the state of the news line from berlin a change of tone and valorous after 9 days of historic demonstrations the country's authoritarian president indicates he's willing to hold new elections but alex on the local shango says he'll accept them only after a constitutional referendum an apparent concession that did little to appease protesters today want to see gone also coming up. u.s. democrats kick off their own party convention as they from parents named joe biden and their candidate to take on donald trump in november the 1st night offered

a vast lineup of passionate speakers from both sides of the aisle but the pandemic means this year's convention is an entirely virtual affair. and here in germany trial begins 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 nichols good to have you with us. and belarus president aleksander 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 over. in new elections but only after

a constitutional referendum the embattled president attempt to buy time amid a growing political crisis was met with fresh demonstrations on monday night's look at says he won the election last week and many inside and outside of bell arose saying the vote was raked. through red and white flag of the opposition has been raised one small 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 course the. president should not make decisions as

a result of pressure from my president he 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 to hold new 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. tickin of scale

made her address from lithuania a day off to 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 reuss on wednesday because of a 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 authorities until then protests is sure nurse signs of relenting. earlier we spoke to analysts constantly i got in the last hour and asked her why look i shan't go when an adamant about staying in power now seems open to new 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 a weakness which misty can ask if she saw it in him to british or should it should read as an opening to jack up the pressure because i think that. basically look at shankar started on the stand that setting the amount tropes of 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 then this is to some extent probably a tipping point for lucia who as you rightly said or as the w rightly said was completely adamant that he's not going just

a day or 2 ago. to the united states now where the democratic party has kicked off its 4 day virtual convention and drumming up support for its presidential candidate joe biden the national convention is normally packed with excited clowns and can study this here and won't leave because of coronavirus the d.n.c. will see the democrats warmly biden to take on don't in november speeches on the 1st day came from senator bernie sanders and 1st lady michelle obama who portrayed biden as the only person who could bring together a divided nation in crisis we would people call it 40 years quote brunhilde democratic national convention. if we have any hope of ending this chaos we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depended on it i know joe he is

a profoundly decent man guided by faith he was a terrific vice president. i'm a lifelong republican but that attachment 2nd place to my responsibility to my country that's why i've chosen to appear at this convention. what we do know is that we can do better than what we've been seeing today for sure and i know that joe biden with his experience and his wisdom it is decency can bring us together to help us find that better way. joe biden will end the hate and the vision trump has created he will stop the demonization of immigrants the coddling of white nationalists the racist or whistling the religious bigotry and the ugly attacks on women. for more on this highly unusual democratic national

convention i'm joined now by our reporter william well you welcome to the show a lot of big names that we just saw there what does the opening nights lest have speakers say about the democrats' message going into this new phase of the election process chair unusual in format but nothing on style very emotional appealing to the democratic base and the message was unity the message was whether you are to the left of the of the democratic spectrum if you're a conservative you know if you're a republican like a republican like we saw in some of those sites some of those some of those messages from the speakers you need to vote for joe biden because the country is a mess and donald trump has destroyed it and this is the election of all elections are just something we've been hearing every election for the last at least as long as i've been alive so they're trying to make the case but now we actually mean it i mean bernie sanders even said he will work with conservatives to get his agenda

pushed through the agenda that he was not successful with by by losing this nomination to joe biden and we had of course michelle obama saying go out and vote vote like your life depends on it referring to something that comma harris said in her 1st speech as the presumptive nominee for vice president which was basically the. democrats need to not only when they need to win big they need a mandate and this is something that was really pushed hard in just the 1st day of the democratic national convention they need to show decisively that the country is not behind ol trump and is for the democrats the u.s. is going through a difficult situation on many levels what we're talking points at the democrats tonight i mean the recent history have bass has basically served up their platform on a silver platter in the most tragic of ways because of course the pandemic has completely changed the tone and everything this campaign is focused on and then the of course

the economic consequences of the pandemic and the pen demick leads to the democrats' core issue of health care and getting more health care access to everyone and of course the economic side of things good jobs are people the trump ministration let's talk talk a lot about the stock market how well it's doing and how well it's rebounded of course democrats mostly rightly note that the stock market is not the economy that there are still lots of trouble out there people are still struggling and of course there are other the other big thing that has basically emerged as a major issue for them is social justice since george george floyd's death by police in minneapolis several months ago and the protests that have come out of that so these are really they're issues that they keep hitting home a home against not only in their rhetoric but also in the people there featuring both in terms of politicians and policy makers and also every day supporters within their ranks the democrats putting on a big show but how big is the impact all of this really has on undecided voters

it's all it's already a question how many undecided voters are out there if that's really even a constituency to concern oneself with given how partisan the situation is in the country and how strong feelings are about donald trump that's of these conventions while on the surface they seem to. want to appeal to undecided voters or people from another party really it's about rallying the troops it's all right it's about speaking or preaching to the choir it's about getting supporters people already your supporters to open up their wallets and give money because these campaigns need a lot of money even in a in a more muted environment that we're in because of the pandemic these campaigns thrive on lots of money and they and these conventions work they raise millions and millions of dollars and will probably be seeing that in the days to come well thank you very much let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world german foreign

minister heiko moscow's paid a surprise visit to libya or land has been trying to broker peace in the country wired in a civil war since 2011 last called the recent low in fighting a deceptive common war and that outside powers are still sending arms to libya. the indian air force has deployed a military helicopter to rescue a man stranded for hours in rapidly flowing water at the 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. the trial has started in 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 a 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. dog 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 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 9 suspects are in investigative custody and we have leads 130000 unidentified offenders it's the 3rd major paedophile network 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 finals of the europa league enter a line has been sacked our don s. 5 will now taro martinez opened the scoring for inter in the 19 minutes and then midway through the 2nd half internet it reward goals. why team it again and. brace in turn will now face in the final on friday night. you're watching day w.

news line from berlin from one where you can always stay up to date on our website that's w dot com also make sure to follow us on twitter and instagram you'll find us at w news for money and the entire team here in the newsroom thanks for chiming in. on me all the time to talk about the 2nd season of only. the planet on the brink of disaster we just got in her next words about one question how to change. the regime.