that's survivor. passion for time starts nov 6th on g.w. . this is d w news coming to you live from berlin we are not afraid france rallies in defense of freedom of speech people across the country come together to follow the history teacher bit at its last week. it was killed after discussing controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad with his class will speak to our correspondent in paris. thousands of pro-democracy protests in thailand push on with their demands for

changes to the government and monarchy the mostly young crowd say they're not deterred by a ban on gatherings imposed by authorities we'll get a live update from bangkok and an exit poll shows bolivia's socialist candidate is expected to win the country's presidential election with the need. hello i'm tony martin good to have you with us people across france took to the streets sunday to show their solidarity with the victim of a brutal knife attack on friday some were patty was a school teacher who used cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad to teach students about freedom of expression police have since detained 11 people in connection with the killing the suspect was shot dead by police. soon after the attack. thousands

of people came to the plas the live episode bleak in paris to show their solidarity with slain teacher samuel patton it was here where large groups also gathered following the 2015 charlie hebdo attacks. but today people will sign saying just as say no or i am a teacher. many came here to grief but also to protest they felt compelled to speak out in support of the teacher and freedom of speech. the level before we're here to defend the republic liberty equality for eternity and secularism but it was not just in paris communities came together across the country to remember the 47 year old teacher oh. yeah they said secularism must be the unshakable foundation of our society for that is what allows us to live together we will not allow it to be

attacked. but that. we will continue our work when the school year and classes resume we will return to teach without fear because it is not students who committed this crime but it was a young person who obviously was not a student and failed to understand anything as. patty was on his way home from school when he was attacked shortly after police surrounded the suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. authorities say they opened fire on the suspect after the attacked police. france is set to hold further national tributes for the victim in the coming days. joining me now from paris is de w's lisa louis lisa tell us more about the rallies and tributes taking place across france in connection with this case

well there were tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to say you we are defending our culture secularism in front of tara people from all kinds of backgrounds came together a political ministers across put issues across the political spectrum hand paris the prime minister participated in the march and said you know we are not afraid we are standing united they obviously match more cheviots planned in the coming days and not one national hommage planned this wednesday by the government most people in these doing these demonstrations were wearing masks but obviously the as you know the situation when it comes to coronavirus in the country it country is getting more dire and this just che's how important it was for many to turn out despite the virus this turn of course has shocked the country what more do we know about the attacker. well the police officer is still looking into his

background but we know that he was born in moscow in 2002 he was of chechen origin he came to france when he was 8 years old and then was granted the state status of asylum french media also report that panting 20172018 he had been at a boxing club in toulouse that is known to be close to the islamist scene but all of the what's really interesting and will be interesting to see is how these 11 people that are currently in police custody are connected to this and knew about his plans really you know these 11 people including his some family members friends but also at the father of the girl who went to that class by the teacher and who then that father then posted a video online and that video online that really caused

a lot of reaction and we believe cause the attacker to attack the teacher few days back you mentioned that the french prime minister joined one of those rallies how is the government dealing with this situation in policy terms. well the government really wants to show that it will react they are now talking about maybe adapting a new law on secularism that was published a few weeks back and and strengthening it really that law is supposed to better control organizations that might be close to islamist to the islamist scene and also it train the country's own in moms that are for now often coming from countries such as turkey and mark morocco and algeria there's also talk about strengthening laws to better control hate speech online and the interior minister has said that the country would soon expelled 231 foreign as immigrants without

a legal status here in france that are known to be radicalized so the government really wants to show that it is reacting and taking matters into its hand lisa thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was the w's lisa lewis in turkey. tens of thousands of people marched through the belarusian capital minsk on sunday demanding the resignation of authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko the opposition says he rigged the results of the august election which the u.s. and the e.u. said was not their free nor fair security forces used water cannon against protesters and closed off streets with barbed wire they just protests came just days after the country's interior minister threatened to fire on demonstrators with live ammunition. it was a tense sunday rally in a row in minsk and it was meant with a massive show of police force tear gas rubber bullets security forces continue to

take an ever harder line with the protest as. i can just tell us of course where friday my father is now in prison they sentenced him to 2 weeks because he went to the demonstration last weekend i'm afraid but what am i supposed to do was to be also a human rights center says more than 100 people were arrested in various cities across the country to protest as a demanding free and fair elections they say they want to see a truly democratic doubt of those. matches was like did you see we want those who were locked up for no reason at all to be free we have peacefully demonstrating for the release of all political prisoners and we're calling for fresh elections for by just what is the short to do that it's a noble we brought up the opposition has now given president alexander lukashenko an ultimatum demanding he end police brutality release all political prisoners and resign by next sunday opposition leaders say if lucas cinco doesn't comply that

planning more mass demonstrations and nationwide strikes a new tactic and new location sunday's demonstration and minsk was held not in the city center as usual but rather in an industrial area on the city's outskirts. sailor's mother stories making headway. around the world today protesters and police clashed in chile's capital on sunday as thousands more the anniversary of last year's mass protests police deployed water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in santiago the demonstration took place under strict police surveillance in an effort to prevent rioting check police in the capital prague have made numerous arrests after protesters attacked officers during a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions at least 20 people were injured the czech republic has closed bars and restaurants and banned sports events in an attempt to rein in a record surge in new infections. here's more on the latest

developments in the corona virus pandemic belgium has imposed a nationwide overnight curfew as cases continue to rise switzerland and italy have also tighten restrictions. south africa's health minister and his wife have tested positive for the virus and palestinian chief negotiator is in intensive care in an israeli hospital after his condition worsened earlier this month he had announced that he had tested positive for corona but. now to thailand where pro-democracy protests are continuing in the capital bangkok that's despite government attempts to quash the demonstrations on sunday tens of thousands defied a ban on gatherings imposed by authorities the protesters are demanding fresh elections a new constitution and reforms to the monarchy people across the country have been

showing their support for the youth led move. for more on the latest protests i'm joined now by philip sure well a journalist for the sunday times in bangkok thanks for being with us philip a number a protest leaders have been arrested but that doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on the demonstrations has it. nothing so far has had much of an effect except to galvanize for testers and increase the numbers the government last week issued introduce a state of decree that states of emergency sorry that's what we're supposed to fund all gatherings of 5 people will they went in heavily on friday night with water cannons and run police they've arrested leaders and the process of just been growing one of the things the protests alernative protest as a learning is the sort of hong kong chopsticks of leaderless approach that conducting a lot of their organizational lines today they're actually having a boat on the line as to whether to hold protests or whether to take or take

a day off and all this is part of keeping the police on their up on edge and really not giving the many heads up as to what their plans are until just shortly before people actually can burch how worried are authorities about the situation. they are very worried and they're very surprised that the measures they've taken so far have not had any effect apart from as i mentioned apparently to increase support for the protesters the government is led by former generals who staged a coup in 2014 although they are now in government under a elected system and they are you know used to people following their orders what they're doing now is switching the battle for them they're trying to go online they are saying that media companies that publish material that is deemed to threaten national security or you still chaos. they will have. they could have their operations closed down there was

a center looking at social media communications of many many protesters thousands tens of thousands of protesters and they will use that as the basis for prosecutions to show that people have been turning up the protests and indeed under the state of emergency any any communication any news report that is the king to threaten the stability of the country could leave people subject to prosecution so it's very feeble time is a very tense time and there is no sign of any of these measures so far or decreasing the intensity of the protest as the protests felt thank you very much was journalist philip charles of the sunday times in bangkok thank you. socialist candidate luis is expected to win the country's presidential election without a runoff and exit poll showed are say more than 2052 percent of the vote more than 20 percentage points above his closest rival centrist carlos mesa are say is widely seen as heir to the country's long time former president. who resigned and fled the

country after last year's ballot. d.w. correspondent johan ramirez is covering the election for us in the pas earlier we asked him about the most pressing issues the winner in this election will have to address. there are 2 huge challenges in this country right now one of then is to unite this country believe is a country that he's tory believe has been divided between the people from the cities on the people from from the contrie i mean like indigenous people so that's something that was rain forest during the 14 years i mean it's rationed off ever malia's so that is a huge challenge the national unity and then is the economy ah the pond then he has really shaken this country 30 percent of unemployment the economy has decreased 7 percent in the z.r. so the economy is going to be also be a big challenge for the for next president. some tennis now in germany alexander

it's fair to have has won his 1st title of the year on home ground at a tournament in cologne spera at the top of the screen defeated canadian youngster felix are a team in the tournaments final he was in dominant form winning in straight sets 6363 steps victory and his 17 months title drought following his disappointment at losing the u.s. open final last month. you're watching g.w. news from berlin i'm terry barton thanks for being with us. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many and.