this is g w news law from berlin european union leaders prepared to slap sanctions on belarus for alexander lukashenko clings to power as public pressure mounts on the veteran president to resign a warning from germany that his government must free political prisoners and avoid violence we'll get the latest from that. also coming up a military coup in mali. there's jubilation in the capital as president. resigned saying no blood will be shed to

keep him in power but international observers fear more instability is on the way. plus a democratic party confirms joe biden as its choice to challenge donald trump in the u.s. election and her address his wife jill biden says joe's the man who can unite the nation. and d.-w. meets the son of a man who died in a 100 hospital in the early days of the cove attempt to make he says his father was killed by an official cover up. i'm sumi so much god it's great to have you with us european union leaders will discuss possible sanctions against belarus in an emergency video conference today earlier opposition politicians that plan not to shoot her own video message calling on the e.u. council not to. what she called fraudulent elections that saw president look i

shan't go return to power for a 6th term the e.u. emergency talks come as look at uncle faces growing rebellion from sectors of society that he once counted on for support. more workers joined the walkout in the past president alexander lukashenko could count on state employees to support him but he had to order managers to threaten them with disciplinary action if they joined the nationwide strike. some ignored those threats. even with a presidential challenge us with lana chicken off sky a still in exile the opposition is growing more confident they set off a coordination council in bellerose to organize a peaceful transfer of power. with their commission imo we're only beginning to rebuild mechanisms to feel like a strong and independent nation yes of course it will be very difficult but we have

taken a step and we are setting an example for all to see how we can unite how we can work together and speak with one voice. but belarus is authoritarian leader is not ready to talk about ending his 26 year rule yet at a meeting with his security council he branded the opposition's actions a coup. what cuba will do when still countries that are behind these protests toss this other side to toss and demand no less them to hand them power we consider it a clear attempt to seize power with all the consequences of the protesters have already experienced brutal consequences and opposition activists shows photos of injured demonstrators he says were beaten by riot police 2 people have been killed during the mass protests and thousands jailed the violent crackdown has drawn

criticism from some of bellary says neighbors or all. but not from one important one. a bit of russian president vladimir putin's received phone calls from german chancellor angela merkel and the e.u. leaders on tuesday merkel said political prisoners in belarus must be released and there must be a national dialogue to settle things peacefully. but according to the kremlin putin's reply was to tell them to stop meddling in belarus where the powerful neighbors get involved do not the bellary see an opposition is planning the next step to bring lukas shanker is rule 2 in and. let's go right to minsk for more our correspondent nick conley is standing by for us hi nick good to see you so another day of unrest there strikes around the country more protests expected this evening is there the sense that the opposition

and the demonstrators are gaining ground. the fact that this square in front of government house in minsk is empty now in the rain is no indication that these protests are losing their dynamism their momentum from the beginning this is they have been very diffuse protests spread across i mean spread across the whole country and people have been coming out for events in the evenings going back to work and they've really made a conscious decision not to set up a central protest camp with the government then surround and clear arresting people even from where i'm standing now i can see people walking with flags on the side of the road drivers beeping their horns in support of those protesters so it's a very fast moving very diffuse situation here but i think looking good for president. you get a sense of people they've lost their fear of challenging the government out in the open i think that something will be very difficult for the regime here to dial back even if these protests words die out there are stories of policemen who are just refusing to arrest the testers of resigning their jobs as you mentioned entire

factories going on strike so this is a very very fascinating situation and one in which it seems to be playing catch up right now and not very effectively and if we mention that the e.u. is holding an emergency video conference today to discuss calibers do e.u. leaders have any leverage in the situation. simm it's very difficult to see what they can do presently has been in and out of sanctions from the west since basically beginning of his rule 26 years ago none of them have done much to dent the stability of his regime i think that was all factored in on his part what the west will be seeing or europe will be trying to do is to support the better russian diaspora there are big desperate communities in neighboring if you in your way present. is in exile right now in poland where some of the main opposition media are based so that support is crucial and you really hear from here that they disappointed there hasn't been more help for coming for their protests from europe

but how exactly that's going to work is very difficult to see right now and what about the other player in all of this russia is russia openly supporting. well that's the $1000000.00 question obviously. allies russia sees been a resource its closest ally they have even been pushes from the russians to somehow integrate further some kind of federation turning the 2 into one country right now more open political support could be toxic could anger the protests is even further because that would be a sign that maybe it would be willing to give up and return for support of his rule but it seems very difficult to see a scenario in which putin would. somehow drift out of russia's obit to somehow grow closer to europe's it seems now like the scene is set for another conflict between europe and russia as there was over ukraine and its western european aspirations back in 2014 and no real clear path out of the situation that doesn't involve some kind of standoff. reporting on the ground there in minsk thank you for that update

. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world prosecutors in germany say they are treating a series of traffic accidents in the capital berlin as an islamist terror attack 6 people were injured 3 of them seriously when the alleged attacker drove into several vehicles forcing a busy highway to be closed for hours reports say the man may also have had psychological problems. a special u.n. tribunal in the netherlands has convicted the man of killing former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri 3 other defendants were acquitted the 4 members of the hizbullah militant group were tried in their absence for the 2005 bombing in beirut that killed her very and 21 others and japanese prime minister shinzo abi has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for a routine checkup it came just days after

a top politicians had appeared over. they took time off from politics a decade ago for health reasons he is depends longest serving prime minister. now leaders of a military coup in the west african nation of mali say they will bring about a political transition and hold new elections within reasonable time mollie's president. announced his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his ousting follows months of protests over corruption and economic mismanagement but while the events have been met by jubilation inside mali they sparked alarm among international observers. gunshots that aren't meant to kill better celebrate this car navigates the geron crowd sitting inside is believed to be the detained president abraham cater and other officials and later in the day where we're looking president cater appeared on state t.v.

. in some elements of our armed forces concluded that my presidency should end with their intervention is going to once you. do i really have a choice. to move i accept the decision because not a single drop of blood should be shed to keep me in power. it was unfair for me to not you know the coup leaders also appeared on state television vowing a transition that would lead to fresh elections remember sanders knows descends into chaos day by day and a key and insecurity because of the people in charge of its destiny. real democracy doesn't go with complacency no weakness of the state authority which must guarantee freedom and security of the people in

a secluded situation. their power grab started as a mutiny among soldiers at an army base near the capital bamako after seizing weapons and taking high ranking officials prisoner there then moved to the president's house surrounding it and firing gunshots into the air crowds of anti-government protesters cheered on as the democratically elected leader was arrested and driven away. very happy because this is the liberation of the people of mali all molly and we're waiting for this day and we were waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. molly has been gripped by months of anti-government protests with many as administration of corruption and incompetence especially when it came to preventing a jihad this insurgency from the north. while the president's resignation was celebrated by those in the streets the takeover was roundly condemned by the international community echo was the west african regional bloc pledged to close

land and able to mali as a result it must feel like deja vu for some a military coup was launched from the same army base in 2012 toppling that then president and sending the country into a period of chaos this time around the people of mali will be hoping for a smoother transition of power but it is still unclear just who that power will be handed to. let's get some analysis on the story now we have told me or not people from africa with us hi tony thanks for joining us it was saw those images of jubilation on the streets how does the rest of the country though see what's happened yeah i think it's important for us to be clever basis bamako the capital that's in the south of the country this is not a picture of the whole country so while we it appears as if the whole country seems to be supporting this they have been groups that have been at odds with the government for years and those some some of those have been you know trying to

maintain control of certain territories in the in the country they were part of a peace agreement and so if they see that the government they signed this peace agreement with is shaky they might want to sort of take advantage of this of the situation and back off a want to regain the sort of lawless control they had over that area so i think it's it wouldn't be 100 percent accurate to say this is. a mass popular uprising in the sense that the whole country supporting the president toppling but at the same time as we've seen when the soldiers came into into obama go to take over they were they received quite a lot of support on the streets let's talk about what led to this moment because as we mentioned there have been months of protests in mali so could you say that this really was a popular insurrection. let's difficult because there are other protests going on and we see the military taking advantage of that situation so we have to ask 1st of all how long has the military been this element of the military being planning this

. you know was it inspired particularly by the protests or did they have their own military related grievances that they're trying to push forward they're saying that they're going to bring about a civilian transitional government we have to wait and see who makes up that government as well because that would be key for understanding where the military is coming from but also how long this whole transitional period takes as well what about president because when he came to power in 2013 he was really celebrated a lot of people are excited about him as a leader he was reelected 2 years ago why did people in mali become so disenchanted with him. those issues they raised in the pro in the mass protests the corruption is the nepotism seeing him bring of his own people including his son into key positions weak public services failing to deal with security u.n. talk about the jihad situation but also with ethnic violence as well failure to

fully implement the peace accord as i mentioned of relating to some of these. movements of around the country so there's a long list of people just saying you know he's incompetent and his government incompetence of that has angered people that are reported tomi oladipo from africa thank you so much for joining us. now u.s. democrats have officially nominated former vice president joe biden. as their party's candidate to challenge president on a trump in the november election this year the convention has gone online as social distancing guidances makes the old style rallies impossible by can supporters endorse him largely as the man who can unite a divided america and they include some heavyweights from the rival party. the democratic party convention 4 years ago. and this is now the convention center in milwaukee is little more than a facility receiving and pumping out video content. the democrats have now

formally named joe biden as their presidential candidate the votes came in remotely or your own eyes oh yes yes 2310 or. every $163.00. president. of the online celebrations had a message for all its members were social distancing the democratic party was very much united. by this nomination was accompanied by a slew of endorsements his wife jill was one of many to emphasize biden's ability to unite the country after president donald trump's turbulent tenure. we just need leadership worthy of our nation worthy of you on this leadership to bring us back together to recover from this pandemic and prepare for what ever else is the next leadership to re imagine what our nation will be.

that's joe. how did the former president bill clinton lead the charge of attacking the incumbent well we are at a time like this the oval office should be a command center instead it's a storm center there's only chaos just one thing never changes is the term a nation to deny responsibility and shift the boy. former secretary of state colin powell became a further prominent republican to throw its weight behind biden at the convention he will restore america's leadership in the world and restore the alliances we need to address the dangers that threaten our nation from climate change to nuclear proliferation. trying for his part was trying to steal the limelight as the democrats embrace diversity and inclusiveness the president was in the border state of arizona. and he was railing against immigration the biden plan would unleash

a flood of illegal immigration like the world has never seen its greatest biters plan is the bows radical extreme reckless dangerous and deadly immigration led ever put forward by a major party candidate. the democrats are continuing to cast trump as a divisive figure it is not a strategy that seems to worry the president. let's check in now on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic an infectious disease expert in singapore says an increasingly common mutation of the virus that's found in europe north america and parts of asia appears to be more contagious but less deadly south korea is warning of a nationwide wave of new infections seoul is reporting its highest daily rise in new cases since march linked to outbreaks in churches in and around the sprawling capital and australia's prime minister scott morrison waded into an ethical debate

by saying the coronavirus vaccine should be as mandatory as possible with exemptions only on medical grounds he's pledged to make the vaccine available free to all australians. well the chinese city of han is considered the epicenter of the pandemic at its outbreak of chinese officials maintain they did all they could to stop it spread but stories are emerging of people who have paid a high price for what they call a lack of transparency i didn't even met one man who has spoken out he's seeking justice from the government for failing to make public details about the virus which he claims could have saved his father's life. this small neighborhood talk news who mentioned is a place filled with memories for john hardy. through dinners or with wooden door last year my father used to sit at this place. every time i come to these familiar places places i used to visit with my father. i'm overwhelmed with grief

at the same time i feel anger jungly far john lies father was a veteran of china's nuclear testing program he was a 100 didn't but he spent his last years at his son's home in the coastal city of shenzhen about 1000 kilometers from one in january he broke his leg as a veteran he enjoyed good medical insurance but he was required to get treated in his hometown. so when he needed treatment i took him to war and when he was in hospital i sat by his. this was my way to show my love for him we chinese don't like to talk about our feelings to express our love with words but we show them with deeds. and don't. know how i feel haunted by remorse i feel that by taking him to han i sent him to

his death. at that time covered 19 was already spreading in the city and local officials were reassuring people that the virus could not be transmitted from person to person alive as it later turned out his father contracted the virus in hospital john hi could do nothing but to sit by his bed and watch him get weak and . he has kept videos of his father's final days on this film. jungly fast drug for one week before he died his body was immediately taken for cremation. in my opinion the officials who covered of the disease in its early days have behaved like criminals in china since largely managed to control the spread of the virus life is back to normal in most places the government prides itself on its

ability to continue outbreaks through testing and quarantine the public mood has shifted from anger to appreciation of the government's response and those want to remember the sufferings of the past under pressure to keep quiet john myers try to file a case in court against your choice at least his case was rejected his social media accounts were shut down he has received threats from the authorities so this isn't . these events have left us relatives of the victims with a boundless feeling of pain it's a pain that will stay for the rest of our lives but the local authorities just say this matter is already over their tone shows a complete disregard of other people's lives. more so because all that's left of his father's live is of happier days john has not even retrieved

his ashes from the criminal for fear of public outbreaks of anger the government requires that victims have to be buried in the presence of fishel as a condition he refused that story from correspondent my t.s.p. and he joins us from beijing for more home a ts the man we saw there in your report is going to court what are his chances of getting the justice that he is looking for. in general filing court cases in court against the government is something that is rarely successful in china in that case this is something that has show shaken the whole country it's a very sensitive story i would say that it's near impossible so far all his requests have been rejected. authorities that the judicial system the courts have not opened an investigation into his case much as you've been reporting

and will honey spoke to a lot of people there what do they have to say about how authorities handle the pandemic. in general there this feeling of relief in china and people acknowledge that the government has brought this under control there are very few cases in china now and wherever they break out the authorities are quick to bring them under control this is of course in contrast to other countries notably the us where there is no sign of this being brought under control so there is a lot more the government is seen in a lot more favorable light by the general public then it was for example in february when there was a lot of anger that was felt here. people do however remember of course the feeling of being. confronted with this disease disease not understanding what the government is doing an especially in one hand of course the conflicting feelings everybody remembers how tough this lockdown was people were locked in their

apartments they could not leave their partners they did not know whether they could access hospitals if something broke out there was a lot of anxiety and everybody of course remembers the last days before the lockdown when they were out when they prepaid were preparing for the chinese new year for the holiday that is the biggest family holiday in china trusting the information from the government that the virus could not spread from human to human and these people who have lost their relatives there more than john hi who are trying to make their voices heard there muzzled by the government the story is very very sensitive and what about these accusations of a cover up and what do we know about what went wrong. it's been quite clear that there has been a cover up from the very beginning from the moment that the government acknowledges that something was happening and that the information they were giving was falls over the month we have seen quite

a few investigations by chinese media by international media it looks like. the relevant authorities and the health authorities knew or suspected very early that there might be might be a transmission from human to human but they keep kept telling people that this was not happening we've seen a few things coming out in the last few days it seems that the health officials the center for disease control that is should be quite a powerful institution and was considered quite you know a good system that they were trying to convince the political leadership in the province but also on the national level to do something and that the political leadership refused that is the picture we are having now correspondent he has been reporting from beijing thank you. let's get a quick reminder of our top story now e.u.

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