his position he's been a minister before i mean he is a member of the wealthiest club of men in lebannon so this is exactly what protesters are actually fighting against a common what is the thinking behind this decision should it go through. well are they looking for a consensus prime minister because so far prime minister hariri does a one the job at this point everybody seem insisting on haven't him as the upcoming new prime minister for some reason he's refusing to accept i don't know what pressure he has but in the end you need somebody who's a bruised from. saddam how do you really and he will be accepted by the mainstream i'm not sure at this point if he has acceptance and what is been circulated in the media is true at this point but in the end whoever can to be a prime minister and he has a lot of a lot of hard work ahead today our economy is not there when very well is not functioning very well whoever can be a prime minister he has to face the music of that high service of that that today we have also downgrade from major. credit institution for that country and for the bankin

world bank and the french the american to come with the lebanese who are open helping lebannon those lives overseas we have to give them something in return that we have to give them a real reform government who will really they can trust that they have a president that's all we want is a problem with the international community or national donors and said that for example that you that you mentioned isn't the problem there that it's going to give the international lenders a significant amount of power over political as well as economic life in lebanon and that in fact is something that some of the protesters are saying they don't want. well what the protests are wanted a real reform they want to fight corruption there is a true protest on the streets and i have to say their revolution and some part been hijacked by the political parties some of the political party who are corrupt in this country trying to sway the revolution from its mandate to theirs through people who want to change and they're the political party who tried to carry on that change in the end this country if it nee

is supporting discover football in their quest to promote gender equality in her native lebannon. she is a pioneer of women's football and former captain of the lebanese women's national team as well as head coach of various national youth teams in lebanon so she knows what she's talking about and she's joining me now here and it's good to have you on the sure smile when you've got reasons to be happy today don't you sure why i'm talking about i need to be have exactly what one of the key ideas behind this project. first of all i would like to thank you for. being here with you. this project than starting this today as i am here in berlin to to meet discover football members in order to to discuss about points for the project that will be held and the ban on next year in join 202020 there's a lot going on in your country right now the world has its eyes on lebanon why do you think that football is the right way the right vehicle if you will to improve gender inequality as you know football is the most important thing in the fair play so you talk about 1st place or you discussed ma

to feel is supporting discover football in their quest to promote gender equality in her native lebannon. she is a pioneer of women's football and former captain of the lebanese women's national team is rose head coach of various national youth teams in lebanon so she knows what she's talking about and she's joining me now here and it's good to have you on the show your smiling you've got reasons to be happy today don't you should why i'm talking about i need to be had exactly what one of the key ideas behind this project. first of all i would like to thank you for. being here with you. this project. starting this today as i am here in berlin to or to need to cover football members in order to to discuss about the points for the project that will be held and the ban on next year enjoying 202020 there's a lot going on in your country right now the world has its eyes on lebanon why do you think that football is the right way in the right vehicle if you will to improve gender inequality as you know football is the most important thing and what is the fair play so you talk about 1st place wh

make a list of countries that are taking part in these uprisings these protests you know hong kong lebannon catalonia chile for example iraq for example i could go on with an endless almost a list there are a lot of people who think that these movements and these protests have something in common that they overlap. that they have something in common let's stick with that do you agree. well they do have something in common actually more than one thing maybe firstly it's led by young people and it's leaderless i mean in all those places we have now or most of those places we have not seen protests led by leaders or led by people who are telling those young people to demonstrate to go on the streets and to demand each one maybe are demanding different things but they're all on the streets and be wanting the political elite to listen to their demands but to have that all young they all want better future for themselves and they're not following any leader and the unrest is spreading in the arab world too reminiscent of the arab spring nearly a decade ago to what extent do you see this as someth

on michael thanks for joining me lebannon is bracing for another day of nationwide protests as demonstrators continue to demand reforms and political change in the biggest rally on saturday thousands turned out in the northern city of tripoli calling for president michel own to step down lebanon has been swept by more than 2 weeks of demonstrations against the political class accused of corruption but the protesters also turn their rallies into a joyous occasion. with alumina 800 mobile phones held aloft and a celebrity d.j. behind the decks it was as much a rave as the protests but the thousands of people in tripoli's out nor square had good reason to assemble that demand to overthrow the political class the does dominated lebanon for 30 years and with the resignation of the prime minister on october the 29th the protests seemed to be working there was no doubt that there was something of a party atmosphere at this demo and d.j. marty k. read the mood of patriotism by playing the national anthem. he seemed to proud to play a part in continuing the pressure for change. i am participating in

the end of october following nationwide anti-corruption protests the demonstrations have thrown lebannon into political and economic turmoil. in baghdad fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police have left at least 4 people dead and dozens more injured demonstrators are demanding political reforms amid government corruption and economic hardship more than 300 people have been killed since the protests erupted in early october. the european union has launched legal action against the u.k. for refusing to nominate a commissioner to the block on wednesday britain said it would not be putting forth a candidate to serve on the e.u. commission until after parliamentary elections on december 12th. italy has declared a state of emergency after the catastrophic flooding of venice the government in rome has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid prime minister jets a big conte described the disaster as a blow to the heart of the country the mayor of venice of the very future of the city is at stake. the floodwaters recede and the people of venice salvage what they can. this cit

in a country where corruption is so widespread that there's no escaping it he portrays is view of lebannon in this painting the fire of the revolution killing the evil serpent. there corrupted it's a story the money we just want our money but we want we want a good future for us children. lebanon is in the grip of its worst ever financial crisis the country struggles with extreme social inequality as well as poor infrastructure power outages occur almost daily billions of euros are lost in the financial deals powerful factions and religious groups only add to the pressure on the government economists warn the country could soon face insolvency due to the spiraling national debt. many companies. and many people from the business and i do think time. this generation will be worth it for weeks now ivan has been taking part in protests in beirut along with thousands of other frustrated young lebanese they're demanding jobs equality and a new beginning promises of reforms and a government rich shuffle have cooled tensions on the streets but protesters say they're not going home yet. we started

base your money in the president isn't to blame for lebannon he's not responsible for everything wrong in the country today he shouldn't step down protesters think if the president needs power the problems will be solved on the contrary 6 if that happens the crisis will worsen on the other hand there is the image that the. anti-government protesters that disagree for more than 2 weeks they've taken to the streets forcing prime minister saeed hariri to resign. not that that is i didn't want to come out here but the political elites made me do this if they had given us our rights we wouldn't come out. more on that you know. they have a little confidence in the future accusing the government of not only corruption but also incompetence more than one quarter of people are in poverty the economy has stalled lurching from one political crisis to another the president has asked protesters for patience. we have put together a roadmap to deal with the 3 points corruption that's the economy and a civil state. they are not easy points to deal with. i'll madani. but public opposition against him b

this is news to live from berlin demonstrators fill lebannon streets for a weekend of anti-government protests a festive atmosphere in the 2nd city tripoli but people here are calling for the overthrow of the country's entire governing class. of the dead catholics gather on the country's northern border to remember migrants who lost their lives trying to enter the u.s. . and we meet the ice climber with a mission we'll gadd wants to get the message out that melting glaciers pose a threat to life on earth. thanks for joining me nationwide protests are getting underway in lebanon as demonstrators keep up their demands for reforms and political change in one rally outside beirut thousands have gathered in support of president michel own he's been under heightened pressure to step down after his prime minister did so earlier this week anti-government rallies are due to kick off later lebanon has been swept by more than 2 weeks of demonstrations against a political class accused of corruption but the protesters also turned their rallies into joyous occasions. with the louvin they had mobil

into recession for the 1st time in a decade it's a call to be shrinking by 3.2 percent since july lebannonwas already on the brink of recession before protests began last month growth is to just point 3 percent this year the slump is bearing demonstrators who are calling for political overall and in chile there are fears for the future of what was a latin american economic success story growth slumped from nearly 4 percent last year to 1.9 percent last quarter and protests of a metro fears have turned into demands as we just heard from one well to social equality and a new constitution in big is a professorial research fellow for the europeans jude at the london school of economics and political science he joins us now from london so if these protests have begun because people are concerned politically in some cases concerned economically is that now starting to work against their interests as the economies of these countries july for instance lebannon hong kong start to worse. well you're so into it's always going to be the case that if you're a disruption on the streets it's going to det

from lebannon were you given a reason why it was withheld no so having no explanation for why aid is being withheld is not uncommon i would say it is not the normal way that we function but does happen it does happen and it's true that when a was being withheld from lebanon that was at the same time aid was being withheld from ukraine for xor and. you've testified that the aid to lebanon still hasn't been released is that right that is correct all right but the aid to ukraine was released on september 11th correct. yes so it's fair to say that aid has been withheld from several countries across the globe for various reasons and in some cases for reasons that are still unknown just in the past year carex or so the surgeons been made that president trump ukraine policy changed when there was a pause in the the aid or the aid was withheld. is that accurate statement that was not the way i understood things to be happening at the time we were not given an explanation and in terms of our policy in terms of aid to ukraine you have described is very robust our aid to ukraine yes yes. as evi

plenty more ahead on the sound just here in news hour including his lebannon on the brink of bankruptcy we'll have the latest on the worst economic crisis seen decades plus protests spread across hong kong on the 24th straight weekend of on race in sport man city had to anfield to face liverpool in the english premier league all the build up coming out with the whole night. but 1st to iraq where the government says a security crackdown is not the solution to curb weeks of protests that have led to the death of over 300 demonstrators but it's warned of tough punishment for anyone using extreme violence and that includes security forces using live ammunition fighting continues in the capital baghdad between demonstrators and security forces the government to struggle to contain mass protests over corruption access to basic services and iraq's political system natasha good name joins us live from baghdad now natasha a new death toll and much higher death toll than that previously mentioned by the iraqi government that's correct foley the head of the iraqi parliamentary committee on human r

decision based on a strategic point of view well terry parades have given way to protest marches as lebannon barks at 76 and dependence day demonstrators are gathered in downtown beirut you can see that that's live pictures they've been calling for political and economic change our test began last month over a new taxes and a failing economy are the headlines keep it here earth crisis next. and conflicts one of the silent and forgotten casualties is often the environment. from the chemical contamination of soils and the collapse of water and food supplies to the habitat damage caused by displacement. has devastating consequences. not sunni manmade infrastructure has but also natural ecosystems are destroyed and i'm a lives lost as well as human. but even amidst the most vicious struggles through people fighting to protect the world we live in and recover what was lost. i'm tanya a sheet and bangladesh in the world's largest refugee camps where people are working to co-exist with the elephants for which this region is home and i'm for the guitar loving on were group of scientists is rebuildin

what it's like in the world of sports me what are the main problems that women footballers face in lebannon. first of all the religion. second women's football do not have. it is that as men especially and that the sellers forceable there's men and women are like so down 3 but that's an international problem right yes yes yes but specially in lebanon that they are not accepting we have some some sit is that sometimes it is that do not accept women that to play football specially that it didn't that and you know some not allow her to play football when she is like about 14 what do you say hey but when you have a girl who wants to play football and her parents are standing there with you and her father says no it's my daughter she can't play what do you say to their father like i face the struggle i'm in my school at the national vns any convinced the girls and boys in south. that i have a good start is near saying football since she was 7 years old and now she is she's 9 and 8 and her father is not accepting her to play football because she's a girl and she's playing with the boys so i'm try

an enemy of lebannon but. i don't know what dancer will do if you will be the premier in israel because the kind of war i think it's not. it's not in the vision because it's there now has another problems to resolve inside the sack. now i'm reacting thank you after the break as sweden drops its investigation into wiki leaks founder julian assange on sizing insufficient evidence activists or national provoke a jerk of a joke or a tells us what he found when he visited the world's most famous publisher detained in britain's belmarsh prison for revealing u.s. war crimes. part 2 of going underground. temperance to impeach and remove donald trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a single person is changing and even damaging institutions is impeachment being normal. and finding another one of. sway or both the food. itself. plus we've got to go through hard not to think of

chile how about bolivia you've been down to colombia lately let's go to ecuador maybe algeria no lebannon how about iraq hey hong kong maybe spain the people have had it when people lose everything and have nothing left to lose they lose it and they're losing it whether they're losing their freedom losing their money and so with belial as the world is on fire in my life i've never seen anything like this before and it's again the protests are also against the one percent because that's all this monetary methadone that's essential banks are shoved into the system it's only kept the ball running everybody else has gone down and so that's what you're seeing going on the world is on fire physically emotionally and spiritually right you know we call it the global insurrection against banker occupation going back to 2008 when we had occupy wall street the protests started to percolate but there was a direct focus on wall street and the financier's and the money folks and the banks it seems like the protesters around the world are starting to understand that their common enemy are the central ba

anti-government protesters in lebannon of marked 76 years of the country's independence by organizing a parade in the capital beirut replacing the usual military show the country has been gripped by protests since mid october demanding the removal of politicians deemed inept and corrupt. colombia's defense minister has confirmed the death of 3 people during clashes in the west of the country they were killed during nationwide demonstrations as part of a general strike against the policies of president eban do gays right wing government. well in order why people will elects a president on sunday with polls suggesting the center right's national party is on course to end a decade and a half of left wing rule in yet another power shift in latin america national party candidate luis lock poll the son of a former president finished 2nd in the 1st round vote with around 29 percent but in the upcoming runoff you can probably count on the votes from 5 mostly conservative parties that's why pollsters see him winning ahead of the ruling party candidate danielle martinez is a former minister and

a family in the president isn't to blame for lebannon he's not responsible for everything wrong in the country today he shouldn't step down protesters think if the president needs power the problems will be solved on the contrary if that happens the crisis will worsen. the image that the. president has appealed to the protesters for patience. dari we have put together a roadmap to deal with the 3 points. corruption the economy and a civil state. they are not easy points to deal with. madani. but public opposition against him bridges religious and economic divides demonstrators say no good can come to the country until the current system of power is overthrown. and for the very latest let's go to beirut and to the puerto. montt was on the big mall big protests going on there what are people there demanding and did everytime there are big protests and it would put testers are ducking little they are trying to paradise. trying to paralyze the country at this point to pressure the government to achieve other 3 months they believe that the 1st demand was greeted by the resignation of the pr

have gathered outside key public buildings to rally against political corruption and cronyism in lebannon it comes as politicians haggle over the makeup of a new government a wave of protests forced the prime minister to resign last week. hong kong leader kerry lamb has condemned a knife attack on a probation lawmaker that attacked left him wounded politician unius ho has been a target of anti-government demonstrations before over his alleged support for violence against protesters here in europe campaigning in the u.k. general election next month has officially begun voters will elect a new parliament on december 12th the outgoing parliament was formally dissolved this morning before prime minister boris johnson headed to buckingham palace to notify the queen opposition leader jeremy corbyn of the labor party began his party's campaign with speeches in a number of constituencies britain's withdrawal from the european union brags it is likely to dominate. correspondents here lots of thoughts in london says that the tone of the campaign has already been set. day one of the campaign and it

sense of injustice and you see those are the sort of words they use across the world wherever it is lebannon or spun this began with occupy wall street and it morphed into what we call the global insurrection against banker occupation is causing this global that downgrade and to be clear downgrading the outlook for debt and downgrading debt as far as the market is concerned are equivalent because it in genders a sale and means prices go down while markets don't seem to ever respond to negative news is that they like it seems to be warning them do something about your population whether it's lie. d. platform everybody don't loud them you hear any news don't allow them to watch guys report you know do something to make them you know prevent them from stopping our game where we always win the sovereign debt in places like argentina and venezuela to name just who is crashing proposed propitious lee and it's also this debt is if you take away the extension of the maturity and you focus purely on the number of bonds that were sold 10 years ago 15 years ago they're all crashing well i do notice you

schools and banks have reopened in lebannon the after 2 weeks and the government protests but fears people will rush to withdraw money have led to restrictions on how much can be said to broad prime minister saad hariri stepped down earlier this week after allegations of corruption and a downturn in lebanon's economy stephanie decker has more from beirut. after 2 weeks of closure the banks finally unlocked their doors there are more people than usual but no panic. or sort of the us some to produce fictions it is not very annoying the crowds are not that big i was expecting long queues it is above the normal days by a little there are some distinctions on the diligence actions with a give us $2500.00 per week only but they place noticed actions on lebanese pounds the cap on withdrawals and foreign transfers are a way to prevent a mass outflow of funds lebanon's economy is already at breaking point so the banks are open schools and universities are slowly following suit and despite some back and forth most of the roads are open to so a sense of normalcy is slowly being restored across the co

start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebannon libya somalia sudan and iran.i think it's highly probable the administration has already made the decision to go to war against iran there are already u.s. troops inside iran want to repeat that there are already u.s. troops inside iran the u.s. has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what you've seen the u.s. doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level we've seen a report in the new yorker by seymour hersh that a u.s. source told him that u.s. marines who are operating in the blue key.

and lebannon continue to block roads as protests there entered the 20th day despite the prime minister handing in his resignation last week there's been no sign of progress toward an agreement on a new government. north of beirut where the army has started clearing one of the main highways the army has now turned out in full force. moving in there trying just open the road you can see a lot of frustration here on the drivers. orders being given by the army commanders . this highway's been backed up all the way. trying to. the protesters are putting their hands up shouting peaceful religion. there's a lot of. frustration. the protesters during this to keep the pressure on the government but a lot of people are getting upset the civilians in the south. but . the to. the situation that we're in isn't. and we support your places. as hospitals for children texas schools the government is losing millions of. what do you think about this. happening i hope the army won't open the road. that's wrong but. the army. field the road blocks that were in place now opening up this major. the doctors a

well the tape parades have gone away giving way to protest marches in lebannon as it marks its 76th independence day administrators have gathered or they're there to see downtown beirut they have been calling for political and economic change protests began last month over new taxes and a failing economy jamal oshawa has more from beirut it is a mixture of celebration as well as maybe it's a determination or an insistence lots of this uprising that many of your considered to be a revolution continues for. not wanting to be such a month of these protests the more the crowd over a few on the come or just on a basis for the past hour or so has been a parade rather than the normal military parade that you would have it is a civil parade made up of different boats a battalions consisting of different sectors of lebanese society one of those who participated in this assault on your shoes your public policy expert you've been to supporting the protests very vocal about it tell me what's your why this is the. anniversary of for independence this year what makes a difference for my viewers. mainly that i

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lebannon marking its independence day today after weeks of anti-government protests the 76th anniversary was observed with a military parade in beirut a bigger one had been planned but was canceled because of the armrest protesters are demanding a complete overhaul of the political system the movement forced the prime minister and his cabinet to resign last month zain holder is in beirut. no. politician or anything close to bring on a new government really is the perfect picture behind me you see lebanon 3 top leaders the president the prime minister who is really a caretaker prime minister since he submitted his resignation a few weeks ago and the speaker of parliament sitting alongside the army chief but what is happening in lebanon is not this country's passing through what many are describing as the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1990 the prime minister is insisting that he will return to office only if he has technocratic government a nonpartisan government to live up to the aspirations of the people the people have been protesting in the streets by the governing a l

he is a divisive figure who has been accused of corruption overstepping his powers and exploiting lebannon secretary and structure for political gains. let us not block the road in front of us with demands that are impossible to achieve today because you will speed up the financial collapse. the priority is to delay that collapse and maybe prevent it. mainly sectarian parties still command support among 4000000 people but the street is divided and public squares and cities across the country anti-government protesters are uncompromising lebanese from all sects have been coming together and the crowds chant the same slogan all of them means all of them they are rejecting the entire political class of lebanon so-called october revolution is now in its 3rd week the revolt against politicians who have been in power for 30 years has not lost momentum public pressure has reshuffled power the prime minister sato had d.d. resigned last week but he could return to office as part of a deal politicians seem to be putting together and what they seem to be discussing are shares and divisions in the old