Correspondent phoebe kong on the scene there to explain what the protesters have been calling for them like in months is that they dont want protests against the decision of the government to postpone the last state election for a year so the governance of this is for the sake of Public Health reasons and also to help to contain the coronavirus endemic but this is and the reason seen as an excuse by the protesters and police not to see campaign is they have a message and we have out this show so they go out today to protest against it and also from that many of them also wanted it to want to express the end gets worse the newly in finance have National Security always has already been imposed for what it too much so on is this like one of the reason they want why they come up today to defy the ban on the police and also to your chest opens up like what has been now banned by dell for it. To become their. Speaking earlier lets have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour huge crowds have been gathering in the capital. 4th week of protests against president Alexander Lukashenko this after his government toughened its. Security forces arrested dozens more activists on saturday. Fresh wildfires breaking out across california have forced many residents to evacuate their homes blazes have burned down hundreds of hectors of brush slopes close to suburbs in San Bernardino county helicopters and air tankers have been sent in as the current wave intensify. Germanys foreign minister heiko mosse has warned that berlin and its allies will discuss sanctions if russia doesnt clarify the circumstances surrounding the poisoning of Opposition Leader alexei navona doctors treating the kremlin critic in berlin say he was poisoned with the nerve agent no virtual spoke of possible consequences to the german russian. Gas line gas pipeline. A 2nd typhoon in a week is moving through east asia with high winds rain and Mass Evacuations japan has urged residents in the south to prepare for record rain and surging tide as typhoon high shen draws even closer to its Southern Island of. The rain has been relentless. And there is the fears gusting wind. Flooding is a certainty in these conditions as are high waves possibly a storm surge bringing the sea well inland. Our. Own high shine is very powerful as powerful as several typhoons that hit japan last year. Based on the latest data on the typhoon the agency is less likely to issue an emergency warning but i would like people to be on the highest alert rather than feel safe. Or not that they dont worry about. Means see god in chinese and with sustained winds of more than 160 Kilometers Per Hour this typhoon has moved governments to urge the evacuation of millions of its course is similar to typhoon may sec which hit southern japan just last week. Claiming lives and a cutting power. Project of course had to strike in the Korean Peninsula later in the week. Brazils amazon rain forest is burning again despite a ban on starting fires to clear land for development more than 60000. 00 blazes have been detected already this year the amazon basin plays a crucial role in regulating Global Warming experts are alarmed about the scale of the destruction. Battling blazes into the night brazils firefighters a busy in the pants and now National Park it hasnt rained here for a month the ground is dangerously dry and wins a fanning the flames father north in the amazon a strange and its the worst fire season in over 2 decades although fire clearing is forbidden many landowners continue to burn forests to increase their plots without fear of being caught president jabil sonora has drastically to tell the Environment Ministry and criticised grain groups over and viral mental nonprofit groups receive huge foreign donations but they dont have a chance against may allocate fighting and kill the cancer of green groups. Both sonars government has dispatched the military to support the Fire Fighters water bombing craft have been partially financed by germany and no way. My you see these planes have been in service for 6 years thanks to european funding of course it would be better if we had more money to more efficiently extinguish these fires. But both sonora has halted the work of the amazonas force blocking funding for desperately needed water bonus. Brazils rain forest fires continue to burn in the thousands creating a blanket of smoke that threatens the health of the amazonas residents. To the u. S. Now in a series of twists and turns in the november run up to the present president ial election another in a long line of tell all books from former white house insiders has been leaked this one from president trumps former personal Attorney Michael Cohen cohen was known as trumps fixer and is now serving a 3 year sentence for Campaign Finance violations and lying to congress one line from his book entitled disloyal says that trump is guilty of the same crimes that landed cohen in prison. For more now im joined by our reporter joel door roy who is here on the set with us joe can you explain precisely what colin is you kucing the president of doing well in his new book my phone call and describes making detail in detail payments to 2 women who allege that they had affairs with the president now the prosecutors in his case cited by making those payments Michael Cohen was essentially making Campaign Contributions to the Trump Campaign but hadnt declared them and with therefore a legal now cohen says that trump all through as these payments and therefore if he is guilty the president is to now trump has denied having the affairs and has also denied involvement in the payments and the white house is cold Michael Cohen a liar and a convicted criminal which is factual he is now serving jail time from his home. Chill is there anything else in this book that may very well damage the president well a lot of it weve heard before but it is coming from someone who worked very closely with the president right up until 2018 so in his book cohen calls trump a cheat a liar a racist and a con man more specifically he says that trump disparaged evangelical religious leaders who came and prayed with him afterward saying can you believe anyone believe that b. S. Cohen says that trump made racist comments about hispanic and black voters saying that they were too stupid to vote for trump and he called all countries run by black people as holes and he was specifically referring to Nelson Mandelas south africa the full book comes out on shoes day and my goodness i should i should note for our viewers that this follows a report in the atlantic magazine that alleges trump made disparaging comments about american war dead now according to that report trump refused to visit a Military Cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers denies the story of course but viewers out there listen to what he. To say specifically you know it was a fake story written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer but it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of things and especially to me because i dont work for the military then almost anybody else. Trump theyre denying the original story but parts of that debt reporter are now being corroborated by other publications so the loser comments were 1st published last week in the atlantic and in the last few days theres also been corroborations by the a. P. C. N. N. And most interestingly fox news which is usually quite supportive of the president now his rival joe biden has also picked up on this he says if these comments are true then they are a disgrace the criticism of trump seems to be mounting including right here in germany is weve heard from foreign minister mike hiker must the German Foreign minister know he has criticized donald trump for suggesting that americans should vote twice in the Upcoming Elections says that i have the confidence that americans good sense will scupper this unscrupulous effort to sort of doubt on the validity of elections with the aim probably of not of its not accepting defeat so what hes referring to there is the trump last week who has been attacking mail in ballots for a long time and last week trump suggested that voters should vote twice to test the system so basically to commit electoral fraud in order to prove the lecturer fraud exists now these comments that were made today by high chrome os in the german newspaper debate build on sontag theyre just the latest in an increasing amount of criticism but has had towards the u. S. And its internal policies submissive more specifically hes been talking out about about Police Violence and supporting the anti racism protests there but he also says here that the u. S. Remains one of germanys best partners watch this space told or i have a feeling theres going to be more reporting on this is the political season he thanks so much. Switching gears a sport now and Lewis Hamiltons charge toward a 7th drivers World Championship hit a roll block in italy after receiving a stop go penalty that ended his hopes of winning his demotion from the front of the field open the door for frenchman pierre ghastly to take his 1st ever formula one checkered flag from call it science in a mclaren canadian lance stroll rounded out the podium placings. And a reminder of the top story at this hour hundreds of people have been arrested in hong kong in protest against the governments decision to postpone the Elections Police fired pepper balls at demonstrators who are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday. Youre watching the news coming up don film looks at the polish trade Union Solidarity and its role in the end of communism a michael okun in berlin and well see in 45 minutes with one you just. Been robbed of their soul thats what it people experiences when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were brutally stolen from africa by colonialists cant carted off to europe. What should be done with the stone north from africa. Stolen soul starts september 7th on d. W. James east on and one sat that imposing communism and it was like watching a subtle. The poems are rabbits. I believe that the fall of the birding wall would not have been possible without solid dominance and the revolt files homes. Communist propaganda films celebrated the new prosperity of the polish peoples republic. In the 1970 s. Poles could now also buy western products like jeans and cocacola in the countrys 1st Big Department stores. In warsaw communist Party Officials officially opened the countrys 1st modern highways which would soon be filled with fear at cars imported from italy and also made in poland. But poland relied on loans from western countries to pay for all this the peoples republic was living on credit. In reality there were widespread shortages and in this socalled workers paradise the communist elites enjoyed privileges that those workers could only dream of. And those shortages also extended to Food Production and distribution people had to wait in long lines outside shops. Even supplies of bread run low. The 1st major strikes began in 1970 even though they were strictly forbidden by law factories and shipyards across the country were effectively shut down. As a result some workers were fired or even arrested. The government intended to crush the rebellion and it ordered the secret police to covertly film also. Aspects the authorities wanted to sophia and mistrust in order to divide people and discourage protests. The polices strategy was to wear people down. Their surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere. And even when there were no cameras people still felt they were being watched. This constant surveillance poisoned the everyday lives of the polish people. These pictures were taken by officers of the ministry of Public Security the best speaker. The ministry was often referred to as the heart of the communist party and its role was to infiltrate society as ready as possible and to maximize state control over the relation. Everyone knew this said and things you might say at home could not be repeated in public. Polands big brother the soviet union was also keeping an eye on the situation officials from moscow were constantly on the lookout for any signs of polish descent. After the war and the ultimate conference we became dependent on moscow. Was for would never be over not free to choose the political system we lived under for the book in the shadows of your church. In 1976. Members of the opposition joined forces and founded the Workers Defense Committee known by its polish initials as the k o r most of the members were students or intellectuals the organization raised money provided Legal Assistance and generally tried to maintain the morale of the workers whod been arrested as enemies of the state. I knew that my phone was tapped and that i was being filmed and monitors that started in 1975 after i was arrested at your small airport plus my husband and i had 2 or 3 big suitcases full of books with us books in polish in french but these old books about the situation and the socalled eastern bloc. Then known as the socialist or soviet bloc but analyzed from the western perspective of the hug of. The k o r soon made its actions more public also eager to attract Media Coverage in the west. In warsaw near St Martins Church the cayo are called on Hunger Strike to show support for imprisoned workers. The secret Police Filmed the strikers and recorded their every move. The activists knew full well that they were being filmed and were not afraid of showing that to the authorities they often played to the cameras surveilling them. Such as in this case today or so miles of yet screen. These people tried to get on with their lives as best they could some red candy in the bible and enjoyed the 1st fresh breeze of spring and the spirit of revolution. The official polish media did not report on the protests instead they focused on the festive government organized may day parades that celebrated the glories of communism. The interior ministry commissioned propaganda films that vilified socalled anti communist forces people who make considered the domestic enemies of the polish peoples republic. One of the best known dissidents was a mish nick ok o. Our member and underground publisher. Despite the governments efforts Popular Support for the opposition grew and it became a movement afoot change. The activists recruited young filmmakers to counter the governments propaganda and cinema soon became a venue for political protest. But of you we made a lot of documentaries but also feature films. Such as an j. Vidas man of marble who tried to tell the truth about the world we lived in. For the museum that was an Important Message to society it expressed solidarity. So that much to make sure midwives ocean out our films was shown quite often we didnt realize it but we were promote. Political unrest by traveling around the country with these films thats years since the she money for that sky. Is for the dance lots of people came to see them and afterward they would discuss the current political situation with them that they cause of the disk with the words and people started to open up just as a shouted i saw. Opposition activists suffering mess in churches where Police Surveillance was not sell out. This go but out of order or in principle the state respected the rights of the church to carry out its religious mission without direct interference to the city of what sort of course the party my party did everything it could to restrict back rights as void and we refused permission to build new charges for example that we always try to get in their way because we saw the catholic faith as an ideology that ran counter to marxism leninism religion at the least. This ideological struggle spread beyond the borders of poland even as far as the vatican. White smoke appeared the next day at 6 17 pm local time there was a t. The new pope is now on a tally the 1st call 456 you. Know carol what did you 1st pope from a communist country named himself Pope John Paul a 2nd and blesses the crowd. A petroleum to keep the view of i had my 1st taste of freedom in 1979. I got an official invitation from the. Rector of the bishops Conference Press office of the dakota a man who would later become a bishop himself though. I was to be one of 7 cameramen to take part in a feature film about the popes 1st pilgrimage to poland a mortgage piece skidoos if you go you have secured since it appears in the polls. It will be in this was extraordinary. Because for the 1st time i didnt feel like i was being censored. We could focus on spirituality and what it meant for this country was not that the group could argue that because of the popes visit showed that 80 or 90 percent of the country was opposed to the political system during the glitz and i was pretty futile that was system of. This was a significant setback for the polish communist party. Average people who had never before considered standing up to the government did so now they felt they were on a new mission committed to defending Human Dignity although the pope never referred directly to the government all poles understood his message. Good. Their religious face gave them strength the strength of community. The city of god dumps on the baltic coast on august the 14th 1980 several sounds and workers at the Lenin Shipyard broke the law by going on strike. The strike was called to support a colleague can or valentino vit should been fired 5 months before she was due to retire management had accused her of anticommunist activity. That. I didnt know it was being you to. Come to 2nd opinion to murder my ex. Particularly to do her like you said. That i am merely humorous where you did it. Right here at. The park the funny benefit was that were news of the strike at the shipyard spread rapidly across poland and indeed around the world. So. We decided to go to advanced to observe the strike which older people said that the younger one should. Have grown up so i and a few other colleagues tried. Now you probably have. We arrived in good hands come to todays vista. Of course we want to go to the shipyard which we dont know whether they would letters in pushed. It over to the workers said that the state media had been spreading lies so they wouldnt let them in some of your quote but they said you gentlemen and your sound recordist can come in. But youve got to tell the truth about this strike. Even magical beechcraft duchess. No other members of the media whether domestic or international were allowed inside the shipyards the only film of the strike was shot by the documentary crew. They had the complete confidence of the workers who spoke openly about their situation. The resulting footage would make Headline News around the world. Gratis as. You know really provide any. He. Knew that they were. The only one you. And i left when he strikes seem broke out in many factories throughout the country in support of the shipyard. The polish revolution now had a name solely done solidarity. It was definitely a new form of revolution and the workers had a sense of discipline used last. Month as they locked themselves up in a shipyard so that they could create a Safe Assembly area to organize a nonviolent challenge to the government but they must top of. The well because results paid elf representatives of polands communist party had no choice but to meet with the strikers. For the 1st time in the history of the eastern bloc the communist authorities were forced to listen to the demands of the working class. And no one had ever dad to speak to a top policy official like this. Youve joined us in our business and about. You. Rather than against me i mean it gets around in a study. So that and that mean. That you have seen on the west coast i mean as an example. Theres a practical and if you dont gotta go then you got american my own background about going to go to cuba. Were going to reset this on the coming hour event communities to. Get another dose of the steel bottle that just looks to me. Yep just was leaves it a big if it does talked about. But you can. Get a budget or you tell. Me if that its up to penge yet. One must feel i cannot room for you there was never a moment when one side won against the odds. That neither side sounds like they want to get in and there is no sign we would win for them roofed it was really hard work to negotiate point out this book to the workers made 21 political demands including freedom of Association Freedom of the press and the release of Political Prisoners they did not want to overthrow the communists can see that they didnt want to make the party more compassionate. The workers continued to their peaceful protests throughout the long hot summer of 1900. 18 now had a leader the shipyard elektras named elect van when son he was a passionate activist who became the face of the opposition movement. And a worker who questions the Party Monopoly is much more dangerous than an intellectual force of facts from can knew that protests could lead to violence and bloodshed again he had a family and people trusted hands. On to violence and he had a gift for dealing with the masses engine you can motivate them and appeal to their. Motions but he never crossed the line he always kept the masses under control and see bush with. Him of the muscle and. If i went sour had widespread support among the polish people and the Catholic Church the Solidarity Movement was also covered extensively by the western media. In the United States in particular these reports were often interspersed with anti communist propaganda. But when you can see next to me one afternoon there were rumors that the Security Forces would attack the shipyard that night from the river you know sticks visibility never to move us as it would be an attempt to subdue the workers because his boat the injured this too is that if you. Dont come over i took my camera with me to bed that night the nazis or because if anything happened i wanted to film it make me and make the push to the strike might be stopped at any time jeans. Our soviet big brother could simply say no more. Requests no. But there was a dramatic turn of events on august the sez he 1st 1900 the communist party responded to the workers demands and gave up its monopoly on political power. Rather volume 4000000000. Or. More. Solidarity the 1st independent trade union in communist europe was now illegal a development that was widely covered in the Foreign Press the strike is new that with the world looking on the party would have to keep its word. In you know. When say used a huge pen with a likeness of the pope on it to sign the treaty a symbol of a utopia that would now become reality the workers in the dance could demanded the impossible and they got it. Meant. Something geraghty had one official record. Nation. And its leaders traded their work clothes for business aids they appeared alongside intellectuals like today ocean as of yet silly and bernice. Without them the triumph would not have been possible. Gives him a chance in the months after august the atmosphere was one of hose pinch social commitment. Moments ago when solidarity our 1st free and independent trade union was officially founded huge numbers of people joined it not of the cessation mass of the because as soon there were 10000000 members it was absolutely incredible where any of the. 10000000 people was a complete disaster for those of us who were in power for jewish inch 1000000 of luge 10000000 people join solidarity. If you think 3 or 4 people power family. The entire nation was against us. Against the political system such of course and our political power of words we will be well aware of that. Communist Party Leaders were forced to regroup and reorganize in early 1981 they stepped up surveillance of workers the government tried to discredit solidaritys leaders in an attempt to stop the revolution from spreading to other east bloc countries. Thats now as your confrontation with the authorities was increasingly likely it was solidarity also had to deal with problems like Funding Organization and experience but the authorities were already interfering. In the government and we believed that things would change them but the situation didnt get better it got worse. Because the trade union was a Political Movement it had no political or executive power. The polish government feared that the soviet union would put a stop to solidarity. A new leader was appointed army general avoid check here is a skill. To go forward you. Prescribe a. Computer communicate. The search should. So i was someone youre in the middle of the night to a room where there were 30 generals yes. He was there to look. To mine was there someone asked me whether i thought we could reach an agreement with some authority. He knew i was tired and upset. And i expressed an opinion that reflected what i truly believed. Based on my recent experience says that i said. No absolutely not there will be a confrontation just as the. The government decided to act on december 13th 1901 year results the imposed martial law throughout poland the military was mobilized they cut off all telephone lines and enforced a curfew jaruzelski believed that this crackdown would silence the Solidarity Movement once and for all and would also prevent the soviet union from intervening. Polands newfound freedom was literally overrun by the military. The army confiscated all private cameras only state media were allowed to film and report on what was called a pacification campaign. Only to none of them be corrected just they would notice in the doings of the condition because youre so good oh brother not poster stumbly and just use a little bigger voice couples go through to not use this was because between each payment each year but this week secretary didnt contribute to such it was on the press which i dont think i and others. Sauza as of activists men and women were arrested Solidarity Trade Union was. The Security Forces resorted to their old methods against dissidents. Many were ordered to admit to crimes they had not committed it was a facer of the. Shes given. And you dont hear from not just obama clever young. New book is made on the. Surface but it is a showstopper. And im sure. Youre being a book. Genitally. Activision a. Lot of them. Are. Actually. Very. Nice the nation to we were still under martial law. I was to take this deal start is used a legal premise that was strange not just for poland but for any other countries. They dont you just used people of a specific crimes the. Rest of them as a precaution so that they were removed