this is dougall view news live from berlin valorously and president alexander lukashenko rallies his supporters after a week of protests that follow his disputed reelection the authoritarian leader asks regime loyalists to defend the country and it seems dependents the opposition is keeping up the pressure of holding its biggest demonstration games in the capital means also coming up could a presidential pardon be on the cards for one of america's most high profile whistleblowers donald trump says that told us he's considering fulfilling my

intelligence contract to it with snowden. and in formula one racing world champion lewis hamilton wins the spanish gong free and breaks michael schumacher his record for career podium finishes. welcome to the program and president alexander lukashenko has rejected coals to hold a new election with russia on sunday offering him military help lucas shanker also accused of deploying military forces near the country's border now the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it's closely monitoring the situation opposition protests have been growing in strength in strength since belarus's disputed election a week ago and they took to the streets in the biggest numbers yet on sunday.

opposing demonstrations in the streets of central minsk. with this man at the heart of both embattled politician president alexander lukashenko. dear friends i didn't just call you here to defend me you came here to defend your country your independence your families for the 1st time in a quarter of a century. lucas shankar dressed thousands of loyal supporters on sunday after days of protest put belorussian domestic politics in the international spotlight he accused foreign powers of organizing the opposition against him forever the opposition is all paid off the provocateurs who went into the crowd where are the parents of the children who went to the protest it's criminals who are committing these violent acts against our riot police here and that narrative i'm curious lucas shankar has ruled the former soviet state since 1904 and after his disputed reelection victory last week he is determined to stay in power moscow says it's

ready to help militarily after the crushing reached out to russian president vladimir putin twice in recent days. but just 2 and a half kilometers away from the main government building in men's an entirely different sentiment as a much larger crowd of tens of thousands poured into a rally at victory park organizers called a march for freedom. movement to dimia we want changes and not just in the political sense we want human life to be valued in our country and that's the main demand the current authorities are in no way supporting messi if they're only making it worse. they say for all of this to happen luka shingo has to go they reject official results that say the president won his 6th term with 80 percent of the vote and are demanding a new election and a new beginning for the people of bellerose. well earlier we spoke to our moscow

correspondent emily share when and we asked what we could expect from russia concerning the situation in bellers. well it's kind of hard to know at the moment but in recent days up until today russia has been rather quiet about what's going on in its neighboring country today we then had the russian side talking about external pressure on bella reuss and saying that it would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under an existing military agreement with bella reuss so that could mean either russian troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that we've seen from putin today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in belo reuss after all russia sees values as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows

that lucas shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. emily so when moscow let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour somali security forces say they've entered the siege in the capital mogadishu at least 16 people were killed when militants detonated a car bomb outside a popular beach hotel and gunmen stormed the building taking several hostages islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. and new zealand's prime minister the prime minister just seemed odd and has delayed the country's election by a full weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic will now be held on october the 19th after early success in battling codes of 19 new zealand is battling a 2nd outbreak last week in largest city all cloned was placed under lockdown.

and thousands of protesters have rallied in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising off to the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the demonstrations come off to use of political turmoil following a 24 tane military coup. well the name hezbollah means party of god and in lebanon on the shiite islam this group is all powerful its influence stretches across society through religion politics and the military and lebanon's elite the devastating explosion in beirut nearly 2 weeks ago has reignited reignited public anger at those who run the country bought in the face of accusations of incompetence and corruption the elite is proving resistant to reform . for how sonali the poorest of beirut symbolizes the failure of the powerful clowns that rule lebanon on the 22 year old she is' says his country is badly

governed until though his acts like it's of protecting force for shiites ali says the group shoulders a lot of the blame. the explosion last week was the result of carelessness on the breakdown of the entire state apparatus about 200 people were killed and 6 thais and injured ship them with. hezbollah operates as a state within a state living off its reputation of standing up to israel and offering protection and aid to its supporters the shiite militia is armed with an estimated 120000 rockets making it the center of military my said levanon hezbollah representatives dominates both parliament the government but that's also a weakness as many blame the group for the poor state of the country its financial crisis and the devastating ports explosion earlier this month. what percent of tears of other young demonstrators have been hitting the streets

for months risking the ire of hezbollah which has targeted protesters to intimidate and spread fear ali says he was once trapped church detained for 3 days and tortured. why is this similar supporters have attacked us many times destroyed protest camps and even beaten women and children that doesn't seem to bother them. hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah has shown no sign of moving aside for a new form of political leadership even after the resignation of the lebanese government in a t.v. interview he announced that he would like to play a decisive role in the new government has been a source to say that criticism of the militia is part of a campaign directed from abroad let you. know when in the world can tell them whether to leave the government or be part of a new in the report my son just wants to leave lebanon and seek asylum in germany

where his siblings live even if the trip could cost him his life. so i want to cross the sea to get to europe or to some other place where animals have more rights than the people here where i am safe. has given up on his homeland the creeks in his country especially hezbollah i've always proven to be too strong. former u.s. intelligence contract to edward snowden has been living in exile in russia for the past 7 years after leaking u.s. intelligence documents but now president donald trump says he's considering pardoning the world famous fugitive supporters view snowden as a whistleblower who revealed the extent of u.s. government surveillance spot he's charged with violating the country's espionage act here's what donald trump had to say when he was asked about a potential pardon i mean i'm not that aware of the snowden situation but i was

sort of looking that there are many many people it seems to be a split decision that many people think that he should be somehow created differently have other people think he did very bad things and i'm going to take a very good look at it i mean i've i've seen people that are very conservative and very liberal and they agree on the same issue they agree both ways i'm going to take a look at that very strongly willie where yassky w.'s washington correspondent column block why donald trump might be considering a pardon for the man who leaked secret u.s. government intelligence to the media there are various reasons for president trump to bring up a potential pardon for edward snowden right now on the one hand it's a welcome distraction from the disaster that is mail in voting from the conversation that has dominated the last few days and that saw accusations against trump that he was trying to sabotage the postal service and meddle in the elections

on the other hand this is also a way for him to make joe biden look bad after all snowden exposed far reaching surveillance under the obama administration when biden was vice president so liberal americans who were appalled by these practices back then might now reconsider whether biden really is the candidate that they want to vote for and november. cala block in washington there's sports now and in formula one motor racing world champion lewis hamilton won the spanish gone grand prix for the 4th straight year on sunday the result was the british drivers 156 podium finish breaking a record long held by german ricing legend michael schumacher. some of the drivers took a knee on the track before the race to show their support for the black lives matter of movement. and then they were off with world champion lewis hamilton

starting from pole position and his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas also in the front row. and in a masterful performance hamilton managed to hang on to the lead throughout the race on a sweltering afternoon outside barcelona with very little drama or suspense hamilton cruised to victory 24 seconds ahead of his closest title rival max 1st stop in the red with photos finishing 3rd. but writing it out this is a real surprise because we had this problem with the ties. management was. was very very good at this. understanding what happened last week will go to this weekend. and it is really they would have to do that today. hamilton celebrated his 156 podium finish surpassing the record held by the great michael schumacher. the win increases his lead in the title race to 37 points ahead of her stuff and.

well now to an athlete who followed her hot into the waves how do some learned how to surf as a teenager and see became senegal's 1st female professional surfer now the olympic hopeful is inspiring a generation of young girls to defy cultural norms and harness skills on a surfboard. on the streets of senegal this is something you don't see every day women with surfboards it's a male dominated sport here. though that didn't discourage haji son now the country's only female professional some fell in love with surfing years ago at the age of 13 black women surfers were nowhere to be found in senegal back then and some feel that void becoming a pioneer for the sport however her journey wasn't easy.

what i always advise young girl is who starts a thing is to not listen to other people who try and stop them because they have. to concentrate and to keep on going ahead focus on their training and again to not listen to others because i went through this myself with people telling me to stop assessing which is why i started sniffing a bit late and so i tell them that if you want to progress in your surfing and go forward don't listen to those who tell you to stop or stay at home because that. within each one teach one mentality some now 23 years old spencer's spare time showing females in senegal the ns in outs of the sport some was looking forward to competing in the olympics until they were postponed because of the coronavirus until the next summer games sama sharing her love of surfing. with no plans of slowing down. good of you watching developing news i'll be back at the

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