A heat wave in the arctic visits the siberian town whose very foundations are threatened by ever harder and longer summers. Im sumi so much gun thats good to have you with us bella racin president aleksander look i shant go is refusing to hold new elections despite increasing pressure from demonstrators striking factory workers in the capital ments could join the protests on monday the protests have been growing after last weeks election was widely seen to be rigged demonstrators have not been deterred by a Brutal Police crackdown. And lets get the latest on the story now with our correspondents in moscow we have your ear shuttle standing by and in brussels band recurred good to see you both yuri lets start with you we seen these images of workers striking and protesting but doesnt seem to be backing down at all tell us what weve heard from him while arrived today earlier at one of the big factories in the capital minsk and he went out to the workers he was greeted with shouts of goal weight according to our colleagues in belarus and then a strange dialogue took place between local schenkel and the workers are you talking about unfair lections and do you want to hold fail wants to question you asked the answer was yes and the question we already how elections until you kill me there will be no other elections so this is not a country goes full statement by the sound of the question on the one hand you really want to give up his presidency as it dries on the other hand it shows such as desperate as such just of that the ground under the feet of there was the president is apparently on fire so things are really becoming quite tight for him. All right lets come to you in brussels now berent because the European Union is watching the situation closely it is already greenlighted sanctions and now the council chief has scheduled an emergency session on wednesday to discuss the situation is there support in the e. U. For taking further steps. Yes this special summit shows that you wants to heighten the pressure on the president in billows and also want to show support with the population in been a ruse the council chief child michel declared that the russians have the right to choose their future freely and also to choose. Their leadership that means that the you is regarding your question as illegitimate and its a rare occasion that there is a special summit for. Foreign policy issues on wednesday the heads of states or government the assembly in a Video Conference and they were the to talk about sanctions new sanctions maybe tougher sanctions and investment last week by the by the Foreign Ministers maybe location going south the be put on this list and theres also maybe at the possibility to strengthen the ties to the civil. Society in the universe there are ties between the e. U. And certain defectors there are 30000000000 euro is a good into a bill or is every year maybe this would be increased or i want to take a look now at the Opposition Leaders that line if you dont know scalia she delivered a message from exile in lithuania calling for more protests this weekend and she says she is ready to take the reins lets listen to what she said. 2 of the 5 ready to take responsibility and act as a National Leader during this period in order for the country to calm down so that we release all Political Prisoners as soon as possible by his approach on this. I would like to address those in uniform bellary scenes of people who dont accept violence bellary sians a generous and fair if you decide not to carry out girl legal orders and switch to the side of the people they will to give you support you and one playing you in the future. In the small one so a very clear message there from the Opposition Leader yuriy how much pressure does she add on the go while the pressure from to kind of sumi is actually the pressure from the thousands and thousands of demonstrators across the bella rose. Has shown in recent weeks that she is actually ready for her role as a National Leader despite the fact that she left the country and left to the india but now she has a huge support base and that support has been rising in the last weeks also she isnt alone in her role as a leader shes got strong support from another one from. A representative of another candidate who wasnt allowed to run for presidency so kolesnik about is a minsk right now and they both are listening and. Are constantly staying in touch organizing protests against police on a crushing call there and how does brussels see this taken off sky is in exile in lithuania an e. U. Country and saying that shes ready to run does that put the European Union in a difficult position here. It is not unusual that the russian opposition put it to sions flee to neighboring countries like poland the 3 neo left which are in the you but on the other hand the us also of course is not to to to say that to provoke russian response or to program putin the russian president to take any military action as we have seen that in ukraine in the years before so its theyre walking a very fine line on the one hand they want to and to to support the opposition on the other hand they also want to maintain ties to russia and to demonstrate that this pressure is not coming from the vest its coming from within the below rules and is not orchestrated by the west as russia maintains our correspondent reporting for us and record there in brussels yuri resettle in moscow thank you both. Lets take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world House Speaker nancy pelosi of the u. S. Says shell call back lawmakers early from the summer recess to deal with the crisis of the u. S. Postal Service President trump who has admitted to holding back funding for the service has repeatedly claimed that a surge in mail in voting would lead to voter fraud in novembers election. New zealands Prime Minister just in the ardor and has delayed the countrys election by 4 weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic the election will now be held in mid october after early success against cope with 19 new zealand is battling a 2nd outbreak last week its largest city auckland was placed under lockdown. Somali Security Forces say they have ended a siege in the capital mogadishu at least 15 people were killed when militants detonated a car bomb outside a popular beach hotel and gunmen stormed the building taking several hostages Islamist Group alshabaab has claimed responsibility. The trial starts today of the main suspect in what could be german as germanys largest ever organized child sex abuse case more than 70 suspects are being investigated in the case involving an Online Pedophile Network that shared images of child pornography d. W. Met up with a man who has some ideas of what the victims have gone through he himself as a survivor of abuse who is now fighting for justice. As a child Marcus Dyckman was sexually abused for almost 10 years by 3 different perpetrators in his home town of we have to learn today hes returned to the scene of the 1st crime. This is where a shooting gallery owner funfair lured him into a caravan and raped him. But. I have this movie playing in my head that i havent been able to start since the trauma how did your lying here as a little boy 5 years old or the shoulder length blond hair make it on a bed with creased white sheets in. The shooting gallery owner was lying naked next to him for 4 decades modesty man repressed what had happened today he drives his motor home through germany and fights for justice for other victims. Ive always had to somehow figure out for myself whats right and whats wrong because you dont believe anyone anymore you dont trust anyone. The under a huge victims in the back of cloud back case probably going through something similar 130 investigators hours and leads to other sense of wrongdoing its a case of appalling dimensions and goes far beyond germany according to the senior prosecutor Marcus Dyckman is still not free of his trauma with his group he supports other victims the group wants the statutes of limitations for sexual crimes to be eliminated as for the trial against the main suspect he has hopes that will extend beyond the baggage cloud back case its all one quite a signal is now being sensed that perpetrators can no longer feel safe and that they will now be dealt with severely. Marcus dyckman sets off again to continue his mission of drawing attention to the fate of Abuse Victims its become his lifes work. Not one that he chose for himself. Well the main suspect in this trial was arrested last october and that on earth evidence of a vast Pedophile Network in makes this one of the worst cases of sexual abuse of minors in Germany Police investigating the Online Network said they were dealing with more than 30000 data traces which could include different ip addresses computers and phones the trial of the man was set to begin last week but had to be postponed because of a fire in the courthouse so far 71. 00 further people have been identified as suspects 7 have been charged. Lets get some perspective on the story now we have julie often via with us shes the director of innocence and danger an International Organization fighting against sexual abuse of children and child pornography here leah thank you for joining us as we mentioned this is supposed to be the largest child sex abuse trial in germany from your perspective of protecting victims what do you think is at stake in this trial well what we need to understand is how the structures work and we always want to assume that organized crime like this is some sort of mafia going on but what we know now is that more than half the victims of organized crimes are being abused and their families which is and the who do a whole new dimension on child sexual abuse and the spread of child sexual abuse imagery a lot of people might be asking themselves you said a lot of these cases are happening within the family how can that happen that children are abused over so many years within their own family without anyone knowing. Thats exactly the point that where we need to get better these children go to school they go to kindergarten they spaceports so we have dolls around these children need to be more aware of the fact that they we are being surrounded by a child sexual abuse that is something that we dont want to knowledge as a reality but it is the w. H. O. Estimates for germany alone 1000000. 00 sexually abused children per year which accounts to 2 children at least per classroom or per kindergarten if we dont get better in detecting them and if we dont get better in reaching out to these children and offering them a way out then these cases will happen as they are happening now lets talk about what happens when a case is detective i mean what kind of support to children who are victims of sexual abuse need it to help them recover. Well what they need is they need professional support they need therapy they need counseling their parents need therapy and counseling because often times at least the nonviolent parents as parents is also traumatized him or herself the thing though is in germany at least as long as the trial is ongoing and these children might need to be witnesses to a trial they do not get these these a therapeutic supports that they need and this is really a problem because usually these trials take a long time and happening this is an unusual case because its been tried very quickly i just the Company Needs a minor where we waited 4 years for the trial to to start and for 4 years she could not get any support so this is something that we really need to change the german its a big problem the German Government commissioner for fighting special view says we are in a crisis when it comes to Child Protection and it needs to be made and National Priority if we take a holistic approach here what needs to be done to to stop perpetrators and protect children. Well what we need is we need to raise awareness we need to teach to educate parents teachers children adolescents of course but what we also need is to get better in intervening we need to be able to detect sooner something is off. Around these children need to be able to know what to do we need to call the german helpline against child sexual abuse and what we also need is to put our focus on adults where everything something might be off where rethink their their being we are with children and i think we need to establish another national how klang life stop it now has and is like stop it now in Great Britain a helpline where i can call if i suspect some grown up person i know my be weird with children without having to say i think there was a judgment but we need to get better in detecting these cases and reaching out to the children you know if on vine a from the organization in a sense and danger thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today thank you for having me. Ok to some other news now temperatures across the arctic have been increasing at a rate that is about twice the global average causing a record heat wave in siberia this year a small remote town above the Arctic Circle and the russian region. Temperatures that were nearly 20 Degrees Higher than the average scientists now fear that the heat is causing the permafrost to thaw spelling catastrophe for both the environment and for the people who live there they dont use Emily Sherwin reports from for how you think. You can see the heat shimmer even now at the end of summer a few weeks ago they had set a new record 38 degrees celsius thats the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle people here are usually proud of a different extreme their town is one of 2 places that claim to be the coldest on earth. Were used to the cold people here cant handle that sort of heat everyone bought electric fans they were totally sold out here people had ice cream and cold drinks we arent prepared for these conditions. We swam and worked it was fine even in the winter when its minus 60 degrees centigrade here we eat ice cream so working when it was 38 degrees wasnt a problem either with me i had discussions with them. The climate is changing every year and the ice is slowly melting people say the winters have gotten a bit warmer and the summer has moved by a whole month its longer now to the trickle but that would be. A nice its the buildings investors are on stilts designed to drive down into the permafrost and give them a solid base the pillars also keep the houses raised so they dont melt the ground underneath but rising temperatures could threaten the very foundations of this town. Because the permafrost is melting houses here could collapse because theyre built on pillars our Public Utilities are built on supports which have their foundations in the ground if they move there could be accidents there will be all sorts of problems if Global Warming intense allies. Russias arctic has already felt the effects of unstable foundations in late may a fuel reservoir near no real sq collapsed and 21000 tons of diesel spilled into surrounding rivers and subsoil the russian Metals Company in charge said the thawing permafrost was to blame scientists hope the environmental catastrophe in the reals will be a wake up call for afterwards. Until this happened no one paid attention to the issue of permafrost the 1st thing that contributes to its thaw it is the climate and the summer temperatures to some of summer temperatures here in central yakutia so in the taiga forest has increased by 10 to 12 percent since the year 2000. This years summer may have been a novelty for people invent high yeah but it could spell an unstable future for russias arctic. Lets get some analysis on the story now we have thomas smith with us hes an environmental scientist from the London School of economics thomas thank you for joining us were talking about a place that is usually known for some of the coldest temperatures in the world why are we seeing such record high temperatures in siberia. Well its not unusual for the arctic to have a warm summer but some parts of the uk to particularly eastern siberia have experienced consistently above average in extreme temperatures since the winter so the winter spring and some of the. Summers record breaking temperatures have been due to a combination of a regional heat wave weather related but also caused by a long lasting. Climate change which has been driving temperatures in the arctic high and at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. And that has sparked wildfires tell us more about that and what effect these wildfires have had on the region. Both in 20192020 weve seen widespread fires and. On a larger scale than weve seen in the satellite record dating back to 2003 the most obvious impact of the wildfires has been widespread smoke pollution lead in some of the worst quality readings on the planet as well as Carbon Emissions there are some longer term into impacts of these fires but were yet to see those the fires have been burning in forests which should usually have a fire maybe once every 80 years or so but some of these places were now knowing that these fires are happening much more frequent than this and that might lead to permanent changes in the ecosystem widespread replacement of the forest by screw up and so grasslands potentially to the north of the fires have been affecting the but the tundra and we really just beginning to understand what the impacts of fires are in this very remote ecosystem if we look at the region on the whole time as we mentioned this astonishing development that the temperatures across the arctic as a whole have been increasing twice as fast as the rest of the world what are the consequences of that for the global climate. Well importantly w