A week slams into japan unleashing fierce winds and rain. And i will begin in belarus where Security Forces have beaten and detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk tens of thousands of people defined warnings from president Alexander Lukashenko holding protests across the country and demanding he step down they cues the authoritarian leader of rigging an election last month our correspondent Bernard Smith isnt allowed to enter the country because of reporting restrictions imposed by the government but is following the story from neighboring lithuania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of medscape the ministry of interior and valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasnt stopped people descending on the capitol for a 4th week of protests against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he won the
Welcome to the program and we started where protesters have staged a massive rally in the capital minsk at least a 100 people have been arrested tens of thousands to fatah government warning and return to the streets for the 4th sunday in a row they demanded that president aleksander step down. Leader has ruled the country for 26 years in early august he claimed one office again with 80 percent of the vote but many outside observers and the protesters rejected the election thousands were detained and several killed in the unrest that followed the election. And lets cross straight to mint now and get our correspondent Nick Connelly on the line nic. Of mass protest how is the mood today. Well this was an extraordinary day. Seen in the last few weeks of people hundreds of thousands despite the filthy whether it was raining. But the people stayed and they walked almost as a president ial palace where the police have cordoned it off and were looking over across the metal. For the most part
To plant hundreds of trees. They want to repay the sahara for the ecological damage they caused by traveling here. Though his guests become very important to me to give Something Back to the desert want to restore the balance for everything it has given us. 6 am the mornings in southern moral code a still cold in february its nice to have something hot to drink these travelers have more in common than a shared lump of the desert theyre also deeply concerned about the future of our planet. Other than you guys with forest fires breaking out everywhere and Natural Resources dwindling at an alarming rate its vitally important to ask what can be done now that moment bussy and can we cant bargain with the earth and say were prepared to reduce Greenhouse Gases by 2 percent in 10 years it has to happen now. Its both you and. The 15 members of the group all feel a sense of urgency thats why theyre here they arrived yesterday by bass and jeep from american ash. Many of them spent the 1st night u
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And maintaining their rage despite detention and even claims of torture and overseen dissidents continue their president ial process its makes me on the ng greer and. I just. A feel so much injustice in system. Of this false news is tokyo or lympics bosses dinara report it will be the most expensive going. And south american football bosses confirmed that next months qualifying donts for the cattle world cop will go ahead despite the pandemic. Follow the United Arab Emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalize ties with israel elaborate ceremony was held in washington d. C. And hosted by u. S. President donald trump who described it as a dog of the new middle east but palestinians are outraged the agreement reverses years of regional ill feeling towards israel but lacks a resolution concerning its decades old discrete dubbed the Abraham Accords by the white house the deal makes the u. A. E. And bahrain the 1st arab countries to normalize relations with israel in more than 25. 0