Netherlands says the means by yosh orchestrated the 2005 truck bombing that killed roughie curly reid and 21 others but his 3 fellow defendants in the case are a twit. And as more people and fellow brits join protests calling for president lucas shango to resign german chancellor Angela Merkel it urges him and his government to free Political Prisoners and avoid violence. On the fellas welcome to the program. We start and mali where president abraham boubacar case has stepped down following a military coup made the announcement in a video broadcast on state t. V. He also ordered the dissolution of parliament this after rebel soldiers are. Yes of ham and Prime Minister who says say that he didnt want any blood to be shed to keep him in office the coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and antigovernment protests the Economic Community of West African States responded to the latest developments by closing its borders with mali and suspending the country from its Decision Making bodies. For more on this lets go straight to bomb a go to journalist Mamadou Tuffy lead mamadou welcome to the show we saw people on the streets celebrating the detention of the president and the Prime Minister earlier today how has the announcement of kate has resignation been received. Temp you very much and i think that was one of the exhibit sick expectations of the. Summit part of the populations because all these happened without the aid the resistance and all. You say are being on the book relations so i did and finally he has signed the regulation and the commands and im most directly on national t. V. Thats a from now hes putting an end to all these functions and also. The solutions of the Assembly National assembly and also the government so finally. Im most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations to which was also one of the river indications of what the reverse soldiers kaito was reelected only 2 years ago mamadou what made mali and turned on him. Money. Firstly when hes been elected said and people of the public because of money hes been elected in 2013 off that it would incite against the expresident which is ive been paid and then Muslim Population had to be hauled off for the changing of the country which was mainly fights the terrorism in the county the judge isnt in the country and also the corruptions so those are the questions which has been brought into bad situations the ex president s but its 5 years later after the 1st monday did nothing change in the country and its even get worse the problem in this you pushing a lot of security problem in the called free of corruption is in the country and School Nothing was going on so finally people were kind of like. Denying the president s but then come the next elections which is being elected in 2018 but these also was a really after the elections when hes been elected it has been contested by the oppositions white loves says that this will show what it to conclusions arising in and arising at the end finally so the. New movement created lead by to see must lead. Was that we just meant they they just take the lead of movements against the president s to ask for patience so a couple of weeks theyve been protesting in the streets and later on after protesting in protesting in this way its like the government start to rescind some of the latest and one of the one of the movements even with me face to a big travel agency army police force in force us who has been killed in that lead is most in but so fine a limb people were kind of getting fed up with all these stories and actually whats comes on me is the army who took place in this a pos and the army has just taken the decisions to force the prison to recede and now that he has been forced to resign whats next for molly. Next for my lead i surely know the pains because harmony has taken the as they say taking their responsibility to end up with these with these the power and the movements of him 5 hes the one with kind of oh i see the resistance of the prison so. Its going to be among the movements in fight including the religious movement which is the moment it was a must when the social. Social society including together with the soldiers i think the going to decide was going off lead to transitions because actually. Were not sure yet that the army will lead to transitions so i think they want to make a National Considerations just to choose someone whos going to lead with him fight including the obvious together all right thanks for this update from by michael much attempt healy thanks a lot a u. N. Back tribunals has convicted a member of the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah for the assassination of the countrys former Prime Minister rafik hariri the court in the netherlands said josh orchestrated the 2005 operation to kill her really with a massive truck bomb 3 other defendants were cleared due to a lack of evidence hariri assassination attended life in lebanon setting the stage for years of unrest. A suicide truck bomb blasts ripped through beirut some valentines day 2005 an explosion so powerful it was heard and felt across the city 22 people lost their lives that day including the targets of the attack. Lebanons former Prime Minister rafiq hariri it was an assassination that transformed lebannon removing an influential sunni muslim leader and allowing shiite forces led by the militant group has the law to come to dominate lebanese political life now over 15 years later a guilty verdict in connection with the killings Trial Chamber therefore finds mr i guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a copa traitor of the intentional homicide of mr rafik hariri the same evidence also establishes beyond reasonable doubt his knowledge and his intention to commit the intentional homicide of 21 other people the ruling was handed down by a un backed tribunals in the netherlands set up to try those suspected of involvement in the 2005 attack. The judges found there was enough evidence to show. Helped carry out the bombing he has never been arrested and was tried in absentia 3 other defendants were acquitted. Among those present to hear the verdict career recency hariri. Your role today because a special tribunal for lebanon for the 1st time in the history of political assassinations that lebanon has witnessed the lebanese find the truth. For the 1st time of the tribunal delivered through justice. Hariri whos also a politician serving as lebanese Prime Minister until earlier this year said the judges supported his view that his father was assassinated for his opposition to syrian interference in lebanon on. The role of hezbollah remains murky though the tribe you know found i asked was affiliated with the group it said there was no evidence the hezbollah leadership ordered rifi career ease murder. All right lets now take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world the Us Democratic party has now formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 president ial candidate to go up against Donald Trump Party officials from all over the country cast their votes for the former Vice President during the all Virtual Democratic National Convention at least 10 people have been wounded in a shelling attack on the Afghan Capital kabul authorities said more than a dozen mortars struck central kabul including the president ial compound injuring 6 guards the attack came on afghanistans Independence Day as the Afghan Government for parents to start peace talks with the taliban. Chinas southwestern Sichuan Province has issued its highest ever flood alert for areas along the yonsei river tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes after days of heavy rain Authorities Say this years rainfall has been the highest since Record Keeping began in 1961. And the story of antigovernment demonstrations show no signs of dying down for the 10th day in a row protesters took to the streets on tuesday to call for authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down the country has been gripped by under arrest since president look at those widely disputed election when earlier this month these protesters gathered outside a prison in the capital minsk or many of the people arrested during the demonstrations are thought to be held its most famous inmates is the husband of opposition candidates but. She fled the country after the election fearing for her safety a day ahead of an emergency e. U. Summit about the situation in bella ruse german chancellor Angela Merkel urged look at those governments to avoid violence and start a National Dialogue with the opposition more and more the European Council will hold a Video Conference about the room with you i spoke with russian president putin today i once again make here that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest kind of the prisoners must be released under house to be a National Dialogue but then they built the situation to be resolved peacefully and the reason is we will just does not further tomorrow. Earlier we talked to detail usenet connelly who is following the situation for us and minsk we asked him how strong men look at shango was handling the protests have a listen hes just in survival mode now i think the individual promises or the individual details of these heady days in minsk are less important than the mood the mood is something that really has changed being to better as a few times over the years and you really sense. Disappearance of fear people openly challenging this Government People discussing rumors that maybe members of the regime are planning an exit planning to take money and leave the country those may well be unfounded the fact people are speaking about them openly is a big change the fact that members of the police have said they will refuse to serve will rule refuse to use violence against protesters that is a sea change something that we havent seen in previous years here in belarus where this goes now with what kind of deal might or might not be possible between your position and go i think that is all very difficult to tell now but you can see on veterans faces a real sense of glee at feeling that they now are in charge of their country. Nikolay reporting there some sports now and to policy some gentlemen who are one step closer to winning their 1st Champions League trophy after hammering German Bundesliga side are be like sick and lisbon. Opened the scoring early in the game before the half time whistle on everybody made it to nil and outclassed line 6 fate was sealed with pain stays 3rd goal a disappointing result of the bundesliga teen who were playing in their 1st ever Champions League semifinal. After the game we spoke with correspondent andy name in lisbon who told us more about the secret to pay is a success. With no supporters allowed inside the stadiums here in the portuguese capital there were a few cheers in the bars in the restaurants in the capital the full time whistle power essential manna through to their 1st ever Champions League or european cup final but it is the competition they want most of all this current team this squad has been assembled at the cost of around 800000000. 00 euro the kids are a owners crave it more than anything because theyve dominated the france for the last few years and they were actually supported in the build up to the semifinal victory over life seek one of the surprise teams of this years competition by a message from pele the great brazilian given the brazilians in the p. S. G. Pele im sure will be looking to get back in touch to help with the likes of neymar martini often thiago silva in the final and that final will be either against by munich who are of course the favorites still in lisbon or lay on the side not that youve been to Manchester City on route to making the semifinals it is their joint biggest game is frequently on the last time they played this far in the competition was actually against by and 10 years ago by then and the red hot favorites to do the same again to make yet another final but this time without spectators in lisbon. Youre watching d. W. News life from berlin remember you can always stay up to date on our website thats t w dot com or follow us on twitter and instagram as for me and the entire team here in the newsroom thanks for joining us. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand and. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona update. From the covert 19 special next on d w