People and injured saxons. And a council of afghan leaders agrees to freeze 400 taliban prisoners carrying the way for peace talks to begin the taleban made the release of the prisoners a condition for the talks. B. S. Welcome to the program protesters and police in batteries have clashed in major cities after president Alexander Lukashenko emerged the likely winner of sundays elections thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest the early vote count which showed the longtime leader was poised to win a 6th term in Office Security forces detained hundreds of protesters according to a leading rights group. On the streets of minsk bella who says capital filled with protesters. Thank chance of change and long live bellerose resoundingly through the city. Riot police pushed back against the demonstrators deploying water cannon and firing tear gas and rubber bullets. Incumbent president who gushing call had warned would crack down on any unauthorized rallies. 7 was. Followed th
Clashes rose as president lukashenko claims a landslide victory despite strong challenge from an opposition candidate the Election Commission says the same 80 percent of the vote. More clashes in the streets of beirut as Thousands School for the government to go to 1st minister quits but thats not enough for the protesters angered by last weeks devastating explosions. Welcome to the Program China has again cracked down on democratic freedoms in hong kong with the arrest of media tycoon jimmy lie hes a prominent prodemocracy companion an outspoken critic of beijings policies in the territory an aide said lawyer was being held over suspected collusion with Foreign Forces under the tough new National Security law imposed in june. This was the moment of arrest jimmy lie put into an Unmarked Police van outside his home in hong kong. Then driven away. Police raided the Publishers Office late in the morning. He was then later brought to the offices of his Media Company mixed media the paper i
Explosion which killed more than 150 people and injured thousands. A council of afghan leaders and greens to free 400 taliban prisoners clearing the way for peace talks to begin the taliban made the release of the prisoners a condition for the talks. On public only as welcome to the program we started in better routes where protesters and police have clashed after president Alexander Lukashenko emerge the likely winner of Elections Police used water cannon tear gas and stun grenades on thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the center of the capital minsk the violence broke out after state media announced that lucas shango had won around 80 percent of the vote because shango seen here casting his vote as help. Since the ninetys and is running for a 6th term his challenger was for. An english teacher whos the wife of a jailed president ial candidate shes already questioned the validity of the result. Well the w. s moscow correspondent emily sure when sent us this update followin
Wednesday night im Jonathan Mccall as you just heard from governor Gavin Newsome california saw more than 12,000 new cases of covid19 in a 24 hour period. Its the highest number since the pandemic began. California now has more than 409,000 confirmed cases surpassing new york state for the most in all of the United States, new york state though still leads the country with 32,000 covid19 deaths, even though new york state has a population half of californians. Here in the bay area we saw more than a 1000 new cases of covid 1913 new deaths overnight. Tonight local leaders are continuing to call on the public to do their part to keep the virus from spreading. We need people to be responsible to keep their distance from others to avoid gatherings in to wash their hands. San Francisco Mayor london breed now urging folks to continue to Work Together to stop the spread of coronavirus today she announced new ways to make testing for the virus a priority for the city as kron fours michelle kin
They are joyful they never thought they would see this day, and so they looking for a brighter future. Reporter long frustrated by the disaster on the street, tenderloin housing director randy shaw is bullish on the settlement. It requires 70 percent of the 10th in the city to be removed by july 20. The 30 percent remaining must eventually be removed as well. It shouldnt take a lawsuit for the city to do its job. And if this means we get more urgency and people get off the streets, then we address the unconscionable situation in the tenderloin right now. I think it can be a good thing. Rertdirict supervisor matt haney has mixed feelings. He is worried that only 30 percent of those on the streets are eligible for hotel rooms now held by the city. Right now they are still relying on the same criteria for who gets to come inside. You have to be over 60 years old, or have an underlying medical condition. That leaves out thousands of people. Our primary frustration is that the plan was deve