Workers boo Belarus president as protests spread

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 9:24 p.m.

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)