in plain clothes following them as a classic of a well we understand she was in the downtown here minutes on her way to the post office to pick up some legal documents as part of some court cases against her when suddenly that unmarked van stopped and pulled her in this is so far based on the testimony of one eyewitness who didn't take any pictures of there being arrested herself but i think it was seen hasn't been able to reach a preview as they do believe this is a situation interesting enough police here interior ministry denying any official detention serve and now they're not willing to own up to these arrests remind us of what role she has been playing in the protests. well medical i think is one of 3 women who really set the election campaign on fire earlier this summer the other being said logic and also who ventured was the presidential candidate was then forced to flee to the cuing year and there's also a 3rd woman but i think it's a caller who itself is now in poland somebody because he was the only one basically who hasn't taken the hints from the government he had to leave the country he was

basically forced them to detain her now by refusing to be edged out of her own country as so many other opposition figures have she has also been involved in the founding of a new party but i think that early early early days of that kind of thing now at the moment this is about the symbolism of these protests coming out we got the week and she is certainly one of the most recognizable and most competent faces of those protests even if those parts are happening without kind of an obvious organization or you know indeed coming out week after week i mean we saw sunday morning huge protests but yet we have the single building farm what is now going to happen what is next for the opposition. i'm sorry there is no road map to this this is a country basically that had no politics of the possible to the century where one man decided on everything and now suddenly you see people totally agusta the fact that politics is on everyone's lips you sit in cafes on the street and you hear young people older people talking about the latest arrests talking. about the

government. go out in front of the presidential palace in military gear with an unloaded gun no one has any clue where this is going but you didn't get the sense that the government threats from now working people are not going to be scared and not going to go back and sit home and let you decide all this one thing they tell you time time again is there are just so many of us they can't put us all the way so some feeling of safety in numbers but definitely worry now heading into this week as this clampdown seems to be happening and being carried out day by day so interesting to hear about that happens fear in that sense of solidarity their economy with the view from minsk thank you so much for your reporting. it's. let's have a look at some other stories making news around the worlds. at least 5 people are missing after a powerful typhoon swept across parts of japan and south korea. was the 2nd time food to hit the 2 countries in as many weeks prompting mass evacuations and knocking out power to thousands of homes. almost $300.00 refugees

have landed in indonesia after an estimated 6 months at sea the group is thought to have set sail from southern bangladesh around the end of march after fleeing persecution in myanmar ultimately asia and thailand refused to let the refugees land. and british police have arrested a suspect in connection with a stabbing rampage in birmingham one man died 7 other people were wounded 2 of them seriously authorities said that the victims appeared to have been chosen at random and that there was no indication the attacks were terror related. on other birds that showdown between britain and the european union british prime minister boris johnson saying that the u.k. will pull out of talks aimed at striking a free trade deal with the bloc if there is no agreement by october 15th when a release statement to the press johnson said there needs to be in agreement with

our european friends by the time of the european council on the 15th of october if it's going to be enforced by the end of the year so there's no sense in thinking about timelines that go beyond that point if we can't agree by then then i do not see that there will be a free trade agreement between us and we should both accept that and move on. britain formally left the e.u. in january but the transition period was agreed and told the end of the here let's get more on all of this we have team coverage i'm joined from brussels by correspondent karen maginnis and with the view from london. joins us now and we're going to have like to begin with you because we just heard that statement from boris johnson is he and his government really prepared to go through with this. well you could see this part of the developments as posturing that boris johnson is trying to put pressure on the european union to move forward the negotiations have

stalled during the summer and he's trying to really make sure that there will be a deal however there's another development and that's much more a provocation i would say than this statement by boris johnson we have seen in the past the u.k. government has put on arbitrary deadlines and these deadlines have passed but the new development is the new bill the u.k. government is expected to publish this week and that's an internal market now from what we know so far all the fear is that this new bill could be contrary to the withdrawal agreement to the divorce deal that the u.k. and the e.u. and long and august in the asians had hammered out and that has got alarm bells ringing here in the u.k. because if the u.k. now has new in tunnel legislation that would really go against what has been agreed with the european union and international treaty then it's really a matter of trust and the question whether the u.k. and the e.u.

will still be negotiating in the next week at school if the u.k. did indeed no later this week if the u.k. did go against something that it has saw and that's an international treaty now if the u.k. weaves without a deal how how is the e.u. preparing for the prospect that britain could do this. of the european union cyrus now for a while being i would say seriously preparing for a notable scenario which has become all the more likely seeing that the u.k. and boris johnson are now at least threatening to walter dowd that crucial agreement to the divorce agreement that britain has mentioned that has already been signed that is already finished on the on the table now the chief directive negotiator michele dunne year already said last week that he's disappointed by progress by the progress that has been made so on the positive note that there is no more time constraint now is something that the e.u.

would welcome but from a brussels perspective many observers have said probably the u.k. feels they cannot achieve what they'd like to have the best of both worlds as bundy puts it and therefore they have raised the stakes and basically brought northern ireland back in order to increase their leverage ok and i just want to bring in something a part of the conversation to get you guys to react to that because it should the u.k. go back on its agreements with brussels it would have major ramifications for the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland of course we have the following tweet now from the irish foreign minister simon company has been tweeting saying this would be a very wise way to proceed very unwise indeed remind us what is that stake here regarding the order. we have a very special situation there we have an open border between the republic of

ireland and which is part of the e.u. and still is and northern island which is part of the u.k. and that open border has so far guaranteed peace in northern ireland and it has also guaranteed economic prostration because it's an open border the standards are the same the customs are the same now all that has been put in danger by breck's it and that is why this divorce agreement has been made so that in case there is no agreement this situation remains it remains an open border and now backtracking on that already puts the whole concept introduced into danger and also puts peace and the economic concept of an over the internal market of which northern ireland would be part intraday injury as well and that was the goal of matches in brussels and bear get mass here get mass in london speaking with me earlier well as we've just heard from london correspondent there that mass there's lots of uncertainty in the u.k. as negotiators work on a withdrawal deal there get also sent us this report on british businesses who

trade with the e.u. now many worry that they will be forced to compromise on the prices and the products that keep their customers coming back 2. whoever shops at borough market in south london is looking for the best quality tasty treats from across europe. and it could sell scouted she's from the netherlands. dairy cooperatives in france deliver kaante and more in the summer this fetid cheese from the greek island of less force but bricks it poses a threat to its little sheens paradise. the massive worry the enemy and has been very since the referendum and already we're on stockpiling plan. to make sure we've got enough stock in the prices that we're currently paying and we don't have to incur any higher prices that might be introduced by high tariffs.

court shows us his story and he's worried that the already price of cheese he sells will be slapped with high tariffs that's assuming it can even be delivered undamaged with new border checks goods could be held up for days. to transport just 6 is going to be that much more complicated it's going to be expensive because it will be extra paperwork involved. and i can only imagine it's not going to be as free flowing as it is currently food experts warn that the supply chains of fresh products could be disrupted britain imports roughly 80 percent of its fruit alone merchants also have another worry if there is no trade deal with brussels the u.s. might fill the gap food products could even become cheaper but what about quality american health and environmental standards are lower for example when it comes to meet. i think the real worry is that if we get these influx of much cheaper food being imported to actually seek markets will opt to stop the chain restaurants may

start phase and so our changes here only supply the best face a fair price means that the disparity between at what consumers offered is going to be much wider than it already is she's much and dominic court has had lots of discussions about bret's it including with max taka the fishmonger i believe. thank you nice shiny. we want. these other countries that do with us. conscious preparing himself in his only friend of his next to pinch maybe he'll end up sending this kind of cheese. in time another of corn in london has resumed hearings in the extradition case of wiki leaks founder julian assange which supporters protested outside calling for his release washington wants the songs to be sent to the u.s.

where he's been indicted on charges of breaking into classified computer systems and leaking information about the wars in afghanistan and iraq he faces up to 175 years in jail if convicted the hearings were delayed because of the pandemic and are expected to last up to 4 weeks. needs to change and at the courthouse in london is our correspondent charlayne telson pill he joins us now via phone charles what can we expect from julian assange defense team. well the crux of this hearing where they were at the played out over the coming weeks it'll be on is a son to be in a campaign to suppress freedom or if a criminal if they don't go to the quoted defense he will be arguing that all by their victims the coming days say that they extradition is politically motivated by a phone to be used if you reveal evidence who quoted that human rights is. doing so

. as a u.s. government or the cool behind one of the launches leaks ever classified material that eventually expected. associates how does it take that he is you know well as to be extradited honda has given several it the last week saying that he's got a lot of weight recently i've finally dealt. asking whether i. should be considered a generalist that will say that the fact that he did publish this material if he is extradited could set a precedent so all the gentleness in the future if its own city can be prosecuted for exposing evidence if he says so can any journalist anywhere in the wild they're expected to announce on the a consent in the fall that if they got out rusbridger who i spoke to did you say said why thanks to a short time ago he said this case isn't just about one that is about john is it a general take a listen well the problem with the case is whatever whether we like hearing the

sound or we approve all the things he's done. he has done and is being pursued to things that journalist. the danger is that if he is that the authorities succeed in prosecuting extraditing jailing so something's a journalistic that sense that's what you present them those who consider themselves genuine journalists but who are doing very similar things and such an interesting question charlotte has has been raised there so how much of this case does hinged on whether or not he is deemed to be doing journalistic work. but if you ask any of the dozens of support is gathered outside the courthouse today as i have they'll say that this case is entirely about jenna's and that about press freedom one woman i spoke to said that this was the press freedom case of the

21st century on the other side of course the u.s. will argue that this wasn't journalism and that he was doing it addicts exposing this classified material they're expected to point to taking it to the fact that he released on redacted information which they say is the act all of it jonas out the cool hand one need to prove whether or not a song is guilty or don't is just about to stop missing whether it's also the case made the criteria for expediting a song to the u.s. so i spoke to a paris that said extradition i expect then you'll send but and he said how to make that case what it is that the u.s. is going to argue. well the u.s. will be looking to poke as many holes as they count in the defense's case they'll be hotly contested each and every issues being raised and challenging i expect every witness is being called they will be saying that this is a straightforward case of espionage in particular the new indictment that's been

issued relates to a systems that mr saunders alleged to have given to chelsea manning you know hacking top secret information from u.s. government computers and they will say this isn't about journalism this isn't about freedom of expression this is about a crime against national security and that none of the defenses arguments mean that he should be extradited. and charlie given that line of argumentation how likely is it that assad could indeed be extradited to the u.s. . still very difficult to say that face down you know then back over they fully expect the u.s. to take its case is hard to say with the outcome there off on the heels the fact that and this particular hearing is expected to last several weeks that there is still some time i had this case with the fuel for the poor crowd light outside the courtroom over the coming week these are even you shall lose health and pale in london thank you. you're watching t.v. news still to come on the program and a germanic weekend in sports find out why

a shock winner of the merge to the italian formula one grand prix. the 1st since back to school time for much of the world but the coronavirus has of course made returning to class as a challenge almost everywhere we asked our correspondents around the world to tell us how schools were opening are going to take place in their country. there is no one way of free opening schools in the u.s. here in washington d.c. or schools like france stevens elementary remain closed and students continue with online learning. other states happily reopen their schools but their kids have to keep their distance from each other and wear masks all day that even goes for 4 and 5 year olds in kindergarten one mother has told me that she will probably not send her daughter to this year because of that with strict rules like this she says it feels more like prison students are back in school throughout the whole of china

including more han where the epidemic has started. students need to wear mosques there are social distancing measures and staggered schedules but otherwise schools are supposed to go back to their normal curriculum here in beirut the capital of lebanon the 1900 pandemic is not the only crisis that faces the educational system right behind me is an exhibit of a school out of $160.00 that were totally destroyed or damaged due to the. explosion why the school year is only a few days away the destruction that was caused by the shock waves are the explosion i graduated the calamity on residents already suffering from an unprecedented economic crisis. the german government is ruling out a 2nd lockdown confident that the current testing tracing and tracking capacities will be enough to contain the current levels of outbreaks in the absence of

a tangible health crisis and with the economy recovering faster than expected there's now an all out debate here in germany over whether the government wasn't too cool in the 1st place a loud minority has been taking to the streets over this nationwide schools remain open but when it comes to the question which conditions like must apply that still work and let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic india has overtaken brazil on the list of the country's worst affected by the pandemic it now has the 2nd highest tally in the world with more than 4200000 cases france has placed 7 more regions on high alert after a record daily rise in infections the move affects major cities including little strasbourg and dijon it allows authorities to impose exceptional measures to slow

the virus and australia says that it will receive the 1st batches of a potential vaccine in january of next year the astra zeneca vaccine is currently undergoing late stage critical clinical trials. on the outside world of sports in tennis world number one novak djokovic has been disqualified from the u.s. open the 33 year old was a favorite to win the grand slam in new york but all of that ended when the serbian hit a line judge with a ball in the 1st set against spain's pablo. now it appeared unintentional but joke which was still ejected from the tournament despite his pleading with so many players missing the tournament amid coronavirus a 1st time men's champion will be crowned this year. so there was also drama in formula one with the most exciting race of the season so far in italy france is pierre ghastly one his 1st ever grand prix world champion lewis hamilton made

a major mistake and he paid the penalty. when standings leader lewis hamilton sped away from pole that moms or there was little indication of the drama to follow it looked like being another easy win for the british defending champion. first sebastian fertile as brakes failed in a dreadful whole race for ferrari. then kevin magnussen haas broke down so it seemed inconsequential to the top drivers book to prove crucial for hamilton he pitted for the safety car but should not have done because magnussen was too near the pit lane the mercedes driver would have to serve a 10 2nd penalty it might not have been such a problem for hamilton had ferrari charlotte clear not crashed meaning the race had to be restarted and the pack all bunched up back together. the chaos meant. victory for our fatality it was his maiden formula one win on the 1st by

a frenchman since 19 do you see. congratulations you have now after a dramatic drop in visitor numbers due to the pandemic venice has shown that it can still draw a crowd hundreds of spectators lined the banks of the famous grand canal for the annual historical regatta to watch rowers and gondoliers paddle the waterways in historical costumes they have that dates back to the 13th century and is billed as one of venice is most beautiful traditions reason enough for tourists and locals to turn out despite virus restrictions. the beautiful scenes there a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you here at the news reports from bella ruse to say that a prominent opposition leader. has been seized by unidentified people in the

capital minsk she's part of being nearly month long protest movement calling on longtime authoritarian leader alexandra de guiche to resign. british prime minister boris johnson has issued an october 15th deadline for a post for exit trade deal for the u.k. talks it follows reports that the u.k. is preparing legislation to go right into parts of the withdrawal of british meant . and don't forget you can always get news on the go you can download our from google play or from the op store it gives you access to all of the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news if you're part of a news story you can also use that heat up you have to send us photos and videos of what is happening in your view and you can watch this program also. on live stream . coming up next it is level 3000 that is the w.'s globalization

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income the entire industry is struggling to survive. the coronavirus is like one long nightmare for the global economy of thousands of companies will not survive the pandemic what's often referred to as the world's oldest profession is especially hard hit there are around 13800000 sex workers worldwide and that's just the official number. female male and non-binary the largest workforce is are in china india and the united states lockdowns social distancing and hygiene rules mean a large majority can't do their job. for the time the sex work industry was worth around $186000000000.00 u.s. dollars worldwide. this entire sector has collapsed more or less overnight leaving those who work in the industry wondering if things will ever be the same again.

but time out is often called thailand sin city. it's a resort normally frequented by tourists from around the world for dominantly men. for 6 tourists in particular a hedonistic paradise where money can buy you anything. but the coronavirus has left the sex industry here in limbo. as main party strip is now so quiet that the clink of anna's high heels is practically the only sound to be heard of. the 33 year old is transgender and a sex worker with a clientele that has all but disappeared. at night to thailand has become a ghost town with sex workers comprising over a quarter of the town's 120000 inhabitants the time has lost its biggest source of

income. weeks under lockdown have brought tourism here to a standstill anna has been living and working here for 11 years her services as a sex worker used to be in high demand and a good month she would earn 850 euros a very decent income here now and has to get by on just 100 euros. in week out. come back. to me. and now i have to. come back. so i have food. and changes something anna has gotten used to which also includes changing her work outfit. she now helps out at

a soup kitchen that provides $500.00 meals a day for sex workers and meet. demand is actually far higher but the charity has limited funding. the government has set up a pandemic and programs but they do not cover workers in the sex industry. and i think the government wants to take the opportunity to make a regular holiday resorts without sex tourism but that won't work with the sex tourism is important for it provides an income for a lot of people and i hope that when the pandemic is over it will become a normal business again. and in the meantime sex workers are just trying to survive so the hot meals delivered by anna and her colleagues are highly appreciated. most of the workers are from villages where their families depend on the money they earn and.

there's no money coming in from any way i work as a missing. anything if things continue like this i'll have to find a job as a shop assistant but of course that would mean a lot less. the underground nature of the sex industry means workers are often stigmatized without state support they're desperate to get back into business but there are limits as to what is feasible under the conditions. if we can. impose a lot of restrictions like girls keeping their distance and not doing this but the men come here for intimacy you know massage without touching their body who came up with that idea. in the capital bangkok bars are now open. the workers dance on stage. now they wear masks. guests

have to provide their name and phone number and have their temperature checked. i'm happy that we've been able to reopen but i don't know if the customers have except the condition or whether we'll ever be able to get back to where we used to be. so i hope it's a 5 where you go out i go over to bali i just think it's pretty much not just that. statistically speaking thailand has had a comparatively low incidence of the corona virus the government says that's a result of the lockdown but the past weeks and months have been desperately hard for a lot of people including anna and patina. this is my difficulty in my life i ever had i think the mum for me is to moments. if not better. but. it's.

all. for all. here is the freedom. the pandemic has turned life here upside down for an hour who knows a lot about change and upheaval it's a more uncertain future than ever. what's been bad for people's livelihoods has given the environment a break companies closed planes grounded and the streets more empty than usual. some climate goals now seem more achievable than before the pandemic for compared to the trend of years and decades this is just a brief trying to use climate change is continuing the coronavirus hasn't changed that. deep inside the arctic circle especially the areas in northern canada and russia have continuous permafrost shown here in light blue where at least 90

percent of the ground is permanently frozen. we traveled a long way to the town of butter guy in siberia where increasingly the permafrost is melting. at. the bus a guy crater is about it wide and a 100 meters deep. it's the biggest kraisak in the world. day by day new layers of ice melt away exposing ever more ancient pen the frost wind and weather. but despite the continuing melt the regional environmental inspector isn't too concerned about the rising temperature. from what i've observed the crater grows by about 10 metres every year i don't

think that's very worrying. the melting of the permafrost can have an effect on us but the process is very slow. nature and the locals here will adapt to the changes. in the. the created started off as just a small gully a section of forest was cleared here in the 1960 s. that meant the icy ground below was no longer protected by trees the layers of permafrost contain animal and plant remains from hundreds of thousands of years ago when that will get a massive thaws it rots releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere which scientists warn is further speeding up global warming. on a small scale the processes that we're seeing with the butter guy crater are happening

everywhere the ice melts onto the ground the ground sinks down. toppling all over so when people look at the bottom guy crater they can see the perfect example of why you shouldn't joke with the permafrost boys who. live in but a guy just a short drive away from the crater is still determined by the ice underfoot. temperatures drop to minus 50 degrees centigrade here in the winter there are village streets but getting to pass a guy on land is only possible for 4 months a year when this river freezes and can be used as a threat. and people here use the pen of frost as a resource year round these so-called. built directly into a slope. only a friend several shops even in the summer it's minus 15 degrees celsius in his eyes because the town is so remote food supplies can be

a problem here that makes permafrost refrigerators like this one practical. feel awful here we have some flowers seed oil potato chips canned meats. cassim says he could still some products here for up to 2 years without them going bad. but he's had to take some precautions this summit due to the record heat their father who is having a refrigerator is expensive for an entrepreneur upkeep and here nature keeps things cold in the permafrost we close the cellar off with these sheets so there wouldn't be any heat loss. the temperature in here went off by one or 2 degrees this year. but that change isn't critical. it's bearable. but the change could become critical soon enough buildings in a usually stand on stilts designed to drive down into the permafrost and give

houses a solid base. that means rising temperatures could soon threaten the very foundations of many villages and cities here. increasingly hot and dry some is also a danger to the surrounding woods forest fires are common here but things have been disastrous in the past 2 years this year the blaze in siberia destroyed an area larger than the size of greece and the flames have a long term consequence for the permafrost. this much of. the destruction of plant life means that the permafrost is not protected from the sun's heat. we need to permafrost to remain intact. so we shouldn't cut our forests we should put out fires and not leave them to burn. or what.

we shouldn't inhabit much of the area covered by permafrost so that it doesn't get to please or what. the region yakutia is huge and largely uninhabited the forest fires often small do in the distance far away from any road putting them out would be hugely expensive and allowing them to burn is actually permitted by law in many regions in russia. families from the regions i working on a clear day is a luxury the wind often blows smoke directly onto their fields. the fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there to. me when we start we can't lie around just because it's smoke we have to work in the fields and cut the hay the smoke everywhere you can't hide from the.

people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but ignoring those fires threatens to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. in our global ideas series we report on ecosystems and endangered plant and animal species all over the world and we meet people dedicated to protecting those species . today we look at the spectacle barrackpore and being there whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss our team went to the colombian islands where the bears can still be found. on the edge of the chin geyser national natural park they met up with 2 men with you both of their careers to saving the bears. located high up in the end the part of most grasslands are

a vital source of fresh water for people and animals. the spectacle bear is one of them. emblematic animals native to the undies and the 2nd largest mammal in south america after the mountain tape. daniel rodriguez is a biologist for the past 35 years he's been dedicating his work to preserving the species so. they're not often that important as. one of the reasons why we protect the spectacled bear is its important role in nature. i think it's a kind of gardener in the it's eating habits help to spread c.d.'s that it consumes in other places in the form of fruits and leaves then gold so the spectacled bear contributes to the conservation of the forest but on this i mean the effect was a memorable loss but. it's also the only species of natives.