anti-government demonstrations over a disputed election more protest against hardline president aleksander lucas thank you are expected later on sunday. president donald trump is backing a deal allowing a chinese owned video sharing app tick-tock to carry on operating in the u.s. washington had announced a ban on tick talk because of security concerns new arrangements would see the partnering with american giants oracle and wal-mart. italians are voting on constitutional changes which could slim down parliament local elections are also taking place this weekend and expected to favor the right wing national opposition bloc the polls are the 1st big test for prime minister just have big center left coalition government since the coronavirus lockdown. the greek government says more than $200.00 people have tested positive for corona virus at a new refugee shelter on the island of lesbos europe's largest refugee camp burnt down earlier this month leaving some $12000.00 people without shelter and i gratian ministry says 3 quarters of them have moved to a new camp which is already full. the amazon is

on the call for this welcome to the show and president aleksander lucas shank 0 is sending mixed messages about new elections on sunday he said protesters would have to kill him before any new vote is allowed now the president said he may be open to new elections but only after a constitutional referendum this what mark a reversal for a local shango who for 26 years has resisted any challenge to his power but calls for him to resign or louder than ever look i shan't go says he won reelection last week but many say the vote was rigged. the red white flag of the opposition has been raised once more on the streets of minsk this time by the workers of bell averse who gathered outside factories. the way they chanted a president alexander lukashenko who would come to win them over the heckling continued and the president walked off the stage and into the crowd in an exchange with a worker. who said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum. to go. president should not make decisions as a result of pressure to make the president you must find a compromise exactly

thousands have been detained in recent weeks opponents of the regime and of president aleksander lucas shank oh. my god i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for a look at. lucas shankar has dug in his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not the military reports that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests do not feel telling him let's see what we can do with lame jordan. 6 sunday's protests came on the crescendos birthday the crowd marked it their own way with another chant. happy birthday. you have your correspondent connelly's in minsk to cover the end arrest you told us more about sunday's protests well these are extraordinary scenes for a 3rd weekend in a row something people could barely of imagine just a month ago this kind of numb these kind of nu

the streets of belarus to demand the resignation of their heart like leader and a president aleksander lucas franco stages a show of defiance brandishing a rifle to fallon detect and to be on rafts. and in california wildfires are still posing a major threat to communities in the north of the state scorching temperatures and lightning strikes and high winds are fanning the flames that help force for tens of thousands to flee their home. i'm very upset and welcome to the show byron munich have beaten paris on giovanna to win the champions league title in a tight 1st half with a no goals yes g.'s neymar forced to save from noir and robert lewandowski could only hit the post for byron with an hour gone up byron it made the breakthrough when kingsley come on headed across to score the only goal of the match with a victory byron have one of the trouble of league top and. obviously. our earlier i spoke with a g.w. sports correspondent. in munich i asked her what the atmosphere was like in the city but this city it right now is over the moon separations everywhere and this despite the coronado fire

going to the sauna all have in common they're just some of the things belorussian president aleksander lucas shango has recommended his country's citizens do to protect themselves against the coronavirus quarantine and social distancing have not been among them well most of europe is still on lockdown belarus has ignored calls to shut down public life. smiles jokes and barely a mosque in sight these government workers in minsk out on a saturday morning tidying up their neighborhoods as part of a nationwide cleanup campaign just the same as they would every year and in spite of pleas from the world health organization to cancel massive public events. better uses president alexander lukashenko has been keen to dismiss what he's repeatedly called the coded 19 psychosis encouraging people to carry on as normal beat up planting trees or playing sports 000 so there are no viruses here at all you didn't see any flying around and i didn't see any either if this is a refrigerator they couldn't be anything healthier sport there's nothing better than sport on the ice in this fridge this is the best ant

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thousands have been detained in recent weeks opponents of the regime and of president aleksander lucas shinku. i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for a look at who is mr. lucas chink of his dog and his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not the military reports that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests. telling him let's see what we can do with low draw up sunday's protests came on the question posed perth to the crowd marked it their own way with another chant. happy birthday. you know your correspondent nick connelly is in minutes to cover the un rest he told us more about sunday's protests well these are extraordinary scenes for a 3rd week in a row something people could barely have imagined just a month ago this kind of numb these kind of numbe

take a look at some other stories making news around the world we're going to rescind president aleksander lucas hankel has announced his country is closing its borders with poland and lithuania he says troops will be put on high alert on the border with neighboring ukraine will also be strengthened. has faced weeks of mass protests over. its presidential election. colleagues of russian opposition leader alexina funny half released a video in which they came he was poisoned in his siberian hotel room rather than at the airport that's previously thought traces of a nerve agent over chalk which was used to poison mist and i've. detected on an empty water. running cortez denied bail to paul you know who is depicted as a hero. in a hollywood movie about 1994 genocide and is now on trial for terrorism results of again has been charged with forming or joining in iraq group and complicity in murder. one of germany's leading for all ages coast and austin has told you w. that europe is facing a tough winter of coronavirus restrictions he said he expects expects mass wearing to remain necessary through 20

attracted the largest crowds ballerinas has seen in decades after casting his vote president aleksander lucas shankar called the opposition weak for decades he's enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately he's faced criticism for downplaying the covert 19 crisis and worsening economy. criticism that has rapidly grown into the largest threat to his 26 years rule well before the authorities may have managed to control the opposition by using force this time around people say and show that they are beyond fear step fast and al-jazeera minsk. the u.s. inspector general says the u.s. arms sale to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates did not break the law last year the trumpet ministration issued an emergency declaration to push through an $8000000000.00 deal without congressional approval president trump fired the department's then inspector general steve linnik who was looking into the certification his successor stephen arc had resigned last week the final report was completed by deputy. libya's government does call in the army after violence broke out involving protesters wh

rallies attracted the largest crowds bellows has seen in decades after casting his vote president aleksander lucas shankar called the opposition weak for decades he's enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately he's faced criticism for downplaying the covert 19 crisis and worsening economy. criticism that has rapidly grown into the largest threat to his 26 years rule well before the authorities may have managed to control the opposition by using force this time around people say and show that they are beyond fear step fasten al-jazeera minsk. well the u.s. has described the election as neither free nor fair part of a statement from secretary of state mike pompei o says we strongly condemn ongoing violence against protesters and the detention of opposition supporters as well as the use of internet shutdowns to hinder the ability of the belorussian people to share information about the election and the demonstration it's. time for a short break here not a 0 when we come back a u.s. court issued a summons for saudi crown prince mohammed bin of allegations he ordered the killing of intel

thousands have been detained in recent weeks opponents of the regime and of president aleksander lucas shank oh. my goodness i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for little shanker. lucas chink of his dog in his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not the military reports that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests. telling him let's see what we can do with lame join you up sunday's protests came on the question posed perth to the crowd marked it their own way with another chant. happy birthday. this is news still to come on our program a champagne performance from formula one japie lewis hamilton at the belgian for the highlights of a race that took close to setting the record. but 1st all this week we're looking back 5 years to when hundreds of thousa

thousands have been detained in recent weeks opponents of the regime and of president aleksander lucas shank oh. yes i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for lack of shameka mr. lucas shanker has dug in his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not them or military reports that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests over the what would you feel telling him let's see what we can do with loam join you at sunday's protest came on the question goes to perth to the crowd marked it their own way with another chant. happy birthday. correspondent economy is in minsk to cover the m rest he told us more about sunday's protests well these are extraordinary scenes for 3rd weekend in a row something people could barely have imagined just a month ago this kind of numb

aleksander look at. this i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for listening to mr. lucas chink of his dog in his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not the military report that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests. telling him let's see what we can do with low draw up sunday's protests came up the question goes to perth to the crowd market their own way with another chant. happy birthday. and more on this we're joined by d.d. connelly. how did the demonstration go today. well these are extraordinary scenes for a 3rd weekend in a row something people could barely of imagine just a month ago this kind of numb these kind of numbers of people out in the streets time off the time here in minsk the weather wasn't really helping they had to wrench the rain for much of the often in people hiding in shopping centers just where i was but the thing was that tha

aleksander look at cinco. i came here to express my disagreement with the results of the election and my solidarity with the detained people i stand for peace for belarus but not for little mr. lucas chink of his dog in his heels since the protests began he says belarus is threatened by foreign powers not the military reports that nato has deployed their forces for drills right on our border what am i supposed to do. and he says he'll soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in security forces to quell the protests. telling him let's see what we can do with low draw up sunday's protests came on the question goes 1st their. market their own way with another chant. happy birthday. control for today's speak of germany's parliament it still is. but one has to prevent the impression that there is a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effects by now we need to european solution to these problems. because there will be but instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany merkel's decision helped launch a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for german

aleksander look i shan't go will be clear fic to read soon after the polls closed. because president of mrs scientific research center a think tank and he says regardless of whether lucas wins or loses the country has changed forever. 7080 percent of the receivers want change we have people of culture business people people from different areas supporting whole change by the authorities that really are quite in bad and we have this number about 42 percent of earlier poems. different you will get calls of why favorable beacham the tension is very very high end i'm sure that people will come out and try to do their best to support their growth i don't know what they do will be tonight told the day after tomorrow 'd. well it was will never be the same again as before this parliament or the actual action of bank previous elections the big toe all observer it was no democratic and did not prevent the west from dealing with the question and direct way so a better would like moral psychological support but is not likely to rise the relations between the rebel the russian regime and the world 3 days of heavy monsoon rains has killed at least 50 people across pakistan flash flo

trying to break a deadlock over imposing sanctions on bello russi and officials and president aleksander lucas shango the block has a list of some 40 officials have blamed for violence against anti-government protests and electoral fraud during last month's presidential election but cyprus is blocking those sanctions because it wants measures to be taken. against turkey on a separate issue now exiled pelosi an opposition leader spent land. is at the meeting in brussels and she is trying to keep up the pressure on the international community to take action and a short while ago she gave an impassioned plea on behalf of the ballad we've seen people. use. in the. beginning. and indeed in. the. in the in the in the in the. in the. even if it was in the. field which is. just the interview. that you. let's get more on the story now with our correspondents we have alex on the phenomena in brussels and nick connelly in minsk good to see you both aleksandr let's start with you there as you were at that press conference where. i spoke what else did she have to say well i found it quite interesting how s