this is day 8 of a new news live from berlin belarusians of back on the streets huge crowds are gathering in minsk honoring the victims of the brutal crackdown on protests demanding new elections they have europe's support but embattled president alexander litvinenko called on russia to back him also on the program after a 2nd coronavirus way spain's ability act island brace for an outgoing tide of target germany issues a new travel warning for most of spain throwing holiday plans in doubt. and

a stunning victory for by munich in the champions league semifinal against barcelona could the german side go on to win 3 of suckers major trophies this aims and. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program thousands of people have gathered in minsk for another day of protests against the baton rouge and government defying a police crackdown following destructed disputed elections huge crowds have gathered to commemorate the death of a demonstrator earlier this week so far security forces appear to be holding back from intervening here opinion says it will sanction officials here repress dissent embattled president alexander lukashenko has today cold on russia to support him and his claim to have won last week's election. well we're now joined by kate

schmidt so you know she's an analyst with batteries an institute for strategic studies can't thanks very much for coming on the program we are again seeing people on the streets several 1000 today and this is another real show of force against the government and luke schenn code after the events of last week a people of fright. i would say people are afraid of the possible escalation further escalation of violence on behalf of us who will be key and policed and there are there are no guarantees that the police won't use those spread. methods again to disperse the crowds and i want to bring out that we've seen in the cars days that many of those people change in the previous protests they were released but i will be charmed by this movie of the government this could be just a way to sort of like pass testified the protestors and to distract their attention

and also today we're having today and tomorrow there are massive protests scheduled and it is just possible that the authorities simply decided to create the those detention centers to be able to get more people in and to come dates and you yourself have left belarus is that right. because of the security some made here i did because there were certain some security concerns not only for myself but i've seen what was happening to both television experts and some elevation and foreign journalists who were virtually detained somewhere if there were foreigners they were ordered from the country and there were very disturbing news from some of my fellow colleagues some were. beaten one expert political analyst from the other he was such whose car was pulled over on

the street by the police and was bitten and detained for a few days and there was a criminal case charged against a ph d. student a valid russian who studies at george washington university he came to valerie's for the vacations and the authorities broke into his house in the middle of the night and yes i'm just saying that the analysts and journalists do not feel safe at the moment being in the country i can imagine now but lucas has no sort of support from russian president vladimir putin one of his prominent supporters what is he looking for there from president. we don't know what was the exact conversation about with flooding today but. the union stayed the brotherhood treachery turning to works pushing and saying that the

instability that is now under evelyn in valerie's could have a spillover effect in in russia as well and this comes with. understanding that he's now not able to to manage the situation domestically and in any case he's very much politically economically dependent on russia and the developer she economy and. foreign policy is dependent on russia and like so far putting his his. ally at the context when they west is preparing harsh sanctions ok donna frye that's all we have time for but thank you very much for speaking to us today. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour thousands of people have protested in the eastern russian city of khabarovsk for the 6th saturday in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of the governor of the region sergei farrago he was arrested last month and taken to moscow fogle is accused of

involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago his supporters say he's a rest is politically motivated. the u.s. and poland have signed a deal that will see thousands of u.s. troops move from germany to poland u.s. secretary of state might pump a sign the pact in walsall with the polish defense minister the u.s. has accused germany of not spending enough on offense and moving its troops has been saying as retaliation. in japan emperor nero has marked the 75th anniversary of the end of world war 2 expressing deep remorse for the country's role in the conflict his grandfather emperor hirohito led to pan in its fight against the allied forces. indian prime minister narendra modi has meant his country's independence day at a military parade it was severely curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation modi laid out ambitious goals including

a digital health id and a promise of high speed internet in all the villages within 3 years. german health minister has defended his decision to impose a travel warning on most of spain apart from the canary islands said it was necessary because of the shop uptake in new infections and he warned travelers that party tourism is irresponsible during the pandemic tourist returning to germany from high risk areas mastic tested for covert 9 tame the travel warning is a major blow to spain's tourism sector travel operated to e is announced it's canceling all german package holidays to the region and has asked all customers already there to return within the next week. an island of silence this was the island in the middle of june when german tourists largely began arriving again to look down but it may well start to look this quiet

again soon now that germany has issued a travel warning for their blaring garlands gems schmidt runs a small her telling my oka it is many rooms a large garden and now big worries. today we received 3 cancellations because people are insecure or cannot afford to go into quarantine when they come back from majorca on the bill erik islands there is simply a great deal of planning uncertainty. in the. planning zones enjoyed its potential to travel warning was announced after surgeon coronavirus cases across spain many here expected it but others were hopeful they've been forthright talking here till i came here 2 days ago and realized that i am safe a here than in berlin or in brandenburg or on the baltic sea where there are a lot more tourists. it's you seem to like to we don't know whether we will go home again all when we will go home and what impact this travel warning will have

previously $5000000.00 germans came to the island each year many are now likely to cancel their travel plans the current warning applies to all of spain except canary islands to put it loosely you could say turn off the lights low in the shadows will close the country. it's very difficult for everyone because the polarity islands rely on tourists on the one hand there are the hotels in the retail trade where tourists go shopping restaurants bars pubs discos actually every business is affected live so you can will this 2nd wave of the corona virus came faster than many expected and soon it will be quiet again on my oka. well let's take a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic india has now reported more than 2 and a half 1000000 cases of coded 19 the country remains the 3rd worst affected by the pandemic after the u.s. and brazil south korea is tightening restrictions in the capital seoul infections have hit

a 5 month high in the country and new zealand is battling its 2nd corona virus outbreak with 7 new infections it's extending a lockdown of its largest city all cleaned by at least 12 days. well some sports now and by and munich through to the semifinals of the champions league after defeating barcelona i too thomas melissa called 2 of the goals as his taint became the 2nd german squad to advance to the germans link sami's alongside. and have already won the bundesliga and the german cup this season and hoping to climb all 3 major trophies next take on the winner of the match between manchester city and leon. and to discuss the game and the tournament we're joined by chris harrington chris thanks for joining us so not a huge surprise perhaps that byron won but by such a large margin was anybody expecting that $82.00 no i don't think that was expected you byard to put the ball over the knee and give them

a good spanking ino if you fell asleep would have tied you probably thought the game was over than you wake up to your shock and say wow they doubled their result you know this 82 you know result you have to give a lot of credit to thomas miller thomas no that was the man of the match you see his career be resurrected under a hans you flick he had a brace in this match as well as in the system he's known as the round boy for those 9 german speakers out there that means space interpreter he does that better than anyone else on the pitch and it's great to see in the player. believe because he knew how to break through his parent club as well he didn't celebrate probably a smart move on his part kept it classy you know but the damage was beyond done at that point it's a historic 1st time goals of his court of the champions league byron tipped their head to them for doing that and is the biggest loss barcelona have been handed on the european stage i mean they have admitted they've hit rock bottom well by and have not hit rock bottom they're doing soaring in fact of what they've won the

german lake and the german comp what chances are they that they can take on the champions league as well will the trouble right when you win 3 trophies in one year 20122013 was the last meal you could complicate that. and under a hans the flick who was supposed to be the place holder now he's holding it down you know he's the perfect leader under my music and i think that they look they're in a very good position to secure the trouble that's their captain model noir wants best of all of the old season players one as well as the young class i think that would be a safe bet to put your money on by munich right now well much has been saved in the past years about how the bundesliga was losing ground over the other top plagues premier league cetera what do we make of the fact that 2 of the 4 surviving tames are now from the pundits like what 2 things 1st off it's not boring ok that's one of the complaints a lot of people as they buy i mean it's always easily when the but as they get that hasn't been the case the last 2 seasons and it's becoming more competitive we see rb leipzig being present in the semifinals i think no one saw that you know

especially without t.-mo vanna last season we saw in all english final you know the tide is turning you know and when you have the last day all of these clubs are elite you know so it could really fold anyway and then this season has a one off is the reality so it's good for the but as they got up to say we could potentially have an all german final very interesting and that is one more quarter final to go manchester city versus me on saturday you know predictions well they have the favorites are manchester city under pep guardiola they have yet to lose the champions league leo on the other hand you know they've had their bumps and bruises they've picked up 3 losses they have to rely on memphis deep a he's been there magical boot for man city they have a number of players they can hurt you as does leo but you know the all of the former byron manager came out saying that it could anything could happen you know winnings that guaranteed you know they're obviously going to you know gun for some

sort of trophy this season because they've missed out on everything this season so my thoughts are man city will win i'm not sure it'll be a blowout like we just saw from byron i think it would be close hopefully it will be but man city all the way all right you had to have fans chris thank you thanks very much for coming in for the analysis and. german born liverpool coach has been named premier league manager of the season after guiding his team to their 1st league title in 3 decades gave a cool coasted to the title with a total of $99.00 points finishing the any 20 points clear of manchester city cop arrived at liverpool in 2015 and last season he led live a poll to the champions league trophy. a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour huge crowds have gathered in minsk to all of the victims of the brutal crackdown on protests demanding new elections invent a ruse the european union is set to sanction officials involved were paid for

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