it's not alexander lukashenko, whom we support. we support the legitimate president of a nation that we consider to be our brothers. we support the rule of law in this rather early nation. for over 10 years, russia and the russian president supported and indirectly subsidized by the russian economy. it wasn't just subsidizing and it was an indirect because the whole belorussian economy is just part of the russian economy. exactly. and that of course, is because we are the closest of allies. we are 2 nations that are like brothers. and of course we value one another, mr. prescott, but the same things were said about the ukrainians a few years ago. and we still think of ukraine as a nation that we have family ties with, but we are no longer brothers. you know, our relations can no longer be qualified as brotherly because in recent years, the country's leadership put a lot of effort into fostering animosity towards russia in the ukrainian people. but we don't think that this will lead to a long term immunity against russia. it can't l

in the french capital, also coming up, the opposition and belarus accuse hard line leader alexander lukashenko of jailing doctors who could be treating coronavirus patients. many medical workers have joined protests calling for him to step down. next by sir, welcome to the program. authorities have clashed with protesters in the french capital, paris over a new security bill that would restrict the right to publish images of police officers. the issue came into focus after footage emerged of police beating up and racially abusing a black music producers. opponents say the law would prevent such images from becoming public and could cover up official mixed misconduct. police and demonstrators clashed violently as night falls and the french capital journalists and participants document the events publish videos and images. some might call this a fitting end to a day of protests for freedom of expression and against a new security bill. this would make it a crime to publish a photo or video off the face or any identifying element of a police officer with the intent to cause harm. i. i and the pro

another patient tells lukashenko he doesn't understand the protests. the people should safeguard what they've got. the man looks a lot like the medical director of another hospital raising suspicions in a doctor's chat room that all this has been staged. the spokeswoman says that's not true. many doctors oppose. look at shank oh and lots of ended up in jail. after joining protests across the country, leading cancer specialist, alexander minaj, was arrested for a doctor's protester live this month and detained for 2 weeks. in prison, he became infected with coded and is now isolating all that if i don't know exactly who infected me or there were lots of prisoners in my cell with symptoms, but it definitely happened in prison. the 5 doctors from our hospital were held in custody and they all had covered when they came out of your case numbers are rising in bellerose, but more and more doctors are being arrested. 60 were detained in the 1st week of november alone. doctors are being arrested who could be treating covert patients. our health system is alrea

vulnerable right now and it seems that even russia doesn't see lukashenko as the leader. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. for some of us 0ctober has been a very wet month but there are signs that things looking guy and quieter through the first week of november. notjust quieter through the first week of november. not just yet, quieter through the first week of november. notjust yet, more rain in the focuses evening and overnight, courtesy of this frontal system. to the north of this we have got plenty of shows across scotland and northern ireland. they will tend to fade the nightwear that comes as some clear spells in between. that rain keeps going along the front will tend to ease off of the night wears on and further south we will keep a lot of cloud and it will produce some outbreaks of rain. very mild, though, further south, 15 or 16 celsius, more like four to six celsius further north. it slides its way south end eastwards through sunday morning, further south along the main pushing from the west, and it is the squeeze on the ice abo

another patient tells lukashenko he doesn't understand the protests. the people should safeguard what they've got. the man looks a lot like the medical director of another hospital raising suspicions in a doctor's chat room. that all this has been staged that the sinkers spokeswoman says that's not true. many doctors oppose look a shrink oh, and lots of ended up in jail. after joining protests across the country, leading cancer specialist, alexander minaj, was arrested for a doctor's protestor earlier this month and detained for 2 weeks. in prison, he became infected with curve it and is now isolating all or i don't know exactly who infected me or there were lots of prisoners in my cell with symptoms. but it definitely happened in a prison. the 5 doctors from our hospital were held in custody and they all had covered when they came out of your case numbers are rising in bellerose, but more and more doctors are being arrested. 60 were detained in the 1st week of november alone. doctors are being arrested who could be treating covert patients. our health

clash with demonstrators in the twelfth sunday of protests since the discredited election of president lukashenko. donald trump and joe biden are appealing to voters in crucial battleground states, as the us presidential campaign enters its closing stage. but there's also a real fear of violence in washington from supporters of whoever loses. president trump has promised to deliver the "greatest american comeback in history" after the coronavirus pandemic. joe biden urged african american voters to end a presidency he said, that had "fanned the flames of hate". our north america editorjon sopel is in the capital. the nation's capital is preparing itself for tuesday. maybe they should be bracing themselves because wherever i look, shops and businesses are all boarded up. the fear of violence is serious whoever loses the selection. meanwhile, on the road, the candidates are out seeking to get every last vote. the ponderous marathon that is a us election campaign is now a sprint. hello, michigan! hello, iowa! hello, pennsylvania! hello, garrard county! multiple stops, a whirl of swing states and the

having spent months playing down the dangers of the virus, alexander lukashenko finally makes a public appearance with a face mask. for the only puts it on when asked to by a doctor during a visit to the covert ward of this hospital in minsk. obviously not bothered about social distancing. asks the patients here whether they got infected during the strikes. well, he says, anyone with covert won't be striking again. another patient tells lukashenko he doesn't understand the protests and the people should safeguard what they've got. the man looks a lot like the medical director of another hospital raising suspicions in a doctor's chat room. that all this has been staged that the sinkers spokeswoman says that's not true. many doctors oppose. look at shank oh, and a lot of ended up in jail after joining protests across the country. leading cancer specialist, alexander minaj, was arrested for a doctor's protestor leave this month and detained for 2 weeks. in prison, he became infected with coded and is now isolating all or i don't know exactly who infected me or there were lots of prisoners

clash with demonstrators in the twelfth sunday of protests since the discredited election of president lukashenko. and why children in china's mongolian region are being kept out of school by their parents. we have a special report on the protests in the reduction of the use of the goalie in language. —— mongolian. hello and welcome to the program. starting in the united states. donald trump and joe biden are appealing to voters in crucial battleground states, as the us presidential campaign enters its closing stages. but there's also a real fear of violence in washington, from supporters of whoever loses. president trump has promised to deliver the "greatest american comeback in history" after the coronavirus pandemic. joe biden urged african american voters to end a presidency he said, that had "fanned the flames of hate". our north america editor jon sopel is in the capital. the nation's capital is preparing itself for tuesday. maybe that should be bracing itself because wherever i look, shops and businesses are all boarded up. the fear of violence is serious, whoever loses this election.

as lukashenko clings to power, his grip on his security forces is holding firm. these violent crackdown are no longer a surprise, yet still they have the ability to shock. this regime, it seems that they don't have borders at all. as soon as he doesn't have money to pay riot police, they will refuse to serve him, they will come to our side. it's widely believed that tikhanovskaya won the election in belarus and european leaders see her as the legitimate president. she spent the past months persuading them to starve the regime with targeted economic sanctions. she is on the way to meet the prime minister of latvia when she finds out the protester who was beaten has died — 31—year—old roman bondarenko. now we're going to insist on more help from european countries because we see that our authorities there are escalating their violence. and only a0 people on the sanction list? are you joking? you have to expand this list to hundreds of names. the prime minister agrees to help and in the days that follow, so does the eu. finally, a moment to pause and a vigilfo

protests demanding the resignation of longtime leader president alexander lukashenko are now in their 12th straight week. undeterred by threats of police violence thousands of protesters marched through the streets of minsk their destination a wooded area on the city's outskirts once used as an execution site by starlin secret police. but to get there they'd have to make it past blue pushing because police on this 12th weekend of protest against his rule security forces once again deploying familiar tactics arrests stun grenades and warning shots. head of sunday's march lucas income met with law enforcement and had this warning for protesters use the border we will take no prisoners if someone touches the servicemen and i've spoken to the generals they should leave without their hands at the very least. he's not backing down but neither are his opponents not until they get what they want a fair election and a fresh start for about liberty's. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of royalists have gathered at bangkok's a grand

the belarus opposition wants lukashenko to step down. president trump suffered yet another setback in his attempt to overturn the election results. his legalhallenge has been rejected by a federal court in pennsylvania. judges ruled c te was without merit as the trump team did not make a specific allegation, or provide proof. ben: we are not far from the take it or leave it move it. -- take it or leave it moment. chief negotiator on brexit. earlier, his opposite number david frost warnedal that for a o be positive, -- to be possible, it must respect u.k. sovereignty. one of the issues is fishing and access by british boats to eu waters. the u.k. leaves the eu customs area in just five weeks. we have this report from cornwall. we sleep,ent: while they work at the far southwest tip of britain. >> we are catching hake mainl o a bit cod. hoping to catch a bit more. correspondent: by the time they return, there could be news on brexit. british negotiators wilekspend the wed trying to land a deal. >> now it's time for them to deliver what they

opposition leaders want lukashenko to step down immediately. president trump has suffered ckanother setn his attempt to overturn the election results. his legal challenge has been rejected by federal courts in pennsylvania. judges deemed the case was withoutmp merit, as the t team did not mak a specific allegation or provide proof. we are not far from the take it or lve it moment, that is the view of europe's chief negotiator. michelle barney a is due to arrive in london shortly, but opposite number david frost has worn for a deal to be possible, it must for -- fully respect u.k. sovereignty. one sticking point is fishing, and the level of access th will have reddish waters. jon kay reportsrom newland on problems that need resolving fast. >> while we sleep, they work. hopefully we can catch a bitnly. more. >>y the time they return, there coulde news on brags it. british negotiators will spend the weekend trying to land a deal. >> now is time for them to caniver what they say the deliver.make no mistake, it's mr break time for the cornish fishin

bell of racine capitol face warning shots and stun grenades as they renew their demands for president lukashenko to step aside it's the 12th straight weekend of protests following things disputed election. and in formula one lewis hamilton wins again this time in italy to extend his record breaking number of victories to 93. and at the held welcome us president donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters ahead of tuesday's election trump is holding campaign rallies in 5 battleground states on sunday including michigan north carolina georgia and florida biden is focusing his attention on the pivotal state of pennsylvania a record 900. 1000000 early votes have already been cast as the contest heads towards the biggest turnout in at least a century. joining me now is our chief political editor from washington d.c. to minus 48 hours why. biden and trump visiting these states in particular. well because there are 2 parts essentially to the next presidency that the rust belt that goes through pennsylvania for sure all the sunbelt further down south includin

head of sunday's march lukashenko met with law enforcement and had this warning for protesters use the border we will take no prisoners if someone touches the servicemen and i've spoken to the generals they should leave without their hands at the very least. he's not backing down but neither are his opponents not until they get what they want a fair election and a fresh start for ballerinas. this league of football has a bell in involves birk battle to want to draw in the german capital on sunday night appears coonhound gave the hatter a surprise despite losing his footing as he shot at goal balls burke equalized later in the 1st half with a goal of the much from reveal a back of the wolves couldn't find a winner and had to settle for a draw though they do remain on the. open very has forced many sporting events to be held up behind closed doors or perspire owned like the 2020 tokyo olympics where japan's now carrying out high tech studies to see how they can make it safe for crowds to return to large scale sporting events a baseball stadium in yokohama was turned into a testing ground

belarus's opposition wants mr lukashenko to step down immediately. four french police officers are being held for questioning, after a video showed them beating up a black music producer in paris. the video sparked outrage from the government and celebrities alike. president macron has said france has been shamed by the incident. here's our correspondent hugh schofield in paris on what happened. an incident on saturday evening in paris, what we know is what we see in the video, which was taken in the very cramped reception area of a music studio up there — which belonged to this man, michel zecler. and what we see on video is him being beaten over a period of five minutes by three officers who are crammed very closely together. there's a bit of a struggle, but it's quite clear the police are winning, and they hit him with their fists and with a baton, and they kick him. what happened before, we don't know. what happened after, we know reinforcements came and somebody, a police officer, threw a tear gas grenade into the building. and then the man, m

thousands gathered in minsk alexander lukashenko surrender the off pice of thesidency. police fired warning shots into the air above the crowd and detained demonstrators. last week, following calls for sustained general strikes, lukashenko said the protests were the acts of "organized criminal groups with signs of terrorism." on friday criticized generals for being too lenient, and threatened to crackdown on the protesters. see all of our "roadto election 2020" coverage at pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: tuesday night, and possibly into wednesday morning, tens of millions of americans will be tuning in to watch the most expensive, extensive election in memory, but what specifically should you be watching for? we asked special correspondent jeff greenfield, who's covered a few decades worth of elections, to share his perspective. i spoke with him earlier. all right, jeff, let's start at the top: the presidency, what's on everybody's md? >> well, let's look at where we were four years ago when trump's very narrow victories in pennsylvania, wisconsin, and chigan-- under

tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets every week since lukashenko's re-election. today's protests came just days after an anti-government demonstrator died of injuries reportedly from a beating by security forces. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, iota is now the 13th hurricane of this atlantic season. the storm is headed for the coast of honduras and nicaragua tomorrow-- a region still struggling to recover fr eta, the category four hurricane that hit earlier this month. the official end of hurricane season is november 30th. that's all for this edition of" pbs newshour weekend." for the latest news updates visit pbs.org/newshour. i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for watching. stay healthy and have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine foundation. charles rosenblum. we try to live in the

, the regime is making more and more mistakes, and, i would say, when ecomoic crisis will approach, lukashenko will not be able to keep things under control as before. at least four people are reported to have died, as the strongest typhoon so far this year, hammers the philippines. typhoon goni made landfall before dawn, with what the authorities called "catastrophic" winds of more than 140 miles an hour, and intense rain. 0ur correspondent in manila, howard johnson, sent this report. the most powerful storm on earth this year. it hit the small island of catanduanes just before 5am this morning. hours later, it made its second landfall, tearing through the popular tourist province of albay. famous for its picturesque mayon volcano, today goni turned the region into a watery mess. strong winds whipped and lashed trees and electricity lines. flash floods inundated rivers and roads. people clambered onto roofs of their homes to stay above the water line. the united nations fear that more than 20 million people are in the path of the typhoon. the philippine authorities have urged them to take ref

as lukashenko trips to power, his grip on his security forces is holding firm. his violent crackdown are no longer a surprise, yet they still have the ability to shock. this regime it seems that they don‘t have borders at all. as soon as he doesn‘t have money to pay riot police, they will refuse to serve him, they will refuse to serve him, they will come to our side. it is widely believed that tikhanovskaya won the election in belarus and european leaders see her as the legitimate president. she spent the past months persuading them to starve the regime with targeted economic sanctions. she is on the way to meet the prime minister of latvia when she finds out the protester who was beaten has died. the 31—year old man. now we're to insist on more help from european countries because we see that oui’ countries because we see that our authorities there are escalating their violence. and only a0 people on the sanction list? are you joking? you have to expand this list to hundreds of names. the prime minister agrees to help and in the days that follow, so doe

belarus‘s opposition wants mr lukashenko to step down immediately. president trump has suffered yet another setback in his attempt to overturn the election result. his legal challenge has been rejected by a federal court in pennsylvania. judges deemed the case was without merit as the trump team did not make a specific allegation or provide proof. "we are not far from the take it or leave it moment." that's the view of europe's chief negotiator, as face to face brexit talks resume this weekend. michel barnier has now arrived in london, saying he was "very happy to be back" and would continue "with patience and determination". earlier, his opposite number david frost warned that for a deal to be possible, it must fully respect uk sovereignty. one of the main sticking points is fishing and the level of future access that eu boats will have to british waters. the uk leaves europe's trade and customs area in just five weeks‘ time. jon kay reports from newlyn in cornwall on problems that need resolving fast. while we sleep, they work at the far southwes

the new list of sanctions against lukashenko and 14 other officials is set to be adopted this week. china has criticized u.s. plans to sell military hardware to taiwan. the u.s. state department has approved the sale of four sophisticated armed drones. china views taiwan as a breakaway province. ethiopia's prime minister has order the army into tigray state. abiy ahmed says the deployment folls a rebel attack on a military bas the tigray people's liberation fronlong dominated ethpian politics and the move has fueled fears of civil war. this is "d.w. news" live in berlin. here's a reminder of our top story tonight. there is still no winner in the u.s. presidential election. supporters of democrat challenger joe biden claim that their candidate is on track to win as the final votes are being counted. in an extraordinary intervention, president trump has claimed victory and he's alleged voter fraud even before the counting has finished. results from a handful of remaining battleground states will decide this contest. you're watching "d.w. news." after a short break, i'll be back to tak

as thousands took to the streets 3 months into opposition rallies against hardline leader alexander lukashenko police deployed bonds and water cannon and the center of many internet access was restricted in. the last passenger flights has taken off from airport the final departure was especially if france flights to paris packed with guests of honor and journalists they had on through the 1st plane to take when it opened in 1960 the german capital's new airport bill and brandenburg welcomed its 1st pass and just last week. this is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our website that's d w dot com. today i'm going to give in to my wonderlust so i've come to what's known as the stick which runs through the through engine forest. that is one of the oldest hiking trails in germany it begins at eisenach on the vessel river and ends in the town of on the zed it's river. it's customary to take stone from the vet along with you it's said to bring good luck and when you reach the end of the strike you throw it into this it it's. so my mission is clear but from

a vote in which the sitting president alexander lukashenko claimed victory. because riot police have used tear gas rubber, bullets and stun grenades against the demonstrators. thousands have been arrested. but the protests continue. undeterred. the e.u. has condemned what it describes as the violent repression and intimidation of peaceful demonstrators. and has already imposed sanctions against lucas shank of his son, victor, and 13 other officials, direct pressure and they look at regime against people has not stop we have already sanctioned more than 15 degree duals in 2 rounds of sanctions. thank today. we have agreed to proceed with to prepare a shooting of the next round of sanctions. as a response to the brutality of the assert, it is an insuperable for the democratic rights. people. the square room who was beaten and arrested was already a focal point for the pro-democracy opposition movement. now, it is also become a powerful memorial to his life. and his defense of the opposition course. forest officials in southern india have pulled off a mammoth ta

thousands took to the streets for 3 months into opposition rallies against hardline leader alexander lukashenko police deployed bonds and water cannon and the center of many internet access was restricted. the last passenger flights has taken off from balanced airport the final departure was especially if france flights to paris packed with guests of honor and journalist they had been through the 1st plane to take when it opened in 1960 the german capital's new airport bill and brandenburg welcomed its 1st pass and just last week. this is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our web site that's d w dot com. it's . just so. this is think unicode sucked i'm addicted to cycling fast it's exciting a real challenge this is that's also what i train the ability to accelerate. before i can in back man. how do i negotiate a heel const man bike and rode hard shoulder i ride close to the hard shoulder until i'm over the top and the pressure's off and then i conquered the hill and the more i look around and admire the landscape the less efficient it is and this. mor

thousands protested for the 16th straight sunday, calling on president alexander lukashenko to step down. they accuse the president of rigging elections in august. this is g.w. news from berlin. follow us on twitter and instagram, or visit our website, w dot com all the oil company a clean nor is doing something extraordinary on the slightly gas platform in the north sea. it pumps millions of tons of carbon dioxide on the seabed. the greenhouse gas that threatens to warm the planet, simply bunkered away, and ecuador has plans to sequester even more carbon dioxide. just in the north sea is large enough to handle substantial part. if not everything that comes up in your can. that work will ships with c o 2, soon be going to norway to sink our climate problem under the new will see the technologies exist, but do they really advance climate protection? or are we just buying time according to the intergovernmental panel on climate change. we can only emit a maximum of around 300 insert 1000000000 tons of c o 2. if the rising global temperature is to stay below 1.5 degree celsius, we're curren

arrested dozens of demonstrators mass protests demanding the resignation of longtime president alexander lukashenko have been held every sunday since august so disputed presidential election. rescue workers have pulled a 70 year old man off from a collapsed building in the western turkish city of izmir 2 days after a strong earthquake in the agency struck turkey and neighboring greece but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at w news or visit our website did up here dot com. wow it's pretty dark down here it's pretty chilly too i mean top in taba on the missouri river the city is known for these underground solar vaults. where are we what kind of soul is this how this is this here in iowa in one of the large cell is of the tub a new form a wine cellar is unfortunately they no longer used to such today. there are cell is under the whole of tom tab because at the end of the 20th century it was a huge wind trading center people said it was the 2nd largest wine trading c

arrested dozens of demonstrators mass protests demanding the resignation of longtime president alexander lukashenko have been held every sunday since august just spew that presidential election. rescue workers have pulled a 70 year old man a from a collapsed building in the western turkish city of izmir 2 days after a strong earthquake in the agency struck turkey and neighboring greece but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100. this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our website did appear dot com. or. express travels across turkey in 24 hours from the capital ankara to the armenian border in the east it's spartan and slow but every day thousands of people try to get one of the coveted tickets for the train. these we've got me through the village we tried to get tickets for a long time but they were always sold out. is that we thought we would never be able to make this trip a long way that he gets me. it's just before 6 pm for khan and his son meet their fellow students out on grow

minsk reports say dozens of people were arrested demonstrations against longtime leader, alexander lukashenko. i've seen a larger turnout recently following the death of a protester who was beaten by security forces. the e.u. has imposed sanctions on several officials in the authoritarian government and for britain's prince charles has delivered a speech in the german parliament as part of ceremonies for the country's, for member and state. speaking in both german and english, prince charles emphasized the close friendship between the 2 countries. as it comes as britain and the e.u. remain locked in, talks over of post directs the true deal. human rights commission says, gunmen have attacked a passenger bus in the country's west killing more than 30 civilians. the latest violence comes as the leader of ethiopia region admitted launching rockets into neighboring eritrea. the u.n. says tens of thousands have already fled the fighting and warns that the country might be embarking on a dangerous trajectory. increasing the risk of genocide and war crimes. this woman's son died on saturday in fight

people to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension funds, early illiteracy and president alexander lukashenko says he will step down from power if his country adopts a new constitution. however, he did not give any details about a possible constitutional reform of these latest remarks following months of protest after opposition. allegations that the country's presidential election in august was rigged. a federal appeals court has rejected an attempt by u.s. president donald trump's legal team to block joe biden from being declared the winner of the pennsylvania vote count the state's certified baden's victory by more than 80000 votes. earlier this week, the ruling is another blow to trump's bid to overturn the results of the presidential election. spain's health minister says the country's population of 47000000 will be vaccinated against coronavirus by the summer. he said the program would happen in 3 stages, starting in january with the most bone and countries across europe are battling to contain a 2nd wave of corona virus infections. since the beginning of the pandemic, belgium has been

as thousands took to the streets 3 months into opposition rallies against hardline leader alexander lukashenko police deployed vans and water cannon in the center of men's and internet access was frustrated. emergency services on spain's canary island say more than 1600 african migrants have arrived there over the weekend the asylum seekers reach the popular tourist destination after crossing in small boats from western africa the number of arrivals has increased 7 fold compared to the same period last year. has been sworn in as president of bolivia sealing the return of sealing the returns of power of the socialist party the format economy minister was the architect of bolivia's rapid growth and the leftist ever morales will now have to deal with an economic and social crisis made worse by the pandemic. the last passenger flight has taken off from airports which has officially closed after 6 decades the final departure was a special air france flight to paris packed with guests of honor and journalists the airline also flew the 1st plane when it opened in 1960. football now and anticipation w

alexander lukashenko, the better russian theater director, smita chop, who has been closely following events. there from berlin is a place of exile for the last 10 years, and he's been helping organize demonstrations here to show support for his fellow countrymen. a demonstration for a free bellerose, but this one is in berlin. the teacher director's music chart is one of the organizers he's happy to be able to express his opinion freely in germany and to send a signal to those back on europe. we are showing that we are not indifferent to what is happening in bella roost right now. even in berlin, we see the situation in our homeland and what the citizens of bell are rusa doing. we are simply saying we are with you and we will help you are. we support you. hold on massive protests in belarus have continued for months. security forces have used brutal force against demonstrators demanding an end to the authoritarian regime in the country who left his country more than 10 years ago. he had been an active critic of the regime co organizing protests and hunger strikes and distributing lea

minutes reports say dozens of people were arrested demonstrations against long time later, alexander lukashenko have seen a larger turnout recently following the death of a protester who was severely beaten by security forces. although his electrocutions says the pro european challenge, my ascendant has won the presidential poll, the kremlin back to a company in bordeaux down. moldova is a former soviet state which going to independence in 1991 and has close a story, cultural and linguistic ties to neighboring romania. british prime minister bar's jumps and has been told to stop isolate for 2 weeks after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for the corona virus. in march, johnson was among the 1st world leaders to be infected with the coronavirus and was admitted to intensive care in april of 2 weeks into germany's one month possible lockdown chancellor angela merkel is just to discuss the n.t. coronavirus measures with the country's 16 state premiers on monday, additional measures may include reducing the maximum size of social gatherings from 10 to 5 and mend the tree face cov

alexander lukashenko has seen a larger turnout recently following the death of a protester who was severely beaten by security forces. turkish firefighters have extinguished a blaze that in autumn, an arab mosque. in istanbul, the coast guard assisted in the operation. the wooden bennett coit mosque was built in the 17th century along the bosphorus strait. authorities have launched an inquiry to determine the cause of the fire. germany's coronavirus restrictions could continue for up to 5 more months. the country's economy minister, peter all told the german newspaper built, and sontag that the covert 19 infection rate nationwide is far too high. there had been hopes of an end to the partial lockdown imposed earlier this month. germany, however, has topped the $20000.00 mark in daily infections multiple times already this month . german chancellor angela merkel is holding talks with regional leaders about the pandemic on monday. and here in the studio with more information, tell me more about what peter has been saying. well, the main message from the economy minister is that germans really

straight sunday, calling on president alexander lukashenko to step down. thank you. the president of bringing elections in august. the people of became a fast who have been voting in a presidential election, overshadowed by a rising to haddest threat. president rucka born a is expected to win re-election opposition. candidates have criticised his failure to contain the violence opposition parties of one of massive fraud and threaten not to accept the results. let's go back to our top story now in hong kong. the trial of a prominent activist has begun for more. i'm joined by our correspondent mathias bellinger in beijing mathias, the defendants including joshua. long be the figurehead, if you like, have plaited guilty. what is the sentencing likely to be yeah, they have pled guilty for organizing an illegal assembly that was a day in june where protests surrounded the police headquarters, beleaguered it for more than 18 hours. the sentencing this, the offense can carry a sentence for up to 5 years, although the real sentence is likely to be lower because not all level

on friday, the eu imposed sanctions on lukashenko for his violencrackdown on protests. iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif called on regional powers to engage in peaceful talks following reports trump is planning to slap a series of new sanctions on iran in the coming weeks in coordination with israel and several gulf states. foreign minister zarif tweeted -- "a sincere message to our neighbors -- trump's gone in 70 days. but we'll remain here forever. betting on outsiders to provide security is never a good gamble. we extend our hand to our neighbors for dialog to resolve differences. only together can we build a better future for all." axios, which reported the possible sanctions, said the trump administration hopes the move will make it harder for joe biden's administration to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, which trump unilaterally withdrew from. in cancÚn, mexico, at leastwo local reporters were wounded after police opened fire against a crowd of people protesting femicides and violence against women. protests erupted across the state of quintana roo monda

alexander lukashenko, seen a larger turnout recently following the death of a protester who was severely beaten by security forces. the e.u. has imposed sanctions on several officials in the authoritarian government. at least 10 people have been killed in romania and a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients. several others suffered severe, burns including a tense of care doctor who tried to save patients from the flames. the survivors are being airlifted to a hospital in belgium, specializing in burn treatment and britain's prime. prince charles and his wife camilla were welcomed by german president, maya and his partner at a venda castle ahead of germany's main. remember in ceremony which commemorates germany's national day of mourning final one year is a british driver. lewis hamilton made history at the turkish grand prix. in today, his equal all time record of 7 world titles. hamilton started 6 on the grid, but far his way back at istanbul park last month. the 35 year old also over talk show must longstanding 91 race when record hamilton as a well on course to become the be

he knows if he intervenes or endorses a more sweeping crackdown by lukashenko, he will permanently alienate what was historically a friendly bill erosion p o -- belarussian people, and i think he's looking for some way to engineer a soft landing for lukashenko to exit from power. and an opposition more sympathetic to moscow to organize a transition. but that is not working out. the opposition has been surprisingly firm despite the brutality that has been used against them in weekly demonstrations. i think this will be an interesting challenge, how to engineer some political change lead will inevitably to more responses in the street see,putin is prepared to without seeing belarus on the path of ukraine and becoming more supportive of europe and integration and distancing itself from russia. i don't think he has found the solution. he is trying to sway it but he may not succeed. ambassador herbst: we have an interesting question from dave. says recent events, go against the point of russia having overextended itself abroad. dan, this one is for you. he continues, by forcing belarus to capitu

arrested dozens of demonstrators mass protests demanding the resignation of longtime president alexander lukashenko have been held every sunday since august so just spewed at presidential election. rescue workers have pulled a 70 year old man off from a collapsed building in the western turkish city of izmir 2 days after a strong earthquake in the agency struck turkey and neighboring greece but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100. this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website did appear dot com. many millis moves and precise choreography you ought to trademarks the french don't screw you retain the value you have more of that later and with that very well ball come to a new edition of euro backs let's see what else we have in the show today. europe next report of mack's merrill take left and we've gone for a year in revenue and we need. fashion to sign up for the european project. of lot of people celebrating halloween and so we start the show with the cake make up. in britain wh