also marked a deadline set by the country's top shiite authority for mahdi to enact a number of reforms. i'm not about to become a box not about to be monthly knows only on skin for electricity when it only all skin for water. these are legitimate rights which the government should provides we are calling. for the government to resign and for the constitution to be changed. the iraqi government has struggled to address protesters concerns since unrest erupted in baghdad on october first.. over government corruption and high unemployment. in a televised speech friday iraq's prime minister mahdi promised that a reshuffling of government ministers would take place next week. and that lawmakers salaries would be cut in half. and the support of the resignation of the government to date without providing a constitutional alternative. would mean sending the country into chaos. but on the streets of baghdad there were no signs those promises would quell the unrest. baghdad is also where france three four simona fulton is covering the story she has been speaking of protesters and sent us this re

prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like the soma. the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics. souther and from the former prime minister hi the body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on sunday actually didn't happen so a lot of these politicians are looking at this protest movement they're seeing it get larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going to try and put themselves with the protesters show support for the protesters in a bid to win support for any elections that may will come nowhere nowhere near elections right now the parliament hasn't been dissolved the government hasn't been dissolved but that's certainly the talk on the streets and in the corridors of power in baghdad is what happens next now although this is a political crisis the only streets the protests are still getting larger and

practical level i mean you know if you go back to my mother's time people didn't even know what the mahdi was so a lot of her work was explaining the issues explaining the things that we face now in subsequent generations of the work of directors like take away to see who are directing films like a bird or a judge or a rabbit and having massive international success so i think that as part of the decolonized nation process there's also another aspect of it and i think that is you know for many minority in this industry you're a contract you go from job to job and it's different to be a contract then it is to own your own production company or to have the resources and infrastructure to then be able to handle a bigger budget production and so instead of us being employees i think one of the issues attractive to have decolonization is actually being able to form our production companies that uphold not only values but also have the infrastructure needed to make a big budget production let me bring in christopher we're told just a couple of hours apart on his tell us about part of his story

now, iraqi prime minister abdul mahdi said he was willing to respond to the protester's demands. he promised jobs for graduates, but also said there was no magic solution for the country's problems. >> in the short term, i think this will calm a lot of people. of course it doesn't solve the fundamentals of the challenges that are facing the government. >> nawaz: but hundreds more protesters took to the streets of baghdad's sadr city district on monday, demanding new jobs and denouncing the killings of protesters. iraqi police responded in force, using live bullets and water cannons against the protesters. iraqi president barham salih condemned the attacks on protesters >> ( translated ): the government and the security forces reaffirm that there has been no orders to fire at protesters, and it has not been issued by the country and their instruments. therefore, those who are committing these actions are criminals and outlaws. >> nawaz: iraqi federal police warned last week that snipers separate from the security forces were shooting at protesters, but it is unclear if these snipe

of the mahdi told him that the security situation in iraq was back to normal and he. offered iraq a support however it there's been very little international reaction the u.n. have spoken they've condemned the deaths of the protesters so a lover of the russian foreign minister was here but he didn't mention the protests we went into all instead he talked about an arms deal for iraq so there's been very little international reaction we are expecting more protests to come in the coming hours and the scene does seem to be set there is a normal enormous amount of security out in the streets of baghdad. a series of global protests has seen 250 people arrested at the organizes extension rebellion say the protests will span 60 cities this audit in australia where at least 30 people were arrested in sydney for blocking traffic on a main road central train station at least 7 protesters were arrested in brisbane for chaining themselves to a bridge in new zealand's capital wellington 30 people were arrested for blocking roads near palm minutes protests to across europe in berlin

mahdi current day has quickly grown into a folk hero who knows maybe he'll be the country's next president we'll leave you now with that tripoli video and a few others plus some tweets on the lebanese practicing politics as only they can and we'll see you next time here at the listening post. was. an. right. just off one of caracas his main highways immediately your family collects as much water as possible from the mountain above. a nationwide blackout left millions without power a regular water supplies. but this water is not portable the health ministry is recommending people treated with chlorine but with none available other. hopes that boiling it 1st will make it safe for her family to drink. a lot this says the increased consumption of untreated water in the last 3 weeks is making an already catastrophic situation worse than we normally don't really think we don't have the precise numbers yet but we know that in the public and private hospitals there's been an acute increase of cases of severe diarrhea that require hospitalization including children under 2 years of age which can be

down and have already rejected a package of reforms over the weekend prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses or schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protesters. but to syria where they ceasefire brokered by turkey and russia has. officially expired with russia's foreign minister declaring that kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area earlier than planned to he says it will verify the withdrawal with joint patrols with russian troops but there have already being reports of clashes between syrian government and forces the syrian observatory for human rights says it has seen artillery eyed machine gun fire south of the border town of russell i mean kurdish forces agreed to retreat from the area under the deal struck by russia until the last week but they didn't because when the duty han is in istanbul i asked her what happens not of the ceasefire has officially ended well the cease fire that you have been talking about has been a very shaky one there have been occasional skirmishes they have continued in the past da

killing us wasn't it our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. live in connecticut there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias that target the victims. sad if it were just the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. you're watching d.w. news coming up next we've got a documentary film for you will be looking back at 30 years of colonial rule in namibia of by germany and we've got some more international news for you of course coming up at the top of the next hour sumi will be with you then meanwhile we've got all our stories online at g.w. dot com i'm terry m

connection to a political or sick tarion movement it's the biggest challenge to prime minister abdul mahdi since the so-called islamic state was defeated 2 years ago on friday he said the protesters demands have been heard. now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's president for a tie affair to one says his country is preparing to launch a military intervention against kurdish militia in syria. north east he says the operation planned by land and air will allow displaced syrians to return home but the intervention could also threaten the safe zone agreed upon by turkey and the united states. haiti is bracing for more violence this weekend as protesters ramp up their demands for president of the now most easy to resign police fired tear gas against demonstrators in the capital port au prince on friday more than a dozen people have been killed during weeks of unrest over rising costs and allegedly government corruption. iran has released an australian couple detained for spying australia's foreign minister said the charges against the pair had been dropped after

challenge to prime minister abdul mahdi since the so-called islamic state was defeated 2 years ago on friday he said the protesters demands have been heard. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir has wounded at least 10 people in the southern city of and police blamed terrorists for the violence many people in kashmir have been angered by the government's decision to strip the muslim majority region of autonomy last august. iran has released an australian couple detained for spying australia's foreign ministers of the charges against the pair have been dropped after sensitive negotiations travel bloggers jolie king and mark fear can spend 3 months in jail for allegedly using a drone to take pictures of banned areas. for women in iran wearing a head scarf or he job is a legal requirement if not followed is punishable by a lengthy prison term but some iranian women are defying the rule and calling for greater freedoms for all women across the country. they're young they want freedom and they don't want to be forced t

doubt he'll be talking about the current situation with the prime minister also promised to love the mahdi has been on a phone call with the secretary of state of the u.s. mike they've discussed the situation right now and the u.s. said it's ready to support iraq in any way that it can and non-con in baghdad for us thank you mom. want to protesters in hong kong have become the 1st people to appear in court to face charges under a controversial and. now they were arrested on saturday just shortly after the ban came into effect the government used colonial year imagine to regulations to impose that ban by decree that sparked another round of unrest over the last 2 days as mosques protesters faced off with police sarah clarke has more from hong kong. the 1st 2 people charged on to the anti mosque rules have appeared in the east imagine schools in hong kong on monday morning it's an 18 year old man and a 30 year old woman they've also been charged with unlawful assembly now they were arrested on sunday in california and if they found guilty they could face up to one year in jail as well as a $

allies and the united nations are appealing to iraq's government to exercise restraint promised the mahdi and his year old government is facing its biggest challenge yet but it's unclear how he can stop the outpour of anger against his rule with no apparent leaders of the protesters to negotiate with. iran or desire by god. joining me now is below journalist for the gulf matters he's reported extensively from the middle east since 2002 thanks for coming to talk to us so that clearly our number of grievances is a get in the rational streets what would you say is the primary concern for people well i think the primary concern is jobs. corruption and really a failure to deliver on basic services electricity clean water and it's kind of become it's very much the power of the street it's interesting that these protests don't seem to have a political focus that is there's no one plate particular political unit that's pushing people out of the streets it's been quite spontaneous from the ground up and interestingly i'm told a lot of professionals who are unemployed doctors teachers engineers law

troops here now we are expecting a press conference in the coming hours with promised i'd love the mahdi and the secretary of defense mark s. but we're hoping for clarity on the status of these u.s. troops will they stay here in iraq and be able to mount their operations as the u.s. would like against us and targets in northeastern syria or will they have to go back to kuwait and regroup. that's obvious diplomat in ukraine as testified for 10 hours in the impeachment investigation into president donald trump democrats say william taylor has provided the clearest account yet the pressure to crane to investigate political rival joe biden and exchange for military a class is a professor of global politics and university college london is taylor's testimony is devastating for president. in the watergate hearings in the 1970 s. there was the moment of the smoking gun which changed everything and i think that this testimony will be seen in history as the smoking gun for trump it is absolutely clear what happened now and it's the most blatant abuse of power in modern presidential history where

mahdi kerryn a has quickly grown into a folk hero who knows maybe he'll be the country's next president we'll leave you now with that tripoli video and a few others plus some tweets on the lebanese practicing politics as only they can and we'll see you next time here at the listening post. what are you protesting about how does this in question whether online life face minstrelsy us directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on sand this is an attack on academic freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue minard is not making it very welcoming for people to come about everyone has a voice climate change is real the discussion is real and i'm here to talk about the solutions on al-jazeera. is a popular filming location in france when it comes to stories about drugs crime and radicalization tired of negative stereotypes youth worker it's managerial it's reclaiming its image by putting its younger the death behind the camera. the stories be don't often hear told by the people who the put them. in the news what this is iraq on al-jazeera. i mean i

prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like a soma. the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics. souther and from the former prime minister hi the body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on sunday actually didn't happen so a lot of these politicians are looking at this protest movement they're seeing it larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going to try and put themselves with the protesters show support for the protesters in a bid to win support for any elections that may well come nowhere nowhere near elections right now the parliament hasn't been dissolved the government hasn't been dissolved but that's certainly the talk on the streets and in the corridors of power in baghdad is what happens next now although this is a political crisis only streets the protests are still getting larger and larger in

about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos gotten out and if they see the scene on the couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens they're spying take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son if not by senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who dares says he's

iraq could soon be given a basic wage addressing the nation on television the prime minister abdul mahdi says the government has to vote on the new law following days of violent protests a woman there are other than today we have to 1st return life to normal and. all provinces and respect the rule of law under which everyone lives in safety and stability i'd like to assure you that the security procedures we undertook which included blocking roaming data temporarily was a difficult decision however it is like bitter medicine it was mandatory because we cannot afford to lose your security or take risks or to leave your safety and the country in the wind preserving security is regarded as the highest in this country's interest and nationally is a priority that could cause president has declared a state of emergency as protesters block roads throughout the country over fuel price hikes and in marino's decision to end diesel and gasoline subsidies took effect on thursday. supporters of peru's president have been gathering in lima after he swore in 9 new cabinet members president martin vizca

allies and the united nations are appealing to iraq's government to exercise restraint promised the mahdi and his year old government is facing its biggest challenge yet but it's unclear how he can stop the outpour of anger against his rule with no apparent leaders of the protesters to go shake with. the rug or deserve. that was all of on a senior fellow at the think tank new america also former u.s. national security council to rector for iraq he joins us via skype and washington d.c. always good to talk to my understanding is that you just recently you just recently returned from baghdad where there are signs of the anger with this. no no this did this emerging very very quickly now this is always been there as your piece pointed out this lack of jobs this lack of basic services has always been there iraq is a very centralized economy it spends most of its money on salaries for people so there are lots of people on the government payroll it's not clear there is more money for the prime minister to give out the squad size salaries that he spoke about tonight. but there's a lot there's a

earned you know iraqi wire real democracy idea of democracy as protesters call for prime minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile share cleric. who leads parliament largest bloc is also working to with removing him. over the past months schools of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protests has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes of the stunts and some offered free haircuts to the crowd the the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds in manly al-jazeera. syrian state media is reporting heavy fighting has resumed between government troops and turkish forces near the border it's happening around the town of ras al-ain syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdraw it's part of a deal between russia and turkey to start joint security patrols or has more from san you're for. syrian government and the s.d.s. say that they came under heavy artillery attacks from the turkish military particularly in th

felipe and you see is seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from unarmed assume for the mahdi the number of people killed in japan from typhoon her give us has risen to 68 as rescuers search for those who are still missing thousands of people are in evacuation centers 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 mus

to vote on a law to grant some of the country's poorest families a basic wage a minister adel until mahdi made the announcement following 3 days of deadly protests people are angry over corruption lack of jobs and access to basic services all kong's leader kerry lands expected to an act an emergency law that will allow authorities to ban face mask at rallies protestors wear the mask to conceal their identities and shield themselves from tear gas and will hold a special executive council meeting on friday to discuss the ban and other tough measures under a colonial era emergency law. supporters are proof president had been gathering in lee mathari swore in at 9 new cabinet members president martinez scada has dissolved the country's congress earlier this week it's a latest move in a year long campaign to confront corruption where people have been killed in a knife attack at the paris police headquarters it's believed the attacker was a 45 girl i t assistant in the police intelligence unit several others were wounded when the police employ a stat a number of his colleagues before being shot

about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idyll abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and gotten out and if they see the scene on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spring take us on us do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple the government the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son and good luck by the senate had met 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises to call me say tomorrow i have nothing i bet who da

the prime minister abdul mahdi announced the government will vote on the new law following days of violent protests and women you know other than today we have to 1st return life to normal in all provinces and respect the rule of law under which everyone lives in safety and stability i'd like to assure you that the security procedures we undertook which included blocking roaming data temporarily was a difficult decision however it is like bitter medicine it was mandatory because we cannot afford to lose your security or take risks or to leave your safety and the country in the wind preserving security is regarded as the highest in this country's interest and nationally is a priority well in our dramas have been driven by several factors a chronic lack of basic services like electricity and water only 8 percent of the budget for this year has been allocated to education reconstruction and health care that's compared to 14 percent on oil and 20 percent on security 13 percent of all adults in iraq are unemployed including more than a quarter young people of working age demonstrations have spr

mahdi carinae has quickly grown into a folk hero who knows maybe he'll be the country's next president we'll leave you now with that tripoli video. and a few others plus some tweets on the lebanese practicing politics as only they can and we'll see you next time here at the listening post. was. talk the talk no jews there oh. they don't believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter although just 0. this is a really fabulous news from one of the best i've ever worked in there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in but something i feel every time i get on the chair every time i interview someone we're often working around the clock to make sure that we bring events as i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. for you know testing about how does this in question whether online life face mental state comes directly

in just a moment of firsts al jazeera imran khan has the latest for us from baghdad prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like a some of. the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics want a southerner and from the former prime minister high the other body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on saturday actually didn't happen so a lot of these politicians are looking at this protest movement they're seeing it get larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going to try and put themselves with the protesters show support for the protesters in a bid to win support for any elections that may will come nowhere nowhere near elections right now the parliament hasn't been dissolved the government hasn't been dissolved but that's certainly the talk on the streets and in the corridors of power in baghdad is what happens next

the mahdi told him that the security situation in iraq was back to normal and he. offered iraq support however there's been very little international reaction the u.n. have spoken they've condemned the deaths of the protesters so a lover of the russian foreign minister was here but he didn't mention the protest movement until instead he talked about an arms deal for iraq so there's been very little international reaction we are expecting more protests to come in the coming hours and the scene does seem to be set there is a normal enormous amount of security out in the streets of baghdad. a series of global protests on climate change has seen 250 people arrested the organizes extension rebellion say the protests will span 60 cities in london police have arrested 135 people iranis were organized by extension rebellion the group which of death mentioned has said it's caused chaos in london this year by a key vote and bridges and wants to achieve net 0 carbon emissions by 2025 john hall has the latest from london. here we are in central london parliament square the hea

prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like assam. the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics. souther and from the former prime minister hi the body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on sunday actually didn't happen so a lot of these politicians are looking at this protest movement they're seeing it get larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going to try and put themselves with the protesters show support for the protesters in a bid to win support for any elections that may will come nowhere nowhere near elections right now the parliament hasn't been dissolved the government hasn't been dissolved but that's certainly the talk on the streets and in the corridors of power in baghdad is what happens next now although this is a political crisis only streets the protests are still getting larger and larger

down and have already rejected a package of reforms over the weekend prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses all schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protesters. they'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person was killed and dozens. more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines several government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire where most of the world's earthquakes takes place me authorities in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activist joshua wong from standing in next month's local elections mr won't claims to be the only candidate to be disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid for contravening election laws that ban promoting self deter athletes young for dana tells the w. about the challenges of facing the toughest insurance events in the. person british prime minister boris johnson is making a 4th attempt to force a snap election and it looks

capital to the southern city of karbala iraqis demanded the resignation of prime minister i do abdul mahdi and his government they are not men of states that's all they can not do anything that can look minutes at the event at the school not this recount during the nationwide protests were on the 1st anniversary of mehdi taking office there also a continuation of protests which began at the beginning of the month the government acknowledges the excessive force was used to somebody they call it a democracy put the hands they used to wield this democracy are dictators when they kill their people with snipers it's not democracy in addition to promising to punish those responsible for killing protesters mehdi announced that he and other government leaders will cut their salaries by half and divert the money to a fund to help the poor is also vowing to reshuffle the government next week by your ties in qualifications before party or sad time. for you as we heard about reforms it's just a sleeping pill to calm the people all of us are rejecting this corrupt government protesters are primarily yo

know iraqi you require real democracy ideal democracy as protesters call for prime minister up to mahdi to step down his position is becoming increasingly more fragile share character of saga who leads parliament's largest bloc is also working towards removing him the. over the past months scores of people have been killed and thousands injured and despite the violence some protest has created a festival atmosphere with some people playing dominoes others dance and some of it free had cuts to the crowd the on the protests have become increasingly more diverse with women and students joining the crowds about a manly al-jazeera. syrian state media is reporting that heavy fighting between government troops and turkish forces near the border is happening around the time the russell syrian government forces have taken up positions following a recent kurdish withdrawal it's all part of a deal between russia and turkey to start joint security patrols. reports now from the turkey syria border syrian government and the s.t.'s say that they came under heavy artillery attacks from the turkish mili

us doesn't it that our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blames elsewhere. limb connecticut age to evacuate there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias hands that target the victims. sad if it were not the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. for the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to jointly to 3 scientists from the united states and britain. discoveries of the white blood cells. in the body it's the 1st prize in. this year converting food to energy is a process that wouldn't be possible without oxygen but oxygen levels can fluctuate dramatically in the bo

groups as well as some of the sudanese have actually sided with as well as kurds sided with abdul mahdi and iran seems at least apparently at this stage doesn't want ideal of dramatic government to fall that doesn't mean this government will survive it doesn't mean that i've been mighty himself may not want to go or in a month or 2 maybe iran also wants change in the place as well as the house of shia but as things stand they see it as a high risk strategy to change government in response to these violence now there are other groups that try to make the most of the demonstrations like out they they too did not get far and actually if anything they lost out in this game and the others because they are not talking they are not united and they are not necessarily on the same page everyone is trying to disown the government and if anything behind the scene and to mine it but of course this government it's difficult to change of the prime minister doesn't resign the government itself is a composition of all these parties that supported it the what is also visible is that the government fell

killing us doesn't it our officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. lim connecticut there were no clashes a confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias. sad if it were the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. to the u.s. now our democratic lawmakers have fresh ammunition for their impeachment inquiry against president donald trump a 2nd whistleblower has come forward in the case claiming to have 1st hand knowledge of a phone call between trump and the ukrainian president blogger here selenski us democrats have launched a probe into whether trump pressures alaska to investigate trump's

in the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah as mass protests continue against prime minister adel adel mahdi's government in the capital baghdad police have fired stun grenades or protestors they were trying to enter the heavily fortified green zone where the iraqi parliament many protesters spent the night in the cities to rear square funerals are being held for some of the 42 people who were killed by security forces on friday where the 2000 others are injured and hospitals are struggling to cope protesters had set fire to government buildings and party offices they're angry over corruption and economic hardship protesters want government leaders to resign a curfew has been imposed in 8 mainly shia provinces there's more from back to. the number of protesters here in tahrir square is beginning to grow trucks are coming in with water food pepsi for protesters to clean their eyes if they're attacked with tear gas later this evening this was supposed to be a one day protest on friday it is now spilled into a 2nd day not only here in baghdad but in several cities across iraq people are saying th

come there's a big political crisis brewing here and a lot of pressure on the government of other mahdi in the last 24 hours we've heard from our saw that he's one of the most influential shia clerics in the country and he has said there needs to be a new election and this government needs to be dissolved also we've heard from the former prime minister high there on the body who said much the same thing so there's a lot of pressure on the government right now and a lot of the opposition parties in a lot of their religious parties are clearly taking a look at the protest movement they feel like it's not going away in fact it might actually be building into something bigger and so they're using language now that they hope will appease the protesters and bring them on their side whether that happens or not remains to be seen a lot of the anger the protestors have isn't towards this government or previous government it's towards the system that they say is inherently corrupt and stops development they say the jobs that they're demanding the economic change that they're demanding won't happe

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. around 200,000 people have joined a gay pride march in taiwan — the first since the island legalised same—sex marriages. taiwan is the first place in asia to allow gay people to marry. rachel stanton reports. music. celebrating in style. the island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches, but this year, there is a difference. music. taiwan will now allow same—sex couples to get married. it is a first for asia, as same—sex marriages are not legal in other parts of the region. since the law was changed in may, more than 2000 couples have taken advantage of this. translation: we hope everybody can understand that gay people are around them. they are your neighbours, families and friends. we can all be good neighbours and march together. despite this change in the law, the lgbt community says further steps need to be taken. translation: marriage equali

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. now, with a look ahead to whether wales can join england in the rugby world cup final — and the rest of today's sport — here's lizzi greenwood—hughes, at the bbc sport centre. yes, reeta. it's less than 12 hours until wales take on south africa in the second semi—final at the rugby world cup, and the tantalising prospect of a possible place in the final. patrick geary has been following the build up. ijust want i just want to wish the boys all the best for the match. if they could, an entire nation would give wales their team hope, one message. good luck to the welsh boys over the weekend. win and this rugby mad country were playing a world cup finalfor country were playing a world cup final for the first country were playing a world cup finalfor the first time. country were playing a world cup final for the first time. the trophy is in si

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. 11 has also. in the grip of anti-government protests and we have some breaking news to tell you about lebanon's beleaguered prime minister starting friday has announced he is stepping down during a televised address here is resignation comes after almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many young lebanese are unhappy with what they see as a corrupt and incapable political elite how did he has tried but failed to mollify demonstrators by announcing a series of anti corruption and political reforms. all right let's get you more on these developing on these developments rather i am now joined by w.'s abbesses a reedy he is in the lebanese capital beirut looking you tell us a battle prime minister who said tell you he announced his much anticipated address that he will step down what did he say exactly. we have seen the speech you see going on he said t

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. well as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. at least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines civil government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire where most of the world's earthquakes take place. authorities in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activists joshua long from running in next month's local elections wang says he is the only candidate who's been disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid. antigovernment protesters have again taken to the streets in the chilean capital santiago despite a cabinet shake up by presidents a bus to. help police clashed with demonstrators in the city center the president replaced 8 cabinet ministers in an effort to calm unrest that has l

a year into his mandate prime minister adel abdel mahdi has struggled to rein in the public's fury. offering concessions like a cabinet reshuffle promising to address grievances. however for a generation that's known nothing but foreign occupation and extremist violence now coming of age- marty's words rang beyond hello. iraqis refused to conference of political blocs in the green zone because they both failed for seventeen years to build a national project that serves the iraqi people. and failed to build any national identity. all they did was succeed in stealing money from the poor and the iraqi people. protesters may well get what they want the political alliances the water bill ninety to power have shown signs of fracturing with the international community calling for dialogue in recent days. rival factions from the conflict in syria gather today in geneva to discuss a new constitution for the country it subdivide gathering will help sir richard trinity nine e years of violence and war fatat. listerine governments the opposition and civil society groups are included in those ta

officials have responded with mixed messages the prime minister addle abdul mahdi offered to meet with protesters but he also defended the security forces. while iraq's interior ministry pointed the blame elsewhere. lim connecticut age to me there were no clashes of confrontation between the security forces and the brotherly protesters but there were militias that target the victims. said if it were me the prime minister said the families of those killed in the protests will qualify for state benefits he also announced a string of reforms including an increase in welfare unemployment benefits and to create new jobs officials have asked the protesters for time to implement the changes but gaining their trust will be a challenge. for the nobel prize for medicine has just been announced it has been jointly awarded to 3 scientists william kalen and greg cements of the u.s. and peter reckless from the u.k. now they've been chosen because of their pioneering discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability this is the 1st prize announced by the nobel committee this year. let's

about the lack of jobs corruption discrimination and the cost of living prime minister idle abdul mahdi has promised various reforms but he's refusing to meet the protesters main demand that he resigns along with his government he says that would create chaos and got an identified they sitting on their couches in the shooting us what do they think chickens the spying take us honest do we need more tears all mata's either die or topple governments the ministry of interior released a statement on saturday condemning the people it says attacked security forces and vandalized government and political party buildings a spokesman says they did not use excessive force and they're committed to protecting the human rights of peaceful protesters amid the stun grenades and tear gas we met at the noon and his 2 year old son. 18 years i work with the minister of interior and my reward was being fired i have been protesting here and trying to get another contract for 4 months every day they give us promises. tacoma's say to moral and nothing i best who dare says he's protesting for the chance his 4 c

that the government should be dissolved and new elections held the iraqi prime minister i love the mahdi appealed for calm but his words are seemingly having little effect. the promises by the prime minister are to fool the people and they are firing live gunshots at us this was a peaceful protest they set up these barricades and the sniper sitting right there since last night grand ayatollah ali al sistani issued a letter which was read out by his representative. now and then we hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger i think cecille violence before it is still a tz. the government says it's listening to protesters demands and will hold an emergency session on saturday one of the main political books also issued a statement saying the government must implement sweeping reforms within 10 days other political blocks of boycotts at the problem and recession saying it doesn't have an agenda ok implement. the crisis. t

and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend prime minister adel abdul mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. there's been no letup in unrest in iraq for him from our arabic department is here with me in the studio to provide us some of the back story you tell us 1st you know what's behind the ngos are these protests that we see now were happening in iraq well they were these protests are not something that started today yesterday or even the day before these are ongoing protests that were sparked actually at the beginning of october this month with the sort of sudden sacking of a very popular wartime military military official this was the spark this and this this anger then developed into anger at iraq failing public services the high unemployment situation of young people there and these grievances have basically pushed the anger throughout and now where the reaching towards the end of the month these are all very legitimate demands you know iraq is one of the highest

iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressurefle and a package of reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. the chilean president sebastian pinera has promised to lift a state of emergency that's been in place in several cities after widespread protests about living standards began a week ago. he said the emergency decree would be revoked at midnight local time if circumstances permitted. with me is our americas editor, leonardo rocha. so the state of emergency, just tell us so the state of emergency, just tell us why it was put in? it's been a week, seven nights of violence in chile, and it all came unexpectedly after the government announced a hike in the public transport fares in santiago, the metro, the underground fares. but there was a lot of discontent about inequality in chile, which is south america's richest country. but many believe that only the wealthiest, the wealthy elites of chile were benefiting from that. so