this is the news line from virg lynn lebanon's government approved sweeping reforms to meet protesters demands of mass anti a sturdy rallies continue into the night even after the prime minister pledged concrete steps also coming up britain's big wreck city votes put on hold again goes speaker of the parliament refuses to allow a vote a prime minister boris johnson's new dresses. and recent scandals have taken the shine off of canada's prime minister justin trudeau is in a close race against

a conservative challenger with canadians going to the polls on monday. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us we start the program with news of protests in 2 different parts of the world lebannon and she lay there half a world away but demonstrators are out on the streets for very similar reasons 1st in lebannon where the prime minister has told people that a new package of reforms is on the way to ease the nation's economic crisis the move follows 5 straight days of protests against new taxes and corruption it's the biggest wave of dissent that lebanon has seen in here. monday in central beirut protesters gather in martyrs square for a 5th day of demonstrations on monday morning lebanon's government or at least passed

a package of sweeping reforms promising to end banking secrecy for politicians and cut ministers salaries in half with the lebanese prime minister trying to calm the tensions well isn't that you have to know your voices being heard and definitely elections are something that you want in order to make sure that your voice is being heard and i said hariri will personally support you in this. they want to peace both the protesters as well as middle eastern creditors and western donors who have tipped with these historic demonstrations to voice their concerns about corruption levanon 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 these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail they're thieves they were begging for money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but they then put the money in their

own pockets that 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 these protests show little sign of abating over the weekend there were widespread calls for a general strike. at well earlier i spoke to our correspondent. in lebanon's capital beirut. for the protesters you got all these. cabinet you think it was just wrong missiles this is. the. the summit is over the ministers and m.p.'s 50 percent of the. banking sector will also be in thrall to reduce the need for the national.

party state in $3200000000.00 and so. the main part. the prime minister saw how to after the cabinet meeting said that the new national budget will not include any new taxes but old these promises according to the protesters behind me. they don't think these promises into reality they sent us on. the streets they go to school. asking nations of the government to change all the team and. they said that they'd be. traffic the government would be much more about that and can do much more but that the current government especially the. announced by the prime minister saud how do you hold these promises could be done.

years ago not just because of the amounts and because of the dust ups. given that and given the reaction from these protesters calling now for a new cabinet what can the government do why is there anything that you think they can promise or say now to stop these protests. prime minister saad how do you read about his prime minister mentioned a community that was not the protesters to be the streets he would never do that that's what he said in recent speech. they are going to stay in the seats no we have the this is what's next the government winning people and. a bit old for what the seats on the protesters said that they won't take they won't buy these promises know. what's next maybe it's not the

politicians parties who are obese government maybe they can't think that these protesters will be but you wouldn't hear days they would go back to the road to their homes and lot of anger on the streets told their boss celebrated forest in beirut yes thank you very much. thank you. are now to the 2nd nation experiencing unrest she lay is also reeling after 3 days of protests deadly violence and looting protests in the capital santiago over the weekend when 2 of these 10 deaths of more than 1500 people being arrested as well a planned hike in public transport fares and rest that's now been cancelled but protesters say their discontent runs deeper calls around for a general strike. more than 10000 soldiers and police officers have been deployed in santiago. chile capital sente all go.

protest started by students who exploded into much wider ranging 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 never actually is under an official state of emergency i mean you know we are at war against a powerful implacable enemy who does not respect anything or anyone you know 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 fur. time since general pinochet's military units are. originally about a hike in public transport costs these protests are now about much more inequality

and the cost of living. it destroys a comeback is 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's subway systems which ordinary people are now cleaning up. so necessary now i was born and raised here so i saw them build all the metro stations and this metro should be for my grandchildren. or 10 should be for everyone and the world but at the level of some of that the overall health or to 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. for now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a ballot counts in bolivia shows left wing president evo morales in the lead following sunday's vote but it may not be enough for an alfred when

a runoff might be necessary in mid december ralitsa seeking an unprecedented 4th term in office just by getting credit for lifting millions out of poverty critics accuse him of corruption and anti-democratic who. has major newspapers have published front pages that look like this the redactions are a coordinated campaign to protect against laws that restrict press freedom earlier this year federal police raided the national broadcaster a.b.c. and the home of a journalist over 2 stories that have proved embarrassing for the government or have been in regards to court in london has refused to give the wiki leaks founder julian assange more time to fight his extradition to the west the u.s. wants the extra songs to face espionage charges. made headlines in 2010 when wiki leaks published hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. in the u.k.

another twist on the long road to bracks said house of commons speaker john bercow refusing to allow a vote today on prime minister boris johnson's withdrawal agreement urco said the government's argument for having another vote was quote not enough as it was too similar to the motion before the house on saturday here's what the speakers at today's motion. house has decided that. today's circumstance is already in substance the same saturday the circumstances my ruling is their motion will not be debated today as he would be repaired to achieve and. to do so. our london correspondent told us bohr about how that decision is reverberating at westminster well the government of course is furious this is i think his 9th defeat johnson's 9th defeat in parliament in

a very short period of time and the conservatives saying that they have very upset about yet another delay about this extension they say we end up in limbo we can't make the deadline i was just talking. and he was saying that there might be not any any other way out than a general election but of course the opposition labor party for example is quite happy with that extension and with how things are going for them very theoretically if the deal could still be ratified by palm and ends by the e.u. parliament in time to make that breaks the deadline on october 31st but in reality it seems very very unlikely this deal would be scrutinized in the house of parliament and we'll probably see that the jackson saga drags on and that we will head into an extension. our voting has begun in canada's national election and it's expected to be a nail biter for prime minister justin trudeau brought his family along with him as he cast his own ballot his reelection campaign though as been hobbled by

allegations of racism and ethics violations recent polls show trudeau's liberals are in a virtual dead heat the conservatives and that could be good news for smaller parties let's take a look now at some of the problems 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 with the conservatives both are palling 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 important. to know those attacks aren't the only wary of conservative leader andrew scheer 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 meek 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. some breaking news now just coming in israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu has handed back the mandate to form the next government he told president move in liberal than that he had failed to recruit enough lawmakers to form a coalition riven has now passed the mandate to netanyahu is rival benny gantz now how about this special place for a round of golf with mt everest in the background golfers in nepal of been taking advantage of the himalayan scenery on the most spectacular course imaginable take a look at that there's only one real way to get to the course though and that's by helicopter to be the 1st golf tournaments ever played at an altitude of almost 4000 meters. i don't forget you can always get the news on the go with our up you can find that in the app store or on google play and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications

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