troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters who blocked roads hariri tweeted a call for calm and appealed for people who really love him to go home the prime minister designate has his promise to put together a government within 6 weeks 2 days of talks are due to start in these cities capital khartoum aimed at resolving disputes over the biggest hydroelectric dam in africa the $4000000000.00 grand ethiopian renascence dam on the river nile is now nearing completion the ethiopians say it will provide power to 70000000 people and revitalize the economy neighbors sudan and egypt fear reduce supplies of drinking water and water for irrigation coming up here on al-jazeera the international criminal court says it could investigate allegations of war crimes in palestinian territories. and aid reaches a remote pocket of sudan for the 1st time in 9 years. because the usual heavy showers across much of southeast asia southern parts of the philippines think will break down poles the unusual heat of the day showers there across malaysia coming down into indonesia so we got the shall assess t

to lebanon where the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidate to be his successor the president's holding former consultations with politicians to decide the next leader or i resigned after weeks of anti-government demonstrations people have been protesting against corruption and sectarian politicians dominating the government tony at least. explains what the announcement might mean for those consultations. i'm at the presidential palace and each block is coming along to make an announcement of what they are doing or what they're not doing and as you've got quite rightly said the major sunny blocks are not nominating anybody they've left including mr hariri the outgoing prime minister is throwing into question what the motives are is the political maneuvering going on behind the scenes is also a feeling that these blocks want to allow the situation on the streets to diffuse for the tension levels to go down and then to come together to make a political situation but it's also very interesting to know that the pro hezbollah alliance put

and the other christian class is refusing to name hariri.s a real problem. >> lebanon's leaders who share power based on a sectarian system are deeply divided. hariri says he wants to head a government free of the influence up local parties. his rivals led by the iranian backed hezbollah who are part of the governing alliance and hold a majority in parliament, said they will not give up power. >> the compromise is hard to reach because every party is sticking to its position and the ruling authority did not budge for one single inch. and it is true that the prime minister resigned but since then, they are trying always to reproduce the same modus operandi, the same operating system. >> a change in leadership is what anti-establishment protesters have been to matting for two months but the largely peaceful uprising against those who have rules lebanon for 30 years has turned violent in recent days. confrontations between unarmed protesters and secured forces is raising fears about stability and security. >> political deadlock is not rare in l

hariri tweeted a call for calm as troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters who blocked roads in beirut the prime minister designate. is promising to put together a technocrat government within 6 weeks. the construction of a russian gas pipeline to europe could be delayed by new legislation in the united states the bill includes sanctions against companies involved in building the nord stream to pipeline donald trump says bypassing ukraine to deliver natural gas to germany gives russia too much influence in europe up next is the listening post 30 minutes. with one of the highest moderates in the middle of one of central america smallest countries is gang related violence you are a country that's not technically a war but you have levels of files that look like countries that the president salvador. talks to does iraq. hello i'm richard gaisford and you're listening post on this program we track the global news media examine dominant narratives and spend more time critiquing journalism and celebrating it were not an award show but to mark the end of 2019 we wanted to examine a

that the very man the blame above all others may be making a comeback former prime minister saad hariri resigned from his post at the end of october after anti-government protests 1st erupted. lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to meet parliamentary blocs later this week to name a new prime minister and many expect hariri to be reinstated. that possibility has further in reach protesters. and look at the various parts of the corrupt system and we are against him. but even then we don't care who's a name but it must be someone who can get us out of this mess that we should not have a college someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon if you see the let me we don't want anyone from the corrupt. but the really elites are reluctant to get that power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to pick forward independent names for government posts i if the protests are spears or poor nights until he returns to office there may be more nights like this on the streets of beirut. we have some football now and in the bundesliga. have slipped off the top f

it's obvious that saad hariri will be renamed as prime minister tomorrow but the main issue that it's not only who is going to form the government but how the this government will be formed i mean in other words the political parties are going to . take part of this government was going to take but who's going to be and they see a government or his will is going to be the fault of those governments because assad how did he mention today or some of his sources mentioned today that he insists this government should be made specially from experts and technocrats without any political parties this this that this thing that is refused completely by his will or the president michel and so the main issue the main the main the main difficulty that one aside how he's going to face off of tomato oh he's going to he's going to phone this government and that's what then the case if that happens and side had 80 is confirmed once again what can we expect from the protest this is all yes the protesters will go and stay in the in the squares on the streets of beirut and other major cities and lebanon

alliance of hizbollah and the mouth and its christian allies many in the sunny community expected hariri to be nominated and said i thought ben there is anger on the street because sunnis feel like we are being excluded no one will accept this people are hungry they don't have jobs and now they want to silence others. but as your measurement of them as market we need a person like her i can save the country from sectarian strife and a man who knows about the country and who can save the economy and the days that how do you get the latest protests following weeks of anger demanding political reforms were confined to largely sunny populated areas in beirut and tripoli lebanon's 2nd largest city. d.m. says he understands the problems but has asked the people to give him a chance. he says he will begin talking to all political groups on saturday and says he hopes to form a government within 6 weeks. as an independent technocrat i'm looking for a technocrat government that consists of independent ministers in order to serve our country in sort out our problems that we all know about diablo's

understanding is that they were talking behind the scenes they were hoping and expecting that mr hariri would be the no yes i was a little further there i was at a console the streets here going to see the stones c.b.c. fellow members that all 3 very well in the next 24 hours to try and get together a search of ministers and said the pope. that will appeal and will lead to the support of the country that is going to be a pretty difficult job we want to be in 6 weeks some people say that you pass a bill it's very hard but a lot of the civil society that came out originally and were protesting. this video that is part of. the government's policy or do they want completely overhauled they want to do away with nepotism and corruption that has left this country in a dire economic situation this high unemployment who conspired to get places there's no kills through the use so they will not change that we need to do it now but equally so people are understanding that after 3 months of demonstrations of the country they need. somebody that's going to lead a government and try and get them this

in lebanon they were the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidates to be his successor the president says holding formal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader hariri resigns in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations and says he's not in the running my people have been protesting against corruption and sectarian politicians dominating the government's. now a deadline is looming for the nomination of a new prime minister over in iraq as well as a lobdell not to step down from the polls last month after weeks of violent protests which were $400.00 people were killed but the demonstrations have continued people say they won't say a complete overhaul of the political system they're angry about boys by corruption high unemployment and who are public services well rights groups are warning of an increase in forced disappearances and arbitrary detentions in iraq some wonderful turn reports from baghdad. but no chance of anger and defiance echoed through tahrir square friends of riot alley and bandar sharky demand

the next prime minister businessman samir looks set to take over from outgoing prime minister saad hariri but protesters have condemned harry reid's decision to back to head the next cabinet they say he won't be able to fix the corruption and government mismanagement that have led to weeks of protests but our correspondents anahata has the latest from beirut where protesters are gathering again. well they didn't get what they wanted what they wanted was an independent government independent from political parties in order to quote save the country the country is in dire economic straits they want their government to pave the way for early elections what lebanon's political leaders have agreed on is nominating really they're set to nominate some year for t.v. yes he doesn't have political experience but he has close ties with the ruling elite so that is why they took to the streets late yesterday they tried to block roads but the security forces quickly intervened there seems to be a deal among lebanese political factions that they will no longer allow this protest movement to disrupt poli

lengthy process so it's far from over at the moment but it could be that part is what moves to mr hariri standing taking a seat step backwards because he wants to have this situation diffuse for the people to disperse from the streets and then to have some calm before a choice is finally made but as a say it's complicated trying to get to 2nd guess lebanese politics tony as you say as it seems to me complex situation but i wondering if this just adds further frustration for the lebanese people who as you say have been continually protesting . well there were the protests have gone down but we are expecting bigger protests this sunday tends to be on the weekends we have seen an escalation in violence more force being used by the security forces in putting down these demonstrations and we have seen an import by i'm all supporters trying to attack the the anti-government protesters so the feelings are pretty strong here still because you got to look at the economy here it's very much in a dire straits since the lebanese power was devalued fuel prices have gone up and employment is very high

next prime minister businessman samantha looks set to take over from outgoing prime minister saad hariri but protesters have condemned her release decision to back her to to head the next cabinet they say he won't be able to fix the corruption and government mismanagement that have led to weeks of protests when our correspondents anahata joins me now live from c. don which is a majority sunni city where people have taken to the streets again scotty and then as we can hear protesters are kaley unhappy about this reported deal talk us through why they're so opposed to. well in a country where the political system is divided among sect the post of the prime minister is reserved for the suddenly community and the community is upset they feel in many ways that some are the t.v. does not that represent them they are they really indeed for making this choice and violating the constitution what they are saying is that the president should have moved for more parliamentary consultations consultations with a different bloc sit in parliament before agreeing on the name of the prime minister and the

i'm known taylor in london with the rest of the top stories including lebanon's assad hariri says he will not seek to stay on as prime minister head of much to lay talks to give the protest wracked country a new government. india's cream court postpones hearings against a new citizenship door to next month as anger against the legislation grows. while it's currently 19 g.m.t. that's 2 pm and washington d.c. and went out 2 hours into that final debate over whether to impeach the president of the united states democrats and republicans in the house of representatives on making their case about whether donald trump violated the constitution he's accused of withholding aid to you. craned to pressure it into investigating his political rival the democrat controlled house is expected to make trump the 3rd president to be impeached in u.s. history trump has dismissed the process as an assault on america while democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi opens that debate calling for both sides to put aside their partisanship and to vote in the interest of the country it is tragic that the p

the next prime minister businessmen some have said to take over from outgoing prime minister saad hariri protesters have condemned harry reid's decision to back to head to head the next cabinet they say he won't be able to fix the corruption and mismanagement that have led to weeks of protests but our correspondents they know what is in the coastal city of sea don where people have taken to the streets against then we can see some of those protesters where you are and they clearly are happy about this reported deal talk us through why they're so opposed to. well some your hotel would like you mentioned there's likely to be nominated the next prime minister when lawmakers head to the presidential palace on monday it seems to have announced political factions have reached some sort of a deal a new prime minister as well as the makeup of the next government for people here some yes he has no political experience he doesn't belong to a political party but he is very close to the ruling elite so for people on the streets nothing has changed and it's not just that the makeup of the next govern

prime minister businessmen something to be look set to take over from outgoing prime minister saad hariri protesters have condemned that decision. now a nationwide transport strike has started in france to protest against president amano micron's plan to overhaul the pension system most train and bus services have been cancelled flights are affected as well 55 percent of teachers are expected to join the strike with hospitals also affected mccrum plans to merge $42.00 state pension systems but strikers say they'll end up working longer hours and have nest money for retirement. now the nato summit has ended with the leaders uniting behind common commitments despite the meeting highlighting bitter divisions leaders agreed on issues like russia and china and settled a major stumbling block when turkey dropped its objection to nato as baltic defense plan but behind the display of unity cracks were showing as during the whole experience from what that's north of london so good morning i think there it is start if you can find those seats this gathering of nato leaders had one objective a show

saad hariri protested against his potential replacement. hariri tweeted a call for karma's troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters who blocked roads in beirut the prime minister designate. is promising to put together a technocrat government within 6 weeks. the construction of a russian gas pipeline to europe could be delayed by new legislation in the united states the bill includes sanctions against companies involved in building the nord stream to pipeline donald trump says bypassing ukraine to deliver natural gas to germany gives russia too much influence in europe up next is the listening post 30 minutes by. with one of the highest murder rates in the world it's the main reason i want to central america the smallest countries is gang related violence you are a country that is not taking the award that you have levels of models that look like countries that the president of the salvador. talks to dizzy and. below richard gaisford and you're at the listening post on this program we track the global news media examine dominant na

former prime minister saad hariri resigned from his post at the end of october after and he government protests 1st erupted. on monday lebanon's president michel aoun is meeting parliamentary blocs to name a new prime minister and many expect her ri-ri to be reinstated. that possibility has further enraged protesters and look at the various parts of the corrupt system and we are against him and the victim but even that we don't care who they named but it must be someone who can get us out of this mess that we should not have a someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon obviously the let me we don't want anyone from the corrupt classes and. put the ruling elites in the east to give up power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to put forward independent names for government posts i if the protesters fears a borne out and hariri returns to office and maybe more nights like this on the streets of beirut. was. get your brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour scuffles have broken out at anti-government protests in hong kong hu

the lebanese parliament is to consider whom to nominate as prime minister, to replace saad al—hariri,rts. explosion beirut is, once again, a flash point for protest. tear gas choked the air, as police took aim with water cannon at protesters flooding into the city's central square. translation: i am here, and i've got nothing to lose. i'm ready to sacrifice my life for the revolution, so that lebanon can be a real homeland. for the first time in my life, i feel that i can dream of a new homeland, a real one. on saturday, fierce clashes broke out between demonstrators, counter—protesters, and police. the government has opened an inquiry, following claims of excessive use of force. lebanon's ailing economy, high unemployment and dire public services saw unrest begin in october. the prime minister and central government figures have resigned. on monday, consultations to form a new cabinet will begin. protesters want to overhaul the entire political system, but the sunni establishment has previously backed the return of former prime minister saad hariri. the clashes, the most severe in de

monday, the lebanese parliament will consider who to nominate as prime minister to replace saad al—haririareth barlow reports. beirut is once again a flashpoint for protest. tea rgas beirut is once again a flashpoint for protest. teargas choked the air as police took aim with water cannon, the protesters flooding into the city's central square. translation: i am the city's central square. translation: iam here, and i've got nothing to lose. i'm ready to sacrifice my life for the revolution, so that lebanon can be a real homeland. for the first time in my life, i feel that i real homeland. for the first time in my life, ifeel that i can real homeland. for the first time in my life, i feel that i can dream real homeland. for the first time in my life, ifeel that i can dream of a new homeland, a real one. on saturday, fierce clashes broke out between demonstrators, counter protesters, and police. the government has opened an enquiry following claims of excessive use of force. lebanon's ailing economy, high unemployment and they are public services saw unrest began in october. the prime minis

lebanese president michel i will lebanon will continue moving forward free of any obstacles mr saad hariri did not security officer prime minister and now lebanon has a new prime minister with a new start mr has sandy out is a university professor and wise man we hope that with god's will he will form a government and carry out the will of the lebanese people who do support us and the as the new head of the lebanese government. yes of course we welcome past sunday absent point and respect any choice made by the lebanese people nor yet the public decision on the will of lebanon's represents a fully respected by a wrong it makes no difference to wants who will become prime minister of lebanon or speaker of parliament or any member of parliament as the islamic republic of iran will respect the will of the lebanese people will walk away and some believe that our side of the obvious iran's appointee in lebanon an agent of hezbollah and ally of tehran on a person close to the lebanese to its own forces friendly to iran is not true the. guwahati came but you don't let's look at it this way mr has

i mean taylor nandan with the rest of the top stories including lebanon's saad hariri says he will not seek to stay on as prime minister ahead of much to late talks to give the protest right country a new government. india supreme court postponed hearings against a new citizenship law to next month as anger against the legislation grows. well in just the past hour the final debate has got underway over whether to impeach the president of the united states democrats and republicans in the house of representatives on making their case about whether donald trump violated the constitution he's accused. of withholding aid to ukraine to pressurize into investigating his political rival the democrat controlled house is expected to make trump the 3rd president to be impeached in u.s. history on trying has just called the process on social media an assault on america well democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi opens that debate calling for both sides to put aside their partisanship and vote in the interest of the country it is tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment

on friday troops fired tear gas at protesters who blocked roads and held rocks hariri has called for calm. but that could either she. or me or i wish all could express themselves in a peaceful way because the army is aus and it is for older liberties and i wish if anyone is angry that he can protest peacefully in god's will the prime minister whose son is conducting his consultations we hope for good for all. now still ahead on al-jazeera it strikes halting paris's public transport walking. by. and ready for the game take care i have been that the brand new stadium he said will have more unstable. some lovely weather across a good parts of the middle east over the next couple days lost the 5 and dry basin places a cloud moving further east would say to ward specs because it's down more than parts of afghanistan over towards the other side of the region just around the events to confide and dry there will be some but some places a cloud just spilling into the east the side of the medicine go on into monday but i think it's going to stay off shore here so generally saying more pleasant

they want their leader mr hariri to be the nomination but it should be strange in the world of. politics a large city block did not make a nomination that nomination for mr came from the shiite bloc with the hezbollah and amal. politics the structure of the constitution here is that the. president has to be the prime minister has to be a speaker of parliament has to be a shiite muslim so. i have to say this this is just a small section small cross-section of what's happening in beirut mainly the sunny population here that have come out and are protesting seems to be a big demand to take them forward to get them out of this economic crisis mr hariri even though both men are from the so-called old order now the. best part of 2 months a complete overhaul of the political system here they want the techno politicians to be they want the techno crutch to be in and they want a whole new look at the way politics is done here they believe that the economics of the past 30 years has to be done away with is too much nepotism too much corruption now they're quiet now but they were earlier o

parliamentary blocs on the shape of a future government including cat take a prime minister saad hariri has on the upside everyone have one concern to get the country out of its strangling economic crisis the talks come after hundreds of people protested in favor of a time finding to oppose the abstract nation he has promised to form a government within 6 weeks of a catholic a prime minister saad hariri has called for calm. but that could either she. or me here i wish all could express themselves in a peaceful way because the army as it is for older liberties and i wish if anyone is angry that he can protest peacefully in god's will the prime minister whose son is conducting his consultations and we hope to good for all. russia says construction must continue on its gas pipeline here at despite u.s. sanctions president donald trump signed a bill on friday to impose sanctions on firms involved in the north's train to projects the u.s. argues the 9 a half $1000000000.00 plan would increase gemini's reliance on russian gas the move it already prompted a major contract it to suspend the san

politicians have been unable to form a new government since demonstrations forced prime minister saad hariri and his out of it to resign. violent protests have been northeast india after parliament approved a controversial citizenship law it offers a path to citizenship for 6 minority religious groups from neighboring countries but it excludes muslims and those are the headlines coming up next it's super 31. as i put the upfront questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking. here on al-jazeera.

post after receiving the backing of hizbollah and its allies lebanon's caretaker prime minister saad hariri resigned in october after weeks of anti-government protests will have to tackle the unrest and the country's biggest economic crisis in 40 years 20 but he is in the capital beirut he describes how protesters are responding to the appointment. we're hearing stories already of people blocking roads predominately in sunny areas of beirut but also in tripoli people still protesting burning tires and carrying on pretty much in the same way they have for the last 2 months these people will be using social media also to voice criticism because they cast this deal as being part of the old order the old lebanese political order where if you're against whom they've been protesting now for the last 2 months they want a clean sweep an overhaul of the government they see him as being the old side they want somebody new and they will carry on protesting he was education minister in the government of mr mcgrath he in 2011 to 2014 the have been allegations about corruption completely and corroborated

was not elected unanimously the large influential sunny bloc led by the former prime minister saad hariri did not support mr diablo or nominate its own candidate he was backed by the predominately shiite hezbollah alliance the media in israel has already described mr diablo as hezbollah's man. and this shows that as well as dealing with lebanon's pressing domestic issues he was also juggle the interests of outside powers such as iran syria the us and israel which have all played a part in the country's political instability. hours after mr diablo accepted the nomination people who are still out protesting although in fewer numbers but in sunny areas of beirut and lebanon the 2nd largest city tripoli there were reports of roads being blocked and tires being burned mr diablo begin talking to all parties this weekend but it's clear that not everyone wants to listen. but there's still a lot of talking to be done before hasn't he is able to head a new government and that process can still take months but the question is how will his nomination translate for the lebanese people and will it be e

protesters who gathered outside the parliament they were angry at the potential nomination of saad hariri to serve as prime minister again he resigned from the job in october protesters want to overhaul the political system which they say is corrupt and sectarian senate is in beirut and has more now on those political consultations that have been put off. the constitutional process to appoint a prime minister and form a new government was supposed to begin now the president's palace issued a statement saying that those parliamentary consultations have been postponed until thursday in that statement it mentions that the caretaker prime minister saddle how do you think the man who was believed to be to be nominated by the end of today asked for this postponement in order to allow for more consultations and then go on the different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddle heidi is the likely candidate to return as prime minister he received the support of the son the religious establishment in this country there's a

battled with my police and dragged them from the roads is anger after i going prime minister saad hariri back to a prominent businessman as his replacement critics say won't fix corruption and government mismanagement which is led to weeks of protest. a gas explosion outside a factory in sudan has killed at least 23 people and injured 130 others it caused the fact fire at a factory in the capital so hot as if he sells. the gas tanker exploded next to the ceramics factory in an industrial area in her. big calls was sent flying people ran for their lives the factory was gutted my own and i said i don't know i honestly don't understand anything as we came in from inside the factory i heard a loud boom in iran and behind me was another man severely injured my leg was injured we immediately ran outside and that was if you could have a gas tank or near the factory exploded either as a result of it not being connected properly or a technical error in the way the gas was released it caused an explosion which is that the factory on fire will find out more later from the investigation. overwhelmed

bought protests is have condemned saad hariri cision to support the candidacy of mr hottie they say he won't be able to fix the corruption and mismanagement that have led to weeks of protests says go live now to our correspondent zain the honda she's in the coastal city of sidon and then a people have taken to the streets their way you are against the possible nomination of mr hurting. yes people are angry what they've been telling us is that the those in power aren't they hearing our voices would fit on the streets for 15 days we're saying that we have no faith in you those who have been in power for 30 years they're all over the entire economic conditions there are a huge number of options and they're saying that the deal that has reportedly underaged among lebanese political factions falls short of their demands severe fatigue is a successful businessman yes but he has ties to most ties with the ruling elite so people here say he's in bed really with those who are in power the new government kind of for example political parties will still be represented yes some of the faces who

and lebanon's new prime minister begins shaping the future government's outgoing data saad hariri calls for calm. and an olympic legend helps open the new torture 2020 national stadium piece that has more in sports. now regional security concerns dominated a summit of west african leaders in nigeria's capital delegates from the 15 member eco discussed fund raising to support the fight against increased attacks in the sahara region at its last meeting the body pledged a $1000000000.00 to boost military operations in that lawless desert region while our correspondent ahmed address spoke to retired group command acidic a senior research fellow at the nigerian defense college he asked him if the fund can really solve the problem of violent attacks in the sahara. now this site is such an out of this fund we can see it's a very good sign and i think it's a realisation for the leaders in the some region that they have to pull ownership of the security architecture in this region if you realize you know in the current times most of the support is coming from either the colonial former colonial

well let's head to lebanon now where the party of caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate any other candidate to be his successor and the president holds informal consultations with politicians to decide the next leader and really of course resigned in october after weeks of anti-government protests there people have been protesting against corruption and the sectarian politicians dominating the governments for more unless we can bring in tony burke lee he's live for us in be reduced to any future movement party is refusing adds it's a name a success and there's a quite a few books who are nominating anyone why is this. while i'm at the presidential palace and each block is coming along to make an announcement of what they are doing or what they're not doing and as you got quite rightly said the major sunny blocks are not nominating anybody they've left including mr hariri the outgoing prime minister is throwing into question what the motives are is the political maneuvering going on behind the scenes and also a feeling that these blocks want to allow the situatio

protesters continue to block roads and hold rallies the demonstrations forced prime minister saad hariri to resign back in october. the un's accused a chill day of seriously violating the human rights of anti-government protesters investigators have detailed what they describe as unlawful killing torture sexual abuse and excessive force and they're urging the government to end the indiscriminate use of lead pellets and tear gas that's left at least 350 people with severe eye insurance and 4 more humanitarian workers have been executed after being kidnapped by an armed group in northeastern nigeria this is according to a french aid group they were among 6 people abducted in july near the town of daraa where armed fighters including those from boko haram operate you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is next. talk to al-jazeera we were told to get to that military ration hasn't this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal off spain for. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter now does iraq. boris johnson has won the u.

post after receiving the backing of hizbollah and its allies lebanon's caretaker prime minister saad hariri resigned in october after weeks of anti-government protests will have to tackle the armrest and the country's biggest economic crisis in 40 is what that leaves the bomb at this beautiful woman idea that i extend my deep gratitude to the president and members of the parliament that have placed trust in me i also extend gratitude to all members of parliament hoping that i'll be able to live up to the confidence they have placed in me when i form the government in consultation with the president and on the basis of the constitution so that the government will live up to the aspirations of the people a government that will live up and realize their concerns and meet their demands and provide a secure future a government that will take the country from a destabilized situation to stability under realistic reform plan that does not remain ink on paper. tony betty is in the capital beirut he describes how protests as a responding to diaz appointment. we're hearing stories already of people b

politically powerful family in the province the party of lebanon's caretaker prime minister saad hariri is refusing to nominate a candidate to be his successor formal consultations are sets take place between the president and politicians to decide the next leader how do you resigned in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations. conflicts and crisis in places like iraq or topping the agenda for muslim leaders meeting in kuala lumpur malaysia prime minister welcomed them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences to better serve their people than leaders of surrey arabia and pakistan are among those who snapped the meeting because it wasn't held on to the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation. circus president richard sipe heard one has criticized other muslim nations for not supporting his plans to resettle refugees in northern syria he underlines the pressure his country is under some 50000 people who are currently migrating from syria's province into turkey meanwhile 3 civilians have been killed and several others injured in the lates

cities and weeks of demonstrations against poverty and corruption which forced prime minister saad hariri to resign back in october as well as the hasan nasrallah says the next government must include all political factions if it is to tackle the worst economic crisis in decades. the u.s. house panel has recommended the impeachment of president donald trump it is another crucial step in the process that's divided congress and the nation the full house of representatives is expected to vote in favor of impeachment at some point next week this from the white house correspondent. another ford visit to the white house overshadowed by domestic politics as the president apparent why sat on comfortably in the oval office u.s. president donald trump railed against the democrats push to impeach him in congress for his dealings with ukraine's president it's a witch hunt it's a sham it's a hoax nothing was done wrong 0 was done wrong it's a scam it's something that shouldn't be allowed and it's a very bad thing for a country and you are trivializing impeachment and i tell you what someday there will

prime minister has announced for the 2nd time that he does not want to lead a new government saad hariri resigned back in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations and on monday the president planned to hold consultations with political parties to decide on a new prime minister but that's now been postponed until thursday people have been voicing their anger against corruption and sectarian politics governing the country for decades protestors have rallied again in new delhi after india's top court postponed hearings on a controversial new citizenship law until january and says it needs more details from the government the new makes it easier for non muslims from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan to gain indian citizenship. at least $23.00 civilians have been killed in the latest round of russian attacks on rebel held areas of northwestern syria shelling in as strikes and it's a province of escalated in recent weeks president bashar al assad's government appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with the northern

president michel aoun should now move to form a new government after the resignation of prime minister hariri in october. on the aid of the international climate summit in madrid the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has issued a stark warning about the threat of climate change and called for immediate action we hard in a deep hole and we are still digging soon it will be too deep to escape i welcome the voices of the young get the view so remitting they understand that you are just providing their future if you fly i will continue to push every there to keep climate at the top of the international agenda to tears a statement follows the declaration of a climate emergency by a law makers showing a heightened awareness of the impact of climate change for some people though in other parts of the world the issue is already a life changing one. for abdul hadi a fisherman in java indonesia the climate crisis is stark reality flooding in his home village of town back is so bad that he's engaged in a constant battle against water it's a graphic reminder of the risks posed by jarvis sinking coas

supporters about going on lebanese prime minister saad hariri blocked streets and scuffles with soldiers in beirut they're angry at the nomination of politician backed by militant group hezbollah to lead the next government prime minister designate a has sandia has promised to work toward stability in the crisis told country. u.s. aircraft maker boeing's starliner astronaut capsule has gone off course the u.s. a space agency nasa says the unmanned spacecraft was on a test flight to the international space station when a timing error caused it to miss its planned orbit the style on it is now a shuttle to return to earth on sunday. australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday while the country contends with a massive bushfire emergency mr marson paid tribute to 2 volunteer firefighters who were killed as they tackle the blaze near sydney 3 others were seriously injured they were amongst thousands battling to contain about a 100 ferocious blazes raging across the state of new south wales. crews struggling to tame wild bushfires in south australia rule teams

should now move to form a new government after the resignation of prime minister saad hariri in october. and at least 19 people have been killed and another 18 injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in eastern siberia the vehicle landed upside down on a frozen river it was carrying 40 passengers when one of its thai is and the driver lost control of the vehicle. well thousands of people have taken to the streets of hong kong in a fresh wave of pro-democracy protests there hoping to keep up the pressure on see the need to carry after the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in district council elections away could guard once again police in riot gear were out in force. taking aim with pepper spray at protesters rallying to decry precisely this kind of police response hong kong's pro-democracy movement was back out in force with thousands on the streets chanting revolution of our time and liberate hong kong. once again police made arrests and used tear gas to push demonstrators back even as a separate rally was being staged elsewhere in the city to protest the toll the tear gas

potentially establishing a special tribe you know as they did with the lebanon case with the cessation of hariri that the un could in fact set up an international tribunal but it hasn't taken those discussions any further forward and so the only real way for the family to to see any justice is through seeking accountability through universal jurisdiction potentially in europe or in the united states to be do you see that happening i mean what does this mean for democracy after his murder at this point do you think that this case is now essentially closed. no it's not close knit and it will of course be the attempts to to ensure that those who are responsible how our current will there are groups working with the family that are try to to at least start case where the civil criminal in united states and also i'm sure there will be attempts to to bring this before courts in europe certainly the u.k. courts and the german courts have jurisdiction to do with much as such as this and of course that will be what is continuing with the turkish authorities i'm so i think that there will be accountabilit

in the lebanese capital beirut opponents gathering to protest against outgoing prime minister saad hariri backing for a prominent businessman to replace an anti government demonstrations have been going on for about 2 months now. tech sector trailblazer in moscow has testified in court that a tweet describing a british rescue driver as a pedophile was not meant to be taken literally. but diver vernon unsworth is suing mosque for defamation he helped rescue toll boys from a flooded cave in thailand last year. u.s. senator kamala harris is ending her bid for the democratic presidential nomination she says she doesn't have the money to continue campaigning 15 contenders remain in the democratic field there are 2 months to go until voting on candidates begins in iowa where that field is expected to thin for. all staying in the u.s. the democrat led house of representatives has approved a report by its intelligence committee that makes the case for impeaching u.s. president doll trump now according to this document the evidence for impeaching the president is quote overwhelming republicans in