Opposition rejects the transition plan its agreements with the military junta for our return to democracy. Plus an appetite for plant based meat we look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about food in thailand. And in sport world title leader Lewis Hamilton has won an incident packed tuscan grand prix the race had to be stopped twice after a series of crashes at the italians. But we start this news are in belo ruths where theres been an escalation in violence against protesters tens of thousands of people flooded the capital minsk Police Officers detained hundreds who were on the streets at times they were violent confrontations at a country where. Its internet blackouts has been imposed but that didnt deter the large crowds some of the protesters even made their way to the president ial compound there demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko with his protests comes the heads of talks between the belorussian president and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin there in the past the russian leader has a promise to send forces if requested well just to reset fasten was ants one of those process in minsk the spike hundreds of detentions at the start of this rally thousands of people have managed to still gather despite the roadblocks by police and military theyre now heading to a location where possibly the residents of look at shanghai is thats what they announced in the 1st place but so many roads are blocked so theyre basically circling the city right now showing their their their presence again like they have been doing in the last couple of sundays this is the 5th sunday of a mass rally and previous sunday so were modern 100000 people on the streets but this week it was particularly difficult repressive many people have been detained vans are driving around the city with masked man snatching people from the street just like that carrying people carrying a flag or just walking on the streets so its a lot of different a different atmosphere then it was a couple of weeks ago but people are still going strong and they still want to shout out that look at shankar has to resign. Lets take a closer look at the background to this story president lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1904 silencing nearly all forms of dissents but since been facing unprecedented opposition this year a struggling economy and the pandemic have made things much worse anger against the swords after his disputed reelection in early august his challenger to kind of skier had to flee its a lithuania and fear police serve crack there are waves of process since then and moral position leaders have been forced to leave bella reuss while western they disapprove to size look at schenker russian president Vladimir Putin is backing him saying hes ready to send troops in if needs its lets get more on this note from alex cochair of hes a Political Risk analyst with i. H. S. Market country risk joins me now from london via skype its good to have you with us where in something of a stalemates it would appear. That these process do seem to be getting the ball the persistence but the government does seem to be cracking down on them how do you explain this why are we seeing such violence. Towards these protesters. I think the crackdown today with mass detentions and also use of what the cannons and the crowd control measures by the right police in the roost is probably aimed to improve negotiating position for Alexander Lukashenko. In his upcoming talks with russia. Wants to present an image that hes in control of situation by the roast and that protests are not actually challenging his role well he may be wishing to present a certain image of himself but unfortunately Vladimir Putin can watch t. V. As well and it certainly doesnt look like hes saying control of anything given the situation and how much of a game changer we see the meeting between the shank and putin will be for the country. I think this meeting you know will be will be something that both parties will attempt to exploit from the location based back to gently needs Political Support from russia and also potentially security support if that if the need in one arises and also he needs Financial Support as the government finances are in quite challenging state and. Require urgent funds to meet its Debt Repayment obligations on the other hand lighting up putin will likely. Try to use this weekend position of location. Who is isolated from his own people by these large scale protests and also isolated from the west because of the western condemnation of his actions. So i think putin will try to exploit it to his own benefit by demanding certain concessions in return for any assistance to look at what sort of i mean just doesnt appear to want to get involved at all if this seems he has enough things on his plate as it is. Well you know i think ultimately it comes to the pride that russia probably doesnt want to see a Democratic Change in a country which is forced by protesters and i think this is one of the reasons the key reason why the kremlin is likely to support location to rather than the opposition and the protesters. And from you know from putting this person 1st back to its actually a very Good Opportunity to exploit the fact that is now weekend to achieve certain objectives which have failed in the past when look at that was trying to rebalance by the recent Foreign Policy towards the west restart Mission Links with the you with the United States and so on stuck in the middle of all of this of course and the people of valorise where do you think they stand right now i was is is there any way ice of this well based on what i see there is widespread opposition towards look in his administration amongst all groups of society including those which in the past used to support look at for instance pensioners or working class people employed by state owned enterprises we see that now there is a significant difference and look at people of the roots largely want to get to go but on the other hand look at decatur that he wants to stay in power no matter whats. Going to get your thought said thank you so much thats out of scope sheriff a Political Risk analyst joining us with that analysis from london thank you thank you. Its a great snow and refugees there are being moved to a new sites on the island of less force after their camp burned down earlier this week people have been sleeping rough since the maria camp europes largest was reduced to ash refugees are requesting humanitarian assistance and are resisting attempts to relocate them greek police fired tear gas at protests on saturday Stephanie Decker has more now from lesbos where shes been speaking to some of the displaced. There is no coherent aid operation happening at all then were almost you know 4 or 5 days since that fire. You camp thats right behind us theres been a drip of people coming here around 500 now have been moved here over the last 2 days so theyve been testing everyone for corona coming in to the camp from what we understand 10 we have more specific numbers in that but tons have tested positive of course this started with 35. 00 refugees having tested positive and they then mingled with the rest of the population so this is of course a concern but yes i think more importantly how are you going to provide shelter food water and a future for these people going to bring in our guests. She works for the ngo stand by me. Youve been here for a very long time youve seen the situation you saw the fire yourself tell me a little bit about now what are the issues now how difficult is it what are they facing exactly like youre saying still a lot of people are missing food theyre missing woodard missing shelter and also theyre missing medical treatment and psychological treatment which is also highly important in this situation i mean were talking about people who are dealing with no minimum of 4 traumas being their home country to join in the fire on top of right now i think this is the fault of everyone and people need to find new solutions in regards to providing aid like for example ourselves we were able to provide aid already today after despite not being able to enter them we just meant. People that people who couldnt get out they met those stairs so we met them in between we found new solutions to provide aid weve been talking to the refugees they want theyve been here for years many of the waiting for papers to be processed waiting for an answer one of them told us we just want an all star yes or no and then you know whether that means we have to go back but its this limbo that has taken a huge toll as you do have tens of thousands of people in refugee camps. With their lives on hold with their cases pending with question marks of whats going to happen so i think you know in that sense at least its an important debate but certainly nothing has been resolved the greek authorities have made it very clear to the people here who want to leave the island that the moment they were believing any time soon. A ship carrying nearly 300 people on the mediterranean is appealing to be a loads in supports the migrants on board were pulled from small boats in 3 separate operations in the past week a vessel is run by the Spanish Charity open arms when i seen 1000 people have died is trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 6 years. Plenty more since the come on the news hour including his campaigning gets underway in zanzibar the tickle me at the issues facing the sami its on with silence. And protester violence in Eastern Libya is going anger over corruption and poor Living Conditions there plus in the sports the lakers are back in the n. B. A. Conference finals the 1st time in 10 years. Mollys main Opposition Group says the military junta is trying to cling to power after last months coup on saturday the military and political groups agreed on a plan for the countrys future which included an 18 month transitional governments but the opposition is distancing itself from last announcements. The m. 5 r. Of p. Denounces the intimidation antidemocratic and unfair practices worthy of another era against which the fight for change and Re Foundation has been waged the desire to grab and confiscate power for the benefit of the giunta cannot justify the methods use which weaken the transition process. Campaigning is underway in tanzanias semitone a state of zanzibar ahead of octobers president ial vote the elections are expected to be a fiercely contested and the result could trigger other potentially violent fallout similar to the disputed election 5 years ago one of the main issues is the status bar as union with mainland tanzania Catherine Sawyer reports from neighboring kenya. Safe shareef is running for president on an opposition ticket this will be he 7th try in tanzania semiautonomous island state of zanzibar. As in previous attempts hes campaigning for more tonally force which is a union with panic on the mainland together they form tanzania. A mad says his victory in 2015 was stolen and he doesnt believe that next months election will be free or fair even though he now has more support from his. Party and tanzanias Main Opposition Party chair damn our relationship because weve seen the same. Building on the vision period. I mean kerry. Is really turning this power over. You know over. In the now on their objection this is them and you are not based on being here on issues well hear you fine he. The same when the son of a former president and the media former defense minister that is a ruling c. C. M. Party candidate he says hell improve the economy and pacify ethnic tensions that have always polarized the island this when his critics say he doesnt represent them because he comes from the mainland we will continue to strengthen our relations. With a main line you will believe on the policies and agendas of the c. C. Im the only party only sent to propaganda. Elections in zanzibar have often been contentious and violent in 2015 the opposition claims victory the Electoral Commission a nod to the paul and the ruling party won in a repeat election the following year political analysts say this election will also be fiercely contested by the 2 leading contenders among 12 president ial candidates the result could trigger another violent fallout between the ruling party and opposition not me you know the battle is not between personalities theyre both deeply flawed this competition is going to be between parties but losers as likely to going to see election and thats when the problems will start. Has a famous history for it spice trade but its future is dividing the 700. 00 island as many are young who complain of feeling increasingly marginalized others want more tanami and Everyone Wants to benefit from the natural gas discovered off the coast catherine soy aljazeera the turkish vessel sent to map its possible or oil and gas drilling prospects in the disputed parts of the Eastern Mediterranean has returned home tensions flared last month after ankara sent a ship along with a naval escorts to the bridge and both turkey and greece claim Energy Resources in that area turkey is the fence minister says the ships return was shared childes and does not mean has given up on its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. But the greek Prime Minister has welcomed the ships departure from disputed waters. To quote the return of or trace an ontology as a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of a conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions. Well james carlins is a visiting professor at the London School of economics and specializes in greek turkish relations he says the Current System the current tensions rather stem from i dated sterrett oriel rules and turkey is calling for a revision. It will be a relief about the ship returning but as you heard it said this doesnt change anything it doesnt change its claims in the Eastern Mediterranean and of course greece has got its position but i think the hope will be that maybe this now might open up a chance to see countries that talk to each other its an incredibly complex problem and a century i mean you know just on the through all my history 100 years ago 2 countries sorted out their borders but times change you know when they set those borders and 1923 in argentina for International Law it was in a very different place and we could explore what do you want to and so there was an accident tension over this but office a has Technology Means that weve been able to explore much more deeply. Make discoveries and it jeepers also in the Eastern Mediterranean as International Law has allowed countries that claim even more territory and Continental Shelf this is all come together to create this program of the century he is all giving the priests by butchie of one particular honey on the lungs. So all these access to claim a lot of resources in the Eastern Mediterranean and this is essential is all about talking satanist shape into greek waters and saying look we have every right to claim this is all road and greece obviously say well look were happy to talk about it but we wont talk about it while youre threatening us in this way. But her reins top shia cleric is rejecting relations with israel and is calling on people across the region to resist grand ayatollah person spoke his small scale protests took place inside bahrain kingdom became the latest arab nation to recognize israel on friday it falls similar u. S. Brokered deal with the united arab emirates. Several protesters have been injured by police in Eastern Libya it happened in the marsh region which is under the control of warlords or have to protest as were calling for the resignation of one of have to Security Officials you tabling breaking up an earlier rally its been widespread unrest there with demands for improved Living Conditions and an end to corruption after a spokesman is accusing the protesters of being traitors and has labeled their plight as fabricated or maalik traina is in misrata he says people across the country are unhappy with their current situation. Weve seen for the 3rd straight day protests in Eastern Libya thats in areas such as tobruk. And murders 7 several civilians were injured but weve also seen the same kind of protests in western libya too to the deteriorating Living Conditions demonstrators say this is because of the lack of Government Services others no cash in the bank so Government Employees or regular employees cant really pull out their salaries from the banks and theres also a long power cuts across the entire country thats in Eastern Libya as well as western libya so weve seen demonstrations protests in western libya in tripoli here in misrata in front of the the municipality and and they say demonstrators are upset because they say corruption has led to a lack of Government Ser