Of people. The top story this half a russian opposition politicians to come up skier has left the country shes now in a few wanita it follows a 2nd nights of violent clashes over disputed Election Results demonstrators have been rallying in the capital minsk since the countrys Election Commission reported that the long time president Alexander Lukashenko had won sundays election by a landslide the police in both the roof say a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands the outcomes being rejected by his main rival she describes whats going on as a sham step vasant joins us live from minsk step this is such a complex political story now just unpack it for us where are we now. Yes it is very complex and very difficult to report on because the internet has been blocked for 3 days already its quite a miracle you can actually see me right now a very dramatic statement has come from a subplot at the kind of sky just an hour ago in which she explains that she made a very difficult decision and she was very emotional saying that people will hate her for this will condemn her for this so she left the country she said it was her own decision she wanted to be with her children her children were already taken out of the country because of fear of arrest or any firelands affecting them before. Sions happens so she now has joined them in the list away now its very unclear what the position not its off her candidacy she sounded fairly dramatic in the way that you could even read that she still be pulling out of the race but not going to confirm any of that at least she now has left the country there was also confusion if she was taken by the authorities yesterday she filed a complaint against the Election Results calling it a sham and unfair as the Election Commission she spent hours inside until the point that people very worried about her safety so when she came out she left and she was she and the stuff in this way in the asphalt is still a lot of question in the meantime yes there have been serious lashes all over about a roof in the last night as well the 2nd night in a row. Hundreds and thousands of people at what we hear acknowledge theyre all being taken to a Detention Center 60 kilometers from this 50 theyre facing the power of the criminal charges that are in serious charges as well this is all part of a serious crackdown on the fresh angle the president. Has declared that he won more than 80 percent of the force and. They would say a winning candidate those people who are demonstrating and protesting what happens to the movement if they dont have a candidate in the country to rally around. Its a good question but to be honest its so widespread so back and so emotional that i dont think its going to block even with her fleeing the country what ive been witnessing here in the last couple of days is a very front page news out birthing across the population of anger and frustration that these elections have been ripped again and that therefore it and their approach has not been heard from people who have all walks of life older people young people children theyre all have taken to the 3 what we see is like thousands of people on the streets coming from all crying and before and of course not even organized for this so gonna be very difficult to talk to the military nazri that well after the riot police there have been shooting brought abortive explosives all kinds of things but people think to be. Ok well leave it there are many things that boston correspondent there reporting live from minsk. The head of the u. N. Suit agency says hes worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasleys in beirut assessing the impact of last weeks catastrophic port blast you spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanons grain came through the devastation for the area the World Food Program says its sending 50000. 00 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize lebanon supply beasley says some of the route for could be reopened quickly to restart imports christensen is in new york explaining now what else was discussed during that meeting. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terus called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coven pandemic and now this explosion and while he was calling on Member States to continue their support for lebanon he also sounded the theme of the need for a credible investigation and the need for government reforms that kind of underlie was underlying everything that he and really most of the speakers were saying so far the International Community has pledged 300000000. 00 to support lebannon but humanitarian chief mark lowcock says that billions will be needed to fully bring lebanon back from the brink and there is concern that money given by the International Community would not go directly to the people but would end up propping up this government which has had so many problems in the words of secretary general good terrace he said the anger on the streets is palpable and it has to be heard so that was really the message coming out of the briefing today it was echoed by other u. N. Officials David Beasley of the World Food Program he also said that without International Support lebanons food situation he would run out of food in 2 and a half weeks so the u. N. Is dealing with those immediate needs food and medical in particular 3 hospitals were destroyed in that blaze so that is a big issue right now for lebanon as well but long term we heard time and again about this need for reform coming not only from u. N. Officials but Member States who spoke as well like jordan in egypt and other neighbors in the region who are very concerned about lebanons ability to come back from this Lebanons Parliament has to decide on a new Prime Minister after the news on monday broke that house and stuff. His announcement came amid continuing public anger the blast killed more than 200 people injured son thousands more and left hundreds of thousands homeless been smith joins us live now from beirut so bernard just show us where you are whats it like there. Peter this area its called mommy hisle its a district of beirut famous was famous for its nice life and its bars as well as of the general shops this was that this was a petrol station collapsed by the shock wave this is a scene really repeated 3 within a within a 3 kilometer radius of beiruts ports which is just a few 100 meters the other side of the building from the partial station is its a lot more cleaned up actually in the last few days than it was only 1st arrived here but you can still see how dangerous the condition is of many of the buildings along here although i still think you can still see a few People Volunteer cleaning t. V. s Walking Around brushing up helping out the shop owners and bar owners clear out the shops of glasnost what weve seen this morning and again you see it seem just now going into that building that also volunteer team theyre all doing what theyve been doing every day since last wednesday really cleaning up because the state isnt doing it and there is really no effective state assistance here its all of them. And the political dynamic going on in the background i mean politics in that country now completely and utterly in a state of flux. Yeah really and anyone you speak to here again ive been doing this this morning asking people what they think of the resignation of the Prime Minister and the cabinet people are very dismissive of it done dont think its really going to bring them any change has been his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker role anyway until a new cabinet is chosen by parliament and a new Prime Minister and not could take days or weeks of a could be a long political vacuum here what the International Community wants report releases of billions of dollars in aid if they want to see some sort of National Unity cabinets and a unifying Prime Minister now previous the opposition is that hes not prepared to work with what is currently and has a ball on its allies down dominated cabinet its been isolated internationally because of the days i mean the National Community doesnt want to release any money until it is more representative if thats possible cabinets all lebanons harlem and so theres a lot of horse trading going on behind the scenes despite the magnitude of last tuesdays explosion if it hasnt seemed to have been enough to really push the political elite here to put themselves aside and put the country 1st which is what the people on the streets have been asking for suggests to be clear bernie what were saying here is that existing members of the old cabinets vote for themselves so what theyre just moving the chairs around i mean this idea of it being consensual if theyve gone through that isnt that a little bit tone deaf when it comes to what the people of lebannon are demanding. It is that its the its the palm and actually which will ultimately approve a new cabinet so you may get new faces but theyll be doing the same old thing one of the names suggested as potential Prime Minister saad hariri well he only left in the developing january and he was forced out because of the collapse of the Banking System and the collapse of the economy and the lebanese pound losing 80 percent of its value career he went and in came. The now caretaker Prime Minister hariri could come back its in with the old and outs with the new effectively so enormous skepticism on the streets that whatever is changed in the cabinet will really mean a change because the cabinet and the parliament is controlled by this political elite that as run the country as a thief divvying up profit making parts of the economy between themselves since the end of the civil war they are the ones ive got to that have got to be persuaded to give up power and the feeling here is that only the International Community can do that because they mean the International Community going outside problems that lebanon desperately needs and it indicated that it on your back wrong that its not going to get those up until there is. Change of useful important significant political change ok bernard well leave it there thanks very much ben smith our correspondent reporting live there from beirut. Chinas top legislative body has voted to extend the current term of the Hong Kong Legislative Council by one year on kong was due to hold elections that sort of theyve been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic anyway but prodemocracy activists say that is a pretext to stop people from voting several opposition candidates have been banned from running for Office Adrian brown in hong kong joining us live this half hour adrian this move on the part of the authorities in beijing what does that mean for democracy in hong kong. Well it means i think that at least we know that the Current Parliament is going to be extended for another 12 months which is when the elections a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more Chinas National Peoples Congress the standing in the of the National Peoples congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kongs parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kongs government you know meets a political roadblock its default position is to go to beijing and seek clarification and when karen am announced that she was you know postponing the elections for 12 months then everyone here said whats going to happen you know whos going to rule hong kong for the next 12 months what will happen you know in terms of governance so the Hong Kong Government had to seek clarification theyve now got that clarification but what we dont have tariff occasion on is the fate of 4 incumbent opposition legislators who were sparked by Election Officials because they the century called for the United States to impose sanctions on hong kong that hasnt been clarified at the moment we have seen you know jimmy lie who was detained for 24 hours ago now 36 hours ago i guess we have seen pictures of him in handcuffs where is the the benefit for the authorities in showing him is it all about symbolism in showing him to hong kong showing him to china in handcuffs being taken to a location outside of the prison system outside of the dissention system. You know once more he was forced to do another sort of perp walk on tuesday this time he was taken to a marina in cycling and i think its possible that the message was twofold it was the Hong Kong Police saying look were being very transparent but on the other hand i think that might possibly be sending a message to their political masters in beijing which is this your National Security law is working very well what were seeing potentially according to some commentators here is the beginnings of a more widespread political purge and of course everyone saying who is going to be next would it be just 11. 00 of the most prominent prodemocracy figures in hong kong will it be martin lee considered very much the grandfather of the Democracy Movement in hong kong will these 2 figures soon be getting a knock on the door we dont know what we do know is that at the moment jimmy lie and Agnes Chauhan other young prodemocracy figure have been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers so far there have been no charges and its possible we may never know specifically what the details of those charges are because it could well be that their trials actually take place in private and because theyve been accused of colluding with Foreign Forces it means that under the current the new National Security law which states that if you you know collude with foreign powers when it comes to Foreign Affairs you know foreign matters then technically that becomes a complication which can only be resolved by a court on the mainland now im not saying thats going to happen but it certainly has raised the possibility that their trials could well be on the mainland ok we must leave it there thank you very much aaron brown reporting live from hong kong. 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