earlier demonstrators formed human chains and marched through several bela russian cities in defiancey the security forces. for the latest on those protests i spoke to franak viacorka, a bela russian journalist, who joined us from minsk. police forces and kgb using deadly lethal weapons against the protesters. we know at least three person killed and now we also know that some of those dead, they were not participating in the protest. so basically, most of them shooting was made arbitrarily. the soldiers that are brought to minsk streets, they are basically stopping, arresting and beating everyone they see. also particularly i like to mention a special attitude to journalists that riot police stop journalists, smash their cameras and confiscate press cards. it's very difficult to get any reports or photos or any coverage from the field. have you face any trouble yourself when you been out and about? no about my work is in front of computers. i'm basically that user content. this is how we have all videos and pictures. thousands of people are sending us pictures through telegram messag

will bela rus‘s summer rebellion be blown away with the autumn leaves? welcome to hardtalk.of people, protesters on the streets, but president lukashenko has streets, but president lu kashenko has not streets, but president lukashenko has not blinked or buckled. are you surprised? i'm sure you saw a number of weeks ago, his helicopterfully equipped with a rifle. he presented himself as a complete joke to the world. we need to understand he is and that mental condition, because he has mosi psychopath e. we need to understand what to do with him next, because people are standing up against him. when you say he made himself a com plete you say he made himself a completejoke, are you say he made himself a complete joke, are you sure the people of belarus is all it that way? the man was holding an automatic rifle. he was talking to his own some charity forces on his straight, heavily armed, determined to repress the protesters. that's not a joke, that's real. that is what is happening. repression is still happening. . that's not a joke. that's real. and that is what is happening.

dax —— bela rusians. lock him voice. —— macro two. dax —— belarusians.r president may have passed the point of no return. mitchell a 0renstein is professor of russian and east european studies at the university of pennsylvania. thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. we heard jonas in his report saying that lukashenko might be past the point of no return. what do you think about? i personally believe thatis about? i personally believe that is true. i simply cannot imagine howa that is true. i simply cannot imagine how a dictator who has ruled his country so brutally over $0 ruled his country so brutally over so many years can ruled his country so brutally over so many years can stay in power when no—one's any more afraid of him. as you can see in minx today —— minsk today, thousands on the street and regime tried to brutally beat protesters for several nights that had to say they didn't have the ability or manpower to brutally beat enough people off the streets and i think that is a shocking victory for the opposition forces was a bit is the beginning of

the bela russian belarussian economy —— will be pro—russian.would be unwise for britain, in principle, does not want any new colour revolutions on his birders and that is why he will be rather —— on his borders. let's come to the uk now. thousands of students in england will be given their predicted grades for a—level after an embarrassing u—turn by the british government a few hours ago. the decision — which came hot on the heels of similar moves in wales and northern ireland — overturns last week's results which were calculated by an algorithm. the actual exams had to be cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic. here's the education secretary of course, incredibly sorry for all those students who have been through this. when we came up with the system, which was broadly supported across the spectrum, of calculated grades, what we were doing was to ensure that we have the fairest possible system making sure that we look after the interests of all students. but when it became apparent that there were unfairnesses within the system, it was the

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is. head of the world health organisation says he hopes the coronavirus crisis can be over in less than two years. the comments by tedros adhanom ghebreyesus come as cases of the disease continue to surge in europe. france, spain, italy and germany have recorded their highest numbers of daily cases since the spring. we have a disadvantage of globalisation, closeness, connectedness, but an advantage of better technology. so we hope to finish this pandemic before — less than two years. especially if we can pull our efforts together and with national unity and with global solidarity, that's really key with utilising the available tools to the maximum and hoping that we can have additional tools like a vaccine, i think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu. arrivals to the uk from croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago have been added to the list of travellers who will have to self—isolate for two weeks once they touch down in the uk, because of a rise in infections in those

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is.liday—makers are racing to get home, before new government coronavirus quarantine restrictions come into force. in five hours' time here in london, anyone returning from croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago, will have to self—isolate for two weeks, because of a rise in infections in those countries. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee is in croatia for us in the city of split, a major tourism hotspot, and has sent us this report. a late summer getaway on croatia's dalmatian coast, where there are more british holiday—makers than from any other country. 17,000 uk tourists are here at the moment. for many, the break is now overjust as it was beginning. they are leaving before mandatory quarantine rules kick in. i'm a teacher, so if i don't go back today, i miss being back at school, and the kids have been off for six months. we are both key workers in england, so we've had to pay an extra £400 for a flight home which leaves in two hours' time. so, we're heading there now. i'm just getting i

will bela rus‘s summer rebellion be blown away with the autumn leaves? kaliada, welcome to hardtalk. thank you to have me here. we've seen extraordinary scenes for more than two weeks now in belarus — masses of people, protesters, on the streets. but president lukashenko, he hasn't blinked, he hasn't buckled. are you surprised? 0h, he blinked. and... you know, like, i'm sure you saw a number of days ago when he was at his helicopter, fully equipped with a rifle, and he presented himself as a complete joke to the world. so, we need to understand that he's in that mental condition because he has a mosaic psychopathy. and he speak, and now we need to understand, as the world, what to do with him next, because people are standing up against him. yes, but when you say he made himself a complete joke, are you sure the people of belarus saw it that way? after all, the man was holding an automatic rifle. he was talking to his own security forces on the streets, heavily armed, determined to repress the protesters. that's not a joke. that's real. and that is what

bela rus‘s ambassador to slovakia says he's handed in his resignation.ainst the east and they are not against the west. these workers and all belarussian people, the demand of the authority to hold their dignity and demand fair elections. but there's uncertainty about what will happen next — and part of that uncertainty lies to the east in moscow. the german chancellor angela merkel spoke with the russian president vladimir putin today — here's what the kremlin had to say afterwards... remember, mr putin spoke with belarus' president alexander lukashenka over the weekend, and offered assistance. here's mason clark from the us think tank, institute for the study of war. the protests in belarus are not necessarily anti—russia sunday they are completely focused on negative, corruption from the cutie states, stomach the abuses of the security forces and that sort of thing. that's a definite risk that the kremlin runs that if he interferes in belarus to prop up lukashenka, it will make the protest seem anti—kremlin. it is actually maintaining its higher court

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is.s. arrivals to the uk from croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago have been added to the list of travellers who will have to self—isolate for two weeks once they touch down in the uk, because of a rise in infections in those countries. the rule came in to effectjust minutes ago and led to a mad dash for british holiday—makers to get back in time to avoid the quarantine. our europe correspondent gavin lee met some of them in croatia. a late summer getaway on croatia's dalmatian coast, where there are more british holiday—makers than from any other country. 17,000 uk tourists are here at the moment. for many, the break is now over just as it was beginning. they're leaving before mandatory quarantine rules kick in. i'm a teacher, so if i don't go back today, i miss being back at school, and the kids have been off for six months. we're both key workers in england, so we've had to pay an extra £400 for a flight home which leaves in two hours' time. so, we're heading there now. further up

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is. warned it could be many months before we know if any of the 30 or so coronavirus vaccines currently undergoing trials, are effective. but one way to speed up the process would be to use so—called "challenge trials" where volunteers are given the vaccine and then deliberately infected with coronavirus. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. the longer we go without a vaccine, the longer people will die unnecessarily. young, healthy and determined. sean mcpartlin is 22 and studying in oxford. he keeps fit by swimming in the thames. i volunteered to be infected with the coronavirus. sean wants to take part in a so—called challenge trial, where he would first receive a vaccine against covid—19 and then be deliberately infected with coronavirus, to see if the vaccine protects him. my mother has a hereditary lung disorder, and every day we go without a vaccine is a day where she faces a risk that she might not have to. so i want to do everything i can to help get that vaccine to her and e

and he has living standards for most of his reign relatively high by bela rusian standards.sian subsidies. the bela rusian economy effectively runs on importing heavily subsidised petroleum products and then exporting refined petroleum products. now, since 2015, russia has steadily cut those subsidies, which has also cut into the standard of living of belarusians. also, lukashenko's handling of the covid—i9 pandemic has been nothing short of abysmal. he was saying it's nothing to worry about. it's not anything serious or real. nothing that can't be cured without some vodka or a sauna or a good game of hockey. and this has seriously cut into his popularity, so i think the belarusian people are saying enough is enough right now. interesting. you mention the role of russia. it is interesting they have cut the subsidies. i presume they want to maintain their influence in the country. yes, they certainly do. the relationship between vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko has been very tense. they personally do not like each other. in fact, they despise each other. it is kind of

appears that president lukashenko is now trying to create the image that nato is moving closer to belahey have reported that they are moving an airborne brigade to the lithuania poland border, and so perhaps president lukashenko is creating a military issue that he will ask president putin to help send russian forces into belarus. that could be one possible angle. but it is very clear that vladimir putin will exact a very high price of president lukashenko for any assistance that russia provides to him. we also have other neighbours a belarus, the baltic neighbours, poland, and the united states and other eu countries taking a position on this. what kind of influence can they exert over the situation? we certainly have seen where lithuania is taking a leadership role both within the european union, foreign minister has been very striving in interview the european union must do more in the baltic states and poland have also offered mediation assistance to try to give president lukashenko a diplomatic way out of the situation. he has turned that down. so it is very good that down. so it

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is. a senate committee that ballots in november's presidential election will be delivered securely and on time. amid concerns that recent policy changes were made to help re—elect president trump — louis dejoy denied he had spoken to the president about service operations and said he himself would be voting by mail. barbara plett usher has more. louis dejoy landed in the centre of a perfect storm when he became postmaster general two months ago, or did he create it? that's what this hearing was about. cutbacks that he's made to the postal services have delayed the mail and there's concerned that they will also delay mail—in ballots especially in a year where there is going to be a lot of them. and there's a suspicion that this is deliberate because president trump is against expanded mail—in voting, he says it's going to lead to widespread fraud although there's no evidence of that. and he has opposed extra funding to the postal services because of that. but mr dejoy said there was no con

perez seen béla rule says thousands of people defy warnings to call off their protests against the president clear watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also ahead a divided nation voting is underway in bottom entry elections that could see montenegro on a new path. and minimum wages among sweep labor reforms as qatar edges closer to hosting the 2022 football world cup and salvaging whatever they can severe flooding in saddam's capital with the threat of war as a nile river reaches precedented levels. protesters have ignored warnings by turning out in force again to demand the resignation of bella who says president at least 125 people have been detained by police in the capital minsk president alexander lukashenko is accused of rigging his reelection earlier this month to continue 26 years of authoritarian rule as protests centered a 3rd week the interior ministry warned they are an authorized it says there was a risk of violence let's bring in berners smith who is following developments from lithuania he joins us live from the only is so big crowds again today in me

earlier we spoke to bela russian journalist and analyst friend of the art short and asked him about the way police reacted to sunday's protests. i think police did use proportional force towards protesters most of them were peaceful they didn't bring any weapons and they didn't talk of a policeman and they rewrote ollie's did he use what they can and guns they didn't use gas or spray grenades or than 50 people are wounded in georgia several of them are in critical condition right now and more than 3000 people detained that's unprecedented and there is history and and i think that location case must be really scary here at the end when he behaves like a piece you know the real winner or popular vote who wouldn't behave. such harshly at the words it's his or her opponent. well russian journalist and analysts are reporting there to germany now where the center left social democratic party has announced its candidate for chancellor in next year's general election when under the american heads into retirement at the end of her 4th and final term it's all off shots currently the finance minis

peace foundation which organized alexei navalny is transferred to early in all government opponents in bélareuss are ready ready for another day of mass protests accusing president alexander lukashenko of stealing last month's elections and demanding that he step down claims the protests are being steered from abroad and says nato is massing troops near the border claims that the alliance family denies. putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander lucas told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country spirits he claims enemies are at the border 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. and you even if be there. this moment will slow down or calm down a little bit but our people. they will not accept our president anymore we have changed our minds have changed and will not be able to be under this president taking in more under this authority smoothwall struggle to. trip over your good. ole country. the strug

of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago as a historical mistake and he won't just sit by and see bela groups look towards europe one has to say a lot of belorussians want close connections with russia to continue at the same time this offer of assistance of helping to create a national dialogue will most likely be read by the kremlin as of way by europe to try and seek further influence in bella bruce and this is where we're seeing from take phone calls behind the scenes to find at least some kind of understanding over how much europe can assist without being perceived as interfering and so with that let's talk about action vs speech we have the leaders talking about the big picture so are we seeing the franco german engine in europe busy working or busy appearing to work we've seen clearly both we saw a large breakthrough over corona and we saw germany drop its resistance to the e.u. taking on debt that was a milestone also pushing angela merkel much closer to french president. they see a lot more i to why under this pressure at the same time there's a whole laundry list of conflicts

only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is. jean mackenzie, bbc news. the manchester united captain, harry maguire, has been arrested while on holiday on the greek island of mykonos. let's talk to our sports correspondent olly foster, who is at old trafford for us tonight. bring us up to date with the latest on all this. good evening. the world's most expensive defender is spending a second night in a greek police cell. the club this morning confirming that their captain was fully cooperating with the greek authorities. we know that harry maguire and two other british men we re maguire and two other british men were arrested at around midnight last night after an incident on the greek island of mykonos. the greek police said they were called out to an altercation between two groups. they had to break up a fight and it was then that three men rounded, they claim, on one of their officers, verbally abusing and assaulting him. the three men were then escorted to a local police station. it is then that police claimed that upon arri

bill in doha with a look at our main stories on al-jazeera another mass protest is set to begin in bélarules for the risk it could turn violent police have already detained at least a dozen protesters would gather daily at independence square in the capital means this comes a day after thousands of women march to condemn state violence the interior ministry is warning people against joining the mage's demonstration against president alexander lukashenko al jazeera has been it's made has more now on a meeting ground between local and russia's president. both leaders of spoken and they've agreed to meet in moscow sometime in the next few weeks so clearly no sense of urgency on the side of who's in or luka shanker there is no love lost between them in fact before the presidential election lucas said that russia was trying to divide belarus and sending agents to draw and divide the country so they should vote for him he now says after the election that is nate so when europe is trying to divide his country but anyway and so no love lost between the 2 leaders what putin has offered said he's

the funds are to be used for coronavirus emergency relief as well as to support the bela-russian peopleand freedom of the press. >>> japanese authorities have ordered nissan motor to pay around $2 million in back taxes connected to carlos ghosn's time in charge of the firm. sources say officials believe the automaker faililed to pay t on $9.4 million of income it wrote off as b business expense. that included expenses for a corporate jet used by ghosn and his family. nissan also paid rental costs beyond ghosn's housing allowance on his condominiums in tokyo and paris. the sources say nissan must now pay about $2.3 million in taxes. the company says it will deal with the matter in accordance with a notice from the tax bureau. authorities previously found similar failures by nissan involving another $1.4 million of ghosn's personal expenses. nissan filed a lawsuit against ghosn in february seeking about $95 million in damages over alleged irregularities. ghosn skipped bail in japan, and fled to lebanon last year. the former chairman is now on the interpol wanted list. there is no prospect

news the live from birth led the bela lugosi and president seeks to quell a growing resistance to his role the demonstrations head into a 9th night after alexander lukashenko says that new elections could be possible but only after a referendum on the constitution citizens say they want change now. also coming up the u.s. democrats launch their national convention but some straight talk from high profile figures. is we have any.

an enormous crowd of opponents of bela rusian president, alexander lu kashenko, has gathered in minsk to demand his resignation. it comes amid growing anger over alleged poll—rigging, and police violence at subsequent protests. but the president vows to stay in power, claiming belarus is under threat from foreign forces. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has said that she will recall the chamber later this week to vote on legislation to protect the postal service. democrats have accused president trump of trying to hamstring the cash—strapped postal service to suppress postal voting in november's election. new zealand's prime minister has announced that general elections due to take place in mid—september have been postponed because of a fresh covid—19 outbreak. jacinda ardern told a news conference the poll date has been pushed back to october the 17th, giving parties time to resume their suspended election campaigns. there's more uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of students in the uk. the exams regulator has withdrawn its advice on how pupils in engl

going on right now and the roofs concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bélagroups to interfere in them from a brutal and it is. not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial everything we're hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both a countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics. now moscow is calling on all parties to allow for a true dialogue between protesters and how thorough it sees according to the kremlin officials in belarus are indeed ready to work with the opposition however external interference and provocations are counterproductive now alexander lukashenko also talks about financing from the west and cold on his a foreign minister to deliver and message to the european union and to ukraine not to fuel unrest in belarus let's hear what else he had to say. western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to belarus we cannot track all of the funds as much if it

the decision was made by european foreign ministers meeting in may also russia not to intervene in bélaboost after russian president vladimir putin said that military support of our military support for the country's embattled leader alexander lukashenko the country's they used top diplomat joseph burrell said the bloc was working to introduce sanctions as quickly as possible there was a political agreement among ministers to dizzying nate selected individuals responsible for defrauding elections and better rules and for the subsequent. under the existing sanction regime. in football liverpool coach you're going club has ruled out trying to sign a little messy from barcelona because he would be too expensive as he told barcelona this week that he wanted to leave putting many clubs on alert but over here odds. i everyone it seems wants a piece of lino messi these are the scenes english sorry i home of messy boyhood club mules old boys a parade thanking him to return. a little bit of my leo please come back while waiting for you with open arms lee i let's go. i have a. messy shocks the fo

i was i well several country protests are now being held across bela reuss the largest is in the eastern city of mongolia of as you can see people are waving the red and green national flying get docked in 1905 a year after alexander lukashenko came to power that's in contrast to the older red and white fly by opponents of the president people have been speaking out in support of mr lukashenko on saying the arrest needs to stop. the situation in our country is very serious so we have come out here to show our support for the president we are against unrest in a country. house there should be new rights we should find compromise says we do not condemn the support for the position so why should they condemn the us. and want to say one thing i stand here for belarus for our president for our prosperous and beautiful country will never give up to anyone. earlier in the day the leaders of france and germany contacted president putin to discuss the crisis in belarus here's our tease from uncle sharif. rallies in support of what's happening in belarus have been happening in front solve the coun

he is the information secretary of the main bela russian emigre body, the rada council.nprecedented in terms of the scale of protests and really what it looks like the chances of them finally to succeed. but we've been through similar situations in 2006, in 2001, in 2010 when there was an illusion that victory of democracy was very close. but in the end, he finally found a way out, meaning lukashenko. is there any sign that the army or police are deserting him? the signs are very weak at this moment but there are individual officers, individual soldiers who resigned and who publicly resigned who have declared their discontent with the police and their disagreements with the unprecedented police brutality, absolutely many evil police brutality that we have seen last week. there are signs of that but not yet an avalanche so to say. what about the relationship with russia? because that has been problematic and troubled for some time. it was only one year ago since putin acknowledged him at an official function. when or why would russia step in? —— since president putin bare

clashes erupted hours after bela rusian leader alexander lu kashenko was declared the winner of the votey in scotland — after three people died when a passenger train came off the rails on a flooded track in aberdeenshire. scotrail has confirmed the fatalities were the driver, the conductor and a passenger. witnesses say heavy rain had caused a landslide nearby.

years ago with the way in which shares a border with belarus has banned lucas shankar and 31 other bela russian officials from entering the country and the e.u. has stressed that there should be no foreign meddling in. the bell russian crisis moscow claims that listening is doing precisely that awaited sanctions on the country's leader. russia's foreign minister has contacted the e.u. foreign policy chief to urge brussels against stirring up confrontation between the government and opposition in bellerose that's after the e.u. unanimously rejected the results of the election and declared president lukashenko persona non-grata has done quarter comments 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 in so we don't reteach was a piece of better research by skills than most benefits should on its own choose brain dependent cost of the country will follow there should be no outside interferen

reports from the people who experienced torture in the belarussian who experienced torture in the belaussian pheasants are very numerous. “— belarussian pheasants are very numerous. —— prisons. and i know that human rights organisations based on those are carefully recording and i... what i can tell that there are more than 200, probably even more, testimonies of people speaking of how they have been treated in the prisons. and we've been hearing reports that lukashenko is saying that these beatings, various photos that so evidence that staged. what would you to that? what i would say is it his usual way of behaviour, and i know that many of the people are afraid of reporting to police, about the torture. they are documenting their bruises and the damage that have been done to their bodies to the doctors, but often they are afraid to report to police because they are afraid of further contact with police, and that's's the fact, that the people are feeling contact with the people are feeling contact with the authorities and the police. you mentioned human rights groups there. have a doi

well, protesters are growing and the belarussian people protesters are growing and the bela russian peopleand the belarussian people experienced... it totally disappeared and russians realise that putin is bringing them more problems than solutions. and don't get me wrong, i wasn't one of those who were happy about the annexation of crimea, but a lot of russian people supported that's, so that euphoria totally evaporated, and protests are growing, not only in big cities like moscow, it's in st petersburg, even in smaller cities, including my own city where i'm from, in the way north of siberia, it's an industrial city, evenin siberia, it's an industrial city, even in that city, and i'm in touch with some people there, loads of discontent are growing, people are unhappy with the politics of their world as of late. thank you for your time today. thank you. you can find much more background to this story on our website, including this profile of alexei navalny — looking at some of the reasons he seems to keep falling foul of the kremlin. just log on to bbc.com/news for the second successive w

this was a day when bela russians found their voice. — lock him up," they're saying here. europe's longest—serving leader may have passed the point of no return. and i spoke tojonah fisher earlier and he began by telling 00:04:49,339 --> 2147483051:39:09,384 us more about the unprecedented 2147483051:39:09,384 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 events on sunday. a massive demonstration of the size of the opposition to president lukashenko following on from that election, which took place a week ago and election which is been fiercely disputed amounts pretty strong claims that were entirely falsified. they were very hopeful and upbeat. i think the fa ct hopeful and upbeat. i think the fact that so many people had come was a really emboldening moment for people here to be surrounded by so many like—minded people. you have to remember a week or two ago, demonstrations we saw here were extremely dangerous. you're very likely to be picked up by security forces, so i think people were optimistic and kosice. the reality of course is lots of people a bit

alexander lu kashenko, bela rus's first and only president, has been in office for over a quarter of— the brutal crackdown on protesters angered many, and he has been accused of not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously enough. this presidential campaign surprised many, showing that a lot of people are fed up and want change. there are no opinion polls in belarus to gauge exactly how much support the current president and the opposition candidate have. but one thing is certain — even if president lukashenko wins, he will struggle to continue as before. 0lga ivshina, bbc news. the uk home office has formally requested help from the royal navy, to deal with migrants attempting to cross the english channel from france. the ministry of defence says it's ‘working hard' to find a way to assist. a record number of unaccompanied migrant children arrived in the uk in the past two days, as gavin lee reports from northern france. at first light this morning, on a beach close to calais, we watch from a distance as migrants, men and women, children holding hands at the back, take to the water

when the west tries to push lu kashenko and bela rusian society more towards democratic norms, he thenards russia. he has been able to keep this balancing act going for so long, but it has now come to an end. belarusian society has clearly said that he must leave and that they are demanding free and fair elections. and for president lukashenko to remain in power, he will need assistance from russia. and that is where the balancing act has now come to an end. if in fact russia comes in very heavily to support president lukashenko. just coming back to the protests, we heard some of the ambitions of the people out on the streets. but as you mentioned, he has been a power for 26 years. this is hardly the first election about which there have been question marks. why now, why are people turning out in such numbers now do you think? yeah, i think what has happened is the belarusian people have now understood that their very future hangs in the balance. we hear comments that as young people increasingly leave belarus, that there is no hope, that there's no future. and i think after these viol

rallies and authorities are cracking down over the belarusian authorities are cracking down over the belane of, if not, the best footballer in the world says he wants to leave the club he's been at since he was 12 years old. lionel messi's told barcelona he wants to leave this summer for free but the club believe he's going nowhere without a hefty transfer free. paul hawkins has more. he is arguably the best football player in the world, possibly ever but after 1a yea rs possibly ever but after 1a years at the only club he has ever pay — as playful as a professional, lionel messi has that he wants to leave barcelona. ten days ago, they thrashed by in munich in the champions league, and he called the team weak and vulnerable, the team weak and vulnerable, the oldest team they put in the season and they finished trophy less. last year they put in a new manager, ronald kummer, and these are changes that lionel messi did not want to be part. some blame the management. translation: this situation has been uncomfortable for everyone. this board of directors should have resigned a long time ago,

right now in better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing bélagroups to interfere in them from a brutal it goes without saying bella russian president alexander lukashenko is also concerned that in the. western countries are openly without hiding it raising funds and sending them to beller we cannot track all of that as much if it is in cash but we see it we know what's going on and we will focus on this issue . the european union isn't just paying lip service to the ballarat opposition either the millions of euros in aid it promised to the belorussian government are now being redirected to so-called civil society an independent media the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the bill. russian people are in these challenging times we can't forget the e.u. states neighboring valorous which seem to have their own agendas for one the polish prime minister seems to think belarus has close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to change that such of an economic plan should be pr

clashes erupted hours after bela rusian leader alexander lu kashenko was declared the winner of the vote which the eu has condemned as "neither free nor fair." an investigation is under way in scotland — after three people died when a passenger train came off the rails on a flooded track in aberdeenshire. scotrail has confirmed the fatalities were the driver, the conductor and a passenger. witnesses say heavy rain had caused a landslide nearby. the official number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus has been reduced by 5,000, after a change in the way the figure is calculated. public health england has agreed to fall into line with the rest of the uk and only count deaths occurring within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. it means the total number of deaths has fallen from from 46,706 to 41,329. here's our health editor hugh pym. lockdown restrictions have eased, more people are out and about and today we learned the coronavirus death total has been lower than we thought because of a change in the way it's worked out. scotland, wales and northern ireland report those testing posit

news live from byrd led the bela lugosi and president seeks to quell a growing resistance to his role as demonstrations head into a 9th night after alexander lukashenko says that new elections could be possible but only after a referendum on the constitution citizens say they want change now. also coming up the u.s. democrats launch their national convention with some straight talk from high profile figures. if we have any hope of ending this chaos we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depended on. the 1st ever virtual convention culminates on thursday with biden's nomination as donald trump's brain challenger and november plus alcohol and tobacco go back on sale in south africa as the government uses coronavirus restrictions that saw curbs on most economic life. i'm sara kelly welcome to the 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

clashes erupted hours after bela rusian leader alexander lu kashenko was declared the winner of the vote which the eu has condemned as "neither free nor fair." an investigation is under way in scotland — after three people died when a passenger train came off the rails on a flooded track in aberdeenshire — and caught fire. scot—rail has confirmed they were the driver, the conductor and a passenger. now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. after the unimaginable horror of the beirut blast, the people of lebanon are now living government, dead in all but name but still in place. my guest today is the minister of economy and trade, raoul nehme. now he has resigned but he's still in office until new ministers take over. the outgoing prime minister says the catastrophic situation is the result of endemic corruption. so is lebanon a country now beyond rescue? minister raoul nehme in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you. your country is going through an unparalleled crisis, and i have to ask you a very simple question, does lebanon have a government today

first they want to government protests in béla roofs showed no sign of abating following sunday's disputedpresidential election the interior ministry says police detained more than a 1000 people overnight police also used live ammunition against protesters in the southwestern city of brest demonstrators dispute the election results which gave president alexander lukashenko 80 percent of the vote opposition groups claim there was widespread vote rigging while the european union also says the vote was neither free nor fair e.u. foreign ministers that used to meet on friday to discuss the possibility of sanctions. after night of anger and on bret's in the bellary sea and capital. protesters here still furious about an election they say was raked but is demonstrators rallied once more to voice their outrage police moved in to make arrests. how is this possible fighting against your own people this is not fair. protesting continued into daylight on wednesday with people forming so-called chains of solidarity across the country. president lukashenko has vowed to crush the protests his crackdown

right now in better roofs we are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bélagroups to interfere in them from a brutal and it is not just meddling it is aimed at imposing rules that outside actors consider beneficial everything we're hearing now from the european captions specifically from the both countries poland and the european parliament has nothing to do with alexander lukashenko human rights or democracy but only with geopolitics . now moscow is calling moscow is calling for all on all parties for it to provide for a genuine dialogue between the authorities and the protesters so according to the kremlin officials in belarus are ready to work with the opposition but interference and. provocations in this matter are counterproductive but xander a look at shankar also accused the west of financing the opposition called on his foreign minister to deliver a message sheds to european union countries and ukraine not to fuel unrest in belarus that's having this. but it illustrates a feeling see that when you see this western countries are openly without hiding i

protests break out across bela lugosi against a long time leader alexander lukashenko he looks set to win a 6th term in office but the opposition says the election was rigged also ahead. another night of chaos in beirut as public anger builds in the wake of tuesday's deadly explosion our correspondent is in the midst of the unrest. that. the police and the army are trying to clear out of this street right now we are in the middle of the city i guess everywhere.

to express their solidarity with the people in belarus 61 a phone conversation between russian and bela russian presence took place earlier on saturday and both leaders expressed confidence that all problems and belittle the settles have very soon they also added that the main goal is not to let the external forces that say advantage of this a situation and of course put a wedge in the corporation between russia and belarus the european union is now offering its own solution on the situation in the country the european union will put forward to the better russian authorities a proposal for e.u. support and establishing an facilitating a dialogue between the political authorities opposition and broader society in view of resolving the current crisis ministers also agreed on the need to sanction those responsible for violence repression and the full suffocation of election results sanctions are the end of politics the key question now is what kind of policy the e.u. has towards biller use for osce the european union is one of our top priorities at a strategy meeting with the defense minis

human rights are protected and that the will of the belarusian protected and that the will of the belarusian ‘s is put first so we are the belarusian ‘s is put first so we are at this moment right now, really dangerous moment, hoping for an end to the violence, of political transition, but we've also seen, when dictators want to stay in power, they would do anything they can to do that and that will include the use of violence. yes, jonathan, what chance of real change do think, given that lukashenko has held an i grip for so long, his ally russia will be keen that he doesn't give ground in the united states is hardly going to be focused on this at the moment? clearly there is a focus on this issue in walsh expect washington, i can tell you, both from the administration, secretary pompeo spoke to this issue today but you are correct, it's not only a presidential election in the united states but the continuing challenge of coronavirus that is challenging governments globally and it's one of the causes for how belarusian is a feeling today, failed leadership, failure to address the pand

style negotiations between belarus, with participations of belarusians belarus, with participations of belafor alexander lu kashenko to negotiations in order for alexander lukashenko to step down, not allowing his participation in any elections. and this is the main thing that has to happen. this is a time when the west really needs to get out of the political corner. just look at the word of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov when he said that what we are hearing from the baltics and poland, is not about alexander lu kashenko human rights and democracy, it is actually all about geopolitics stop you are sort of saying the same thing. it is a battle between east and west. yes, it is the historical battle that has been happening for yea rs battle that has been happening for years and years but to give you a wonderful answer to what sergei lavrov said, i will tell you another thing that it was a wonderful momentum when white, red, white balloons, a symbol of resistance in belarus, went to the sky of lithuania yesterday, on a sunday, and that was the moment went if they took those ballo