and that can convince us and the people in the streets and our international partners but there is little trust left in the political elite who has run this country for decades people hungry people are struggling people are tired everyone says these protests are on precedented and they are determined to continue stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. well general hassan the address the political crisis saying the group doesn't want the government to resign one act play out well now act we have more options there are choices that we can take and proposals ideas that we discussed before in the cabinet and we need to make it clear that it's wrong to say that the government has no other choice than imposing taxes 6 if we cooperate give priority to the economic state will be able to save our country we don't want the government to resign if it does it will take one or 2 years to form a new one and the economic crisis will worsen when i get the latest now from santa

in the lebanese capital i was so security forces that taking a hard line against the protesters last night how is this lack of them to affect the momentum of the demonstrations going forward. well as you can see behind me thousands of people returned to the street yes late on friday the security forces the army they used heavy handed tactics they forcibly open roads they used tear gas but people here are really defiant they're fed up they'll tell you that we really need a change and now with the statements from the hezbollah secretary general there is even more anger basically has a lot of it not so its weight behind the protest movement has been law and its allies control the government they control the parliament and has been has a military wing so people here considered his statements as the some sort of a threat some sort of a challenge because what he said was if hezbollah decides to protest we will change the balance. a power on the ground he also said you cannot topple the ruling

alliance so people here are quite angry but what can they do the ruling alliance comprises hezbollah the president of the country and when the certain expand the prime minister saad i'm happy to who gave his political partners 3 days to come up with a solution and it seems they're working out some sort of a solution whereby the government will raise revenues not by taxing the poor not by hurting the poor any further but if you ask anyone here will that be enough they'll say no but at the end of the day there's only so much a tens of thousands of people can do especially if the government chooses to deploy the army and force them to the police the security and force to end the protest movement which we have seen in the past and that's an interesting point you make saying that because in terms of the bigger picture how much change come these protests really achieve if anything. this is the problem when not stronger for example says you know because mullah supporters are not out on the

street yes hundreds of thousands of people still support the politicians with different political parties and they will listen to those political leaders if they tell them take to the streets and confront the peaceful demonstrations the people you see behind me they don't carry party flags they're carrying the lebanese flag what they're singing is the lebanese national anthem this is a very deeply divided country politically and there is also a sectarian divide so this is why it is so hard the politicians the political elite they've been in power for decades they use the state's resources they exploit the state's resources to provide support to their protester and to their supporters they give them jobs and that is why they remain loyal to them i could mention one incident in the south of lebanon earlier today there were protesters you know in the streets and supporters of speaker of the house speaker to be pretty they confronted them one protester was killed because the protesters were. holding

photos and denouncing the denouncing body so the danger of civil unrest is we are sent out thank you. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back a fragile truce on the turkey syria border but president erdogan one's defense will resume within minutes if all turns on that. there was a lot of rigging broke in the village. mozambique's main opposition party rejects the preliminary election results more than that stay with us. hello it's been raining again in japan the rain has really moved away the massive cloud has the heaviest stuff has but it's good streaks is still going to trust tokyo in the middle of honshu not really where you want rain now the forecast is recently good for sunday and most of it should be offshore you got

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back i'm out of the top stories here but as prime minister barak politicians in an extraordinary session of parliament to support his new brags that deal with opposition leader germany coburn says it's even worse than the previous deal and i just later rejected 3 times thousands of people are also expected to march from london to demand a new look for. protestors have begun gathering on the streets of lebanon's capital beirut as the call for political change grows at least 2 people were killed during friday's rallies the prime minister saad hariri has given rival groups in his government 72 hours to find a solution. protests in barcelona have descended into riots of the 5th day of pro independence demonstrations becoming the most violent yet leeson protesters try to tear gas and burning daybreak koslow central districts at least 60 people were injured in the riots more than half a 1000000 people marched through the capital on capital of the jailing of 9 separatist leaders for their role in catalonia scale independence but 2 years ago so i get as more now from boston. just in front of the exterior of the spanish

national police headquarters really where the troubles started last night between the riot the law enforcement officials here as well it was a trick a point the police have managed to push the crowds all the way up to the top of the street water cannon had been deployed for the ferry 1st time here in the region now what we have been seeing here this morning. on 2 secessionist. coming out in front of the police station these are people who are against any idea of this cd from spain they've been turning up applauding the police. force they've also been counseled was that and i'll give us a break to be including procession and then all of this building has become a flashpoint for the violence that we've seen. now the truce in northern syria has largely holding despite accusations from both kurdish forces and turkey of

violations the turkish president. has warned the offensive in northeast syria will resume within minutes if kurdish rebels don't abide by the terms of the 5 day cease fire meanwhile u.s. secretary of state mike on peo says he's optimistic it will hold despite signs of shelling on friday has more now from on the turkish syrian border. well the cease fire largely seems to be holding there are reports of minor clashes around the flashpoint town. in the east and potentially reports of a very worrying situation developing there for what we hear are civilians and wounded trapped inside the town we understand that pro turkish forces those syrian arab fighters that have been part of this operation have surrounded the city there saying that they are allowing civilians now but they're also saying that there are ongoing talks or attempts to try and persuade kurdish by. it is still trapped in

that city to leave their weapons and withdrawal. the syrian democratic forces have released a statement saying that this humanitarian corridor is vital to save lives we've seen video footage reportedly showing. aid agencies and volunteers trying to move north into the town and they saying that they are unable to move any further to go and try and pull people out because of those syrian arab fighters meanwhile we get reports that the withdrawal of the s.v.s. from areas between to lobby out the town close to here and russell line is going president order was very keen to say that any reports of violations being made by his forces and those syrian arab fighters what he describes as fabrications but yeah all eyes on that town of brussel at the moment a town which saw some of the heaviest fighting and repeated claims by both sides

a victory before this cease fire was declared. mozambique's main opposition party were nama has rejected the preliminary results of the general election that showed the ruling from him a party heading for a major victory but european union observers are raising concerns about the vote after reports of ballot stuffing at some polling stations that was also violence during the campaigns intrude in the middle of an observer. in the 'd place and they're. not. the kind of look. funerals are being held for some of the victims of an attack on a mosque in eastern afghanistan explosions killed at least $62.00 people during friday prayers as no one has claimed responsibility for the attack in but the taliban says it wasn't involved and is condemning the violence alexia brought reports. they went to the mosque the peaceful contemplation

but minutes later dozens were injured the house of prayer destroyed. it was time for friday prayers and everyone had gathered in the mosque when suddenly a bomb exploded and many people got hurt that. was the 1st one victim says about 300 people were packed into the building in rural hoskin main and manga had province when the blast happened and the roof collapsed on to those prying below. the no wonder the enemies of religion and their homeland blew up a mosque during friday prayers the afghan security forces arrived in the affected area immediately and helped to transport the wounded and remove the dead from the rubble. there aren't enough ambulances in afghanistan so the wounded were lifted into any car available and rushed to hospital. but. outside chaos as a state stream that vehicles books in the injured. both the taliban and i select

groups are active in the east so the message that has come from the government is that it's the taliban and its taliban seen this partners who are responsible for the attack on the other side we have heard a statement coming from the taliban condemning the attack. a taliban spokesman describing it as a crime against humanity. the armed groups being engaged in peace talks with the u.s. in an effort to end the increasingly brutal 18 year war but last month president donald trump declared the talks date blaming a surge of violence by the talib. the attack comes just a day after a u.n. report said afghan civilians were dying in record numbers amnesty international says the blast demands the world's attention. but in anger how many now have life changing injuries and mass graves are being dug many feel the international

communities forgotten them brian al jazeera. anger against algeria is ruling elite is showing no signs of abating thousands took to the streets on friday and what is now the 35th week of demonstrations in the capital our jails and in other cities across the country protesters called for the government to rid itself of any remnants of the regime of the former president abilities but a fico resigned after mass protests in april. the u.n. human rights office has called for the release of a prominent blogger is lawyer and a journalist are being held in an egyptian jail the blogger. was released in march after serving a 5 year sentence for protesting but was rearrested last month his lawyer was also arrested meanwhile the journalist as a was detained by security officers in cairo last weekend and allegedly beaten after refusing to unlock a mobile phone. now a state of emergency is being enforced in chile as capital santiago off

a protest against the rising cost of taking a commuter train the rapid transit metro system has been closed after rioters attacked stations. purchase that started over a rise in metro fears have provoked a state of emergency in santiago. student started the action 11 days ago angry about a 4 percent increase in ticket prices the found an audience and chileans frustrated with the rising cost of living money well it's good that young people are coming out to protest because they raise the fares but rather than raising salaries the government is raising fares i the government playing to the fare rise on rising oil prices in a week of pay so the. protesters don't buy that and say the protest is a ticket to ride of concerns about the economy italy and when the students come in and once they're protesting in a way that many of us who work cannot so in some ways they can represent us. but it's becoming increasingly violent on friday protestors forced the metro to shut

entirely the city estimates protesters have cost $700000.00 worth of damage more than $200.00 incidents such mobs have been caught on street cameras descending on metro stations commuters have dodged tear gas and water cannon as police and protesters confront each other the electrical company email citi group of people said its high rise building on fire the blaze could be seen across the city yet the protests have gone on a long time at 1st it was tolerable but unfortunately now it's grown to. at least 130 arrests have been made a state of emergency gives the government extra powers to restrict public gatherings for 2 weeks soldiers are being deployed to support my place. the government is also trying to downplay the situation something in the unit also article. there are 3000000 daily metro users our estimate of the biggest event

today is that it will reach more than 150 protesters at any time. and yet south america's largest metro system is now shut down from a ticket increase protest tapped into discontent about chinese economy china ballasts. now the president of honduras has been linked to his brother's conviction for drug trafficking in the united states while antonio at unders was found guilty of smuggling $200.00 tons of cocaine prosecutors say he relied on his brother for protection court documents label president of one orlando and there's a coconspirator he denies the accusations but but just as i've called for him to step down. the world's 1st about a vaccine has been approved by european drug regulators the vaccine is already being used under emergency guidelines to try to protect people against the spread of a deadly boehner break in democratic republic of congo. as you have heard the emergency

committee has recommended that the current ebola outbreak continues to pose a publican's emergency of international concern i have accepted that advise saw the republicans emergence of of international concern the starters will be maintained for additional stream and this emergency committee will be reconvened within 3 months this is again. this remains. this outbreak remains a complex and dangerous outbreak. old news of course on our website there it is on the screen the address al-jazeera dot com. top a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera the british prime minister boris johnson has politicians in an extraordinary session of parliament to support his new brigs a deal he's described the agreement with the european union as one that can heal

the rift in british politics and that there's no argument for more delays in getting the deal over the line there will be difficult opposition leader jeremy coleman says it's even worse than the previous deal the legislature rejected 3 times. so there's who agree like me the breaks it must be delivered and who like me prefer to avoid a new deal outcome must abandon the delusion that this house couldn't today again and i must tell the house in all candor that there is very different appetite among friends in the e.u. for this business to be protected by one extra day. protests began gathering on the streets of lebanon's capital beirut as a call for political change grove's. at least 2 people were killed during friday's rallies the country's prime minister saad hariri has given rival groups his government 72 hours to find a solution. more than half

a 1000000 people have marched in barcelona in the. pendants demonstration around me at the jailing of separatist leaders for their role in tottenham years failed independence 2 years ago at least 60 people were injured in the riots. the truce in northern syria is largely holding despite accusations from both kurdish forces and turkey of violations turkey's president present type 31 as warmly offensive in northeast syria will resume within minutes if kurdish rebels don't abide by the terms of the 5 day ceasefire in while u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh says he's optimistic it will hold despite signs of shelling on friday. out a state of emergency is being enforced in chile capital santiago after days of protests against the rising cost of taking it from you to train the rapid transit metro system is closed for the weekend after rioters attack stations the student led protests which began on monday have since grown into a wider outcry at the cost of living so those are the headlines the news continues

here on al-jazeera after inside story station thanks so much in life well. has britain's prime minister sealed the deal on bricks that boris johnson is urging and please to support his new agreement to leave the european union at the end of the month but will a divided parliament give its backing this is inside story. hello

and welcome to the program i'm so hell robin it's crunch time on brics that again with less than 2 weeks to go until the u.k. is due to leave the european union prime minister boris johnson is giving m.p.'s a stark choice it's my deal or no deal he unveiled a new withdrawal agreement with e.u. leaders on thursday now his predecessor trees a maze exit plan was defeated 3 times by unprecedented margins in parliament johnston says he's confident his deal won't suffer the same fate this is a great deal for our country for the u.k. i also believe it's a very good deal for our friends in the e.u. and what it means is that we in the u.k. can come out of the e.u. as one united kingdom england scotland wales northern ireland together. we have to do to do. and so there is. not

an argument for the doing it should be just. the new agreement replaces the controversial backstop in former prime minister trees a maze deal but much of the rest remains the same the whole of the united kingdom would leave the customs union which means it can make trade deals with other countries but northern ireland will still need to follow e.u. rules the customs border will be in the irish sea checks would be made at airports and seaports in northern ireland rather than to land border all the island would still have to stick to the e.u. single market rules but as a get around the irish republic and northern ireland would both be part of what's called an all ireland regulatory zone in northern ireland assembly will get a vote on the changes but that won't happen for another 5 years after the transition period is over well known as democratic unionist party

a crucial ally in boris johnson's minority government says it won't support the deal we believe it is not in the interests of northern ireland either economic plan i've explained all of that around a border essentially for not just regulations but for goods we have different that rolls and we have no effect of consent over any of those really so all of that taken an hour and means that we cannot support the state boris johnson faces a tough job persuading enough m.p.'s to back his deal chalons has more from london . so saturday is an absolutely titanic day of parliamentary business does boris johnson have the numbers to get his new deal with the e.u. over the line get bricks it done as he puts it and avoid having to rights to the e.u. for that brics that extension well if he is going to do this now that he can't rely on the votes of the d u p the northern irish political party he's going to have to count on the support of the so-called spartans these hardline bricks it is to have voted against deals

in the past he's going to have to rely on the support of former tory m.p.'s former conservative m.p.'s who were thrown out of the parliamentary party for defying downing street in recent months and he is going to have to rely on a number of rebel opposition m.p.'s from the labor party defying their party and coming on to the side of the deal tranche of their numbers it looks as if he is still perhaps about 5 to 15 votes short of that 320 vote majority that he needs to get this done but don't underestimate the level of bricks it fits he in this country that might be weighing on m.p.'s minds just get this thing finished with a move on and also don't underestimate the power of the possibility that several m.p.'s might change their minds of the last moment possibly even the

d p we'll have to wait and see what happens rory chalons for inside story. well as well palau on this edition of inside story in london most say a public affairs specialist and former chief press officer to the u.k. prime minister david cameron in brussels lorissa bruner a policy analyst at the european policy center and also in london alan wager an associate at the research organization u.k. in a changing europe to all of my guess welcome to this edition of inside story. i'd like to just start with the generic questions that our viewers understand where your coming from i mean to be or not to be part of the e.u. depending on who you ask it's now once again an important question and one that will be voted on by british m.p.'s in the coming hours how important is it to be a remain a bricks a tear or a european men who say let's have your initial thoughts i think initially now that it's about being european i think we had a referendum the country has decided i campaigned for remained by was on the losing

side but i don't think leaving the means you are any less of a european and you can cooperate on the big issues that face us or in brussels obviously a very different perspective from where you are. yeah i agree that i think the most important thing is to be a european because even though our sons and sons too. seems to go for a hard object said i think it's very important to keep in mind that their trade relationship will continue and some for security and defense relationship or hopefully are to continue in some form because that is also in the interest of the e.u. so i think we should look to their long that tom and to continue to good relations indeed we will look to the long term during this conversation on the wages your thoughts about being a european a brigadier and a remainer. these issues have come to define british politics for the last 3 is and regardless of what happens in the next few days they're going to continue to divide

british politics for decades to come the issue of whether the u.k. and they have a close relationship will have a much more distant relationship will not be decided by the brits it till voted on in the next few days and as he says going to be an existential question is going to continue to divide british politics indeed so in 2 thirds certain extent we have to talk in hypotheticals about what might happen or what might not happen so. let's begin with what the m.p.'s have to consider in terms of cutting their ties with the e.u. or are they still tied to the e.u. in terms of what the future relationship might or might not be i mean that will be debated in parliament in the hours leading up to this vote on saturday what happens if the deal is rejected know who say to me what are the initial complications or ramifications of a vote that goes against the prime minister. well i mean from the government's perspective when the prime minister's big that would be quite

a big complication because he has repeatedly said that he would not ask for an extension which is now in law in the ben act that the u.k. parliament has passed so then i think we are in slightly uncharted waters i mean in . the prime minister does not ask for an extension and i think you are looking very quickly at. either a legal challenge in the courts a resort a few weeks ago or you are looking at an election being called as a way of kind of ending this deadlock and i think for the other parties they will consider the next steps as well about whether they push a referendum for example and where that changes any of the thinking or the numbers environment but this kind of slightly general approach from the government saying we will debate the law and yet we will not ask for an extension has still not been really clarified and i think that will all come to a head tomorrow indeed in terms of whether the vote does get its approval on saturday and wager it's

a done deal and if it gets approved the conservative party of the government continue to be in charge of the british government. if the deal is approved on saturday as much as it will be a massive win for the u.k. government going forward it's still possible and indeed likely there by are to be a little bit of a further extension of article 50 to get the deal over the line into dot the i's and cross the t's get there with your agreement they'll pass the trees you passed but it will be certainly a big deal for the for the u.k. government will be a massive vote of confidence in boris johnson and for boris johnson's approach to brick say and it will mean as as as we go into a general election which is likely whether the deal is passed or not the boris johnson will get a significant electoral and political base as a result and that's part of the reason why in these political calculations that. piece because that has come as of a king it's

a complicated decision for these m.p.'s it is not supposed from a european perspective. european heads of government bureaucrats will either be exasperated if the vote is yet again rejected by the british parliamentarians all breathe a huge sigh of relief that they've managed to finally find a way forward with the united kingdom and yes absolutely i mean for the e.u. the number one priority is to ensure an orderly withdrawal and avoid an odious now or so it would definitely be a massive would be if the vote actually on went through and if there was trial agreement was passed if it doesn't then i think the next pick question is going to be an extension i think there was merit or desire in the e.u. to track out this process even far but at the same time that you doesn't want to be the one with sponsor before triggering nobody is so. even though i personally think it might be quiet headphones for the u.k. too in a way for the e.u.

to in a way put a gun to the u.k. parliament's head and pull out any extension to make a difference between this year and no idea i don't think that that's what the e.u. is going to do when and when push when it comes to stuff and. that the big question the way the how long an extension what lasts a while that would be about i thought extension of maybe 3 or 4 weeks just enough to organize a general election or that would be a long one maybe until next summer and what are what sort of conditions would come attached indeed it's all ifs and buts at the moment until the vote happens. then you were nodding in agreement with but can i also add to i think your agreement is that has there been enough time to actually look at this deal that's been so hastily pushed through while many people have compared it and said it's very close to to reason may's deal it is on the house obviously several changes which we've mentioned at the top of this program is it enough time for m.p.'s to digest the small print you know it is very similar to the deal that has already been presented

to parliament so i think many of you kind of scale even further by the referendum was 3 and a half years ago and m.p.'s have been debating this for that amount of time so i don't think any of the ideas in there are particularly new or will be that challenging for m.p.'s to understand and i think this this kind of ties into the frustration that people do of course in the u.k. do feel with members of parliament in terms of their no actually being able to agree a way forward but actually being very good at what showing what they don't agree with and what they want to oppose i think this is part of the thing to look out for and part of the problem for the votes on saturday you know there's lots of opposition m.p.'s invitees saying they're going to vote it down but actually that's only half the story you what is the kind of parliamentary sweet spot almost where where will the numbers actually agree and coalesce to show people including our

e.u. partners what will get through parliament and when louis was talking about an extension and.