moscow has been actually unusually quiet in recent days and that may have to do with the fact that luka shango and bell russian state t.v. have been blaming moscow for the protests the foreign ministry then recently condemned that but it does seem and i mean the 2 the 2 leaders and russia and belarus will continue to be allies their close partners and there have been rumors on the streets of belarus that perhaps in the coming days or fears as well that perhaps in the coming days moscow could kind of get involved to prop up luka shango emily sherman in moscow thank you very much. now look at some of the other stories making news this hour in japan emperor naruhito has marked the 75th anniversary of the end of world war 2 expressing deep remorse for the country's role in the conflict he's the grandson of emperor hirohito who led japan in its fight against the allied forces. prime minister narendra modi has marked indian independence day at a military parade which was severely curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation do you laid out ambitious goals including a digit

confrontation that he feels weak and then this is to some extent probably a tipping point for for luka shango who as you rightly said who is the devil you rightly said was completely adamant that he's not going just a day or 2 again you know over the weekend the president has said that russia is ready to provide support to bella ruse do we know what form that support could take . brant we don't even know whether this support will be forthcoming. basically lots of people speculate in moscow and those who are watching it from the news and war so that russia may well launch and invasion of brotherly help will be rendered to be on the russian government to offset what was said in moscow to be western at them through overthrow the real russian government i think that's a little this remains possible to some extent the possibility of that is running thin by the hour because of the number of people on the streets who do not want anyone to. help look at shankar and the things that are invading a deleterious that's what we're talking about will mean bloodbath but there is a box here even if you look a

for good for many a hoping lukas shango is losing his grip on power but the hard line leader insists it will solve the political crisis in the coming days. well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world's demonstrators in iraq have set a fire to the gates of the parliament building in the southern province of basra the main oil producing region protesters are angry at government inaction over the assassination of several political and women's rights campaigners. turkish president tayyip erdogan has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast i don't want to says the find will ease turkey's dependence on gas imports and could make it an energy exporter analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer. libya's un backed government in tripoli and a rival parliament in the east have announced a cease fire both administrations say they want to end an oil blockade that has been crippling the economy since the start of the year. the czech republic has marked the anniversary of the invasion of czechoslovakia the soviet

union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on protests on saturday luka shango reached out to russia's president vladimir putin for his support. long live bellow bruce they chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police at this demonstration the unusually security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of rigging the vote. and say his leadership lacks legitimacy. easier for the most of every day what will happen remains unclear he thinks completely differently and depending how the situation of voles he will act accordingly but his methods are not civilized and everyone has learned this in the last 26 years. in the store. must be simplest if it is obvious that our president cannot be longer cope with these people he is looking for help in the east he understands that he does not have support from t

influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that luka shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if he stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and that's not in their interest either. one who's keeping a close eye on all the goings on in batteries for reporting from moscow thank you so much well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 5 people have been killed in an attack on a beach from the somali capital mogadishu many more have been wounded so details about the incident are still emerging state media says islamist militants detonated a car bomb before a gunman stormed the building. thousands of protesters have rallied in bangkok to demand political change tensions in thailand have been rising after the arrest of 3 leading pro-democracy activists the demonstrations come after years of political turmoil and failed promises to restore democracy following 824000 military coup. u.s. president donald trump has said he will look into a pardon for whistleblower edward snowden said

days or fears as well that perhaps in the coming days moscow could kind of get involved to prop up luka shango emily sherman in moscow thank you very much. to afghanistan now where authorities are freeing 400 more taliban prisoners the release of government held prisoners has been a key taliban demand before entering peace talks with the government in kabul it's a controversial move since the freed prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. their last few minutes behind bars just one more signature from the prison management and they're free these are the 1st prisoners allowed to leave this prison near kabul they are serious criminals terrorists and murderers and it seems they've memorized what they're supposed to say on camera. i am a member of the taliban and was imprisoned because of murder i wish for a long term ceasefire and peace. the president ordered my release. part of the taliban and was sentenced because of murder and kidnapping i want peace i think god and i wish a peaceful life for all muslims. some of those released were convicted of being involv

that the opposition would even be open to dialogue with luka shango if necessary and meanwhile has gotten together kind of a board of people to coordinate the transfer of power so it looks like the opposition is preparing for some sort of talks and even look i may have some kind of a role and not i mean time on the international level is claiming that russia says that it will support the roost the u.s. and the e.u. officials there saying that russia should stay out of it so tell us a little bit more about that tension. well the west wants russia to stay out of it and russia clearly wants the west to stay out of it they very much see being kind of part of their sphere of influence and on on the weekend we saw the russian side even offering military support if necessary to i think that was a very clear signal to the west to kind of stay out belo reuss is seen as a key ally here in russia and also as kind of a buffer zone between russia and nato allies and i think even russia now knows that . it has kind of lost legitimacy in the past few days and that if he stayed if they did prop him up he

that's very likely it seems likely that the kremlin is kind of perhaps looking for guarantees for luka shango. some kind of immunity and that they're probably also talking to the opposition after all even the opposition in belo roots isn't anti russian russia is and probably will be going forward an important economic partner for a balance so a tense situation remains the standoff continues and only sure when in moscow thank you so much. for earlier w.'s chief political editor michaela cook caught up with german blue star president. he. germany and europe should approach the situation in belarus. president. meeting for a special summit on ben what does europe have to do at this very moment. europe must signal clearly that it will use everything at its disposal to push for a human rights democracy and non-biological. said europe doesn't intend the shift of power spears for sheeple that it simply wants to show we have a responsibility towards our neighbors. and that is something europe and also now has to clearly demonstrate or at least some of us will bring do you mean sanctions or go beyond t