because. of some. respects. this is news. tonight leaders of the european union say the election that kept the president of the roost in power work was real. these elections were not free and they were not fair and just is why we do not recognize the results of these elections. says the e.u. wants talks between the opposition and the government but president lukashenko the

shows known songs of changing course also coming up tonight the democratic party in the u.s. confirms joe biden as a choice to challenge in the november presidential election. why he says that it is the man who can unite the nation. and. 7 there is jubilation in mali's capital as president where he will both are key to resolving saying no blood will be shed to keep him in power but international observers fear more instability is on the way and here in berlin a car rams into motorcycles and other cars along the main highway leaving at least one person with life threatening injuries prosecutors are calling it and islam is motivated to attack.

i bring golf to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome confidence appears to be growing among the people in bella ruse that they can rid themselves of president alexander lukashenko and lucas cinco himself insists that his power is not wavering in that he has the backing of russia but russian support for the president has not been full throated and today after speaking with the russian president the european union took in him a stake of a position on the side of the protesters in belo groups. this is not lunch time or the end of a shift this is another man in the coffin of leaky shank has credibility. as will catch the state run chemicals fracturing. threats have no power over them anymore. protestors urged workers at one of the country's famed track to factories to join

them but some decide to keep their jobs. thanks miners were already outside at a rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of lukashenko regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rejection officially went international a clear message from the european union we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. germany's angela merkel has spoken with russia's putin but said lukas shanker wouldn't take her calls for middle income only mediate if one is in contact with all sides but we will do everything we can from our side to promote a national dialogue. through the. security council meeting the talk was of no talk. to the leaders of the western countries are for us negotiations

conversations and at this time they continue to push their line we can see it we understand it but we do not accept it i want them to hear that solution. but those filling the streets across speller us day and night are desperate for dialogue one of their leaders told t w they want everyone to help. if it is possible that the e.u. states the russian federation and ukraine can help us to organize a dialogue within the country and with external partners so that the transfer of power happens and we listen to each other i would always support it this is a decisive moment for us. we must be. decisive not only because putin has remained tight lipped but decisive because they have the support of the european union and decisive because now their fear has gone. and we have got the team coverage of the story tonight our correspondent nick conley he

is in minsk barbie's on the story for us in brussels to both of you good evening barbara let me start with you how far is the european union going out on the limb here by rejecting the election results and bella ruse and by backing the opposition they have really stuck their neck out friend because just consider after a moment 20 years off or watching look i shan't go what ever you once of being the dictator who or presses the opposition the uses violence against them who simply sort of reigns his rule says country at his will they suddenly found their political courage and said enough is enough and they're sending a very strong signal to minsk and to moscow that their change is underway and they they would be willing to sort of support that change at the same time they have to be very careful even if they seem to be taking the side of feel physician not to give the appearance of interfering in. so this is really

a high wire act defy the diplomatic kind for the european union. nic a strong signal coming from brussels today in the direction of where you are minutes cannes there been reaction to the news coming from the european new. brain just an hour ago in the square in france of the house of government there are hundreds not thousands of people coming out 6 demonstrate as if for work something to come every day like here last 10 days since that's it's election people have very different taken a fact is that brussels has not recognized this election results in terms of the site. as well the trench and this is not something new for the sake of sections of common ground without much change and of often. without the chip to do much except . i think it's more about the symbol or so the charity with the demonstrators here

a sign for them that europe is watching and is paying attention to what's going on here how much you actually intrinsically in practice be able to make your task uneasy or is very questionable security services here still largely on the side of president shanker and his regime russia similarly so unclear for now where these protests go and how some kind of resolution to the situation might come about. we have to wonder how far is too far for the european union when it comes to russia and bella rouge i mean europe does not want to see below rouge become another ukraine right. that is the worst case scenario of course and i'm going to market and present my crown who both talked to put it on the telephone yesterday before this emergency summit in brussels know this and they obviously sort of let him know that they want to avoid this at all costs and the cost for putin would be high in this case because it would be even more dramatic really bad sanctions economic

sanctions against russia that would put the european union and russia into full confrontation mode and that again is something that nobody really wants so could you know in a way is boxed in which is not a very good position for him to be him to be in on the other hand the european union is trying to to give the appearance of we will just accompany this we just want dialogue to be possible we will not actively interfere because they do acknowledge that belarus has been spherically within russia sphere political sphere during the last decades so it is a very sinless i know sort of treading here and there hoping for the best crossing their fingers because they did provoke putin in a way and this whole gamble might in the end go wrong you know that's a very good point nick president lukashenko he appears to be emboldened by russian support today he threatened to take tough new steps against for adjustors do you

think we're going to see an escalation in tensions and violence on the streets of mints. well brant the threat of violence here is never far away just as in recent weeks have ended up in hospital if not in jail someone coming out with very serious wounds reports having been raped while in custody. journalists even ones who had paperwork to allow them to leave me with or being beaten up and thrown in jail so it's not as if that prospect is totally off the table these present and all of these tests where you go that's right he paid his mask and with the police trying to prevent people at the police from. giving him the time to come and follow them and to arrest him and i think in terms of russian support i don't think necessarily involve the chief yes he can have his support and. going into these personal hurt but he might was so put an end to the russian sovereignty of his own power in the process russia's in trying to drop a risk closer he is now pushing his talks time time again desire for some kind of

closer integration so he might save himself from his own people justice and find that he's left something to head of state where mr ation weapon who's defected becomes a province of russia so very difficult situation it was a resolution to his potentially the most difficult in the 26 years he's been in power. our correspondent nick connelly in minsk and barbara visual in brussels to both of you thank you. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the german foreign minister heiko mosse who's did his salty counterpart today here in berlin the to discuss the normalization of relations between israel and the united arab emirates saudi arabia says that it will not follow its neighbor in establishing diplomatic ties with israel until there is an israeli palestinian peace accord authorities and friends are to make face coverings mandatory in all places of work throughout the country beginning september 1st mass will be required

in all work spaces including open plan or shared offices core doors meeting rooms and changing rooms the move comes after france's daily corona virus infection count jumped past 3000 for the 1st time since may japanese prime minister shinzo avi has dismissed concerns about his own health and 65 year olds at a hospital visit on monday was a routine check up and he came just days after a top politician said ah be appeared overworked they took time out from politics a decade ago for health reasons he is japan's longest serving prime minister california senator harris is set to make history in the united states tonight as the 1st black woman to accept a vice presidential nomination on a major parties ticket shall speak tonight the 3rd night of the democratic national convention her speech is arguably more anticipated than the one that will follow on

thursday the acceptance speech of the democratic presidential nominee joe biden earlier today the party officially confirmed biden as the candidate to run against president donald trump in the november election. 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. and the democrats have now formally named joe biden as their presidential candidate or the votes came in remotely or your own eyes 0 7 yes yes 23100 or. you under. president. online celebrations had a message for all its members were social distancing the democratic party was very

much united. by his 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 honest 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. lots joe would have done former president bill clinton led 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 is only chaos it's one thing never changes is the term of the nation to deny responsibility and shift the boy. former secretary of state colin powell

became a further prominent republican to throw his 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. trump 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 phrase biden's plan is the most 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 but the president is sticking to his tried and true playbook regardless of what the polls are saying. ari let's pull in our washington bureau

chief in his post she's following the democratic national convention force could even say you ina say we're halfway through the convention the virtual convention and today the democratic party officially confirmed joe biden as the presidential candidate what stands out for you the most at this halfway point. so right brant justices said these were the 1st virtual conventions ever and the democrats really used to have a to teach to display the diversity of the party through this nation wide roll call we just saw in this little clip so waters and delegates from all across the country they were able to express why they are supporting biden and i have to say that was really quite something so you saw a relief. on the activists you saw farmers from everywhere and it was very special yeah i think it reminded americans in the world to just tell

diverse the united states is particularly when a lot of people are inside and not leaving their own front door because of the pandemic talk to me a little bit about the selection of speakers at this convention i know there's been so some controversy especially within the latino community. here right i mean so full of farm in the yesterday they really kind of called an elder or statement former president bill clinton was speaking secretary of state john kerry was speaking and the younger generation i think this is kind of fair to say there were a kind of left out i mean the progressive superstar how excited cortez she was only given one minute to speak and so the left wing democrats and also the latino communities they have the feeling that they were not really heard so far at this convention and today it looks like a big night a big speech of course give us

a little preview. right so we're going to see all the heavy hitters of the democratic policy i mean 1st of all we will see senator kemel hair is. a she will be in the center of but before her former president barack obama is going to speak and that's kind of interesting because because we didn't hear so much from himself far and normally presidents don't criticize their other presidents but as these times are so it's tending it's going to be really interesting to hear what he's going to say tonight you know in as i said at the beginning of this story that come over here is is a speech is probably it may be more anticipated than the speech from joe biden tomorrow night why what is her speech so significant. but brand as you said she is the 1st leg woman and she really has to bridge the gap between

the left wing branch of the party of a tree in the she has to reach out to the conservatives she has to reach out to the african-americans she has through reach out to all minorities and convince them to go out and vote. joe biden has many weaknesses we see him we saw him quite a bit over the last days and he's 70707070 years old and many people fear that he won't have the power really to fight on from so there's a lot of burden on the shoulders of come on the hair is when she's going to talk tonight you know i'm sure many in the u.s. and the world will be listening and weighing every word she says tonight that is for sure in this poll on the story for us in washington is thank you. 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 quote reasonable time mollie's

president abraham boubacar cato announced his resignation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers his followers months of protests over corruption and economic mismanagement in the country but while the events may have been met with jubilation inside mali they've sparked a warm among international observers. to stay in bamako reads one newspaper headline mali and work up to a new chapter in the country's history on wednesday less than 24 hours earlier rebel military leaders force president before him from office. for some in bamako the coupe came as a welcome surprise. no we didn't expect this at all it was a surprise for everyone but since yesterday morning in any case the population has abandoned the president. and i got to tell you the truth i'm very happy i'm very

satisfied that the military intervened and really very faced. a day earlier shots fired in celebration president is led away by mutinying soldiers. resigning in a broadcast he called for calm. to move i accept their decision. because i don't want a single drop of blood to be spilled to keep me in power is a very. probably not a cool leaders also appeared on state television following a translation that would lead to fresh elections new look you know we're not keen on power but we are keen on the stability of the country which will allow us to organize general elections within a reasonable time and this will allow mali to equip itself with strong institutions capable of. handling our daily lives and restore the confidence between the governing and the governed not livni. leading up to the putsch mali has been

gripped by months of anti-government protests with many accusing kate us 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 take of a was roundly condemned by the international community echo was the west african regional bloc pledged to close the land and able just to mali as a result this might feel like a deja vu for some and military coup was launched from the very 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 how that power will be handed to. art and for more now i want to pull in chick down back a lecturer at the american university and co-chair of the mali affinity group

that's an initiative hosted by the alliance for peace building tickets good to have you on the program it is unclear who will be in power in mali in the near future and that's what we've heard tonight how do you think stability can be maintained reached and maintained in mali. well it's a good question and we certainly hope it can be reached and maintained i'll have to say of course i was dreadfully concerned when when the uprising took place who took place and with the arrest of the other pleasures a time something like that happens it's cause for serious concern and frankly more often than not it does not work out well more often than not it leads to further violence and the the ultimate outcome very often is not a positive one in spite of the best intentions but the people carrying out the revolution all too often it results in things getting worse rather than better i would like to be optimistic and hope that this one will have

a good outcome i've been pleased with what i've heard today from the leaders but it remains to be seen what will turn out and what about the international implications of this coup we've heard from the german chancellor angela merkel she's condemned the coup so has the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh what can the international community do to help stabilize mali yeah well i think it's almost automatic that the international community would condemn something like this because it is destabilizing and there is a preference for existing governments especially when they've been elected regardless of what flows they're made of in when the government has been elected for it to be overthrown before the end of its term is only the concerns of the international community is of course to have it. to to object to. the revolution. pound for that phone in the

background that's ok. let me ask you take the me ask you let me ask you about northern mali we know that it's home to various militant groups some of whom are linked to al qaida considering that what consequences could this coup have in terms of international terrorism and international security. well hit again it remains to be seen as the current government had pledged to deal with the violence in the north which of course is mimicked troubling and coming from multiple sources it's as you know most of the time in a conflict you have one opponent and you have to deal with them in this case you've got multiple factors coming into play in bringing different types of violence into play so that in the north of course it's been a major problem for a long long time continues to be the new regime. following elections and minimalize to the resources and deal with the fact that only i would

be thrilled thrilled my interest is not importing any government in mali my interest in the interest of our group through them the mali affinity group is in the the people of mali and then peace for the country prosperity for the country and if this change bring that about will be thrilled. very concerned of course with that this can turn out just like most of the other ok with the in mali if into the sick we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. thank you very much my pleasure. 4 here in berlin one man faces murder charges after a series of car crashes 6 people were injured 3 of them seriously when the alleged attacker drove into several vehicles on a busy highway prosecutors say that they are treating the incident as a suspected islam ist extremist attack. the wreckage from tuesday's crashes was still being cleared on wednesday morning a series of collisions left 6 people injured 3 of them seriously police arrested

the driver of this mangled black vehicle a 30 year old iraqi asylum seeker with temporary permission to remain in germany they believe he deliberately rammed 2 motorcycles and a car on the busy a 100 motorway running through berlin after getting out of his car witnesses say he shouted box and placed a metal box on the roof of his vehicle telling people nobody come closer or you will die police later found the box contained only 2. investigators are exploring the possibility it was an islamist motivated attack. is keep it up is the part of the radical religious or islamist mindset which evidently live behind the moves of each of these actions there are also indications the man is psychologically unstable we are of course following that up as well inviting him in the present we can offer the motorway was closed for several hours causing major

disruption police are strivers to get out of their vehicles as a precaution helena's have faced islamist terror attacks before such as the 2016 christmas market attack which left 12 people dead for now they're left wondering whether a similar motivation was behind what happened here on tuesday evening. you're watching t w news from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the question for europe and russia in bella ruse how far is to fall will be right back. to.

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