there half a world away but demonstrators are out on the streets for very similar reasons 1st in lebannon where the prime minister has told people that a new package of reforms is on the way to ease the nation's economic crisis the move follows 5 straight days of protests against new taxes and corruption it's the biggest wave of dissent that lebanon has seen in here. monday in central beirut protesters gather in martyrs square for a 5th day of demonstrations on monday morning lebanon's government or at least passed a package of sweeping reforms promising to end banking secrecy for politicians and cut ministers salaries in half with the lebanese prime minister trying to calm the tensions well isn't that you have to know your voices being heard and definitely elections are something that you want in order to make sure that your voice is being heard and i said hariri will personally support you in this. they want to peace both the protesters as well as middle eastern creditors and western donors who have tipped with these historic demonstrations to voice their concerns about corruption levan

lebannon has the 3rd largest debt in the world more than one and a half times its g.d.p. banks rationed foreign currency last month and the government declared a state of emergency but none of them is the moment we want the downfall of the regime all the way from the top of the pyramid we are hungry we are dying we are tired. the government has announced it will no longer impose new taxes prime minister saad hariri cancelled friday's cabinet meeting saying his efforts to bring in much needed reforms have been repeatedly blocked by others in government but job or i am giving our partners in the government a very short deadline 72 hours to give us a solution that can convince us and the people in the streets and our international partners but some protesters see the climb down as too little too late. al-jazeera stephanie decker has more from beirut. for a 2nd day and night thousands of people have come out to the streets of beirut there is one young man being arrested here by the army but this gives you an indication a lot of windows have been smashed and a lot of the roads

lebannon has the 3rd largest debt in the world more than one and a half times its g.d.p. banks russian foreign currency last month and the government declared a state of emergency but none of the companies that my mom and i had we want the downfall of the regime all the way from the top of the pyramid we are hungry we are dying we are tired. the government has announced it will no longer impose new taxes prime minister saddle heidi they canceled friday's cabinet meeting saying his efforts to bring in much needed reforms have been repeatedly blocked by others in government but job or i am giving our partners in the government a very short deadline 72 hours to give us a solution that can convince us and the people in the streets and our international partners but some protesters see the climbdown as too little too late that al-jazeera. stephanie decker has more from the streets of beirut 1st 2nd day and night thousands of people have come out to the streets of beirut there is one young man being arrested here by the army but this gives you an indication a lot of windows hav

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how to the expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go go they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker jazeera beirut. now kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic syrian border town opening the way for turkish backed rebels to take over dozens of ambulances were in the convoy that left russell and one of the main targets of turkey's offensive the kurds departure is a major condition of a cease fire deal brokered between the u.s. and turkey and carl wants the kurdish fighters to leave an area 32 kilometers deep into syria where it can then establish a so-called safe sun the turkish president has warned his forces will start attacking kurdish fighters again if the evacuation isn't completed

nations that have spring one point or 2 point or are different but they're also the same so i think lebannon and the lebanese in the streets of lebanon probably need to learn the lessons of upheavals of fiascos in other countries and one of the most fundamental conclusion we our of the last decade is one you need peaceful protests that violent protests and civil wars on the lights that we've seen in different countries just next door in syria are not only counterproductive they are destructive and 2 you can't just be against something you have to be for something and you have to be very detailed about what are you for because you can be against the regime you you can you want to undo the regime but then what's so the lebanese today they don't have really a common a leadership with a common vision for lebanon what they do or are insisting on is a change of leadership but that will have to given for something more detailed and more clear on their part does that mean that if perhaps the existing leadership let's call it what it is mr hariri doesn't or can't listen to the protesters might they l

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how did he expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker 0 beirut. the curfew is being enforced for a 2nd night in another country confronting antigovernment on the wrists this is where the military is struggling to contain violent protests looting and arson the protests respond by increases in train fares which are since been scrapped the city's some pub or metro station was also by fire during the demonstrations on sunday at least 8 people have been killed so our correspondent in santiago is to raise about. we're here not far away from the presidential front office you can see right behind me protests are going what we've been seeing in several parts all fronts are pr

for the regional powers it's a bad enough scenario for the united states but a weak an unstable lebannon with say millions of people on the streets and also a potentially toppled government that's a perfect storm for them. well i would say yes or no because the start to school until it was not exactly favorable to many i mean and the end of the day this was going to explode sooner or later and i think many were worried about lebanon. to explode after syria thankfully it has not exploded that has not imploded either what we see as a major popular protests demanding reform in the country and even those who demand regime change basically when you demand change or actually demanding reform because you don't demand change you inforce regime change so so what we see really in the streets of lebanon people who want radical change basic fundamental change with respect to dignity justice social and economic justice as well as and that's very important the end of co-option and the sick and the kind of sectarianism that kind of divide the country of long certain centers of power so i think if they

on the lebanese pound and fears that people will lose money is kind of a new specter of drama and lebannon it does feel similar to the protest in 201516 but there is something different about it in that these happen so quickly i mean these were just you know overnight everything change was a crazy wild night of all night protests and i mean it's almost a 24 hour protest really hasn't had a break so the intensity of the anger on the streets is definitely a bit more and also they're much more widespread this time i said every small street level on you have to go around i have to go the opposite way it's very chaotic it feels like a complete vacuum of law even though we have very little on the bronze it can always feel worse and so cars driving the wrong way on the highway people it just seems like hospitals you can't get to hospital they're all blocked there is fire is burning a part of hospitals so people can really move you know within 10 blocks of their house in some places or even less ok heavy but so we thank you very much for joining us from beirut. coming up in the news hour. on the s

it needs to be a phase of a phased process to get us from the current status quo to the desired lebannon shocks are usually not very well accepted by by the masses both those on the street and those who are not but at the same time shocks can be also ridden along the waves by certain political parties or certain infiltrators. ok what i'm saying is that we are all for the movement towards nonsectarian lebanon and i think this is what we're all calling for let me let me just bring in 9 salim in there what i wanted to bring you in on that point of the political system in lebanon which is so complicated but which has been in place now for decades do you think it can be changed in a country like lebanon and in 2008 we remember hezbollah took full control after a similar crisis do you see such a scenario happening again can there be a purely. hezbollah backed government. well if the situation goes into total deadlock that may become a credible scenario or probable scenario i don't think given the current circumstances. that hezbollah leadership is sinking in anyway to take over the country it

demonstrators don't seem to be in the mood to back down any time soon but the protests are also gripping lebannon for a 4th consecutive day hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to express their anti-government grievances it started with new taxes to address severe economic crisis but when those plans were dropped protests expanded to wider dissatisfaction with corruption and incompetence. they have come in their thousands thronging list streets of beirut protesters gather for a 4th day of demonstrations. sunday drew the largest crowd yet all over lebanon anger at a corrupt political class and an ineffective government has reached a boiling point. and what is not to these ministers and legislators should be fair and in jail the thieves they were boring money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but then put it in their own pockets but your motto is that the money this government has done nothing but divide us as well as making us poor citizens must retain their dignity this is why we won't leave the streets without taking down the regime and forming a transitional go

the people of iraq of hand lebannon would have some legitimate demands but they should know these demands can only be realized within the legal framework. i mean but foreign warnings are unlikely to deter the protesters here if they don't soon see the change they want they will be heading back to the streets. the public inquiry into the ground fell tower fire in london has set the emergency response had serious shortcomings 72 people died in the apartment block blaze more than 2 years ago today's report only covers the emergency response which the judge led inquiries he says had systematic failures and was gravely inadequate a london correspondent has more. grand felt how inflamed use the fire loss to all night people jumped out of the windows in a desperate attempt to feed the blaze jo delaney live by in films at all he said the firemen couldn't get in because their key didn't fit and they seemed overwhelmed with one. because. you could just see that. even without breathing apparatus. breathing apparatus didn't have. any provided he's video. he says he wants to see the people responsible

is one of only 2 skateboarders hoping to represent lebannon at tokyo 2020 when the sport makes its debut at the olympics he wants its popularity to spread you know it's been pretty bone i'm going. over i want to represent lebanon and also to support the skateboarding scene that. i don't think there's a real skate park in the whole of lebanon and when i visited the lebanese olympic committee they promised to help me carry out projects that because skateboarding is really easy you only need a skateboard park because no one skateboard with ambitions of reaching the olympics could charge also wants to become a role model for the sport in lebanon he's been training day and night to qualify and every time he masters a new trick he feels one step closer to tokyo. because it's an unbelievable feeling the most beautiful feeling i know and you gain a lot of recognition when you succeed it's not easy it's not easy you have to fight but skateboarding is a good example for life but always persevered and if you for you get up that's how life is you know sources maybe the best thing skateboarding quali

the laws that the colonists left behind to silence journalists and never mind the tear gas it is lebannon after all and the beats must go on for a week and a half now the streets of lebanon have been jammed with protesters the biggest anti-government demonstrations there for 15 years among the aspects of this story that stand out although it has since grown into a nationwide movement against a government corruption and economic mismanagement these protests were triggered by talk of a new tax on whatsapp and other internet cull services like facebook messenger and face time secondly while so much of lebanese politics is sectarian there is nothing factional about these demonstrations the issues are economic the protesters are a nonsectarian coalition not that you would know that watching some of the television channels coming out of beirut unlike the movement they are supposed to be covering much of lebanon's media is split along sectarian lines some of the more independent outlets have jumped on this story but those controlled by politicians have been spinning downplaying or just ignoring

happens next a political vacuum a precarious situation a divided street an economy grinding to a halt lebannon has been here before and like in the past it is the security of the country which is facing the biggest risk benefit there osha sita beirut. stephanie decker joins us now live from beirut it was quite a dramatic day yesterday stephanie how does it look now. just seconds before you came to us we've been removing one of the last roadblocks which is on an archery road through the capital beirut there have been negotiations with security forces here who are standing on the other side because there are orders now to. ease the heart through the movement because it's caused a lot of frustration so you can see finally after 2 weeks at me some traffic is now starting to flow on the other side of this bridge is where you saw those clashes yesterday as you saw in dana's package were supporters of hamas and hezbollah you see a security forces on the other side there so this is significant but lot of people will tell you that they're still not happy with the fact that slowly these roads are starti

lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how did he expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full so early hours now in beirut but we've got stephanie deco with us now i know it's quietened down where you are stephanie but maybe you can put the rest of the country into some context for us because this is very much as we see from the pictures from tire and from tripoli it's a national movement. it is a national movement these protests have been going on for a couple of days now come all and yes not just by root which is a cosmopolitan city you have protests in turkey tripoli really surprising everyone it's the city in the north the 2nd city of levanon it's a city that's been neglected really you could say by politicians by infrastructure it's been highly affected by the syrian spillover the syrian war you have gun fights

division of labor or or or or struggle or competition or war for some of a century and more so mother lebannon certainly after the war you know has come together as a unity or affect the ration of sects more than it is as the common interest of citizens and after 2005 this became more ingrained as a certain unity if you were among the elites off sects have basically divided the pie among them called lebannon well lebanon now is hugely indebted so those who divided the pie among them before are now sharing the debt and hence there's a lot of people are dissatisfied because even nepotism and corruption no longer trickles down and a lot of lebanese in fact most lebanese are really not feeling in any which way. a fair treatment if you will by the government or the economy now lebanese as we all know them are street smart they are business smart they are culture smart but they certainly have not been politically smart and that's why the very limited and very enter virt way in which they tried to share power for a decade or $23.00 has basically come to an end as the lebanese now reject that system i

omar xabi a political analyst and former advisor on human rights at the ministry of interior in lebannonin london. a researcher at the institute of global affairs at the london school of economics and also in the lebanese capital beirut salim professor of international affairs and diplomacy at notre dame university johm and welcome to inside story thank you for being with us 9 salim in beirut let me start with you saad hariri now tasked with leading a caretaker government with limited powers does this ease the crisis a little bit or does it complicate things further. well on the face of it it has eased the tension it has led to the majority absolute majority of demonstrates or to get to get off the streets or over lebanon. most of the roads have been opened over the past few hours since early early morning and this has allowed movement the transport nation and businesses to reopen their daughters as of today and tomorrow all institution in the country and all businesses will be open once again after 2 weeks of total shut off the road down so now the president. is now to conduct consultat

with many homes left without water and electricity people are being evacuated from their homes in lebannon juge wildfires firefighters are battling at least $100.00 fires primarily in mountainous areas southeast of beirut lebanon is in the midst of a hate wife. dozens of cattle on independence protesters were injured in spite in violence scuffles with police protests erupted in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 catalog separatist leaders who've been sent to prison those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera. antiquities trafficking is one of the most profitable illegal trades in the world estimated to be worth several $1000000000.00 a year it ranks off to illegal arms and drugs precious objects plundered or discovered in clandestine excavations find their way onto the official market into a museum and galleries. the main victims the pillage nations are now demanding the return of their stolen treasures for a long time these demands for ignored. but systematic ransacking of heritage sites meticulously staged by the islamic state of iraq and the levant isis has caused a gl

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's side had 80 expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. so we mentioned this reform plan from prime minister saad hariri this is some of the details it is reported to include a 50 percent cuts in the salaries of current and former presidents ministers and m.p.'s also a 3 point $3000000000.00 in contributions from banks to achieve a near 0 deficit in the 2020 budget it would also involve a revamp of the telecoms and the electricity sector which is crucial it's a demand from potential foreign donors and investors to unlock $11000000000.00 in funds let's talk about the style joining us from washington the director of research and analysis of the arab cente

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how d.d. expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker ugly. even. him out hobbes director of research and analysis of the arab center in washington he says the proposed reforms just don't go to the root of lebanon's problems this is only a band-aid. or a general problem as structural problems and they can be a structural problem and the political system and handing them a corruption corruption everywhere. no matter what the banks now. that want to make a dent and they like $90000000000.00 and the big that the lebanon is another one that is 100 percent and you need between go and you know things cannot go on like this beast because medicare changes because medicare refo

the mountainous areas southeast of beirut planes and helicopters have been sent by cyprus to help lebannon is in the midst of a heat wave with monday's higher about 10 degrees above what is normal for october poland's governing nationalist party has won a 2nd power 2nd term in power early results show the law and justice party won more than 45 percent of the vote with the turnout was the highest in 30 years but as andrew simmons explains from warsaw it's a party that divides opinion. polina lipinski is one of the voters behind the surge in popularity of poland's ruling party she's a devout catholic who fell on bad times 10 years ago when her husband's business went bust here with one of her 3 children for whom she gets a government allowance of $125.00 a month each they safe are far from me because the far we don't have money to pay for. on this for 4. cowards but now i. feel like and their mark people and. ringback whatever the political belief an increasing number of poles many like polina have been attracted to the law and justice party policies but it's a divisive situation this couple

hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program calls for change are ringing out in the streets of lebannon as the wave of dissent continues for 4 consecutive days hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest against the government a rolled out of new taxes triggered the outcry the government has since backtracked but that hasn't stopped the spread of public discontent. protesters gathered for a 4th day of demonstrations. sunday drew the largest crowd yet all over lebanon anger at a corrupt political class and. effective government has reached boiling point. why didn't these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail that thieves were boring money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but then put it in their own pockets you know what does this government has done nothing but divide us as well as making us poor citizens must retain their dignity this is why we won't leave the streets without taking down the regime and forming a transitional government with exceptional powers to rebuild the country. right now . people can't afford it anymore there are

omar xabi a political analyst and former advisor on human rights at the ministry of interior in lebannon in london. a researcher at the institute of global affairs at the london school of economics and also in the lebanese capital beirut 9 salim professor of international affairs and diplomacy at notre dame university gentlemen welcome to inside story thank you for being with us 9 salame in beirut let me start with you saad hariri now tasked with leading a caretaker government with limited powers does this ease the crisis a little bit or does it complicate things further. well on the face of it it has that attention it has led to the majority absolute majority of demonstrates or to get to get off the streets or over lebanon. most of the roads have been opened over the past few hours since early early morning and this has allowed movement the transport nation and businesses to reopen their daughters as of today and tomorrow all institution in the country and all businesses will be open once again after 2 weeks of total shut off the road down so now the president. is now to conduct consult

now meantime lebannon their cabinet there has agreed on a list of reforms to ease the country's economic crisis according to the president's office prime minister saad hedi has ordered his government to come up with a rescue plan after 5 straight days of anti austerity protests outrage over taxes and corruption has sparked the largest wave of dissent the country has seen in years. monday in beirut and the barricades are still up ready for a 5th day of protests. lebanon's coalition government set itself a monday deadline to pass a sweeping reform bill promising to end banking secrecy for politicians and cut ministers salaries in half. they want to appease both the protesters as well as middle eastern predators and western donors who don't tailed with these historic demonstrations to voice their concerns about corruption lebanon is one of the most indebted countries in the world and this religiously diverse country is standing united in its condemnation of high unemployment poor public services and corruption . what is these ministers and legislators should be thrown in jail this thieves t

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad had 80 expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker jazeera beirut. protests and civil unrest are spreading through in chile already a state of emergency in the capital doesn't stop being extended to other parts of the country the military is struggling to stay in control of at least 8 people have been killed as buildings and train stations been set ablaze al jazeera star isabeau is in santiago. it all started as a fight against a rise in the subway fare but it has escalated into this. a major crisis that has the south american country in chaos look my vocal over social injustice is everywhere the minority concentrates all the wealth this is about how they roberson sup

riot police in lebannon a 5 tear gas and water cannons at protesters in the capital beirut the crowds monster on parliament accusing the government of mismanaging the economy and demanding that it resign. now an attempt by mexican security forces to arrest a the son of a notorious drug cartel leader has led to gun battles across a city and a prison escape. vehicles with such a blaze to block roads and as gun battles broke out between forces and police they arrested. the son of jailed drug lord el chapo but the country's security minister said he was then released to protect lives when your power has more from mexico city. it was a chaotic and confusing day in the mexican state of cedar low in the capital city of yet county which is normally exempt from the sort of violence that takes place from from cartels that control certain regions of the state and we see that it was confusing but because it was of violence on the streets from heavily armed men against police officers that was announced it say that the violence was rooted in the apprehension the detention of yahoo smile of the son

leaders of different sects and different elites of different sects a basically divided the pa i called lebannon amongst themselves. but i guess lebanon is all of basically run out of cash basically that lebanon is one of the more indebted countries in the area and beyond it's basically bankrupt it all is the i.m.f. whole number of instructions now that the peace to live by so clear that people are fed up and they do consider harry and others responsible for what goes on so is this a moment of hope for lebanon or one of extreme danger. you know it's very difficult getting turns issues of this nature during a pivotal zz and uprisings of the church to know where exactly in the graph of change we are what we can say is this is a change an important change whether we're after that will come more of an escalation and violence or not that that means to be seen but on the overall trajectory of any movement of such this is certainly an important victory for those who occupied the streets of the country because they could no longer occupied ministries or governments or the state for the amount that they

now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world protesters and lebannon are holding a 2nd day of rallies against government plans to impose new taxes the demonstrations are some of the biggest in years in the country overnight riding. overriding protesters that fire in the cow. well beirut with 2 people aboard li killed by the blazes. us democrats say comments by the acting white house chief of staff implicate president trump in wrongdoing mick mulvaney appeared to tell reporters that the white house did withhold aid to ukraine in order to pressure officials there to investigate trump's political rivals or they now says his comments were misconstrued. was the gunman in mexico have waged a fierce battle against security forces after police detained the son of a notorious drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman the assault took place in a town in guzman's home state of sinaloa police later released months saying that he has they did so to call him the streets and save the lives of civilians caught up in the shootout. mexican security forces were on a routine patr

and a currency crisis for lebannon point many businesses are only accepted in us dollars. what was meant to be a day of celebration for china has escalated into a new level of violence on the streets of hong kong mass rallies turned into running street battles between protesters and police on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china professors called it a national day of grief and through petrol bombs and in some cases assets at the police the police responded by using live brands of ammunition and this video being widely circulated on social media appears to show an officer firing a protest at protester in the chest with a pistol police say the man has been taken to hospital watch as reports that one person has an 8 critical condition sarah clarke has more from hong kong. there being dramatic sayings across hong kong today's protesters gather at a number of different assembly points 6 different districts held various protests on china's national day that would say more the kind of news we've seen tear gas use we've seen sponge going eyes and

where have all the dollars gone lebannon goes from one crisis to another as one of the world's most indebtedtions clings to install a peg. gold what is behind its rise and how high can it go you'll be surprised at some of the bets those in the know are making. after president donald trump abandoned kurdish allies and gave the green light for turkey's incursion into syria the pushback from usually uncritical republican saw the president attempting to change his decision he said he would in his words totally destroy and obliterate turkey's economy if turkey does anything quote that i in my great an unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits what he meant by off limits wasn't clear but the threat was enough to send the lira lower so is it possible for trump to actually obliterate the economy we don't need to go too far back to see the damage done before and the best way to do that is to chart the liras decline the day before the attempted coup in 2016 the lira was trading at $287.00 to the dollar it's been downhill since then tensions between the united states and europe over syria and turkey's

in the face of unilateral united states sanctions still ahead on al-jazeera a currency crisis for lebannon why many businesses are only accepting u.s. dollars. and indonesia swears in a new government despite a night of violent protests. hello maybe surprisingly for october as a hint once again of cloud in southern iran in pakistan list surprisingly is the wintery stuff trying to get into the caucasus the far north of iran but we're not talking about when to get a proper very high ground on the edges of the himalayas was because we just warm sunshine once more but maybe a shower too still possible run the straits of hormuz more especially southern pakistan in the next day or 2 for most of us it's sunshine still well below 30 in tehran but above 40 in baghdad clearly cooler only slightly on the coast and it's raining now throughout the arabian peninsula it's quiet the wind is not strong this is a blues not low for the most part it's quite humid during the morning in the evening in doha as an example as it should be so i was seeing rather more of the sunshine than of late the heaviest mauric

if you like while you hear the founding my lebannon from. from everything. what about you thank you thank you so that some people not wanting to talk but they're here and giving a very strong message to their government that. you know very happy but there are very serious issues at stake here so we're going to have to wait and see people are expecting to perhaps hear something from their leaders on monday it is of course sunday here the last day of the weekend so for these people the significant why are you here just briefly we are here to would to prove that you've been on is we are united in lebanon and there is no different political parties so we don't need this thank you very much everyone really had the same message are a very symbolic human chain spanning the entirety of the country people will tell you these are unprecedented times whether they're going to be changing things really when it comes to the political establishment is a big question mark but something has certainly changed here on the ground stephanie decker on the ground the drawing up in

believe that they've been in power for many many decades and it's time for them to leave it's time for lebannon for what they call corruption to and mismanagement and so yes so the initial reaction is they're welcoming this they're seeing this as a 1st step to you know achieve their goals rights end of the many many thanks i was there as i know how to live in beirut let's bring in rami corey who said professor at the american university in beirut joins us now via skype from boston good to have you with us once again rami celebrations on the streets of beirut at the moment muted albeit i mean you wouldn't call them jubilant these the supporters as was was saying just a few moments ago it's far from over yes what do you make of it. well this is a really a that critical turning point this is a huge victory for the protesters to get the prime minister to resign but the prime minister was one of the weakest links in the establishment he wasn't a very effective prime minister has support in the parliament has declined steadily over the years and he basically was used to create a ruling alliance betwe

am doing cumbered president i have left no stone unturned to achieve reforms and make progress in lebannon over obstacles are high and numerous personal gains are prevail and and many parties turned a blind eye to the people and their voices those politicians saw they could do whatever they wish and the people would remain silent. let's go to our correspondent say in a while and now she is joining us live from beirut in our own admitting the system is broken saying it but adamant that the regime can't be toppled. yes the president presenting his solution to the crisis promising the people that he is going to fight corruption and opening the door to dialogue issuing an invitation if you like to represent this of this protest movement to go to the presidential palace so to discuss their demands the president concession if you like is just not enough for the people on the streets there to battling the government resides not just that they want to a new government that is going to be made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with the different political parties that will work and se

their leaders of being too preoccupied with their own hands resulting in an economy on its deathbed lebannon debt is the 3rd highest in the world attempts to tax the people increasingly work for the. hit a nerve. possible. the. band this week and we have to. live up to what a lot of the bait. because. they like. the government must put the people. the people are chanting the people want the full of the regime they've been calling for revolution they've been singing songs all night long there may be a real party atmosphere here but there are real serious issues at stake there are reports that the government has reached a deal including reforming the electricity sector injecting cash to curb public debt and cutting politicians salaries it will go to a vote on monday. i ask our pursue curity whether the government resigns or not is us to not allow any official to leave the country and rush them and hold them accountable we want our money back and we want them to face justice so they can go to jail for doing they have done what. lebanon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline impo

huge numbers of protesters on the streets of lebannon demanding the government fixes the economy. the u.s. defense secretary makes a surprise visit to afghanistan to help revive stalled peace talks. libyans vote in an election with the long term leader evo morales seeking a controversial 4th term. and then for the fairytale and fun to be blunt the world cup hosts are knocked out of their time and up by 2 time champion south africa. mass protests are spreading in lebanon people demanding deeper political change large crowds are out on the streets for a 4th day raising their voices against rising taxes and alleged government corruption they've received an unexpected boost as the head of the christian forces party some years georgia and i was his ministers will resign from the government stephanie for an event for us in beirut so steff they are demanding. that the government fix the economy it seems however they don't think the government can fix the economy. that's. only evidence. like. we're hearing now actually interesting enough and the we're just musing. on an economic package.

lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how did he expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go while they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker al-jazeera the route him out hobbist director of research and says that the arab center in washington he says the proposed reforms don't go to the root of lebanon's problems this is only a band-aid the original problem is structured problems and they can be a structural problems and the political system has been doing them it corruption corruption everywhere. not no matter what the bank they are now in their debt won't make a dent and they make $90000000000.00 and public that. lebanon is relevant there is a 150 percent of its g.d.p. income. you know things cannot go on like this these these are cosmetic changes because medical reforms and the needed reforms 'd should be i'm already got a more structural be

want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the 72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's side had 80 expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go will they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker jazeera beirut. the other headlines bolivia looks set for a presidential run off election as it appears no candidate has got the 50 percent needed for an outright win so far the incumbent evo morales is in the lead in round one with about 45 percent of the voters his main challenger is the former president carlos missa in chile soldiers are enforcing a curfew for a 2nd night protests in the capital against a rise in train fares turned violent with them and started setting fire to a metro station and at least 8 people have been killed. in syria kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic town n

lebannon calls an international help to put out its worst wildfires in decades. with your sport as europe's football governing body opens disciplinary proceedings against bulgaria off to england's players with targeted with nazi salutes and racist abuse during a match in sofia the country's football head has also been forced to resign. hello turkey has shrugged off new u.s. sanctions to press on with its military offensive in northern syria 7 turkish soldiers have been killed since it began a week ago while the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say 37 of their fighters were killed in just the last 48 hours. meanwhile the russian backed syrian army has entered men because it's a key city that turkey wants to capture it appears bashar al assad's forces are moving in to fill the void left by america's sudden droll rushes on voight to syria says his country is patrolling the dividing line between turkish and syrian government forces to prevent any direct confrontation on the un's human rights office once turkey to launch an independent investigation into possible

citizen not the sect the citizen the modern citizen the advanced citizenship the nucleus of a modern lebannon know somebody religion a sort. of thank you very much for your analysis from london let's go back once again to is an affair that is joining us live from beirut and just back to the issue of hiding it is resignations and what you think of message was behind this resignation. this could be a negotiating tactic or an attempt to pressure his partners in government to make a concession to compromise and to agree to create a new government which will be made up of technocrats ministers who are not affiliated to any political party in the hope that it will calm the anger in the streets and protesters will go home and allow the government to try to fix the economic crisis in the country how do you yes he is politically weak kids lost the backing of his longtime patron saudi arabia in the last elections in 2018 he lost a number of seats in parliament his financial situation not as good as before but in many ways his decision now his act siding with the people on the streets really gives him c

that things do seem to be calming but i mean if you think about what's happening and lebannon while the government maintains that. some concessions to get that out the protests are still haven't gone anywhere so yes the government says are going to be making these changes in chile but are the crowds going to disperse just that easily. that's a that's a great question especially considering that the day is still young it's only midday in the chilean capital of these protests haven't been isolated to just the city of santiago the protests and demonstrations have been taking place in other cities of the country as well but. whether or not we're going to see it turn out the way that we saw on friday night with well over a 1000000 people out on the streets demanding change rejecting a system of political system in a country that many see as being bad for the country whether or not we're going to see a turnout like we saw on friday night remains to be seen again for the moment things appear calm whether or not the president's discourse an apology and promises and calls for a as you said a res

so far we we are very uncertain about the numbers but given that the other countries said ending lebannon are having high it is serves so we might expect to have something similar or average something at all maybe 15 or 20 to c.f. hopefully so as you know we have egypt that has one of the biggest fields that has been developed in the north discovered in the basin. has at around $32.00 c. s. but this is definitely not comparable to the large producer of gas that we have or the large large country that has big one of the biggest proven reserves that we have and the word which is that that is constituting a 20 percent off the proven reserves in the word which is a $7000.00 t.c.f. stands for a trillion cubic feet so in lebanon we are assuming or we are in that range of maybe a hopefully between 15 and 20 years but it's very uncertain as we are still in the early phases of the development so we are unsure exactly what are the numbers that we can work on but we can use the average numbers that we have in the area ok to research or a month or so we have to leave it there but thanks very much ind

trial of jacob zuma until next year as the former president appeals to have the case thrown out also lebannon calls in international help to put out its worst wildfires in decades. hello it's the latest sign that a potential new flashpoint is emerging in the turkish offensive in northern syria turkey says 2 if its soldiers were killed in attacks near members while the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say 37 of their fighters were killed in the last fall . the 8 hours and the small units of syrian government soldiers is now inside men because their presence sets up a potential clash with turkish forces and their rebel allies who are on the outskirts of. a rush to syria says his country is patrolling the dividing line between turkish and syrian government forces so prevent a confrontation meanwhile the u.n. human rights office wants turkey to launch an independent investigation into possible war crimes it's gathering information about videos that appear to show summary executions by fighters allied to ankara so you know where that is joining us live from near a turkish border with syria so

and they're accusing those who remain in the streets of pushing a political agenda the divide in lebannon has been the same really for years if not decades you have a camp which is pro western and and and you have a camp which is pro iranian so those in power believe the aim is to topple those in power who legitimately won elections in 2018 the message from the president was if you want to topple the government topple it by constitutional tools and he even reached out to people in the streets telling them that we let's hold on dialogue so that is their point of view but the people in the streets believe know enough is enough we are not funded by foreign embassies we are here we have legitimate demands we want a new ruling elite we want a technocrat government in order to. to resolve the dire economic conditions in the country so there is your divide. and we are expecting the prime minister if he resigns lebanon is heading towards a very very dangerous political vacuum lebanon really is at a crossroads. it will be very difficult to form a new government and if it be those that empower the

where have all the dollars gone lebannon goes from one crisis to another as one of the world's most indebted nations clings to install a peg. gold what is behind its rise and how high can it go you'll be surprised at some of the bets those in the know are making. after president donald trump abandoned kurdish allies and gave the green light for turkey's incursion into syria the pushback from usually uncritical republican saw the president attempting to change his decision he said he would in his words totally destroy and obliterate turkey's economy if turkey does anything quote that i in my great and unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits what he meant by off limits wasn't clear but the threat was enough to send the lira lower so is it possible for trump to actually obliterate the economy we don't need to go too far back to see the damage done before and the best way to do that is to chart the liras decline but they before the attempted coup in 2016 the lira was trading at. to $87.00 to the dollar it's been downhill since then tensions between the united states and europe over syria and