putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander lucas schenker told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country he claims enemies are at the border as well as for opponents inside he's threatened to close factories if strikes against his regime continue. but look at his rule is drawing to an end so says exiled opposition leader to can no sky. anyway even if there. this movement will slow down or calm down don't look good but our people. they don't want to accept our president more we have changed our minds have changed and will not be able to be under this president to war under this authorities who will struggle to . treat till the real good changes in our country. the struggle continued on saturday women took a stand against the violent repression of protests. ignoring official warnings. and more crowds gathered in central minsk study into the nars. national we are many it's impossible to silence to fire and to imprison everyone if they jail a 100 people 200 will protest tomorrow because people can't stand it anymore we've reached o

constitution is amended thousands of factory workers down tools across the country demanding alexander lucas schenker resign. i call i. k k k k. 19 infections spiking across europe governments across the continent to reimpose an unpopular secateurs structure sparking widespread discontent. something.

man who says he's above all criticism president alexander lukashenko shows no sign he's moved by the sight of his people. once on the ground lucas schenker brandishes a gun he says he's ready to trigger another crackdown if opponents refuse to accept his victory. across the border lithuanians show their solidarity with the protesters forming a human chain just as they did more than 30 years ago during their own baltic revolution many belorussians are now hoping for a similar peaceful and democratic outcome these were extraordinary scenes here in minsk yesterday 2 to 300000 people out in the streets the russian capital even more than once last sunday's march which in itself was one of the biggest and most recent history i think there had been fears that people would new still you lose momentum but given how unclear the progression now is people would stop coming out but it seems like those government threats to arrest protesters had the opposite effect of book people out in big groups with their children with their parents no real sense of fear a sense perhaps that the numbers are just too big for the government to put everyone in jail as

president alexander lukashenko in power the block is also sanctioning government and security officials it deems to have been responsible for brutally repressing protests against mr lucas schenker the general prosecutor's office and delarue says open the criminal case into a council made up of opposition figures demonstrators say will continue to defy warnings from the president over any crackdown he's ordered the security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over this month's disputed presidential election results the brother of a suicide bomber hertz hacked a concert in manchester in the u.k. 3 years ago has been sentenced to 55 years in prison 22 people who were among those attending a concert by area on the ground they were killed when a baby detonated explosives investigators say his brother hashem helped source materials for the bombing up next is inside story after that i'm here with the news hour hopefully see that. they staged a coup and forced the president to resign with mali's new military rulers and pressure to restore democracy so after weeks of arrest what's next for this west african nation and committed to take over. this is inside