now, iraqi prime minister abdul mahdi said he was willing to respond to the protester's demands. he promised jobs for graduates, but also said there was no magic solution for the country's problems. >> in the short term, i think this will calm a lot of people. of course it doesn't solve the fundamentals of the challenges that are facing the government. >> nawaz: but hundreds more protesters took to the streets of baghdad's sadr city district on monday, demanding new jobs and denouncing the killings of protesters. iraqi police responded in force, using live bullets and water cannons against the protesters. iraqi president barham salih condemned the attacks on protesters >> ( translated ): the government and the security forces reaffirm that there has been no orders to fire at protesters, and it has not been issued by the country and their instruments. therefore, those who are committing these actions are criminals and outlaws. >> nawaz: iraqi federal police warned last week that snipers separate from the security forces were shooting at protesters, but it is unclear if these snipe

is decades of corruption and a lack of services they're demanding that the prime minister adel abdul mahdi resign and the whole political system should be overhauled maki says there is quote no magic solution and any progress will take time the government's announced a list of reforms to address some of the grievances have been more protests than some attacked the headquarters of political parties and t.v. stations in baghdad on saturday the police responded by using live rounds and tear gas at least 100 people have been killed in 5 days of protests parliament had planned to hold an emergency session on saturday but it never happened however the speaker of the parliament did make some promises. loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits for the purposes of a stablish in factories and providing of course this will enable us to steer away from any corruption so there will be no cash loans and instead credit will be given for the establishment of factories. well the top u.n. official in iraq has called for an end to the violence many and he's tweeted saying deeply saddened by the

killing us wasn't it our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. live in connecticut there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias that target the victims. sad if it were just the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. you're watching d.w. news coming up next we've got a documentary film for you will be looking back at 30 years of colonial rule in namibia of by germany and we've got some more international news for you of course coming up at the top of the next hour sumi will be with you then meanwhile we've got all our stories online at g.w. dot com i'm terry m

connection to a political or sick tarion movement it's the biggest challenge to prime minister abdul mahdi since the so-called islamic state was defeated 2 years ago on friday he said the protesters demands have been heard. now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's president for a tie affair to one says his country is preparing to launch a military intervention against kurdish militia in syria. north east he says the operation planned by land and air will allow displaced syrians to return home but the intervention could also threaten the safe zone agreed upon by turkey and the united states. haiti is bracing for more violence this weekend as protesters ramp up their demands for president of the now most easy to resign police fired tear gas against demonstrators in the capital port au prince on friday more than a dozen people have been killed during weeks of unrest over rising costs and allegedly government corruption. iran has released an australian couple detained for spying australia's foreign minister said the charges against the pair had been dropped after

challenge to prime minister abdul mahdi since the so-called islamic state was defeated 2 years ago on friday he said the protesters demands have been heard. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir has wounded at least 10 people in the southern city of and police blamed terrorists for the violence many people in kashmir have been angered by the government's decision to strip the muslim majority region of autonomy last august. iran has released an australian couple detained for spying australia's foreign ministers of the charges against the pair have been dropped after sensitive negotiations travel bloggers jolie king and mark fear can spend 3 months in jail for allegedly using a drone to take pictures of banned areas. for women in iran wearing a head scarf or he job is a legal requirement if not followed is punishable by a lengthy prison term but some iranian women are defying the rule and calling for greater freedoms for all women across the country. they're young they want freedom and they don't want to be forced t

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos gotten out and if they see the scene on the couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens they're spying take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son if not by senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who dares says he's

in iraq could soon be given a basic wage addressing the nation on television the prime minister abdul mahdi says the government has to vote on the new law following days of violent protests a woman there are other than today we have to 1st return life to normal and. all provinces and respect the rule of law under which everyone lives in safety and stability i'd like to assure you that the security procedures we undertook which included blocking roaming data temporarily was a difficult decision however it is like bitter medicine it was mandatory because we cannot afford to lose your security or take risks or to leave your safety and the country in the wind preserving security is regarded as the highest in this country's interest and nationally is a priority that could cause president has declared a state of emergency as protesters block roads throughout the country over fuel price hikes and in marino's decision to end diesel and gasoline subsidies took effect on thursday. supporters of peru's president have been gathering in lima after he swore in 9 new cabinet members president martin vizca

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idyll abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and gotten out and if they see the scene on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son and good luck by the senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who da

the prime minister abdul mahdi announced the government will vote on the new law following days of violent protests and women you know other than today we have to 1st return life to normal in all provinces and respect the rule of law under which everyone lives in safety and stability i'd like to assure you that the security procedures we undertook which included blocking roaming data temporarily was a difficult decision however it is like bitter medicine it was mandatory because we cannot afford to lose your security or take risks or to leave your safety and the country in the wind preserving security is regarded as the highest in this country's interest and nationally is a priority well in our dramas have been driven by several factors a chronic lack of basic services like electricity and water only 8 percent of the budget for this year has been allocated to education reconstruction and health care that's compared to 14 percent on oil and 20 percent on security 13 percent of all adults in iraq are unemployed including more than a quarter young people of working age demonstrations have spr

killing us doesn't it that our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blames elsewhere. limb connecticut age to evacuate there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias hands that target the victims. sad if it were not the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. for the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to jointly to 3 scientists from the united states and britain. discoveries of the white blood cells. in the body it's the 1st prize in. this year converting food to energy is a process that wouldn't be possible without oxygen but oxygen levels can fluctuate dramatically in the bo

shia groups as well as some of the sudanese have actually sided with as well as kurds sided with abdul mahdi and iran seems at least apparently at this stage doesn't want ideal of dramatic government to fall that doesn't mean this government will survive it doesn't mean that i've been mighty himself may not want to go or in a month or 2 maybe iran also wants change in the place as well as the house of shia but as things stand they see it as a high risk strategy to change government in response to these violence now there are other groups that try to make the most of the demonstrations like out they they too did not get far and actually if anything they lost out in this game and the others because they are not talking they are not united and they are not necessarily on the same page everyone is trying to disown the government and if anything behind the scene and to mine it but of course this government it's difficult to change of the prime minister doesn't resign the government itself is a composition of all these parties that supported it the what is also visible is that the government fell

killing us doesn't it our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. lim connecticut there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias. sad if it were the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. to the u.s. now our democratic lawmakers have fresh ammunition for their impeachment inquiry against president donald trump a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the case claiming to have 1st hand knowledge of a phone call between trump and the ukrainian president blogger here selenski us democrats have launched a probe into whether trump pressures alaska to investigate trump's

capital to the southern city of karbala iraqis demanded the resignation of prime minister i do abdul mahdi and his government they are not men of states that's all they can not do anything that can look minutes at the event at the school not this recount during the nationwide protests were on the 1st anniversary of mehdi taking office there also a continuation of protests which began at the beginning of the month the government acknowledges the excessive force was used to somebody they call it a democracy put the hands they used to wield this democracy are dictators when they kill their people with snipers it's not democracy in addition to promising to punish those responsible for killing protesters mehdi announced that he and other government leaders will cut their salaries by half and divert the money to a fund to help the poor is also vowing to reshuffle the government next week by your ties in qualifications before party or sad time. for you as we heard about reforms it's just a sleeping pill to calm the people all of us are rejecting this corrupt government protesters are primarily yo

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. around 200,000 people have joined a gay pride march in taiwan — the first since the island legalised same—sex marriages. taiwan is the first place in asia to allow gay people to marry. rachel stanton reports. music. celebrating in style. the island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches, but this year, there is a difference. music. taiwan will now allow same—sex couples to get married. it is a first for asia, as same—sex marriages are not legal in other parts of the region. since the law was changed in may, more than 2000 couples have taken advantage of this. translation: we hope everybody can understand that gay people are around them. they are your neighbours, families and friends. we can all be good neighbours and march together. despite this change in the law, the lgbt community says further steps need to be taken. translation: marriage equali

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos in garden identify what they see on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son if not by senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call mas i say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who dares says he's pr

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressurems, this but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. argentinians go to the polls on sunday to choose their next president. after shock primaries earlier this year, populist alberto fernandez is expected to beat president mauricio macri, who has been blamed for worsening the country's economic crisis. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from buenos aires. there is no clearer sign of crisis. every week, this queue gets longer and longer. more people relying on charity to get themselves through the week. every day, single mother antonella waited soup kitchens like these like these to feed her and her little boy. translation: i pick up my son from school every day up forfood. before, i had a cleaning job but they let me go and this is my last resort. for me and lots of people, this isn't the only one. there are loads of places where people get given food. people get into fights f

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idyll abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and gotten out and if they see the scene on the couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son if not by senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who dares says he's

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. now, with a look ahead to whether wales can join england in the rugby world cup final — and the rest of today's sport — here's lizzi greenwood—hughes, at the bbc sport centre. yes, reeta. it's less than 12 hours until wales take on south africa in the second semi—final at the rugby world cup, and the tantalising prospect of a possible place in the final. patrick geary has been following the build up. ijust want i just want to wish the boys all the best for the match. if they could, an entire nation would give wales their team hope, one message. good luck to the welsh boys over the weekend. win and this rugby mad country were playing a world cup finalfor country were playing a world cup final for the first country were playing a world cup finalfor the first time. country were playing a world cup final for the first time. the trophy is in si

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. 11 has also. in the grip of anti-government protests and we have some breaking news to tell you about lebanon's beleaguered prime minister starting friday has announced he is stepping down during a televised address here is resignation comes after almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many young lebanese are unhappy with what they see as a corrupt and incapable political elite how did he has tried but failed to mollify demonstrators by announcing a series of anti corruption and political reforms. all right let's get you more on these developing on these developments rather i am now joined by w.'s abbesses a reedy he is in the lebanese capital beirut looking you tell us a battle prime minister who said tell you he announced his much anticipated address that he will step down what did he say exactly. we have seen the speech you see going on he said t

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. well as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. at least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines civil government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire where most of the world's earthquakes take place. authorities in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activists joshua long from running in next month's local elections wang says he is the only candidate who's been disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid. antigovernment protesters have again taken to the streets in the chilean capital santiago despite a cabinet shake up by presidents a bus to. help police clashed with demonstrators in the city center the president replaced 8 cabinet ministers in an effort to calm unrest that has l

officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. lim connecticut age to me there were no clashes of confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias that target the victims. said if it were me the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. for the nobel prize for medicine has just been announced it has been jointly awarded to 3 scientists william kalen and greg cements of the u.s. and peter reckless from the u.k. now they've been chosen because of their pioneering discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability this is the 1st prize announced by the nobel committee this year. let's

been cut in most parts of the country curfews were also temporarily imposed iraq's prime minister abdul mahdi has defended the use of lethal force against protesters. only. measures that are being taken a difficult choices but it's like a piece of medicine it's indispensable because your security cannot be risked. iraqi prime minister also said there is no magic solution to the country's economic problems according to the world bank just 43 percent of working age iraqis are either in employment or seeking work that is despite the country having the 4th largest oil reserves in the world iraq is still coping with the legacy of the 2003 u.s. invasion and war that followed almost 2000000 people are internally displaced and 7000000 people are in need of humanitarian aid the government says it would cost at least $90000000000.00 to rebuild the country's infrastructure iraqi kurdish journalist he told us that the public has been making the same demands for years. unfortunately the u.s. policy in iraq has been one of failed on a failure after failure or really not knowing iraq well their demands are

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and got an identified they sitting on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spying take us honest do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple governments the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son. 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises. tacoma's say to moral and nothing i best who dare says he's protesting for the chance his 4 c

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. there's been no letup in unrest in iraq for him from our arabic department is here with me in the studio to provide us some of the back story you tell us 1st you know what's behind the ngos are these protests that we see now were happening in iraq well they were these protests are not something that started today yesterday or even the day before these are ongoing protests that were sparked actually at the beginning of october this month with the sort of sudden sacking of a very popular wartime military military official this was the spark this and this this anger then developed into anger at iraq failing public services the high unemployment situation of young people there and these grievances have basically pushed the anger throughout and now where the reaching towards the end of the month these are all very legitimate demands you know iraq is one of the highest

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressurefle and a package of reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. the chilean president sebastian pinera has promised to lift a state of emergency that's been in place in several cities after widespread protests about living standards began a week ago. he said the emergency decree would be revoked at midnight local time if circumstances permitted. with me is our americas editor, leonardo rocha. so the state of emergency, just tell us so the state of emergency, just tell us why it was put in? it's been a week, seven nights of violence in chile, and it all came unexpectedly after the government announced a hike in the public transport fares in santiago, the metro, the underground fares. but there was a lot of discontent about inequality in chile, which is south america's richest country. but many believe that only the wealthiest, the wealthy elites of chile were benefiting from that. so

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and got him out and if they see the scene on the couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government at the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son if not by the senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for a full month every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow and nothing obvious who dare

will not leave the streets until this government of prime minister ayad alawi the night he goes abdul mahdi has already said that the government will not resign because if it does it will follow protesters i mean i know who the parliament was supposed to meet today as part of a regular session and because not enough members turned up there was no koran that is only injuring protesters who say there is a crisis in the country and members of parliament can't meet the ministry of interior released a statement saying that it is condemning the criminals they say attacks security forces and vandalized government and political party offices and that they are committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters they say they have not used excessive force meanwhile we've spoken to many protesters who said just the opposite and they've asked us to relay a message to the international community saying we need your help we need to be protected from our own government. sami hamdi is a middling stadol most an editor at international interest and he says that cost protests in iraq fail to overc

forces fired tear gas at the crowds of people marching in defiance of a warning from prime minister abdul mahdi not to join the demonstrations on sunday he said anyone disrupting businesses or schools would be punished protesters tried to cross the bridge leading to baghdad's fortified international zone which houses government buildings and foreign embassies. peaceful demonstrators are protests are peaceful those rulers harm the iraqi people no salaries no appointments no land their promises are lies and they're hitting us with tear gas bombs as if we were not iraqis. there are no job opportunities my son stay at home without a hope and that applies to all young people not only my sons this regime has been ruling us for 16 years but they offer us nothing we're fed up with them. students in the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah also took to the streets despite the warning they're demanding changes to the country's constitution and election laws. there were similar scenes in the holy shiite city of najaf as well authorities declared a curfew from midnight until 6 am state t.v. said it would be in

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. torrential rain has caused flooding and landslides in japan, leaving at least ten people dead.the chiba and fukushima regions, have been badly affected — with a months worth of rain falling in half a day in some areas. the prime minister, shinzo abe, said the authorities were doing everything possible to help people in the affected areas. it comes just weeks after typhoon hagbis left almost 80 dead and caused widespread damage. millions of people in california, face having their power cut — as the emergency services continue to battle two rapidly—spreading wildfires in the state. 50,000 people have already been forced to leave their homes, and a state of emergency has been declared in two counties. angus crawford reports. through smoke and flames, help from the skies. emergency services at either end of the state tackling wildfires driven

the iraqi prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi, has refused to resign but promised to reshuffle his cabinet leaving at least ten people dead. thousands of people were forced to spend the night in tokyo's narita airport. eastern coastal areas were the worst hit. the prime minister, shinzo abe, said the authorities were doing everything possible to help people in the affected areas. the billionaire owners of the telegraph, david and frederick barclay, are reportedly in the early stages of selling the newspaper. the brothers, who are in their eighties, bought the paper in 2004 for more than £660 million. i spoke to our business correspondent, katie prescott, earlier. so they own the telegraph, they own the ritz hotel, that is already up for sale. they also own a delivery company and shop. the telegraph home to the current prime minister's former column. politically, it has been very pro—brexit. the newspapers in this country play a massive part in politics, don't they? so whoever buys this paper will be keenly watched. over the years, there have been rumours of a sale of the newspaper. it has

early october and only on saturday did he echo the protesters demand that iraqi prime minister idle abdul mahdi resign by the way to get out to not only the reason their leader for these protests but we want the united nations to supervise a new election to ensure it has integrity do not allow any parties to interfere and ensure its own ist not fortune and. he has promised numerous reforms including combat in corruption and saying he and other top officials would take a 50 percent pay cut and divert the money to a fun to assist the poor but he says if he resigns chaos will return to iraq and as egypt's arab spring revealed it's one thing to have a revolution and another to create a real democracy and i tell them what we don't have any new leaders in our minds right now but we'll keep protesting a lot of you have joined the protests several 17 year old to get on here both the teachers and the attorneys unions have told their members to sail from school for the rest of the week i did stats show their solidarity by protesting the . al-jazeera baghdad. russia says tens of thousands of kurdish led f

and if need be moved from there back into north eastern syria now we do know the prime minister abdul mahdi met with the u.s. ambassador when they discussed this troop movement it was agreed at that meeting that the u.s. troops could come through into the kurdish region of northern iraq and then go to a no military base that seemingly has changed almost overnight and it just goes to show you a lot of the iraqis we speak to here are wondering what the u.s. policy actually is whether it's being made on the fly whether people of thinking about it let's lot of confusion here in iraq has to why this situation has changed it's a very sensitive topic to u.s. troops on the ground in iraq it's something that a lot of the political parties certainly don't want they say that iraq the americans left iraq and that should remain the case and that the only people that should be here are advisers to the iraqi military particularly when the war against eisel was going on so now we're in a situation where the u.s. troops have been told that they can only transit in iraq where will they go it was likely what

the iraqi prime minister, adel abdul—mahdi, has refused to step down but promised to reshuffle his cabinetr of the iraq initiative at chatham house. thank you forjoining us. this is a complicated situation and the background to it is complicated. can you help us to understand it a little bit better? for some time, there has been a sort of gap between there has been a sort of gap between the people and the rulers in iraq. it was for many seen that the next fault line, the iraq that we once thought was a fault line has actually shifted to a fault line between a majority of the population and the rulers. the rulers who have ruled since 2003 without any accountability and also without any ability to provide basic services. so, for the past few years, iraqis have really realised that the only voice they have is not on the ballot boxes or with parliamentarians but through protest. so they have gone to the streets to protest, famously last year and this year in baghdad, but something has changed and violence has entered into the equation. but we have seen in baghdad is over 150 earlier in the mon

early october and only on saturday did he echo the protesters demand that iraqi prime minister adl abdul mahdi resign occupied trying to get out there not only the reason their leader for these protests but we want the united nations to supervise a new election to ensure it has integrity do not allow any parties to interfere and ensure its own list and not fortune and that he has promised numerous reforms including combat in corruption and saying he and other top officials would take a 50 percent pay cut and divert the money to a fun to assist the poor but he says if he resigns chaos. well returned to iraq and as egypt's arab spring revealed it's one thing to have a revolution and another to create a real democracy i don't want we don't have any new leaders in our minds right now but we'll keep protesting a lot of you have joined the protests that there are 17 year olds to get on here both the teachers and the attorneys the unions have told their members to stay out from school for the rest of the week i did stay show their solidarity by protesting the name al-jazeera baghdad. are thousands of

people and not looking forward to reforms we want the resignation of this government if only as well abdul mahdi resigns this won't be a solution to moms all the political parties should resign. should resign and the paul amount should resign. nearly 60 percent of iraq's $40000000.00 people live on less than $6.00 a day they're fed up with high unemployment and what they call top level corruption they say the country needs new leadership honey when there are so many young men that have been killed so many have lost their lives so much further south in karbala protesters say they were shot at with live ammunition. the governor says those claims are false well go to the theatre and they would video circulating online that were fabricated and tampered with which and not from the province of karbala i reiterate this news is false and baseless. over the last month more than $200.00 people have been killed and thousands injured in thai government protests this is the 2nd wave of nationwide protests that began in early october many of the protesters are students and they are back with renewed anger it'

well we know it is heard from prime minister abdul mahdi since midnight friday where he announced a seriesof reforms that i'm sure he hoped would help quell the protests instead the protesters say that he failed to meet their one core demands that and that is that they want the government to resign had he has said that if the government resigns now chaos will follow we know that the speaker of parliament did meet with protesters at another site in baghdad yesterday there is video of him circulating and speaking to protesters there is also an emergency session of parliament later on today all right natasha i will leave you there for now thank you for that update from baghdad well a march by a 1000000 people in chile turned violent on friday nights of these fired tear gas and lead pellets of protesters who set fire to street barricades there is anger over income inequality as well as rising cost of living president sebastian pinera says he's heard the message of the people at least 19 people have been killed so far in the turmoil that's gripped the south american nation from santiago here's

in iraq, prime minister adel abdul mahdi has announced he will reshuffle his cabinet in an effort to quell massive nationwide protests over government corruption and lack of jobs. amnesty international says more than 150 people have been killed in the government's brutal crackdown. activists report protesters being shot and killed by snipers and arrested at hospitals. journalists have also reported being harassed and intimidated. protests have also erupted in algeria in recent weeks ahead of elections in december. over 100 student protesters were arrested tuesday as the government intensified its crackdown. the activists are protesting corruption, the jailing of opposition leaders, and the army's powerful role in national politics. in egypt, the family of prominent egyptian dissident alaa abd el-fattah says he has been beaten, threatened, and abused in custody since being arrested late last month amid an anti-government protest. the egyptian authorities have arrested more than 2000 people since the protests began. to see our discussion about what has happened in erect, can go to demo

angry about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns a law. and with his government he says that would create chaos god and i when i bought they sitting on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son. 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call mosque say tomorrow and nothing i best who dares says he's protesting for the

amy: iraqi prime minister adil abdul-mahdi addressed the nation earlier today, calling protesters' demands legitimate but ordering them to disperse. honduran president juan orlando hernandez is lashing out at federal prosecutors in the united states who've brought weapons and drug trafficking charges against his brother. on wednesday, a u.s. prosecutor told a federal court in brooklyn the brother, tony hernandez, personally accepted a million dollar bribe meant for president hernandez from the notorious mexican drug lord known as " "el chapo.o." tony hernandez is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine through honduras bound for the u.s. and of providing heavily armed security for drug shipments. is a staunchnandez ally of president trump. at a n news cononference on thursday, he denied reports he's profited from narcotrafficking and plededged contininued suppot for the trtrump administration. >> we will not stop working to keep on making honduras a land that is hostile t toward drug traffickckers, toward gangs. this has been recognized by thee united statates from their president, their vi

killed in cities across iraq in another day of violent antigovernment protests prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised to introduce sweeping economic reforms and a broad cabinet reshuffle in a bid to quell the demonstrations but protesters say they're fed up with empty promises and want anti-government gone the u.n. secretary general is saying there's clear evidence of human rights abuses since the protests began at the start of the month we have issued that report just city days ago would submit only findings. we deeply regret the number of. large number of people that have been killed in these circumstances and the cording to operability findings there were indeed. substantial violations of human rights that took place and need to be clearly denounced and condemned the protests taking place in lebanon as well anti-government demonstrators there in the capital beirut have been clashing with supporters of hezbollah riot police who are brought in to try to defuse the situation the political armed movement is part of prime minister saad hariri his coalition government as well a leader hassa

al jazeera reports iraqi prime minister adel abdul mahdi may soon be ousted, after his two main political backers, muqtada al-sadr and hadi al-amiri, agreed to work together to remove madhi from office in response to the growing protests. in haiti, anti-government protests have entered their seventh week as thousands of people again took to the streets of port-au-prince monday to demand the ouster of president jovenel moise. at least 20 people have been killed amid the ongoing protests, which have also shuttered schools for two million children across haiti. in northern syria, the russian brokered cease-fire between turkey and syrian kurdish fighters expired tuesday night, threatening to reignite fighting in the region. the turkish invasion began after president trump abruptly withdrew u.s. troops from parts of northern syria, clearing the way for the turkish offensive. the turkish president claimed today that syrian kurdish fighters had not fully withdrawn from the area nene the turkikish border, and said joint turkish russian patrols would resume border's on friday. the u.s. house of re