The strength of the Islamist Alshabaab militia. Also in the next 15 minutes overtaking a legend of formula one World ChampionLewis Hamilton cruises to victory in the spanish gone free and breaks Michael Schumacher his record full career podium finishes. Im jarid reed welcome to the program and president Alexander Lukashenko has rejected calls to hold a new election with russia on sunday offering him military help. Also accused of deploying military forces near the countrys border the alliance has dismissed that climb but says its closely monitoring the situation opposition protests have been growing in strength since the countrys disputed election a week ago and people took to the streets in the biggest numbers yes on sunday. Opposing demonstrations in the streets of central minsk. With this man at the heart of both embattled politician president Alexander Lukashenko. Dear friends i didnt just call you here to defend me you came here to defend your country your independence your families for the 1st time in a quarter of a century. Look at shankar dressed thousands of loyal supporters on sunday after days of protest football the russian domestic politics and the international spotlight he accused foreign powers of organizing the opposition against him forever the opposition is all paid off the provocateurs who went into the crowd where are the parents of the children who went to the protest its criminals who are committing these violent acts against our riot police here and that narrative about. Lucas shankar has ruled the former soviet state since 1904 and after his disputed reelection victory last week he is determined to stay in power moscow says its ready to help militarily after the crushing cold reached out to russian president Vladimir Putin twice in recent days. But just 2 and a half kilometers away from the main government building in mens an entirely different sentiment as a much larger crowd of tens of thousands cordons who are rally at victory park organizers called a march for freedom. To continue we want changes and not just in the political sense we want human life to be valued in our country and thats the main demand for the current authorities are in no way of supporting this if theyre only making it worse. They say for all of this to happen look a shingle has to go they reject official results that say the president won his 6th term with 80 percent of the vote and are demanding a new election and a new beginning for the people of ballerinas. Earlier we spoke to our moscow correspondent emily so when we asked her what to expect from russia concerning the situation in bellers. Well its kind of hard to know at the moment but in recent days up until today russia has been rather quiet about whats going on in its neighboring country today we then had the russian side talking about external pressure on bella ruse and saying that it would be willing if necessary to provide assistance under and existing military agreement with bella ruse so that could mean either Russian Troops or peacekeepers but it seems unlikely to me that that will happen at the moment it seems more like this announcement that weve seen from putin today is kind of a warning sign to the west that they shouldnt meddle in whats happening in belo after all russia sees values as firmly part of its fear of influence as an important kind of buffer zone between russia and nato but the kremlin surely knows that lucas shango has lost legitimacy in the last few days and that even if you stayed he would be kind of a weak leader and thats not in their interest either. Emilys women in a mosque to somalia now were at least 15 people have been killed in a militant siege in the capital mogadishu the militants attacked a popular beach hotel before being killed by Security ForcesIslamist Group alshabaab has claimed responsibility. And on mistaken sound. People take cover as best they can as Somali Special forces exchanged gunfire with al shabaab militants. The assault began when 4 attackers detonated a car bomb at the hotels entrance then making their way inside foreign assault weapons and taking hostages. Its terrible many people are dead others are wounded and a large number are accounted for they took some people hostage. The sage was ended after 5 hours when all the gunmen were shot dead resulting in the rescue of hundreds of people. Insurgent Group Alshabaab says it was behind the assault claiming they targeted the High End Hotel due to its connections to the somali government. The hotel is owned by somali m. P. And former finance minister abdul he mohamad nor does a popular destination among government workers and officials. Alshabaab which is linked to al qaida has been waging a brutal insurgency in somalia from all over the decade. This attack shatters a relative calm that lasted a few months in the city. Ok lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour new zealands Prime Minister just into arjun has delayed the countrys election by 4 weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic will now be held on october the 19th after early success against covert 19 musial and is battling a 2nd outbreak last week its largest city was placed under lockdown. The 1st mediterranean cruise off to italys coronavirus lockdown has sits crew and passengers on the embassy grandiose had to take a temperature checks and coronavirus tests before they left the general was a series of 19 it cost as excuse me on board ships has forced governments around the world to shutter the industry. And hundreds of people have rallied in madrid to protest the magic tree use of face masks and other restrictions to contain the pandemic the protest comes 2 days after the Spanish Government announced new measures including the closure of discos. Well former u. S. Intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been living in exile in russia for the past 7 g. s after leaking u. S. Intelligence documents but now President Donald Trump says hes considering patni the world famous fugitive supporters view snowden as a whistle blower who revealed the extent of Us Government surveillance but hes charged with violating the countrys espionage act heres what trump had to say when he was asked about a potential pardon everyone im not that aware of the snowden situation but im going to start looking there are many many people it seems to be a split decision that many people think that he should be treated differently of other people think he did very bad things and im going to take a very good look at it ok i mean ive ive seen people that are very conservative and very liberal and they agree on the same issue they agree both ways im going to take a look at that very strongly earlier we asked w. s washington correspondent khalid block a why dont trump is considering a pardon for the man who leaked secret u. S. Government intelligence to the media and the timing of this announcement. There are various reasons for President Trump to bring up a potential pardon for Edward Snowden right now on the one hand its a welcome distraction from the disaster that is mail in voting from the conversation that has dominated the last few days and saw accusations against from that he was trying to sabotage the Postal Service and meddle in the elections on the other hand this is also a way for him to make joe biden look bad after all snowden exposed far reaching surveillance under the Obama Administration when biden was Vice President so liberal americans who were appalled by these practices spec then my now reconsider whether biden really is the candidate that they want to vote for in november when it comes to views about Edward Snowden here in the u. S. It gets interesting because they are split on both sides of the aisle you have supporters who are liberal who want a pardon for snowden because theyre saying he was a whistleblower and should have never been prosecuted in the 1st place but you also have conservatives who are in favor of a pardon because they believe the Obama Administration spied on then canada trump and they want 5 snowden should come back so they can get more info on that but you also have americans liberals as well as conservatives well very much against a pardon because they still see snowden as a traitor and interesting lee enough back in 2013 trump was among them back then he tweeted quote snowden was a spy who should be executed now he might have a change of heart. Cala block in washington this books now and in formula one motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton won the spanish gone pretty for the 4th Straight Year on sunday the result was the british drivers 156th podium finish breaking a record long held by german ricing legend Michael Schumacher. Some of the drivers took a knee on the track before the race to show their support for the black lives matter of movement. And then they were off with World ChampionLewis Hamilton starting from pole position and his mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas also in the front row. And in a masterful performance hamilton managed to hang on to the lead throughout the race on a sweltering afternoon outside boss alone with very little drama or suspense hamilton cruised to victory 24 seconds ahead of his closest title rival max 1st stop in the red with photo os finishing 3rd. But without that todays it is a real surprise because we had this problem with the ties. That it was. Was very very good at this understanding what happened last week could go to this weekend. And it was really they would have to do it today. Hamilton celebrated his 156 podium finish surpassing the record held by the great Michael Schumacher. The win increases his lead in the title race to 37 points ahead of her stopping. Football now and in the semifinals of the Europa League sivia have beaten Manchester United to one thing and has converted a penalty to open the scoring for united in the 9th minute. Equalise full sivia with 26 minutes gone and looked young rounded out the 21. 00 final score 12 minutes from time sylvia will face the winner of mondays cost between into milan and shocked i dont yet skin the final. Now to an athlete who followed her hot into the waves to sob learned how to surf as a teenager and she soon became senegals 1st female professional surfer now the olympic hopeful is inspiring a generation of young girls to defy cultural norms and hard to skills on a surfboard. All the streets of senegal this is something you dont see every day women with surfboards its a male dominated sport here. Though that didnt discourage the 2 son now the countrys only female professional some fell in love with surfing years ago at the age of 13 black women surfers were nowhere to be found in senegal back then and some feel that void becoming a pioneer for the sport however her journey was an easy. One i always advise young go and see stotts a thing is to not listen to other people who try and stop them because they have. To concentrate and to keep on going ahead focus on their training and again to not listen to others because i went through this myself with people telling them to stop assessing which is why i started sniffing a bit late and so i tell them that if you want to progress in your surfing and go forward dont listen to those who tell you to stop or stay at home because that backward looking. Within each one teach one mentality some now 23 years old spencer spare time showing females in senegal the ins and outs of the sport. Some was looking forward to competing in the olympics until they were postponed because of the coronavirus until the next summer games some is sharing her love of surfing. With no plans of slowing down. Youre watching the news my colleagues seroquel they will be back with more news next hour you cant keep up to date by downloading optio spotfire im jarred great have a great day. Job there so thats what if people experience is when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were stolen from africa by colonialists them carted off to europe. What should be done with the stolen north from africa. Stolen sold