Wilderness. And the cultural wus of beirut support explosion dozens of Historic Buildings damage will be lost forever. Al of the protest against last weeks disputed election in belarus showed no sign of ending with people marching through the streets of the capital minsk yet again they say president Alexander Lukashenko rigged the pole to cling on to power he came face to face with protesters when workers at a state run track to factory heckled him with chants of go away he told them there would be no new elections unless he was killed his opponent svetlana to cannot skier has reached a video from exxon in neighboring lithuania say shes ready to step up as the countrys temporary leader all the while International Pressure is mounting the e. U. Says it stands with the protesters calling for those behind abuses of demonstrators to be held to account momentum droom reports. In the capital of bella ruse extraordinary displays of defiance by state Company Employees it was me visiting tracto
A power sharing deal was signed. And the tough life lessons found is in tajikistan send their children back to school knowing they may return with coronavirus. A big moment in the race to the white house says the Democratic Party holds its National Convention to formally name joe biden as its president ial candidate coronavirus pandemic of course still raging so this years event is being held virtually we will have the vermont senator Bernie Sanders speaking a little later and also former 1st Lady Michelle obama headlining the 1st night speeches weve already heard a small part of that speech i know joe he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. He was a terrific Vice President he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he doing this since he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone whos lived a life that the rest of us can recognize more now with alan fischer hi
Or destroyed as well and smith visited one to find out how an International Effort is trying to get children learning again giving the clean up operation still in place im actually one of 121 schools in beirut that was severely damaged by the blast as you see every window is blown out beyond the school as is the poor where the shock wave came out from. Its been over the last couple of weeks we are walking on what is still shouted last on the floor im joined now by whos unicefs regional director on his 1st visit here since the blast ted what we all your 1st impressions. Look in terms of the scale i lived here during the civil war im half lebanese and the downtown area is a story but this is just incredible you know you look up from the port you see buildings destroyed each one of those apartments is a family with children thats been severely affected this is one of 121. 00 schools not just the glass the structural damage luckily there were no stolen in the school when the blast occurred
Time to withhold our votes in protest or play games with candidates who have no chance of winning we have got to vote like we did in 20082012 weve got to show up with the same level of passion and hope for joe biden weve got to vote early in person if we can weve got to request our mail in ballots right now tonight and send them back immediately and follow up to make sure theyre received and then make sure our friends and families do the same we have got to grab our comfortable shoes put on our masks pack a brown bag dinner and maybe breakfast too because weve got to be willing to stand in line all night if we have to look we have already sacrificed so much this year so many of you are already going the extra mile. Even when youre exhausted youre mustering up on imaginable courage to put on those scrubs and give our loved ones a fighting chance even when youre anxious youre delivering those packages stocking those shelves and doing all that essential work so that all of us can keep mov
Faster a year on since a power sharing deal was signed. Reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic japans economy itself is the worst contraction on record. All the better russian president has told striking workers there will not be new elections in the country until opponents kill him but Alexander Lukashenko has suggested he may be willing to redistribute power after a week of mass protests over the election he said changes to the constitution could be made but he wouldnt do it under pressure now that speech came hours after Opposition Leaders for granted to kind of sky said she was ready to help lead the country during a transitional period she sent a video message from exile in neighboring a few ania of protesters across the country have made it clear that they want out and thousands of whack. Is it stage in factories and now the state broadcaster have joined a National Strike but our correspondent stepped basons is in the capital minsk step i know we keep using the word