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of women marched through belarus his capital minsk in the 4th week of protests against president oleksandr lukashenko the country's exiled opposition leader says a point of no return has been passed. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us in the united states a series of twists and turns in the run up to the november presidential election another in a long line of tell all books from former white house insiders is about to come out this one from president donald trump's former personal attorney michael cohen now cohen that was known as trump's fixer and is now serving a 3 year sentence for campaign finance violations and lying to. congress one line from his upcoming book entitled disloyal says that trump is guilty of the same crimes that landed cohen in prison. this follows of a report in the atlantic magazine that alleges trump made disparaging comments about american war dead. according to that report trump refused to visit a military cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers trump denies the story no it was a fake story written by a magazine that was prob

affairs policy has a common foreign affairs policy and on our capacity of sanctioning president oleksandr call. with the european union's credibility at stake the next chance to greenlight the sanctions could come on thursday when e.u. heads of government are due to me. and correspondent nick connelly has been following the anti-government protests in bellerose he sent us this assessment of the diplomatic deadlock in brussels. more than 6 weeks after belarus and rigged elections and after unprecedented state violence against protesters european you still incapable passing sanctions against the handful of officials responsible for the crackdown happening here in europe's door step of this is that you use international credibility no good then again that's largely a problem for brussels and it's a self-esteem realistically sanctions are always going to be more of a symbolic gesture than anything else a sign that europe is watching sign that europe cares the russians are already getting that message in other ways the european ambassadors here and means attending court hearings against leadin

dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian oleksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduledhad been due to take place in may. a venue is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new restrictions. chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price last year. and former wales coach rob howley is returning to coaching for the first time since his ban from rugby union for a breach of betting rules. he's been named assistant coach of canada's men's national team. howley was sent home from wales's rugby world cup camp injapan when it emerged he'd been betting on matches. now, earlier this month, a defender for canada's women's football team publicly came out as transgender. quinn, who has now dispensed with their former first name, has won 59 caps for canada as well as winning a bronze medal at the 2016 olympics. the 25—year—old, who remains eligible to compete in women's sport, has been speaking to katie gornall. i think he had been frustrating trying to live, essentially, two different lives. i was occupying my real identity

arrested in minsk on saturday they've now been released they're demanding the resignation of president oleksandr the shanker . the us president says he will soon nominate a woman to replace u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday democrats say the decision should wait until after november election. donald trump says he'll approve a deal to allow the social media platform to take talk to keep operating in america the chinese will partner with u.s. firms oracle and wal-mart the white house has applied pressure on the company citing national security. its criminals made millions trafficking. when east explore the country has now become the 1st in southeast asia to legalize medical marijuana. on al-jazeera. hello and welcome again to remind i'm elizabeth since we launched al-jazeera english over a decade ago we haven't been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through a powerful award winning documentary today rewinding to 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the continuing israeli blockade of gaza is growing opioid problem. the gaza stri

getting harsher by the day and there's still little sign the riot police are deserving president oleksandr. demonstrators say rigged the august 9th presidential election. we're looking over at what is democracy that's been the majority has voted for the president you know it was you know nobody voted for him. women taking part in opposition rallies now not only have to fear for their safety but also that of their children i thirty's have been threatening to remove sjodin from protester parents a warning that's only been fueling the anger on the streets. data of these nick conley is covering the protests in minsk he says huge crowds are again likely to gather of the authorities are well prepared. or were expecting tens if not hundreds. thousands of people out in the streets of mean for yet another week and that election that reflects months past now and these protests showing no sign of ending anytime soon police has come out force today huge presence in terms of technology in terms of trucks also vans to take people away that is over the past few weeks a definite attempt to intimidate them

bello's more mass protests as anti-government demonstrators step up the pressure on hardline leader oleksandr look at shinnecock. endless. ortiz warned there could be mass fatalities as wildfires ravaged 3 u.s. states thousands of people who fled to safety are now returning home to scenes of devastation. american tilton welcome to the program israel has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd national lockdown to combat the coronavirus it comes after a surge of new infections topping more than $4000.00 in a single day the highest rate since the outbreak began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the new lockdown will begin on friday and last for 3 weeks spending over the jewish holiday season which is usually a period of religious services widespread travel and large family gatherings. reporter jill dougherty joins us now he's been following this story for us so joel tell me what exactly prompted this new lockdown announcement well israel is really battling its worst ever outbreak of the corona virus pandemic and the numbers tell the story here we can have a look at them now the number of

turnout was actually significantly lower than other weekends perhaps a result of calls by president oleksandr the go for tougher action against his critics who want him to step down. some of them have never experienced belarus without him. there recently stated i do my gratitude there is dreaming of democracy but i was dreaming of freedom and justice where laws are observed because we don't want our children to grow up in a prison and look around that people in uniforms behind barbed wire everywhere. the government is flexing its military muscles armored vehicles are meant to intimidate protesters metro stations were closed the internet slowed down dozens were arrested. and police brutality is getting more and more visible like here and got no. i'm not resisting stop strangling me i haven't done anything shouts this protester before police arrests him in response to the latest escalation of violence and online messaging channel with more than 2000000 subscribers published a list of names birthdays and addresses of more than 1000 police officers. well demonstrations have been taking place in c

reportedly kidnapped by masked men in minsk on monday she's been leading protests against president oleksandr location go following his disputed election when. top police officials in the u.s. city of rochester new york say they will retire following the suffocation death of a black man in police custody earlier this year the incident has triggered days of protests state prosecutors are now investigating the death of the departing police chief has accused critics of trying to quote destroy his integrity. sedan has announced a 3 month state of emergency after record floods left more than 100 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes the authorities say rising water levels in the now river are also putting the country's historical sites at risk. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the news overs at our website dot com . one by one the leaders of the political opposition to bill roos are being detained or disappearing on tuesday morning at the border with ukraine maria kolesnik ovah reportedly ripped up her passport and prevented her own deportation kolesnikov is on

broke out immediately after the count was announced back on august the 9th when longtime president oleksandr local schenk was handed another 5 years in office although initially marred by clashes as we reported back then and police brutality the demonstrations lately have become much more peaceful or political analyst when eros 1st notes listen to any would not a thinks have made its declaration and supported taken obs without the backing of larger powers here. it's a signal that is being shown to look at. forces major forces political forces behind because you know i wouldn't take such a measure which is illegitimate according to international law if there was no support by the european union or who knows. i see this. not too intelligent. to blunt it because it shows clearly that the situation in. the us is not only divided one side is also in danger of being taken over by external interests therefore i see it in political terms and not. elections in minsk. francis said. corona virus daily record health authorities reported $9843.00 new confirmed covert 19 cases on thursday as the most sinc

said calista cover was detained as she broke the law while trying to cross the border into ukraine oleksandr looking showing her himself some more details about it in a very lengthy interview he gave to russian journalists in the week. which is that only could you give us more detail about marie kolesnikov where is she. i probably cannot give you much detail gigia the fact that i was only told that she and her 2 friends who were drivers or close ones or distant ones they fled to ukraine today and they had documents and everything prepared in advance they showed their passports and customs officers border guards let them through further on is the state border and the ukrainian post between these. there are 8 to 9 kilometers and there our border is heavily guarded so we deployed more guards naturally they were stopped before the gas pedal she was even thrown out of the car on the move on the run. so they themselves did it yes well there were 3 of them who could have thrown her out border guards of course detained her hands would have been expected i say this is an old border guard and she was

forma quite the contrary his illegitimacy is a fact with all the consequences that this entails oleksandr inaugurated today has no legitimacy to lead his country he is responsible for presidential elections in belarus free of fair slovakia stands with citizens of belarus. in fact look i shan't just retired that means his orders to state power structures are no longer legitimate and cannot be executive i said client housecat and the only leader elected by the belorussian people and our task now is to build new valorous together. a little earlier several 100 perhaps a few 1000 demonstrators gathered in the square behind me within 10 minutes they were they were blotting away they were running away they were being charged by police with battens the police had warned them that they should disperse this this was an unsanctioned protest but many of the demonstrators didn't move they chanted for president to leave police begad deploying want to get into trucks spraying water protesters and now most of them have fled their square biden is empty for all but police. earlier this week the european un

reportedly kidnapped by masked men in minsk on monday she's been leading protests against president oleksandr lucas shango following his disputed election when. top police officials in the u.s. city of rochester new york say they will retire following the suffocation death of a black man in police custody earlier this year the incident has triggered days of protests state prosecutors are now investigating the death of the departing police chief is accused critics of trying to quote destroy his integrity. so dan has announced a 3 month state of emergency after record floods left more than 100 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes the authorities say rising water levels in the now river are also putting the country's historical sites at risk. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at b.w. news overs at our website w dot com. one by one the leaders of the political opposition a bill or are being detained or disappearing on tuesday morning at the border with ukraine maria kolesnik ovah reportedly ripped up her passport and prevented her own deportation kolesnikov is on

affairs policy had a common foreign affairs policy then on our capacity of sanctioning president oleksandr location call shingle ringback. with the european union's credibility at stake the next chance to greenlight the sanctions could come on thursday when e.u. heads of government are due to me. did abuse nick connelly has been following the anti-government protests in belarus he sent us this assessment of the diplomatic deadlock in brussels. more than 6 weeks after belarus rigged election and after unprecedented state violence against protesters the european new is still incapable passing sanctions against the handful of officials responsible for the crackdown happening here in europe still step over this is the use international credibility no good then again that's largely a problem for brussels and it's self esteem realistically sanctions are always going to be more of a symbolic gesture than anything else a sign that europe is watching a sign that europe cares but the russians are already getting that message in other ways the european ambassadors here in minsk attending court hearin

internal affairs it comes a day after the european parliament that it would no longer recognize article oleksandr lukashenko as the legitimate president of bellaver is although that's not discourage his supporters from taking to the streets as has been done daily to counter the ongoing opposition protests in the capital while the demonstrations are relatively small during the week that we came to continue to see mass opposition rallies himself recently came taken off sky was the 2nd for those wailing kwaito appointed by external forces. now the next phase has begun intense political financial and diplomatic pressure from outside neighboring countries refusing to recognize the election results and just like we saw in venezuela they found the belorussian why don't i declared president. a list and broadcast to neil clark believes the west is manipulating taken off guard for its own interests. because in this film before haven't we but in venezuela of course when they see the west the us and the western powers trying to through that proxies to topple the government there and when that it looked to fo

arrested in minsk on saturday they've now been released they're demanding the resignation of president oleksandr the shanker . and the u.s. president says he will soon nominate a woman to replace u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday democrats say the decision should wait until after november elections and donald trump says he'll approve a deal to allow the social media platform to take talk to keep operating in america the chinese app will partner with u.s. firms oracle and wal-mart the white house has applied pressure on the company citing national security concerns. for decades criminals made millions trafficking drugs through thailand one when east explores why the country has now become the 1st in southeast asia to legalize medical marijuana. on al-jazeera. hello and welcome again to remind i'm elizabeth purana since we launched al-jazeera english over a decade ago we haven't been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through powerful award winning documentary us today we rewinding to 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the con

another huge march to the better russian capital minsk there keeping up the pressure on president oleksandr looking schenker who's responding with increasing force he's refusing to quit weeks after disputed elections and is turning to russia for help to stay in al-jazeera spotted smith is monitoring the protests from neighboring lithuania. there are still those tens of thousands descending on the streets of men's and there are protests in other cities across belarus as well the government said it had closed off a couple of main squares to put barbed wire around one of the october. square square was supposed to be where the protesters were meeting today but that still wasn't enough and people carried on protesting going near again to the presidential palace where there was heavy security to protect from his own people there are still some left in minsk but obviously the government is putting pressure enormous pressure on them and the protesters to strine split them up another opposition leader olga called cove or she appeared in warsaw on saturday she said she'd been she had been in jail for

for the governing united russia party being overshadowed by the poisoning of the opposition leader oleksandr bombing. and after a day of ceremony and statements of hope the taliban and the afghan government will now get down to the hard work of trying to end decades of war but as the talks began here in doha there were also multiple attacks back in afghanistan the government says there were taliban attacks in 18 provinces on saturday taliban says there are 10 government assaults despite these accusations the sides are being urged to seize an opportunity to secure peace for future generations of some a binge of ages following the talks here in. we spoke to the taliban spokesman here from the political office and he said he does not have details of these attacks but he also said that this could be part of the government tactics to try and pressure the taliban ahead of the talks there is a large trust deficit on both sides remember that it is taken plenty years for them to come to this table so far there's no meeting which is being shared you and yet there has been informal interactions between

reportedly kidnapped by masked men in minsk on monday she's been leading protests against president oleksandr lucas shango following his disputed election when. top police officials in the u.s. city of rochester new york say they will retire following the suffocation death of a black man in police custody earlier this year the incident has triggered days of protests state prosecutors are now investigating the death of the departing police chief has accused critics of trying to quote destroy his integrity. sudan has announced a 3 month state of emergency after record floods left more than 100 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes the authorities say rising water levels in the now river are also putting the country's historical sites at risk. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at b.w. news over at our website w dot com. one by one the leaders of the political opposition to bill roos are being detained or disappearing on tuesday morning at the border with ukraine maria kolesnik over reportedly ripped up her passport and prevented her own deportation kolesnik over

treatment abroad the chunka earlier this month took part in mass demonstrations against president oleksandr. french president tomorrow and mccall has condemned what he called turkey's comments backing azerbaijan and its efforts to take control of the separate region of nagorno-karabakh as reckless and dangerous turkey has voice its backing for the former soviet republic which has clashed militarily with armenia since the weekend international calls for both sides to work towards a diplomatic solution have so far gone unheeded. this man's heart has been shelled beyond recognition. it now resembles a number of other civilian homes in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. everything's broken well what else can i say. officially the separatist region lies within as a by john but it has been under the control of ethnic armenian forces backed by the amenia and government since 1994 fighting has now spread well beyond the borders of the contested xyron like in this bordering town in azerbaijan and is threatening to spill into an all out war. despite the growing death toll both military and civilia

turnout was actually significantly lower than other weekends perhaps a result of calls but president oleksandr the go for tougher action against his critics who want him to step down. some of them have never experienced belarus without him. there recently stated i do my crowds there is the streaming of democracy but i was dreaming of freedom and justice where laws are observed because we don't want our children to grow up in a prison and look around that people in uniforms behind barbed wire everywhere. the government is flexing its military muscles armored vehicles are meant to intimidate protesters metro stations were closed the internet slowed down dozens were arrested. and police brutality is getting more and more visible like here no. i'm not resisting stop strangling me i haven't done anything shouts this protester before police arrest some in response to the latest escalation of violence and online messaging channel with more than 2000000 subscribers published a list of names birth dates and addresses of more than 1000 police officers. are let's take a look now at some of the other stor

highlight the plight of those detained on suspicion of trying to overthrow the authoritarian leader oleksandr. this time riot police were out in force in minsk ready and waiting to pounce. they sprang into action as soon as demonstrators began gathering. the interior ministry said hundreds of people were arrested for displaying offensive symbols and messages 2. one woman shouted shame. but security forces were soon outnumbered by demonstrators. an estimated more than 100000 people heeded the call to turn out to show their support for leaders of the opposition. some protesters chanted we are the power and. you're fired. words directed at president alexander look who the opposition accused of stealing last month's election. again with top security officials to discuss what they see as menacing drills by nato countries and bella who says western border. is due to travel to russia on monday for postponed a face to face talks with president vladimir putin the 1st since the mass protests ahead of the planned visit protesters demonstrated outside bellows embassy in moscow they're worried about possi

a full and speedy recovery we've got alexandra stay on a vertical prayer with us from moscow now oleksandr a very is more of the tough talk like we heard from the german chancellor angela merkel in the wake but i suspect the type of talk which isn't going to have much impact on moscow at all. no indeed come on we don't have a lot of reactions on this so far but the ones that we did hear are actually saying go what you just said so for instance. head of the upper house of the russian parliament committee for international affairs says that it is too early to involved in organising a sion. of chemical weapons since he said 1st experts have to establish that the chemical weapon was used on the vine need this goes in the line of what we heard before from a much higher up in in moscow and that is that moscow the not receive any evidence that the charcoal was the thing that poisoned the nonviolently and they themselves are sold here the russian doctors didn't find any toxins in his body and other one said that it is not a place of young stoltenberg or nato to be asking these questions to russia

together and they did so now they hear they're having the plan is to have one of the residences for oleksandr look at shanghai he has. presumably around 17 residences here in the minsk and around 5 the country and this is one of his residences and that's where they're planning to go to the roads have blocked in front of the in front of his residence but people are marching now towards this place and it's all very peaceful they're making music lots of flags here. so there's more to go for are you optimistic i would say despite the repression and the crack that 5 they feed them that that especially in the we are ok stay for the moment stay close but thank you very much of just joining us here on al-jazeera let's just sum up for you what we know is going on we've just got access to these latest pictures you can see there what's been going on we've seen these groups of. combat dressed riot police type security service personnel in countering the protesters we've seen the pictures the protesters have been peaceful step correspondent there in minsk explaining to us that she was in the middle of one

dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian oleksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduledbecause of new restrictions. chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price in october last year. and usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion who stepped up to heavyweight last year. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. see you then. thanks so much, sarah. let's get more now on the latest restrictions aimed at averting a second wave of coronavirus infections in the uk and their impact. drjoel dunning is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon working at south tees hospitals nhs foundation trust. he spent two months working as an icu nurse to help during lockdown. hejoins me now. good afternoon to you doctorjoel. that was quite the job change for you. how did you find it? well, it was an inspirational time. the nhs did in incrediblejob of making the huge efforts which meant that when we had our first wave, we managed to get through it and we got through it really well, and we got through it really well, and we got throug

women marched through bell rhesus camp little men stuck in a 4th week of protests against president oleksandr lucas franco the country's exiled opposition leaders says a point of no return has been taxed. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us a series of twists and turns in the u.s. in the run up to the november presidential election another in a long line of tell all books from former white house insiders has been leaked this time from president trump's former personal attorney michael cohen cohen was known as trump's fixer and he's now serving a 3 year sentence for campaign finance violations and lying to congress. one line from his book entitled disloyal says that trump is guilty of the same crimes that landed cohen in prison. we'll talk about this i'm joined by reporter joel is in the studio with me hello to you joel ok so can you tell us what exactly is cohen alleging in this new book cohen is referring to payments made to silence 2 women who claim they had affairs with the president one of them being the porn actress stormy daniels now in his book cohen gives detailed de