Belarus: More than 100,000 protest as 'masked snatch squads pull students into vans' - Sky News

More than 100,000 people are thought to have taken part in a protest in Minsk against the president of Belarus - amid reports that masked "snatch squads" have been detaining some student demonstrators.

Protesters were bundled into vans for taking part in fresh unsanctioned rallies against leader Alexander Lukashenko on the fourth weekend since his disputed re-election in August.

Around 30 students were dragged off the streets by snatch squads on Saturday, Russian news agency TASS reported, citing Minsk police, with further protesters believed to have been detained by the masked agents on Sunday.

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The interior ministry of Belarus said 91 people in total were detained on Saturday. At least 100 protesters have been detained across the country on Sunday, Russia's Interfax news agency reports, citing the ministry.

Protests have taken place over several days.

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Draped in red-and-white opposition flags, students staged demonstrations in several locations across the capital, including outside the Minsk State Linguistic Institute, where police arrested five people on Friday, local media footage showed.

It was on Saturday that masked men dragged away protesting students who had gathered at a restaurant in Karl Marx Street in the centre of Minsk - prompting thousands of women to later hold a separate march through the city in the afternoon, shouting "hands off the children" as one of their slogans.

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Mass demonstrations showed no sign of abating on Sunday, with hordes of people marching through Minsk calling on the president to step down.

Thousands of protesters ignored a government warning to march in front of soldiers and military vehicles, waving opposition flags and shouting "go away!" and "you're a rat!"

Image: Belarus opposition supporters marched through Minsk for a fourth weekend

Meanwhile, Interfax reported that several people were injured when police broke up a protest outside a state-run tractor factory.

Women were filmed shouting "shame" at masked members of the security forces who dragged people into detention in video footage shared by local media outlet TUT.BY.

Mr Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has struggled to contain a wave of mass protests and strikes since he won a sixth term at an election with 80% of last month's vote, which opponents claim was rigged.

Image: Belarusian President Lukashenko has been in power since 1994

The former Soviet collective farm manager denies electoral fraud, and with the support of Russia, has rejected calls from his main opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled into exile two days after the vote.

Demonstrations have continued throughout the four weeks since the election.

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Following arrests on Saturday, the interior ministry said in a statement that it planned to beef up security and "take all necessary measures to suppress such actions and prevent violations of public order" on Sunday.

Former English teacher Ms Tsikhanouskaya, 37, is set to meet the Polish prime minister in Warsaw next week.

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She said in a video address on Saturday that the momentum of the protests was irreversible.

"Belarusians have already changed, they have awakened and it is impossible to push them back into the former mindset," she said.

Image: Hordes of demonstrators turned out for Sunday's march

Lithuania's foreign minister urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Belarus and counter Russia's influence or risk undermining the credibility of its foreign policy.

"Sometimes we react too late and our measures are fragmented and aren't making any impression on society or the people in power," Linas Linkevicius said in an interview published in the Financial Times.

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Belarus Lukashenko: Protesters defy heavy security - BBC News

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the Belarusian capital Minsk for a new protest against the president.

Riot police, backed by water cannon and barriers, sealed off parts of the city and a number of arrests were made, with reports of injuries.

Protesters seek the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

They accuse the authorities of rigging his re-election just over a month ago, sparking deadly mass unrest.

At least four people have died and hundreds have been injured since then, as the government tried to stamp out dissent.

A number of opposition figures have fled the country, On Saturday, activist Olga Kovalkova became the latest to say she had taken refuge in neighbouring Poland amid threats of imprisonment.

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Mr Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has accused Western nations of interfering.

Protesters, human rights activists and observers say riot police are brutally suppressing peaceful marches.

The former Soviet republic borders Russia, on which it depends heavily for energy and with which it historically has close ties, as well as Ukraine and EU states.

What is the mood in Minsk?

Sunday has become the key day for street demonstrations since the rallies began, the BBC's Jonah Fisher reports from Minsk.

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But riot police have intensified their efforts to intimidate and block the flow of people heading into the centre of city today, while detaining those taking part in the demonstrations, our correspondent says.

He adds that in the past few days the security forces - dressed all in black with balaclavas over their faces - targeted university students as they returned from their holidays, dragging some from the streets and university buildings into unmarked minivans.

Pictures on social media on Sunday showed armoured personnel carriers and water cannon vehicles driving into the centre of Minsk, some heading for Independence Square, which has been cordoned off.

One protester in Minsk who gave her name as Lyudmila told BBC News the demonstrators were undeterred by the security forces.

"We are definitely not ready to get back to the life we had for many years now," she said.

"We finally feel like we matter because we've been living in apathy for way too long and now we just have this feeling of solidarity and we actually think that - well, I feel personally that - changes already are happening so that's definitely not the time to give up."

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By Jonah Fisher, BBC News, Minsk

Sunday's rally had several phases. The first was the tense and uncertain. Security forces had used razor wire to close off the obvious gathering points, Minsk's main monuments and squares, and were standing guard behind them. Would-be protesters stood awkwardly on street corners wondering where and when the march would start.

Those in small groups were vulnerable and we watched as a man holding the outlawed red and white flag of the opposition was dragged into a car by security officers and driven away. Then, as the numbers grew, there were nervy stand-offs near Independence Square. As they grew in confidence the demonstrators approached, berating the riot police at the barricades that now blocked the road.

At about four in the afternoon the crowd swelled exponentially as people marched out of the centre. This was no longer the brave early arrivals, it was Belarusians young and old. Some were in fancy dress, others wearing clothes that directly mocked the riot police, the Omon.

There were families, children, dogs - someone even brought a goose. It's hard to estimate numbers of this size from the ground but I'd say there were at least 100,000, possibly many more. For the fourth Sunday in a row President Lukashenko's attempts to stop the protest against him failed.

Protests have also been reported in other Belarusian cities and towns including Grodno, Mogilev and Gomel.

What happened to Olga Kovalkova?

The activist said on Saturday she had left for Poland as she would have faced a long jail term had she not agreed to leave Belarus.

Ms Kovalkova said security forces had driven her to a border post where she was able to board a bus to Poland after the driver recognised her.

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A spokesman for Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his country would offer support to victims of repression in Belarus.

On Friday, opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has sought refuge in Lithuania, urged the UN to help halt the authorities' crackdown on protesters.

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Ms Tikhanovskaya, 37, represented the chief opposition to Mr Lukashenko in the election, entering the presidential race after her husband, Sergei Tikhanovsky, and another candidate were jailed.

She said the opposition was demanding an end to the police violence, the immediate release of all political prisoners, and a free and fair election.

How has the EU reacted to events in Belarus?

Last month, EU leaders agreed to impose sanctions - including asset freezes - on as yet unnamed Belarusian officials involved in alleged election-rigging, brutality and imprisonment of protesters. The exact sanctions are still being worked out.

The UN special rapporteur on Belarus, Anais Marin, said Mr Lukashenko's re-election as president was "completely manipulated" and "people's votes were stolen".

She accused the Belarus police of torture, citing as one example a 16-year-old who was "so badly beaten up he was left in a coma".

"The authorities must release all those arbitrarily arrested," she said. "The government is waging an insane war against its own people."

What is Lukashenko's stance?

Mr Lukashenko has denied any allegations of vote-rigging. He has blamed some EU nations, in particular Poland and Lithuania, of trying to force regime change.

The 66-year-old has promised to defend Belarus.

On Thursday, he indicated he was open to moving closer to Russia, saying the protests had "prompted us to make relevant conclusions".

On at least two occasions he has been photographed near his residence in Minsk carrying a gun and being surrounded by his heavily armed security personnel.

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Alexei Navalny: Germany threatens to rethink pipeline unless Russia starts cooperating over poisoning - Sky News

Germany's foreign minister has threatened to abandon its joint underwater gas pipeline project with Russia if Moscow does not start cooperating in an investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.

The fierce Kremlin critic, 44, fell ill on a flight to Moscow and has been in an induced coma since he was flown to a hospital in Berlin on 22 August.

German authorities say tests showed he had been poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.

Image: Germany says Mr Navalny was poisoned with Novichok

Speaking to weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag, Germany's foreign minister Heiko Maas said: "I hope the Russians won't force us to change our position regarding the Nord Stream 2.

"If there won't be any contributions from the Russian side regarding the investigation in the coming days, we will have to consult with our partners."

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If completed, the project would deliver Russian gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

Mr Maas said it was in Russia's interests to be cooperative over the investigation into what happened to Mr Navalny.

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"We have high expectations from the Russians to bring light into this severe crime," Mr Maas said.

"If they have nothing to do with this attack then it's in their own interest to put the facts on the table."

Image: The US is against the Nord Stream 2 project

Mr Maas did not rule out the possibility of sanctions against Russia, telling the paper that if used "they should be pinpointed effectively".

However, he also admitted that halting building of the nearly completed pipeline would harm German and European firms, saying there were "more than 100 companies from 12 European countries" involved and that "about half of them" were from Germany.

"Whoever demands this has to be aware of the consequences," he said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has previously said Mr Navalny's poisoning was an attempted murder, aimed at silencing one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, and called for a full investigation.

She has personally offered the country's help in treating Mr Navalny, but has previously rejected the idea that his case should be linked to the Nord Stream 2 project - which has become an increasing source of friction between Berlin and Washington.

Image: The project would deliver Russian gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea

The US argues that it will endanger European security by making Germany overly dependent on Russian gas.

Ukraine and Poland, which will be bypassed by the pipeline, are also opposed to the project.

In addition to the security concerns, the US also wants to sell more of its own liquefied natural gas to Europe.

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Mr Putin's spokesman has brushed off allegations that the Kremlin was involved in poisoning Mr Navalny, and said last week that Germany had not provided Moscow with any evidence about the politician's condition.

British authorities previously identified Novichok, developed during the Soviet era, as the poison used on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 2018.

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Hong Kong: Protesters clash with police over delayed elections - BBC News

Police in Hong Kong have fired pepper-spray balls at crowds protesting against a government decision to delay legislative elections in the territory.

Nearly 300 people were arrested at Sunday's unauthorised demonstration.

The elections had been due on 6 September, but the government postponed them by a year saying it was necessary amid a rise in coronavirus infections.

The opposition is accusing the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to stop people from voting.

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Opposition activists had hoped to obtain a majority in the Legislative Council (LegCo), capitalising on anger at Beijing's imposition of a controversial national security law in Hong Kong, and fears that the territory's freedoms are being eroded.

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Hong Kong, a former British colony, was handed back to China in 1997 under an agreement meant to guarantee a high degree of autonomy for 50 years.

Pro-democracy candidates had made unprecedented gains in last year's district council elections, winning 17 out of 18 councils.

What's the latest from Sunday's protests?

Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to mark the day the elections had been due to be held.

Chanting "Give me back my right to vote!", groups of protesters walked a short distance before they were confronted by heavily armed riot police.

At least 289 people were arrested, local media report.

"I want my right to vote! Shame [on the government] for postponing the elections!" Leung Kwok-hung, one of those detained on Sunday, was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post website.

Earlier, a high-profile opposition activist, Tam Tak-chi, was detained, accused of making speeches that could incite hatred and contempt of the government.

He was held by police working to enforce the Chinese territory's new strict national security law, which was imposed by Beijing in June and criminalises many forms of political expression.

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Policeman is killed in terror attack in Tunisia as forces shoot dead three Islamic militants - Daily Mail

Policeman is killed in terror attack in Tunisia as forces shoot dead three Islamic militants who rammed their vehicle into officers

• Assailants rammed their vehicle into security officers, attacked them with knives
• One officer was killed and another was injured in coastal resort town of Sousse 
• Sousse was the site of Tunisia's deadliest extremist attack in 2015 

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Published: 15:11 BST, 6 September 2020 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 6 September 2020

Tunisian forces have shot dead three suspected Islamic militants who rammed their vehicle into security officers and attacked them with knives, killing one and injuring another in the coastal resort town of Sousse.

Sousse was the site of Tunisia's deadliest extremist attack in 2015, when a massacre killed 38 people, most of them British tourists.

An Interior Ministry statement said the assailants took refuge in a school after the attack and died in a shootout with security forces.

Policemen secure the site of an attack on Tunisian National Guard officers in Sousse, south of Tunis, on Sunday 

Tunisian forensic police investigates the site of the terrorist attack on Tunisian National Guard officers in Sousse

Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi speaks to media at the site of an attack on Tunisian National Guard officers in Sousse todazy. Tunisian forces shot dead three suspected Islamic militants who rammed their vehicle into security officers and attacked them with knives

The North African nation's prime minister, Hicham Mechichi, appeared to suggest that the assailants' planning may have been faulty.

Speaking in Sousse, at the site of the attack, he announced the arrest of a fourth suspect who had been aboard the vehicle that rammed the National Guard officers.

'These terrorist groups wanted to signal their presence,' he said.

'But they got the wrong address this time. The clearest proof of that is that the authors of this attack were eliminated in a few minutes.'

Tunisian forensic police investigate the site of an attack on Tunisian National Guard officers on September 6, above and below 

The North African nation's prime minister, Hicham Mechichi, appeared to suggest that the assailants' planning may have been faulty

He added that 'these microbes must fear the Tunisians because lions are protecting the country'.

Hatem Zargouni, director of security for Sousse, said the assailants stabbed the officers and then fled with their weapons.

The injured officer was admitted to hospital.

The previous attack in Sousse on June 26, 2015 dealt a heavy blow to Tunisia's tourism sector, a pillar of its economy.

Tunisian forensic police investigate the site of an attack on Tunisian National Guard officers on September 6

So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack.

Aymen Rezgui, a Tunisian student who trained with Libyan militants, walked on to the beach of the Imperial Hotel and used an assault rifle to shoot at tourists in lounge chairs.

He then continued on to the hotel pool before throwing a grenade into the hotel, and was later killed by police.

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Hong Kong police arrest dozens at protests over delayed election - Al Jazeera English

More than 30 people have been arrested by Hong Kong police as riot officers swoop in on pro-democracy protesters - opposed to the postponement of the local legislative election - with rounds of pepper balls.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Sunday in the Asian financial hub to demonstrate against a new national security law imposed by China and the postponement of the legislative poll.

Sunday was meant to be voting day for the city's partially elected legislature, one of the few instances where Hong Kong voters get to cast ballots.

But Chief Executive Carrie Lam on July 31 postponed the election for one year, citing a surge in novel coronavirus cases. Critics say her government worried the opposition would gain seats if voting was held as scheduled.

The poll would have been the former British colony's first official vote since Beijing imposed the new security legislation in late June, which critics say aims to quash dissent in the city.

Anti-government protests have been held in Hong Kong almost every weekend since June 2019. They erupted over opposition to a proposed extradition law and spread to include demands for greater democracy and criticism of Beijing's efforts to tighten control over the city.

Police fire pepper balls 

Thousands of police were stationed around the bustling Kowloon Peninsula on Sunday as marchers waved placards and chanted popular anti-government slogans such as, "liberate Hong Kong".

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One woman was arrested during a protest in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under the newly enacted National Security Act.

Police fired pepper balls at protesters in Kowloon's Mong Kong neighbourhood, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported.

Some 30 other people were arrested on suspicion of illegal assembly and two were arrested for disorderly conduct, police said.

In the Jordan neighbourhood, protesters raised a banner criticising the election delay, the Post said. It put the number of arrests at 33.

"I want my right to vote," activist Leung Kwok-hung, popularly known as Long Hair, was quoted as saying. The newspaper said Leung was later arrested.

Al Jazeera's Adrian Brown, reporting from the city, said many people were also carrying out individual acts of defiance across the city, carrying banners or chanting slogans, to protest the new law.

"These acts are remarkable because these individuals are doing that in the face of the sweeping national security law, which makes chants like that, saying things like that illegal," he said.

"The demonstration was also an unconventional one as people tried hard to blend in with regular shoppers in the heart of the city, and occasionally chanted slogans or make the hand sign of the opposition."

Thousands of police were stationed around the bustling Kowloon Peninsula where the protest took place [AFP]

Limited gatherings

Anti-government demonstrations have declined this year mainly because of limits on group gatherings and the security law that punishes actions China sees as subversive, secessionist, "terrorist" or colluding with foreign forces.

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Hong Kong has reported about 4,800 coronavirus cases since January, far lower than in other large cities around the world. The number of new daily infections has fallen substantially from triple digits in July to single digits currently.

While street protests have largely lost momentum, anti-government and anti-Beijing sentiment persists, with China's offer of mass coronavirus testing for Hong Kong residents prompting calls for a boycott amid public distrust.

Gatherings are currently limited to two people. Police have cited such restrictions in rejecting applications for protests in recent months, effectively preventing demonstrations.

Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a guarantee of autonomy but critics say the new law undermines that promise and puts the territory on a more authoritarian path.

Supporters of the new security law say it will bring more stability after a year of often-violent anti-government and anti-China unrest and it plugs loopholes in national security left by the city's inability to fulfil a constitutional requirement to pass such laws on its own.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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Lake Travis: Several boats sink at pro-Trump parade in Texas - BBC News

Several boats have sunk on a lake in the US state of Texas during a parade to support President Donald Trump in November's election, officials say.

Authorities say the choppy water was likely caused by the large number of vessels moving closely together on Lake Travis, near the state capital, Austin.

Images showed boats with Trump campaign flags manoeuvring at close quarters.

Media say people had to be rescued from the water, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

The event, called Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade, was organised on Facebook, and more than 2,600 people marked themselves as having attended it.

An investigation has been launched and there is no evidence of any intentional act, Travis County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kristen Dark said.

"We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank," she said. "We had an exceptional number of boats on the lake today... When they all started moving at the same time, it generated significant waves."

The incident happened around 12:00 (17:00 GMT) on Saturday, Labor Day weekend in the US. The event page said boats were asked to drive at 10mph (16km/h).

Paul Yura, from the National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio, told the Associated Press that there were no storms in the area at the time of the parade.

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