this is deja vu news a line from berlin no let up in the demonstrations against belorussian president alexander lukashenko cheered by onlookers thousands of workers march on government buildings in the capital minutes condemning political violence and demanding new elections it's the biggest challenge today to president bush goes hold on power. and in afghanistan authorities begin releasing taliban prisoners it's a precondition for peace talks but the movie isn't going down well with everyone.

i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us in bello rues protests against president alexander look at shan't go are growing thousands of factory workers have walked off the job as demonstrations against sunday's disputed election result continue for 6 day workers from state run plants once the voting base of look at go or downing their tools and joining the protests across the country they're calling for new elections and an end to the violent crackdown against the opposition. who is facing the biggest challenge to his rule in years as dismissed the protests as a foreign backed plot. we're now joined from minsk by journalist. hanna we've been seeing images of protesters in front of

parliament what's the situation in minsk right now. well. some people are protesting right now at me and don't think of the parliament in minsk that's a peaceful protest people are sitting on the ground they are sunni they are clapping they are so there was a situation in the beginning. again and their best some soldiers turned out troops guarding dany and they started hiding those the soldiers and so this is completely absolutely peaceful also people are gathering in some other they the hoods across the city and basically not the towns and cities across the whole country the reason huge an immense tradition in drug which is a city in western belarus there are some tens of thousands people apparently this

service rallies and being bigger than the capsule so in the catch tell me of the parliament of the building of the parliament there are also all of different completely different social groups professional groups different people medical workers and also workers of those factories and while there are thousands of people there you know in the live pictures that we're showing right now you can see many protesters holding flags holding all kinds of objects including flowers in fact earlier we noticed some protesters literally offering flowers to the soldiers armed guard there do you think the security forces are all loyal to look at. what's very hard to say reverence lines in the previous days that security forces or law enforcement agency as leader wants to be violent they don't want these troops i'll suppression i very though well there are different signs

as well a couple who i mean the police and riot police and specially in the forces attacking protesters. and random citizens so i think it's so. if they were is this opinions and reactions other terrorists they're rare cases before when they make police officers or a soldiers or. some let's agents of the. security services they have refused to work they more those very high so also concerned this for sure i know they have a case says they. can they just seems their profession because they didn't want to participate in this brutal suppression and olympic over thank you very much thank you today e.u.

foreign ministers discuss possible sanctions on bail use in a video conference our brussels correspondent georg mathis has been following this story for us greetings so did they agree on sanctions. michael the avidly started the process of imposing sanctions and that means that the european institutions now if the task to set select a list of individuals in bella ruse 2 groups that we're looking at one croupy is a people who have committed fraud in the elections who are responsible for the electoral procedures taking place and the other group being individuals who are responsible against violence against innocent and peaceful protesters and that group at the end of the day will have to prove to be approved by foreign ministers at the next meeting but the green light to put the list together has been given today ok so so give us some perspective here what is at stake for the e.u.

in trying to reach a resolution to this and does it appear that any resolution that they might be able to iron out at this point will have any real teeth. well for the e.u. it was today absolutely crucial to send a political message of solidarity to the people on the streets in balad ruz it was just not enough to say that we closely monitor the situation or that we're gravely concerned about what's happening on the ground things we've heard throughout the course of the week and a so in particular german foreign minister for instance asked to increase the political pressure so that is what happens today when it comes to how effective these sanctions will actually be it depends entirely on on how brought the list will be if it's a narrow list it will be in favor of the regime but it will also be in favor of countries like hungary you are rather skeptical about slapping fresh sanctions on the roosts so at the end of the day you need a list that can be carried by all 27 you need to unite unanimous decision. off of

people off your member states to support the list of sanctions. nasser's on top of this story in brussels for us thank you gail authorities in afghanistan have begun freeing 400 taliban prisoners their release as been a key demand of the taliban for entering into peace with the afghan government it's a controversial move since the free trade centers include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and forge. their last few minutes behind bars just one more signature from the prison management and they're free these are the 1st prisoners allowed to leave this prison near kabul they are serious criminals terrorists and murderers and it seems they've memorized what they're supposed to say on camera. i am a member of the taliban and was imprisoned because of murder i wish for

a long term ceasefire and peace. the president ordered my release or. part of the taliban and was sentenced because of murder and kidnapping i want peace i thank god and i wish a peaceful life for all muslims. some of those released were convicted of being involved in the truck bomb attack on the german embassy in kabul in 2017 that day over 150 people were killed and more than 400 were wounded. lost her father during the attack she does not understand why the government is releasing the terrorists responsible for killing her father instead of ensuring they're punished for their crimes. they did it better my message to my father's murderers is we do not forgive you and to the government i say we will never forget

that you were letting these terrorists go the government could have given them the death sentence why aren't they doing that. you had to settle down and many are skeptical that these taliban fighters will now turn their backs on violence and campaign for peace in war torn afghanistan. highlighting some other stories now. at this hour. democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and vice presidential contender harris have signed the documents necessary to certify their nominations biden selected harris as his running mate earlier this week she's the 1st black vice presidential nominee in u.s. history. that germany has declared most of spain a high risk coronavirus zone including the island of majorca which is popular with german tourists only the canary islands are exempt from the warning travelers to high risk areas face compulsory coronavirus testing when they return to germany or

a large fine. thousands of british citizens on holiday in france are rushing to get home before new rules go into effect over 9 some 160000 u.k. residents are believed to be vacationing in france the country has seen a rise in corona virus infections prompting london to add france to its list for mandatory 14 day quarantine on arrival. 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 of 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 has 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 show 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 record 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. discipline. the park wardens do what they can they hope that berlin's legendary. named one of the

world's most beautiful swimming spots by c.n.n. doesn't earn new notoriety as a coronavirus hotspot. a small town in the southwest of germany is playing host to an exhibition of american pop artists james rizzi many of his works could be described as upbeat and bearing a message of inclusiveness which might strike just the right note with many visitors during the stressful times james risen is artworks burst with joy the visual artist was born in 1950 in brooklyn new york after studying business he got a fine arts degree then opened his own gallery in soho now 1200 of his works are on exhibit in bowling in germany the collection shows people of all nationalities colors and religions living in peace and joy together it's really wanted to make art for everyone not just the elite he wanted his art to be

clear understandable and not overly intellectual. rizzi painted anything toys real cars trains houses even airplanes the city of how brawn commissioned him to design a street car which is now part of the bottling an exhibit on a one to one scale whether people categorized his work as commercial or pop art didn't matter to him resist path to become an artist was accidental while studying business he made prints which he sold for $1.00 each he then plied his wares to local galleries and became popular one of his darker works is the new york's twin towers painted 2 years after the disaster 2 columns of colorful flowers set against a black sky even here james rizzi chooses to show his audience something positive this is deja vu news live from berlin here's a reminder of the top story at this hour thousands of factory workers in belarus

have joined demonstrations on the streets of the capital needs there demanding new elections and an end to the violent crackdown on the opposition. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin up next each of you can see this with kate ferguson we've got more now website deja vu dot com i'm michel open for all of us here thanks so much for watching. like does the brits madi ties and drugs we deliver life saving boxes we give everything to reach those who need us the most every dollar feeding their futures. says for the heart hope of life saving for you and there's so much more down roads we know nights we've been asleep than if a relentless you know promise.