the caretaker prime minister saad hariri has called on those involved in forming a government to ‘stop so that an economic solution can be found. our correspondent carine torbey has more. next to parliament in beirut, barricades have not protected riot police from the stones and fireworks thrown at them by protesters. the police used water cannon, tear gas and even rubber bullets. many protesters were injured and dozens taken to hospital. but this did not seem to deter them. three months of mostly peaceful protests over the economic situation and against corruption seem to have reached a tipping point. translation: we're back on the streets today. i was here yesterday, i came back today, and i'll be on the streets every day. this is all for the future of our children, for us and for our children. the country is, as you can see, frozen, the situation is not normal. the state is not doing anything. they are a bunch of thieves. anger has risen amid prolonged political squabbles, delaying the formation of a government following the resignation of the former prime minister saad hariri under

living costs for public services and government corruption by the end of the month prime minister saad hariri had resigned but stayed on in a caretaker role reforms were proposed and a new prime minister considered but several nominees were forced to drop out and prime minister designate haas on the yacht was accepted and tried to form a cabinet but that failed as a political factions began arguing the latest violence was sparked by the formation of a new government being delayed and the economy further deteriorate ing that's led to banks limiting the withdrawal of dollars and foreign transfers. let's introduce our panel of guests in beirut rania masri an elected council member of the political party citizens and a state by sky. a specialist on lebanese and middle east politics and elias for her a retired military general welcome to all of you so. what one of the protesters said we are in free fall now what happened last night comes from people's real pain and anger on you what do you make of that assessment. this is exactly correct i mean what happened yesterday is an escalation of wh

the caretaker prime minister saad hariri has called on those involved in forming a government to ‘stopcan be found. our correspondent carine torbey has more. next to parliament in beirut, barricades have not protected riot police from the stones and fireworks thrown at them by protesters. the police used water cannon, tear gas and even rubber bullets. many protesters were injured and dozens taken to hospital. but this did not seem to deter them. three months of mostly peaceful protests over the economic situation and against corruption seem to have reached a tipping point. translation: we're back on the streets today. i was here yesterday, i came back today, and i'll be on the streets every day. this is all for the future of our children, for us and for our children. the country is, as you can see, frozen, the situation is not normal. the state is not doing anything. they are a bunch of thieves. anger has risen amid prolonged political squabbles, delaying the formation of a government following the resignation of the former prime minister saad hariri under the pressure of the street, l

crisis and has not been able to form a new government since the cabinet and former prime minister saad hariri resigned in te october. more than 370 people were reportedly wounded yesterday. died when a passenger plane was shot down in iran earlier this month were returned home today. a military honor guard carris the coffto the airport terminal where mourners paid their respects.ci iran admitted ntally shooting down the ukrainian airlines flighkyfrom tehran to shortly after takeoff on january killing all 176 ople on board. in puerto rico the discovery of a warehousfilled with unused emergency supplies for victims of hurricane marian 2017 set off an uproar in a region now struggling to recover from recent earthquakes. governor wanda vÁzquez fired the director of the island's emergency management agency, and ordered an investigation. yesterday, people broke into the wareuse and distributed water, baby food, and other items to a large crowd. more than 7,000 people remain in shelters since a 6.4 magnitudert uake and aftershocks struck earlier this month. when a spacex rocket exploded after

squabbles, delaying the formation of a government following the resignation of the former prime minister saadlate—october. in the meantime, the country seems to be sliding into economic collapse was a de facto devaluation of the local currency and warnings of his sovereign default. economic insecurity, banking restrictions and threatened livelihoods are causing desperation and the growing rage. carine torbey, bbc beirut. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: all the right moves — why traditional cross—dressing dancers are causing controversy in indonesia. also on the programme: a crucial test for elon musk‘s spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. the simulation of an emergency landing is the last major test before spacex plans to send astronauts to the international space station. donald trump is now the a5th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were

saad al—hariri who resigned as prime minister in october, said the clashes threatened civil peace.ls said 15 people had been detained. for many, the sound of explosions on the streets of beirut bring back unwelcome memories of a civil war that brought 15 years of pain and suffering. the result of which, is the political system of modern lebanon. a system which now these protesters say is not fit for purpose the bodies of some of the passengers and crew members of the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed in tehran earlier this month have been repatriated. a special ceremony was held this morning, east of the capital, kyiv, for the arrival of the bodies. 11 of the 176 victims were from ukrainian.

saad al—hariri who resigned as prime minister in october, said the clashes threatened civil peace. clashes. officials said 15 people had been detained. for many, the sound of explosions on the streets of beirut bring back unwelcome memories of a civil war that brought 15 years of pain and suffering. the result of which, is the political system of modern lebanon. a system which now these protesters say is not fit for purpose and must be changed. the headlines on bbc news... harry and meghan will drop their ‘hrh' and give up all royal duties under a new agreement with buckingham palace. prince harry will also lose his military positions and the couple will pay back the taxpayers‘ money used to renovate their windsor home. powers coming into force to stop stalkers from contacting or approaching their victims while police investigate allegations. a mass protest is being organised in the lake district over complaints that the area is becoming more like a "theme park" than a national park. hundreds of people are expected to meet in the village of grasmere next month to oppose plans for h

saad al—hariri who resigned as prime minister in october, said the clashes threatened civil peace.he red cross says more than 200 were injured in these latest clashes. officials said 15 people had been detained. for many, the sound of explosions on the streets of beirut bring back unwelcome memories of a civil war that brought 15 years of pain and suffering. the result of which, is the political system of modern lebanon. a system which now these protesters say is not fit for purpose the bodies of some of the passengers and crew members of the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed in tehran earlier this month have been repatriated. a special ceremony was held this morning, east of the capital, kyiv, for the arrival of the bodies. 11 of the 176 victims were from ukrainian. iran has said the plane was brought down by a missile fired in error amid tensions between tehran and washington. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. plenty of sun chang to come, but it could turn hazy in scotland and northern ireland. 6—8d in the sunshine, colder weather fog persists. the fog is lik

people on the streets this search for a circuit breaker continues what would be acceptable to people saad hariri the former prime minister went to new cabinet as i say it's to anger a war is going to satisfy the people politically at least and break the cycle of the protest and the escalating violence. for the people in the streets they want to see the political powers give the political parties give up their political power they believe that those who have been running the country are responsible for the mismanagement they say that they are corrupt they say that they have stolen public funds they say that they should move aside and and allow a technocrat specialist people who are able to save this country and to govern this country they also want early elections and they want a small government and not a 20 member government and really what we saw over recent weeks stan is a political horse trading between politicians who should be allies the ruling alliance the members of the ruling alliance where were vying for seats in the next cabinet and they're not opponents. say they're not feelin

anti-government demonstrations you had the former prime minister who is now the caretaker prime minister saad heavy he resigned and now you have a prime minister designate named he is a sunni politician but he's backed by hezbollah hezbollah is a major political player here is part of the government and so for any government to be formed for any cabinet to be formed which everybody is expecting here that means that hezbollah has to approve as well you had a lot of fighting here between political groups many of them wanting hizbullah to renounce iran that was impossible for hezbollah well before this it's certainly impossible now also you have this country on the brink of bankruptcy a dire financial crisis here that people were hoping could be solved or might be solved with the formation of a new government now that all looks very much in doubt so a lot of questions in lebanon right now many people worried about if this means violence will recur in lebanon once more if we tally ations will occur from here and also wondering what this means for the future of the government in this country julie

saad al—hariri who resigned as prime minister in october, said the clashes threatened civil peace. than 200 were injured in these latest clashes. officials said 15 people had been detained. for many, the sound of explosions on the streets of beirut bring back unwelcome memories of a civil war that brought 15 years of pain and suffering. the result of which, is the political system of modern lebanon. a system which now these protesters say is not fit for purpose and must be changed. the bodies of some of the passengers and crew members of the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed in tehran earlier this month have been repatriated. a special ceremony was held this morning, east of the capital kyiv for the arrival of the bodies. 11 of the 176 victims were from ukraine. iran has said the plane was brought down by a missile fired in error amid tensions between tehran and washington. it's11.17am. the headlines on bbc news... the queen attends church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the couple will no longer use their hrh titles and

an hour on this but it was also approved by the previous government and the former prime minister saad and how do you see this thing has been delayed a number of times and they finally decided to be able to meet today now pretty sisters here here because of course saying they're very angry at the economic situation the government is seeing this budget over at least ratifying this budget as the beginning of a rescue plan for the country which is in a middle of an economic crisis now one of the things that the opposition members have been saying is that this meeting is actually not considered legal and this is one of the reasons why the protesters ahead now most of the protesters have turned up they wanted to create a human chain they said around parliament square 'd are you saying here there are some more m.p.'s are trying to come through in the protesters are trying to go about them let's just have a listen and. oh yeah he's here every. morning all right the nation by have a right to stay here at this busy line who says that he's here for a reason say why you here what is the reason wh

they feel that the only official who has a scapegoat in this whole crisis has been the prime minister saad of how do you need to step down amid nationwide protests at the end of october so this is where the danger lies that is this protest movement going to take on herion callers i can hear these young men talk about the fact that they feel that their community has been targeted that the the others in power or the other communities in power have stripped their community from the powers enshrined in the constitution so as you can see more violence as they try to advance towards parliament building this is the 1st time they preach the security cordon i must say i'm not sure how. far they will. be able to make their way there's another security fence a barricade just a few meters from where we are standing i'm not sure they will be able to. oh ok that was right for you coming back or else i tell you just you just move back zeiner is another position and you move back side or into a position where you feel comfortable and we can come back to you and i'll just describe again what we soon hear t

but after months of delays and protests the 2020 budget drafted last year by former prime minister saad heavy's government has finally been ratified the biggest challenges facing lebanon's government is in a collapsing economy it says its priority is to introduce a financial rescue plan and never walk the walk or is this now these are exceptional circumstances nothing is normal in lebanon today and the complexity dictate we act with logic and urgency while the bill was adopted by a majority of 49 votes some m.p.'s didn't attend with a number of opposition members calling the boat unconstitutional examination of the will but. if it's a necessity to adopt the budget then it can be a priority to return all perspire minutes until the government receives a vote of confidence on the new cabinet 1st. rather than the last the other will that was only because the the budget usually ends at the end of january so i insist that the vote must be held now but this doesn't mean parliament doesn't have the right to legislate even if there is no government. i was outside parliament several people were i

half months now soon after the demonstrations started you had the current caretaker prime minister saad how did he resign that means lebanon effectively is without a government there is a caretaker government there is a prime minister designate right now he is a a sunni has been backed candidate his name is has son but his he is now trying to form a government at a time when the country is on the verge of bankruptcy when this economic crisis that is and spoiling here keeps getting worse and worse and worse and the longer it takes him to form a government the worse it is going to get what happened in the dead the killing of course of the money many people here many analysts here believe that is sure to make the forming of a government even more difficult at such a difficult time why is that because you have the candidate who is the prime minister designate was tried for a government he is backed by hezbollah he is opposed by many other so many politicians here there has been a lot of political horse trading going on but everything comes to a standstill right now because many of the candi

saad hariri who resigned in october 29th tain had hoped to curb the power of hezbollah like his father rafik hariri seen with him here on the parser he had tried to unite the lebanese under sunni leadership to this end he was prepared to make concessions to hezbollah. the billionaire building contractor with lebanese saudi and french citizenship wanted to uphold the legacy of his father. himself a former prime minister and assassinated in 2015. most of that in the very was a beacon of hope so not only for lebanon and its national agenda he was also a figure with whom the sunni's identified the man who brought the cosmopolitan sunni elites back to the country. one man who also had given greater emphasis to the sunni identity of lebanon and for the. saudi arabia self-appointed protector of the sudanese takes a critical view of attempts at reproach meant with the shiites feel the saudis urge side hariri to exert more pressure on hezbollah if not only because of its closeness to iran the saudis likewise. had their own strategic interests. because. the saudis were always eager to have a foo

and for being one sided political opponents of the ruling alliance including outgoing prime minister saad and heidi refused to join the government. they're just playing the same move to the plate 100 days ago so as of they're just stopping us in the face are laughing at us like who are those people and what are they doing on the streets the government faces many challenges in the midst of an unprecedented nationwide tarion uprising deb's government is expected to receive a vote of confidence in parliament but it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time created international support for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that. this is the public opinion expressed in the popular uprising. for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard. told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers won't be able to protect those in power. i'm here to demonstrate against the corrupt re

the saad dislike him because he's anti-iran. and that suits them. they see iran as trying to expand their influence around the region. they saw qassim soleimani as the spearhead, and pushing attacks, including here in riyadh, including the proxies in yemen, the houthis, firing iran-made missiles landing very close to this capital. no one was killed. so there's no lack of understanding here, if you will, about what iran has been doing, how it's been trying to achieve it. and the fact that the united states has stood up and sided by saudi arabia and others in the region in that view. the concern has come they don't feel, sometimes, that president trump always has the nuance to make the best decisions. and then that even deeper concern is, sometimes, he acts without telling his allies. he appears to react quite spontaneously and telling the troops and not calling some back and putting some back in. it's that unreliable unpredictable nature that has people concerned. the saudis here are still bit united states, and i don't think that's going to change.

lebanon has been rocked by mass demonstrations f for months, whh forced out prime minister saad hariri in october. hariri in october. protesters say they are increasingly frustrated by the deepening financial and political crises. protests also continued in iraq, protests also continued in iraq, where at least four people were reported killed and scores injured monday after clashes with security forces in baghdad and otheher cities. security forces used tear gas and live fire against the and live fire against the protesters, who continue to demand democratic reforms and the appointment of an independent prime minister. this is protester abed al rahman. >> we want our demands -- jobs, safe atmosphere, and we want to feel like citizens. jobs, no goodood education, no schools. people graduate and sit. amy: security forces and militias have killed hundreds of protesters since the popular uprising started in october. iraqi officials said three rockets fell into baghdad's but noone tuesday, casualties were reported. prince harry arrived in canada monday, joining his wife meghan markle and th

anti-government demonstrations against corruption and economic inequality that forced former prime minister saad hariri to resigngn in october. on tuesday night, new prime minister hassan diab announced a cabinet of 20 ministers he said were independent. but the experts and protesters say the ministers represent lebanon's existing parties and entrenched political elites. this is protester rabih al zein. >> this establishment, these leaders do not reflect us. we want the money that was stolen. we want health care, power supply, and early parliamentary elections. amy: in immigration news, a honduran mother and d her two young daughters have been deported to guatemala despite pleas from lawyers and advocates to halt the deportation because the two children had been ill and recently hospitalized. the family's attorney said the girls, aged 18 months and six years old, were in no condition to be deported, but a federal judge in mcallen, texas, upheld the removal on monday. immigration advocates had -- over 200 asylum seekers, including at least 50 children, from honduras and el salvador have been alre

and for being one sided political opponents of the ruling alliance including outgoing prime minister saad and heidi refused to join the government. they're just playing the same hope that they played 100 days ago so as a form of they're just stopping us in the face or laughing at us still like who are those people and what are they doing on the streets the government faces many challenges in the midst of an unprecedented nationwide multi-sector. uprising deb's government is expected to receive the vote of confidence in parliament but it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time the un created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that listens to public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. 2 for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard seen told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers will be able to protect those in powe

but after months of delays and protests the 2020 budget drafted last year by former prime minister saad heavies government has finally been ratified the biggest challenges facing lebanon's new government is a new collapsing economy it says its priority is to introduce a financial rescue plan well and iraq is this now these are exceptional circumstances nothing is normal in lebanon today and the complexity dictate we act with logic and urgency while the bill was adopted by a majority of 49 votes some m.p.'s didn't attend with a number of opposition members calling the boat unconstitutional examination of the will. if it's a necessity to adopt the budget then it can be a priority to return all perspire minutes until the government receives a vote of confidence on the new cabinet 1st. rather than in the matter must be available that was only because the the budget usually ends at the end of general so i insist that the vote must be held now but this doesn't mean parliament doesn't have the right to legislate even if there is no government. was outside parliament several people were injured

on the other side prime minister saad raj seems to have agreed a way forward with turkey which has helped maintain his government's not least by sending military support to slow have the violence on the capital tripoli turkey's foreign minister. had this to say on wednesday because it like there today we worked hard on the stockman we put into consideration the compromises regarding the situation in libya according to the proposals made by mr huffed and mr surat this document has been approved from outside we received a copy of the document have to ask for some time until tomorrow to see the whole situation and you will probably sign this document tomorrow morning although fighting has largely stopped since that initial ceasefire called for by turkey and russia came into effect after midnight on sunday there have been several breaches by half and his fighters with reports of attacks on government positions southwest of tripoli. many are wondering whether the current fragile cease fire can hold until world leaders meets in berlin this weekend but just as important is whether or not this wo

too long after the protests began the former prime minister who is now the caretaker prime minister saad heavy he resigned and then you had just a few weeks ago the appointment of the prime minister designate he's a sunni politician by the name of his son he's a politician now before he was a professor and he is backed by hizbullah it's complicated political terrain here but protesters here were willing perhaps to give this man a shot in trying as difficult as it may be to form a government at this moment that is very fraught and it was believed that perhaps a cabinet might be announced in the coming days the people i'm speaking with lebanon today believe that because of what's happened because of the killing of coffins they money because of the pressure that this will put on his boat that it's very unlikely that this government is going to be formed anytime soon and it's very unlikely lebanon will come out of its economic crisis any time soon either nick mounted thanks very much mohammed in beirut well lawrence korb is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense and he says this lightl

and for being one sided political opponents of the ruling alliance including outgoing prime minister saad and heidi refused to join the government. they're just playing the same hope that they played $100.00 days ago so as a foot of their just stopping us in the face or laughing at us like who are those people and what are they doing on the streets the government faces many challenges in the midst of an unprecedented nationwide terror. uprising deb's government is expected to receive the vote of confidence in parliament but it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time the un created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that listens to public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard yet seen the scene told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers won't be able to protect those in p

must remember that there is only a caretaker government here because the caretaker prime minister saad how did he resign not too long after the protests began now you have a sunni politician ascend the who is the prime minister designate in lebanon and for the past couple of weeks he has been trying to put together a governing coalition he's been trying to put together a cabinet this this what happened with the killing and possibly money really complicates that because already you have so much infighting in a very divided political arena here you have sunni politicians the. i do not want his bowl officials to be as close to iran as they are you have his boat that is backing the prime minister designate it it's a very complicated situation and this just makes it even more complicated so now when it looked like perhaps lebanon which is on the brink of bankruptcy by the way when it looked at perhaps like lebanon was maybe able to try to form a government and start digging itself out of the hole that it's in financially and otherwise now the killing of the money and perhaps the reaction go

ambassador saad lynn kept the leadership in the loop. on august 10 heat told him he reported about the council of state who somnolent testified frequently consulted with some pale. he wrote to volker i briefed ulrike allgood so ulrike is in the loop. somnolent and volker continued on the investigations. the next day ambassador sondland e-mailed the executive secretary about efforts to secure a public statement and a big presser for president zelensky. somnolent hoped it might quote make the boss happy enough to authorize an investigation. an invitation. after being evasive on the topic, secretary pompeo has subsequently listened in on the july 25 call. now since he was on the call, pompeo must have understood what would make the boss, that is the president, happy enough to schedule a white house meeting. again, everyone was in the loop. on august 11, ambassador volker sent giuliani a text message. hi rudy, we have heard back from andriy again. they are writing the statement now and will send it to us. can you talk for five minutes before

ambassador saad lynn kept the leadership in the loop. on august 10 heat told him he reported about the council of state who somnolent testified frequently consulted with some pale. he wrote to volker i briefed ulrike allgood so ulrike is in the loop. somnolent and volker continued on the investigations. the next day ambassador sondland e-mailed the executive secretary about efforts to secure a public statement and a big presser for president zelensky. somnolent hoped it might quote make the boss happy enough to authorize an investigation. an invitation. after being evasive on the topic, secretary pompeo has subsequently listened in on the july 25 call. now since he was on the call, pompeo must have understood what would make the boss, that is the president, happy enough to schedule a white house meeting. again, everyone was in the loop. on august 11, ambassador volker sent giuliani a text message. hi rudy, we have heard back from andriy again. they are writing the statement now and will send it to us. can you talk for five minutes before

committees in the house and senate, saad annual turnover rate of 21% in 2017. it's a big number. and when we surveyed staff two summers ago, about their plans for the future, more than two thirds said the they were working to get out of congress within five years. and where are the staff going? not surprisingly to other lucrative positions. one of which is lobbying. it's a second troubling trend. the amount of aid to have joined this industry has risen, and it trains expertise from the legislative branch. and that, behind all this, is basic fact which was alluded to, which is growing government. congressional need for information to try and understand policy, a various issue, you get jammed with every single, day goes up and not because governments operation get bigger and bigger, but if capacities like behind, it what do you guys do? you just triage the situation the best you can. sometimes you get not-for-profit folks, are others will who will come and help out. frequently you have to depend on lobbyists. and lobbyist no doubt have their interests. so to conclude, let me be cle