Convention us democrats kick off a week long Political Party nominee joe barton to take on in november but the pandemic means this years convention is an almost entirely virtual affair. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we start in bellerose where president Alexander Lukashenko is sending mixed messages about new elections on sunday he said protesters would have to kill him before any new vote is allowed to day the president said that he may be open to new elections but only after a constitutional referendum now this would mark a reversal for lucas for 26 years has resisted any challenge to his power tonight calls for him to resign are louder than ever. Says he won reelection last week but many say the vote was rigged. The red and white flag of the opposition has been raised once more on the streets of minsk this time by the workers of bell averse who gathered outside factories. The way they chanted at president Alexander Lukashenko who would come to win them over the heckling continued and the president walked off the stage into the crowd in an exchange with a worker because shanker said new elections were possible but only after the country holds a referendum. President should not make decisions as a result of pressure to make the president must find a compromise exactly thats how. We need to approve a new constitution so the opposition wont be against it it needs to be approved in a referendum because our previous constitution was approved in a referendum and based on the new constitution and if you want it we will show you elections for the Parliament Presidency and local government bodies. The protests being fueled by new promises from the exiled opposition leader. Im prepared to take responsibility and act as the nations leader cheering this period so the country settles down and gets back to normality so that we can release all Political Prisoners and prepare a Legal Framework and conditions to hold another round of president ial elections in the shortest time possible. Were. Taken of made her address from lithuania a day off to calling for the biggest protests in belarus yes. As the internal pressure grows so does International Concern the e. U. Has announced it will hold an emergency summit about bella roosts on wednesday. Because of a humble and we have already agreed on sanctions against the responsible for these Human Rights Violations how the sanctions will be designed and whether further restrictive measures will be taken depend on the future behavior of the bellary see you know already. Until then protests is sure nurse signs of relenting. And for more on this developing story were joined now by constantine a good he is in moscow constantine is a russia analysts good to see you again constantine lets talk about the president here look at chico he has insisted that there will be no rerun of the disputed election on sunday he said he would have to die 1st im today weve got him saying that maybe he would be open to fresh elections after a new constitution is passed how do you read this. Well he is resulting suit to pickle tactic of an authoritarian whos cornered is trying to buy his son is trying to buy time to. Invent some kind of solution and this is probably the 1st indication of a weakness in which mrs t. Kind of. Talk she saw it and im too pretty sure she did it should read as an opening to jack up the pressure because i think thats. Basically started on the stand that setting the among troops and the police on protesters doesnt work anymore and the fact that today all of the detained according to the russian authorities were released is an indication that he doesnt want more confrontation that he feels weak and then this is to some extent probably a Tipping Point for lucia who as you rightly said who is the devil you rightly said was completely adamant that hes not going just there to get you know over the weekend the president has said that russia is ready to provide support to bella ruse do we know what form that support could take. Rent we dont even know whether the support will be forthcoming. Basically lots of people speculate in moscow and those who are watching it from venice in war so that russia may well launch and invasion of brotherly help will be rendered to be a russian government to offset what was said in moscow to be western attempts to overthrow the real russian government i think that although this remains possible to some extent the possibility of that is running thin by the hour because. The number of people on the street who do not want anyone to. Help lucas change course means that invading and deleterious thats what were talking about will mean bloodbath but there is a box here even if you look at chicagos which she probably will mr putin will be watching aid the conditions under which he will go and he doesnt want him to exit like qaddafi or nicolae ceausescu in 1989 secondly who didnt go fight for the others he probably will not fight for what 2 he will fight for the bill it was is specially if there are new elections that there should be in your actions is missing kind of scott brown missed and this will mean that russian money russian agents. And russian information more thare warfare sorry. Russian influence as such russian economic incentives are probably disincentives will hold the poor into and on to be able to use to secure that whoever is the next president of builders will remain from moscow will remain in the kremlin the whole bit because one thing mr putin cannot afford isabella was that looks west is a democratic progress and government in its russian analysts constantine a good strong us tonight from moscow was jim we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. Well the European Union will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday to discuss bella ruse the crisis in bella ruse it is a crisis for all of europe some of germanys past and present leaders say they see echoes of germanys own history playing out on the streets of minsk. On the left east germany in 1809 on the right bellaver east 2020 in germany where memory of peaceful revolution is only 3 decades old comparisons of binturong between the protests in the of various and those in the g. D. R. Which eventually led to the full of the berlin wall. The interesting side deciding factor will be what russian president Vladimir Putin does whether he supports Alexander Lukashenko in the regime or whether he has the wisdom and intelligence of the former soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and says thats no good we have to give up this country enable democracy and enable a new partnership between russia and belarus but. Some german papers are already calling the belarus protests the beginning of the end of the dictatorship but what that end might look like is the question occupy in the minds of political leaders in berlin. I believe my appeal to president to look good to see dialogue not to use violence but to use dialogue in stage. If you believe and i appeal to the Belarusian Military not to use violence against its own people. The people of this stricken but proud country deserve our solidarity and support. Germany has repeatedly criticized Lucas Shankars allegedly raked election win as well as the violence used against protesters but politically it remains cautious with all eyes in europe anxiously observing moscow in the meantime solidarity in terms of sanctions will be the focus of the e. U. s emergency summit on wednesday. Ag has to make it is very very clear especially the germany new Council Presidency that Lucas Shankar is not the elected president or by the race these elections were massively manipulated. And at the same time make it very clear that the sanctions will directly affect. Voting with the feet was a case slogan of the 1989 inch german protests now more than 30 years later by the recent protest as could determine with the feet the future direction of the country. Now heres a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world germanys foreign minister heiko moss has paid a surprise visit to libya has been trying to broker peace in the country which has been mired in a civil war since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was toppled in 2011 mos called the recent law in finding a deceptive call and he warns that outside powers are still sending arms to libya a french cargo ship loaded with 100. 00 tons of humanitarian aid has docked in beirut supplies will go to those left homeless after a massive explosion rocked the port earlier this month french president has called for reforms to lebanons political system so the country can Access International funding. The Indian Air Force deployed a military haul helicopter on monday to rescue a man stranded for hours in rapidly flowing water at a flooded dam the local media reporting that the man had been stuck in the floodwaters clinging to a 4 wintry ever since the day before. Well the trial has started today of the main suspect in what could be germanys largest ever organized child sex abuse case where the 150 suspects are also being investigated in the case involving an Online Pedophile Network that shared images of child pornography critics say germany is not 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 said 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 and isnt puts the title 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 proceedings. Well im joined tonight by julie evan viler she is the director of innocents in danger thats an International Organization that finding against sexual abuse of children and child pornography its good to have you on the program this is supposed to be the largest sex abuse trial ever in germany what is at stake in this trial well what we need to understand is that organized crime is some sort of. Were mentioned earlier movie that organized. Very often more than we have places in the ground or we need to be aware that we are actually surrounded by networks all 4 are working together and in this form but its still need for influencing one neednt change the normal thinking the number of people who allegedly participated in this child sex abuse ring i mean its staggering police say up to 30000 suspects were part of this Online Pedophile Network i want to talk about that in just a moment but 1st lets take a look at how one survivor of abuse is dealing with that experience. As a child modesty man was sexually abused for almost 10 years by 3 different to trade his and his home town of cotton. Today hes returned to the scene of the fast crime. This is where a shooting gallery are not a funfair lured him into a caravan and raped him. But. I have this movie playing in my head that i havent been able to start since the trauma have youre lying here as a little boy 5 years old with shoulder length blonde hair naked on a bed with creased white sheets. The shooting gallery owner was lying naked next to him for 4 decades marco stickman repressed what had happened today he drives his motor home through germany and fights for justice for other victims. Ive always had to somehow figure out for myself whats right and whats wrong because you dont believe anyone anymore you dont trust anyone. The under a huge victims in the back is clawed back case probably going through something similar 130 investigators are now working on the case the largest known abuse scandal in german history so far they have identified more than 80 suspects but there are 30000 leads to other potential perpetrators persons spectacle of exchanging child sex abuse photos and videos on chat forums. Lindsay and. I if you read the chats in particular you get the impression that by communicating with each other the participants reinforce in each other the believe that their child abuse is a socially accepted sexual preference for that many perpetrators have no sense of wrongdoing its a case of appalling dimensions and goes far beyond germany according to the senior prosecutor Marcus Dyckman is still not free of his trauma with his group he supports other victims the group wants the statutes of limitations for sexual crimes to be eliminated as for the trial against the main suspect he has hopes that will extend beyond the baggage bloodbath case starts off once twice with a signal is now being sense that the perpetrators can no longer feel safe and that they will now be dealt with severely. Marcus dyckman sets off again to continue his mission of drawing attention to the fate of Abuse Victims its become his lifes work. Not one that he chose for himself. You know how do cases like this happen involving children who are abused over so many years without any warning no. Well i think the problem is that we all dont want to understand that we do know victims and that in turn means the oh no perpetrators the h. W. Considers that in germany alone more 1000000 children become victims of child sexual abuse every year that means per classroom to. Which in turn means we know children and that in turn will perpetrators we need to be. More aware of that we need to look for the signs within the grown ups and there we need to know where to turn to you know i mean 1000000 children in a country of 80000000 people that is thats a lot what kind of support the gentleman who are victims of sexual abuse what kind of support do they need to help them cope well a child sexual abuse changes the life of a child forever you know nothing will ever be the same as it was before and as we heard this is a business a faith that they did not choose for themselves so they need support they need their Family Support they need therapeutic support they need counseling they need every day family lobster as well as. Therapy the problem is that once a case goes to trial there deny therapy because judges and prosecutors are afraid that the therapy will tamper with with the witness and demand reason and which in turn means that children oftentimes have a great many many years before a case comes to trial before they get the help and you know i mean theres terrible that the children have to wait before they can get the help what needs to be done in your opinion to stop perpetrators and to protect children. We need to we as grownups parents. Teachers whoever we need to be aware of the problem we need to understand that were being surrounded thats what these cases parents who are being surrounded by by perpetrators and by child sexual. Which means that really needs to look out we need to take it you know if we worry about it if we worry about a relationship between another album a child we need to take that seriously and then we please do the 1st step thats all im asking do the 1st step call the National Helpline against child sexual abuse in whichever country you live and then you might start stops the circle and we know that there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of photos and videos on the internet with chong for not graffiti i mean if it seems like its almost insurmountable this challenge here and how do investigators how do they or how should they proceed against these networks of pedophiles well we need well. First of all we need to strengthen the Law Enforcement 2nd of all we need to have you know global reinforcement of Law Enforcement because its not a National Crime its an interNational Crime and 3rd of all we need to find ways to remove the images from the internet which is something out of the Canadian Center for Child Protection is actually doing with software called rock net theyre searching for images and taking them down from the networks ok julie often viler from innocence in danger julie we appreciate your time tonight in your its inside your doing very valuable work thank you thank you. We are just hours away from the start of the Democratic National convention in the United States the 4 day event highly unconventional this year because of the pandemic president ial nominee joe biden and his running mate come along harris will give their speeches from a stage in bidens home state of delaware and the majority of the convention will be virtual with speakers and special guests beaming in from across the country senator Bernie Sanders who finished 2nd to joe biden in the primary elections and former 1st Lady Michelle obama are among mondays marquee speakers. Its a lot different tonight than it was 4 years ago and somebody who was at the Democratic National convention 4 years ago is our Washington Bureau chief in his full getting to you in this so here we are 4 years on we have a coronavirus pandemic that makes it almost impossible to put the hollywood in these conventions so how do you keep that star element when we when you dont have the stage to do it. Right brenda normally the conventions are a mixture between a huge party and church right they kind of create this moment of energy which then is kind of broad to this huge become free from all the delegates this voluntary. This year and this is particularly difficult for the democrats because they have to gab so many different branches right they have kind of the very Progressive Left is leaning Bernie Sanders supporters and they have the rather conservative democrats and by they want to have this very moment they want to have this moment of energizing and joe biden isnt really the type who will will bring that on in a. Meeting thats a very good point although we have to say the same case will be true for the republicans its harder to get a xampp when youre zooming i guess you could say what about these 1000000 ballots that is the topic number one right now we know that members of congress are returning early because of it why is it so important to this election. Right it sounds really technical but its not its. Corona we kind of expect an avalanche of mail in ballots and the Postal Office is basically not prepared for that i mean theyre having problems many years because less and less people are writing letters they have competitors like amazon and other services by ever since the new postmaster is put in place thats a friend of donald trump louis to joy in the early summer its getting worse and theyre totally underfunded and they did not prepare for this huge amount of ballots they had to deliver they will have to deliver and to be always have to keep in mind that dont trump saying since months that mail in vote would lead to more voter fraud and the tea my its not expect the outcome of this election thats true people are wondering if you will accept the results when they are we know that the main goal of the convention of course is to officially nominate joe biden as the democratic president ial candidate if there are lots of predictions made during this week give us an argument of why biden will be trump and maybe an argument why he will not be trouble. Well biden could be trumped because hes not trying to so Many Republican voters are just tired of trum way to do politics of his unpredictable aggressive. Kind of self centered personality why am i to do is because he is not from i dont mind that cynical i dont want to be sound cynical but you know joe biden is part of the establishment and Many Americans are tired of that he represents an american america many people dont want anymore so he will have a hard time to really convince young black warners women and also members of other minorities are in our Washington Bureau chief for along with the start of an important week for the democrats in the u. S. As always thank you. 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