living president's civil moralez resigned this following weeks of protests against the results of last month's election which the opposition said was taking 2 point forward to. a head start for 3 years i've had to say he was pushing the roberts it was unbelievable what he had claimed in everything stories that shape the week in a link to video and anchored a major us t.v. network claims the station quashed the explosive interview linking powerful people to convict and p. to fall geoffrey think he spoke to the founder of the investigative group that obtained the footage. the only conclusion i can draw is that a lot of these network executives are very close to the people that were hanging out with jeffrey epstein her amy amy roebuck.

you're right but we can shift the question to looking forward and ask catherine can the loyalists the moralez royal loyalists in congress now block i mean how much of a serious threat can they pose do you think to janine i mean as is a saint. well that remains to be seen their position its legal and constitutional it's important to know that you can at complain about it i'm constitutional move from morality or the term ended justify that with unconstitutional. added to behavior as the i mean it's group has done it remains to be seen who will end this power play but legally and constitutionally the mob blocked 0 the mosque congress even president until his resignation it's accepted is legally president of bolivia until the end of the constitutional like the term which he can't insert need night to 22nd excuse me january 22nd so it's not clear what's going to happen very worrisome abends with a new cabinet government minister or to a movie you know saying that he's going to hunt down anyone who's committed sedition hunted down a former minister because he's an animal systematic blocking hari co

my brothers and sisters in the socialist movement as they use ominous novels the announcement by moralez fall of the to mulch was 24 hours that saw support for him falling away fast 1st bolivia's police abandoning their posts and joining the protests. and then a call from the chief of the military for him to go quote for the good of the country. the turning point was apparently when the organization of american states reported irregularities in just about every aspect it had examined and recommended new elections. it wasn't just more alice who stepped down but also members of his executive. when he 1st came into office the former cocoa farmer and the continent's 1st indigenous president had promised to make bolivia a fairer country he tackled inflation established more opportunities for the country's huge indigenous population and also reduced poverty by almost half. but he was also seen to abuse his power. that's a look when he ran for reelection after refusing to abide by the results of a referendum that opposed a forced term. now anger has been replaced by optimism. we're free we fina

at the start of november after setting the town hall on fire an anti moralez mob paraded the man barefoot cut her hair in public and sprayed it read during the 4 hour ordeal she was forced to kneel down and sign a letter of resignation she told us that she's still being treated for kidney damage sustained from the blows she received. the when all what happened was disgusting i am now recovering from renal damage that i suffered during the assault and i am still in pain the also cut of my hair they beat me up but they can change my views everything was so confusing at that moment many of them covered their faces but we recognized some of them it was sad to see all those people attacking me it's been a difficult time for my children to see their mother in such a condition i don't want this to happen again. bolivia is now facing political uncertainty the self appointed right wing government of senator johnny 9 years that's already been accused of carrying out abuses it were all those resigned after the country's military suggested he step down that's off the back of a wave of protests follow

happened when it all really began last month during the elections presidential elections then eval moralez claims he won outright so there would be no runoff the 3 candidates apparently gathered 10 percent more than the next leading candidate meaning no runoff the opposition disagreed there was a big investigation and they found irregularities in the way that the votes were counted this led to the opposition count candidate saying that you know the vote was for dell and that people should come out and protest and in the end as you mentioned huge protests for weeks 3 people killed party officials and government officials resigning left and right some fearing for the safety of their families because of because of the threats that pewters this had been making against them and eventually it appears that even the chief of the army joined in urged mr marla's to quit to resign which he eventually which eventually did yeah well morality himself has touched on some of the reasons why he's choosing to leave let's listen some of his remarks. i mean proceedings. i resigned the presidency why did i dec

several countries a spoken out against the resignation of moralez denouncing the event as a coup they believe in opposition claims that the police are currently seeking to detain him but the chief of police denies that there is a warrant out for his arrest russia also condemning the situation in bolivia saying that it looked like a directed coup it is done of takes us through the latest events in bolivia you may have heard that bolivia has lately been celebrating a triumph of democracy. to put livia to its people to young people to women to the heroism of peaceful resistance who will never forget this unique day the end of terror and grateful as a bolivian for this historical lesson long live bolivia absolutely delighted grateful to god that this dictatorship is over this tyranny is over at the time and it's totally glorious for us so we're very happy. well here is what a triumph of democracy has looked like in bolivia president morales resigned the vice president resigned the president of the senate the 3rd person in line for the top job you guessed it resigned. the bolivian army and

result of the election presidential election on the 20th of october bolivia choosing between mr eval moralez carlos mesa the opposition candidate and a 3rd a 3rd party. the initial vote count put mr morale as where had almost 10 points ahead and that is when monitors and organizations the opposition said well regularities that they had spotted fraud that the vote couldn't have been couldn't have been correct and mr color space a called for for massive protests for people of millions to walk out into the streets to protest the results of this election and since the 20th of october we we've seen protests that have gradually turned more and more violent 3 people killed many many more injured many more wounded police in uniform joining the protesters so the country became very divided that is not to say that mr morell isn't enjoy a whole lot of support in the country and believe it nevertheless mr maher has agreed with the irregularities he said that they're worth investigating but initially he refused to resign he refused to resign until the day when with half his government gone the vice presi

as a result of the election presidential election on the 20th of october livea choosing between mr moralez carlos mesa the opposition candidate and a 3rd party. i want to denounce what is taking place before the bolivian people and the entire world as you know rather suppress this is a coup d'etat against democratically elected government. what will means. discussion is the role that the military played in all of this because many many officials many protest leaders of the moralist reside now that it was when the chief of the army came out and said enough is enough you've got to go that he resigned it is it is as of yet unclear whether he did so as own choice or whether he was forced to resign by the military which would make it a coup. i mean it would be proceedings. i resigned the presidency why did i decide to resign so that carlos mesa and luis fernando camacho do not continue to persecute my brothers the union leaders the irony here is that carlos mesa back in 2002 he was vice president of the country and the president carried out a massacre a crackdown violent crackdown dozens and do

meanwhile supporters of the ousted president in the moralez are expressing outrage i'm condemning what they're calling a coup al-jazeera stories a boat has more. the past few days have not been easy for people in. olivia's 1st indigenous leader in what alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or always yes and now fraud had been committed in the presidential election. the military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a call. for running wanka morales was the man that gave them dignity after years of discrimination. in these years we have seen change we have seen our lives get better i'm young but i've seen how indigenous people have suffered in this country now these racists the ones that burn our flag want to shut us down people around gree because everyone else opponents burned their woodpile a flag which represents indigenous communities here there are roadblocks everywhere in these days as more or less supporters vowed to continue the push for his return from mexico there's been chaos since he stepped down forcing the police to request

and a plea from exiled even moralez tells al-jazeera he wants to return to bolivia and finish his presidential to. police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannon on protesters as a university campus who've been throwing petrol bombs large fires have been in this around the hong kong polytechnic university and some of the most dramatic scenes of the 5 months of on rest all schools have been told to stay shut on monday because of the violence but our correspondent david pollan is on the ground there and joins us live now from hong kong to talk us through the situation there now it seems that there is said to be yet another faceoff this time around the harbor tunnel bridge. that's right so what we're seeing here is a standoff between protesters and police the protesters are blockading a major road that's right next to their universe which is behind me they have created a fortress there within that fortress there been organizing. what the police are calling weapons but crudely made petrol bombs bricks stones that they can throw at the police or in the direction of the police now to my lef

disputed election last month opposition supporters say the result was rigged to allow president ever moralez to stay on for another 5 years he's already been in power for 13 years or as has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup and the big intense clashes between rival protestors in the bolivian town of into the mayor of the town was attacked by opposition supporters of chair was dragged through the streets barefoot covered in red paint and activists forcibly cut her hair her office was set alight and the windows of the town hall were smashed the protestors accuse the mare of having bustin supporters of the president to try to break a blockade. a bolivian protest leader has become a symbol of opposition to president even more as is on his way to lepers who is fine under commercial plans to deliver a pre written resignation letter morale is to sign them in their mortgages will get him what we want is for peace to return to our country and for hatred confrontation and racism among the libyans to be set aside we want to have a country with peace and hope. the reuters news agency is r

believe years now former president abel moralez heads to mexico to seek asylum he leaves behind a country in political turmoil and in school one of england's highest profile footballers has been dropped from the national side after physically confronting it say mates sterling said emotions got the better of him during a clash with joe gomez. 5 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad commander had been killed by israeli airstrikes on gaza triggering the worst cross border violence in months funerals have been held for about how. and his wife who died in a targeted strike on their home overnight israeli airstrikes have also hit apartment buildings. and how massive facility in the enclave of fighters in gaza retaliated firing the more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on a busy highway narrowly missing cars and buses a factory incidentally was also hit setting it on fire israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the strike was approved by his security cabinet 10 days ago ari force it is live for us now from the israel gaza border so harry where things stand right now. well

thank you for joining us believe he is deposed president ever moralez has told al jazeera he should be allowed to return and complete his final term in office he spoke in mexico where he fled after resigning last week following weeks of unrest the united nations meanwhile is warning that the ongoing violence in bolivia could spin out of control and prevent new elections on friday 8 supporters of morales were shot dead during fighting with security forces let's bring in our correspondent john holeman who spoke to evel morales in mexico city so john what did he have to say. well he did have a bit about what you just mentioned actually the 8 people that died. the hands of security forces it seems here for him he said that this was a continuation of what he defines as a military coup when the army suggested publicly that he left office i did ask him about that resignation and he said that really there was no choice for me felt that unless he left the country he was going to he was going to lose his life of course there's another side to this that had elections now a month ago in which ther