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is very keen right now to ensure that russia doesn't deploy any kind of military in that della reeseand is only involved in any potential negotiations on that path. that the e.u. is hoping valorise is going to be able to stay itself on and what its future might look like so lots of thin diplomatic lines for germany to be treading with with russia right now. political correspondent kate brady thank you. forces in baton rouge have detained one of the leaders of striking factory workers and threatened demonstrators with criminal charges this latest crackdown comes on the 13th day of protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down on the recent presidential election protests have been joined by strikes at state owned factories and fueled by spies fat manager kind of scalia who lost in the election and was forced to flee the country mistress. skier said she planned to return home when she felt safe despite the protests president look at shanghai said that he will settle belarus as political crisis in the coming days in iran in the capital minsk people have gathered to sup

opposition protesting elections in della reese that has returned the president to power.nd a r race against timeme offe coast of mauritius. oil is spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. ♪ president has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government following mounting public anger over last week's explosion in beirut which left more than 200 people dead, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. demonstrators are once again taking to the streets to voice their anger against the ruling elite. reporter: lebanon's government has finally caved in. like the shattered buildings along the routes waterfront. 27 hundred tons of ammonium nitrate to bring down the prime minister and the cabinet. them -- wee followed followed the desire of the people. state will be changed to a state of law and trust. reporter: they had only been in power since january. sworn in to replace a previous administration forced out after lebanon's banking system and currency collapsed. now, they have a new crisis to add to the others. the justice minister was asked if she was r

valved to prove it but then she disappeared turning up today in lithuania tweeting that she had fled della reese to save her life and the lives of her family we have more now in this report. proud of the president on sunday in minsk for the election but. by monday she was gone whereabouts unknown had taim unable to reach her. now svetlana taken off scalia has reappeared with the sunday message online. said the companion. you know what this campaign really toughened me and empowered me muse that i could withstand anything. 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 up scios says she was not forced out of her country and the government also insisted that she left on her own accord. i made a very difficult decision for myself and i've made it absolutely independently the it's in the knee give me new play moved many will understand me and many will denounce me and many will hate me. is that you but god forbid anyone should face the choice that i fac

they have their own doubts as well the german foreign minister travels to moscow tomorrow and della reese will be on the agenda take a listen as a counselor we will certainly be talking about the current developments in ballerinas tomorrow in moscow and. i have to say that the ambitions but also hopes that ballerinas would after all open up to once more democracy and the rule of law they have suffered a modern city a setback with the presidential election that we are all currently following. and simon can't germany can the european union ever really get a conclusive definitive answer about the elections there were no well lection observers i mean is it almost too late. well it would appear so brant presumably a recount in the presence of international observers could go some way to. obtaining that that clear result from these elections but i see no prospect of that happening at the moment and foreign minister last again talking about bellerose he said there was no sign whatsoever that there had been a free or fair election that he's very concerned about it and that democratic progress in

what we have seen in the last week would you say that alexander lukashenko stays as president of della reese arnelle number. yes definitely. president. now number i would have been more hesitant a week ago but the pressure from what used to be his own to the state sector we work us mention to report and from this decentralized demonstrations and strikes all over the country even though i'm like the institutions like state t.v. . it's clear. what about the russian factor here we know that russia has intervened in other republics before georgia in 2000 ukraine and 24 g. it's impossible to rule out a russian military intervention but would you agree that the chances of vladimir putin sending in his troops to prop up. or anemic at best. well it would in my view not the advantages if president putin sent in troops because that would completely destroy the otherwise good relations sense have other feelings the good feelings they have talked to russians overwhelmingly however the situation is not very pleasant for cuttin us where he has demonstrations to hand in russia and he is not interested in d

use of force against protesters they want detain protesters to be released and they want to see della reese organize a national reconciliation roundtable what leverage do these countries have right now with. well particularly lithuania has longstanding relations and they have managed to do it policy on the one hand supporting activists misdefine australia is currently in the queen yeah but also having economic relationships that simply gives them knowledge and context however you are right a singular countries their power is limited however they could. team up with the o.s.c. need. currently we have to be a bally and share we will have sweden next year as us next year and i think together with the oas. they could support such a national we consider round table that has actually been already started to be organized by the better use of a position and we also got reports today that all of the protesters who have been arrested in the last week and detained they have been released so do you see that as proof that the pressure coming from its neighbors is working and. yes and no right this is a

questions comments following mass protests and della reese this was thursday in minsk they began nearly 3 weeks ago when president lukashenko declared overwhelming victory in a makeshift was with his opponents so it was room to ensure 26 year rule would continue he denies allegations of a literal forward and says the crisis is born of foreign meddling yet these people say they have legitimate grievances many involve police behavior nevertheless we came here to demonstrate that we are against locking people down in the churches right police to jester day against the violence towards people of peaceful rallies we are here for the law to finally be practiced in our country not what our valley and law enforcement make up in their heads on thursday police detained dozens of journalists in minsk and confiscated the documents the interior ministry said it was to check their credit haitian most have now been released thousands of protesters have been arrested including prominent activists opposition leaders spent learned to see her sky has played to lithuania. opposition council member maria co

care deeply about the belarusian people this is i talked about the czech republic we want people della reese to have the freedoms that they're demanding that they think are in their best interests lebanon's president says more than $15000000000.00 of damage was caused by last week's massive explosion which killed more than 200 people a lot humanitarian effort is underway across beirut but the health system is close to collapse the walls help organization says hof of the city's hospitals are not functioning and it's with reports from beirut. rich or poor the beirut explosion didn't discriminate 10 people died in the luxury seaview apartments that overlook the port and alice assad's house. she and her 2 children had left home half an hour before the blast they raced back to find this. alice pays a rent fixed in the 1960 s. the common practice here if the landlord can't afford the repairs or release the funds home will probably stay like this i now must soon i learned the most important thing is for the kids to have a place to sleep comfortably where with food we will not starve but we need our

care deeply about the ballot people this is i talked about the czech republic we want what people della reese to have the freedoms that they're demanding that they think are in their best interests. vasantha is an assistant professor of political science at the massachusetts institute of technology she says the government's crackdown manned up backfiring the main developments as i see are the unprecedented mobilization of the population valerie's has seen some electoral process before but this is by far the largest response so there is widespread feeling in belarus of disillusionment with the regime anger and finally a willingness to act on it so the situation is still developing it's very difficult to predict how it will go by you know the important things are people going in the streets massive response by the state widespread internet shutdown which are meant to stop for the nation i'm on the part or stars. and even in small regions in villages all around those people are going in the street and some of the state owned factories have organized strikes in response my sense is that eventuall

but we begin with della reese extending its media tractor and ahead of this weekend's planned protests against president alexander lukashenko some journalists working for foreign media have had their accreditation. withdrawn this comes after a number of them were detained on thursday as they prepared to cover demonstrations in the capital minsk most of them were later released now the president has repeatedly criticized foreign media for their coverage of the run up to his disputed reelection this month and the weeks of demonstrations since calling for him to step down he's also threatened to retaliate against e.u. sanctions which were announced on friday over voter fraud and the subsequent crackdown on protesters that bernard smith is live for is in the lithuanian capital vilnius bernard what more have you learned at this stage. of course all of our government says that the accreditation so we've been withdrawn on the advice of counsel terrorists and police of course you know coincidence that this weekend sunday only when more mass protests expected in vengeance against look and his d

albeit they do make a much weaker have to take old into consideration the economic situation and della reese. including to everyone that the economics has to change an israeli think them all and it's going downhill so the pressure from the opposition frauds the economic situation going downhill will make the opposition also look at center very weak and in the coming months good time to catch the many thanks d's cut to club from the center for european policy analysis. pakistan's government is lifting partial lockdown versions that forced since march as part of its coronavirus response well the number of confirmed infections and solon in recent weeks it's field but official figures could be an accuracy of 0 saying this rather reports from karate. summer rain storms in pakistan's most populous city did a better job of keeping most people indoors than the partial lockdown being lifted this week. the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the corona virus the government says infection rates have dropped nationwide and it's safe to resume public life but not everyone agrees result on a