to take place in the coming days. well thousands of anti-government protesters have also been demonstrating in the lebanese city of tripoli despite the prime minister's. handing in his resignation to president bush. resigned on tuesday saying that he'd come to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented demonstrations that have paralyzed the country but owen has asked that he to stay on until a new government is formed in a holder has more from beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence of political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son

a muslim replacing heidi won't be easy he is considered the representative of that community. but hariri will insist on a semi technocratic government but the ruling coalition is insisting political parties remain represented hariri want to accept that so the other scenario is hezbollah forming a government that is more dominated by the group something it wants to avoid. hezbollah and its allies are the majority in government and parliament but it is under u.s. sanctions like its iranian backer that is why it needs a partner like who is supported by the west house speaker to be a birdie is warning against international intervention it seems lebanon is yet again caught in the arena of the us iranian struggle both countries have weighed in the crisis which began as a protest for better living conditions iran is accusing the us saudi arabia and israel of supporting the protesters while the u.s.

is calling for a government that will be responsive to the needs of the people protesters who are now confining their street action to public squares are promising to push for radical change they say they are ready for a long struggle to bring down a stick terry and system that has been governing them for decades that was 2nd demand is the formation of a new cabinet from experts people who have expertise none corrupted nonpartisan so they can govern and conduct the. transitional phase and our next demand would be the early parliamentary elections so they are staying on the streets until these demands are met overthrowing post-war leaders won't be easy so far they are refusing demands to hand over power a lot of uncertainty lies ahead senator beirut. says the calm in this half hour of boeing's chief executive is grilled by u.s. politicians of 2 of the aircraft makers planes crashing in 6 months killing $300.00 people at london's fire department defends its response to the 2017 grand felt how

a blaze after a government inquiry finds that more lives could have been say. hello again welcome back we're here cross parts of southeastern australia the temperatures are still the main focus we do have a few showers though across parts of queensland and parts of new south wales but really it is those temperatures well above average for this time of year we do have a frontal boundary out here towards the west but anything to the east well talk about high pressure is dominating the winds coming out of the north and that means temperatures a well above average so for adelaide $36.00 degrees for you melbourne at $33.00 and for hobart at about 30 degrees there now as we go towards friday we're still could be seeing those terms as well above average as well but we are going to see a frontal body pushing towards adelaide that's going to start to break down those

temperatures a little bit but by the time we get to saturday that front will push through you'll see some showers and we will see a break in the heat there up towards alice springs though it is going to be a hot day for you with a temperature of 40 degrees across parts of the north and south island of new zealand we're going to be seeing some clouds off and on across much of the area but really not looking too bad as we go towards thursday here for auckland maybe some winds in the forecast a 17 degrees for you there and for christ church about 14 degrees maybe coming up to 15 by the time we get towards the weekend and then here across parts of japan things are looking quite nice and for tokyo we do expect to see attempt a few of 20 and some clouds in the forecast. in the land of the free the cost of medication is killing people this particular pill is going to be anywhere from $800.00 to $1100.00 and citizens are desperate entire bus load of americans coming to wal-mart in kunar the to buy insulin because

just where they can afford it faultlines investigates the spiraling costs of prescription drugs in the usa i will have to make a decision as to when to stop treatment and choose to die so that i can leave my husband with enough the cost of living on a. a back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the iraqi military says one person has been killed after a rocket was fired into baghdad's heavily fortified green zone thousands of demonstrators are out in baghdad this fight a government curfew which came into effect in the more than an hour ago has been fighting between government troops and turkish forces in northeast syria it comes

less than 24 hours after a deadline that and put aside for kurdish troops to leave border towns and the pentagon has released new video and images of the u.s. military operation that killed at the leader of ice so that the in northwest syria it's also confirmed that but that his body was buried at sea. u.s. media are reporting that the former white house national security adviser john bolton has been asked to testify at the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump bolton has reportedly been asked to appear next week so too has national security council lawyer john. eisenberg and eisenberg's deputy michael ellis that accredits are investigating accusations that trump withheld military aid to ukraine unless it investigated his democratic rival joe biden our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more from washington on who's been testifying on wednesday.

the testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state department officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by the democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect that at least one of the witnesses will testify that there was a request to withhold military aid to ukraine and that this came at the direction of president trump but all eyes are also on what will take place in the u.s. house of representatives on thursday that's when a vote is expected under the direction of the speaker of the house nancy pelosi to formalize the process impeachment inquiry that's already underway but until now the white house has alleged that this has not been transparent it's been conducted in the shadows this is to counter that narrative so while this is not a vote to impeach president trump what it is is a vote to formalize the process the testimony will still be under way

a request for documents still under way but it now becomes much harder with that vote to for the white house to essentially obstruct as the democrats allege no longer will they be able to instruct witnesses that they cannot testify or not provide documents now all of that will become much harder a new wildfire has broken out just outside los angeles in ventura county sumi valley firefighters say dry winds forecast for the next few days are likely to fan the flames the fire is burning just a few kilometers from another fire near the getty center museum in los angeles that fire has been burning for 2 days and as this place thousands of people. boeing's chief executive has admitted that the company made mistakes in the development of a key safety system that is swim burke faced a 2nd day of questions from u.s. politicians he's testifying to the house transportation and infrastructure committee 2 of the companies 737 max 8 jets crashed in

a 6 month period killing more than 300 people when limburg acknowledged some issues in the development of an anti still system that automatically pushed the plane's nose down the pilot's fighting for control john hendren has more now from boeing's international headquarters in chicago. it was 2 days of intense grilling for the chief executive officer of boeing company and it happened 1st in the senate then in the house on what was the one year anniversary of the 1st of 2737 max flights that crashed killing a total of $346.00 people in the criticism was harsh one senator said he would rather walk than take the plane another like in the plane to flying often and dennis miller the c.e.o. of boeing had to answer for a text exchange in which a test pilot said that the plane's problems were a green juice and then said that he essentially lied to regulators apologized and said the company had made mistakes but that did not stop heated exchanges like this

one so you're saying you're not giving up any compensation and all your continued work and make $30000000.00 a year after this well i think 2 accidents that caused all these people relatives to go home to disappear to die you're not taking your cock to pay at all. you know our board will make those terminate your not accountable you're saying the board's accountable boeing says it has already made software fixes to its flight automation system that would prevent crashes like those that happened but the question now is will the company face intense regulation from now on some senators and members of congress say it should this was after all a plane in which many parts were certified by boeing officials themselves and on capitol hill many people are now asking why. 12 migrants have been found alive inside a refrigerated truck in northern belgium the main overage in the from syria and

sudan were discovered by police in a motorway parking area outside antwerp the driver of the vehicle which was carrying food vegetables alerted officers this comes exactly a week after 39 migrants were found dead in the back of a truck in southeast england. london's fire department has the fended its response to the ground fell tower blaze after a government inquiry found more lives could have been saved the report found residents should have been evacuated sooner instead of being told to stay put but it also found combustible cladding fitted during building renovations when their regular kitchen fire became an inferno john hall has. the 1st phase of a public inquiry into the 2017 grand felt our disaster examined what happened on the night of the fire the report points to systemic failings by the london fire brigade including the so-called stay put strategy with residents ordered to remain

in their flats as the blaze in gulf the building. but campaigners say the inquiry should have started with the safety of the building itself thing thorough inquiry took a determined route to get a determined i'll come by starting in the middle as opposed to starting at the beginning then the middle and then the end do you mean in terms of scapegoating the 1st. i think it's inevitable if they started on the night that the fire fighters but then it's come out instead of the people who believe really really all company is the local authority does the decision makers and those that might profit off well while damning in his criticism of the london fire brigade so martin more big the retired judge chairing the inquiry did identify the cladding that was applied to the exterior of the building in a 2016 renovation with a highly combustible polyethylene core as the reason the fire spread so quickly he

recommended immediate safety improvements to buildings like grunfeld around the country. the london fire brigade commissioner who told the inquiry she would not have done anything differently now says lessons have been learned obviously knowing what we know now about buildings cover nice including clearly we are doing things differently and we will do things differently until all of that terrible calving is removed the scene of horror and parliament prime minister boris johnson said he would act on the facts but there is skepticism on the ground after recommendations made following a similar high rise fire in south london 10 years ago were never addressed my uncle his name was his. 57 year old man lived in the top floor of one full time i was told to stay put several occasions. and sadly he lost his life because no one came for him it's a it's

a good report it's fair it's strong but we need to be very clear it's not giving us justice we are nowhere near near that at this stage. the end of phase one of the ground for inquiry is a welcome measure of progress for many of those affected phase 2 that begins next year will delve deeper into what and who may grant felt so vulnerable bringing justice perhaps a little bit closer jona whole al-jazeera london. fen mark has granted approval for moscow to construct part of a gas pipeline in danish waters the permit was the last major hurdle for the nord stream to project which will deliver russian gas to europe 147 kilometers of the twin pipeline will now run through danish territorial waters but the 12100 kilometer long project has been criticized by the u.s. and several eastern european and nordic and baltic countries they say will increase

europe's reliance on russian gas. facebook says it has suspended 3 networks of russian accounts that try to interfere in the domestic politics of a number of african countries the accounts were tied to a russian businessman who's been accused of meddling in past u.s. elections campaigns targeted people in 8 nations including mozambique democratic republic of congo and libya almost 200 fake accounts were used to reach more than 1000000 followers. the united nations a special envoy to brindisi says that he's concerned the country is at risk of a new wave of atrocities as it approaches an election next year the brewing the government is still refusing to cooperate with the un high commission for human rights and refuses to acknowledge human rights abuses i can has more now from the un headquarters in new york. the council was addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel co-founder who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared

to be those aligned with opposition parties and said they had been little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front though he said that being a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the us ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies or affirming his commitment to peaceful elections and encourage the government to take tangible steps towards this goal one of those steps is to allow international and domestic election observers unfettered access to the election process. and open and permissive political environment is also critical to credible elections political candidates from all parties should be free to campaign without threat of reprisal

or interference the council is also addressed by the head of the peace building commission allowed or who said that preparations for the elections next year will well underway importantly he said he had been told by government leaders that the current president would not stand for reelection this would remove a major source of friction from political affairs in that country. south sudan's main opposition leader says the government has failed to push through a peace deal aimed at ending years of fighting the former rebel leader reoccur ashar says a unity government can't be achieved before the mid november deadline and has called for a 6 month delay the peace deal agreed in september brought an end to more than 6 years of conflict which left $400000.00 people dead. the world organization for animal health says no country is immune from being hit by african

swine fever the head of the institution says the deadly animal virus is spreading further across asia where it has devastated herds china which is the world's top pork producer has been hit particularly hard the disease overage a native in africa before spreading to europe and asia it has been found in up to 50 countries killing hundreds of millions of pigs but it is not harmful to humans. now quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the iraqi military says one person has been killed after a rocket was fired into baghdad's heavily fortified green zone thousands of demonstrators are out in baghdad despite a government curfew which came into effect more than an hour ago. has been fighting between government troops and turkish forces in northeast syria it comes less than

24 hours after a deadline that ankara said for kurdish led troops to leave border towns syrian state t.v. is reporting heavy fighting near the town of ras al-ain. has more there's been some clashes in 2 areas on the outskirts of the last line tama the syrian government and the last year. there were heavy mortar attacks are totally attacks by the turkish military targeting those areas now that the syrian government pulled out from 8 villages and moved south of. the syrian opposition army the said that these were very limited clashes and that they were not was with the syrian army took us military and that rather they were between the syrian army and the opposition fighters positioned in those areas. the pentagon has released new video and images of the u.s.

military operation that killed the leader of iso of baghdad the northwest syria it's also confirmed his body was buried at sea baghdad the detonated a suicide vest a during a u.s. raid on saturday. chile's president has canceled both the upcoming asia pacific trade summit and u.n. climate change conference because of ongoing anti-government protests presidents have a stand pineda says his priority is to restore order after the largest demonstrations in the country in nearly 2 decades thousands of anti-government protesters are demonstrating in the lebanese city of tripoli this by prime minister saad hariri handing in his resignation to president michel 0 one resigned on tuesday saying he'd come to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented them stray sions that have paralyzed the country but owen is s.t.d. to stay on until a new government is formed those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's for clients and my colleagues in doha we'll have more on the latest on the

day's news in about half an hour from now thank you for watching have i. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. and. millions of americans have trouble paying for their prescription medication. and that includes type one diabetics. for them insulin is a lifesaving drug for somebody like me it's like the oxygen that you breathe. it is like oxygen you know i breathe except for me i have to pay $340.00 a bottle for that oxygen. these diabetics are making the 12 hour journey to canada

to buy cheaper and sort which just over the border is about 110th of the cost and in the united states. you'll hear all these u.s. pharmaceutical companies they will tell you they have coupons they will tell you they have discount cards they are patient programs they have at all if i could go out to a shrink go bonnie do you think would be driving 870 miles. in the u.s. the cost of nearly every major brand name drug is on the rise. and for many people that means being forced to choose between financial insecurity or saving their lives. and what this bill means to me is her a for stable cancer it means i'm going to live longer but what is a pill costs this particular pill is going to be anywhere from 800 to 1100 dollars at any given time the way we pay for medical innovation today has nothing to do

with rationality that's the most expensive that in europe also korean course oh it's worth more than. it is everything you do with profit maximizing in an environment where we require nothing of the companies in this episode of faultlines we investigate what's behind the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs and how the hefty price tag is costing lives. there at least 1200000 americans would type one diabetes and auto immune disease that has no cure. and once a person has it they're often required to take insulin multiple times a day for the rest of their lives. insulins and old truck. it was discovered almost a 100 years ago. but in the u.s. he keeps getting more expensive. you have to leave the country to buy something

that you need to live rights are being held hostage by these companies and by the us governments in our elected officials to pay a ransom for the president's line. between 20122016 alone the price nearly double forcing many americans to search for other routes to access if. you have an entire bus load of americans coming to wal-mart in canada to buy insulin because just where they can afford it. would be funny if it weren't so sad and serious. i came from new jersey to minneapolis to ride a bus to canada to buy and fuck $30.00 and i still think i'm here to save a life but after doing all that it's totally impractical and sort of sad that at all it's just something that required to live so that i know it's not last or.

is this different than this one you would get in the us since at the same exact you say that. we. were so thrilled we got in florida and i got a 9 by all the clock over $3000.00 for 9 vials in the united states. to stop me $243.00 inside i think it's showing exactly why we have people dying in america on a weekly or monthly basis we need legislation passed in america so that no longer people are going to be dying of a type one diabetes. and for many people going across the border to buy cheaper insulin is not a long term solution. studies have shown that one in 4 americans with diabetes have russians are in store because they couldn't afford it and this can be a deadly gamble. no one knows this better than the coal smith hope whose son alex died in 2017. so we're here today remembering alec and all the others that have

lost their life from insulin rationing it's amazing to know that you know he would still be alive today if i had known at that time 2 years ago that i had the option to cross the border to purchase completely affordable and soy and. it's not just a bunch of people whining and crying about the price of insulin there's a true impact. my family was destroyed by this. i lost a child. i'll never have my son back. in 2015 alec was diagnosed with type one diabetes when he was 23 years old. at the time while still in the kohl's insurance alex insulin cost between $2.00 and $300.00 a month. but when he turned 26 years old under america's health care law he was no

longer able to remain on her insurance. and without it the cost of his insulin shot up over $4.00 times. i went to the pharmacy the 1st time without my insurance card and hand. in his diabetic supplies and i think he needed to take care of himself cost of $1300.00 a month. he wasn't planning on it being that expensive. so what do you do he went home with nothing. because halliburton $40000.00 a year is a restaurant manager who didn't qualify for government assistance. nicole believes alex started rationing as insulin because he couldn't pay for it. this made him susceptible to d.k.a. or diabetic ketoacidosis a dangerous side effect of type one diabetes when the body doesn't get enough insulin. it starts shutting down your bowels which would why has stomach was

hurting so bad and then it will work your way up your intestinal system and your intestines start shutting down. and your kidneys start shutting down and and then you're along start shutting down. and then your heart starts to go. and as the heart starts to go. you typically go into cardiac arrest. or you go into a coma. you start having seizures. and it's and it's true greenly painful way to try. ella came off of my insurance on june 1st of 2017 and was found out engine 27th of 2017. so he lasted 26 days i'm sure.

he's handsome could. turn smile and kind of look a little bit alike naser. hydrophones because. nicole and her family learned that alec in stretching out what little insulin he had left until his next paycheck. he was found dead 3 days short of his payday. what do you miss most. is have you. on the big brother around you. who do you hold accountable. i love the pharmaceutical companies partially or are accountable i hold our our government partially accountable. well myself partially accountable. has now and i should have seen that.

i said and there to protect him. i should have been. but ultimately the system felt like. insulin is kind of a perfect storm of all the problems with our drug industry and all the public failure to regulate it meaningfully. it's a century old technology that was gifted to humanity by the university researchers who came up with it and since that time prices have only increased for something that by now should really be essentially free. the reasons behind the high cost of prescription medication in the us are complicated. but one main factor is that the government doesn't regulate or negotiate the prices of drugs directly with companies instead it lets them set their own prices which puts the burden of ever increasing costs on patients. our government has taken less seriously than some

others our responsibility to provide affordable medicine for our people in canada and many countries around the world governments are active purchasers and they say how do i get a good deal how do i negotiate for the best deal and the united states we simply say pharma tell us what you want and we'll give it to you. they can charge essential as much as any of us would pay to care for our 2nd our loved ones no constraints. no constraints on drug pricing means that for many americans no amount of planning can prepare them for the cost of an illness. steve harvey. we're joined . in 2015 and just 50 years old jackie trapp was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called multiple myeloma keep it pay it. a tricky little cancer and because it's a blood borne cancer surgery is not an option radiation is only palliative it's

really just to make you feel better drugs are all we have her doctor prescribed revlimid an oral chemotherapy drug manufactured by the u.s. biotechnology company celgene and that's just and it has no generic in the united states. revel may quite simply is the only form of treatment available for me for my cancer. revlimid has kept jackie cancer stable for the last 4 years. but the bills to pay for it and her overall health care have shattered her financial stability the 1st $1.00 i got was january 6th 2017 and the total member responsibility right here is 11140 $8.14 and then i got the 2nd bill january 30th and that one was 412039 dollars and 89 cents total memory responsibility and here's another and real weeks later 3 weeks later here we are on their bill for $12.00 ours is your responsibility yeah this must been terrifying

though while you're fighting. cancer in a period of 6 weeks you get 3 bills for the one drug that may extend your life and it's looking like it's going to be you know over $12000.00 a month. i can honestly tell you that when i was diagnosed you know there are some tears there but i cried hard more when these bills came along i've spent so much more emotional energy on finding ways to fund my treatment than i ever have my cancer. at 1st jackie's insurance didn't cover revlimid has been saying well we can do this i'll sell my truck you know what that old battle give us the money but i'm going to be on this indefinitely this is not a solution we need a longer term solution and we're not going to be paying this out of pocket it will be bankrupt before you know it and then what jackie spent up to 50 hours a week at times cobbling together a plan to bring down.