thousands of people are demonstrating in major cities in iraq including kabbalah and basra the government make a real serious reform in the political system in the electoral system also earned you know iraqi wire real democracy idea of democracy as protesters call for prime minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile share cleric. who leads parliament largest bloc is also working to with removing him. over the past months schools of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protests has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes of the stunts and some offered free haircuts to the crowd the the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds in manly al-jazeera. syrian state media is reporting heavy fighting has resumed between government troops and turkish forces near the border it's happening around the town of ras al-ain syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdraw it's part of a deal between russia and turkey t

loved ones during the protest said they are ready to exact revenge and will be taking measures in basra protesters also stole several military humvees so clearly there was a violent element to the protests but people here in tahrir square are again complaining that they remain peaceful and that this is their right to protest and they want the government to respect it and we know that the government is holding an emergency cabinet session a little later on today what do we expect to to happen there and should we expect to hear from any of the leaders. well we're told that the parliament will be meeting to discuss the reforms the reforms by the way that has been largely rejected by the protests were serious were speaking do because they want one thing and one thing only they want this current government to step down prime minister atal abdomen had he has said that if the government resigns chaos will follow but protesters are not accepting that a short time ago the ministry of interior however did release a statement saying that the government is condemning the violent crimes that took pl

these probing dependents demonstrators have spent the last 6 hours marching through the city of basra not occupying various points south saying along the way that catalonia against fascism free the political prisoners and singing the catalan national anthem now the police have hung back their presence has been drastically reduced compared to other nights and the protests come to a standstill here outside the national police headquarters in boston and that's because they want to express that anger against the national police who they blame for the violence the barcelona has seen over the last few days with those injuries sustained by protesters for a blind in one eye by rubber bullets. you can hear the crowd is still buoyant and this is the 7th day of demonstrations in support of it but there is another side to the story and we were at it peaceful rally for the pro-union this side spaniards who believe passionately of the unity of spain which is if you held by 48 percent of catalonians and both sides tell me they feel like this issue of independence is really driving a wedge. in what t

the main problem in basra. has become a need for peace. but the main problem really is corruption and that's what most of these functions to get and the corruption has not to go because it's in milling in the system. but this equality is a militia are very much part of the garage and if you want to get a job in the governments and if there are thousands of people who are ready and waiting and waiting for a job in the government. the private sector is small if you are working for a joke like that you will have to say i spoke to some of the tell me that she had already been through our jobs that she's going to start off with the holidays. and that was $10000.00 now anything any question that is is is being met the culture that people are she may. have some kind of child or a piece. everything a little so. i think it's an enormous the system is in place nothing very much will change highly on nash me your thoughts on this issue of corruption transparency international has wronged iraq as the 12th most corrupt country in the world your in bagh

the thousands of people demonstrating in major cities in iraq including cabala and basra the government should make a real serious reform in the political system in the electoral system also earned you know iraqi wire real democracy ideal democracy as protesters call for prime minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile chair cleric. who leads parliament's largest bloc is also working towards removing him the over the past month schools of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protest has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes of the stunts and some offered free haircuts to the crowd the in the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds about a manly al-jazeera. syrian state media is reporting heavy fighting between government troops and turkish forces near the border is happening around the town of rotten i mean syrian government forces have taken the positions following a recent kurdish withdraw it's all part of a deal between russia an

the main problem in basra. has become a need for peace. but the main problem really is corruption and that's what most of these functions to get and the corruption has not to go because it's in in the system. for this equalities and militia are very much part of the garage and if you want to get a job in the governments and the it is there are thousands of people who are ready and waiting and waiting for a job in the government. the private sector is a small if you are working for a job like that you will have to say i spoke to some of the tell me that she had already been through our jobs that she saw him start after the holidays. and that was $10000.00 now for anything any college studies is is being met the culture that people make with the have some kind of child party does. everything a little so by them by state and it's not just the system is in place nothing will change highly on nash me your thoughts on this issue of corruption transparency international has rung p.-roc as the 12th most corrupt country in the world your in baghdad

the main problem is basra. has become a need for peace. but the main problem really is corruption and that's what most of these functions to get and the corruption has not to go because it's in in the system. but this equality is a militia are very much part of the garage and if you want to get a job in the governments and if there are thousands of people who are ready and waiting and waiting for a job in the government. the private sector is small if you are working for a joke like that you will have to say i spoke to some of the tell me that she had already been through our jobs that she's going to start off in the holidays. and that was $10000.00 now for anything any question that it is is being met the culture that people are she may. have some kind of child parties. everything oh well so i'm going by state and it's not just the system is in place nothing much will change highly on nash me your thoughts on this issue of corruption transparency international has wronged iraq as the 12th most corrupt country in the world your in baghdad

protesters at several protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings the protesters want the government to resign and they're calling for anti corruption reforms. british police are still trying to identify the $39.00 victims found dead in a truck in essex earlier this week at least 2 vietnamese families now say they fear their relatives are among the dead it was originally thought that all of the victims were chinese nationals. a russian woman jailed in the united states on spying charges has returned to moscow one day after her release from detention for every of the tina pleaded guilty last december to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for russia the russian foreign ministry says she was the victim of anti russian attitudes in the us. a us federal judge has ruled that the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump by house democrats is lawful the judge ruled that a full unredacted copy of the molar report into russian election meddling should be handed over to members of congress the whit

furious protesters are out in force everywhere from the capital to the cities of najaf and basra. but now that we're here despite the curfew we're fighting for our rights we want to a different country security forces have arrested our compatriots were being treated worse than members of islamic state they hit us humiliate us and then shoot at us what have we done we're just standing up for our rights i don't want a savage and my people feel there's been robbed they go begging on the streets there's no work and when we protest they shoot at us many of the security forces iranians you can hear it when they speak. it's a citizens protest it's not being led by anyone and the people are rising up and they won't stop until the government steps down we've been patient with the leadership but it hasn't come up with the goods. the protests are triggered by widespread frustration especially among the younger generation about corruption poor infrastructure and high unemployment many are concerned about what they see as shiite iran's growing influence on the political leadership in baghdad.

thanks for joining me a day of protest in the spanish city of basra learned a has ended in violence police clashed with catalan pro independence demonstrators demonstrators on saturday firing tear gas and water cannon after what began as a peaceful rally in the city protests have swept across the region off to spain supreme court imposed lengthy prison sentences on cattle land separate. slade is found guilty of sedition. the rally began peacefully with the streets of barcelona awash in a sea of protesters from the waterfront to the city's landmarks a grad a familiar church. many carried cattle and flags and banners branded with slogans such as sit and talk and freedom for political prisoners. pro independence groups had called for a peaceful march to demand the release of 9 separatist leaders found guilty of sedition they were imprisoned by the supreme court on october 14th. the move triggered a wave of anti madrid demonstrations some marked by heavy violence. spain's main parties have consistently rejected any towards catalan independence protesters accuse matric of criminalizing dissent

thanks for joining me a day of protest in the spanish city of basra along a has ended in violence police clashed with cattle and prior independents demonstrators on saturday firing tear gas and water cannon after what began as a peaceful rally in the city protests have swept across the region after spain's supreme court imposed lengthy prison sentences on cattle and separatist leaders found guilty of sedition i the rally began peacefully with the streets of barcelona awash in a sea of protesters from the waterfront to the city's landmarks a grad a familiar church. many carry cattle and fly. mags and banners branded with slogans such as sit and talk and freedom for political prisoners. pro independence groups had called for a peaceful march to demand the release of 9 separatist leaders found guilty of sedition they were imprisoned by the supreme court on october 14th. the move triggered a wave of anti madrid demonstrations some marked by heavy violence. spain's main parties have consistently rejected any towards catalan independence protesters accuse madrid of criminalizing dissent i just

demonstrators at several protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings the protesters want the government to resign and they're calling for anti corruption reforms. a russian woman jailed in the united states on spying charges has returned to moscow one day after her release from detention marie of the teen them pleaded guilty last december to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for russia the russian foreign ministry says she was the victim of anti russian attitudes in the u.s. . now across chile massive crowds have taken to the streets for a 7th day of anti-government protests demonstrators are calling for economic reforms and the resignation of president sebastian pinera the signs of the largest demonstration by far was in the capital santiago. a march such to go down in the history books as possibly the largest ever seen in chile an estimated 1000000 demonstrators converged on downtown santiago bringing traffic to a standstill as crowds made their way to central plaza italia. protesters vented anger

demonstrators at several protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official building they want the government to resign and calling for anti corruption forms. the head of the world jewish congress ronald lauder has visited the german city of holland weeks after gunmen killed 2 people while trying to break into a synagogue there lauder's visit comes amid numerous signs of a rise in anti semitism in germany on monday he will present chancellor angela merkel an award for her commitment to fighting and. germany's foreign minister heiko mosque is set to meet his turkish counterpart. in ankara today for talks on the situation in syria the discussion is likely to be a difficult one with germany and turkey at odds over an christian courage and into northern syria to fight kurdish militia ahead of his visit mosque told turkey it had to stick to the ceasefire and protect civilians in the region that prompted cover to warn germany not to tell turkey what to do. for more on this i'm joined in the studio by deed foreign policy editor sai

demonstrators at several protests or cross the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings they want the government to resign and are calling for anti corruption reforms. a russian woman jailed in the united states as a russian spy has returned to moscow one day after her release from detention and pleaded guilty last december to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for russia the russian foreign ministry says she was the victim of russian attitudes in the u.s. . a u.s. federal court judge has ruled the impeachment inquiry against president trumped by house democrats is in fact lawful the judge ruled that a full unredacted copy of the mole report into russian election meddling should be handed over the white house is expected to appeal the ruling to norway now where one of standard navy has a larger stolpe parks is attracting lots of attention because in addition to its nearly 50 sculptures by norwegian and international artists it now has a stunning new feature created by danish angle's group the twist serves a triple func

there was a strong police presence on the streets of basra as crowds gather to do and on saturday evening the government has warned that violence will be met with the full force of the law. on friday in a 5th night of violence protesters set barricades on fire and police deployed reinforcements to stop rioters from approaching the police headquarters masked use hurled stones at security forces who responded with smoke grenades and tear gas. these are people who are prepared to use violence. strategies and they know what they're doing. they're trying to test the rule of law. but the law knows how to defend itself. some 300 people have been arrested in clashes that flared in cities across the region since monday when spain supreme court handed down a lengthy prison terms to 9 catalan leaders who staged a banned referendum on independence in 2017 a growing number of catalan independence supporters are fed up with the continuing violence. spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez has dismissed calls for talks from catalonia as pro independence president saying that the catalonia leader must

as night fell the fighting in basra line had almost totally stopped with only a few shots to be had the wait he's on to see how you know the cease fire will last . will d.w. washington correspondent all of a salad sent us this assessment of what effect a cease fire will have a last minute deal for president trump and what almost turned into a major embarrassment for american foreign policy it was the american withdrawal from syria that made the turkish invasion possible killing civilians driving former kurdish allies into the hands of dictator bashar al assad and causing the relief of hundreds of isis fighters pressure was mounting on the president to find a solution but the ceasefire is above all a maximum victory for turkey all of president preconditions were met the kurds lose their autonomy and turkey gets a 20 mile safe so defacto all coupons corridor while president trump celebrates the agreement as a victory congress keeps pushing for sanctions against turkey the biggest concern is that this could lead to a revival of the islamic state. now to some of the other stories making new

demonstrators at several protester cross the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings they want the government to resign and are calling for anti corruption reforms. the head of the world jewish congress ronald lauder has visited the german city of paula weeks after a gunman killed 2 people while trying to break into a synagogue there lauder's visit comes amid numerous signs of a rise in anti semitism in germany on monday he will present chancellor angela merkel an award for her commitment to fighting. the united states is running its highest budget deficit in 7 years that's according to the us treasury reporting its figures at the end of the u.s. fiscal year the ballooning debt is largely due to the trumpet ministrations tax cuts it's the 1st time since the early 1980 s. that the deficit has risen over 4 consecutive years. in washington the attempt to impeach president donald trump has scored a victory democrats will get a full copy of the moeller report into russian meddling in the 2016 election sensitive parts of the repo

demonstrators at several protests around the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings they want to government to resign calling for anti corruption reforms. protests have continued in bolivia after president evo morales was declared the winner of last weekend's elections despite allegations of fraud critics called the elections rigged following an unexplained 24 hour pause in vote counting the united nations also backs an independent audit of the vote. the head of the world jewish congress ronald lauder has visited the german city of hala weeks after a gunman killed 2 people while trying to break into a synagogue there lauder's visit comes amid numerous signs of a rise of anti semitism in germany on monday he'll present chancellor angela merkel an award for her commitment to fighting it. in washington the attempt to impeach president donald trump has scored a victory democrats will get a full copy of the muller report into russian meddling in the 2016 election sensitive parts of the report were originally blacked out but now

his forces and kurdish fighters continue to battle in the border town of basra and considered a strategic point for both syrian forces moving north have become a major obstacle for tacky. well the u.s. ambassador to the european union is next in line to testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against donald trump it's expected that gordon sunderland will be questioned about text messages from the u.s. ambassador to ukraine discussing trump's effort to pressure ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden on tuesday a former senior adviser to u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or was the latest person to testify michael mckinley was quizzed for 5 hours by house committees after abruptly resigning last week on a key figure in the impeachment inquiry us democratic congressman elijah cummings has died aged 68 as chairman of the house oversight and reform committee cummings led multiple investigations and to president trump's governmental dealings cummings passionately advocated for the poor and his black majority district of maryland he died in hospital due to complications from longstandin

be held on friday they were joined by protesters across the country in cities including karbala and basra these protests are a continuation of protests that began in early october and lasted for days $157.00 protesters and security force members were killed the government later acknowledged that excessive force was used since that time the anger here has failed to dissipate despite several series of reforms that prime minister idyll abdullah has announced he came on the air after midnight announcing a new set of reforms they include him taking a pay cut cut as well as other top government officials they would cut their salaries and half that money would be diverted to the poor he also said that next week he would reshuffle the government and that qualifications would be put to you for party or sect these protests are about several things there about the horrible economic circumstances that so many people are facing there about a lack of basic services electricity and clean water there are about alleged corruption and the perception among the public that this government is dysfunctional an

the indefinite curfew is in place in basra, wasit, babel and dhi oar to prevent further acts of violenceveral vietnamese families have told the bbc they fear their relatives could be among the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. police have now arrested a fourth person in connection with the deaths. the 48—year—old man from northern ireland was detained at stansted airport. the authorities in chile say more than a million people have been taking part in a march through the streets of santiago — calling for measures to reduce inequality. 0rganisers say it's the biggest demonstration chile's ever seen. many are calling for the resignation of the country's president. conversations about gender equality "can't happen without men". that was the message from the duchess of sussex when she met youth ambassadors from around the world at windsor castle. to underline her argument, prince harry turned up as a surprise guest — as sarah campbell reports. it was a short drive in their electric car for prince harry and the duchess of sussex, from home to windsor castle. good to see y

especially around the vicinity offer more speaking of that other countries during the protests in 2018 in basra there was a lot of anger towards iranian backed iraqi politicians do you sense is different this time around that the anger is not as my sarette did towards the external forces but rather then rather iraqi politicians. yeah as far as the telephone calls which i make my friends inside iraq i can say that this is a little bit different they have no anger and head for the sectarian issues but what i can say that it can be among the plaited to any kind of threat to any kind of protests inside the rock so the protest which took place in 2018 is a little bit different value compared it in protests in 2000 lighted so there is no unified leadership who is guiding these protests they are gathering beat each other by using a special of the social media but i can say that the social background in terms of economy is social good south care is very fertile for such kind of protests inside iraq because this is a war torn country and very close to a failed states and there are rivalries emong united

efforts to carry out reforms now we have 72 hours to do just that riot police in the spanish city of basra lonna rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters who surrounded the police headquarters and set fires in the streets more than half a 1000000 people march of the capital on the 5th day of protests there are angry at the jailing of 9 separatist leaders for their roles in catalonia failed independence bid 2 years ago a general strike in boston a small shops and many tourist attractions closed on the border crossing into france was also blocked somebody was right in the middle of the protests the boat began as a day of the still protesting as now descended into rioting full on in the city center just between the police and these protesters it started off with tens of thousands of people coming out from inside the city from the city into the city center then they began to take on the police outside the national police headquarters here in the city the smoke from being thrown. riotous in turn throwing pavement so. the police very very great destination it's violence now the truce in norther

as in basra the old is here at the iran. an argentine a stall you know messy has revealed how he almost quit the club following a spanish tex evasion case messy and he saw they were found guilty of text back in 2017 the current world player of the year said he felt he wasn't being treated fairly by the spanish government. at that time with the mess of the treasury i had the mind to leave i didn't want to leave barcelona but i felt i had to leave spain i felt that i was being very mistreated and i didn't want to stay here i think many teams would have been happy for me to join them but i never had an official offer because everyone knew my idea was to stay in barcelona however the tax issue was bigger than my feelings about this club for everything that i was suffering personally missy is currently serving a 3 month ban from international football so he wasn't available for argentina's game against germany on wednesday. well they did come back from 2 goals down to draw 22 indorsements a not a bad result for them that 7 time e

protests erupted around the country a curfew has now been imposed in 8 southern provinces including basra and karbala demonstrators are demanding the resignation of government leaders as well as an end to corruption and economic hardship in the oil rich country. with the ball inside me what can i see the protesters are peaceful disagree the forces are the one who are attacking us the one who are shooting at us the ones who keep us see here for 5 minutes and you'll see for yourself is ready for no reason. that's going to talk correspondent tashi good and she is joining us live from the iraqi capital so what is the situation there today natasha off to such a deadly day of protests. it's another tense day here in tahrir square in baghdad you might be hearing. any time now one just when are stun grenades that are being used to disperse crowds again it looks like it's the same scenario people are trying to reach a barricade to a bridge that would lead to the green zone where there are offices of top officials and the united states embassy but people here are furious that they are showing the c

leaders for their roles in cotton has failed and dependants but a 2 years ago a general strike in basra the one source saw shops and many tourist attractions closed and the border crossing into fronts was also blocked well correspondent saw a guy right in the middle of the protests. obote began as a day of the still protesting as now descended into rioting told on in the city center just between the police and these protesters it started off with tens of thousands of people coming out from inside the city from the city into the city center then they began to take on the police outside the national police headquarters here in the city the smoke from being thrown. right says in turn throwing pavement so it's the police very very quick escalation it's a violence the explosions inside a mosque in afghanistan during friday prayers have killed at least $62.00 people now claim responsibility for the attack and the harbor the taliban says it was not involved and is condemning the violence alexis brought on reports. wow. they went to the mosque the peaceful contemplation but minutes later dozens

pardon me people who lost their loved ones during the protest say they plan to exact revenge and in basra protests according to the government protesters stormed military humvees but people here in tahrir square say they are peaceful many people tell us that they were sleeping in those tents behind me and they woke up to the sounds of a stun grenades they're saying we don't want 2 to die we want our dignity. we want the right to peacefully protest and people are asking for the international community to step in and ensure that that happens the government is saying that it is not targeting peaceful protests it is only targeting criminals. in other news riot police in chile have fired tear gas and lead pellets at some of the 1000000 people in the largest anti-government demonstration in decades president sebastian pinera says he's heard the message of people protesting against the rising cost of living and inequality. vietnamese people smuggled into the united kingdom may have been among the 39 people found dead in a contained truck on wednesday only a report said they were all chinese the

just cities in iraq including kabbalah and basra the government should make a real serious reform in the political system in the electoral system also earned you know iraqi you require real democracy ideal democracy as protesters call for prime minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile share character of saga who leads parliament's largest bloc is also working towards removing him the. over the past months scores of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protest has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes others dance and some of it free had cuts to the crowd the on the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds about a manly al-jazeera. syrian state media is reporting that heavy fighting between government troops and turkish forces near the border is happening around the time the russell syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdrawal it's all part of a deal between russia and turkey to start joi

the indefinite curfew is in place in basra, wasit, babel and dhi oar to prevent further acts of violencele found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. police have now arrested a fourth person in connection with the deaths. the a8—year—old man from northern ireland was detained at stansted airport. the authorities in chile say more than a million people have been taking part in a march through the streets of santiago — calling for measures to reduce inequality. 0rganisers say it's the biggest demonstration chile's ever seen. many are calling for the resignation of the country's president. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

as in basra the old is iraq the one. of the top stories here it out to sara turkey says it's hit more than $180.00 targets as part of a major ground and air offensive in northeastern syria designed to clear the area of kurdish led fighters the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say a prison holding i thought detainees has been struck by turkish troops and emergency u.n. security council meetings being called for thursday. to i saw prisoners thought to be part of a group that beheaded hostages have now been moved out of syria to be held in american custody the pair a believed to be part of the group of british fighters known as the beatles a u.s. offense official confirmed that to quote high value icily individuals were moved from a jail run by the syrian to democratic forces the defense official said the 2 prisoners and now in a secure location outside of syria and are being held in military custody. a manhunt is underway nice in germany after at least one gunman killed 3 people and injured others near a synagogue this

old with the new for those living here is a door that is now closed and an opportunity missed is in basra the older 0 aliso their village in hama down province iran. thought now with santa. thank you very much marian wanted to pass run at the rugby world cup is over after the hosts were knocked out in the quarterfinals by south africa the performances of the brave blossoms have gripped the nation and won them an army of new fans was watching in tokyo i japan and south africa fans joined together to sing each other's national anthems before this quarter final was shooting up for a rematch of japan's famous group stage win against the springboks at the world cup 4 years ago. be the boxer game making giant killing again today i maybe japan's performances on home soil i mean they are now getting close to being considered giants in a right. of 2 time world champion south africa not totally confident before kickoff you know just doing anything anybody nervous really good nervous to man of you know great does but the fun is but i inside tokyo stadium a crowd of nearly 50000 was briefly silenced

artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in the areas of tel tama and on the outskirts of basra lane now the syrian opposition on the other hand is saying that those confrontations were very limited and that the fighting was not just with the syrian army and the turkish military or rather between the syrian military and the syrian opposition has said it was he is backed by turkey and the situation remains very tense in those areas it is clearly an indication that all the parties are vying for the biggest say the syrian opposition backed by turkey for example saying that he wants to extend its influence particularly in the area of us wes's phone to tell us elaine and prevent the as the from moving back to those areas and ensuring that the syrian army is not trying to take advantage of the withdrawal of us as the effort to redeploy all these areas the tension that you see now in those areas would pose enormous challenges for the turkish military and the russians who are likely to start a joint patrols in the safe zone which has been a pretty requisite for the turkish government to

though you're you're right iraq is no stranger to mass protests the last one in the southern city of basra this was in september last year so a little over a year ago 30 people died then the difference this time is the geographical spread of them you see them in across iraq in the north in the south in the central states as well they're certainly the deadliest i mean we have seen since the beginning of the month the death of about $200.00 people. but we need to unpack this violence a little bit it's not just government forces against the protesters iraq is a country ripe with militias and to tuitions like this this creates opportunity for them to also sort of flex their muscles on the streets and attack the protesters to show their strength to the various political parties that they're aligned with but i think the main difference is that the people this time don't seem to be deterred by this. violence at all they are going on to the streets knowing that it could be their last day they could die on the streets they feel like they have nothing more to lose you know the country since 2003 has

you have basra, where the were big protests last year down in the south, huge lack of electricity duringboil over. what we're seeing now, is the worst, the worst since isis was defeated and the worst unrest that there's been on the streets and iraqi against iraqi in this way that we've seen, i would say, since before isis emerged. now to a tragic story in thailand where six elephants were found drowned in the cow yi national park at the bottom of a waterfall. wildlife officials believe a calf may have been swept away in raging rapids before another five animals then died trying to help the infant. a rescue mission was launched by park officials to save two more elephants who survived the strong currents and managed to get to the riverbank. jane dougall has all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us. the ethiopian middle distance runner sifan hassan has furiously distanced herself from the banned coach alberto salazar after winning gold in the 1500m final at the world athletics championships in doha. hassan, who had previously worked under salazar, took victory in a championship record

of nasiriyah say 3000 protesters broke into a government building and set it on fire in the city of basra there was another large crowd marching through the streets calling for change the unrest has posed the biggest challenge to promise to add a lap in mali since he took office. just over a year ago just one year ago rather well let's get more on this we're joined now by is a do an alkie now new political analyst and hunter future to open democracy that's an independent global media platform and he's joining us live from here in doha a very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so prime minister maliki was supposed to be supposed to be a technocrat in what is a very sectarian political system he has had one year in office but i mean addressing so many years of corruption of mismanagement was never going to be easy was it it will definitely not be easy being a technocrat in origi that is based on an ethnic sectarian kotor from the prime minister from the speaker of parliament from the presidency from the provincial councils themselves up until the ministries to the most simple administra

as in basra the others here at the herat 7 time european cup winners ac milan have named a former interim coach as they new manager stefano pioli who coached into during the 201617 season replaces marco jump paolo who were sector after just 7 games in charge he's past association with they said he rivals has not impressed ac milan fans with piolo out already trending on twitter in italy. the dispute between the n.b.a. and china is showing no sign of ending the league has now postponed wednesday's straddled media stations in shanghai for the l.a. lakers and brooklyn nets at least 2 other n.b.a. events have been canceled in the city as well the country's state broadcaster cancelled plans to show a pair of preseason games earlier this week and is reviewing all ties with the league it all started when the used and rockets general manager posted a pro hong kong tweet earlier this week meanwhile euston star james harden has now thrown he support behind the n.b.a. commissioner who has refused to apologize to china adam silver said on tuesday it was not up to the lead to regulate what players emp

in basra the oldies here at the iran barcelona and argentina star lino messi has revealed how he almost quit the club following a spanish tax evasion case missy and his father were found guilty of tax fraud back in 2017 the current world player of the year said he felt he wasn't being treated fairly by the spanish government but what i meant there. at that time with the mess of the treasury i had the mind to leave i didn't want to leave barcelona but i felt i had to leave spain i felt that i was being very mistreated and i didn't want to stay here i think many teams would have been happy for me to join them but i never had an official offer because everyone knew my idea was to stay in barcelona however the tax issue was bigger than my feelings about this club for everything that i was suffering personally. missy is currently serving a 3 month ban from international football so he wasn't available for argentina's game against germany on wednesday. well they did come back from 2 goals down to draw 22 indorsements a not a bad result for them now 7 time european cup winners ac milan have na

so they have gone to the streets to protest, famously last year in basra and this year in baghdad, buth being targeted and killed by the state security forces and their paramilitary allies. so the situation is tense, and the sort of post—2003 iraqi state is on the brink at the moment as most of these protesters, they don‘t call for the end of one leader, one prime minister, one party, even, they are talking about anti—system change, they want to change the whole entire post—2003 structure that they feel was imposed on them by both the americans and the foreign iraqi elites who came to iraq after 2003. you say something has changed and as we have seen, the situation has tipped over into violence, what has changed and why now? it seems that, you know, these protests have been going on for several years. year after year, they‘re realising that their government, their very own leaders are just unable to deliver reform. so, their demands are becoming louder and louder, and the leadership in baghdad is more sort of, the contestations internally stronger than ever, and they are realising ther

as in basra the oldies here at the iran. and argentina star messy has revealed how he almost quit the club following a spanish tex evasion case missing any father were found guilty of text back in 2017 the current world player of the year said he felt he wasn't being treated fairly by the spanish government. at that time with the mess of the treasury i had the mind to leave i didn't want to leave barcelona but i felt i had to leave spain i felt that i was being very mistreated and i didn't want to stay here i think many teams would have been happy for me to join them but i never had an official of because everyone knew my idea was to stay in barcelona however the tax issue was bigger than my feelings about this club for everything that i was suffering personally missy is currently serving a 3 month ban from international football so he wasn't available for argentina's game against germany on wednesday well they did come back from 2 goals down to draw 22 indorsement are not a bad result for them the 7 time european cup winner

the indefinite curfew is in place in basra, wasit, babel and dhi oar to prevent further acts of violenceveral vietnamese families have told the bbc they fear their relatives could be among the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. police have now arrested a fourth person in connection with the deaths. the 48—year—old man from northern ireland was detained at stansted airport. the authorities in chile say more than a million people have been taking part in a march through the streets of santiago — calling for measures to reduce inequality. 0rganisers say it's the biggest demonstration chile's ever seen. many are calling for the resignation of the country's president. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, it's the 50th birthday of the internet. we will hear how it was switched on, how democracy could be rebooted, and how hard it is to tell apples from... apples. every single day, we upload 4 million hours of video to youtube. we send 682 million tweets. we post over 67 million instagram pictures. 4.4 billion of us use the internet and collectively, we create 2.5

on iraq now basra cross what you have. but as he said he changes he's moving with the times. and going on the roads. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live there. the master barber of berlin this is an al-jazeera. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. lebanon's cabinet meets in a bid to approve economic reforms and calm days of unprecedented demonstrations. follow on down jordan assad is there live from doha also coming up the u.s. withdraws from syria and its troops cross into the northern kurdish region of iraq . libya's president looks like he's a face a runoff election he attempts to secure a 4th consecutive term in office. and australia's these papers block out the front pages accusing the government of a crackdown on press freedom. but we begin with the anti-government protests in lebanon the prime minister saad hariri is holding a cabinet meeting now with his cabinet to discuss new economic measures he's expected to announce a series of reforms. in an effort to stop the protests which have been ha

artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in the areas of tel tama and on the outskirts of basra lane now the syrian opposition on the other hand is saying that those confrontations were very limited and that the fighting was not between the syrian army and the turkish military rather between the syrian military and the syrian opposition the city it was he's backed by turkey and the situation remains very tense in those areas it is clearly an indication that all the parties are vying for the biggest say the syrian opposition backed by turkey for example is saying that it wants to extend its influence particularly in the area of us wes's front of your top tell us elaine and prevent the as the air from moving back to those areas and ensuring that the syrian army is not trying to take advantage of the withdrawal of this as the effort to redeploy on these areas the tension that you see now in those areas would pose enormous challenges for the turkish military and the russians who are likely to start the joint patrols in the safe zone which has been a pretty requisite for the turkish