Waters we says its a positive 1st step. Changing habits for changing times how the coronavirus endemic has inspired a move to a plant based diet in some parts of asia. But welcome to the program our top story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in the battle russian capital minsk following an escalation in violence against protesters. The. Police have been seen beating demonstrators and forcing many of them into military vehicles about 100000 people flooded the center of the city today in defiance of the deployment of riot police making their way to one of the president ial compounds the government has now shut down the internet activists have been demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko following that disputed election result last month aljazeera step vos and has been with protesters in mens consent us this update. The spike hundreds of detentions at the start of this rally thousands of people have managed to still gather despite the roadblocks by poli