The u. K. Parliament for a straight yes or no vote paris johnson is adamant the u. K. Will leave the e. U. In 10 days despite being forced to ask for another delay speaker of the house of commons will decide shortly whether to allow it to go ahead lets go live to london lawrence lee is standing by for us there so will he or wont he allow it to go ahead lawrence. Well they it looks like he wont but im not necessarily sure it matters tremendously because even if he doesnt allow it to go ahead then Boris Johnson will push ahead with trying to get the withdrawal bill into law starting on on choose and thats when it gets really hairy to be honest with you because if you ask 100 suppose medical experts here whos going to win those votes then frankly no ones going to get to be able to give you an honest answer what we do know some of this happened over the course of the last few days of the 2 warring ends of the conservative policy those moderates who really dont like Boris Johnsons deal on the on the center of the party and on the real hard line and of the party who would never 6 months ago have it would have accepted Boris Johnsons deal most of those have now capitulated i think mostly because theyre so worried that if they dont get this through then frankly brix it might not happen at all without a 2nd referendum or Something Like that and so all the attention now is focused on the 10 m. P. s in parliament from the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party and about the same number of labor m. P. s in the opposition who the conservatives are cool seeing enormously to see if they are prepared to go against the will of jeremy cole been in there and their leadership to back leaving and under Boris Johnsons terms but it is absolutely within a vote or 2 either way and the straight fact is if Boris Johnson loses some amendments on tuesday nights an alternative proposition for the whole u. K. Senate Customs Union or a 2nd referendum then his whole deal gets abandoned and he has to go to the European Union toss for a long extension if those 2 engines fail then hell say fine im pushing through on these bases im going to get a short one else for a short extent of the European Union and based on that he might still get his deal but well know a lot more by the end of tuesday all right thanks so much lawrence lee that. Still ahead on aljazeera bolivias president faces a tough road ahead to secure a 4th consecutive term in power. And sunny skies across eastern sections of china not too bad as well. You can see here skies we have got some rain through the interior and in particular quite heavy at times its working its way east was across the towards here bay and also eventually down into weve got one or 2 sheilds like he is well into the fall northeastern portion of vietnam probably more as we go through wednesday and thats when the rain through the interior actually pushes this way for the south but again mostly to hong kong 28 year high on wednesday but the cloud beginning to push eastwards and covering most of shanghai so not cold with a high of 23 but a fairly catty picture. Again across southern sections of india not just what were watching here actually the bear is 97 a is the name it has its sunny just a disturbance but what its doing is really pumping all this moisture back along these coastal areas so yes again maharashtra youre really in for a wet couple of days but that rain extending right the way down into carola cloudy skies across into much of sri lanka you can see how these rains as a say working the way for the east was as well so this is what were watching to see if it develops but as i say even if it doesnt it will produce very heavy rains which could lead to flooding particularly through the west. To notice theyre a. Very dont believe in the 2 state solution do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war i am anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter the room to 0. Welcome back youre watching obviously or a time to recap headlines this hour lebanons Prime Minister saddle heidi has announced a series of reforms to appease protesters include cutting politician salaries in half and reducing the countrys huge deficit he says he would also support early elections u. S. Troops have crossed into iraq as part of their withdrawal from the old syria convoys pass through the south and the Border Crossing its heading into iraqs northern kurdish region the british Prime Minister is trying to push his last minute break that deal to the u. K. Parliament for a straight yes or no vote Boris Johnson is adamant the u. K. Will leave the e. U. In 10 days this by being forced to ask for another delay. Same sex marriage in Northern Ireland will be legalized in a matter of hours but the historic changes have sparked controversy especially because they were brought in by the u. K. Parliament not Northern Irelands assembly. Reports now from belfast. Campaigners have gathered outside the power sharing assembly here at stormont and anticipation of seismic changes to the law because midnight laws surrounding abortion and same sex marriage will change bringing Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the u. K. For the moment Northern Ireland has some of the strictest support in laws anywhere in the world is but underneath all circumstances including cases of rape incest and fatal fetal abnormality when a fetus has very little to 0 chance of surviving outside the womb for many campaigners these changes are a matter of human rights at midnight history will be me it finally we will say good bye to these oppressive laws that have police star bodies and our health care no longer will women who need abortions be treated as criminals this has been a Long Time Coming but finally our rights and our health care is being brought into the 21st century so are these changes happening well for the past 2 and a half years the power sharing government here at stormont hasnt been fully functioning it collapsed way over a 1000 days ago in the midst of a Corruption Scandal and the problem has been made significantly worse as a result of brechts it its upset the balance between unionists who identify as british nationalists who identify as irish and it significantly reduce the incentive on members of the power sharing assembly from coming back and taking up their seats not everyone here though is happy about these forthcoming changes to the law for many its seen as stripping away the rights of the unborn child we will in continue to ensure that the unborn child has a voice and we will expose the politicians here in the field to turn up here today to form a government in order to stop this terrific piece of legislation from being forced in Northern Ireland while some members of the assembly have actually come back here for the 1st time in 2 and a half years to take up their seat largely in protest against these forthcoming changed. To the law but not enough of them are here to be able to block it given the absence of any fully functioning assembly or government the government in westminster now has had more of a say about what happens here in Northern Ireland going forward. Haitian president german and mores is under increasing pressure to step down its violent protest the stabilize the country people have called for his resignation since august citing shortages and widespread corruption shall about us reports. Patients are angry at president juvenal in more ways than they are unleashing their frustrations on the street supporters. They blame always who if you should use corruption inflation and the lack of basic goods they want him to resign i. Think. Its very simple these are the demands of everyone the police and everyone this is a country that has a sickness the country has turned to mathematics where you have problems to solve everywhere since coming to power in february 2017 more is a struggle. The Opposition Movement refused to recognize his victory and spurred the rebellion against him he hasnt had a government since march because the opposition wouldnt approve morses nominations. Their accusations that he is to blame for all of haitis problems its growing louder by the day. Im tired of this i voted for and then but im disappointed my vote has gone unnoticed i os 7 now to wake up to decide to ation in the country. Its been this way for 6 weeks protesters sit up barricades and 2 rocks at police who responded with tear gas and shotgun pellets they scatter regroup and start again. 20 people have been killed and more than 200 injured boy says watch from afar really seen outside his residence. On thursday protesters stopped him from holding an annual celebration of haitis Founding Fathers and state he held a private ceremony. And to hear the security have. A bad name i am calling on haitians and we need to unite to fight this. Protest is responded with the wrong message that was good if you have a little bit of morality a little bit of nationalism if you have a little bit of love for the country then please hand over the keys because the people cant stand it any longer raskin you to step down step down. As they try to smoke out of his seat is committed to talk but not resign leaving the future increasingly unclear ballasts. Spains acting Prime Minister is accuse the president of the catalonia region of failing to ensure peace between pro and anti secession protesters Pedro Sanchez made the comment as he visited barcelona to meet with Police Officers who were injured after a week of violent demonstrations rallies have been held in the city since 9 catalan process leaders were jailed last monday over their role in the failed independence within 2017 chiles government has extended a nighttime curfew to cities across the country the military is struggling to keep control as protests and civil unrest spread in response to violent protests against the cost of living at least 8 people have been killed in rioting. People in venezuela mourning the death of an opposition activist and former Community Leader hundreds gathered in the capital caracas after a nondollar others charred body was found with Bullet Wounds rather had been missing for 24 hours. The e. U. Is calling for a cease fire in afghanistan Officials Say the breakdown in u. S. Taliban talks last month is an opportunity to push for a truce on sunday u. S. Defense secretary marcus both made an unannounced visit to kabul in an attempt to revive those negotiations President Donald Trump broke off talks with the taliban after the armed Group Carried out a bomb attack in kabul that killed 12 people including an american soldier u. S. Defense secretary mark asper says while the results of afghanistans election have been delayed his country remains committed to the region regardless of the outcome of the election our Security Partnership with afghanistan will remain strong our mission in afghanistan has not changed we continue to conduct Counterterrorism Operations while supporting the development of the n. D. S. Of the United States remains father committed to helping afghans create a peaceful stable and prosperous afghanistan and of supporting the afghans efforts led by the government towards peace. Canadians are heading to the polls in an election that could see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau struggle to keep his liberal party in office trudeaus facing a strong challenge from the opposition conservatives led by andrew scheer. Its a race that has both parties neck and neck preelection polling has shown that neither of the parties are forecast to win an absolute majority of seats in parliament. Preliminary Election Results in bolivia put the president even more hours ahead but it looks like hell have to run a runoff in this moron as doesnt appear to have enough support to win a 4th term in office out writes John Heilemann reports. Was the bolivian president ial elections look set for a 2nd round the 1st time since ever moralists surged to power nearly 14 years ago preliminary results show the incumbent picking up 45 percent of the vote was his nearest challenger Carlos Messer not far behind with 38 enough for a runoff. And celebrated as if it was a win it so. Says that at the moment a collision this is a Crucial Point after almost 14 long years the bolivian people have taken a decision in defense of a democracy that needs to be consolidated and renovated. The president were and is didnt accept these results is definitive 83 percent of the votes have been counted so far he believes those still to ride from rural areas give him an out right when he was hit the general as always we trust the vote in the countryside thats why were going to wait until the last vote is being counted to continue with our process of change. Whatever happens this election is being seen as a setback for a man whos used to winning by a landslide ever since supporters celebrating the fact that it did come 1st in this round of voting but in the last election he got 60 percent of the phone so its popularity rating has come down. To libyans a divided many like schoolteacher learn to keep faith with president. Hes always tough poverty and kept the economy growing again. In the governments before that wasnt development they had the chance and they didnt do it but ever arrived and made the economy grow it might not have got to all of it but he has tried. And if you eric thinks differently about the longest standing president of the davies history that i was going to. Was we want to see a new candidate whos going to take the country to a Better Future we think that with evo will just stagnate. A minute its not just a desire for change through also worried that were alice is slowly eroding democracy in the country. Just to run in this election and change the constitution and defied a referendum in which the electorate narrowly rejected that i guess they could be away for up to 7 days the remaining 1st from votes to be counted and to see if the president were on his knees full of was of a full term to celebrate another electoral votes of all the heads john home and i would 0 pas. A london court has denied a request to delay the extradition hearings for wiki leaks founder Julian Assange the 48 year old remains in custody you see tries to fight extradition to the u. S. Thats where he faces charges of conspiring to hack into a government computer at the pentagon his legal team asked for a 3 month delay to prepare their case but the judge ruled for hearing will go ahead in february as planned. Police in hong kong are patrolling the streets as protesters voiced their anger over a ban on masks in one of the communist Party Newspaper in Mainland China described hong kongs Education System as a disease that must be treated the author described liberal studies being told that schools fostering illegal behavior and the government demonstrations began 5 months ago sparked by an extradition bill which is now been withdrawn. And lets take you through some of the headlines here now dizzier now the lebanese Prime Minister has announced a series of new reforms as thousands protest demanding his resignation saddle harry promise to cut in half salaries of politicians he also vowed to get banks to contribute over 3000000000. 00 towards the deficit and one tired new taxes the 2020 budget. For the past few days the government has not been walking forward that is why our young men and women have given us 1000000 chances they have reached a state of despair and as a result of this despair they exploded they took to the streets to express their anger and each and every one voiced their own demands these demands are diverse and lawful however the only one demand they all call for is dignity and respect. U. S. Troops have crossed into iraq as part of their withdrawal from Northern Syria a convoy is gone to the south had a Border Crossing the Northern Province of the hawk its heading into territory controlled by the peshmerga in Northern Iraq semi autonomous kurdish region. The british Prime Minister hopes to push is break the deal to the u. K. Parliament for a straight yes or no vote Boris Johnson is adamant the u. K. Will leave the e. U. In 10 days this right being forced to ask for another delay the speaker of the house of commons will decide shortly whether to allow the debate to go ahead thousands of haitians of again rallied against the president accusing him of corruption and being responsible for an economic crisis demonstrations have intensified in the past 6 weeks the u. N. Says at least 30 people have been killed during that time spains acting Prime Minister is accused the president of the catalonia region of failing to ensure peace between pro and anti secession protesters. Made the comment as he visited barcelona to meet with Police Officers who were injured after a week of violent demonstrations have been held in the city since 9 catherine pro separatist leaders were jailed last monday. China is calling on taiwan to reunify with the mine. Face the consequences one of 150 gates taiwans determination to remain independent on 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 fattals influence how does the i. C. R. C. Make sure the Geneva Conventions are followed the president of the International Committee of the red cross. Talks to aljazeera. Peter maer 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 the 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 and. Ever ask this question to the president of i. C. R. C. To get the bright view of the world class was the core of our mandate remains to assist and 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 increasing number of conflicts deeply engaged the fact that we see in the increasing 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 this reverberates. The impossibility at the present moment of 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 the versity 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 theaters to respect or to know about the laws and i think kids sometimes at this store to view this body or floor ways are 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 conflicts 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 village urines to engage with us and to improve so 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. 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. 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 and their 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 a 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 in that 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 fear there is Software Operations in yemen 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 terry an assistance and protection board crane 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 violence continues and as 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 who dated deal was paul. Out of 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. Was supposed to be dealing with that negotiating making it happen i dont believe a single prisoner has been exchanged as it will 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 and 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 a diplomatic deal but i think in any other situations i think we are very much committed to were there with the u. N. To make the 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. Which hopefully would least tensions in other areas as well lets move to another conflict in the middle east to syria which is our no is your largest operation in the world currently we heard consistently over a war thats lasted 8 and a half years from World Leaders there is no military solution in syria and yet we watched one play out as sad as carried out with the help of the russians and the a military solution are you dismayed that a series of deescalation zones were picked off one by one we certainly have witnessed the same discrepancy and i have myself. Highlighted in public statements the same discrepancy over the last couple of years step for 8 years we have heard. Political leaders talking about the fact that there is no military solution while pursuing on the ground military solutions in syria i. C. R. C. As a humanitarian organization doesnt pronounce itself on the justification or not of military operation we are concerned about how these military operation are can do you were once diligence the site to go to war and in that sense we have even more been this stressed by the. Repetitive violations of International Humanitarian law in the conduct of us still it is in the use of weapons in the treatment of detainees so syria unfortunately has been and has become an emblematic conflict over the last couple of years were the balance between the respect in this respect has been very unfavorable in terms of the treatment of civilians the treatment of detainees. And i think we we can only hope that. In a foreseeable future we we find that least ceasefire type arrangements which give reprieve to the civilian population which has so much suffered in that syrian context particularly in because many from other parts of syria fled to it look there are 3000000 people there it looks like it might be the last the most bloody battle of the war there weve seen consistent attacks on hospitals a medical centers that can only have been carried out by the Syrian Government and the russians i know you dont like to talk about specifics but attacks on hospitals and medical centers is not clearly against the Geneva Conventions and well its certainly not that. Far and to the extent that hospitals are you would. Hospitals not. Bases for military operations and so each case has always talked be locked out at a very specific early having said that we are concerned. The syrian conflict again has been. At the top of those conflicts in which military attacks have been laid against humanitarian installations hospitals medical workers. Which have been particularly hit with regard to your special role looking after prisoners in conflict in syria let me ask you about those 1st those that are held in assads prisons because there are so many families who dont know what has happened to their loved ones with the being tortured whether they be murdered what statistics do you have what access do you have we do visit detainees in syria which have been. Under d. Or thought it is off the civilian military soft ministries of the ministry of interior so we use we do visit to regular detainees in. In in detention facilities in syria but we do not have access to those who have been detained in the context of the hostilities in syria by the armed forces or or other Security Services so this is an issue which remains of big concern in terms of access and thats also due reason why i. C. R. C. As an observer participates in the stunna talks and then the working groups on detainees and missing people we are particularly concerned and i see it myself when visiting those contacts to see how much distress the insecurity about where people are. Is imposing on so many so many syrians so we have seen syrians flooding icier seize office is over the last 2 years in particular since there has been in certain parts of syria a little bit of a reprieve on military hostilities they have contacted us they are looking for dear missing relatives which are either dead or in detention to which we have not access not access yet hopefully the other population of prisoners i want to focus on are those that were part in syria and iraq of i saw some of those have ended up in custody i know you went to the al whole camp recently perhaps you can describe the conditions theyre being held in and how concerned you are. Well as you know there are those who have been fighters or suspected fighters and i. C. R. C. Has in iraq and northeastern syria. Some not complete access to those who are detained in prison and there are those who are relatives of. Families of foreign fighters which are at the present moment in big numbers in the whole camp. Where to go no one will take women the other country thats right and still 90 percent of those in the whole are syrians in the rockies and i. C. R. C. Has been able to access the camp to mount the humanitarian operation together with partners of the movement with the norwegian red cross we have been able to build a hospital we are cooking 20000 meals a day in a whole camp for the inhabitants but it remains a very dire situation for all those who are stuck at the present moment in a hole and thats the reason why we encourage all countries to make the best they can a breeding ground for further extremists well certainly it has been our view ill treatment in the tension and insufficient access for humanitarian act to restore facilities like the ones in the hole in the insufficient possibilities to scale and speed up humanitarian assistance is creating conditions which are certainly not favorable to reconsider the asian told positive reintegration of those who are dear so we are constantly appealing. To the International Community and the respective governments in the region to deal with this important issue to give a perspective to those who are detained to. Give more access and more facilities to humanitarian organization and for those. Foreigners who are dear to be taken back by their countries of origins and either adjudicated or liberated depending on what. The exact situation of each one is i was surprised when looking at your figures for prisoners around the world at the place where you have the most missing people potentially being detained its on another continent its in nigeria well the numbers of 22000. 00 is that right thats right and its in terms of statistics of people having come to the i. C. R. C. And looking for people missing its indeed the largest figure. Per country that we have seen emerging its not so surprising when you look at the landscape i have highlighted for a long time that the i. C. R. C. Is concerned by the by the dynamic of violence war and displacement in the sahara and the Lake Chad Basin and i think its just a lack of attention and visibility of conflict region. Through the International Community which is of concern is one once you look at what has happened over the last couple of years in that region you are a weirdo. Millions have been displaced as they have in the middle east with almost no visibility and sometimes with little access and little humanitarian response that that is happening so is the problem that the International Community initially saw this is a mali problem they put 16000. 00 u. N. Peacekeepers in mali and the problem is now gone from mali still there too but its spreading a lie. To suggest and offer a yes the International Community thought it was a mali problem and probably the International Community also thought it was an exclusively security problem and i think a lot of time and then the g and the resources have gone into creating the g 5 hell in creating the Multinational Task force around the lake chart and to find the military response to all some of the insecurity emerging over the last couple of years and while when you visit the region it pops to your eyes that there is longstanding developmental. Reasons which contribute to the fragility of this complex that there is Climate Change migration and population displacements which comes on top of a very war torn and violent situation in which we find ourselves so i think its really a very selective view with which the International Community has looked at. Continent and theres a hell and charge in particular the europeans only look through the eyes of migrants coming to them and maybe insufficiently look at the complexity of the origin of fragility and population displacements in the sahara and the lake chad you mention Climate Change we normally deal with that as an environmental problem but how much of a problem is a driver for conflict do you see in the future when you look at the list stuff countries most race from Climate Change and you look at my priority list of conflict war and violence these almost match 8 of 10. Places in the world which are Top Priorities to i. C. R. C. To respond to war at the same time most fragile in terms of. Climate change so there is obviously a link between Climate Change induced fragility and violence induced fragility we see it visible in the sun held because the changing rainfall patterns have fundamentally changed the behavior of cultural ists and pastoralist people start to move toward. Lands which have been. In the in other productions circles of what the herders stayed and so herders farmers encounter in a difficult sector and in the increasing lean narrow space because of Climate Change induced Population Movement so this adds to the complexity of the situation and certainly demands some new forms of humanitarian response we are looking for instance at the present moment what means an adaptation to changing rainfall patterns as what does it mean for humanitarian organizations like us and we try to see how we can strengthen the resilience of communities the productive capacities sort of new crops and new ways of doing business and the wing and go into the field so we look at new forms of human and theory and assistance which is more adapted to the double challenge of violence and Climate Change peter maer a president of the International Committee of the red cross thank you for talking to our thanks a lot. On counting the cost for 7. 00 word tweet that proved. How to try to silence his critics denies access to its 14 trillion dollar economy the cost of hiring an oil tanker is soaring for the lazy and fisherman facing financial losses counting the cost on aljazeera. Aljazeera where every. Strangers from across new york with a claim in common abuse at the hands of a prominent priest and a shot of rows back and down to grab hopefully handles like to start again just so theres an inch fold lines gains exclusive access to the accusers and questions the accused how long do you think the Cardinal Dolan will contain and protect you as more men come out in the latest chapter in a scandal that shaken the Catholic Church to its foundations in bad faith on a. This is aljazeera. Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching the news hour live from our headquarters here in coming up in the next 60 minutes lebanons Prime Minister says the cabinet has agreed to a number of economic measures to calm public anger but protesters among more political reforms. The u. S. Withdraws from syria and its troops cross into the northern kurdish region of iraq also. The u. K. Speaker of the house has blocked m. P. s from holding a new vote on the brics a deal will be live in westminster with the latest plus no longer will women who need abortions be treated as criminals this has been a Long Time Coming some of the strictest abortion laws in the u. K. Disappear at midnight tonight in Northern Ireland. I didnt support last minute football in colombia to avert a loss but its strike the club with the federation of threatening to tell by contract if players go ahead with the action. Ok lets begin in lebanon the Prime Minister. Today announcing a series of new reforms as tens of thousands of protesters continue to demand his resignation mr hariri promised to cut salaries of some politicians in hoff also to get banks to contribute over 3000000000. 00 towards the deficit and not add new taxes to next years budget reports in the capital beirut. The people have spoken calls go beyond fighting corruption they want accountability and early elections and they say they arent leaving the streets until that happens protests are growing by the day the lebanese government however is refusing to step aside instead it is offering a plan that is supposed to fix the economic crisis without hitting the public with more taxes my thats awful within. The cabinet and how many but it was a deficit of 0. 6 percent when we had no. Salary by the top officials in the later years and that was not a lot of what i think vietnam had to be half as a part of the going on with your package the central. That will help in reducing the deficit by i dont know. The disaster time but i think it might not we. Still what i have been calling for i will not want to scare you and thats the government which i know we are attacked your peaceful. Too little too late the proposed reforms are not enough to calm the anger you know. They are right they have enough. If the. Prime minister the president and other people have. Given if they think that there was a more positive one. I would begin to believe that. The way forward according to the protesters involves the government resigning a Transitional Council made up of judges who dont have political affiliations taking over until elections and those elections will be held under a new law whereby lebanon will become one single constituency and sects will no longer just elect their own sectarian leaders. Demands the governing alliance has already rejected the protesters are up against those in power who wont hesitate to use it but there is hope. For the. Position. Were all going to be doing. For many here its a new beginning. Those who are taking part in this protest movement say it is a rejection of the political elite have been in power for decades exploiting the sectarian system of government at the expense of building a strong state that view the states resources to maintain support in their communities now some of their supporters have risen up against that the 1st and the serious challenge. The path for political change in lebanon has now been drawn but the road ahead wont be easy i think the most important thing now is the sense of liberation. From security it is in. The field believed to be protected and the be mobilized within her to be nice to live together and i think thats crossing the beyond the. Crowds this size protesting for this long young old. Rich poor Muslim Christian and without backing from Political Parties has not happened in lebanons recent history a revolution seems to have already happened jennifer there. Live to beirut correspondent stephanie tickets for the protests is this a case of too little too late. It does seem to be the case certainly from the people weve been speaking to. The street here where marchers square and they were all people remain on the streets not just here but also in the Northern City of tripoli and the message from them is that these reforms are a good step feature theyre not rejecting that but what theyre rejecting is those who are supposed to implement the one man i was talking to said how can the people who cools the problems fix them say we need the billions of dollars the millions of dollars that have been embezzled by is so easy i 10 people by the elites that say if this country we need to come back to the people to the country and then go from there we are expecting to hear a press conference just here from Civil Society where they will be rejecting the demands in the sense that they want the government to step down they want a transitional body made up of independent judges to run the country to prepare for new elections and they also want it to take place under a nonsectarian system and i think this is something important that everyone has been saying one man said to me you know the great thing about this is that the shirt to sectarianism has been pulled off the backs i think because its so ingrained in this country these images that youre seeing of a crosssection of society under the lebanese flag is something thats really being celebrated but having said that there are complicated days ahead nobody knows how this is going to play out people want the government to go it is not going is going to steam or is it going to continue and if it continues what is the government are the complicated Party Politics at play here going to accept it to continue so again time. But certainly significant times here and people will tell you it was you heard him say this package there that this is these are extraordinary times here and when those demonstrators those protest his staff were listening to say terry might have been thinking these a promise is all the kind of promises weve heard before. Absolutely promises weve heard before the fact that its like you know the electricity sets in the Telecommunications Sector being record someone told me yesterday they were supposed to do that 10 years ago people dont trust the they say theyre lying theyve been lying to us for 30 years which is why they want these people to change but thats going to be incredibly difficult but the fact that you have this amount of pressure on the politicians on the political elite that are now still probably from what we understand bickering behind the scenes but united in the in the face of the United People they have to come up with some kind of a solution so it appears that how do these words were a piece that each of them very carefully he said to people that youre calling for dignity if you were by no means expecting you to find these reforms acceptable were not all skin you to go home there is no ultimatum i will take responsibility i will make sure that you are safe these home protesters we have to ensure the state has to ensure that you are safe because theres a lot of concern here because of the way in lebanon works the Party Politics certain parties have their own you know thugs if you will to call them send them to the streets make a mess give the army a reason to disperse its very complicated no one can tell you how its going to go but its certainly not the moment its just again the evening is started its day 6. People say its a good start but its not enough. Thanks very much. Ok lets take a closer look at the challenges facing levanon well the high cost of living and a struggling economy mean most people do struggle to get by crumbling roads and a lack of jobs the result of an enormous 86000000000. 00 public debt and more than a 3rd of young people are unemployed lebanons politics is sectarian in nature to represent its diverse population its made up of Christians Sunni and shia muslims as well as other minorities but they tend to vote along religious lines makes changing the political system difficult no group is big enough to command a majority in the parliament so any new government would be a Fragile Alliance between the same religious factions lets talk tonight amsellem hes a professor of International Affairs and diplomacy at Notre Dame University in lebanon he joins us from beirut welcome to the news so its not enough for the protesters hotels can the government offer. Well when mr how do you declare it the decision of the council of ministers are a little over 2 hours ago i myself was hoping that this decision represented the minimum bare minimum which the. Public would expect just now before i enter the studio once again we hear the minister of industry what i love of our lord who is. Present is misunderstood what you draw a lot in common a backing and a driving at the ministers of the president michel on which reflects is of there is no how to money. And cabinet and this is very dangerous and instead of the whole cabinet moving in one direction. That should be among them much harder money we seize this hard money not exist thats one but regarding the. Expected decisions to be taken was the lifting of most important of these was the lifting of banking secrecy on orders of officials and ministers and the president who are in government who have been in government for long time we didnt hear of this this is very important as you know that in a war that are still 2 states who have banking secrecy one is a swindle and is living on and does also have robbed the government for decades now they hide behind the banking secrecy and to where whereby we dont know how much money do they have and where is that money we expect that and the whole public was expecting to look at the banking secrecy on Government Official all Government Official this was not declared or this was not taken into consideration which vote is negatively and bad for the reform if we dont start with the officials in government declaring for us how much money was going on and to where did they get. This money from what sources did they get this morning and we know they own and they have and their process many hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets and in their bank account and this is not this are not their jew money this is ok corrupt money which they have taken from us ok mr stern just to back up a little bit when you talking there about different members of the cabinet sniping at each other for the protesters could that actually end up as being a positive because some analysts are looking in on this and saying look the demonstration the protest movement is pretty
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