Votes and a test for the pro western governing party thats been in power for 30 years. Salvaging whatever they can severe flooding in sudans capital as the nile river reaches unprecedented levels and announces a sweeping labor reforms as it heads closer to hosting the 2022 football cup. And im Peter Simmons of your sports Lewis Hamilton wins the belgium grown premier missy is gone missing porcelaine is pleased to not prove preseason medical but the storys a no show off the telly club he wants to leave. We begin this news hour and valorise where tens of thousands of demonstrators are on the streets of the capital once again keeping up the pressure on the president to step down its been 3 weeks now since the disputed elections and protesters continue to stage mass rallies despite the government calling them illegal well police have detained at least 125 people in minsk on sunday reporters on the scene say Security Forces have repeatedly attacked peaceful demonstrators uniformed men have pushed back crowds and with heavy vehicles and water can president Alexander Lukashenko is rivals for them its a kind of says its more evidence that the regime is morally bankrupt. She remains and if you weigh near where she fled after that election are journalists in belarus and are working under severe restrictions many of them have had their accreditation withdrawn so al Bennett Smith is following developments from the u. N. Is capitol hill in the us now bernard despite this crackdown weve seen huge crowds again in minsk today whats been the dynamic been like with the authorities. Theres no indication that these protesters have lost or the protests have lost momentum after now 3 weeks since that president ial election on august the 9th when playing to what 80 percent of the vote nobody on the streets protesting in minsk and in other belorussian cities believes that and they want to go now the 1st few days of protest after the after the president ial election the authorities attempted essentially to crack down violently almost protests they used to us they used rubber coated bullets to try and disperse the protesters but after those 1st several 1000 were detained 7000 hundreds injured and 3 killed but after those initial 3 days they allowed it seems these large scale protests to continue yes there have been people detained and people arrested many people were arrested after the womens protest yesterday and charged with illegal gathering but the hasnt been a major attempt to break up the protest but it therefore it is were hoping momentum would go it hasnt for the moment but i know they say its also lucas think as bad days a day and and also that russian president putin called him to wish him well also to invite him to moscow that seems to be quite the show of support from moscow that of a birthday gift. Yes a happy birthday from a lot of putin the kremlin called it to look on a visit to moscow in the next few weeks so no rush and yes a suggestion that the kremlin is going to look at important to him the kremlin is also offered to provide some sort of police Rapid Reaction force should look at shank one say it but import particularly because the European Union is planning to impose new sanctions on belarus so russia no real friend putin no real friend of look at shanghai has decided for now theyre not going to back him. On a smith theyre monitoring developments for us from the lithuanian capital vilnius thanks very much. Valerie except carlo is a better russian Opposition Leader who is currently in neighboring poland he believes lucas lanka has underestimated the movement against him everybody understands the stance very well the locus and makes him go d out. Tell percent of the public support these was the real result of the president ial election but in fact he wrote here he was he declared he had to go out 80 percent of the public vote which was absolutely not true well bill roots will never be the same that very obvious is. No. Post from different sides i mean the look us encourage him you know look at seneca faces the position 1st of all from the side of the bill or public or Society Civil society 2nd from the west that didnt recognize the results of the president ial elections and the 3rd also is russia because now the kremlin understands very well that lucas and doesnt have the support to inside his own country and i think that he is a kind of isolated from belarus itself or ability to speak pull itself from the western countries and from russia who publicly support him but in fact understand very well the real support to follow president going side to build a respectful and they will treat him respectfully. Well a strong turnout is being reported in montenegro as parliamentary election president miller you kind of that has cast his ballot in the capital podhoretz or his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia you kind of it has government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. That makes him one of europes longest serving leaders project we expect that Montenegrin Society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stablish what is the Free Democratic will of our citizens my expectation is that after that montenegro will continue to move on the path of democratic and Economic Development choosing its european goals well for more now lets cross a live event have conviction montenegros capital iran where just under 3 hours until polls close talk us through the consequences of the voters choice today a shift in power could potentially mean a shift in foreign policy. Well as i said there is a Sharp Division within the in this country within the main the leading parties which are now in power which are prominent in the ground with the opposition which is prosser b. And the main issue that they are talking about in these elections is issue of church and religion why is that so because the current montenegro government would love to reestablish once existing Montenegro Orthodox Church 70 percent of people in this country are declared as christian orthodox the only or fish only recognized recognized in the orthodox world recognized the serbian Orthodox Church which has its leader sitting in belgrade in neighboring serbia and this is a National Church so the national serbian. Automatically a political dispute in this country further divisions happened by the end of the last year when. Parliament in montenegro adopted a controversial law on the freedom of religion and that. Should allow a state to take control over religious sites in this country which were build before night the night he 18 before montenegro joined the union with serbia so serbian Orthodox Church is the largest i dont you just going to zation in this country believe that the primary primary target of this war so they organize the brought this this country almost every day they even excommunicated all leading politicians from power in montenegro from church and from christianity and they openly called their followers to vote for prosser be an opposition in. These elections so be an opposition primarily. And for. Closer ties with serbia and with russia and i have to mention that montenegro joined Nato Alliance 3 years ago and 3 years ago and it was it happened with a strong. Resistance from this opposition so its a very tough political struggle in this country and the voters of the they decided to go on course and to waltz in a larger number so thats why we saw such a large turnout which could be easily the highest turnout to the history of voting in this country. Thats even pavlovitch there speaking to us from the montenegran capital thanks so much of. Well there is plenty more ahead for you this news hour including. Lives destroyed homes abandoned thousands flee after heavy flooding in kenya. And hundreds of migrants are brought to the italian island of lampedusa after being rescued at sea. And force them all walking backs were turned from their social justice protest and reach the n. B. A. Playoffs semifinals peace will have all those details coming up. Qatar has announced a series of reforms to its labor laws for the 1st time it sets a Monthly Minimum wage for employees regardless of nationality or type of job it also gives workers the ability to change employees without needing a sponsors approval imran khan has the story. After a 2 year long consultation process with the u. N. Body the International Labor organization the state of cattle has announced sweeping reforms in the way employees are treated in the gulf state some of the changes include the introduction of a minimum wage of 1800. 00 tare rails around 500. 00 us dollars a month which includes an allowance for food and accommodation theres also freedom of movement between Employers Without the need for whats called a no objections difficult the law applies to all x. Party employees in the country including Domestic Workers employed by individual families theres concern that previous laws in place to protect workers havent been in force properly local media have reported that some construction workers were paid for months at the start of the coded in 1000. 00 pandemic the International LaborOrganization Says the new laws will be forced and there will be more outlets to resolve labor disputes. We have to jointly with the state of qatar study its impact its paper ations and ensure that its beneficial for all including good workers the private sector around the country so a lot of ground work had to be done also the legislative changes the actual law to be prepared but also when it comes to the minimum wage there actually has to be a study done on the needs of the Workers Councils largest export populations come from bangladesh pakistan the philippines and india the government says that the minimum wage will be beneficial to both employees and the country this is part of the Bigger Picture reforms 1st laws are very good these 2 new 2 major announcements today are fantastic for the country but implementation is equally as important so we will be working with the government here. Ensuring that the labor inspectors are fully aware of the legislation making sure that the workers are aware making sure that the Enterprises Companies the private sector is aware council is hoping these reforms will also address concerns in the run up to the football world cup in 2022 human Rights Groups have highlighted various issues about workers in the country that include deaths on construction sites and inadequate Living Conditions in the last 6 years 34 workers have died during the construction of well cup stadiums thats brought a lot of attention from the International Community on cats are now these labor law reforms are partly their way of dealing with International Pressure however the closer we get to the world cup in 2022 the more bright the international spotlight will shine imran khan aljazeera doha. And my colleague spoke to sharon she is the general secretary of the International TradeUnion Confederation and she says this is a step in the right direction making the world cup a secure environment for. This is a new dawn for workers Migrant Workers in qatar to have a free system to win the cafe our system and normalize contracts with appropriate provisions to have a back up system of the labor pool to grievance procedures representation at the workplace but then to have a nondiscriminatory minimum wage on top of that we are delighted to see the courage in the latest of the qatari government its been a long journey we thank the ilo and the government for the dedication to these and frankly it will make the world cup much more secure environment for workers knowing that they have secured a normalised industrial relations system you talked about the fact that this will probably help deflect criticism of qatar ahead of the world cup in 2022 but do you see other countries in the region following suit we see some movement in oman in kuwait a little bit of hope was there in bahrain but its looking very great and of course we are in discussions ahead of the g 20 with saudi arabia but in 2 we see them recognize that the cofounder system must be in the transparent system of contracts a minimum living wage and of course the right for workers to be represented and to settle grievances when those things are in place then we will say this region is fit for business but the tasks are only reaches that binged today of course there are things well continue to talk to them about we continue to think where they are actually at the plot of unscrupulous employers but this is a fantastic historic moment and congratulations to all involved. Now all options are on the table to resolve protests over Racial Injustice in the u. S. City of portland thats according to acting Homeland Security secretary chad wolf one person was shot dead during saturday nights violence between rival groups in the city portland has been the site of nightly demonstrations for more than 3 months now since Police Killed george floyd in minneapolis president ronald trump is now expected to visit the city of commotion in wisconsin on tuesday thats when jacob blake was shot in the back 7 times by police and left paralyzed nearly a week ago thousands of people took part in another night of peaceful protests but more than a 1000 National Guard members are on standby after unrest in the city and in the capital washington d. C. Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse anti racism protesters who gathered near the White House Police say the crowds were ordered to leave after throwing bottles at offices and setting fire to newspaper boxes for more on all of that lets bring in our castro who is in washington d. C. For us i. D. Lets start with what happened in portland another shooting death and a highly charged protest really feels like tension is escalating really across the country now. Thats right this has been a very significant week of escalating tensions and we saw this overnight in portland now police there are not directly linking the Fatal Shooting of this man with the skirmishes that happened earlier in the day between the pro Trump Supporters and the black lives matter protesters but what we do know is that this is victim was a white man who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest he reportedly was wearing a hat with a far right insignia identifying him as a member of a group thats clashed with these protesters in the past and leading up to this point we know a caravan of some 600 pro Trump Supporters in their vehicles had entered the portland many went around the out scar outskirts of the city however a Significant Group went into the downtown area that is where of course these protesters have been staging their protests for now going on 95 days in their work confrontations between these 2 groups there were fist fights objects thrown at each other paint balls etc now President Trump said on twitter earlier today calling these pro trump ralliers great patriots now in his Republican NationalConvention Speech earlier in the week he singled out portland as a city that he said was in chaos because of democrats who lead the city there are unable to contain this fury thats erupted since the death of george floyd now the mayor of portland pointedly delivered a letter to the white house saying he does not want the president meddling more in this earlier federal agents who are unidentified have been deployed to the city of portland putting people on the backs of vans and that actually inflame tensions even further attracting more antipolice protesters to the area of the mayor saying a repeat of that would only be worse does not want the National Guard involved. As we know now the white house chief of staff just saying this morning that National Guards being deployed to portland is certainly an option that remains on the table heidi im curious amid all of these escalating tensions this announcement of the president s upcoming visit to condition how is that going over. Right well there is a lot of anger among the protesters in can ocean namely because the president has not said whether he will meet with the victim of that Police Shooting jacob lake who as you mentioned is now paralyzed or with his family what we do know trump intends to do is meet with the Police Groups there in can osha now of course thats just another city thats been gripped with these tensions weve been seeing more peaceful protesting in Clint Kenosha with vigils held overnight and during the day on saturday now of course this wasnt always this peaceful there earlier in the week it was can no show that solved bloodshed on its streets when 2 black flies matter protesters were shot and killed.