this is d.w. news live from berlin belarus he and president alexander lukashenko rallies his supporters after a week of protests that follow his just commuters reelection the authoritarian leader asks regime loyalists to defend the country and its independence but the opposition is keeping up the pressure holding its biggest demonstration yet in the capital means also coming out of anger and just big growth in lebanon following the devastating explosion there to break cigars many are pointing the finger at his beloved ecliptic using the powerful islam this militia

a fueling the corruption that allowed the blast to happen. and in formula one racing world champion lewis hamilton wins the spanish gong free and breaks michael schumacher record full career podium finishes. i'm jarid raid welcome to the program president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls true hold a new election with russia on sunday offering him military help lucas shanker also accuse knight 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 since belarus's disputed election a week ago and people took that 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. look at shankar dress 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 their 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 that hashem our kids 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 immense and 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. to continue 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 so the current authorities are in no way supporting this 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 tolerance. earlier we spoke to moscow correspondent emily share when and we asked her what to make of president lukashenko accusations that night is deploying military forces near the country's border. well nato has firmly denied that they are placing troops at the. borders but we have heard from the belarus in belarus in army that they will be holding military drills in the coming days it seems to me that look i shan't go wants to turn this internal political crisis into some kind of a geo political conflict that he's kind of inflating it giving it more importance and that's a strategy that we've sort of seen in the past few days as well when he accused the protestors of being controlled from abroad he called them sheep but when you actually look at the protests that we're seeing they don't seem to have anything to do with geopolitics people are demanding regime change and it's important to know

that we don't see any e.u. flags on the streets of cities across about unlike in ukraine a few years ago when people were demanding closer ties to the e.u. this is really not about that and the belarus in a condom me strongly depends on russia it's an important partner for the country and that will be the case going forward even if there is an opposition government that was emily's win in moscow. bellerose correspondent alexander has been released from detention reports for g.w.'s russian language service he was arrested in these home town of a week a few days before the presidential election he received a 10 day prison sentence for pity hooliganism a charge she denies and is considering appealing for october says his prosecution

was purely political it was the 2nd time in prison this year. and we spoke to baracoa after his release and we asked him how he was treated while he was detained . these. this is the work. i was. all all. this is. all so. to. all. this is the regime. continues. because i did anything. that was correspondent alexander baracoa speaking to us after he was released from prison in bel averse 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 to siege in the capital mogadishu at least 15 people were killed when militants dish a night in a car bomb outside a popular beach hotel and gunmen stormed the building taking several hostages islamist group al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. use the island's prime minister just into od and has delayed the country's election by 4 weeks because of the coronavirus will now be held on october 19th after early success against covert 19 new zealand is battling a 2nd outbreak last week kids largest city clint was placed under lockdown. u.s. president donald trump has said he'll look into a pardon for whistleblower edward snowden trump said he had heard strong arguments for and against the move. to form a national security agency contract faces criminal charges over his leak of

classified documents that revealed u.s. government surveillance. well the name hezbollah means party of god and in lebanon the shiite islam as a group is powerful its influence stretches across society through religion politics and the military and lebanon's allege the devastating explosion in beirut nearly 2 weeks ago has reignited public anger to run the country body in the face of accusations of incompetence and corruption the elite is proving resistant to reform for hossa not leave the porch of beirut symbolizes the failure of the powerful clowns that ruled lebanon on the 22 year old she is' says his country is badly governed i'm told though his acts like it's a protecting force for shiites ali says the group shoulders a lot of the blame. for the explosion last week was the result of carelessness on the breakdown of the entire state apparatus about 200 people were killed and 6

hasn't injured ship them and. 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 dominate both parliament and 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. son of tears of other young demonstrators have been hitting the streets for months risking the ire of has the law which has targets of protesters to intimidate and spread fear ali says he was once captured detained for 3 days and tortured.

why is that 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 the sources say that criticism of the militia is part of a campaign directed from abroad. no one in the world can tell them whether to leave the government or be part of a. woman her son just wants to leave lebanon and seek asylum in germany where his siblings live even if the trip could cost him his life. 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. sun has given up on his

homeland the keeps in his country especially hezbollah have always proven to be too strong. a professional israeli honest hockey player has raised eyebrows after signing with a polish team that plays for a place for the same city where the concentration camp was located at least the top says he'll play in owner of the jews who were murdered by the german nazis during the holocaust. is a city that cannot escape its past even if it wanted to this is where the infamous auschwitz concentration camp is located and where during the 2nd world war the nazis murdered well over a 1000000 people most of them jews. and this is ice hockey player at least their share but off who says he wants to look to the future the israeli learned his hockey in montreal canada work he grew up he's also the captain of the israeli national team now he's playing for or she and she. does the reason

why i'm here is to do so jewish people that even after 75 years of the holocaust happen we can succeed. across the world and would. find so in auschwitz him and from poland will cheerfully and obviously i'm disappointed in some criticism but i cannot blame him because every single. person lives all the thoughts in different ways. one of the critics is american rabbi. who wrote on his twitter page that it's a betrayal for share of a top to play for a team located so close to the former concentration camp i knew i was going to make the. kind of walking round the world and. it's your motivation for me. i just can't wait so. that season starts on september 8th for when he or she end

chim who will play at home against visitors cutover itself shepherd out hopes to make a good impression knowing a lot of eyes will be focused on him and on this city. in formula one motor racing world champion new lewis hamilton won the spanish gone pretty full the full strength year on sunday the result was the british drive as $156.00 party and finished breaking a record long held by german ricing lead. and 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 boss alone with very little drama or suspense hamilton cruise to victory 24 seconds ahead of his closest title rival max 1st stop in the red with botox finishing 3rd. but the double today is a real surprise because we had this problem with the ties. management was. was very very good at best understanding what happened last week what is this weekend is never too late they would have to do it today. hamilton celebrated his 156th 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 stop and. you're watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour you can keep up to date by downloading the data when you stop to your smartphone or by going to talk all you

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