believe. this is deja vu news live from berlin and the pressure builds on the government of brawl over same president lukashenko as anti-government protesters are freed from detention and more reports of mistreatment emerge that you threaten sanctions against officials who violated democratic freedoms and chairman brights also coming up an historic agreement in the middle east israel and the united arab emirates

normalize their relations and establish diplomatic times in return israel agrees to suspend further annexation in the occupied west bank. also a bull's eye for leipsic as a stock that led to quote madrid to go farther than they ever happen the champions league but when you all the action. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the e.u. commission chief was enough on the line has said she supports sanctions on bello russian officials who violated democratic values or abused human rights e.u. foreign ministers are holding talks at this hour to discuss if and when sanctions could be imposed now the government in ballarat says it is now least 2000 of around $7000.00 people had been detained at a police crackdown that followed president aleksander look. rooted re-election this

apparent concession comes on the back of growing pressure both at home and abroad and more disturbing reports of abuse of protestors at the hands of security officials. 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. high 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 nasty i mean. it was just i think i think i briefly saw one of them i think you 47 or some sort of. automatic rifle but i could see that the 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 of the. people in the streets are piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. let's bring in our moscow

correspondent emily sure went for the latest on this story hi emily good to see you as we mentioned some of the prisoners are now being released but the belarus an opposition leader is calling for a peaceful protests this weekend do you think that instructions are likely to spread further. well it does seem like the momentum of these protests is only growing or at least continuing that you released a video today after several days of protests where she called on the mayors of cities across the country to kind of hold protests in their cities so essentially calling on government officials to defect to the protesters side and there has been information in opposition channels and on telegram spreading about a protest in minsk on sunday as well which the opposition is billing as the biggest protest ever they're calling on people to come out with their families and with

their workers collectives and it does feel like. support base in some ways is kind of crumbling with these strikes that we've been seeing in government enterprises that started yesterday and with more and more collectives kind of joining the strike including today the minsk metro union and also a factory that produces military equipment so that is a worrying sign i think for the question here what options do you think president lukashenko have at this moment to calm this anger. well it's kind of hard to know he made his 1st t.v. appearance today at a meeting on the construction industry and he didn't really mention the protests and he didn't mention the crackdown at all he did however mention the strikes and he kind of said that these strikes would be damaging. and industry and he called the workers almost kind of ungrateful he said that he protected them during the

pandemic and now they're not working it's unclear what options look a shingle has left at the moment he the government has clearly decided to stop the crackdown that we were seeing up until yesterday some observers say that look kind of wait for a while hope hope that the momentum of these protests died down and then crack down again but it seems that even as his support is crumbling he doesn't seem willing to back down while pressure is also growing internationally we know i've seen the e.u. commission chief of us on the line saying she supports sanctions on bello russian officials who violated human rights if that is decided what effect would that have will many figures in the opposition and belarus have said how important international solidarity is to them at the moment and yesterday we saw west several western diplomats laying flowers on the spot where one of the protesters was killed

in recent days that was seen as a very important step the sanctions so in the sanctions have a very big symbolic value when it comes to their actual effects we would have to see what kind of sanctions they are but if they target individuals including sort of middle middle management in the security forces that could have an effect in kind of breaking away of more loyal supporters. regime going forward. emily sure when reporting for us thank you so much. let's get the view from brussels now our correspondent garrick mattress is following the latest for us there hi garrick foreign ministers are meeting via video conference right now to talk about sanctions on balor is what is likely to happen there. so many several foreign ministers already came out in favor of sanctions the german foreign minister heikal mosque today a stat that he hopes that sanctions are intensely debated and he's hoping for

a joint decision so i expect that foreign ministers at this informal meeting today of the via video conference will at least start the process of sanctions but the austrian foreign minister also made clear today that he does not think that those sanctions will be formally adopted because after all it's just an informal meeting of foreign ministers. that nevertheless is the european union as a whole turning up the heat on president. i think emily here a made and important point from moscow and that is talking about the symbolic value a number of foreign ministers have strongly condemns the violence against protesters so the international solidarity that comes from this hastily arranged meeting will be crucial when it comes to these sanctions in detail and who they will affect it's likely to be a list of individuals potentially of companies that will be a lengthy process and it's likely that maybe today the commission will get to the

task to look into which individuals to pick and who to target with those sanctions and then we'll have to see what kind of pressure that puts on to the regime of itself garrick not just for us in brussels thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world 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 of 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city and damaged schools used by 50000 students. authorities in afghanistan have begun freeing 400 taliban prisoners they are among a 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.

pakistan is celebrating 73 years of independence as tensions with india continue to soar over the disputed region of kashmir president expressed solidarity with the people of indian kashmir and across the border militant separatist attacked a team of police in srinagar killing 2 officers. and firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires the middle 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 the soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. israel and 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

. a historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal and i do you would be clear is that a. 'd lot. it's the phone call with the 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 route this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the our world in the last 26 years. but

netanyahu specified that his and accession plans have not been outright canceled credit 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 it's retraction what the palestinian leadership affirms that neither 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 legitimated 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. let's get an update now on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic spain is responding to a spike in infections with new restrictions including the closure of nightclubs and a ban on smoking in outdoor areas france has declared paris and marse a high risk zones that gives authorities their powers to impose localised restrictions and new zealand's research into outbreak has spread beyond the country's largest city auckland officials say the cases are 2 people visited by infected family members from auckland. now false information surrounding covered $1000.00 has been responsible for hundreds of avoidable deaths and nearly $6000.00 avoidable hospitalizations in a 3 month period around the world that is the conclusion of

a study published in the american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene and data because although soccer has been looking into this story for us tell us about the study and the conclusions so the scientists have been wondering monitoring social media news outlets and fact checking platforms looking for rumors looking for conspiracy theories and for stigma or related to the coronavirus and what they found they call it an infant demick or misinformation rumors of the most prevalent group you would have heard some of these before for example that bleach was strong alcohols can can add against the virus 700 people died because of that rumor in in iran a few months back after they drank toxic methanol other rumors in india for example cowie urine has been touted as a remedy similarly camel urine in saudi arabia people have gotten ill from drinking bats. this stigma category one of the most commonly there is that people of chinese heritage or or asian heritage are being physically or verbally attacked including

medical workers for example or based on false claims that the chinese people are the ones spreading this virus and then of course we have conspiracy theories you would have heard more before that this was a planned attack that's a biological weapon or indeed that bill gates is behind the whole thing to to sell vaccines now of course it's important to say all of these have been debunked the but the study found that that they identified more than $2300.00 reports off such incidences just in the 1st 3 months of the year i just said that the research was gathered as you said at the beginning of the year but this type of this information it is still happening isn't it yet certainly is one example that has been making the rounds for months now is the claim that when you get a coronavirus test the some. all that they put into your nose passes through into your brain and opens up your brain for other infectious diseases now i've had a test myself done about you it does hurt but i don't think you need to be

a medical professional to debunk the theory but away from that kind of tinfoil hat part of the internet you have much more powerful culprits out there one of course is donald trump he just last week retreated a post from his own reelection campaign saying that children virtually were virtually immune to the virus now that has definitely not been proven that post was taken down by twitter similarly a few weeks back a video went viral in the united states especially tens of millions of views a group of doctors again claiming that the malaria drug hydrox a coral queen is a remedy which also has not been proven that was retreated by i don't want trump's son donald junior that was taken down by twitter over to facebook similar they're doing similar actions their facebook and instagram together say that in the 2nd quarter of the year they took down $7000000.00 posts relating to misinformation and

in the same period they put disclaimers on nearly 100000000 posts now the study by the american society of tropical medicine and hygiene they conclude that it will be up to governments and international organizations. to do something here but of course social media platforms have a lot of work as well to do and there seems to be a way to go very important message there our reporter on the soccer thank you so much for bringing us that story. well the pandemic means some aspects of public life are restricted here in germany and that includes public swimming pools they're only allowed to admit a fraction of the normal visitors so it's little wonder that a recent heat wave is sending residents here in the capital fleeing to the cities surrounding lakes but that freedom comes with its own challenges. berlin in the summer and the living is easy swimmable lakes are just a subway ride away stand up paddling afterwork no problem an august heat wave with

temperatures over 35 degrees and strict visitor quotas on city swimming pools have sent people flocking to the lakes. it's great you can go in the water without freezing with this heat it's a nice way to cool off. berlin doesn't get that many really beautiful sunny warm days so when it's nice out you have to take advantage of it. that makes life more stressful for the people who enforce park rules like here at the lake usually their job consists of walking around and making sure people are all getting along but now they also have to make sure visitors follow park rules. i'd say were overstretched on busy days there are 6 of us and 40 or 50000 visitors that gives us plenty to do it's still early afternoon on a weekday the park wardens have time to remind people to maintain social distancing

. maybe move up a little bit so you're one and a half metres apart the park wardens already have their hands full with preventing forest fires protecting nature and resolving conflicts. on this one. the number of swimming accidents is also rising after doing around they report to park manager mox huppah. the records so not to mention all the coronavirus added a lot to our workload we can't just stop our fire protection efforts but there can be a lot of aggression between visitors we have to mediate that and also deal with corona so we try to combine everything and we appeal to everyone to exercise self discipline and responsibility. disappeared for build up and the park wardens do what they can they hope that berlin's legendary can see named one of the

world's most beautiful swimming sponsored by c.n.n. doesn't earn new notoriety as a coronavirus hotspot. sports now in the champions league quarter finals are underway like 6 stunned the experts and beat the favorite up logical 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 the goal 20 minutes later a hard foul by a close them on provided up let it go a chance which felix converted to even the score allowed 6 winner came 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 advance to the semis to face p.s.g. . so what's the reaction like when a team like like say pulls off such a big upset sports journalist and he may is on the ground in lisbon. leipsic you only formed 11 years ago they are very much the underdog team along with that so

lance it would beat some by power essentially they are the story they are through so their 1st ever champions league semifinal they were playing in that 1st quarter final so it's an extraordinary story yulian noddles men their coach is actually younger than lee and now messi who's hoping to night to be going for a place him self 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 secret service supporters of sporting in a very small bar near the stadium with a match to place the josie i'll fill out their home they were very very happy that they so the end that life sic 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

a lot of fans would prefer to see byron munich and barcelona battle it out in the final not in a corner final but such was the luck of the draw the match takes place in lisbon and is close to the public because of the pandemic but with the cream of the crop on the pitch there is still plenty of buzz in the city. oh. 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 persis the deadliest striker in europe this season byron's robert leaven dusty with $53.00 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 levon dosti has 13 goals in the champions league this year. while he is so high on both teams that either one can wind up with it or not but they do not get good knows all will approach barcelona with the necessary respect will analyze them as we do with any other team we know our strengths and we will try to use them as much as we can limit the office who is all in this beyond simply 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 o'dell loose inside. now vendors as 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 the 75th birthday a new documentary looks back at his contribution to the art house film with mint. the portrait of him vendors in the style of the vin vendors 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 it 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 it was a perfect fit to his improvisational style when a vista social club sparked a worldwide renaissance in cuban music. his tribute to dance choreographer pina bausch was groundbreaking shot in 3 d. the film gave the audience the direct experience of live performance.

salt of the earth a portrait of photographer sebastiano salgado was just as powerful venders received oscar nominations for all 3 documentaries. then 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.

coming up next on news asia hopes for peace as taliban prisoners walk free from the afghan jail under a u.s. taliban deal. and it's more than one 3rd of the country under water thousands of bangladeshis struggle to put food on their plates. the responders he has those stories and more coming right up on d.w. news asia the hallway.

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