coronavirus we speak to a kenyan take dreams of a better future have been shattered glass and go on levanon streets as the pandemic worsens the country's already dire financial situation protesters break the coronavirus locked down to demonstrate against a currency in freefall and a looming hyperinflation. i'm a backer it is welcome to the program around a 1000 people took part in a demonstration in berlin on saturday to protest against coronavirus measures the protesters had been of were gathering in the city center every saturday i believe the restrictions currently in place limit their freedom and infringe on a constitutional rights a variety of people took part in the day. and stray ssion including some right wing populist felons police said the protest hadn't been authorized and that all 100 people were arrested. in the meantime germany has actually started to ease restrictions and has allowed smaller shops to reopen but how are people in the country reacting to the loosening of the measures let's take a look. here in berlin more people are wearing masks but there are also a lot more p

he talked about reforms it has been a longstanding demand from international donors they've told levanon time and time again you make promises that you're going to reform the structure of this state but you have done nothing now when they said down with the i.m.f. painful decisions will have to be taken will 11 on allow to privatized some sectors for example this means that the politicians who are in power will lose the ability to exploit the state's resources for political gain that's why they were so reluctant to resort to the i.m.f. but now they have little chance and you heard the prime minister keep on stressing about restructuring the banking sector this is raising a lot of concerns in lebannon especially the banking association there telling the government you keep blaming us we lent you the money you spent the money and now we don't have the money to give to the people why do you want to target us in your campaign to restructure the states because what they're doing is that you're not encouraging people to come and invest in lebanon he's calling on the diocese who are to help thi

mismanagement years of corrupt i'm for it and now the state is close to bankruptcy and micro said levanon needs pass the international community will not provide money but make this very very clear on the politicians and the men much needed structural economic reform and politicians are reluctant to do that why because if they do that then they lose access to the states resources which many accused of using exploiting political gain so there is a real crisis the state is under pressure the new government says well we're all technocrats we were we were you know we took office and salary we're not responsible for this crisis but their opponents will say well those who appointed you are political. parties who have been governing for decades and now what you have is political tensions worsening between the government and the opposition. just to take in what's happening because this looks a little so real i guess to view as perhaps more around the world on the left side of the screen down there we've got a bank on file on the right side of the screen we can see soldiers just over your shoulder

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to begin with protests and levanon against the economic crisis which have turned violent demonstrators defied a coronavirus lock down fighting with security forces throwing petrol bombs vandalizing banks in tripoli and their beirut if you are angry about the plummeting currency in soaring prices try cases the reports. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of their money is decreasing at an alarming rate. chart and on monday the anger at the central banks policies and a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country. demonstrators in tripoli into the neben on blocked roads and forth with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters on the part of the 2 soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford anything anymore we are starving a sold my fishing boat for pennies 6 enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i have a daughter in hospital she needs an

are and that because of the value of our currency the people here tell us they have nothing to lose levanon one of the most indebted countries in the world is not only battling depend demick but also its worst economic and financial crisis indicates that the protests erupted last october initially targeting decades of economic mismanagement and corruption now with a lockdown further weighing on the economy many are simply trying to survive the low. or. basic level of us are all. products to suckle we. were good luck to operate well. as a resort to a court with banking sector. so well in an attempt to dampen the financial followed of the crisis the government has restricted cash withdrawals and banned money transfers abroad. the. prime minister has on the op has blamed the governor of the central bank for the currencies sharp decline and announced that a neutral international company has been tasked with auditing the bank's books. well yes my own is are you that we will not allow or tolerate interference with financial stability. because these people want the country to collapse and to shake

at the soccer camp levanon 900 kids a week training grounds all over the country remains at neverland others to the north in tripoli and cider and the sun here at the park the kids from the beirut area. ok. if some hair off familiar with the pitch by god and he lives close by. 0. 0000. like i. thank i guess it's me at the moment that 2nd set up coming up. i. think that was what it was. as. if i. was as if it was. 11 year old adam is also a refugee not just recently it was home to the lives 200 metres south of beirut parkins camshaft built for the palestinians nearly 70 years ago. adams people have been fleeing since 948 since the founding of israel and the palestinians have fought for their homeland and lost with every israeli arab war more and more people leave the shrinking country many head north to lebanon beirut and ghettos like shatila. generations later the hope of returning is a distant dream half a 1000000 palestinians live in lebanon an estimated 20000 of them in shatila. since the start of the syrian war that has almost doubled now there are plenty of syrian neighbors livin

at the soccer camp levanon 900 kids a week training grounds all over the came from the marines at least never learn all those to the north in tripoli and cider in the sun here at the park the kids help from the beirut area. ok. some hair off familiar with the pitch black out and he lives close by. 00. 0. 000. 0. 6 is where i've got some of that 2nd set up a bit off of. each . side. that. it was almost like this thing was just. let it slip. out. because i still owe for the. 11 year old adam is also a refugee not just recently you know his whole life to be lives 200 meters south of beirut parkins camp shatila built for the palestinians nearly 70 years ago. adams people have been fleeing since 948. since the founding of israel the palestinians have full of their homeland and lost with every israeli arab war more and more people leave the shrinking country many head north to lebanon beirut and ghettos like shatila. generations later the hope of returning is a distant dream half a 1000000 palestinians live in lebanon an estimated 20000 of them in shatila. since the start of the syrian war th

in the coming hours but as he left that cabinet session he spoke to reporters and he made it clear levanon will request assistance from the international monetary fund and his words if we get the i.m.f. pulled god willing it will help us pass through this difficult phase politicians who are reluctant to resort to the i.m.f. as we all know any bailout will involve painful conditions maybe it will involve taxes and maybe politicians will have to agree on much needed structural reforms restructuring the state in order for them not to be able to exploit the state's resources so levanon really the government didn't have much of a choice the state is close to bankruptcy and it urgently needs cash and what we also understand is that there could be a controversial decision which involves a haircut on deposits in the past few weeks we've been hearing this word time and time again that haircut haircut that it really cost the public outcry because the government was thinking of using deposits in the banks in order to make up for its losses what we understand is that this plan may involve clawing back

know again i'm the stars here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour demonstrations in levanon against the dire economic situation have turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized as people rallied in the northern city of tripoli and near beirut just spite a coronavirus. u.s. president all trumped is back to holding coronavirus briefings unveiling plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity and there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. nigeria's president says coronavirus downs and cities including lagos and a bridge will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states is to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in the costs. while campaigning is under way in burundi ahead of presidential elections that next month the opposition says it's been the target of violence and intimidation in the run up to that vote which is going ahead to despise the coronavirus pandemic reports the order it's election time in burundi the country is still sufferin

they brock's roads and fought with police ron denouncing the worsening economic crisis last week levanon scare and he reached new lows against the dollar's sparking calls for the central bank government to resign. in brazil president is facing a new crisis after reports police have identified one of his sons as the organizer of a scheme to spread fake news carlos watson r o has dismissed the claims as garbage the investigation is part of an ongoing probe into false stories targeting judges rondo's iran is a political analyst specializing in brazilian affairs he says i able snorers popularity is falling and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic has made matters worse. he's in the struggle with the governments around brazil we are in a federalist system so governors have a lot of say in public health policies governments have been taking a much more strict measures. and those are not has being done plain that hoping to not to have such a large economic impact that's going to look bad on him in the next couple months and what we're going to see is one of 2 scenarios either he stays in po

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absolutely well levanon 1st of all needs a lot to free form and we've been trying to do the forms in the past years in the past 345 years and it was not working right it was not working because of internal dynamics because you would need to do some very unpopular reforms like cutting the wage bill you know or. you would need to cut spending massively you would need to do some privatization some devaluation of the lebanese pound and all those if you forms are very unpopular and you would need somebody you have to impose them on you that's the only way you actually do the right thing and that's where the i.m.f. come in and the i.m.f. does not only imposes the those reforms that should be done actually they don't only impose them on you they would also give you some money with them which would be a great a great thing for lebanon because we really lack capital inflows that's actually the main problem here. we all know usually how it goes when the i.m.f. and. remember the package it usually gets more painful before it gets easier thanks so much for coming and analyzing explaining all of

promised us in the past and the answer really has been we are not being aid and we're not bailing levanon out unless there are structural on economic reforms politicians are reluctant to do that because if you do that they lose control of of the states resources which they have been accused of using for political gain so the only option seems to be going to the international monetary fund and again politicians are reluctant to do that for 2 reasons 1st of all the austerity measures will hurt the poor and the austerity measures will hurt the politicians again it's all about reforms if you reform the public sector you trim the public sector because according to international financial institutions there's a lot of waste in this state the public sector that means politicians been. no longer a point there are supporters in the government so it's a very very difficult situation for the government at this point in time lebanon is out of iraq and anger and desperation is only growing as the value of people's money and look it's losing its value losing its purchasing power so you know what the up

i'm comfortable and doha the top stories on al-jazeera protests and levanon against its economic crisis have turned violent demonstrators defied a coronavirus lockdown fighting with security forces throwing petrol bombs and vandalizing banks in tripoli and near beirut people are angry about the promising currency and soaring prices for tory gas and the reports. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of their money is decreasing at an alarming rate. and on monday the anger at the central bank's policies and a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country. demonstrators in tripoli in new than lebanon blocked roads and fought with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters on the back of the 2 soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford anything anymore we are starving i sold my fishing boat for pennies enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i ha