lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation sadly heidi handed in his notice on tuesday after weeks of nationwide protests i do he says he's reached a dead end daily with the unprecedented demonstrations and violence that power lies the country so hold the reports from beirut. unrest in the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. police moved in after hundreds of men allied with political parties in power attacked government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the prime minister saddam how d.d. has now handed his resignation letter to the president. put the. 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the deterioration of i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the people's voice and to protect the country from economic security and social changes today i will not hide from you i have reached a dead end it is time for us to have a big shock to face the cris

lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation be handed in his notice on tuesday after weeks of nationwide protests highly says he has reached a dead end in dealing with the unprecedented demonstrations and violence that of power lies the country so hold the reports from beirut. unrest in the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. police moved in after hundreds of men allied with political parties in power attacked government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the prime minister saddam how d.d. has now handed his resignation letter to the president. for 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the relation i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the people's voice and to protect the country from economic security and social dangers today i will not hide from you i reached a dead end it is time for us to have a big shock to face the crisis. the crisis is

i'm maryam namazie in london with a quick look at the headlines this hour now lebanon's president michel aoun has vowed to fight state corruption and says he's ready to meet with protesters to find a solution to the economic crisis and the largest demonstrations the country has seen in years in a televised address he urged the public to accept proposed economic reforms most of . the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy are you willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you turkey's president has warned his country will crush kurdish fighters if they don't withdraw from the 30 kilometer so-called safe zone in northern syria kurdish forces have started retreating from some positions along the turkish border as part of a 6 day ceasefire agreement between turkey and russia but there are still reports of fighting from both sides the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is asking parliament to vote on a snap general election to be held on december 12th in

lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation sadly he handed in his notice on tuesday after weeks of nationwide protests he says he's reached a dead end in dealing with the on president to demonstrations and violence of power lies the country so hold the reports from beirut. unrest in the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. police moved in after hundreds of men allied with political parties in power attacked government demonstrators who have been in the street. for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the prime minister saddle how d.d. has now handed his resignation letter to the president. for 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the deterioration that i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the people's voice and to protect the country from economic security and social changes today i will not hide from you i have reached a dead end it is time for us to have a big shock to face the crisis. th

to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented protests that have paralyzed the country president michel aoun has asked harry reid to stay on until a new government is formed say no one has more from beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence of political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son a muslim replacing heidi won't be easy he is considered the representative of that community. but hariri will insist on a semi technocratic government but the ruling coalition is insisting political parties remain represented hariri want to accept that so the other scenario is hezbollah forming a government that is more dominated by the group something it wants to avoid you. hezbollah and i

to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented protests that have paralyzed the country presidents michel aoun has asked her to stay on until a new government is formed say to her has more from beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence a political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son a muslim replacing heidi won't be easy he is considered the representative of that community. but hariri will insist on a semi technocratic government but the ruling coalition is insisting political parties remain represented hariri want to accept that so the other scenario is hezbollah forming a government that is more dominated by the group something it wants to avoid. hezbollah and its allies ar

it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories lebanon's president michel aoun has vowed to fight state corruption he also says he's open to constructive dialogue with protesters but hundreds of thousands of people across the country a calling on the government to resign. turkey's president regicide everyone says the kurdish fighters appear in the so-called a safe zone agreed with russia will use its right to crush them and the one who won the offensive will restart the group and doesn't withdraw at least 30 kilometers inside syria and 39 people found dead in the back of the container truck in england are believed to be chinese nationals a northern irish man arrested on suspicion of murder remains and police custody. but if he is president evo morales has declared victory in the country's election even though official numbers are yet to be released his main rival carlos messer says he has evidence of electoral fraud and sunday's vote leading to protests and a general strike the opposition leader has asked protests to continue unless a 2nd round vote is held john

help save the country will collapse after more than a week of massive anti-government protests michel aoun also suggested a reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets senator has more how the people responded in beirut day 8 in the almost paralysis of daily life continues protesters are still on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut and other cities across the country the country is at the standstill as the protest movement enters its 2nd week schools universities and banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his inv

banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aounwho the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected civil society activists say that people have heard promises like these before the president's speech did not address here promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but that's just promises that there is no confidence. with the people that they will actually that the government follow through and recover it got stolen money they say they want radical change they want a new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and they're promi

lebanese president michel aoun has addressed the nation in a televised speech he says it's vital to review the current government he also promised he would fight state corruption as demanded by hundreds of thousands of people protest as have been demonstrating and demanding political change for 8 days with very. good one what are being i call on you to observe to act as monitors and all these. reforms are implemented without crippling the movement and i will act as a guarantor and i will expose and reveal whatever is taking place and i will do all that i can to have these reforms implemented i have listened to calls to topple the regime put the regime cannot be toppled from the streets i know the regime has been crippled for years well it's because they know how to who is in the lebanese capital beirut zain i said this is the 1st time the president i will not address the nation since the crisis began he focused on corruption and embezzlement well the speech be welcomed by protesters older did not go far enough do you think. well the reaction we're getting it did not go far enough the presi

save the country from collapse after more than a week of massive anti-government demonstrations michel aoun also suggested that a rich shuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets reports on how people responded and they were it day 8 in the almost paralysis of daily life continues protesters are still on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut and other cities across the country the country is at the standstill as the protest movement enters its 2nd week schools universities and banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you hi

save the country from collapse after more than a week of massive anti-government demonstrations michel aoun also suggested or was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets so how to reports on how people responded and by every. day 8 in the almost paralysis of daily life continues protesters are still on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut and other cities across the country the country is at this standstill as the protest movement enters its 2nd week schools universities and banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitat

banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected civil society activists say that people have heard promises like these before the president's speech did not address promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but that's just promises that there is no confidence. with the people that they will actually get the government to follow through and recover just all the money they say they want radical change they want new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and they're promising

to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented protests that have paralyzed the country president michel aoun has asked harry to stay on until a new governments is formed senator has more from beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence of political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son a muslim replacing heidi won't be easy he is considered the representative of that community. will insist on a semi technocratic government but the ruling coalition is insisting political parties remain represented hariri one except that so the other scenario is hezbollah forming a government that is more dominated by the group something it wants to avoid. hezbollah and its allies are the majority

lebanon's president michel aoun has vowed vowed to fight corruption and an address to the nation he says he's open to construct a constructive dialogue with the protesters but his speech has left protesters unsatisfied with many resuming their calls for political reform where hundreds of thousands of people have demanded that the government stand down during more than a week of protests. i am not saying just to avoid responsibility at the end of the day i am doing come but president i have left no stone unturned to achieve reforms and make progress and the obstacles are high and numerous personal gains are prevailing 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. and then a father has moved. the president president to the solutions to the crisis which really falls short. of the protesters michel aoun saying that he's promising to fight corruption he's called on representatives of the protest movement to engage in dialogue with them to come to the presidential palace and discuss

protestors to help save the country from collapse after more than a week of anti-government protests michel aoun also suggested a reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets. and bolivia's electoral board has given president evo morales an outright victory meaning he won't have to face a 2nd round but runner up is refusing to accept the result and international pressure is growing for another vote. while protests continue in chile despite reconciliation efforts there by the president this is how it looked earlier on the streets of santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the anti-government demonstrations began a week ago. but. today i want to share good news with my countrymen today we saw in didn't seem to congress a bill that stabilizes the possibility oh to see rose on average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this approach roads which affected almost $7000000.00 children households and the protests meanwhile have now spread beyond the capital. in the coastal city of. police fired on crowds who are throwing stones severa

cities in the country been paralyzed by the demonstrations in a televised address the president michel aounvowed to fight state corruption and says he's ready to meet with the protesters most of. the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy are you willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you. clashes have erupted between supporters of bolivian president evo morales and his opponent presidential candidate carlos massa it comes after modest claimed victory in sunday's election accusing the opposition of trying to orchestrate a coup but demonstrates is saying the vote was rigged and are demanding that it should be unarmed. oh protests of again. turned out into the streets of chile in the latest in a series of anti-government protests unfolding there the president sebastian pinera announced an electricity price freeze and plans to raise pensions as the government tries to end a week of violent protests across the country and the u.k. prime minister b

we are taking you to lebanon now where president michel aoun as addressing the nation after a days of protests let's listen in. the scenes real witnessing is a living proof that the live lebanese people. kicking and alive it also is a living proof that our freedoms is in tact however these scenes should have been avoided. an estate you should have been in the streets crying out of joy not out of pay we are an original creative successful people yet we were smashed in tatters out of sectarianism. this plunged that country and pushed it on to the brink and from the thursday the i came to office as a president i took. to preserve lebanon and i committed myself to fiercely and fear osha slee combat corruption. however the financial and economic burden remained heavy as it was however i had high. patience that we can read our country of the sectarianism that has us have a shared these and it is the root of all problems hoping that we would reach a civil state where all the citizens are equal before the law and each competent person would reach the position he deserved i had also hoped for.

process by which hezbollah which is the critical player in the background as well as the president michel aoun and has already had ms. brown to seal will those people agree to a technocratic government that would mean giving up power so far the governing alliance says it will be toppled only through constitutional means how do you. maybe hoping his decision to resign will pressure his coalition partners to make concessions a hezbollah led government needs political cover from someone like heidi who enjoys the support of the international community what began as a spontaneous protest movement is now a political crisis that spilled onto the streets lebanon's fault lines are deep and it's unclear what happens next a political vacuum a precarious situation a divided street an economy grinding to a halt lebanon has been here before and like in the past it is the security of the country which is facing the biggest risk benefit their beirut. is a professor at george washington university he specializes in lebanese politics he says it's unclear what's next for lebanon's government. hezbollah is the re

a lot hasn't seeker in the headlines on ages either lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation sand harry quit his post on tuesday but the move may not be enough for the demonstrators demanding an end to government corruption and economic strife. the some people try to take advantage of this entire revolutionary movement whereby they would try to ride this wave and it's normal but the majority of the people on the streets or not the city is a very good support turkey has condemned the u.s. house of representatives for passing a bill recognizing the mass killing of armenians as genocide and pass another bill threatening sanctions over turkey's military operation in northern syria turkey's president says tens of thousands of kurdish led forces have withdrawn from a border zone in northeast syria the pullout was completed before a cheese day deadline it paves the way for russian and turkish forces to begin joint patrols in the regional british m.p.'s have given the green light for a general election on december the 12th of june to en

time for a quick check of the headlines here the lebanese president michel aoun has addressed the nation in a televised speech after 8 days of protests he promised he would fight state corruption as demanded by hundreds of thousands of protesters in a hot bed of. the reaction we're getting it did not go far enough the president offering his solution to this crisis he is promising to fight corruption and he has opened the door to dialogue inviting representatives of the protest movement to go to the presidential palace to lay down their demands and he is promising to work with them the reaction so far has been why should we trust you we have been in power for years you have made promises like this before and in fact what we have been hearing from politicians over the past week in many ways you could use one of them blaming the other u.s. president donald trump has lifted sanctions on turkey saying ankara has assured him the cease fire no if he syria will be permanent he's made a deal with russia to create a central safe so the $39.00 people found dead in the back of a container truck in e

saad honey says that he's received dead end and intends to submit his resignation to president michel aoun and that of his government. bring in. another guest 9 someone we have is with us also skype. joining us right now in beirut from not saddam university good to have you with us. your reaction 1st of all to to to how did these announcements what just 30 minutes ago now. well it was expected after some point days all at peabody's and it was station is spreading all over the country and destroy all the demand is why is it almost a short end by the majority of the public are open not so it's the people who want to.

you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines now that button's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation side and how do you know he resigned on tuesday after days of nationwide protests the russian defense ministry says more than 30000 kurdish troops have pulled back from the turkish syrian border ahead of a choose dave named deadline set by turkey and russia it paves the way for turkey to create a so-called safe zone in the area and a meeting about syria's constitution is beginning in geneva on wednesday things to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war. british m.p.'s have voted for a general election on the some of the 12th in the hope of ending the impossible brags that prime minister barak johnson leads a minority government and is hoping to secure a majority in parliament. reports from london. for the 4th time of asking parliament finally approve calls for a general election to the right $438.00 the nuestra led 20 so the eyes have it is having. an overwhelming majority of m.p.'s packing a vote on december

and all is a problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera lebanese president michel aoun has addressed that they should in a televised speech he promised to fight corruption as demanded by hundreds of thousands of people across the country protesters have been demonstrating for 8 days calling for the government to resign with. good water being i call on you to observe to act as monitors until all these reforms are implemented without crippling the movement and i will act as a guarantor and i will expose and reveal whatever is taking place and i will do all that i can to have these reforms implemented i have listened to calls to topple the regime but the regime cannot be toppled from the streets i know the regime has been crippled for years. bolivia's incumbent president evo morales has declared victory in the 1st round of presidential elections but official results are yet to be released and his main rival congress may says he has evidence of electro fraud in sunday's vote and that's led to protests between rival groups of supporters john heilemann has more from the pas behind the cont

protestors to help save the country from collapse after more than a week of anti-government protests michel aoun also suggested reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be toppled from the streets. and believe his electoral board has given president evo morales an outright victory paining few going to have to face a 2nd round but runner up carlos mess that is refusing to accept the. and international pressure is growing phenomena. protests continue in chile despite conciliation efforts by the president well this is how it looked on the streets of the capital santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the anti-government demonstrations began a week ago. but. today i went to see a good news with my countryman today we saw him didn't seem to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity now tricity rose an average of 9.2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost $7000000.00 chilean households and the protests meanwhile have now spread to beyond the capital . and the coastal city. police fired on crowds who were throwing

heavy together with some of its allies in parliament chief among them of course christian president michel aoun and his powerful son in law the foreign minister and how do you they could then be tasked with forming a technocratic government which he leads. but hezbollah also has the option of going without having the forgoing prime minister had 80 and essentially trying to govern on its own together with its christian primarily christian alast that would be a very difficult thing for hezbollah says temp but they might attempt it anyway there is no doubt that the lebanese structure the very nature of the system that it really is based on a division of spoils among its various communities the christians the sunni the shia the druze there's no doubt that there is a problem at the heart of that but we we've also seen a governing coalition primarily since 2006 when prime minister had a duty and his party decided to partner up with hezbollah and president me shallow and said that governing coalition has been proven is specially incapable of delivering on good governance and that's a problem that we s

and destruction in lebanon as anti-government protests enter their 8th day lebanon's president michel aoun has vowed to fight state corruption says he's ready to meet with the protesters in a televised address he urged the public to accept proposed economic reforms but his call for dialogue has been rejected by demonstrators who say they want deeper change in the country and early elections. the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy are you willing to listen to your demands are i'm waiting for you turkey's president has warned his country will crush kurdish fighters if they don't withdraw from a 30 kilometer safe zone in northern syria kurdish forces have started retreating from some positions along the turkish border as part of a 6 day cease fire agreement between turkey and russia who have still been reports of fighting from both sides. u.k. prime minister boris johnson is asking parliament to vote on a snap general election to be held on december 12t

demonstrations to be confined to towns and cities squares and government institutions president michel aoun is yet to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation so how did he handed in his notice on tuesday following 2 weeks of nationwide protests protesters on tuesday clashed with followers of 2 shia parties hizbollah and amal who are opposing that a man for a government of independent experts instead of the current system based on sectarian claims demonstrators. that only a radical upheaval can guide the country through a war sting economic and financial crisis let's go live now to model square in beirut stephanie deca is there what's the mood in the square the morning after the day before stephanie. it's very empty but we were here from the early morning and people were cleaning up the square picking up garbage they recycle lot of the activists here making sure that they recycle. some people are sitting around this was the scene yesterday when you saw that crowd you're mentioning there are supporters of a model and hezbollah came here smashed the tents down but soon after that

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines lebanon's president michel aoun is expected to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation side how do you resign don't choose day after days of nationwide protests the russian defense ministry says more than 30000 kurdish troops have pulled back from the turkish syrian border and of a truce they think deadline set by turkey and russia paves the way for turkey to create a so-called safe so then the area and amazing about syria's constitution is beginning in geneva laser on wednesday games to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war. findings of a public inquiry into the grand fall tower fire in london 2 years ago be released in a few hours the link details of the report suggests the city's fire brigade was gravely unprepared to respond to the incident 72 people died in the tragedy john hall reports. it's almost 2 and a half years since firefighters battled through the night to control the flames that engulfed grunfeld tower in west london $72.00 residents including 19 children died that nig

minister saad hariri is meeting now with his cabinet to discuss new economic measures president michel aoun says the protests express people's pain but accusing all politicians of corruption is not saying. that it is incumbent president is ahead in the election but it looks like he'll have to face a runoff in december only results put longstanding leader able around as ahead of his rival carlos messer but not enough to win outright. and u.s. troops have crossed into iraq as part of their withdrawal from northern syria it's believed that he's 19 vehicles upon through border crossing and then heading to iraq's northern kurdish region. now a state of emergency in chile's capital is now being extended to other parts of the country the military has been deployed to control the civil unrest against a transport say hike that's been reversed after protests began at least 8 people have been killed in the rioting stories about reports from 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.

demonstrations are also now confined to town and city squares and government institutions president michel aoun is yet to issue a statement on the prime minister's resignation side and how do we handed in his notice on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide protests protestors on tuesday were attacked by followers of to share parties hezbollah and amman who are opposing their demand for a government of independent experts instead of the current system based on sectarian claims demonstrators say only a radical op hey volcan guide the country through a worsening economic and financial crisis. stephanie decker has more from beirut the protesters and now dismantling what has been a key roadblock one of the vital arteries of highway through beirut 2 weeks this has remained close causing a lot of tension even among the population so you can see there been tense 3 people were sleeping here overnight that is now being removed throughout the morning you've had negotiations by the security forces here with the protesters to try and get them to do this because the army doesn't want to use force when it comes

they did nothing the only benefited themselves and didn't do anything for the people president michel aoun promised reform but he didn't do anything all liars it's been 30 years of this. these protests are the result of years of political infighting and political stalemate people accuse their leaders of being too preoccupied with their own games resulting in an economy on its deathbed lebanon's debt is the 3rd highest in the world attempts to tax the people increasingly poor have hit a nerve ingrained corruption they tell us has made life impossible that. we can't we have to. look up to what a lot of the rules. because. they like. the government must be what the people of 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 that will go to a vote on monda

welcome back to the top stories here this hour lebanon's president michel aoun is due to address the nation in the coming hours just as they've been calling for political change during protests over the last day. yes president donald trump has lifted sanctions on turkey saying showed him the cease fire in northeast syria will be permanent turkey has now made a deal with russia to create a so-called safe. and the remains of the right wing leader francisco franco spain 36 years of being and zoom from the state mausoleum the government wants the site into the morial for half a 1000000 people killed in the civil war. chinese government is struggling to appease protesters who say proposed reforms don't go far enough it's facing growing cold from the united nations to respect human rights amateur video appears to show troops using excessive force against demonstrators as well as more now from santiago. it's the worst crisis the country has seen in more than 3 decades. a violent crackdown by police and military against thousands of demonstrators has left several dead thousands of others hav

they did nothing the only benefited themselves and didn't do anything for the people president michel aoun promised reform but he didn't do anything all liars it's been 30 years of this. these protests are the result of years of political infighting and political stalemate people accuse their leaders of being too preoccupied with their own games resulting in an economy on its deathbed lebanon's debt is the 3rd highest in the world attempts to tax the people increasingly poor and hit a nerve ingrained corruption they tell us has made life impossible. at the feet when. we can't we have to bring them out and over there why was there were a lot of their day to live a good way because. they like. the government must do something for 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 they 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 de

protests the lebanon a continuing despite president michel aoun pledge to crack down on corruption but many have rejected his call for dialogue demanded the government's resignation before any talks take place. ambassadors have appeared in principle to glom versions request for another extension to the brics a deadline but they've yet to decide on the length of the new delays or challenge his move from brussels. well this was the 2nd meeting this week of these permanent representatives to the ambassadors basically of the 27 countries not the 20 eight's the u.k. is not being included in these discussions and of following the meeting on friday. this is the outcome of it they said that there was foot agreement on the need for an extension so all of them think that this is the right way forward there was full agreement to reach a unanimous consensual he $27.00 decision so it has to be something that everyone agrees on and there was full agreement aims take the decision by written procedure basically that means they're not going to get all of these heads of states to come together and talk

banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected civil society activists say that people have heard promises like these before the president's speech that not promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but that's just promises that there is no confidence. with the people that they will actually that the governor will follow through and recover the stolen money they say they want radical change they want new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and they're promising to keep

lebanon's president michel aoun has asked the current government to stay on in a caretaker role until a new government can be formed prime minister saad hariri and his cabinet resigned on tuesday following almost 2 weeks of mass demonstrations but how did his departure is unlikely to satisfy the testers who are demanding more speaking changes. soldiers dismantle a protest camp to let through the morning traffic this one blocked a major highway north of beirut. the night before thousands stayed on the streets to celebrate her reason recognition says they see his departure as a victory but for them it is just the 1st step. basically on the part of the year of the war regards to the when it seems we need to start with the would be there would be a government bigger to deal with it will be with this not this one that they put up the demonstration was to change the whole system that moxie that was stolen by political parties for 30 years i doubt that i can choose the protesters celebrated the moment of the 1st big change to that political system prime minister hariri announced to the natio

lebanon's president michel aoun is due to address the nation in about an hour's time protesters have been demonstrating on demanding political change for 8 days so reports from beirut. they tried to reclaim the streets but the people stood their ground lebanon's army has been ordered by politicians to open roads across the country the same politicians these lebanese want gone there were skirmishes a few injuries but at the end the military took a step back they're trying to intimidate the city on this. thing that by a show of force we're going to back up people are going to be afraid to come and actually they publish the opposite all of us rushed early on instead of coming at like 5 or 6 pm for a party this is the main highway connecting the capital beirut to north lebanon protesters have been blocking roads in the hope of pressuring the government to resign prime minister saad and heidi who said protests will be tolerated in squares ordered the security forces to clear the streets he has ordered stop process he has all the school buses but he's he's seeing that the people there are

that and on this president michel aoun is due to address the nation later on thursday since protests began last week the northern city of tripoli has seen a huge turnout every night now it's traditionally a support base for the prime minister but now the people of the city and across the country are united against their leaders stephanie deca is there. for a week now thousands of come out into the square in tripoli to join the chorus of voices across the country calling for their government to go. is all eyes were on beirut to few nights ago this video shows you don't know when bio don'ts music played with jubilant crowds many 1st thought this was the route when it was actually here in tripoli the city many see is far more conservative. i didn't plan for this i didn't plan for this i was like all the people i was going to all the people. we met up with the man behind the music he says he played it spontaneously didn't expect this kind of reaction all the people all of the all love each other. their children are rethink everything everyone everyone is here because there is no one on t

a caretaker government hariri resigned on tuesday after 2 weeks of nationwide unrest president michel aoun will now consult with the various blocks in parliament on forming a new government lebanon's army has begun to clear away some of the blockades from main roads in the capital beirut that have been blocked by protesters for days stephanie decker reports now from beirut. the protesters and now dismantling what has been a key roadblock one of the vital arteries of highway through beirut 2 weeks this has remained close causing a lot of tension even among the population so you can see there been tense 3 people were sleeping here overnight that is now being removed throughout the morning you've had negotiations by the security forces here with the protesters to try and get them to do this because the army doesn't want to use force when it comes to these parents as they have been peaceful you did see confrontations on tuesday between supporters of hezbollah on the other side of this bridge so this is expected to ease the situation on the ground but a lot of people here are telling us that th

banks remain closed they are keeping up the pressure on the government to resign the president michel aoun who the protesters also want removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. with the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected civil society activists say the people have heard promises like these before the president's speech did not address promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but that's just promises that there is no confidence. with the people that they will actually that the governor will follow through and we. they say they want radical change they want new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and they're promising to keep lebanon on lock

you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour lebanon's president michel aoun has vowed to fight corruption he also says he's open to constructive dialogue with protesters but hundreds of thousands of people across the country are calling on the government to resign the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in england believed to be chinese nationals a northern irish man arrested on suspicion of murder remains in police custody. bolivia's leader of a morale as has declared victory of the presidential elections opponents a vote counting to. to manipulate the results bob protests at a general strike. in the ocean watch strikes or injuring a 2nd after another night of tense clashes between protesters and police at least 18 people have died during the demonstrations with the government struggling to appease protesters demanding economic and social reforms made while human rights groups want more to be done to ensure the troops are not using excessive force on the streets reports from santiago. it's the worst crisis the country has seen in more than

economic hardship saad hariri has been forced to step down he handed his resignation to president michel aoun who's accepted it and has now tox hariri to lead a caretaker government but many protesters say this is not enough and are demanding the president also resigns and parliamentary elections be held there is concern that this could lead to a power vacuum in lebannon last to talk about with our guests in just a moment but 1st this report from al-jazeera stephanie deca. it is day 142 weeks and a significant win for the protesters in the form of the resignation of prime minister saad had in effect the government but many questions remain and challenges remain we are now at a political crisis yes there has been some easing of the situation on the ground when it comes to the opening of the main road something had been putting a lot of pressure on the government a lot of pressure also on the people wanting to move around the capital and this country those roads that protesters have closed have been reopened we're also hearing that schools and banks are due to open but there are big question ma

that i am going to the presidential palace to submit the government's resignations to president michel aoun and fat people in all regions in response to the will of the many lebanese people who have taken to the streets to demand change. but there are powerful forces in lebanon who are against the change the protesters are demanding before hariri and then says resignation supporters of the shia muslim political movements hezbollah and amal rampage through the main protest camp that. as the worst violence since protests started nearly 2 weeks ago. activists are determined to continue their fight to reduce departure has lifted their spirits but it may not be enough to end the country's turmoil. the german government wants to get tough on online hate speech new proposals have been announced to strengthen existing regulations the measures include stricter monitoring of hate speech online and require social media platforms to inform security agencies and police about hate content they also give authorities more powers to prosecute extremists the new law was drafted in response to a rise in attac

saad hariri the says that these recent dead end and intends to submit his resignation to president michel aoun and that of his government. bring in. another guest 9 saddam we have with us also via skype. joining us right now in beirut from not saddam university good to have you with us. your reaction 1st of all to to to how it is announcement what just 30 minutes ago now. when it was expected after some point days opie but i'm demonstration is spreading all over the country and a strong demand is that are mostly short and by the majority of the public are going ot so people who want to get through a court of opinion governments a massive corruption which help us escalate that i'm aggravated from 1992 that there is a presence so a combination of factors so corruption. in official government have led all of these people to go into a street and force of beslan against so sort of these i know what that under a prime minister how do you need or 'd part of the under general all at home commandos autumn is how the chosen not to use force against demonstrators or hold water never mind any except in th

the problem and how with the headlines on al-jazeera lebanese president michel aoun has addressed the nation in a televised speech he promised he'd fight state corruption as demanded by hundreds of thousands of people protesters have been demonstrating asking for political change for days. one good one would being i call on you to observe to act as monitors until all these reforms are implemented without crippling the movement and i will act as a guarantor and i will expose and reveal whatever is taking place and i will do all that i can to have these reforms implemented i have listened to calls to topple the regime put the regime cannot be toppled from the streets i know the regime has been crippled for years. and then a whole has more now from beirut. the reaction we're getting it did not go far enough the president offering his solution to the crisis he is promising to fight corruption and he has opened the door to dialogue inviting representatives of the protest movement to go to the presidential palace to lay down their demands and he is promising to work with the reaction so far

the president, michel aoun, has yet to announce whether he's accepted it.wo weeks of nationwide protests against corruption and the state of the economy. another 1.5 million people in california look set to lose power as wildfires threaten cables across the state. strong winds have been fanning the flames, and thousands of people in los angeles have been told to evacuate homes and businesses. and whatsapp is suing an israeli surveillance firm, accusing it of helping government spies break into the phones of about 1,400 people. the messaging service — which is owned by facebook — says nso group helped in the targeting of diplomats, dissidents, journalists and officials on four continents. nso strongly denies the allegations. we will have more detail on that in the business briefing. the archbishop of york has said that a slow environmental genocide is taking place in southern nigeria's bayelsa state. speaking in an exclusive interview with the bbc as part of a commission investigating oil spills in the niger delta, drjohn sentamu said that oil companies need

resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence of political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister.