the office of ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior clerics in shia islam tells us these are crimest should be punished. in iraq today, conservative shia clerics have huge influence. after years of sectarian conflict, they've gained political leverage often with the backing of armed militias. activists say they are pushing women's rights back decades. we spoke to a campaigner who runs a network of women's shelters across iraq. there were laws that protected women, some protection for us in our marriages. it seems that all the things that we gained in decades of hard work of the generation of our mothers were just lost. once the islamic clerics rule, the first loser is the women. to try to understand what's happening, i've come to the courthouse in sadr city. just outside, clerics are conducting marriages and divorces but under islamic law, sharia. he is doing a sharia divorce. it only takes five minutes. divorce under sharia law is easier than under iraqi civil law and leaves women with fewer rights. sharia also allows child marriage. what is the youngest age that you will marry? un

in a statement he said... —— grand ayatollah sistani.ning... and an iraqi government spokesperson told bbc arabic if women don't go to the police against clerics, it is difficult for the authorities to act. but for many young women across iraq, there is no hope of justice. young women across iraq, there is no hope ofjustice. she is still being picked out by a cleric. she feels she has no other choice. the other escape the cleric. she is still traumatised. hello there. already some parts of the country has seen about half a months worth of rain in just a day oi’ months worth of rain in just a day or two. and the outlook is very mixed. it will not be raining all the time however there will be some spells of rain with the ground very wet, there is risk of further flooding. most of the rain we are seeing at the moment at least across southern areas is coming from this conveyor belt, this ribbon of cloud here, very wet air keeping rain going. that will be around throughout the weekend. as far as saturday is concerned, it is mainly raining acr

more of the scenes that we've been seeing over the last couple of days so the words of the grand ayatollah need to will have no more sway over the people and politicians than the prime minister. well that's because the protesters aren't really don't really belong to any one political party or one religious organization so they feel that it's actually the religious organizations the political parties that have let them down a lot of the chanting that you hear suggests that the political parties need to change that they need to they needed to stop corruption a long time ago and things of come to the head this is a generation that's predominantly you know unemployed it's very young the median age of the protesters seem to be around 2021 years old and they have they feel so frustrated at the political system that they've actually lost faith in the rocky government not just the government this in power but in the system of governance there are many thanks indeed i was there is a calm there live in baghdad protestors in hong kong and hit back at carrie lamb's mosque ban thousands marched wearing

he said he was a follower of grand ayatollah ali al—sistani, iraq's most senior shia cleric.at if a child under nine was promised in marriage or temporary marriage, sexual touching was religiously permitted. we approached the ayatollah‘s office to clarify his religious advice on this matter. in a statement he said times had changed, and this had been erased from his current books. to continue our investigation, we've come to the most important site for shia muslims. this is the biggest shia pilgrimage site in the world, tens of millions of pilgrims come here every year. we'd already seen how clerics helped men break the law and even do pleasure marriages with minors. we wanted to see if the religious authorities in this holy city condemned the practise. we've heard about pleasure marriages, muta'a marriages, do you do them here? but in the streets around the shine, some clerics were giving very different advice. this man said he was a member of one of iraq's powerful and well armed shia militias. our reporter pretended he'd met a young girl who was still a virgin. we showed t

with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many i kissed on hopes to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to diffuse rising tensions in the gulf region can will travel to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said big as more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh iran is a neighbor. dies with iran go along way back from saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia's whole process when we have needed well when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue

almost 30 when theer we had story resurfaced, with a ,ideotape now on the internet on of all places ayatollah khomeini's website. whenever i go into an iranian iranianhenever i meet friends, sometimes i will travel abroad, there may be some iranians there. people will say i remember you, you're the one told him x y and the -- and z. a person tells me they use this interview as an example of the mixture of the use of language and culture to make a very strong point. this was a small triumph. i did not save the world, i did not solve the hostage crisis. there are certain rules of and to violate those, go against those violates rules of of years of human interaction. about that story i still get some satisfaction from it. >> next sunday, november 3, getting at eight: eam, we will .e live with a former hostage are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> we learned about his role in turning toledo into the glass city. ms. wright: toledo is known as the class capital of the world because from that one company that came here in 1888, the libbey glass company, came all o

with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many. times to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region congo traveled to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon said baker has more from tehran. pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran concept today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh their own is a neighbor of. toys with iran go along way back. so the ruby. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we fe

have reached a conclusion that the road is blocked and that the political parties have failed the ayatollah is now playing a fatherly role but he might not be able to influence the protestors. in baghdad there are checkpoints every few 100 meters and mobile patrols drive through empty streets despite the curfew protesters continue to gather not just hit but across the country will began as protests concerning jobs and opportunities has grown into resentment at what's seen as heavy handed tactics from iraq security forces the protesters say the more people that die the more people will come out on to the streets and wrong how does their baghdad. well the news and protesters in hong kong appear to be defying a ban on wearing face masks which is now in effect groups of demonstrators who come out in parts of the city setting up fiery blockades in the streets hours after the announcement of this facemask ban by chief executive kerry lam she earlier invoked to colonial era law which gives her greater freedom to clamp down on the increasingly violent protests crecy movements hong kong it's not in

have reached a conclusion that the road is blocked and that the political parties have failed the ayatollah is now playing a fatherly role but he might not be able to influence the protesters. in baghdad there are checkpoints every few 100 meters and mobile patrols drive through empty streets despite the curfew protesters continue to gather not just here but across the country and we can speak now to iran in baghdad say iran those appeals for calm across the country don't appear to be working and parliament is going to hold an emergency session on saturday that's absolutely right in fact in the last 5 minutes tech risk which is just about half a kilometer that way i've been hearing gunshots ring out not just in that direction but across baghdad from where i'm standing now the emergency session of parliament as you say takes place on saturday what they're going to be discussing remains to be seen already one of the major political blocs has actually decided not to take part in the session because they say there isn't a clear agenda now all of these appeals for calm haven't worked there are p

the ayatollah would lead mobs chanting, death to america. history teaches us, when somebody tells you they want to kill you, you should believe them. the deal on its face would have led inexorably to a nuclear iran. it was designed to be unenforceable. on the face of the deal, numerous sites were deemed exempt from inspections. military sites were deemed exempt from expections, which, of course, means that's naturally where the iranian regime would engage in additional nuclear research. it also required 21 days advance notice to the regime before any inspection a provision certain , to encourage cheating. and, indeed, in some circumstances, the agreement provided that iran would inspect provision so laughable that the only consequence of the deal is that iran would acquire nuclear weapons. we now know thanks to israel's heroic work, seizing iranian records, that iran has cheated from day one and continues to cheat, and the only question is, is iran better off with $150 billion or without $150 billion? and i believe pulling out of the obama-i

the deal, the ayatollah would lead mobs in chanting, death to america. and history teaches us, when someone tells you, they want to kill you, we should believe them. the deal on its face would have led to a nuclear iran. it was designed to be utterly unenforceable. on the face of the deal, numerous sites were deemed exempt from inspections. military sites were deemed exempt from inspections, which, of course, means that's naturally where the iranian regime would engage in additional nuclear research. it also required 21 days' advance notice to the regime before any inspection. a provision certain to encourage cheating. indeed, in some circumstances, the agreement provided that iran would inspect itself a provision so laughably weak, the only consequence of the iran deal that would have occurred is that iran would acquire nuclear weapons. we now know thanks to israel's heroic work seizing iranian records, that iran has cheated from day one and continues to cheat. and the only question is, is iran better off with $150 billion or without $150 billion. and i

is being dismissed completely by the protesters they actually take grand ayatollah ali sistani much more seriously than they take in the lobby and that's a significant challenge to his leadership many thanks i was there as imran khan there live in baghdad this is the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program cameroon's president attempts to reassure separatists in english speaking regions but a report on why it may not be enough. 2 years on from the last very good hotel shootings which only $1800.00 is on the way for the reeves families and in sport but just united find the going tough again in the europa league soccer here with all the details on a. leading democrats of the u.s. are accusing president donald trump of breaching his oath of office after asking ukraine to investigate his political rival trump's now called on china to do the same the request to ukraine's president in july is already triggered an impeachment inquiry and white house correspondent kimberly health reports now from washington.

televised speech through one of his representatives of the country's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani has urged the government to listen to the protesters demands. so let's get more on this from german the iraqi journalist. who's in the studio in bonn welcome who's organizing these protests. that is a problem actually there is no organizer this is a spontaneous movement that came into life after the situation deteriorated we have to remember what the prime minister did in the last 2 months he was a planet to remove those excesses of vendettas over the streets on the sidewalks and that deprived many young people of their chances to work their jobs their only jobs for our vendors the problem in iraq nothing after the age of easy this is that many people many young people had chances to work as contract ups to fight is this now they don't have the chance and they have to face their life and the prime minister on his side the stock is trying to reconstruct the country to reorganize order in the country which deprived they are people from their chances to live that started. a p

grand ayatollah ali al sistani said in a letter read out by his representative. and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is to late. in the holy city of najaf in southern iraq mourners for one of the protesters who died a child there's no god but a lot of shade with he was martyred in a protest he was calling for the rights of the people he was 23 years old. the protest similar to others earlier this year aimed at government corruption the lack of jobs and basic services as well as religious discrimination the pollen says it's listening to protest system a and will hold an emergency session on saturday the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young and often unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger into violence a lot of the protesters have reached a conclusion that the road is blo

government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what characterizes these latest. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests are different because they were leaderless they seemingly came out of nowhere and they were spontaneous reaction from a lot of young people people who don't remember saddam hussein don't remember who barely remember the invasion and occupation by the us of iraq who actually were and when you speak to the military bluntly what they do remember is you know government corruption not having any opportunities lack of jobs education i mean those people are lucky enough to go through and get their education they s

grand ayatollah ali al sistani said in a letter read out by his representative. now and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is to late. in the holy city of najaf in southern iraq mourners for one of the protesters who died a child there's no god but a lot of shade when he was martyred in a protest he was calling for the rights of the people he was 23 years old. the protest similar to others earlier this year aimed at government corruption the lack of jobs and basic services as well as religious discrimination the pollen says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday at. the age of the protesters surprised many in iraq but with a young and often unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger into violence a lot of the protesters have reached a conclusion that the road is b

government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just question is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what surprises. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a different because they were leaderless they seemingly came out of nowhere and they were spontaneous reaction from a lot of young people people who don't remember saddam hussein don't remember who barely remember the invasion and occupation by the us of iraq who actually were and when you speak to the military bluntly what they do remember is you know government corruption not having any opportunities lack of jobs education and even those people lucky enough to go through and get their education they say

arabia and iran conason tehran where he's met iran's president haasan rouhani and supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini pakistan wants to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is that next. the united arab emirates is reportedly running a campaign to get al-jazeera registered as a foreign agent in the u.s. effectively restricting its operations in the country so is media freedom of risk and what are the limits to political lobbying this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dobby shutting down al-jazeera network who was one of the main demands of the blockade in countries when they cut off diplomatic relations with cats are more than 2 years ago now the united arab emirates is reportedly running a lobbying campaign in washington to get the u.s. government to force the network to register as a foreign agent that would in effect brand it as a government tool a plane al-jazeera strongly denies and could restrict its operations in the united states the news age

are defying the curfew so to step up to moments with iraq's highest religious authority the grand ayatollah sistani has a huge purchases and secure she's not to use violence. and. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late of headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong an hour ago chief executive carol lam said the ban was designed to deter people from demonstrating but it's had little impact so far with people lighting fires and blockading roads ukraine's top prosecutor says he will re-examine criminal cases including the company at the center of donald trump's impeachment inquiry it comes as the u.s. state department is facing a deadline set by the house intelligence committee to hand over all documents in the case israeli soldiers have opened fire on protesters in gaza killing one of them and injuring at least 18 others the

government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollahli sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just question is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a different because they were leaderless they seemingly came out of nowhere and they were spontaneous reaction from a lot of young people people who don't remember saddam hussein don't remember who barely remember the invasion and occupation by the us of iraq who actually were and when you speak to the military bluntly what they do remember is you know government corruption not having any opportunities lack of jobs education and even those people lucky enough to go to and get their education they say well what's the

government and it's building very very slowly you know i need to we have the senior muslim cleric ayatollah ali sistani but we also have 3 major political blocs in iraq calling for new elections we have the speaker of the parliament. also talking about elections but certainly putting pressure on the government before we start i just caution is something that i want to check in with you about that as we have covered we have seen protests in iraq before what surprises. well for the 1st time. many of the journalists i speak to many of the political analysts of soon to say that these protests a different because they were leaderless they seemingly came out of nowhere and they were spontaneous reaction from a lot of young people people who don't remember saddam hussein don't remember who barely remember the invasion and occupation by the u.s. of iraq who actually were armed when you speak to the military bluntly what they do remember is you know government corruption not having any opportunities lack of jobs education i mean those people are lucky enough to go through and get their education the

i cannot return to the ayatollah but i care about the country. and i have the anxious love of a father for my son or now my children. also for my daughter. [laughter] [applause] but if i talk about the world they will inherit it is slightly aspirational immigrant but nevertheless i feel anxiety and anxious about the culture and the ideological issues with these more exotic ideas five years ago people would have thought were non- sensible. and the broader breakdown lengthy opioid crisis that young men stay home and play video games. so that this leads to a strategic disagreementsa with my sense of how deep the crisis goes so when i see certain events when children are interacting i don't see that as the blessings of liberties that our founders had in mind but that they carefully distinguish from liberty and that is a section how deep the crisis goes also disagreements of how to move forward or that consensus the conservative has failed. to reasons mainly the battleground hasft shifted and conservativism has not kept up in for two generations both

have reached a conclusion that the road is blocked and that the political parties have failed the ayatollah is now playing a fatherly role but he might not be able to influence the protestors. in baghdad there are checkpoints every few 100 meters and mobile patrols drive through empty streets despite the curfew protesters continue together not just here but across the country. was iran cannot reporting from baghdad well in our all the headlines this hour protesters in hong kong have been defying a ban on face mosques which is now in effect groups of mosques demonstrators have come out in parts of the city vandalizing subway stations and setting fire to the streets protest as angry at chief executive kerry lamb's use of a colonial era law to enforce the ban and gain greater freedom to clamp down on the pro-democracy protests well u.s. president donald trump says he won't cooperate with an impeachment inquiry until the house of representatives has voted to approve the investigation white house is facing a deadline to turn over documents to congress all democrats want they will issue subpoenas

the ayatollah is playing a fatherly role but he might not be able to influence the protesters.orter: in baghdad, there are checkpoints every few hundred meters and mobile patrols through empty streets. dedespite the curfew, protesters continue together not just here but across the country. what began as protests concerning jobs and opportunities has grown into resentment at what seems as heavy-handed tactics from iraq's security forces. the protesters say the more people that died, the more people that will come out on the streets. anchor: for more on this, we want to speak to ben, the editor in chief of the iraq oil report. joining us from new york. if people were willing to take to the streets in defiance of a curfew, what is likely to happen when that curfew is lifted in the coming hours? ben: anybody who tries to protect what's going to happen in iraq is either a charlatan or a full -- fool so i will not venture too far and wondering. anchor: it was likely the protests were continuing in recent days? ben: absolutely. the trend seems to be the protests are intensifying and c

sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. and that we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think says of violence before the student . the government says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political blocs also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days other political blocks of boycotts at the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda it can implement. the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with the young unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising the frustration has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they will they will continue i think one question is whether they are brain celebrations or professions

we received is response from cleric.ay bothhey are followers of grand ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islam. we put our findings to his office, which released the following statement, "if these thetices are happenin way you are saying, then weem condemn nreservedly. temporary marriage is not allowed to sell sex in a way humanity of women. dignity and countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vuln as long as theeligious clerics operate with impunity, they will aqntinue to be victims of's secret sex trade. laura: les shattered by that abuse. america." watching "bbd news still to come on tonight's program, the quiet man in the white use. we look at the role mike pence plays in the turbulent trump administration. laur scotland has become the first nation in theak u.k. to it a criminal offense for rents to smack their children. across the rest of the u.k., parents are still allowed to use what is called reasonable physical force. smacking has been outlawed in many cntries around the world, but it remains a controversial issue even in scotland, with

ofth say they are follower grand ayatollah sistani, one of th smor we put our findings to his office, which released the following statement, "if these practices are happening in the way you ppe saying, then we condemn th unreservedly. temporary marriage is not allowed to sell sex in that belittles the dignity and humanity of women." countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. laura: lives shattered by that abuse. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonig's program, the quiet man in the white house. k we looat thee rke pence plays in the turbulent trump administration. laura: scotland has become the first nation in the u.k. to ml e it a crimifense for parents to smack their children. across the rest of theac u.k., parents are still allowed to use what is called reasonable physical force. smacking has been outlawed in many countries around the world, but it remains a controversial issue even in scotland,

have reached a conclusion that the road is blocked and that the political parties have failed the ayatollah is now playing a fatherly role but he might not be able to influence the protestors. in baghdad there are checkpoints every few 100 meters and mobile patrols drive through empty streets despite the curfew protesters continue to gather not just head but across the country. to other news in the u.s. justice department is facing a deadline to hand over all information about a whistleblower complained that sparked an impeachment inquiry the house intelligence committee conducting the inquiry donald trump says he wants all the material by friday comes as ukraine's new top prosecutor says he is going to review 15 cases handled by his predecessors and it includes the criminal case involving a natural gas company that employed the son all former u.s. vice president joe biden meanwhile house investigators have released several text messages these are between state department officials and they are about withholding aid to ukraine former special u.s. envoy to ukraine could vocal handed over the

iraq's most senior shiite cleric ayatollah sistani has condemnedn the violence ld to protests over corruptionjoblessness, and poor public servic. he criticized security forces and demonsators. at least 44 people have been killed across the country during ur days of unrest.four hong kong's public transport system was suspended for the first time tonight to try to quell increasing violence pro-democracy demonstrationsce taking p people are banned from wearing maats while protesting, but did not stop thousands from showing up on the streets again. rupert wingfield-hayes reports from hong kong. rupert: hong kong's chief executive made her whole cabinet stand with her to face the cameras together, visually dramatic steshe was about toe take. ms. lam: we believe the new law will create a deterrent effect against masked rioters, and will assispolice in law forcement. the objective of this regulation is to end violence a restore order, and i believe this is now the broad consensus ofleong kong pe rupert: that is certainly not what it looked like on the streets outside. hong kong's central business di

country well the leading cleric in iraq has joined calls for calm through his representative grand ayatollah sistani warned the violence could tip iraq into chaos but that's another talk on the we call them protesters and security forces alike to fully abide by the peaceful nature of the demonstrations and not let them slide into violent acts of riot and havoc let's bring in a touch of the name she's joining us from to how do you do square that's really the epicenter of the protests on a talk show on friday was very much deadly what are you hearing and seeing today. there are. definitely deadly the last death toll we have from the iraqi human rights commission is 42 iraqis across the country were killed in protests that began on friday there is a sit in i don't know if you can see the tents behind me here in tahrir square in baghdad overnight several 100 people probably maximum spent the night here in the square and they say they will to stun grenades and tear gas they say that they were not part of the contingent of people who have been attempting to the return of barrier leading to a bridg

the office of ayatollah sistani, one of the most senior clerics in shia islam tells us these are crimesave huge influence. after years of sectarian conflict, they've gained political leverage often with the backing of armed militias. activists say they are pushing women's rights back decades. we spoke to a campaigner who runs a network of women's shelters across iraq. there were laws that protected women, some protection for us in our marriages. it seems that all the things that we gained in decades of hard work of the generation of our mothers were just lost. once the islamic clerics rule, the first loser is the women. to try to understand what's happening, i've come to the courthouse in sadr city. just outside, clerics are conducting marriages and divorces but under islamic law, sharia. he is doing a sharia divorce. it only takes five minutes.

now in the last hour we've been hearing from the highest shia muslim cleric in the country grand ayatollah ali sistani he's been speaking through his spokesman after friday prayer and he's been delivering a message to the protesters saying he sympathizes with the protest movement you understand why they're out on the streets but he is very worried that there could be an escalation let's take a look at one of the things he had to say now. we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late. now the question is will any of the protesters actually listen to this very influential the highest authority muslim in the country or whether they will simply carry on with their protest movement the government is certainly hoping that this might quo things showing sympathy and saying that they need to corrupt tackle corruption may well quote things let's see what happens in the coming days imran

peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think says of violence before it is too late. the government says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days. other political blocs of boycotts of the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda they can implement therefore they crawl into a crisis that. the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising that frustration has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they wi

peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think cecille violence before it is still a tz. the government says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days other political blocks of boycotts of the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda it can implement therefore the crisis that. the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising the frustration. it has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they will they wil

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamwing statement... countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. a painting by the mysterious british street artist banksy has sold for a record amount for one of his works. gareth barlow has more. the uk parliament, but not as you know it. cheering politicians replaced by a troop of chimpanzees, howling instead of hear, hear. painted a decade ago, the artwork could be considered particularly pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. pertinent in an increasingly polarised politicalworld. this pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. this is one of our oldest democracies, and within it we see the regression towards tribal, animalistic behaviour, that regardless of which side you stand on the brexit debate, there is no question that over the last few weeks we've seen incre

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corruption in a televised speech they'll want the representatives of iraq's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani the governments to listen to the protesters demands. joining me on the line from baghdad is journalist john davis and john what is the situation like there on the streets today have there been no protests. no protests to going to the aristide or earlier in the day they were refused throughout the day clashes with police firing bullets the protesters took it out it seems rescuer to be carried off to the speech. very. good at least want to people are free to chill the seafaring. which is ready to be stopped in the streets particular to the last through last through there is a special report 24 hours. and jump the line is a bit bullet to bandung but let me just try one more question and see if it's any better tell us about the kind of people who are coming out on the streets one of the calling for. well you did not i mean the story job. is to run an enterprise server to the modern servers are not american it's a little. political. experience of the governments and the current

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamce, which released the following statement. countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: criminal damage and red faces — the environmental protest that failed to hit the mark. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, a

i was told so many times american sanctions alone won't work you should ask the ayatollah if the statement is produce. britain, france, germany released a statement saying they believed it was clear quote clear to us that iran bears responsibility for this attack and that the time has come for iran to accept negotiation on long term framework for its nuclear program. that's a very different position than they were in before american diplomacy began to put pressure on the islamic iran and its regime. [ applause ] the world is learning too that iran responds to strength not supplica toirch n. look how president trump changed the conversation on china or consider the numerous instance of american principles returning to multiple lateral bodies thanks to this administration. we put together enormous coalition. i'm incredibly proud of the foreign service of the state department. called the lima group. restoring democracy to venezuela. 50 plus countries recognize juan guaido as the leader of venezuela. this was solid, diplomatic work, hard fought and done with the american state department. we c

peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think cecille violence before it is still a tz. the government says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days other political blocks of boycotts at the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda ok implement. the crisis. the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with a young unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising the frustration has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they will they will continue i think one

corruption in a televised speech to one of his representatives iraq's most influential shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani has urged the government to listen to the protesters demands. that's been our bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world british prime minister boris johnson plans to break the bratz a deadlock has been rejected by e.u. lawmakers the european parliament's vegs of group says it cannot accept. border arrangements on between the public and northern ireland the times newspaper says brussels has given johnson to be a better offer. in france prosecutors have opened a murder. investigation after police employees stabbed 4 colleagues to death at paris's police headquarters official said there is no indication of a terrorist motive or that he had been radicalized the attacker was an i.t. employee of the police department. to greece now where the arrival of refugees has risen sharply the un refugee agency says more than 10000 people mostly afghans and syrians landed on the greek islands in september by the way off turkey a one woman was killed and 17 p

i was told so many times american sanctions alone what work you should ask the ayatollah that statements true. after the regime oil facilities britain, france, germany, they released a statement and said that they believed it was clear " that iran bears responsibility for this attack and that the time has come for iran to accept negotiation on a long-term framework for its nuclear program. that's a very different position than they were in before american diplomacy began to put pressure on islamic republic and its kleptocratic regime. [applause] the world is learning that iran responds to strength, not supplication. iran is only one chapter in the story. look at the way president trump has changed the global conversation on china. or consider the new interest of american principles returning to multilateral bodies. we put together an enormous coalition i'm incredibly proud of the foreign service officers of the state department. put together a coalition called the lehman group dedicating themselves through showing democracy develops. this was done with the Ãof the american state departm

both say they're followers of grand ayatollah al—sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islamoffice, which released the following statement... countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. as long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraq's secret sex trade. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, iraq. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we report from a region in the philippines hit by one of the worst dengue fever outbreaks in years. also on the programme: we will look at how japan is catching rugby fever, as the brave blossoms make their mark at the world cup. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic ch

demonstrators a defined curfews to step up their demands iraq's highest religious of thor he the grand ayatollah ali sistani has urged purchases and security forces not to use violence his representative read out his appeal. now and. we hope that the voices of reason logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late and the headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong about half an hour ago chief executive of the band is designed to deter people from demonstration but as you see it has had little impact so far people lighting fires and blockading roads. ukraine's top prosecutor says he will reexamined criminal cases including a company at the center of donald trump's impeachment inquiry that says the u.s. state department is facing a deadline set by the house intelligence committee conducting the inquiry to hand over all documents in the case. a former colleague of the slain sa

you should ask the ayatollah if that statement is true. and after the regime bombed saudi oil facilities, britain, france, germany, released a statement, they believed it was clear, quote, clear to us that iran bears responsibility for this attack, and that the time has come for iran to accept negotiations on a long term framework for its nuclear program. that was a different position they were in before american diplomacy began to put pressure on the islamic republic, iran and it's kleptocratic regime. [applause] the world is learning, too, that iran responds to strengths and not supplication. iran is only one chapter in the story. look at the way president trump has changed the global conversation on china or consider the numerous instances strategy of this administration. we put together enormous coalition, i'm incredibly proud of the foreign service officers of the state department, put together a coalition, i'll call it the lima group, restoring democracy to venezuela. 50 plus countries acknowledge guaido as the leader of the venezuel

and the ayatollah regime in iran and they can see that every movement in the streets of iraq lebanon or syria to be a western conspiracy where the west may be supportive of some of those movements but those are also authentic lebanese iraqi syrian movement people arabs of all sorts of from all over from iraq demanding economic and social justice of 0 as a senior political analyst mo and bashara live in london now and many thanks indeed joining us now on the line from beirut summit out of the director of the levant institute for the street to for strategic of us. your thoughts on what you heard prime minister hariri saying and about his resignation. per hour i think the referred to a big victory for the folks at the for the 1st bomb but for them to salute the troops and that unarmed can impose their way and prove the war party through to our bodies by their ready to go and this new blood vessel and who covers all turned to the door for it solution. and none that ignition was blocking and so you should leave. the country isn't that a critical economic situation. that statement. the b g

peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late . the government says it's listening. the protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days other political blocks of boycotts at the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda it can implement. the crisis that. the age of the protesters has surprised many in iraq but with the young unemployed generation it's perhaps unsurprising the frustration has turned to anger and anger and violence the trend seems to be that the protests are intensifying and and certainly they will they will continue i