Drilling ship returns to port and after its Research Mission into speech and waters but tension over territory still lingers with its greek neighbor. A shroud of smoke and ash fills the sky complicating efforts to find wildfires across the u. S. West coast. We begin in belarus where more than 400 people have been arrested in the capital following an escalation in violence against protesters hundreds of thousands flooded the center of minsk making their way to one of the president ial compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of the president Alexander Lukashenko following the disputed election result last month. Has the very latest. This. Just how look at shank a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk people heading to a peaceful rally are randomly snatched by moscow policeman driving around at high speed those daken are aggressively thrown into a van or aljazeera cameraman was also grabbed by police shortly after filming an interview luckily they decided to let him go let him go. To. The protest or we interviewed had to run to safety to escape detention and he would merely pray. You know would read the stuff im so glad you are ok i was sure theyll take you so this is why im here. This is why all of us are here so this could not happen any more never and nowhere i can say that this is kidnapping they abandon it and then you see after the ordeal she managed to catch up with tens of thousands of protesters who gather despite mas detentions and road blocks. In this protest last month she has exhausted all her tools used to apply in the Previous Year where your which are star years are large scale repressions to which people will get beaten detained and then this went down to protest this time this doesnt work ahead of an important meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin on monday because shango is keen to show that the protests were under control but d. C. Images show a different reality and now these demonstrations are not only aimed against look at but put in as well. Insidious and worried about russias intentions to enforce its interests here we have to be friends with russia but its not good for neighbor encounter to be involved in our internal problems. After the frightening and 10 scenes from earlier in the day the protest turns into a dance festival. The marching for more than 2 hours the rally has now arrived at one of the residences of alex on the lookout here right in this park but it was just a Courtesy Call the thousands of for protesters are turning around they just wanted to send a message. That 8 they are still here and that there will stay on the streets as long as he remains in office chances are that a decision about the future of might not be decided here on the streets of belarus but in neighboring russia according to observers since he has put his fate increasingly into put intense step 5. And i could scar is a policy expert on the region she says protesters determined to continue their action against the president and will be their long term. Its a stalemate and the governments has no intention to give in to the demands of the protesters neither do the protesters have any time action still abandoned their rebellious spirit and go into the streets i do not think that the protests today will change something in the short trying or immediately but nonetheless this is a very important sign as a government to look ringback for himself that contrary to what look at it was predicting other protests have the result of conceding you know theyve already been continued for over 5 weeks and they are determined to keep going not which means starts look at shanker does not have the luxury to go back to business as usually and he also will have to deal with a population that currently knows how to organize how to take things in the face into their own hands and how to bring in change burgeon people will be paying a heavy price even though they might not trelise it fully yet definitely in terms of a quantum a but definitely also in terms of political integration. Refugees on the greek on and of less balsa being moved into a new site tell after they come down last week that demanding humanitarian assistance and instead of just being moved they want to be taken to the greek mainland stephanie deck a report from last boss. There is an image in mass human misery but everyone here has a broken dream oh problems these. Very calm here are. One of hope. Around volume one of the. Messages from afghanistan he says he worries about the effect the lack of hope is having on his mental health. Is not both ways tell me. Its about emotional its the most. Brain future 11 year old ive been had he is too young to worry about his future but he does he is an extraordinary young boy his opportunities lost here no i dont want to stay here any more i dont want to waste my life here and i want to get i want to go to another kind of country of my family had to start a new life is not going to skill and i have a you know we were you were telling me youve never been to school i have never been to school so how is your english so incredible i learned from someone and then i started learning english from internet. There is no Running Water no sanitation theyve been setting up tents and tarps woolens since moria camp burnt to the ground almost a week ago refugees have largely been left to fend for themselves the problem is theres a lot of people has like. A Health Condition or they have like a problem with heart with. All of us in the sense the waste and all of us we are lost we have no idea what to do we just we have to wait there is a new camp thats being set up but only a few 100 people have been transferred so far there are around 12000 that need to be or get tested for the coronavirus before they get allocated a tent there is a real fear that is spreading among the refugees most will remain on the streets in the hills of this island so off to having spent the day here talking to people we just got a phone call that the police had come to evict them because this is private property now weve been watching people throughout the day picking up tarpaulins whatever they could find some of these nets you can see a mattress here and some of the food handouts just left so again there on the streets yes there. And you cant thats been set up but by no means is it large enough to house the thousands of people that need shelter we need a group of young men trying to decide where to sleep. Where shall we go now we have no idea what our fate will be if we go to mytilene and the people dont want us were not welcome we displaced once again we will sleep in the orchards what the burning down of europes biggest refugee camp has done is reignited the debate and turned the international spotlight back on these forgotten people Stephanie Decker on Lesbos Island greece. Meanwhile a ship carrying nearly 300 people in the Mediterranean Sea is appealing to be allowed into a port the migrants on board were pulled from smaller boats in 3 different operations in the last week the vessel is run by the Spanish Charity open arms or than 18000 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 6 years. The turkish vessel sent to map out possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area of the Eastern Mediterranean has returned home tension flared last month after the ship along with a naval escort both turkey and greece claim Energy Resources there turkeys defense minister says the ships return was shut jeweled and does not mean ancora has given up on its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. Or the greek Prime Minister as welcoming the ships departure from those disputed waters. The return of or tracing on tallia is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions. To the u. K. Now where 2 former Prime Ministers have urged m. P. s to reject a government bill that threatens to violate parts of an earlier Withdrawal Agreement with the e. U. Tony blair and john major say Boris Johnsons proposed bill is quote embarrassing the nation they say will damage the Peace Process in Northern Ireland johnson is proposing changes to the agreement on the movement between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland which has which was put in place to prevent a socalled hard border on its Foreign Ministers says the move has a right to trust between the u. K. And ireland the British Government in my view is behaving in an extraordinary way and british people need to know the us because outside of britain where where this issue is being discussed now the reputation of the u. K. And britain as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this is being damaged in a very serious way. The u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned there will be no trade deal with washington if the British Government undermines the 998 good friday agreement which ended conflict in Northern Ireland good friday accords were very high priority for us democrats and republicans house and senate so that if the u. K. Did anything to undermine the good friday accord they should not as i told them in the u. K. For different elements of purchase of haitian there they should not even think about having a u. S. U. K. Bilateral trade agreement earlier we spoke to Alastair Campo who served as a spokesman for tony blair he thinks its extraordinary that politicians from across party lines are united like this every day criticism of johnson. The country im afraid elected a complete charlatan as Prime Minister and i think the country is beginning to see that perhaps more clearly i think both tony blair and john major tony blair he said i used the word wrong sometimes tells me that i go to over the top in my criticisms of Boris Johnson and he has held back i think in terms of some of his rhetoric about johnson but john major. A conservative Prime Minister who was during trees amazed time although he had very different views on some issues pretty much kept his head down i think to him to come out today and combine with a labor Prime Minister and say what they have said together about the current prime d minister about the current governments handling of the brits in goshen asian the damage theyre doing to u. K. Standing around the world i think is extraordinary and the worry for me however is that a lot of these m. P. And human tory m. P. s i suspect that their vision of their version of what the jury party is in 2020 doesnt bear sufficient relation to what john majors jory parts of it and i think that the 2 big points that make me really want the damage done to our reputation in the world when he openly have a Prime Minister and i kept saying that they see nothing wrong in breaking an International Treaty breaking their word it was as you say negotiated a few months ago under which he won a general election and secondly the direct and significant threat that this poses to the good friday agreement a what it shows is that john major and tony blair care about that and Boris Johnson doesnt. Still ahead on aljazeera supporters a russian Opposition Leader alexina of only a predicted to make gains in an election seen as a key test for president Vladimir Putin. Winter is coming and the u. K. Is imposing tougher coronavirus restrictions but many have been left confused. However weve got another area of wet weather just moving across northern parts of japan now the worst of the right is in the process of pulling why theres a tropical depression thats easing out into the open waters circulation just coming in behind that will introduce some blustery showers longer spells right into more than parts of honshu and on into hokkaido some showers to the south of that tokyo generally dry warm and humid 31. 00 celsius try and find there across the Korean Peninsula then we got this long line of cloud and rain which will bring some wet weather into were basing that will head to wards the yellow sea as we go on through the next day or so central parts of china also seeing some rather wet weather heavy spells of frank coming through here could lead to some flooding and then we got a rash of showers across the southeast of the country joining up with a showers that we have into the philippines some pretty wet weather that we have here some heavier rain so into northern parts of borneo for its. Heavy showers making their way across into west sumatra pushing over into the peninsula and into thailand that was a southeast not seep out into parts of indonesia certainly the Southern Island should be largely dry and find just a chance of one or 2 showers but across the western side of india and heavier rain towards a dish. Of danger. And hope. To do is to move to get to grow. Out is there a world follows for refugees facing the challenge of building a life in europe while staying close to their roots i still have this more open for an hour or so im very proud of it at all entirely hows that going to ensure a place of refuge growth and im stood on aljazeera. Were. Heard. Youre watching aljazeera minds of our top stories this hour at least 400. 00 protesters have been arrested in the belorussian capital minsk it happened on the 5th consecutive weekend of massive rallies against president xanana percent over last months disputed election. Refugees on the greek island of les paul subbing moved into a new site after their camp burned down last week refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and want to be taken to the greek mainland. A turkish vessel sent to explore for oil and gas prospects in the Eastern Mediterranean has returned home greece welcomed the move turkey says it was shadowed and that it will not renounce its claims. Early results in russian local elections show the ruling party is on course for victory in most regions but supporters of Opposition Leader alexina volley are predicted to make gains he of course remains hospitalized in germany and is recovering from a suspected poisoning the election is being closely monitored ahead of parliamentary elections next year now reports. If these elections are being watched more closely than ever its because of a rising sense of discontent among parts of the public tens of millions of russians have been voting for local parliaments and Regional Governors weeks after the German Government said Opposition Leader alexina valley had been poisoned. Novelli still in hospital in berlin he fell seriously ill last month as he left siberia where hed been campaigning germany says it was an attempted murder and his supporters claim it was ordered by president Vladimir Putin nobel nice team is advocating smart voting in other words backing whoever is best positioned to defeat president putins United Russia Party whether the candidates from the valleys or. Movement a nationalist or a communist here in tomsk in the valley highlighted local corruption in this Campaign Video he refers to blood sucking creatures yes those who are naturally use it but im strongly if ive already started travelling around cities in the country to declare war against united russia he says here its clear this place should be one of the 1st because its sorely needed in this war and its a message thats making inroads among some voters where to find out its kind of a given that everybody feels but its one thing when someone abstract is stealing and another when it someone specific right here among us and someone you could put pressure on through voting. In the far eastern city of qatar offs there have been large demonstrations for the past 2 months prompted by the arrest of a popular local governor while the rallies may have surprised the kremlin nobodys predicting anything other than a nationwide win for the ruling united russia but this election does present a new approach from Vladimir Putins opponents what theyre trying to do is to chip away at the kremlins image of intense ability that the kremlin completely controls elections if through start very soon about he and his team can demonstrate that there is scope for competition that there is scope for opposition success then that might lead to a Snowball Effect and thats something that the kremlin is incredibly worried about. As in the past they have been complaints about irregularities the social media video appears to show officials stuffing ballot boxes in the rostov on don region al jazeera cannot independently verify this footage but once all the results are in they should provide an idea of the main battlegrounds for next years parliamentary elections the dean barba aljazeera. U. S. National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for high winds extreme conditions are threatening to intensify. Across the west coast nearly 100. 00 fires burning across 3 states and the heavy ash and smoke a maki