up in the shadows and valerie's in the state media types that hold claims longtime leader alexander the shango has won it nearly 80 percent of the vote in the country's presidential election we'll get the latest from our correspondent. i'm going to richard's and welcome to the show lebanon's capital beirut has been rocked by a 2nd day of unrest thousands of people have taken to the streets for anti-government protests triggered by tuesday's devastating explosion that killed more than $150.00 people the lebanese army says hopes are fading that any more survivors will be found on the streets meanwhile the tensions are running high and pressure is mounting on lebanon's political elite the protesters have blamed them for the country's economic and political woes. another evening is anger in beirut violent clashes with security forces as people protest for a 2nd day the sunrays to acidify choose days mass even devastating explosion these . does lay the blame directly on what i say lebanon's corrupt leaders sunday sore a number of government officials over the crisis in the hunt that this is the poi

are demanding a new election and they have europe's authority bugs authoritarian president alexander the shango says russia is backing him also on the show. are talking. to me live tells d.w. news that hong kong will continue to resist the pro-democracy media tycoon on balance by 40 hour detention under a new security law imposed by beijing. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us thousands of protesters have again rallied in belarus they're demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko after last weekend's disputed election and the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday with go reached out to russia's president vladimir putin for support. long live well over state chants. it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police at this demonstration on new usually security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only gro

reminder of the top story that we're following for you now on your news pelosi and president alexander the shango has rejected calls to hold a new election he told supporters in france that moscow was ready to step into the protests against his pushing at the same time opposition protesters held their biggest demonstration yet against the fish and ghost disputed election victory. and that now you're up to date on d.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us take care and seizing. on. the but. what do moment and acquire have to do more on a virus and a lot because mom knows how to use the bodies back in. series of experiments to the . i reveal that sharon salzberg much further some previously thought come along and acquire strange the world. tomorrow to. the next on d w. did beethoven in china is deep deep doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. it is it is a dud $6000.00. 00 my g.p. the truth came out of rock n roll up. so many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. and what of course the subconscious always one thing is clear a veto is wildly popular. t.v. i s

also coming up the people of belarus go to the polls president alexander lucas shango has been in power since the 1990 s. but this time around he's facing a serious challenge from this full. time william blue cross good to have you with us a lebanese government minister has resigned following protests that left one police officer dead and more than 100 people injured information minister. said she was quitting because the government had failed to carry out reforms demonstrators stormed government ministries on saturday night just days after the massive explosions in beirut's port that ripped apart the city. another day and night of rage in beirut protesters stormed government buildings and banks as they few really reached boiling point. choose days massive explosion reignited they just staying for those in power. to many it depend already existing distrust the leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt the country was already struggling. through a deepening financial crisis making the recovery from this disaster that much harder the desperation was clear. and on ahmad we no longer

freelance journalist alexander broke off the reports for d w he's been sentenced to 10 days in prison meaning he'll be unable to cover the election for president alexander because shango is facing a wave of dissent over his dismissal of the covert 19 pandemic and his human rights record. of the w.'s arena filatov has been tracking this story we asked her what she knew of the whereabouts and condition of d.w. journalist alexander brick off well unfortunately we haven't been able to conduct a little sound of a cough since his air is 2 days ago because his cell phone is constantly switched off but i have talked to jordan is who have been in the courtroom today and they mean that he's holding out well and plans to appeal against the course decision the court in morgan of convicted him to 10 days in detention facilities effective immediately we were indeed able to talk with alexander if you days before his arrest at baghdad and he expressed some concerns that their ability russian authorities would likely not allow any independent reporting on that coming presidential elections. interviews arena for tova reporting there or moving on to israel where protests against prime m

joined her children in neighboring lithuania she'd sent them back before the vote and before accusing president alexander look at shango of rigging the result germany has called on the european union to consider imposing sanctions against a better roast us secretary of state might pump aoe said the votes have been a. either fair nor free but russian president vladimir putin has congratulated president bush and co on his way to kind of skier had given no him 3rd she was leaving the country. proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election. by monday she was gone her whereabouts on earn her team unable to reach her. now svetlana taken off scalia has reappeared with a somber message online. to say the companion i knew what this campaign really toughened me and empowered me that i could withstand anything. new but perhaps i'm still the weak woman that i was in the beginning but was initially. the opposition candidate has fled to neighboring lithuania as confirmed by the country's foreign minister taken off scale says she was not forced out of her country and the government also insisted that she left on her own a

thousands of protesters have again rallied in belarus they're demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander because shango after last weekend's disputed election the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday look i reached out to russia's president vladimir putin for support. i i long live well overstay chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police. at this demonstration of a new julie security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of rigging the vote and say his leadership lacks legitimacy. musial the every day what will happen remains unclear he thinks completely differently and depending how the situation of voles he will act accordingly but his methods are not civilized and everyone has learned this in the last 26 years which must or. must be simplest if it is obvious

blew up in his hands the victim was part of a crowd protesting the results of sunday's landslide victory for president alexander look at shango his main challenger says the vote was rigged and his claimed victory for herself. the leaders of bella ruse see these demonstrations as a threat to their authority in minsk and other cities tens of thousands showed their support for the opposition on election night even though according to official figures their main candidate won only 9.9 percent of the vote. then the situation escalated security forces attempted to disperse the demonstrators using stun grenades water cannons and rubber bullets almost 100 people were injured in the clashes authorities say they made more than 3000 arrests joe le doux at 1st things were peaceful people walked in a chain there were a lot of them then police vans came and started to arrest them is a bit out there were a lot of people with weapons they started shooting at people's arms and legs despite reportedly winning less than 10 percent of the vote opposition candidates for atlanta teacher not sky claimed victory and she called on president lukashenk

the baby. this is d.w. news and these are our top stories protesters and police have clashed in batteries after president alexander lucas shango emerged the likely winner of elections state media say he won around 80 percent of the vote russian news agency spoke of police using water cannon and demonstrators building barricades in.

votes impulse inside that's the excuse is it was the excuse but you'd be hard pressed to find anybody in this crowd willing to support alexander lucas shango the man often described outside his own country as europe's last dictator i've been the can deduct in parliament i told him 16 and after pressure i have to leave the votes. after pressure from k.g.b. from government from police i have to leave 26 years just one president it's horrible for any country but unfortunately goodness we live in 26 years and i think i think that this election here will he won again but it will be a force if you could but will find a way to get come there is no way we came all the way here you know for it to be the same way everyone like they were rated with hillary too much 26 years of this guy no no no there are calls for change inside bella and no less here with many having fled lucas shan because repressive regime. worried about the country they left behind. while still ahead here on al-jazeera a move that's inflaming tension between washington and beijing a top trump official arrives in taiwan. and in sync with social distancing the opera company that's f

welcomed a unanimous decision by european union leaders to reject the results of the election that kept president alexander loci shango in power after a virtual conference of $27.00 national leaders and top officials from the block they also announced sanctions against a large number of individuals involved in alleged voting fraud and violence against protesters. this is not lunch time or the end of a shift this is another nail in the coffin of credibility. because will crack the state run chemicals factory threats have no power over them any more. protests because one of the countries find track to factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. these miners were already outside at a rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of ricocheting cuz 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 and only mediate if on

human chain through the country's capital on day 14 of post-election on the us how does a large rally in support of alexander look shango took place in the western art he managed to speak with the president himself. i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during the critical period they were preparing for that they were going to came out i was afraid that these people would have softened that he's one of the great and amid criticism of its approach to the pandemic sweden registers a significant spike in debt.

russian capital minsk defying a crackdown by the government of president alexander lukashenko the protest came ahead of this weekend's presidential election shango is facing his biggest challenge in years as support for the main opposition candidate. grows. the australian state of victoria has reported a record rise in covert 1000 cases and deaths even after imposing a strict new lockdown state premiered andrews urged people to stick together and not to panic by he announced that meat production would be reduced jus to the risk of virus transmission in processing plants well here in germany amid signs of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections authorities are making tests mandatory for travelers arriving from designated high risk areas the move comes as schools begin reopening after the summer holidays and fears that more people making trips are spreading the virus the country's health minister says the tests are essential for public safety. from saturday onwards travel is returning from high risk areas to germany will have to have a valid corona test in our pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free. mr have a voice. i am very aware of

another historic day of activism the demonstrators are demanding president alexander lukashenko is resignation accusing him of rigging elections 2 weeks ago the shango who was ruled by the wrist for some 26 years says nato is trying to split his country in response the sort of the army to mobilize saying bella bruce was at risk of imminent attack . go away it's the rallying cry of thousands of protesters in the streets of minsk this sunday and it's also their biggest demand they want president aleksander local sankoh to go away to resign from office until then people say they will continue to protest in the future that this is a dictatorship because there is no respect for society for a people can call for freedom and i hope we will be in a pretty constant resolve while once we see an. overthrow the government takeovers old military going to. go away that's also what authoritarian leader like son the look i would like the protests to do at a military exercise on saturday claimed again that enemies are at the border that western countries inspire the protests and that nato is deploying forces the alliance firmly denies that claim so far i was not abl

human chain through the country's capital on day 14 of post-election on the rest of their large rally in support of alexander look shango took place in western belarus r.t. managed to speak with the president himself. i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during the critical period they were preparing for that they were going to fight came out i was afraid that these people would have softened that he's one of the great and amid criticism of its approach to the pandemic sweden registers a significant spike in deaths in the 1st half of 2020. very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow let's get started with your live news update. russian opposition figure had a husband admitted to a berlin hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier on saturday from the siberian city of he's been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday over has the latest from the german capital. alexina volley arrived here at charlotte's a in a emergency vehicle a intensive care transport vehicle that was flanked by police motorcycles as well as other police vehicles we h

police in the belarusians capital means cover rested more than $100.00 anti-government protesters they were taking part in another mass demonstration to demand president alexander look at shango step down the protests started after look at shango claimed an overwhelming reelection victory earlier this month but observers say the poll was neither free nor fair. go away they chant tens of thousands hit the streets of minsk on sunday. 3rd week of protests doing their best to avoid a massive police presence. but not always with success. 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 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. telli

the e.u. eventually move to punish president looking shango himself earlier i asked our correspondent alexander phenomena about the sanctions. when we talk about below it's clear that the sanctions are coming the u. foreign minister are quite clear here that there are coming and that they are trying to impose them as soon as possible we are talking about targeted sanctions against against certain individuals officials we didn't get a full list of those people on the on the sanctions list because it's still being worked on but this is the clearest sign that the going to punish those responsible for violence against protesters and for election fraud however it's not clear yet or it doesn't seem that going to be on this list in the 1st phase of imposing sanctions as you diplomat chief diplomat put it if the situation is going to get worse on the ground if the violence against protesters are going to continue. it's certainly going to target himself as well let's give you a brief don't some of the other stories making news this hour a court here in berlin has overturned a ban on upcoming demonstrati

disperse thousands of protesters of a ledge for president alexander lucas shango falsified sunday's election results which saw him with 80 percent of the vote amid the crackdown the opposition's top presidential candidate has left the country. a 3rd night of anger and under arrest in the capital protesters here are still furious about an election they say was rigged but as demonstrators rallied once more to voice their outrage police moved in to make arrests. we are all belarusians how is this possible fighting against your own people this isn't fair. president look i shan't go has vowed to crush the protests and crackdown on the opposition that crackdown has now claimed its most high profile victim opposition candidate spent. on sunday she was claiming victory in the country's presidential election 2 days later she fled to lithuania citing concern for her children's safety. i made a very difficult the situation for myself and i've made it absolutely independently me. many will understand me many will denounce me and many will hate me. god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced. saucily that still are far more anxiety too fo

and police in the belorussian capital minsk cover arrested more than $100.00 anti-government protesters they were demanding that president alexander shango step down after an election that they say was rage to keep him in power. the next on the union's our science show tomorrow today with a look at how giving viruses a face can help us fight them more effectively all that more coming right up and don't forget there's always more on our website w dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram to handle this at dien up here i'm sara kelly in berlin from needle me entire news team thank you so much for joining us we hope you take care it's easy. it's an invisible friend that's been depicted in many ways. the coronavirus this man knows exactly what it looks like thomas schmidt is a scientific illustrator. aided by extensive data gives the virus a realistic face and help scientists better understand it. tomorrow today. next on d w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech cholera prevention and sustainable charcoal production all of a sow's are avai

to the program but a resume president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election and says moscow is ready to step in to save the country speaking to supporters in minsk kaluga shango said the opposition protests are being steered from abroad and accused nato of deploying military forces near the country's border the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it is closely monitoring the situation in bellerose undeterred fan tens of thousands of opposition protesters are also holding a massive rally in the capital called the freedom march it's the biggest demonstration so far against those disputed election victory. well we can now go to w.'s moscow correspondent and be sure one who's following the developments in better routes for us hi emily i mean what do you make of the president goes accuse ations against nato while nato has firmly denied that they are placing troops at the belarusian borders but we have heard from the belarus in the valorization army that they will be holding military drills in the coming days it seems to me that look ashamed to wants to turn this internal political crisis into some kind of a geo political conflict that he's kind of inflating

the program but a recession president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election and says moscow is ready to step in to quote save the country speaking to supporters in men's kuka shango also accused nato of deploying military forces near the country's border the alliance has dismissed that claim but says it's closely monitoring the situation opposition protests have been growing in strength since last week's disputed election they took to the streets in their biggest numbers yet on some. opposing demonstrations in the streets of central minsk. with this man at the heart of both embattled by the russian president alexander lukashenko. dear friends i didn't just call you here to defend me you came here to defend your country your independence your families for the 1st time in a quarter of a century. lucas shankar dressed thousands of loyal supporters on sunday after days of protest put belorussian domestic politics in the international spotlight he accused foreign powers of organizing the opposition against him forever the opposition is all paid off their provocateurs who went into the crowd where are the parents of the children who went to the protest it's criminals w

demonstrate these demonstrations reps on sunday after long time president alexander lucas shango claimed he'd won a landslide victory in the election. but joined now by our correspondent ramon calls around the room and one of the latest developments developments. but take a well we are outside the russian embassy here in moscow and i'll tell you what's going on here in just a little bit but 1st regarding r.t. correspondent who was detained in the men's and later released while we're going to hold of him as well and this is what he said he said on his on the when he was going into the park he spoke to the police and they detained him to put him in their police car put had handcuffs on and took about 2 or 3 kilometers away from the epicenter of the protest and then let him go he says that he was not hurt and actually his words were they were quiet gentle with me so he is ok meanwhile there are other members of the russian press who have been detained in minsk in the building rooms and those people are still behind bars to some abilities by the russian authorities russian foreign ministry says that some of them should be rele

the week just gone. we start. another huge protest against president alexander lukashenko is underway people been rolling for more than 2 weeks now accusing local shango of rigging the august 9th election in his favor our correspondents report from minsk. they were going right in front of me people have blocked independence after many. people right here right at the intersection near the cinemark 500 meters from independence square. we're sure these people have left the pavements and taken to the roads. in violation of the traffic moves or should people heading to the square to protest. was the 10s of thousands of people have decided to come out here in the central men's it is quite deafening here because they are occupying the independence square the kind of russian capital if you blonds behind me even with a good vantage point that we have you would struggle to tell exactly where the road begins because the protest has spilled from the square and into the streets blocking the traffic and we witnessed the police reacting to it there we have response and they didn't try to break up the protest they didn't try to prevent the protesters from booking thi

the czech republic poland latvia lithuania estonia and denmark are also calling for officials responsible for giving alexander look at shango this result 80 percent of the vote for them to be slapped with peanuts of measures as well but according to the austrian foreign minister who's been speaking a little earlier in the day he doesn't think that any of this will happen today it could be several weeks as i mentioned if that is the case that still pretty quick for the e.u. need to stay with me because those even foreign ministers will also be addressing a standoff between greece and turkey now both of those countries claim waters in the eastern mediterranean greece says i'm correct has started searching for oil and gas and its water has now switzerland has offered to mediate the conflict to try to diffuse some of those tensions charlie and reports. beneath these waters in the eastern mediterranean lies a growing source of conflict on monday turkish warships entered territory that both greece and turkey claim as their own escorting a ship carrying out seismic surveys on the sea bed searching for oil and gas on wednesday gree

colds for the country's full rich area and president alexander lukashenko to step down the protests follow a presidential election to the opposition and the e.u. says was fraudulent looking shango has been in power for 26 years but his people are saying enough is enough and if europe's longest serving leader does go was impact will the growing crisis have on neighboring russia and its all for its hereon leader vladimir putin and so on to the point we ask belarus protests how will putin react. or thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point and my guest in the studio are belarus spawn all eager to rid over from the research center for eastern european studies at the university of brim and she says active support for the wounded bellicose leader would only damage russia the mood of the pro russian nor pro european also with this is because in a dorm flute experts on russia and eastern europe and a former moscow correspondent she says it's almost inconceivable that russia would simply tolerate a democratic turn around. and a woman looking to to don't have ellos own. who is from the russian desk he argues the. so far nothing has happened in belarus that putin really

back from interfering in intervening the european union says it will sanction officials who repress dissent meanwhile embattled president alexander is under a new shango has today called on russia to support him and his claim to have won last week's elections. well earlier we spoke to journalists. in minsk and we asked her how protesters feel about lucas shango consulting his ally president putin. why are these new scheme yes during this commemoration of accident and basically you know and people immediately brought back and there's saying that well we'll figure it out. and so have people who don't want any russian intervention in the real estate and progression protestors they want to be dependent and well there are no details so far so it's not really clear what's to say you know how to comment on the fact that looks like a cult but many people also fear that it might be a sign of perhaps not intervention but maybe newly support from russia tracked out on a peaceful protest or similar as well there are different rumors that people don't really know what to think but they are against any kind of russia russia's national in the country. well moving on

protesters the blockhouse and disclosed as yet whether alexander lukashenko is on the list in fact brussels lifted penalties on him 4 years ago if you any a which shares a border with belarus has luca shango and 31 other better russian officials from entering the country the e.u. has stressed that there should be no foreign meddling in the ballad russian crisis moscow points. doing precisely that with its sanctions on the country's leader russia's foreign minister has contacted the e.u. foreign policy chief to urge brussels again stirring up confrontation between the government on the opposition in belarus now that is after the e.u. unanimously rejected the results of the election declared president lukashenko persona non grata artie's donald quarter takes a closer look now at the signals coming from the european union. for the west bank it was always europe's last dictator the european union never liked the guy but they did try to play nice not anymore we stand by the people of belarus their european union student insley their routine was a piece of bread a recess by schools and most better issued on its own choose brain dependent cost of the country will follow there should be no outsid

program there has been a 9th night of protests in the belle of capital calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down that's despite signs from shango that he may be prepared to hold fresh elections under certain conditions but following his controversial reelection last week and after 26 years under his rule many citizens want change now. demonstrators demand liberty for the political prisoners and arrested protesters after 9 days of unprecedented protests calling on president alexander lukashenko to resign. and workers across the country joined a nationwide strike called by the opposition. to go away chanted factory workers at the president who had come to shore up support in an exchange with a worker has said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum so. president should not make decisions as a result of pressure the president must find a compromise exactly that's how. we need to approve a new constitution so the opposition won't be against it it needs to be approved in a referendum because our previous constitution was approved in a referendum and based on the new constitution and if you want it w

least 65000 people came out in support of alexander lukashenko now those numbers are according to the interior ministry hours later and and see look at shango rally began that building up with our correspondent in minster. boarding that there are over 100000 people the most recent reports indicate that the city's independence square is filled to near capacity similar scenes have been recorded in other places in belarus as well as pro and anti look at shanker rallies unfolded meanwhile nato is calling on minsk silat all the peaceful protests to continue and said that they're going to as ation is following the events in bella ruse very closely the statement came when right after a look at shank award to his supporters that's a nato forces are building up they are army near the biller russian border lithuania's foreign minister was quick to denounce that say that statement saying that it is indeed a liar however president of belarus side exotica shankar still announced military drills near the country's western borders. although things appear calmer now in ments because the beginning of the week was marred with unrest which left a demonstrator

least 65000 people came out in support of alexander lukashenko now those numbers are according to the interior ministry hours later and and see look at shango rally began it building up with our correspondent in minsk reporting that there are over 100000 people the most recent reports indicate that the city's independence square is filled to near capacity similar scenes have been recorded in other places in belarus as well as pro and anti look at shanker rallies unfolded meanwhile nato is calling on men still allow the peaceful protests to continue and said that they're going to as ation is following the events in bella ruse very closely the statements came out when right out. cira look at shank award to his supporters duds and nato forces building up their army near the below russian border lithuania's foreign minister was quick to denounce that say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exotica shanker still announced minutes or a drills near the country's western borders. well for more on this cost lives here liquid fire and pending journalist thank you for joining us on the program that given everyt

the pressure is mounting on shango. protesters about a rooster an up the heat on their president on the streets of minutes 3 weeks after a disputed election he claimed to win alexander says he'll head to russia to see president putin's help. germany's pray.

alexander lukashenko since the 1990 s. he's often called europe's last dictator he's been a traditionally allied with moscow but has sometimes leaned towards the e.u. to maintain his rule. by this election a look at shango is facing a significant challenge from 3 opponents who have galvanized opposition and drawn large crowds to their rallies. we love we can will win then not giving up meet the free women taking on veteran leader alexander lukashenko said lamont you cannot stay as the one on the ballot this weekend but maria kolesnik of the and veronica of calo have now thrown this support behind her together they have been drawing tens of thousands of beloved russians desperate for something new. people have put all their hopes in me all the desires for change you thought they'd join forces after candidates they were backing were forced out to col those husband fled the country with their children. kolesnikov it was working for victor arrested on charges of bribery. and he cannot stay as husband was jailed and disqualified from running. machine you can move my husband is in prison he lives in very cramped conditions and of course there is tremendous pressure on him. this is the man determined to stop t

the president of bella bruce alexander lukashenko is accusing russia of trying to destabilize the country its presidential elections begin he says 33 russians arrested last week a mercenary a claim moscow denies because shango has been facing growing opposition as as he tries for a 6th consecutive term. that is so yes has weakened to a tropical storm a north carolina carolina rather 300000 people have lost power. up next crimea russia's dark secrets. vs that of a type of nationalising on the ballot it was really it on us watching that. because you haven't asked. to show to me your father were in there but tyler myers is near russia. how many stripes the category do you listen while at the position your jeep believe will be stopped. short i didn't start a thread emotional pick your own little girl or a group or through your servers a score to live political political pollution since the russian critic. the dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied crimea. for news of her missing son to move. for you but you might as well you were more than a little but i was that was that he. was a store or a sailor but there are losses that are many but you have. to more openly opposed russia

the e.u. is going ahead with sanctions on 20 senior officials suits over a disputed election and a crackdown on protesters president alexander book shango says he's prepared to retaliate by cutting off trade routes. hundreds of refugees and migrants are stranded on a railway track and bosnia herzegovina one of them says decided to ban them while another has refused to accept them also has become a bottleneck for thousands of migrants after other migration routes closed down. the decision by the palestinian leadership to cut ties with the israeli government is hurting many in the occupied west bank palestinian leaders blocks contact 3 months ago in a protest against israel's threat to annex palestinian land it ever had reports. imagine reporting an armed robbery to the police but they can't show up on time this is what happened to a jewelry shop owner and 10 feet in the northern occupied west bank thieves escaped to israel in june with 8 kilograms of gold police say they know the suspects but can't get to them palestinian security forces requires rady permits to operate in more than 60 percent of the west bank was that already complicate

minsk up the spot where a protester died earlier this week in clashes with police demonstrators are demanding new elections they have europe's support and bottle to president alexander shango says that russia is backing him.