A final precondition for peace talks will to spell the end of the groups Terror Campaign in afghanistan or the start of a new one. A bulls eye for life sake as they stopped i pledge to go madrid to go farther than they ever have in the Champions League will bring in all the action. Plus celebrating one of germanys best art house film makers on vin bender 75th birthday a new documentary takes a legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. Im sumi so misconduct lad you could join us the e. U. Commission chief was enough on the line as said she supports sanctions on belorussian officials who violated Democratic Values or abused human rights close to 7000 people have been detained in a Police Crackdown that followed president. A look at chicagos disputed reelection now the government of bell rose says it has now released 2000 people whove been detained during those protests this apparent concession comes as there is growing pressure both at home and abroad and as more disturbing reports emerged of abuse at the hands of security officials. The protesters freed from custody. Many bearing scars. They were detained whilst painting fury at what they see as a stolen election at the weekend giving president Alexander Lukashenko a 6th term in office. Because it would have said they arrested everyone beat everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa whos around 70 with us everyone got detained even if you just came out to the shop to see what was going on you go to rest it. Violence of authorities against initial protests solidified opposition to the regime an american citizen in belarus told e. W. Has state agents broke into her flat and took away her belarusians boyfriend earlier this week hes still believed to be in jail where was 7 min they were massed i mean. It was just i think i think i briefly saw one of them i think you 47 or some sort of. Automatic rifle they could see that they his nose i think he had broken his nose there was blood on his face. Thousands of others across the country are also hoping for the release of loved ones waiting and organizing and picketing detention centers. Many of those already freed show the injuries officers inflicted the pictures are spreading around the world and more of. People in the streets are piling the pressure on the government as it seems to believe legitimacy. Lets bring in our moscow correspondent emily sure wins for the latest on this story hi emily good to see you as we mentioned some of the prisoners are now being released but the belarussian Opposition Leader is calling for peaceful protests this weekend do you think demonstrates sions are likely to spread further. Well it does seem like the momentum of these protests is only growing or at least continuing on that you released a video today after several days of protests where she called on the mayors of cities across the country to kind of hold protests in their cities so essentially calling on government officials to defect to the protesters side and there has been information in opposition channels and on telegram spreading about a protest in minsk on sunday as well which the opposition is billing as the biggest protest ever theyre calling on people to come out with their families and with their workers collectives and it does feel like. Support base in some ways is kind of crumbling with these strikes that weve been seeing in Government Enterprises that started yesterday and with more and more collectives kind of joining that strike including today the minsk metro union and also a factory that produces military equipment so that is a worrying sign i think for the question here what options do you think president lukashenko have at this moment to calm this anger. Well its kind of hard to know he made his 1st t. V. Appearance today at a meeting on the Construction Industry and he didnt really mention the protests and he didnt mention the crackdown at all he did however mention the strikes and he kind of said that these strikes would be damaging. And industry and he called the workers almost kind of ungrateful he said that he protected them during the pandemic and now theyre not working its unclear what options look a shingle has left at the moment he the government has clearly decided to stop the crackdown that we were seeing up until yesterday some observers say that look kind of wait for a while hope hope that the momentum of these protests died down and then crack down again but it seems that even as his support is crumbling he doesnt seem willing to back down while pressure is also growing internationally we know ive seen the e. U. Commission chief was enough on the line saying she supports sanctions on bello russian officials who violated human rights if that is decided what effect would that have will many figures in the opposition and belarus have said how Important International solidarity is to them at the moment and yesterday we saw west several western diplomats laying flowers on the spot where one of the protesters was killed in recent days that was seen as a very important step the sanctions so in the sanctions have a very big symbolic value when it comes to their actual effects we would have to see what kind of sanctions they are but if they target individuals including sort of middle middle management in the Security Forces that could have an effect in kind of breaking away more loyal supporters of. Regime going forward. Emily sure when reporting for us thank you so much. Now to some other stories making news around the world the United Nations says the death toll from last weeks massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut has risen to nearly 180 some 6000 people were injured the agency says the blast has affected operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city and damage schools used by 50000 students. Firefighters in california are racing to contain raging wildfires amid a blistering heat wave on the west coast of the u. S. A rapidly growing blaze north of los angeles has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate the soaring temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend. Pakistan is celebrating 73 years of independence as tensions with india continue to soar over the disputed region of kashmir president expressed solidarity with the people of Indian Kushner across the border militant a separatists attacked a team of police in trying to guard killing 2 officers. Afghanistan and started freeing some 400 taliban prisoners an effort by the government to speed up peace talks between the 2 warring sides they are among a final group of inmates whose release has been a key taliban demand for beginning negotiations with the government in kabul the prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. But i was detained here for kidnapping i spent almost 80 years in prison. By colin might lead is when the president who ordered our release and called them to embrace permanent ceasefire and to stop the bloodshed. So that we can leave peacefully. The laws of our youth have been made musical journey to war and the future looks bleak as well let them study it and make a good life for you know where you know you and your son who. Was detained here for being a taliban member my crime is assassination. And i want. A permanent ceasefire and peace and today fine released by the order of the president or for want to sort through all. Lets get more on the story now we can speak to journalist ali that if you stand by couple hi ali so as we heard 80 militants have been released 320 more will follow these prisoners were involved in Violent Attacks on afghans and on foreigners so what do afghans make of this. The biggest problem is that you know people dont know who these 400 prisoners are now a week ago the president convened a lawyer actually only a few days ago he convened a lawyer a meeting of 3000 representatives from different parts of the country and he asked if they would agree for these 400 prisoners to be released and ive spoken to people who were in attendance and not just a guy and they all said we never got a list of who these prisoners were we didnt know their names we dont know where they were from we didnt know where they were going back to and we didnt know the crimes that they were accused of the only thing we were told is that theyre high risk targets but that theyre of high value to the taller barn and that the taliban are using them as sort of the last impediment to direct talks between the government and themselves so they were sort of given this this really odd ultimatum where they said you know we either free them or we face more war but there was no actual details about who these people are nonetheless the prisoners are being released as we said the taliban previously said they would start peace talks right after a prisoners were released so what do you think this means for negotiations. I mean it seems like its going ahead you know it seems like the thing is is that you know the plan is to start the talks by the 16th which is in 2 days time so now the question is whether the government can actually release the remaining 320. 00 by the end of the day to morrow and if they can make it to doha by the 16th or if they will have if they will initiate these talks through Video Conference 1st but the fact that they are being released is a good sign but again its been delayed you know the decision was made on the 9th or 10th of august and now were on the 4th gene and theyre just starting to release them 2 days before when talks are supposed to begin what about the threat of the taliban moving forward i mean the islamists have committed themselves to doing their part to make sure that afghanistan no longer poses a terrorist threat in the future so does that mean that theyre pulling together or could we see some splinter groups form theres definitely you know i mean actual splinter groups of the taliban thats kind of hard to assess but there definitely will be some people who dont you know go along with this decision in terms of the p. C. Disagreement and they may join other groups or they may foreign form their own groups but i think the intention behind this is to see how many of these taliban fighters are willing to listen to the ones in doha and to their leadership and to come to the table and then so that way you can sort of lessen the field right you can get a bit more of a sense of people really are and maybe you know figure out how to deal with the remaining ones much better journalist speaking to us from kabul thank you so much thank you. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to the full normalization of relations under the u. S. Brokered deal israel will suspend plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank iran and turkey have lashed out at the United Arab Emirates accusing it of betraying the palestinian cause the pellets palestinians to say the deal amounts to treason. By historic agreement the United Arab Emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursdays deal and idea was very clear that israel would commit a. d phone call with the United States to stop being an exceed suspending. Him at the same time we will be able to also announce that we will begin what will what i would call a normal relationship with israel in various various areas israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu greeted the deal as a huge step towards peace in the region well today we are sure in a new era of peace between israel and the our road this is the greatest advancements toward peace between israel and the our world in the last 26 years. But netanyahu specified that his an accession plans have not been outright cancelled kreder only put on a temporary hold. The agreement brokered by u. S. President donald trump over months of the scutcheon state is seen as an unprecedented reshaping of the political order in the middle east it comes as a diplomatic win for trump just as the Election Campaign in the u. S. Starts to heat up by uniting 2 of americas closest and most capable partners in the region something we said could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east. But not everyone is satisfied with the agreement the palestinian leadership dubbed the deal a betrayal and demand that its retraction of what the palestinian leadership knew that the u. A. E. Nor any other party has the right to speak on behalf of the Palestinian People and does not allow anyone to interfere in Palestinian Affairs or report on their behalf in their legitimate rights to their homeland. As a round the world to the agreement is being hailed as a historic achievement the palestinians see themselves pushed to the sidelines. Ok lets get an update now on some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic indias death toll has overtaken the u. K. To become the 4th highest in the world following the us brazil and mexico it comes after another single day record increase in cases new zealands resurgent outbreak has spread beyond the countrys largest city auckland thats despite police imposing world locks to stop people from leaving and france has declared paris and marse a high risk zones that the creed gives authorities their powers to impose localised restrictions. Now false information surrounding covered 1000. 00 has been responsible for hundreds of avoidable deaths and nearly 6000. 00 avoidable hospitalizations in a 3 month period around the world that is the conclusion of a study published in the american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene and a little soccer has been looking into this story for us hi ola tell us about the study and the conclusions so the scientists have been wondering monitoring social media news outlets and Fact Checking platforms looking for rumors looking for conspiracy theories and for stigma or related to the coronavirus and what they found they call it an infant demick or misinformation rumors of the most prevalent groups you would have heard some of these before for example that bleach or strong alcohols can can add against the virus 700 people died because of that rumor in in iran a few months back off that they drank toxic methanol other rumors in india for example cowie urine has been touted as the remedy similarly camel urine in saudi arabia people have gotten ill from drinking bans. This stigma category one of the most commonly there is that people of chinese heritage or or Asian Heritage are being physically verbally attacked including medical workers for example or based on false claims that the Chinese People are the ones spreading this virus and then of course we have conspiracy theories you would have heard more before that this was a planned attack thats a biological weapon or indeed that bill gates is behind the whole thing to to sell vaccines now of course its important to say all of these have been debunked the but the study found that that they identified more than 2300. 00 reports off of such incidences just in the 1st 3 months of the year so i understand that the research was gathered as you said at the beginning of the year but this type of descent from ation it is still happening isnt it yet certainly is one example that has been making the rounds for months now is the claim that when you get a coronavirus test this. That they put into your nose pierced through into your brain and opens up your brain for other Infectious Diseases now ive had a test myself at a number of you it does hurt but i dont think you need to be a medical professional to debunk the theory but away from that kind of tinfoil hat part of the internet you have much more powerful culprits out there one of course is donald trump he just last week retreated a post from his own reElection Campaign saying that children virtually were virtually immune to the virus now that has definitely not been proven that post was taken down by twitter similarly a few weeks back a video went viral in the United States especially tens of millions of views a group of doctors again claiming that the malaria drug hydroxide chloroquine is a remedy which also has not been proven that was retrieved by Donald Trumps son donald jr that was taken down by twitter over to facebook similar theyre doing similar actions their facebook and instagram together say that in the 2nd quarter of the year they took down 7000000. 00 posts relating to misinformation and in the same period they put disclaimers on nearly 100000000 posts now the study by the American Society of tropical medicine and hygiene they conclude that it will be up to governments and international organizations. To do something here but of course social media platforms have a lot of work as well to do and there seems to be a way to go very Important Message there a reporter on a soccer thank you so much for bringing us that story. Youre watching news still to come on our show a giant of german cinema at 75 its of inventors birthday and what better way to celebrate the acclaimed filmmaker than with a documentary about his life. But 1st we have some sports news for you the Champions League quarter finals are underway like 6 stunned the experts and beat the favorite political madrid 2 to one to advance to the semifinals they opened up in the 2nd taf like 6 Danny Almonte put the bowls ahead with a header in front of the go 20 minutes later a hard foul by close to man provided aplenty co a chance which felix converted to even the score of 6 winner came minutes before the end of the match substitute tyler adams became the 1st u. S. Mens player to score in a Champions League quarter final thanks to a solid defense and some heroics at the end like to advance to the semis to face key s. G. So what is the reaction like when a team like likes it pulls off such a huge upset sports journalist andy may is on the ground in lisbon. Leipsic you only formed 11 years ago they are very much the Underdog Team along with at salons it would beat some by perry says they are the story they off through so that 1st have a Champions League semifinal they were playing in the 1st quarter final so its an extraordinary story yulian noddles men their coach is actually younger than lee and now messi use hoping to night to be going for a place himself in the semifinals of the competition i saw a big game with some friends of sporting last night they are the Underdog Team of this city lisbon the capital of portugal behind the big rich a team of them seekers so the supporters of sporting in a very small bar near the stadium with the match to place the josie ill fill out their home they were very very happy that they so the end that life sic have made it through to the last 4 of this competition its an extraordinary moment for them as they aim to become a german champion here and maybe will see byron as well perhaps doing the business later. A lot of fans would have preferred to see byron munich and barcelona battle it out in the final and not the quarter final but such was the luck of the draw and thats takes place in lisbon and as close to the public because of the pandemic but with the cream of the crop on the pitch there is still plenty of buzz in the city. Oh. Ok its not like there arent any fans in lisbon welcoming their favorites some were camped outside the Hotel Barcelona players are staying at supposedly the next best thing if you cant get into the stadium. Byron munich vs barcelona should be a celebration of soccer instead its a muted classic to be played behind closed doors it pits not just 2 great squads against each other but its also a meeting of superstars such as arguably the worlds greatest player barcelonas leonel messi purses the deadliest striker in europe this season byrons robert leaven dusky with 53. 00 goals to his credit including many of those scored in the Champions League. Have this level i dont think there are favorites is a bit of luck in the sort yes we can count on having the best player in the world. But live and off city has 13 goals in the Champions League this year and you. Need a look quality is so high on both teams that either one can wind up with it on the president of it can always all will approach barcelona with the necessary respect well analyze them as we do with any other team we know our strengths and we will try to use them as much as we can eliminate the office who is all in this behind supplying it all comes down to this winning the coveted Champions League title this is a giant version of the cup which is set up in downtown lisbon where fans feel as they are can come together and also watch the games on t. V. Set up by local restaurants but this is where theyd really rather be at the study or the loose inside. Vin bender is among the worlds best known film directors paris texas and wings of desire are among the many movies hes made in a long and illustrious career to celebrate his 75th birthday a new documentary looks back at his contribution to the art house film movement. Up or treat a film vendor in the style of the vin vendors movie the producers of a new documentary sent the legendary german director on the road to the locations of some of his best known films each shot could be event us out take. Us. We started on this journey without knowing exactly what would happen when we actually shot in the way venders makes his movies. Every vendors film is an adventure he starts shooting with actors and a camera not knowing where the story will end then does is fascinated by the idea of america the wild west the wide open spaces and the endless search for the american dream. When it does beautifully is put together the images with sound and light and music that are that once you see them they stay with you forever. In the late 1990 s. Venders reinvented himself as a documentary filmmaker he was a perfect fit to his improvisational style when a Vista Social Club sparked a worldwide renaissance in cuban music. His tribute to dance choreographer pina bausch was groundbreaking shot in 3 d. The film gave the audience the direct experience of live performance. Salt of the earth a portrait of photographer sebastiaan salgado was just as powerful venders received Oscar Nominations for all 3 documentaries. Then does another passion is photography the director is a digital film pioneer but his photos are analog only his pictures are exhibited around the world. Last year vendors turned his lifes work into a monumental installation at the go home polly and paris. In wings of desire vendors masterpiece a sad angel gazes down on a divided berlin. His movies are like paintings but why are they modern classics i think because they are portrayed and painting with cellulite in light of inventors has made indelible images for the screen and inspired a new generation of filmmakers. All right coming up next on your health and wellness show in good shape thank you for watching giving. Him. In good shape if youre chronically ill you work out but he told her gums undines heart problems some back pain and joint pain this one treat the words better than any medication to success. But most of congress has the right to take. Kunin and well tell you. To change. Next on the t w. Im able to come to. The 2nd season on the good sense its about the environment still about society its still about us but all the planets on the brain crew spoke to several leading experts in the film about going to church look up just to get the ball a good sense of. Good. Every day counts for us and for our planet. 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