this is due to begin use live from berlin people in bellaver used to nab him foals for a 7th straight day huge crowds gather in minsk at the spot where a protest and dive believe this week in clashes with police demonstrators not demanding new elections they have europe's support august for a tear in president alexander lukashenko says russia is backing him also on the shirt sealing the deal for us and poland signed a defense agreement months in the making it also your 1000 u.s. troops moved from germany to paula to force all calls it

a guarantee of us support in the event of a foreign trace. hong kong media tycoon jim the law it denies colluding with foreign countries in an interview with g w he says he expects resistance in hong kong to beijing to continue. i'm jared raid welcome to the show are thousands of protesters have again rallied in bella ruse demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko after last weekend's disputed elections the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday lucas shanker breached out to russia's president vladimir putin for the on the wrist.

long live well overstay chance 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 the new usually security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls for 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. easiest possible most of 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 restore. must presume

also it is obvious that a president cannot longer cope with his people he is looking for help in the east he understands that he does not have support from the west or just give up without . facing mounting pressure because shankar called brushing president vladimir putin in search of support. he warned the protests were not just a threat to fellow verse 22 subordinates because gentlemen are serious that is why today i had a long and detailed conversation with the russian president jacques to say i was a little surprised it was totally devoted to what is happening and we agreed with him if we requested only the seri help will be provided to help secure the safety of. the lives of the kremlin for its part said the 2 men expressed certainty that the situation in bella reuss would soon be resolved. well

journalist how to live a cause one has been reporting for us from belarus and she told us that the current discontent has been on the rise and that the protests widespread well if people now really want to go and yes. yes has half been happening for of the past weeks but also all this rally's great action rallies in support that sometimes you can also have where weeks before the elections right and even for months because there were some protests going on in court 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 done one compromise they want to go they want to change the man at the top and that's i think the main difference in what he could observe in previous years and while these prints are happening all

across the country so it's not like the capital is protesting that in smaller towns small cities regional cities are protesting as well so it's killed labor the whole country is on the rise and. that's the president and that was journalist hannah live because talking to us earlier from minsk well u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or says his country is working with its european partners to support the belarussian people made these comments while visiting walsall where he signed a deal that will see a 1000 u.s. troops move from germany to poland the defense pact will pave the way for an increased u.s. military presence in poland something the government there has long called fall. or has 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 conan's leaders again have

reason to celebrate. on saturday the country's defense minister signed a new a coup with the u.s. secretary of state might compare. 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 an 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 4th stop for might come pale in a central and eastern european nations as he seeks to counter joint threats of russia and china because. it's important strategically for american security as we have been having discussions with the russians and. to know that we have good friends and that will help us make sure that we have she takes the baby for the

right 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 exporters and has threatened to boost its own security on its eastern european frontier in response. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news this hour a japanese oil tanker that caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground off the rishis has slipped into quoting to officials there the condition of the vessel had to tear in your eye said correctly organized emergency teams have been rising just siphoned off for mining fuel from the ship. protesters have gathered outside the home of the united states postmaster general after the parcel service said that it could not guarantee that all ballots for november's election would arrive in time to be counted the postmaster general a republican dyna has ordered

a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in my it's feared that millions of american voters could be disenfranchised. and the pentagon says it's setting up a new task force to be in. to get you with or sightings in i prove the us navy released footage taken by pilot showing midair encounters with what appeared to be u.f.o.'s the u.s. military says it's concerned about unidentified aircraft which it believes could be drives from other countries flying near its bases on kong media tycoon jimmy lai has denied colluding with foreign governments after being released on bail lie was arrested last monday on during a new security law imposed by beijing during an interview with the w. he said he expected resistance in hong kong to china would continue. their soaring campaign or jimmy lie has been detained many times but this was the 1st time he was

taken away in handcuffs lie told the w. that although he expected his arrest he was surprised that it came so soon and that his sons were also targeted. this time be and show me maybe because they have this so. i was actually shocked and that makes it more scary especially when when be take your friend be it war with what you do i think this is a very effective intimidation to the community. you know i says his most emotional moment this week was when he was surrounded by supporters after he was freed on bail during his foresee our detention police showed an interview he did with foreign media parents and some social media posts as evidence of suspected collusion with foreign forces and you offense that the person in jail for life i

met my parents i met on people and some of the senators and congressmen in the u.s. but if you call this is cool lucia and what can i say so mostly my crew shouldn't. is to have interviews why i used to do in that way. i can be scared if i'm scared i won't be able to do anything or say anything that's why i accept your interview without any doubt facing is making similar allegations against the media tycoon's nice paper after say the most threatened physical paper in time its news room was also raided ly had this message for his staff i told them that consider your own safety your conscience and you operate cation to church and society we are not asking you to be demarked her friends you know do whatever you think is the right thing to do so we would just continue to do it and

test the water many protesters have been left wondering what now i was as both peaceful and by them talk to visit and see men and they lost gail demonstration will be the thing of the past but it doesn't mean that people will cease to reduce it i think every systems will go on but in a different way i definitely agree that we have to control them head on because this is going to be a long fight we have to be flexible and courses and creative i will only need power is so i'm all off for a t why do you believe that a peaceful protest can pressure on the chinese government if we us why only how can you be more while in bed the c.c.p. who have the guns and gangs. the billionaire fled to hong kong from mainland china

when he was a penniless 12 year old he attributes his success to the freedom he found in the territory but he's not planning another estate even though he may have to spend the rest of his life behind bars i was single as a ship. because this phrase me every day i have to this phrase i'm very grateful to what the. precepts given me i'm 73. so maybe years of probably what should i be doing the right street to football now and in the last of the champions league quarter final matches underdogs leone's stands manchester city in their clash with in lisbon on saturday night. and they opened the scoring in the 24th minute the ivorian firing a rocket from 30 metres kevin de bruyne pulled the side's level with a beautiful shot in the 69th minute late in the game. powered in 2 more goals for

leone to secure the victory 31 the final score the all will now face by in munich in the champions league semifinals. liverpool coach has been named premier league manager of the season after guiding his tainted the 1st league title in 3 decades liveable coasted to the title with a total of $99.00 points finishing nearly 20 points clear of manchester city club arrived at liverpool in 2015 and last season he led the club to the champions league trophy. well political twitter fights are not unusual in the run up to a presidential election but now a surprisingly animated spat has broken out between a campaign advisor to the u.s. president and a very famous suburban housewife presidential i jenna ellis kicked off the war of words when she tweeted that presumptive democratic vice presidential candidate

camila harris sounded like marge simpson prompting a rush of comments but it's likely one person she didn't expect to hear from was maad simpson who sells. i usually don't get into politics but the president's senior adviser janet alice just said conall paris sounds like me lisa says she doesn't mean it as a compliment at that as an ordinary suburban housewife who felt a little disrespect i teach my children crap to name call santa. i was gonna say. 2 but i'm afraid they please but oh we had to bleep that explains have no name calling mom simpson you're seeing news coming to hear from billy in the back next hour we have more headlines like this next can find more on our website and up the dot com you can follow us on to that instagram series at the top when the news from

i'm sorry brain for me and the news team take it seems. to. me to any surprises. coming out. something that's going to be the closest to the breakthrough. in your northernmost town the fleet street. cars. 3 times you want to kill marry him and tell.