bialik asked trying for city managed by for part. 2. this is g.w. news live from berlin bill rossi and president alexander lukashenko rallies his supporters after a week of protests does follow his disputed reelection feel thora tarion leader asks regime loyalists to defend the country and its independence but the opposition is keeping up the pressure holding its biggest demonstrations yet in the capital means also coming up a deadly gun and bomb attack on

a mortgage issue hotel leaves 15 dead and raises new fears about the strength of the islamist al-shabaab militia. plus could a presidential pardon be on the cards for one of america's most high profile whistleblowers donald trump says he's considering that full former intelligence contractor edward snowden. also in the next 15 minutes over tanking and legend formula one world champion lewis hamilton cruises to victory in the spanish grand prix and breaks michael schumacher record full career podium finishes. i'm jared raid welcome to the program c.n.n. president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election. with russia on sunday offering him military help. also accuse nato

of deploying military forces near the country's border the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it's closely monitoring the situation opposition protests have been growing in strength since bellerose is disputed election a week ago and people to talk 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 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 our kids look at 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 kachin go 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 minsk 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. 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 them see if they're only making it worse. they say for all of this to happen look a shingle 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 ballerinas. were earlier we talked to our moscow correspondent emily show and we are asked her what to expect from russia concerning the situation in belarus. 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 bella ruse 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 you stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. emily when in moscow they are indeed w.'s bellerose correspondent alexander baracoa has been released from detention he was arrested in his hometown most goals a few days before the election barack oversees a 10 day sentence for hooliganism a charge she says was purely political we spoke to him after his release and asked

him how he'd been treated. i can describe. these in the world this is the workplace lesion i was sitting in this hall all. this in review well all so i am here to. read and do not them all this money. i am sure how. can this is the regime. continue to. believe a book because i didn't know anything. and that was g.w. correspondent alexander baracoa speaking to us after he was released from prison in beller roost let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour mexico's coronavirus death toll has now passed 56000 the 3rd highest behind in u.s.

and brazil globally but the country has eased some restrictions such as allowing children to go some moles and cinemas with their parents opposition politicians have criticized what they call mixed messages from the government. new zealand's prime minister just seemed odd and has delayed the country's election by a full weeks because of the coronavirus will now be held on top of the 19th some early success against codes of 19 new zealand is now battling a 2nd outbreak last week its largest city o'loghlin was placed on the lockdown. at least 15 people have been killed in a militant siege in the somali capital mogadishu the militants attacked a popular beach hotel before being killed by security forces islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. and

on mistake it will sound. people take cover as best they can as somali special forces exchanged gunfire with al shabaab militants. the assault began when 4 attackers detonated a car bomb at the hotel's entrance they're making their way inside foreign assault weapons and taking hostages. it's terrible many people are dead others are wounded and a large number are accounted for they took some people hostage. the sage was ended after 5 hours when all the gunmen were shot dead resulting in the rescue of hundreds of people. insurgent group al-shabaab says it was behind the assault claiming they targeted the high end hotel due to its connections to the somali government the hotel is owned by somali m.p. and former finance minister abdul he mohamad nor does a popular destination among government workers and officials al-shabaab which is

linked to al qaida has been waging a brutal insurgency in somalia for more that a decade. this attack shatters a relative calm that lasted a few months in a city. former intelligence contractor edward snowden u.s. intelligence contract has been living in exile in russia for the past 7 years after leaking u.s. intelligence documents now president donald trump says he's considering a paddling the world famous fugitive supporters view snowden as a whistleblower who revealed the extent of u.s. government surveillance but 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 padan everyone i'm not that aware of the snowden situation but i'm going to start looking at it there are many many people it seems to be a split decision that many people think that he should be treated differently of other people think he did very bad things and i'm going to take

a very good look at it ok 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 earlier we spoke to our correspondent carl block in washington we also why donald trump is considering a padan 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 male 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 in november that was calm in washington day in formula one motor racing world champion lewis hamilton won the spanish grand prix for the 4th straight year on sunday the result was the british drive his 156 podium finish breaking a record long held by the german racing 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 teammate 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 force alone 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 photons finishing 3rd. but ready to double today's it 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 but what is this weekend is inevitably they would have to do it today. hamilton celebrated his 156 podium finish surpassing the record held by the great michael schumacher. to win increases his lead in the title race just 37 points ahead of her stopping. football now and in the semifinals of the europa league sivia have beaten

manchester united to one brunei finn and has converted a penalty to open the scoring for united in the 9th minute then suso equalized fisted deal with 26 minutes gone and looked to yonge rounded out the 21 final score 12 minutes from time sylvia will now face the winner of monday's clash between into milan and chuck todd donetsk in the final. now to an athlete who followed her into the waves how's you some learned how just scream as a learned how to surf i should say as a teenager and soon she became senegal's 1st female professional so now the olympic hopeful is inspiring a generation of young girls to defy cultural norms and hoping this kills on a surfboard. all 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 the 2 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 girls 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 and 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 those stay at home because that's backward looking. within each one teach one mentality some now 23 years old spencer spare time showing females in senegal the ins 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. to watching television news i'll be back at the top of the hour you can keep up to date by going to our web site the dumping dot com thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind the swine. discover new. ventures in 360 degree. and explored world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get the maps now.

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