vilnius. so another leading member of the opposition gone and it comes now is increasing pressures on foreign powers to do. more say more about what's happening in belarus and the e.u. but it's now prepared to impose sanctions on $31.00 senior officials because the government i'm not includes an assets and a travel apparently lucas shank himself won't be sanctioned germany is not prepared to do that yet it wants to see more opportunity for talks before it considers sanctioning. himself. meanwhile according to the kremlin it's off to moscow in a couple of days according to sources that real change in approach really because before the election was casting russia as a threat to belorussia and saying that vote for me and i'll protect you from attempts by russia to influence what's going on since then. has turned to vladimir putin for help and there's lot of putin but he's backing. and making it much more easier for him to stay in office without the kremlin's backing his position will be looking m

president gitanas nauseda, in vilnius, welcome to hardtalk. good evening.t, how do you see the power dynamic in belarus right now? do you think president lukashenko has ridden out the storm? yes, of course, alexander lukashenko tries to buy the time and tries to suppress the protests of peaceful people in the states. right now, the people are fighting for their fundamental rights to have free elections, to express their opinion about what is going wrong in belarus and, unfortunately, we see a lot of violations and this continues and it brings very huge concern to all of us, not only for neighbouring countries, lithuania, latvia, estonia and poland and the ukraine, but also for the european union. this is the reason why we started to react very fast and we propose the plan of the escalation of the situation. we consolidated our efforts together with presidents of surrounding countries. unfortunately, alexander lukashenko was not able to take this initiative and he turned towards vladimir putin. probably this is the reason why the situation in the last days a

burnitz with al-jazeera vilnius. still to come on al-jazeera. paying tribute to the city still in mourning a month on from a huge loss that towards. venezuela's opposition leaders are calling the country's december parliamentary election a fraud staged by president nicolas maduro. hello that the care of process continuing across much of the korean peninsula all the cloud to the north is what was of course out a typhoon may sight but to say conditions fairly clear on the clean up is continuing we're watching this very closely that is a super typhoon a high shann me want to say look at this plenty of damage has been done through south korea and north korea this wind turbine smashed to pieces and medicals damage to crops as well this farmer just assessing the damage to his pack that now as we go through saturday conditions just say mostly fine across the korean peninsula however already the rays beginning to push into more southern and eastern sections all courtesy of the super typhoon hi shannon by saturday this will have winds sustained at about

to send a monitoring mission to belarus one of smith reports from vilnius in neighboring lithuania. so a lot of chicken also believes that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president of ballads instead she's exiled in neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the un security council to help. today in the country where the rose is in turn were a peaceful protest and been illegally detained beaten and imprisoned. in the balance capital men's cooperation colleague maria kalashnikov and others a former political party chicken of sky having been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and the other more united than ever on the list with lionel score of the nation council we want political prisoners screech we want an investigation into the killings of peaceful protesters and we want new fair and transparent election as all of the force of law not our choice will stall on and we're not going to leave it like that speaking to al-jazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordination council chicken or ackno

burnitz met al-jazeera vilnius. an armed group has returned to its base in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff outside a prison around $300.00 fighters but the so-called cooperated for the development of the congo group entered the town of bunia on friday initially given the army a deadline to release fellow members are being held in jail they've since left after negotiating with the military although it's not clear what was discussed malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi hundreds of fighters piled into the town they were demanding the release of prisoners and also demanding the terms of a provisional deal that they've made we've some factions of the army to be upheld they want to be demobilized they want to be integrated into the army for fighters to be given food rations this is something that they say they've been promised and that the army and the government had failed to deliver the army's going to try to defeat this militia called could echo since the beginning of the year they fail

al-jazeera vilnius. the un satanic watchdog has confirmed iran is stockpiling enriched uranium well beyond limits set by world powers in the 2050 nuclear deal the i.a.e.a. says its reach more than 10 times the limit decided on the agreement that promised iran economic incentives in return for curbs on its nuclear program terrans trying to pressure the remaining nations to help offset crippling u.s. sanctions. fallen silent to mark the moment exactly one month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut 191 people died while around 300000 lost their homes some remain in structures deemed unsafe because they have nowhere else to go samaha reports. the 101001 victims of the devastating explosion that tore through the lebanese capital were remembered one months on a vigil was held outside the port where nearly 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate and safely stored in a warehouse ignited one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history one minute of silence was observed at the exact time of

get a live update now from al-jazeera as correspondent bernard smithson vilnius in neighboring the few any of burnet hi there 4 weeks of protests and despite increased levels of intimidation and arrests as well. yes peter 90 arrests on saturday and a warning from the interior ministry today that the increase the number of police and military on the streets they've closed off major roads in minsk warning people not to protest saying it's illegal we've been told that barbed wire has been added to fencing put around one square october square and independence square which was supposed to be which is the focal point for today's protest has also been closed off but all of those warnings all of those intimidation temps that intimidation don't see to have put people off and we're seeing plenty of the video on social media channels of protesters walking on the streets in minsk and what happens is that when the government closes off one area then through the messaging up telegraph there's a coordinated attempt to tell people where else to go and this is this is how they're able to gather in othe

you are playing a dangerous game, vilnius, where you sit today, has been described as a second capitaltion and everything you told me today shows how determined you are to speak out against lukashenko and demand an end to his regime. you are going to be directly at odds with moscow and you know it, and it's very possible that you will suffer consequences as a result of that? you know, democratic values, principal values does not have a prize. this is not cost benefit analysis like in the economic analysis like in the economic analysis —— price. this is the principles, the fundamental values we strongly believe in. we didn't forget our history, oui’ we didn't forget our history, our newest history of lithuania. let me remind you, 30 years ago lithuania declared independence. and it was like a dark tunnel and our life and we had hoped there will be light on the end of this tunnel. and, at that time, a small country, iceland, far away from lithuania, stepped in and recognised our independence and we didn't forget it. we think that now we must do the same that now we must do the same that

covering events for us from vilnius in neighboring through anyhow for weeks of protests now we've seen increased intimidation we've seen increase arrests but i mean the fact it's gone on for 4 weeks is quite something. and in the interior ministry conscious of the masses put out a warning today the government in minsk it says it's increased the numbers of police and military on the streets and avenues will be blocked joining the day they've been seen to put barbed wire added to the fencing route one square october square and they have blocked off independence square that is where today's protests are supposed to be starting from so the intimidation is increasing of course it's very very hard for journalists to report from them most of how their accreditation has withdrawn so with every day that goes by. clearly not willing to give up the reins of power and with russia's backing feels emboldened to try and turn the screws on the protesters lots of students now in minsk as well they've come back for the start of. the term the ault's and they were protesting many of them in the home towns

but it's met al-jazeera vilnius. the 2nd typhoon to hit the korean peninsula in a week has made landfall south korea's weather agency says typhoon may sak will affect most of the country which is on its highest alert level it's travelling north through gang sang province along the country's eastern area more than 2000 homes on the island of jeju have already lost electricity and the typhoon has flooded highways and brought down trees getting updates robert bright is joining us from tucson and south korea so how are people been coping rob. that's right this type who made landfall in the early hours of thursday morning with. very strong winds as expected to wind the gusting over 150 kilometers per hour it is now i now accepted the south korean peninsula through the east coast that out into the sea separating the peninsula from japan but it will make landfall again way up at the north winds of the korean peninsula actually in north korea that country now on standby especially after the alert was raised here raised to th

burnitz may al-jazeera vilnius against pipelines exploded in bangladesh killing at least 11 people it happened near a mosque while worshipers were finished prayers just dhaka dozens were taken to hospital they were critically injured firefighters and investigating the cause high school students in thailand are gathering for another anti-government protests calling for elections and a new constitution the rallies being organized by a network of groups from 30 schools for weeks student read rallies to fight a state of emergency to control the spread of coronavirus more than 30 opposition figures have been arrested since the protests began in july a community of forest well as in kenya is struggling to survive after being a big hit from and for land the people say they were given the legal right to live in the forest in court but the government says they're destroying parts of a fragile ecosystem catherine sawyer reports from the maui forest in the rift valley. jane career is among hundreds of kenyans addicted from the mouth forest in july is in the rift valley kenya's most important wat

to send a monitoring mission to bella reuss on his ear as bernard smith reports now from vilnius in the neighboring lithuania. so a lot of chicken off believe that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president to balance instead she's exiled in neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the un security council to help. today in the country where the rose is in turn were a peaceful protest and been illegally detained beaten and imprisoned. in the balance capital men's cooperation colleague maria kolesnikov and others have formed a new political party chicken of sky having been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and the other more united than they were on the list with lionel score of the nation council we want political prisoners screech we want an investigation into the killings of peaceful protesters and we want new fair and transparent election as the altar of our choice will stall on and we're not going to leave it like that speaking to al-jazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordination counc

that he had met him at all macro the meeting apparently lasted 35 minutes in the training capital vilnius mycroft she said promise to help the better russian people promise to help liberate political prisoners so a very important meeting for her really throwing the spotlight on her campaign on her plight and the plight of the opposition movement in better or worse for him and all mark are also a highly symbolic meeting it allowed the french president to show once again that he is supporting this opposition movement he has said that he believes that a president should release his grip on power in belarus and that he should simply go calling for a peaceful transition of power in better us amnesty international is stopping all operations in india because of what it calls a witch hunt for human rights group says it has been put under pressure because of its work on indian administered kashmir and the riots in delhi the government's accused of illegally receiving foreign. the only police officer charged in connection with the shooting of briana taylor in march has pleaded not guilty former det

lithuania's oren minister here in vilnius has said that what is is the government is cynically eliminatinghe -- eliminating the opposition one by one. barbara: the berlin hospital treating kremlin critic alexey navalny said his condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced,. he was fun to germany last month after falling ill amid a flight in russia. poisoned with was a nerve agent. a statement from the hospital said he is now responding to speech and they are trying to wean off the chemical ventilation. the uk's foreign minister has summoned the russian ambassador to the u.k. but expresses concern over what happened to navalny. the poison was used by a russian agent two years ago. and a video message calls for criminal investigation in russia. he is a citizen of russia, so the authorities should investigate why he has gone into a, and who poisoned him. because it was an attempt to kill a politician in russia. is very upsetting for our country that such obvious truths need to be spoken aloud and repeated, but i will repeat, i demand an investigation takes place in t

vilnius and to not recognize the result of this election here but beyond that it's very difficult to see what the european union what the western world can do for these protests right now. diddy's nikolay reporting for us there in minsk thank you very much. now the international olympic committee is under pressure to sanction iran and its knitting today after a wrestler was sentenced to death. is accused of killing a security guard. 2018 a global athlete's union is calling on iran to be thrown out of world sports his lawyer says there is no proof of the charge and the 27 year old was tortured into confessing u.s. president trump has become involved telling iran in a tweet last week that he would greatly appreciate them sparing his life. twice a year storks follow a 12000 kilometer migration route between southern africa and europe and one of the best viewing spots for bird watchers to see this wonder of nature is a garbage dump in the middle east. time for break for flocks of white storks in the jordan valley and the occupied west bank at dawn on you thought of just yossi leshem is u

much it's more about symbolic gesture support allowing better since it's politics all in was or in vilnius and to not recognize the result of this election here bill that's very difficult to see what the european union what the western world can do for these protests right now. is an economy reporting for us there in minsk thank you very much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world at least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a bombing in the afghan capital kabul officials say the attack targeted the country's vice president who sustained minor injuries no one has claimed responsibility and the taliban denied involvement. rescue workers have recovered $22.00 bodies from a rock slide at a marble mine in pakistan more than a dozen miners remain trapped under the rubble in the northwest of the country the cause of the cave in which happened on tuesday has not been determined. top police officials in the u.s. city of rochester new york have resigned following the death by suffocation of a black man in police custody earlier this year newly released video of th

that she had met him at all the meeting apparently lasted 35 minutes in the little indian capital vilnius mycroft she said promise to help the better russian people promise to help liberate political prisoners so a very important meeting for her really throwing the spotlight on her campaign on her plight and the plight of the opposition movement in better or worse for a man or mark role also a highly symbolic meeting it allowed the french president to show once again that he is supporting this opposition movement he has said that he believes that present should release his grip on power in belarus and that he should simply go calling for a peaceful transition of power in belarus. with that update from paris thank you natasha . nationwide protests are expected later in guinea against president has been for a 3rd term amended the constitution so he could run in the october 18th hole security forces are on high alert on the border but senegal has been closed nicholas hawk reports from the senegalese capital dhaka. weeks before his country's presidential election guinea and journalist had no

lively and so vibrant this summer the other 2 being obsessive fans you know scott is now in exile in vilnius and the other. to call it and to call him who's in walsall still to have taken the option basically given to them both biographies he had to leave the country in return for their freedom because of refused to do so and now she's paying the price for that. you know tell us more about how important call it has been for these protests. was she definitely figurehead and she's someone who's very good at connecting to people and engaging with other people in the campaign well maybe more technocratic and more about the policy she's someone who is able to talk to crowds able to engage on their people and to really get people involved in politics to go to remember this is a country that has basically had no politics for a quarter century a quarter century in which one man i think a look cinco made will be cools here in this country and suddenly you have people really engaging in politics is quite extraordinary when you walk down the street you see old people young people leaving school kids ta

bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius so how did we get to this point president alexander lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 994 silencing nearly all forms of dissent but he faced unprecedented opposition earlier this year of a worsening economy and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic because she has disputed reelection triggered weeks of protests and a tough response from police 2 days after the vote or position lead us from atlanta taken off sky fled to lithuania and has been calling for more peaceful rallies from there. russian president vladimir putin has backed his response saying he is ready to send a police force to assist with veronica kahlo is a leading bellerive activist who united behind the opposition leader took enough skier she fled to poland after last month's disputed election and says the protests will continue until look at steps down. we are working very hard with the international community we get to meet international leaders we describe what's going on in bellows because we want the entire community the world community to know what's going on the belaru

but it's met al-jazeera vilnius. still ahead here on al-jazeera the calm before the storm south korea braces for typhoon might sound. plus why there's a buzz around beekeeping in western georgia. hello all eyes continue to be focused on typhoon made this is very clear of course working its way in a high rapidly towards the korean peninsula but also we're watching this this is unusual so has developed this is haitian fanaa that is north of directly impacting any areas of land like this will make landfall late wednesday into thursday across into south korea probably to the west of busan but it will produce heavy amounts of rains and. it will lead to some localized flooding and the winds will stay strong even through thursday sustained winds at about 100 kilometers an hour then as we go on into friday it does dissipate the winds will ease but the rain will stand the forecast through the northeastern section of china meanwhile haitian this will continue to work its way west was it will strengthen we've got winds sustaine

al-jazeera vilnius. still ahead on al-jazeera and thousands of people rally in montenegro after the russian victory in autumn entry elections and concerns that corona virus infections could rise in the capital as crowds rush back to shops. hello more very warm sunshine across southeastern parts of europe some with fresh weather up there was a north you can see a little more in the way of cloud coming through the boundary train that fresh air and the warmth is this cold front will sink its way further south once in the east was over the next couple of days some very heavy rain on this particular front that will sink down towards the western side of the med the bally eric seeing some very heavy showers for a time through monday not quite as heavy as we go on into a cheese day but they are there nevertheless temperatures just bouncing back a little for london to around 23 degrees and light winds that should feel really quite pleasant but pleasant enough down across that eastern side of the med athens around

she had met him at all macro the meeting apparently lasted 35 minutes and then the 20 in capital vilnius mycroft she said promise to help the better russian people promise to help liberate political prisoners so a very important meeting for her really throwing the spotlight on her campaign on her plight and the plight of the opposition movement in belarus for a man on my call so a highly symbolic meeting it allowed the french president to show once again that he is supporting this opposition movement he has said that he believes that our present release his grip on power in belarus and he should simply go calling for a peaceful transition of power in belarus cameroon's main opposition leader has been given access to his lawyer after being under siege for more than a week security forces are surrounding the home of maurice come to this party has been leading protests demanding the resignation of president paul bia he's been in power for nearly 38 years armitage greece has more from neighboring nigeria. what the law is called the media after meeting come to know it's been under house arres

but it's an al-jazeera vilnius so how has it come to this where president alexander lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1904 silencing nearly all forms of dissent but he faced unprecedented opposition earlier this year over a worsening economy and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic because she has disputed reelection in early august then triggered weeks of protests out a tough response from police 2 days after the vote opposition leaders for atlanta kind of skier fled to lithuania and has been calling for more peaceful rallies from there and president vladimir putin as back as response saying that he is ready to send russian forces in to assist the arab door is an expert on eastern europe and russia he said but his says that russia's financial support is of huge importance as the by the russian economy is on the brink. if you look at the situation domestically internally within deloris 1st off the country is rapidly running out of money $1.00 of the few grow sectors of the irish economy is the i.t. sector that's been. hugely undermined by the repeated internets us whic

action over belarus is undermining the credibility of its foreign policy bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. thousands of people have been rallying in montenegro as capital against the pros so nationalist coalition that won a slim majority in last sunday's elections the coalition is now trying to form a government in the tiny balkan nation protesters fear it will push montenegro closer to serbia and russia the party say they'll continue with the country's bid to join the european union average citizen no you're completely sure i think people have gathered here to support peace harmony and tolerance while the down nationalists interests we all live in harmony as brothers we don't need divisions might need. a missile sorry that i am against any older flag being waved in our country be albanian serbian turkey should german any order exceptional to move to new green flower. nearly 300 people have been arrested in hong kong off to right place cleared pro-democracy protesters on sunday they were demonstrating against beijing's new security law which was imposed on the territory earlier this year

bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius thousands of people have been rallying in the montenegran capital against the pro serb nationalist coalition that won a slim majority in last sunday's elections the coalition is now trying to form a government in the tiny bowl commission protesters fear it will push want to negril into closer alliances with serbia and russia the parties say they'll continue with the country's bid to join the european union. but he's in hong kong of 5 pepper balls and arrested nearly $300.00 people during anti-government demonstrations the protests were against beijing's new security law which was imposed on the territory earlier this year people are also angry about a delay in local elections that should have been held on sunday and jim brown reports from hong kong. i home kong independence they chose was beyond small groups of peaceful protesters openly flouting a new national security law. they were also individual acts of defiance. the demonstrators were also disobeying social distancing rules the mass gatherings they were angry because sunday was supposed to be hong kon

which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. was staying in belarus and the leader of a factory strike there has been jailed until the balkan was convicted of organizing an unauthorized demonstration and sentenced to 15 days in prison booking told media that workers had been bullied and threatened for taking part in the protests. so being called judges in colombia are hunting over an investigation into witness tampering by former president. the attorney general's office is taking control of the case after a reeves resigned from the senate however critics say libby's attempting to get a more co-operative hearing over allegations of links to power military groups the 68 year old became the 1st former president to be put under house arrest last month on a central ramp yet he has more in the capital bogota. once for only confirm this will be another surprising twist in the legal saga of colombia's most powerful divisive in until recently seemingly untouchable politician former president would even the country's supreme court is exp

action over belarus is undermining the credibility of its foreign policy bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. well veronica said it was a leading bella russian activist who fled to poland after last month's election and she says the protests will continue until look at shankar steps down we are working very hard with the international community we get to need international leaders we describe. because we want our community and community to. like to leave if possible because he will make sure he's not the. enemy in he. pushes. people away. with international community with a group. of people that changes. before and never give up. for 26 years and. before weeks before the way he treats people the way he tortured people the way he the mob. we. nation with. the power of libya's rival sides are meeting in morocco 2 weeks after the amounts to a cease fire agreement delegations from tripoli's un recognized government and the eastern based to brooke parliament to holding talks south of robots a larger meeting including countries backing the 2 sides expected on monday in switzerland. that's to we ur

which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. police in russia have launched a criminal inquiry after an opposition interest and blogger was assaulted yeah goes to cough was attacked by 2 people outside his apartment in moscow last court banned him from using the internet for 2 years after he took part in protests calling for elections russian authorities of seize $460000.00 from bank accounts belonging to an activist libya office is a lawyer for the anti corruption foundation set up by opposition leader alexina valley who's in a coma with suspected poisoning in a hospital in germany called to order damages from her last year following an investigation into activities by a business been closely linked to president putin. supporters of ivory coast exiled former president laurent gbagbo have put his name forward as a candidate in next month's election along with the former rebel leader. he's taking on president. and his bid for a controversial 3rd term and that address reports. for the supporters of former president laurent gbagbo

official put it moscow were to intervene more overtly in belarus burnitz al-jazeera vilnius. the west department of defense says china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade in its annual china military power report to congress the pentagon says beijing wants to challenge us dominance in the asia pacific region around half of china's current stockpile of nuclear weapons includes land based intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the u.s. the report says beijing wants to maintain its. or weaponry on a higher state of alert meaning they could be deployed on short notice but even if china stockpile doubles it would still be much smaller than that of the u.s. which has an estimated 3800 warheads the report comes as the u.s. congress debates a $740000000000.00 military spending bill how does a castro has more from washington d.c. . this report also says that the chinese people's liberation army has a goal of becoming what it calls a world class military by the year 2049 and that in terms of the navy in fact china has

official put it moscow were to intervene more overtly in belarus burnitz al-jazeera vilnius the. officer with me several raman in doha remind our top news stories u.s. president donald trump has called anti racism protests domestic terror fueled by democrats he made the comments during a visit to connote show where black man jacob blake was shot 7 times in the back by police violent mobs demolished or damaged at least 25 businesses burned down public buildings and threw bricks at police officers which your police officers won't stand for and they didn't stand for these are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror. and in the same reason you get it or at least he is here to play out in fear and we reject even since to go back that we were not at all welcome here we do not need more pain and invasion from a president who is putting his own reelection and head and he's with us and the american people who were to come in for reconciliation you simply justify the kid who did the shooting. you're an. inspiration to the. millimoles militia another black man has been kille

set up by the woman who says she won the election law the chicken of skye who's currently here in vilnius well all 'd her colleague was in detention she says she had a hold over her head and she was driven and dropped off at the polish border a cane or wishes and forced to go into poland so clearly the government is trying to weaken the opposition as best looking shanker who now is firm backing essentially from russia is not going to go and the opposition who are calling for new elections they want more they want the european union and they want the u.n. to make more noise to put more sanctions or more pressure on belarus to try and persuade lucas shanker to change tack thank you for that update vernon smith. on to other news and for the 1st time since he was shot in the back repeatedly by police and the paralyzed from the waist down we have heard directly from jacob blake from his hospital bed his shooting in the state of wisconsin is added to the anger right across the united states over racial inequality and police brutality protests which is why bernal's reports are still going on. st

but it's meant al-jazeera vilnius an ancient culture of harvesting honey from while b.is enjoying a revival in georgia and production is no longer the exclusive preserve off men have been forced to walk or explains from the mountainous region of. does what's traditionally expected of a woman in her community and. something that used to be a job only for men. inside hollowed out tree logs schooled gyrus cook asian great beets have made their hardships. with help from her son. collects their harvest colored man alas it's a very hard job it's a man's business but i was left alone my husband died the children were small and i had to continue the family tradition. only takes half of the honeycomb and leaves the rest for her bees i am on false nick was put going to me i love these i often come to see them i understand them their needs and the problems they have. the bees seem to be quite calm now and i hope i'm keeping it sufficiently safe distance away from the high but as i can see the honeycombs are being made the way they would in the wild so while it may not be the most

that's a really difficult question to answer she's been making those calls for several weeks now from vilnius the capital of neighboring lithuania where she's been offered shelter after fleeing belarus her husband of course still in jail in belarus he was a leading candidate children also have left the country we haven't i don't believe in her remote session with the council of europe hear her heard her directly talk about the incident on the border with ukraine involving her former campaign partner her other former campaign partner veronica cept carlo is now in ukraine but so donna taken all skier did in the in in this session repeat that she thought the lucas tank of government was an illegitimate regime of course she rejects the outcome of the election but she stressed that any future international treaty struck between any other party and president look at shanker would not be respected by any future democratically elected government in belarus why is this important is because on monday the foreign minister of lithuania voiced fears that alexander lukashenko was about to reach an agreemen

which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. an investigation into witness tampering by colombia's former president. is being handed over to the attorney general's office the 68 year old is suspected of trying to silence allegations he had links to part of military groups libby resigned from his senate seat this month after becoming the 1st former president to be put under house arrest his defense team successfully argued his case shouldn't be handled by the supreme court alessandro amputee has more from bogota. once for ali confirmed this will be another surprising twist in the legal saga of colombia's most powerful divisive and until recently seemingly untouchable politician former president would even the country's supreme court is expected to transfer a case involving he's being investigated for with a mistrial tampering and fraud to the country's attorney general's office and that's because earlier in the man who is currently under home detention has resigned from his senate seat to the supreme court here in vestey gates c

but it's meant al-jazeera vilnius argentina's president alberto fernandez has announced new measures to help businesses. survive the coronavirus pandemic the economy is already into its 3rd year recession and is expected to shrink even more this year and that's left millions of people trying to prevent bankruptcy stories about reports from santa fe. said hugh bell muscle has a vivid memory of how many times argentina's economy has collapsed through the a years his grandfather started building carousel 60 years ago but in this past month he has been forced to sell some of the horses in this carousel to make ends meet. in dissociate oh there is iraq to vittie i have never seen anything like this before i understand the pain damage and the situation but everything we've built is disappearing i'm selling the horses to pay bills the horses sell for around $150.00 each bell massa says in argentina doing business is not easy because the rules of the game are constantly changing with the administration's what i can but there are going to cino we cannot compete with china 1st one government b

kremlin which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control but it's my al-jazeera vilnius. supreme court judges in colombia are handing over the investigation into witness tampering by a former president alvaro uribe the attorney general's office taking control is being seen as an attempt to silence allegations of abuse links to part of military groups the 68 year old became the 1st former president to be put under house arrest last month and he has resigned from the senate alessandro n.p.r. he has more from the capital bogota. once for ali confirm this will be another surprising twist in the legal saga of colombia's most powerful divisive and until recently seemingly untouchable politician former president i'll vote would be the country's supreme court is expected to transfer a case involving he's being investigated for with a mistrial tampering and fraud to the country's attorney general's office and that's because earlier in the month who is currently under home detention has resigned from his senate seat to the supreme court hearing vestey gates criminal cases that inv

well let's get the latest now from bernard who joins us live from lithuania's capital vilnius bennett let's start with the latest development this monday morning and that's the fact that maria kolesnik cova a prominent opposition figure is missing in minsk what do we know happens. well we're getting a little bit more information from a witness by one of the news agencies who say she saw kolesnik over pushed into a dark colored bomb by masked men last stop the join the scuffle phone dropped on the floor in the mosman picked it up in the bomb drove all she hasn't all the members of the team also haven't been heard from either we should say that minsk police say that they have not the chain kolesnik of a so whereabouts at the moment are unknown but it's clear that being a member of the opposition a high profile member of the opposition. it's now an occupational hazard that you risk detention or spending dime time in jail as has happened to other opposition leaders and also lead us we could be serious he's a way to us foreign minister he said that the outgoing leadership as he describes i

which on monday said the situation in belarus seems to be under control but it's made al-jazeera vilnius. guinea's ruling party has confirmed the president african day will run for a 3rd term despite months of violent protests against him on they pushed through constitutional change in march that critics say was designed to allow him to run again next month previously presidents could only serve 2 terms in office. an investigation into witness tampering by colombia's former president of liberty is being handed over to the attorney general's office the 68 year old is suspected of trying to silence allegations he had links to power to military groups already resigned from his senate seat this month after becoming the 1st former president to be put under house arrest his defense team successfully argued his case shouldn't be handled by the supreme court. brazil has imposed new rules for rape victims seeking an abortion requiring them to look at the fetus before the procedure doctors are also obligated to report their cases to the police this comes 2 weeks after anti-abortion activists surro

action over belarus is undermining the credibility of its foreign policy bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius . veronica callow is a leading belorussian activist who fled to poland after last month's election she says the protests will only end when you look at the steps. we working very hard with the international community we get to meet international leaders we describe what's going on in those because we want the entire community the world community to know what's going on the bellows and would like look i should go to leave some of the possible because he was this a good election he's not the gitmo surprises anymore any longer and he is the one who bush if you don't there was people so we're working mostly with international community with the most need or just through the police to let everybody know what's happening those people will know the changes they want to crush and go to uses i said before and those people will never give up the most but don't give up on to question clues because he has been in the power for 26 years and for the last 4 weeks we saw the way he treats people the

official put it moscow were to intervene more overtly in belarus bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. the once in a decade census is underway across the united states but the corona virus outbreak is restricting face to face surveys and there's concern about undercounting and minority groups affecting federal funding for them and representation in congress well brunell's reports in the california city of ontario where the census organizers are trying to get the latino community to take part. ontario california is a largely let tino city east of los angeles in an area known as the inland empire it's the kind of place that latino leaders fear will be under counted in the 2020 census outside a supermarket volunteers with the community organizing group census i see staff an information desk telling people what the census is all about in urging them to participate this video was taken before widespread social distancing and stay at home orders were adopted in response to the covert 19 pandemic i tried to connect on based on you know what might be more personal to them so if they have kids

vilnius and to not recognize the result this election here would be very difficult to see what the european union what the western world can do for these protests right now. debby's nikolay reporting for us there in minsk thank you very much. now twice a year storks follow a 12000 kilometer migration route between southern africa and europe and one of the best viewing spots for bird watchers to see the wonder of nature is a garbage dump in the middle east. time for break for flocks of white storks in the jordan valley and the occupied west bank at dawn on you started just yasi leshem is up early to observe the birds at this huge garbage dump twice a year distorts navigate their way thousands of kilometers from europe to southern africa and back israel and the palestinian territories are like a bottleneck there one of the main my qatari routes for millions of parents. because they avoid to fly over their mediterranean so we are like a highway across or corrosion between 3 called good and so we are lucky to have in fact 600000 stalks were flying twice a year over year all there were almost al

smith al-jazeera vilnius police in hong kong were fired pepper balls and arrested nearly $300.00 people during anti-government demonstrations the protests were against beijing's new security law which was imposed on the territory earlier this year people are also angry about the postponing of elections for hong kong's legislative council which were due to be held on sunday they've been delayed for a year because of the pandemic. india has once again reported the world's highest single day tally of new coronavirus infections with more than $90000.00 cases to the largest daily caseload globally for almost a month and a setter overtake brazil as the 2nd worst affected nation after the united states india's death toll has now passed $70000.00. there are fears the number of people killed by the corona virus in mexico is far higher than previously thought the health ministry says 122007 165 excess deaths were recorded during the pandemic and that's was double mexico's official quoted 19 death toll which at $67000.00 is the 4th highest in the world efforts to end the war in libya have got unde