google dot com they're sort of the making. clear target. this is deja news live from berlin delarue syrian president alexander lukashenko hits back after a week of protests in the wake of last weekend's contested elections go far terry i'm going to ask supporters at a rally in central minsk to defend the country and its independence but even though he says moscow is willing to get involved to quell the protests the opposition is keeping up the pressure. also coming up

a pro-democracy media tycoon tells dana the news will continue to resist she needs my undeterred by his 40 hour detention under a new security able to impose 5 ancient. practice on 3 scared arms. plus an international emergency in the pristine waters off malicious where a stranded oil tanker has broken into we ask a maritime expert to assess the impact. on record his welcome to the program bella rusian president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election and says moscow is ready to step in to save his country as pro and anti-government protesters gather in the capital speaking to. lucas said the

opposition was to blame for violence that protests after last weekend's disputed election the opposition says lucas shintos lopsided official electoral victory was rigged he's accused nato of deploying military forces near the country's border which the alliance denies. and we can go now to date of these in the show and who's following the developments in belarus for us from moscow and many supporters of lucia because we just heard have gathered in the capital and address them tell us a bit more about what he had to say what we saw today from alex on that was really a defiant speech to his supporters which he painted as the majority he addressed the opposition's calls for him to leave he said that that would lead to instability in the country he also addressed calls to hold new elections which is also been one of the the main demands of the opposition he said that those calls are basically

orders from poland lithuania and latvia he has throughout these protests been painting the opposition and opposition proport protesters excuse me as being kind of manipulated from abroad and as being a sheep manipulated from abroad so today he did say that he is people want reforms people want change that we can start tomorrow that's what he said but overall his tone was very defiant follows opposition protests are also gathering on the streets today for a march of freedom what have you been hearing about the atmosphere in the city. well it seems that. those supporters have actually are sort of leaving the square after his speech meanwhile thousands and even tens of thousands of people seem to be gathering and marching through the center of minsk there also have been protests

in other cities across fela risk but in minsk it really is a sea of protesters that we're seeing people are kind of waving the red and white flags that of that are symbols of the opposition people have come out dressed in white also a symbol for change that we've seen in recent days people are carrying balloons and they missed here is really one of victory and not the atmosphere that we've been seeing over the past few days with these protests now live. to russian president vladimir putin yesterday and again today could we see russia propping up. well after today that seems certainly more likely following a telephone call with putin the russian side said that it saw an external threat in belo reuss and it also said that they could that russia could support dello russo via the collective security treaty organization which is

a military alliance of 6 former soviet states which include russia and belarus that's essentially a military pact where if one country is facing aggression from outside that that all all countries then consider that to be aggression against them so we could in other words see kind of either military some kind of military support or perhaps peacekeeping forces from russia but i do think that russia is also kind of trying to warn the west not to get involved so we'll have to wait and see what that means in the coming days. leave on the developing situation the data. reporting from moscow thank you. some of the other stories making news around the world this hour israel has launched further air strikes on hamas positions in gaza overnight and has closed the enclaves off shore fishing zone the army said the measures were in

response to rockets and balloon fire bombs being sent into israeli territory over the past week it's the most intense escalation of hostilities in months. thousands of protesters are rallying in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the protests come after years of political turmoil and failed promises to restore democracy following a 2814 military coup. u.s. president donald trump has said he'll look into a pardon for whistleblower edward snowden trump said he'd heard strong arguments for and against the move the exiled former national security agency contractor faces criminal charges over his leak of classified documents that revealed u.s. government surveillance of. hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has denied colluding with foreign governments he made the statement after being released from prison on bail why was arrested last monday under

a new security law imposed by beijing during an interview with d.w.i. he said he expected assistant resistance rather to china would continue in hong kong despite the new law. venturing campaigner 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 targets at. this time. maybe because they have this so. i was shocked. your scary. especially when when when they take your tram me. with what you do i think this is a very effective intimidation to the community. nice 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 pads 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 people and some of the senators and congressmen in the us but if you called this is called lucian what can i say so mostly my career shouldn't is to have interviews why would you studio 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 beijing is making similar allegations against the media tycoons nice paper apple daily the most read and critical paper

in time its news room was also rated 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 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 why now i live as both peaceful and by then talk to visit and see men and they lost gail demonstration will be a 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 confront 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 why do you believe that a peaceful protest can pressure on the chinese government you with us why don't and how can you be more while in bed the c.c.p. who have the guns and gangs. the billionaire fled to holland khan from mainland china when he was a penniless 12 year olds 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 sitting with the ship because this phrase skate me everything you know i in death to this phrase i'm very grateful for what these what this process given me i'm 73 almost so maybe is a payback coming what should i get doing the right steve. hong kong media tycoon jimmy light talking today. well japanese oil tanker that has spilled more

than a 1000 tons of oil since running aground off the coast of rishis has broken into officials said the split was caused by a crack in a cargo hold after the ship's condition deteriorated severely overnight emergency teams and thousands of volunteers have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel on board the ship. oh i spoke to christian buddha he's a director of the safe ses network on maritime security and he told me that the government of militias didn't do enough to prepare for such a catastrophe the government knew about the risk most is very close to one of the main shipping lanes and the government did know that something is occurred most received quite substantial capacity building this is almost over the years and only in march this year there was a larger workshop on oil spill prevention where the country argues that it would be

prepared also in 2016 or 4 years ago there was a very very similar event happening there was an accident with the ship almost in the same go cation back then most was lucky no major oil spill occurred but the country didn't learn lessons from events and prepare for the next years after and wrought us to this is. no. kristin berger of the safe seas network on maritime security speaking to us a little while ago well let's bring you up to date now with the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the world health organization is sounding the alarm after a number of new infections hit an all time high according to the w.h.o. almost 300000 cases were recorded across the world in the past 24 hours and south korea and the u.s. have delayed their annual joint military drills after a south korean officer tested positive for covert 9 taking the training is now due to start on choose day bought its scope has been scaled down and new zealand's

deputy prime minister has called for a delay to the planned september general election that's after a new coronavirus class to emerge in the country's largest city or clint the sorts of source of the outbreak is still unknown brazil is inviting tourists to rediscover rio some of the city's top attractions reopened this weekend following a 5 month pandemic shutdown the move comes despite surging infection rates brazil is the world's 2nd hardest hit country with more than a 100000 coronavirus deaths but with limits on visitor numbers in place tourists appeared reassured their cameras at the ready. the christ the redeemer statue one of rio's most stunning landmarks is welcoming visitors back with open arms. officials say there's little to worry about. this is working on a safe reopening. where taking care mainly of people's health and economic survival

. it comes after 5 months of closures that have seen brazil's tourist industry fall off a cliff the country has lost billions in revenue after operating at a tiny fraction of capacity but health experts are warning that brazil hasn't yet reached its peak infection rate even as businesses and public spaces reopen. sugarloaf mountain another big draw for people packed into cable cars to get there . we are always going to be worried but when all the measures are fulfilled we feel a little more secure we have to take steps to be able to return to normal life little by little. in this case normal life means posing in front of landmarks these people have decided it's worth the risk. you know when change into you news has

a reminder about top story at this hour pro and anti-government protest of the holding rival rallies and developments in capital minsk the last weekend's disputed election and the opposition is demanding the resignation of all 3rd tarion president alexander lukashenko he says russia has offered its assistance to ensure the country's security. official you're up today i'll be back next out with more headlines until then you can stay up to date on our web site do you know if you talk come from a time in time tame thanks very much for watching. carefully .