Seeking or seeing record breaking temperatures will travel to the Russian Arctic where relentless heat is putting vulnerable communities at risk. Below im terry Martin Thanks for joining us we start in baton rouge where president Alexander Lukashenko says hes ready to hold new elections in an address to factory workers who said he is willing to share power but only after a constitutional referendum it would mark a reversal for the long ruling lucas shaken who has consistently rejected any calls to step down those calls have been growing louder ever since he was returned to office over a week ago in a controversial election. Their bread and white flag of the opposition has one small been raised on this. Rates of minutes. This time by the work is a balance the gathered outside factories and the state television headquarters. Go away they chanted directly to president Alexander Lukashenko who had come to win them over. Appeared unconcerned just 6 thought the new portrait though if someone doesnt want to work at once to leave nobody will bully anyone nobody will push anyone please go ahead the doors are open so to see what those the sewage National Water or the of. The protests have been fueled by new promises from the Opposition Leader. Im prepared to take responsibility and act as the nations leader during this period so the country settles down and gets back to normality so that we can release all Political Prisoners and prepare the Legal Framework and conditions to hold another round of president ial elections in the shortest time possible. The exiled Opposition Leader made her address from lithuania just one day after calling for the biggest protests in belarus yet an estimated 200000 people called on the president to step down on sunday claiming the National Election he won was great but. As the internal pressure grows so does international concern. The e. U. Has announced it will hold an emergency summit about belarus on wednesday because it is stuck in the humble and should we have already agreed on sanctions against those responsible for these Human Rights Violations which is how these sanctions will be designed and what the further restrict is measures will be taken in the future behavior of the bell or asean authorities like that in front of course we are also considering the possibility of extending sanctions to other leading figures like to the front both here because when i was super. Until then untamed night of taking to the straits the protesters show no sign of relenting for more on this developing story were joined now by clawson in moscow hes a russia analyst good to see you again constance a russian high russian embarrassed and state media say president look is prepared to hold a new election what do you make of that well i think its a way for a look at shinku to start leading power and i think that this is an unmistakable 1st step that most of sort of the other leaders take towards some kind of compromise index that i think that this is a possibility but i dont think that new elections will be held with mr lucas sheinkopf but definitely this is a moment which signifies that probably he wont use more force against the protesters that he feels that hes ability to physically resist the protests is very close to do disappearing and i think its a significant moment in says that this is used as a signal that hes prepared to talk. Russia is a significant player here to look at shakos said over the weekend that russia is ready to provide support to belarus what form do you think that support might take. Although it cant be completely totally excluded that mr putin will send in troops to basically keep mr lucas franco and the other groups within his old it but i think by the hour it becomes less and less possible i wont discount it completely but it becomes less and less was it wasnt as probable frankly speaking the bloodshed would be so huge that i dont think it was 2 people risk it but definitely deloris is extremely important for thought for putin probably even more than ukraine some way because he sees in minsk a possible example for people in moscow and elsewhere in russia so putin will probably let lukashenko go a low he wants him to exit in one piece and not the way you can just put it in remaining in 1990 however after that he will engage in a major battle for their delegates with the e. U. Which was mentioned in the news because she cant be just conclave it pro western democracy oriented guns install itself in minsk and he has quite some possibilities for that money p. R. Advisors intelligence Information Warfare i think youll use pretty much everything probably apocryphal the russian army join sure that the next president of the arias will be critical will be someone kremlin friendly i dont know whether he will succeed but that he will fight i am absolutely certain a lot at stake here and not just for bellerose that was russia analyst constantine i got in last thank you so much. Now lets take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today a funeral 7 held in lebanon for 3 firefighters from the same family who died in the huge explosion at beiruts before the men were killed as they were responding to a fire that started before the blast ripped through large parts of the capital killing around 180. 00 people and injuring thousands. In central india a man stranded in rapid waters at a flooded has been rescued in a dramatic helicopter airlift the Indian Air Force was called in after several failed rescue attempts the flooding was triggered by the monsoon rains. And the 1st major mediterranean cruise through italys florida virus has set sail crew and passengers on the m. S. C. Ground had to take temperature checks and coronavirus tests before they left jet on a series of covert 19 clusters on board ships forced governments around the world to shutter you know history. The trial has started too late today in cologne of the main suspect in what could be germanys largest ever organized child sex abuse case more than 150. 00 suspects are also being investigated in the case involving an online paedophile network that shared images of child pornography critics say germany isnt doing enough to tackle sex crimes against children on the internet the defendant hid as he entered the courtroom evidence found in the 43 year olds home led to the biggest investigation into organized child sex abuse in german history. Its the most recent in a series of trials against men accused of abusing their own and others children that attacked as i sat at the defendant is alleged to have sexually assaulted his daughter in 61 cases some of them are serious and he sent to film the abuse and then share the videos and chat groups. Uncovering these crimes has proved deeply disturbing even for the most experienced investigators the suspect allegedly began abusing his daughter when she was just a few months old hes also accused of belonging to a sprawling paedophile Network Investigators found 30000 leads and have identified more than 150 suspects in germany and abroad the defendants wife of the joint plaintiff in the trial her lawyer says she was unaware of the abuse you know and isnt put says but time everyone involved in this trial hopes the defendant will shed light on what happened with that hope is what unites us all in this trial and its a hope shared by my client might have been done to invention. The defendant refused to comment ahead of his trial but he has said he will testify during the proceeding 5. Heres a look at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic beijing has granted a pass into a private Chinese Company for a possible covert 900 vaccine u. S. Health authorities have voiced concern that the start of the fall flu season could make it harder to treat coronavirus patients as u. S. Code 9000 surpass 170000 japans g. D. P. Shrank by a record 7. 8 percent in the 2nd quarter due to the pandemic its the worst drop for the worlds 3rd largest economy since world war 2 and new zealands Prime Minister has delayed the countrys general election by one month until mid october city of auckland remains in lockdown due to a new break of the coronavirus. Now when a place is called Furnace Creek and its in death valley you can expect the temperatures to be pretty hot well its now broken the record for the hottest place on earth temperature measurements in Furnace Creek in eastern california on sunday reached the 54. 4 degree celsius mark for the 1st time in more than 100 years thats 130 degrees fahrenheit elsewhere in california the heat wave has led to dangerous wildfires firefighters have been battling a blaze threatening thousands of homes north of los angeles. Now from the hottest place on earth to what should be one of the cruellest the Siberian Arctic in russia but temperatures across the arctic have been increasing at a rate thats about twice the global average causing a record heat wave in northern siberia this year a small remote town above the Arctic Circle in the region of you saw temperatures that were nearly 20 degrees above the average scientists now fear that the heat is causing the permafrost athol spelling disaster but the environment and for the people who live there you know use only sure when reports from betty younes. You can see the heat shimmer even now at the end of summer a few weeks ago they had set a new record 38 degrees celsius thats the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle people here are usually proud of a different exterior their town is one of 2 places that claim to be the coldest on earth. Were used to the cold people here cant handle that sort of heat everyone bought electric fans they were totally sold out here people had ice cream and cold drinks we arent prepared for these conditions. Swam and worked it was fine even in the winter when its minus 60 degrees centigrade here we eat ice cream so working when it was 38 degrees wasnt a problem either with me i have to scratch them. The climate is changing every year and the ice is slowly melting people say the winters have gotten a bit warmer and the summer has moved by a whole month its longer now. It is. Nice its the buildings and better are on stilts designed to drive down into the permafrost and give them a solid base the pillars also keep the houses raised so they dont melt the ground underneath but rising temperatures could threaten the very foundations of this town. Because the permafrost is melting houses here could collapse because theyre built on pillars our Public Utilities are built on supports which have their foundations in the ground if they move there could be accidents and there will be all sorts of problems of Global Warming intense allies. To meet with. Russias arctic has already felt the effects of unstable foundations in late may a fuel reservoir. Are near no real school collapsed and 21000 tonnes of diesel spilled into surrounding rivers in subsoil the russian Metals Company in charge said the thawing permafrost was to blame scientists hope the environmental catastrophe and the reals will be a wake up call for off the already. Until this happened no one paid attention to the issue of permafrost the 1st thing that contributes to its thought is the climate and the summer temperatures to some of summer temperatures here in Central Europe so in the taiga forest has increased by 10 to 12 percent since the year 2000. This years summer may have been a novelty for people invent high yeah but it could spell an unstable future for russias arctic. Several moto g. P. Drivers are lucky to be alive after a high speed crash in austria 7 time World ChampionValentino Rossi and spanish rival maverick in the office came within a whisker of being hit by 2 cart wheeling bikes. High speed collusion between frankel moby dally and johan charcoal resulted in the terrifying scenes remarkably all 4 riders were left relatively unscathed later morbidity accused of being quote almost a murderer what he said was progressive rock. This is t w news thanks for being with us. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. 19 special next on d w