the demonstration i was just standing on the street and suddenly students were running past running for cover in cafes in shopping centers sometimes these people in plain clothes following them as a classic of a well we understand she was in the downtown him minutes on her way to the post office because 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 their being arrested herself but that's because team hasn't been able to reach a preview as they do believe this is the situation interesting enough police here interior ministry denying any official detention. and now they're not willing to own up to these arrests remind us of what role she has in saying in the protests. well medical i think it was one of 3 women who really set the election campaign on fire earlier this summer the other being sludge and also who ventured was the presidential candidate was then forced to flee. 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 hits 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 the early early early days of that kind of thing now at the moment this is about the symbolism of these protests coming out week after week and she is certainly one of the most recognizable and most competent faces of those protests even if those protests are happening without kind of an obvious organization or leader indeed coming out week after week i mean we saw sunday more siege protests that we have the same problems things farm what is now going to happen and 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. all it takes is

on everyone's lips you sit in cafes on the street and you hear young people older people talking about the latest threats talking about the government. go out in front his presidential palace and military gear with a loaded gun no one has any clue where this is going to be different with the government threats from now all working people are not going to be scared are not going to go back and sit at home and let you figure decide one thing they tell you is there are just so many of us they cope with 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 to day so interesting to hear about that happens fear and that sense of solidarity there they commonly with the view from minsk thank you so much for your reporting. and let's have a look at some other stories making news around the world at least 5 people are missing after a powerful typhoon swept across parts of japan and south korea and was the 2nd typhoon to hit the 2 countries in as many weeks prompting mass evacuations and

knocking out power to thousands of homes. almost $3400.00 refugees have landed in indonesia after an estimated 6 months at sea the group has is thought to have set sail from southern bangladesh around the end of march after fleeing persecution from myanmar both malaysia and thailand refused to let the refugees land. founder julian assange has resumed his london court battle to avoid extradition to the united states the u.s. government wants to bring a songe to trial of a wiki leaks publication of secret u.s. military documents a decade ago the extradition hearings hinge on whether a songes actions are considered journalism for a new commission president ursula funder line has warned that the u.k. must respect its withdrawal agreement with the block or risk any future trade. ship

or tweet comes after british prime minister boris johnson is she had an october 15th deadline for a deal or pull the u.k. out of the talks reports also say that his government is preparing legislation that would override already agreed parts of the withdrawal agreement a dramatic reversal after years of dialogue. it's not 12 months since british prime minister boris johnson should not an unlikely deal from the jaws of defeat after long negotiations with the european union. i do think that this deal represents a very good deal both for the e.u. and for the u.k. in interviews heat praise on his hard work you heard of is a fantastic deal for all of the u.k. at heart the deal would prevent an internal border in ireland know his government has found fault with the details and is reportedly planning to tear up parts of it

a move that could see borders return jeopardizing peace in the region ireland's foreign minister said unilaterally reneging on a treaty would be a very unwise way to proceed. coming at the start of a crunch week for trade talks the e.u.'s chief negotiator told french radio he was concerned. what can i see today and i remain worried it's not the last round of brakes at negotiations that is starting this week we have other runs in late september and in october i went to london again last week so these are difficult negotiations because the british want the best of 2 worlds in a way. to get the u.k.'s health minister insisted a deal was still achievable the question is whether we can whether we can land a long future trade agreement and i'm confident that we can.

johnson won reelection last december on a promise that he could build goes his way to break that a strategy that proved popular at home but may yet undermine britain standing abroad. and let's say deeper now with federico february he is a professor of european law and founding director of the break that institute at double in sydney city university welcome to the program i'd like to begin by asking you it feels like we've been here before is the irish border again being used as a bargaining chip. yes the irish border issue was surely the more relevant issue into practice of negotiation and the most technically difficult to solve and the most politically savvy and long all the questions that had to be settled in the in the negotiations however the u.k. has stayed can binding commitments you know with all agreement which you cannot for

now so if the rumors we have heard starting with the financial times yesterday night that the british government and is reconsidering its position i well those are very concerned. is peace at stake in northern ireland should the u.k. not withdraw honor the withdrawal agreement that it is the droll agreement and dedicates quite a bit of its content to settling at the complex situation of northern ireland to a special protocol and this is precisely designed to protect the achievements of the belfast good friday agreement instead of this process of the last 20 years and therefore there are serious concerns that if the united kingdom were not to honor its obligation under that with all agreements with respect to north in our land the peace process could easily unravel and and when we talk about you know the deal with brussels we we mentioned that you're

a professor of european law so what happens if the u.k. over wide the withdrawal agreement legally speaking. well legally speaking the u.k. cannot overwrite the withdrawal agreement the withdrawal agreement is an international treaty error meaning it is a binding contract between 2 parties or german audience knows this because that i mean it's the treaty and if you want her it sounds like i don't want it to remain. it remains to be seen whether the government will in fact put forward before par element a bill that seeks to go back on some of the commitment of the withdrawal agreement and the literal agreement south has mechanism of dispute resolution which allow the e.u. to sort of compel the united kingdom to abide by what it signed up to and of course i think the biggest. punishment for britain if it were not to respect its with all agreement obligation is that you're going you know has been clear in saying it

would not be any future trade negotiation until it was all agreement and specifically provisions in northern ireland are fully implemented and by the u.k. so we are going through every threw up their every difficult moment but it's it's a crucial phase in the process of process that we will see this week and we thank you so much for walking us through that crucial phase in your expert opinion of what might happen next federico fellini as we mentioned you're a professor of european law and founding director of the brakes and institute at dublin sydney university thank you. all this week we are looking back at events in the summer of 2015 when germany took an unprecedented number of migrants flee war and economic hardship in their home countries in response to the long tracks of people making their way across greece and the balkans chancellor angela merkel declare an open door policy for refugees from syria in early september more and more trains with migrants arrived in germany

from eastern europe and were given a warm welcome at least initially at stations across germany people cheered the new arrivals handing them chocolates and other gifts there was an atmosphere of solidarity people donated clothes and other essential. and many germans they wanted to help the migrants start a new life in the country we caught up with a group of volunteers in berlin who came together in those days and you continue to help migrants and refugees navigate a new country and a new culture. volunteer diana henriques is doing her best to explain german bureaucracy to a migrant from yemen she's an expert in migration law but the neighborhood initiative she works for was overwhelmed when thousands of refugees arrived in berlin back in 2015. my conscience i felt like we were in a trance we take on everything that came our way but you can't see that we were ready for what happened it was an american city humanitarian emergency. the

refugees arrived with nothing and no words and if nothing to eat and spoke virtually no german. christiane of beckerman from the same neighborhood initiative set about trying to organize things. on the demo meant for here i knew that i couldn't just walk away people here were hungry one day you were going to be hungry the next women who were pregnant one day you would also be pregnant the next i knew that from the start. both the volunteers worked full time at the community center which depends on donations some of those who arrived in 2015 are also involved helping to ensure that today's asylum seekers have an easier time of it. mo fled from syria 5 years ago after his hand was blown off by

a bomb now he works as an interpreter. but it doesn't matter where you live people need help i used to get messed about because i didn't speak the language. that's why i became a translator. i decided i had to improve my german to help others. and the mission interested. it's not been an easy transition and the plight of the refugees has had an emotional impact on the volunteers. when i was a mother may have lost 4 children at sea in the mediterranean she telling her story over and over again and a mother who wants to help may not be able to cope emotionally despite counseling and the other alternatives available that it's important to stop and pass on the baton to someone else it digital fish stop by. most of the volunteers do

carry on although that already challenging work is increasingly made even more difficult by interference from outside. your eye and euphoria soon pass when you're threatened by extreme right we often get threats sent to us by letter or email or on the phone it's exhausting and quite honestly the job is no fun anymore. but the volunteers say giving up is not an option their work is not yet finished. and here in berlin pro migration activists and regional mayors are drawing attention to the plight of refugees with a protest outside of the german parliament they've set up $13000.00 chairs on the lawn of the front of the rice stuck everyone represented a refugee who is living in the morea migrant camp in greece the organizers say that they want to underline the willingness of several german towns to take in more

refugees an offer that they say the interior ministry has ignored. i'm joined now by political correspondent lee on the phone how much time who is at the right building leoni tell us a little bit more about this protest action. yeah activist tough but he has since 7 in the morning to set up the 13th i was in tears he said that you can see behind me they're meant to symbolize the and happens often morea refugee camp on the greek island of les paul's camp i was originally built for 3000 people in our house is 13000 and it was seen as 1st confirmed coronavirus case just a couple of days ago and calling to evacuate this camp immediately they're also saying we have space the protesters organized under the malta we have space signalling the readiness off communities all over germany may receive signals out to take in refugees and migrants i know joined by one of the spokesperson said once

that organizing initiatives off this protest. was from the social movement ziegler curry. you've been to more yourself you organized the trip in the february with several mayors wanted to draw attention to the plight of that refugee camp this case has been on the agenda for quite some time now why organize this protest now because the situation is worsening every day that means we don't have any time to do this and we think it's important to remember those people and to bring it up on the political again and again and to say to demand the immediate evacuation of the people living in the moment. visit to action has been dreadful in february it's even worse now in the context of coronavirus you went to maria with a couple of mayors from german cities they have signaled their readiness to take in refugees and migrants why isn't that happening since 2 years actually already know

germany want to support it and since you say they are ready to take. refugees but the governmental german government is doing nothing they took in like about 200 refugees we have much more space we have empty places where people could be needed to live and we have cities to say they're ready that means we need more pressure on the government that they finally accept those people. actually take in more refugees the german government itself has said it wanted to take in a 1000 refugees including children why isn't more happening at the moment what is stalling the progress i think the political will is the missing in a way because we haven't from this civil society stand we have like hundreds of protests and we have those cities saying they're ready but nothing is happening so for me that the political will is missing and we need to make more pressure so this is finally going to happen so what are you hoping that will come out of this protest today

a big discussion again and more pressure on the government so they finally you take in more refuges and save lives. thank you from the social movement and who has organized this protest today learning from how much time at the right side building the seat of the german parliament thank you so much for your reporting there. and you watching t.v. you news still to come on the program after novak djokovic dramatic this qualification of the u.s. open we look at his troubles here and ask which players are now in the frame to win their 1st grand slam title. but 1st it is back to school time for much of the world but the coronavirus has made returning to class as a challenge almost everywhere we asked our correspondents around the world to tell us how school reopening are going in their country it was a mix of nerves and explained the kids this is east london high school headed back for the 1st time since march the teachers here tell me they're ready with stockard

class times social distancing measures and one way systems bought for. the older students in particular the road back to the classroom it hasn't been easy schools here were reeling from a series of chaotic government u. turns which left many kids over the summer facing days of uncertainty about how their results would be awarded the council exams and this new school year isn't bring back any more stability teachers here say many kids a month behind on learning they're warning that the knock on effects could take that toll for some time to come there is no one way of reopening schools in the u.s. here in washington d.c. area schools like francis stephens elementary remain closed and students continue with online learning at home 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 cannot govern 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 mohan where the epidemic has started . students need to wear mosques there are social distancing measures staggered schedules but otherwise schools are supposed to go back to the curriculum. here in beirut the capital of lebanon the 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 out 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 corona outbreaks in the absence of a tangible health crisis and with the economy recovering faster than expected there is now an all out debate here in germany over whether the government wasn't too cautious 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 regional patchwork. you're watching d.w. news we want to bring you some breaking news just coming in the berlin hospital treating the russian opposition leader alexina vali says that he has been taken out of an induced coma and that he is responsive again he has been taken out of an induced coma and he is responsive. keep in mind was brought to bear land after being taken ill on

a flight from siberia to moscow the german government has said that he was poisoned with a nerve agent novi chuck we'll have more on this story as it comes in a bit again the hospital saying that he has been taken out of an induced coma and he is responsive. to. some sports news now we're heading to the world of tennis mark meadows is here to tell us about some big drama at the u.s. open we have the favorite novak djokovic disqualified what happened here was very dramatic it was yeah he was playing pablo cranial boost us in the last 16 he just lost his serve so he was a bit annoyed and he took a boy out of his pocket and he worked it behind him and unfortunately it hit a line judge now she was hit in the fro he went along to the comforter but no was really happy with the situation he spoke to the officials they said i'm sorry you can't do that you're disqualified he pleaded with them a little bit and then accepted it and went off but what

a way to go out of the tournament so so strange i mean he was the red hot favorite for the title because rafa nadal is indeed new york because of the coronavirus who didn't want to travel roger federer is also injured he was looking for his 18th grand slam title which would put him behind the 2 behind federer's record of 20 and instead he goes out in almost unprecedented style given how shocking it is what's been the reaction well he has said sorry we have to say that and it was only intentional we can look at a tweet he actually posted saying story where he said this whole situation has left me really sad an empty i. i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me thank god she was feeling ok i am extremely sorry to have caused such stress but the world of tennis sort of said no it was right he should have been chucked out of the tournament because it was reckless it was a ball travelling at speed it's not like john mcenroe in the old days we used to smash his racket on the floor you know it was it was a lack of mr really. but it's been

a very strange year for doc of which i'm generally not lost a match and told his game but. we had over controversies in june when you have the address to which he set up in sales because there was no pro tennis at that time. social distancing wasn't observed and he got the coronavirus and it was over criticisms of all the partying going on at the tournament in the balkans and then he also made some comments about vaccinations coming out sort of against the nations which also got a lot of criticism so yeah a pretty strange year for mr joke of it absolutely so he's going to wait now well it's wide open now without talk of it without federer and without nadal it means we will have a new grand slam champion at the u.s. open next sunday my tip is the 5th seed alexander of germany he's looking very good and it will be the 1st time since 2016 the u.s. open in 2016 where neither of the big 3 have won the title so it's very interesting but the big star is out absolutely mark meadows from sports thank you. you're

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