On a club scene comes up with new ways to reach music lovers with traditional venues closed because of the panda. Im phil gale welcome to the Program Thousands of people are back on the streets of the belarussian capital minsk for a 5th day of protests against a violent crackdown on demonstrations that followed sundays disputed president ial election in many parts of the city protesters formed human chains filling squares and lining avenues almost 7000 people have been detained since president lukashenko claimed electoral victory and spock publica. What began during the day carried on late into the night their defiance. Earlier hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of mens protesting their government crackdown on free speech following sundays disputed election. I came here to support our bella racine people our women children being killed and beaten up violated taken away we do not even know where they are taken there must be some justice. That was videos like this one that angered so many appearing to show protesters being beaten up in detention centers. Under pressure president Alexander Lukashenko penned the unrest on a disgruntled unemployed run. To see what mir aborted everyone who is unemployed currently has to be looked after they have to be offered a job thats moved here its the core of these socalled protesters are people with a criminal past on those who are unemployed that all. These factory workers suggest otherwise definitely are good to their lives to use tell us more stand up if you voted for t. Cannot sky the Opposition Leader a man shouts the room rises as one. Elsewhere signs that trust in the system is running out. All markers help this man in orange escape the clutches of police. Outsiders are paying attention to the u. S. Says warren sanctions are on the table what people deloris to have the freedoms that theyre demanding that they think are in their best interests. We watched the protests we we urge that these that the non violent protesters be protected not armed. Back on the streets the protests were more subdued on wednesday night. Go only they chanted no signs yet that this uprising has run its course. Straight to minsk then where we join john this to Honolulu Baco welcome to g. W. That start with the president s claim that protesters on the streets are criminals and unemployed youve been at day so protester what did you see. Well these are people from all walks of life basically this is you these are the elderly this a women. Man this a medical workers they cited professional basis professionals this is middle class because basically every social group is currently protesting every social group is outraged by the brutal response from from the police and well its very hard to find anyone who would not actually science that part of the added i mean a host of state television are. Using to work in you more so they they leave their channels to the progovernment station. We have immense. A large numbers of. Plants across the country that stop working then they announced that they would go on strike as well so this is a popular uprising. And the pictures that weve been seeing of the these people waving flowers and lining up it all looks very peaceful so how does the violence subsided. Or human from this side of the police or yet. Well i mean in my hands well yesterday there was kind of a more quiet day id say but at the same time police. Say this person people in some means neighborhood but also outside. So i wouldnt say that its just you know they stop the environment not at all its just that perhaps the amount of information that appears and when the internet came bad outraged people so much that they kind of stopped also there were a lot of people prominent public figures who demanded violence to be stopped and also its very hard to apply violence against women you know hundreds and thousands of women who are protesting across the country and there are sometimes you know children who also go up to the streets and i guess thats why there is less violence in the moment but nevertheless there are numerous reports across the country that right police specially in the horses patrol just bit people on streets random citizens and put this in some sort of context for us how the country has been to roost seen protests on this scale before. Well theyre actually it what has been happening in the past 2 weeks and months lets remember that it hasnt started just on sunday this is a long trend i say it is it is indeed unprecedented but its also this this content has been on the rise in the past years people have been showing that they are unhappy with the president and they want him to go but indeed the scale of it the current scale of it is unprecedented there where mass protests decade ago but whats happening now and its happening all across the country not only means i think basis something to watch out and this is something definitely unprecedented. How difficult is it to be a journalist in belarus in this climate. Oh it is very hard the program is that nothing can protect he is a journalist if you stay like if you are separated from the crowd and if you where i disagree i do because the cation sign you will not be treated as a drone that he will be even targeted intentionally because they see you alone for snipers and police and fishing the forces can fire and there are actually cases when they fired rubber bullets at a drone and i well i dont feel safe at all im sure that ive been surveilling but also why whenever i drive even driving a car its not safe anymore whenever they drive a car the rush on grenada and its just not you just know whats going to happen to you in your car. Think we are all here for a life not monitored and healthy just like thank you for joining us and outlining the situation that generous to honolulu in minsk. Well take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world gary and protesters have marched on the German Embassy in the capital sofia calling on germany to use its presidency of the e. U. Council to take action against the Bulgarian Government will carry seed more than a month of protests as campaigns demand the resignation of the Prime Minister and chief prosecutor whom they accused of corruption. Lebanons parliament approved a 2 week state of emergency for beirut in its 1st meeting after the 4th catastrophic explosion in grants the military broad powers such as prohibiting gatherings and declaring curfews protesters and Rights Groups fear the measures could lead to a crackdown against a crackdown on civil liberties. And staying in lebanon and lebanon where for one couple last weeks explosion in beirut will forever be bound up with another life changing event the birth of their baby boy george and the father to be caught it all on film. Watching his wife being wheeled away had been thought he was about to film the 1st moments of the sun god. Instead he recalls the moment that a massive blast rocks beirut sending broken glass all over her. I saw with my own eyes i started feeling over but. I was looking around at the ceiling just waiting for it to fall on us but i didnt know what to do then i said thats it george should come he has to come to life and i have to be very strong i shouldnt break down. But. Emanuel was quickly moved into the corridor but without electricity nurses relied on the lots of peoples phones to deliver baby george. My team im extremely proud of i think the true heroes iman and the bee they stayed so calm they listened to everything that we said and the trusted in us to be able to take care of their son when the whole world was literally falling apart. As chaos reigned in the hospital and the streets of beirut in a dimly lit corridor or georges birth was a success those words hes very special and the whole of the light in the darkness in wreckage despite all the horror that was present around us george was born in good health. While george and his parents escaped unscathed 17 other people died in the hospital and dozens more were injured edwins mother suffered several broken ribs and a punctured lung. George has now gone harm where his parents have been reflecting on the damage the blast did. We spent 4 days after the explosion laughing and crying the people around us were hurt so we were afraid for again what happened at the same time the feeling is indescribable also. To his parents he is now known as miracle george but baby who survived a chaotic birth in a city left reeling from destruction. For months germany was seen as the poster child of efforts to deal with the corona crisis but now a Health Health minister has described the continuing increase in new corona virus infections as worrying and is urged germans to be very alert but the warning comes out as the countrys a robot Cork Institute for Public Health reported the highest number of new cases for more than 3 months. Trouble in bavaria the state in the south of germany has adopted a strict approach to the pandemic recently testing has been ramped up to cover a rising number of people returning from vacation but. What weve been doing for a few days now is a service for germany varia has massively expanded its test strategy at the moment were not only testing for bavaria were testing at the border for the whole of germany but this strategy seems to have overwhelmed local authorities the state announced on wednesday that 44000 holiday makers returning to germany by road still hadnt received the result of their tests days later among them 900 positive cases. Is this feeling you. Know that many people are in uncertainty now we can only apologize for that and for teething troubles the words there should be over now yet. Sign. The delay happened because handwritten information had to be entered into computers german Health Minister you criticize the problems. Beneath that im very grateful that were testing extensively and that varia is making it possible to test people when they enter the country by car but then of course it must be possible to provide the results all. These difficulties come at a bad time throughout germany koroma infections are on the rise again the robert cock institute for Public Health reporting 1445 new cases on thursday the highest number since may the 1st. Now lets take a look at some of the latest developments in the pandemic the World Health Organization says it has requested a review of results of russias trials of the vaccine its authorized for use described meters less advanced than others which are still under growing trials the spanish region of going to syria has a ban smoking on the streets as part of social distancing measures as the country battles a 2nd wave of infections a new zealand has traced a new outbreak to a cold storage warehouse according to a breach is one of the suspected causes the war of words is brewing over the role of the tiny german port of sas and its in the construction of a controversial gas pipeline from russia and germany is a foreign minister heiko masses told the us to mind its own business over the nord stream to pipeline as the us secretary of state it might pump aoe undertakes a European Tour some u. S. Republican senators have threatened sanctions against the Port Washington says the pipeline will make europe dependent on russian gas well dr Laura Daniels is an expert on the americas and Foreign Trade policy at the German Institute for international and Security Affairs welcome to d. W. How serious do you think washington is about killing this project. I think we have to acknowledge that its very very d. N. C. Very situation because of the solid legal basis of sanctions its not just an actually threat Current Administration but its also very much supported. By both parties in congress and its been a long time project actually on the republican and the democratic side to support sanctions to implement sanctions against russia. In the whole context of the building of the stream to pipeline i do believe that sanctions against a german port involved in this project will be caught up in the in the whole idea of sanctions against russia yes this is very much what Congress Says and doesnt the president should do and he may be forced to actually implement such policies and yet its now a situation in which the e. U. Really needs to think about strategies cant imagine perhaps try term measures also long term measures to retain its Energy Independence right now germany of course at the center of this is that anything the German Government can do to protect the port against these u. S. Sanctions these proposed u. S. Sanctions so thats a really tough situation were in right now and i think the only solution that people should come up with coming up with is to stick together among the European Countries to come up with a common solution common policy. The u. S. Is the u. S. Objection is that north stream about to pipeline will increase your dependence on Russian Energy do you believe thats really true. But thats not really whats essentially an out and finding solutions whether the motive of u. S. Policy is something we agree with or not but if we are really within europe at least the European Commission and our senate it claims to. The same degree sanctions and the us site to be in conflict with International Law you need to come up with Common Solutions we need to have a debate about risk sharing if you want to protect one Single Member states against secondary sanctions from the u. S. Government you need to think about how to share the risk of being targeted by such sanctions yeah baby you has or has a bad record on this i recall this idea of risk sharing when there were sanctions against iran and they were all sorts of. Methods to try and move the money around but nobody really no ones heart was really in it so no one i think the whole thing fell apart thats true on the other hand you might also argue that a financing is easy vehicle as it was created with insects to finance trade between the e. U. And iran was the 1st step in that direction and you had essentially risk sharing among among the Member States the degree to support that finance in the u. K. And you you know coming from there to think about different options and how do share the risk. How is it he said any Companies EuropeanCompanies Involved in the north stream 2 project ok good talking to thank you Laura Daniels from the German Institute for international and Security Affairs thanks for having. Let me bring you some breaking news just reaching us here the w. Israel the United Arab EmiratesJust Announced that theyve reached a Peace Agreement under which the u. A. E. Would recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations the Historic Deal was brokered by the United States under its terms israel has agreed to drop its plans to annex parts of the Palestinian West Bank israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is due to speak on this issue soon that will bring you more and later bulletins. Now take a look at some more of the days news im with stocks in israel which has imposed punitive new measures against gaza altering fuel imports and restricting coastal fishing areas and actions in retaliation for the release of balloons carrying bombs from palestinian territories israeli warplanes and tanks most attacks on gaza overnight palestinians say a school was damaged by a missile. Emergency workers have rescued hundreds of people as floods inundate central and Southern China officials in Sichuan Province as you to read brainstorm the highest level in chinas Emergency Response system more than 45000000 people have been affected by flooding since the start of the rainy season in june. This is d. W. News life from brown and still to come live music in the german capital amid the coronavirus pandemic early in d. J. s come up with new ways to keep the music coming. Now in Football Club bobby leipsic the new kids on the block in the latter stages of the Champions League faceoff that because of madrid in tonights quarterfinal in lisbon the spanish sides more experienced having that twice having reached the final twice in the last decade its a win or go home ahead of the 1st ever encounter between athletico and the bowls of leipsic. Rb leipzig are breaking new ground reaching the quarter finals of the Champions League for the 1st time in the clubs history it only their 4th season in the top flight wife 6 huguenot was a man who just turned 33 last month is the youngest coach to take it seemed this deep into the competition of course theres pressure and nerves ahead of such an important match but noddles man says rb leipzig is ready for the challenge. We will show courage and present our way to play soccer we will focus on content of course and lead to coas more experience but its also true and my firm belief that 2 games 1st leg and return match count much more than just one game because you hardly need to maneuver its about who will win the game and that team will reach the semifinal. Rb leipsic defeated last years fi