Has pressure grows for him to step down. As the robin youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in the heart coming up in the next thirty minutes no food no medical supplies under no help from outside emergency calls to evacuate sick syrians whove been under siege for years also lebanons Prime Minister arrives in paris as the french trying to b. D. A. The crisis in his country. Chile will be holding general elections on sunday amid widespread fears of a very low voter turnout i want to see a new one is coming up ill tell you about a new generation of candidates thats trying to make a difference. Welcome to the program we start in africa where a huge crowd is gathering in zimbabwes capital in opposition to president Robert Mugabe. It was called by the influential War Veterans Association the room. Zanu p. F. Party supporters of the Party Travelled to the running from across the country the president is fast losing support after days after the army seized power. We have it right that god is not. Part of zimbabwe every year more. Like it one years very obviously. It would be the modern day why didnt people use. Well how tossers following events for us in the capital one has to say that we can hear what the mood is like but certainly the call to come on to the streets of the capital has been sort of taken on board by the general public. Something i had never seen before one woman said to me the last time so many people in the capital matching celebrating muslim prison was back in one thousand eight hundred how things have changed. But. People are going in that direction theyre going to meet. And in march to with a war for the way the one with the above it. Often that. People are going to march to take out there are a few people already in the area the plight of thousands of people in. That house talking to some of the young people yeah they have to think about why the killing happened. In our. Own we are. Way too long and. Very excited i wonder if this was the feeling that was a big one nine hundred eighty this is just like the busy day. To day im going to find change new jobs new roads everything we want a new day thank you big think even. When they are great thousands of people and if. The really big question is when or if president will step down that hasnt been confirmed yet. Could be a busy couple of hours a busy couple of. Having to have. Starting from sunday and he told a delegate. I mean imagine taking. A lot of things. Quickly in the coming few days but if. People just be patient we will see how you when. Alternative. Situation develops of course will come back to. Lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has arrived in the french capital two weeks after certainly announcing his resignation in the saudi capital harare landed in the in paris early on saturday morning with his wife but two of his children remain in saudi arabia kerry has told the lebanese president that her be back in the country on wednesday he resigned in riyadh on november the fourth saying you feared for his life and blamed iran for stoking tension in the region now his two week stay in the saudi kingdom prompted suggestions that he was under house arrest as in a call to his our correspondent in beirut following events for us and of course all eyes really on the french capital to see perhaps what the french president or the former colonial ruler of lebanon can offer in terms of solace to the Prime Minister and whether he can actually do anything to improve his situation and the crisis that seems to be engulfing lebanon at the moment. Well french mediation solved the first part of the crisis and that is the diplomatic turmoil surrounding the fate of the Prime Minister many in lebanon including the president believed he was being held under house arrest against his will him and his family in riyadh in fact many in lebanon believed he was forced to resign and his resignation speech was written by the Saudi Arabian authorities so french the french weighed in now we see how the the and his wife in paris but they did leave their two kids behind they do attend school in riyadh that was the official statement the reason given by the how did the camp but it will not put the speculation about his freedom to rest in lebanon he will be greeted by the french president mccraw who saying that we will receive him as the Prime Minister of lebanon micron mentioning of course that we know that his resignation has not been accepted by his country and this is why he will be received as a Prime Minister so its not clear how micron can try to solve this political crisis but like you mentioned how d. D. Confirming for the first time he will be coming to beirut he will be attending Independence Day celebrations on wednesday but the biggest question is in what capacity is he really going to resign or he is going to withdraw his resignation is his return to beirut conditional the Lebanese Foreign minister really expressing concern that his return to beirut could have some conditions or restrictions attached to it so this crisis really is far from over indeed and we are talking to you all morning as well as in about whats been going on various angles to look at including the way saudi arabia has acted and the reaction of the International Community to including germany theyre not very happy at all its got to a very high level diplomatically in terms of the spat. Yes it wasnt just levanon who suggested that saddam had he was being held against his will the German Foreign minister suggested and this angered saudi arabia they were recalled their ambassador in fact the last tweet to saddle happy days last week before leaving riyadh he said i am a free man and he even addressed it to the German Foreign minister now many will question whether or not he was free to actually write that tweet but yes european leaders have been expressing concern more than one european leader all of them repeating the same statements time and time again we support stability was support security in lebanon and there shouldnt be any external interference in the affairs of lebanon they are worried that if the crisis the stabilize this country there are already failed states across this region and lebanon becoming a failed state and a country of course hosting one point five million Syrian Refugees where will they go will they try to reach europe and cause even more problems for European Countries so europe weighing in trying to solve this crisis but the political differences are deep but this is a country which has a pro saudi camp a pro iran camp two regional rivals who are struggling for power a power struggle across the region and it seems that saudi arabia put lebanon in the center stage of course while your finishing with the we can go to live pictures of. Being greeted by a man or back when the french president as they arrive for he arrives at the early say palace for more conversations of course about more buckram was only just in saudi arabia last week so this is a fast moving set of developments certainly both for france. And lets get more on this with our correspondent tasha but close whos also there of course the lebanese Prime Minister has just arrived were not expecting them to speak but theres a great deal for them to talk about behind closed doors but whats really going on. Well thats why were not expecting them to speak but you never know because in this crisis there been many twists and turns and we are told that we may in fact have some sort of declaration for now we just know that saudi arabia has arrived we saw him get out of his car he was greeted on the steps of the lease a by the french president a man on my call its interesting he was on his own he wasnt with his wife and this this morning earlier when he actually landed in a bush just north of paris iraq with his wife but not with two of his children and that has led some analysts to wonder whether or not hariri is really free of his movements and free of his actions well have to see what these two men discuss indoors and whether or not well learn any more information as to why its two children who were left behind but marco has said that of for now hariri is here really this is his act of friendship its a chance for him to have a break from this crisis but he has said he is not offering hariri political exile he expects him to go back to lebanon within the next few days and we have of course also heard from the lebanese president that is expected there on wednesday of course. In beirut talk or is from there talking about the beginnings of a diplomatic spat between saudi and germany but france is a big player in the u. The e. U. Will indeed speak with one voice in terms of its Foreign Policy to whats going on not only in lebanon but also the reaction in saudi arabia from your understanding of the politics of how france works within the e. U. How do you expect that to actually unfold. Well weve seen from the french president is really hes been trying to put fronts at the forefront of these mediation attempts and hes been quite successful at doing so and thats what youd find most political analysts saying the same here in france and the reason hes doing that. It is because not only france is historical ties with lebanon but also because france is a country that has pretty good relations with all sides with the saudis with the iranians and with the lebanese and that says macro allows france to be a real player in this crisis and thats why we saw a micro shuttling between the countries that surprise visit to rehire the welcome the Lebanese Foreign minister here and then of course we had the French Foreign minister meeting there very in riyadh just a few days ago before he really came to paris so france is really put itself at the forefront and i think for him at all michael that is linked to frances position in the European Union because he wants fronts to really be at the forefront of the European Union but for the moment the touch will leave it there and wait to see what does come out of any meetings or any statements later on in the day thank you. Well these developments in saudi arabia what they mean for the rest of the world are the focus of a conference in london where former diplomats and middle east analysts are meeting in saudi arabia is to the throne has been making a bold political loser in the kingdom with a series of decisions many consider to be unprecedented recent reports as saudi arabia is demanding cash for the release of dozens of high profile citizens that arrested earlier this month on charges of corruption that includes the countrys richest man prince who will lead the bin talal but also reports that many of those detained have been tortured including the son of the late king pretty King Abdullah prince did saudis at large royal family traditionally share power however these latest moves are being seen as a power grab by the new crown Prince Mohammed bin sort of man and as the thirty two year olds influence grows he faces challenges in neighboring yemen where the u. N. Is war that unless saudi arabia holds its blockade billions of people could die of hunger last year saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt cut ties with qatar and opposed the land sea and blockade setting off an unprecedented crisis in the guy. Our correspondent is following these discussions was really interesting about an event like this is that certainly from a political point of view these people actually hold cabinet positions in the government but some do sit in the upper house of parliament its called lords. They do have a. Listen to its not acted on. Well so i mean the absence of government ministers is probably down to the fact that the current government in the u. K. Really cant afford to make any more enemies because it is extremely unpopular and its position is tenuous so. That the absence of any conservative minister from a conference like this is more to do with them just trying to weigh from the limelight rather than not having a position on whats taking place in saudi arabia having said that the government. Does enjoy very good relationships with three out there are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of deals that are done between the United Kingdom and on a yearly basis a lot of that has to do with security and weapons being sold from the United Kingdom. Something that a lot of the people at this conference here. Prices in saudi arabia have been critical of as you mentioned some of those who are speaking there is the former foreign secretary. Jack straw hes one of the keynote speakers the former head of the liberal Democrat Party thats the third for a long time. As well as other former ministers. That are significant personalities within the Opposition Movement including womens rights activists. And others in the common message that has been coming out so far as this started is that the allies of saudi arabia those who do enjoy those close ties like United Kingdom. Before the middle east. A worse thats imaginable than it is in right now that the actions taken by the current. Quarter inch of them are not only reckless careless but also. Threaten the entire stability of countries that have so far been able to kind of get. Syria has been on fire yemen has been in war and so forth other countries drugs and so thats a common message the United Kingdom really doesnt need to use its leverage that it over to ensure that the crackdown on human rights to ensure the meddling in other countries like lebanon stops and to make sure that the. Blockade against qatar is lifted. As we hear more from the speaker jamal thank you. Still ahead here on aljazeera the philippine president makes a dramatic policy change in his controversial war on drugs. Hello there were seeing a lot of wintry weather over the northern parts of asia at the moment if we look at the satellite picture we can see this area of cloud here and thats what gave us a lot of snow for the northern parts of japan and also for the eastern parts of russia these pictures from vladivostok shows just how much snow we saw there actually brought traffic to a grinding halt for a time now this ystem is moving away but behind it theres going to be quite a bit of wintry weather still lingering as we head through the next day or so say some of us in the northern half of japan i think thats where theres the greatest risk of seeing some more snowy weather as we head through sunday and into monday behind it should be dry for some vladivostok here getting to minus four thats your maximum and towards the west for beijing will be a little bit higher ten now down towards the southeast and its turned cooler now for us in shanghai our maximum. Just thirteen degrees in for the south also a bit fresher here but here more in the way of cloud of more moisture thats just feeding its way northward there as we head into monday so some of us here could see more in the way of wet weather you see the system here well thats the remains of a storm thats working its way towards vietnam at the moment we can see it on the satellite picture actually tracking its way west was in by sunday making its way across the land heavy heavy rain out of this who well give us some flooding. Tracing the fall from prosperity to financial ruin this is precisely the movement where we humanized that nothing was first will be in the devastating impact to save the banks means also to save the deposits of in the recent years and the failure to prevent disaster banks and political leaders of the people who needed some of us are gora from democracy to the markets at this time on aljazeera. Talk about two hours there im still robin the reminder of our top stories a huge crowd is demonstrating in zimbabwes capital in opposition to president Robert Mugabe the protest was called by the influential War Veterans Association and the rulings on the p. F. Party pressure is growing on the president to step down days after the army seized power. Lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has arrived in paris has been greeted by french president manuel bycroft its two weeks after harare suddenly announced his resignation in the saudi capital hes in paris with his wife but two of his children remain in the saudi capital riyadh. Four hundred thousand syrians living in the damascus suburb of ghouta have been deceived by Government Forces for the past four years the area sided with opposition fighters so thats meant that food aid and abet ical supplies havent been making it ten doctors there say many residents could die if theyre not immediately evacuated as im a bit of a reporter from the turkey syria border in the. Twelve year old grafter first from Cerebral Palsy a condition which inhibits her brains growth the room is dark because there isnt much electricity in eastern good this is what she looked like before the siege in before she ran out of medicine her mother used to give her honey milk and other nutritious food but not anymore. And there are no months raphe used to be well and was going to school until there was a lack of those. My husband cant work and because of the high prices we cant afford much. Thats been the case for the last four years after syrian Government Forces besieged the area which is home to four hundred thousand people this is the most popular dish these days boiled corn for larger families a con broth for the luxury of salt for those who can afford it. The Assad Government has allowed in some aid but the u. N. Says that is only enough for around ten percent of the besieged people this year the Syrian Regime approved around a quarter of United Nations requests to deliver assistance the u. N. Says the plight of civilians is an outrage and that it might constitute a war crime. The lack of food and medicine have forced more people towards hospitals in july doctors identified four hundred fifty two patients who still need to be evacuated as the United Nations await approval from the Assad Government nine of them have died faced with delays twenty nine among them were identified these are people who have one hundred percent chance of survival if they are not given care so when they will die the situation is so desperate that after operations doctors need to reuse the single use items on the table whats regarded as medical waste everywhere else is sterilized and used again in the same duma. These cues might be useful in saving another life the later gloves which hospitals throw away are limited here so they are washed before they can be reused. Then they need to be laid out to dry because they dont know if and when more supplies will come in the use powder to make sure the gloves dont stick together thank. The staff say they are also saving other single use medical supplies. We clean them because the supplies arent available here and theyre not coming in with u. N. Aid we also stop some surgeries because of a lack of anesthetics the parents said there is no food or medicine for the starving and sick children. So they leave their infants to start on their farms hoping that at least but i think its who. Have a job it does of the era. After being completely sealed off since august the rafa Border Crossing from gaza into egypt has reopened but only temporarily ruffo is meant to open indefinitely later as part of a palestinian reconciliation reconciliation deal brokered by egypt hundreds of people queued for hours at the border to have their paperwork protest processed so they could cross only humanitarian cases from guards or will be allowed into egypt at this stage. But all of this is hosting talks about the rohingya refugee crisis with Foreign Ministers from the e. U. China and japan more than six hundred thousand reading go have a skate to bangladesh from the air mass its a military crackdown started there in august has been widely condemned by World Leaders for the violence of Rakhine State but china has continued to express support for what it calls the libyan man governments efforts to protect stability. Staying in the region philippine president to go to turkey has made a policy change in his controversial fight against drug gangs hes ordered local police units to stand down on the Drug Enforcement agency to take over. Going to has more from manila. President with very good that are to socalled war on drugs has been the center of Police Operations since he took office more than a year ago but the police have faced mounting criticism and accusations of rampant corruption and human rights abuses now there is a major shift in the campaign to has ordered all the police Drug Enforcement units to be disbanded and the philippine jug Enforcement Agency to take the lead in Illegal Drugs operations in the capital Manila Police officers are heading out to set up roadblocks their aim now they say is to cut down on street crime we have on one board be. Using also technology to grow up to going to the regions and then using our basic is that we speak up when its going to certain degree with regard to the right. We could see the partner in all. This may seem like a typical checkpoint but this is now at the center of many Police Operations in manila according to governments that this takes majority on the street crimes being committed here are done by those on motorcycles. Murders and tests carried out by gunmen on motorcycles have become all too frequent Police Say Gunmen on motorbikes are not only threatening Public Safety but the Police Officers own reputation because of claims they are the ones on the border bikes shooting civilians public trust in the police has been affected a survey shows a majority of filipinos dont believe the police act in selfdefense when they kill drugs are suspects and president to their to says corruption within the police force is also rife and the top priority is now for the force to clean up its own ranks a purge to get rid of officers involved in extortion illegals. Drugs protection and other irregularities one of the reasons why many of our crimes are not thought its because people refuse to come to us because they dont trust that. Were able to build that trust. Becomes everything for concern then i think anything more any observation any information that people would see unusual in their communities they would immediately come to the Police Officers and dr wise about it the police seem more high and they still have the support of the president but many here believe radical reforms are needed and needed soon Jimmy Oloughlin dog an aljazeera manilla. To cambodian journalists have been charged with espionage and the latest government crackdown Prime Minister whom desire lies in the judiciary have been cracking down on critics the Main Opposition Party was dissolved this week the two journalists who work for us from the radio free asia are accused of supplying information to a foreign state. South america now Argentinas Navy is searching for a missing submarine with forty four sailors on board the all race and one was last in contact with officials on wednesday it was headed from a naval base south of argentina to Mar Del Plata around four hundred kilometers south of borders i raise a Navy Spokesman says its too early to declare the vessel lost. The form of their caracas has escaped house arrest in venezuela and fled to spain. Who was met by family in madrid is a fierce opponent of present Nicolas Maduro the sixty two year old has been detained since twenty fifteen on charges of supporting an attempted coup. Well voters in chile will go to the polls in president ial elections on sunday but many say theyve lost trust in politicians after a series of corruption scandals of human hands this obtained from santiago. Six years ago the University Students in chile captured the worlds imagination by undertaking a peaceful revolt proofread quality education for all. The british newspaper the guardian named communist Party Student leader come eleven a year for the person of the year and the most glamorous revolutionary since che guevara. Georgia jackson became a poster boy for education reform but unsatisfied with progress four of the student leaders ran for congress and won promising to hold chilean politicians accountable from within the system and. Four years later congressman george or jackson concedes its been harder than he did expected theres no satisfaction because. The expectations are too high so. I feel that the people here in. This hole in politics to change their lives. Jackson is running for reelection at this time as part of the new Left Wing Coalition dissatisfied with the pace of change under the Current Center left government. Former communist student leaders come eleven call and Carole Guardiola who are also running again have been criticized for not pushing hard enough. At the university of chile these architecture students lament that their former leaders didnt achieve their promised goal one hundred percent free education. They failed the career presenters from a high position but they dont listen to us anymore we havent seen. Jackson or burridge on the streets protesting with us. We try. Every day we pray every day with every action that we may jackson argues they need more time here and many other former student leaders are pinning their hopes on the new Broad Front Coalition which is no silly inspired in spains leftist well their most party and even Bernie Sanders in the United States for a coalition that was just formed in january doing surprisingly well in the polls particularly amongst the disgruntled you. Which is why jackson continues to insist that the only way to push political limits is from within as he runs for congress again you see in human ill just see the sun. Your child is there im so robyn these are our top stories a huge crowd is gathering in zimbabwes capital in opposition to president Robert Mugabe. It was called by the influential War Veterans Association and the ruling zanu p. F. Party supporters of the Party Travelled to the rally from across the country the president is fast losing support days after the army seized power. And we have it right that god is. Everywhere. Bob when. We have another one im. Happy to be up to. My good in the years very able. To forgive the modern day why didnt you go. Lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has arrived in paris has been greeted by the french president and. Its two weeks after here are very suddenly announced his resignation in the saudi capital hes in paris with his wife and two of his children remain in riyadh. Real reason told the lebanese president to be back in the country on wednesday. Doctors in syrias Eastern Ghouta say many residents could die if theyre not immediately evacuated four hundred thousand syrians living in the damascus suburb have been besieged by Government Forces for the past four years the area sided with opposition fighters there thats meant that food aid and medical supplies have not been making it in. Now to be completely sealed off since august the rafa Border Crossing from gaza to egypt has reopened but only temporarily rather is meant to open indefinitely later as part of a palestinian reconciliation deal brokered by egypt hundreds of people queued for hours at the border to have their paperwork processed so they could cross only humanitarian cases from gaza are allowed into egypt at this stage ill be back with more news in thirty minutes next on aljazeera its inside story to stay with us. Dissolved by cambodias top court the Main Opposition Party is urging world powers to cut ties with longtime leader send but china is standing firmly behind it so whats behind cambodias crackdown on the opposition this is inside