this is deja vu news live from berlin a change of tone and bellow groups after a week of historic demonstrations the country's tarion president indicates he's willing to hold new elections but alexander look i shan't go says he'll accept the only after a constitutional referendum an apparent concession that doesn't satisfy the protesters they want to see gone also coming up to us democrats kick off their party convention as they prepare to name joe biden their candidate

to take on donald trump in november but the pandemic means this year's convention is an entirely virtual affair. and here in germany a trial and weekends and an unprecedented online paedophile case alongside the defendant more than $150.00 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say they're investigating tens of thousands of leads. on the go to have you with us. and president alex on the sending mixed messages about his willingness to hand over power on sunday the authoritarian leader said protestors would have to kill him before any new vote is allowed now he says he may be open to new elections but only after a constitutional referendum. this would mark

a reversal for lucas shango for 26 years has resisted any challenge to his power but calls for him to resign are louder than ever says he won reelection last week but many inside and outside of bella bruce say the vote was raked. 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 and into the crowd in an exchange with a worker. who said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum was the story of the president should not make decisions as

a result of pressure both make the 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 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. media's go. to can of

made her address from lithuania a day after calling for the biggest protests in belarus 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 it was stuck in humble and soon we had already agreed on sanctions against those responsible for these human rights violations and how they function will be designed and whether further restrictive measures will be taken depend on the future behavior of the bellary scene authorities until then protests and certainly are signs of relenting. earlier we spoke to analysts constantine and adam last hour and asked him why look at saying go when an adamant about staying in power was now elephant in the elections well he is resulting to it typical tactic of an authoritarian who's cornered is trying to bite his son is trying to buy time to to

to invent some kind of solution and this is probably a 1st indication of weakness which misty can ask if she saw it in him to be sure she did it should read as an opening to jack up the pressure because i think that. basically lucas shankar started on the stand that setting the oman troops the police on protesters doesn't work anymore and the fact that today all of the detained according to the bill are russian authorities were released is an indication that he doesn't want more confrontation that he feels weakened and this is to some extent probably a tipping point for follow shankar 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 ago. the united states democratic party has kicked off its 4 day

virtual convention aimed at drumming up support for its presidential candidate joe biden the event is normally act with excited crowns and confetti but this year it's being held remotely because of coronavirus the d.n.c. will see the democrats formally choose biden to take on donald trump in november key speeches on the 1st day came from senator bernie sanders and former 1st lady michelle obama. for more on this highly unusual democratic national convention i'm joined now by our reporter william cohen kroft well you know this is a 1st for every one of these national conventions usually draw huge crowds it's a gigantic spectacle what are americans in for this time around the format of certainly differ and certainly an experiment thanks to coronavirus forcing everyone to pretty much stay home to be broadcasting from remote locations some of these are prerecorded messages happening at multiple locations all around the country that

are being pulled in simultaneously over these next few days but it's still very much a spectacle there's a lot of very emotional videos a lot of testimonials from regular americans of all kinds talking about why joe biden couple hours should be president and vice president and that is very much in keeping with what our normal convention is. the party making its case for the candidates we've heard a lot of people speak today what does today's lineup say about the message the democratic party is trying to get out unity we are for everyone you can trust us whoever you might be the democrats are really trying to be something for everyone whether your a farmer in the midwest whether you're a black lives matter activist i mean we had everyone tonight from former republican governor john kasich stumping for joe biden to bernie sanders on the complete

ideological opposite from case it's making you know remember bernie sanders a fierce opponent of joe biden calling him basically a republican and democrats clothing for most of the campaign giving a long list of why you need to vote for joe biden for my you know for my far further left reasons and then of course you have michelle obama who we have a clip of making her case for for joe biden i know joe he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith he was a terrific vice president he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he doing this since he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone who's lived a life that the rest of us can recognize. probably the most political and most

emphatic that we've seen michelle obama ever be she did touch on the they go low we go high comment from to that 16 saying that democrats still need to stay high it's the only way she said but it's a very different tone now these years later especially in the wake of the krona virus and the social justice protests that have been sweeping the united states already on the 1st say we've seen the democrats pull basically all the stops what's the real impact these conventions have an undecided voters well on the surface both conventions the republican or democratic are framed as if they're going to convince people from the other party or undecided voters to vote their way of course that can happen a little bit but really this is about fund raising this is about speaking to your diehard partisan speaking to the troops reminding them why it's so important that they go out vote that they campaign for the candidates this is not really convincing anybody new there usually does come out of the conventions a polling bump for the candidates that's because after 4 days whether it's rip

democrats this week republicans next week you've heard days of basically positive coverage by these candidates but whether those though those polling numbers really stay that we have to be seen what happens in the days and weeks that follow that this this a big event we know president trump likes to watch t.v. a lot of air time of course dedicated to this big event today but trump isn't sitting at home glued to the t.v. angry tweeting as he well he can do 2 things at once as we've seen or try to at least vary the campaign as taking out as much as $10000000.00 in ad campaign ads right now specifically targeting big states like wisconsin obviously trying to spin their message while the democrats are spinning their message. also sending out people like mike pence the vice president other members high profile members of the trump campaign the trump ministration to be doing their own campaign rallies this

week to distract from what's going on in milwaukee and virtually from milwaukee with the democrats. in the lead up to their own convention next week right thank you very much. so let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world german foreign minister who has paid a surprise visit to libya for elin has been trying to broker peace in the country myron in a civil war since 2011 mosse called the recent low in fighting a deceptive calm and warned 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 a massive explosion rocked the port earlier this month french president emanuel mccall has called for reforms to lebanon's political system so the country can access international funding. the indian air force has deployed

a military helicopter to rescue a man stranded for hours in rapidly flowing water at a flooded dam in the central city of the last 4 local media say the man had been stuck in the floodwaters clinging to a fallen tree since sunday. trial has started and what could be germany's largest ever organized child sex abuse case the main suspect is accused of sexually assaulting his infant daughter more than $150.00 people are also being investigated in the case involving an online paedophile 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 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. there's

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 leads 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. soccer now and in the semifinals of the europa league enter milan have been shocked are done it will tyrone martinez opened the scoring for enter in the 19th minute and then midway through the 2nd half internet at 3 more goals through rosedale martinez again and a. race into will now face in the final on friday night's. and that's the barcelona have fired coached him 3 days after their 82 drubbing by bar in munich in the champions league quarter finals so 10 joined by some back in january but things simply didn't work out 1st the team was eliminated from the copa del rey then they lost the league title chilled real madrid and now bars have crashed out of the champions league and devastating fashion spanish media reports

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