has announced it will hold an emergency summit about bella bruce on wednesday. it's a city we start in humble ensure we have already agreed on sanctions against stories responsible for these human rights violations how the sanctions will be designed and whether further restrictive measures will be taken depend on the future behavior of the bellary so you know it already is of course we are also considering the possibility of extending sanctions to other leading figures. osugi like until then protests is sure nor signs of relenting. for more now we're joined by now resnick of a journalist in minsk. has insisted there be no rerun of the disputed election what do you make of him now saying he would be open to a fresh election after a new constitution is passed ok a clear sign all year there are so many workers protesting right now. just years he understands why their workers all all because he will not work so he has no choice no other choice but to resign so and their protest of them so they don't believe. they knew they know most of them they know that there was

protest sparked by the disputed election in bella bruce then to their 4th day as police begin dispersing crowds and arresting demonstrators. after russia claims to be the world's 1st country with a coronavirus vaccine we visit the factory now last producing it. and a week on since the devastating blast reduced much of beirut to ruins families struggle with their grief including those who lost firefighters in the tragedy. and hopefully once she grows up she can know good father was a hero and she will know what happened to him. she will no longer died for a reason. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me making erin our top story this hour despite calls for calm the unrest in belarus continues as the country enters a 4th day of protests police have already started dispersing crowds and arresting demonstrators in the campus all meant. i mean the who she is to have spoken over. the. phone companies this might be some people who don't see. a small team but there's a group of. the i and i can run a lift now and join our correspondent rym on cars a referendum on go

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 that they need to tackle together molly the eastern mediterranean and also libya just to name a few and they're both countries have different approaches but they've clearly demonstrated here that when they see eye to eye. they can at least take the lead sets the tone for the e.u. to act at the same ti

now to bella bruce where the election commission says president oleksandr no question co won a landslide 80 percent of the vote and sunday's election but the opposition candidates atlanta taken off sky and says the result was rigged and claims victory for herself germany's government says it has strong doubts about the results which triggered clashes across. the leaders of belarus 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. there were a lot of people with weapons they started shooting at people's arms and legs desp

trade unions battle the government in bella bruce we have a special report looking at how mine is the trying to organize a strike of the brutal post-election crackdown. i'm anthony howard thanks for joining us we begin here in berlin with protesters have tried to storm the german parliament building the group holding in period german flags managed to reach the entrance of the rocks die before police force them back this happened during a vast protest on the streets of the german capital against the country's coronavirus restrictions that saw hundreds of everest's. taken by the thousands to demand germany's government changing its course in the corona crisis. but for many the demonstrations in the heart of berlin ended in arrest. police say they were forced to make the detentions after far right activists who marched alongside coronavirus skeptics clashed with police. in a small group even managed stormed the steps of the german parliament before being detained. saturday's demonstrations attracted a wide coalition of activists from right wing radicals to those who reject the authority

to resign are louder than ever says he won reelection last week but many inside and outside of bella bruce say the vote was raked. the red and 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. go away 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 was the story of the president should not make decisions as a result of pressure both make 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 we will show you elections for the parliament presidency and local government bodies. the protests being fueled by new promises from the exiled oppositi

them was arrested on fraud charges she has been presenting herself as really a simple citizen of bella bruce as a mother and of someone as a muslim mother and as someone who's really just sick of what has been going on in the country who's sick of as she says being silent and who's sick of seeing the same man in power for 26 years and also i think observers say that many people are just sick of seeing lucas and go just like just like she says for such a long time. and thank you. let's go now to some of the other stories making news around the world in afghanistan a grand assembly has approved the release of 400 taliban prisoners the decision was endorsed by president. he wants to pave the way for peace talks between the government and the insurgents and end the 19 year long war. well at least 10 coronavirus patients have died in a fire at a makeshift hospital in the southern indian state andhra pradesh officials are said the blaze in the multistory hotel building was caused by an electrical short circuit it's the 2nd fire at an indian coronavirus facility in this month. western europe is of

warning sign to the west that they shouldn't meddle in what's happening in velo after all russia sees bella bruce as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that lucas franco has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if you stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. sure when he was keeping a close. to going on in belarus for reporting from moscow thank you so much. u.s. president donald trump says he's considering pardoning edward snowden the former u.s. intelligence contractor has been in hiding in russia since he leaked classified information from the national security agency in 2013 supporters of uson snowden as a whistleblower who revealed the extent of u.s. government surveillance but he's charged with violating the u.s. espionage act here's what trump has to say when he was asked about a potential pardon i mean i'm not that aware of the snowden situation but i'm going to sort of look you know there are many many people it seems to be a split decision tha

leaders have refused to recognize the election that kept the president of bella bruce in power and promised sanctions on top officials. these elections were not free and they were not fair and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections german chancellor angela merkel says the e.u. wants talks between the opposition and the government and vellum groups but president lukashenko shows no signs of changing course. last firing munich put themselves into the champions league final fan celebrated as a winger in stairs not free helps them going to sleep as top club take care of the french side olympic legal fire are looking for their 1st champions league title since 2030. welcome to the program. opposition leaders have welcomed a unanimous decision by european union leaders to reject the results of the election that kept president aleksander local shango in power after a virtual conference of $27.00 national leaders and top officials from the bloc they also announced sanctions against a large number of individuals involved in alleged voting fraud and violence against protesters.

trade unions battle the government in bella bruce we have a special report looking at how mine is on trying to organize a strike of the brutal post-election crackdown. a math anyhow thanks for joining us we begin here in berlin where germany's interior minister has condemned 5 right protesters who tried to storm the german parliament building the group holding imperial german flags managed to reach the entrance of the reichstag before being forced back by police post see hoffa said the action was intolerable and showed the government needed to take robust action it happened alongside a demonstration that drew nearly 40000 people to protest germany's coronavirus restrictions hundreds were arrested. they came by the thousands to demand germany's government change its course in the corona crisis. but for many the demonstrations in the heart of berlin ended in arrest. police say they were forced to make the detentions after far right activists who marched alongside coronavirus skeptics clashed with police. officers and a small group even managed to storm the steps of the german parliamen

cheers crowds take to the streets of bella bruce to demand the resignation of their hardline leader president alexander lukashenko stages a show of defiance brandishing a rifle valley to add to the unrest. and weather experts are warning about more lightning strikes are set to fuel the wildfires raging across california president donald trump declares a major of emergency. i'm claridge's and welcome to the show fans of german soccer side by our new nick are celebrating after their team at one of the champions league title the very inside defeated at paris a censure of on one it in lisbon after a tight 1st half kingsley coleman a made the breakthrough heading home the only goal of the game but the victory byron completed the trouble of league title domestic cup and champions league. this is the moment but send bind from into ecstasy after 5 long minutes of a. the time came the final whistle by in munich had won the champions league because of a coronavirus for fun in lisbon was played without a crowd but the risk of infection did not stop supporters from taking to the streets of munich. it's a

i'm sure kelly welcome to the program strikes are expected in bella bruce today after president alexander because shan't go firmly rejected calls to step down well now the political discord in bellerose he is beginning to take on an international perspective russia has offered military help and lucas shan't go has accused nato of deploying military forces near the country's border a sunday saw thousands joined the biggest anti lucas ship go protest yet but it wasn't the only place that a rally was taking place. opposing demonstrations in the streets of central minsk. with this man at the heart of both embattled politician 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. dress 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 has all paid off their provocateurs who went into the

years as accused nice old trying to split the country response he sold of the army to mobilize bella bruce was a risk of. imminent attack. well our reporter nick connelly in midst talk today to some of the protests you can see that this is a dictatorship because there is no respect for society for a people to call for freedom. of thought and all but i think over my whole we know we will be in the 3 counties like you saw while and i think we will be an. overthrow the government a book sold in the legal union of our correspondent nick conley is in minsk and he sent us this update you're fired go away look sankoh behind bars those are just some of the chants here in minsk today 2 weeks after the root is rigged election quite how many people have turned out we can't say with any certainty because drones all but illegal in belarus but one thing seems certain the government's threats to arrest people and even the announcement to bring the army out from the streets of minsk doesn't seem to have scared people and quite the opposite it seems to made them even more determined to come out and have th

now in better roosts we are concerned by the attempt to exploit to the internal challenges facing bella bruce to interfere in them from a group. all for this hour the us democrats formally nominate joe biden as their runner in 2020 but as the party of his campaign promises a. hawkish past could come back to haunt him. and a military uprising and sweeps the president from power.

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 able to deter this and never with words nor with actions the regime has increased police presence even threatened to send in troops supposedly to protect

groups in ruins look at the latest from our correspondent in the lebanese capital also coming up bella bruce erupts and anger after the country's presidential election the defeated candidate claims the result was raining to after the government claimed president lukashenko had won some 80 percent.

was he there lifted to belize on saturday from siberia also coming up to the embattled leader of bella bruce puts the army on alert orders to protect authoritarian president alexander lukashenko it accuses nanto of man.

and this is al-jazeera life also coming up the main opposition candidate and bella bruce goes into hiding amid a government crackdown against her aides a day before the presidential election. donald trump signs executive orders offering financial relief as talks on the new cover all of our us rescue package collapse.

and there has been condemnation of how the vote in bella bruce was conducted today the european union took its criticism a step further and suggested it may slap sanctions on bella ruse yet again a statement from the european council reads the elections were neither free nor fair the people of belarus deserve better since the 2015 release of political prisoners the relationship between the e.u. and bella ruse had improved but without progress on human rights and the rule of law the e.u. bellerose relationship can only get worse over more tonight i'm joined by failing scriven 6 with the center for east european and international studies felix good to have you on the day i want to start by watching this video which was posted today by svetlana scalia take a look or so how does the responding to their own lives lost and come to the most of them lesser chester purposes that from now until our voices tell sort. of that these 2 or 3 have a shared some past and the intense feeling more sympathy in the normal sense that this is about us. intercept or cultural component and i see the question

able to make democracy also a part of belarus now this is all taking place in a context after all bella bruce is firmly within the russians fear of influence what kind of signal would you expect now from your allies in the united states looking at this. also down really what it is politically between a european union a proto mop or c. movement and the current regime well as you correctly point out in your earlier question there has been a development in belarus over time that gave the reason for some optimism and now we see that with conducting this election that optimism has managed again and that is also why it's important for all western countries and all democratic societies to support the quest for free and fair elections that is something that every citizen in the world is entitle to and that is also why we support that demand in other words now that we are lit the throughway india and poland the say they want to stay you want to do once a potential mediation process organize some kind of transition what are the chances of that actually dig successful the trace of democracy is something

should make a statement rejecting the recent election in bella bruce this is taken place right now in the. hero i call on you not to recognize this fraud when elections. mr has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the wall but there's a balancing act to play for the e.u. alexander lukashenko has already claiming that foreign interference is behind the only rest in the country and in fact he's put the military on standby because of it this. statements have been made very some western countries who don't even know where bill is and have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat army units on our western borders and have brought them to full combat readiness. so what can we expect coming out of where these days of solitude we can expect clarification on who will be targeted by e.u. commission sanctions most likely it's going to be belorussians curity forces and election authorities could also expect a statement of support for the opposition however for now at least the e.u. will be looking to tr

the european parliament's foreign affairs committee is to hold an emergency meeting on bella bruce on tuesday because his challenger in the disputed election who earlier met with the united states' deputy secretary of state is also due to attend in brussels he used foreign policy chief compare the situation in belarus to venezuela. we do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize nicolas maduro from this point of view maduro and lucas shanker in exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not recognizing their democratic legitimacy so this one is cynical to hear from you know people you know because we know what the position of the european union it is or when it comes to a regime. that is hong kong. where they also. passed in ukraine. so all this into all this. not just a bit of soul but if the whole dare call for the assault on the stone. below is 1 of may we will ask the europe which is not. from the worst

emergency landing doctors say they are working to save his life also coming up the opposition and bella bruce hales and.

i think this is incredible we've never seen the people of bella bruce this happy this free delivery you are incredible we love you. this shows that we're all united and that we want to protect our right to vote freely and stage free elections. the protesters are related but they have still not one. that learned tikhonov sky has become their leadership figure her husband who had actually been a candidate was arrested in a statement from exile in lithuania she confirmed. paired to take on the responsibility and the role of leader of our country. nation must calm down. we must stay united. that's a new elections can be held. and the protests are continuing many workers in states and threes and at state t.v. are going on strike how long can look at shingle hold out. the answer to that question will depend on how much the opposition can remain united is the opposition united or is beginning to see period where have i think we have to be a bit cautious when it's a position because it's not really you know this classic party position and it would think about when we say a position here in the

what does europe have to bear in mind when dealing with russia now after all bella bruce is founding within its fear of influence. as i say to those we need to avoid the misunderstanding that we want to change fee is of influence if we stand up for human rights and nonviolence and democracy that is not directed against anyone and certainly not against russia. but today marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the constitution of the united states the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote at least the women who were not being excluded from voting by jim crow laws in the u.s. southern states for example and the passage of the 19th amendment marked the culmination of decades back to visit by women white and black who refused to accept the status quo in a world where only men were allowed to rule in politics a carefree little girl plays beside the declaration of sentiments engraved in stone in seneca falls a small town in new york state where history was written it was here at the seneca falls convention in $1048.00 that this document was signed a manifesto demanding po

in power but international observers fear more instability is on the way that as more people in bella bruce joined protests calling for president luka shame go to resign german chancellor angela merkel tells him his government lets free political prisoners and avoid violence plus a champions league trophy with the entire southern german speech for the 1st time ever after they arrive slightly in this. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. democrats have officially nominated former vice president joe biden as their party's candidate to challenge president donald trump in the november. action by then celebrated with his family and supporters after clinching the required number of delegates on day 2 of the party's online convention speakers including biden's wife jill gave testimonials praising his character the nominee himself will address the convention in a much anticipated acceptance speech on thursday. and joining me now here in the studio with analysis is tyson barker a berglund based political analyst tyson and by now officially the party's nomination need for president what was th

being detained earlier in minsk while covering antigovernment protests there must demonstrations in bella bruce event in their 2nd day over claims the weekend's presidential election was rigged. lebanon's entire cabinet resigns on months following gathering creasing pressure over last week's devastating blast in beirut. and france reportedly tells the u.k. it's happy trying to help stop the increasing flow of migrants crossing the english channel as long as london stumps up to 30000000 pounds. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me thank you arun. an r.c. correspondent has been released in minsk after being detained earlier along with thousands of others during our government protests this 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 li

news live from berlin tonight the embattled president of bella bruce sending mixed messages about new elections within 24 hours alexander lukashenko goes from total defiance to conditional acceptance of new elections e-mail says he is ready to share power after a constitutional referendum and what about russia will it move to keep.

emergency landing doctors say they are working to save his life also coming up the opposition and bella bruce hales and even just fishing to protect the results of this month's election of president bush though didn't his heels german chancellor angela merkel says the vote was neither free nor fair plus as coronavirus cases fight the process europe germany records its highest number of mutant factions in the mobs are fresh restrictions on public life on the way. and democrats come along harris makes history as the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket. i except your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. together with joe biden harris now has to convince americans that they can heal a country trapped by the pandemic and deeply divided over the politics of donald trump. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program russian opposite. the leader alexina vali is hospitalized unconscious and on a respirator at this moment after a suspected poisoning the volga he was on a flight from siberia to moscow when he lost consciousness his press secretary said something had probably b

prosecutors in bella bruce say that they have opened a criminal case against leaders of a mass protest movement against president alexander lukashenko that's after opposition activists set up a council to negotiate in transition of power amid massive protests calling for them to go bellerose has seen more than 10 days of demonstrations and strikes after the president claimed victory in an election the opposition says was raped. and for more let's bring in correspondent nick connelly who is joining us from minsk nic what is the atmosphere among protesters do they sense a change in the air. well you definitely get a sense that people have lost their fear fear of coming out in the streets just simply because there are so many of them i think there's a feeling that the regime here called put all of them in jail how is it that there has being significant violence protest as spending days in prison in detention about 30 people still unaccounted for days after they were taken in but people are coming out all voicing their dissatisfaction the regime in a way that was unthinkable just a few wee

right now in better reuss we are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bella bruce to interfere in them from abroad it goes without saying ballarat president alexander lukashenko is also concerned that. the. 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 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 bell or russian 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 and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the belorussian 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 is close ties with russia make it incapable of democracy and there is a plan to change that such an economic plan should be prepare

protest sparked by the disputed election in bella bruce then to their 4th day as police begin dispersing crowds and arresting demonstrators. after russia claims to be the world's 1st country with a coronavirus vaccine we visit the factory now months producing it. and a week on since the devastating blast reduced much of beirut to bring families struggle with their grief including those who lost firefighters are trying to do. and who we want to group she can cause a hero and she will know what happened to him. she will know my father died from lisa's. starting international with me making erin our top story despite calls for calm the un rest and by the worst continues as a country enters a 4th day of protests police have already started dispersing crowds and arresting demonstrators in the council minsk. and he pushed the bushies to the pole not. a full time students might be some people who see getting. worse on a small team but there's a sense of. this. was . raw a correspondent a man calls a reference been following developments. well let's start off with the with what's happening here

bella bruce is getting set to hold its most hotly contested presidential election in years amid accusations that the government has been targeting journalists rights groups say multiple journalists have been arrested in the lead up to sunday's election including freelance journalist aleksandr of what are called reports for dr bennett he was arrested in his hometown of mobile yards on the country's east president alexander look i was facing a wave of dissent there was anger over his dismissal of the cup in 1000 pandemic and grievances over human rights. to football now and after the 1st leg of the champions league round of 16 took place way back in february real madrid finally visit manchester city to complete the match up the spaniards have an uphill task as they try to overturn a 21 deficit and they'll have to do so without one of their star players gareth bale has chosen to stay behind in spain has more. it's a rare sight these days gareth bale kicking a football in real madrid colors the lesser spotted welshman didn't train with his team mates in england ahead of their clash with manches

in bella bruce had apparently prevented an assassination attempt on t.v. so it's clear that she really was in real danger ok the protests in belarus the been going on for a couple of days many are saying that the election was rigged they're angry how serious all these protests. what you have to understand is that for this is this is basically unprecedented in previous years it basically was it's basically impossible to protest in belarus and even a small protest of a few dozen people that would have been a big news story and probably those protesters would have been immediately arrested what we've seen in the run up to these elections is tens of thousands of people taking to the streets now for the last few nights 2 nights after the elections we've seen thousands of people taking to the streets again not only in minsk but across the country in different cities we've heard now with plans that the opposition wants to take to the street every night every night we don't know whether that will be true we'll have to see but it is clear that the opposition is con

live from berlin new leaders have refused to recognize the election that kept the president of bella bruce in power and promised sanctions on top officials. these elections were not free and they were not fair and this is why we do not recognize the results of these elections looked german chancellor angela merkel.

prepares sanctions against russia's ally bella bruce also be focusing on the blocks response to the coronavirus pandemic. well as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story and i'll be back about time stay with us. 0. is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. we won't sit for university entrance exams offline the buses from students in india citing the coronavirus and the government insists that cannot be postponed so will they put students' lives at risk and how damaging is the virus to education this is inside story. this is inside story. in just under week millions of students in india will be expected to sit university entrance exams that despite the country are reaching new heights in the spread of the coronavirus many students say that's not good enough and they're fighting back so called black protests being held online and across the country demandin

extended around the block meanwhile peaceful demonstrations continue in minsk and in other places in bella bruce as well earlier thousands came out in support off the president look a sham called the president spoke to the supporters at length and among other things thank you thank them for the dedication and he also warned that there is a recent build up of fun they feel forces near the country's border now we were able to speak with some of the participants of the prologue to shank around me and this is what they had to say. today is the happiest day of my life or at least in the last year finally i can express my views here and not just on the internet i support alexander lukashenko i wasn't forced to come here this is my personal choice but i thought so many threats but they won't break me i bought the still shit with my own money no one paid me nothing really really. i suppose discipline what's happening now reminds me of ukraine need to throw. and 14 everything started it was that people the same way many of my friends only of the say it stuff when societies divided the young people with f

international with me making erin our top story anti-government protests in bella bruce are continuing tonight with witnesses reporting blasts and gunshots throughout the capital videos have also surfaced online of police forces beating and detaining people after the government issued a crackdown on orders on the demonstration demonstrators and r.t. correspondent was also arrested in minsk while covering the protests but has since been released and demonstrations erupted on sunday after longtime president alexander lukashenko claimed he'd won a landslide victory in the election. it. was a. moon through her. let's cross live now to our correspondent among calls a ref among good to see you could you give us the latest developments place. absolutely wall and the moments we are just outside the bella russian embassy here in the russian capital we'll talk about what's going on here a little bit later but 1st i want to mention something about there are about russian journalists who were arrested and later released in the belarus now all that happened after russian foreign ministry. talks wit

now a week after the hugely contested presidential election bella bruce is still seeing massive demonstrations throughout the country both pro and anti-government rallies have taken to the streets today in some cases gathering just meters apart opposition protesters. opposition protestors are holding a march for freedom through the capital minsk they're demanding the long time president alexander lukashenko resign citing concerns he's clinging to power by force and ignoring the voice of his people similar marches are being held throughout the country our correspondents at this report from the city. through the desert for 45 this is how the protests unfolding now in independence square people have moved from the money went to here in the morning there was a pro-government rally here. but all the people of left now in the square was freed unlike the previous protest that happened here right place on guarding the house of the government there only buried a statue of people there even sitting on this one office that came out and as i understand people not to sit on the barriers because it's danger

and my children were being followed by the security said this is so i had to send him away from bella bruce just. a week ago belarus arrested more than 30 men they accuse of being russian mercenaries russia says they worked for a private security company and were on the way to turkey but investigators in belarus suggest they were working with opposition figures including sergei to cannot escape he and his wife is dismissed the accusation and says she's afraid attempts to tie her family to alleged foreign plotters could lead to violence ahead of next sunday's vote nadine barber al jazeera. security forces in mexico have caps that powerful gang leader blamed the west and violence in the central state of going to watson house antonio yet also known as a was one of mexico's most wanted criminals his gang has been in a turf war with another. 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california where wildfires burning 1300 firefighters are up against hot dry weather that's full cost to continue as rob reynolds reports from los angeles. the fire in riverside county east of los angeles

tikkun of sky who's in exile in the fairway near and began by asking if she planned to return to bella bruce. you know i'm going back to paris i want to go but to be able to say adore my country and i will go there out when i feel safe do you fear for your husband who is back in belarus. for sure i do here. my husband the same is i i'm writing about all the bill russian people who are the air struggling for their rights. that violence that our authorities showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i call for more. authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real never never forget and forgive and they still our president can be a russian people changed and they will know there are and accept old authorities and they will never. they will never accept an old president any more and so not only time he real have to separate and. it's better for everybody it's better for country if it had been in their shortest time. russian opposition need to elect me as receiving treatment in germany 1st suspected of poisoning it was flown from a hospital in siberia

right now and the roofs are concerned by the attempt to exploit the internal challenges facing bella bruce to interfere in them from abroad. also this hour the u.s. democrats formally nominate.

opposition supporters in bella bruce vowing to define warnings by president alexander lukashenko of a tough new crackdown on dissent he's ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of mass rallies over disputed election results. is warning workers who have gone on strike that they risk losing their jobs permanently the european union has announced new sanctions and says it won't recognize the election results. more no sanctions in a moment but 1st step vassal reports from one of the largest protests independence square in the center of the capital. was a very different mood on the streets of today compared to previous days not much of the euphoria and a festive mood that we felt that people had sort of found a new kind of freedom today it was more dominated by fear and tense because suppress a look at announced a new crackdown he has instructed his ministries to find those who have been organizing the rallies but still defiant protesters are back on the streets and a smaller number but they're here and they're still asking for new elections and to release all th

anti-government demonstrators are expected to rally later and bella bruce to true prominent opposition leaders were jailed arrival demonstration is also due to be held in support of president alexander lukashenko he's resisting calls to step down after a disputed election but a steadfast in reports from his opponents a keeping up the pressure the. solidarity for those punished protesting against the look i shankar we jean musicians are gathered at the jumbo theater in minsk every day so it's a director was sacked for supporting the protests while more cultural minister powerful up to scarface of a criminal investigation into this news and he become one of the key members of the opposition council. performances are cancelled and actors of all resigned in support of him including both was been a popular performer for decades but you. there are a lot of resignation letters at the moment we are lucky we are united in stick together your parties don't know what to do with us we don't know what will happen to us next. and if i and the actors openly displayed the opposition flag after police

prepares sanctions against russia's ally bella bruce also be focusing on the blocks response to the coronavirus pandemic. well as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera up inside story and i'll be back about half an hour's time stay with us. to own their own. is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and the spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the phone to 0. we won't see it for university entrance exams offline the message from suitors in india citing the coronavirus pandemic the government insists cannot be postponed so will they put students' lives at risk and how damaging is the virus to education this is inside story. this is inside story in just under a week millions of students in india will be.