out xander lukashenko and his -- alexander lukashenko and his supporters have been barred from entering this country. more than 100 people were arrested during protests on sunday. one of greecee's most important archchaeological sites nararwly escaped wildfires. flames reached the gates b befoe firefifighters brought the place under control. this is one of the major centers . the ruins are nearly 300 years old. menu macro -- emmanuel macron arrived in beirut. president macron is expected to press the lebanese government to make sweeping reforms and tackle an economy in tatters. he arrived shortly after the lebanese president asked to the former ambassador to berlin to form a new government. >> hours after being decimated, the prime minister took to the streets of beirut. it was a brave move. much of the lebanese capital was produced to rebel after thousands of tons of unstable chemicals exploded in the harbor nearly four weeks ago. the blast killed more than 200 people and destroyed what little was left of some peoples faith in the government. we will work hand in hand to rebuild what w

lukashenko that's those numbers are courting to the interior ministry look at schenkel spoke to his supporters at the length and thank them for their dedication now for many a belorussians look at shankly somewhat older father figure who took the country out of the abyss back in the ninety's those some are and not very happy with his 26 year tenure. around here it is not that i support alexander lukashenko. i wasn't forced to come here this is my personal choice. i thought so many threats but they won't break me i bought the station with my own money no one paid me or really just wanted you to know i suppose discipline what's happening now reminds me of ukraine in 2014 everything started in the exactly the same way the young people with flowers now just don't understand what was happening here 990 s. perhaps they want to return to 117 when people toppled the russian empire in a similar way and civil war but we want peace now just hours later and antilock the shank already began the build up in minsk as the city's independence square was filled to capacity as well as some other place

lukashenko to leave office because they do not recognize the protesters here they do not recognize the results of the election we will like to with the election results i did not vote for the opinions of my friends were not taken into account the person who has declared president is not the one who has been elected and won fair lections political prisoners to be released and then them to violence our country has never seen anything like what is happening now right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the security forces they are not letting people come close but they aren't trying to the road between the security forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border very very large telegram channels with lots of followers are being used to. these protests because the it's not like people it's not it hasn't been spontaneous it has been organized it has been coordinated through internet for instance. the reason why protesters aren't trying to storm the structure is because this channel has called on people not to

lukashenko that's those numbers are boarding to the interior ministry look at schenkel spoke to his a supporters at length and thanked them for their dedication now for many a belorussians look i shan't go somewhat over a father figure who took the country out of the abyss back in the ninety's there was some are a not very happy with his 26 year tenure now the european union and nato both supported to peaceful opposition protests and said that the election in villa reuss was neither free nor it was fair also calling for personal sanctions against all those responsible for rigging their lection and that the violation of for human rights now when addressing his supporters. look at shankar said that said the election in bill reuss will not be a rerun now if that happens you said that would mean the death of a nation. every one of. her. grandmothers yes but i support alexander lukashenko i wasn't forced to come here this is my personal choice. i thought so many threats but they won't break me if i book the station with my own money no one paid me and it was really to try to get you to k

lukashenko thanked right place. at least. it was a. good discourse simple. this close up. ahead of sunday's rally the government advised probably crowds to stay home to avoid any confrontation on saturday thousands took part in a show of support for the young the 5 presidents. group that does coordinate opposition protests in belarus has been found in question of all news on social media one post a kind man found hanged after going missing was a protester who'd been beaten up the post was later amended though with the i didn't change from protests to just the man they also said claims about the injuries were not proven is not the 1st such case of false information coming from the protests is not against the explains. it is difficult for human beings to be neutral just the way it is biology our psychology makes us want to pick a side the to root for someone even if it isn't our fight so it isn't better or worse a huge divide neighbor against neighbor brother against brother journalist against journalist there are a s

lukashenko has discussed the current situation in his country with his russian counterpart vladimir putin and they did agree that it should not be exploited by 3rd party forces seeking to harm cooperation between the 2 states some of our guests that we spoken to did say that they saw hints of ukraine back in 2014 while others do say that more dialogue it's needed. there are very strong similarities between what we played out in front of right now in belarus and what happened in ukraine so we had a very similar scenario not a color so i tended to bring a successful color revolutions make yugoslavia the united states aligned in that line of many western countries with whatever happens in the result but also between it will be illegitimate we had the same rhetoric coming out of the western capitals as we're getting here that the government that was told it couldn't really respond to any protests against even if they turn violent and that's what we're seeing so it's kind of movie that we've seen many times before and it doesn't end well that would be to get the previous thought it didn'

and the long standing president of xander lukashenko charges 994 but this year's election has been his most challenging double quarter looks at the apparent shift in people support for their leader. in fellow reuss having the title go or daddy means you've got the most populist position in the entire post soviet sphere and for the recently reelected president alexander look at shank oh he's held the position for decades. the russians have to hold on to look at shanghai even in the most critical situation is a tremendous man who can show the strong to just my racing to be 90 percent of the road it will be. with you like we all know it is no no for you to decide. i envy myself as i am the last and only dictator in europe. i'm not going to hold this position for a lifetime as soon as the people refuse my services i'll take my bag under my arm and i'm going lucas shank i was on board the populist train before it was cool before politicians like steve bannon and donald trump probably even knew the meaning of the word one of his most recent populist stunts involved the dismissal of bellerose

lukashenko meanwhile thanks to riot police the point. is that i. think that just for simple. little soft. ahead of sunday's rally the government advised probably crag's to stay home to avoid any confrontation on saturday thousands had come out in support of the under fire president meanwhile a group that coordinates opposition protests in belarus has been found posting questionable news on social media and one posted claim a man found hanged after going missing was a protester who'd been beaten up that post was later amended with the identity change from pope protester to just a man it also said that claims about the injuries were not proven but it's not the 1st such case of false information coming from the protests is not against the reports. it is difficult for human beings to be neutral just the way it is our biology our psychology makes us want to pick a side the to root for someone even if it isn't our fight so it isn't better or worse a huge divide neighbor against neighbor brother against brother journalist against journalist the

lukashenko his main opposition nivel has fled to neighboring lithuania that is sporadic crowds increasingly angry at the result they stuff with riot police using stun grenades and rubber bullets. some protesters tried to build barricades only for police to dismantle them overnight also minsk thing this video apparently of residents in the apartment block trying to stop what appeared to be police beating up a protester they threw a door at them it's then claimed that officers began shooting at the windows in response. the internet and batteries for speech back home earlier this morning after being blacked out for days sites might still get cut off again late stay though depending on the severity of any further protests that are expected. takes a look now at the restive post-election better rivers. right now the world is being reminded that one man alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus for a long 26 years and he intends to add another 5 claiming 80 percent of all the ballots from sunday's presidential election how to take next to his name. at the top of vertical power being the head of the g

lukashenko seeking a 6th term in office but the main opposition candidates but land taken off sky is gathering popular support. is facing an ecological disaster from an oil spill grounded tanker began leaking fuel into the indian ocean while carrier was transporting nearly 4000 tons of fuel and 200 tons of diesel from china to resume. is a trade dispute now moving into the digital world u.s. president. later tensions with china on thursday by issuing an executive order that forces americans to stop using chinese owned stick talk and we chat move against to talk the world's fastest growing social media site was expected about of we chat was not. in just 6 weeks those uploading videos like this 2 mobile app 6 could find themselves on the wrong side of us. the u.s. has around 100000000 uses but not for much longer. on thursday washington issued an executive order banning u.s. transactions with tick tocks parent company the white house believes the app threatens national security saying it was china's communist party to spawn on u.s. citizens the controversy centers around this company b

it's alexander lukashenko. with xander lucas shanker is feeling the pressure he's not showing it's the man he's rubella risk for more than 25 years and officially won this month's election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt yes the thought that. if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking you're wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow up path as we should those who today especially abroad and this is clearly visible are plotting against us will get a serious rebuff. i was earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough mr last order a jitter mysie in the eyes of our nation and. on the off year all i corps here to support. those e.u. leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the european council after talks broke up he outlined how they'd agreed to respond to an

ok let's cross over to moscow xander starting over scott why as a journalist based in the russian capital she is joining us live given everything that was happening in belarus yesterday on sunday alexandra how do we think that moscow and russia is viewing what's going on in the country. well moscow and russia specifically are clearly siding with local schenkel. russian president's press secretary today had a press conference his regular press conference in which he said that it is good that the protesters didn't provoke the police and that it should stay that way but at the same time he was he was also saying that that russia for instance has more appeal to the politicians who are for friendly relations with russia then to the coordination or council which they view as opposite of that so something that wants to spoil this relations he again called that there should not be any foreign interference in russian things that when it comes to that he was asked about of the violence against the protesters and he said that russia doesn't intend to interfere in that that is something that is of in