Workers boo Belarus president as protests spread

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)