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Newshour: 17/08/2020 20:06 GMT: Workers boo Belarus president as protests spread

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Workers boo Belarus president as protests spread

17/08/2020 20:06 GMT

17/08/2020 20:06 GMT: Workers boo Belarus president as protests spread

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Belarus protests: Workers boo Lukashenko as election unrest spreads

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Protesters have gathered again in Belarus calling for President Lukashenko to resign, after the autocratic leader was earlier booed to his face by striking workers.

Also in the programme: US Democrats are set to confirm Joe Biden as their presidential candidate at a mostly virtual convention; and yhy women in Turkey are afraid that their government will pull out of the Istanbul Convention on domestic violence.

(Photo: Striking workers gathered outside the Minsk tractor factory on Monday. Credit: EPA)

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