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 unprecedented but state t. V. During reruns because theyre all on strike thats certainly on president to. Yes absolutely extraordinary scenes here all day already at ballarat t. V. And National State broadcaster who has been accused of being a propaganda mouthpiece for a look at shankar people here have been calling for the truth to be told stop airing lies they have sat there still shouting here behind me they were joined by also thousands of workers from other factories that are on strike here in. Large strategic factories car factories tractor factories wheel trailer factories to look at shankar visited one of these factories this morning and he wasnt really received as planned because the workers actually in front of him in his face which is absolutely extraordinary shouted also there for him to leave when you were there at that factory this morning stand as he spoke and can you tell us a little bit about how you responded to all of that. He was absolutely stunned his face was frozen he actually also was furious as well you could tell that this was not something he was used to he is regarded and also regards himself as the father of the father of the nation hes called the bad guy and thats a means far and suddenly to be confronted with angry workers telling him in his face that he should leave that didnt go down well with lets look at all it seems now maybe that hes slowly realizing that the tide has turned against him here when i say that the Opposition Leader spent on it to kind of sky is also calling for Security Forces to switch sides and youve seen some of that already do we expect more. Well weve seen some former Security Officers switching sides in the last week former paratroopers former police its not clear what the high ranking generals are doing right now to be honest for the last maybe 4 days we havent seen any Security Forces on the streets here in minsk after they were here in full force of course after the election result was presented and people went out on the streets to kind of sky has now reached out to see exactly is prepared to be a National Leader to form this francis you know government and then call for free and Fair Elections this is something thats a look at shank is still very defiant about but as you said he is also saying things that he might want sort of a sharing or distributing redistributing of power but all only after the constitution will be changed well does is a long process of course could take years so many people here see that as a as an african of him to buy time steadfast and there with all the latest from the better russian capital men thank you very much step well as that Mass Movement continues and bellerose European Union leaders will meet for and imagine the summit on wednesday theyll be discussing the disputed election and the violent crackdown on protesters that follows European Council president ial michelle tweeted that violence against demonstrators cannot be allowed to you is already drawing up a list of belorussian individuals to hit with factions well i spoke to richard vice hes a security and defense analyst at the global Risk Consultancy he says only russia can now help in a situation. The when way that delusion president live cushing co could escape from what looks to be his likely downfall is to get the russians to intervene on his behalf and theres not a lot of and a lot of for go in the kremlin so he has to sell this as look you know belarus is under threat from from nato if i fall the nato will take over the contrary and i think thats why you see the illusion of forces moving to the border because it helps them develop this narrative of western powers are seeking are behind these protests theyre trying to overthrow me moscow you need to save us or youre going to end up with another ukraines their shoe ation well crowds in sudans capital khartoum are protesting on the 1st anniversary of the countrys landmark power sharing deal they say the transition to democracy is taking too long following the overthrow of longtime neda the share the current Transitional Government has made up of civilian and military leaders who will govern until democratic elections are held in 2 he is one our correspondent have a morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum for us head right now we spoke to earlier on the phone because of the tear gas on the streets can you describe what youve been seeing there in terms of these protests. Well and we have seen demonstrators taking to the streets yet again to express their frustration this time theyre saying that this whole transition process the 1st year of the transition process has gone slower than they expected now they wanted to see just as they want to see accountability they want to see a peace deal signed between the various warring factions and the Transitional Government and that is something the government has promised will be achieved within the 1st 6 months of the transition now its been 12 months and they say many of their demands have not been met so weve seen protesters taking to the streets they were planning to and theyre processed around 1430 g. M. T. Or for 430. 00 local time now that was cut short by Police Firing tear gas and stun grenades at protesters to disperse them from in front of the office of the Prime Minister where they were handing over the memo a memo to the Prime Minister with their demands now protesters since then have moved away from that location the. Tires and the burnt tires along the roads leading to the Prime Ministers office and theyve been protesting but they have been very cautious not to try to engage with the police because theyre worried that there will be loss of lives weve already witnessed 2 people being injured as a result of trying to get away from the tear gas and stun grenades. Have we heard anything from the government in terms of response not just in terms of dispersing the protesters but actually responding to these frustrations these arent new. Yes indeed now the government issued a statement this morning to commemorate the 1st anniversary of best power sharing deal and it said that it understands that they were sure its coming however they say that they have made in the chief and specifically appointed civilian governors that as happened about 23 weeks back but that also followed protests with people demanding that some civilian governors be appointed up until about 3 weeks ago most of the civil most of the governors were governors appointed by former president of the shia before he was ousted in april 29th team so people are saying that. The government is saying that it understands they are sure it is still yet to achieve accountability it is still yet to form a lot of commissions it is still to sign a peace deal that says that that is about to happen within the coming few days so its calling on the people to be patient for this transition because it says that the road to democracy is not very easy have been there for us in the sudanese capital khartoum thank you very much. Government troops are surrounding a port in mozambique after chris captured by the linked fighters last week its the 3rd time now that much about a prior a key town and a gas rich province has been attacked just this year as a meeting of the father African Development community on monday regional leaders said they would support mozambique and trying to address the violence. For 3 years People Living in parts of northern most and baek have lived with violence and destruction attacks in kabul delgado province have rapidly gathered pace this year with fighters seizing towns for brief periods and increasingly hitting military or other important targets the government says local fighters affiliated to eisele are responsible leaders from Southern Africa are meeting on monday to decide what the region can and should do to help those in the exam. There has been a lot of issues that are on the cup abilities of them was american military. From from the strength and from the military intel and side of things. Is the story. Became military has not really been able to to to look at what insurgents from there in. Mozambiques president philippe nusi visited the area and promised to do more to help people affected by the violence there is speculation some Southern African leaders could send in troops to help wasnt because army its happened before in the democratic republic of congo listened to and mozambique back when fighters from the group or normal were raiding towns and villages in gorham was a dozen now thats from a militant and in any event it is coming from a process and produced it was already undergoing military civil war and again was International Assistance to come to a Peace Agreement with the former military movement as well as to try and integrate. Within was a me so its a very fragile sort of loose from a good muslim because at the moment. Southern african lead. Under pressure to come up with a plan to help in may some reason leaders made here in there are a to decide what to do about the and raced in mozambique but after all of the talks the meeting ended without any concrete agreement and many people have died thousands have been displaced by the violence which seems to be getting worse nor the mozambique is rich in natural gas some projects are believed to be worth more than 60000000000. 00 analysts say that could be one reason fueling the violence there are concerns attacks by armed groups could spill over into neighboring countries thats already been seen in other parts of the continent such as the way since the hell region and the horn of africa. Still ahead here on aljazeera a race to save the soul of beirut well look at the scale of devastation expression for Historic Sites and the lebanese capital. Theres gold in these hills that im standing on perhaps 3800000000. 00 worth armory chalons in Northern Ireland keep watching to find out why some people here want to stop the canadians for money and. Hello there the rain still continues through most central and Western Areas of china plenty of case guys here as you can see in the last year as a Korean Peninsula improving conditions and indeed as they are across into japan but as i look at this this is a little quest in china this dramatic landslide was captured thankfully the people who captured this traveling all the robot they actually stopped they heard the warnings and there was several landslides along this particular stretch of road and just look how dangerous it is of course now trying to clear it so the highway can reopen all of this because of the rain has been extending through these northern Western Areas will continue to do so and choose to and really stay out across the west in the southwest and as we go through wednesday to the east of there it is wholesome and dry time which is typically in the mid thirtys the rain back in the 4 call st northern sections of north koreas to go through wednesday but fine in drive to the south and a warm fine day in much of japan as well name me one across into south asia the razor being very heavy again across into bangladesh so yes well flooding in the streets of jack as you can see of course bringing things to something of a standstill in the villages also well under water more rain as we go through tuesday very heavy falling up through the north of both bengal and all the while heavy downfalls in central india. Talk to own their own wee hours is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on aljazeera the u. S. Is always of interest but people all right the world people Pay Attention to what we call here and aljazeera is very good at bringing the news to the world from here. Thats remind you about top stories this hour the better russian president says a new president ial election would be held off to the country adopts a new constitution boss Alexander Lukashenko want to early and there will be no new elections until hes killed thousands of state workers are on strike and say the president must go. But as the Mass Movement continues in better recent European Union leaders accord an emergency summit on wednesday theyll discuss the disputed election and the violent crackdown on protesters before that. And crowds in sudans capital are protesting on the 1st anniversary of the signing of the power sharing deal there demonstrators in khartoum complain the transition to democracy is too slow following the overthrow of longtime leader of al bashir. Well turning to the coronavirus pandemic and india has hit another milestone and its outbreak with at least 50000 people now dead last week the country overtook the u. K. To recall the wild 4th west death toll some expenses that the actual total is far higher because of low levels of testing indias counsel for medical Research Estimates that 28000000 tests have been carried out since january but there are over 1300000000 people in the country. On the pandemic has also led to japan suffering the west Economic Contraction in modern history and tranq by 7. 8 percent in effect in question from april to june arab pride has the story. The scale of japans contraction is worse than even the most pessimistic forecasts it would translate into an annualized decline of more than 27 percent for an economy that was already in recession it took a big hit in the last quarter of 2019 and then the coronavirus effect began to come in in 2020 so the japanese economy is in a world of hurt exports like costs have fallen d by more than a quarter around a year ago while in band tourists have virtually disappeared its a personal setback for japans Prime Minister shinzo who has made the economy one of his priorities and he will be hoping the only way for the economy to go now is up she has a lot of. Which we will continue to make the optimists afford to put the economy on the growth path after it bottomed out in april and may has been widely criticized for his handling of the pandemic and abbate sale to provide any leadership he did not establish early on a control tower for policies dealing with containing cold at night in japan critics say he delayed an Effective Response to save the tokyo summer olympics which have to be postponed anyway a huge Economic Cost and businesses have not adapted well to changed working practices when people had to move to teleworking and people had to move to more Digital Solutions japan was pretty unprepared for that compared to other advanced economies japans experience is in stark contrast to neighboring south korea which of all the developed nations is predicted to come out best from the pan. Demick with an Economic Contraction of less than one percent this year sol has been widely applauded for an effective early response to the outbreak without shutting down major parts of the economy its also credited with being nimbler in adapting its economy for a world altered forever by the pandemic rabbit bride aljazeera soul while lebanon is considering reimposing a lockdown there because of a new Record Number of corona virus infections at least 439 new cases and 6 deaths were confirmed on sunday the damage caused by the blast in beirut is making social distancing all the more difficult well lets now go to our correspondent Bennett Smith who is on the ground in beirut for us but i imagine social distancing is nearly impossible given the humanitarian situation. It is in getting the clean up operation thats 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 is is the pool where the shock wave came out from. As its been over the last couple of weeks we all walking on what is still shuttered glass on the floor im joined now by ted scheibe on his unicefs regional director on his 1st visit since the blast chad 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 structura