this is e w news live from berlin keeping up the pressure tens of thousands defied a ban on demonstrations in bellerose to demand the resignation of president alexander lukashenko he warns he could use the military to break up the protests also coming up a court in new zealand hears testimony from the families of the victims of the white supremacist who killed $51.00 people in mosques in the country as sentencing hearings began plus. i. fire munich

are crowned football kings of europe for that fixed time to bury inside defeat french rivals p.s.g. to win the champions league and yet again. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program huge crowds and took to the streets in bellaver of saw another day of demonstrations calling for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko opponents accuse him of rigging last month's elections the authoritarian leader responded with a show of defiance and threatened further crackdowns to restore order. by. the card team go away a rallying cry sustained for over 2 weeks amplified by one of the biggest crowds.

minsk has ever seen. demonstrators repeated their demand for new elections angry at thousands of arrests many bloody beatings and several deaths. yes i'm shocked by these lies and violence that reign in our country i have 3 children and 3 grandchildren i want them to live in a free country to have freedom to express their opinions and have great life prospects. the opposition coordination council is demanding a peaceful transition of power. and that is the key to all of our existence is a marathon the regime cannot deal with this marathon but we can we have the will strength and the support of each other. but it is like. we've appealed to the belorussian high court to recognize the numerous violations in the sham election and we hope no we demand that the high court makes

a legal ruling and i wanted to assure you. security forces held back on sunday but the army has been mobilized supposedly to protect national monuments. hovering over the crowds the man who says he's above all criticism president alexander lukashenko shows no sign he's moved by the sight of his people. once on the ground brandishes a gun he says he's ready to trigger another crackdown if opponents refuse to accept his victory across the border lithuanians show their solidarity with the protesters forming a human chain just as they did more than 30 years ago during their own baltic revolution. many russians are hoping for a similar peaceful and democratic outcome. and for more let's bring in d.w.

correspondent nick honestly he covered yesterday's huge demonstration he joins us now over the phone nic massive protests this weekend the images really very dramatic are they making any progress good morning well it's difficult to tell where that she's going there is no road map there is no clear path if the protesters what you then why would happen but it definitely was a show of strength from the physician. to 300000 people taking part is the estimate right now that doesn't seem to be more than last week so a sign here that 2 weeks. is reflection people have not given up and are not tied to be protests despite the threats from the government running up to these protests we heard from authorities here that any participation in these. demonstrations to the legal people should expect consequences the rest now in the end that didn't

happen i think the numbers were just too big there is safety in numbers but isn't easy prospect even so people with the. small children with prams there really was an extraordinary sign strength and a fearlessness from the people here in belarus and it seems like only think that was rattled and it's interesting to compare you know these images of all of these protesters out on the streets protesting peacefully then with the image of president lukashenko along with his son carrying a gun yesterday how high are the fears that he could crack down again. well those are extraordinary images implying of the protest an interesting enough heat that rather late in the day so the suggestion being that the people in his team didn't want him to. hide. the recording he's stressed that it's really looking down the main concern direct run away meaning to protest as he has

said in recent days that people here and others have to have the weekend last few days to have another think and from today from monday he would crack down that is time for the government who was in charge today will show whether those when he would do if he actually cracked down and to show. force against on protest the need connelly with a view from men on the ground there thank you so much nick. let's get a quick check now on some other stories making news around the world the wife of stricken kremlin critic alexina vali has visited him in the hospital in berlin he's in a critical condition following a suspected poisoning. has reported. me has said nothing to the reporters there the russian opposition leader was flown to germany after becoming seriously ill last week. hurricane marco and tropical storm laura have torn through the caribbean and the gulf of mexico leaving massive

destruction in their wake at least 10 people have died in the dominican republic and haiti both storms are expected to hit the u.s. gulf coast soon. and syrian officials say that an explosion in a major gas pipeline caused widespread power cuts on sunday night state t.v. quoted officials as saying the blast may have been caused by a militant attack the government says that power has since been restored to several problems. a new zealand court has been hearing from families of some of the 51 worshippers massacred in the country's worst mass killing the court is in the sentencing phase of the case against the white supremacist who has already pled guilty to the murders parents and other family members testified about their loved ones killed at 2 different mosques in christ church and this is the perpetrator the alleged perpetrator brenton toronto looked on the court has heard that he planned

to burn down the 2 mosques he attacked after carrying out the killings sentencing is expecting to take place in 3 days with him facing life in jail. on $51.00 charges of murder 40 charges of attempted murder and the terrorism charge in march 29 team brenton terror drove up to a mosque and started shooting then moved on to another muslim house of worship to continue his rampage a nation in shock watched the ensuing chaos. whilst i cannot give any confirmation at this stage around tell it the same casualties what i can say you said it is clear that this is one of new zealand's kissed. families mourned mothers brothers sisters fathers taken from them.

some spoke out outside the hearing. feel very. sad. we don't want to we want to assume that they can do it for up make me happy. people cannot come in but. we're not coming back. the terror and murder charges all carry life sentences and the judge has the power to imprison the gunmen without the possibility of parole. some sports news for you now fans of german soccer side by our new nick are celebrating after their team won the champions league title for the 6th time the varians defeated parcel germana one nail in lisbon after a tight 1st half kingsley coleman made the breakthrough heading home the only goal

of goal of the game but the victory by complete the treble of a league title domestic cup and champions league. i this is the moment that sent bind fans into ecstasy after 5 long minutes of overtime came the final whistle by in munich had won the champions league because of a coronavirus for fun in lisbon was played without a crowd but the risk of infection did not stop supporters from taking to the streets of munich. it's all so that even if it is even if it is corona we are partying tonight till the till the end in this case it's a big event you have to celebrate her life after the sunset and the mosque is there enough that. those precautions went out the window as fans came together to celebrate the sick time for bed variants have won the competition

special praise was reserved for coach hands a flick he revived the team's flagging fortunes after taking over the reins mid-season. so it's just great they deserve it after the season they've had it's thanks to handy flick who wasn't even in charge for the whole season it's unbelievable. meanwhile long faces in paris p.s.g. had invited several 1000 fans to watch a game on a giant street in its stadium when it was disappointed supporters spilled out onto the streets they vented back for stray shinma flares and fireworks requiring the intervention of the paris police. and let's bring in anthony howard from the diving is 14 joining us here in the studio this wasn't quite the shootout that many had anticipated at the compliment on the crowds here there was no one there to make that and the audience nerves if you like both teams are usually really attacking by

and have averaged about 3 goals a game in this amazing run they've been on in 2020 percent your manner also. renowned as an attacking team but we got to half time it wasn't until kingsley kamaal scored the goal after one hour that was the decisive moment incredible for him to grow up in paris and he played at the p.s.g. academy the buying coach might just the one change for this guy and it was kingsley come on to come in and he said later well he grew up in paris he played in paris he'll be extra motivated against these old thing which in the eyes of analytics is such a retrograde thing to base a selection on that the kind so critical but as with everything handy flick has touched in the last 12 months it turned to gold one will one nil was enough a bomb not because of the goal but because a man won the way and the defense as well by were incredible so what is that if it is the bigger context how big of an achievement is this for byron historic proportions 6 titles makes him the 3rd most successful team in europe behind i see

milan and the great rail madrid but it's also a bit with a kind from this season when has he flipped flick took over in november i was sitting 4th and i was struggling the champions were dean motivated and i had to right the ship and get it going and had the fleet did it a lot of people in world football were googling who is hands you think when he came in he meant something to bond but not to world football he certainly does now he's gone from nobody to somebody. it's also good for german football bonded one i thought it was in a row and the critics were coming out saying that any team can dominate like that in your league is not up to scratch what this win does in the perspective of german football this side of the rest of the world will they've won it in a row not because the rest of the things dortmund in shelter are no good it's because this team and this club truly something special and they proved it on the big stage and the flick was incredible in his input kingsley commandment men will neuer all of those people who do it under pressure and dobby envy of teams like

p.s.g. tell us a little bit more about how big a disappointment this is then for p.s.g. brought so a german coach on the other side of this thomas to call who's in charge of p.s.g. he was put. in charge of a luxury selection of pliers name of the brazilian cost an awful lot of money. was and kilian and it's especially disappointing because you when you look on the bottom saw this calculation this stars and they biggest names did exactly what was necessary on the biggest stage and he looked at p.s.g. and you cannot say the same thing they were picked to do this one job and it's win the champions league for fi they could tyrion is and it hasn't happened big disappointment at the howard sports thank you. so. a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you here on day to few news tens of thousands defied a ban on demonstrations intolerance to demand the resignation of hard life president alexander that. he's warned that he could use the military to break up

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