we can go to minsk where we're joined by correspondent nick conley well nick so president bush says hecan resolve this crisis in the coming days what we think he means by that. well it does sound very much like a crackdown and standing in front of the k.g.b. building in the center of minsk and for now the security service is staying largely loyal to the regime having said that you don't feel a lot of fear on the streets of the protests not just being on the main square where again thousands of people gathered for the nightly protest ahead of sunday's big protest that's being called the 1000000 march of millions whether or not they get a 1000000 people together minsk is questionable but it definitely looks set to be at least as big as last week's protests we've heard today from opposition leaders that they are trying to engage with those security services trying to convince them not to use force against the protesters we heard from the looks government said that they will also be going after ordinary protesters that even just taking part in the protests will. be deemed a criminal offens

coverage of the story tonight our correspondent nick conley he is in minsk and he doesn't use barbie's on the story for us in brussels to both of you good evening barbara let me start with you how far is the european union going out on the limb here by rejecting the election results and bill ruse and by backing the opposition they have really stuck their neck out friend because just consider after more than 20 years awful watching look i shan't go what ever he wants of being the dictator who or presses the opposition the uses violence against them who simply sort of reigns his rule to this country at his will they suddenly found their political courage and said enough is enough and they're sending a very strong signal to minsk and to moscow that their change is underway and they they would be willing to sort of support that change at the same time they have to be very careful even if they seem to be taking the sign to feel physician not to give the appearance of interfering in the ruse so this is really a high wire act of the diplomatic kind for the european union. nic a strong signal

nic thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was nick conley there in minutes. now let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today the u.s. democratic party has now formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate to go up against donald trump party officials from all over the country cast their votes for the former vice president during the all virtual ever tragic national convention. japanese prime minister shinzo has dismissed concerns about his health the 65 year old said a hospital visit on monday was for routine check up it came just days after top politicians said of a appeared overworked took time out from politics a decade ago for health reasons he is japan's longest serving prime minister. authorities in france are to make face coverings mandatory in all places of work throughout the country from september 1st basques will be required in all work spaces including open plan or shared offices corridors meeting rooms and changing rooms move comes after france's daily corona virus infection count jumped

well for the very latest let's go now to correspond is nick conley in minsk and barbara in brussels barbara let's start with you how far is the e.u. going out on a limb here diplomatically by formally rejecting election results and better reason backing the opposition. they have really stuck their neck out of the window here terry because this is the most the moves that they could possibly do and stay within diplomatic limits me not recognizing the election results clearly means you have sort of falsified elections stepped down and in promising to sort of porridge a peaceful transition it is also in message to moscow that the european union once political change and is ready to sort of step up and support to do something for those people there now that is this is just a small slice away from what president putin of call also would call foreign interference and they have really sort of walking a very treating a very tight rope here they're really trying to stave just within the limits of the possible nick alexander lukashenko has survived. before is there anything to suggest that this time w

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 their say. as to calmly in minsk full name meanwhile in neighboring lithuania people rallied in support of the bill of russian protesters an act of solidarity i am to promoting democracy and criticizing look a shame because authoritarian rule artist and to form a human chain stretching from the lithuanian capital then the u.s. to the border with better groups is actually comes 3 decades after what was called the baltic way when residents of the balt

let's go right to minsk for more our correspondent nick conley is standing by for us hi nick good to see you so another day of unrest there strikes around the country more protests expected this evening is there the sense that the opposition and the demonstrators are gaining ground. in the fact that this square in front of government house in minsk is empty now in the rain is no indication that these protests are losing their dynamism their momentum from the beginning this has been very diffuse protests spread across and then spread across the whole country and people have been coming out for events in the evenings going back to work and they've really made a conscious decision not to set up a central part of the government then surround and clear arresting people even from where i'm standing now i can see people walking with flags on the side of the road drivers beeping their horns in support of those protesters so it's a very fast moving very diffuse situation here but things looking good for president. you get a sense of people they've lost their fear of challenging the government

let's go right to minsk for more our correspondent nick conley is standing by for us hi nick good to see you so another day of unrest in belarus or strikes around the country more protests expected this evening is there the sense that the opposition and the demonstrators .

now that fear has gone and for more let's bring in correspondent nick conley 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 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 have said that there has being significant violence protest is 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 weeks ago i think that these protests are very diffuse there is no central protest camp these protests erupt all across mintz going all across the country and disappear as quickly as they begin i think this is part of the strategy to make it more difficult to security services here to come up to people and to detain them but there is a real sense that this is far from over this is the beginning rather the end of the p

of the w correspondent nick conley covered yesterday's demonstrations he joins us on the line from the belarus in the capital welcome nic so another weekend of protests and 3 opposition leaders arrested bring us up to date. well quite still extraordinary scenes here in maine. 300000 people out on the street making ok the biggest demonstration of the russian history even more than a week ago there had been fears the people would have run out of the 2 weeks after the election people would stop coming out and would give in but not none of that and in spite of threats by the government to arrest people just taking call in these and sanctioned demonstrations people out with their friends that family bringing small children they were even young parents with their friends. today we've seen the crackdown that they can the think i had running in this weekend he said that the russians had this weekend to give it another thought that the government which shows was in charge as of today monday and that does seem to be happening we've heard all the strike leaders being arrested also a member of the

but what's going no one can say for now the confrontation continues nic thank you so much data as nick conley there in minutes. this week career looking back at events in the summer of 2015 when europe faced its biggest migration crisis since world war 2 hundreds of thousands of migrants fled their home countries in search of a better future on the continent most of them crossed from turkey to greece. often in flimsy rubber dinghies more than 750000 migrants landed on greek shores that year from where they took what became from there they took what became known as the balkan route traveling north through macedonia and serbia into slovenia or hungary then on to austria and other e.u. countries including germany. well chancel americal declared an open door policy for refugees from syria as a result germany took in about a 1000000 migrants although not all of them were qualified to stay one of those who did qualify was a home here's his story. his songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also of hope 5 years ago pianist fled syria specifically the young refugee camp for palestinians. back ther

farid let's bring in our correspondent nick conley he is following the story for us in minsk he joins me on the phone nick. and police they have detained dozens of people protesting peacefully in the center of minsk detentions like this we didn't see those just a few days ago why now. well plenty of teams that they cracked down that i had promised going into the weekend we saw again some of the biggest protests in modern belarus and history they now seem to be coming through not only is there being greater pressure on opposition figures people being fined people being sent to prison for political organization. government pressure on business people who support the opposition but now arrest to protest the something you say that hadn't happened for the last few weeks today seems that the number is lower than maybe had been the case in recent days and so maybe. to take those people in and as it seems it is on the pontiff uses for that crackdown not to be photographed not the films and the decision to take engine is taken off the streets and take them in for quote id checks which it doesn