In the country so this is not going to be easy but people here are full full weathered out hope this is well placed we have to wait and see and some of the political fallout has already started the head of the Lebanese Forces so measure an ounce of his ministers would resign from the government what impact is that likely to. Well the Lebanese Forces they have poor ministers enough 13 member cabinet will not topple saddam friday to the Prime Minister has still not through this accepted the resignation now some here will say this i have a critical move on the part of cha cha hes a part of the government and hes part of the political establishment he has been in power since the days of the civil war people here are worried that some politicians are going to ride the wave of popular anger take advantage to push their own agenda and those very clear hes opposed to how do you know if they were allies in the past because heidi it has been to accommodate to one that has led alliance of the country because Political Parties are allied with powers. Iran other politicians saudi arabia to america so the message clear what people want are leaders who are loyal to lebanon to the country not the foreign powers who who do the bidding of outside powers so that is why it is so difficult to change the political system in the country but there is no doubt that people here are going to keep the pressure and theyre calling for a general strike on monday the association of banks saying banks will remain closed on monday and so this is going to really put more pressure on the Financial System which really is on the brink of collapse. In beirut in a function. On for a short break here not as iraq when we come back. To this government protests we have the latest from something. The demonstrators so worked up plus. We did the mek or a now in the economy kevin. Johnson to shake a leg to be jet black because airlines attempt to push the limits of commercial flight morning steve. How the Conveyor Belt still running that Conveyor Belt of cloud that goes across Northern Europe what it does on this western end is a little bit different its coming through space really changing the forecasts a change in the season so youve got 14 degrees in madrid and post cold front of the likes of colder and you can follow that train all way through Northern Europe and this is the remaining warm but this is actually quite warm 21. 00 in warsaw im not much difference about germany austria and then towards italy but out to the west that trail of cloud is going to bring rain to spain and portugal and france in particular might add a bit more to the flood risk particularly the Higher Ground the Southern Alps of france and sorts and overnight and thats the picture now from monday exist to 15 in madrid much the same in zurich so its teens are talking about here not much loss of temperature elsewhere but more cloud coming into jim you think well this should be the progression yeah maybe but not by monday theres a tail end to it of course its not immediate you just see a bit of cloud building over spade and falling down into its morocco and algeria that will produce a shower or 2 and thats the picture for sunday this was ahead of it 13 to this but the cloud itself will cool things down. Sponsored by. Their oh we. Believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im anti war we meet with global news makers about the stories that matter 0 new yorkers are very receptive. Because it is such an International City they are very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. Welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on the aljazeera that in more violent scenes on the streets of hong kong prodemocracy activists running against a thanks mosques during protests to government demonstrations started 5 months ago spotted by an extradition bill which was later scrapped. Turkey says one of its soldiers has been killed in Northern Syria says it happened during a recognizance Mission Comes despite a truce in the area this president has vowed to press on with the offensive if Kurdish Forces dont withdraw from a proposed safe so. Im the head of Lebanons Christian forces some asia has asked his ministers to resign from government crowds of demonstrators celebrated the announcement but theyre demanding deeper political change. Now the u. K. Is also the e. U. For a 3 month extension to briggss the Prime Minister as johnson lost a crucial vote in parliament forcing him to send a letter requesting a delay he didnt. Signed it and also included another document saying an extension would be a mistake the u. K. Was due to leave on the 31st of october lets go live now to paul brennan in london for the latest pool so another humiliating defeat for bars johnson in westminster so what happens now with the vote on this new brags that deal. The votes will come back on monday if the government has its will now the leader of the house jacob riis mog has let it be known that they will bring it back monday if the speaker of the house thats john bercow will allow it and its not certain that he will hes going to sort of think about it over the weekend and make a decision on monday morning he is not really very keen to have the same question asked over and over again in parliament as weve seen from previous iterations of teresa mayes deal being pushed back and back and back and 3 meaningful votes in which it was rejected im not sure though that we can call it a humiliation its a no that a lot of the commentators do see it that way and certainly Boris Johnson was defeated on saturday this Super Saturday the 1st parliamentary sitting on saturday for 37 years the numbers were very tight you know i mean 32223068 wouldnt take that many to switch sides to make the government win and the other thing about that vote on saturday was that it was designed as an insurance policy to make sure that the government couldnt drag out the legislative side of the implementation of the bracks it deal so and there are people who that who in that very 2 voted against the government because they dont trust the governments and peace in the hardliners within the government not to drag it out but actually the not against the deal itself so there are several in piece of already said that come and alleges to vote on the deal they would vote with the government so it is very close to call and the other thing that i think is an important aspect of this is that as the days go by Boris Johnson is slowly ticking off the calendar as we get closer and closer to october 31st and frankly he doesnt mind i dont think whether he gets a no deal on october 31st because we run out of time or whether we get his deal voted through or. In london paul thank you for that lets cross over now to the embargo he joins us now from brussels nadim so johnson has sent this extension letter to the e. U. But reportedly hasnt even signed it so hows its all going down in brussels there where you are. Well daryn i think its fair to say that everyone here in brussels and around the e. U. Will be playing it with a fairly straight but if you look at the reaction of donald tusk the head of the European Council hes ignoring the fact that there were multiple letters because in the eyes of Boris Johnsons detractors certainly the british opposition that was just a distraction theyre calling it childish well donald toast tweeted on saturday. The extension request has just arrived i will now start to consult with e. U. Leaders on how to react note the extension request he doesnt talk about multiple letters it doesnt matter that it wasnt signed the request has come and he knew it was coming because Boris Johnson phoned him to say that he was about to send it so the basics havent changed but the other basic that paul was just referring to there is that if there is not a deal passed at the end of this month then there will be no deal brecks it and some people believe that that doesnt bother Boris Johnson it does bother European Union leaders particularly chancellor Angela Merkel behind the scenes at the summit on thursday and friday she was telling her counterparts that if it came to it if there were facing a no deal breaks it would be inevitable that they would have to grant that extension now on saturday the french president Emmanuel Mccall reportedly contacted Boris Johnson saying that he wanted to clarify occasion after what had happened in the house of commons that vote on the amendment and that he that an extension would be in nobodys interest thats publicly what theyre saying but behind the scenes theres a lot of concerns among the Civil Service here among the commission and Boris Johnsons counterparts about a no deal breaks it not least because of the impact that it would have on the republic of ireland so theyre not going to hurry to react theyre waiting to see what will happen in the next few days in westminster they really want that deal to be passed so theyre not going to to do anything before that chance has slipped but if it does look at the end of the month like theyll be a no deal bracks it everyones betting that there will be an extension the team thank you. Now in chiles capital soldiers are patrolling the streets to enforce a curfew and a state of emergency at least 3 people were killed in santiago in a supermarket were set on fire and metro train stations have been ransacked because of plans to increase ticket sales presence Avastin Pinera that down on the fare increases but anger continues at the high cost of living well hold it woodman is a Chilean Research at the university of cambridge he blames the government for failing to listen to the concerns of protesters this should be a political dialogue this should be a certain some sort of. Agreements table to talk about this to maybe step back with a decision of pricing the 1st of the of the metro that cost all of this but actually that is just tip of the iceberg many things will be defined in the events of this next 3 days he said because we have tanks in the streets we didnt see that in the last 30 years we have the military in the streets so that might happen something really really damaging for the future of this conversations but there must be some compensation and there must be a process of learning from the Political Class to understand that people cannot take it anymore because theyre not i mean they cant live with this sit there with these conditions floaters in bolivia choosing their next president later on sunday after 14 years in power able morale is has a fight on his hands to get reelected his rival as the former interim president is attracting support by condemning what he calls his dictatorial leadership john holdren has more now from the. Past years elections were a walk in the park for ever more rallies livias 1st indigenous president. This time around hes full of things wrong comfortably close. His Campaign Slogan is a secure future and the socialist policies of always manage to keep the economy growing one of the highest rates in latin america. Poverty through social programs only. He says if reelected plans to keep on doing the. Unthinkable. We would like to give 5 more years of experience to bolivia so that it continues to grow economically to finish our great project plans like construction of roads and airports. For the 1st time in a while theres a credible challenger Carlos Messer the former journalist and prominent intellectual these attacking moralists his achilles heel is questionable commitment to democracy. 13 years almost 14 theres too much its too much injustice too much corruption and too much authoritarianism thats leading his towards a dictatorship. It all started with morality his latest reelection bid after 3 terms in power he needed to change the constitution to run again. He called a referendum to let the people decide now really they said no then he did it anyway. And then outraged many and although there are 8 opposition candidates mrs become the figurehead for the discontent but analysts say the former interim president bolivias loss leader before morale is this if you policies of his own. It was that they feel that they were doing for him even though he hasnt done enough its a protest vote not a convinced vote he doesnt have a Political Party he hasnt run a campaign if you show more kind of turn he wouldnt be 8 points down hed be neck and neck and maybe even beating it will morales a moralist does seem more vulnerable than ever before environmentalist say the recent violence which burnt down 5000000 hectares of forest helped along by his governments allowance of slash and burn. Allegations of corruption who also tainted his movement to Socialism Party but so far theres only one favorite ever more or less is still there from want to hear and thats because of his handling of the economy which has consistently grown and poverty which has been significantly cut thats why a lot of people still support him but there are question marks about his approach to democracy itself and votes where his rivals are gaining ground. Sundays vote may not be enough to see moralise home if the latest polls are right this could be close enough to go to a 2nd round. John home and. Let us. Know a direct flight from new york to australia has touched down in sydney as part of Qantas Airlines attempts to push the limits of commercial flight the journey took 19 hours and 15 minutes and those on board will Brain Monitoring equipment to see how their bodies cope thomas met with some of them. Im a 77 you know some i want 6 plates a light q. F. 7879 landed after more than 19 hours and yeah if as the airline plans new york city becomes a regular route it will be the worlds longest shot youll service this test flight to taken off with more than 100. 00 tons of fuel on board it was 6 pilots but just 50 passengers thing for just to get out an exercise in a back up plan so we all did like a little spots together and a little nothing. And then they just had the lights on really really bright and then they shut the lights and we had about 10 hours to spare every childs Qantas Airlines described this as a Research Flight one where passengers and crew were monitored for almost a full day and a full nights yeah so there was your i collection on boards which was completed all throughout the flight where wearing a number of senses with passengers to were tested but for them it was hardly a typical experience everyone on this flight kind of seat in basements with a flight so although they were encouraged to the ground and spent parts of the flight sitting in the economy section no one had to endure being squeezed into the middle of an economy road for almost 20 hours was this really primarily a scientific experiment all about publicity a marketing exercise. It was a. Research flight i mean the whole idea and the concept came from these guys who said we need to do this we want to see that this does work and then we thought we could do something with passengers at the same time as looking at the pilots and the cabin crew and there we thought was since we are doing it we notice a lot going to be a lot of worldwide interest but it would be overwhelmed with the worldwide interest the aircraft that ran this flight a boeing 787 wouldnt if you have been able to make the 16000 kilometers journey. Regular service is a white a new plane either the triple 7 x. Promised by boeing or a modified a 350 made by advice commercial Services Also need regulate tree approval and a new deal over working conditions between qantas and its pilots union but if a long haul flight start new york to sydney wont be the longest along london sydney its also plans will be a test flight of that freight next month im just honest al jazeera sydney. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera more violent scenes on the streets of hong kong as people rally against a ban on face masks during protests and government demonstrations started 5 months ago spots by an extradition bill which was later scrapped. Brown has more now from hong kong. Many of the people here are taking an enormous risk and of course this is an unauthorized protest which means its banned effectively illegal which means that any one of these be wrong risk of being irish listed and yet as you can see people are going to defy the authorities they are not having a fight large numbers here on kalou side on sunday afternoon tens of thousands of people i would estimate and i think its important for the organizers of this demonstration to show good in effect this total of steam to this protest movement turkey says one of its soldiers has been killed in Northern Syria it says it happened during our economies Mission Comes despite a truce with turkeys president has vowed to press on with his offensive if Kurdish Forces dont withdraw from a proposed safe zone the head of Lebanons Christian force his party some measure has asked his ministers to resign crowds of demonstrators celebrating the announcement but that demanding deeper political change. So no one has more now from beirut its only growing very large protests not just here in the lebanese capital but across the country people taking to the streets in the streets until the early hours of the morning and as you can see behind me theyre returning to the streets so the message they are giving is that this is not going to end we will continue to demand the resignation of the government and not just the resignation of the government. The new political elite. In chiles capital soldiers are patrolling the streets to enforce a curfew in a state of emergency at least 3 people were killed in santiago when a supermarket was set on fire. Well those were the headlines the news continues on aljazeera off the top as it states of thats a lot of. You stand the differences. And the similarities and cultures across the world. Aljazeera. One of humanitys most important accomplishments of the last century thats how the International Committee of the red cross sees the Geneva Conventions the organizations work is based on that treaty signed in 1949 over the past 70 years that set the International Legal standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and civilians during times of conflict it allows the red cross to provide its services to those who are engaged in conflict the i. C. R. C. Is an independent neutral organization that works to ensure humanitarian protections and assistance with victims of war it also takes action in response to emergencies and promotes respect for International Law but with the scale of this centrist conflicts all over the world and the increasing fact of influence how does the i. C. R. C. Make sure the Geneva Conventions of followed the president of the International Committee of the red cross. Talks to aljazeera. A president of the International Committee of the red cross thank you for talking to aljazeera you are parts of the Red Cross Movement the oldest humanitarian network in the world you work all over the world i think its fair to say that if your workload is heavy. A grim reality that means a lot of misery and hardship for people in conflict zones around the world give us an idea right now of the state of the world and of your work well and you would never ask this question to the president of i. C. R. C. To get the bright view of the world the core of our mandate remains to all the system protect people exposed to war and violence and of course this is a big concern and has been a growing concern over the last couple of years the fact that our budget has doubled within a couple of years only that we are in the creasing number of conflicts deeply engaged the fact that we see in the creasing fragmented landscape of actors in conflicts from west africa to east africa from the middle east to afghanistan this of course illustrates that there are challenges off. Looking at mitigating the impact of war and violence on people challenges to the respect of International Humanitarian law so a difficult period certainly in the seems to us that these braids. The impossibility at the present moment the big powers to move to consensus on how we really to settle and to influence the settlement positively on some of the biggest conflicts in the world your organization closer very unique role in the International System because youre a humanitarian organization but youre also the guardian something which when everyones heard of the Geneva Conventions its a very complicated subject but give us the potted version of the Geneva Conventions what are they and how important are they i think since the 1st Geneva Convention in the 19th century at the end of today it is all about preserving humanity in war how military operations should be conducive what minimal respect and rules to respect its about protecting the protection of civilians its about the nonuse of illegal weapons these are norms which are in shrine in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 which we celebrated 70 years in diversity but which go farther back in history and which are rooted in many societies and histories worldwide people think of things in history like prisoner war camps and world war 2 and the rules of war that you have in place in the Geneva Conventions but. He said he want to bang the now when you look at some of these conflicts particularly in the middle east well a lot of actors in todays conflict theorists do respect or do know about the laws and i think its sometimes at this store to view this body or floor ways only here to be violated in the present circumstances of course nobody can discard the stark reality that the Geneva Conventions are violated by a lot of parties in todays conflict lets look at some of those specific conflicts and lets start with what the u. N. Says is the worst humanitarian disaster in the world and thats the situation in yemen the war there has been going on for a long time but the Saudi Air Campaign started 4 and a half years ago they seem to consistently be hitting civilians in that case do you believe the Geneva Conventions are being broke. While the pattern of implementation of the Geneva Convention in a context like yemen is of course a big challenge and we see violations. Continuing we also see big efforts from all the believe tour and story engage with us and to improve so that it is a Glass Half Full have empty there are obviously challenges and many of the impacts that we see which make yemen as you rightly say as one of the worst humanitarian crisis is at the present moment is of course a direct consequences of the fact that International Humanitarian law is not respected but on the other hand how can we also highlight and demonstrate that there are credible efforts to improve these efforts i think exist in the kind of engagements that we have in a context like yemen has there been any consideration of changing your way of working and perhaps being more public and starting to maim and shame some of those who are responsible for breaking the conventions that you are the guardian of it is important that we are explicit on patterns of violations when it comes to specificity we are still very reluctant and we see value in not attributing necessarily in the public space before having made all the efforts to do it in the private space we see value in keeping that privileged relationship of diplomatic engagement for the respect of International Humanitarian law i hear what you say but i do want to bring up a specific case just as an example the recent case when a Detention Center just weeks ago was bombed in yemen and well over 100 people were killed now i know youre not going to answer about that specific case but under the Geneva Conventions is it a war crime. To bomb a Detention Center or prison we have expressed public indignation but we havent that 3 beauty. The exact legal of reading in the public space thats an issue of conversations with belligerence and you have to be careful International Humanitarian law is is a very complex. Legal framework and i think it is important that the complexity of International Humanitarian law which by and large is always upon the ration between military interest and protection interest that these complexities can be discussed also with the militaries who are responsible for the conduct of military operations it is a complex issue but you are our guide to this complex issue does it make a difference in International Humanitarian law if you have precision weapons and very good intelligence because the saudis have american funded weapons they have we believe american intelligence and yet in 4 and a half years they keep hitting whether it be school buses hospitals schools repeatedly hitting civilian targets well i certainly believe that there is an advantage of having intelligence and Precision Instruments in order to guy and to lead your military operations in a way which is compatible to International Humanitarian law and i think it is important that those who deliver weapons and Precision Instruments to partners in warfare take also responsibility to engage that these weapons and these instruments are used in the way compatible with International Humanitarian law and i think thats very much a debate in body politics of the United States and other countries who are. Deliver weapons to the belligerents in the region that you mentioned so i think the good thing about the Geneva Convention is that all states have signed up to these conventions so its a common basis which. Entices also responsibility for all states when you look at the grim picture of yemen its hard to find some good news but potentially you could say that since the end of last year data is a bit of good news sort of good news there has been a very shaky cease far how has that affected the flow of much needed humanitarian aid well here again its a Glass Half Full and half empty of course compared to the needs we. Register in the field there is Software Operations in yemen and what the pipeline of goods coming into yemen through her data. Has all that has remained below what we would expect to do yemen remains. A context in which the pipeline of fumi tarion assistance and protection board remains complex of course its a positive element that more goods can come into the country but there are still a lot of restrictions which would make yemen a context in which the situation would change dramatically to the better at the present moment humanitarian actors are Still Limited not only by import into yemen but also by the situation on the ground in yemen to distribute goods to those who are most in need because combat operations in the country while and continues and that is you know as good as we all know this is a very complex situation in which so many actors on the ground are involved so it remains a challenging situation the fragile her data deal was paul. So what was agreed at the talks at the end of last year in stockholm what was also supposed to happen was a massive Prisoner Exchange between the who thiis and the Yemeni Government and your organization the i. C. R. C. Were supposed to be dealing with that negotiating making it happen i dont believe a single prisoner has been exchanged tell tell us what went wrong indeed you rightly draw the attention to this important issue we continued to being engaged in hope to debug on the block the situation there with which side is causing the problem well. Im not going to an attribute the responsibility for a non emergence of consensus around. The deal but i think in any other situations i think we are very much committed to where they are with the u. N. To make these agreements these tentative agreements in stock on these areas which have been identified those Priority Areas happen and the detention Exchange Program according to all my organization and would be of course very important confidence building step