through recent german history. starts to number 6 on t.w. . this is day 2 of the news live from berlin lebanon's prime minister says he has reached at that end that he will step down side al-haj rereads announcement comes in response to almost 2 weeks of protests that have paralyzed the country but will it satisfy the demonstrators also on the program a cease fire expires along the turkish border into northern syria because militias are things given until today to leave the area. which opposition leader jeremy

colvin says he'll back an election now that a no deal president has been a 1st in parliament is likely to confirm today that voters will head to the polls in december. until gal welcome to the program lebanon's beleaguered to prime minister saad al hariri has announced that he is to resign his televised address follows almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as the incompetent and corrupt political elite the prime minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of anti corruption measures and political reforms let's listen in to what he said. well you know my defeat them honestly i have reached a dead end and we have to take a shocking step to face the crisis. and i thought i'm going to the presidential

palace to submit the resignation of the government to president for me shallow showing where the shot and to the lebanese people in all regions in response to the wheel many of the lebanese who took to the squares to demand a change. here. straight to the capital event where we're going to. be in beirut welcome what's behind this decision. so they're going what's behind this decision. it's fact it's what's also obvious after 15 days of the devastation that this all of the major cities in beirut prosecuted that here the government has no other option they tried their best 1st of all they set up back it's all free flowing the but just to agree with it they said it's not. need

a lot of time to be achieved 2nd before they try to open the block roads main roads in beirut and need by some other cities nearby they would they didn't actually have the las they know yes they do people they should do for the protesters. then we had the team dates all luck so the only way was nation and this was basically if i were the prime minister in his statement. and so what does his resignation mean for the country. the 1st action. we so in the process squares oldish with us today would have beat. the movement and they are that it's the 1st step then one of the main demands. governs ignition 2nd you have to. know you want. to hold you want

to take down the hole. so the 1st step that is the government achieved no the i'll be putting you formation of a new government based on technocratic with difficulty can members so they can achieve the other the money. and it is not likely to happen. nothing really because you know 3 lebanon is. you know the old region of. let's say. violence or any event that took place in the middle east region will have its impact on lebanon so this moment we are waiting for a press release from the presidential palace which is going to be released in the next few minutes. i received some few minutes ago so waiting for the loonies what is normal call didn't do i was sources in bed with a close look to all sources that we talked today. should the parliament we're going

to rename side how do you do for the new government. so it sounds like this crisis is far from over because if protestors were unhappy about the political elite and they don't get a technocratic government then the same people with different faces it sounds like will take will take over. what. first of all maybe the 1st reaction from to protest is that they will move out from the streets down the main road but they going to remain in the. main the. we're talking about the martyrs who are. special meaning for the protest to be. the. city council so the protests are going to remain in the squares but what we think what's. demanded you know the politicians and some of the political

parties you know asking the professors to go out of the streets since they actually have one main demands which is taking down the government. the specter of civil war is never far from people's minds. is this going to stay at this level do you think on is the country headed for more. violent confrontations. even today and in the past couple of days. before this squares got to all political parties all decision makers and that didn't even. be the memories the bad memories of stephen was still alive. conscious and subconscious so no one going to repeat this mistake again according to all these parties and demonstrators so all the. parties in the been trying their best to avoid this thing saying that at best they said that they're going to cheat the old they demand. their right

decision they are very. like they didn't achieve it since 30 years since. years ago. all the bodies people asking for the thing demands medical insurance and so on good talking to you thank you for joining us about in beirut thank you. to syria where the ceasefire brokered by turkey and russia has officially ended ways and russia's foreign minister saying that kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area have been planned but there are reports of clashes between syrian government troops and turkish forces the syrian observatory for human rights says it has seen artillery and machine gun fire south of the border south of the border town of ras al-ain kurdish forces agree to retreat from the area under a deal struck between russia and lastly.

try to turkey that we join correspondent to you leon in istanbul welcome you here. for what happens now. well the cease fire that you have been talking about has been a very shaky one there have been occasional skirmishes they have continued in the past days and both sides have blamed each other for violations now turkey and russia struck that deal to allow kurdish militia in northeast to syria which ankara consider as terrorists to withdraw some 30 kilometer has from the turkish border in a next step than turkish and russian forces which start to joint patrols in that part of that area now while the kurdish led as d.f. say they happen redeploying their forces away from the border and the russian

defense ministry just announced the withdrawal has been completed earlier today said that not all of the fighting has have withdrawn and we heard president edwin there in the past days he has repeatedly threatened to restart the military operation if the kurdish fighters that do not leave so it's not unlikely we will see a renewed fighting even on a larger scale in the next hour as in the next 2 days despite international calls for a permanent ceasefire so we have 4 parties to this agreement the kurds the syrian army. and russia so what's one of the wider implications of where we all know. well not even just for parties but it just just shows you how complicated the situation there on the ground is and that's also something that has been overlooked quite a lot with all the focus on what turkey is doing all might be doing next now with

the cut his forces there withdrawing from the with in syria actually syrian regime forces backed by russia all moving in let's remember the kurdish forces have officially hasta the assad regime for help trying to fend off the turkish military offensive they have kind of invited assad back into north and syria to an area where he didn't have a foothold for many years so on a wider scale or the wider implications are that this is a victory for the assad regime and its most powerful ally russia who are apparently making territorial gains in the area and the big question is of course what will all of this mean for the civilians there in north in syria but also syrian refugees here on the turkish side we know the president and wants to establish a so-called safe zone in that area and send refugees back there but many people i've talked to here tell me that this is an absolute nightmare for them knowing that asset is so we're very close we're we're getting reports of clashes near the

syrian town of. what do we know who is fighting. well these are basically reports so far by the london based britain based syrian observatory for human rights they're saying that syrian government troops will find now alongside the kurdish forces have been clashing with a tacky backed rebels today for the fest time by the way since turkey's military operation started 3 weeks ago the observer terry also says the clashes have been having and 6 syrian security pass and though well enjoy it by taking shelling and it all happened south of the syrian border town although i know there has not been any confirmation yet by ankara. almost scows so we need to be careful here there are also quite a number of social media videos circulating there now on twitter as legibly showing how the turkey back to rebels have captured and are now mistreating these syrian

security power so now but this has to be taken with a huge portion of caution here because there is a lot of fake news out there on social media when it comes to this conflict so we have to see a wait for further confirmation i think for that you know that you're hung in istanbul after iraq where the united nations has urged your forces to show restraint in the face of ongoing anti-government protests saying it has multiple reports of security forces using excessive force demonstrations calling for an end to corruption and inequality erupted this month and at least 250 people have died in the following violence at least 14 were shot dead during protests in the holy city of karbala overnight of those circumstances around the shootings unclear in the capital baghdad demonstrations refused to leave the streets despite a nighttime curfew imposed by the military. protesters in baghdad blocked the

bridge leading to the seat of power the heavily fortified international zone is where government buildings are highest and many iraqis want to change of leaders there the way we want a transitional government and a president that will change the constitution we've had enough enough humiliation i'm a teacher i've put a salary and a house but young people around employed where are they supposed to go. ahead of us with the shop the constant post the curfew on the people the people are energized ready when you're going to have everyone came out last night to liberation square and we didn't care about any curfew or the government just shut up shop we want our demands to be met one by one those are coming here that even that. protest is dealing with the usual effects of tear gas fired by security forces but human rights watch says that iraqi security forces fired tear gas canisters into crowds to maim or kill demonstrators little little girl. videos like this are being

shed on social media allegedly showing the casualties. the death toll continues to rise officials confirmed that must gunmen shot and killed protesters on monday night after they defied a curfew in the holy city of karbala. i believe in less protest cuts across all society joining in men and women secular and religious groups. the protesters are angry about what they see as government corruption a lack of basic services and widespread unemployment they want the government to step down and have already rejected a package of reforms over the weekend prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses all schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protesters. they'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person was killed and dozens. more injured when

a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines several government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire where most of the world's earthquakes takes place me authorities in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activist joshua wong from standing in next month's local elections mr won't claims to be the only candidate to be disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid for contravening election laws that ban promoting self deter athletes young for dana tells the w. about the challenges of facing the toughest insurance events in the. person british prime minister boris johnson is making a 4th attempt to force a snap election and it looks like he this time he may succeed he's been pushing for an election in the hope of winning a majority in parliament and passing his pressing deal a position labor leader jeremy coleman said that he's party will now back in early poll which will be voted on later today mr johnson has abandoned his goal of europe

out taking britain out of europe by the 31st of october. so it was a prospect of us not going action likely to affect the country's attitude to bright said correspondent show lot of thoughts in london gave us this assessment well the houses of parliament we've seen that over the past year became very clear that there is no majority on anything regarding bricks and so it's really been a terrible deadlock here in british politics and general election of course could shake up the numbers and paul amend if we look at where the parties stand on the issue of the conservatives of course want to push that bracks a deal through leave the european union the labor party has not quite made up their minds the liberal democrats they want to forget about brecht's it all together revoke to kill 50 and then there is also a new kid on the block the bricks of policy they want to make clear cut with the european union as soon as possible and i think what this general election if we

then see it pretty christmas boils down to is that the british voters will finally have a say again on whether they want bricks that after all or what kind of breaks that they indeed want. a lot of parts of the world jewish congress is on a german chancellor i'm going to medical for her efforts in countering anti-semitism the organizations president ronald s. and order praised the chance not as a bulwark against extremism hate and anti semitism the war comes at a time when germany see a shopping christian attacks on jewish people and institutions. it's a great honor for the german chancellor to be awarded the serdar hetzel prize by the world jewish congress the organization is honoring angela merkel's role in supporting jewish life and fighting anti-semitism in germany. it is a sad reality that we have to emphasize the importance of protecting jewish lines

right now. but that didn't just start with the attack on the synagogue in hama on the 9th of october on yom kapoor which has struck at the heart of our entire society. members of germany's jewish community are also worried there has been a dramatic rise in anti-semitism in recent years a government study found a 60 percent increase in violence against jews in 2018 a study by the world jewish congress found that more than a quarter of germans harbor anti-semitic sentiments the president of the w.j.c. ronald lauder spoke to the w. about the need for targeted action by the state to combat anti-semitism well 1st of all in the political field i believe that anyone any party who is who shows anti-semitic feelings should not be in the party and i believe also there are some party small parties. basically based on almost immune. theory they should be not allowed. but there are major hurdles in germany when it

comes to banning political parties the world jewish congress says it will be watching closely to make sure that the german government further strengthens its efforts to combat anti-semitism in the country and wildfires in southern california have driven some of allies wealthiest residents from their homes including basketball star the bron james and even the terminator himself on all schwarzenegger several fires are burning out of control in the state the biggest in wine country beyond san francisco spread and firefighters are struggling to contain it the local electricity supplier says one of its power lines may have started the blaze despite shutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers to prevent downed lines doing just that. heading into an inferno san francisco firefighters are on their way to battle the biggest and most destructive blaze the kinkaid fire. further south in california the

smoldering remains of several homes in los angeles fire swept through the tinder dry hills here prompting this warning from authorities if you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this you're an idiot get the hell out it's way too dangerous people that stay behind are just a danger in themselves and not helping. the good time is of the essence there's been a short rest but in the winds fanning the flames but they're set to pick up again. what we're starting to get ready for there was another red flag a vent all right now it looks like that's going to start sometime midday tuesday and push us into wednesday morning so we've got a kind of a quiet 24 hour window right now and then we're going to go into another critical period tuesday night into wednesday it remains a race against time a battle against the blazes before that next critical period begins. whatever is

done for dinner is one of the best triathletes in the sports history and he recently won the ironman world championships in record time now in a d w exclusive he talks about how he rises to the challenge and about his connections with a controversial country. most of us would succumb under pressure if we had to complete a 226 kilometer triathlon in under 8 hours not if you're young for deno he even managed to do it in record time earlier this month he won the iron man work championship in hawaii for a 3rd time and he did it in a record winning time of 7 hours 51 minutes and 13 seconds simply strides when the going gets tough. i've always been a big fan in the saying that pressure pressure creates diamonds. and it's very much symbolic for me that i need pressure. to get to the very top to get to the very

best of my ability he also won gold at the 2008 olympics but the 38 year old has recently come under criticism he trains with the bahrain elite insurance team that comes from a country known for its human rights violations you know i believe that. we are going there despite the troubles and actually creating an escape for people or creating the possibility to make lives better and to me that personally it feels a lot better than pointing my finger and saying what you're doing is terrible. not everyone may agree with that but what isn't disputable is that young filipino is a testament to pushing the boundaries of human endurance. that the u.s. national women's football team have confirmed that blood go under not ski will be the new head coach the former pro from north macedonia brings plenty of experience

having coached and won 2 championships in the u.s. national women's soccer league and the places jill ellis will take charge in november the u.s. won a record 4th world cup in july 1st on his agenda is qualifying for the forthcoming summer olympics in tokyo. after the horse show takes a horse to a whole new level and event in helsinki has shown its environmental credentials by generating all of its energy from horse manure. at the sequestering show in finland the horses do more than jump over obstacles they're responsible for powering the entire event from the school board to the lights inside the arena. and it comes not from the horse's mouth but rather it's behind all of them in your produce during the show is corrected up and turned into electricity all the people we get here in there doing that we use to get all the energy and electricity like

power they will get the power from. events plus also pretty much the whole helsinki area. finland with its 75000 horses is a fertile ground for the project the idea to get more from your manure started 5 years ago the waste is transported by a local energy company mixed with woods and then burns to create energy was meant as a template for the future was comparable to say good by having roughly 1.5 megawatt tells. me is that. only 2 of courses are needed such a part is a more definitive that one single family homes in requires a believe. there are more benefits to horse power it generates less carbon dioxide than other bio energy sources environmentally friendly excretion that proves the

saying you should never look at gift horse in the mouth. this is d.w. new year's these are our top stories lebanese prime minister saad hariri has announced that he will resign the news comes as shiite groups attacked anti-government protesters in beirut 13 days of protests and push the country to the brink of crisis and. turkey is threatening to resume attacks on kurds in northern syria as a 6 day cease fire in the region expires ankara accuses kurdish forces of not withdrawing from the region is required in the last week still. protestors in iraq and defying police curfew saying that they will not clear the streets until an emergency government is in place in the city of karbala mastic gunman opened fire on protesters killing at least 81230 have been killed in a month of protests. british prime minister boris johnson is making another

attempt to force a snap election in december and he's already lost one vote this week but now the labor party says it will support an election. this is d.w. news from brotherhood from oh you can follow us on twitter at the w news or visit our website w dot com. that's it you're up to date up more at the top of the hour coming up next kick off our roundup of the latest abundance they go folks good. luck.

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