Short of providing. An infection spiking in many european nations governments across the continent are really imposing safety restrictions. One minute past 10 pm in athens in jerusalem and here in moscow this choose the august welcome to our to international my names you know me. Thousands of people are now amassing in central minsk on day 10 of protests against the ballot russian president opponents accuse Alexander Lukashenko of rigging the recent election and theyre calling on him to resign right now there is a very limited security presence on the rally appears to be largely peaceful the initial demonstrations were marred by a heavy 100 Police Response to russian interior minister said its some responsibility for the way the crisis on folded the russian factory factories have been brought to a standstill by ongoing strike action the crowds in the streets they are vowing to keep up the pressure until demands are met this was the scene in minsk on monday evening. I was i was i. I was i was several kuntar protests are now being held across bella reuss the largest is in the eastern city of mughal e all of far as you can see people are waving the red and Green National flag adopted in 1905 the year after Alexander Lukashenko came to power in contrast to the red and white fly used by opponents of the president people have been speaking out in support of mr lucas shinku one saying the only risk needs to still. The situation in our country is very serious so we have come out here to show our support for the president we are against unrest in a country. House there should be new rights we should find compromise says we do not condemn the support for the position so why should they condemn the us and want to say one thing i stand here preval or is our president for our prosperous and beautiful country will never give up to anyone. Well earlier in the day the leaders of france and germany contacted president putin to discuss the crisis in belarus heres our teaser among cultural. Rallies in support of whats happening in belarus have been happening in front solve the countrys embassy in the russian capital for 10 days straight weve seen different turnouts here with the largest probably the past we can probably see the protesters so will supporters of behind me carrying flowers and Holding White ribbon meanwhile protests continue in belarus as well where on cheese that weve seen both pro and anti look at schenkel rallies all over the country present look at shanghai held a meeting with the countrys Security Council where he criticized like he said oppositions plans to damage their relationship with russia and its nato and e. U. Aspirations however the Opposition Holding those statements issued their own saying that their falls have nothing to do with the reality and it sounds at manuka lation and they also said that they plan to on or all of the existing agreements with russia and other partner countries as well as here with the shanghai had to say it is statements have been made very some western countries who dont even know where the roof is and have no idea what is happening here but nevertheless they make these statements we have reacted to this and deployed combat o. Me units on our western borders and have brought them to full combat readiness meanwhile top european political figures continue seeking the kremlins stance in the issue in a bill or rousseau European Council president Charles Michel said that he spoke to blood may putin on tuesday and said that the e. U. Began working on personal sanctions against all those responsible for Human Rights Violations against Peaceful Protesters michelle added that there should be. No outside interference in this matter now in 2 separate cell phone calls and shes day and they shaded by bernie and paris let him is installed to his counterparts Angela Merkel and emanuel necron and he said that any at south by outside forces to intervene in the internal political crisis in bella roosts is counterproductive and he stressed that placing external pressure on the officials in the bill of rights is unacceptable now a german chancellor Angela Merkel also outlined germanys position after the phone call with a lot of my position lets have a listen to issue and help today as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that prisoners must be released and that there must be a National Dialogue to settle things peacefully in belarus he will continue to discuss this to more all these talks with the russian leader are taking place as head of the European Union summit on bella ruse the a. G. U. Leaders up planning to meet Via Video Conference on a wednesday and meanwhile no matter the resolution its clear that the European Union one says is in no rush as in the internal situation in belarus well weve been getting reaction to the situation there including from Eastern Europe specialist benares who believes the belarus crisis is a major concern for both russia and the e. U. A few days ago look assange go. To the kremlin and said he was going to us because in that supports the suggestion was the same as reaching out d to the russians or d you know significant force riot Police Troops in order to quell the protests by brute force and its raised the question will russia invades. With has been a lot of speculation now if you choose the people to flee to the city. Gratian firstly that idea has been pretty written off putin is unlikely to do that and the veteran population has actually warm image of russia and see them as friends and they fought so hard to oust look the shanker that it person came in and crushed the. Demonstrations by force and kept the present go in office by force then the entire population with then suddenly turned against russia and putin and then youd end up with another ukraine situation which the kremlin doesnt want so because of these. Macro and merkel d reaching out the e. U. Has been very aggressive they said theyve warned russia that there should be no overt or covert interference in the domestic policies under the threat of facing new renewed extremely quote unquote heavy sanctions if its seen to do that but i think its going to come back with exactly the same argument in fact and he did say explicitly to merkel this morning in that telephone that there should be no west in in the domestic politics of. More of the e. U. All this talk of values and said ideals will not actually do much to help but in the short term even if there were she did ask for help that programs the role that matter a few 1000000000. 00 a year they come with a lot of strings and theyre implemented very slowly the natural ally that a russian in order to help in this time of need and struggling economy hope it crisis everything on top of each other is russia which will come in rapidly help with bailout money with investments lots of russian businessmen would love to expand their businesses there and would do so very quickly and have some World Class Companies as well. Orus meanwhile the German Government hers confirm that its been in talks with the leader of the bella russian opposition to call up sky fled to lithuania soon after the election arties done you hawkins takes a closer look at those main challenger. But the roof is at boiling point its streets and squares remain packed with thousands of voices of discontent its people determined to be heard they feel the president just isnt listening they dont mind a new leader a symbol to unite them at a time of crisis for the law to cut off has become this symbol yet im not a politician my husband surrogate economically wanted to become the president of valorous hes now in prison for that almost unknown at the end of maine the humble english teacher and interpreter to lead a quiet life until her husband the set again took off ski a popular blogger and president ial candidate was disqualified from the president ial race and thrown in jail in an act of protest she took up the opposition husbands name and announced she would stand she said herself that she didnt want power at one point telling supporters shes more comfortable frying cutlets in her role as stay at home mom youre just as good as i want to become president in order to restore justice in this country my Campaign Program one be familiar to everyone the main point is new honest and fair election. Took an oscar was just a woman with a grudge like many you couldnt predict the crowds would turn her into a symbol misconceived the bridge our constitution is not for women our society is not mature enough to rule for a woman but as things got heated it seemed but i was ready perhaps not specifically for to cut off but for change yet despite condemning the results as false protests gaining traction she fled the country putting. Family 1st. I have probably remained the soft woman though i originally was i know that many will understand me many will condemn me and many will hate me but know this god forbid that you faced a choice that i had to face the children are the most important thing that we have in life for some in the west she really is one step away from the presidency with the German Government already confirming its held talks with the exiled opposition figure in our shoes no longer the english teacher mother all week one she described herself days later she claims shes ready to step up to the plate as head of a transitional government. I am prepared to act as a national leader. Others could have been in her shoes but as opposition figures fell out of the picture taken off her was left as the last woman standing the accidental candidate with her latest announcement shes upped the ante time will tell whether she can meet the expectations of those that want her to lead that change. Governments across europe are bracing for a 2nd covert 19 wave again rolling a popular restrictions but the public is growing increasingly fed up paper over reports. As europe tries to tiptoe back to normality a 2nd wave of covert 19 seems set to derail those hopes here in germany daily infections cost a 3 month peak last week the Health Minister in the country says this is partly due to soma in general people coming back from holidays people attending parties and other celebrations now it in spite of it and its very difficult to make people stick to the rules after theyve had 2 or 3 beers at a party such events make it especially easy for the virus to spread so maybe we should stick to smaller family gatherings for a while longer germany has labelled most destinations in spain including extremely popular destination of york as high risk it another blow to the already stricken spanish Tourism Industry but i think i mean i think the measures theyre taking are a bit drastic we thought we had good prospects for september but now with travel companies sending people home its getting very difficult its good to be cautious but the situation here looks fine to me and now with no customers i dont know how long we can hold on to them on a plane has taken tough measures against crowded 19 social distance in masks as you can see we dont have outbreaks but the virus is everywhere you never know where you will be safe and where you can catch it let people travel because were here we depend on tourism and if we dont have to or its will sink neighboring france has also been breaking records for all the wrong reasons marking a post lockdown high of over 3000 cases seen metropolises like paris and mall say expand outdoor areas with face coverings a mandatory while work spaces are also set to become mosque only zones so. It is a good idea but it wont be easy to make people respect the rules especially at work because they will have to spend the whole day there with a mosque on vision. I wear a mask it work every day and i think its normal so for me nothing will change you know more person is a surge of cases in france and all the other countries so i know its necessary to wear a mask i wear one every day at work a spike in cases among young people has seen the Italian Government step in to shut down discos and night clubs theyll also be a reintroduction on rules insisting that face coverings be worn in outdoor public spaces at night its a pity that we did not see this government response before in my opinion everything should have been closed sooner the i sympathize with those who own nightclubs its not easy finding the balance between the interests of entrepreneurs and Public Health what will prevent going to be honest i dont think the club should have been reopened it all should have remained closed because the clubs are not essential and closing them prevented new cases both the number of cases in year up rises so does anger over code that prevention measures was was. I was. Right. No one wants to see a return to full lock down and that places those in power in the on enviable position of having to try balance freedom with fighting cope with it as we try to work out which restrictions we want to be imposed and where the virus is determined to reimpose itself across the whole of europe these are all over our bill in. The u. S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released the final part of a reports on alleged russian meddling in the 26000. 00 election the document accuses love him or putin of organise treating the Democratic Party serve as a claim the russian government has repeatedly this mist killam up and takes us through what was on failed. Well this is the 5th and final report it is over 1000. 00 pages and it takes us some quite interesting places to the Ritz Carlton Hotel the Miss Universe pageant but the culmination of the report the ultimate final conclusion the long awaited conclusion of the report says that apparently the d n c hack hacking of the Democratic National committee server was personally ordered by russian president Vladimir Putin take it was. The Committee Found the russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the brush an effort to hack competes networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Hillary Clinton and i campaign for president now do they offer any evidence for this shocking conclusion no they simply say that they have a high confidence that this is the case and terms like high confidence seem to be all through the report the word likely is used 139 times in the report phrase that the phrase almost certain is in 23 places in the report weve also got seems seems used 39 times however despite this high confidence and almost certainty and these terms that dont seem to indicate they actually know what theyre talking about they do blame russias Security Services for the acting of the Democratic National committee server take a listen. Beginning of march 26th seen offices of the russian Main Intelligence Directorate the g o u successfully hacked competes networks belonging to the Democratic National committee and the Democratic CongressionalCampaign Committee and the email accounts of Clinton Campaign officials and employees including Campaign Chairman john podesta now the report claims that russian Security Services in gauged in spirit fishing and this got them access to the Democratic National committee server however the only source for this is testimony from the tech firm known as crowd strike now crowd strike was actually hired by d n c lawyers and now we also have the testimony of ex f. B. I. Official shawn henry who has testified that crowd strike never had any evidence to back up their claims now of course not surprisingly wiki leaks gets thrown into the report as well. We can leaks actively sought and played a key role in the Russian Campaign and knew it was assisting russian intelligence influence efforts the Committee Found significant indications that Julian Assange and wiki leaks have benefited from the russian government now julian assigns has long denied the claims that he is somehow a russian operative but regardless we now have this 1000 page report the final installment we hear from the senate Intelligence Committee so a lot of americans and people around the world have to be wondering is this the last were going to hear about this russia gate stuff is this finally over is this the ultimate conclusion of this story or will they find a way to keep it going. Lets stay in new york and cross the line to investor underwriter charles or tell charles good to see you again the report is you know its a 1000 pages long it was 3 years in the making but the key findings while the all time very familiar in this Election Year do you think voters are going to pay any attention to this given i suppose Everything Else