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uncertainty with a general election on the horizon. a look at how the break negotiatioions are leaving businesses in britain in limbo. ♪ >> we begin in lebanon where the president has said the next cabinet should include ministers picked on skills and not on political affiliations. his speech coming as the company's banks open for the first time since nationwide protests began. the comments endorsing a demand for a technocratic government. demonstrators say this speech did not go far enough. reporter more from our in peru. -- in brute. -- in beirut.
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is this a sign of life returning to normal? with this is a sign of the government trying to show normal life is returning to lebanon. army aggressivelyy clearing roadblocks. they released a statement saying they would open the banks today because salaries were due yesterday. they asked that the lebanon people respond positively and understand the situation. there is a great fear of a run on the banks, of people going in and taking all of their money out. there was an advertising campaign yesterday asking people to be careful. the governor of the central bank promised there would be no controls and they would not limit how much people could
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take. it has been happening unofficially in banks, imposing limits. also, charging people a certain amount to take money out of their account with any -- without any conversion happening. people seem to be confident because they said the banks would open today and they have that they are relatively safe. >> we have heard from the lebanese president and this afternoon we will hear from the head of hezbollah. how are their comments being received by the public? >> the comments of all our being received in the same way after the prime minister rutte signed -- prime minister resigned on monday.
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very similar yesterday with the comment that the country should civic state.a these are big words as far as protesters are concerned. they have not seen signs of changes. the other issue is the last time we spoke, we saw conflict. supporters coming down to the protests and starting fights with the protests. his office is going to speak about the resignation of the government and what is set next. >> thank you. the president has promised to hold early elections responding to deadly protests.
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the president is sayining the country's prime minister was ready to step down, but so far, there was nobody able to take his place. simon of fulton has this from baghdad. >> the protest movement t has enteredd its second month. hold earlylysing to electionons, thousands off demonstrators turned up thursday ninight, demanding the resignatn of the prime minister and a dissolution of the government. the movement has gained momentum , driven by the participation of school and university students and we have seen several professional and trade units throw their weight a hind protests. we have seen many more women, young people, people from all
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walks of life, u united by one demand. friday, we are expecting to see huge options. there isis a group of fighters from the armed groups blamed for some of the violence and they staged their own protests. this is likelyly to ignitete moe anger. anti-iranian sentiment driving these protests. as people head out into the streets, there is concern there will be classes -- clashes and casualties.
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further protests in where demonstrators demand the resignation of the prime minister imran khan. it is led by one of the largest religious parties. >> thousands flooded the streets friday. many of these protesters traveled for several days and hundreds of kilometers. out -- the march set out sunday and arrived thursday night. protesters are demanding the prime minister step down.
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>> the leader of the islamist they accuse him of taking power. he took office promising to build the economy and jobs. thatfound the measures followed hard to swallow. >> they cannnnot pay thehe bill. >> he denies the charges of election tampering and says he has the backing of pakistan's military. he is resisting demands to step down.
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one of the things protesters want is an end to corruption. totally squeaky clean. >> it is not. by arotest march is led person whose critics have called him diesel because of his alleged involvement in the scheme of kickbacks. figure.colorful he used to be known as a pro-taliban and anti-american firebrand. rivale called his main and and his jews
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conservatism has a dark underside. a journalist was trying to cover this protest march. she was forced to leave and they followed her to make sure she did not come back. here is her suite. today, theat we saw slogans they chanted against me or pretty ugly. it is ironic this movement is being supporteted by the first female prime minister of a mainly muslim nation. what it shows is people who have noththing in common, they recognize his power to mobilize people to fire up. not have that do
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kind of talent. at what point are they using him and when does it become a case of him actually using that? >> how much pressure is imran khan under? >> he is caught between the international monetary fund and voters who are reeling from austerity measures. pakistan is moving in the right direction. if he wants to stay on the right side of the imf, he has to pursue these policies that are hurting people. that means more tax collection, cutting back on these energy subsidies, and it the currency. one of the things that has happened is thehe inflatition re hahas gone up. babasic foodstuffs have shot up. that is hurting people. that is one of the main things
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this city and will try to capitalize on. purchase movement will try to expand support. that site depends on or if it can be contained it catches on with the public. >> thank you. pakistan, 74 people were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded train. the fire occurred when gas cylinders exploded, sending flames racing through carriages. dozens of others were wounded. >> morning the victims of the worst real disaster in over a decade. many who died came from the same
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town. they were on their way to a religious festival when fire tore through their crowded train. this is the first funeral. left ton 40 pilgrims board the train one day earlier. many who died are so badly charred, they willll need dna tests to i identify them. >> there are m many people missing. dnaan only be traced after tetests. there is no information about them. these are the people we can never forget about. after aire erupted cylinder used for cooking exploded. allowed ons are not trains, but passengers often cook their own meals. many diedd as they tried to jump
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off the train. dozens more were wounded and rushed to nearby hospitals. erected and a smoke was everywhere. it was tough to breathe. people also jumps. are the train accidents common in pakistan. europecouncil of highlighting the l lack of poor hygiene conditions and substandard access to medical care. held0 refugees were being in camps on the island. biggestare seeing the resurgence since 2015.
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the council of europe has described the situation as s on the edge of catastrophe. >> the picture i come up with is shocking. >> she detailed how she saw people q4 hours. nearly 40% of new arrivals are afghanistan. it is the least peaceful country. around 25% are syrians. a shut down onen refugees. greece has appeared to other countries to do more to help. our borders and
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take care of the persecuted. carryuntry alone cannot problems of three continents on its soldiers. >> greece passed a a bill approving asylum procedures. they plan to increase deportations. bethe first person to appointed to the job, becoming the head of the national center for the space agency. she is going to be tasked with .eaving the agency our reporters went to meet her. >> it will be her biggest project.
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>> it is a race against time and other international agencies. it is an increasing number of competitors. we want to take up the challenge and make them more cocompetitiv. >> they know the launch vehicle well. she was one of the initiators of the p project. she wants to modernize the base. >> the former director left the base in a perfect state. true it would be nice to change the structure, switch things around between people and their bosses. pyramidworked on this in the 1980's and we need to put the individual back at the heart of his or her activity or
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responsibility. they employ 1700 engineers who wiwill be under her authori. >> a new cabinet chosen for their expertise and not their political loyalties. his comments are not enough to ququell the anger of protestere. ththsands of a antigoverernment demonstrators have filed in demanding the resignation of imran khan. it is time for business. like china has upped forgame in terms of a race 5g as it rules out the superfast service across the country. >> it is not the first country to install 5g, but it is the first to commercialize it.
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threree major, companiess have rolled out the network. >> it is thehe dawn for a a newa in china. the firstlable for time. >> commercial process is speeding up. stations are expected to be opened nationwide by the end of the year. >> it is faster than 4g. customers in major chinese see movies on to the go, meaning p potentiallylyg wins for the videogame and streaming market. >> it has a role e to play in my industries and it is happening
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at the right time. it will accerate the rollout of controversial facial recognition technology. south korea, australia, and some in thef the u.s. are pilot phase. early, thewo months move sends the message that despite the trade dispute with the u.s., china cannot only survive, but thrive without trump's blessing. onjing is expected to invest the technology over the next five years. >> emomotion recognition technology is the new craze in surveillance software. idea behind it is to analyze
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mental state. technolology does not work ththt well yet. world,mpanies around the including google, microsoft, and apple, arere in the prococess of developing it. positive territory across the board. london's ftse and the dax in frankfurt are up under half f a percent. new tvs launching its streaming s service in morere tn 100 countrtries. its way intoto blow the streaming g market to be and market withreaming
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netflix and amazon. it is starting off on the back foot. another brexit deadline has gone after the u.k. did not leave t e eu on n the 31st of ococtober as repeatedly promised by boris johnson. businesses are left hanging. for three years, funds have been eating u up cash and s space top potentialods aheaead of a a no deal l brexit. there is a new type of uncertainty,y, the resultsts whh could changege the results of brexit. we look how the brexit know gay she asians are leaving -- how arebrexit negotiations
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leaving. >> they have brace themselves for a no deal brexit three times. businesses feel the pinch. >> they are seeing they do not know what is going on. away att has chipped predictability and spent more time for paling -- more time preparing for a possible no deal. basic planning is becoming more and more difficult.
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the price you may be negotiating on the basis of what the tariffs may be, what will the exchange rate be and what other potential barriers. >> since the referendum, investments have dropped 11%. the chambers of commerce is calllling on t the government to give a guarantee that the u.k. will not crash out of ththe eu withthout a deal. herhristine lagarde started monday as head of the european central bank. she is the first woman to hold the post. a former employee at we work has accused the firm of discriminanation and against women.
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she filed a complaint against wascompany, saying she discriminated against during and after her two pregnancies. she said she was not given her job back after returning from maternity leave and shehe criticized the company for asexually aggggressive atmosphe. halloween is anotother opportuny for c companinies to come out to promotions. year, -- got into hot water with and i screamed -- with an bloodyam dessert named sundae. they pulled the advert as soon as they could. >> no surprprise there. they were thinking about the u2 song i suspect.
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