in its neighboring country today we then had the russian side talking about external pressure on belo reuss and saying that it would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under an existing military agreement with bella ruse so that could mean either russian troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that we've seen from who today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in velo after all russia sees belarus as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that lucas shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. one who's keeping a close eye on all the goings on in batteries for reporting from moscow thank you so much now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world some of the security forces say they've ended a siege in a beach front hotel in the c

likely following a telephone call with putin the russian side said that it saw an external threat in belo reuss and it also said that they could that russia could support dello russo via the collective security treaty organization which is a military alliance of 6 former soviet states which include russia and belarus that's essentially a military pact where if one country is facing aggression from outside that that all all countries then consider that to be aggression against them so we could in other words see kind of either military some kind of military support or perhaps peacekeeping forces from russia but i do think that russia is also kind of trying to warn the west not to get involved so we'll have to wait and see what that means in the coming days. leave on the developing situation the data reporting from moscow thank you. now a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour thousands of protesters have rallied in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the protests come afte

putin today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in belo reuss after all russia sees values as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that lucas shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. emily so when moscow let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour somali security forces say they've entered the siege in the capital mogadishu at least 16 people were killed when militants detonated a car bomb outside a popular beach hotel and gunmen stormed the building taking several hostages islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. and new zealand's prime minister the prime minister just seemed odd and has delayed the country's election by a full weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic will now be held on october the 19th after early success in battling codes of 19 new zealand is battling a 2nd outbreak last

military support if necessary to i think that was a very clear signal to the west to kind of stay out belo reuss is seen as a key ally here in russia and also as kind of a buffer zone between russia and nato allies and i think even russia now knows that . it has kind of lost legitimacy in the past few days and that if he stayed if they did prop him up he would be a weak leader so i'm sure that the kremlin is looking around for other options after all even the opposition here even the opposition in bell roots rather knows that russia is a key partner that russia is an important country for the belorussian economy and that they will want to keep it that way so it could be that if there are talks at least that's what people in the media here are saying that russia could be some sort of a mediator in those talks that could reflect the thinking in the kremlin as well that they want to mediate the future of. thank you. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world german foreign minister heiko mosse has paid a surprise visit to libya berlin has been trying to broker peace

france and germany and reportedly warned europe not to get involved in support of democracy in belo reuss europe risks going too far giving the kremlin an excuse to send in troops to turn bella reuss into another ukraine. this is not lunch time on the end of a shift this is another nail in the coffin if you can shank has credibility. because we'll catch the state run chemicals factually. threats have no power over them anymore. protestors urged workers at one of the country's famed track to factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. thank you as we're already outside at a rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of lukashenko regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rejection officially went international a clear message from the european union we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. germany's angela merkel has spoken with russia's putin but said lukas shanker wouldn't take her calls for middle income only mediate if one is in contact with all sides but we will do everything we can from our side to promote

in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight in belo reuss where the supreme court has rejected an appeal. from the opposition to know the results of the country's disputed presidential elections alexander lukashenko who has ruled bellerose for 26 years claimed victory in the elections sparking mass demonstrations against his government despite this unprecedented challenge to his authority he's shown no signs of giving in bellowing instead to intensify a crackdown on protesters. says a familiarity to the historic protests shaking the country in independence square in minsk protest to shout step down it is the same message they have sent to president lukashenko every day since the disputed election the opposition wants political prisoners and arrested protesters to be released they also wanted to negotiate directly with the authorities for a peaceful transfer of power they set up the coordination council to do just that but lucas shank a rejected the offer calling the council illegal 2 members have already been arrested sergey dyleski was sentenced to 10 days i

it's the 10th day of protests in belo reuss demonstrators are calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote more than a week ago on monday he told striking state factory workers there won't be human actions a woman's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the u.s. suffrage movement in the 1800s will be pardoned by president donald trump susan b. anthony was arrested for voting an $872.00 violation of laws that allowed only men to cast ballots she was fined $100.00 but the case brought national attention to the women's movement michelle obama and bernie sanders were among the speakers on day one of the virtual democratic national convention joe biden will be formally named as the democratic presidential candidate. or those are the headlines that's it for me more news here on al-jazeera right after the street. in late august joe biden and donald trump will finally become the official presidential candidate but beyond going coronavirus pandemic sees the democratic national convention going virtual and the republicans being forced to rethink grand plans

the european parliament's foreign affairs committee is meeting to discuss the political crisis in belo reuss they're talking to opposition leaders for atlanta to kind of sky out who's in exile in neighboring lithuania on monday police in bello loose detained several leading opposition activists protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down have been growing ever since the disputed elections earlier this month the demands of the risk is simple and free and. action. this is the demand of the protesters on the streets this is this log on of the people on strike in your respect or is across the country bill rose has woken up re on the lot of the oprah zation anymore we are the majority now one of the above has been following that meeting for us from london what's the message from the new. well rob this should it should be stressed that this is the message not from the e.u. officially but from the various groupings in the european parliament directly elected body so they have diverged on some point since last week's meeting of the european council the heads of government of the