might violence against children disappear. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the of battle president of bella ruse sending mixed messages about new elections within 24 hours alexander lukashenko goes from total defiance to conditional acceptance of new elections in el says he is ready to share power after a constitutional referendum and what about russia will it move to keep the pushing

coing pot were also coming up 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. plus the virtual convention us democrats kick off a week long political party to nominate joe biden to take on donald trump in november but this pandemic means that this year's convention will be very unconventional. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in bill roofs where president alexander lukashenko was sending mixed messages about new elections on sunday he said that protesters would have to kill him before any new vote is a while today the president said that he may. be open to new elections but only

after a constitutional referendum this would mark a reversal for lucas shingo who for 26 years has resisted any challenge to his power tonight calls for him to resign are louder than ever lucas says that he won reelection last week but many in bill roos say the vote was rigged. the red and white flag of the opposition has been raised once more on the streets of minsk this time by the workers of bell averse who gathered outside factories. go away they chanted a president alexander lukashenko who would come to win them over the heckling continued and the president walked off the stage into the crowd in an exchange with a worker who said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum caused. by the president should not make decisions as

a result of pressure and both my president must find a compromise exactly that's how. 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 we will show you elections for the parliament presidency and local government bodies. the protests being fuelled 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. taken of

made her address from lithuania a day after calling for the biggest protests in belo groups yes. as the internal pressure grows so does international concern the e.u. has announced it will hold an emergency summit about bella roofs on wednesday. because the day 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 depend on the future behavior of the bellary seen authorities 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 let's talk about the president here look 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 to it typical tactic of an authoritarian who's cornered he's trying to bite his son who's trying to buy time to. invent some kind of solution and this is probably the 1st indication of the weakness in which mrs t. kind of. talk and she saw it in a few british or should it should read as an opening to jack up the pressure because i think that's. basically started to understand that setting the among 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 weakened then this is to some extent probably a tipping point for luke shango who as you rightly said or as e.w. rightly said was completely adamant that he's not going just a day or 2 together 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 the support will go forth coming. basically lots of people speculate in moscow and those who are watching it from the unison war so that russia may well launch an invasion of brotherly help will be rendered to build the russian government to offset what was said in moscow to be western attempts to overthrow the real russian government i think that although 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 luka shankar means that invading a deleterious that's what they'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 what 2 he will fight the bill it was is especially if there are new elections that there should be in your actions is mistaken or skip draw missed and this will mean that russian money russian agents. and russian information more thayer or warfare sorry.

russian influence as such russian economic incentives are probably this incentives will hold the poor into and on to be other was to secure that whoever is the next president kabila is will remain from moscow will remain in the kremlin the whole bit because one thing mr putin cannot afford isabella was that looks west is a democratic progress and government in its russian analysts constantine a good strong us tonight from moscow to jim we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. well the trial has started it today of the main suspect in what could be germany's largest ever organized child sex abuse case or 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 is not doing enough to tackle sex crimes against children on the internet. the defendant hid his face

as he entered the courtroom. it was a routine search of the 43 year old's home in a cologne suburb that revealed a sprawling network of men accused of sexual violence against their own children and the children of others that attacked as a defendant is alleged to have sexually assaulted his daughter in 61 cases some of them very serious he said 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 3 months old he's also accused of membership in a massive online paedophile network chat groups not only offered users tips on how to abuse children but also provided them with children to sexually abuse it's the biggest case of organized paedophilia in german history suspects have been located across germany and abroad. charges in 10 cases and 9 suspects are in investigative custody and we have liens 130000 unidentified offenders. it's the 3rd major pita

found that work uncovered by police in the state of north rhine-westphalia in the space of 2 years 130 investigators from colognes police force have been working on the case sifting through the digital evidence to date only a portion of the data has been evaluated investigators are certain the files will lead them to many more suspects. we are just hours away from the start of the democratic national convention in the united states the 4 day event tightly unconventional because of the pandemic presidential nominee joe biden and his running mate harris will give their speeches from a stage in biden's home state of delaware but the majority of the convention will be virtual with speakers and special guests zooming in from across the country senator bernie sanders who finished 2nd to biden in the primary elections and former 1st lady michelle obama are among monday's speakers.

it's a lot different tonight than it was 4 years ago and somebody who was at the democratic national convention 4 years ago is our washington bureau chief in his post good evening to you in this so here we are 4 years on we have a coronavirus pandemic that makes it almost impossible to put the hollywood in these conventions so how do you keep that star element when we when you don't have the stage to do it. right brenda normally the conventions are a mixture between a huge party and church right they kind of create this moment of energy which then is kind of broad street with this huge become free from all the delegates this voluntary. this year and this is particularly difficult for the democrats because they have to gab so many different branches right they have kind of the very progressive left is leaning bernie sanders supporters and they have the rather

conservative democrats and by they want to have this very moment they want to have this moment of energizing and joe biden isn't really the type who will will bring that on in a. meeting it's a very good point although we have to say the same case will be true for the republicans it's harder to get a zambian when you're zooming i guess you could say what about these 1000000 ballots that is the topic number one right now we know that members of congress are returning early because of it why is it so important to this election. right it sounds really technical but it's not good corona we kind of expect an avalanche of mail in ballots and the postal office is basically not prepared for that i mean they're having problems many years because less and less people are writing letters they have competitors like amazon and other services by ever since

the new postmaster is put in place that's a friend of donald trump louis to joy in early summer it's getting worse they're totally under funded and they did not prepare for this huge amount of ballots they had to deliver they will have to deliver and to be always have to keep in mind that don't trump saying since months that mail in vote would lead to more voter fraud and the tea my it's not expect the outcome of this election that's true people are wondering if you will accept the results when they are we know that the main goal of the convention of course is to officially nominate joe biden the democratic presidential candidate and there are lots of predictions made during this week give us an argument of why biden will beat trump and maybe an argument why he will not be trouble. well biden could be tromping because he's not trying to so many republican voters are just tired of trump as

a way to do politics of his unpredictable and class is a kind of self centered personality why am i to do is because he is not trying i don't mind that cynical i don't want to be sound cynical but you know joe biden is part of the establishment and many americans are tired of that he represents an american america many people don't want any more so he will have a hard time to really convince young black warner's women and also members of other minorities are in our washington bureau chief for along the start of an important week for the democrats in the u.s. as always thank you. foreign soccer now in barcelona have fired coach kiki said he and 3 days after their 82 drubbing by byron munich in the champions league quarter finals said he joined barnsley back in january but things simply did not work out

1st the team was eliminated from the copa del rey then they lost the league a title to rio madrid and now garcia have crashed out of the champions league in devastating fashion spanish media reports say that netherlands coach and former barcelona defender ronald koeman is said to be named as city and successor. to what you've got to do stay tune chris culliver be up next with b w business you'll be right back. region and he's full of surprises we've done it all out. to give you some tips when they didn't. the footsteps. in. the

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