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
A grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covert 1000 deaths exceeds 100000. Outrage over tuesdays explosion and lebanons capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured zaha to reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed. Didnt damage many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all the
Battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. International leaders hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise a day for the lebanese capital that stands the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port france and the United Nations have set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump said hell be joining back or its estimated the blast at the warehouse caused up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed and rescue workers are still searching for the missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000. 00 homeless. Outrage over the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rally the games the government the protests to stand in 2 hours of street battles between demonstrates is and Security Forces then a call the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the fa