this is c w news live from berlin lebanon's government approved sweeping reforms to the protesters demands massive anti austerity protests have brought the country to in standstill now the prime minister tells his people we hear your anger and we're taking action. also coming up undressed in choosing where the variety continues even after government concessions protesters say they want to general strike and in the bundesliga it's getting crowded at the top after shelter this is their chance to seize the 1st place.

i'm sara kelly welcome to the program lebanon's prime minister has told the country reforms are on the way to ease the country's economic crisis saad hariri has orders his government to come up with a rescue plan after 5 straight days of anti austerity protests outrage over new taxes and corruption has sparked the largest wave of dissent the country has seen in years. monday in central beirut protesters gather in martyrs square for a 5th day of protests on monday morning lebanon's government hurriedly passed a sweeping reform bill promising to end secrecy for politicians and cut ministers salaries and house. they want to appease both the protesters as well as middle eastern predators and western donors. dr held with these historic demonstrations to

voice their concerns about corruption lebanon is one of the most indebted countries in the world and this religiously diverse country is standing united in its condemnation of high unemployment poor public services and corruption. what it is these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail they thieves they were begging for money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but they then put the money in their own pockets under the thumb of 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 . that these protests show little sign of abating. over the weekend there were widespread calls for a job to strike. once for him correspondent basil already who is standing by with

the latest from they root and basil we've heard the prime minister has just addressed the public tell us more yes. first of all as you can read in the background just those they refuse all these 3 phone u.-t. the prime minister's speech shouts in loud voices they need revaluation and they don't hold e.g. this is the 1st reaction of the protest that's why the prime minister was that he is a speech we caught some of the speech. directed to the protesters mainly to the deputies in general so i would go to some of his speech now. the prime minister said that. so that they decided no no today to achieve all to meet all the demands of the protesters. since these demands these demands from 2 years ago should be done and said moreover. they took

a decision to shut down the ministry of information this is what also was one of the demands because they said there is no need in such country if you come to there is no need for mystery of information braman to decide how to continue saying that the decision to stop the demonstrations is back to the demonstrators themselves. it's their duty to security old needs and all the demands of their people. basil and i just want to articulate here we can see that people actually going toward the protest so i mean these reforms as i now just. clearly many people there in the lebanese capital beirut are not you know satisfied with what has been announced just walk us through what exactly the government plans to do. this is the major question though as you said the squares in beirut and in all

other major cities and lebanon. filled with droughts more and over and over again today saying it's not same like yesterday but the clouds are already took the streets in these squares so now the major question what's next this is the major question of the speech. demonstrators here and we noticed that the running. through of the you know you have. the i.r.s. and they surrounded the old you don't make this the most readers we are the protesters we didn't notice that existence yesterday and the day before but today we cannot just leave the old the sponge. officers and personnel out surrounding streets and they do strangers so what's coming next it's up to the decision that would be taken by. the the politicians whether it has to

go to the street yeah. i really i'm joining us there from beirut where we know it's a developing situation i'm going to let you hop off and do some more reporting and then we'll check back with you again in the next hour to see how the situation is shaping up thank you so much muscle thanks and let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world and the united states several drug companies have reached a last minute settlement over their role in the country's opioid crisis that's according to a report in the wall street journal the settlement was reached just as landmark federal trial was about to start in cleveland ohio australia's major newspapers have published redacted front pages in a coordinated campaign to protest against the laws that restrict press freedom it follows federal police raids earlier this year on the national broadcaster a.b.c. and a newspaper journalists home over 2 stories that have proved embarrassing for the government. a court in london has refused to give the wiki leaks founder julian

assange more time to fight his extradition to the united states the u.s. wants to extradite a songe to facing espionage charges made headlines back in 2010 when wiki leaks published hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. in the swiss election the rightwing people's party has again emerged as the strongest force in parliament despite a slip in support green opposition parties have made unexpected games and because of the country's unique electoral system it remains unclear whether the greens will become part of the government which parliament will elect and it's not. chile is reeling from 3 days of protests to deadly violence and looting unrest in the capital santiago over the weekend has led to at least 7 deaths with over 1500 people being arrested a planned hike in public transport fares sparked that on rust and it's now been canceled but protesters say their discontent runs deeper and calls are out for

a general strike i capital sent tiago. protest started by students who exploded into a much wider range of violence. including writing. and some looting. several people have already been killed by fires and more than a 1000 people have been arrested. but it surely is under an official state of emergency. now. we are at war against a powerful implacable enemy who does not respect anything or anyone. and who is willing to use violence in crime without any limits the. soldiers are on the streets for the 1st time in nearly 30 years the 1st time since general pinochet's military units. originally about

a hike in public transport costs these protests and now about much more inequality and the cost of living. yes disappointed because rhetoric president pinera met with lawmakers and has pledged to reduce excessive inequality the writing has however divided people. especially the mass torching and destruction of santiago subway systems which ordinary people are now cleaning up. so yes they do i was born and raised here so i saw them build all the metro stations and this metro should be for my grandchildren. what 10 should be for everyone at the world but at the level of some of that the local authorities say it will take months to fix meanwhile people are now stockpiling fuel for the week ahead as chile braces for more of the same. let's get more background on what is going on in chile we are joined by 2 musketeers as who is from d.w.

spanish and you're actually from chile therefore i'm wondering are you surprised by this anger that we're seeing spilling out onto the streets to be honest i'm not surprised maybe about the reasons that them astray sions are actually showing right now but like what really impressed me is the level that say of violence we have i know a country at the moment. that sales of the amount of people that is in the streets right now actually asking and demanding the state of chile some change in the political system some change in the economy system and i think that is like the most impressive thing at the moment right now these kind of demonstrations have never been seen before since the dictatorship which are going about like 51 years ago so there is totally let's say like shocked by. what is happening right now so let's talk a little bit more about the economics of what is going on internally within the country because we have to mention chile is the is the richest country in latin

america but you know that prosperity is not shared by all is it exactly actually also brother a couple of facts there also for. i'm from they sions the case also from the economy commission for let america and the caribbean for example to state 1000000000 did more what is inequality about we have an in one hand for example that a 50 percent of the people they earn surround $500.00 not a lot not a lot in compared to the only 1.01 percent that earns more than $800000.00 so you can see the level of inequality we have right now in the country which is also one of the main reasons that people are now protesting in the street but the other hand we have also a last report for example in general from the economic commission for the american the caribbean which is states actually that 26.5 per cent of the will of the country is only halted by one percent of the country so basically as you can see this is like one of the most let's say the heaviest reason that he's moving to

people what do you make of the government's response to this because we are seeing the president kenyatta describing the situation as the country being at war at war with its own citizens essential a how do you think the citizens are going to respond exactly i think it's also important to maybe to add to that quote instead he said also about an unknown enemy that we are at war with and on an enemy which also kind of like i said the situation kind of like in a. dangerous situation right now. the people didn't take this well to be honest right now most of them are shocked by even the military military already being in the street which is also as i told you like only seen before in the dictatorship so only space saying this also some people and media also are saying it's only to put some oil on the fire you know so it's not of course it's not nice but to say in this moment which is a kind of funny because at the same time the general which is in charge of the

state of emergency for example today in the morning he'll he said already that he's a happy man and he's not in war with anyone which is kind of like a contradiction with what the government said the cracks in the society cell apparent with this explosive response we have to say over the past couple of days to muscatine us from the spanish joining us with more on chile thank you for. curtis led forces are withdrawing from towns in northern syria apparently in line with the terms of a deal between the u.s. and turkey wants to establish so-called safe cell phones in the region and is demanding that kurdish forces withdraw completely the u.s. and the kurds once fought together in syria now the currents feel betrayed. kurdish resident abuse and potatoes at their one time allies they say they're being left for dead. traffic in the border of commission was brought to a standstill as u.s. troops passed through heading to iraq leaving anger on betrayal and their wait.

to go but. it was a different reception over the border armored vehicles bearing the stars and stripes have begun arriving there they will be deployed to counter a result of the so-called islamic state but claims that the u.s. have abandoned the cards to a sense of still persist you have to go back to what our mission was our mission was to work with by with and through the to defeat isis. we believe we defeated the physical caliphate of the isis in march and but nowhere in there was that we would fight a long standing nato ally and in defense of the kurds to enable the establishment of an autonomous kurdish state no kurdish forces are on a race to get out of northern syria ahead of a ceasefire date line ambulances and vans were seen leaving. a tug and suckled by

turkish troops speaking in istanbul their president hinted at a continuation of the offensive once the truce ends on tuesday night. resume believe we have a trip to sochi russia to. in this meeting we will take up this process with mr putin and after that god willing we will take the necessary steps. and further same's that moscow is looking to fill the void left by the us russian trucks they owned in another 2 syrian times on sunday. he has asked the turkish government for comment on the cease fire and the kurdish pullout ibrahim cullinan advisor and spokesperson for president better type everyone spoke with hans brandt at the turks embassy here in berlin. ceasefire in fact or the cessation of hostilities whatever you want to call it is about to end tomorrow night there have

been quite a few reports that there have been hard lessons of the cease fire is that correct that is true when we reached this agreement with the americans 3 days ago the 1st phase was to be a pause in the operation and the 2nd one will be halting of the operation when they wipe e.g. terrorist completely withdraw from the area and unfortunately as of this morning there have been about 20 violations by why p.g. they use snipers rockets attacking our soldiers as well as other groups they are and the last one soldier shot unfortunately in this incident we are committed and sticking to the agreement or letting them go in fact yesterday we identified 2 main routes for them to use and about 86 vehicles and ambulances went in to this y p g people and left without any incidents we're hoping that things will remain calm until tomorrow when the deadline is over and they will be completely left the area

by tomorrow evening and then we can halt the operation as a greet in the joint declaration and agreement that we have had with americans is there a chance that this is going to be extended no he said you know 5 days 120 hours if the mission this part of the mission is completed by tomorrow and we make sure that all these are terrorists have left the area then we will halt operation. so then there will be no further hostages is that what you're saying yes of course there won't be any ground any necessity and a need for further military action but our military will make sure that this areas are safe for the civilians because they will have some humanitarian work you remember we had 2 main goals with this operation one was to clear this area from the terrorists the 2nd one is to enable the refugees to go back to their homes so we want to create conditions suitable for them to go back to do cities and towns

that they've come from the german foreign minister said this week and that he regards this operation as an invasion of contravention of international law what is your response to the contrary in fact the presence of our soldiers there is a guarantee a safety for 1st moving the political process forward in syria secondly for the protection of the syrian refugees and the internally displaced people our european friends should be thankful to our soldiers for doing this very dangerous but important work with the current thank you very much. well now we're heading to canada where voting has begun in the national election and it could be a nail biter for privates are destined to go trudeau brought his family with him as he went to vote as we're lection campaign has been hobbled by allegations of racism and ethics violations recent polls show trudeau liberals in a virtual dead heat with conservatives and that could be good news for smaller parties so let's take

a look now at some of the problems that the incumbent prime minister has been facing. in the lead up to kind of those elections it's been all but 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 but the conservatives both are polling 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 for 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. but true those attacks aren't the only wary of conservative leader andrew scheer but 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 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. another exciting weekend in the bundesliga back smell from d w sports is here with the breakdown so there's so many teams jostling for the top spot. what happened to shock at that one sunday yet they played yesterday and went

into the game with a chance of going top if they won and they had previously won 4 games then drawn one so they were in good form but they faced hosts often i'm who the previous much they had beaten the reigning champions by in munich so let's see how it all shook out. hoffenheim welcome shellcode to the southwest looking for back to back wins off the last match day shot victory of a boy and it would have to be a nother upset with david wagner's side meeting just 3 points to go chop off the match day 8 and shall come in close after just 3 minutes daniel caligiuri clipping the outside of the post with a sumptuous free kick close but not close enough. as they did against boy and it was hoffenheim who struck 1st though alexander knew bell could only parry for the last baby on break or march did the rest one feel to the hosts. the croatians 1st goal of the season arriving in the 72nd minute. and they put the gang to bed in the 85th minute table racing clear of the

shock at a friend's. before applying the finishing touch to wrap things up. not mid offending from shell who on cloud 9. 0 to nil the final score wagner's side holds it as the hoffenheim revival continues. well a bad slip up for shell career is the 2nd time they've done this 2nd time they've had the chance to go top and just didn't quite get it done not a very good track record on that but you know if we talk but generally speaking i mean it means that we have 9 teams there just 2 points apart at the top what does this say about the state of the bundestag at sea of competition right now yeah well i think it's great it's an exciting time to be a bundesliga fan right now especially in neutral you just watching all these games and every week the tables completely different shape at the top and i mean this is actually a record never ever has happened in the bundesliga before that at this stage there are only 2 point separating 1st from the 9th ever since the bundesliga went 2 or 3

points for a win system that was in the mid ninety's and we look at other leagues across europe france there's 10 points between those exact same places spain 6 points a little less because the top sides are struggling but it's only 11 england teams so just 2 points we can take a look at that table where we can see that you know among those teams is pretty much all quality sides freiburg you would expect to drop off but everyone else in that list has a fighting chance of finishing at the very least in the top 6 if not the top 4 so a couple of teams that are struggling for consistency that would be the criticism that people would level that but i think it's an exciting time for the blandest again the real chance for one of those teams to kind of be an outsider to make it into the champions league or europa league but you know you're talking at the top of the table with the bottom of the table that's actually quite a different story isn't and yet there's one team that really stands out that is not doing so well they were beaten yesterday by cologne who we can we can take a look at the goals 3 nil cologne home victory they are promoted side as

a how to born grew up playing in that rather garish yellow they have not had a good time alone here scoring 3 times and part of one still yet to win now how to go on were in the bundesliga a few years ago then dropped down quite dramatically 2 runs so into the 3rd division then bounced back with back to back promotions i think it's just come a little bit too soon. i'm cologne looking a little bit more at home in the bundesliga especially after that 3 know when they'd only scored 5 goals this season so far now they've got 8 slowly but surely getting a custom where as part of born i think i'm down on one point so a 5 point margin already for them to get out of the bottom spot ok but the bottom line is if you want to see action turn to the bundesliga this is a max merrill from v.w. sports thank you. now how about this for a special place for a round of golf with mount everest in the background golfers in the paul have been taking advantage of the himalayan scenery on the most spectacular course imaginable

there's only one real way to get to this course and it's by helicopter is thought to be the 1st call for 20 minutes ever played at an altitude of almost 4000 metres . stargazers are in for a special treat tonight as one of the most beautiful meteor showers reaches its peak star watchers will be able to see up to 20 meteors zooming through the skies each hour traveling at a speed of 66 kilometers per 2nd 100 kilometers above our heads and here's where and when people have been seeing this at its best. every october the earth passes through a cloud of space rocks the fragments are remnants of the famous halley's comet which is visible from earth only once every 75 years on its journey through our solar system the comet leaves behind a trail of fine dust. the fragments measure only a few millimeters in size but when they enter the earth's atmosphere that bird

creating a long bright tail. the best time to spot and meet your is before dawn viewing conditions are best in a wide open space in the countryside where there's no pollution by artificial light after half an hour your eyes will have adapted and you'll be able to see the meet yours the impressive celestial event is visible in both the northern and the southern hemisphere. coming up next on news asia on the front lines in the battle for democracy will meet the 82 year old standing between police and protesters in the streets of hong kong. as bangladesh is to start relocating thousands of rohingya refugees to an island camp next month we'll speak with bangladesh's foreign minister about that controversial move. all that more in just a few minutes time you're watching you don't use from berlin don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our web site that's at t

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