this after the fact we're not the enemy of the people we are the usa the current battle ground truth is it anyway on. demand for political change protesters push for an overhaul of love and ons ruling elite. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. iraq's prime minister urges an end to violence on both sides it's demonstrators say why they won't back down what i'm going to do after what you wish there was no jobs. in the whistleblower in the impeachment probe into the u.s. president offers to front up to questioning from republicans. and fortune closer

bonds one country is proving a stumbling block to the big asia pacific trading pact. protesters on both sides of the political divide in lebanon have been turning out for mass rallies arjan numbers in beirut have called for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite and the political system which is split along sectarian lines the protests began last month and already forced the prime minister saad hariri to hand in his resignation a general strike has been called for monday and hauteur has more from the protests in beirut. anti-political established protesters are back to close roads they believe that this is the only way to maintain the pressure on the ruling elite to resign a few days ago they agreed to leave the streets after the prime minister saw those how do you as submitted his resignation but now people here believe. those in power

are progress than that they should have by now created a technocrat government which will prepare for early elections but those that man's have not been met those in power they've been in power for 30 years are unlikely to meet these demands because it means giving up the power that they have enjoyed over these years so back to closing roads but the lebanese army and the security forces are also in the streets but i can tell you people here are uncompromising and demanding demanding a new change in leadership but at the same time there is another street in the country the other street is defending those in power. they turned out in large numbers to send the message to those trying to topple the ruling elite supporters of president michel came from across the country and converged outside the presidential palace in beirut suburbs a show of force but also a call for cooperation. there are too many protests squares the

situation must not turn against each other or protest against each other we do a road map with 3 points corruption the economy and a civic nation there your rights so that's why we need to communicate with you and agree and put efforts together people here say they too are asking for reforms and an end to corruption but unlike the anti-establishment protest movement they are defending their leaders the president's son in law foreign ministers. gave no indication he is leaving office he is a divisive figure who has been accused of corruption overstepping his powers and exploiting lebannon secretary and structure for political gains. let us not block the road in front of us with demands that are impossible to achieve today because you will speed up the financial collapse. the priority is to delay that collapse and maybe prevent it. mainly sectarian parties still command

support among 11 odds 4000000 people but the street is divided and public squares and cities across the country anti-government protesters are uncompromising lebanese from all sects have been coming together and the crowds chant the same slogan all of them means all of them they are rejecting the entire political class of lebanon so-called october revolution is now in its 3rd week the revolt against politicians who have been in power for 30 years has not lost momentum public pressure has reshuffled power the prime minister sato had d.d. resigned last week but he could return to office as part of a deal politicians seem to be putting together and what they seem to be discussing are shares and divisions in the old practice and perhaps maybe just maybe thinking about do we give this so-called civil society 2 or 3 state seats to come down the street but the problem is what you hear here when you talk to people is we want

a coherent independent competent government the major reform these people want is proving difficult to achieve and no one knows how long the political standoff will last it's a dangerous stalemate on the economy on the brink of collapse much needed economic forum's reforms need to be enacted but you can't do that without a government and it's not just that if the ruling coalition those in power decide to clamp down on this movement it will be very difficult because using excessive force would definitely be condemned by the international community who's really their eyes have been on lebanon on western countries providing support to the lebanese army so the lebanese army the ruling coalition they're in a bind they know what they're up against a street which is uncompromising but at the same time it's not clear if they are going to take escalatory measures them sell. in order to end this movement. iraq is also embroiled in an anti-government protests and they are the prime minister is

calling for an end to bloodshed on both sides speaking for the 1st time since announcing his resignation. says protesters have achieved their goals but they're damaging the economy he made no mention of stepping down but he's also met a delegation from the u.s. congress who say they are backing the iraqi government's efforts are protesters are not giving up hundreds tried to storm the iranian consulate in karbala south of baghdad and raise the iraqi flag on the gate of the building and set fires nearby security forces fired shots in the air and then tempt to clear the crowds demonstrators have been calling for an end to what they say is iranian interference and iraq's politics and in baghdad demonstrators have blocked major roads schools were closed in the capital in other cities as teachers were on strike to show their solidarity with anti-government protestors reports. protesters set fires erected barricades and even lay down in the road at intersections in

central and eastern baghdad as the work week began the roadblocks created traffic jams across the capital preventing people from getting to work some government offices and businesses were forced to close the normal club but we have one demand which is employees joints it is just like cos they can't participate by staying at home we want all the government ministries to stop operating we can only unite we are all one people here in tahrir square which has become the epicenter of the protests there were signs that people are settling in for the long haul this burned out skyscraper has been occupied since the 2nd wave of anti-government protests began more than a week ago from the upper floors protesters can see the square and the bridge below leading to the green zone where security forces are. isha and this was built during the saddam hussein era there was once a focus restaurant on top of one of its neck thing it is been abandoned since 2003

when it was bombed there in the u.s. led invasion now it's become an iconic landmark of these and precedented protests volunteers are trying to prevent this building from becoming a garbage dump we are here to clean this place and to have a city where as we know many people there killed here and it's in people with no training so this is a place to be acclaimed as a kind of all the plays will soften the sally is a university student and volunteer he says he knows being here is dangerous but this is a revolution what i'm going to do after graduation there's no jobs so this is this golden age of skilling like like this dust and there. we are we are just like people's zombies no one no one knew no one know that there is people here have dreams want to do things in their lives moussaoui and other protesters say they

feel proud for their role in what they regard as a historic moment they're not following or answering to anyone in their eyes their old leaders are going to name al-jazeera baghdad pakistan's prime minister has refused to heed calls to resign as tens of thousands of protesters remain in islamic demonstrators gave them wrong con until midnight on sunday to step down they have a government as illegitimate and being propped up by the military the protests are led by the prime minister's longtime buyable conservative cleric a lot of fun for him on. the whistleblower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president says he'll answer questions from house republicans donald trump has repeatedly called for the name official to reveal themselves then cories to 2 began public hearings this month after several weeks of closed door testimony trump is

accused of threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine unless it investigated its political rival show by donald trump has basically claimed that members of the media know who the whistleblower is and that they must reveal his identity the whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call my phone call was perfect it was totally appropriate but he gave the report he or she but according to the newspaper existed he fake think they know they know what it is you know you just don't want to report it the whistleblower. should be revealed because the whistleblower gave 4 stories so people would go oh the fraud i won't go that far but. when i read it closely i probably would. john hendren has more from washington d.c. . in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump what is interesting is not

necessarily who might testify in the coming week but who will not testify there are 3 officials from the white house office of management and budget who have been asked by that inquiry to testify and reports are that they will not appear in this coming week that is apparently part of a coordinated campaign by the white house to prevent people from speaking to you know pietschmann require e. and in that case it's significant because the allegation in the inspiring is that president donald trump withheld $400000000.00 from the government of ukraine that is in military aid until he received a promise from the president of ukraine little mirrors alinsky that he would investigate joe biden the president's rival and that he would announce that he was doing so publicly so there is that end the fact that john bolton the president's former national security adviser has said he will not testify without a subpoena so bolton is significant because he is said that that deal the pressure

campaign against ukraine was a so-called drug deal and members of congress want to know what he meant by that and whether he thought that meant that anything improper was being done by the president of the united states and there are new reports that that partisan warfare is driving up interest in the 2020 election is a wall street journal n.b.c. poll that finds that 72 percent of americans say they are highly interested in the upcoming election those are the kind of numbers we usually don't see until about a month before election day and that suggests there could be very high turnout in 2020 whatever happens with the impeachment inquiry. trump has again threatened to withhold federal aid from california after its democratic governor criticize the u.s. president's environmental policies wildfires have been raging in the state for 2 weeks but all of back you ation orders have been lifted as firefighters do make progress and containing these places thousands of residents are returning to their homes 175 houses have been destroyed while another 35 have been damaged.

so head on al-jazeera there is so bad it's equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes a day why a toxic emergency has been declared in india's capital. and hopes of returning home syrians contemplate going back to their cities but it could be a dangerous decision. hello again welcome back well here across north america we have seen the temperatures drop just over the last few days with a lot of heavy snow here across the great lakes and into the eastern part of canada as we go towards the next 4 days the snow will still be a problem as we look at the forecast map here and monday particularly over here towards on terrio as well as into quebec but down towards the south temperatures are slowly moderating coming back up to about average for this time of year so for

atlanta we do expect to see 15 degrees on monday and clouds in the forecast as well as showers down here across parts of florida $29.00 degrees as expected high for miami but elana your temperatures coming back to about 20 degrees there across much of the caribbean we are looking at scattered showers for much of the islands areas but down here across much of the south it is still going to be rainy for panama as well as coastal rica heavy showers across the yucatan with cosmos a good temper of 30 degrees there and then as we go towards tuesday we do expect to see the rain coming back into play for mexico city with a temperature of 22 degrees and then we have been watching the he wave across parts of paraguay and the temperatures are still going to be quite warm here on monday for since you don't see a temperature of 39 to greece but finally we are going to be seeing a break on tuesday temp just coming down to 26 with rain in the forecast across the region. rewind returns with

a new series and brand new updates on the best around to see. green lines continue with. prison remember. it was and the. documents which reveal the collaboration between libyan intelligence services on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now rival protests were held across lebanon both for and against the government anti-government protesters

converged in beirut repeating their calls for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite hours after supporters of the president staged a big rally. iraq's prime minister has called for an end to mass protests against the government he says protesters have achieved their goals for now hurting the economy some of them tried to storm the iranian consulate and car over what they see as tehran's interference and iraq's politics. they whistle blower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president has offered to answer questions in this investigation again called for the a name to reveal himself. thailand says a major asia pacific trade agreement could be finalized by february there were hopes for progress on the regional comprehensive economic partnership the ongoing summit in bangkok but that had a roadblock after new demands were made by india undertaking and as a china political analyst who advises the government on economic and development issues he joins us now from beijing so are you surprised that the agreement at this

stumbling block. well not really i mean modi is in a very difficult position the r.s.s. who is very influential in the b j p a number of his ministers have indicated that they are opposed to this remember for india the current f t a free trade agreement only involves about 6 percent of the total that they're there so it's a very limited also it is not a production powerhouse so they're trying to figure out how they can approach this on the other hand does not want to be left on the sidelines at the r.c. the regional conference pensive partnership act is in fact put together i mean right now you have global headwinds you have a u.s. which seems to be domestically preoccupied has skipped the last 2 the president has skipped the last 2 apec meetings and you know this is a situation where they're trying to do it the other thing that people are paying

attention to is the south china seas issue which is also in the process of being settled or it looks that way so what do you see that can get india past past the stumbling block i mean how important is this well it's very important to china and also because with the u.s. with china and india together you're talking about such a substantial part of the fastest growing areas largest populations etc i think in part that india is they need something to get them over the top i think this is something that they have to do modi has quite a big amount of political juice he can use and i think he might choose to do it here india's been badly in need of economic. stimulus things are going down there so he will be looking to make a good deal but he has to make it in

a terms that he can go back domestically and sell it how committed is china to making this happen. china is very committed obviously they see this is a part of what is going wrong with the w t o they still support the w t o but without the u.s. involved there's a real question about how they can go forward the r.c. e.p. is really the greatest regional hope that china has of creating a very large trade bloc and you know promoting this multi-lateralism that they see is very important not only to their own growth but and then eventually connecting that to the belt and road initiative i think they've signaled that they are softening their stances on a number of issues especially because of these economic headwinds and you see that also in the south china sea negotiations and are talking and joining us from beijing our thanks as always schools are shut flights are being canceled in

a public emergency has been declared as toxic small chokes india's capital on the air quality index a result of $500.00 is described as severe plus the result for new delhi is double that experts say it's like smoking up to think least 50 cigarettes a day that is people are complaining of sore eyes and sore throats. it's suffocated and we thought coffee we food at that moment shall we make the weapon better and the pollution that will improve it doesn't feel like eat yet i mean because the human body is breathing she's pollution he's also putting us on the mental pressure that's not we say stiffly no phone. around with. them for a couple of swami is a distinguished senior fellow at observer research foundation he describes the difficulties facing those living in new delhi. i was in delhi yesterday and i was you know i walked in the streets and on a daily basis. i mean did our help has it's there are opposing to people but

i think it's it's frustrating. it is dangerous normal life this affected because schools are shocked. and you know you cannot go about your day in a normal you when there is destruction in your normal way of life that is significant it's a it's not only a physical problem it's also psychological it becomes a psychological problem and you're trying to find solutions around it and i think people are frustrated with the authorities about the politicise of the issue so there are all these factors and there is a resentment and i and i think at one level you know there are people that i personally know of friends who in the last 5 years a move away from delhi because of these kinds of this kind of this kind of an issue that simply is unsustainable the pro-democracy politician and hong kong has had part of her ear pain off but bitten off partly by a man wielding a knife the district councillor was attacked by the man as he tried to stop him

from leaving a shopping mall the man also slashed several people before he was restrained and beaten by a mob of protesters always in shipping company says 9 of its sailors were abducted by suspected pirates in the rest african nation of benon it says armed men board of the vessel at the port of continent on saturday the gulf of guinea from cameroon to liberia one of the most dangerous maritime regions in the world and abductions have become more frequent fighting in syria's force many ethnic and religious minorities from their homes many have been displaced for years the city has changed hands between different armed groups the recent victory of turkey backed opposition groups over kurdish fighters and the border town of tal of yod however has renewed hopes of returning home but that's fraught with danger of course on selling off a. this is what we mains of the syrian army and church in tel aviv are.

derelict and abandoned for years passive it was set on fire in 2014 when i still took over. the syrian army as were forced out of their villages and never went back even when the city was taken over by the largely kurdish syrian democratic forces. into a 1000 to 50. of them. there was an important step allowing them to link up the other areas they control along the turkish border from maliki near iraq in the east to capernaum the west. last month the turkish backed syrian national army or s n a swept through to. people here say the fighters said houses on fire during their retreat. out about the i'm going to be after my prom and get to my reaction the house was burning for 4 days i have lost all of my furniture ok i did make it father my rising and we have been driven out of our harms for years we have

suffered a lot at the hands of the east. for now a local council has been set up to run the city but the situation remains delicate . it can expose little saturday killed at least 13 people and left dozens injured to turkey and the s. and they accuse the s.d.f. of the bombing. tel aviv is part of the so-called safe zone that turkey has established on syrian territory near its border to ensure the s.d.f. is dogs they send in the area tel aviv has changed hands many times during the 8 years of war in syria and religious minorities have it but secured at all forced out of their villages now the city is in the hands of the opposition and no one knows if those people will return when there is no sign of an until the conflict possible but i'll just see a child or for all took his border with syria relatives the women and girls

murdered in mexico are demanding justice for their loved ones to ensure his march through the capital hearing purple crosses inscribed with the names of victims i want to highlight the high rates of violence against women in mexico the u.n. says on average 9 women or girls are murdered every day hundreds of protesters have marched improves capital demanding an end to bullfighting activists haeckel fans that arena or fighting ring in lima for its highest profile annual event attention boiled over outside the arena or testers argue the sport causes excessive suffering for animals as the death against matadors. more than 230 refugees and migrants have arrived in italy after being picked up by rescue vessels in the mediterranean sea the 2 separate groups have been allowed to disembark in italy and apply in the south they were rescued after attempting to cross from libya several e.u. countries agreed to take in the majority of those on board cattle and separatists

rallied outside the hotel where a spanish king believe they was staying while he visited barcelona and his family are travelling to the cattle on regional capital in weeks of anti-government and anti-royalist demonstrations his 14 year old daughter princess leonore is expected to make a speech on monday an effort to win back support for the royals in catalonia tension has flared since catalan separatist leaders were handed down jail sentences last month for their role in the region's failed and dependence big thousands of romanian protesters marched in the capital bucharest and other cities against illegal logging there's anger over the murder of 2 forest workers by lawyers in the past month 2 months that is dusters are demanding an investigation they're also calling for an immediate upgrade to the country's logging tracking system and stricter laws in their case parliament will be dissolved on wednesday so politicians can began campaigning for december snap election the poll could decide

the future of bracks a bit many voters are confused about the different party's policies john and i go has more from london. primed with sleeves rolled up as an election coming case it's been forgotten the 3rd one and only full he is some new faces why is the choice not. is about who we are as a country as well as more familiar ones thank you and good morning everybody pushing. it off to goals. at the start of the race it's all slogan and little policy. and so this wednesday parliament will once again be dissolved m.p.'s pounding the streets persuading people to vote for them and towering over this of course is breck's it with those wanting to stop it battling those who wanted to live it and then there is the man that didn't make it happen for.

deep we need to do is get on and do it despite a promise of do or die comment was made prime minister boris johnson vowed he wouldn't ask for the extension that parliament and the courts made him request despite what the colorfully saying that he'd rather be dead in a ditch. and the politicians snapping at his heels promising to take the u.k. out without a deal the bricks at parties nigel faraj campaigning on a sole issue he will not be standing but offered up the party's backing to johnson even though it was roundly rebuffed. problems boris johnson was. on the question of he's flipped and flopped twice voted against the draw agreement. so he showed his ability to change position and now mr johnson has the time drop the tree.

and it's not just the u.k. breaking away from europe that's on the ballot in scotland where there is now 50 percent support for independence it's also where the belonging to the u.k. is a viable option if brics it goes ahead my friends the bats at alternative the much better don't turn it over in our country is to take our future and our hearts and to become an independent country. the conservatives may be ahead in the polls but the party that sopped a number of its m.p.'s their onetime coalition partner the liberal democrats their own vision has persuaded moderate pro e.u. tories to back them instead. of the main opposition labor party leader jeremy corbett mixed messages of a brics it has left it significantly behind the governing conservatives coal bin will seek to make this election about issues such as the health service raising taxes on the rich anything to distract from the elephant in the room but the proper

of the him the others will likely make much of his inability so far to come up with a clear vision about where the party stands on the motto which could leave it out in the cold in this december election. london. take out the headlines right now on al-jazeera rival protests were held across lebanon both for and against the government and thai government protestors converged in beirut repeating the calls for a complete overhaul of the rule in the late hours after supporters of the president staged a big rally iraq's prime minister has called for an end to mass protests against the government he says protesters have achieved their goals but are now hurting the economy some of them tried to storm the iranian consulate in karbala over what they say is tehran's interference and iraq's politics pakistan's prime minister has

refused to he calls to resign and tens of thousands of protesters remain in islamabad demonstrators on until midnight on sunday to step down they say the government is illegitimate of being propped up by the military the protests are led by the prime minister's longtime rival conservative clerics. well whistleblower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president has offered to answer questions and the investigation donald trump again call for the name official to reveal himself trump claims members of the media know who the whistleblower is and they must reveal his identity the whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call my phone call was perfect it was totally appropriate but he gave a report here cheap but according to the newspapers he faked think they know they know what it is you know you just don't want to report it the whistleblower. should

be revealed because the whistleblower did 4 stories so people would go through are i won't go that far but. when i read it closely i probably would. thailand says a major asia pacific trade agreement could be finalized by february there were hopes for progress on the regional comprehensive economic partnership at the ongoing on summit and bangkok but it had a road block after new demands were made by india and air pollution in and around india's capital is the worst so far this year experts say breathing new delhi's areas like smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day health emergency has been declared. and so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come rewind is that next. told. they don't believe the 2 state solution the deal you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start

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