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campbell. this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin embattled president of belarus says he's open to new elections alexander lukashenko says he's ready to share power after a constitutional referendum and that's as his disputed election victory continues to fuel anger and the rest also coming up an unprecedented online pedophile case comes to trial here in germany alongside the defendant more than 150 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say they're following thousands of definitely. plus
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the credible terrorist pen demick hits home in mexico city many residents are facing forced evictions as they struggle to pay reduced during times. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we start in belarus where president alexander lukashenko says he is ready to hold new elections in an address to factory workers lucas shaikh has said he's willing to share power but only after a constitutional referendum it would mark a reversal for the long running. role ruling lucas shank i should say who has consistently rejected any calls to step down those calls have been growing louder ever since he was returned to office over a week ago in a controversial election. the red white flag of the office. mission
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has been raised once more on the streets of minsk this time by the workers of bella bruce who gathered outside factories and the state television headquarters. all. go away they chanted directly at president alexander lukashenko who had come to win them over. the heckling continued and the president walked off the stage and into the crowd in a bid to pacify protests lucas shanker said he would stand down but only after the country holds a referendum. the president should not make decisions as a result of pressure the president must find a compromise which is acceptable to everyone exactly that's how it will be with we need to approve a new constitution so the opposition won't be against it it needs to be approved in a referendum because our previous constitution was approved in a referendum and based on the new constitution and if you want it will hold new
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elections for the parliament presidency and local government bodies. protest and now being fueled by new promises from the exiled opposition leader. i'm prepared to take responsibility and act as the nation's leader cheering this period so the country settles down and gets back to normality so that we can release all political prisoners and prepare a legal framework and conditions to hold another round of presidential elections in the shortest time possible. she cannot scum made her address from lithuania a day after calling for the biggest protests in belarus yet tens of thousands of people called on the president to step down on sunday claiming the national election he won was rigged. as the internal pressure grows so does international concern the e.u.
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has announced it will hold an emergency summit about bella bruce on wednesday. it's a city we start in humble ensure we have already agreed on sanctions against stories responsible for these human rights violations how the sanctions will be designed and whether further restrictive measures will be taken depend on the future behavior of the bellary so you know it already is of course we are also considering the possibility of extending sanctions to other leading figures. osugi like until then protests is sure nor signs of relenting. for more now we're joined by now resnick of a journalist in minsk. has insisted there be no rerun of the disputed election what do you make of him now saying he would be open to a fresh election after a new constitution is passed ok a clear sign all year there are so many workers protesting right now.
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just years he understands why their workers all all because he will not work so he has no choice no other choice but to resign so and their protest of them so they don't believe. they knew they know most of them they know that there was a will election year election on the local shall crable we know all year and 3 vote counting. look at shake it was heckled in booed by striking workers at that factory today was that surprising. it was absolutely surprising for him and all of us and you should understand the this society here and they've in total fear so it was absolutely very very brave for the workers to do so and and he also tried to terrify the at least 5 workers of this
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factory thing where detained but released after in a couple of hours now we've seen large protests and strikes in minsk itself in the capital deloris but what about the rest of the country can link look should go still count on support elsewhere. of course protests are not only in minsk could in minsk of course are the biggest one in grodno and in breast they're also thousands of people there are also thousands of people in cities where enterprises are for example in the most successful in to apprise in the state in the rise in selling forest which is 130 kilometers of honan's for the workers and they said they stop completely they stop completely the park today and the people gathered in the center of the city thousands of people and they supported them so this
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completely all of the counting that's a thank you very much for taking time to talk with us that was journalist resnick up in minsk thank you. look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour a french cargo ship loaded with $100.00 tons of humanitarian aid has don't jin beirut supplies will go to those left homeless after a massive explosion rocked the port earlier this month. french president i met a while back paul has called for reforms to live in all his political system so the country can access international on. the funerals have been held in lebanon for 3 firefighters from the same family who dive in the explosion the men were killed as they were responding to a fire that started before the blast ripped through large parts of the capital killing around 180 people and injuring. and in central india a man stranded in or in rapid waters at a flooded dam has been rescued in
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a dramatic helicopter airlift the indian air force was called in after several failed rescue attempts the flooding was triggered by the monsoon rains. the trial has started today in cologne the main main suspect in what could be germany's largest ever organized child sex abuse case more than $150.00 suspects are also being investigated in the case involving an online pedophile network that shared images of child pornography critics say germany isn't doing enough to tackle sex crimes against children on the internet the defendant hid as he entered the courtroom evidence found in the 43 year old's home led to the biggest investigation into organized child sex abuse in german history. it's the most recent in a series of trials against men accused of abusing their own and others children
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that attacked as i sat up to the defendant is alleged to have sexually assaulted his daughter in 61 cases some of them are serious and he sent to film the abuse and then share the videos and chat groups uncovering these crimes has proved deeply disturbing even for the most experienced investigators the suspect allegedly began abusing his daughter when she was just a few months old he's also accused of belonging to a sprawling paedophile network. investigators found 30000 leads and have identified more than 150 suspects in germany and abroad the defendant's wife is the joint plaintiff in the trial her lawyer says she was unaware of the abuse. put says but everyone involved in this trial hopes the defendant will shed light on what happened that hope is what unites us all in this trial and it's a hope shared by my client. the defendant refused to comment ahead of his trial but he has said he will testify during the proceedings. mexico has the 3rd highest
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number of confirmed covert 19 cases in latin america 522004 many residents of the capital this health crisis is quickly becoming a housing crisis as well short of work and unable to pay rent early one in 10 of the city's tenants have been forced from their homes activists say the government needs to do more to help. fashion designer. hasn't been able to pay his rent since april because of the corona crisis his landlord gave him 5 months to leave his home work space where he's lived for 18 is he had to accept or face a forced eviction it's a situation he's increasingly witnessed in this neighborhood of the historic city center. i was worried because i saw others being evicted there used to be print shops on the ground floor they were involved in a lawsuit. then one day the police showed up on the very day
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that legal protection ended they were evicted by the police. a survey by the habitat international coalition shows that more than 10 percent of mexico city's tenants have been forced from their homes during the pandemic 61 percent say they won't be able to pay their rent in the coming months. a neighborhood platform led by searcher gonzalez has proposed a rent law to stop a victuals during the pandemic and instead find solutions. every year mexico city sees more than $3000.00 of actions an estimated 20 to 30 percent of these are carried out in violation of basic legal requirements. the government must stop treating tenants like commodities and it should set rent price limits medical value of the most. to mitigate the effects of the
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pandemic the mexican government is promoting alternatives aimed at helping homeowners buy or sell property and it's also subsidizing new construction but the measures exclude 15 percent of mexican households the 2500000 people who are tenants the capital swaying a reform that would ban evictions in cases where no rental contract exists but as the city's head of urban planning admits no concrete steps are being taken to protect tenants. most of. this is financial aid so that people can pay their rent but there are no specific measures to protect tenants or you. because. your group is you know what we urgently need to draft a new law that protects everyone's rights in equal measure by making them whenever he was the governor in. the right to housing made even harder to insure
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by the corona crisis. now sketch up on some of the latest developments in the current virus pandemic beijing has granted a patent to a private chinese company for possible coded 900 vaccine u.s. health authorities have voiced concern that the fall of the flute the start of the fall flu season could make it harder to treat coronavirus patients as u.s. kovan 1000 surpass 170000 japan's g.d.p. shrank by a record 7.8 percent in the 2nd quarter due to the pandemic and it's the worst drop for the world's 3rd largest economy since world war 2 a new zealand's prime minister has delayed the country's general election by one month until mid october the city of often remains in a lockdown due to a new break of the coronavirus. women's world number 2 tennis star simona halep has said she won't take part in this year's u.s.
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open because of the coronavirus pandemic the romanian said she had put her health at the heart of her decision and instead would stay in europe to train. joins reigning women's champion bianca andre school of canada and last year's men's champion rafael nadal in skipping the tournament at flushing meadows. now several moto g.p. drivers are lucky to be alive after a high speed crash in austria 7 time world champion bout and tino rossi and spanish rival maverick vin jada's came within a whisker being hit by 2 cartwheeling bikes. a high speed collision between franco moretti delhi and you'll hunt sako resulted in the terrifying scenes remarkably all 4 riders were left relatively unscathed later morbidity queues
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