this is d.w. news live from berlin the pressure builds on the government to balad rescind president lukashenko as anti-government protesters are free from detention and more reports of mistreatment of merge the e.u. presence sanctions against officials who violate democratic freedoms and human rights. also coming up the afghan government starts freeing the most controversial taliban prisoners as a final precondition for peace talks will the spell the end of the group's terror campaign in afghanistan or the start of a new one. a bull's eye for leipsic as they stand in the atlantic almost dread to

go farther than they ever have in the champions league will bring you all the action. plus celebrating one of germany's best art house film makers on the inventors 75th birthday a new documentary takes a legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the e.u. commission chief was enough on the line has said she supports sanctions on bellicose in officials who violated democratic values or abused human rights close to 7000 people have been detained in a police crackdown the followed president aleksander look at those disputed reelection earlier the government in bolivar started releasing some of those detained during protests this apparent concession comes as there's growing pressure both at home and abroad and as more disturbing reports emerged of abuse at the

hands of security officials. the protesters freed from custody. many bearing scars. they were detained whilst painting fury at what they see as a stolen election at the weekend giving president alexander lukashenko a 6th term in office. the general of syria they arrested everyone beat everyone girls guys children who were 151413 years old there was a grandpa who's around 70 with us everyone got detained even if you just came out to the shop to see what was going on you got arrested. the violence of authorities against initial protests solidified opposition to the regime an american citizen in belarus told e.w. her state agents broke into her flat and took away her belarusians boyfriend

earlier this week he's still believed to be in jail what was so i mean when they were last on. it was just i think you i think i briefly saw one of them i think you 47 or some sort of. automatic rifle and i could see that they his nose i think he had broken his nose there was blood on his face. thousands of others across the country are also hoping for the release of loved ones waiting and organizing and picketing detention centers. many of those already freed show the injuries officers inflicted the pictures are spreading around the world and more about. people in the streets are piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. let's speak now to frantically actually in minsk he's an activist in belarus and he's been following developments

there found out thank you for joining us as we mentioned the government started to release some of the prisoners who were detained we know that there are still a lot of people behind bars and we've heard some harrowing accounts from those who've been released what are you hearing from prisoners. basically what we have right now that can be called concentration camps in 2020. outside there so they've been on the asphalt they're beaten every day and every night some of them are taken by ambulances without consciousness. or it is decided to beat everyone and everywhere when you disagree with the government then you go then you go beaten and then you go through the whole distorters you know they they they over and they think you belong. this people still want to go to the streets and now the demand is on the wall just. to step down.

from that you call these concentration camps i have to ask because there was an apology issued for the treatment of some people especially by standards who faced violence do you think that apology was insincere it was absolutely insincere and it was made because of the international pressure it was made because of the local pressure and the ongoing protests of course they were at least a part of prisoners and they want to have peace they'll causation to stop the growth us than to when time but as we can see he apologized for beaten arbitrary people you know even the same time when. people wear and teen years leave beaten in the same detention camps you know there they are lying every day but from the people belief and trust in lesser and less fun and activist and i thank you very much for joining us here and thank you and let's get some analysis on the

story now we have like with us he's the director for central and eastern europe at the german marshall fund he joins us from right here in berlin i want to get your take on what's happening in ballarat steve think president bush echoes time and power is finally running out. yes absolutely i think he has reached his due by the 8 i don't see any chance for him to dial back this development to retain power the big question really for the next couple of days is whether the transition away from alex on the strength of will be peaceful or if even more blood will be piled on top of the violence that we have seen in the last couple of days i do not see how or elects on the question of can stay in power at this stage we see strikes in the country we see a mass movement that basically has one central demand that this plane should go we see defections from within the operatic as journalists diplomats people in the security forces so i do think that the end is nigh while it's on the power if the

pressure protestors are keeping up the pressure as you said meanwhile i want to ask you about the international community because the european union is supporting now sanctions against valerie's do you think that's going to be an effective move if they decide to do so. well sanctions have a long term effect. i don't think that alexander lukashenko has that much time in power for these for these sanctions to take effect and on the less i think they are a very very important signal of solidarity with the biller addition people of this treatment that they've been they've been subjected to by their governments is unacceptable at the same time i think the sanctions are very important for the e.u.'s own sake because these are european values that are being trampled by the regime and the neighboring country at the same time i think what is just as important is a number of further steps i do think there have to be initiatives by the e.u.

to at least offer us to mediates in the conflicts to initiate a dialogue that may resolve this situation i also think humanitarian aid is needed because we have seen 7 powers and rice in the last couple of days there are people who suffer at their people who are injured or people who are subjected to psychological pressures they will need help they will need rehabilitation and these are steps that the european union can relatively easily and quickly take take made such a debatable you know like from the german marshall fund very good to talk to you thank you very much. let's get a round of now of some other stories making news around the world pakistan is celebrating 73 years of independence amid unabating tension with neighboring india over the disputed region of kashmir president arafat's expressed solidarity with the people of indian kashmir across the border militant separatists attacked

a team of police and killing 2 officers. authorities in afghanistan have begun 3 or 400 taliban prisoners they are among the final group of inmates whose release has been a key taliban demand for beginning peace talks with the afghan government the prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. the united nations says the death toll from last week's massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut has risen to nearly 180 some 6000 people were injured the agency says the blast has affected operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city and damaged schools used by 50000 students. and firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires amid a blistering heat wave on the west coast of the u.s. a rapidly growing blaze north of los angeles has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate a soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. israel in

the united arab emirates have agreed to the full normalization of relations under the u.s. brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the united arab emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason . and historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and ibut was very clear is that. all would be united. do stopping and exceed suspending. him at the same time we will be able to also announce 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 our road this is the greatest advancements toward peace between israel. and the last 26 years. let 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 2 of america's closest and most capable partners in the region something which 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 of what the palestinian leadership affirms at me that the u.a.e. nor any other party has the right to speak on behalf of the palestinian people and does not allow anyone to interfere in palestinian affairs or report on their behalf in their legitimate rights to their homeland. we welcome as around the world to be agreement is being hailed as a historic achievement the palestinians see themselves pushed to the sidelines. here in germany a study in a town that had one of the country's earliest coronavirus outbreaks us found that just 7.7 percent of its residents have antibodies to cope with 19 in their blood research from germany's public health body though kok institute and now it's the findings it means there were almost 4 times as many corona virus infections in the town as previously reported now the studies are part of

a large scale project by german researchers to establish just how widespread the current a virus is in germany and the vice president of iraq constitute also commented on a potential 2nd wave but the need to do good even if we assume immunity among this 8 percent of people that wouldn't be enough to prevent a 2nd wave. looking at this data with all necessary caution that we come to soon that this basic community will be able to stop a 2nd wave of infections the goal post clips in the. let's get some perspective on the story now we have to be escorts with us he is professor of public health and epidemiology and director of the institute of public health at the sheraton a hospital here in berlin to b.s. good to have you back with us what do you make of these findings what his findings were expected so we have data from spain pointing towards the same ballpark direction that about 5 to 10 percent of the general population have antibodies

against a source close to and that we have far away form herd immunity or being protected from the so-called 2nd wave so they don't confirming what we have expected and show for the 1st time how widespread the virus is and the general relation that is not as much as we have hoped for maybe that being said the study we have to say was conducted in a very small villages only about 6000 people there so how much can it really tell us about how to deal with the virus in other parts of the country. yeah that's a very good question it's not possible to really project these numbers to other areas in germany so we notice if areas are very heavily affected such as northern italy you may expect about 20 percent or so having antibodies and other areas have lower numbers so in other regions where the virus has not spread that much the number certainly will be lower and we also know from other reasons maybe a little bit higher maybe a little bit lower about sort of general jones population i expected to be a little bit lower as we said one of the conclusions here is is that

a significant number of people who have the virus do not have any antibodies at all so given that information what do we make of antibody tests that people are taking are they helpful. to certainly helpful for us to understand how widespread the virus is and it's also telling us how important it is to keep the measures to wearing a mask to keeping distance to wash their hands so that's really an important message and that we are really far away from the so-called out immunity do you think that herd immunity mass immunity is still something that we can hope for with cup in 1000. certainly backs in asia will arrive i don't think that. it will it will it could be done without it i think it will take a long time otherwise but with vaccination i hope that her unity will be achievable we'll leave it there then director of the institute of public health at the start taper lynn thank you so much thank you for.

and here's a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic india's death toll has overtaken the u.k. to become the 4th highest in the world following the us brazil and mexico it comes after another single day record increase in cases new zealand's resurgent outbreak has spread beyond the country's largest city auckland that is despite police imposing roadblocks to stop people from leaving france has declared paris and maher say on the mediterranean coast high risk zones that decree gives authorities their powers to impose localised restrictions. now has long been held up by climate experts as one of the worst victims of climate change it is densely populated and situated on a major river delta and this year's devastating monsoon flooding has left a 3rd of the country under water now millions of people are facing the threat of hunger. 2 small bags of rice and some lentils. that's

all russell can buy with what's left of the family's savings. in the village of low had john has been flooded for weeks russell's family has been living in a makeshift shelter his mother has a few onions to add to the meal 14 year old russell is not happy. they want nothing to eat again oh my own. 4 children and their parents sit down for their meager meal their mother managed to find 3 pieces of bread which she gives to her husband and oldest son russell is ravenous. and i would want to buy before the flood we had food stored away now there's never enough no matter what i do. after eating russell goes outside floods are common in bangladesh but this year there were several now according to unicef $1300000.00 children are starving if

they try catching fish these children used to get food in school but the schools have been closed for months. at the. lesson stopped when the virus hit. then the floods came. in school we had afternoon cookies i'd sure like some now. the padma river has turned into a seascape. brussels father is a fisherman and lets his son use this boat but now the currents are too strong to cast the nets that's why the family has no income. the ride through the village reveals the disasters extent one 3rd of bangladesh is now underwater a 1000000 and a half people displaced russel's family home has also gone. up much of the flood came so fast it was scary we took just a few things when we returned the next day it was all gone and everything washed away by. now in low had junk people fear the future

experts warned the food shortage could lead to sickness among children. russell heads out to the emergency shelter he's hungry again but he's a teenager and if he had money he says he'd buy something different. try to get 40500 football jerseys and give them to all my friends i mean it would get the number to my friendly moan would get number 8 and no one would get no more than that would be so cool. then it starts raining again this year's month soon has brought the most rain in a decade not good news for the people of bangladesh. you're watching news still to come on our show a giant of german cinema at 75 it's been invented birthday and what better way to celebrate the acclaim filmmaker done with a documentary about his life. that's coming up in

a little bit but 1st time for some sports the champions league quarter finals are underway leipsic stunned the experts and beat the favorite to atletico madrid 2 to one to advance to the semifinals they opened up in the 2nd half like 6 danny almost with the bulls ahead with a header in front of goal a 28 minutes later hard to follow by close them on provided at that tacoma chance which felix converted to even the score. allowed 6 when arcane minutes before the end of the game substitute tyler adams became the 1st u.s. men's player to score in a champions league quarter final thanks to a solid defense of her oh it's at the end like take advanced to the semis to face p.s.g. . so what is the reaction like when a team like like say pulls off such a huge upset sports journalist and a is on the ground and. leipsic you only formed 11 years ago they are very much the

underdog team along with that so lance it went beats and by our essential man they are the story they often through so that 1st ever champions league semifinal they were playing in that 1st quarter final so it's an extraordinary story yulian noddles men their coach she's actually younger than leah now messi who's hoping to night to be going for a place themselves in the semifinals of the competition i saw the game with some fans of sporting last night they are the underdog team of this city lisbon the capital of portugal behind the big rich a team of them faecal so the supporters of sporting in a very small bar near the stadium where the match took place the josie i'll fill out their home they were very very happy at the end that lights have made it through to the last 4 of this competition it's an extraordinary moment for them as they aim to become a german champion here and maybe we'll see byron as well perhaps doing the business later. well a lot of soccer fans would prefer to see byron munich and barcelona battle at out

in the final not a quarter final but such was the luck of the draw amounts like all the other playoff games and $1000.00 effect that season takes place and less been and is close to the public but with the cream of the crop on the patch there might still be plenty of us in the city. it's not like there aren't any fans in lisbon welcoming their favorites some were camped outside the hotel barcelona players are staying at supposedly the next best thing if you can't get into the stadium. byron munich vs barcelona should be a celebration of soccer instead it's a muted classic to be played behind closed doors it pits not just 2 great squads against each other but it's also a meeting of superstars such as arguably the world's greatest player barcelona's leonel messi purses the deadliest striker in europe this season byron's robert live on dusty with 53 goals to his credit including many of those scored in the champions league. you're going to have this level i don't think there are favorites

. yes we can count on having the best player in the world. but live and dusky has 13 goals in the champions league this year. quality is so high on both teams that either one can wind up with it on them but they do not get. will approach barcelona with the necessary respect we'll analyze them as we do with any other team you know we know our strengths and we will try to use them as much as we can eliminate the office who is doing this behind supplying it all comes down to this winning the coveted champions league title this is a giant version of the cup which is set up in downtown lisbon where fans view as they are can come together and also watch the games on t.v. set up by local restaurants. but this is where they'd really rather be at the study or deleuze. inside. now of inventor is among the world's

best known film directors paris texas and wings of desire are among the many movies he's made and a long and illustrious career to celebrate his 75th birthday a new documentary looks back at his contribution to the art house film it. up portrait and sim vendors in the style of the inventors movie the producers of a new documentary sent the legendary german director on the road to the locations of some of his best known films each shot could be event us out take. us. we started on this journey without knowing exactly what would happen when we actually shot in the way venders makes his movies. every vendor's film is an adventure he starts shooting with actors and a camera not knowing where the story will end then does is fascinated by the idea of america the wild west the wide open spaces and the endless search for the

american dream. what he does beautifully is put together the images with sound and light and music that are that once you see them they stay with you forever in the late 1990 s. venders reinvented himself as a documentary filmmaker and it was a perfect fit to his improvisational style when a vista social club sparked a worldwide renaissance in cuban music. where. his tribute to dance choreographer pina bausch was groundbreaking shot in 3 d. the film gave the audience the direct experience. live performance.

salt of the earth a portrait of photographer sebastiano salgado was just as powerful venders received oscar nominations for all 3 documentaries. that does other passion is photography the director is a digital film pioneer but his photos are analog only his pictures are exhibited around the world. last year vendors turned his life's work into a monumental installation at the go home polly and paris. in wings of desire vendors masterpiece the sad angel gazes down on a divided berlin. his movies are like painting. but why are they modern classics i think because they are portrayed and painting with cellulite in light of inventors has made indelible images for the screen and inspired a new generation of filmmakers.

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