well you. know. this is the end of the news live from berlin the lebanon's prime minister says he's reached a dead end and announces his resignation sat out he really delivered the news in response to almost 2 weeks of protests that have paralyzed the country but will this be enough to satisfy the demonstrators also on the program russia and turkey ceasefires northeastern syria expires and kurdish militia militias have been given until today to leave the area along the turkish border. and pretty sharp position later gerry colvin backs prime ministers call for an early general election for the

parliament still has to decide whether the u.k. will head to the polls in december. i'm focused on welcome to the program that been arms beleaguered the prime minister saad hariri has announced his resignation the move follows almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as i corrupt and incompetent political elite the prime minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of anti corruption measures and political reforms so he headed to the presidential palace on tuesday to submit his resignation. here is delivering the news. feed 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 i mean shallow mission on when the shah 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. straight to the capital where we're going to. be in better welcome what's behind this decision. so they're going what's behind this decision it's like it's well it's also obvious after 15 days of the devastation that this all the major cities would prosecute that here the government has no other option they tried their best 1st of all they set up back it's awfully strong the but just to agree with it they said it's not. need a lot of time to be achieved 2nd before they'd like to open the lock. main door

and need by some other cities nearby they would they didn't actually have the i.d.f. there now yes if it was issued to protect the protesters. then we have the team days of luck so the only way was to nation and this was basically at 8 o'clock the prime minister in his statement. and so what does his resignation mean for the country. 1st the action. we saw in the process squares oldish with us today would have beat. the movement and they are it's the 1st step then one of the main demands. of the government is ignatius 2nd you have to. know you want. the whole you know want to take down the old. saw the 1st step that is the government achieve.

the new formation of a new government based on technocratic with difficult ticket members so they can achieve the other the money. is not likely to happen. not really because you know lebanon is. you know old region and. let's say. violence or any event that took place in the middle east region will have its impact on lebanon so we need 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 working for the loonies what is normal call didn't do i was sources as the devil you in bed with a good look to all sorts of that you talk today. the parliament we're going to lead a side how do you do for the new government. so it sounds like this crisis is far

from over because if protesters. 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 to come to protest is that they will move out from the streets down the open the main roads but they going to remain in the. main be. we talking about the markets which. meaning for the protests 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 the professors to go out of the streets since 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. all political parties all decision makers and evident to the demonstrators the the memories the bad 'd memories of stephen was still alive and 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 that saying that best they said that they're going to cheat the old they demand. this their right decision they are very.

they didn't use the lights they didn't achieve it since 30 years since the civil war that years ago. all the bodies people asking for the thing demands electricity but he couldn't shoot it and so on good talking to you thank you for joining us. in beirut thank you. authorities in iraq to show restraint in the face of ongoing antti 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 $250.00 people have died in the ensuring violence at least 14 was shot dead during protests in the whole city of karbala overnight circumstances around the shootings are clear in the capital baghdad demonstrators 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 the highest and many iraqis want to change of leaders their living 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 got to salary in the house but young people around employed where are they supposed to go. to have all this to our shop the constant post the curfew and the people you know the people are energized 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 shot a shot we want our demands to be met one by one that was our cover here that didn't end up in the. protesters 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 good little girl.

videos like this are being shared 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 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 or schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protesters. but to syria where they ceasefire brokered by turkey and russia has. officially expired with russia's foreign minister declaring

that kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area earlier than planned to he says it will verify the withdrawal with joint patrols with russian troops but there have already being reports of clashes between syrian government and forces the syrian observatory for human rights says it has seen artillery eyed machine gun fire south of the border town of russell i mean kurdish forces agreed to retreat from the area under the deal struck by russia until the last week but they didn't because when the duty han is in istanbul i asked her what happens not of the ceasefire has officially ended 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 as 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 there 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 cease fire. you know you're in istanbul now to some of the other stories making news around the world a u.s. army officer is testifying before congressional investigators in the impeachment

inquiry as president trump left hadn't heard of alexander finn to man appear despite white house orders not to an advance copy of his testimony says he raised concerns about president trump's disputed phone call with the president of ukraine . major wildfires in california have driven thousands of people from their homes threatening areas in the south of the state near los angeles and north of san francisco forecasters are warning that gusting winds could fan the blazes across bone dry bush land in both regions. and at least mountain climber has broken the speed record for conquering the world's 14 highest peaks normal persia climb the mountain service 6 months in 6 days the previous record was about 80 years old 40 at least 8000 meters high. horses in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activist joshua walker from standing

in next month's local elections mr wong claims to be the only can to be disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid because it contravenes election laws that ban promoting self-determination for the chinese for the semi autonomous chinese territory. and the chance of britain holding a snap election in december have increased as opposition leader gerry corbin says his party will now back the idea prime minister boris johnson has been pushing for an early poll since coming to power in july he believes he can win a majority in parliament which would then allow him to pass his press it deal. one day in the bronx it can be a long time and parliament on monday german corpsman showed no interest whatsoever in holding new elections but on tuesday the labor chief announced that he does want to back and pray christmas poll we're going out there to fight an election campaign and i call white to get out there on the streets in every town and village in this

country labor will be there giving a message of real hope where this government offers nothing and we're going out there so when ok. a demonstration of unity but not everyone in the opposition party is convinced that this is the right strategy some feel that they're playing into the hands of boris johnson labor support makes the new collections the government had sought in vain until now more likely. than the country that gets to make a decision about whether it wants to reelect a conservative government get boris yeltsin to do or say to deliver on the deal he's negotiated with the european union because this parliament so far as a demonstration if it can kick the can down the road that kicks the can down the road but a december election is not yet a certainty parliament is currently debating the election bill which is subject to amendments and could still be scuppered only late on tuesday will it be clear if and when british voters will get to have their say. on the w.

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