Missed why the u. S. Postal service is warning every state that it could fail to deliver in time for the president ial election. And expressing deep remorse japan pledges never to repeat the tragedy of conflict as it marks 75 years since the end of the 2nd world war. Im going to go with the sports including. After that biggest loss in europe is by i mean it thrashed them 82 in the Champions League quarterfinals. A day of mourning and memorial and batteries has turned into a day of mass protest and even louder demands for but. Change thousands have gathered in the capital minsk the funeral is held for a man who was killed during protests over the disputed president ial election regular chants of leave aimed at president Alexander Lukashenko echoed around the square at the same time youre saying that has made it clear he does not intend to step down and has also spoken to the russian president seeking support. When our correspondents to vasant joins us now live from minsk step weve been hearing the horns of cars that i mean as people were paying their respects this is also really become a gesture of defiance. Exactly people are still coming to this shrine but also rally grounds are just been growing in the course of the day thousands have gathered there now and people are coming from all over walks of life even more people are joining in than before i would say just now a group of 4 former paratrooper still wearing their parades have also joined to the protest you can see people wearing uniforms from all kinds of professions dreifuss dr so everyone is joining in children are there as well its one big rally ground festival ground but the mood is angry frustrated and deeply deeply sad people have been crying all morning at the photo of the 34 year old car mechanic who was killed at this spot there and its a huge pile of flowers lying behind that photo so its a very extraordinary momentum here in the protests that have been taking place over the last week must have been even despite the huge crowds that were seeing behind you is remaining defiant he says hes reached out to moscow where could that lead. Well the pirates rothfuss or just the past us yes look at shanghai. Yes look at shanghai is living in a different reality as we speak. Looking at whats happening on the ground he is basically still maintaining his old. Agents or people from abroad are trying to these stop the government and that all these people on the streets right now are sort of from. Scholz. Foremost and this is also the same thing as he discussed in a phone conversation with president engine earlier in the day those leaders came out with a statement saying that under arrest in belarus is calls from outside and this is of course something the 2 leaders have been saying every time again unrest was hitting their government and protests was targeted at their government that the conversation with put it was of course very crucial because it sort of shows that look really desperate for any help but be below weve been asking here about any fear they might have of russia getting involved they all say putin is a smart man and we are actually fighting for our own country right now. Steadfast and there live for us on the streets of the belorussian capital minsk thank you very much step well we can now speak to animate shes a visiting senior fellow at Kings College london and also a member of the russia and eurasia Security Working Group she joins us now via skype from moscow anna as we were just hearing there from our correspondent there has been on the phone to produce in person is about in solidarity but recently the relationship between minsk in moscow has been a little rocky things friendly and now. Not a big course puts him as very smart he is careful he was the 2nd leader holcomb because elated look on the victory but never condemned the protest he never actually said that he shared look at assessment that the bases and the exploit of colored revolution here expressed a very cautious hope of the of the protests would result sort of peaceful means and so it is of there in the middle line more has been dealing with more or less similar situation in arab media in too distant future when the protests against the corrupt and betty and popular cim really united the nation. Also more or less stepped aside watching very closely but also prepared to deal with whoever comes on the full look kushal is desperate for lies he has relationship with is a really quite badly at the some people say that look at the has a bit of our actual reality of that here a lair native of the east and the west and so now he is their spirit a putin is his last hope but putin has a lot acted in the way that give a signal that he is going to rescue at any cost. Lucas thank especially now as he appears very much weakened presumably he needs russian backing to stay in power and i imagine the kremlin is probably quite pleased that they have that leverage you say that theyve been very cautious so far could their loyalties shift do you see that happening. Yes because there are also well also crandon is monolithic and there are different clients here and different scenarios are flying cell that is prepared list for different kind of lens 2 options are the kind of the main option one is the diligent them a clear lect its president appeals to the friend Near Government a member of the union state that he needs to be rescued a by the forces of chaos and disorder and this brotherly help is that ended in the exchange to our serious political concessions which mean the below sovereignty is fairly clearly compromised for most current debate great when is that they can secure or them gas trends that saul bellow ross which they control much more this kind of uncertainty which now they have with ukraine which proves that he and the reliable transit partner would be resolved yet apart from general geopolitical ambitions thats one scenario all for some kind of course full intervention military or sort of Foreign Military the other scenario is that more still waits and sees. The plane even handedly and is also prepared to reach out to the people of. Your whoever comes as a winner there is no clear leader but that kind of leader that will emerge its not a chair political struggle proved us to really have an internal agenda that there really is one nation so in that sounds whoever would come on top of it would realize that they need to monday in a friendlier relationship was more scope as it happened in that media and so. There is a merit and i think for an answer i dont use naming out a couple of different scenarios there but as you say not everyone in moscow not everyone in the kremlin supports it do you think that right now were seeing divisions emerge on the russian side as to how to approach this could this potentially be as divisive perhaps as for instance the invasion of ukraine. No not really because it will it will the decisions will be taken within their Small Leadership Group but if there is really some sort of innovation into belarus that would mean that the russian elite should be prepared to peer very heavy price for it and that breeze a note of caution because russia wallace was stalled because it was of action and ukraine but. There are real doubts whether another adventure of this sort. Can come of the cost that russia simply cannot be so lots are thats a consideration and a much braver there visiting senior fellow at Kings College london great to get your insights here on out is there thanks for being with us ana. Thank you when our protesters in russia have shown solidarity with their neighbors in bellerose they carried signs saying long live bella roost for weeks now theyve been demonstrating in cover of skin the east against the rest of the regions former governor sergei fraggle was detained last month hes accused of murders 15 years ago when he was a businessman but he denies the charges u. S. Secretary of state mike compare has sealed the deal with the polish defense minister to redeploy troops from germany to poland from paris in warsaw at the end of a 4 nation tour of central and Eastern Europe around 4500 u. S. Troops are currently based in poland and 1000 more are being added the pentagon announced last month that 12000. 00 soldiers are being withdrawn from germany nearly half of those are said to be moved to other countries in europe. Now iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in october after the u. S. Failed to get a 13 year ban extended just one other nation backed it in a vote at the u. N. Security council iran says the u. S. Has never been so isolated but the white house is also threatening to find other ways to bring back sanctions from new york kristen through me has the story. It was a quick an unceremonious and to the United States efforts to extend the iranian arms embargo that is part of the war being if their followers who want to favor whats against 11 and abstention that draft resolution has not been a doctor every failed to obtain that required number in a statement u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o called it an inexcusable failure saying quote the Security Council paved the way for the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell conventional weapons without specific u. N. Restrictions in place for the 1st time in over a decade under an agreement negotiated by the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and germany aimed at stopping iran from developing Nuclear Weapons the 13 year old ban on conventional weapons sales is due to expire in october russia and china accusing the us of undermining the deal had threatened to veto the resolution but didnt have to the Dominican Republic was the only other country to vote for it well its a diplomatic tester. It just demonstrates that. President trump and his team are not only bad at the strategy of approaching iran theyre bad at just the day to day tactics of diplomacy it is unconscionable that they couldnt round up more than one vote for a resolution like this the u. S. Has threatened to trigger the return of all International Sanctions on iran through a snapback provision written into the nuclear deal but other members of the Security Council say the u. S. Lost the right to do that when it withdrew from the deal 2 years ago europeans are warning of adverse consequences for the Security Council if a legal dispute over snapback ensues for them preventing iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon remains paramount kristen salumi aljazeera the United Nations well irans president has described the outcome of that u. N. Security council vote as a humiliating defeat for the United States better yeah but the u. S. Has worked for months to prepare a resolution to his iran and it could only get one vote supporting it from a small country the Dominican Republic you see how theyve been humiliated the recent 11 countries abstained into voted against it was because they believe the preservation of the j. C. Is essential for the interests of the region and the world yesterday was a political achievement for iran and a political failure for the u. S. Well theres plenty more ahead for you this news hour including thousands of british travis scramble to get home as more countries added to the u. K. s quarantine thats. Why hong kong exports a say then of course in the middle of an escalating dispute between china and the u. S. And a wild record is smashed in the 1st competitive act that its meet since the crater virus shut down joe will have all these details for you in school. But now the u. S. Postal service is warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the november president ial election will arrive in time to be counted there is expected to be a huge rise in mail and voting because of this pandemic president has tried to restrict the method because he claims that susceptible to fraud while castro is watching all the developments for us from Silver Spring maryland the states are now receiving these letters and warnings from the Postal Service do you think theyre actually going to be forced to change the way that they approach november. Well they cant be forced to and even if they wanted to the reality is theres very little time to change the deadlines for when voters would have to request these mail in ballots and when they would have to send it in but that is what the u. S. Postal service in these letters and warnings delivered to 46. 00 states and the district of columbia says would have to be done in order to guarantee that these ballots are all counted in time now all are wondering though whether or not this is part of President Trumps all out battle against expanding mail in ballots for this upcoming president ial election of course the u. S. Postal service is an arm of the federal government and President Trump has been accusing without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive fraud i should add he has actually worked. As to the mail in ballot for himself and for his wife for this upcoming election the greater context of all this of course is that democrats have historically turned out more when they are allowed to vote by mail President Trump is trailing in the polls and many are accusing him of putting pressure on the Postal Service and intentionally sabotaging it as we near the election date well speaking of pressure on the Postal Service the u. S. Postmaster general himself is a pretty interesting figure and i believe hes now being investigated can you tell us a little bit more about his background. Thats right lewiston joy is a republican fundraiser who was installed to lead the u. S. Postal service by president in may and since he became head of that agency weve seen a series of controversial measures that joyce says hes doing to cost to cut the costs of the agency they include limiting the hours that postal workers can can work and thus slowing down some of this mail delivery hes also being investigated by the post Office Inspector general for having a 30000000. 00 stake in a contractor for his very agency many are pointing to that as an obvious conflict of interest now the joy denies all of that he says hes not doing this for Political Services or to curry favor with the president but rather to cut the operating costs of the Postal Service castro theyre following developments for us from maryland thank you very much heidi. Turning to the coronavirus pandemic and south korea has tightened measures following the highest number of daily new infections and 5 months restrictions on gatherings and other activities have been rolled out in the capital seoul and surrounding areas but that didnt stop a large demonstration against president in Center Left Government revenue real estate policies and scandals involving leaders of his administration. Harm him. All the viruses silently spreading in various places in our daily life such as churches stores work schools and cafes making us even more concerned the government believes that if we fail to overcome this crisis our country could enter the root of virus resurgence that many countries around the world are undergoing. While many british tourists vacationing in france had to cut short their holidays thats because the u. K. Imposed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming from them as well as the netherlands and malta now that measure which went into effect early on saturday morning was introduced in corona virus infections in those 3 countries france is a very popular vacation spot for u. K. Holiday makers its the 2nd most visited country off to spain while our correspondent laurie chalons joins me now from london from paris the International Train station where 8 plenty of brits holidaying in france this week do we know just how many actually made it home in time. Well the estimate is that about 160000 british people were over in france this week and its difficult to know how many had to pack up early from their campsites their villages their resorts their hotels what it wherever they were staying. Often buy expensive new tickets to go to get back but probably in the 10s of thousands decided they want to be quarantined deadline and and get home again of course its not just brits there are plenty of french people who live in the u. K. Whove had to do the same thing the british media with its love of questionable french and and bad puns has been calling it the scramble the mad dash mitzi mission. And the deadline as it hit at about 3 oclock this morning there are plenty of accounts of. Ferries in the middle of the channel not knowing whether they were going to make it back in time whether it qualified as being home by being in u. K. Waters or whether the ferries had to actually dock it turns out they did have to dock at the most of those people who were on the ferries. Around the time the deadline did manage to make it back all right this certainly a lot of angry people here who are saying that yet again the government has brought in a kind of traveled the. Peoples lives but it wasnt really necessary to do it in that way and that they should have been given more time to get out of france and get home again rory i remember the last time this happened with spain the government said they had to act very quickly to prevent infections coming back to britain but then this time around it does feel like they gave travelers the next one notice have they explained why. Well they basically with the the announcement came i think later on on thursday evening and the deadline. Are you 3 g. M. T. On saturday morning so thats about 30 hours of warning for people to cut their Holiday Plans short and thats why people are so annoyed this just such a short amount of time and a scramble like that takes organization and. Serious changes of plans. Theres also this question of well if you missed the deadline if you go back after that time or you thinking well its not worth the hassle then youve got this 14 days