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employees being tax move has infuriated the protestors and they want the government to resign king abdullah has stood by prime minister hani milky despite calls to fire him the king's been instead calling for talks between m.p.'s and government ministers but moki is under international pressure to reform jordan's economy and cut its thirty seven billion dollar debt that is equivalent to ninety five percent of g.d.p. and then. the international monetary fund approved a seven hundred million line to jordan two years ago to lower public debt and increase growth jordan relies heavily on financial help from the u.s. u.a.e. and until recently saudi arabia which has cut funding king abdullah is a key u.s. ally in the strategically important region which borders syria israel and iraq with regional time or has worsened the kingdom's money problems and sheltering one point .

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jordan's king abdullah has named the education minister as the new prime minister. will now have to form a new government after his predecessor resigned on monday every day as a volunteer stares you protests in amman over plans for tax hikes and austerity measures king abdullah has promised urgent reforms. bodies he reports. it's official jordan's government has responded to the people's demands by accepting to replace prime minister hani and willkie parliament speaker out of a total not told al-jazeera he will reject the law that initially sparked protests last thursday. although it seems to the protesters demands have been met they continued to march for the fifth night in a row and. the resignation is a first step to reduce the tension that exists in the country the second step which is the main step is to withdraw the decision by king abdullah from the parliament otherwise things will not calm down they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing him with the same old same will not fly people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking

the president shaking hands with king abdullah there. let's listen in. >> dana: that is king abdullah and queen rania meeting the first lady, melania trump and president trump there with her there for their first visit to the united states since president trump became president. they will have a meeting in the oval office. we expect press coverage in the oval office meeting. we'll bring that live. lots for these two leaders to discuss from everything from the middle east piece plan and including hundreds and thousands of not just palestinian refugees over the years but of course the syrian refugees that fled to jordan to find some sort of peace. they're being held mostly in camps in jordan. >> yes. there's always the issue of the right of return of refugees to the now occupied territories as well. is that part of a peace plan or is it not? clearly isis, syria, all of that involved in the discussions. where i left off, jared kushner met with benjamin netanyahu over the weekend. they talked about a humanitarian process in gaza that will pr

protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to. resign in a meeting at the royal palace. anti immigrant sentiment seems to be rising across europe slovenia.

king abdullah staunchly pro-american, has a good relationship with president trump.ntext including turkey and qatar commit to other countries where the u.s. has a strong military presence. those two countries have shown preferences moving toward a closer relationship with russia, and in so the united states is looking for closer allies in the region where they can have greater military cooperation in jordan. this meeting is really important for a number of reasons. >> his involvement in a possible solution. as connor just told us, not many details coming out about the plan. would you expect it will show? what could be in the plan to unveil in a couple months? >> it's really hard to speculate. what can the trump administration come up with that is different than what it has been in the past. clearly because of the u.s. moving our embassy to jerusalem, the rightful place that this is what american law has required for years and years is going to be favored anything towards israel and israel's preferences here. it's hard to know the details for the fact president trump

jordan's king abdullah has warned his country's at a crossroads of protests continuing against planned tax increases and austerity cuts he is promising urgent measures to tackle an economic crisis risk years and guatemala are trying to reach remote areas after the volcano destroyed villages and killed at least sixty five people thousands more have been forced to leave their homes david miller says more from psychotropic care. in the village of send me get this there's evidence of destruction everywhere a massive volcanic eruption unleashed a torrent of lava mud an ash which engulfed the community the flow raced down the side of the flag a volcano giving people little time to escape rescue workers struggled to find bodies many of which were buried inside their houses. access is very difficult and it's really hot in the places we're trying to dig bodies out of the ash the deeper you dig the more intensely. by morning the scale of the disaster was becoming clear the volcanic mudflows buried entire families this is the epicenter of the slide and it's the focus of the rescue efforts right n

king abdullah called for additional international support. government has said they have already spent tens of billions of dollars providing for the refugees. anchor: the death toll from the volcano in guatemala continues to rise. the official told his at 75 dead, but 200are ill missing. the volcano first exploded over the weekend, but rescue efforts were put on hold yesterday after it you erupted again. we have details on the irruption's that have affected 1.7 million people. reporter: displacedents gathering their belongings, after new evacuations were ordered on tuesday. the latest explosion has a sent the flows, a mixture of gas and a logbook, streaming -- lava, streaming down the southh side and threatening to destroy towns, causing widespread panic. >> we have no idea what willll hahappen, only god knows. is, we do n notnow, i think we h have to p pray andy calm. reer: rescucue efforts have been suspended this as authorities have warned it is too dangerous for the workers to even get close. >> at some point, we saw a huge tower of smoke

challenge that of the faces in jordan today ok let me give lamb is the last word so lamb is how does king abdullah deal with this dual challenge the external pressure of regional powers and the internal pressure how does he deal with the crisis. actually yeah first of all people are not totally buying vigils arisen and tax people are aware of the pressure i can't speak on behalf of many but i do go to the protests and are aware of the tremendous pressure on jordan but the crisis has not just started now the economy crisis started in two thousand and eleven and there were many many chances for the government to prove that it is accountable to find alternatives to present to the i.m.f. an alternative plan in order to increase production and productive just. the their revenues and it didn't start with the saudis and and the interest pressure in jordan and people are aware of that and we resent that the third thing is that we all forget that jordan has been accelerating its normalization with israel if you go to the north to the the areas of the villages where there are conflicts there are forcing peo

station for millions of refugees who have fled war for safety in general michael meets today with king abdullah her job is on the line as she races to solve europe's migration crisis. also coming up a trump u. turn the u.s. president signs in order to end family separation of the border with mexico this follows days of public outrage after his administration indorsed separating children from parents who entered the u.s. illegally. also coming up for a lot your back and hold that pose it is international yoga day and millions of people are turning out for mass yoga meet ups stretching across the globe. i'm sumi so much drama good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is visiting jordan today a major refugee host country amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government medical health talks with jordan's king abdullah where refugee policy top the agenda hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians including some initially hosted by jordan have migrated onward to europe with germany as a key destination. political editor michelle if there is t

after a meeting in mecca saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait are coming to the aid of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. more slowly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and except peaceful relations i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the gulf people would like jordan to somehow take sides in a much more pronounced manner than it. just a to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago the gulf monarchies more or less saw the hotshoe might kingdom as one of their own and its ability as being necessary to

after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region it had good you'll motion and then or didn't whatever and it would mean today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or its citizens a political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to us citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about politics or ideology i guess it would have been enough alienation we need not to travel looking for a job to feed our family we need not to get our education overseas this is our country and it is the right time to feel stable here. the protests in the capital amman have been directed towards the government's plans for tax hikes a

after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region it's a good you'll wish and the what happened in today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or its citizens a political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to our citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about politics or ideology i guess it would have been enough alienation we need not to travel looking for a job to feed our family we need not to get our education overseas this is our country and it is the right time to feel stable here. the protests in the capital amman have been directed towards the government's plans for tax hikes and austerity measures

king abdullah has named. a former world bank economist and the previous education minister to take over as prime minister but it's not clear if these changes will be enough to calm the rest. is there i'm joined now via skype by janice tennant luck who is in amman thanks so much for coming on to al-jazeera and now that the prime minister has gone a former world bank economist is the important place is this going to be enough to stop the demonstrations on the streets you think well this alone certainly will be enough jordan has seen protests in the past or the arab spring and prime ministers came and went without substantial changes i think these protesters are aware of that change of personnel is not really a change of policy they want to see concrete steps such as withdraw this income tax law or freestar stared in bushes for the even start considering going back to their homes for the economy is in dire straits at the moment what what what must this new guy in challenge do really if he wants to turn as a stor

station for millions of refugees who have fled war for safety in europe and i told me today with king abdullah her job is on the line as she races to solve europe's migration crisis. also coming up celebrating the soccer world cup in russia spain on the brink of reaching the knockout round after they'd be drawn in a tight battle after the rest of the. campaign. simon rattle was acting on the baton as head conductor of the berlin philharmonic the british maestro charted a new processor one of the world's most renowned orchestras bringing it up to date for the twenty first century. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is visiting jordan today a major refugee host country amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government held talks with jordan's king abdullah where refugee policy top the agenda hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians including some initially hosted by jordan have migrated onward to europe with germany as a key destination. is chief political editor michel are krisna is traveling with the g

expand its influence in the middle east calling the nation a threat to the world to jordan our king abdullah has warned that his country is at a crossroads as protests of the proposed tax hikes continue his promise and urgent measures to tackle the economic crisis the protests have forced the prime minister to quit mohamed reports it's official jordan's government has responded to the people's demands by accepting to replace prime minister. parliament speaker out of a total nut told al jazeera he will reject the law that initially sparked protests last thursday. although it seems to the protesters demands have been met they continued to march for the fifth night in a row and this is. the resignation is the first step to reduce the tension that exists in the country the second step which is the main step is to withdraw the decision by king abdullah from the parliament otherwise things will not calm down they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing him with the same old thing will not fly people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing faces like

are continuing against the government in jordan despite the resignation of the prime minister king abdullah has won that the country is it cost us rescuers in guatemala searching for survivors after a volcanic eruption on sunday killed at least sixty two people the most violent eruption of the volcano in more than fourteen years. has been i wage in the us after president all chump tweeted that he has the right to pardon himself from the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixth election. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says iran must be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon he's been meeting german chancellor angela merkel in berlin that now who warned against allowing iran to expand its influence in the middle east and that the nation is a threat to the world the minute kate has more now. when german and israeli heads of government meet there are always expressions of deep friendliness of the importance of the relationship between their two countries given the historical legacy the point also to make is amongst the expressions of friendliness there are

hundred and work towards which were also recognizes arabia by the late king our beloved king of king abdullah was more restrained in his position he could not act as quickly as the crown prince is able to do so and he is acting isn't a which is a good thing particularly for women you see them going to stadiums you seeing them starting to drive but at the same time he's also rounding up activists. what's happening there while he's acting and it is good and i think a lot of young people in surgery via would agree with their cognized the need to reform and he has undoubtedly has the support of many young particularly young educated who were sent on scholarships by late king abdullah now returned they all are in support of his activities now i think the problem with him is getting surround himself with with also not just the wrong allies regionally but the wrong advisors locally if you see some of his advisors who have occupied the t.v. screens as a child the propaganda the way they address issues it's very surprising it it will not does not match the big vision that he seems to have adopted for

station for millions of refugees who have fled war for safety in europe michael meets today with king abdullah her job is on the line as she races to solve europe's migration crisis also coming up a trump u. turn the u.s. president signs an order to end a family separations of the border with mexico this follows days of public outrage after his administration indorsed separating children from parents who entered the u.s. illegally. and is celebrating at the soccer world cup in russia spain on the brink of reaching the knockout round after they beat iran in a tight battle we'll have that and the rest of the action. and this is not your average yoga class it's one of thousands of mass yoga made up stretching across the globe on this international yoga day. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is visiting jordan today a major refugee host country amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government medical health talks with jordan's king abdullah where refugee policy tough the agenda hundreds of thousands of dis

after days of antiwar stereotype protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah will ask can yarmulke to resign in a meeting at the royal palace. the remains of hundreds of bodies have been found in the iraqi city of mosul almost a year since it was taken from eisel they were buried in ruins and along the banks of the river tigris during a renewed search effort child strafford reports from the capital baghdad. it's been eleven months it's a rocky prime minister. declared victory over eisel in mosul much of what was iraq's second biggest city lies in ruins the fighting was described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. the search for bodies goes on civil defense search and rescue teams are concentrating on areas close to the banks of the river tigris it was here that the iraqi government forces supported by international coalition airstrikes. and killed most of the last remaining arsenal fighters in the city i saw bodies that were covered around seven hundred these bodies were all i saw that used to hide in these houses are obstacles and clearing

jordan's king abdullah has called for a view of a controversial tax law is found to wave it around to your stereotype protests and prompted the prime minister to resign demonstrators have filled the capital in opposition to economic reforms backed by the i am math mohamed judging reports. after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region in a good you'll motion and then or didn't whatever and it would mean today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or its citizens political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to us citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about politics or ideology i guess it would have be

the beleaguered jordanian prime minister may be on his way out source of told al-jazeera that king abdullah last the prime minister tony al malaki to resign in a meeting on monday within days of protests in the kingdom after the government was raising income tax at least five percent. ongoing violence in nicaragua has claimed more lives after another attack on anti-government protesters more than a hundred people have been killed. since the start of a political crisis that began of a proposed cuts to the country's social security system but have grown into calls for the resignation of president or take up zero as money has more from the nicaraguan capital. confrontations between anti-government protesters and paramilitary forces have left more dead in the site following the killings tensions remain high as mass demonstrators manned barricades to block access into the city making our way to the scene of the violence we encountered several checkpoints demonstrators here are suspicious of anyone trying to pass the barricade ok moving slingshots and homemade mortar weapons opposition supporters

king abdullah has asked to meet with the prime minister on monday. and cnn is following the problem. good to see you jomana. what is the latest on these protests, and how likely is it that king abdullah will ask his prime minister to resign? >> that's the speculation right now, rosemary, that we heard late last night that the king had asked for the -- he had summoned the prime minister for a meeting today. the speculation has been that he is going to ask him to resign. the ball is in the court of the ultimate decision maker in jordan, and that is king abdullah. is he going to move in the direction of meeting the demands of these protesters? there have been several demands, but the two key calls from the protests have been for the sacking of the prime minister in this current government, and also for withdrawing this income tax law bill. this tax law, rosemary, they want to widen the tax base. they want to increase the tax brackets, and they're going to penalize people who do not pay tax in jordan. just t put this context, right now according to the g

be forced to quit after days of anti or stereotype protests sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah will ask to resign in a meeting at the royal palace mohamed bodys he reports. the. thousands marched in the streets of amman towards the prime minister's residence chanting we are coming. it's the fourth night of protest they're demanding the resignation of annual milking over his plans to increase taxes. the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these are our demands and we don't want the next government to implement the same policies either. just the typical woman if the government doesn't respond to want a monster that will be a general strike on wednesday just like the one last week we will be calling for the government to step down because we do not want a government pressured by external involvement we need a government that represents the nation government sources now say king abdullah will meet the prime minister on monday where he and other members of jordan's government are expected to submit their resignation. jordan has been under international pressure t

jordan's king abdullah has won that his country is at a crossroads as protests of a proposed tax hikes continue the speaker of parliament is valid to reject the measure that forced prime minister. to resign d.c. reports it's official jordan's government has responded to the people's demands by accepting to replace prime minister hani and wilkie. parliament speaker out of a total nut told al-jazeera he will reject the law that initially sparked protests last thursday. although it seems to the protesters demands have been met they continue to march for the fifth night in a row people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing faces like you know. second one prime minister and getting another one they're looking for a change in their policies and the policies have been detrimental to the daily lives of the people and jordan and they are looking for changes in these in these policies they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing him with the same old same will not fly the mystic or. the resignation is a first step to reduce the tension that exist

jordan's prime minister may be on his way out sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah bill asked prominence to honiara mohit of a zine at a meeting on monday there have been days of protests in the kingdom after the government proposed raising and contacts by at least five percent. and al-jazeera investigation has found that saudi arabia played a bigger role in causing the gulf crisis than previously thought the report shows the cell that hacked the website of the kutha news agency in may two thousand and seventeen worked from a saudi government ministry in riyadh and the phones and computers were all connected to a cell the communication company the hacking led to the fallout between catherine and its gulf neighbors saudi arabia buffering and the united arab emirates last june well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the cure revisited is coming up next. once welcome now fear. dividing a nation. al-jazeera explores germany's long term economic strategy of pursuing immigrants from the arab world. and syria and the. money doesn't refute you get those people with.

jordan's king abdullah has warned his country is at a crossroads with protests continuing against planned tax increases and austerity cuts he is promising urgent measures to tackle an economic crisis mohamed reports it's official jordan's government has responded to the people's demands by accepting to replace prime minister henny and wilkie parliament speaker out of a total not told al-jazeera he will reject the law that initially sparked protests last thursday. although it seems to the protesters demands have been met they continued to march for the fifth night in a row and. the resignation is a first step to reduce the tension that exists in the country the second step which is the main step is to withdraw the decision by king abdullah from the parliament otherwise things will not calm down. they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing him with the same old thing will not fly people are looking for a paradigm shift they're not looking for changing faces like you know. sacking one prime minister and getting another one looking for a change in the policies of the po

alliance as that they meet general or to the actual events used up a few years back when king abdullah. of saudi arabia and twenty eleven suggested moving from cooperation to gulf union everybody was on or. get out of us plans a mighty schemes that just to see finally was going to be leading the other war where other major powers in the out of would have been in shambles the crisis that they were going through the associated with what was called the arab spring and now we are just hoping and wishing and praying that we go back with our walking or might expect patients to just going back to all the way we where. previous join fifteen twenty seventy in the watershed event that's the really really from a still think it's toll on us has really a lot of our chief sweat that it's economic with that it's on the very feet whether it's corporation and also a cast in asia or shadow of doubt on the united states as a government tour of this region why this is why the cut there is have to rely on fuel hundreds of turkish soldiers to save their humans territories and sovereignty and wellbeing while

out after days of anti austerity protests in the capital amman sources have told al-jazeera that king abdullah is expected to ask mulkey to resign in a meeting at the royal palace. anti immigrant sentiment seems to be rising across europe slovenia is the latest country where a populist party has done well in elections following its neighbors italy and hungry but although former prime minister younis young right wing party won most of the votes and fell far short of a majority opinion over has more from libya. he's a former prime minister once disgraced by a corruption scandal but now young and his slovenian democratic party are back on the political map. his hardline on immigration secured his party victory in this election immigration has been at the top of the political agenda since two thousand and fifteen when half a million people playing ball pass through slovenia on their way to best in europe close. most foreign challenges that are part of the domestic challenges including a modern crisis so it's a challenge for the whole of the e.u. during a biggest wave of mass migrations we told our

after a meeting in mecca saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait are coming to the aid of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. mostly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and except peaceful relations i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the go people who would like jordan to somehow. in a much more pronounced manner than it as. a to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago gulf monarchies more or less saw the hashemite kingdom as one of their own and its ability as being necessary to the us but political di

king abdullah has appointed a former world bank economist as his replacement the i.m.f. insisted jordan raise taxes and cut bread subsidies in exchange for a loan rescuers in guatemala searching for survivors after sunday's full chemical eruption guatemala's national forensic sciences institute says at least sixty two people have died but the country's disaster agency says two million people have been affected by the massive explosion it's the most violent eruption of the volcano in more than forty years it is really. being. the middle of the rainy season here everything is lush and green and yet they're on the ropes for the for you ok don't think it's action all right the great thing is our. way to the through their eyes because we're going to differ on that there's a lot of right now trying to get a clear to allow some of the markets to be of course to get a little bit closer to the epicenter of the sly. there's been i wage in the us over a tweet from domo to the us president posted he has a right to pardon himself from any charges arising from the investigation into a

jordan's king abdullah has named the education minister as his country's new premier results will now have to form a government after his predecessor resigned on monday that been days of anti hysterically protests in amman over plans for tax hikes mistery measures king abdullah has promised urgent reforms. ethiopia's parliament has approved the lifting of a state of emergency it was imposed in february after months of anti-government protests thousands of political prisoners have been released from prison since new the new prime minister. took office in april. madagascar has appointed a new prime minister to resolve its political crisis he's a christian and say a former senior u.n. official that the weeks of violent protests of electoral reform that kind of a tussle reports now from johannesburg in south africa. opposition parties say they had a list of names people who they wanted to be made prime minister christiane say was on that list some of the opposition say they had made prime minister others say they are need things and they are planning a way forward the last time the opposi

after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region in a good you'll motion and then or didn't what i hadn't seen today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or citizens political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to us citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about politics or ideology i guess it would have been enough alienation we need not to travel looking for a job to feed our families we need not to get our education overseas this is our country and it is the right time to feel stable here. the protests in the capital amman have been directed towards the government's plans for tax hikes and austerity m

government's recent economic measures it's fought days of protests not seen there in the years king abdullah has appointed the education minister as his replacement had a huckster as the latest. he was the man behind jordan's recent proposed tax hike and a stare to measures that led to six days of protests now prime minister hanieh is out. of the past week nightly rallies the largest in five years have intensified protesters marched by his residence on sunday chanting we are coming on a little of the oklahoma the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these are our demands and we don't when the next government to implement the same policies either. jordanians are furious that his plan raising employees taxes by as much as five percent would squeeze them financially to the brink the capital man is ranked as the arab world's most expensive city there's high unemployment in prices of basic goods rocketing jordan's a dependent economy has been struggling with large influx of syrian refugees arriving in recent years added to this previous financial supporters like the u.a.e. u.s.

the summit in jordan where king abdullah has appointed a full not world bank economist as prime minister after house resigned following huge protests have been demonstrations in amman and other parts of the country since last week against the i.m.f. backed austerity measures jordanians are grappling with high unemployment and new tax hikes coupled with the abolition of bread subsidies it all became too much on the huckster reports. he was the man behind jordan's recent proposed tax hike and a stare to measures that led to six days a. protests now prime minister hani al muki is out. of the past week nightly rallies the largest in five years of intensified protesters marched by his residence on sunday chanting we are coming animal but if the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these demands and we don't want the next government to implement the same policies either. jordanians are furious at his plan raising employees taxes by as much as five percent would squeeze them financially to the brink the capital amman is ranked as the arab world's most expensive city there's h

a very warm welcome to the program jordan's king abdullah has appointed a former world bank economist as prime minister after honey resigned following huge protests there have been demonstrations in amman and in other parts of the country since last week against i.m.f. backed austerity measures jordanians are grappling with high unemployment and the new tax hikes coupled with the abolition of bread subsidies and it all became too much of a hoax to reporters. he was the man behind jordan's recent proposed tax hike and a start to measures that led to six days of protests now prime minister. is out. of the past week not the rallies the largest in five years intensified protesters marched by his residence on sunday chanting we are coming on him about it got oklahoma the government must step down the tax law must be withdrawn these are our demands and we don't win the next government to implement the same policies either . jordanians are furious that his plan raising employees taxes by as much as five percent would squeeze them financially to the brink the cappleman is ranked as the arab w

arabia and a large influx of refugees from the surrounding conflicts have added to the crisis king abdullah met with reporters promising reforms in saying the country must meet its challenges challenges the middle class hope they won't have to pay for how middleburg d.c. al-jazeera. still ahead on the conversation benjamin netanyahu off to germany to have a tougher approach to was iran's nuclear program and around response just ahead and political crises in the caracal and venezuela dominated talks among members of the organization of american states. hello there whether sloshy try to cross the good parts of north america but we're still got some areas of cloud and right around eastern parts of canada chiefly down towards the southeast of kona as well florida to go into southern parts of florida some wet weather in store here links back through the gulf of mexico some well the cloud just spilling out of new mexico heading towards texas and as we go on through the course of shoes day louisiana seeing some of that wet weather as well but you can see not too bad taste to see people will improv

of counting the dead or it aired david most of them guatemala city david thank you not jordan's king abdullah has won that his country is at a crossroads as protests of a proposed tax hikes continue thousands of demonstrators return to the streets of the capital late on monday to protest forced the prime minister to quit he's been replaced by a former world bank economist aside from the tax hikes the removal of bread subsidies have also angered many the austerity measures have been proposed by the international monetary fund. is the executive director of the arab center of washington and joins us now on skype from fairfax virginia so as expected the prime minister has been forced to quit is this alone though largely to put kate the protesters and what more demands do they have. absolutely not look jordanians have been through some of the problems in the past this is probably depressed over six such occasion over the past eight years actually were the people of jordan engage in such an uprising over standards of living over taxation over the state of the economy and over what they perceive as

on friday, king abdullah intervened to freeze an increase in fuel prices.ve been killed and at least 20 injured in guatemala after the fuego volcano erupted. thick black smoke and ash spewed into the sky from the eruption, causing around 100 people to be evacuated from their homes. la aurora international airport was forced to shut down its only runway. security is tight in portland, 0regon, where rival demonstrations are being held. the rallies are by black—clad antifascists, known as antifa, and right—wing protestors in support of donald trump. it comes nearly a year after thousands converged on the city to protest against a pro—trump rally held shortly after a fatal racially motivated stabbing. at least 48 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. 67 others were rescued by the coastguard. meanwhile, italy's new interior minister has been widely criticised after revealing plans for large—scale repatriation of illegal immigrants. matteo salvini says the country should stop being the "refugee camp of europe." lebo diseko has mor

on friday, king abdullah intervened to freeze an increase in fuel prices.irmed he will give the leader of the right—wing sds party, janez jansa, the chance to form a new government. the sds emerged as the largest single party in parliament after sunday's election, but mrjansa's fiercely anti—immigrant rhetoric has alienated potential allies. security is tight in portland, 0regon, where rival demonstrations are being held. the rallies are by black—clad antifascists, known as antifa, and right—wing protestors in support of donald trump. it comes nearly a year after thousands converged on the city to protest against a pro—trump rally held shortly after a fatal racially motivated stabbing. china has warned the united states that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if washington implements new tariffs. last week the trump administration said it will go ahead with plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from china. meanwhile, this weekend, finance ministers from the g7 nations expressed their anger

of mecca the european union's top foreign policy official travel to jordan on saturday to meet king abdullah the second for their income more green and the king discussed the strategic partnership. cash strapped jordan is struggling to get on top of its debts after taking a seven hundred twenty three million dollar loan from the international monetary fund in two thousand and sixteen it relies heavily on foreign aid saudi arabia along with gulf cooperation council members have not yet renewed the three point six billion dollars distance program to jordan program expired last year as well as those analysts say saudi and amorality investors have stopped financing projects in jordan the government blames its fire was on instability in the region chiefly the war in neighboring syria stifled trade and pushed up prices the burden of hosting six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees jordan has complained about not getting enough international support those could be is the founder of the news website arm and that he thinks part of the gulf funding issue may be that countries no longer want to contr

king abdullah has stood by prime minister hani milky despite calls to fire him the king's been instead calling for talks between m.p.'s and government ministers but moki is under international pressure to reform jordan's economy and cut its thirty seven billion dollar debt that is equivalent to ninety five percent of g.d.p. . the international monetary fund approved a seven hundred million loan to jordan two years ago to lower public debt and increase growth jordan relies heavily on financial help from the u.s. u.a.e. and until recently saudi arabia which has cut funding king abdullah is a key u.s. ally in the strategically important region which borders syria israel and iraq regional time or has worsened the kingdom's money problems and it sheltering one point four million syrian refugees that according to the hashemite government and those refugees look no closer to returning home. it's also has a large population of refugees from the war in iraq plus two million palestinian refugees have settled in the kingdom. the king recently reversed plans to raise petrol prices foreign protests