A precondition for peace talks for the move the faces opposition. Thousands of british travelers cut short the holidays and scramble to get home from france before the quarantine come into effect in just a few hours. And celebrating one of germanys best art house film makers only been venda 75th birthday a new documentary takes the legendary director out from behind the camera and puts him in the limelight. Im phil gal welcome to the program tragic ports to be in the 10s of thousands of taken to the streets of belarus as capital minsk in another display of anger of the Violent Police crackdown against Peaceful Protesters well thors as of now released some of the 7000 People Police detained over the last week and many of them report having been beaten and tortured in custody demonstrators have been joined by factory workers once considered loyal to president a look at. That. Their defiance is growing. Crowds of protesters are on the streets of minsk for its 6th straight day. There chants and banners right side the bellerose in parliament echoing across the city. And the protests arent limited to the capital and other towns and cities of protesters have come out carrying White Flowers one of the symbols of this push for change. In factories like this plant that makes trucks workers walked off the job united with demonstrators in their calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down. Their workers are protesting for the election result to be an old and we want new elections and the resignation of the incumbent illegitimate president. People reject this president. We dont need him it was a moment. He was doing were looking forward to changes we really are the day before yesterday when the internet was switched back on i cried when i saw the brutality is happening in this country i cried because better was stood up its real fascism you see your president lucas shango is grappling with the biggest challenge to his 26 year rule but he warned striking workers that their actions would benefit foreign business interests and ignored their calls for his resignation. Our position is clear during the difficult times of the pandemic we didnt pressure anyone to work were not forcing anyone. If people want to work theres work going to work if a person doesnt want to work we wont drag him kicking and screaming. Or. Speaking from a 3 way near where shes been exiled since choose day opposition leaders fed line and called for peaceful rallies across the country. With large crowds on the streets on friday night its clear the newsmans is growing in strength. Lets go straight to minsk then and join journalist how not youll be a cove whos up on the line welcome ana how has the day paid. Well its been very peaceful i am ive been driving around the city are in the past hours and when people actually left the area of the building all of the parliament where they got is quite spontaneously today the immense crowd. Throughout the day they started coming out of the blue actually it was not an hour before just all the southern workers of the state and surprise decided to come out they went on the strike on the School Strike strike and then they marched to the area of the parliament and many many people joined many people from different areas and so well now people left the area of the parliament but the are still gathering in various neighborhoods all across the city and all these kind of gathering well organized here where i am at the moment like the ra you know trash bags even the memorial people bring flowers and people remember a person who was killed. This week. So its been peaceful so far. Now were seeing reports that police in the town of leader have joined a protest how it sure is the presence of the support of his security forces. Well i think again the different mood among Police Officers well they have their families of course and and they read the news and the hear about Police Brutality. Will rise Police Specially in the forces kind of not tauriel not sure if theyve been associated with all this brutal response this is call them on the special forces but otherwise. Theyre kind of the Party Partners of that. I think have have to have a different repatriation and the kind of the journalists and people here. Its not like we definitely say that these stories called the kind of king. From this riot police from special forces but not the left certainly from from all departments of the police right if you could make sense so i think its kind of divided here and. There we divided i wouldnt talk about but some of the protesters whove been belief today from Police Custody they say that theyve been beaten and tortured what sort of reaction has there been to the stories. The raw different reactions of course and people in the 1st place they came out recently in the past they simply stuck for their lives and they came out to the streets because of this Police Brutality many people cry many women they just dont understand why this is happening and since people have been released in the past they today and yesterday from Detention Centers massively people just now learning here of us have a patent to them and theyre going to so many porus of both people who are treated so badly theyre very badly injured badly beaten many people who are sikhs theyve been of given drugs so they were not taken to hospital theyve been not given food. In the water and so on so its just very appraisers and people react very well theyre very scared but at the same time they have a hash they are shocked. Everybody here in minsk like the rubber band is all around the city stop was hard it is the violence of the presses on the accepted. Cova and meds thank you so much for that thank you. Well lets get more on this from a good friend of ours who is a bellahouston born political scientist at the university of bremen here in germany she specializes in the east in europe and joins us from berlin a welcome to the w mass protests followed by strikes at state owned factories this president look at shankar facing my down moment. Well if you mean that meant that my guy would meet his. Kind of possible immoral yes i would say yes but we should also not you know compare their recent story is protest talking about my down because we see that people are 100 or making 19 and a 100 chris lang next are not equal stamps and ever be useful i mean even up to the least highest level of violence that were used to in the world sergt in observed in the last 3 not its people austen trying to quell or to show race powers with this white collar theyve given want peace they dont want to have you know any can contain this tape and they dont actually theyre not expecting anything but there is an anecdote of the president so there is also know of geopolitics here and there that is the way we used to have it in their candidate and so the russians do not wind the European Union or russia of egypt once they have a better life to have better economic condition and to have and not a president and thats actually what also a workings of the state and implies dissent in minden so they are demanding a Police Special toys a plus years all out of town they are demanding at least of all clay to go prison s. And they also want new Fair Elections and its a story in there a new tendency one of the speakers and. The last protests possibly groups. Are going to get the army in the ninetys im in the right so he said his desire to keep hearing that this is unprecedented forgive me for interrupting time is short there in the wider political context where you said that were very you is talking about sanctions that the u. S. Is talking about sanchez where does russia sit in all this. Well that of course is one of the big question now because it already hug president bush in the way that congratulated so that you can do what if usually results look nice which if you show resolve actually in reality comes against them to about 80 percent. To their you know there are no signs of any kind of possible confrontation right now were now against you know these private military personnel reserves group of mercenaries similar to santa of back to russia and despise them informed the Russian State Television has already begun to. Tell about the strikes and valorous and was not good case couple of days before of course they will also see given situation is changing quite fast that i think its its very important good question doesnt get its feeling that its got to back then langley had a ukraine crisis debt it is kind of as in many. Cases Decision Making overseas and so i think maybe some kind of possible die and up within society we still cannot really really initiated we would have was just a patient of the European Union and also from russia thank you for that. Got through and over from the university of bread. Free in 400 prisoners the release of government help business has been a key taliban demands before answering peace talks with the government in kabul as controversial since the freed prisoners include insurgents convicted of attacks on afghans and for. Their last few minutes behind bars just one more signature from the prison management and theyre free these are the 1st prisoners allowed to leave this prison near kabul they are serious criminals terrorists and murderers and it seems theyve memorized what theyre supposed to say on camera. I am a member of the taliban and was imprisoned because of murder i wish for a long term ceasefire and peace. The president ordered my release. Part of the taliban and was sentenced because of murder and kidnapping i want peace i think god and i wish a peaceful life for all muslims. Some of those released were convicted of being involved in the truck bomb attack on the German Embassy in kabul in 2017 that day over 150 people were killed and more than 400 were wounded. Lost her father during the attack she does not understand why the government is releasing the terrorists responsible for killing her father instead of ensuring they are punished for their crimes. They did it by my message to my fathers murderers is we do not forgive you and to the government i say we will never forget that you were letting these terrorists go the government could have given them the death sentence why arent they doing that. You had to settle down and many are skeptical that these taliban fighters will now turn their backs on violence and campaign for peace in war torn afghanistan. Now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world democratic president ial hopeful joe biden and Vice President ial contender couple hundreds of signed the documents necessary to certify their nominations biden selected paris as his running mate this week shes the 1st black Vice President ial nominee in u. S. History. The United Nations says the death toll from last weeks massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut has risen to nearly 180 some 6000 people were injured the agency says the blast has affected operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city and damage schools used by 50000 students. Last month there was a global condemnation of the trumps ministrations plan to revoke visas for foreign students attending universities that offer only online courses Washington State withdrew the proposal while germany was one of the critics and now berlin faces accusations of hypocrisy after the merge that many foreign students will not now receive visas if their courses are exclusively online. Not long ago around 1000 german students in the United States were threatened with expulsion the reason they universities had switched to online courses because of the quran up endemic germanys Education Minister was outraged but now it has emerged that the German Government is taking similar action in relation to foreign students here as if it is up to the war at all and i think its absurd and strange Education Minister curley checa foreign minister must need to make changes to International Students and scientists should not be facing hurdles because of stupid bureaucracy in this Crisis International exchange and mobility are especially important. It was taught. At the moment germany is only issuing visas to students who can prove theyre required to attend a university the Authorities Say foreign students do not need to enter the country for 9 studies critics of the policy say this is double standard given the response to u. S. Action but the government in berlin points out that none european students already living in germany will not be expelled from the country. It is not the case that students and research. Use who already have a residence permit or a valid visa for germany will be expelled just because their course of study has moved online if they are in the country they may stay. Because of the federal association of foreign students knows the problem well it has received several emails from desperate International Students but its Spokesman Says this problem can be overcome. The whole problem can you. Also want to get found or the Foreign Ministry of. Germany because they dont have any through. Any post they have. To. Come to germany your fee has been negative. And you dont have any problem going to immigration you can go to the embassy and for me to file and you will get to be studying all the seasons not only about attending lectures and seminars getting to know the culture and the people is also part of it but in the time of corona that aspect of foreign studies seems in danger of being forgotten on the right of all possible right thousands of u. K. Residents on holiday in france are rushing home before new quarantine bills come into effect on saturday a britain has put france back on its list of countries subject to a mandatory 14 day quarantine on arrival this follows a jump in new corona virus infections that its one of many restrictions being implemented as europe grapples with a new spike in infections thats being blamed in part on some. Rushing to get back home. With just over 24 hours warning the u. K. Announced the mandatory 14 day quarantine for all those returning from france. That sent u. K. Residents that for french airports ferry ports and train stations with many connections sold out. At the channel crossing in cali long lines of cars queued to get across the border in time for many travelers the new quarantine measure an ounce by Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is puzzling. I would rather hear it in regions of france problem just to hold a private shutdown for the children different regions that have higher numbers. So id rather look at the Bigger Picture but i think there must be better ways to live but i suppose i understand and respect why its important to do it. It seems bizarre that we can go home today. And not be obliged to quarantine for tomorrow is a different. In a similar move germany has now declared the whole of spain with the exception of the Canary Islands a high risk region. Those returning from spain will have to be tested for the virus or go into quarantine the country has seen cases rising for weeks the government has now introduce new measures closing nightclubs and prohibiting smoking in Public Places to try to curb the spread. Of global groups from which i want to make clear is that what we are going through now is not what it was in march or april in terms of pressure on the hospitals the situation is totally different but we cannot allow an increase in cases and so we are taking these measures today. New measures and restrictions are being introduced in many countries across europe as the number of new coronavirus cases continues to climb across the continent the infections havent yet reached the level seen at the height of the pandemic but concerns are growing that the seeds are being planted for a major resurgence. The German Biotech Company cure vacas set to go public on the nasdaq in just a few hours analysts estimate the faxing specialist could raise as much as a quarter of a 1000000000. 00 backers been drawing investor attention because its working on a vaccine against coronavirus it says most of the money will go on Research Last year the company sold 18000000 euros worth of drugs but its also been working on treatments for lung cancer yellow fever and fibrosis. From a Business Correspondent quarter in new york welcome yes how much of a boost is this for kids back. Well i mean clearly who doesnt need 200000000 dollars sent the i. P. O. Has been very successful im standing here in midtown manhattan in front of a nest egg where trading started 2 year on friday and the stock went up by a good 250 percent meaning at the stock price has some more than tripled but its clear the company will need even more money to get the development of a scene going german media reporting the cure about once to partner with other drug manufacturers who are so who are the likely contenders. Well i mean its really wide open everything the company was saying is that yes they will need a partner for distribution and also if the senior successful also to mass produce it by the way if i saw correctly there are also teaming up with tesla when it comes to some of the production side but its very open and its all for speculation which other Big Pharmaceutical Company maybe or investor might help on board in the near future while the search for a cover vacci