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this is the deadly news live from berkeley bellaver supposition turns out for a show of strength in numbers against president alexander lukashenko. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of mit for a mass protests 2 weeks after an election by say the stolen shingo is found to put his name to the on breasts and think top security. in california wildfires are still posing a magistrate to communities in the north of the state scorching temperatures lightning strikes and clouds winds a fanning the flames at
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a forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. and landing in lisbon no fans in the stands for the champions league final just under an hour as time into camp our essential man goes head to the biggest prize club football. math anyhow and welcome tens of thousands of protesters in bell aversive taking to the streets of minsk and other cities for another historic sunday of activists. the demonstrators out demanding president alexander lukashenko as resignation teasing him of rigging elections 2 weeks ago the shaken pope who has ruled bella verse for some 26 years is accused nato trying to split the country response he's ordered the army to mobilize sank. the worst was at risk of imminent attack.
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ok we are going to cross to at correspondent in minutes later but 1st in neighboring lithuania people rallied in support of the belorussian protest is an act of solidarity and promoting democracy and criticizing lucasian because or thora tarion rule you artists and to form a human chain stretching from the lithuanian capital vilnius to the border with other groups is action comes 3 decades after what was called the baltic way residents of the baltic states lithuania stony and latvia joined hands and linked their capital cities in a mass protest ended in serve you well. well they did play correspondent constantine a get is at the let you on the abilities border for us gratings constantine what has been happening today where you are. well the human china is discussed but we are now oh i think concert which is held also very close to the
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belarus both in the old casa love myth in ca and what you hear now links us back to 9099 this is a song called we them on change which 1st became famous during that period strike a years 30 years ago and now has become the anthem of the belorussian democratic movement this is a concept of a nice by the lithuanian television 20 and musicians and some people are russian was actually in solidarity with the with the democracy movement in belarus so this is a continuation of the event which i've seen today where about 50000 people lying to us you rightly said from the capitol all the way to the belorussian border which is actually just one kilometer one of the hoff over there and it was a very emotional event which definitely linked the anti-communist movement for the
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mocker sea in the late eighty's to today i felt it because i was at both. consider the people on the streets where you were today and that gathering tonight what is it that they want to see happen in belarus. i think there is a very strong feeling in this when you have both in the political class and among citizens that belarus is brotherly country and it's true for 400 years the 2 nations were part of the polish of the 20th commonwealth and the design here is very much for belarus to move towards the european union to become a european nation and i think that this particular cell of solidarity is very strong here in least 20 if you look at the scene at this stage you'll see there are 2 anthems in fact one is the be all russian national coat of arms and another one is lithuanian but you barely can see the difference. constantine get thank you so
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much. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has heist has tested positive rather for the run of ours according to the spokeswoman 59 year old is running a fever and is currently in a serious condition machine code was twice prime minister of ukraine and become famous in 2004 as the face of widespread perch protests against corruption. iran's atomic energy organization says a fire at its natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage officials say they have to terminate the cause of the blast that ignited the fire that they will announce it later running or 30 say the fire caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced iranian enrichment centrifuges. in northern turkey at least 5 people are dead and 12 missing after heavy flooding
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in the region differential rance triggered the flooding which also caused significant damage to buildings and roads to military and relief foundation said it had sent a team to help with search and rescue operations in the u.s. state of california forecasters warn weather conditions are likely to worsen the wildfires raging across the state tens of thousands of residents have had to evacuate their homes and as california authorities fight to bring the blazes under control they have also requested help from nations with experience fighting fires of similar size and nature like canada and australia. it's only from the air that the true scope of california's wildfires becomes apparent. more than a 1000000 acres of forest including many of the state's engines redwoods turned to ash in a matter of days. and that ash and smoke is only making matters worse.
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poor visibility has grounded many tanker planes clipping the wings of one of the chief weapons in the fight against the fires. more than 13000 firefighters are on the front lines here working 72 hour shifts to beat back the blaze. but despite the massive show of force more than 700 homes have already been lost. as the fires threaten new communities many are saving what they can. enact that's become a sad tradition as california's wildfires season grows more intense. and . record. dry weather and lightning storms are in the forecast for the coming days and with hundreds of fires still raging california's fire service is warning that the worst is yet to come. now to the
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german city of life see where music fans have done something that did not used to be newsworthy i went to a concert but this was no ordinary show it was a scientific experiment the 1st of its kind in the world to test if logic indoor events can be held safely during the pandemic concert promoters and live music fans everywhere and naturally to get to see them see the results. as they see for himself. it's like a blast from a not so distant past 1500 people packed together in an indoor arena in leipzig for a concert of german singer songwriter tim benz co the fans here are volunteers part of restart 19 a study to see if and how big events can be held safely in the era of code 19. that's right most of mine questions concert going is my hobby i go to 2030 concerts a year and now that it's not possible because of corona i want to support the study to help find out how we can still hold concerts on hunting. safety measures
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including a negative corona test and a thermal scan are needed to get inside. everyone taking part in this experiment even the press have been given these medical grade face masks and been ordered to come on at all times we've also been given bottles of disinfectant which we used to clean our hands as often as possible. contact tracers worn around the neck tracked the distance between concert goers to identify where in the area fans group too closely together. it doesn't sound very rock'n'roll but the one pop star present was satisfied with the results. we took this summer we had to endure drive in concerts so for us this feels like the 1st step towards normality if you had to ask the shoe to me to no money to. restart 1000 is not a perth. experiment wearing masks at
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a concert and keeping social distance are not real world conditions. as you saw it's just that this is the 1st step you can either say we have no data or you can say we have done at the doesn't quite correspond to everyday life but that you have to weigh their time and going half way is better than not going forward at all the. singer tim ben sco and the scientists carrying out this experiment don't think it's the answer to all our corona problems but the results of the study expected in about 6 weeks could make it possible to hold concerts why sports and other big public events again and to do so safely. to sport now and what could be the most watched event on the planet tonight from lisbon the european champions league final
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germany's by munich play french side perry st john in just under an hour's time behind story result revolves rather around you coach had to turn things around for the club by pushing an attacking style of play and a flick beyond a fun 2029 matches but they're up against p.s.g. famous line of gold scores including. the bat. and so let's turn to the hum of. sports a lame a heart attack he is in munich right in the middle of things in fact that the implants in the city center i want to ask you about the match up in a moment but 1st what are you seeing there and what are you hearing on the streets of munich. yeah so one of the biggest concerns of course is that if i and munich win that they will be major major in the those in official unofficial celebrations happening here across the stadium and i've post exactly that question to a lot of buy and munich fans here i asked them when. you celebrate will you come
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out in numbers despite the covert $1000.00 restrictions and a lot of them said that they probably will a lot of them even said straight out yes they will because it's a once in a lifetime moment and they said that the temptation is so difficult to resist not celebrating especially if i in munich win the champions league final and bring home a 2nd treble and of course we saw what happened in liverpool for example after they won the premier league title despite the corporate 19 restrictions and most recently only 2 days ago in sivia after they won the europa league final 0 and in football of course the emotions are the same but the police here in buy on here and mention in the city have said that they are prepared of a very similar scenario as happened in liverpool and they are ready for everything . you've been watching all season do you think p.s.g. of the team to finally stop what has been an absolute buying juggernaut this year.
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well look let's just put it this way p.s.g. of course can equal in many facets in munich offensively we have killian and bob and name all going up against the likes of of 3 robert lee one bosky thomas then we also have the back battle of the german culture as thomas talk against huns you like and here we have to mastermind so when it comes to tactics it's a matter of who will apply i'll play the other but i don't really think there is a clear favorite because you have 2 very very strong teams so to me this is a very it's 5050 if you ask me i'm. going to ask you but let's see what the fans think how confident that they're going to be back there tonight with you celebrating. you know what the fans are very confident but they are a bit upset because i'm going to get you now to use a bit of your imagination the fans and you to anthony it's. usually under normal
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circumstances if by and munich we have to win this is where a major public celebration would take place this is a very special special place that is city hall right behind me it's a very iconic building and every time by and munich when there's a bell pinney behind me on the lower left and that is where the by and munich players they're not invited to come they step out they present the trophy to thousands of fans that would be usually scattered here in sight this square but of course these are not normal circumstances and we also asked by and nick that in case the club does when what would happen and they said because of covert 19 there wouldn't be any public celebrations but that of course want to stop any of the illegal and unofficial ones we will wait and see a limit tuckey thank you so much and that's your news update this hour coming up after show christ an episode of shift living in the digital age this edition thanks
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