biala guest at frankfurt. managed by for our part. this is the overview news live from berlin tonight the embattled president of the roofs he says he's open to new elections with conditions alexander lukashenko says that he is ready to share power after a constitutional referendum that says his disputed election victory continues to fuel anger and unrest also coming up tonight here in germany the trial begins in an

unprecedented online pedophile case alongside the defendant more than 150 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say they're investigating thousands of leads and the economic impact of the coronavirus endemic in mexico city many residents are facing forced evictions they're out of work and out of money and the rent is due. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in bello reuss where president alexander lukashenko is sending conflicting signals about new elections on sunday he said or he said protesters would have to kill him before any new elections are allow today the president says he may be open to new elections on one condition in an address to fact. go so that he is willing to share power but only

after a constitutional referendum this would mark a reversal for the wong ruling 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 opposition 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 is. 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. 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 a previous constitution was approved in a referendum and based on the new constitution and if you want it will hold new elections for the palm and presidency and local government bodies. protests 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 at the. second off

scum made her address from lithuania a day after calling for the biggest protests in bellerose yet tens of thousands of people who 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. has announced it will hold an emergency summit about bellary so on wednesday because today we start in humble and we have already agreed on sanctions against the responsible for these human rights violations how the sanctions will be designed and whether further restrictive measures will be taken will depend on the future behavior of the bell aris you know thora g.'s of course we also are considering the possibility of extending sanctions to other leading figures and i'll survive. until then protests is sure no signs of relenting.

and for more on this developing story we're joined now by constantine a good he is in moscow constantine is a russia analyst good to see you again constantine the talk about the president here he has insisted that there will be no rerun of the disputed election on sunday he said he would have to die 1st i'm today we've got him saying that maybe he would be open to fresh elections after a new constitution is passed how do you read this. well he is resulting through sipek old tactic of an authoritarian who's cornered he's trying to buy his son who's trying to buy time to. invent some kind of solution and this is probably the 1st indication of a weakness in which mrs to. talk and she saw it and i'm pretty sure she didn't should read as an opening to jack up the pressure because i think

that's. basically started on the stand that setting the oman troops and the police on protesters doesn't work anymore and the fact that today all of the detained according to the russian authorities were released is an indication that he doesn't want more confrontation that he feels weak and then this is to some extent probably a tipping point for for luka shango who as you rightly said who is the devil you rightly said was completely adamant that he's not going just a day or 2 again you know over the weekend the president has said that russia is ready to provide support to bella ruse do we know what form that support could take . brant we don't even know whether this support will be forthcoming. basically lots of people speculate in moscow and those who are watching it from the news and war so that russia may well launch and invasion of brotherly help will be rendered to

be on the russian government to offset what was said in moscow to be western at them through overthrow the real russian government i think that's a little this remains possible to some extent the possibility of that is running thin by the hour because of the number of people on the streets who do not want anyone to. help look at shankar and the things that are invading a deleterious that's what we're talking about will mean bloodbath but there is a box here even if you look at chicago's which she probably will mr putin will be watching aid the conditions under which he will go and he doesn't want him to exit like qaddafi or nicolae ceausescu in 1989 secondly who didn't go fight for the others he probably will not fight for her shan't want to he will fight the ballot was it specially if there are new elections that there should be

in your actions as mrs to kind of skip draw mist and this will mean that russian money russian agents and russian information more thing there or warfare sorry. russian influence as such russian economic incentives probably this incentives will hold people who are into and on to be able to use to secure that whoever is the next president who delivers will remain from moscow will remain in the kremlin the whole bit because one thing mr putin cannot afford isabella has that looks west is that democratic progress in government in its russian analysts constantine a good strong us tonight from moscow to jim we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. our here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world that germany's foreign minister hi kumasi has paid a surprise visit to libya berlin has been trying to broker peace in the country

which has been mired in a civil war since dictator moammar gadhafi was toppled back in 2011 called the recent wall infighting a deceptive call and more and that outside powers are still sending arms to libya a french cargo ship loaded with $100.00 tons of humanitarian aid has docked in beirut the supplies will go to those left homeless after that massive explosion which walked to the port really are this month french president emanuel micron has called for reforms to lebanon's political system so that the country can access international funding. and staying in lebanon the funerals have been held in beirut for 3 firefighters from the same family who died in that explosion the men were killed as they were responding to a fire that started before the blast ripped through large parts of the capital a 180 people were killed thousands more injured. well the trial has started today of the main suspect in germany's largest ever organized

child sex abuse case more than 150 suspects are also being investigated in the case involving an online pedophile network that shared images of child pornography critics say germany is not doing enough to tackle sex crimes against children on the internet the defendant head 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 other's children that attack designs that the defendant is alleged to have sexually assaulted his daughter in $61.00 cases some of them are serious he sent to film the abuse and then share the videos and check with. 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 leaks and identified more than 150 suspects in germany and abroad the defendants wife of the joint plaintiff in the trial her lawyer says she was unaware of the abuse. put says but time everyone involved in this trial hopes the defendant will shed light on what happened with that hope is what unites us all in this trial and it's a hope shared by my client might have been done to invention. the defendant refused to comment ahead of his trial but he has said he will testify during the proceeding for. mexico has the 3rd highest number of confirmed coded 19 cases in latin america around 522000 and for many residents in the capital this health crisis is quickly becoming a housing crisis short of working unable to pay the rent nearly one in 10 of the city's tenants have been forced from their homes activists say that the government needs to do more to help. fashion designer is

last 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 years 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. work 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. to be accurate then one day the police showed up on the very day that legal protection ended they were evicted by the police over. 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 sergio gonzalez has proposed a rent law to stop a victuals during the pandemic and instead find solutions. in the. 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 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 a capitalist weighing 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 your own. because. your group is yeah 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 by the corona crisis. parts of football news now in barcelona have fired coach kiki 3 days after their 82 drubbing by byron munich in the champions league quarter finals said he enjoyed barca back in january but things simply did not work out 1st the team was eliminated from the top of the rake in they lost the league

a title to real madrid and now barca have crashed out of the champions league in devastating fashion spanish media reports say that netherlands coach and former barcelona defender ronald koeman is set to be named as city and successor. you're watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day to see you then. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d double.