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this is the news of live from barely keeping up the pressure tens of thousands defy a ban on demonstrations in bel-air rose to demand the resignation of president elect zara lukashenko he wants 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 brenton terror and the white supremacy says who killed 51 people in mosques in new zealand. singing when you're winning by
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a new nick player celebrate the 6th european frown after beating french rivals p.s.g. and a historic season travel. was welcome to the program huge crowds took to the streets in bella rose on her nother day of demonstrations calling for the resignation of president alexander lukashenko opponents accuse him of rigging the result of the presidential election 2 weeks ago the author tarion leader has responded with a show of defiance and threatens further crackdowns to restore order it's. all caught jean go away a rallying cry sustained for over 2 weeks amplified by one of the biggest crowds minsk has ever seen. demonstrators repeated their
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demand for new elections angry at thousands of arrests many bloody beatings and several deaths. yes 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. not just the pentagon all of our resistance is a marathon the regime cannot deal with this marathon but we can we have the will strength and the support of each other. that we are going to. move with appeal 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
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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 belorussians are now hoping for a similar peaceful and democratic outcome. but it of your correspondent nic connelly is in minsk he has covered yesterday's huge demonstration and joins us now
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on the phone nic a 2nd weekend of massive protests and we're hearing that to a position leaders have now been arrested what can you tell us. well exactly they had beene fears that people would simply get tired of this process the people wouldn't turn out in numbers as big as the previous weekend which saw the biggest demonstration in modern belorussian history but indeed they did and it looks likely that there were more people here than even the weekend before any sort of people feeling not afraid after all the government threats to arrest people demonstrations people turning out with their pets with bring small children and prams. kind of extraordinary thing to get back to all of that for the body from. him flying and. he was even saying the right that he didn't because when he was looking at his helicopter he thought the numbers were low until today's arrests well we have heard
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that crucially the leader of the strike at the news tracked actually one of the biggest businesses here in belarus has been detained as has someone from the opposition helpful this has been promised to the weekend would be given to protest to have a think about their position and as of today the government would show who's in charge and bring consequences for people who are still. defying government. yesterday was brandishing a gun when he got out of his his helicopter what is he trying to say. he talks in attempt to show showing strength but it seems to have backfired i was on the street when. people were just laughing at the. images emerge and they will release by the government of him sitting in a kind of emergency room with his press secretary and his 15 year old son wearing a flak jacket and then there were further images of him thanking the right police for protecting his his office his palace presidential palace all of this
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might work for the people who are away from him. mark yes but to the people here in the capital it's all kind of scratching at carriage everyone in the complex what you think you can achieve with this kind of rhetoric. meanwhile russian opposition leaders but learned to can also do to meet u.s. deputy secretary of state stephen begin in lithuania what can we expect from that meeting briefly and if please. i think it's unclear what concrete steps can be taken now and the recipient of sanctions time time again and haven't thought about change but i think the important symbolically to show that the outside world you thank you tension and it's important for. the month for their election i think people here and that is the crucial thing that you that the world hasn't got 100 new connally in minsk thank you. now germany's foreign minister is assuring the
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people of bellew's that germany hasn't forgotten them i call mas has called on president lukashenko to face reality moss was speaking in kiev with ukrainian counterpart when he said that lucas and co must acknowledge the vast numbers of people on the streets and the opinions of the people of bill of rights if you notice in our little group is using all the avenues we have to bring about a dialogue process including through russia for instance with angle americans phone calls last week with president putin 2nd half and my own with my counterpart sergei lavrov. that's mine to use your influence that russia has on mr integration go to make it clear to him that there's no getting around this dialogue for viacom's. german foreign minister speaking that now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the german government says more facts on needed to stop this whether russian opposition leader alexei in a valley was poisoned vanny is in
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a critical but stable condition in a berlin hospital after being airlifted out of russia on saturday germany says it is taking the possibility of a poison attack very seriously. at least 10 people have died and dozens have been wounded in 2 explosions in the southern philippines the blast struck the town of jolo on jolo island stronghold of an extremist group allies to the so-called islamic state soldiers and civilians are among the dead. protesters who are out on the streets in the u.s. city of cannot show was constant late on sunday after police shot and seriously injured a black man it's the latest protest against police brutality and racism since the death of george floyd in may i thought he said the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. 3 gunmen who shot dead 51 people in 2 mosques in new zealand has come face to face with some of
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his victims' families some of the bereaved and injured gave accounts of the murders last march ahead of sentencing which is expected to take place on thursday the gunman brunson tyrant could face life in prison without parole. brought in bound hand and foot by shackles terence offered a stern defiant look and heard muslim prayers well after 7 melody and i think you know he said he let him watch the message in court from mothers daughters fathers and sons of terence victims you caused us pain but you white supremacist lost. and you thought you can break us. you failed miserably we became more determined to hold tight to his lap and i want the loved ones i want to use my soon saw him as son was gunned down with 50 others in march of last year brandon
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terrence drove to a mosque and started shooting then moved on to another muslim house of worship to continue his rampage families indeed the entire nation mourned the murderous acts of a 29 year old australian man who prosecutors say planned every move for maximum carnage what i can say you said it is clear that this is one of new zealand's darkest days new zealanders today as then offered support for the families of the muslim victims often using the indigenous maori phrase here come up be strong you know i can call how when do you think. you're all. white and so long for this model side hopefully justice just know that we will disprove you know from the sidelines. back in court prayers for the victims and also for the perpetrator great sorrow and defiance. no words can describe what my biggest.
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fear is it is. going to. go well just because. we have become more united. on terror and faces life sentences for the murder and terrorism charges and the judge has the power to imprison him for the killings without the possibility of parole. i'm now joined by our reporter myles tweedy in wellington who's following events for us there relatives of the victims and survivors have the opportunity to speak in court as we've seen how would you describe the atmosphere in that courtroom. well as we just saw and reported and they report they were turned in to the courtroom heavily shackled his wrists and ankles and he was surrounded by police officers. when the session got underway there was deeply
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emotional saints where 24 of the victims. had the opportunity to testify in front of court as to the effect of the attack it had on their lives and while most were defiant. there was obviously a lot of trauma still there amongst those who testified but the images that we've seen in our report that brandon town. is hardly displayed any any emotions t.v. show any kind of remorse that whole. well the gunman reportedly showed little emotion throughout throughout the day. however there was one moment where the mother of one man who was killed by the government actually directed her attention to them directly and spoke to him directly and she said she forgave him for killing his son and she said she had no hate or desire for revenge now parents
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apparently reported the nodded in response and then blinked heavily and then wiped his eyes following the exchange so there was some level of maybe possibly some think that. he already has pleaded guilty and is facing a life sentence possibly without parole that will he speak in court. well the government dismissed his legal counsel earlier this year and he's chosen to represent himself which has. led many to speculate that he'd maybe try some point to try and grandstand or the same some kind of message out to who knows what . now authorities are taking steps to try and. avoid death or to prevent that from happening. limited the number of journalists and the courtroom allow them a quarter to 10 and they're only allowed to report twice
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a day once at lunchtime and then once let on of the day. but there is definitely no absolute way of preventing him from signing that's saying something so. we just have to see what happens in the coming days while sweeney there thank you very much . thank you hurricane marco unstoppable storm laura through the caribbean and the gulf of mexico lead in massive destruction in their wake at least 11 people have died in the dominican republic and haiti both storms are expected to hit the u.s. gulf coast soon. it's i stool nora has already left a deadly mark on the dominican republic in its wake flooding that's left homes inundated and up to a 1000000 people without power. residents have been trying to salvage whatever they can. in neighboring haiti torrents of flood
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water gushed through the streets in a similar picture of despair. most people here aren't safe this town is destroyed as you can see look at the people walking by the house is a condemned there are dead people traders have lost their goods it was. often lashing southern cuba storm laura is now heading towards the u.s. gold coast and puerto rico in tandem with another potentially deadly storm system marco. u.s. president donald trump says emergency services are in place this is so water and president of the scope of the storms and also the fact that they come so quickly after one another both storms of the potential of gathering strength before they make landfall it could cause significant damage so we're going to get basically
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a right hook from marco and then a left hook from for more. storm surges of up to 2 meters high of predicted for coastal areas in louisiana and mississippi. residents are doing all they can to prepare for the double punch heading their way in the coming hours. you figure suggests that iran is suffering the middle east's biggest and deadliest outbreak of the coronavirus with almost 360000 cases and more than 20000 deaths the government says the outbreak is under control and that the economy has not been hit as hard as elsewhere but critics say the authorities are failing to give true picture of the crisis. after every customer i meet disinfects his taxi inside and out otherwise nobody will get in and neither will he business is very bad today the meat will drive us around to run all day finally
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a good assignment for him right through the for the i also have a few customers who no longer leave the house because of coronavirus i go to the bank for them or go shopping in the supermarket. but i still only earn half as much as before the corona crisis. our 1st stop is the grand bazaar here you will understand why the numbers are going up against sami. at the entrance he warns us to go no further. i don't go in here it's very narrow and there it's covered and it's way too crowded the risk of getting infected is too high you can see for yourself. most people here wear masks but hardly anyone observes social distancing rules. we have an appointment with dr. an immunologist and advisor to the national coronavirus committee in just 6 days he
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built a covert 19 emergency clinic a 2nd wave is rolling through iran the government is reporting more than 2000 new infections a day but anniston doubts the figures are accurate but not any scale to calculate . exactly but in my opinion 2000000 is real. statistics. around 300 patients are cared for every day in this clinic one in 10 is positive. they are put into quarantine or referred to hospitals 2 weeks ago medi tested positive for covert 19 today he's come to pick up the results of the follow up tests. he said i'm no longer at risk myself but i can infect others i'm supposed to stay in quarantine for another 5 days the situation has gotten really intense a few days ago there was nothing going on here and today it's really full. our
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driver high meat is scared is skeptical about the government not taking tough and measures against the outbreak. and force a strict quarantine we would need enough money put we simply don't have that the government would have to support the population financially so that we can meet our daily needs partly it's not able to do that. in the evening how meat products is taxi in front of his house his 11 year old daughter is only allowed out with a face mask his wife hardly ever goes outside. or. normally i'd invite you on the team to come up to my apartment because of coronavirus and my wife is very particular about safety we'd better stay outside. hamid's parents live around the corner he hasn't visited them in months a friendly way from below or a few words exchanged at the window. of the world war or my mother had cancer
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i watch out for her safety and often argue with my sister i tell her not to visit our parents but she still sometimes goes to help them someone has to do it. one of as you wrote it. it's a struggle for survival that is tearing the country and its people apart. thyme now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state mike compare has met israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the start of a middle east tour. praised israel's with normalization of ties with the united arab emirates and said he hoped the arab states other arab states would follow suit . u.s. president donald trump has announced the emergency authorization of an experimental covert 19 treatment using bassma the plasma is taken from patients who have recovered from the disease trump has put pressure on the food and drug
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administration to speed up treatment approvals. officials in syria say an explosion at a major gas pipeline caused widespread power cuts on sunday night state t.v. quoted officials are saying the blast may have been caused by a militant attack but the government says power has since been restored in several problems. to football now and fans of byron munich are celebrating after their team was crowned european champions for the 6th time the bavarians defeated paris sunshine now one nil in lisbon after a tight 1st half kings they call mom made the breakthrough heading home the only goal of the game with a victory by and complete the treble of league title domestic cup and champions league. 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
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champions league because of a coronavirus for finalists win 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 end till the end in this case it's a big event you have to celebrate and if you add to the sense and the mask a fair enough. those precautions went out the window as fans came together to celebrate the sick time for variants have won the competition special praise was reserved for coach hands a flick he will vie for teams flocking fortunes. taking over the reins mid season. god it's just great they deserve it after the season they've had it's thanks to hand the flick who wasn't even in charge for the whole season it's unbelievable.
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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 bashed a stray shinma flares and fireworks requiring the intervention of the paris police . but i'm 3 hours from to have your sports joins me in the studio actually it's fair to say that wasn't the shootout that many had anticipated no buttons of renowned for their attacking prowess but this was a typically tense affair there's no crowd there but you still got the sense of the occasion and straight away after maybe after 5 minutes is what this is going to be about a handful of months and those handful of the months they belonged to bomb the 1st one you think of as kings they come all down the goal scored in the match interestingly. born in paris and pretty much right in a footballing sense in the p.s.g. academy it was his goal that was the difference that was one of those moments
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obviously hannity flix his moment was deciding to pick a man who wasn't in that same and his rationale was well he used to play for p.s.g. so he might be axed from out about it's a very retro grade a decision that he made there in some sense of mental noise a couple of the moments belong to him as well in goal he was absolutely incredible to pick sides and he's very much the reason that buying can go forward with such aggression and confidence because i know they've got a colossus behind the blue blood a bit of a life insurance absolutely batman's so you mentioned a couple who are what was by a single secret ingredient can you put your finger on the mount rushmore that i created maybe men will know it has to be one of them that you put up they can say come on naturally thomas melissa king lumps out of 9 law that was a crucial job plus. not but i think if you put want to head of all the others it's hansie flick he's the man who when he was announced as buying coach the they announced it and the narrative was straight away for good reason or this is just a replacement this is just
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a temporary appointment until i get the real one big 9 and so behind start winning through december and i roll on and on on this momentum just rolls on and then the board finally realizes this is this is our guy and his 1st trick that he pulled was that he had to get people like noir like mullah to find a cutting edge again that had some months 6 world cups champions league already and 7 domestic taught olds how do you give them their age and so he was able to reinvigorate those players and he did something really special that the board loved as he's gone and want to talk without opening the checkbook you manages venturing like friends by not asking for money he's not going to the board enough for money and he's gone with existing resources and he's pulled off something historic so by an incredibly successful club in german football how big of an achievement is this travel. brings you among the elite you know it's a footballing act of immortality to win the triple champions league you know
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carries that top of white anyway but to come from way they've come from to do it it's about being 4th in november 2nd the coach appointing a new one and then rolling on and on and on and going on the fate of the 6 months that the champions league is such a perfect crowning moment for this thing that we're able to regenerate and i play the big months we'll i'm in for german football it's people from outside look inside well they've won i laid titles in a row the league campin a good but it's just about how good these guys are not what's lacking in dortmund and shell corps and everyone else they're an incredible side but they're an incredible club because every time the moment comes this something inside of these plays when i play for this thing to brings out the best of the rotman's and then how do you know you support thank you. and he was indeed all the news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you tens of thousands have defied a ban on demonstrations in belo rose to demand the resignation of hardline president alexander lukashenko keyes warmed he could use the military to break up
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