to public notice soulsby very interesting to your take on this story many thanks my guest shall schubert skewed. analyst former u.k. counterterrorism officer thanks very much. the iraqi prime minister abdul mahdi says that he will resign to allow lawmakers to form a new government iraqis have been celebrating that news these are latest pictures from the country's capital the prime minister's announcement follows weeks of violent protests right across the country people have been demanding a change of government in anger over poor service is unemployment and chronic corruption $300.00 people have been killed thousands more injured since the rallies began last month analyst at gulf state analytics alexander bruno believes that the p.m.'s resignation will not those solve iraq's problems. i don't think that the situation will change considerably in fact this is what they call a pyrrhic victory yes they've got the agreement for the prime minister to resign but what will actually change for iraqis particularly under streets i don't think anything will change. given the structural problems infr

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