this is g w news live from berlin voters in the u.k. will go to the polls to choose a new government on december 12th after lawmakers backed a snap election. day i used the right 458. in the next 20. the motion passed by a huge majority in the british parliament we'll go live to london to find out what this means for the future of brecht's it also coming up tonight lebanon's prime

minister becomes the 1st major political casualty of 2 weeks of political protest signs al-zawahiri has resigned after his proposed reforms failed to stop the demonstrations protesters say even a reraise departure is not enough to satisfy their demands. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with some breaking news the u.k. is headed for a snap election in december and it comes after british lawmakers in the last couple of minutes agreed to back prime minister boris johnson's call for new elections in peace voted 438 to 20 in favor of an election to take place on december 12th parliament will be dissolved next week to allow. for

a short election campaign of just over 5 weeks the election is set to revolve around britain's departure from the european union with boris johnson hoping to secure a majority and to push his brakes a deal through it comes after the european union agreed earlier this week to delay the u.k.'s departure for a 3rd time the final deadline now is january 31st of 2020. our list take this now to london our correspondents who are deployed she's on the story for us going to be the usual largest there johnson he's succeeded in his 4th attempt to get a snap election approved he had a huge majority in favor of it is this the bread breakthrough that britain has been waiting for. yes exactly here we go december 12th a general election in the u.k. and apparently the 4th time is you could almost hear that sigh of relief and

parliament and really an overwhelming majority this time around voted to support this general election call from boris johnson and now parliament will be dissolved this stay the day that the u.k. was supposed to leave the european union october 31st of course we know that this is not happening now parliament will be dissolved and then the parties will hit the campaign trail for the next 5 weeks and we've already heard minutes after the vote that this mood in the parties have changed and they immediately got into the campaign rhetoric you know we were giving a report to the u.k. conservative. prime minister johnson told his party that he did not want but that he was forced to go forward now with how confident johnson be. to deliver the majority that he wants.

well he's very confident and i think it became clear in the last weeks that he really wanted this general election when you look at the polls it's just that the conservatives this time around could actually get a majority in parliament and they have polling very far ahead at the moment of the other parties and on the positive side johnson a said he's an excellent campaigner we've seen that in the referendum in 2016 where he can painfully believe though that he has managed to unite the conservative party in the in the last months as prime minister so that is on the plus side on the negative for him he has not delivered on his number one promise to deliver on thursday that he hasn't managed to do so we will see how voters really react. to that and then we have to remember that once upon a time in 2017 theresa may called unexpected snap election and she was very far

ahead in the polls the conservative party was just in 6 weeks time she lost it and we ended up with a hung parliament that we've seen over the past couple of years so a lot of things can change in 5 weeks of campaigning in british politics and history can repeat itself. what we have to look at what the paci swan's in terms of this election will be all about that in the conservatives say very clearly that they don't want to deliver on bricks at that they have to deal that with a majority in parliament they want to push through the bricks of potty is there on the conservative side they want to get breaks it down a.s.a.p. as well and then on the remain side that want to remain and the european union and the field is a little more wild let's say we have the labor opposition party then not so clear

what they want that maybe a 2nd referendum then we have the liberal democrats who say let's forget about breaks it altogether and just remain in the european union so i think what it boils down to is that voters here in the u.k. don't really have an appetite at the moment for a general election if you look at the polling but they will have a choice on bricks it and it will be so to say a referendum and the choice between voting for policies who want to deliver on bricks it or stop breaks it all together but you have to wonder. you know it's very dark in northern europe in december this is going to be one of the shortest days of the year and you're asking people to come out and vote. just before christmas people don't have. all it takes on their mind you have to wonder if voters are really going to be in the mood to give any party what it wants at the ballot box. yeah that's right brand we haven't seen an election in

the u.k. in december i think that is the 1st world war and of course for a reason you mentioned it it's very dark it's cold as a vote. but we also have to say voters feel very very strongly about the subject of breaks it across the aisle and across the argument so to say and i think this a lot of people here have been calling for a 2nd referendum on the issue and i think when the votes are finally given a choice to vote on the issue they will and the and head to the polls and in fan base i would say yeah they will have plenty of time to think about it between now and december 12th. show all the parts of the story for us in london show a lot to thank you. are now to the middle east for almost 2 weeks protesters have filled the streets in lebanon on federal with political dysfunction in their

country now the government has collapsed and prime minister hariri is stepping down so his resignation is unlikely to bring calm to the country it creates a power vacuum that could be exploited by militant groups such as the iranian backed hizbollah. saad hariri had reached what he called a dead end and so he headed off to hand in his resignation to the president the prime minister had announced his intentions in a televised address to the nation. i am going to the presidential palace to submit the government's resignation to president michel and people in all regions in response to the will of the many lebanese people who have taken to the streets to demand change. the. very reason dress came after supporters of the shiite muslim political movements hezbollah and

earlier destroyed a camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in beirut it was the worst violence since protests started nearly 2 weeks ago. protesters expressed joy over her resignation but made clear they would remain on the streets until their demands were met. with the resignation of her really is a 1st step in building a patriotic democratic country the way to achieve the demands of the october 17th uprising the 1st victory of this uprising has been achieved now we have to start planning for the 2nd victory and look forward to it. and we're remaining in the square despite hariri nation because from the beginning we said we'd stay till they all die down. departure has lifted the spirits of the anti-government

protesters but it may not be enough to end the country's turmoil. or earlier we spoke with our lebanon correspondent. about the fallout of resignation. 1st the action to we we so in the process squares that old they would have to be they salute the movement. it's the 1st step one of the main demands to the governance of the nation 2nd you have to said you want. to fall i want to take all. still the 1st step that is the government achieved. a new formation of a new government they. got to with the members so they can achieve the of the month and that was possible a redo there reporting from beirut here's some of the other stories now that are

making headlines around the world the cease fire brokered by turkey and russia in northern syria has ended turkey says it will join patrols with russian troops to verify that kurdish forces have withdrawn turkish forces exchanged fire with syrian government troops near one border town today turkey says it captured 18 syrians ukraine and russian banks separateness have agreed to start pulling their forces back from front lines in eastern ukraine representatives from the organization for security and cooperation in europe helped negotiate the deal they are also monitoring the withdrawal both sides hope that the move will help restart the stalled peace process. a u.s. army officer is testifying before congressional investigators in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump lieutenant colonel alexander vin money appeared despite white house orders for him not to and advance copy of his testimony says that he raised concerns about trump's disputed phone call with the

president of ukraine. major wildfires in california have driven thousands of people from their homes the infernos threatening areas in the south of the state near los angeles and in northern california around san francisco forecasters are warning that gust wind could fan the blazes across bone dry brush in both parts of the state. the fight against doping in sports will soon be led by a man from poland his name is witold banca he would become the new president of the world anti-doping agency wada in january is most pressing concern will be the russian doping scandal which has severely damaged what is reputation in an exclusive interview with g w news he gives us his thoughts on the challenges that lie before him. this is the man charged with solving sports doping crises vetoed banquette takes

over as president of the world anti-doping agency at the start of 2020 with a lengthy to do list and we need to increase the controls of calls and we need then to doping playing sports we have state countries without anti doping policy without controls in africa country and we have only won the credit. however budgets of about 36000000 euros leaves little room for building new laboratories. stablish inc antidoping solidarity fought to engage the private companies the public companies to finance the console sport tickler enough that proposal may set off alarm bells for some observers after the controller see surrounding the oregon project run by a sports clothing brand nike several athletes involved in the project led by coach alberto salazar one gold medals before he was banned from athletics this year over

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banking and water may soon have to rule on whether russia should be banned from next year's olympic games with such a controversial issue already on the agenda bank it faces a baptism of fire when he takes the reins in january. business dude with christophe's coming up in just a moment stick around we'll be right back here you. are suspicious of. birth. book home 2 minutes of species. a home worth saving. those are big changes and most start with small steps but global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. news that protrudes the to boost green image solutions and the 1st issue. they could.