ends it. malaria must go on millions. this is the w. news of life from the berlin a leader tonight under pressure the embattled president of the rooms turns to russia for help protests continue in the capital minsk despite a crackdown 20 journalists are among those detained including a b w correspondent also coming up germany targeting restrictions hoping to reverse an

increase in corona virus cases the chancellor says the travelers returning from high risk areas must quarantine any ban on large public events is being extended until the end of the year and a city on edge after under arrest over the police shooting of a black man today was constant attorney general made public the name of the officer who shot jacob blake's 7 times in the back. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcomed the russian president vladimir putin says that the leader of both bellerose has turned to moscow for help putin says his counterpart alexander lukashenko has asked him to prepare a russian low enforcement contingent to be sent to bella ruse if necessary

meanwhile police in the capital minsk have again arrested dozens of anti-government protesters around 20 journalists have also been detained among those being held is a d w correspondent. day 19 of the protests against bella brissie and president alexander lukashenko saw dozens of women stand in a chain of solidarity to highlight another flash point of the police crackdown a peaceful and respectful showdown the independence square in minsk where tensions run high the night before security forces arrested around 50 people and when dozens of others sought refuge inside of the st simon and st helena church policed lock the main. president lukashenko is both trying to exert control by his own means and secure with the support of his longtime ally russian president vladimir putin and. he would like us to provide him with appropriate assistance if necessary i

said that russia would fulfill all its obligations. the words match those of the joint security treaty between the countries but perhaps were not the rousing woods of unqualified support the deliberate dictator of 26 years was looking for. a book . it will only be used when extremist elements using a political slogans as cover cross a certain boundary and start armed robbery you start setting fire to cars houses which banks russia trying to seize government buildings and administrative buildings. so mr lucas chink is regime remains isolated from europe and now whiting for russia who are as yet not willing to intervene while the protests remain peaceful. let's bring in our correspondent nick connelly he is on the phone he is following the story for us in ments good evening to you nick we understand that police have detained dozens of people who have been protesting

peacefully in the center of minsk is this part of a further crackdown that we're now seeing. getting brant while. you have promised leading into last weekend's protest that this week would show they would see the government showing who was in charge is it people had the weekend to make up their minds to think about things and then he would put an end to this challenge to his rule that seems not to be happening i think the situation today was that the protests were relatively small by the standards of the last few days and weeks making it easier for the government and security has to come in and swoop in and arrest those people having left people to protest in relative peace in recent days but most crucially this is not allowed journalists to cover these arrests people in the square being told journalists people post being told in the square that if they were to record in film these arrests they too would be taken in and detained here we understand the police have detained about 20 journalists

covering the protests among them is a colleague of ours from the w's russian what can you tell us about that. so i think sunder because left has been in police hands now for several hours when the label to reach a phone is not available that seems to be standard practice that when people are taken in and the sensible reason is a document check this happened several times a day for them to taken away and then based on what people are saying coming out they were jealous and then forced to show what pictures they have on their phones forced to delete pictures and videos and those that refuse to open their phones to get the boss would need to see what's on those phones those with and given the option to spend more time in custody maybe spend the night because the food is even being to call the police officer threatening to destroy technology to say that saying that they would kill the camera rolling in some other way of making sure this material goes away. and nick the russian president vladimir putin he has valid

military support for the government of libya this is exactly what has been hoping would happen isn't it. well not quite it's a 2 edged sword on the one hand yes russia would make it a whole lot easier if i got a look. on these on prospective protests 200 maybe even 300000 people out mistreatment last weekend something that was unthinkable just a few weeks ago but on the other hand russia be looking to prove other receiving type and would embrace for the last few years nixon could actually be trying to resist that to avoid losing that arson sovereignty to avoid becoming essentially a region of russia and now if you take that the pull from that if you can if you have to pay a price in the price may be better off somehow but i was being drawn into a tight directional bit where it becomes less about $1.00 fate and more a region of of a bigger russia. to diffuse nit connelly with the latest tonight from the capital

bill of minsk nick as always thank you germany is increasing efforts to stop what is looking more and more like coronavirus creep the number of new infections in the country is surging now at levels not seen since april today the german chancellor announced tougher measures to combat the increase travelers returning from high risk areas will have to quarantine or at least 5 days a ban on big events is being extended until the end of the year and people breaking the rules on wearing a face mask in public they will be far. it took 5 and a half hours of virtual talk to reach an agreement the rules for travel to high risk countries will be tightened stricter quarantine and no more wage compensation for the time of crying teen. we heard all those returning from travel to comply with a quarantine obligations and those also meet their responsibility towards fellow

citizens knew is that travel to designated risk areas is to be avoided whenever possible isn't in also give us new musical beat the system is that germany has navigated the pandemic fairly well but the number of new daily cases has been rising since early july worrying with the prospect of the upcoming flu season. for the fact that we are facing a winter that cannot be calculated at least from a current point of view when we do not know what effects the flu and other illnesses will have the numbers are too early too high so our goal must be to bring down the numbers and to avoid a 2nd lockdown by. the political leaders agreed on a minimum fine for those who don't wear face masks people returning from low risk countries won't be offered free testing anymore but the testing capacities will be expand it. kunt to every infection that is detected early is again every

infection that is not recognized as a problem and every infected person who gets a negative test result is downright a danger. and if you fail but governments are also extending a ban on major events such as concerts or sports at least until the end of the year the premiers and the chancellor couldn't reach an agreement on a limit of people attending private festivities. let's cross over to our chief political editor mchale the good news she's been following the meeting force good evening to you mchale the we knew going into this meeting today that the number of new infections is getting worse was the message after the meeting that there is still time to stop this from becoming bad yes and most of all the message was that now is the time to not ignore the corona threat but to actually take action and quite clearly here we see

a shift where the government no longer wants to rely solely on the responsibility of individuals which it has done fairly successfully in the past it now wants some checks in place to check on those people traveling back from high risk zones to actually take tests and to stay in quarantine until they have the all clear that already required to do that right now but clearly the government wants to clamp down and stop what is actually corona creek as one can see have just cycled back here into the office people out in the park much closer than the 1.5 meters is required distance we've been seeing that for a squad some time now here in the german capital because for the 1st time fines will be slapped on people cold not wearing face masks in stores and on public transport is this because pleas for cooperation are now falling on deaf ears.

well it's mostly because the fines whether they're all fines or not really vary across the country in some states there were no fines or toward someone way above the now minimum 50 you're so if you were traveling on a train across several states depending on where you were at that particular moment in time that could very easily this is a simple across germany that you have to cover mouth and nose that is a national requirement with the exception of saxony on health which refuses to follow suit and that highlights that we're back into a different phase here again where there is an active attempt to coordinate from by that. germany has been successful in managing this pandemic because most of the public has agreed with the government's policies but not everyone agrees a huge anti coronavirus restrictions planned for this coming weekend here in berlin their purchase has now been banned. is that going to work we know. well

i'm not so sure i mean the hash tag trending today was basically storm so basically telling people to show up colleague of mine was at those very protests a couple of weeks ago where we saw people not wearing face masks and also getting quite aggressive towards done this and this was the big health and safety concern here and it's being hotly debated and many whether that plays into the hands of conspiracy theorists who suspect the state behind what they see as a corona legend or whether that in fact is this real public health threat and that it needs to be avoided for the safety of everybody involved so a very hot debate here and this. restrictions said to me do we know what's feeding it is it just is it. in the public. it could be a bit of that but probably and i'd say most likely that we haven't seen the kind of

scenes that we saw and it's in the early on that the threat hasn't hit home with many people ironically because germany has been fairly successful after the voiding this becoming a full blown pandemic across the country and i want to go back to what you said about people traveling to high risk areas there used to be a 4 g. day requirement for those returning that was replaced by mandatory virus tests at airports for example now that is being scrapped and replaced with this foreign gene requirement again do we know why the back and forth. while you was still required to stay at home until you have the clear and the difference now is that people need to think hard about potentially being checked out upon there will now be pros checking whether people actually stay at home so there's not a massive change in the requirement but what the government is trying to do is get

people to think hard and to pay for their own tests if thing travel into defined high risk areas against the advice of the government in almost all the killer germany is still not closed to reimposing anything like a walk down again what is your impression how worried is chancellor merkel that germany is becoming a victim of its own success here. well in fact i would actually contest the state premier of the very a who spoke of the threat of a 2nd lockdown germany has not seen the kind of lockdown we've seen in france we've seen in parts of spain and we've seen in britain and there was all always more freedom of movement here so it's also a clear indicator that we are dealing in perceptions as much as fact and the fight that the german government is fighting right now that corona continues to be perceived as the threat that it is our chief political editor because of the on the

story here in berlin thank you. theories look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the spokesperson for russian opposition leader of lakes in the fall and he says that she is not optimistic about a recovery of all and he remains in a coma in serious condition he was airlifted to berlin for treatment after falling ill in siberia a week ago german doctors say he was poisoned findings that the kremlin has disputed western leaders have called for a transparent investigation you disco's says it will seek hundreds of millions of dollars to help rebuild lebanon's devastated capital beirut although the august 4th explosion was centered on the poor at the u.n. agency says 160 schools were damaged or destroyed in a school also once funds to rebuild beirut's cultural heritage. rising floodwaters in sudan above dozens of people dead and thousands of homes destroyed the waters

have submerged vast tracts of farmland and are starting to encroach on the capital khartoum recent heavy rains have been swirling the nearby blue nile river to record levels. in south africa violent clashes between protesters and police have erupted in johannesburg demonstrators have been expressing their anger over the killing of a 16 year old boy who was allegedly shot by police in the city on wednesday local media say several officers have been injured. in. the united states now where the city of konoha wisconsin remains on edge in the aftermath of a recent police shooting of a black man 29 year old jacob blake was shot 7 times in the back on sunday as he tried to enter his s.u.v. where his 3 sons were sitting today the name of the officer who shot blake was made public amid criticism that the investigation remains secretive and slow.

wednesday saw another night of protests in konoha but this time demonstrations stayed peaceful a day after the fatal shootings of 2 people. the respect for this piece he does as a space secret nice piece of unity on wednesday police in the neighboring state of illinois arrested a 17 year old in connection with the shooting he was part of a self-styled commotion private militia videos show him firing his gun hitting multiple people. you know. at the republican national convention vice president mike pence said the violence must end. too many heroes have died defending our freedom to see americans strike each other down we will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american of every race and creed and color. that line got plenty of applause at the convention but did little to appease many

in canoga the milwaukee bucks basketball team refused to play a scheduled game and other teams followed suit we are calling for justice for take up play and demand all be held accountable. federal authorities are now investigating the circumstances of blake's shooting. and for more now we want to bring in our washington bureau chief in this poll she's covering the story from there good evening to you even as there are several partly contradicting reports now coming forward on the events that led to this shooting last sunday what do we know. right branded still not clear if there was only one shooting some reports say that were shooting said 3 different places what we know is that 17 year olds young man was able to cross the state border with an open carry a long gun that he was killing 2 people on the street that he is

a trump supporter he was taking part of his rallies that's what he's posting on his own facebook pages but there's also other social media prove that he's one of those people who say the police is not able to protect ourselves we have to do that ourselves and we heard last night at the republican national convention vice president mike pence calling for in 2 americans killing americans are returned to law and order he's is is that the language that could be an election winner in the current climate in america. before this incident i would have said clearly yes this is exactly what many many people want to hear but. we learned that those who support trump and mike pence himself those themself start shooting and killing people out there i don't know if this message will really reach the swing

voters it surely will be approved by the trump supporters but both sides the republicans and the democrats now have to try to get those who are undecided yet so i don't know if mike pence really reached out to them. these words last night tonight the republican national convention with the u.s. president officially accepted the party's nomination what has been the convention in the party's message to the american voters so far. it was quite interesting to see how many african-americans how many speakers from other minorities kind of shaped the last 3 days of the republican conventions one of the highlights most definitely was the 1st lady milan trump who gave a really soft speech reaching out to the coo crucial group of female suburbian women so that was kind of the last 3 days i'm sure tonight we will see. a wrestler

a guy and trump most definitely won't present him as a soft leader in this problem the story for us in washington is thinking well as we reported the n.b.a. has now confirmed that it has postponed thursday's playoff series games after players protested the police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin the decision comes after the milwaukee bucks who also play in wisconsin boycotted their playoff game against the orlando magic on wednesday the n.b.a. says it now hopes to resume games on friday or saturday. the new walking box left officials confused when he didn't show up for the playoff game against the on land of magic. in a statement the team later explained what had driven them to boycott the game they demanding racial justice and accountability is after the police shooting of jacob blake. we take the court records it walk with god we're expected where the height

of the events that have occurred over the other it go we all are still to this day and it is only you're ready to say whoa leaders oh of course. play us across the leeks show to support the boycott prompt that the n.b.a. to postpone all playoff series games on wednesday and thursday the boycott had a ripple effect on us sports major league baseball and soccer also canceled some of the games. but even tennis star and i only osaka announced that she would not play in a semifinal match in the vest and southern open to protest quote the continued genocide of black people at the hands of the police. the only other time players boycotted an n.b.a. game was back in 1961. when pay a bill russell and some of his boston celtics teammates sat out a game to protest against racial injustice. n.b.a. players are again taking

a stand the latest protests in the nation some of racial reckoning. rescue efforts are slowly getting underway in the u.s. state of louisiana it was battered by the most powerful storm to come ashore in that state in more than 100 years 4 people have been reported killed after hurricane laura hit the easy end in neighboring texas overnight with winds gusting at more than 240 kilometers an hour. hurricane laura made landfall as a category 4 storm ravaging through the southern states of the u.s. . now thousands of homes in texas and louisiana are submerged in water. and many others are severely damaged. hundreds of thousands of people have

been ordered to evacuate but some refused to leave planning instead to endure the storm and elevated homes. there are fears that people may be trapped under the wreckage. rescuers have to wait for winds to die down before searching for survivors. president trump says he's planning to visit the affected gulf coast though not immediately. going to texas is going to louisiana maybe arkansas looks like. it's going to be in pretty good shape but they'll need some help but now it turned out we got a little bit lucky it was very big it was very powerful but it passed quickly and so everything's on schedule will probably be going on saturday or sunday. i just would encourage. people to. keep people in texas and arkansas where you

sign an emergency declaration as a tropical storm moves north keep them in your purse but also keep in mind organizations like red cross that are also on the ground that are providing assistance and support to all of the efforts for families. forecasters have warned of a continued risk to lives as the storm moves inland deeper into louisiana which has now considerably weakened. a chemical fire in the lake charles area of louisiana has broken out emergency crews are tackling it and the governor has warned residents in the area to shelter. the federal emergency management agency says resources are in place to help restore services to affected area. in the weeks and months ahead. in sports news now is the ball manchester united's french midfielder has tested

positive for the coronavirus the news means that it will have to go into quarantine for 14 days as a result he's been withdrawn from the france want for the upcoming nations league matches against sweden and croatia but he could be banned for manchester united's 1st game of the new english premier league season against crystal palace on september 19th. are his reminder the top stories we're following this hour police in the capital minsk dozens of anti-government protesters as pressure grows on the authoritarian president alexander lukashenko a number of journalists are also being held among them is a d w correspondent and german chancellor angela merkel has announced tougher measures to control an increase in the number of coronavirus cases travelers returning from high risk areas will have to quarantine and people flouting the rules of wearing a face mask in public will be fun. and over get you can always get the w.

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