And present donald trump joins millions of americans who cast an early vote and with just 10 days to go he and rival joe biden grandpop their campaign schedule. Hello welcome to the program and we begin with the current virus pandemic and in colombia where its expected the country could soon record its infection making it the 3rd latin american nation to hit that milestone that when large protests are over what some say is the governments inept handling of the outbreak the situation in colombia isnt isolated either because across latin america governments are increasingly at odds with the citizens of the efforts to contain the virus elsewhere in the disputed region of garner there are fears that war and instability will help the virus spread its thought that people fleeing the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan a taking the disease with them or have more on that in a moment 1st though to europe west pain is considering a new National State the mudge unsee in germany in the Czech R
On the streets and bella who says president Alexander Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years im joining us there with the sports as britains Lewis Hamilton wins his 92nd race at the portuguese grand prix to eclipse Michael Schumacher in time or. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in iraq where thousands of people have returned to the streets refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the rallies mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions early as security for. Fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the unrest began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage forced Prime Min
Revealing secrets of a flooded lost world the 1st humans in iams to visit a prehistoric mine. We begin the program in better room where 250 people have been arrested in the capital minsk after an escalation in violence against the protesters about 100000 people flooded the center of the city making their way to one of the president ial compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko following that disputed election result last month step vasa now reports. This is how look a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk people heading to a peaceful rally. They are randomly snatched by mosque policeman driving around at high speed those daken are aggressively thrown into a van or aljazeera cameraman was also grabbed by police shortly after filming an interview luckily they decided to let him go they let him go. To. The protest or we interviewed had to run to safety to escape detention and he would merely pay. Us. You know would
Police in the days following the disputed election. Russian Opposition Leader oleksandr bonnie is airlifted to germany where he is being treated for suspected boys name and so this hour west African Leaders arrive in mali seeking the reinstatement of president. Who was ousted in a military coup. And the u. S. House of representatives is to vote on emergency funds for the Postal Service democrats say mail operations are being slowed down to favor President Trump in novembers election. With your sporting through being the defender who has become a defendant Manchester United. On a greek island. Thank you for joining us bella who says Opposition Leader has told ologist 0 that the people of her country will never forgive the police for their violent crackdown following disputed elections human Rights Groups say last weeks Police Violence was planned systematic and ordered by the top leadership of complied to 500 cases of torture during the protests that followed the disputed election 2 wee
Condemnation. Emergency in china is story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and threaten an ancient statue of the good. And sport byron munich of set up the Champions League final with. The german champions beat lee all 3 nil to reach the biggest game in European Club football. Welcome to the program our top story protesters in baton rouge have defied the governments warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in minsk are piling on the pressure accusing the president of rigging use election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down stuff a state run chemical plants have walked off the job joining other factory workers who typically was his supporters in the past but on now calling for a nationwide general strike the protestors have found support with the European Union which has announced a new raft of sanctions and says it wont recognize the Election Res