chief political editor mccabe in amman jordan. hungary's prime minister viktor orban has emerged as a leading figure of the a use hardline anti migration or anti immigration wing and now the country's conservative led parliament approved a raft of tougher new bills on migrant related issues the package of legislation known as stop soros makes it illegal to help asylum seekers who are not entitled to protection and hungry a change to the constitution was also improved making it illegal to settle foreign populations in the country this move is seen as a swipe at e.u. plans to redistribute by quote. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today thousands of people have been performing yoga in mass practices across india today for the world's fourth international yoga day the country's prime minister narendra modi took part one un approval for the annual event after his election in two thousand and fourteen some five thousand yoga events were planned throughout the country. and south sudan's president salva kii

thousands returned to the streets of amman to protest as the king of jordan warns the country is at a crossroads. of the m.g.m. it's all this is down just a real live from london also coming up dozens of people are killed as a volcano erupts in guatemala thousands more are forced to flee their homes donald trump takes a two it's a lash out of the russia probe insisting he has the right to pardon himself. and a tough job for its least new government we visit the deeply divided seaside resort of all steel where impoverished areas of suffering rise organized crime. jordan's king abdullah has warned that his country is at a crossroads he said it must be the result of the current crisis or enter into what he described as the on know thousands of people have taken to the streets of amman and other cities in another nights of mass protest of the demonstrations around the country since last week against the i.m.f. backed all steroids the measures the game has appointed a form world of former world bank economist as prime minister to honey i'll move he was signed in a failed move to end those

durations jordan's prime minister may be forced out after days of anti austerity protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah will ask you to resign in a meeting at the royal palace the united nations is calling for calm in mali after dozens of people were injured during anti government protests opposition figures accuse security forces of firing live ammunition at demonstrators which the government denies many are calling for transparency in next month's presidential poll when president abraham kater seeks reelection those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera but first it is inside story. the to. be in the am i am. i am coming with the arrow with. am. the biggest anti-government protest in jordan in here tax wise it's the cost of living else terry to measure stoking demands for the prime minister to resign what role are regional powers playing in the crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program fully back to hundreds of jordanians have spent the past few days voicing their anger at proposed tax increases and what they say is yo r

amman of the right hand man was found guilty of ordering a two thousand and sixteen suicide bombing that killed four people in jakarta. coming up ahead to from obvious esteem the evil strikes back its responded to us terrorists levies off its own blood will it be the last move in the trade conflict and greece may be staring down a mountain of debt but the e.u. says the financial crisis is over. those stories and more coming up and guess who's looking in the studio and maybe even very shortly. time for an upgrade. there grows. house with. design highlights you can break your cell. phones to clinch.

either result a crisis or enter into the unknown while thousands of people took to the streets of amman and love the night of pro says there have been demonstrations in the capital on all the parts of the country since last week against i.m.f. that austerity measures jordan appointed a former world bank economist as prime minister to hotmail muki resigned in an end in a move to end those demonstrations. the forces in guatemala have confirmed that sixty two people are not known to have died after a volcanic eruption on sunday is the most violent eruption of the flag volcano in more than forty years david marsa has more. it is really. the. middle of the rainy season here everything is much too green and yet they're on the ropes for the for you ok don't think it's action all right everything is colored. way to the through there has been written to differ on that there's a lot of right now trying to get a clear throughout the book market to be a call to get a little bit closer to the epicenter of why there's been a rage in the u.s. over a tweet from donald trump u.s. president posted he has

. —— amman. he will break new ground for the royalfamily. —— amman.srael and the palestinian territories. it is happening at least in part because he wants to send a signal that piece can only ta ke send a signal that piece can only take part with the involvement —— two lands on the continent. later today, we will step into that cauldron when he arrives in tel aviv. —— william. the programme for the visit has been carefully corey crawford by british diplomats, the speeches carefully written. in jordan, there was just a glancing reference to the region's critical instability. a greatly admired and resilience you in jordan instability. a greatly admired and resilience you injordan have shown in the face of the many security and humanitarian challenges that have confronted you as a result of conflicts in this region. it will be this afternoon when william arrives in tel aviv for three days carefully divided between israel and the palestinian territories that the test will begin. for him, and for the evenhanded british policy which he will represent. ther

government in years riot police used tear gas to break up a rally near the prime minister's office in amman purchases according to the cabinet resignation after ministers approved a new draft law on tax reforms the policy is influenced by the international monetary fund which jordanians accuse of interfering. and started to. support our brothers that are going down to the street to protest against new taxes because the people are going through a very tough economic the problem is not just the tax more the jordanian citizen right now. his pockets are empty are completely empty. saw the government has to listen. to the sound of the people ask for more good luck how local citizens now have no power they are searching for food put the children daily women are looking in the rubbish for food and every day we are surprised by rising prices and new taxes. on saturday jordan's king abdullah discuss the protests of these government he says shouldn't have to bear the burden of financial reforms alone he intervene to freeze and increase on field prices on friday the prime minister says ministers must

years earlier riot police used tear gas to break up a rally calling for the cabinets resignation in amman. civilians are voting in an early parliamentary election a rightwing anti immigration policy has been leading the opinion polls former prime minister has done so and his party are likely to win the most seats but will have to find coalition partners to form a government immigration is a major issue civilians have seen hundreds of thousands of refugees pass through on their way to western europe in the hayward reports. it will be the third time in just seven years slovenians head to the polls there are new faces but it's the young it's young who leads the slovenian democratic party who's the camillia one here. prime minister who had to resign over corruption scandal five years ago it's not his past people are focusing on but his hardline rhetoric on immigration and his ties to hungary's nationalist leader big. half a million people fleeing war and poverty passed through slovenia in twenty fifteen on their way to western europe since then migration has been pushed up the electoral agend

ear joints prime minister may be forced out after days of antiwar stereotype protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah will ask can yarmulke to resign in a meeting at the royal palace. the remains of hundreds of bodies have been found in the iraqi city of mosul almost a year since it was taken from eisel they were buried in ruins and along the banks of the river tigris during a renewed search effort child strafford reports from the capital baghdad. it's been eleven months it's a rocky prime minister. declared victory over eisel in mosul much of what was iraq's second biggest city lies in ruins the fighting was described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. the search for bodies goes on civil defense search and rescue teams are concentrating on areas close to the banks of the river tigris it was here that the iraqi government forces supported by international coalition airstrikes. and killed most of the last remaining arsenal fighters in the city i saw bodies that were covered around seven hundred these bodies were all i saw that used to

or let's bring in our guest joining us from amman is an dony an independent journalist focusing on middle east and palestinian affairs in beirut we have. a fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflicts resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies thank you all welcome to inside story let me see if i can start with you in amman the protests over austerity measures in jordan have been going on for some time now until now they've been fairly small in scale and hadn't spread so why has the discontent in your opinion finally boiled over. well it's an accumulated feeling of anger and frustration among all centers of and all classes in jordan that. they can constitutive governments have been dealing with the jordanian citizens with total disregard no accountability no sense of good governance or no sense of the concept of social justice so the income tax deferred income tax was just a trigger that just brought everything to the surface and united many people including people who are have been staunch loyalis

jordan's prime minister may be forced out of today's events he austerity protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to ask had to resign in a meeting at the world palace. police in france are clearing two more migrant camps in paris after some operation last week hundreds of people have been living in the temporary accommodation last wednesday police moved more than a thousand people from another camp under the main paris ring road those who were forced to leave were taken to shelters across the city savannah has become the latest country to elect a populist party after its neighbors it's an eon hungry although former prime minister younis young right wing party won the most votes in the election and fell far short of a majority tanya novak has more from the piano. he's a former prime minister was disgraced by a corruption scandal but now yanna sanchez and his slovenian democratic party are back on the political map his hard line on immigration secured his party a victory in this election immigration has been at the top of the political ag

amman thank you for talking to us the fact that the new prime minister is considering dropping plans for this tax this income tax hike suggests that there's a significant victory for the people who've been out on the streets for the last week. absolutely this has been the main demanded of their special unit and the young people in the streets asking that the that jobs act will be withdrawn they were promised in the parliament would reject it but people don't trust the parliament they want the government to fail to join with it he said the mystery of the militias their prime minister designate that once they swear allegiance to the government is formed then they can withdraw which is their retreat for many people indeed but it might be a pyrrhic victory mustn't it because the the profound economic challenges that these these protests have revealed are not going away are they without i'll get a plea the prescription from the i.m.f. . if you look at the letter of assignment from the king there is clearly insistence that there will be an income tax law but why does the base of the income

the education at least sixty people have been arrested since demonstrations began in amman on witness day but ari is a professor of international studies at the university of georgia and he joins jordan he joins us now live from amman good to have you with us so the prime minister is gone it was effectively sacked wasn't he invited to resign by the king yes he was they were sacked by the king simply because he mismanaged the whole crisis in jordan. this government has done a lot has mismanaged the economy and also didn't know how to deal with the protesters and for this reason the king had no other option other than sacking the government we're now looking at a new government which is going to deal with the demands of the people is that going to be enough to settle the turmoil that we've seen on the streets what it's really airlie to judge now i mean people have been taken to the street over the last four days and i think they're going to continue over until probably wednesday when they strike again to be on and people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing

the resignation of the prime minister is not enough to keep protesters from pouring into amman.here have been many in the past years. the latest was appointed by the king this week, he is the eighth prime minister in 10 years. >> e-government shuffle is not enough. we are not asking for different people, but for a different economic policy. is, do not push on the people, do not push. suffering from this crisis, they are suffering from many problems, so do not push more. [chanting] reporter: king abdullah is willing to review the income tax law, but protesters have many more demands. at the top of the list, measures to stem corruption in the country. citizensnd with of the and to support their fight against corruption. our system is ridden with it. fighting these people will improve our situation. we need a government that can save us. we need a government that actually cares for its citizens, and protects them without stealing from our pockets and increasing taxes. ♪ reporter: jordanians have already managed change in their government and on tuesday night some of them went so fa

amman jabbers, i want you to weigh in. bob is 100% right. what china has done to us for years is a problem. and good on the administration for wanting to go after them. though you could argue the way they're doing it makes absolutely no sense. but what is this administration's rationale for lumping in canada and mexico? >> look, the president of the united states is making a huge political bet here. he's betting that the benefit to the domestic aluminum and steel industry are going to outweigh the cost that you're talking about in terms of the increase in prices for american consumers, the damage to u.s. relationships with some of its allies, all of the damage to the free market and the potential for a tariff escalating war in terms of a trade war with some of these other countries. those damaging, the president is betting, is going to be less than the benefit of having more jobs in the domestic american steel and aluminum industry and to the centsenator's point, thi administration argues very much you have to have a domestic aluminum and st

on the left is colombian president juan manuel santos national team coach for setback in amman is on the right. we already know this guy back in amman has been one of the most popular people in the contrary since the two thousand and fourteen world cup he was even given honorary citizenship while president hassan does one day two thousand and sixteen nobel prize for negotiating an end to the war let's start our sort of eight. days. leave people seem news by my question. i'm out of the father and a mother. and a good man a woman we clearly don't take life too seriously football always comes first you need more proof check out but i'm the epicenter of colombian football. and but i think you gonna get a feel. like yourself when you get richer or get excited about certain us which are cool is that it does serve it looks like just a little bit before this whole article here was going on by the way she'll go bankrupt us your car listen to your. horse muscle bemused us a little birdie almost this was not a mild work at the end of. it if you were called for on. the foot in this simple struct

jordan's prime minister may be forced out after days of anti austerity protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to ask mulkey to resign in a meeting at the royal palace. anti immigrant sentiment seems to be rising across europe slovenia is the latest country where a populist party has done well in elections following its neighbors italy and hungry but although former prime minister younis young right wing party won most of the votes and fell far short of a majority opinion over has more from libya. he's a former prime minister once disgraced by a corruption scandal but now young and his slovenian democratic party are back on the political map. his hardline on immigration secured his party victory in this election immigration has been at the top of the political agenda since two thousand and fifteen when half a million people playing ball pass through slovenia on their way to best in europe close. most foreign challenges that are part of the domestic challenges including a modern crisis so it's a challenge for the whole of the e.u. duri

protesters on the streets of amman for a fifth night ina row, streets of amman for a fifth night in aover plan to tax increases and price rises. even the forced resignation of the former prime minister did not calm their angen prime minister did not calm their anger, he was summoned by the king on monday and told to stand down. in his place, oma al—assad, the former education minister. what hasn't changed is the planned austerity measures which the government wants to bring in in return for an imf loan. demonstrators say they will keep holding rallies like this until both players are scrapped, arguing they will hit the poorest hardest. like every other week they do something new, they raise their prices, they raise the prices of the electricity or the petrol, or anything. it is very unjustly people. we have one of the highest numbers of syrian refugees in a country that barely had the ability to accommodate these huge numbers. and we need aid in order to provide the necessary services. the demonstrators say this is about addressing economic inequality. and daughter's government says i

employees taxes by as much as five percent would squeeze them financially to the brink the capital amman is ranked as the arab world's most expensive city there's high unemployment in prices of basic goods rocketing jordan's a dependent economy has been struggling with the large influx of syrian refugees arriving in recent years added to this previous financial supporters like the u.a.e. u.s. and saudi arabia have dramatically cut their donations the hashemite kingdom is thirty seven billion dollars in debt that equipment from ninety five percent of its gross domestic product the government secured more than seven hundred million in credit from the international monetary fund three years ago the loan was intended to help growth and lower public debt the i.m.f. also imposed tough fiscal conditions including hikes in general sales tax and in bread subsidies a staple of the poor but opponents warn these measures hurt poor and middle class families analysts say there is a general lack of trust now people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing faces like you know. s

well let's bring in our guest joining us from amman is an dony an independent journalists focusing on middle east and palestinian affairs in beirut we have rami koori senior fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflict resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies thank you all welcome to inside story let me see if i can start with you in amman the protests over austerity measures in jordan have been going on for some time now until now they've been fairly small in scale and hadn't spread so why has the discontent in your opinion finally boiled over. well it's an accumulated feeling of anger and frustration among all stratas of and all classes in jordan that. they can be considerate of governments have been dealing with the jordanian citizens with total disregard no accountability no sense of good governance or no sense of the concept of social justice so the income tax deferred income tax was just a trigger that just brought everything to the surface and united many people including people who are

armed gunmen roam the streets of the capital amman and jordan's other main cities like in a bit and suck up palestinian guerrillas no longer restricted themselves to bases in the more inaccessible parts of the country complaints about palestinian excesses quickly about it but i'll be honest about it between one thousand nine hundred eighty seven and one nine hundred seventy one and there were more than thirty thousand cases of lawlessness from the throwing of hand grenades to premeditated murder there were even attacks against his majesty the king all of this was tolerated with tremendous patience by his majesty because i think he felt a certain responsibility for the events of nine hundred sixty seven. to his dying days he felt it especially the loss of jerusalem. king hussein may have felt for the loss of jerusalem in the west bank in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven but his patience with the palestinians was beginning to wear thin for their part palestinian figures to this day contend that dark forces were at play determined to bring about a showdown. lend their command be able t

of protests underway in jordan against tax rises in the cost of living right police in the capital amman used tear gas to break up crowds demanding the government's resignation protesters are furious at ministers approving tax rises required by the international monetary fund to reduce the natural de national debt at the start of the one michelle bachelet you know we support our brothers that are going down to the street to protest against new taxes because the people are going through a very tough economic the the problem is not just the tax mo the jordanian citizen right now. his pockets are empty are completely empty. saw the government has to listen. to the sound of the people ask for more polite how local citizens now have no power searching for food put the children daily women and look into the rubbish for food and every day we are surprised by rising prices and new taxes rescuers are looking for survivors from a collapsed building in the kenyan capital nairobi police say two people were killed in the red cross claims four people have been pulled alive from the rubble of the five

the government's decision to raise fuel prices this month the order follows protests in the capital amman against proposed tax increases people say they're worried about the rising cost of living king of the second says he suspended the decision during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the red cross is sending two teams of surgeons as well as medical supplies to gaza to treat people shot by israeli soldiers one hundred fifteen palestinians have been killed and thirteen thousand wounded since border protests began at the end of march the red cross as gaza's health system is on the verge of collapse. imagine some one thousand three hundred fifty people with complex cases will need three to five operations each so per patient a total of more than four thousand surgeries have off which will be carried out by the i.c.r.c. youth. such a case load would overwhelm any health system in the world including in geneva. now nationwide protests have been held in argentina calling for the decriminalize ation of abortion. demands follow months of televise hearings on whether or not turlough woman to term

the protests in the capital amman have been directed towards the government's plans for tax hikes and austerity measures many of those who have come out are young. while the atmosphere at this peaceful protest appeared almost festive at times the frustration is clear. as mud is an actress she says anyone ignoring corruption in society means they are part of the problem head and what i shall be here to save this country so that people drown. many jordanian say the message this crowd is sending must be heard lemme see dman policy there are lead in the country to more death and imposing more taxes will take the country to an unknown path we decided to go to the streets people and youth to put an end to these policies on tuesday king abdullah appointed education minister ahmed eyes us to be the new prime minister and form a government because a former world bank official is considered a leading reformer and his appointment comes. after his predecessor. quit amid the growing anger. the protests began after a monthly announced his plans to raise income taxes by as much as five percent taxes

the duke of cambridge's royal air force plane touched down at amman's marka military airport, where hey, he will attend a birthday party in honour of his grandmother, the queen, at the residence of the british ambassador in amman. prince william will spend two days injordan before leaving for israel. president trump has called for illegal immigrants to be deported immediately from the united states "with no judges or court cases". the president shared this post on social media. he said: "we cannot allow all of these people to invade our country. when somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no judges or court cases, bring them back from where they came. our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and law and order. most children come without parents." he went on: "0ur immigration policy is laughed at all over the world and is very unfair to all those people who have gone through the system legally, and are waiting on line for years! immigration must be based on merit — we need people who will help to make america great again!" chris buckler sent this update from washington.

jordan's prime minister may be forced out after days of anti austerity protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to ask hani a market to resign in a meeting at the royal palace. there's been a large explosion near a polytechnic university in afghanistan at least four people have been killed happened in the capital kabul where many of the country's top clerics were gathering. as the one year anniversary of the blockade of qatar pro-choice efforts in the u.s. to win support president donald trump initially backed the blockade in countries of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain before calling on all sides to resolve the dispute political head looks at the role lobbying has played. the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism it was a shock in washington and across the globe a u.s. president publicly going after cutter a close ally that houses the biggest u.s. base in the middle east siding with the blockading countries. at the time many believe the saudis fawning treatment of him in riyadh played a p

in amman jordan thank you very much for your time a fear of an all out imminent offensive on who day that what would an attack on this port city mean for for the people in yemen and the humanitarian situation in the country. we estimate that if the assaulters seizure through data in fact takes place in a prolonged worst case we could be looking at mass casualties we are also very concerned that the people who are living in the data would be at serious risk from water borne diseases and of course from hunger already who is one of the hardest hit areas being any kind of a military assault is only going to make that situation worse and was the greatest of the conflict urgent steps to protect civilians and ensure that they have the assistance that they need in order to survive and i understand that more than seventy five percent of yemen's population relies on humanitarian aid which comes through who data is there a possibility to divert the aid operations there and perhaps aid workers even to another city or are you looking for perhaps of crow complete pullout of data and the rest of ye

thousands marched in the streets of amman towards the prime minister's residence chanting we are coming it's the fourth night of protests there demanding the resignation of hand over his plans to increase taxes. the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these are our demands and we don't when the next government to implement the same policies either. if the government doesn't respond to want monson it will be a general strike on wednesday just like the one last week we will be calling for the government to step down because we do not want a government pressured by external involvement we need a government that represents the nation government sources now say king abdullah will meet the prime minister on monday where he and other members of jordan's government are expected to submit their resignation. jordan's been under international pressure to cut spending to deal with its thirty seven billion dollars debt that's equivalent to ninety five percent of the country's annual output. it borrowed seven hundred twenty three million dollars from the international monetary fun

this was the capital amman today.y unfairly targets the poor and middle class. it comes after the price of fuel has risen five times since the beginning of the year. electricity bills have shot up 55%. here's a couple of protesters. translation: we will give the government a chance once it is part and then after that, we'll find out what her next employee. if they —— what her next employee. if they —— what our next claim will be. translation: art demands are plane in oz. there are many poor people and many in the middle—class who are affected by this —— are demands are playing an earnest. issam ikirmawi from bbc arabic is in amman. this is the road leading to the prime minister's office further up that hill. as you can see, security forces have started arriving in this place. protesters will be arriving here later on after they break the fast. this is one of the assembly points here in amman for the protesters to come and air their views. thousands of people come here every night and have been doing so since last week

is there i'm joined now via skype by janice tennant luck who is in amman thanks so much for coming on to al-jazeera and now that the prime minister has gone a former world bank economist is the important place is this going to be enough to stop the demonstrations on the streets you think well this alone certainly will be enough jordan has seen protests in the past or the arab spring and prime ministers came and went without substantial changes i think these protesters are aware of that change of personnel is not really a change of policy they want to see concrete steps such as withdraw this income tax law or freestar stared in bushes for the even start considering going back to their homes for the economy is in dire straits at the moment what what what must this new guy in challenge do really if he wants to turn as a story to measures around us not going to slow the economy out. well i think the first thing for most us most important things for him to reach out to these disaffected young jordanians i mean these protesters they're not politically driven this isn't the muslim brotherhoo

armed gunmen roam the streets of the capital amman and jordan's other main cities like in a bit and suck up. palestinian guerrillas no longer restricted themselves to bases in the more inaccessible parts of the country complaints about palestinian access is quickly mad at thirty five be honest about it between one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and one nine hundred seventy one and there were more than thirty thousand cases of lawlessness from the throwing of hand grenades to premeditated murder there were even attacks against his majesty the king all of this was tolerated with tremendous patience by his majesty because i think he felt a certain responsibility for the events of one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. to his dying days he felt it especially the loss of jerusalem. king hussein may have felt for the loss of jerusalem in the west bank in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven but his patience with the palestinians was beginning to wear thin for their part palestinian figures to this day contend that dark forces were at play determined to bring about a showdown. let the comma

protests is in jordan are back on the streets of the capital amman despite the king's efforts to try to end days of unrest he's called for a review of a proposed tax hike that sparked a wave of demonstrations and led to the prime minister's resignation trade unions have called for a general strike on wednesday as mohamad reports. after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region if i give you all motion and then or didn't whatever and it would mean today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or citizens a political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to us citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about pol

in amman thank you thank you yet another flow of molten mud and ash from the volcano in guatemala hasforce emergency teams to abandon the search for survivors they've given up hope of finding anyone else alive after last sunday's eruption which killed at least one hundred people maybe two hundred still missing thousands of homes destroyed serious money out of sanchez reports from the disaster zone. this is one of more than one hundred victims of the eruption. feel it's nearly two kilometers into the sky much of it didn't say yes bill each. time to ski. zero point two sons and two grandchildren died with. in total eleven family members died sissy's may go to see her brother in law her body was one of the last to be recovered. it was the most of medical clinic irruption weatherman in decades nearly two hundred people remain missing more than twelve thousand others lost their homes . twenty one year old lady better king and her two children are adjusting to their new life in a shelter they flagged down a passing car and flew a blue leaving everything behind our door you only ever both of

security forces fired tear gas and blocked main roads near government offices in the capital, amman.s. the protesters say they are angry at new the tax bill. the problem is, it's notjust with tax law, thejordanian citizen right now, his pockets are empty, completely empty. so the government has to listen to the sound of the people. the tax law is very unjust to everybody. thejordanian citizens here, they have no resources, they have nothing. even their food got touched by the government. amman and jordan is one of the most expensive countries in the region and on top of the world too, with no resources. that is unjust to the people ofjordan. let's speak to our arab affairs editor, sebastian usher. you were saying that the government injordan you were saying that the government in jordan have to you were saying that the government injordan have to listen to the sound of anger of the people. are the government going to listen to that? will the king ofjordan listen? the king interviewed on friday, he froze a price hike that was coming in on fuel and would have raised fuel prices by 5%,

thousands marched in the streets of amman towards the prime minister's residence chanting we are coming it's the fourth night of protests there demanding the resignation of hand over his plans to increase taxes. the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these are our demands and we don't when the next government to implement the same policies either . if the government doesn't respond to at manzanar will be a general strike on wednesday just like the one last week who will be calling for the government to step down because we do not want a government pressured by external involvement we need a government that represents the nation government sources now say king abdullah will meet the prime minister on monday where he and other members of jordan's government are expected to submit their resignation. jordan's been under international pressure to cut spending to deal with its thirty seven billion dollars debt that's equivalent to ninety five percent of the country's annual output it borrowed seven hundred twenty three million dollars from the international monetary fund

of humanitarian assistance all of those who fled the country fifty one thousand went to neighboring amman and other forty thousand are in somalia that's a country which already has one point five million internally displaced people followed by saudi arabia which is leading the coalition war effort in yemen along with the beauty ethiopia and sudan a much smaller number have traveled to asian countries like malaysia where they can stay these are free for three months and most yemenis trying to get to europe via libya making them vulnerable to mistreatment and drowning at an albuquerque we saw in craig's report that joins us now on skype from jeju island in south korea thanks very much for speaking to us first of all why did you choose to seek asylum in south korea. basically he. was the only country a bailable for us to go to without a visa and claim asylum because we can go to a few countries in the world without these but they don't accept refugees or they didn't sign the. united nations convention or remittance to accept refugees and stuff. we have but it's i mean we can't go to south ko

employees taxes by as much as five percent would squeeze them financially to the brink the capital amman is ranked as the arab world's most expensive city there's high unemployment and prices of basic goods rocketing jordan's a dependent economy has been struggling with a large influx of syrian refugees arriving in recent years added to this previous financial supporters like the u.a.e. u.s. and saudi arabia have dramatically cut their donations the hashemite kingdom is thirty seven billion dollars in debt that equipment and ninety five percent of its gross domestic product the government secured more than seven hundred million in credit from the international monetary fund three years ago the loan was intended to help growth and lower public debt the i.m.f. also imposed tough fiscal conditions including hikes in general sales tax and inbred subsidies a staple of the poor but opponents warn these measures hurt poor and middle class families analysts say there is a general lack of trust now people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing faces like you know. secon

minister nouri al maliki has resigned after days of protest against planned tax rises in the capital amman king abdullah accepted the resignation after a meeting at the royal palace mark is expected to be replaced by omar results the minister of education at least sixty people have been arrested since demonstrations began on wednesday. at least seven people have been killed in a suicide attack outside carpels polytechnic university in afghanistan more than two thousand religious scholars were meeting there they issued a decree against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's unconditional offer of peace talks more now from jennifer glass who's in kabul. as they were departing that hole which is at the end of a long road and the gates of the polytechnic is there that's when the bomb went off killing seven and injuring nine and just as that bomb has just as we were hearing news of that bomb and we're hearing that there were casualties from that another bomb went off here in kabul it was hidden in a truckload of watermelons it was a magnetic bomb and that injure

intelligence warnings during september nine hundred seventy three of an upcoming arab attack the head of amman israel's military intelligence general. was convinced there was nothing to worry about. saddam's close relationship with the soviets guaranteed a supply of military hardware. at the israelis knew he had been able to obtain the latest generation of attack weapons. without israel's military might outweighed egypt in the balance. but ever since the humiliation of the six day war egyptians had to see their country fight back. as it can she says fawzia as there was a divorce they think feeling of a crisis and they feel there was tension there was disorder including the most three shows and the occupation of to her you square one of them everyone wanted to fight but the regime was accused of failure and therefore so that was heavily criticized that but. well people in the streets agitated for the most powerful constituency of all egypt's more than a million strong army was desperate to show that it could fight and win against the israeli enemy they had to look at every day just two hundred

resignation of prime minister a honey thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of the capital amman late on monday demanding the government scrap its planned tax increases a new prime minister has yet to be named. saudi arabia is issued has issued its first driving licenses to women as it prepares to lift its ban on female drivers later this month the first ten women to receive the permit already held a license issued by another country the move comes as a number of women who campaign for the right to drive remain under arrests. us first lady millennia trump has been filmed in public after a long absence that sparked rumors she had disappeared she was filmed arriving at an event with president trump her first such appearance since early may the white house said mrs trump had been hospitalized to treat a bug nine kidney condition. and an extremely rare dinosaur skeleton has been auctioned off in paris scientists say the one hundred fifty million year old fossil eyes bones may belong to a newly discovered species on earth in the u.s. the skeleton was snapped up by an anonymous art col

protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to. resign in a meeting at the royal palace. anti immigrant sentiment seems to be rising across europe slovenia.

after beating sweden and what was probably the game of the tournament so far we'll hear reaction from amman and saatchi in just a moment but i have a fully in place in studio with me here from the sports desk how though i'm almost in swedish colors this morning you are almost like it was a very close shave it was a very close shave indeed and it was there was no shortage of drama everyone was on the edge of their seats here in germany and of course germany france across the planet of the best thing we need to do is really take a look at all the action that's. javanese started fewer sleeping sweden back right from the start up that can persist in front of goal and select precision and surpassing two hundred twenty courses misplaced bold was directed to sweeter strike all over the top of a man who made no mistake of the sweden had again someone must play and at this point germany were in deep trouble. about it the first goal was my mistake no question but when you play four hundred passes one or two might go astray you need to have the guts to play such a second half after that mistake and wa

protests of a proposed tax hikes continue thousands of demonstrators return to the streets of the capital amman late on monday the protests have forced the prime minister to quit because of the headlines but there stay with us al jazeera world continues next thank you for watching. us mountains that have been home to the nomadic people some to eastern moral center is. no they are facing the reality that their way of life may no longer this is the number of children do not miss instantly want to be no months and increasingly need formal education to make do with the world. it is in her teens and had to have her leg amputated after she was bitten by a snake and had to be taken to hospital in my hackish. her own him at a school in a remote area where girls have a never before had the chance of a formal education. that god that sayed that scene that has. been. all so bored well oh well well. oh all. so. well the war well the war won the war. no one out of. the watch. discovered community and remote location of the tank school mean the pupils have to share every day. funding is a problem for the who

suspended the government's decision to raise fuel prices and the order follows protests in the capital amman against proposed tax increases the demonstrations continued on friday with protesters demanding the government resign the red cross is sending two teens as surgeons as well as medical supplies to gaza to treat people shot by israeli soldiers one hundred fifteen palestinians have been killed and thirteen thousand were wounded ever since the border protests began at the end of march the red cross says girls as health system is on the verge of collapse. they've been nationwide protests in argentina calling for the decriminalization of abortion the demands follow months of televised hearings on whether or not to allow women to terminate pregnancies within the first fourteen weeks a congressional committee is due to vote on the proposed change to the law which both houses of parliament would also have to approve those are the headlines our next hour is next. nineteen forty eight. palestinians that he it is. or the catastrophe. when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. for

nicholas witchell, bbc news, amman.her prize includes $1,500, "a very large trophy" and a flight to new york for her and her owner. there is a ton theme. —— tongue. it was very hot yesterday. the skipper to one of our main stories: —— let's go back to one. as we've been hearing, its decision day for heathrow airport today as mps vote on whether to approve plans for a third runway. it's a project that will create 60,000 jobs and generate an estimated £70 billion in economic benefit. but at what price to the environment and to other parts of the uk? ben is at heathrow to tell us more. morning to you. welcome to heathrow airport, just getting busy today. we are contending with some of the noise and that is what many residents will be contending with. many of them oppose plans for a third runway in heathrow, saying there would he too much noise and more pollution. supporters say that actually the third runway will bring actually the third runway will bring a huge economic benefit and create 60,000 jobs at about £70,000 to t