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 people were erecting them back up and you can see over here ali. what was left of those tents that they destroyed they put at the bottom of this sign just outside the mosque as a sort of symbol of resistance if you will in terms of the protesters coming back onto the streets so today the main news is this they have opened most of the make just. main beirut highways that's the gentleman who's a place to myself right at the foot of this makeshift monument they open the roads this is easing a lot of pressure on the people also w

oh protesters have been out in force well into the night let's go live to stephanie deca in beirut and as we're hearing that the lebanese prime minister saad hariri has been trying to appease the protest as best out in force there in the lebanese capital. they are they're still out in force it is saturday night here but it's a very different picture from what for yesterday would cheer gas. was being deployed here the crowd is now smaller than it has been of the balls a couple of hours people have started to leave but there are still you know a couple of thousands who were here at the same thing people on the downfall of there she now we've got secure just coming in the last 20 minutes or so so i mean who is the head of the lebanese forces one of the main christian margins here an institution really in the political scene of lebanon played a large part of the lebanese civil war has it all his ministers to resign from government he has more ministers in the cabinet now that doesn't mean a collapse of the government as at the moment but certainly it is the 1st byproduct if you will of wha

stephanie deca is the stephanie. your thoughts since we spoke to you immediately after. the news is. lebanon's protesters on the verge of getting what they want this new political structure that's far more representative than the system that they've got. i think that is so far away all they've gotten they've achieved a significant 1st step with with the resignation we do understand that prime minister how d.d. has now arrived at the palace the presidential palace to tender his resignation but also who's just trying to discuss the demagogy is going forward it's not that he's going to stop work tomorrow he needs to return there's going to be a character take a government a similar cabinet as you see now just perhaps with less ministers until some kind of a solution can be found which is with consultations with the same political parties that people on the streets have issues with and then appointing a new person to form a cabinet it's still very very complicated going ahead you also mean about the political structure well it's a sectarian constitution of this country which

ease an economic crisis but many are already saying it's just not enough and this report is from stephanie deca. day 4 and more came out. the streets so packed in places it was hard to move estimates put the numbers of over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by sectarian a region says but now people united under the lebanese flag pointing the finger at their politicians. the leaders are liars they promised us reforms and change but 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 lik

government its followers tried to disrupt the demonstrations on friday leading to scuffles in beirut stephanie deca has the latest from the lebanese capital. in the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of men who supported hezbollah enter the square in front of me as were just a couple 100 meters away from here they started rolling stone steps there were injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared the police on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number doesn't come out in the political parties will start to set. down to the streets to make trouble now and has distanced themselves with these men we haven't heard from her father not the leader of her lease no the earlier today his voice boomed out over the microphones here and everyone listened to what he had to say this is a little bit about here's a lot i'll mail you under the current monetary and economic situation and the fragile political climate in all of the targeting that is happening internationally and re

economic crisis but for many people the reforms just don't go far enough the supporters from stephanie deca in beirut. day 4 and more came out the streets so packed in places it was hard to move estimates but the numbers of over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by it sectarian allegiances but now people united under the lebanese flag all pointing the finger at their politicians. the leaders are liars they promised us reforms and change but 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 ther

government has followers tried to disrupt the demonstrations on friday leading to scuffles and beirut stephanie deca is in the lebanese capital. the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of men who supported her. enter the square in front of me as were just a couple 100 meters away from here they started throwing. sticks of the word injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared. billie's on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number doesn't come out in the political parties will start to send their men down to the streets to make trouble now has distanced themselves with these men we haven't heard from her father some of the leader of her he spoke earlier today his voice over the microphone here and everyone listened to what he had to say this is a little bit of not. only looked under the current monetary and economic situation in the fragile political climate in all of the targeting that.

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 top of them the protests have mobilized the youth here a leaderless grassroots movement that has inspired maybe. it was like a domino effect among the youth center for sally says the protests have given her renewed hope i also grew whether she t

in principle on a package of economic reforms many are saying the reforms just aren't enough stephanie decais reporting for us from beirut. to be honest all people about this tonight. said it wasn't and that no we don't we don't care about their reforms we have a problem with the people who are running this country want them to change they've lied to us for they're going to lie to us again it's too little too late these protests are all very jubilant. and you know it was like a party atmosphere it certainly was on friday night night when the army came down hard used tear gas and also what you can and we were there so again with these things anything can change in a 2nd. the other headlines bolivia looks set for a presidential runoff as it appears no candidate has got the 50 percent needed for a not right when so far. this man president evo morales is. speaking right now actually the presidential palace in the. first indigenous leader has been in power for. his main challenger the former president count of. its. soldiers are enforcing a curfew for a 2nd night in chile a protest in the capita

gulfs the country at least 2 people have died in demonstrations which have end to this 2nd day stephanie deca reports from beirut . for a 2nd day and night thousands filled the streets of beirut calling for the government to go. in for the 1st time on such a large scale it's not about where you are allegiances lie in this deeply divided sectarian country it's not about cos all walks of life are united against the political leadership here today that's what our rights that countries around the. garbage and all over the green grass fed up with this one here for the future of our kids there's no future for jobs and i'm not acceptable anymore we have stood up for a long time and now it's time to talk protestors blocked all major roads bring large parts of the capital to a standstill they remained on the streets well into the night the army used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the crowds the army has said that it will from now on come down harder on the protesters that it doesn't want to see these kinds of scenes of destruction on the streets for everyone we've been speaking to say th

let's go live now to stephanie deca in beirut so it looks as though the government is trying to show that it's addressing these concerns outlining what appeared to be a comprehensive package of reforms what has been the reaction that. clever what are you telling them what they want is the entire. tape. the numbers to get some estimates but if that's true for any time. it's not the take here in america to get into the areas that were not in the north in the south and everyone turning out to go nuts i think up a lot. more to the politicians not the actual economy like that but let's talk to but let's talk to one of the protesters to get a sense of what the people want his name is mario galaxy countless are doing lives are trying to have mario thank you for talking to al-jazeera that tell me 1st why you are here are and what you want to see happen while i'm here because it's my right to come here because we need the roads it's a people repeat of everything basically clean beaches clean streets all of that we've seen nothing we've seen nothing from this government they haven't done anyth

political narrative in the landscape of this country which can have to wait and see thank you stephanie decain beirut and now best moment he who is a professor of international relations at the university of waterloo in canada specializing in the middle east it was good to see you but as stephanie explains that this is highlighted the divisions that already exist and you have a protest movement which has moved on from taxes on whatsapp to the downfall of a whole government which i would suggest is probably not going to get it so what can this government actually do to quell the anger. well it's really stuck you know in a very difficult spot because you know the essence of this challenge is frankly economic and i think the stock speaks for itself the fact that levanon is the 3rd most indebted country in the world hundreds of 150 percent of the g.d.p. it is really pretty incredible and not from mismanagement inefficiency than enormous mother corruption at the very top and you know it doesn't help that you have then this is what got cracked not just the past of course the hive pact society but

thousands of people across the country been rallying against the government for the past 9 days stephanie deca has more now from beirut. it's the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of madness supported hezbollah enter the square in front of the government not as we're just a couple 100 meters away from here they started throwing stones and sticks in the word injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared the police on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number just the matter the political parties will start to set their back down to the streets to make trouble now and has distanced themselves with these bad we have heard from some of the leader of hezbollah he spoke earlier today his voice boomed out over the microphones here and everyone listened to what he had to say this is a little bit of not. merely looked under the current monetary and economic situation and the fragile political climate and all of the targeting that is happening internationally and reg

$11000000000.00 in potential funds but many people they say those reforms just aren't enough stephanie deca has a report from beirut. day 4 and more came out the street so packed in places it was hard to move estimates but the numbers that over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by it sectarian allegiances but now people united under the lebanese flag all pointing the finger at their politicians. the leaders are liars they promised us reforms and change but they did nothing the only benefited themselves and didn't do anything for the people president michel moon 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 lebannon. that 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 for that. man this week and we have to bring them o

let's bring in stephanie deca now she joins us live from beirut. stephanie what i. you've got a bit of action going on behind you things heating up again. now of. course. all of the a lot of the action that just happened was basically you had a couple of protesters that lay down on the streets they were negotiating with the security forces and then now they stood up they sang the national anthem and they moved away saying that they made their point the fact that they're not happy with opening the road you can see the army is here other security forces are here on the ground it was a peaceful negotiation this is something that the army has tried to maintain throughout these 2 weeks yes there have been some scuffles but in general they have stood with the people and protected the people when it came to this so this is the main throughfare is the main highway in the capital beirut is putting a lot of pressure on other civilians who wanted to move around wanted to go to work it was causing the street to boil over this. so yesterday supporters of a mother who has been th

they will keep going to the streets until the entire cabinet steps down but our correspondent stephanie deca joins us now from the mall the city of tripoli staff your number one second largest city and where seeing those huge numbers of people there behind you what's the atmosphere like outside beirut. what it's very similar to happy atmosphere it's juvie over and over or is a very serious. turn out here and to your bench and you have been on the 2nd largest city is the majority of the need to cheat is traditionally a support ringback base of the prime minister so this certainly is usually significant these people ringback are still returning to the streets and saying that they do not agree with the records they will ringback ringback they will the prime minister ringback ringback to ringback go they want. to work all ringback of the system and this is a city. that is reforms promised to the overtime it's not all this is of cash injection that promises to improve what is probably the most impoverished major city ringback of lebanon or that is never a couple go through that this is a turning

step down will protests have also been taking place in the northern city of tripoli from what stephanie deca reports. thousands of regard to the streets here in tripoli the square really comes alive at night and there's been a huge turnout here over the last 6 days out tripoli is traditionally a stronghold of prime minister saad how do you but it's also a city that has been neglected it is incredibly poor and people here been telling us that it is time for change posters of sadie and other of the main politicians have been ripped down from these walls that something you never would have seen before this is the sunni majority city the city politician this is why these protests are unprecedented it's also happening in shiite areas and the people are together it's called the sectarian divides something hugely significant several have been speaking to here downstairs say that also they want to change the face of tripoli tripoli has always been feed it was affected by the spillover of the syrian war you had gotten bottled between both sides neighborhoods here a couple of years ago and they think

we're going to have to wait and see how things play out stephanie thank you for that for now that stephanie deca keeping a very close eye on the developments for us and beirut thank you. now a car bomb in the northeast in syria has killed at least one person and left dozens injured its 3rd attack inside in that region and 3 days it comes as the u.s. is sending its troops to help protect syrian oilfields from foreign back into the hands of isis fighters president trump called for american forces to be withdrawn 2 weeks ago when i spoke to our correspondent osama bin job and he's joining us live from shonen or for me at the turkish syrian border another day and another car bomb there assad what can you tell us. well as the situation remains fluid on the ground there has been fighting in the last 24 hours on the outskirts of this so-called peace own established by turkey the safe zone and to the peacekeeping operation spans about 30 kilometers deep inside syrian territory and as you mentioned there have been attacks inside this area 3 days in a row this bombing coming on the outskirts of tel aviv a

economic reforms protest is now calling for a complete political change let's go now talk cost one stephanie deca she's joining us live from tripoli and we had been looking any a staff of pictures of the army trying to reopen votes in beirut what's the situation where you are in tripoli. this is the 2nd city and there's been incredible momentum here thousands of people filling this square every night as you mentioned this is now day 7. people all saying the same thing they're going to continue to stay out on the streets until the government goes i'm going to bring in . a resident of tripoli to have his words exactly how you feel about this tell me how do you feel about these protests and what's happening for your city. and i'm very happy with the way we're going to stay. but i would come to the globe as though. it's the but the future. is being. found on the. tell me what it's like for the youth here in tripoli for the young people in tripoli tell me what it's like for people who don't know the. young people will have no. want about the future soon to start with the past. if. it's it's on better

a let's go live now to stephanie deca who is in beirut for us stephanie we're just running through the contents of saad hariri reform plan but i suppose the question is whether it goes far enough for the protesters who are continuing to time out on the streets. yes well many people we've been speaking to will say no that it's that it's not enough and that they will stay here until the entire government. leaves i think that it's going to be a very difficult situation because at the moment nothing indicates that that's going to happen certainly i gather tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people coming out even numbers being put as miles over 2000000 accounts that all met on a low very difficult to confirm what assurances that hundreds of thousands to take to the streets across this country let's take a look at the now the 4th day of protests unfold. day 4 and more came out. the street so packed in places it was hard to move estimates put the numbers of over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by sectarian a dejan says but now people united un

prime minister until a new government can be put into place let's go live now to beirut officer stephanie deca is outside the prime minister's residence in the capital stuff so the president has asked the cabinet to stay on in a caretaker capacity what happens next. yeah this is in line of the constitution the important things the big question marks still going forward is now we're waiting for the president to announce what they call binding parliament have party consultations so the heads of the political blocs in parliament will be discussing with the president as to who they will appoint as a potential new prime minister this in accordance with the rules here needs to be a sunni then if there is agreement on that person that person is then toss with forming a government and then that needs to be agreed upon by the parliament voted on by the parliament at so there's a lot up in the air we know there's a lot of back and forth some disagreements within the political parties so how long are they going to take are they going to come up with a format that will be acceptable to the people of i thi

open a road being blocked by protesters several demonstrators were injured along with 5 soldiers stephanie deca is the latest from beirut. there isn't really a real leader to this movement and you can see they've blocked both sides of this highway i what they're saying is that this kinds of civil disobedience campaign that they're calling it is the only way to keep the pressure on the government and what they want is for the government to resign but that hasn't happened yet so of course we are at a stalemate it is 10 days on now the government isn't going anywhere and the protests made on the streets the schools are closed minds are closed it's a real challenge so it's a bit of a stalemate and everyone you speak to will tell you they don't know how this is going to play out they don't know how it's going to end but certainly something at some point is going to get how long is the government going to allow people to stay on the streets but the people say unless there is change and let those people who've been running this country for decades and that have caused it to become what it is we're not

package of economic reforms sunday so the largest rally since demonstrations began 4 days ago stephanie deca has a report from beirut. day 4 and more came out the street so packed in places it was hard to move estimates but the numbers of over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by sectarian a region says but now people united under the lebanese flag all pointing the finger at their politicians that the leaders are liars they promised us reforms and change but 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. at the feet when. we can we have to pay them mon

stephanie deca locksmiths there tripoli in lebanon thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. police and protesters face off on the streets in chile as the conservative president announces measures to tackle inequality. bent and broken pirates out they are the problem and one of the most dangerous waterways in the world. at a new to it just announced the barcelona's match against real madrid leo we'll have that and the rest of the day's big sports. and i once again we've seen some rather heavy write in c. parts of the middle east recently and as is often the case here in this part of the world where the ground is dry we have seen some flooding this is the same in cairo actually on she's day off may we have had some disruption as a result solve the a west the weather pushing for many flights cancelled once but destruction on the road wet weather just lingering around cyprus that eastern side of the med as we go on through the day that cloud actually stretches across northern parts of syria will then essential parts over iraq more than areas of iraq could see some showers longes

nonetheless they have continued to take to the streets now well into a 3rd night thank you very much stephanie deca in beirut. well we have more still ahead for you on the program a truce largely holds in northern syria that turkey's president wants he'll attack kurdish forces again if they don't withdraw. and mozambique's opposition rejects the results of tuesday's election pushing a fragile peace deal at risk. hello there was still of an east west base across much of europe the eastern half is where we've got the sunny skies on the still nice weather out towards the west it is a very different story lots of clouds and some rain and the same time some very strong winds but the winds are a benefit to some days it is taken down a new key on the coast. has really enjoying these strong winds over sea creating some pretty good ways as you can see even though he wanted his to have a come off his surfboard there but there's certainly more wind in the forecast as through sunday we've got most to kiss guys across much of the u.k. and the rain is actually by then sweeping across much of mainland europe into

lebanon 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 to 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 the protesters have closed have been reopened we're also hearing that schools and banks are due to open but there are big question marks when it comes to political situation of this. country what is the transitional government going to look like the protesters want a government its cabinet made up of technocrats of people not affiliated to any of the political parties but the people now in consultations with the president are going to be people affiliated heads of these parties at the protester

address has bought a little house on the said the fold of the government could lead to civil war stephanie decamore from baton rouge. is the 9th day of these protests and we've seen some trouble already at the protest areas we had a group of men who supported has. a mentor the square in front of me government not as we're just a couple 100 meters away from here they started throwing. sticks and the word injuries among the protesters it was very tense people were very scared the police on the ground riot police trying to separate the 2 sides with this is one of the fears number just come out in the political parties will start to set their men down to the streets to make trouble now has distanced themselves with these men we haven't heard from her son none of the leader of her lease spoke earlier today his voice boomed out over the microphones here and everyone listened to what he had to say this is a little bit of the times she's a lot i'll mainly look to see under the current monetary and economic situation and the fragile political climate in all of the targeting that is happening internation

lebanon lost 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 roads something you've 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 grosso hearing that schools and banks are due to open but there are big question marks when it comes to political situation of this country what is the transitional government going to look like the protesters want a government it's cabinet made up of technocrats of people not affiliated to any of the political parties but the people now in consultations with the president are going to be people affiliated heads of these parties at the protester

for us thank you very much for that update sanna well let's now go live to be a bit elsewhere stephanie deca is live for us steph what's the latest from way you there have been difficulties moving around and we've obviously seen extraordinary numbers protesting over the last few days in beirut but what's happening outside the major cities. while we're on the tripoli highway which needs to the 2nd largest city in the north you can see that still remains this is an artery really so people remain calm to out here this is the area as you mentioned and you can see they've set up tents playing games they've got food there's also some camping tents a little further along because people will sleep over here because they say that if they don't they're afraid that the road will reopen this is all an effort. to keep pressure on the government because they don't think it's an off now i'm going to bring in jessica a baby chooser resident she's protesting here she's been to various protests all across the country jessica the reforms came out yesterday you guys are still here what do you want. first i want

a solution at least 2 people have died in the demonstrations which have entered this 2nd day stephanie deca reports from beirut. for a 2nd day and night thousands filled the streets of beirut calling for the government to go. the was for the 1st time on such a large scale it's not about where your allegiances lie in this deeply divided sectarian country it's not about cos all walks of life are united against the political leadership he writes that. garbage all over that green grass fed up with. the future. there is no future for jobs at all and in the not acceptable anymore we have stood up for a long time and now it's time to dog protesters blocked all major roads bringing large parts of the capital to a standstill they remained on the streets well into the night the army used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the crowds the army has said that it will from now on come down harder on the protesters that it doesn't want to see these kinds of scenes of destruction on the streets but everyone we've been speaking to say that they will continue to come out to protest that they are fed

some day so the biggest drop since demonstrations began 4 days ago of a plans to raise taxes stephanie deca has more from beirut. to be honest all people about this tonight. said it wasn't all that no we don't we don't care about their reforms we have a problem with the people who are running this country want them to change they've lied to us before they're going to lie to us again it's too little too late these protests are all very cute. and you know it was like a party atmosphere it certainly was on friday night night when the army came down hard used tear gas and also what your can and we were there so again with these things anything can change in a 2nd chinese government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across the country it's in response to violent protests against a rise in trains that is at least 8 people killed in the analyst. early results in bolivia's presidential election show that the incumbent is ahead of his rival qantas message but it appears neither have secured an outright win which means they're likely to face a 2nd round of voting in december. in syria kurdish

entire political class to step down protests are also taking place in the northern city of tripoli stephanie deca is there for us. thousands of returned to the streets here in tripoli the square really comes alive at night and there's been a huge turnout here over the last 6 days out tripoli is traditionally a stronghold of prime minister saad how do you but it's also a city that has been neglected it is incredibly poor and people here been telling us that it is time for change posters of sadie and other of the main politicians have been ripped down from these walls and something you never would have seen before this is the sunni majority city the city politician this is why these protests are unprecedented it's also happening in shiite areas and the people are together it's called the sectarian divide something hugely significant several have been speaking to here downstairs say that also they want to change the face of tripoli tripoli has always been seen it was affected by the spillover of the syrian war you had gotten bottled between both sides neighborhoods here a couple of years ago and the

thank you very much for that update sanna well let's go to other correspondent in the country stephanie deca who joins us now from the northern city of tripoli staff there in lebanon 2nd largest city we saw those enormous numbers of protesters in the capital in the last few days what's the atmosphere been like outside beirut. all has been protest as you said not just beirut here in tripoli particularly a major turnout throughout the last 6 days i'll just get ali to give you this is the main square here this is as you mentioned lebanon 2nd biggest city it's been really ignored and disregarded by politicians it is a sunni heartland in the sense that this is a stronghold of prime minister assad how deeply but that model is no longer there these people are returning to the streets disagreeing with their all the titians disagree. with their policies and sticking to the same lines that we've heard in beirut over the last couple of days and in other cities of the south as waltz the ball the titians need to go and what's so interesting about this place is that is that this this is this was unexpecte

latest round of protests triggered by a government decision to impose a tax on the use of whatsapp stephanie deca has more from beirut. we did see the biggest numbers on the streets particularly in the evening that have been out in the last 3 days and of course yesterday last night we were there as well when the army used strong crowd dispersal methods tear gas water cannons to disperse them it didn't stop them they're out in full force a real party atmosphere today people singing a lot of insults being thrown at particular politicians wanting the government to fall you mentioned there in your intro said he is one of the. main part of the political debate lebanese political landscape he says he's told his ministers to pull out of the government therefore ministers it's not going to cause a collapse of the government as of yet but it is the 1st sort of political fallout of this wave of protests are going to have to wait and see this 48 hours to go more or less until that deadline ends its head he had placed him but certainly the momentum is there come all the people are out and they say they're go

live now to beirut and my colleague stephanie deca staff as far as these reforms are concerned the protesters dismissing them and rejecting them wholly and might they be the building block for something it something positive in the future. something that gets their welcome up this will reject them completely i think you have a guest with the let's talk to him and he's not coming from civil society so initially let me get your response to the prime minister's speech and the reforms that he said that the government is going to implement. that is absolutely no trust in the current but it's going to be to whatever they will do look around you look in the region see no one else that they would they were ready to design and i would have whatever they will do whatever they suggest it's not up to the expectations they got us into this if they would have if they wanted any real reform they should have done it a month ago a year ago 30 years ago if they didn't do that until they absolutely know does they're going to do it now and there is another and it is more important they should be held accountable

out sara stephanie deca reporting live from beirut stuff many thanks. britain's prime minister will make another attempt to push for a general election in december on monday m.p.'s rejected his proposal for a poll on december 12th but tuesday's attempt will focus on amending current laws so that only a simple majority is required for an election to be approved by parliament john hole reports from london. because the majority required has not been reached the news have it for a 3rd time in recent months boris johnson's attempt to secure a snap general election was rebuffed by parliament with the opposition labor party abstaining the prime minister wasted no time in and saying he's plan b. we will not allow this promises to continue one way or another we must proceed straight to an election this house cannot any longer keep this country hostage millions of families and businesses cannot plan for the future labor leader jeremy corbyn arrived in the chamber after the vote to respond i understand the bill will be table tomorrow we will obviously look in scru

corruption panel will a protests have also been taking place in lebanon's northern city of tripoli stephanie jacket deca joins us live now from there and protesters are unhappy with the government's off and they won't be deterred from expressing their opposition on the streets behind you. that's right it's a savage mehram and here certainly their voices are very loud it's very jovial listening to music singing the lebanese national out of it's been like this for about a week yes but what they want is for the government to resign for new elections to take place in the interim period and live independent judges to run the transitional stage and then for those elections to be held under a new sort of format because at the moment you have a sectarian i allow it if you will that the prime minister has to be sunni the president christian. and so forth so they want to they want to change that they say that the politicians have exploited that to keep the people divided and certainly this city tripoli lebanon the 2nd has seen that in the fall if you had a spillover here a couple of years ago from the syrian war

over economic mismanagement and alleged corruption stuff deca joins us live now from beirut stephanie how many people are on the streets so far today. well the focus really is on these roadblocks peter you can probably see one of them behind us they've moved so far in the way they're sitting on it they do make way for ambulances but you can see there's a kind of community feel here ali velshi we can move this way there's a game of football being played. just in this corner there's a lot of dogs there's 10 some people are staying the night here and then there was a couple of guys just sleeping on this mattress earlier today because what they're doing is using this kind of pressure to keep the government keep the pressure on the government also here we almost have a makeshift living room as one of the debates going on here they brought in a fridge they brought in a so for they poured in a pouch we're going to move in. to talk to someone here about what. they're doing this. coming into the living room tell me tell me you guys this is a there's a lot of humor here but there are a lot of s