This is bbc news. Im Maryam Moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Protests on the streets of belarus for a seventh day, as pressure grows on president lukashenko. On the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii in japan, Emperor Naruhito expresses deep remorse for his countrys past military actions. New quarantine rules in the uk as countries across europe continue to fight the spread of covid 19. The Us Postal Service warns that mail in votes may not arrive in time to be counted after President Trump denies the organisation extra funding. Hello and welcome. Anti government protesters have held demonstrations outside state Television Buildings in belarus, as unrest continues to spread across the country. Tv camera operators are going on strike, demanding the cancellation of the recent disputed elections. The countrys president Alexander Lukashenko says hes agreed with president putin that russia would provide what he called comprehensive assistance in the event of an external military threat. Abdujalil abdurasulov has more. Fear has been replaced by anger. Thousands of people in belarus continue coming out onto the street to voice their protest against president lukashenko. People are gathering at the sideway. Alexander taraikovsky, one of the protesters who died during the violence
here in minsk. They are chanting, we will never forget, we will never forgive. Such kind of scenes were unimaginable in belarus just a week ago. We are sure everything will change. We believe in our victory. That is why we will come in the street every day, every single day. I was calling my parents to tell them to go to the city centre, where the girls are out there with the flowers, because you can raise the freedom for the first time in almost all of your life. Hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral of alexander taraikovsky. People sang the opposition anthem and bode farewell to the man who has turned into a symbol of change in belarus. President lukashenko has never faced such a challenge in his 26 years of being in power. Today, he spoke to russias
president , vladimir putin. Both sides expressed confidence that this situation will soon be resolved. Translation there is a need to contact putin so i can talk to him now. Because it is notjust a threat to belarus any more. There are a lot of clever russians there. They started to chant against belarus. I would like to say that defending belarus today is nothing less than defending our entire space. The union state of belarus and russia. An example for others. If belarusians cannot stand, the wave will flow there. Observers say that russias support will be key for Mr Lukashenko to hold onto power. But this crowd may be a sign that he has reached the point of no return. Witold dobrowolski is a polish photojournalist who has been covering both the elections and protests in belarus. He was arrested the day after the election and kept in custody for three days. Really, i was kidnapped in belarus in the centre of the capital city. By the militia. I was beaten, i was beaten many times and then they sent us to a place where there was torture for the next 15 hours. At least 300 people were detained there, beating, torture, was all the things that were accompanying us. So it was like horrible, horrible thing that nobody expected really, even belarusians that believe in this regime, they did not expect such a thing. The japanese emperor, naruhito, has expressed deep remorse for his countrys past military actions, on the 75th anniversary of japans surrender at the end of the Second World War. The war was brought to an end shortly after the us dropped Nuclear Bombs over the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. Naruhito is the grandson of emperor hirohito, in whose name imperial troops fought the war. Translation looking back on the long period of post war peace, reflecting on our past and bearing in mind the feelings of deep remorse, i hope the ravages of war will never be repeated. To those who lost their lives, both on the battlefield and elsewhere, i pay my heartfelt tribute and pray for world peace and for the continuing development of our country. Fifty thousand british and commonwealth troops died in the war againstjapan, half in prison camps. Some of their relatives joined surviving veterans at Britains National memorial arboretum for a ceremony to remember them. Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell has the full story. In the open spaces of the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire, a carefully choreographed commemoration, attended by a0 veterans who served in the 14th, sometimes forgotten, army. Many thousands lost their lives in the jungles of Southeast Asia and injapanese prisoner of warcamps. They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Last post plays. After the sounding of the last post by a royal marine bugler, a two minute silence was led by the prince of wales. And in remembrance of lives lost from so many nations, from british, pre partition indian, and other allied armies, wreaths were placed at memorials here and in many of the nations which were involved in the conflict. Today, in this hallowed place, and in the presence of all those gathered here, or in their homes, wherever they may be, let us affirm
that they and the surviving veterans are not forgotten. Rather, you are respected, thanked, and cherished, with all our hearts, and for all time. In a tribute recorded on Horse Guards Parade and broadcast by the bbc tonight, images of veterans, including the duke of edinburgh. He was aboard a warship in tokyo bay when the Second World War ended. His grandson spoke of the need to cherish peace. We must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated. We owe that to our veterans, to their families and to the generations who will come after us. 75 years on, thanks were given for the moment a world war ended. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. The Us Postal Service has warned that millions of mail in votes may not arrive in time to be counted on the president ial election day on three november. It says that certain deadlines are incongruous with their delivery standards. After the usps sent out the warning in letters to states across the country, protesters marched on the home of postmaster general, demonstrating against what they see as voter suppression. President trump opposes additional funding for the usps and also he claims postal voting can lead to fraud. Amy gardner, National Political reporter at the washington post, explained the issues surrounding postal voting in the us. Mail balloting is common in many states in the united states. It is much less common in many other states. And when the pandemic settled
in to all of us around the world, and we had this incredibly momentous selection that we were facing in the united states, state Election Officials and local Election Officials across the country started to plan for the reality that many voters would not feel comfortable voting in person. And so many states, virtually every state, has taken steps to make mail balloting easier. To make it allowable in the states where it wasnt. Some states require you to have a reason to vote absentee, like out of town or overseas or ill. Many states have changed those rules. So currently, the vast majority of americans say they are planning to vote by mail. Over 50 . At the same time, President Trump has been criticising mail balloting. He has said that he thinks that it leads to fraud, that foreign actors could come in and steal ballots and mail them in, duplicate them. There is no evidence for this. There has not been any documentation of the kind of widespread fraud in mail balloting in the united states
that he describes. He has also said that mail balloting will harm republican chances at the polls. So he is admitting that there is a political motive for him to oppose mail balloting. And then when we had this sort of Funding Crisis of the Postal Service that erupted this week, on the news and in the headlines, he actually stated that he was going to oppose the funding that congressional leaders are requesting, democrats on the capitol hill, because he does not want mail balloting to be expended in the united states. Thousands of british holiday makers have arrived back in the uk, after a last minute dash to avoid new quarantine rules. Travellers from france, the netherlands and four other countries, would have been subject to 14 days self isolation, after concerns over rising coronavirus cases abroad. Andy moore has the details. There were long queues at calais early this morning
as people scrambled to get back to the uk ahead of the 4am deadline. At passport control, to get this far, they told us we should be fine to get back to the uk for the 4am deadline. On one of the last ferries out of france from dieppe, some exhausted travellers. And im told the ferry people know we need to get to the uk before four oclock, so we will see you later. The ship docked in new haven just before the deadline. 3 58am in the uk. They laugh. Fantastic one group of edinburgh based musicians who had been performing in normandy. Classical music plays. Hired their own fishing boat to get back in time. After an eight hour crossing, they landed at Hayling Island in hampshire ten minutes before the deadline. The airports were also busy
with flights to the uk. The queue just keeps going and going and going. This was nice, last night. Weve just boarded the plane, its about ten oclock and we had a really long, hard day. So many people in the airport, but were finally on a flight. At Gatwick Airport this morning, some of the first passengers arriving back from france, who will have to go into quarantine. We were five hours too late. For the quarantine. So now we all have to quarantine. My husbands losing money for two weeks. Its ridiculous. The passengers arriving here from france are going into a very strict form of self isolation for two weeks. They wont be able to go out for exercise, they wont be able to walk the dog and any shopping will have to be brought to them. And the penalty for breaching those rules starts at £1,000. Andy moore, bbc news, Gatwick Airport. The republic of ireland has
reported its highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, since may. There have been 200 new cases of covid i9 across the country, with the acting chief medical officer, describing the rise as deeply concerning. In south africa, the government has announced a widespread relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures. President Cyril Ramaphosa said infections in the country appear to have peaked and nearly all restrictions would be eased from monday. A controversial ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco will also be lifted. South africa has officially recorded more than half of africas covid i9 infections, with more than 570,000 cases and 11,500 deaths to date. This is bbc news. The headlines thousands of people have taken to the streets of the belarusian capital, minsk, to mark the death of a man on monday, at a protest against president lukashenkos contested re election. Japans Emperor Naruhito has expressed deep remorse for his countrys past military
actions, on the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii injapan. The covid 19 pandemic has caused disruption to schooling across the world with many countries delaying or cancelling end of year exams. In england the exam regulator has set out a new appeals process following controversy over this Years High School exam result, which were calculated based on predicted grades, among otherfactors. Almost 40 of teacher predictions were downgraded, and many students are expected to appeal against their final results. Heres our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. Trust our teachers protests by students who feel failed by the system. Maddie was hoping to study law at Oxford University but has missed out on her place. She wants the government to follow scotlands example and upgrade results in line with teachers predictions. We want a u turn, like scotland has done. Theyve admitted they were wrong and that they were sorry and thats what we need as well. We organise this protest today because its simply not fair. Students across the country have been let down by the system. There is no idea what is going on about the appeal process and that is my future hanging in the balance. Quual, the exam regulator, has set out guidance for those appealing based on their mock exams. It will also consider non exam assessment marks. The rules state that mocks must have been supervised and taken under timed conditions. They must be based on the relevant exam board assessment material and must have been completed by the 20th of march. However, if the grade submitted by school or college is lower than the mock grade, the grade will not change. You now see in the small print that if your mock result is higher than your assessed grades that your teacher has assessed, it wont be your mock
grade that applies, it will be your teacher assessment. So i think the situation is becoming utterly shambolic now. Its expected that there will be a high number of appeals, after almost 40 of a level grades were moderated down. Worcester College Oxford has said it saw deeply worrying trends in the results and is promising to accept students already offered a place, regardless of grades. We made 83 of our offers to state school candidates, which was great for us. And then we saw nearly a quarter of those candidates be downgraded, such that they missed their offers. And that was in comparison with only a tenth of our private school offer holders. The government says the exam regulator has decided that not all mock results can be appealed in the hope of a grade increasing. Further anxiety for these students now hanging their hopes on an appeal. Elaine dunkley, bbc news, in liverpool. And one other development on that story in that last hour the exams regulator
for england has dramatically suspended its criteria for students hoping to challenge their a level grades on the basis of their results in mock exams. In a brief statement, quual said the policy was being reviewed by its board and that further information would be released in due course. Around the world, Many Industries have been impacted by coronavirus, not least the clothing industry in bangladesh where thousands of garment workers have lost theirjobs. One such worker is 18 year old sonia. She lost herjob because of the coronavirus pandemic and now she struggles to pay for food and rent. The bbc spoke to sonia. This is her story. This is sonia. She is 18 years old. She is just one of millions of factory workers that have been affected by the collapse of the globalfashion and clothing industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Translation i am in a lot of difficulties after i lost myjob. I dont have money to pay for my rent and food. My husband is the only breadwinner. We cannot run ourfamily with his sole income. I am in great difficulty. Bangladesh is the worlds second largest exporter of clothes. The industry there employs more than 4 million workers and most of them are women. At the start of the pandemic, many brands cancelled their existing orders. Leaving people like sonia unpaid for work they had already done. Clothing sales also plummeted meaning that right now brands are trying to get rid of existing stock rather than place new orders. Translation at the moment, i have no money. I am still waiting for my wages to be paid. I have borrowed money from others to do my food shopping. I am going through a really tough time now that i am without a job. What is happening in bangladesh has not gone unnoticed. Especially online. Remake, an advocacy
organisation, started the campaign to push for orders by Global Brands to be paid in full. This did notjust happen in bangladesh but also in ethiopia, cambodia, pakistan, india and beyond. We launched a pay up campaign to demand that brands honour their contracts, that they are taking orders that have been produced for them without asking for delays, changes in Payment Terms or discounts. And the campaign wans to protect workers Going Forward too. As we look towards the wall come orders continue as we look towards the fall, orders continue to contract and looking over close to what orders demand was a year ago. I have been asking some of the brands being caught on social media what actions they are taking. Some of them did not reply to the request. However, gap has said. Prime mark also
responded saying. Whether big brands decide to pay up or not, it is clear that garment workers are facing a really tough time ahead. And even though the Bangladeshi Government announced a 588 million fund to help workers, there are questions over whether this is enough. For people just like sonia, it seems thatjob security is what they want the most. Translation if i get a good job, i can run my family well. I can have a happy family life. A restaurant in Central China has apologised for its overzealous response to a National Campaign against food waste. The eating establisment in the city of changsha encouraged diners to weigh themselves on large scales at the entrance and then order food recommended to them based on that figure. The policy caused uproar on social media forcing the restaurant to say sorry. President xi unveiled a National Campaign calling on citizens to eat thriftily saying chinas levels of food wastage were shocking. Now time for a look at Saturdays International sports news. Hello there. The latest from the bbc sport centre. There has been plenty of drama in the last Champions League quarterfinal after lyon pulled off a shock 3 1win over manchester city. The league un side took the lead through Maxwel Cornet in the 24th minute. Kevin de bruyne equalised after the break but lyon were back in front after dembele restored their lead. Raheem sterling missed a sitter late on in the game before dembele scored just minutes later. Lyon will face german champions Bayern Munich in the last four. Its becoming an increasingly familiar sight in formula one. Mercedes dominating across the race weekend, and its happened again in qualifying for the spanish grand prix. Six time World ChampionLewis Hamilton just edging out team mate valtteri bottas, to lock out the front of the grid. Our f1 reporterjennie gow brings us up to date. She it was always going to be a good chance mercedes would be in pole position. They did it once again. Bearing in mind they have done it the previous seven yea rs. They have done it the previous seven years. One or other of their cars being in pole position that is done. Not a lot to do about that but our hope is max. He will start in third place. Much like last time at silverstein they will hope that he will get a much the fight and maybe even win the fight and maybe even win the race and for the championship that is what really needs to happen. He is the one patient at the moment 30 points behind Lewis Hamilton. Can you believe it . His 92nd pole position. It is quite formidable to form he
finds himself in at the moment. In the racing points will make ita in the racing points will make it a decent battle behind those top three drivers really aiming top three drivers really aiming to get in the mix and try and really just emphasised to get in the mix and try and reallyjust emphasised that they have got last years mercedes and they can do something decent with that. Worth bearing in mind they are barcelona and this is not the usual time they raced there. Normally we race in april. This is around 60 World Championship and it takes place in a very hot august temperature, reaching around 33 degrees so it will be a challenge for the drivers and it will be hard work and they will be likely to stop a couple of times and that adds to the drama and to the strategy so you never know. Maybe we will get another upset around these circuits and barcelona. Indias most successful cricket captain, m. S. Dhoni has retired from the international game. Dhoni has captained india to all three icc trophies, the world cup, the t20 world cup and the champions trophy and also took india to the top of the icc test rankings. His retirement brings to an end
a 16 Year International career. Bad weather meant day three of the second test between england and pakistan was wiped out at the ageas bowl in the south of england. Bad light, rain and a wet outfield prevented pakistan resuming on their overnight 223 for nine, but there was a frustrating period in the afternoon when conditions seemed to improve. After three pitch inspections play was abandoned at quarter past five local time. England lead 1 0 in the three test series. The belgian rider remco ayvenerpool has crashed and fallen several metres off a bridge during the tour of lombardy one day race. He was taken to hospital a neck brace and his team have released a statement saying he has a fractured pelvis and a bruised right lung. The 23 year old is one of the most promising prospects in road cycling, having already won the tour of poland this year. The race was won by yakob fulsang of the astana team, the first danish rider to win
the one day classic. Thats all the sport for now. Goodbye. Hello there. We still have a lot of humid air across the uk, the same air mass that brought us the hot and sunny weather. The big difference now is that the extensive low cloud. Because of the humidity, still mist and fog and also bits of drizzle dotted around. You see a pretty extensive cloud but that is continuing to work its way northwestward and we also saw saturday some heavy thunderstorms, worked into parts of essex and in writtle brought a0 mm of rain in the space ofjust an hour and through the 2a hours we have 57 mm and that is over a month, so the majority of that brought flooding around the writtle area, including around
the chelmsford area. Looking at the weather picture, we see that excessive cloud and it is marching its way northward. Murky around the coast and hills with fog and quite an extensive drizzle and occasional heavier rain mixed in. A humid, warm feel to the air. Temperatures starting off sunday morning around 18 degrees in the south. Sunday, a cloudy start for many of us and heavy downpours on the way. I think we will see the skies brighten up but the best of any sunshine will be across northwest scotland. Through the day, we will quickly see thunderstorms working in the southwest england but another batch of storms is likely to affect southeast england, east anglia and the midlands and maybe wales. Thunderstorms capable of bringing torrential downpour so i think we could see some further localised flooding particularly sunday afternoon. For monday, we see an area low pressure drifting northwards so again we are looking at heavy thundery downpours at times and notice the rain is turning to move northwards and after a dry few days
across parts of northern england, Northern Ireland and scotland, it will be a greater chance of seeing some rain working in here and it will continue to feel humid but again those downpours will be very heavy so there is an ongoing threat of localised flooding. We have humid air with us at the moment, but it looks like by thursday we will start to get coolerfresher air following an across the uk behind that cold front. But it will stay pretty cloudy in the week ahead and there will be further bursts of rain at times, it is only really later in the week that it starts to turn a bit brighter and a little bit fresher as well. That is your latest weather. Goodbye for now. This is bbc news. The headlines Anti Government protesters have held demonstrations outside state Television Buildings in belarus as unrest continues to spread across the country. The countrys president Alexander Lukashenko says hes agreed with president putin that russia would provide what he called comprehensive assistance in the event of an external military threat. Japans emperor has expressed deep remorse for his countrys past military actions on the 75th anniversary of japans surrender at the end of the Second World War. The war was brought to an end shortly after the us dropped Nuclear Bombs over the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. Thousands of british holiday makers have arrived back in the uk after a last minute dash to avoid new quarantine rules introduced on saturday. Travellers from france, the netherlands and four other countries would have been subject to 1a days
self isolation after concerns over rising