very differently is good to talk to you talk to julie norman from the department of political science at university college london thank you very much for your time. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hopes for a cease fire in libya have been shaken after both sides in the military conflict accused each other of continuing to fight there were reports of gunfire in the capital tripoli early on sunday morning the rebel libyan forces had announced they would agree to a truce with the u.n. backed government. after weeks of criticism of prime minister morris and now says he's handling of the country's bushfire crisis could have been better he's proposed a national review into the government's response to the disaster news that another 5 has died bringing the death toll from the bush tries to 20 i. called thousands took part in a run government protest. pro-democracy slogans and voice their opposition to thailand's military aligned government it's one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent years meanwhile thousands also staged a pro-government elsewhere in bangkok. where thousands of resid

very differently is good to talk to you talk to julie norman from the department of political science at university college london thank you very much for your time. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in bangkok thousands took part in a run billed as an anti-government protest shouted pro-democracy pro-democracy slogans and voiced opposition to thailand's military aligned government it's one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent years meanwhile thousands also staged a pro-government run elsewhere in bangkok. after weeks of criticism of prime minister scott morrison now says he's handling of the country's bushfire crisis could have been he's proposed a national review into the government's response to the disaster news that another 5 has died bringing the death toll from the bushfires to 28. at least 11 people have died in severe storms across central and southern parts of the united states the storm system produce tornadoes and heavy winds as well as ice lightning from the storm is suspected to have caused several harms. well thousands of residents in the philippines have been order

let's cross now to london and speak to dr julie norman from the department of political science at university college london welcome to day dr norman the protesters are displaying very open anger towards iran supreme leader how significant is this. this is extremely significant and such a change from what we saw just a few days ago during the funerals for asylum in salem many such outpouring of unity just 2 days ago completely a change now showing real anger towards the regime not only for the tragedy but more the fact that people feel lied to by the regime for keeping that information for 3 days so out where the coming back out into the streets i'm calling specifically for for the supreme leader to step down is really a major shift for iran and especially at this particular moment i want to ask you about the show of patriotism that we saw off to general soleimani was killed we sort of see of people turning out for his funeral procession how seriously has this sentiment been undermined by the revelation that iran admitted it shot down the plane. well that's exactly it it again just 2 days ago you know a lot

well your i spoke to dr julie norman from the department of political science at university college london and i asked her how significant was it that the protest as a voicing such open anger against iran's supreme leader. this is extremely significant and such a change from what we saw just a few days ago during the funerals for asylum in so many such outpouring of unity just 2 days ago completely a change now showing real anger towards the regime not only for the tragedy but more the fact that people feel lied to by the regime for keeping that information for 3 days so out where the coming back out into the streets calling specifically for for the supreme leader to step down is really a major shift for iran and especially at this particular moment what do you think the around regime will or is going to have to do to quell these protests. yes this is a big question of course in the short term we can expect that the regime will be trying to make some kind of gestures of restitution for the losses from the crash of some sort of restitution to families i'm repatriation etc but again this is

of the department of political science at the university college of london a very good day thank you for joining us we're witnessing these remarkable scenes of defiance of playing out on the streets of tehran. can this government survive this. well that's certainly a big question right now and as we've seen these protests have been carrying on for several days now starting saturday night continuing all through yesterday and then continuing on today these aren't just a response to to the handling of the crash of course protests were on moving very strongly in iran back in november as well and were crushed played quite severely by the regime at that time so we've seen this challenge to this state building for a while the grievances that were there several months ago are still there and if it's only more intensified so there is going to be incredibly increasing pressure on the state and there are some calls for the supreme leader to step down others are calling for something a bit more moderate just calling for some kind of accountability to the crash itself so what this means for the s

the opposition and many in the universities and elsewhere who are looking for real change julie norman of the department of political science at university college london thank you for your expertise thank you want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news because many of the victims on that plane in iran were from canada mourners across canada have been paying tribute to the passengers of the plane shot down in iran at a vigil in edmonds and prime minister justin trudeau said he would pursue justice and accountability for the victims families and friends $57.00 canadians many iranian descent were killed in the disaster. britain's prince harry is due to attend the crisis meeting with the queen and senior members of the world family over his shocking decision to step back as in see your royal on the agenda will be how much money he and his wife megan will still receive their oil titles and what commercial deals they can strike. retired at home but it dicked that 16 that has spoken out to defend celibacy for towns the creeps observers say the appeal in a new book is an extraordinary intervention in the clerical affairs of a successor to

at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is drjulie norman, a lecturer in the department of political science at university college londontential trade row between britain and the us ata trade row between britain and the us at a rather inconvenient time. very inconvenient. definitely tension is rising. of course, this is around the uk's proposal to put taxes on tech firms. google, apple, facebook, firms doing business essentially in the uk but based elsewhere. this is a tax proposed by france and other countries as well. the 0ecd is currently trying to get some kind of multilateral decision based on this but the uk is pushing for this to go in place by april. trump, the us, pushing back at this and threatening a tariff in return on autos. the uk's government at pains to say, sajid javid, the chancellor, saying it is deliberately designed as a temporary tax, it will fall away when there is an international solution, hoping for a deal. that is what the discourse is right now, we put this in place in april, but it will fall away as soon as something bigger gets there. a lot of people have their fingers crossed for that, the