this is the w. news live from berlin tonight the woman who wanted to be the next president of the ruse is now a woman on the run. caught forbid anyone should face the choice. says that her decision to flee her home country was her own but her supporters say she was pressured she's calling for an end to protests over an election she has described as rigged also coming up tonight brief and rage in beirut thousands remember the victims of the deadly fort explosion one week ago this as

a renewed calls for the president's resignation and global coronavirus cases hit 20000000 and counting russia says it has a vaccine it's taken months not years to develop so how safe and effective is it really plus. even james bond is no match for the coronavirus in film production we meet a hollywood stunt man who's abandoned the movie set for a cattle rant. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight in belo roots where the opposition's top presidential candidate has left the. tree amid

a massive police crackdown in a video message today. said that she was safe with her children in neighboring lithuania she urged supporters to end their protests against sunday's election result which handed president alexander lukashenko a 6th term he had initially called for a recount but say she was pressured to back to. the crowd and present on sunday in minsk for the election run. by monday she was gone her whereabouts on urn her tame unable to reach her kelly 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. 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 up scios says she was not forced out of her country and the belarussians government also insisted that she left on her own accord. i made a very difficult decision for myself and i've made it that is absolutely independently the it's in the rule mcginn you play moot many will understand me as food many will denounce me and many will hate me. who's night tonight god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced because those here who prepared the pot she came off to share 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 on the 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 will a nother video absolutely. is also circulating on social media appearing to show the opposition leader reading a prepared statement now it's believed to have been recorded in bella ruse just hours before she left for lithuania. who was the responding to their own lives lost informant almost all they did was a chest tube and purpose and that is what poor was used to all sort of. hotel that was to a point where the shares of some customer intentionally more suitable boreholes is above us as we knew was in her suck or he would put it on in the studio the

question bus we put into the states we need to move on to the potion to show that he put in a tense finish and have past mistakes he said there is these. don't risk your life she said as well joining me now is delusion journalist an analyst for the georgia. the video is bizarre to say the least what do you make of it. yes it's bizarre for people living then civilized world in the western countries where the moccasin exists for the dozens of years but that's normally for belarus if you are caught by k.g.b. and they can force you to do whatever you want we still have k.g.b. which is called k.g.b. was to have. informants and every organization on every corporation every political party who are basically are working as agents and what you have seen

that's their standard soviet style k.g.b. tactics they flew to you in front of a very tough decision that perhaps the telescope was shown the video of her husband who has been who has been tortured or they told her that they will. do something bad to her relatives and family who is living in belarus and she decided to lot risk but just to to to step down and go to lithuania temporarily for the do we have any word on the condition of her husband her husband was kept for many weeks in then and so it very confinement which is like the harshest punishment in the prison and there was no contact with him for many days as you know lawyers are not always able to talk to a prisoner and the fortunately we are not able to get all news about his condition

but also a condition of their political prisoners they recites to handle there are more than 250 prisoners and 30 of them are recovered as political prisoners in the video that we just saw. your coals on for just or is not together and not to resist the police are they likely to listen to were. no i don't think professor spell listen to her because they say that she is read in the faith for the paper was given to her and this media looks like a hostage and i can movies perhaps hear a record that you know there is a gun in front of you and you do what will they say to do but they small meant this exactly moment protests are continued in minsk and police is yours in exchange for violence they are beaten arbitrary people staying at the boss top's they stop the bikers they beat the cars that they're honking so it's like the bandits on the

street i'm watching this media us right now and i'm shocked that belarus turned into such house and in the few weeks and this callous is created by the government which doesn't want to step out. in journalist an analyst from vs work a front we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you for here's some of the other stories now they're making headlines around the world hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has been released on bail the owner of one of the city's most prominent tabloids is facing charges under the chinese territories new national security law mr ly is a prominent pro-democracy activists and was arrested during a crackdown on critics of beijing at least 13 people are dead after a bus crashed in overturned outside of mexico city 3 children are among the victims police say the driver lost control of the vehicle when he took

a corner too fast in wet weather lebannon has marked a week since that massive explosion that tore through its capital beirut on tuesday hundreds gathered on the city's streets in memory of the blast victims and in protest at the government's failure to prevent the disaster more than 170 people died and 6000 others were injured when a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate blew up at the city's port. was coming 7 soon one week on beirut pause to reflect on the moment the toll of the city of potch. mall. they gathered amongst the ruins to mourn loved ones and strangers the names of those killed were read aloud money apia emmanuelle of it was a day of mixed emotions and memories are running very with your ears on and raged

on andriy our mood i heard most of those who are here to frame our respects to those who love all it's all still i'm god i know i'm not alone in feeling this way that there are low for the hopefully there are better days ahead a lot of anger sadness no words i think i can kill. i feel for all my friends. been through it we lost people they love. it's a disaster. at nightfall the fury re-emerge with force. yet i am older lebanon's entire government resigned on monday many protesters say it's not enough. they want the resignation of the president who they say is in pot responsible for

last tuesday's devastating explosion. it took 6 months for the world to reach 10000000 coronavirus cases it's taken just 6 weeks for that number to double confirmed coded 1000 infections around the world have surged past 20000000 with more than half reported in the united states india and brazil health officials believe the number of actual cases is much higher because of the limited testing available in many time trees and while the world searches for a treatment russia says it's the 1st to register a coronavirus vaccine but there remain questions over its quality and its safety from president putin with the potentially world changing and now instant approval of the 1st corona virus vaccine is alleged to inaudible to try know that it is that bacteria it provides

a stable immunity and has gone through the necessary tests. but i use. the new vaccine was developed here at moscow's gamma institute you know palatial is could begin in october but it is only been tested on a few volunteers that the studies will be carried out alongside the production of a new vaccine research at the tally sheriff says this is irresponsible but are. those the just dealing with a hit or creating something completely new these vaccines on to bailable 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 unity last that's going to come forward at the. despite many warnings 13000000 doses of the faxing will be produced in russia this year another 170000000 are expected to be produced by far in the future . 5 or more now we want to bring in dr mohammad win here he's a viral a just at lancaster university in the u.k.

dr mears good to see you what do you make of this vaccine from russia would you take the vaccine would you take the shot. i think having approval for a vaccine that is not based on the testified phase 3 trial it's pretty risky and i don't think anybody would be able to take it mainly because off they go and safety profile i mean one of the problem it really with this vaccine is that we don't have access to the original data so it's really difficult to really make out of it what the clinical trial on the phase one phase 2 has been conducted and the information that we have is that it's been conducted on a very small number of people and that isn't sufficient enough and even if it is proven safe for phase one and phase 2 and have some level of antibody that does not get in t. that it would be approved in space fleet so until the phase 3 trial is not completed and is that out i wouldn't become up become publicly available it's really hard to believe it's in is also hard to believe that the health care workers in russia the

frontline health care workers are going to be the 1st people to be vaccinated i mean there are people who work in medicine they know we should know what what you know about vaccine trials this is very risky for them isn't. absolutely added this is risky in many respects i mean it would be risky for any individual who would get it but having it for the front line health workers unprecedented time when they are needed the most is even more riskier and as it is that it's not really about safety or immunity misty it's all about how the vaccine would react against the natural course of infection and this question cannot be answered on until very good blind double blind it would quality control 'd and face new trial is completed and based on their own also when they say that the phase 2 trials because that's going on 2000 people which is 10 times less than us was i think of

axeman because being tried on 50000 'd and on to modern man spies or vaccines that are being tried on 30000 feet he even if a street become available and then the proven to be safe and i mean the genic still the number is to be developed to be really trust for say your trustworthy this an important word here today the russian president said that the injection had been given to his daughter and that it had worked what do you say when you hear that. well i looked on to the press release good information was that if. she thought 'd the shot and 'd it was 'd only one celsius i had to break 'd it 38 on one date and the next day it became the law that is offering ob no problem with that but the question legalise is that the immune response and that isn't used whether that would protect that bill 'd from the natural course of infection that is really something as a scientist on looking into are more interested in to adapt to the actual efficacy of this vaccine is to protect the person who are 'd vaccinated with this vaccine

against the natural course of infections because that is the real test to learn that is what we are looking on any of that would become available and would be approved by the body dr mohamad linear from lancaster university in the u.k. dr maria we appreciate your time and your insights tonight as always thank you. our lives have a look now at other developments in the corona virus pandemic india's prime minister narendra modi says his country can defeat the virus if it curbs surging infections in its 10 most populous states he urged regional leaders to increase testing and contact tracing germany's foreign office is warning citizens against unnecessary trips to madrid and spain's basque region due to a rising number of cases there it's already issued travel warnings for barcelona and to other northern regions new zealand has registered its 1st infection in more than 100 days with 4 people from one household testing positive oakland has been

placed under a new lockdown following that outbreak the world wide film industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic social distancing means cinemas cannot function and movies can't be made especially those including fight scenes or love see so many hollywood movie studios have shut down altogether leaving more than 100000 people without work. this is the closest deal gibson has been to action in a while came the cattle on his ranch north of los angeles gibson has been a stunt man in hollywood for 35 years but come on the virus means there is barely any filming anymore so great is the risk of onset infections bringing expensive productions to a halt. i haven't been on a movie. i don't know 56 months now it's been terrible all my friends are what is

working so we're very lucky to have this ranch and have a little nice side income going on gibson has recently started giving rudy lessons very aback and also rents out stables but his future as a stunt man is uncertain hygene rules are currently being developed including a 2 week quarantine before filming begins but gibson is skeptical. as a stunt man fights are my bread and butter. firework mostly fights or or plain. ice specialize and save a few lines being about the idea of being a cop or whatever but yeah you know it's all intimate things are going to change. james bond himself has been thwarted by the virus no time to die is the name of his new adventure which should have had this overspread in april now that crimea has been postponed indefinitely. now for you is a war the release of tenet by star director christopher nolan is also on hold the

blockbuster needs 80 percent of the world's film cinemas to reopen to have a chance of recovering its 200 $1000000.00 production cost. the dream factory hollywood is in a deep sleep most of the shooting here has stopped. around 120000 people have lost their jobs in the american film and t.v. industries from light changes in years to make up. just. sean pazin is the head of crimson studios more than 3700 square meters a current the unused normally production companies rent this space but they are in a dilemma explains policy and it's a big gamble for them it's not insurable so either they hold and things fall apart in other ways or they jump in and they could be at risk financially by shutting certain productions down due to someone getting sick or

a crew member getting everyone else on the crew sick and cast included so to me we're in a very big unknown that could be very very scary. like every crisis this one has a winner animated films can be produced remotely and instead of going to the sentiment and you spawns probably scenario riding by a steaming set of us in homes around the world. where germany has told the united states to mind its own business over its nord stream 2 gas pipeline from russia the german and russian foreign ministers today declared the decisions to be theirs alone as u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 began a european tour in which the pipeline is likely to be a source of friction one line is already running under the baltic sea now a new one nord stream too is nearing completion the u.s. contends that the new pipeline will make germany too dependent on russian gas nord

stream too has been a major bone of contention between berlin and washington last week u.s. senators threaten to impose sanctions on a german port where essential building materials for the project are being stored. this ferry from the danish island of bornholm could soon be stalled by u.s. sanctions the ship is destined for muck around port and therefore has business ties with the port authority port on the island of ruben is of pivotal importance in the construction of the north stream 2 pipeline 2 special russian ships are docked here once they have been equipped they're supposed to lead the final 160 kilometers of pipeline but if u.s. senators have their way the harbor management all business associates and even local authorities would be affected by the sanctions gas market expert heiko loman feels this signals that the americans are again taking drastic measures against the project. you know one's on to one side and the over the sea alike kind of the new

sanctions especially show that the american side is looking at this very closely and is willing to impose an obstacle with every move of the project enterprise or the russian side and i believe the sanctions have the potential to at least postpone the project for a very long time as the end on its side so if its. neighboring poland also wants to hinder north stream to it runs its own l.n.g. terminal on its baltic coast and plans to receive liquefied natural gas from qatar or norway. warsaw fears that russia will further expand its power with north stream to ultimately use it as a political weapon and economic leverage against the e.u. the us and poland together are pressuring germany to halt the project. that poland and the baltic countries are fundamentally opposed to the north stream

to project as it endangers energy security in central europe we hope that the u.s. sanctions will halt the project and that germany will return to european energy solidarity and north stream to damages european energy solidarity notion that with . the new sanctions could have severe economic consequences from a crime port for example if international insurers refuse to insure incoming ships . and we've got breaking news u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has just announced his running mate for november's elections he has selected kemal here to be his vice presidential running mate she's the 1st black woman to run on a major presidential ticket the decision comes just a week ahead of the democratic national convention where biden and harris will be officially confirmed to challenge president double trump and his vice president mike pence for the white house in the election and again kemal here is will be the

vice presidential running mate for joe biden. or here are some of the other stories that are making news this hour flooding in the yemen's capital sanaa has damaged the world heritage listed city conservationists say the grooves of over 100 of the city's distinctive mud brick houses have collapsed they blame a severe rainy season along with years of neglect a powerful storm has swept across the u.s. midwest causing widespread damage and leaving more than half a 1000000 homes and businesses without power it tore through eastern nebraska iowa and parts of wisconsin and illinois also injuring several people. while some professional sports around the world are managing to weather the coronavirus pandemic many others have not been so lucky mexico is unique style of masked wrestling known as. depends on ticket sales to stay afloat social distancing

rules have left the sport on the ropes and put thousands of wrestlers 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 less the people in the top now. we don't need to simplify. we need more we need

a loan. 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 to get acquitted but i don't agree with those underground fights here or anywhere because i doubt they are complying with safety measures being and as the navy is now going to get them we send according to the boxing and wrestling commission at least 30 mexican wrestlers have lost their lives to covert 90. organ that breaking news story for you u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has just announced his running mate for november's election he have selected california senator kemal harris to be his vice

presidential running mate harris will be the 1st black woman to ever run on a major presidential ticket the decision comes just a week ahead of the democratic national convention where biden and harris will be officially confirmed to challenge president donald trump and his vice president mike pence for the white house in november election. you're watching the w. news from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around i'll be right back.

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