Thousands of people have been taking to the streets near the parliament in the capital beirut calling on their leaders to step down protesters say negligence led to choose days devastating explosion which killed more than 150. 00 people and injured facts. And a council of afghan leaders agrees to free 400 taliban prisoners clearing the way for peace talks to begin the taleban made the release of the prisoners a condition for the toll. On public foley yes welcome to the program protesters and police in batteries have clashed after president Alexander Lukashenko emerged the likely winner of Elections Police used water cannon tear gas and stun grenades on thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the sand. Sure of the capital minsk the violence broke out after state media and i was startled to go had one around 80 percent of the vote you can go seen here casting his ballot has held power since the ninetys and was running for a 6th term his challenger was for. An english teacher whos the wife of a jailed president ial candidate shes already questioned the validity of the result well the w. s moscow correspondent emily sure when centers this update following the initial results of the president ial elections protesters took to the streets in several cities in bello roups in the capital minsk they marched through the city and they were clapping honking car horns and facing off with the police Alexander Lukashenko victory in some ways didnt come as much of a surprise especially considering the fact that International Observers have never recognized in the election under look at those rule as free and fair but the opposition candidates atlanta has said that she doesnt recognize the results and she told a press conference that i believe my eyes and i see that the majority is with us after all said leon its you had an unprecedented amount of support in the run up to this election tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in support of her at various rallies that shes held across the country now Alexander Lukashenko has said that he isnt willing to give up the country official results have yet to be published in the coming days but it looks likely that tensions in belarus will continue. Prominent hong kong prodemocracy figure jimmy lie has been arrested a top aide said the media tycoon is accused of collusion with Foreign Forces under a Controversial National security law recently imposed by beijing is now the most prominent member of hong kongs prodemocracy movement to be arrested under the new law last week he was also charged with taking part in a vigil marking the anniversary of the 1989000 animals square massacre lebanon has been rocked by another day of underestimate clashes between protesters and Security Forces several government ministers have stepped down in response to the growing anger that demonstrators blame the countrys political elite for deep rooted corruption and for negligence that ended in tragedy. Another evening of hankering beirut violent clashes with Security Forces as people protest for a 2nd day isnt raised was it off i choose days mass even devastating explosion these protestors lay the blame directly on what i say lebanons corrupt latest sunday saw a number of government officials over the crisis in the hunt that this is the point of no return the people are hungry the economy is collapsing the economic financial and monetary crisis is escalating while family children relatives and friends are homeless consumed by grief despair and frustration. Authorities have had little involvement with the cleanup so far instead its been left to volunteers to clear the debris lebannon was already struggling through a financial crisis when the explosion hit making the recovery from this disaster that much harder. To prove but have some compassion hurt we feel pain we cannot stand these people from beirut from become from the north everybody is hungry were not just here protesting to take a picture and post it on facebook people are hungry and when people get hungry well thats it whats going to do it. Lebanon faces huge challenges dish reconstruction costs and the welfare of an entire nation under threat for now being on rest of the last few days looks it to carry on into a new week. Correspondent bosler really sent us this update from beirut. It seems that lebanon is heading in the next days into a new political turmoil whether the ignition of 2 ministers the minister of information and they minister of environment for other ministers would announce that ignition by tomorrow the minister of finance defense unit affairs and economy the question now would this government that is just on thursday to attend the parliamentary question expressions the sources. On the other hand the diggnation of 7 and b. s and the announcement of the Prime Minister najib that he would discuss with his cabinet elections without god uniting such an announcement with his votes and political allies. The put the cabinet and the parliament into the edge. What over this government played to the. Specific and urgent reforms and the place that took place. Wasnt but the target everything in this county upside down. World leaders have pledged more than 250000000 euros in emergency aid for 11 on during a virtual Donor Conference but theyve warned that no money will be made available without political and economic reforms. Saying that lebanons future is at stake french president emanuel mark long appealed for a unified International Effort to help the country as he opened the emergency Donor Conference in which other World Leaders paul so participated. Together we have to do everything we can so that violence and chaos do not win the day and aid was arriving in beirut from around the world the United States air force loaded food and medicine destined for lebanon on to planes at an air base in qatar. At the Vatican Pope Francis called for unity and been on hand to help from abroad during remarks in st peters square. You know well you know the baby i once again appealed for generous help from the International Community that. Morocco was also air lifting aid to the country prompting lebanese journalist simply a route to express their gratitude. Thanks morocco for their help and i thank all countries all countries face crises but they support us the support is stronger than politics and the interests. Of russian rescue teams continue to search for survivors at the site of the blast in beirut hope of finding any fades with each passing day. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world u. S. Health secretary on exists our hazmat taiwanese president s name taipei its the highest level of u. S. Visit to visit to taiwan in 4 decades as are said he was there to convey a strong message of support from u. S. President donald trump the visit has been strongly condemned by china which claims taiwan is its here. Have killed 6 french citizens along with their tour guide and the driver the group had been visiting a wildlife park and area a popular tourist attraction known for its population of rare west african giraffes. Mahinda rajapakse has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of sri lanka by his brother the countrys president rajapaksa populist secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last wednesday observers say that should give him a big enough majority to cement his power by passing legislation that would change the constitution. More than 40 people have been confirmed dead after a landslide at a tea plantation in the southern indian state of carola nearly 2 dozen people are feared trapped it happened after heavy rain hit the plantation in dukie district in the early hours of friday when workers were still sleeping. The Prime Minister of marine has warned that a ship leaking oil into the ocean is cracking threatening an even bigger ecological disaster more than a 1000 tons of fuel have already seeped into the sea polluting coral reefs beaches and lagoons another 2 and a half 1000 tons of fuel remain aboard. Well the Afghan Government has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners the countrys grand Assembly Approves the move which was indorsed by president ashraf ghani he wants to pave the way for peace talks with the insurgents and the countrys nearly 2 decades long war which began when the United States ousted the taliban from power following the september 11th attacks. Not everyone on the traditional Afghan Council was ready to free the detained tell about members many of the delegates have lost relatives in attacks or clashes for them the fact that the government is now going to release those responsible is hard to take but in the end a desire for peace prevailed. I thought on this some place decision has removed the final obstacles to these negotiations and god willing we are on the verge of these talks are. For montreaux lot of sony should remain. One of the goals was to bring about a cease fire and its desperately needed on sunday another attack in kabul left people dead and some injured the taliban control or contesting around 70 percent of the country the Insurgent Group has agreed to start peace talks within days of the release of its detained members back in february they committed to the United States that they would reduce the amount of violence but observers believe that after coming talks of the future of the country will not be easy. Just interim. Creatures aquash that they have completely different political ideas and participation Civil Liberties freedom of speech media pluralism all of that so all sides are facing marathon negotiations. And. Nobody on the grand assembly is expecting a rapid result but the decision at least paves the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost 2 decades of war. Sport now under let me go madrid say to unnamed members of their traveling party for the Champions League quarter finals in portugal have tested positive for corona virus the spanish club are due to play at sporting lisbon stadium against germanys rb like to go on thursday and say theyre in touch with authorities. About further steps the Champions League had previously been suspended for 4 months because of the pandemic. American call and more a cow has won the p. G. A. Championship its his 1st major success and the 1st gulf major of a coronavirus hates year or a cow or took the title ahead of Justin Johnson and paul casey well mercedes have failed to win a formula one race for the 1st time this season red bulls max 1st up and took the checkered flag of britain silverstone which was hosting a race for the 2nd time this month. Formula 170th anniversary grand prix was a creative name for the 2nd silverstone race and as many weekends organizers are limiting travel due to the coronavirus pandemic mercedes had won every race so far he bought us and teammate Lewis Hamilton both got away cleanly at the front but behind them red bulls max fish happen quickly moved past surprise 3rd place qualifier nico holcomb. There are a sebastian fickle spawn on another awful day for the german. Dutch man for stop and managed to go in front of potus following a pit stop and promptly sped away his tire choices were looking superior on a hot day in britain. Hamilton then overtook the task later on to move 2nd and to limit the damage of the ais a record equalling 7th title. But the victory was for a stop and ending a run of 4 straight wins from a safety so far in this coronavirus affected season. Pushed up and goes above bought us into 2nd in the Overall Standings behind hamilton. This is. Live from berlin you can keep up to date on our website b w dot com or follow us on twitter and instagram. For the rest of the team take care and see it very soon. What secrets lie behind these walls. Discover new adventures in 360 degrees. And explore the World Heritage sites. World heritage 360