Protesters in southern iraq demanding local governments resignation after the killing of a number of prominent activists and an environmental disaster waiting to happen the u. N. Sounds the alarm over a decaying oil tanker off the coast of western yemen. About if you slip through the sports comparisons a man meets in the European Champions League final well bring you the latest from lisbon. Thank you very much for joining us tens of thousands of demonstrators in bella rose defying warnings to rally against president Alexander Lukashenko is the latest wave of protests against his disputed reelection earlier this month people gathered in Independence Square in the capital mens calling for location because resignation but his older in the military to use. Is what he calls the most strained and measures to end attempts to overthrow his government the e. U. Has rejected the results of the election and has threatened to sanction officials responsible for ballot fraud the Police Crackdown and allegations of torture and abuse in custody russia meanwhile says its impossible to prove. Did not win the august 9th election as foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says bella reuss needs a genuinely Broad National dialogue to resolve the unrest we have alexandra so janowicz called from standing by in moscow with the latest reaction from there but 1st we go to men scan aljazeera is set bosn set we saw earlier big crowds in minsk its Independence Square but the crowd seemed to be moving away now tell us about whats been happening and what the atmosphere is like today. Massive crowds are moving around cements right now are we here at the large monument from what world war 2 there is now tens of thousands of people here they moved from the Independence Square earlier basically because it was simply too small to have these hundreds of thousands of people is the estimate right now theyre moving from here to the president ial palace later and thats where look at shanghai has his office what weve seen today is basically a huge huge should gesture of defiance because there were military on the streets in the center of men still are military trucks the worst bullies but people kept coming in and they kept coming at them in huge numbers and they were telling me that they have no fear they brought their small children families who are here elderly people who are here people from all walks of life and they all had this big no for president saying he has to step down and that his scare tactics that might have worked in the last 26 years are not working anymore right as you say i mean a big military present. Spigot than weve seen in the last week and as you say people dont seem to have been deterred by this large military deployment what does that suggest to you step i mean youve been there for a couple of weeks now what does that suggest you as far as how the situation might evolve and what role the military might play. Well at 1st suggests to me that there really determent people are telling me theyre not leaving the streets until he really steps down so there is a very strong determination and that comes of course after many many many years of restrictions but it also comes from this Police Crackdown that happened just after the election result was presented and people went on to the streets and they were nearly 7000. 00 people detained or people tortured people beaten up in Detention Centers that has led to enormous trauma among the population and that trauma has led to anger and this anger is stronger than fear so even the military coming up showing their their equipment maybe ready to to attack the crowds doesnt deter them any longer and the military has watched it today and i think theyre simply feel outnumbered. Thank you for that stat boston reporting there live from bella who says capital minsk lets cross over now to moscow and speak to alexandra gaunt from was a journalist based in russias capital on exam russias foreign minister has been speaking about the situation in better rules in the last few hours accusing the better racine opposition of not having a plan of not wanting dialogue i mean its been quite obvious all along which side russia is on but the rhetoric and the tone seem to be changing. Yes exactly it is stepping up the game it is stepping on in in more bold lead to help look at shane call saying that see it is not possible to prove that he lost this elections without International Observance and saying that their own people who were observing these elections found them fair and square moreover a lot of supporters of this proposed solution of look at shinnecock constitutional reforms saying it should be of rides a genuinely wide National Dialogue that would belorussian people and also saying that the russian would be fine with whatever local showing qualities with the opposition but this opposition has been called everything but the representatives of the people in his speech Russian Foreign minister said that he was suspicious of crowds Coordination Council was formed saying d that there is people there that are clearly under russian he went further to say to the president ial candidate candidates that one of the. A was ease on that pressure once she went abroad to make again political statements to support these protests saying there are forces within the opposition that want violence that want bloodshed in belarus a so from the speech its clearly that it is not your position a local schenkel should speak with in this wide a drain really wide a National Dialogue. Yeah yeah but alexander i mean moscow clearly is aware of these big crowds in maids who oppose Alexander Lukashenko how far is the kremlin willing to go to prop him up to continue supporting him. Well if these are not to look at franco himself is so important to russia but the but the belarus as a country being the only country left on the whole of western border of russia which is neither a member north nor seeks to be a member of e. U. And nato and that is a long term the russians to tickle goal to have actually these countries bordering it and not be a member of nato as a Colleague Alliance so this is a question of how how far they will go well the belarus president was last week saying that he will get even a military support from russia if there is this for in the meddling and for in tread well on this respect there is to treaties that war called for which actually would indeed the need for in troops invading belarus in order to be activated one being the collective security treaty the other union states that exist so far only on the bape or but russia can. Kind of have its way in supporting local shank or even without this military entering the state of belarus and thats the strange part of the validation population who has nothing against dies with russia they can do it with a soft power they can do it with this type of a political supporter and a with. Contacts with the western leaders warning them of not to meddle not to interfere even and not to mediate and lee heard today from mr lover of thank you very much for that alexandra so janowicz gone from live there in moscow. Now knowledge of their investigation can reveal cyprus has been selling european passports to convicted criminals fugitives and fraudsters the largely passport data to our Investigative Unit reveal serious flaws to the island socalled golden passport scheme which has generated more than 8000000000. 00 for its government and the 1st of our exclusive reports on the cyprus papers Deborah Davis reports from london. To become a citizen of the mediterranean island nation of cyprus cost more than 2. 00 and a half 1000000. 00 among those whove paid that russian businessman of hed already served a prison sentence for extortion and the Chinese Investment tycoon junco chan who had been jailed for fraud the site perspire has a large data leak obtained by aljazeera revealed it to an all 1000 people from 74 countries who bought a cypriot passport. Cyprus says it checks applicants have a clean criminal record but we found multiple cases of applicants who wanted by police at the time they was sold cypriot citizenship. Was already wanted in ukraine for large scale theft of public funds. In june prosecutors displayed the 6000000. 00 they said was offered in bribes to end years of investigation Indias Energy company. Denies any involvement his cypriot passport allows him to live out of ukraine and he didnt return for questioning. Or vietnamese businessmen pham that blue wont be using his cypriot passport any time soon he was already facing trial for bribery when he bought it see how. We found 30 people linked to criminal activity whove bought socalled golden passports allowing them in their wealth to move freely around the e. U. The passport scheme of cyprus is a risk to security in europe these passports are for high value in particular for people from countries which have a record of economic and political criminality passports and citizenship should not be for sale they are not a commodity the cypriot interior minister told us no citizenship was granted in violation of regulations and the independent committee now studies and evaluates previous applications and a new law can strip citizenship from suspected criminals that shooting clude father and son malek sabet and Mehdi Ebrahimi they wanted in iran for Money Laundering and fraud and facing similar charges in canada but many deny all charges the cyprus papers suggest theyre among dozens who may have used their golden passports to evade justice Deborah Davis aljazeera london. Far all fays a reporter at the organized crime and corruption reporting project she says this is yet another call for european agencies to take action. A couple of years ago we organized crime and reporting project we ran code for was code it was r r y the projects are now. Samurai of European Countries running managing programs similar to the stupid ones i had to say that easing section 12013. 00 the separate program in particular raised. Concerns and worries probably with. These are just your investigation shows for the 1st time of the strength of number the extent we. Think. Even the council of europe until Money Laundering agency in the 21000 who forced highlighted the super problem was inerrantly. To Money Laundering and this is also. This is also if this comes up suppose there reinstate is as in having a marriage. Of of to Money Laundering and the secret program is strictly a dive to the Real Estate Market i think this investigation this year papers was a. Cold and that was more to the European Union because in essence what cyprus is selling is a european passport to. A separate possible without all the set of rights that come out with a european cities and would and that wouldnt be so alluring for investors or or i networking to be bus from or around the war so i think this is probably the time for the European Union to turn our alarm into some actions. And more findings from the papers will be revealed throughout the week here and on aljazeera dot com in point 2 of our investigation will be looking at how cyprus sold citizenship to politicians and senior officials considered by the e. U. As high risk for Money Laundering and corruption thats on monday from 10 g. M. T. Right here on. Theres plenty more ahead on this news hour including mass killings in colombias countryside raise questions about whether the relief brought by peace deal with fox rebels has come to an end plus. Where it is the plantation 10 years highlights more than 60 years ago which is colonialist the local people off of its land to make space for it will be speaking to you that still survives about their fines for justice. And in sports with peter out with guy action from the mens tennis tour returned after a 6 months shut down because of the contest at. Protesters in southern iraq have called on a local governor to resign or risk more unrest rallies have been sponsored by a number of killings of prominent activists and people are demanding those responsible be held accountable Prime MinisterMostafa Kadhimiya is in basra to help find a solution to the crisis will be speaking to dawson in just a moment but 1st her report from baghdad. Prime minister mustapha arrived only hours after returning from his trip to washington d. C. He met local politicians late on saturday night with the hopes of calming the anger on the streets but he had a warning for those looking to cost trouble either decided we couldnt we should i mean this is a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that this war can to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security employer gun crime id like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the governments law they wouldnt ask the punishment on the killers would be brought to justice very soon id like to tell the criminals who us in 87. 00 hashimi the scene and the young female doctor that your blog will be a title for justice john a 33 year old is the young female doctor Prime Minister called to me refer to she was a prominent activist investor and let several womans marches she was killed on wednesday when gunmen with assault rifles riding a motorcycle opened fire on her car. Days earlier godman had shot dead activists seen osama their deaths spoke days of protests and on rest fueled by anger protesters set fire to local government buildings in the southern iraqi city demanding those responsible be brought to justice and calling for the resignation of the provincial governor danny the recent rise in targeted killings poses a challenge for the new Prime Minister there have been nearly a dozen attempts on the lives of well known activists this month and 4 have been killed 3 of them in basra the Prime Minister dismissed the local police chief last week after osamas death in response a number of senior tribal leaders issued a statement saying the armed themselves if the government fails to protect the people this is the worst on dress the city has seen since last years protests which led to the resignation of Prime Minister of the law. Is known as the wealthiest province in iraq its home to most of the countrys oil reserves yet it has some of the worst facilities of Public Services years of mismanagement and corruption have led to protests on a regular basis and live not to Dorset Jabari in baghdad so endorser the deadline for the government to resign has passed whats the latest youre hearing from basra. Well there is no sign that this governor has any plans to leave his position which hes held since 2017 and we have just seen some footage from showing a number of protesters have yet again taken to the street seeing as how their demands have not been met we are waiting to find out what will come of these demonstrations in the coming hours we also heard from the newly appointed police chief issued a memorandum to all his entire staff and the few points i want to highlight from this memorandum that hes issued the police chief has said that any vehicles without license plates will be immediately confiscated the people need to lay down their non regular arms meaning any groups or militias if theyre armed they need to turn in their weapons there is a strong desire to try and bring some kind of order and peace back to the province and the police chief also stated that a crisis cell will be formed and that joint patrols would be deployed across the province to try and restore calm and order but its very unlikely that the calls for calm and order will be heard by the protesters since none of their demands have been met yet what they are looking for is justice and accountability 2 things the Prime Minister promised them on saturday during his visit but we have yet to see any tangible results come to fruition thank you door in baghdad for us. German doctors are running tests on russian Opposition Leader alexei now bali for suspected poisoning he was flown to berlin in an induced coma on saturday from matheson a team a siberian city of homs russian doctors initially considered too sick to be flown out of the country that they change their position late on friday dominic kane is in berlin with more on these conditions. Mr novelli is going through the process of having a thorough going diagnostic series of tests performed on him by the doctors and nurses in the chalet to the hospital behind me here in central l. A. And no Statement Given from the hospital so far as to watch the have found all we know is that on saturday they said that they would be performing this battery of tests and until they were in a position to inform his family of what their conclusions were they would be making no statement we know that they do not anticipate any News Conference taking place on sunday one Development Report today is that mr have on these wife is with him that she has gone into the hospital and is therefore with him and is able to ask the doctors what their findings have been and that sort of thing but nothing is being made public remember she is the one who alleges that those russian doctors who 1st treated mr know of our need didnt the release of mr vanney for long enough in her words for whatever was in his system to degrade making it harder for it to be detected clearly if there is somethi