at the top of the hour covert 19. special is the next of the day. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. covert 19 special next on d w. in the army of climate change. summit there soon.