brent: nick connolly with the latest from the capital of belarus. thank you.ermany is increasing efforts to start -- stop what is looking like the virus creep. the number -- coronavirus creep. the numbers in the country not seen since april. the german chancellor announced tougher measures. travelers returning from high risk areas will have to quarantine for five days. a big events band is being extended until the end of the year. people wearing the face mask -- breaking the rules on wearing a face mask will be fined. >> it took 5.5 hours to reach agreement. the rules for travel to high risk countries will be tightened , stricker quarantine and no more compensation for the time of quarantine. >> we urge all of those returning from travel to comply with the quarantine obligations and those also meet the responsibility towards fellow citizens. those that travel to designated risk areas is to be avoided whenever possible. germany has navigated the pandemic fairly well, but the number of new daily cases has been rising since july. worrying with the prospect of the

over the very latest now let's cross over to minsk where our correspondent nick connolly is covering developments there nick tell us more about the demonstrators who've been arrested on what grounds where they are they being held and how are they being treated. good morning terry well this is a of a difficult to say at this point because telephones are routinely taken away from people brought in detained by police on the square protesting here this is interesting that so far as there haven't been many arrests for the past week or 2 protesters had largely been allowed to go out but they were filmed by security so says yes the evening then a group of. what's believed to got 70 to 80 people detained on independence square and interesting lead the authorities doing their best to prevent reporter filming reporting on this threatening reporters with detention if they were to film this and this is indeed what happened including to my colleague who spent about 6 hours into tension she was to provide access to her phone to provide she refused to do that and when she refused to that she was onl

branded the opposition's actions a coup let's cross over to minsk now where our correspondent nick connolly is standing by nic e.u. leaders today threw their weight clearly behind the demonstrators and agreed to impose sanctions on lucas shakos government is that likely to change anything in belarus. well the thing is resolution to his being under sanctions time and time again during his 26 years in power and they haven't pushed him out of the position palace here in the gulf and being withdrawn years later without really doing much in return i think that would have much the way of direct effect on his ability to exercise power what it will do it will show really strong sign to people here on the ground by the roots that europe cares about the situation this country that europeans all following situation that's something you really need to see when you talk to people they are worried and keen to hear how far this situation is being followed in the rest of europe and what people think about it i think there wasn't really much more the europeans could do they're all big you're going to russia

people are out voicing their opinions and doing it in big numbers world's attention is on minsk nick connolly there in minsk and barbara basal in brussels thank you both very much. now it's a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the been scenes of jubilation in mali's capital bomb a co after president car k. to resign saying no blood will be shed to keep him in power. announces a brezec nation just hours after being detained by armed soldiers is now saying falls months of protests over alleged corruption and economic mismanagement in the west. the us their credit card has now formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate to go up against donald trump in november party officials from all over the country cast their votes from the former vice president during the virtual democratic national convention. and german foreign minister heiko must hosted his saudi counterpart prince fuzz all been sought in berlin it's to discuss issues including the normalization of relations between israel and the united arab emirates saudi arabia said it will no

say was rigged thousands have been arrested in a violent crackdown on dissent our correspondent nick connolly it was on the streets of minsk and sent us his observations on another landmark day in the belarus and capital. it's difficult to imagine just a few hours ago hundreds of thousands of people were out here on the streets in minutes protesting brother says rigged election for a 2nd weekend in a row it seems this week's turn out with even bigger than last week's which already had to be the biggest envelops is modern history and yet you see it was surprisingly relaxed given that the government had threatened arrests going into this had reminded people that even taking part in these demonstrations was in itself an illegal act people were out with their families their friends even with small children and pets. if the police when they were told they were on the margins calling on people to go home using their megaphones in the will they receive in return for that would allow and cries of shame. i think the interesting thing will be see how this develops from to more of a monday i don't look

that was nick connolly reporting from minsk ok well in neighboring lithuania people rallied in support of the russian protest as an act of solidarity and it from outing democracy and criticizing lucas because or 30 areon room to protest and to form a human chain stretching from the lithuanian capital vilnius to the border with better roots this action comes 3 decades after what was called the baltic way when residents of the baltic states lithuania estonia and latvia joined hands and linked their capital cities in a mass protest i named it in being sort of you lou. well the deadly correspondent constantini get is at the least you on the abilities board for us gratings constantine what has been happening today where you are. where all the human china is dispersed spots. at the concert which is held also very close to the belarus both in the old castle of mit didn't copy and what you hear now links us back to 9099 this is a song called we to mount change which 1st became famous during that period strike a years 30 years ago and now has become the anthem of the belorussian democratic move

. >> let's take this story to the capital of belarus where nick connolly is standing by, good evening to you. it looks like we have another evening of protests on the streets of minsk where you are. quite a challenging day that esther lukashenko has behind him -- mr. lukashenko has behind him. >> i am here in front of the government house and settlements where people were walking with their flags, their national flags, not the flag of the lukashenko government. people were honking their horns and support all across belarus and minsk. i think t the important thing to remember is these have been protests that have gone on across the country, edited and aided by ststrikes s in governmt run factories that had starteded to be very loyal to lukashenko and his governmentnt. this is a very difficult situation he is finding himself in. maybe his most difficult at the home of this country. >> we heard several things from lukashenko this week. he said he would be open to new elections if the constitution was changed. do you see a strategy behind all this? >> think he is just in survival mode rig

that was nick connolly reporting from our let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the wife of prominent kremlin critic lxi valmy has visited him at a hospital where he's in serious condition following a suspected poisoning. did not speak with the media. was flown from germany to germany rather from siberia after folding violently ill. in turkey at least 5 people are dead and 12 missing off to heavy flooding in the region to rancho rants triggered the flooding which also caused significant damage to buildings and roads that turkey's humanitarian relief foundation said it had sent a team to help with the search and rescue operations. thousands of israelis have demonstrated to denounce sexual violence against women protest comes after the alleged gang rape of a 16 year old girl at a red sea resort police say 11 suspects including 9 miners have been arrested accused of getting the drunk and raping and filming the. well in the u.s. state of california forecasters warn weather conditions are likely to worsen the wildfires raging across the state tens of

we go to minsk where we join nick connolly. president says he can dissolve this crisis in the coming days. what do we think he means? >> it sounds like a crackdown. i am sending -- standing in front of the kgb building and these are staying largely loyal to the regime. you have not felt a lot of fear. the protests have been in the main square where thousands gathered for the nightly protest ahead of sunday's bigger protest that is being called the march of millions. whether they get one million people together is questionable, but it is set to be as big as last week's protests. we heard from opposition leaders they are trying to engage, trying to convince them not to use force against protesters. we heard from the government saying they will go after ordinary protesters, that taking part in a protest will be deemed criminal. there is no clear path forward. no one can tell where this is going. there is no roadmap, but the sense is this is not the end and it is getting going. phil: we heard from the former presidential candidate