this is. from berlin tonight calls to an all the disputed results of the presidential election the country's supreme court says no it is a defeat for exiled opposition leader. and in these exclusive she tells us why the protest movement poses the biggest challenge to the government. also coming up tonight russia hitting back at german allegations that opposition leader alexina vaulting was poisoned. as doctors at the berlin hospital where he's being treated

rushing to conclusion. and erupting for a 2nd night in the u.s. state of wisconsin over the shooting of a black man by police security forces in the city of can osha. after demonstrators refused to disperse we'll take you to the city and one of the world's best talker players in his squad for parting ways for are that little messy tales of sea alona he wants to leave the kind of one sided but legal wrangling over a clause in his contract name makes this split impossible. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight in belo reuss where the supreme court has rejected an appeal. from the opposition to know

the results of the country's disputed presidential elections alexander lukashenko who has ruled bellerose for 26 years claimed victory in the elections sparking mass demonstrations against his government despite this unprecedented challenge to his authority he's shown no signs of giving in bellowing instead to intensify a crackdown on protesters. says a familiarity to the historic protests shaking the country in independence square in minsk protest to shout step down it is the same message they have sent to president lukashenko every day since the disputed election the opposition wants political prisoners and arrested protesters to be released they also wanted to negotiate directly with the authorities for a peaceful transfer of power they set up the coordination council to do just that but lucas shank a rejected the offer calling the council illegal 2 members have already been arrested sergey dyleski was sentenced to 10 days in prison on tuesday along with

a colleague. at lunchtime teachers skipped school to protest in front of the ministry of education in minsk some worked as election assistance and vote counters now has threatened to fire the ones who don't support his government. tuesday's protests passed largely peacefully the army which has mostly stayed loyal to the bella rusian leader who are not on the streets but more protests are planned for the weekend and some are wondering how much longer the reeses authoritarian leader will allow the demonstrations to go on. well the european union is refusing to recognize the results of the election in bella ruse drawing praise from exiled opposition candidate so he can not sky correspondent constantine a get spoke with her in the building is that the way india where she fled after the election. the kind of scale. what do you think is going to happen in the coming

days weeks and belittle as we've seen massive demonstrations especially in this book not only as well we've seen alexander lukashenko being filmed by his press with with machine guns so he's showing that he's not going to leave. was going to happen i'm afraid it's going to be real violence. i have seen this medium and a continent comment on it because it's awful but. you know our people have changed and i don't know what's going on to happen in there as days but i know what's real happen in the nearest future. people will not step away they walk up and they want you. there rose and. the person who has separate east mr walker some people will not forgive

him people not for that anything about a situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the coronation council of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take part so does that mean mr . it's only up to him we are free country so i mean any person would be able to participate in this elections. do you expect the european union are you satisfied 1st or are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to be a russian people and to you for surely feel great support from or all the countries and they discovered many countries. contacted me and showed

their support for our people are they inspired of our people and i am sure they. do their best to ignite support to our people do what do you think the e.u. international community could do more to help build russian people. you know it's up to ever country and i had to say that we are. we appreciate have they can show by the it's up to them how they can tell us thank you very much thank you and that was the opposition leader from bill roosts with lana taken of scalia's speaking with constantine inc it well it is not only bella ruth russia also has a vocal opposition leader who's in a foreign country this time here in germany alexina is fighting for his life in

a berlin hospital after falling ill in siberia last week the russian government is disputing german assertions that involved he was poisoned insisting his condition could have been triggered by other causes on monday doctors treating him here in berlin said they had found evidence that he was indeed poisoned today a criminal spokesperson dismissed those findings saying that they absolutely cannot be true the ball he was flown to berlin for treatment over the weekend and is currently in a medically induced coma the russian parliament says it's planning its own investigation after the kremlin said there was no need for one here in germany the situation has led some politicians to call for a tougher stance against moscow german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the last poisoning often takes a novel in the is a serious matter. the service is fit with fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for admission to

aggression shaft would see it at that for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is in need of a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of the iranian nuclear deal so dear for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than of red lines. the head of the bonus tax human rights committee called for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which aims to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewing its calls for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it's worth it to to do

why europe because of why that's all and if you're prone to also see don't just throw this one off funders of regime which has this kind of systematic us nation. this no we shouldn't be there are some german seem to be in favor of a tougher stance towards russia. is a fantasy are sometimes i find it very distressing and i hope the e.u. will speak with a common voice and maybe take action. must not. feel like interests and maybe getting a bit tougher or question certain things after all it's not the 1st time that as i said i think germany has to make clear that we advocate values and human rights in international agreements when it comes to russia but also china have

a base for germany russia has always been a complicated partner but rarely have relations been and know this much strain. argues a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world germany has urged greece and turkey to resolve their dispute over oil and gas claims in the mediterranean on a visit to athens foreign minister high kumasi warned that the 2 countries were playing with fire athens in ankara are planning rival naval drills in the eastern mediterranean as tensions escalate. the continent of africa has been declared free of wild polio the milestone follows an aggressive vaccination campaign in nigeria which accounted for more than half of all global keynes's less than a decade ago while the polio usually affects young children it can lead to paralysis u.s. secretary of state my home peo has arrived in bahrain for talks with the country's crown prince pompei was on

a 5 day tour of the region to discuss peace and security he flew to bahrain from sudan where he raised the possibility of removing the country from a u.s. a list of state sponsors of terrorism. america's summer of racial reckoning shows no sign of abating as people take to the streets in wisconsin to protest the shooting of a black man by police the unrest began after officers shot jacob blake several times in the back on sunday mr blake survived but is seriously wounded in the hospital. it began as the mournful cry for help of a community suffering under the weight of injustice. the design goes through saluted the attention some protesters aim at the police police fired tear gas in response. shots rang out on the 2nd

night of protests in wisconsin college work haunch 2 buildings behind the family of jacob blake who shooting brought them all here treated for peace. we appreciate their support but from his mother and from our from is my brother his father well courage of people to protest peacefully not to be destructive we want justice and we want proper justice this is why witnesses say his nephew was trying to defuse a neighborhood dispute when police shot him in the back 7 times says children watched. by. 29 year old jacob blake has sustained life changing injuries his community is also heart we are scared and they're. like me and like me but she is we are we are terrified she don't know you have no idea you have no idea. how the.

house. systemically says you and police accountability are at the forefront of the black life matters movement despite that reporter stephanie simon says many of the officers in wisconsin where we ring new id are in sick now. many are state troopers. county police city police federal police. as the curfew wrong crowd of protesters who run the courthouse they. buy their message and their movement doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon. w.'s stefan's i mean joins us now from the knowledge in was gone send good evening to you stefan so we understand the national guard was alvin the streets last night they'll be even more out tonight what's the situation this afternoon where you are . well right now it's fairly calm here because it's sunny

day and it is always in the evening as soon as dark falls when protesters and law enforcement personnel seeking to clash with each other that seems like as of now and he away i'm stan i want to step out of the frame for a 2nd here this is actually here because he this better know the house where in front of this house jacob lake was shot and way you see this car here this is not jacob lakes car that was an s.u.v. this is of course not and of course this is not anymore a crime scene so take up lakes car was removed but it is exactly there where this car is now where he as you said was shot in the back 7 times and where we now find out that there is information from the father reportedly jacob's late father that he is. now paralyzed from the waist down doctors do not know if this is

a condition which will be permanent or if there is any improvement down the line in the future this remains to be seen nevertheless everybody here in this neighborhood and people are not out and about here but they are sitting inside and you know they're talking about what happened then went down here 2 days ago because this came as a shark people are angry people are frustrated and of course they're they're hurt because they didn't have in the books that this happens to their town and to some of their neighbors well one of the neighbors just one of their neighbors and it's been only 3 months since another black man george floyd died in police custody you covered that story in minneapolis people or on the streets across america protesting for black lives matter what if anything has changed since that. yeah it's a very good christian and i wish that would be an easy answer but it is rather complex. days' change and what do i mean by this. 3 months of protesting

and marching black lives matter after george for murder in minneapolis have woken some other people up white people. politicians even police union people or police departments there is an effort in many towns to really do some change to bring such a niche in terms of systemic and structural racism in police departments in the judiciary and in every other aspect however 3 months down the line and i remember us talking about this then when we reset if a video like this happens is always this something like what happened just 2 days ago he happens then starts all over again and i think this is where we are again that is frustrating for a lot of african-americans for a lot of citizens in the united states all over the country i think that this is still possible that. a black person wearing shorts and a t.

shirt heading towards a scot with 3 kids in the car 85 and 3 years old gets shot 7 times in his back yeah it is it's a it's the series of events it seems just happen over and over again in the u.s. chiffons iman's in the notion of wisconsin stefan thank you staying in the us republicans have formally nominated donald trump is their candidate in the presidential election will face democratic candidate joe biden president trump secured the nomination on the 1st day of the republican national convention in charlotte north carolina on monday mr trump used to speech to accuse his opponents of trying to rig the election. this election year is a battle for the saul of america america it's all on the line and what the republican national convention lacks in numbers it's certainly making up for international. turning your destiny ladies and gentlemen.

your freedom and liberty and the american dream. is yes. in a scaled back event donald trump junior partner was among the key speakers on the opening night this theme land of promise donald trump's of the sun himself went on they are trying to portray him democratic candidate joe biden as a puppet of the radical left whose agenda would mean the end of law and order woman people of faith are under attack you're not allowed to go to church but mass chaos in the streets gets a pass. it's almost like this election is shaping up to be church work and school versus rioting looting and there was an america is such a great country a narrative also picked up by the missouri couple who went viral when they were filmed pointing their guns at black lives matter of protest as you were watching from quite near so make no mistake no matter where you live your family will not be

safe and the radical democrats america. donald trump made an unscheduled appearance at the convention center in charlotte after he formally won the nomination to vie for a 2nd term. trump repeated his whole 80000000 mail in ballots at their work you know the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election we're going to win this election right. thank you for a 4 day convention gives the republicans a chance to reassure the american public his concern has grown over the handling of the covert crisis and racial injustice. donald trump is expected to use every one of those days to prove he's ready for a fight. back here in europe france have seen a steady increase in the number of confirmed corona virus cases over the past few

weeks leading to concerns that it may be experiencing another wave now in germany has issued a travel warning for paris and its surrounding region ill defrosts as well as the southern for vaults dizzier region the french government is stepping up efforts to contain the virus by mandating the wearing of face masks in workplaces and by ramping up testing. it's high season in paris but on the bustling shaun's elisei where masks are mandatory not everyone abides by the rules the past 2 weeks have seen an alarming spike in case numbers almost 5000 new infections were reported sunday now germany has issued a travel warning for the french capital also signed barely one doesn't feel a little rejected there's a probably of course you do because your p.c. i understand the need for safety measures but i can't comment on germany's decision . process masks are also obligatory in downtown marsay just one virus

hotspot in southern france long lines form outside testing labs france's massively ramped up testing capacity since it's a lockdown. in nice on the court does here people are required to wear masks as soon as they step off the beach in all outdoor areas across the city. we stop to move but not for no one in the months and i was surprised because a lot of people knowing you had a moment to hold as well. despite the rising caseload the tour de france is due to kick off in nice on saturday a decision that divides opinion styles but there's been little pushback against the government's plan to make math compulsory in workplaces nationwide from september 1st as president emmanuel mccraw and security council convened in paris the government stressed that the coronavirus crisis is its highest priority the country is now bracing for stricter measures in the coming days. in india at least 13

people died and many more were injured when an apartment block collapsed in a hard south of mumbai some 60 people have been pulled from the wreckage of the 5 story building but dozens are believed to still be trail it's not clear what caused the collapse. are can you hear me a rescue worker beckons for survivors to answer his call teams under the glare of floodlights for signs of life amid the mountain of rubble one eyewitness said the building shook before it disintegrated. people of a minute oh. my live on the 5th floor i went home and had hardly been there for 10 minutes when my daughter came into the bedroom and she said papa the building is shaking. as it is now what everything you read again. officials fear a dozen people could still be trapped national disaster response teams are now on the scene. i think in total subtlety and you have already been discharged that we

go through a critically injured had been moved to a hospital in mumbai for better care. come morning crew sent cameras into the debris. meanwhile an investigation is underway into what triggered this 10 year old apartment complex to collapse. the one of the possible causes had begun to thwart rescue efforts india's monsoon rains. are sports news now barcelona have confirmed that their star player leo messi has told them he wants to leave the club as he submitted an official request today asking to be released from his contract as the announcement comes after barcelona's humiliating 82 defeat by munich in the champions league capping a disappointing season for the spanish side messi regarded among the best footballers ever has been with the club for 20 years or so and apparently doesn't

want to make it 21 years john of the great to be the words used to the table so how in easy is it for him to get out of his contract well i mean it's going to be difficult actually it's really shaping up to be a bit of a tough legal battle here because. you're a fax documents everyone was going was a bureaucrat throughout the ins and outs of the spanish postal service is essentially a certified document messy reference this clause in his contract that doesn't allow him to leave the 3. otherwise it's a $700000000.00 euro buy out now usually that released for free clothes would have to be activated before the start of june when the spanish season no money ends but the thinking from messi side is this it's been an unusual season because of coronavirus the season has gone on longer so in theory i should still be allowed to play for free this is a guy who's been crowd the world's best player 6 times a record is how. at 10 spanish titles for champions league titles you think they're

going to let him will count for free a guy who is essentially mr bosler in a savings of find with the club i think they will do not let them do that without a fight what you think he wants to lead but he's pretty quite unhappy it's been a disastrous season really by boston to stand as the 8 to a humiliation bye bye and really the final straw this is the season intro vias have not won a single trophy and there's been problems off the pitch messi has been involved in several public spat with the club's hierarchy 1st about accusations the players weren't trying under a former coach and then about a possible wage cut during the current virus pandemic so messy isn't happy this is one of the periods in the club's history and if he goes it was just it was just kept that offer is so if he wins this battle and is free to leave where will he go there won't be a shortage of interest even the 33 years old messi is still a top top player the issue really is even if he doesn't he free you can afford his

massive wages not that many clubs to have been mentioned obviously because of the money they have to censor manchester city now paris and the man we know we love a mockery signing like messi they would really welcome him and props the fact that messi previously has said he didn't fancy living in manchester might make you think it would be a likely destination because the chance to work again would also be attractive for him another school of thought is this is just a power play for messi to agitate and change the club get the change that he really wants. could be risky maybe he's burned his bridges already i mean or maybe it's an early mid career crisis do we don't know do we know i mean you know you think 33 ok he's still got a couple of years ahead of him can still turn it on look at chris john of an all day when he moves events and he's still at the top of his game yet jonathan crane is always on thank you you're welcome. well you're watching the news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the days to go around iraq that.

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