Backed tribunals convicts a hezbollah militant of murdering lebanons former Prime Minister the courts and the netherlands says selling my gosh orchestrated to the 2005 truck bombing that killed 50 korea and 21 others but its 3 fellow defendants in the case are acquitted. And as more people and valeries join protests calling for president look at shankar to resign german chancellor on the left back will urge just him and his government to 3 Political Prisoners and avoid violence. On the welcome to the program. We start in mali where president abraham boubacar kaita 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 arrested him and Prime Minister boosie say said he didnt want any blood to be shed to keep him in office the coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and antigovernment protests and a televised statement the new military junta presented itself under the Name National committee for the salvation of the people and vowed to enact a political transition and hold elections within quote a reasonable time. 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 catos resignation been received. Temp you very much and i think that was one of the exhibit sick expectations of the. Something part of the populations because only this happened without any resistance and all. You say are being on the book relations so id be and finally he has signed the regulation and the commands and im most directly on the 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 hes on most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations which was also one of the remote 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 country 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 5 years later after the 1st monday did nothing change in the country and its even get worse the problem in this situation in the north of security problem they called free of corruption is in the country and School Nothing was going on so finally people who are kind of like. Denying 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 its been contested by the oppositions quite loves says that this will show political tensions are rising and rising and finally so the. New movement created lead by the sea must lead a mr mom who is there we just mens they they just take the lead of movements against the prisons to ask for bishops so a couple of weeks theyve been protesting in the streets and later on after protesting protesting in this government start to rescind some of their leaders this and one of the one of the movements even with me face to a big from one agency army police force in force us who has been killed in that leaders must. So fine a limb people were kind of getting fed up with all these stories and actually whats comes on is the army and what took place in this a pass and the army has just taken the decisions to force the prison to visit and now that he has been forced to resign whats next for mali. Next for my lead i surely know the pains because harmony has taken as they say taken their responsibility to end up with these with these the power and means of 5 hes the one with kind of all 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 the transitions so i think they want to make National Considerations just to choose someone whos going to lead with the infighting including the army together all right thanks for this update from by michael much attempt healy thanks a lot a u. N. Back tribe you and all has convicted a member of the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah for the assassination of the countrys former Prime Minister rafiq hariri the courts and the netherlands said salim yosh orchestrated the 2005 operation to kill her area with a massive truck bomb 3 other defendants were cleared to a lack of evidence kerrys assassination appendant 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 a tough. Lebanons former Prime Minister rafiq hariri it was an assassination that transformed lebannon removing an influential sunny muslim leader and allowing shiite forces led by the militant group hizbollah 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 irish guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a co perpetrator 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 rafik hariri son sat hariri. Your role today because of the special tribunal for lebanon for the 1st time in the history of political assassinations that lebanon has witnessed the lebanese found dead the truth. For the 1st time of the tribunals delivered through justice. Starts 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 rees murder. Lets now take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world the Us Democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 president ial candidate to go up against donald trump friday officials from all over the country cast their votes for the former Vice President during the 2nd night of the all Virtual Democratic National Convention chinas southwestern Sichuan Province has issued its highest ever flood alert for areas along the young say 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. 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 oleksandr the go to step down the country has been gripped by unrest since president lukashenko is widely disputed election when earlier this month protesters protesters gathered outside a prison in the capital minsk were many of the people arrested during the demonstrations are thought to be held its most famous famous inmate is the husband of opposition candidates atlanta. She fled the country after the election among concerns about her safety. A day ahead of an emergency e. U. Summit about the situation in belarus german chancellor Angela Merkel urged look at government to avoid violence and start a National Dialogue with the opposition more and more the European Council will hold a Video Conference about the roots i spoke with russian president putin today i once again make clear that there must be freedom of expression the freedom to protest Political Prisoners must be released under house to be a National Dialogue of the neighborhoods the situation to be resolved peacefully and that reduces he will just does not further tomorrow. Earlier we talked to de ws Nick Connelly whos following the situation for us and minsk we asked him how strong men look at shankar was handling the protests lets 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 in it really has changed but it was a few times over the years and you really sense. Disappearance of fear people open the challenging this Government People discussing rumors that maybe members of the regime are planning an exit plans take money and leave the country those may well be unfounded the fact people speaking about opening 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 i think that is all very difficult to tell now but you can see only faces a real sense of glee feeling that they now are in charge of their country. Nikolay reporting from that. Some sports now and to paris and your man who are one step closer to winning their 1st Champions League trophy after hammering german bund his leg outside rb like sake and lisbon p. S. G. As my kenya has opened the scoring early in the game before the half time whistle and the media made it to nil and outclassed line 6 fate with sealed with p. S. Shes 3rd goal a disappointing result for the bundling up team who are playing in their 1st ever Champions League semifinal. After the game we spoke with correspondent andy may in lisbon who told us more about the secret to p. S. G. Success. With no supporters allowed inside the stadium here in the portuguese capital there were a few cheers in the bars in the restaurants in the capital the full time whistle power essentially managed 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 kid sorry 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 like 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. Team pele im sure will be looking to get back in touch to help back with the likes of neymar marking the off and see argo silver 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 play 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 live from berlin really remember it you can always stay up to date on our website at student news dot com or follow us on twitter and instagram at the deli in it for me and the entire team in the newsroom thanks for joining us. 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