against such groups an effective , weapon is a long baton. departments should be equipped with this versatile, special issue weapon. then trained in its correct use to face the mom with confidence. it's full-length is used in offense and defense. and in restraining or handling crowds. the butt end of the baton can be used to deliver jabs and thrashes. [shouting] objective in any disturbance is to confuse and break up the mob. in the first critical stage, one of the most effective weapons is obscuring smoke. it can be released by a grenade or by a handheld projector. the delivery technique for smoke or teargas is the line of release. a number of grenades are placed line, for example across the street away from the mob so that air currents will carry the fog into the scene of action. white smoke does not contaminate. it is non-toxic and light teargas must be used with favorable wind. the police usually do not have to come in to physical contact with the rioters or enter the gas or obscured area. this cuts down the possibility of police casualti

traveled the highway which is now u.s. 61 between new orleans and baton rouge. a three hour trip easy. there was a stop he said, i would make my phone call. he would get something to drink. to this day, that service station, restaurant, is still there. he said we would stop there and i will make my phone call. car wered in the receivers. it would receive a transmission, it could not transmit back. a radio.s he said i would make my call. he said we traveled in two cars. he said there was always a car in front. it was not uncommon, you hear someone shooting along the way. remember, we were rural. the war was over, world war i was over. huey long was a populist. they had never had anyone like him as governor. baton rouge is what it is in large part because of the contributions of the governor. louisiana's capital is here. it was not always here. it moved around. this building was one of the in forming baton rouge as the foundation for the seat of government. what we call the capital and ask across the street from your was in 1938 orompleted 1939. government had alr

highway 61 between there and baton rouge. he said it was a two or three hour trip, easily a three hour trip reset we would run down that highway. he said i would make my phone call you get something to drink i didn't know enough to say was an alcoholic or nonalcoholic. and to this day that service station, restaurant still there. it lists art deco 30 style pretty said we stopped there and i would make my phone call. all we had our car were receivers. in other words it would receive a radio transmission. they would not translate that part is in effect a police radio but it was a radio. and he said it would make my call we would leave. we travel into cars for it i traveled with the governor and said there's always a car in front of us. it was not uncommon you hear plank, point, someone shooting at us along the way. he said remember, we were just coming out of the throws. the war was over, world war i was over, huey long was a populist for theirs anti- sediments, they'd never had anyone like him as a governor who got around to u

big incineration of the 1964 and that demonstrates a cut techniques for mauve control and smoke and batons, federal laboratories funded the film, a manufacture of a popular riot gun used to fire tear gas canisters. riot and civil disturbances are on the increase everywhere. press reports from around the world show that many sets demonstrations, whether possibly intended or not have develop into riots, with resulting police casualties, loss of life and property. there are professional agitators who can inflame tempers and can inflame and bloody riots but the resulting riots, it can happen here, wherever you are. it is a police problem. one such a situation has broken up, their tax six based on random employment of necessary reports, but can be used to bring it under control. what you are going to see are the most basic important and important techniques. the only unalterable fact about civil disturbances is that they are caused by and involved by people. as always, the police are on the spot and have to dominate the situation. crowds at sports events have riots people at the scene of an acc

defiance and dissent in baton rouge small factory workers join protesters challenging the president despite warnings of a tough crackdown. go on maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program molly's new military leaders vow to hold elections after staging a coup that isolated the country from its neighbors and drawn international condemnation. emergency in china a story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and to threaten an ancient statue of the blood. and love in the time of coronavirus the condemning is foreseen pakistanis to scale down that flamboyant fairytale wedding. hundreds of protesters in baton rouge have defied the president's warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent and xander look has told law enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in the capital minsk are continuing to pile on the pressure accusing the president of rigging his election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down staff at a state run. chemical plant of walked off the job joining other factory workers who would usually be su

to have the baton, who is going to have the baton, who is going to catch that baton and move forwardve nominee for the next cycle? and that is what so many of us are looking at tonight, who does the president put up in the very prominent spots? not his daughter but be very prominent spots to really highlight what the president has done and to place his name and nomination to accept that nomination. we will leave it there for the moment. thank you all for joining there for the moment. thank you all forjoining us, for now. tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in washington on friday to commemorate the historic 1963 civil rights march on washington. the protest marks the 57th anniversary of martin luther kinng.‘s iconic "i have a dream" speech, and was organised earlier this year in response to the police killing of george floyd in may. the bbc spoke to some of those planning to attend about why it was important to them. if there is going to be any change at all in this country, the changes going to from our capital. whereat a breaking point. when does it end? when doe

baton rouge. we talked about baton rouge. that's where my loved ones are. i'm worried about them.e going to get a lot of water and some very strong winds. >> well, what happens is when this -- when this hurricane's turning, depending on what side of you -- which way the water goes, you can still get hit if you're not in what i call the cone of discomfort. so if you look at that, in front of you, baton rouge is, if you are looking at the screen, to the right of lake charles. and then, of course, new orleans is further over. the national weather service thinks that, at this moment, baton rouge is going to be in fairly good shape. they'll have water. but it's not going to be like the folks that are in southwest louisiana are going to get or in -- in, you know, southeast texas. it's going to be dramatically better. so keep your fingers crossed. i know your family is in baton rouge. i have family that's in lafayette. so we're all nervous. but i want to just be clear, to the people who are listening, this is a massive storm. this is not a like marco was. hopefully, not nearly as much lo

the relay race of history where you go as far as you can and then you hand off the baton to -- baton,ou keep going, you are in this river. let's say we're having a relay race in a river. every so often, the river backs up on you, or the people running the locks and dams tell you, sorry, only a few of you can get through this time. you will have to wait your turn. it takes tough compromise. on the one hand, you want to push as far as you can, claim the progress that you've made, pass off the baton to keep going. for others to keep going. on the other hand, sometimes those compromises just aren't fair. they are not just. so i find this effort that elaine did with "the women's important.ly and a lot of the work that are coming out around suffrage try to fill up the historical record so that we learn more about the black suffragists. we learn more about the corporate and political and cultural and economic interests standing in the way of suffrage. we learn that these battles we are fighting today have precedent going back hundreds of years, but certainly the last 170 years. so i'm disapp

we still have a hurricane warning that's in place for new orleans that extends into baton rouge has well and no alerts for the florida panhane, butdl tampa today, 93. a few strong storms this afternoon and we're also watching the severe weather threat for the st. louis area to chicago. 93 also severe weather for the midwest. we'll talk about that coming up. >> there is a whole lot to watch out there. thanks for that. >> we've got our hands full today. >>> a deputy had to think fast when a pregnant woman went into labor in a 7-11 parking lot. >> he's crying great job. congratulations. it is a boy. >> her water broke and deputy richard allen jr. jumped into action medics arrived seconds too late. the deputy helped deliver that happy baby boy and the new mother jokes saying you're my hero i guess i owe you a big gulp >> hop over to that wendy's next door and grab some fries and chil chi chili. >>> and the race for 2020 hits the ground running joe biden tackles criticism from president trump head on as the rnc kicks off. the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release formula that

>> they struck protesters with batons. and used flashbangs, pepper --ls, and other leslie full less lethal munitions to clear the streets. their actions often appeared to escalate rather than de-escalate matters. in some instances, they attacked when there was no threat. on july 11, protester jonathan labella was at the federal courthouse when an officer appears to have fired at his head in retaliation for tossing a dispensed tear gas canister. [beep] >> labella's mother told local media he suffered skull fractures and needed surgery. [yelling] >> later that night when field medics came for wounded protester, they were aggressively cleared away. on july 18, a navy veteran was batoned and pepper sprayed in another unprovoked attack. his right hand was broken and he needed surgery. sometimes members of the press were hit. >> ow! >> got shot in the back, obviously. >> this photographer, matthew lewis roland, told the times that a volley of 10 projectiles were fired into his back. >> this way, this way. >> in the middle of all

you are handing off the baton that you have taken from someone else, and i think there is an enormous amount of energy right now at this moment in our history to write wrongs, to bring about a reckoning with racism, sexism, a lot of the challenges that unfortunately we still live with, and that was very present in my mind during the last years. and the early suffragists inspired and encouraged me. >> did you feel that as you stood there? did you knew you are carrying on a legacy? >> it has been a long time since we got the, vote a long time since any -- the two major political parties had even considered a woman the vice presidential ticket and then obviously being nominated, i felt like i was standing in that great river of history. >> i felt so privilege to be there at that moment, to try to link our past, present and future, and that is why i get so much encouragement and i'm optimistic about this time because young people seem so energized and so committed to doing better and bring everyone in to the american experiment. i was incredibly conscience of it and remain so today becaus

abc news reporter elwin lopez has more from baton rouge. >> reporter: the time to get out of laura's path is now over. >> the rain has started to come down pretty fiercely and this is just the beginning. >> reporter: storm surge alerts along the gulf coast extends for more than 400 miles. >> we're brace for a challenge after we see this extremely destructive storm come through. >> reporter: in louisiana the entire national guard on alert and activated. officials warning staying put could prove deadly. >> and if you think you're safe because you made it through rita in southwest louisiana, understand this storm is going to be more powerful. >> reporter: laura barrelling ashore in the middle of a pandemic. in the same areas where there were more than 300,000 cases of covid-19. >> we don't want to be in a shelter. don't want to be infected. don't want to infect anybody. >> reporter: in places under mandatory evacuations, large shelters could see limited capacity due to the coronavirus. >> we're doing social distancing. everyone has to have a mask. we're doing temperature checks. we're d

abc news reporter elwin lopez has more from baton rouge. >> reporter: the time to get out of laura's path is now over. >> the rain has started to come down pretty fiercely and this is just the beginning. >> reporter: storm surge alerts along the gulf coast extends for more than 400 miles. >> we're brace for a challenge after we see this extremely destructive storm come through. >> reporter: in louisiana the entire national guard on alert and activated. officials warning staying put could prove deadly. >> and if you think you're safe because you made it through rita in southwest louisiana, understand this storm is going to be more powerful. >> reporter: laura barrelling ashore in the middle of a pandemic. in the same areas where there were more than 300,000 cases of covid-19. >> we don't want to be in a shelter. don't want to be infected. don't want to infect anybody. >> reporter: in places under mandatory evacuations, large shelters could see limited capacity due to the coronavirus. >> we're doing social distancing. everyone has to have a mask. we're doing temperature checks. we're d

i know i'm maryam namazie in london a quick look at the headlines now protesters in baton rouge have defied the president's warnings of a crackdown on dissent alexander lukashenko has told law enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in minsk are continuing to pile on the pressure accusing the president of rigging his election victory earlier this month and urging him to step down staff at a state run chemical plant of walked off the job joining other factory workers who've been calling for a nationwide general strike of protest as a found support with the european union which has announced new sanctions and says it won't recognize the election results so fast and was that one of the main protests in the center of the capital where large crowds turned out despite the president's threats look here in the day very tense no protest riot police was back on the streets. threatening way to not crackdown so people got really worried and scared again but look at this square now hundreds have showed up again defying anything that the president has been threatening t

you're handing off the baton the you've taken from someone else. i think there is an enormous amount of energy right now at this moment in our history to write wrongs, to bring about a reckoning with racism, sexism, a lot of the challenges that unfortunately we still live with. that was certainly very present in my mind during the last years and the early suffragists encouraged and inspired me. >> did you feel that as you stood there you knew you were carrying on a legacy? >> i did. very much carla. i felt like it to be in a long time since we got the vote, it's been a really long time since any are two major political parties and even considered a woman even for the present vice presidential ticket and then obviously being nominated, a felt like i was standing in a great river of history. i felt so privileged and honored to play that role, to be there at that moment, to try to link our past, present and future. that's why i get so much encouragement and i'm truly optimistic about this time because young people seem so energize and committed to try

> they hit protesters with batons. and use flash bangs. and other less lethal munitions to clear the streets. peaceful protests! > their actions often appeared to escalate rather than de-escalate matters. some -- they attacked. protester jonathan was at the federal white house when the to have fired at his head in retaliation for dispensed tear gas canister. >> [beep] local media told he suffered skull fractures and needed surgery. [yelling] > later that night when field medics came for wounded they were taken away. navy veteran was batoned and pepper sprayed in attack.unprovoked his right hand was broken and he needed surgery. sometimes members of the press were here. >> ow! > got shot in the back, obviously. >> this photographer, matthew ewis roland, told the times that 10 project aisles were projectiles is -- were fired into his back. >> ow! this, he middle of all protesters were detained in ways that alarmed civil rights ctivists and homeland security officials. >> can you eidentify as law enforcement? unmarked re driving vehicles in t

he said, wend travel the airline highway to baton rouge. it was a 2, 3 hour trip. stop where he said that he would make his phone calls. was it alcoholic, nonalcoholic? that service station restaurant is still there. he said we would stop there and i would make my phone call. had's what, because all we in our car were receivers. in other words, they would receive a radio transmission. they cannot transmit back. it was a radio. he would say, i make my call. i travel in two cars. i travel with the governor or the senator, and he said there was always icon front of us. it was not uncommon that you would hear plink, plink. someone shooting at us on the way. we were just coming out of the throes of -- the war was over. huey long was a populist. they had never had anyone like him as a governor who used the media. because oft it is the contributions of the governor. here.ana's capital is it was not always here. at one time, it was in new orleans. it moved around. this building here was one of the first steps, and really forming baton rouge as the foundation for the seat o

- >> we leave this briefing with governor abbott to watch online at c-span .org and we take you to baton rouge, louisiana for hurricane briefing with governor john bel edwards. you are watching live coverage on c-span2. >> he will talk about coastal flooding and we have secretary of department of transportation and of element who will speak in a little bit on roadways and then we have far fire marshall butch browning who is here to answer questions perhaps that you might have about the fire at the chemical plant in westlake and obviously you can ask questions of any of the officials here. first of all, it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down because their businesses and/or their homes have been damaged and we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least with a variety of things whether electrical power, water service or you name it a

marissa jumped back up and officers hit her repeatedly with batons and fired a rifle at her. he tells me this is the mark the riot gun left on him. these are marissa's conitutions f for the beating she suffered. attorney robert powell has filed this federal civil rights lawsuits against the officers and the city of san jose saying the plod has a culture of excessive force with either no training whatsoever or inadequate training on the constitutional boundaries of the use of force. >> the escalation is just so intense to go from you're talking to them and next thing you're tasing them. >> reporter: in fact prosecutors declined to press charges in the case saying the rapid escalation of force and the use of batons t tasers made this a case we did not think would result in conviction at trial. the san jose pd referred me to the newly appointed city attorney norra freeman who said she won't comment on active litigation. her office filed this comment saying that each use of force was an appropriate, reasonable and constitutionally permissible response to plaintiffs actions under

seeing fewer fractures and serious bodily injuries because they were using the taser rather than a baton. stephen: the data also shows san jose pd saw use of force incidents drop 13.4% from 2015 to 2019, the time the tracking has been taking place. and some racial disparities are disappearing. five years ago, when san jose police arrested a hispanic man, there was an 11% greater chance they would use force on him than when they arrested a white man. today, that hispanic person has a 2% lower chance than a white person of seeing force used against him. eddie: we have a lot more work to do, but i think the expectation is that we are moving that needle in that, you know, that this tool absolutely helps us do that. stephen: the use of force project agrees with those numbers, but still gives san jose an f grade for its deadly use of force data, noting that in 2018, hispanics were 3.4 times more likely to have deadly force used against them than white people. is that the biggest problem right now is people just don't know and there's not enough data analytics to say what works, what's effectiv

let's get to rob marciano in baton rouge tonight., good evening. >> reporter: good evening, tom. the weather has not been great for the first two days of recovery. yesterday it rained. toat stifling. as a matter of fact, heat advisories up for that part of the storm zone and heat warnings up farther north. where they're also without power. temperatures around 111 degrees. that's what it feels like with the heat and humidity in shreveport. higher than that as you get into tsf laurin nortas strong thunderstorms along i-95. d.c., philly, and new york. a tornado warning right now just north of albany. that clears out tonight, and two more storm systems to watch as we mark today the 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina, which we know devastated this part of louisiana. tom? >> 15 years ago. rob, thank you for that. >>> tonight, the coronavirus nearing 16 million cases in the u.s. more than 182,000 american lives lost. cases and clusters of the virus now on college campuses in every state. the university of alabama reporting more than 1,00

they were beaten with batons by officers. started chasing them. he could not escape. translation: they tied my hands behind me and beat me up with a baton. they kicked my legs and backside. they hit my head and throat. they took him to a police station where beatings continued throughout the night. in the morning he was not able to stand and they sent him to hospital. this 74—year—old pensioner was standing in his courtyard when when riot police stormed in and attacked him. they broke his nose and his teeth. president lukashenko claims the violence was provoked by protesters who were paid by foreign forces in order to create chaos in the country. police abuse continued in detention. officers called ambulance only in critical cases and even then doctors faced a number of restrictions. one ambulance worker was shocked by the scenes, people were on their knees in the detention centre, as officers beat them, there was blood everywhere and a lot of people needed medical help. officers however would not allow her to treat other pat

unprecedented popular pressure on the government in baton rouge as crowds gather for the largest demonstration the country has seen president lukashenko calls and traitors. blow i maryam namazie a watching al-jazeera live from london also coming out demanding a new election on constitutional reform how students are leading the call for change in thailand. knock down research and to tighten in colombia's capital but the government is under pressure to do more to protect small businesses. and 3 weeks after running aground in the i'm a recess a japanese ship begins to break apart spilling even more fuel onto the pristine coastline. we begin in baton rouge were to mulch as week of protests down the government crackdown has now culminated in the largest demonstrations yet against president alexander lukashenko a week after he declared an overwhelming victory in the presidential election his government is facing its greatest challenge since he came to power nearly 3 decades ago speaking at a pro-government rally rejected calls for his resignation or a rerun of the vote you accuse nato of sending tro

imprecationcians' or the general's baton. my friends, walls that must be stormed, standing shoulder to shoulder, unafraid of ugly truths, contemptuous of circuses, and demagoguery. wise, wiser than the republicans think, and the democratic party is the people's party. it is the party of everyone. [applause] that i think is our ancient mission. where we have deserted it, we have failed. with your help, there will be no desertion now, better we lose the election then mislead the people. and it better we lose then we miss govern the people. help me to do this job. we will justify our glorious past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honesty. thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. i ask of you all you have. i will give you all i have, even ac who came here -- even as he who came here tonight and honored me, as he has honored you, the democratic party, by a lifetime of service and bravery that will find him an imperishable page in the history of the republic and of

protests and civil disturbances, including techniques for mob control and the use of tear gas and batons. federal laboratories, ink, who funded the film, was the manufacturer of a popular riot gun used to fire gas canisters. watch "real america, police training films" tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> next, a virtual discussion on current u.s. strategy in the indo-pacific region. we heard about u.s. relations with china and india, the impact of covid-19 in those countries, and u.s. troop withdrawal from germany. held during a virtual discussion by the center for strategic and international studies, this is half an hour. >> good morning, everyone. i'm dr. kathleen hicks, and i'm so pleased to have joining me this morning the chief of staff of the army. general, welcome to csis. >> thank you, dr. hicks. great to be here with you. >> wonderful. there's so many things we should be talking to you about today. but i know we have a limited amount of your time. i really want to focus more than anything on the pacific. an

women lead protests in baton rouge as the government intensifies its crackdown on dissent and targets journalists working for foreign media outlets. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program an encounter between turkish and greek fighter jets in contested as space in the eastern mediterranean. caught in the middle hundreds of migrants take refuge on railway tracks in bosnia as police on either side refused to let them pass. and tributes pour in for american actor chadwick boseman who has died after a 4 year battle with cancer was $43.00. thousands of women and marched in baton rouge to denounce state violence against protesters since the presidential vote 3 weeks ago there's been a crackdown on peaceful demonstrations they've also been hundreds of arrests taking place and mounting evidence of torture and ill treatment in those detention centers now they started withdrawing accreditation from journalists with some of them expelled on saturday and as a report. defying what looks like a crackdown on dissent in belarus these women chanting

. >> reporter: a pediatrics rotation at baton rouge general hospital >> i kind of want to cry thinking it was kind of like, god, you brought me so far. >> russell ledet has walked the halls of this hospital before but wore a very different uniform. this was him ten years ago when he was a full-time security guard for the hospital. it's been an interesting ten years for you. >> it's been a ride from, you know, being a security guard here in baton rouge general to now being a rotating medical student. >> reporter: growing up in lake charles, louisiana, russell never thought a career in medicine was possible. >> when i thought about smart people growing up i was like they're usually wealthy, usually don't look like me. >> reporter: but it was while working night security here that a chance encounter changed his life >> i was walking out and he offered to walk me to my car. he asked me what i did. i said i was a surgeon. his eyes lit up. he said, wow. >> reporter: the doctor did something unusual. he let russell follow him for months. >> he didn't know me from a fly on the wall and he was

don, you were asking about your family, earlier, in baton rouge. baton rouge is 130 miles from the center, and it's just outside of that tropical storm warning. so good news for them. there will be some wind gusts and they're going to get the rain. but they're not going to see the severity of this. these winds at least 110. right now, we're seeing gusts inside the center at 185. i mean, this is going to destroy, not just homes, businesses, churches, hospital, schools, but then, the winds shift the other direction. downed trees. power lines. massive power outages i think by morning. then, you toss in the surge and that's always a big deal. i remember, chris, with irma, were you in naples? >> yes, sir. and luckily, you told me to get out of there. the first time it moved, i was like, well, it's gone now. you said not for long. time for you to move. and we moved. there were feet of water there with ed lavandera and i, inside of minutes. >> yeah. this is going to drop at least 8, 10, 12 inches of rain coming down. the big problem, really, is the surge.

which do not fall before the trumpets' blast or the politicians' imprecations or even a general's batonthey are, my friends, walls that must be directly stormed by the hosts of courage, of morality, and of vision, standing shoulder to shoulder, unafraid of ugly truth, contemptuous of lies, half truths, circuses, and demagoguery. the people are wise, wiser than the republicans think. and the democratic party is the people's party, not the labor party, not the farmers' party, not the employers' party, it is the party of no one because it is the party of everyone. [applause] i think, that is our ancient mission. where we have deserted it, we have failed. with your help, there will be no desertion now. better we lose the election than mislead the people, and better we lose than misgovern the people. help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. help me to do the job in these years of darkness, of doubt, and of crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonight's happy vision, and we will justify our glorious past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for comp

recognizing the risk of bodily harm and that intermediate weapon, such as batons or chemical sprays are inappropriate due to the level of threat. our officers draw their weapons in response to the assault. the threat deescalate's quickly from here. our demonstrator quickly becomes compliant and our officers take control of the situation. or do they? remember, there are five tiers to the model. we have only witnessed for. orderly de-escalation up and down the tear is not always the way enforcement works out. we all know that situations can begin at any one of the levels of the model or move from one to the other in an instant. an officer must be prepared both until he and physically to administer the proper response, based on the level of resistance he perceives. with that in mind, let's rejoin the officers and see if the situation is really under control. >> get him inside. get him inside, now. >> he didn't do anything. [gunshot] >> it's not often that an officer is forced into a response in the fifth tier of the model, but you must nonetheless be ready to take that action. if an assaul

also on the program peaceful defiance in baton rouge. tens of thousands of people around minsk former lives of solidarity in protest of police brutality this is the 5th day of demonstrations from president bush echoes disputed election victory. welcome to the program israel on the united arab emirates have announced that they have agreed to a historic peace deal under its terms the u.a.e. will recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations and return israel will drop its controversial plan to annex parts of the palestinian west bank the u.a.e. says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east the agreement was brokered by the united states just a few moments ago a special call to friends prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and crown prince mohammed bin. of the united arab emirates where they. agreed to finalize a historical peace agreement. everybody said this would be impossible. and as you know mohamed is one of the great leaders of the middle east after 49 years israel and the united arab emirates will fully normali

below i'm terry martin thanks for joining us we start in baton rouge where president alexander lukashenko says he's ready to hold new elections in an address to factory workers who said he is willing to share power but only after a constitutional referendum it would mark a reversal for the long ruling lucas shaken who has consistently rejected any calls to step down those calls have been growing louder ever since he was returned to office over a week ago in a controversial election. their bread and white flag of the opposition has one small been raised on this. rates of minutes. this time by the work is a balance the gathered outside factories and the state television headquarters. go away they chanted directly to president alexander lukashenko who had come to win them over. appeared unconcerned just 6 thought the new portrait though if someone doesn't want to work at once to leave nobody will bully anyone nobody will push anyone please go ahead the doors are open so to see what those the sewage national water or the of. the protests have been fueled by new promises from the opposition le

means in practice but it's certainly a worrying sign all eyes will certainly be on the developments in baton rouge and the show in reporting from moscow thanks very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour israel has launched further airstrikes on harassed positions in gaza overnight and as a closed the on players off shore fishing zone the army said the measures were in response to rockets and balloon fire bombs being sent into israeli territory over the past week is the most intense escalation of hostilities in months. thousands of protesters a rallying in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the protests come after years of political turmoil and failed promises to restore democracy following a 24 tane military coup. hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has denied colluding with foreign governments he made a statement after being released from prison on bail while i was arrested last monday under a new security law imposed by beijing during an intervi

and thousands of people have returned to the streets of the baton rouge in capital minsk or for a 5th day of protests against a violent crackdown on demonstrations that followed sunday's disputed presidential election in many parts of the city protesters formed human chains filling squares and lining avenues almost 7000 people have been detained since president lukashenko claimed electoral victory and sparked public anger. what began during the day carried on late into the night their defiance on. earlier hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of men's protesting their government crackdown on free speech following sunday's disputed election. i came here to support our bellary seen people our women children being killed and beaten up violated taken away we do not even know where they are taken there must be some justice. that was videos like this one that i got so many appearing to show protesters being beaten up in detention centers. under pressure president alexander lukashenko penned the unrest on a disgruntled unemployed rump. to see it would be a mirror of what everyone

our heads facing down a policeman protests faced on my back and what hit me between the legs with a baton. then we went to another room where we all had to kneel in a row for the body surgeons. small to somehow to strip naked. were just searched. the volunteers tell us that it's sometimes difficult for them to see people coming out of the isolation center a number of them need psychological help immediately. some young people can't concentrate properly on the others laugh or smile constantly to cope with their fear and you can see that they are traumatized and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because according to official information around 7000 people were arrested the interior ministry says another 112 people have been moved to various isolation centers across baylor use. let's get your reminder now of our top stories at this hour russian doctors treating opposition leader like that of all they say they have found no evidence he was poisoned or refusing to allow to allow him to be sent to germany for medical treatment saying it's too sick to be moved his wife says no one is

forces in baton rouge have detained one of the leaders of striking factory workers and threatened demonstratorswith criminal charges this latest crackdown comes on the 13th day of protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down on the recent presidential election protests have been joined by strikes at state owned factories and fueled by spies fat manager kind of scalia who lost in the election and was forced to flee the country mistress. skier said she planned to return home when she felt safe despite the protests president look at shanghai said that he will settle belarus as political crisis in the coming days in iran in the capital minsk people have gathered to support the opposition's nearly newly formed coordination council after all sorts of criminal case accusing them of attempting to seize power. we can go to minsk where we're joined by correspondent nick conley well nick so president bush says he can resolve this crisis in the coming days what we think he means by that. well it does sound very much like a crackdown and standing in front of the k.g.b. building in the ce

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in baton rouge have detained one of the leaders of striking factory workers and threatened demonstrators with criminal charges this latest crackdown comes on the 13th day of protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down on the recent presidential election protesters have been joined by strikes at state and factories and fueled by svetlana chicana skya who lost the election and was forced to flee the country and she said she plans to return home when she feels safe despite the protests president lukashenko has said that he'll settle balun russia's political crisis in the coming days meanwhile in the capital minsk people gathered to support the opposition's newly formed coordination council to oath or it is a criminal case accusing them of attempting to seize power or. be doubly correspondent nic connelly is in minsk i asked him what president look meant when he said he would solve the country's political crisis in the coming days it does sound very much like a crackdown and standing in front of the k.g.b. building in the center of minsk and for now the security service

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to the program thousands of people have gathered in minsk for another day of protests against the baton rouge and government defying a police crackdown following destructed disputed elections huge crowds have gathered to commemorate the death of a demonstrator earlier this week so far security forces appear to be holding back from intervening here opinion says it will sanction officials here repress dissent embattled president alexander lukashenko has today cold on russia to support him and his claim to have won last week's election. well we're now joined by kate schmidt so you know she's an analyst with batteries an institute for strategic studies can't thanks very much for coming on the program we are again seeing people on the streets several 1000 today and this is another real show of force against the government and luke schenn code after the events of last week a people of fright. i would say people are afraid of the possible escalation further escalation of violence on behalf of us who will be key and policed and there are there are no guarantees that the police won't use those s