system despite his party's proof showing in sunday's polls hariri says his future movement appears to have lost a third of it since on the fischel preliminary results show the shia party hezbollah and its allies winning more than half the seats in parliament christian party the lebanese forces which opposes hezbollah also made strong gains hariri is promising to lead a stable government despite his party's setback. we wish to have a better result we wish to have a better representation with more shia and christian representatives but we have all seen that the future movement was fighting for the last minute to defend our legitimacy being one of the main components of national unity in the country today we have a new era a new phase today we have challenges i will stay on top of the future bloc and i will work on all levels the national political and economic levels being supported by the voters and everyone has seen that in all parts of the country. bar is live in brit hi there hashem so hariri will continue but his party looks as if it's lost quite a few seats what does this tell us.

having said that house are very spotty the future movement of problems is an open question at the moment even though they may get more seeds socrates parties facing a lot of competition this time around you mentioned briefly how the political system in the country has changed from a simple majority to a proportional representation system which means a lot more electoral math has undertaken even the candidates will win seats would be those in deserve categories depending on the sects from muslim or christian sects they come from but they will be a much sharper division so i ate that factor and secondly that a lot of the sunni leaders have this time stood up daring saddlery the supremacy daring the supremacy of the the clan in the bastions of the future parties it remains to be seen how future movement performs now i'm sure this is the first election since two thousand and nine a lot has changed in the last nine years what are the issues that voters have on their mind today. well this election essentially is the first election off the lebanese generation after the civil war generation the

parliament today for the first time in almost ten years sunni prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to retain power but this election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws they have replaced the previous winner takes all system with a proportional representation system which has brought all the country's sectarian power struggle into sharp focus. let's go to our own database correspondent who's following the story from beirut until the elections are underway let's talk about prime minister saad hariri are we expecting these elections to confirm the status quo or has he lost the confidence of his supporters well i'm right now in beirut to this is the district where solidly these fighting off to the so last year when he resigned to riyadh even though subsequently upon his return to level on even to the resignation his personal popularity has climbed it's gone up and people in lebanon blame saudi arabia for that incident timing set that house on the future movement party of palms is an open question because hizbollah has cracked clever lines is and

so saw the movie is going to perform when or whether it's going to be future movement that's going to the leading party or whether they'll be sunni candidates that saudi arabia i mean look at as an option to sovereignty is a question that's still unanswered but these are the first elections that happened since two thousand and nine a lot has changed in the past nine years what are some of the issues that voters have on their mind today. well you know this is actually the first election of this generation of levanon the last election was centrally about the generation that either participated in the civil war was subjected to the crimes that took place during the civil war so this election is about these young stars and hundreds and thousands of young waters of come in and they see our issues are civic issues garbage prices electricity crisis but also a sectarian politics that continues to have a huge grip over levanon they don't want foreign meddling either they say as long as iran and saudi arabia and other powers do not stop meddling in the affairs of levanon lebanon will not be a f

of the new election system they're competing against each other were here particularly in the future movement of saddle heavy along with the free patrie as equipment are competing against former allies this is something which is definitely going to create a new political reality this is what people are pretty much concerned about that this is why the establishment political parties are concerned about an outcome that could challenge their dominance over the political decision making process in lebanon this explain why you see some excitement but at the same time you see those of undecided about the future ok there's another new political reality isn't there that's the emergence of independent civic society candidates and hundreds of thousands of people voting for the first time to what extent are they going to be turning towards these new candidate that they say. we're talking about almost eight hundred thousand people there were some sort of a silent majority eleven and. the they've been frustrated over the political deadlock cont'd from two thousand and nine all the way to two thousand and

back future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats he says he's heard the message and is willing to work with political rivals to deal with lebanon's problems. nine fighters loyal to libya's rebel grade renegade general have been killed in the eastern city of daraa forces have been battling to capture from rival militia groups why don't you find the now if you have you with us i announce that the victory hour for liberation has been reached and that your forces are not targeting the hideouts of their terrorists in during or this is after we gave instructions to avoid civilian casualties and to protect civilians while securing their safety and respecting the rules of engagement and international humanitarian law. a convoy carrying hundreds of syrian rebels and civilians has left southern damascus as part of an evacuation deal forty seven buses are taking them to rebel held areas of. northern syria is the fifth day of evacuations as the government gets ready to take control of the towns and him. government forces are continuing to bombard eisel fighters who remain in contro

wished better representation with more christian representatives but we have all seen that the future movement was fighting for the last minute to defend our legitimacy being one of the main components of national unity in the country today we have a new era a new phase today we have challenges i will stay on top of the future bloc and i will work on all levels the national political and economic levels being supported by the voters and everyone has seen that in all parts of the country donald trump says you'll make a decision on the iran nuclear deal on tuesday just days before the deadline to extend it britain's foreign secretary is in washington appealing to the u.s. president not to pull out of the twenty fifteen agreement. the nigerian army has confirmed it's rescued more than a thousand captives hostages were safe from several villages in borno state those rescued include young men forced to become fighters the armed group. a seventeen year old girl is in critical condition after allegedly being gang raped and set on fire in india and has been arrested in connection with the attack that

seen as a hezbollah stronghold now we were waiting to see what hizbullah survival which is the future movement led by sad how dearly has made particularly here in the capital beirut and also in the northern city of tripoli and these two districts are crucial for saddle heady if he makes major gains there would consolidate his chances to be reelected as prime minister of lebanon but he faces some tough resistance from news certainly candidates particularly here in the capital and also in tripoli it remains to be seen whether president michel our own and his party which is the free patrick movement is going also to be the biggest. when are among the christian political blocs in eleven or so these are the latest developments just a while ago we've seen a crowd of hezbollah supporters riding their motorcades here in the downtown of beirut celebrating what they consider to be a major win ok so we're still going to have to wait to get any clear indication of results but there have also been some clashes a little earlier what's the latest on that there have been some clashes particularly in the south

prime minister despite his party's poor showing in sunday's election are very says his sunny back future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats he says he's heard the message and is willing to work with political rivals to deal with lebanon's problems from results show big gains for the shia movement hezbollah and its allies. and israeli soldier convicted of killing a wounded palestinian has been released from prison as arias served half of an eighteen month sentence for shooting. a reef as he lay wounded on the ground he'd already been shot by israeli soldiers who say he attacked them with a knife. and i still there are things that hawaii more people to leave the volcano continues to spew fountains of lava new cracks are opening up in the ground putting more houses at risk profiles reports from the on the estates one of the west's hit areas. racing against time and the relentlessly advancing lava residents of lake states rescued property on monday still hoping their homes would survive kill away as onslaught eighteen year old marcus moylan and his family evacuated the only home he's

hezbollah strongholds now of hezbollah's weibo which is the future movement led by prime minister saad that heidi says it has again so far. seven seats but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of future movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that the managed to see that this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and the out and. just save the political future of the country has been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country so so far we're getting first indications that adjusting that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine . welton is here as a nodar party is claiming victory in the country's first local election since the twenty eleven arab spring the religious party says it's ahead if it secular rival knew that tuna spy about

seven seats eleven but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of future movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that the managed to see that this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and the trying to save the political future of the country has been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country so so far we're getting first indications that just in that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine. let's move on to other news now the united states has less than one week to decide whether in withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani warned washington about the consequences of withdrawing while european leaders continue to press president donald trump to stay in it dynasty brooke has more from washington. with th

also ahead a major upset in lebanon's parliamentary elections for the prime minister as future movement. has been the party and its allies dominate the polls escaping the burning lava more evacuations as volcano killer whale sends off dangerous talks a gas in hawaii plus. a new. message in the music a look at how branding helped inspire thousands of armenians to join the protest movements. fellow a group of us democrats have just sent donald trump a letter urging him to let america remain a part of the iran nuclear deal the president is expected to announce his decision on whether to withdraw on choose day america's allies have also been trying to convince trying to preserve the international agreement which has limited iran's nuclear capabilities. has more from the white house. after months of diplomacy and high level meetings at the white house between the u.s. president and his counterparts in france germany and a monday the foreign secretary of the u.k. donald trump announced he had finally been made his decision trump tweeted he would make his decision public on tuesday whether to

both areas are considered to be hezbollah strongholds now of the hezbollah's wyvil which is the future movement led by prime minister saad then how he says he has again so far. seven seats but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of feature movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that they managed to win a seat and this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and the out of knowledge trying to save the political future of the countries have been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country so so far we're getting first indications that adjusting that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine and hashim i mean again we will get the official results i think in a day or two but the indication is also that the turnout is low and in fact lower than t

hezbollah strongholds now of hezbollah's weibo which is the future movement led by prime minister saddle . it has again so far. seven seats but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of future movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that they managed to see that this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and the out of now trying to shape the political future of the countries have been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country just so far we're getting first indications that just in that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine. back to standing police say the suspect behind the attempted assassination of the interior minister is affiliated to the ultra religious. party the twenty one year old was arrested shortly after allegedly shoo

sunni muslim and the speaker must be a shia muslim the prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement with his popular with sunni muslims and he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah or which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon it's the only political faction within armed to an active armed wing and of course it is shia the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters because there are one and a half million syrian refugees. in lebanon that's around a quarter of its population well the economy has featured heavily in the election debates and the young people of the country in particular are looking for a strong economic leadership in the face of high unemployment low wages and what they see as endemic corruption we have two correspondents in lebanon full of the elections. he is in the in the bekka valley the first us cases and a holder who is in a constituency in beirut and so for nine years lebanese people have not had the privilege of being able to vote is it with a great deal of expectation then that they go to the polls

about the turnout in the coming hours with getting reports of clashes between supporters of the future movement which is the movement of the prime minister saad that heidi and also of hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs of the. capital beirut this is an indication of the mounting tension that we've been seeing over the last few days here in the capital of beirut because everything is now a new the new election law is creating the lows of anxiety and also the hope among many people particularly civil society candidates and joining me to talk more about their hopes for the future are gilbert dermot and laurie hi ted thank you very much indeed for joining us you are been given a chance for the first time in lebanon to take part in elections an independent candidate and you're hoping to make a change do you think that people people will vote for you at first were not given a chance really thinking oh don't chance the law is not good they bet on i would. be solvent i like to be divided with one unite the throne in mind this think six six six six candidates it's a precedence in this country

as lebanon's prime minister despite his poor showing in sunday's election says his son a back future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats in a result so big gains for the say a movement has allies so no one has more from beirut. there was a clear winner eleven on election. hezbollah and its political allies won the majority of seats in parliament it's being sued by some as a victory for iran. this group is backed by to her and it's the only lebanese party that has an armed wing and its electoral gains further empowers it politically hezbollah's leader called for cooperation. and that can all be for the poli stressed that there is a reality in lebanon and that is that no one can eliminate the other even if we have disagreements we want political stability we need to cooperate. the general elections was a loss for lebanon's prime minister saddle had a no longer heads the largest bloc in the legislature but he still retains the majority of seats allocated to suddenly muslims how did he faced opposition from within his own community some accused him of being too lenient with hezboll

minister a sunni muslim and the speaker must be share prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement which is popular among sunni muslims he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon it's the only active only party with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters one point five million syrian refugees in lebanon that's around a quarter of its population and the economy has featured heavily in the election debate lebanese youth in particular be looking for strong economic leadership in the face of unemployment low wages and corruption national guard joins us live now in the lebanese city of baalbeck so how should the first election in nine years what i hope it will bring about any change. laura huge hopes and anticipations of the same time as you've been saying this comes against the backdrop of the political deadlock that has been going on for quite some time since two thousand and one of the growing political divides between the main establishment political p

parliament today for the first time in almost ten years so a new prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to remain in power the election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws with proportional representation replacing the previous winner takes all system the vote brings into focus the struggle for power in a country divided. along sectarian lines among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group financed by a red which supports the syrian president bashar al assad here's a look at the patchwork of groups and religions vying for power in lebanon on. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebannon. in syria the militias find alongside the troops of president bashar al assad and ally of iran. has under its secretary general hossam is not only a military organization but also an influential political force it's represented in the lebanese parliament alongside with other muslim and christian parties and it'

and his popularity has written has risen i beg your pardon having said that how well his party future movement how well the party is a big question mark because from the same nearly several other candidates have now stood up in these elections in the sunni dominated tripoli but even here in beirut so it remains to be seen how the saudis will respond to the rise of other up sunni strong sunni candidates in lebanon so he's popular but he's facing some pretty tough competition and these are the first election since two thousand and nine can you walk us through the issues that are concerning voters in the country. where the bigger issue here really is the sectarian divide and foreign meddling but i very civic level garbage prices electricity water prices now with a million syrians on the ground palestinians have already been living for decades in camps so there is a quite a burden on the civic facilities so lebanese that you talk to would say. your city i watched the garbage crisis to be resolved but broadly they say it cannot be done as long as it is divided on religious lines and there is foreig

about the turnout in the coming hours with getting reports of clashes between supporters of the future movement which is the movement of the prime minister saad that heidi and also of hezbollah supporters in the southern suburbs of the. capital beirut this is an indication of the mounting tension that we've been seeing over the last few days here. a bomb blast in afghanistan has killed at least thirteen people the explosion happened at a mosque in the eastern province of horst releases but the mosque might have been targeted because it was being used as a voter registration center for october's parliamentary election elsewhere pakistan's interior minister has survived a suspected assassination attempt a son was shot and wounded while sitting is there shortly after addressing crowds a rally in punjab he's expected to be moved to la hore for further medical treatment. iran's president has warned the u.s. it will regret quitting the nuclear deal as the deadline looms for president trump to make a decision has some rouhani says iran has plans to respond if trump holds the u.s. from the pact north k

hezbollah strongholds now the hezbollah zweibel which is the future movement led by prime minister saddle. it has again so far. seven seats but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of future movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that the managed to see that this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and. to save the political future of the country has been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country so so far we're getting first indications that just in that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine . and other news iran's president has won the u.s. against pulling out the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal saying it will suffer historic remorse hassan rouhani also said that iran has plans to respond to any decision by president trum

christian representatives but we have all seen that the future movement was fighting for the last minute to defend our legitimacy being one of the main components of national unity in the country today we have a new era a new phase today we have challenges i will stay on top of the future bloc and i will work on all levels the national political and economic levels being supported by the voters and everyone has seen that in all parts of the country the nigerian army has confirmed it's rescued more than a thousand book captives the hostages were safe from several villages in borno state thank you to young men who've been forced to become fighters for the group that's it for me up next it's talk to al-jazeera after that. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get. you. will. see. the for more than four and a half years iranian refugee. has been living in limbo on a remote specific island he was sent there by australia he tried to reach its shores by boat. it was a prison. because. the. in the

the sectarian power sharing system despite his party's poor showing in sunday's poll says the future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats or preliminary results showed the shia party hezbollah and its allies winning more than half the seats in parliament say the holder has more from beirut. there was a clear winner at eleven on election. day hezbollah and its political allies won the majority of seats in parliament it's being seen by some as a victory for iran the shiite group is backed by it's the only lebanese party that has an armed wing and its editorial gains further empowers it politically hezbollah's leader called for cooperation. and. before the poll i stressed that there is a reality in lebanon and that is that no one can eliminate the other even if we have disagreements we want political stability we need to cooperate. the general elections was a loss for lebanon's prime minister saddle had eighty no longer heads the largest bloc in the legislature but he still retains the majority of seats allocated to seventy muslims how did he faced opposition from within his own co

hezbollah strongholds now the hezbollah zweibel which is the future movement led by prime minister saddle how duties it has again so far. seven seats eleven but they're expecting that number to increase these are preliminary results of future movement is expected to gain something like twenty five seats or more than that the other main establishment political parties say that they have also made some gains and the civil society candidate said that the managed to see that this is quite significant these were some sort of emerge from almost nowhere and trying to save the political future of the countries have been very aggressive over the last few months. they have been building up the momentum across the country so so far we're getting first indications that just in that the establishment political parties are likely to maintain the results they made back in two thousand and nine. if they want to other news now the united states has less than one week to decide whether it will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani warned washington about the consequ

the prime minister saad hariri said his western—backed future movement has lost a third of theirs.eniorjournalists have left cambodia's phnom penh post, following the sacking of the editor and alleged editorial interference. the paper, seen as the country's last independent daily, was sold at the weekend. the new owners claim the decision was "business restructuring". but staff remain unconvinced. at least four of our senior staff have walked out. they include our managing editor, our business editor, our web editor, and some of the senior reporters who worked on the damaging article. and so basically today we've seen our editorial — our editors gutted from our newsroom. two teenage girls have been raped and set on fire in separate incidents in india. one girl died on sunday. the other is in a critical condition. india's supreme court is trying a group of men accused of raping and murdering an eight year old girl. the court is moving the trial to a different state, fearing local bias in favour of the accused. the supreme court was hearing a petition filed by the victim's family, wh

minister despite his party's poor showing in sunday's election really says his sunny back to the future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats he says he's willing to work with political rivals to deal with lebanon's problems an israeli soldier convicted of killing a wounded palestinian has been released from prison you know as arias served half of an eighteen month sentence for shooting. a reef as he lay wounded on the ground he had already been shot by israeli soldiers and emergency teams in hawaii a baffling lava flows and gas erupting from the kilauea volcano thousands of been asked to evacuate and dozens of homes have been destroyed a volcano has also been a missing toxic gas into the air there's all the headlines prize is next. al jazeera where ever you are. there are seven and a half billion people on earth and they all need to be bad. but producing food requires huge amounts of land water and is one of the major contributors to pollution and climate change. half of the planet's habitable surface is cultivated for crops while forests are being cleared for industrial animal far

his the future movement headed by the son of the slain prime minister.sation was controlling the politics of the country. until recently when we have seen country. until recently when we have seenin country. until recently when we have seen in the run—up to this election focus of internal issues. paramount to mounting anger in the over incompetence. a state unable to deliver basic services to citizens and that is why we have seen a shift in rhetoric to internal issues as if there is an implicit understanding between all parties to put aside regional politics and regional differences that are irreconcilable and to focus on internal issues. thank you very much. six palestinians have been killed and others wounded in an explosion in the gaza strip according to local health officials. it is not clear what caused the blast but local reports suggest the victims appeared to be members of hamas. it is thought the explosion could have been caused by the handling of explosives inside a building. tensions in the region are high, with clashes between palestinians an

between parties before the new electoral law was agreed while prime minister saad hariri his future movement and the shia hezbollah party are expected to do well many new groups are aiming to make them up to including southwest seven they have joined forces with. the civil society groups and independents to form a sixty six member coalition known as kalu know what to me we are the nation the coalition members say they are a real alternative to established parties who are stuck in their ways lebanese voters living outside the country have already had a chance to cast their ballots first under the new electoral law these voters in their yond turned out on friday about eighty three thousand lebanese expatriates registered to cast their ballots in places a foreign field the united states france and australia joining us today to discuss how new parties and candidates are aiming to win support we have victoria of eighteen she is co-founder of the party and a parliamentary candidate in the mattoon district she joins us from the lebanese capital beirut also from beirut we have made she's a lawyer wh

minister sunni muslim and the speaker must be shia prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement which is popular among sunni muslims he says the election is a contest between his posse and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon is the only political group with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters one point five million syrian refugees in lebanon that's around a quarter of its population the economy has featured heavily in the election debate lebanese youth in particular we're looking for strong economic leadership in the face of unemployment low wages and corruption. has more from beirut. it would be the first parliamentary election in nearly a decade were repeatedly postponed until a new electoral law was agreed proportional representation has replaced lebanon's winner takes all system but some are criticizing for benefiting the ruling political class who have been forging unlikely electoral alliances just to stay in power their main objective is to increase the number of seats. the number of sea

sunni muslim and the speaker must be a shia muslim prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement which is popular among sunnis he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in the country is the only political group with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters as mentioned there are more than a million syrian refugees in lebanon bringing that population to around one in every four the economy has featured heavily in the election debate lebanese young people in particular are looking for strong economic leadership there's high unemployment there's low wages and they've been moved the rate of corruption right let's go live to our correspondent zain the harder who. in beirut we've had a day of of given that long list of of malays the libyan the lebanese people. voting for what sort of turnout have we had lots of enthusiasm generally has it been among the people. there hasn't been enthusiastic relatively high voter turnout a lot of people we've been speaking to say th

ministers and a muslim and the speaker must be sheer prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement the most popular party among sunni muslims he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon the only party with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters one point five million syrian refugees and lebanon and the economy is also featured heavily in the election debate lebanese youth in particular looking for someone who will improve unemployment low wages and corruption. and i want to joins us live now from beirut says i know with the vote counting well underway what are the unofficial results showing us. like you mentioned those official results we're expecting them in the next few hours but unofficial results giving us a clear indication on who the winners are and who the losers are and clearly the winners are hezbollah the iranian backed group along with their allies they're expected to control more than half of the one hundred twenty eight c. to a parliament

minister a sunni muslim and the speaker must be shia prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement as the most popular party among sunni muslims he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon is the only party with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters there are one point five million syrian refugees in lebanon and the car the economy has also featured heavily in the election debate lebanese youth in particular are looking for someone who will improve unemployment low wages and corruption so in order joins us live now from beirut is enter expecting to hear some results or initial results from the interior ministry in the next hour or so what's it looking like so far. but from the unofficial results we're getting really a clear picture on who the winners are and that is. the group along with their allies they are expected to control love more than hot one hundred and twenty eight member of parliament expected biggest block in parliament and many people ar

minister a sunni muslim and the speaker must be share from and says saad hariri belongs to the future movement the most popular party among sunni muslims he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most powerful political movement in lebanon is the only party with an active armed wing the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters there one point five million syrian refugees in lebanon that's around a quarter of its population the economy is also featured heavily in the election debate lebanese youth in particular will be looking for strong economic leadership in the face of unemployment low wages and corruption. joins us now live from. there has been there is hope business these elections will bring about some change of the first votes in nine years but voting does seem to be as entrenched along sectarian lines as ever. i have to say laura there's a sense of hope here in lebanon that because these in new election law based on proportional representation approved for preferential vote that we might see more independent voices represent

minister despite his party's poor showing in sunday's election i really says something back to future movement appears to have lost a third of its seats he says he's heard the message and is willing to work with political rivals to deal with lebanon's problems can result show big gains for the share movement hezbollah and its allies. i mean is in the next hour to elect a new prime minister huge crowds gathering outside waiting to see opposition leader . named for the job he's left massive anti-government rallies leave the resignation of the former prime minister. a promise was not chosen parliament will be dissolved early elections. and a convoy carrying hundreds of syrian rebels and civilians as left southern damascus as part of an evacuation deal forty seven bosses are taking them to rebel held areas of. us in northern syria is the fifth day of evacuations those are your headlines to stay with us inside story is up next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world around. sentiments when you call home al-jazeera international bringing the news and current

better representation with more shia and christian representatives but we have all seen that the future movement was fighting for the last minute to defend our legitimacy being one of the main components of national unity in the country today we have a new era a new phase today we have challenges i will stay on top of the future blog and i work on all levels the national political and economic levels being supported by the voters and everyone has seen that in all parts of the country all right let's go live to our correspondent. at the levees capitol and there we heard the prime minister talking about a new era a new phase what does that new era look like. he's basically trying to say martin that he's looking forward to reaching out to the different components of the political establishment to form a new government side that how you just suffered a major setback in the election by losing seats compared to two thousand and nine however he says that he's confident he's going to be able to bridge the gap you know full for many decades elections eleven have been the dominance of the establishment po

entrenched eleven and they have a huge influence there is a movement that i can see behind you here young people looking for a brighter future is this something which will continue this is the movement of the brain and i urge only been nice to join the movement of the brave enough sectarianism enough the same parties since years and years and the country is one big failure they did nothing they did nothing for the country all they did was favoritism. only matters family related and those who promised people to be different and to bring. a better governance eleven on appeared to be worse than the old ones so this is our only hope people like those who take the streets and who protest and who will never resign from their national duty we have to be engaged citizens and we cannot give up on our country and this is how we should do it push going to be my last question if you spoke about the six tell you and dividing the country this is a country that has always been divided along sectarian religious lines what will be the implications of the results of these elections regionally i think they have to stop fear mongering in lebano

a sunni muslim and the speaker a shia muslim and a prime minister saad hariri belongs to the future movement which is popular among sunnis he says the election is a contest between his party and hezbollah which is the most politically powerful political movement in the country is the only political faction with an active armed wing and the conflict in neighboring syria is one of the main issues for voters because as i've mentioned more than a million syrian refugees have now found refuge in limon lebanon and that's that amount about a quarter of its population economy has featured heavily in the election debate lebanese young people in particular looking for a strong economic leadership because there's a very high unemployment there are a load wages and there is corruption so now we can go live to has our correspondent who is in the bekaa valley so how is the election going there hashim . quite interesting moments here eleven and you have mixed feelings. about the future and then science here the same time about a potential turn out of the election i'm surrounded by members of this some have