Police also protesters in hong kong on the day a local election was too stupid to help. Socalled excess deaths figures in mexico raise questions over the real scale of the corona Virus Outbreak that well have a live update. And im leah harding with all of your sports news clear ghastly is just a few laps away from winning his 1st formula one grand prix and 3 in a williams battles past Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open shes still on course to equal the record 24. 00 grand slam singles titles. Tens of thousands of by the russians staging another huge mot sure the capital minsk keeping up the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko whos responding with increased force hes refusing to quit weeks off the disputed elections others took him to. For help to stay in power to serious bona smith is monitoring developments for us from neighboring the few waiting up to 4 weeks of protests then despite increased intimidation out a rests what are we to make of the old. Calling in those protesters
Police fire testers of. The day a local election this year is being held. Thousands of people have staged another huge march to the better russian capital minsk there keeping up the pressure on president oleksandr looking schenker whos responding with increasing force hes refusing to quit weeks after disputed elections and is turning to russia for help to stay in aljazeera spotted smith is monitoring the protests from neighboring lithuania. There are still those tens of thousands descending on the streets of mens and there are protests in other cities across belarus as well the government said it had closed off a couple of main squares to put barbed wire around one of the october. Square square was supposed to be where the protesters were meeting today but that still wasnt enough and people carried on protesting going near again to the president ial palace where there was heavy security to protect from his own people there are still some left in minsk but obviously the government is pu
A 22 year old american who had the worlds first face and hands transplant talks about his surgery, saying he feels grateful for a Second Chance at life. And hundreds of players and officials at the Australian Open Tennis Championship go into isolation after a worker at one of the events hotels tests positive for the coronavirus. Event s hotels. A warm welcome to the programme. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. There s been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process, and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day , protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country s largest city. Our reporter Nyein Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration
A prestigious European Community for help acceptance of ongoing crimes. By british welcome to news asia glad you could join us un human rights chief has condemned for inaction in Holding People accountable for crimes against iran your muslim and other minorities speaking of the Human Rights Council on monday she also said that recent civilian casualties in myanmar may constitute war crimes. From that record seen. In the communities are increasingly affected by the Armed Conflict in iraq and states including through disappearances and its the racial killings of civilians massive civilian displacement arbitrary arrests torture and their custody under the struction of civilian property. Civilian casualties have often been increasing in some cases they appear to have been targeted or attacked indiscriminately which may constitute a war crimes or even crimes against humanity. And its these crimes that prompted more than 700000 to flee to overcrowded refugee camps in neighboring bangladesh 3