this is d.w. news live from berlin thousands of women take to the streets in belarus demanding the resignation of president lukashenko dozens are arrested by masked men in uniforms and dragged away a much larger rally is planned for sunday with tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators expected to fill the capital today. also on the show tensions rise on the greek island of lesbos thousands demand to leave after fire destroyed the tories the overcrowded morio migrant camp. and battling for control as

wildfires ravaged 3 states firefighters are working around the clock to save land and lives and according as reports more deaths from the blazes. omarion evans team it's good to have you with us in the belarus capital minsk dozens of women have been arrested at a protest against authoritarian president alexander lukashenko many of the women were forced into unmarked vans or beaten by masked security officials bellerose has been swept by daily anti-government protests since last month's disputed presidential election it's an unprecedented challenge to lucas sankoh who has been in power for 26 years. a fresh

show of determination and defiance thousands of women braved heavy security and an official warning to raise their voices against the government once more. they are demanding that president look at shank step down and that jailed opposition fakers be freed. after more than a month of protests this rally is just the latest evidence put by the ruffians are not going to accept. those he pulled me out of i don't know how many times i've been out here you just can't sit back and watch what's going on but if you don't come out today tomorrow your children will live as slaves and i'm a mother by how children. but i was with previous demonstrations this one took a violent term shortly after the rally began scuffles broke out between protesters and riot police in the capital's freedom square masked men could be seen aggressively confronting demonstrators ultimately making dozens of arrests. but

they're grabbing everyone in sight do they think they can look at everybody or not the. president lukashenko says he has no intention of stepping down he's denied allegations of fraud in an election that saw him win 80 percent of the vote. but the lucien's are planning to keep up the pressure on the president on sunday tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are expected to flood the streets of minsk once more. in standing by for us in minsk is nick connelly hello to you nic so we saw there more arrests and more violence this time targeting women who were demonstrating what's been the reaction in minsk to yesterday's events. well definitely anger little shock i think these have been factored in in recent days we've seen the police getting more

aggressive and using more violent tactics towards women after a period where as you must remember there had been. like to touch to was seen up just as we've seen protests where women would stand in front of men who are protesting or journalists who are said to be arrested and preventing their arrest by standing between them and the police that is now definitely over but interesting enough those for those arrests came right at the beginning enough that 5 minutes of shock and confusion people the women out demonstration did manage to regroup and spent the next 2 hours protesting walking through the city center getting their message and getting a whole lot of support from people on the streets clapping them beeping their horns i think a classic of a who was abducted last week and who really successfully resisted the attempt by authorities to throw her out of her own country by ripping him jumping out of a car window that has definitely galvanized many here in. this nic nic where it does where does things go from see here i mean look at shank oh it's still refusing to me with the opposition how does the opposition intend to proceed.

that's the $1000000.00 question i think there's no clear answer to that this is unknown territory for a country which basically for a quarter century had no politics in which one man called all the big shots i think this is a kind of cultural protest now where protests spread beyond the city streets beyond the sunday demonstrations i was in a residential district i mean just yesterday evening in a yard a building presidential building where there's been a mule of some deejays who basic aim up with the soundtrack to these protests that mural has been painted over time and time again by the authorities here and time and time again the people living there have replaced the mural but now the police is there 24 hours a day essentially guarding the rules prevent people from the place you are and the people who live in that yard are out talking to the police meeting every evening drinking tea there was even an impromptu called 6 is the level to which the more the government clamp down the more they're actually forcing people closer to one

another bring them closer and actually encouraging this come out to protest just out of out of a spirit of resistance to these attempts to really clamp down on their every day life and their surroundings. well more protests are planned for today so yesterday's violence than not intimidate people are we expecting a large turnout today. will definitely that arrest of many at risk of a disappearance rather last week is definitely something that has angered and shocked many who thought they had seen everything here so the streets where i'm standing now looks set to be tens if not hundreds of thousands of people today we've seen for the warnings from the government basically trying to make people think again about coming out reminding people to any station this car demonstration is illegal and we have called schools for them so far we've seen those threats aren't working. i did finally reporting for us from minsk thank you. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news

around the world mali's military in one town would stay. to cool last month has agreed to an 18 month transitional government and then to hold fresh elections the agreement came after 3 days of talks with leaders from political and civil society groups the leaders of the transitional government will be chosen by the who and. france has confirmed a national record of more than 10000 new code 19 cases in a single day prime minister zhang cust x. says the situation is deteriorating and he's urging citizens to observe the rules and social distancing and wearing masks france has seen a sharp rise in infections for several weeks now. prime minister so talk us has unveiled plans to upgrade greece's defense capabilities as tensions rise with neighboring turkey will purchase new fighter planes at frigates delta helicopters and

a weapons systems turkey has been drilling for gas in waters claimed by greece and cyprus in the eastern mediterranean. well greek police have fired tear gas have migrants who are protesting on the island of lesbos thousands spent a 5th night without shelter after a fire destroyed the overcrowded morea refugee camp the greek army has begun building a replacement facility but most of the migrants say they just want to leave the island. hundreds of people made homeless after the movie i can't burn dying gathered to protest close to the site of new tame korea commutation. this woman is suffering from the effects of tear gas fired by greek riot police after tensions boiled over after days of largely peaceful demonstrations children are attempting to defuse the situation. medical aid is arriving but conditions are

dire many of the people here have been displaced by the fires are exhausted and weak. i think today is treated people didn't need to put your so hungry federation's in moria what film a lot of people think maybe some people have more now they wrote. the 1st blaze broke out shortly after 35 people tested positive for corona virus and were facing isolation measures a range of 12000 people had been living in the camp before the fires in accommodation originally meant to heist just 3000 people the new camp will provide shelter for a similar amount many here are angry not just at the greek authorities but to european governments. we had a few years but we're not happy about the way we lost over everything else and our knowledge that we still have our car more going off all the people who are dying here but maybe. a recall just blood because 50. we're coming in to

show therefore you have to save but you can hook up 4000 children are among those who've been displaced by the morea fire. and this stretch of road is blocked off in both directions the greek government is encouraging people to go to the new temporary accommodation that many are weedy fearful that what happened to easily happen again in another town. u.s. president donald trump says he'll need emergency services in california on monday to discuss the raging fires in the state the unprecedented infernos in the western united states have killed at least 30 people in 3 states the governors of california and oregon say residents should expect more fatalities in the coming days the fires have burned through nearly 5000000 acres and are covering large

stretches of land with dangerous smoke. and for more we're joined now from portland oregon by journalist justin yeah hello to you justin now we hear that you've been close to some of the bigger fires in and around portland give us a sense of what's going on there. thank you for having me. so in the past few days i was within one mile of some of the raging fires that are going on in oregon and it is truly a help state and it really devastated a lot of our agricultural community and what i witnessed there were empty ghost town with ash all over the ground people hurrying and packing their thing all their belongings carry their cars to leave your area it's really a to behold. well also hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and many of them have no idea if or when they'll be able to return how

are those people managing. over 500000 order and up in place of inspired. brought wreckage to 950000 acres now across the state and a lot of them have been forced to evacuate to. nearby refugee shelters or evacuation shelters provided by communities jason effected areas and. these these camps are largely wide spread out and measures taken of course to accommodate our going to the dentist as well. yes to more than one disaster facing these people as you mentioned the fires and the pandemic but there does seem to be at least a little bit of hope apparently the weather could soon be turning our firefighters hopeful that things could improve yes so the frequent

condition of pride about the beginning of the fire has now. been 6 have subsided and there is. forecast to bring. or monday night that is ultimately still 48 hours away and the fire is still rapidly expanding but there is hope on the horizon or firefighters that the weather may change all right and we also are hoping that the weather will improve and there is hope that those fires will be brought under control just a yellow journalist in portland oregon many thanks for your reporting and we hope you also stay safe. thank you mary. all right let's turn our attention to some sports news now and in tennis not only osaka has beaten victoria azarenka in the women's final of the u.s. open in new york the belarus in veteran of the rink dominated the 1st set 61 bond then the japanese youngster dug deep to win the 2nd says 63 and she sealed the deal

by taking the 3rd set 63 this is tsongas 2nd u.s. open win in 3 years and her 3rd career grand slam title. in formula one defending champion lewis hamilton has secured his 95th pole position after topping qualifying for sunday's tough going grand prix the briton will share the front of the grid with teammate well terry botha's as mercedes dominated the field to get again red bull's minds to stop and finished 3rd in qualifying meanwhile german drivers a bust and settle continues to struggle and will start sunday's race in 14 well the venice film festival has wound up with a gala night of stars on the red carpet glittering awards and facemasks winner of the golden lion for best film was nomad land starring frances mcdormand and this

marks the 1st major movie event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic with many in the industry hailing a relaunch for global cinema. you're up to date now on d w news omarion haven't seen from me and the entire news team in berlin thanks for the company. like. all of. my gorgeous. for the russians so.