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A protest as in about a ruse of defied the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protests because protesters in the capital minsk a piling on the precious accusing the president of rigging his overwhelming election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down soften a state on chemical problems of walked off the job joining other factory workers who have been supporters of looking shanker until now calling for a nationwide general strike the protesters have also found some support with the European Union which has announced a new round of sanctions and says it will not recognize the election result aljazeera step vasan was at one of the largest protests today at Independence Square in the center of the capital mints. It was a very different mood on the streets of mens today compared to previous days not much of the euphoria and the festive mood that we felt that people had sort of found a new kind of freedom today it was more dominated by fear and tense because a person look at announced a new crackdown he has instructed his ministry to find those who have been organizing the rallies but still defiant protesters are back on the streets and a smaller number but theyre here and theyre still asking for new elections and to release all the political prisoners. Kill me or do something but for me. Its some more awful listen. And then this happens despite the threats and also the risk hundreds of people have gathered here again at the Independence Square saying the president is fired meanwhile the Coordination Council set up by the opposition leaders for the kind of guy held its 1st meeting and has issued a manifest calling for a dialogue about a transitional and new elections. That this Council Illegal in the country saying that it was planning a coup detat but it also says theres nothing illegal they just want to have to bargain with the president you know of course im afraid because i know the system used leading us to the present time so very negative words. Was against what was. For me personally. We want to do a lot we propose any legal steps so why should we be punished why thats a challenge for the opposition to keep the same actions on the street if they have any its clear protesters im not giving up major on the look of china. Meanwhile the the European Union has an ounce to financial sanctions against a number of officials that its blaming for electoral fraud and the abuse of protesters but president Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed criticism from the bloc telling its leaders to concentrate on their own problems at home barber reports. If alex on the Lucas Shanker is feeling the pressure hes not showing its the man hes rubella roast for more than 25 years and officially won this months election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt this is the guru if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking youre wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow up path as we should those who today especially abroad and this is clearly visible are plotting against us will get a serious rip off. Hours earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough mr walker has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the. Hero i call him here to support the. Those e. U. Leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the European Council after talks broke up here outlined how theyd agreed to respond to an election they say was not free or fair and the subsequent crackdowns on protesters we stand firmly behind the writers belorussian people to determine their own food and the e. U. Will impose shortly sentients on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and election fruit on top of those sanctions that use making money available for prodemocracy groups in belarus as well as for its Health Sector and the European Commission will mobilize now an additional 53000000. 00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times. 2000000 euro to assist the victims of repression and unacceptable state violence. 1000000 year old to support Civil Society and independent media and 50000000 euros of coronavirus in america emergency support. Orvis of course is seen by the russian government as meddling a day after president Vladimir Putin wants his german counterpart not to interfere his foreign minister rejected calls for russia to press president Lucas Shanker to talk to the opposition to the deals to the root is news to everybody believing mediation is the only way out i implore them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 during the my down in kiev when the esteemed representatives of the European Union mediated reached an agreement and we all remember what that led to the sofa now with the president threatening to go after dissenters in belarus and his main ally rejecting outside involvement in dialogue the fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections a still there the dean baba aljazeera. Now a key figure in malis opposition protest movement now says hell step back from politics after a meeting with soldiers who ousted the president in a coup the new military rulers of ordered Civil Servants to return to work and have promised to oversee democratic elections that they havent given any specific timeframe for that the International Community has condemned tuesdays uprising which remove president abraham the because the someone else exactions on mollies new leader has a dress has mall. Jubilation on the streets of by marco after months of demonstrations that resulted in deaths and injuries too and to government protesters opposition supporters are now ecstatic about the potential for change to the government and they do feel yeah im a member but the way this regime fell was a good thing it was good for us so what the military did is not a coup what they did will support the people in order to alleviate the suffering in democracy the power belongs to the people the same people who gave the power to the president but he was on able to achieve what the people expected of him for the military. The military needs to organize a transition and that some point they can return it to the civilians to the Political Parties what i asked today is that they sit down hold talks and find a Global Solution for the problems of mali. I mean you know new military rulers a Group Calling themselves the National Committee for this invasion of the people said the intervention was necessary and they vowed to return mali to democratic war. In money and people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. On tuesday the military leaders overthrew president caters government arresting him and members of the cabinet and see the Army Officers their cues the president and the others are failing to protect balance and for allowing corruption to flourish. The promise of a return to constitutional democracy is welcome news to the opposition but there are also concerns of the army we seek to hold on to power something the opposition say they will resist but we have a. Beer. Too early for us. There was a lot but i think. Just like. Sure that he and bad governance will be. International reactions to the coup was swift the United Nations france and the United States have condemned the cool with the African Union suspending money spent by ship of the organization the regional bloc they can have a community of West African States and i was to list of sanctions and land an air blockade of the landlocked country is in effect it will also restrict financial flows from Member States to the country measures that could worsen the already tough Living Conditions for mandaeans comedy aljazeera. So now to a story that weve been following out of nigeria with reports of dozens of people being abducted off to an attack in the northeastern part of the country the armed Group Boko Haram targeted the town of cook in borno state attackers looted and torched government buildings and farming equipment people started returning to their homes and could this month after spending nearly 2 years in displacement camps wolfies nigeria has been ravaged by a decade Long Campaign led by boko haram tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced at least 45 refugees and migrants have died in the seas near libya with the United Nations calling it the deadliest shipwreck of the year the engine of the vessel carrying the migrants exploded near the town of zawiya are on monday at least 5 children are among the dead 37. 00 of those on board were rescued by fisherman meanwhile spanish Authorities Say they found 10 dead migrants on a boat near the canary islands. The 2 rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah showed a rare united Front Holding a joint rally against the u. A. E. Israel agreement 2 countries agreed to normalize relations last week under a u. S. Brokered deal protests have been held in the occupied west bank and in gaza now to abraham has more now from ramallah. This is the 1st translation of the joint work both from the house and hamas has vowed to do again the israeli expect in an exaggeration hundreds have gathered here in response to an invitation against an exception and the u. A. E. Is a plan to normalize with israel on tuesday those amassed an Islamic Jihad there is an attending the Leadership Meeting in which the message was clear no one has the right to speak on behalf of the Palestinian People and that the p. L. O. Is the sole ad legitimity representative of the Palestinian People so this is a message of unity who had a real junction. Deal. Thats what happened in the Leadership Meeting on tuesday should have happened years ago its time for us to know that we have no one else to support us but our own unity. We are going to do got a vision is betrayal for palestinian cause and for the arab and muslim nations we came to send a message to out of nations and to our immediate brothers to repudiate the israeli him or not the agreement because it is a patroon for the palestinian cause rerouted here and will continue all kinds of resistance and you confirm that such normalization will not grant legitimacy for the zionist entity. The same sense of unity was reflected in the gaza strip hundreds from different palestinian factions have also participated in protests denouncing normalization some of the signs held in the protests read that palestine is not for sale while the iraqis are saying that their agreement with israel has managed to stop the next a show and palestinians say that an exception is a reality to illegal israeli settlements are built here on the lands of the village where the protest is being held and they are expanding just like other settlements in different areas in the occupied west bank and the fear here is that more arab states are going to be normalizing relations with israel leaving palestinians alone in their fight. Watching al jazeera live from london much more still ahead High School Students rally outside thailands Education Ministry calling the schooling system repressive. And then knuckle macron and the mediterranean the german chancellor is invited to discuss the future of europe at the french president s summer residence. But. Weve got some rather wet and windy weather now pushing across southeastern parts of australia as we go on into the next couple of days we could even see some significant snow fall lower levels pushing into New South Wales a little mary of low pressure just heading towards the tasman quite a nasty drag of winds coming in from the southwest as we go through thursday on into friday could see some snow just cropping up from time to time just around the Great Dividing Range southern end of the range that just around the victorian alps and some pos even up towards central parts of New South Wales could even see as much as 10 centimeters of snow as we go wanted to the latter part of the waco where its not too bad it is lousy fine and dry fired into the way perth around 21. 00 celsius basin bits and pieces of cloud and rain meanwhile sweeping across new zealand but again not too bad well see temperatures in oakland getting up to around 17 celsius once the rain clears through now we have got rain making its way back into the far north of china ara seasonal runs theyre going to pulse a way out of China Central and eastern parts of china slipping down back across the Korean Peninsula possibility of further flooding here but it stays hot and dry for japan. They come in hope and in search of work to provide a better life for the families theyve left behind. But though their labor is vital to release Food Industry they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime. Trapped in a system with little hope of escape people empower investigates its release seeks legs on aljazeera. Welcome back to headlines protesters in belarus have defy the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko told Security Forces to restore order on the streets people accuse him of rigging his election victory and theyre calling for him to step down malis new military leaders of our Civil Servants to get back to work and have promised to oversee elections within a reasonable frame of time though they havent specified when it will happen the African Union has suspended mali following the ouster of president abraham boubacar kater on choose day and then dozens of people have reportedly been abducted following an attack in nigerias northeastern borno state the armed group targeted the town of looting and torching government buildings and farming equipment. Now in other news chinas Yangtze River is expected to reach record high water levels in the next 24 hours after weeks of heavy rain dozens of people have died in the floods which have destroyed property and off threatening wild heritage sites katrina you reports from beijing. For more than 1200 years this giant put a statue has stood strong in chinas lotion city now the World Heritage site is threatened by the worst flooding in decades in Southern China weeks of torrential rains have lashed the region causing devastating flooding in villages towns and cities asias longest river the yangtze and several of its tributaries have risen to Dangerous Levels forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in all around 60000000 are affected by the Flood Disaster the 3 gorges dam the largest Hydroelectric Project in the world is facing the largest flood peaks in 14 years ago engineers estimate the flow rate at the dam will be 76000. 00 cubic metres per 2nd on thursday morning but they say theyre confident the dam will hold that them can keep the water levels within a safe range relieving pressure on the middle in the lower reaches of the river president xi jinping told flood affected areas in our province one choose day meeting residents and calling for better Natural Disaster response measures we must abide by and know the laws of nature at a whim was a cowardly way our strong capability of resisting the last as last week chinas leaders called on all chinese to reduce food waste this serious of their flooding has wiped out so much time is more spent force of farming regions extreme weather combined with slow recovery after the coronavirus pandemic has prompted steers over the sensitives the damage to chinas economy is estimated at 27000000000. 00 heavy rain and flooding a common across Southern China at this time of year but this year its being described as a once in a century. Aljazeera beijing. Well the heavy rain is also expected to have caused a massive sinkhole that swallowe