this is d.w. news live from berlin the people in belarus turned out in force for a 7th straight day huge crowds gathering at the spot where a protester died earlier this week in clashes with police demonstrators are demanding a new election and they have europe's authority bugs authoritarian president alexander the shango says russia is backing him also on the show. are talking.

to me live tells d.w. news that hong kong will continue to resist the pro-democracy media tycoon on balance by 40 hour detention under a new security law imposed by beijing. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us thousands of protesters have again rallied in belarus they're demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko after last weekend's disputed election and the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday with go reached out to russia's president vladimir putin for support. long live well over state chants. 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 on new usually 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. 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 must or. must be simplest as 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. because up with. facing mounting pressure because shankar called russian president vladimir putin in search of support. he warned the protests were not just a threat to valorous. gentlemen are serious that is why today i had a long and detailed conversation with the russian president had to say i was a little surprised it was totally devoted to what is happening and we agreed with him if we request it only help will be provided to help secure the safety of. the looms. the kremlin for its pot said the 2 men expressed certainty that the situation in bella reuss would soon be resolved. journalists had under book has been reporting for us from belarus she told us that this content had been

growing for a long time and that protests are widespread. well people now really want to. and yes christmas has been happening where the past weeks but also all this rally is pretty action rallies in support that sometimes you can also have where weeks before the elections race and even for months because there were some protest in the court so this discontent has been under rights recently it's not like it started just on sunday 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 more this prince happening all across the country so it's not like the capitol is protesting smaller towns small cities regional cities are protesting as

well so it's filled later the whole country is on the right and. that's the president. and that was journalist new book over talking to us earlier from minsk. now u.s. secretary of state mike on pair o. says his country is a working with its european partners to support the belarus and people on paper made the comments while visiting warsaw 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 answer to stand u.s. military presence in poland something the government there 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 minister has 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 us poland is the 4th stop from. central and eastern european nations as he seeks to counter a joint threats of russia and china. it's an important strategic security issue as we have been having discussions with the russians. to know that we have a friend that will help us make sure that we have. the agreement binds president

and the us closer together within nato when the move was announced russia accused the us 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. and now look at some of the other stories making news around the world israel has bombed sites in the gaza strip for the 5th night in a row after the military said militants and arson balloons into israeli territory not long after saturday night's bombings israeli defense systems intercepted 2 rockets fired from gaza. protesters have gathered outside the home of the united states postmaster general after the postal service said it couldn't guarantee all ballots for november's election what arrived in time to be counted the postmaster general who's a wealthy republican donor has ordered

a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in may it's fear that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. a surfer in australia has. saved his wife from an attack by a great white shark bystander say he jumped on the back of the 3 meter long shark and hunched it until it let her go the man's wife suffered severe lacerations to her right leg but is reportedly in stable condition. let's bring you up to date now with the latest coronavirus developments russia says it's produced the 1st batch of its vaccine it's the 1st country in the world to approve one the world health organization says it still needs a vigorous safety review france's employment minister says a during a meeting with employer and union representatives on tuesday she will propose that masks be compulsory in communal work spaces the country has seen daily infection

surge above 3000 south korea has confirmed 279 new cases it's the biggest daily jump since march and new zealand continues to battle its 2nd corona virus outbreak recording 13 new infections on sunday it now has 69 active cases the conservative opposition wants to delay it next month's general election due to the pandemic. hunk kong media tycoon jim eli has denied colluding with foreign governments after being released on bail live was arrested last monday under a new security law imposed by beijing during an interview with g 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 litel d

w that although he expected his arrest he was surprised that it came so soon and that his sons were also targeted. this time to show me maybe because they have this so. i was actually shocked and that makes it more scary especially when when when big take your friend be it war with what you do i think this is a very effective intimidation to the community. now 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 show to interviews 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 called this is called lucian what can i say so mostly michael really shouldn't use. to have interviews why are you still doing that but. i can't 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 day the most threatened principal 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 to mark her 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 as both peaceful and by them talked of is and seem envying the last pale demonstration will be the thing of the past but it doesn't mean that people will cease to reduce it i think the recent students 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 be. all off for a t.v. why do you believe that a peaceful protest can pressure on the chinese government you with us why don't ins 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 find 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 simply a ship. because this phrase everything you know i mean death to this phrase i'm very grateful for what the book this pretty setscrew to be i'm 73. so maybe is a page that probably why should i be good doing the right street. all right to soccer now and in the last of the champions league quarter final matches underdogs leone stunned to manchester city in their clash in lisbon on saturday night and maxwell carney opened the scoring in the 24th minute to be a boring firing in a goal from 30 metres kevin de boinod wall to the sides level with a shot in the 69th minute late in the game was a devil

a powered into more goals for leon to secure the victory $31.00 the final score of the on will now face byron munich in the champions league semifinals. 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 you as president donald trump and a very famous suburban housewife presidential aide jen ellis kicked off the war of words when she tweeted that presumptive democratic presidential candidate camila harris sounded like marge simpson prompting a rush of comments but it's likely one person she did not expect to hear from was marge simpson herself. i usually don't get into politics but the president's senior advisor jenna alice just said conall the harris sounds like me says she doesn't mean it as a compliment at that as an ordinary suburban housewife felt

a little disrespect for i teach my children kept to name call santa. i was gonna say 2 half but i'm afraid they please but heck yes we did have to bleep that extra live omarion and instead of the 50 w. news thanks for watching. the thing is everything churning 1st and are big on this new. much different culture between here and there challenging for everything. from the summer i think it was worth it for many.