this is day 8 of the news live from baghdad lebanon's prime minister says he's reached a dead end and announces his resignation assad out there really delivered the news in response to almost 2 weeks of protests that are paralyzed the country but will this be enough to satisfy the demonstrators also on the program russia and turkey cease fire is ne in syria expires because it's milicic militias have been given until today to leave the area along the turkish border. countries which opposition leader gerry colvin backs prime ministers.

baghdad now to lebanon where anti-government protests there have been unfolding in the capital and we have seen demonstrators clashing with supporters of hezbollah riot police were brought in to try to diffuse the situation a political movement as part of prime minister saad al hereis coalition government has been leader hassan nasrallah says the fall of the government could lead to civil war hundreds of thousands of people across the country been rallying against the government for the past 9 days stephanie decker has more now from beirut. it's the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of men who supported hezbollah enter the square in front of me government not as we're just a couple 100 meters away from here they started throwing stones sticks of the word injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared the police on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number just the matter the political parties will start to set their back down to the streets to make

they are seeing with having other countries, do you think those those connections between baghdad and lebanonre was a very heavy novelty factor. i think the things which are held in common between now and 2011 of the same kind of grievances. the same demographic factors, the fact that 60% of the population of the region is under the age of 30. more in some places. and those are people who do not feel satisfied with the system the way it is now. they feel excluded and feel the national cake is certainly not big enough and particularly angry about corruption. in iraq at the moment which is one of the most corrupt countries in the world by most measures that the big issue and lebanon as well which is not quite as bad but pretty bad, in terms of corruption people are also concerned about that. and you can find the article of his by the bbc news app and bbc news website. the uk's upcoming general election won'tjust change the make—up of the parties in parliament, but the make—up of mps within those parties. in the past couple of hours the culture secretary nicky morgan tweeted this. "for the first

baghdad anti-government protesters in lebanon's capital have been clashing with supporters of hezbollah riot police are brought in to try and calm the situation political movement as part of prime minister. coalition government as paul a leader hassan nasrallah says the fall of the government could lead to civil war hundreds of thousands of people across the country been rallying against the government for the past 9 days stephanie deca has more now from beirut. it's the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of madness supported hezbollah enter the square in front of the government not as we're just a couple 100 meters away from here they started throwing stones and sticks in the word injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared the police on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number just the matter the political parties will start to set their back down to the streets to make trouble now and has distanced themselves with these bad we have heard from so

ok natasha we'll leave it there for now thank you for that update from baghdad where protests in lebanoncontinuing despite president pledged to crack down on corruption many have rejected his call for dialogue demanding the entire government's resignation before any talks take place hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for. the pentagon is sending u.s. troops into syria 2 weeks after donald trump called for all american troops to be withdrawn the pentagon says the additional forces will help protect syrian oil fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters the us president has been widely criticized for abandoning kurdish allies by withdrawing from syria completely trump says it's not america's fight salumi has more from washington. president trump justified his decision to bring u.s. troops home and allow turkish forces into northeastern syria to attack critical allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u.s. troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the united states not just from democrats but from some of his staunchest republican allies

baghdad. well protests in lebanon are continuing despite president's mission pledge to crack down on corruption many have rejected his call for a dialogue demanding the entire government's resignation before any talks take place hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for 9 straight days the pentagon says it's sending more military into syria 2 weeks after u.s. president donald trump called her all troops to be withdrawn the defense department says they'll help protect syrian oil fields from falling into the hands of isis fighters trump has been trying to fulfill his promise to leave the country completely saying it's not america's fights criticism lummi has more from washington president trump justified his decision to bring u.s. troops home and allow turkish forces into northeastern syria to attack kurdish allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u.s. troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the united states not just from democrats but from some of his staunchest republican allies including people like senator lindsey graham who has stood by the president

7 people have died several 100 more injured during demonstrations in baghdad and across the country there have been clashes in lebanon where hezbollah supporters and anti-government protesters the scuffles prompted ride police to intervene hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for the past 9 days indonesia's transport safety or forward he says boeing is popping to blame for the lion air crash a year ago all 189 people on board were killed when the boeing 737 max plunged into the sea. a cal ball mintel the northeast in syria has killed at least one person and left dozens injured it's the 3rd attack in the area in 3 days that comes as the u.s. is sending its troops back to syria to help protect oil fields from falling back into the hands of isis or fighters some of the job that has the latest now from sound there near the turkish syrian border. there's been more fighting in northern syria forces loyal to the syrian democratic forces the kurdish fighters are saying that turkish forces backed by turkey as well as arab fighters on the ground have been attacking their positions something that's been denie

we call on them to step down.dr >> wf: later, authorities declared a curfew in baghdad from midnight to 6:00 a.m. lebanon a 12th day of demonstrations, targeting political elites accused of corruption. some protesters slept on the streets in beirut after hearing that troops might try to reopen main roads. they insisted they will continue to block those roads until the government steps down. hong kong has now plunged into a recession, after five months of anti-government protests. the territory's financial t secretary says the unress new clashes broke out sunday when demonstrators again confront police. some set fire to a rail station. sed tear gas and rubber bullets. britain's request to delay its exit from the bloc for another three months to january . iteame three days before th current deadline october 31. but, prime minister boris johnson told parliament the delay was "unwanted" and he called for an early election to break the "brexit" deadlock. >> without that hard stop of an election, without that moment of truth, the electorate will, i'm afraid, have a sense that they are all, we're all like charl

arwa damon reporting on the frustration that continues on the streets of baghdad and several other cities in iraq. >> in lebanonities are bracing for what could be more demonstrations. this is what it looked like last sunday when protests flared up in beirut, lebanon. thousands took to the streets over jobs and lack of employment opportunities, the same theme we are hearing in iraq. they recently declared an economic state of emergency because of the problems. it also implemented austerity budget with cutbacks aimed at bringing down its debt. >> the first nuclear talks in months between the united states and north korea broke down at least for now. the two sides met in sweden for eight hours before working-level meetings were suspended. north korea says it happened because the u.s. came to the table empty handed. paula hancocks reports american officials have a different take on that. >> reporter: working-level talks between the u.s. and north korea ended in stockholm, sweden. both sides are painting different pictures of what happened there. the u.s. said the two sides had a, quote, good discussion. the north

baghdad on the brink. the latest from the protest movements in lebanon and iran.linical trialstened thein effectiveness of medical research. an latest pick for the now read this book club. adam winkler's "we the corporations." julian castr made his debut on the national stage in 2012 when he delivered the keynote aress at the democratic national convention as the mayor of san antonio, texas. he later joined the obama administ housing and urban development. today, he is one of 17emocrats vying to win his'partys presidential nomination. joining us from his hometown of san antonio, julian castro. welcome to the newshour. >> great to be with you. i want to start with a question i have and asking all th candidates.why you? why are you and a better position? why are you more qualified than everyone else to be the democratic nominee? >> that is a great question and probably the question that those ofams on theign trail get asked the most. look, i think people are lookigs for three thhis year. number one they want someone with the right experience to be they want someone

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and ethnic divides up today gathered once again in the capital baghdad as well as in other cities across the country. well as with lebanon people there in iraq are furious at that political class. four weeks a process that results in the deaths of more than two hundred and fifty people one hundred of them this week alone observers say that if anything those taking part of the purchase all upping the ante we got some news- justin in fact from baghdad. security officials say that two rockets have beenn fired into the green zone that in a backed up as a reported t to have been killed.s two rockets. hit that area will front street possibly trigger has this report for us now on the situation in iraq. iraq's protests have grown to the largest yet tens of thousand strong. and there were those who are doing their bestt to support the crowds including with makeshift medical stations like this one in the margins of the often deadly demonstrations against corruption poverty and unemployment. but i don't i don't think i. we gather than this tends to treat protesters affected by tear gas. there are lots of people coming together to d

baghdad. in other news the defying pleas from their leaders protest as in lebanon are still out in full force for a twelfth consecutive day today and set up barricades coming off major highways the protesting gets corruption and according to a radical overhaul of the fat country sectarian political system. meanwhile the head of the lebanese central bank says of the country is teetering on the brink of economic collapse from city fools jewel a meal jenny has this report. a different shoes but the same message at the start of the working week in lebanon. these protesters one change starting with the government new road blocks was set up across the country on monday as demonstrates is look to maintain the pressure builds up over the last fortnight. the moans becoming more focused dozens gathered outside the country central bank. to call for the resignation of the bank's governor they had someone. the location where the corruption and. the symbolism of this location. goals against government corruption and economic instability have remained largely peaceful since the descent began twelve days ago

our rights and we thank you for that update from baghdad we'll leave it there for now thanks to touch on. protests in lebanon are continuing despite president michel olens pledge to crack down on corruption many have rejected his call for a dialogue demanding the entire government's resignation before any talks take place hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for 9 straight days. the pentagon is sending u.s. troops into syria 2 weeks after and donald trump called for all american troops to be withdrawn the pentagon says the additional forces will help protect syrian oil fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters u.s. president has been widely criticized for abandoning kurdish allies by withdrawing from syria completely trump says it's not america's fights chris salumi has more from washington president trump justified his decision to bring u.s. troops home and allow turkish forces into northeastern syria to attack kurdish allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u.s. troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the united states not just from democrats but from

baghdad . plans to reopen schools and universities in lebanon have been cancelled as anti government protesters continue their sit ins in parts of the capital protesters have been blocking roads in and around beirut they're calling for political leaders to go prime minister saddle how do you equate on tuesday but he's been asked by the president to stay on as temporary caretaker until a new government is formed so to hold it has more from beirut. what happened yesterday was that daily life really was returning to normal schools universities were supposed to open today protesters left the streets after the prime minister sato heidi announced his resignation but the protest movement was hoping that his resignation will be followed by a decision to create a new government a new government made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any political party in order to carry out much needed reforms and instead the ruling coalition remains stubborn they continue to cling on to power so that is one of the reasons why they returned to the streets but as you can see behind the security presenc

been killed and several 100 have been injured during demonstrations in baghdad and across the country there been clashes in lebanon between hezbollah supporters and anti-government protesters in beirut the scuffles prompted rod police to intervene to try to diffuse the situation. and tenacious transport safety authority says boeing is partly to blame for the lion air crash a year ago 189 people on board were killed when the boeing 737 max plunged into the sea. a car bomb in the northeast in syria has killed at least one person and left dozens injured it's the 3rd attack in the area in 3 days it comes as the u.s. is sending its troops back to syria to help protect the oil fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters osama bin job that has the latest from sean orphan near the turkish syrian border. there's been more fighting in northern syria forces loyal to the syrian democratic forces the kurdish fighters are saying that turkish forces backed by turkey as well as arab fighters on the ground have been attacking their positions something that's been denied by turkey turkey saying 5 of its soldiers have b

baghdad and across the country. there have been clashes in lebanon between hizbollah supporters and anti-government protesters the scufflested riot police to divvying hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating for the past not. indonesia's transport fuel authority says boeing is partly to blame for the lion a crash a year ago all 189 people on board were killed when the boeing 737 max plunged into the sea. a protest is taking place outside the headquarters of the united nations mission in libya the demonstrators in tripoli are accusing the u.n. of collaborating with warlord who leaf i hafta dozens of civilians have been killed since april when have launched an offensive to try to seize the capital from the internationally recognized government with up to well why it has more from tripoli . this protest has been going on here every friday in this martyr square the main square in the capital every friday for the past 6 months since have status of forces launching the military campaign to seize the capital tripoli back in a today's protest is demanding 1st and foremost that immediate removal of the. united natio

efforts this is in lebanon this is just to the south of beirut so the winds a fight against at times articles very low humidity and still some fairly high temperatures elsewhere say 36 in baghdad23 celsius in kabul the time of his own quite as high as they were into beirut 28 degrees celsius but as a side not really helping those fog but low clouds and he's pushing through the eastern end of the trading as we head off into friday now further to the south across the peninsula the temperatures have definitely been coming down the humidity is also beginning to show signs of dropping but we've got plenty of moisture along these coastal areas in the south just pushing into those coastal areas of yemen and then again into the southwest as we head on into friday time did not see about those 35 in riyadh and the same across in whole southern africa is pretty woman. in the 4 calls for the next couple of days and about a cat just sitting off the coast of cape town east of madagascar and another warm day as a science friday again johannesburg a. tunnel to 0. they don't believe in the 2 states do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i said was that pakistan would ne

overnight raid in north western syria from says baghdad he detonated a suicide vest after being cornered in a tunnel tens of thousands of people in lebanon have formed a human chain to demand the resignation of the government protesters joined hands for 170 kilometers across the length of the country to present a unified front. the polls have closed in argentina's presidential election center left candidate this is widely expected to oust conservative incumbent. growing frustration over the country's economic crisis. ok more now on our top story the death of isolated by diety in a u.s. raid in northern syria in the iraqi capital baghdad she's been gauging reaction to use this. iraqis will contend with the psychological trauma caused by baghdadi and i saw for a generation whether it was being displaced from their homes losing a loved one being injured raped or simply living in fear you'd be hard pressed to find an iraqi family not affected by isolated reign of terror in iraq with the news that al baghdadi is dead you can pretty much be guaranteed that most iraqis are simply saying good riddance to their fellow iraki just as with osama bin

baghdad in the southern town of nasiriyah more than 40 were killed in clashes on friday. after 10 days of largely peaceful protest clashes have broken out between the army and protesters in lebanon the clashes took place we need tripoli after the army tried to move protesters who were blocking a road the protests are part of a nationwide campaign on anti-government civil disobedience. medical workers in hong kong joined a rally in the heart of the city's financial district center on saturday they were demonstrating against alleged police brutality during more than 3 months of anti-government protests protesters are angry at what they see as creeping chinese interference in hong kong. in barcelona police backed up by riot vans have charged that catalan pro independence demonstrators who gathered outside police headquarters some protesters threw eggs and other projectiles at offices while others vandalized police vehicles earlier on saturday an estimated 350000 people took part in a largely peaceful rally. a woman who confessed to spying for russia has returned to moscow after serving more than a year in an american jail ri of the tane as case rose to prominence around the same ti

baghdad and in the southern town of nasiriyah more than 40 people were killed in clashes on friday. after 10 days of largely peaceful protest clashes have broken out between the army and protesters in lebanon the clashes took place in the dolly near tripoli after the army tried to move protesters who were blocking the road the protests are part of a nationwide campaign of anti-government civil disobedience. in barcelona police backed up by riot bands of charged catalan pro independence demonstrators who gathered outside police headquarters some protesters threw eggs and other projectiles at offices while others vandalized police vehicles earlier on saturday an estimated 350000 people took part in largely in a largely peaceful rally. british police have charged the driver of the truck that found it was found carrying the bodies of $39.00 suspected migrants on wednesday the 25 year old faces $39.00 counts of manslaughter police are still trying to identify the victims and are appealing to the vietnamese community at least to vietnamese families now say they fear their relatives are among the dead. a woman who confessed to spying for russia has returned to moscow after serving more than a yea

is in lebanon this is done just to the south of beirut so the winds a fairly gusty at times articles very low humidity and still some fairly high temperatures elsewhere on thursday 36 in baghdad 23 celsius in kabul the time of his own quite as high as they were into beirut 28 degrees celsius but as i say not really helping those far but more clouds and he's pushing through the east end of the trading as we head off into friday now further to the south across the peninsula the temperatures have definitely been coming down the humidity is also beginning to show signs of dropping but we've got plenty of moisture along these coastal areas in the south you could just push into this coastal areas of yemen and then again into the southwest as we head on into friday time did not see about those and say 35 in riyadh and the same across in the whole southern africa is pretty woman john has burgle some scattered thunderstorms in the full cost of the next couple of days there's a bit of cloud just sitting off the coast of cape town some showers and east of madagascar and another woman has a say on friday again johannesburg. who was it sponsored by qatar and. every week news cycle brings

death toll and the curfews people in baghdad and a handful of cities in the south have a new government in their sights use that after almost 2 weeks protesters in lebanon pushed out prime minister saad hariri and his government is only in bolding these iraqis ok how do you have to put out the resignation of a really open the door and give the people a strong motivation the government has to resign here as well an influential shiite cleric solder joint protesters in. his followers control the largest block of votes in parliament it solder is a late comer these protests began in early october and only on saturday did he echo the protesters demand that iraqi prime minister idle abdul mahdi resign occupied by the get out the reason their leader for these protests but we want the united nations to supervise a new election to ensure it has integrity do not allow any parties to interfere and ensure its own list and not fortune and he has promised numerous reforms including combat. corruption and saying he and other top officials would take a 50 percent pay cut and divert the money to a fun to assist the poor but he says if he resigns chaos will return to iraq

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i mean look at how and why people in lebanon have put aside religion to unite against the government. hello we begin with the latest from the iraqi capital baghdad where police have fired stun grenades at anti-government protesters they were trying to storm the heavily fortified green zone where the iraqi parliament to. at least $42.00 iraqis were killed during nationwide protests on friday a curfew has been imposed in 8 provinces demonstrators are demanding the resignation of government leaders as well as an end to corruption and economic hardship. the oil rich country. that's on the top on one of the game 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 it's also a name she's joining us from baghdad as main protests square in friday was deadly in right across the country natasha what are you seeing and hearing today. but as you can see the number of people here in tahrir square in baghdad is starting to grow there joining the several 100 people who staged a sit in overnight here in baghdad there were also sit

for us in baghdad and thanks very much for that update a man will be watching those protests very very. well moving to lebanon now where protesters there are demanding more reforms despite the government to prevent sweeping economic measures to improve the economy well there are thousands appeared to be tightening security as police and military dispersed protest is trying to erect barricades prime minister saad hariri announced a plan to diffuse the biggest demonstrations in years against the nation's leaders activists say they will keep going to the streets until the entire cabinet steps down well our correspondents anaconda is just north of the capital beirut. zana where do we go from hand we've reached the seeming stalemate between the government and the protesters what are the options now going forward. will the crisis like you mentioned is far from over the government presenting an economic plan to the public hoping to calm the anger in the streets but that has not happened protesters as you see behind me they remain defiant this is a main highway that connects the lebanese capital beirut to the north o

this is in lebanon this is just to the south of beirut so the winds a fairly gusty at times articles very low humidity and still some fairly high temperatures elsewhere on thursday 36 in baghdad 23 celsius in kabul the time of his own quite as high as they were into beirut 28 degrees celsius but as i say not really helping those 5 but more clouds any pushing through the eastern end of the trading as we head off into friday now further to the south across the peninsula the temperatures have definitely been coming down the humidity is also beginning to show signs of dropping but we've got plenty of moisture along these coastal areas in the south you could just push into those coastal areas of yemen and then again into the southwest as we head on into friday time did not see about those and say 35 in riyadh and the same across in whole southern africa is pretty woman. the thunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days there's a bit of cloud just sitting off the coast of cape town some showers and east of madagascar and another warm day as i say on friday again johannesburg. a clandestine world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects you'

baghdad and across iraq the protests began on thursday after prime minister added that the now they promise to enter juice new reforms but many believe they go far enough. they're going clashes in lebanon. when hezbollah supporters and anti-government protesters thousands of corning for political reform the scuffles and they would prompted riot police to intervene to try and defuse the situation and in zimbabwe schools and offices are closed for a day to protest against international sanctions the rulings on a p.f. party is holding a rally it's blaming the u.s. and the e.u. for choking the country's economy well several companies and politicians have been under international embargo since 2002. indonesia's transport safety authority is partly blaming boeing for the lion air crash a year ago or 189 on board were killed when the boeing 737 max plunged into the sea soon after takeoff from jakarta but tore a gate and the reports. it's taken these investigators a year to determine exactly what happened in the final moments of lion air flight $610.00 their final crash report blames a combination of factors including design flaws in boeing 737 max jet as well as maintenance problems and inade

lebanon. this destabilizes the region. the winners here frankly, as you put it, vladimir putin of russia, bashar al assad, the murderer of baghdadexcuse me -- of adamascdamascus, the d of syria who has mastered huge numbers of his own civilians, and iran. so on balance, this is a tragic day for the united states. all of us our urging president trump to reverse course and to take forceful action. sanctions will not make enough of a difference soon enough. the only thing that will make a difference here is for president trump to reverse himself on this tragic and ill-informed decision. >> the question is, is that even possible at this point? i mean, again, if -- >> it's very difficult. >> if the kurds have seen the face of this administration, if they can make a deal with assad and assad gets that territory back, i mean u.s. troops -- would they be welcome? i mean even if the u.s. wanted to send, you know, several hundred special forces back in, it's not clear that they would be allowed there. >> in talking with some contacts, some friends who serve in our armed forces, i heard that throughout what has been a long and difficult ca

death toll and the curfews people in baghdad and a handful of cities in the south have a new government in their sights use that after almost 2 weeks protesters in lebanon pushed out prime minister saad hariri and his government is only in bolding these iraqis could have you had if you look at the resignation of a really opened the door and give the people a strong motivation the government has to resign here as well an influential shiite cleric the solder joint protesters in. his followers control the largest bloc of votes in parliament yet solder is a late comer these protests began in early october and only on saturday did he echo the protesters demand that iraqi prime minister idle abdul mahdi resign archives i would get out there is no leader for these protests but we want the united nations to supervise a new election to ensure it has integrity do not allow any parties to interfere and ensure its own list and not forge didn't he has promised. numerous reforms including combat in corruption and saying he and other top officials would take a 50 percent pay cut and divert the money to a fun to assist the poor but he says if he resigns chaos will retu

. >> in lebanon, hundreds of thousands in the streets, the final straw, a 20 cent tax on the otherwise free messaging service whatsapp. in baghdadafter two wars. neither left democratic economic values in place. culminating in a violent response from the government. more than 200 dead. in chile, a 4% rise in subway fares was enough to bring a million people to the streets. stores and subway stations torched. the government forced to declare a state of emergency. and in ecuador, the end of fuel subsidies brought out the masses. the government unable to control the spread. protests coordinated through social media. around the world, these movements are growing. and they have certain things in common. the first is these are grass root movements, movements without leadership. the other is it is the haves versus the have-nots and the have-nots are taking to the streets in huge numbers against governmental systems that seem braced against change. >> also demand equal access to the economy and each has its own mem m momentum and spirit. >> people are dedicated. >> people have had enough. >> these are people who are willing to die on th

baghdad, officials are enforcing an overnight curfew. the state department says the united states is concerned about pressure in iraq to censor coverage of the protests. across the region in lebanon are also widespread protest that began about two weeks ago over a proposed tax on the what's app messenger. demonstrators expanded their demands to include the overthrow of government elites. this afternoon they found some success as the prime minister announced his resignation. >> i fit a dead end and it's time for a big shock to confront the crisis. >> protesters welcomed the news but are demanding more. >> the first victory of this uprising has been realized. now we have to start planning for the second victory and look forward to it. >> demonstrations in iraq and lebanon joint protest across the world, including months-long demonstrations in hong kong and chile. protesters have clogged santiago after a proposed increase in subway fares and electricity rates. they are now demanding better social services and changes to the chilean constitution. president sebastian pena has replaced government ministers, offered minimum wage increases and offer higher taxes on the wealthy, concessio

baghdad the demonstrations started earlier this month but testers say the government has failed to deliver on its promises of more jobs and training more than 100 people have been killed in the unrest. lebanon's president has offered to meet testers to help save the country from collapse after more than a week of anti-government protests michel it also suggested a reshuffle was possible but added that government should not be toppled from the streets. protests continue in chile despite simulation efforts by the president these pictures were captured in the past few hours on the streets of santiago at least 18 people have been killed since antigovernment protests began a week ago you know compacted. today i want to see a good news with my countryman today we signed into into congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost 7000000 children households fights have broken out in berlin here between protesters of supporters partly of president evo morales and rivals who backed his electoral opponent carlos massa well as has claimed victory in the district of poll and insists th