A vaccine against covert 19 we ask if safety could be an early casualty. People are russian government started releasing people who were arrested during protests this week it is suit a rare public apology in what appears to be an attempt to stop days of unrest nearly 7000. 00 people were rounded up during demonstrations against sundays disputed president ial election step vasant is in minsk they told of torture and abuse inside cramped Detention Centers due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. The Violent Police crackdown on mainly Peaceful Protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the locals shankars former supporters the call for him to step down has resonated around. The detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to taint even if you just came out of a shop to see whats going on you got detained. I was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs and let you go the fact that im here now its clear what i chose. To call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around us after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the street and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. When. My son is a student at the Law Department hes not an alcoholic more a drug addict i dont want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country its very can the 21st century if they dont stop i will burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. Around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what Government Troops have done to their own people serving Police Officer fled the country and he recorded a statement saying he wont follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence. Any longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers at the square where one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protests for and truly all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears that not just are not as we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end. Well stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more belorussians are joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems to confuse us why look might have been able to silence belorussians for many years this time theyre determined to have to stone him for it to return to step class and aljazeera minsk. Its an agreement thats being called a betrayal of the palestinian cause the u. S. Government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations the us President Donald Trump helped broker it as part of the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory alan fischer reports from washington. It was perhaps unusual that the president of the United States would announce a treaty between 2 other countries but thats what happened in the oval office this is a truly historic moment the president said he brokered talks over the past year that brought what will be no one as the abraham a court to be signed by the United Arab Emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east i decided the u. S. Ambassador to israel and his son in law a Senior Advisor jerry kush know his middle east peace plan was released in january and he played a key role in this new a court i would like to say to the people of the region muslims Jews Christians and this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with conflict there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as part of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to an exporter of the occupied west bank speaking to aljazeera Mustafa Barghouti said if there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. Is nothing but a stab in the back. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu had earlier cheered the Coronavirus Task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present youll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak Political Support domestically for shelving an existing plants. Little additional interim President Trump put the annexation into his peace plan those who criticize me should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the United States without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements so. There have been discussions of various levels between the u. A. E. And israel for years it seems now each was preparing the ground for this announcement from the official twitter account of the u. A. E. Leader mohammed bin ziad a simple statement during a call with President Trump and Prime Minister netanyahu an agreement was reached to stop further is really an extension of palestinian territories the u. A. E. And israel also agree to cooperation and setting your roadmap towards establishing a bilateral relationship the idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with Donald Trump Center state he obviously believes that this will help in the run up to the president ial election in november but rarely are american elections decided by events abroad particularly during a Public Health and financial crisis alan fischer aljazeera at the white house president palestinians will eventually seek peace when more countries make deals with israel i think the palestinians swill without saying that theres a sara lee i think they very much want to be a part of what were doing and i see ultimately the palestinians see peace between israel and the palestinians as i see that happening i think as these very big powerful wealthy countries come in and i think the palestinians will follow well trita parsi is executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft he says the name of the deal is to keep the u. S. Involved in the region. When it comes to the iranians the real the tensions that have existed there are at a much higher level now than what they have been in the past i dont think it is so that you know historically the u. A. E. Any iran has had that antagonistic relationship in fact dubai itself and iran has a very close relations and very very close business ties with this is more about is that the alliance between the saudis the israelis and the u. A. E. Is and more about the fact that they are terrified of the idea of the United States leaving the middle east amplifying exaggerating a threat from iran is one very potent instrument to keeping the United States committed to the middle east keeping its troops in the middle east and providing them with diplomatic maneuverability that they otherwise would not be able to get if there it was if it was solely based on their own power so in that sense the threat from iran feels that function but its not the threat from iran that is bringing those states closer together i think what is bringing them closer together is the desire of keeping the United States militarily engaged in the region new zealand has extended a lockdown in its biggest city as the authorities try to contain a new coronavirus brake restrictions in or clint keeping nonessential workers at home have been extended for 12 days the rest of the country will be on a low alert level for the same period there is extensive testing and Contact Tracing of the 30 cases were detected this week investigates the trying to find out how the virus reemerged after more than 3 months with no locally transmitted infections in keeping with our precautionary approach and new zealands philosophy of going had and going. Today cabinet has agreed to maintain al currency sings for an additional 12 days bringing us to a full 2 weeks in total. Michael baker is a professor of Public Health of the university of otago and a member of the Advisory Group to the governments Covert Response Team he says investigators are looking into several possible sources for this outbreak the outbreak occurred in the community which is obviously a red flag if you dont know the source the most likely source of course is people in one of the managed taint facilities and we still have thousands of new zealanders coming back to the country and some of them are infected they haue in these facilities for 14 days quarantine and tested and theres a reasonable chance that the virus escaped from there were some breaches by security and started this outbreak we have to look for alternative sources that may be coming from a seaport or could be coming through a flight crew for example who have somehow avoided the usual cautions i mean this is one of the challenges of elimination as a strategy is with very well in terms of health weve got the lowest code mortality in the o. E. C. D. And the economy has got spent very well now and i think part of the elimination approach is you have to manage our brands and the government is pursuing this outbreak control theory aggressively just as we did we need eliminated the pentium met in match which took and 2 months to get rid of the virus so this is part of the elimination approach and we hope to be back on track again in a few weeks france has declared paris and the area around lost sales red zones with a high corona virus infection risk the decree gives the authorities the power to impose new restrictions on the millions of people who live there it follows a sharp increase in the number of new covert 19 cases over the past 2 weeks thats also prompted the u. K. To require travelers coming from france into quarantine to do that for 14 days. People who are in france or indeed holland or on to other places that were announcing the c evening who were added to the corn scene less people can stay and finish your holiday but you have to be aware you will have to quarantine after that and that is mandates free afraid because we do need to protect the low rates weve managed to establish in this country and that does apply u. K. White so all 4 parts of the United Kingdom scotland Northern Ireland wales and england moving on this together this evening still to come here on aljazeera as e. U. Foreign ministers prepare to discuss a maritime disputes between greece and turkey we examine whats at stake. Also ahead the black americans who say theyve left racism and division behind to settle in west africa. Hello there hes a sight of the last few days across central and Western Areas of europe but it will be replaced by cloud showers and some thunderstorms easy plenty of cloud handle also as that there is still some very nice sunshine and of the areas east and then to the bad through cypress clear sunny warm skies even up into the northwest of england some good clear blue skies not quite as a fine father to the south this is a southampton looking across the cricket grounds here this was the day wore on all of the 2nd test between england and pakistan and rain did actually still play more of that through friday in fact there are warnings across much of central and southern areas of england and wales for the next few days from the u. K. Met office for those thunderstorms that fail extensive across the central as we go through friday but again to the south is fine and dry and then it through saturday theres an area over a developing in the bay of biscay not making a great deal of headway but again that rain still across the u. K. And extending down into the southeast the touches not exactly cool but they have come down to what they were say for london for the next few days we will see more of those showers that could be a thunderstorm and in fact by monday the rain expected to be a fair bit heavier the temperatures coming down gradually all the time and then across into paris again times here coming down and its really sunday or monday well see rain and the threat of those thunderstorms. It began as a Green Holiday been turned into a Public Health disaster 101 east investigates how a cruise ship became the source of one of the strangest largest coded 19 outbreaks on aljazeera. Do you want to help save the world. Reason to your own. There was. The. The thought. Welcome back lets just recap you with the top stories the government and other rossa started to release some of the nearly 7000 protesters whove been detained has also made a rare apology in an effort to stop days of unrest after a disputed election. The Palestinian Ambassador to the u. A. E. Is being recalled after the Iraqi Government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations a spokesman for the palestinian president says the u. S. Brokered agreement amounts to quote treason. And new zealand has extended a lockdown in its biggest city as it tries to contain the countrys 1st coronaVirus Outbreak for more than 3 months testing and Contact Tracing in auckland and now being ramped up. The authorities in afghanistan have started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for long delayed talks with the armed group 80 were freed on thursday the release of the socalled hardcore prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistans loya jirga or grand assembly its seen as the final hurdle to launching negotiations and for that and then. I was detained here for kidnapping and served almost 8 years of my prison sentence i call on my leaders and the president to embrace permanent ceasefire in stop the bloodshed so that we all have peaceful lives the lives of our youth have been miserable due to war and the future looks bleak to let them study and make a good life that. South korea has held a ceremony to remember women and girls who were forced by japan to work in brothels during world war 2 they were known by their captors as comfort women issue continues to be a point of contention between the 2 countries mcbride has more now from china in south korea. As countries around the world mark the end of the 2nd world war with the anniversary of the defeat of japan so. South korea with this ceremony remembers in particular one of the more painful episodes from that conflict its the plight of the socalled come but women these are women and girls who were forced from korea to go and work in brothels serving the Japanese ImperialArmy Locations around asia gradually their numbers have dwindled over the years more than 50 former comfort women are now buried at this one National Cemetery given their advancing years of course there is a concern that very soon there will be few 1st hand witnesses to what took place 75 years ago so the focus at commemorations like this is very much to bore the present and future generations to learn what happened and to pass on their stories to continue to commemorate and remember youre sort of part of. The government will conduct research and education in order to set the record straight and make sure that more students and citizens share the pain of the grandmothers and stand in solidarity with them the issue continues to cast a very long shadow over the often troubled relations between japan and south korea the japanese of course have a very different view of the comfort women narrative they say that the brothels were properly run the women were paid and came of their own volition but the japanese say that in any case all of these issues have gradually been settled over the years by countless agreements and the payment of compensation but many people here in south korea would argue that they are still all of these decades on waiting for that one scene see a japanese apology. North koreas leader has rejected foreign aid to help with heavy flooding because of the risk of coronavirus more than 20 people have died and several others are missing after unusually heavy monsoon rains much of the damage is in provinces used for farming the country has already suffered years of chronic Food Shortages thousands of buildings have been destroyed and roads and bridges are damaged. But japanese owners of a german ship off the coast of militias say the government has asked them for compensation about a 1000 tons of oil has spilled into waters off the Southern Coast of the island the vessel run aground on a coral reef late last month the Prime Minister nearly all of the oil on board has now been pumped out new Foreign Ministers are expected to hold an emergency summit in the coming hours to consider sanctions against turkey using comes at the request of greece which says