the stolen soul starts september 7th on d w. this is deja vu news live from berlin belarus releases thousands of jailed protesters officials apologizing as well after watering their release some 7000 people were detained during a police crackdown on demonstrations protests fall the country's disputed presidential election also coming out. and historic agreement in the mideast israel and the united arab emirates to normalize their relations and

establish diplomatic ties in return israel agrees to suspend further annexations in the occupied west bank. are broad thomas good to have you with us today the government in belarus has started releasing people detained during days of protests that followed president lukashenko disputed reelection over the weekend the move comes amidst growing pressure on the government both at home and abroad as some of the detainees were freed from custody of the ross interior minister issued an apology for injuries inflicted on demonstrators close to 7000 people were detained in the crackdown but some of them remain missing. this is the sound of people power. tonight in minsk venting fury at what they see

as a stolen election at the weekend giving president alexander lukashenko a 6th term in office. the violent civil authorities against initial protests only solidified opposition to the regime. an american citizen in belarus toadie w house state agents broke into her flat and took away have valorous employ friends in the early hours of thursday they could see that they his nose i think they had broken his nose there was blood on his face have a lawyer and. more allowing sauce to see her. and so are all those around waving and it's really open to play the when. she's not alone thousands of others across the country awaiting to whiting and

organizing and even picketing detention centers where people are paying how old book many of those already freed show the injuries inflicted by offices. these pictures the spreading around the world and more will come. people in the streets of piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. with us now is our political correspondent keep brady good morning to you kate up berlin will be chairing the e.u. foreign ministers sessions of a belarus will be on their agenda in a virtual meeting a could sanctions be part of their discussions. well we certainly can expect the european foreign ministers to turn up the pressure on bellary since day the block the e.u. bloc has already described the elections in belarus as being neither fair nor free and german foreign minister said yesterday that intensive talks already underway in

a year about imposing sanctions on belarus is well this wouldn't be the 1st time that we've seen imposed sanctions against both a ruse already after rigged election back in 2010 we saw sanctions imposed but after it was deemed that valerie's was taken some steps in the right direction towards democracy and towards upholding the rule of law those sanctions were removed largely in 2016 but we certainly could see more sanctions imposed and that's certainly the call as well from both the opposition and from the junior coalition partner in the government here in germany is to take a very hard line against the roof right now and it's very important too that the e.u. unites on this matter not least of all to support the calls for free elections and democracy and valorise but also just looking at the wider picture hey you have russia as well who considers bellerose to be very much a buffer against the e.u.

and nato so it's very important right now that the e.u. unites and takes a united response towards bellaver united response a coming as as the government in minsk in belarus makes some conciliatory moves its release of protesters it's apologized is there a sense in berlin that minsk could be prepared to make further concessions. whether or not you can call them concessions is questionable at the moment of course we are hearing these reports that many people are now being released and of course we also have that apology as well from the minister of interior fads in valorise that said the protests that we've the violence that is being used against the protests and the people who have been detained that cannot be undone we're seeing images now as well of the abuse and violence the scars already that people are now bearing after the violence that they faced in those protests it certainly

does seem that the e.u. this time will be taking a much harder stance towards despite these these apologies that we're hearing so they but surely and at the same time the tone that we're hearing from their restart now it shows as well just how vulnerable a position. is in right now and we should know more about the stand from the foreign ministers meeting later today was to break thanks very much for the actors . let's get to break down some of the other stories making the news today firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires and split soaring heat in the western united states a rapidly growing blaze north of los angeles is forcing evacuations of hundreds of residents soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. lebanon's far lament has approved a 2 week state of emergency for beirut in its 1st meeting all owing last week's catastrophic explosion there it grants no terry broad powers like prohibiting

gatherings in the current curfews protesters rights groups fear it could lead to a crackdown on civil liberties. protesters in all garia have marched on the german embassy in the capital sofia calling on germany to use its presidency of the e.u. council to take action against the bulgarian government or gary has seen more than a month of protests people accusing the prime minister and the chief prosecutor of corruption and they're demanding the resignation is. in historic move israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to a full normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank u.s. president trump says the agreement will be signed at the white house in 3 weeks time for their part the palestinians have rejected the deal calling it a betrayal of their calls it's only the 3rd time israel has struck such an accord with another arab country and the 1st in a quarter of

a century. i historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal. and idea was clear that israel would come out of the 3 way calling with the united states to stop being and exceed suspending. at the same time we will be able to also i know that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship with various various areas israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu greeted the deal as a huge step towards peace in the region well today we are sure in a new era of peace between israel and the are ruled this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the our world in the last 26 years. but

nixon yahoo specified that his an accession plans have not been outright cancelled only put on a temporary hold. the agreement brokered by u.s. president donald trump over months of discussions is seen as an unprecedented reshaping of the political order in the middle east it comes as a diplomatic win for trump just as the election campaign in the u.s. starts to heat up by uniting who of america's closest and most capable partners in the region something was said could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east. but not everyone is satisfied with the agreement the palestinian leadership dubbed the deal a betrayal and demand that its retraction. as a round the world to be agreement is being hailed as a historic achievement the palestinians see themselves pushed to the sidelines.

for more let's bring in robert he's the deputy editor of the german political magazine saying it's which focuses on the middle east thanks for joining us this morning robert. a reshaping of the mideast political infrastructure can you tell us can you sketch out for us who the winners and who the losers are in the. well at short term a lot of parties can feel like winners although i would not call this a historic shattering moment this has been in the making for quite some years and especially the emirates and israel have been developing relations for many years and that was one of the worst kept secrets of the region also benyamin netanyahu he visited on mon shortly before the death a conference preparing the so-called middle east peace plan was held and behind

last year so a lot of steps lead to this now and the timing is crucial here so why did this happen now and this is more the important question and who needs this strategic public victory right now. from the u.s. yeah. the israeli government i think they can handle short term victory to the u.s. allies at the same time it was never really clear how much israel was prepared to follow through with these annexation plans and they have to keep in mind and brace for potentially different u.s. administration coming in next year so calling it off temporarily looks like a good will gesture. will temporarily exactly. the same time is right did yeah let me ask you is the region more stable now as a result of this. nothing really changed that much and israel

basically did not commit to anything permanently and that will be a. topic of contention because it's not entirely clear of an agreement has been reached or if that agreement is to be reached in the get the negotiations to come and what part an extension plants will play in this ok negotiations to come could we see a resurrection of the 2 state solution for palestine well that depends on which parties are are in there and willing to actually move this forward i don't see really willingness on any pot to do that basically it's negotiations between israel and a bunch of the gulf arab states they have a lot of common interests even outside any u.s.

help so. they would have proceeded with these kind of negotiated negotiations anyway of the palestinian question briefly could you see other arab states joining and we have just couple of seconds yes or no. yeah the argument on now is saudi arabia the u.a.e. has clearly taken the forefront as the most important publicly visible l.-i of the of the united states and just one last thing we have to pay attention to the main architect of this policy this is mohamed bin zayed the crumpets of abu dhabi probably the most influential republican in our time he's stepping out of the shuttle's step by step so keep a close look i always behaving robert judging from zenith magazine here in germany thanks very much for joining us. my pleasure here's a look now at some of these developments in the pandemic india's death toll has overtaken the u.k. to become the 4th highest in the world out following the u.s.

brazil mexico it comes after another single day record increase in cases and these ilands resurgent outbreak has spread beyond the country's largest city auckland that's despite police imposing roadblocks to stop people leaving the city paris has once again been designated a high risk red zone the french government issuing a decree declaring the capital an area with a high infection risk foreign shore increase in cases in germany as recorded more than 1400 new cases were the 2nd day in a row the highest level of infections in 3 months. this is deja vu news live from berlin let's get you a reminder now of our top story at this hour the government and has started releasing people detained during 5 days of protests following the disputed reelection of president bush into some 7000 people that rusted and as reports of police brutality continue to emerge the interior minister has apologized for the attention of many innocent people. are coming to you live from

berlin up next we have our business with chris colfer stay around for that this is . free to any surprises. coming down. from 6.8 in the footsteps of the great. concerns. around the clock.

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