supported iran and lebanon and syria and in iraq because these are the all eyes of iran and lebanon syria and iraq today that are under so much public scrutiny on public pressure and the and the street pressure so in the southern part of iraq like it is syria and to day all over lebanon there are there is pressure defacto against against iranians allies especially hezbollah in lebanon and that's our subject now in lebanon but lebanon and the government in iraq are supported by iran and what we hear from the one is that they do not want regime change or government change i mean in lebanon relatively. speaking it has been still largely peaceful and it rock countless people now have been killed and injured and imprisoned there's some really life shootings out there in iraq and people are suffering and that the government's response to the basic demands of the people for you know justice freedom and more of the same economic rights and so on and so forth so here we find ourselves that a good number of people in the arab world notably iraq lebanon and syria but certainly as we spoke on o

may god save lebanon may lebanon live on. a very short very short statement from the prime minister saad how d.d. in lebanon he said that he was on his way to the presidential palace to tend the resignation of the government and his own resignation do we have. back with us. out on the streets of beirut 1st of all before we get to the reaction like the reaction to that is going to be. what are we to make of what saadi is just done. well he has resigned it was a demand by the protesters they wanted the government to resign the ruling elite to be replaced by technocrats who don't have any political affiliation in order to carry out much needed economic reform so he is he doing that amount of those who were in in the streets now what this means there's a political crisis in the country a vacuum now that he has resigned what is going to happen next he blames his partners yet again because this is 2nd time here trust me i don't know maybe shocking since the protest movement began 13 days ago the 1st time he blamed his partners in t

which syria needs in order to rebuild and lebanon of course the u.s. has been debating whether they should withdraw all 4 west has been debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the ornate to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese elite has been. sucking money out of this system for lebanese the elite has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time and and you know it would be terrible if $11.00 on it collateral on time and and you know it would be terrible if 11 on it collapses i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't as i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans of the middle east where people can retreat the sort of loans. of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of leaven teen put to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a so

has been in order to rebuild and lebanon of course the u.s. has been debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese the elite because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese elite has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time and and you know it would be terrible if $11.00 on it collapses i think the whole world and and you know it would be terrible if 11 on it collapses i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans. of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of leaven teen playground on one hand some kind of comfort some

lebanon's prime minister assad ahead it is submit his resignation in response to the demands of the people. this comes during a day of chaos in the capital where scuffles broke out between protesters and government supporters plus. clashes between turkey back groups and kurdish fighters as the deadline passes for them to pull out of northern syria. and the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president testifies before congress. hello so we begin with breaking news out of lebanon and the prime minister assad heidi he has submitted his resignation to the country's president following days of anti-government protests says he has reached a dead end after unprecedented protests paralyze the country after the long awaited statement lebanese protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters off hezbollah attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators tearing down tents and roadblocks and banks have closed for the 10th straight day adding pressure to an already troubled economic situation. i made

this is something that is very unique for lebanon because despite lebanon having a relatively vibrant city, it is central to the capital. we are seeing protests across the country calling for at least the vast majority calling for the downfall of the government. juan: i am wondering whether the folks in lebanon are being influenced or are aware of the mass protests that have broken out in many countries in the past year. we are seeing examples in hong kong and puerto rico and now we are seeing chile in argentina before that, sudan. these are mass protests either against austerity measures were corruption in government. do you get a sense that folks are aware of these other outpourings of people power across the world? i am not entirely sure about that. i know over the past year or so, especially in hong kong, we have seen folks on social media share the tactics they've used to gather momentum and resist any force from the police and other security forces. however, there have been sporadic protests over the years when the lebanese government did announce austerity measures are required

action in the streets of lebanon old the dots all over the cities in lebanon in one voice the old open elliptical. division that is so the. united. in one voice they need they want diggnation of the government and to change and to take down you all of the city which is based on stick to shoots it will be very very interesting to see how this is moving forward that is for sure correspondent bussell a reading joining us from beirut special thank you very much thank you. what kind of future will northern syria have the united states has departed the russians plan to stay what about the kurds and what about the turkish military well there is a new proposal from germany to not germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that is also war what's turkey wants but there is a big difference germany's plan puts the zone under international control not under the direction of turkey. my recommendation is that we've established an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and this sec

and the major question no and lebanon all the news and lebanon no they said that. whether to go with. we go again so. generally speaking the headlines. so what have you to be next. to the what the government going to move to what the government announced today. squares. 2 don't come bad with the going to have. to follow up old news coming from the cabinet ok and we'll be following that of course very closely with your help. in beirut thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today australia's major newspapers have published redacted front pages in a coordinated campaign to protest against laws that restrict press freedom this follows federal police raids earlier this year on the national broadcaster a.b.c. and a news corp journalist for whom over 2 stories that had proved embarrassing for the government why haven't. there been more violent protests in chile despite the government announcing the suspension of a controversial metro fare hike at least 2 airlines have canceled flights to santiago which has been put on a state

the prime minister of lebanon turns in his resignation to the nation's president. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also ahead. between turkey back groups and kurdish fighters as the deadline passes for them to pull out of northern syria also ahead we are sorry deeply and truly sorry one year after 189 people died in the crash of a boeing 737 in ethiopia the airline c.e.o. apologizes to the families of the victims. and the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president testifies before congress. hello lebanon's prime minister saad heidi has submitted his resignation to the country's president michel on how do you he says he has reached a dead end after weeks of protests paralyzed the country after the long awaited statement protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters of the government attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in beirut tearing down tents and roadblocks banks are being closed for the 10th straight day as well as sch

of course the you know which syria needs in order to rebuild and lebanon of course the u.s. has been debating whether they should withdraw all has been debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese he leet has been sucking money out of this system the lebanese he leet has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time and and you know it'll be terrible if 11 on a collapse for a long time and and you know it'll be terrible if 11 on it collapses i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really is ups as i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans of the middle east where people can retrieve the sort of loans of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of leaven teen preach to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of le

has been debating whether they in lebanon of course the u.s. has been debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese elite has been arment but you know the lebanese elite has been. sucking money system for a long long king much money out of the same system for a long time and and and you know it would be terrible if $11.00 on it collapses i think the whole world understands that and nobody you know it will be terrible if 11 on it collapses i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of lungs of the middle east he wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans of the men. at least where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort something where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of leaven teen playground except play ground but on the other side of l

action in the streets of lebanon old the dots all over the cities in lebanon in one voice they hold open that political. division that is so the. united. in one voice they need they want diggnation of the government and to change and to take down you all of the city which is based on stick to shoots it will be very very interesting to see how this is moving forward that is for sure correspondent bussell a reading joining us from beirut special thank you very much thank you. what kind of future will northern syria have the united states has departed the russian's plan to stay what about the kurds and what about the turkish military where there is a new proposal from germany to not germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that is also war what turkey wants but there's a big difference germany's plan puts the zone under international control not under the direction of turkey. my recommendation is that we don't push an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and this secu

lebanon's prime minister. his resignation in response to the demands of the people . watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also. clashes between turkey back groups and kurdish fighters as the deadline falls is for them to pull out of northern syria. a white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president testifies before congress. fears that the devastating wildfire in california could spread even further as people are warned of stronger wind. hello lebanon's prime minister he has submitted his resignation to the country's president. says he's reached a dead end after weeks of protests paralyze the country and after the long awaited statement protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier however on choose day supporters of hezbollah attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in beirut tearing down tents and roadblocks banks have closed for the 10th straight day as well as schools and shops. made to simulate a call on old liberties people to give precedence and priority to leba

i think lebanon is actually a good example back to and i agree with everything josh i think lebanon is actually a good example back to and i agree with everything joshua said and i think it's clear this is a genuine it very much resembles the occupy movement said and i think it's clear this is a genuine it very much resembles the occupy movement in the sense that the young people in lebanon on regardless of their sect or their women in the sense that the young people in lebanon on regardless of their sect or their affiliations religious affiliations agree that there's an oligarchy and the problem is in all of affiliations religious affiliations agree that there's an oligarchy and the problem is an oligarchy kind of privileged in a hereditary class unfortunately it's also a sectarian arche kind of privileged in a hereditary class unfortunately it's also a sectarian all of our key and that's a result of the confessional system that's been imposed on lebanon on all of our key and that's a result of the confessional system that's been imposed on lebanon and we might see the end of that per

just in norman all across the globe we have iraq we have we have lebanon we have chile we have many other places around the world plus we have the whole thing we have chile we have many other places around the world plus we have the whole. over bragg's it in the u.k. we have the division in the united states is that a lot of division over bragg's it in the u.k. we have the division in the united states is that a lot of instability out there but i want to talk about the specific country of lebanon just to start it off here instability out there but i want to talk about the specific country of lebanon just to start it off here a lot of people say that it is the bellwether for the region what happens a lot of people say that it is the bellwether for the region what happens there 1st is an indication of what possibly and probably will happen in a number of others their 1st is an indication of what possibly and probably will happen in a number of other countries in the region how do you reflect upon that go ahead joshua well i think you're right countries in the region how do you reflect

action in the streets of lebanon old the doubts all over the cities in lebanon in one voice they all over the political. division so the. united. in one voice they need they want diggnation of the government and to change and to take down the all of the g 8 the city which is based on 630 and. it will be very very interesting to see how this is moving forward that is for sure correspondent basile a reading joining us from beirut special thank you very much thank you. what kind of future will northern syria have the united states has departed the russians plan to stay what about the kurds and what about the turkish military well there is a new proposal from germany tonight germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that is also war what turkey wants but there is a big difference germany's plan puts the zone under international control not under the direction of turkey. my recommendation is that we've established an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and this secu

action in the streets of lebanon old the dots all over the cities in lebanon in one voice the old over that. division so the. united. in one voice they need they want the nation of the government and to change and to take down the all of the city which is based on security and that's it will be very very interesting to see how this is moving forward that is for sure correspondent bussell a reading joining us from beirut special thank you very much thank you. what kind of future will northern syria have the united states has departed the russians plan to stay what about the kurds and what about the turkish military well there is a new proposal from germany tonight germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that is also war what's turkey wants but there is a big difference germany's plan puts the zone under international control not under the direction of turkey. my own flesh is this via internet my recommendation is that we've established an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey

has been for to rebuild and lebanon of course the u.s. has been debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because debating whether they should withdraw all foreign aid to lebanon because hizbollah is part of the government but you know the lebanese elite has hizbollah as part of the government but you know the lebanese elite has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time has been. sucking money out of this system for a long time and and you don't don't. you know even i don't want to be. the hope and hold on to a cold a lot of jobs as i think the whole world understands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans or stands that and nobody wants lebanon to collapse because it really isn't the sort of loans. of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some of the middle east where people can retreat to and find some kind of comfort some kind of a sort of leaven teen playground on one hand it's a playground but on the other hand it said it's a refuge for al

spare a thought for lebanon's prime minister saud hariri future t.v. channel his family controls suspended operations last month due to financial difficulties hariri must feel like he's at a political gunfight factional free for all having been suddenly disarmed of his own channel. given all the criticism old t.v. has been taking for its coverage we asked for an interview we were told there an official at the free patriotic movement president michel party could speak for the channel that official defended old t.v.'s journalism and directed our attention elsewhere to the coverage on l b c m.t.v. and alger d. o t v is cooperating in the midst of this this is taking the pulse of the city sending the porters sometimes to all stars surroundings and to use the porters be cursed at last. because they're hard to be. from the government side which is not the case some of these stations was part of that speech inciting people whereas usually you get all of the media is to just take the pulse of the city and the people 'd the top is happening look at internationa

action in the streets of lebanon old the doubts all over the cities in lebanon in one voice they hold open that political. division that is so the. united. in one voice they need they want diggnation of the government and to change and to take down the all new jeep the city which is based on stick to shoots it will be very very interesting to see how this is moving forward that is for sure correspondent bussell a reading joining us from beirut thank you very much thank you. what kind of future will northern syria have the united states has departed the russians plan to stay what about the kurds and what about the turkish military well there is a new proposal from germany to not germany's defense minister is calling for an internationally patrolled security zone in syria along the border with turkey that is also war what's turkey wants but there is a big difference sturman these plan puts the zone under international control not under the direction of turkey. my recommendation is that we stand up lucian internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and

challenges but how dangerous a moment is this for lebanon you think. well the danger is for the current situation to be misused by certain political parties in love and on the the point i wish to make before i jump into this issue is that the movement towards nonsectarian lebanon needs to be an incremental one it needs to be a phase of a phased process to get us from the current status quo to the desired lebannon shocks are usually not very well accepted by by the masses both those on the street and those who are not but at the same time shocks can be also ridden along the waves by certain political parties or certain infiltrators. ok what i'm saying is that we are all for the movement towards nonsectarian lebanon and i think this is what we are all calling for let me let me just bring in 9 salim in there what i wanted to bring you in on that point of the political system in lebanon which is so complicated but which has been in place now for decades do you think it can be changed in a country like lebanon and in 2008 we remember hezbollah took full con

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and unpredictable times ahead for lebanon stephanie decker in beirut for inside story. now lebanon has a very complex system of governance that goes back to the country's independence from france in 1903 it's a sectarian political system representing all religious groups and it was reinforced in the tifa court that ended lebanon's 15 year civil war in 1990 the top positions are held by the 3 largest sex the president is always a maronite christian the prime minister a sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim the number of seats in parliament is equally split between christians and muslims and proportionally divided among the country's 18 secs the iranian backed shia group hezbollah and its on lies hold the majority of seats in the current parliament and the group also has considerable military power the coalition government that resigned on monday took 9 months to form following a deadlock over ministerial positions. in the early or less introduce our panel now for today's inside story in beirut omar xabi a political analyst and former advisor on human r

this city of lebanon. thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was correspondent bustle revie in beirut thank you. now let's move on to washington to the united states at least boeing c.e.o. dennis miller board has faced intense grilling from u.s. senators over 2 crashes of $737.00 max jets senators pressed the limburg over whether boeing concealed information about a critical flight system linked to the crashes and burke admittedly that boeing had made mistakes. facebook is suing the israeli government surveillance group n.s.o. for allegedly using whatsapp to spy on lawyers journalists and human rights activists facebook says n.s.o. exploited a flaw in its whatsapp messaging service and it's those website says it applies rigorous ethical standards. the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck trailer near london last week has turned the spotlight on security at european ports through which millions of tons of freight pass every week most of the victims are thought to have come from vietnam and t

and the major question no and lebanon all the news papers and lebanon. they said that. whether to go with me. we go again so. generally speaking the headline. so what could be next. what the government going to move do what the government announced today. major squares. don't come bad with the going to giants to follow up old the news coming from the i mean it's me ok and we'll be following that of course very closely with your help i read it in beirut thank you so much. over to london where british prime minister boris johnson is making a fresh attempt to win parliamentary backing for his last ditch brags that deal after another defeat on saturday despite promises he wouldn't do this johnson was forced to request a delay to breaks it after m.p.'s postponed taking up his proposed deal to exit the european union but government wants to hold a so-called meaningful vote on the deal what will be up to the speaker of the commons right weather of the head. good obvious barbara visa is following all the twists and turns in london brussels she joins us now from london and barba

people of lebanon. not waiting to kill each other they're waiting to be together in the streets in the millions like the earth today this is the biggest demonstration we've seen in ages and since 2005 this is definitely the biggest demonstration we see and it's in downtown little today and you've seen the scenes in the stations and all across the country and every single group of people from every single diligence background is standing to their so-called sectarian leaders and telling them you do not represent us anymore because you are working against our interests so this whole balance of rhetoric is one that is made to shut people up to tell people that your demands are something that is threatening to the country to always put something that is an illusion that doesn't actually exist which is the different interests of sectarian groups above the interests of people and that interest of people is what is livelihood is a good economy that creates jobs the lebanese economy is horrible it's creating job

is a broken system lebanon is a very broken and chaotic state but it can always get worse and without any kind of alternative system alternative political system in this country you're leaving us with a complete and utter void as i said lebanon is very chaotic but it can always get more chaotic and today what i saw on the streets 18 year old boys running the streets if you want to have that or a corrupt government it's a very tough tough call i think he probably might may try to stay on he may try to assure people he may try to offer some kind of boon to the public but this is not the case as it is and met many arab countries where you have one leader one rule assad how do you just one of many leaders who rule lebanon so if he resigns or not it's kind of irrelevant and i know that you've certainly covered past protests in lebanon including the garbage crisis that took place a couple of years ago is there a comparison to be made here when you look at what's happening right now in lebanon with these protests is the country sort of at a point of no return where people are just simply abs

and unpredictable times ahead for lebanon stephanie decker in beirut for inside story. now lebanon has a very complex system of governance that goes back to the country's independence from france in 1943 is a sectarian political system representing all religious groups and it was reinforced in the tifa court that ended lebanon's 15 year civil war in 1990 the top positions are held by the 3 largest sex the president is always a maronite christian the prime minister a sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim the number of seats in parliament is equally split between christians and muslims and proportionally divided among the country's 18 secs the iranian backed shia group hezbollah and its on lies hold the majority of seats in the current parliament and the group also has considerable military power the coalition government that resigned on monday took 9 months to form following a deadlock over ministerial positions. in the early or less introduce our panel now for today's inside story in beirut xabi a political analyst and former advisor on human rights a

involvement in lebanon saying that he feared for his life that hezbollah's presence has put lebanon in a difficult situation because of all of the sanctions that are put on hezbollah and many people or analysts and this believe that this was coerced sort of resignation because the arabia and iran are regional rivals and one of the countries where their rivalry is always played out is lebanon and this time however it's different he's resigning because the people wanted him to resign and if you listen to the different speeches the one that he gave yesterday and the one that he gave back in 2017 it's the difference between day and night he says you know i've reached a dead and. you know maybe the system needs a shock this is for the people now a lot of protesters have told me you know this doesn't make him a good guy he's still the corrupt politician that he was yesterday but this time he resigned because of the people and i think this time it might actually stick so the interesting time for levanon history thank you very much for bring us up to date on the latest developments there for h

basic needs in lebanon are not being met and these are the months of each person here and. then almost all. that. i began as a protest over proposed tax hikes turned into demand for sweeping change high unemployment poor public services and a soaring government debt as you noted lebanon's diverse religious sects in protest prime minister saad hariri on friday promised far reaching your forms but he was put under further pressure when lebanon's christian leader went on air and in the withdrawal of his party from government do you see it. just decide to toss them in and says to resign from government i. what that keyed and to assist or not i'm on to form a new government. fall away from the current majority of ministers of music. late on sunday reports emerged that the governing coalition had agreed on a reform package that would slash government wages cut the budget deficit and overhaul the electricity sector. the embattled to recovery will hope that the reforms satisfy those calling for change on the streets. and let's bring in correspondent now bustle of ready who's joinin

or arlo's of lebannon should in fact be happy for lebanon because a lebanon that's divided between edges of and forced to see it yet iran and saudi arabia is not really great lebanon that's blackmailed by the i.m.f. is not really great at 11 and that could just implode any time would explode is not great but i lebanon where the people take responsibility for their own future go out to the streets in mass and demand economic and political reform i think that's just fantastic for the country if it continues to go on the same pace my one as a great to talk to you thank you so much. to europe staying in europe spanish government leaders in madrid are dismissing calls by catalan separatists to hold talks de 6 a process spoke by the jailing of separatist leaders who organized a band independence referendum 2 years ago for more let's go live to barcelona correspondent charlie angela is there charlie what are you seeing where you are. where in barcelona's come marshals and thousands of probe independence demonstrations have gathered here earlier they tried to get as close as they could to the sp

struggling economy lebanon is deeply in debt its debt to g.d.p. ratio is 153 percent the world's 3rd highest and you thought employment is 37 percent together the faith failing economy and the refugee crisis are putting pressure on public services chronic problems with electricity the water supply and garbage collection problems for which demonstrators blame the government. the other big issue is corruption lebanon is ranked $138.00 out of $180.00 on transparency international's corruption index and the country's intricate sectarian political system only complicates matters. order of mirrors sectarian divisions in the country the rules dictate that every major religion is represented but critics say this builds sectarian division into the fabric of. correspondent. is in lebanon's capital beirut he's been covering the story all along for a spot so what impact is president hariri resignation expected to have on the protest movement. as you mentioned in your previous post it's hard to say. old people just didn't taking the streets squares in downtown

it is claimed in lebanon by the street that how do you the accepted heliot that conditions on lebanon by outsiders and by the same token the man now standing behind the government behind the existing regime meaning including the president is of course the head of his border law has who's insisting until today that the government must stay but the president must say and that easy much state if you don't mind us a lot of how bashar assad reacted to the syrian our peoples some 8000 years ago and that is unfortunate so if anything and again the conclusions from or the lessons from the arab spring nations is what the out of what the lebanese protestant to do now is split the regime 11 on meaning there has to be now voices out of the regime and lebannon out of the government out of this stablish meant and it needs calling for serious reform calling for true elections leading to true results within the country so it's important that there that we see these kind of cracks within this consensus among the sectarian leaders and never non or what dividing the pie amongst them for many years now t

they tried to reclaim the streets but the people stood their ground lebanon's army has been ordered by politicians to open roads across the country the same politicians these lebanese want gone there were skirmishes a few injuries but at the end the military took a step back they're trying to intimidate the city on this. thing that by a show of force we're going to back up people are going to be afraid to come and actually they publish the opposite all of us rushed early on instead of coming at like 5 or 6 pm for a party this is the main highway connecting the capital beirut to north lebanon protesters have been blocking roads in the hope of pressuring the government to resign prime minister saddam heidi who said protests will be tolerated in squares ordered the security forces to clear the streets because all the stuff process he has all the still passes but he still is seeing that the people there are not using any violence they are so peaceful it's not clear if the presence of cameras stop the soldiers from using excessive force but not long after the army command issued a statement

lebanon. government the nation. all the. many years ago. so how do you see this playing out that sounds like the protests are going to continue many of the demonstrators are calling for the government to resign can the government survive this. nation. the government can survive but if you're going to. go from. a very tense situation. thank you jim. now over to london a defiant boris johnson there has vowed to deliver bragg's it within the next 10 days and his conservative party allies are backing his push for a vote in parliament the u.k. foreign minister says he believes the prime minister has the votes to get his brags that deal through british lawmakers on saturday postponed taking up the proposed deal with the european union that required johnson to request another extension something he had been refusing to do. that we have reached the best possible a tale of 2 letters after a day of parliamentary wrangling boris johnson was forced to write to the e.u. requesting get another brags that delay he had earlier said he would rather be dead

involvement in lebanon saying that he feared for his life that hezbollah's presence has put lebanon in a difficult situation because of all of the sanctions that are put on hezbollah and many people or analysts and this believe that this was coerced sort of resignation because saudi arabia and iran are regional rivals and one of the countries where their rivalry is always played out is lebanon and this time however it's different he's resigning because the people wanted him to resign and if you listen to the different speeches the one that he gave yesterday and the one that he gave back in 2017 it's the difference between day and night he says you know i've reached a dead and. you know maybe the system needs a shock this is for the people now a lot of protesters have told me you know this doesn't make him a good guy he's still the corrupt politician that he was yesterday but this time he resigned because of the people and i think this time it might actually stick so the interesting time for levanon history thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the latest developments there

thousands of demonstrators across lebanon allow rallying into a 2nd week in the biggest outpouring of popular dissent since 2015 the protest was sparked by the government's plan to impose a tax on the use of whatsapp and other internet services for many lebanese already struggling to get by what was the final straw while the government has since paid for reforms and removed new taxes from next year's budget protesters say that the measures for short lebanon's president today saw dialogue with the protest as at his 1st public speech since the demonstrations began. with. good water being i call on you to observe to act as monitors until all these reforms are implemented without crippling the movement and i will act as a guarantor and i will expose and reveal whatever is taking place and i will do all that i can to have these reforms implemented i have listened to calls to topple the regime but the regime cannot be toppled from the streets. we're joined now from beirut by al-jazeera correspondent stephanie decker hi there stephanie don't mind i want to show our audience how you are getti

i want to pivot to lebanon. you have a little bit of history with lebanon in regards to your roles and ability to interpret what's happening in the market. , theys of disruption worst-performing equity market in the world. what is the next shoe to drop in the financial consideration for lebanon? write that the fault is something you are looking at much more aggressively. >> what we need to look at -- manus: debt restructuring, my apologies. >> what we are likely to have is a debt free profiling. manus: what does that mean? >> a large number of maturities over the next years, particularly in domestic currency. you repackage them into a new bond which gets subscribed by the central bank in the local banks with maturities over 5, 7, and 10 years. that removes liquidity pressure over the next few years. it allows you to undertake fiscal reform which is what lebanon needs. manus: bond owners will have to take a haircut? >> 90% of the debt is held by commercial banks in lebanon and the central bank. leave the euro bon

and also thousands have turned out in lebanon for a 4th day they're protesting austerity measures aimed at tackling the country's crippling economic crisis. tend to live in years left wing president evo morales looks to be heading for a runoff after to inclusive elections you tube. i'm lame glucose welcome to the program or is johnson's foreign minister believes they have the votes to get their breakfast deal through parliament british lawmakers on saturday opted to postpone taking up the proposed deal with the european union that required johnson to request another extension something he has been refusing to do and told brussels he doesn't want. that we have reached the best possible a tale of 2 letters after a day of parliamentary wrangling boris johnson was forced to write to the e.u. requesting get another brags that delay he had earlier said he would rather be dead in a ditch than request another extension to show is on happiness he did not sign the letter to his fellow briggs a tears that was making the best of a bad business letter was sent because paul and it required to be sent

israel on least another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing and bombing. in the summer of 1902 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some southern border with israel what's an israeli army doing here in beirut the answer is that we are now dealing with an imperial israel which is solving its problems in someone else's country world opinion be damned the israeli invasion of lebanon in 1902 was a watershed it was israel breaking out beyond its immediate region to aggressively attack another country and it was a bit of a shock to many people in the interests of self-defense that gallant little underdog israel as suddenly started behaving like a neighborhood bully by the time the war was over the israeli military would kill 17000 lebanese and palestinians but not the 30000 almost all of them civilians and when they were over 20 injured they are become allies ever think only her. fellow. actors or directors the other's company. just a few m

that's 12 45 am yes said next we take a look at protests in 2 different parts of the world lebanon and chile behalf a world away but demonstrators are out on the streets for similar reasons 1st lebanon where the prime minister has told the nation that a new package of reforms is on the way to ease the nation's economic crisis the move follows 5 straight days of protests against new taxes and corruption is the biggest wave of dissent lebanon has seen in years. monday marks the 5th day of demonstrations in beirut and as night begins no end in sight. in the morning lebanon's government herit league read a package of sweeping reforms trying to calm the tensions and promising to end banking secrecy from politicians and cut ministers salaries in half. well isn't that you have to know your voices being heard and deaf early elections are something that you want in order to make sure that your voice is being heard when i sat hariri will personally support you in this. prime minister saad hariri once to peace both the protesters thousands of which marched the streets again today and middle easte

hello lebanon's prime minister saad how he has given rival groups and his government 72 hours to unite and get behind his economic reform plans he's just addressed the nation amid mass protests over economic conditions at least 2 people have died. was protesters are demanding the resignation of the government they accuse their leaders of looting and bankrupting the country which is in a severe economic crisis the latest protests were triggered by new taxes including a fee to use whatsapp that was scrapped but people aren't satisfied. as an investigative journalist and blogger beirut report he says 72 hours isn't enough time to realistically fix the problems many lebanese are facing. there are so many problems in lebanon the telecom is you know is an outrage level and it's robbery it's one of the most expensive phone rates in the world so people have this last thing which is they could speak to each other you know people said that what's up was the only thing working in lebanon so you know that's why people have kind of let this boil over i think with invasion of their personal space th

lebanon's president has offered to meet protestors to help save the country from collapse after more than a week of anti-government protests michel aoun also suggested reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets. and believe his electoral board has given president evo morales an outright victory paining few going to have to face a 2nd round but runner up carlos mess that is refusing to accept the. and international pressure is growing phenomena. protests continue in chile despite conciliation efforts by the president well this is how it looked on the streets of the capital santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the anti-government demonstrations began a week ago. but. today i went to see a good news with my countryman today we saw him didn't seem to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity now tricity rose an average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 chilean households and the protests meanwhile have now spread to beyond the capital . and the coa

lebanon's capital approves emergency economic reforms hoping to diffuse anti-government protests but demonstrators are skeptical. hello i'm adrian fit again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests and confusion and bolivia as the country waits for presidential election results on the government is accused of manipulating the outcome. justin trudeau liberal party projected to hold on to power in canada's parliamentary election. for drug companies reach a multi-million dollar settlement for their role in fueling a u.s. opioid epidemic. protesters in lebanon standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping economic reforms prime minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nation's leaders but activists say they won't go home until the entire cabinet steps down al-jazeera saying to hold it reports now from beirut all. the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they aren't leaving the streets until that happens protests are g

make you know in lebanon all the news papers and lebanon. they said that. whether to go. we're going to get so. generally speaking the headlines. so what could be next. what the government going to move do what the government. squares. don't come bad with the going to have giant screens will follow to follow up old news coming from the cabinet ok and we'll be following that of course very closely with your help in beirut thank you so much thank you betty. british prime minister boris johnson will make a fresh attempt to win parliamentary backing for his last ditch brags that deal after another defeat on saturday despite promises that he wouldn't johnson was forced to request a delay to bragg's it after m.p.'s postponed taking up his proposed deal to exit the european union by government wants to hold a so-called meaningful vote on the deals though it will be up to the speaker of the colemans prime minister whether it can go ahead. did obvious barbara visa will is following all the twists and turns in london and brussels she joins us now from london and barbara boris johns

welcome to the stream i'm femi oke a hundreds of thousands of people have right across lebanon in the largest protest seen there in years demonstrations are calling for the government to resign but and they succeed in getting concrete change send your thoughts through twitter and you tube and you could be part of today's conversation. thousands of demonstrators across lebanon into a 2nd week in the biggest outpouring of popular dissent since 2015 the protests were sparked by the government's plan to impose a tax on the use of whatsapp and other internet services for many lebanese already struggling to get by that was the final straw or the government has since paid for reforms and remove new taxes from next year's budget protests to say that the measures for short you have an ins president today sort dialog with a protest as if his 1st public speech since the demonstrations began. rodrigo good good what a being i call on you to observe to act as monitors until all these reforms are implemented without crippling the movement and i will act as a guarantor and i will expose and reveal wh

just as in lebanon standing their ground despite the government approving sweeping economic reforms prime minister saad hariri announced the measures to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nation's leaders last activists say they won't go home until the entire cabinet steps down the hall reports from beirut all. the people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they aren't leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public with more taxes my that's awful with fear. the cabinet approved the 2020 budget with a deficit of 0.6 percent with no new taxes the salaries of top officials including legislators and members of parliament will be cut in half as part of the economic reform package the central bank and the banking sector will help in reducing the deficit by about 3400000000 are the decisions that we have taken might not to fil

been watching for a political solution to put into the deteriorating situation the prime minister of lebanon turns in his resignation to the nation's president. clashes between turkey back groups on kurdish fighters as the deadline passes for them to pull out of northern syria. i mean our entire non-doing the top stories from europe including britain's parliament except to pass legislation for a december election to try to break the brakes it pass. we are sorry deeply and truly sorry one year after $189.00 people died in the crash of a boeing 737 in indonesia the airline c.e.o. apologizes to the families of the victims. and people some who were very sports bangladesh stalled around the shock about how sun has been banned for 2 years on 3 corruption charges that and more later in the program. hello we begin with breaking news out of lebanon the country's prime minister has submitted his resignation to the president after days of antigovernment protests. best's side of says he has reached a dead end in trying to resolve the political crisis xenophobes are reports from beirut. unrest in the str

a state border from munich wants to represent lebanon at the 2020 tokyo limpets. has lived in germany his entire life and only goes to visit relatives in lebanon once a year where there isn't any skateboarding culture the 28 year old wants to change that by qualifying for skateboarding at the summer games. and is one of only 2 skateboarders hoping to represent lebanon at tokyo 2020 when the sport makes its debut at the olympics he wants its popularity to spread. oh i want to represent lebanon and also to support the skateboarding scene that. i don't think that's a real skate park in the whole of lebanon and when i visited the lebanese olympic committee they promised to help me carry out project. because skateboarding is really easy. you only need a skateboard. skateboard with ambitions of reaching the olympics could charge also wants to become a role model for the sport in lebanon he's been training day and night to qualify and every time he masters a new trick he feels one step closer to tokyo. because it's an unbelievable feeling the most beautiful feeling i kno