More protests and strikes are expected in belarus, in an attempt to force president Alexander Lukashenko to step down. On sunday, tens of thousands of people marched through the capital, minsk, calling for a rerun of last weeks election, which they believe was rigged to secure mr lukashenkos victory. Jonah fisher has sent us this report. All chant. A week after the disputed election, belarus is voting with its feet. The centre of the capital, minsk taken over by hundreds of thousands of people. United in their demand that alexander lu kashenko, the only president this country has ever known, leave office. Well, i really hope that when he sees all these people, he will step down. You really think thats likely . Hes been here a long time. Maybe, its. I hope so. Do you think this sort of demonstration is going to convince the president to go . Yes, we believe. Thats why were all here. All minsk, all our country. Belarus has never seen scenes like this before. A couple of weeks ago, demons
Antarctica is melting. A warm welcome to the programme. A large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. Images on social media showed flames inside and outside the centre, which is home to nearly 13,000 people. The cause of the fire is still not immediately clear. Joining me now for more on this is our correspondent mark lobel mark, what more can you tell us . Sally, there arejust itsines at dispatch maria refugee camp that houses four times as many refugees as it has capacity for. People staying in shipping containers and tens and they are now watching their worldly belongings going up in smoke. Many of them being moved on by the police in this fire ravaging through this migrant camp, fanned by strong winds on the island of lesbos. It is obviously difficult to manage a camp like that, which has been criticised anyway for his Living Conditions by aid agencies, in a pandemic. Last week somebody, a somalian refugee, just a posit
The government says it will ensure all students will be able to return home for christmas. We are going to work with universities to make sure that all students are supported to return safely and spend christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so. Its the first us president ial tv debate with donald trump likely to face questions, about his tax affairs. And the jetpack paramedic whose speed mayjust save your life. New figures from the government released in the last hour reveal there have been a further 7,143 cases of coronavirus in the uk the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began. Government figures also show a further 71 people have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive, the biggest deathtoll since the start ofjuly. This brings the total number of deaths to 42,072. 0ur Health Correspondent lauren moss has been looking at the figures. We have been told that the cases arising that is agreed across the board in all areas of the country. Some more