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
Of interior in belarus 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 protest against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he won the august 9th election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the poll was rigged and they want to read from. Those protesters made their way home on sunday the Security Forces seemed to take advantage of the thinning crowds pulling out people apparently at random according to witnesses and bundling them into vans. Other video has emerged on social media of masked men in civilian clothes beating up people on the streets of minsk. In warm no breaking down the door of a cafe where the owner had given shelter to protesters. To measure the regard people started running in say to the door and then out on 15 to 20 people in black mask started to smash the glass into some people our human rights experts from the Un
Law and postponed elections. India again reports the worlds biggest single day jump in coronavirus cases as its death toll passes 70000. And japan is battered by its 2nd powerful typhoon in a week the Korean Peninsula forecast to be hit next. And it will begin in better reuss where Security Forces have beaten and detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk tens of thousands of people defiant warnings from president Alexander Lukashenko holding protests across the country and demanding he step down they accuse the authoritarian leader of rigging an election last month a correspondent ballot smith isnt allowed to enter the country because of reporting restrictions imposed by the government but is following the story from neighboring the few ania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of medscape. The ministry of interior in valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off ci
Really good to see you again. I hope you had a pretty good long weekend. Im annemarie green. We are going to begin with the raging wildfires out west. California is getting hit especially with a record 2 million acres burned. Its not over yet. One of the newest wildfires is the bobcat wildfire northeast of los angeles. Its scorched 5,000 acres forcing some evacuations in the Angeles National forest. Today santa ana winds are expected to fuel this fire even more. The el dorado fire remains a problem. Allegedly sparked by a gender reveal party. In fact, its gotten so bad the National Forest is closing all forests in the southern half of california with no reopening date. Elise, the power was turned off in california as well to deal with these wildfires. Reporter yeah. Those outages will impact more than 170,000 customers. But the utility says they will help improve safety. 80 miles east of los angeles officials believe the el dorado fire started during a gender reveal party. They used tw
The capital delhi and other cities just as the country of the cold starts 2nd highest coronavirus to slowdown in the world. Im british manager welcome to did up to news asia its good to have you with us police in hong kong have arrested nearly 300 people for protesting in the territory on sunday protestors were on the streets on a day that hong kong should have been holding local elections have they not been postponed for a year by the government over a Coronavirus Police responded to temper balls against protesters who demonstrated against the defilement many believe it was to prevent the prodemocracy parties from gaining at the bandits riding on a wave of anti establishment feeling a new security mold that prohibits virtually all protest in the city has added to the and. Government mood. Right. Now this is what some of those protesting at to say. That come up later you see only if the government cancels the Legislative Council election the main reason is certainly not to prevent the