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human rights chief has condemned the use of force, and poland and latvia have offered to mediate, buthey warned sanctions could be imposed if the violent crackdown continues. people have been arrested during three rights in rallies against the landslide victory of president lukashenko. some say the vote was rigged. many of them have been detained or forced to leave the country, including the main candidate. lukashenko got around 80% of the vote. he has been in power since 1994 and is considered by many as europe's last dictator. we have the latest, from minsk. the fate worried about of their friends and loved ones, cries of support without knowing. hang in there. you are our hero, they screamed. some calling out for their sons and daughters, wives looking for their husbands. after days of arrests, many are still missing. a 17-year-old boy was arrested while sitting on a bench in the city center. he said he was severely beaten. >> the police came with six men and started to beat me, and then they beat me even more and sprayed something in my face that caused burning. they did not help

to a little way mia latvia poland and unfortunately our d. ukraine and its leadership ordering us to hold new elections. that if we follow their lead we will fall into the abyss and never get out house in order to send them since. we will perish as a state agency. and as a people move they did really good this he goes ok. as the internal pressure continues international concern grows with the e.u. to hold an emergency summit about belarus on wednesday. let's get the latest on the story now we have our correspondents standing by for us your ear chateau is in moscow and recruit is in brussels good to have you both very i want to start with you we saw those images of workers striking in protesting but at the same time president lukashenko does not seem to be backing down at all tell us more about what we've heard from him well assuming from all official and less official statements by ticks on the shango that you have in the past few days and today one message is very clear he doesn't want to give up his power he repeated this yesterday as a ral

russian president alexander lukashenko and his high ranking officials are barred from entering estonia latvia and lithuania the baltic states blacklisting comes in response to the hussein because crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the wake of disputed elections more than 100 people were arrested during protests on sunday. police in the u.s. city of portland have launched a homicide investigation after a man apparently associated with a. group was shot dead fighting broke out as hundreds from supporters drove through the city the president and his democratic opponent joe biden blame each other for escalating violence. lebanon's prime minister designate hast promised to reform the country just hours after his appointment by the president was the deep is a career diplomat and was lebanon's ambassador to germany he acknowledged the need to form a government in record time a massive explosion which hit the capital beirut 4 weeks ago has blamed has been blamed on corruption and mismanagement the previous administration reside. your correspondent. in beirut joins us now mystified it says hi

demands of the opposition he said that those calls are basically orders from poland lithuania and latvia he has throughout these protests been painting the opposition and opposition proport protesters excuse me as being kind of manipulated from abroad and as being a sheep manipulated from abroad so today he did say that he is people want reforms people want change that we can start tomorrow that's what he said but overall his tone was very defiant follows opposition protests are also gathering on the streets today for a march of freedom what have you been hearing about the atmosphere in the city. well it seems that. those supporters have actually are sort of leaving the square after his speech meanwhile thousands and even tens of thousands of people seem to be gathering and marching through the center of minsk there also have been protests in other cities across fela risk but in minsk minsk it really is a sea of protesters that we're seeing people are kind of waving the red and white flags that of that are symbols of the opposition people have come out dressed in white also a symbol for

outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital seoul and travelers from germany germany arriving in latvia and lithuania will need to undergo a 14 day quarantine as of this monday that's according to the authorities in birth of the baltic countries. just bolts now and. have won a record 6 europa league title with a thrilling win over into milan into milan superstar remember drew a foul in the penalty area in the 1st 5 minutes and knocked the ball in from the penalty shot look to your own of severe responded minutes later with the 1st of 2 perfectly placed headers and sylvia took the lead it was tight to the finish but seville won it 32. american football's champion team the kansas city chiefs have told their fans that they can no longer wear american indian team costumes or face paint to future games the chiefs say the new rule is the result of consultations with native american communities the club's clampdown comes after the national football league's washington tame drop the name redskins which is a term widely regarded as racist. well it doesn't snow too often in the australian state o

3 decades after what was called the baltic way residents of the baltic states lithuania stony and latvia joined hands and linked their capital cities in a mass protest ended in serve you well. well they did play correspondent constantine a get is at the let you on the abilities border for us gratings constantine what has been happening today where you are. well the human china is discussed but we are now oh i think concert which is held also very close to the belarus both in the old casa love myth in ca and what you hear now links us back to 9099 this is a song called we them on change which 1st became famous during that period strike a years 30 years ago and now has become the anthem of the belorussian democratic movement this is a concept of a nice by the lithuanian television 20 and musicians and some people are russian was actually in solidarity with the with the democracy movement in belarus so this is a continuation of the event which i've seen today where about 50000 people lying to us you rightly said from the capitol all the way to the belorussian border which is actually just o

decades after what was called the baltic way when residents of the baltic states lithuania estonia and latvia joined hands and linked capital cities in mass protest aimed at ending soviet rule correspondent constantine agard ease at the lithuania border for us readings constantine what is happening where you are. well as you see the human china which according to some estimates numbers about 50000 people stretches nearly 40 kilometers to the sense of vilnius it is a very very significant event for lithuania which is right across the border from belarus and where developments in minsk and other below russians that is amounted to very very closely it is a very. popular event if i may say so because people come here with the families of seeing people with small children and it is very very emotional and you feel that people do feel for the cell of that with you with belarus you say to motional i mean the human chain of course is as a nod to another historic event we discussed a form in 1989 you were there that time too i wonder what what runs through your mind today i would say sincerity and bel

decades after what was called the baltic way when residents of the baltic states lithuania estonia and latvia joined hands and capital cities in a mass protest aimed at ending soviet rule. one let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the wife of prominent kremlin critic i like saying avani has visited him at berlin's china ted hospital where he is in serious condition following a suspected poisoning you did not speak with the media involving it was flown to germany from siberia after falling violently ill on thursday. in northern turkey at least 5 people are dead and 12 missing after heavy flooding trental rains also caused significant damage to buildings and roads turkey's humanitarian relief foundation has sent a team to help with search and rescue operations. thousands of us from israeli's have rallied against sexual violence the protests are follows the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl at a red sea resort police say 11 suspects have been arrested they're accused of getting the girl drunk and then raping her and filming the crime. when the u.s. sta

philippa: lithuania,la latvia, d say they ar prepared to mediate top speed the swedish foreign ministerays eu ministers will meet friday to discuss sanctions on belarus. the crisis came up today and talks between the secretary of statof the u.s. and the prime minister of the czech republic. >>eg thee over there is unacceptable. what is happening in the streets is unacceptable. the course of the election was unacceptable, and now the question is whether europe will only rely on declarations, or whether it will take se steps. >> we want the people of belarus to have the fre they are demanding that they think are in their best interests. philippa: here is our correspondent again. correspondent: what was interesting to observe, compared to previous marches, yesterday we think there were fewer people onpehe streets. aps this is a sign that the protest movement in belarus i on decline. but it is still too early to say, because during the daytime, things are calm in the streets of minsk. people usually gather in late evenings and this is when clashes happened. so we need to watch. philippa' le

the prime ministers of the three baltic countries of latvia, estonia and lithuania have called on belarusbeen replaced by angen minsk. he has been replaced by anger. thousands of people in belarus continued coming out onto the street to voice their protests against president lukashenko. people are gathering at the site where alexander look ski, who died wannabe protesters who died at a protest here in minsk. they are chanting, we will never forget, we will never forgive! some such kinds of things we re forgive! some such kinds of things were unimaginable in belarusjust a week ago. we are sure everything will change. we believe in our victory. that is why we will come in the street every day, every single day. i was calling my friends and telling them, you should go to the city centre when people out there with their flowers. because you can go full freedom for the first time in all of your life. hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral of the dead people sank their anthem and bade to the man who has been a

the prime ministers of the three baltic republics, latvia, lithuania and estonia, have called on belarus abdurasulov, has more. people are gathering at the pushkinskaya metro station in minsk. this is the site where alexander taraikovsky, one of the protesters, died during the violence here. people are laying flowers in his memory, chanting, "we will never forget, we will never forgive." the crowd is getting bigger and bigger every minute. people keep coming. the drivers that are passing by are honking their car horns in support. this is truly unprecedented for belarus. mr lukashenko in his 26 years of being in power has neverfaced such a challenge before and perhaps this is a sign that he has reached the point of no return. the united states postal service has issued a warning that not all postal ballots for the presidential election in november will necessarily arrive in time to be counted. a huge increase in mail—in voting is expected this year but president trump says he won't approve funding to the usps to meet the extra demand. lossmaking and politically unloved. the united states

belarusians president alexander lukashenko and his high ranking officials are barred from entering estonia latvia and lithuania the baltic states blacklisting comes in response a look at this crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the wake of disputed elections.

we know that the presidents of lithuania poland latvia and estonia have sent a letter to bill roos offering cooperation if 3 demands are met they want to see an end to the use of force against protesters they want detain protesters to be released and they want to see bill aris 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 of next year and i think together with the oas. they could support such a national we can see the ation round table that has actually been already started to be organized by the bed of recent opposition and we also got reports today that all of the protesters who have been

president oleksandr lucas shanker and his tyrant king officials are barred from entering a stone year latvia and lithuania the baltic states last blacklisting comes in response to a question cause crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the wake of disputed elections more than 100 people were arrested during protests on sunday. it's chancellor angela merkel has condemned as shameful an attempt by demonstrators including the far right who stormed the german parliament building here in berlin protesters broke through police lines during a larger rally against the government's policies merkel says those who try to access the building abused the rights to demonstrate peacefully condemnation has been echoed by leaders from across the political spectrum. it looks like a normal monday in central beilin the tourists are back the price tag is open for visitors again but the scenes of unrest at the weekend are on many people's minds. saturday evening far right extremists pushed through police lines to the top of the high stack steps he has never appeared he went to the pictures that my generation

it comes as the prime ministers of the three baltic republics , latvia, lithuania and estonia, jointly alexander lukashenka says he wants talks with president vladimir putin. mr lukashenka claims the protests are also a threat to russia's government. our correspondent, abdu—jalil abdura—sulov, you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we've now lost the intense heat of the past week. our temperatures return closer to average values for the time of year. what we've not lost, though, is a lot of humidity. as a consequence of it cooling down, many of us will see scenes like these over the weekend, cloudy, misty and murky. some of us will also pick up some punchier showers. thunderstorms should not as widespread as the previous week. but showers spread into the south of the uk on saturday, migrating their way further north over england and wales through the afternoon. if the sun does pop out over the south—east, it will inject more energy into the atmosphere and here we could see some thunderstorms through the afternoon. top temperatures,

the majority of our staff are seasonal labour from various european countries, bulgaria, lithuania, latviae here for money, for a better life. and that's it. i had a test before coming here. everybody who came here with me has been tested for coronavirus. tom is one of 26 bulgarians now living on site. we've taken our guidance for the government and we have escaped the 14—day quarantine, there's a lot of people coming to work in the fields so we have had to hire in caravans, accommodation earlier than we normally have. we've had to split them into two groups because they arrived at different times. we've had to separate them in terms of their kitchen accommodation and their living accommodation. tom has completed his period of isolation and is living in this caravan alongside a fellow worker. where do you cook? in the kitchen over there. it's for all caravans. it's two kitchens in the back of the caravans. in common with many vegetable farms, this one has had to weather the ups and downs of the last few months. while the demand for fresh farm produce for supermarket shelves has grown, the

eastern europe and they've been ignoring eastern europe for years on this crane poland lithuania latvia these countries that know russia well and said don't do this but germany just went ahead and did it anyway i mean that surprises me is that i think there was a certain misreading going in that the ferry point and i think the misreading was that germany itself the south perception was that germany was clearly pursuing a dual strategy of containment the study of russia plus culpo ration so basically the old pattern of the cold war and containment is just it's clear because germany in that kind has been instrumented to keep up the consensus on the e.u. sanctions so this was kind of. being in the back ground and wife lynn thought the others would accept within the package of call peroration this little stream to a pipeline which was also giving germany a certain leverage. the kremlin and i think i've been misreading the band was they've dynamics inside. you to go for an energy union and to really drive this and to a certain extent you now if all of the. rhetoric from berlin around it's an

protests that will be suppressed by the authorities and now we have if there were any opponent in latvia who say they have a plan to resolve the crisis do you think it would have any impact. yes probably on some extent but if we speak about. the situation and. a cause russia should be involved and inside negotiations are inside. sides consultations and so on because of course of russian influence is great on belarus and. it's difficult to predict any successful results of such efforts to monitor. that many countries that condemn the situation in belarus but the international some response so far seems relatively tame doesn't say do you think it will stay that way. i think their reaction we will be on and we will be serious for response our it is the mental fire because you know. on the scale of for ations is a very. he's created actually. unproductive potentially you know. on the face time of you know how are you still history that the. white precious where. were used by and by authorities to suppress the need to come to you to do so and i think that to this or action of will be you will

the prime ministers of the three baltic republics, latvia, lithuania and estonia have called on belarusby anger. thousands of people in belarus continue coming out onto the street to voice their protest against president lukashenko. people are gathering at the sideway. alexander taraikovsky, one of the protesters who died during the violence here in minsk. they are chanting, we will never forget, we will never forgive. such kind of scenes were unimaginable in belarus just a week ago. we are sure everything will change. we believe in our victory. that is why we will come in the street every day, every single day. i was calling my parents to tell them to go to the city centre, where the girls are out there with the flowers, because you can raise the freedom for the first time in almost all of your life. hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral of alexander taraikovsky. people sang the opposition anthem and bode farewell to the man who has turned into a symbol of change in belarus. president lukashenko has neverfaced such a challenge in his 26 years of being in power. today, he sp

the prime ministers of the three baltic republics, latvia, lithuania and estonia, have called on belaruse has been replaced —— mcafee has been replaced by anger. thousands of people in belarus continue coming out onto the street to voice their protest against the death of this protest. one of the protesters that died during the violence here in minsk. they are chanting, we will never forget minsk. they are chanting, we will neverforget a! we minsk. they are chanting, we will never forget a! we will never forgive! such scenes were unimaginable in belarus just forgive! such scenes were unimaginable in belarusjust a week ago. we are sure everything will change. we believe in our victory. that is why we will come in the streets every day. every single day. i was calling my friends and telling them, you should go to the city ce ntre them, you should go to the city centre when these girls are out there with the flowers because you can have the freedom for the first time in almost all of your life. hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral of alexander, the protester who died. people ar

belarusians president alexander lukashenko and his high ranking official are barred from entering estonia latvia and lithuania the baltic states blacklisting comes in response a look at this crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the wake of disputed elections more than 100 people were arrested during protests on sunday. president emanuel my phone has arrived in lebanon on his 2nd visit since the massive explosions that destroyed beirut's port 4 weeks ago he's calling for a quote deep reform of the country sectarian political system president will also attend national centennial celebrations. the 1st ever commercial passenger flight from israel's of the united arab emirates has landed in abo dhabi u.s. president donald trump senior adviser jared kushner was one of the officials on board the historic flight comes after israel and the us a agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered by the united states. as you know you news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a t w news or visit our website w dot com. and israeli al plane bearing the word peace in english out of a can hebrew

lukashenko the president of better was said that nato is putting troops together in poland lithuania and latvia the bordering countries to belarus and to insult back the nato secretary general said this is nonsense the nato agreement remains vigilant and for the defend its territory of course but there is no military action planned whatsoever against. others in that region and this is from the playbook of full populist you say you have an outside enemy you have to fend him from him and this is what's happening right now and this vote makes is says remain calm and the e.u. and nato are hoping that they will not give russia any reason to to act militarily or to to to claim that the u.s. nato are interfering from the outside in the numbers ben thank you very much that was the deadliest and we get in brussels. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour firefighters in california are working to contain a wildfire threatening thousands of homes north of los angeles the blaze has already destroyed more than 15000 acres as it rages through brush covered mountains calif

the prime ministers of the three baltic republics, latvia, lithuania and estonia, have called on belarusabdurasol, has more. people are gathering at the metro station in minsk. this is the site where one of the protesters died during the violence here. people are laying flowers in his memory, chanting, "we will never forget, we will never forgive." the crowd is getting bigger and bigger every minute. people keep coming. the drivers that are passing by are honking their car horns in support. this is truly unprecedented for belarus. mr lukashenko in his 26 years of being in power has neverfaced such a challenge before and perhaps this is a sign that he has reached the point of no return. princess anne has been awarded two military promotions in honour of her 70th birthday today. three new pictures of the princess royal have also been released to mark the occasion. she is now a general in the british army and an air chief marshal in the raf. the ministry of defence says the titles recognise her commitment to the military. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. it h

a military intervention from abroad and that it's not a question of that i mean poland lithuania latvia all these countries germany of course criticizing but we never tried to get into lands that clear in evidence those who speaks of major was the enemy and speaks of forces in the west of the country as you know this is just pure talk to try to hide the real problem is that there is a divorce between the regression go team and its population. has that the e.u. threaten sanctions do you think that's likely to force go to talk to the opposition . no i don't think the sanctions would work they don't work you know we all know that but that's the only thing the european union heads so they speak of sanctions i'm not sure they will impose them these speak of sanctions. they could come but not it's a model it will take some time before they are applied so probably every banal in the coming days look said what happens diplomatically trami say with moscow what will be the attitude of moscow that's where the decisions will be taken for the future i'm sure and people are sure of that here even if

human rights chief has condemned the use of force on this un your poland and latvia have offered to mediate but they warned sanctions could be imposed if the violent crackdown continues more than $6000.00 people have been arrested in belarus during 3 nights of rallies against the landslide victory of president alexander lukashenko opposition leaders say the vote was rigged many of them have been detained or forced to flee the country including the main candidate so atlanta taken of skier lucas shanker one around 80 percent of the vote is been in power since 994 and is considered by many as europe's last dictator steadfast and has the latest from minsk. worried about the fate of their loved ones relatives and friends outside his detention center in minsk child cries of support without knowing if they can hear it. hang in there you are our heroes they scream at us calling out her sons and daughters wives looking for their husbands after days of arrests many are still missing a 17 year old boy of us released after he was arrested while sitting on a bench in the city center he says he was sever

up his leadership in recent years there is already some talk about mediation as well going forward latvia lithuania and poland offering to mediate any discussions in the future that is being welcomed by the opposition but given a look at on going to finance his criticism for instance of the strikers over the course of the day it looks as if we may be some way off the possibility of talks going forward but most certainly it looks as if a plan is being formed should that be an eventuality but before that committee of measures what the e.u. are talking about in order to bring looking into line. for us in london thank you very much indeed still ahead on al-jazeera we visit son george was but let him be rude to a building so badly damaged in last week's explosion it's still not operational. human trials for the chinese made coronavirus vaccine and underway in indonesia we're going to have all the details. hello there the right is still very much in the forecast across northern areas of asia we've got somebody go clear skies into japan and also right they down into these all central and souther

tracks at our doors military power is building up on the western border of our country lithuania latvia poland and unfortunately our brother ukraine its leadership are telling us to hold a new election. nato has denied the accusations of a military buildup in the region. just a short distance across the capital a much bigger demonstration followed perhaps the largest of the antigovernment movement so far better russians repeating the call they've been making since what they say was the rigged election on august the 9th that the man who's ruled batteries for 26 years has no legitimacy he should leave and there should be a new and free vote. i was earlier that the russian ambassador to slovakia became the 1st senior official to back the protest in a video posted online. i stand in solidarity with those who have taken to the streets of belorussian cities would peaceful marches so that their voices could be heard yes. i sincerely hope that the future of my country will be based on the positions of all sectors of society in representatives of various political forces . have suffered for this

external interested parties and actors because she's in lithuania all the 3 baltic countries that latvia estonia they've called for immediately if it could be done free and fair elections we were talking to analysts during the news saying that will very probably not happen but we have seen the e.u. getting very very very robust and going as far as they felt comfortable with when it comes to applying sanctions to the people that they believe have been behind the recent unrest the people who really been behind it as a reaction to them having lost those protesters would say having lost the election when in actual fact the claim is of course from mr lucas shanker that he won a landslide victory more on that developing story for you just as soon as we can. the other headlining story mali leaders in that country have our civil servants to return to work the appeal followed the african union announcing this mention of mali's membership the west african regional bloc echo waltz and the united states also condemn the military takeover the coup on tuesday forced the president abraham bucky to to r