Minsk at the staunch where a protester died this week in clashes with Police Demonstrators demanding new elections have europe support but authoritarian president of the standard of the shank though says russia is backing him. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us Hong Kong Media tycoon jimmy lie has denied colluding with foreign governments he made the statement after being released from prison on bail lie was arrested last monday under a new security law imposed by beijing during an interview with g w he said he expected resistance in hong kong to china would continue. Venturing campaigner jimmy lee. I had been detained many times but this was the 1st time he was taken away in handcuffs litel d w that although he expected his arrest he was surprised that it came so soon and that his sons were also targets said. His time the actual maybe because they have this so that she i was actually shocked and that makes it more scary especially when when when they take your family in war what you do i think this is a very effective intimidation to the community. And i says his most emotional moment this week was when he was surrounded by supporters after he was freed on bail during his foresee our Detention Police show to interviews he did with foreign media pats on subsumption media posts as evidence of suspected collusion with Foreign Forces and you offense that the person in jail for life i met my parents i met people and some of the senators and congressmen in the us but if you call this is called lucian what can i say so mostly my career shouldnt is to have interviews why dont you studio in that way. I can be scared if im scared i wont be able to do anything or say anything thats why i accept your interview without any doubt beijing is making similar allegations against the media tycoons Newspaper Office say the most threatened critical paper in time its news room was also raided lie had this message for his staff. I told them that consider your own safety your conscience and you operate cation to church and society we are not asking you to be done martyr you know do whatever you think is the right thing to do so we would just continue to do it and test the water many protesters have been left wondering what now has both peaceful and by then talk to visit and see mend they. Lost gail demonstration will be the thing of the past but it doesnt mean that people will cease to reduce it i think the rhesus students will go on but in a different way i definitely agree that we have to confront them head on because this is going to be a long fight we have to be flexible and courses and creative i will only be. All off for a t. V. I do believe that a piece of good test can pressure on the Chinese Government you will us why dont how can you be more while in bed the c. C. P. Who have the guns and gangs. The billionaire fled to hong kong from Mainland China when he was a penniless 12 year olds he attributes his success to the freedom he found in the territory but hes not planning another estate even though he may have to spend the rest of his life behind bars i was single as a ship because this phrase skate me everything you know i mean death to this phrase im very grateful to what these what this process given me im 73 almost so maybe is a payback coming why should i get doing the right. And our correspondent phoebe kong who did that interview with jimmy lai joins me now from hong kong hello to you. So listening to jimmy lie speaking there he said the resistance in hong kong will go on but in a different way what do you think he means by that. What you mean i am in the interview without saying theres not much people can do on the street right now in the home because often you sweeping National Security and all but despite the fact that its not very possible to help in the massive demonstration but do you think people should continue to fly out of the stall and creative ways to sustain a Movement Like tom cole like the voice of support. International communities because you think the hong kong. The moral power is the greatest straight to hong kong and at the moment and that can help them to draw International Support to achieve that the mob and apart from that he also think that its also important for the opposition figures to remain in office even though the election for more than a year right now but do you think its very important for people to just take us to fight inside if you. Will to be you mention july talking about support from overseas specifically support from the United States if the u. S. Is actively supporting hong kongs prodemocracy opposition what could that mean for relations between the us and Mainland China. While the Us China Relationship been already very intense i know the past few months and for the past one to 2 years because of the. Right warning to all but home home protests broke out from last year we saw a lot of to attack retaliation when the china and u. S. And i hope all is consider at the forefront of the socalled neo cold war between the 2 superpowers so we definitely that this kind of like you know kind of atmosphere and the places that will go well will carry on i guess ill be you know if this question now in hong kong that the u. S. Strongly opposed to the way of trying to ruin all especially be implementation of the National Security so we expect that will be. Many more like retaliates 3 matches laid out between the 2 superpowers. Kong reporting from hong kong thank you so much. All right lets turn our attention to belarus now where thousands of protesters have again rallied across the country theyre demanding the resignation of authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko after last weekends disputed election the European Union is said to impose sanctions over the governments violent crackdown on protests on saturday in the shadow reached out to russias president Vladimir Putin for his support. Long live below greece they chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. Thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police at this demonstration of a new usually Security Forces were nowhere to be seen since last sundays election calls to president Alexander Lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of rigging the vote and say his leadership lacks legitimacy. Musial possible most every day what will happen remains unclear he thinks completely differently and depending how the situation of voles he will act accordingly but his methods are not civilized and everyone has learned this in the last 26 years which must or. Must be simplest as it is obvious that a president can or longer cope with his people he is looking for help in the east he understands that he does not have support from the west. Because up with. Facing mounting pressure because shankar called russian president Vladimir Putin in such a supporter. He warned the protests were not just a threat to fellers play to subordinates because gentlemen are serious and that is why today i had a long and detailed conversation with the russian president jacques to say i was a little surprised it was totally devoted to what is happening and we agreed with him if we requested only the seri help will be provided to help secure the safety of. The limbs. The kremlin for its pot said the 2 men expressed certainty that the situation in bella reuss would soon be resolved. Well meanwhile the correspondent alexander has been released from detention but i go over ports for the russian language server. Yes he was arrested in his hometown monkey all for just a few days before the president ial election what i call received a 10 day prison sentence for petty hooliganism charges he denies and which hes considering appealing but are called says his prosecution was purely political it was his 2nd time in prison this year. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. Israel launched further airstrikes on hamas positions in gaza overnight and has closed the enclaves offshore fishing zone the army said the measures were in response to rockets and balloon fire bombs being sent into israeli territory over the past week its the most intense escalation of hostilities in months. Protesters have gathered outside the home of the United States postmaster general after the Postal Service said it couldnt guarantee all ballots for novembers election would arrive in time to be counted the postmaster general whos a wealthy republican donor has ordered a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in may its fear that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. Firefighters in california are battling numerous blazes raging in the north and south of the u. S. State amid a record breaking heat wave this fire along the nevada border prompted authorities to order evacuations and shut a major highway its already destroyed more than 8000 hectares. And now lets bring you up to date with the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the World Health Organization is sounding the alarm after the number of new infections hit an all time high according to the w h o n nearly 300000 cases were recorded across the world just in the past 24 hours south korea and the u. S. Have delayed their annual joint military drills after a south korean officer tested positive for covert 19 the training is now due to start on tuesday but its scope has been scaled down and new zealands deputy Prime Minister has called for a delay to the planned september general election thats after an abrupt resurgence in corona virus cases in the countrys largest city auckland. All right. Soccer now and in the last of the Champions League quarter final matches underdogs leon stunned Manchester City in their clash in lisbon on saturday night maxwell 4 and they opened the scoring in the 24th minute da borean firing in a goal from 30 metres kevin de boyer holds the sides level with a shot in the 69th minute late in the game. Powered in 2 more goals from the own to secure the victory 31. 00 the final score of the on will now face byron munich in the Champions League semifinals. Well political twitter fights are not unusual in a run up to a president ial election but now a surprisingly animated spat has broken out between a Campaign Advisor to u. S. President donald trump and a very famous suburban housewife president ial aide jenna ellis kicked off the war of words when she tweeted that Presumptive DemocraticVice President ial candidate Camila Harris sounded like Marge Simpson prompting a rush of comments but its likely one person she did not expect to hear from was Marge Simpson herself. I usually dont get into politics but the president s Senior Advisor jenna alice just said kamel the harris sounds like me lisa says she doesnt mean it as a compliment at that as an ordinary suburban housewife who felt a little disrespect for i teach my children that to name call santa. I was going to say 2 laugh but im afraid they please but yes indeed we did have to leave that expletive omarion evanston your up to date on v. W. News from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. In the. Climate change. Or so. Much to. What is today the far future. G. W. Dot com for their Decision Making a. Quick turn