i mean. this is deja vu news live from berlin turned out in force for a 7th straight day huge crowds gather in minsk out the spot where a protester died earlier this week in clashes with police demonstrators are demanding new elections they have europe's of course and bought into president alexander lukashenko says russia is backing him also coming up. sealing the deal to us and poland sign a defense agreement months in the making it will see a 1000 u.s. troops move from germany to poland albums calls it a guarantee of u.s.

support in the face of a foreign threat. japan's am for expresses deep remorse for his country's aggression 75 years after its surrender at the end of world war 2 for. the prime minister sorry is still too hard to say. yes welcome to the program thousands of protesters again taken to the streets of batteries demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko after last week's disputed elections the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday shango reached out to russia's president putin over the on rest.

long live bellow verse they chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police. at this demonstration our new xiii security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of rigging the vote and say his leadership lacks legitimacy. using a hospital every day what will happen remains unclear he thinks completely differently and depending how the situation of voles he will act accordingly but his methods are not civilized and everyone has learned this in the last 26 years which even the story. must be simplest as it is obvious that our president cannot

longer cope with his people he is looking for help in the aist he understands that he does not have support from the west or just give up without. facing mounting pressure lucas schenker called a powerful neighbor russian president vladimir putin warning the protests were not just a threat to bellaver say anymore. just. that we are already seeing the steps guiding a color revolution. in accordance with these guidelines elements of foreign meddling are already here. she's just the scenario unwraps with an aggression against spellers. hours after the phone call with persian lucas shankar said russia had offered its fullest systems to quote ensure security in the country.

and i'm joined now by journalist. who's in minsk high hina the president says he has the backing of his ally russian president vladimir putin the house has started news being received where you are in betters. well he didn't it sad that russian private security systems don't set the rules spend it with respect said request it's right well i mean when the news from this information was announced that notion. is going to talk to hootie in protest or started raining on their ears saying that. we will figure it out here without knowing they are all against it they are over against russians intervention but i must say there's a chance that russia would invade russia intervene early swaying to remove the risk it's kind of. not really high and i think many people understand it though i say

that people expect some provocations or some help from security agencies in russia in order to suppress dissent in though it was already the opposition they have the backing of the european union do they have a plan of of how they want political change to come about. oh it's very hard to say a few days ago. who was a main challenger to alexander. so that he that she went. she's not like she can start negotiating with the florist in government and she can start working on taste government in the country but it's very hard to say well the research there will not accept it as me i think imagine here as we guess here so there are. plenty of how to transition. the power

from the change that to anyone else and i think that. is not willing to do so. well i mean from what you're saying how is that affecting the atmosphere there where you are in minsk i mean we saw those images of people out on the streets for a 7th day. well the people now really want to. and yes process has been happening where the past weeks but also all this rallies reaction rallies that sometimes you can also have where weeks before the attacks and race and even for months because there were some protests even before so these discontent has been under rice recently it's not like it started just on sunday when when the election results were announced so so people don't one compromise they want to go they want to change the man at the top

and that's i think the main difference what we could observe in previous years and what this prints are happening all across the country so it's not like the capitol is protesting that smaller towns small cities regional cities are protesting as well so it's filled labor who countries on the right and. that's the president and your book over in minsk thanks for your update. when u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says his country is working with its european partners to support the better resume people made the comments on a visit to warsaw where he signed the deal that will see a 1000 u.s. troops move from germany to poland the defense pact will pave the way for an increased and sustained u.s. military presence in poland that's something about warsaw has long called for.

august the 15th is a day of celebration for poland in 1920 polish forces defeated russian bolshevik troops in the landmark battle of warsaw 100 years later poland's leaders again have reason to celebrate. on saturday the country's defense ministers signed a new accord with the u.s. secretary of state mike from peo. the agreement will see 1000 of the american troops leaving germany being redeployed closer to russia it's a welcome boost for poland which still considers russia existential threat. from the military point of view this increased cooperation translates into increased security for the baltic states and for all the countries in the region and what's in it for the u.s. poland is the folks stop from might bump into 2 of central and eastern european nations as he seeks to counter the joint threats of russia and china look. at it

important strategically for american security too as we have been having discussions with the russians and. don't want to know that we have a friend that will help us make sure that we have strategic stability for the world the agreement binds poland and the us closer together within nato when the move was announced russia accused the u.s. of aggressive and destabilizing behavior moscow opposes any move to relocate nato troops closer to its borders and has threatened to boost its own security on its eastern european frontier in response. was like look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of people have protested in the eastern russian city of cover off for the 6th weekend in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of regional governor saturday forgot he was arrested last month and taken to moscow for others accused of involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago his supporters say his arrest is politically motivated. thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside the official residence

of israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu protesters have been holding such fridays several times a week throughout the summer they're calling for natanya him to step down over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and charges of alleged corruption. a japanese oil tanker that caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground off nourishes split into were courting. officials there the condition of the vessel had deteriorated greatly overnight emergency teams have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel from the ship. well ceremonies have been held in japan to mark the 75th anniversary of its surrender in world war 2 and for now he too expressed deep remorse for his country's wartime actions in which japan attacked pacific countries but prime minister shinzo taint his long running refusal to apologize instead praising japan's war debt.

as the clock strikes noon silence spreads over these tokyo arena. they're pulling to remember the estimated 3000000 japanese who lost their lives in world war 2 the . emperor never hate to use the occasion to pray for pace wall street flexing on japan's role in the bloody global conflict. thing going or not. looking back on the long period of post-war pace reflecting on our posture and bearing in mind the feelings of deep remorse. earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated. in mid 1945 europe was celebrating the end of war and the nazi regime. of world war 2 still raged on in the pacific a desperate tapan was locked in battle with u.s.

troops. the japanese resistance came to an end after u.s. planes dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima the next saki a crippling event leaving a horrific death toll. japan surrendered bringing an end to world war 2. i do. accept the part declaration which specifies the conditional surrender of japan the country has been committed to pacifism ever since prime minister shinzo are they saying he hopes to pan can continue to play a role in promoting peace but when you are fit to look at here what should you know that under the banner of provocative contribution to peace. we will join forces with the international community with some of the template a greater role in solving the various challenges facing our world today. despite the coronavirus pandemic reducing numbers a commemoration of events. many japanese people will still head to shrines to pray

for the dead and for peace. on moving to sport now in a thrilling champions league quarterfinal match in lisbon when this league champions fire munich hammered spanish giants barcelona 82 the game was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic but the bavarian still put on a show to remember. robert leavened fed thomas miller to open the scoring in just the 4th minute to get the party started for buying munich 3 minutes later david alibek gifted barcelona a goal when he put the ball into his own net after that though there was no stopping the bavarians goals from even paris itch sage could not breathe and another from america made a comfortable for one at half time. on the months after they got in the team piled on the pressure in the 1st half and forced our opponents into committing errors we

were also great at his action and counterattacking. after the restart luis suarez gave a glimmer of hope when he made it forward too but then biron scored seemingly at will strikes from yahshua came age 11. and a brace from philippe could seno rounded out the incredible 8 to final score a debacle for barcelona. of course this was a painful defeat the way it happened it was extremely painful for me. but it's especially painful because of what it means for the supporters for the club this harsh defeat. for us alone of fans in this pub in lisbon where devastated. i can't remember any result as historic as this and so sad i'm ashamed i have never seen anything like it. after this performance by aaron are

through to the semifinals and the favorites to hoist the champions league trophy. there watching the news coming to you from berlin we'll be back next hour with more headlines on of course you can always find more of our stories on our web site dot com or you can follow us on twitter on his front for me and the rest of the team here take care and see you next hour. closely. carefully.