this is news coming to you live from berlin the biggest show of dissent lebanon has seen in decades hundreds of thousands turned out for the 4th day of protests over tax hikes and corruption some are calling for a revolution against the embattled government. also coming up recent scandals have dampened reelection prospects for canada's prime minister justin trudeau is in a close race against a conservative challenger as candidate votes today in national polls.

hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program calls for change or ringing out in the streets of lebanon as the wave of dissent continues for 4 consecutive days hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest against the government rolled out of new taxes triggered the outcry the government has since backtracked but that hasn't stopped the spread a public discontent. protesters gathered for a 4th day of demonstrations. sunday drew the largest crowd yet all over lebanon anger at a corrupt political class and an ineffective government has reached boiling point. what is up to these ministers in that statehood should be thrown in jail the thieves who were boring money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but then put it in their own pockets. what does that mean this government has done

nothing but divide us as well as making us poor citizens must retain their dignity this is why we won't leave the streets without taking down the regime and forming a transitional government with exceptional powers to rebuild the country. right now . not to have people can't afford it anymore there are no good schools electricity and no water 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

sense the withdrawal of his party from government do you see it. he has decided to awesome in and says to resign from government i. what becky and to assist on our demand to form a new government. fall away from the current majority of ministers of music how do you. late on sunday reports emerged that the governing coalition had agreed . that would slash government wages cut the budget deficit and overhaul the electricity sector. will hope that the reform satisfy those calling for change on the streets. our correspondent is in beirut and joins us now the government there is promising to address at least some of the protesters grievances are the demonstrators going to be satisfied with.

no not really not really right now all the you know into. those major cities and then and also the protesters close by building so the scenes out this morning as one was going to have the cabinet meeting at the presidential palace all the old way to the presidential palace. i mean. in the course of. the old old beat. we think will take place. 'd as it seems. now that the old the. old. packages made by the government to be announced in the next few hours what is known about the reforms that the

government is promising at this point what can you tell us about. one of the major points all. the banking sector. they are around. the $1000000000.00. they don't have. to the members of parliament and. all the. people. long ago. but they didn't the government didn't take any action on this. one the old. lebanon so all the. government.

to be. replaced by. another want the government. all there with all these political. sorry i just wanted to ask you that given that kind of pressure on the government that we've seen already foreign ministers resigned over the weekend can this government survive. generally speaking yes it can survive. what's going to happen next the main. 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 of emergency officials report 7 people are dead in fires related to the unrest. and a ballot count in bolivia shows left wing president evo morales in the lead following sunday's vote but it might not be enough for an outright win a runoff my be necessary come mid december around us and seeking an unprecedented 4th term despite getting credit for lifting millions out of poverty critics accuse them of corruption and anti democratic rule. following elections in switzerland the right wing people's party remains the strongest force in parliament despite a slip in support green opposition parties made unexpected gains because of the country's unique electoral system though it remains unclear whether the greens will become part of the government which parliament will vote for in december. canadians head to the polls today and it could be

a nail biter for prime minister justin trudeau his campaign has been overshadowed by a series of errors that have raised allegations of racism and ethics violations recent polls show trudeau's liberals in a virtual dead heat with the conservatives and that could be good news for smaller parties like the left leaning new democratic party. in the lead up to kind of those elections it's been all of that. a smooth ride for prime minister justin trudeau his approval ratings drop to almost record lows and his liberal party is engaged in the neck and neck race with the conservatives both are polling at around 30 percent . despite a strong economy and low unemployment trudeau's popularity dipped after a series of scandals like this old photo of trudeau wearing blackface or his violation of conflict of interest rules. during the last weeks of campaigning to do is been trying to make up for his missteps often attacking his

main opponent the conservative party here's the question you have to ask yourself do you want 53000000000 dollars worth of conservative cuts or do you want a progressive government that will continue investing in families and investing in communities that's the choice it's that simple. and it's that important. it's not true those attacks aren't the only wary of conservative leader andrew here he is also quite unpopular according to the polls in one of the closest races in recent years most of the conservatives and the liberals may not win a big enough majority to govern alone. this is where jack meet seeing a leader of the left leaning new democratic party could come into play with approval ratings soaring for is party saying could become the kingmaker of canada's election as a prospective partner in

a liberal minority government. protesters in hong kong have defied an official ban and staged more pro-democracy rallies turn some of them turning violent tensions over 5 months of on rest of a spike to get after a protest leader in another activist were violently assaulted some days ago through . the protests went on into the night to find a bomb by police. as has happened multiple times under the cover of darkness chaos descended a d w reporter i'm talking to a confronted by riot police i think it was that not only did i not a god that he was but all the teams had forbidden the rally in a high end shopping district some protesters said they were they are simply to check out the merchandise. ah just look at this through.

the face of the son of god. the. god. that. seems to be rising sunday's violence follows the stopping and beating of 2 pro-democracy protesters this week demonstrators targeted mainland chinese own shops and banks. m or is it. the anger for the city's chief executive carrie lamb and many see as a chinese pop in the was the 1st model was the formal to the police number the cause of the fall was pummeled the fall of the sun all the. with passions running high demonstrators seem to be enormous to back down any time soon but the. brazilian

photographer gotto has been awarded this year's peace prize of the german book trade at a ceremony in frankfurt all gado was recognized for his artistic commitment to the fight for social justice as well as conservation and climate protection. is images consistently taken in black and white have featured in numerous exhibitions and books. sebastiano salgado 1st gained international acclaim for these photos taken in 1906 the show workers at the center palo alto the world's largest open cast gold mine in brazil. so got his photo seemed perfect almost staged leading critics to accuse him of aesthetic size and human suffering but for the photographer they simply represent reality i born in brazil when i showed you think this like news. it's not to provoke

a conflict in the course itself no one is i'm sure on the side of my side that will in his latest project some guy who has returned to his roots the amazon he says that 20 percent of its area has been destroyed in the past 50 years and the destruction continues some god who blames current brazilian president show your boss on our own. satisfaction for the i go to sneeze he's allowed it then for go ahead it destroyed for us now because of the international pressure his saying that these for a 2nd the atmosphere that's just not the true. along with his wife lilia sebastiano god who continues to use his art to draw attention to the exploitation of both people and the planet and he's the 1st photographer to receive the peace prize of the german trait it's a tribute to his ability to say so much without words. it

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