Removed from office addressed the nation for the 1st time since the crisis began he presented his solution by promising to fight corruption and invited the protesters to engage in dialogue. With the regime cannot be toppled from the streets the regime must be changed through conditional tools now we have economic models to bring jobs we also have concerns about the economy i am willing to listen to your demands i am waiting for you his invitation was swiftly rejected Civil Society activists say that people have heard promises like these before the president s speech did not address promises that he will address corruption and try to return some of the stolen money but thats just promises that there is no confidence. With the people that they will actually that the government will follow through and recover the stolen money they say they want radical change they want new faces in power who are not affiliated with the governing parties and theyre promising to keep lebanon on lockdown until that happens blocking the roads is very essential because we have to keep the country as paralyzed this possible of course everything related to food water transport the main the people who cant afford maybe to meet week to eat meat or drink the governing Coalition Says the protest is only worsening the economic crisis theyre also accusing opposition politicians of riding the wave of popular anger to push their own political agenda the governing coalition is refusing to resign and ignoring calls for early. I should say there was a just change can only happen at the ballot box. Point to time both sides are not budging the stalemate is dangerous and a deeply divided society. So far the army has not taken a side it hasnt used Excessive Force to open roads it hasnt emptied squares it has kept the antigovernment demonstrators and loyalists apart there have been counter protest by supporters of Political Parties in power so far theyve been spontaneous and limited in numbers that can change. They vote. Well much more ahead here on news hour including a vigil for 39 people found dead in a truck near london all of the victims from china. And the heir to the sun some 10 pirates a court with his future in the balance. But in sports the former World ChampionLewis Hamilton hits back at his critics ahead of the mexico. The iraqi Prime Minister has explained how he plans to appease public anger there be more antigovernment protests in baghdad and they started early this month and more than 100. 00 people have been killed since protesters say the governments failed to deliver on its promises of more jobs and training the police to be must lean had that that we plan to reduce the salaries of officials in the president ial offices and ministries as well as members of parliament and executive managers of National Public entities the funds derived from the reduction of salaries along with contributions from the state will be used to establish a social welfare fund that ensures that no iraqi lives below the poverty line and that any iraqi without income will receive a monthly grant of no less than 110. 00 u. S. Dollars the council of ministers will submit the draft law to the house of representatives for approval. The final count by bolivias electoral board has given president evo morales an outright victory meaning he wont have to face a 2nd round but runner up colace meza is a fizzing to accept the result and International Pressure is growing for another vote on hold and how small from a pass there was a huge march snaked through the center of the powers on thursday almost certainly the biggest since discontent began over bolivias elections and that im not going there and were protesting because they dont respect outright or democracy. The anger numbers on the streets appear to increase after president ever morale is said that he was the outright winner of the bolivian elections. We won the 1st round electoral authorities later confirmed his win but there is doubt over that vote and not just from these protesters the European Union and the organization of american states also voiced concerns especially about an almost 24 hour freezing of the rapid vote count just when it indicated that this was going to a 2nd round. When the count came back online rallies was suddenly heading for an outright 1st round win on thursday a usually fragmented opposition united around Carlos Messer the leading challenger to moralise. But he made the coordination in defense of democracy resolves to 1st call for a 2nd election round administered in a peaceful and impartial way 2nd to call on citizens social organizations and institutions to continue to hold peaceful rallies until the voters respect and. Many still support president morales he was the favorite going into the election partly thanks to well distribution programs that have almost hall of poverty he called this a coup and chided the organization of american states for questioning the process look at the internet you love use your i dont want to think. The oas mission is already taking part in a coup detat i dont know if they understood me yesterday that oh yes as a whole should evaluate themselves and the mission it sent as well president morale is has really addressed the main criticism here that almost 24 hour gap between results instead is hit back accusing hand to make homelessness or of being a criminal im saying that the young people protesting against them have been paid with money or with better grades. Was we put that to students on the march is enough but. Its disrespectful to say that to the universities and the students hes trying to minimize or vote they havent paid us or given us grades this is actually affecting us because this week we had exams. Protests strikes all burning of public buildings and many of the levy is departments the crisis is if anything deepening John Holdren Al Jazeera pass. Protests continue in neighboring chile this is how it looked earlier on the streets of santiago at least 18 people are being killed since the antigovernment demonstrations began a week ago. But the army called but the today i want to see good news with my countrymen today we signed in seemed to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose on average of 9. 2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost 7000000. 00 children households the protests the protests meanwhile have spread beyond the capital. City of party so police fired on crowds who were throwing stones several stalls have been looted and it follows with is Vice President of the council of americas which works to promote democracy he says pereira doesnt have a lot of options. President s already tried to placate them hes even apologized and asked for their forgiveness saying that he and his government fundamentally misunderstood some of their feelings and where theyre coming from he did announce a raft of reform Social Security reforms tax reforms rescind the planned hike in the transit c. And redistribution of some income etc but those reforms are going to take a while to work through the economy they havent even been implemented yet there is simply a statement of intent and i think you know once the genie is out of the bottle the protesters are saying well theres a lot more here than just the price of a ticket for us so i think theyre making their voices heard when they all go back is anybodys guess i know that the president and his government are very actively trying to find a solution to the protests and get it get the folks off the street and said to europe no way cundall it vigils been held in london for the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck a wednesday people gathered outside the u. K. Home wolf is the Government Department responsible for Immigration Police have confirmed the death with chinese citizens both hes with east of london after the trailer arrived from belgium lawrence lee how small. The belgian and the british Authorities Say theyve noticed a spike in attempts at people trafficking from belgium since the french authorities closed down the camps in cali and dunkirk and so it seems the criminal gangs are looking at belgium instead as a route to the u. K. And apparently are favoring refrigerated containers to put these people in is absolutely hideous as all that sounds politicians over here are expressing their horror and same keep saying much more must be done against these criminal gangs while completely ignoring the facts as human rights organizations keep saying these criminal gangs only make a living out of this because the asylum policies across the European Union absolutely terrible and the e. U. Keeps trying to put up fences and stop people coming in the 1st place and thats the reason why its so lucrative for criminal gangs to exploit people in this way just today that they are this happened east of london the European Parliament in strasbourg was asked to pass a resolution to make better search and rescue facilities in the mediterranean where over a 1000 people have drowned this year and that resolution was defeated by 2 votes because the center right in the European Parliament allowed itself to the far right to block it and so the European Union says its into human rights while maintaining a policy of trying to stop people coming in and that ultimately is the reason why the criminal gangs are doing so well and people keep dying in this way u. S. Vice president mike pence has criticized chinas record on trade and human rights a day ahead of another round of talks between the worlds 2 largest economies depends also says a good constructive relationship is still possible no longer will america and its leaders hope that Economic Engagement alone will transform communist chinas thora tyrian state into a free and open society. That respects private property the rule of law and International Rules of commerce instead is the president s 2017 National Security strategy articulated. The United States now recognizes china as a strategic and economic rival. And i can attest firsthand a Strong Majority of the American People in the city and on the farm are behind president trumps clear eyed vision of the u. S. China relationship. Businesses across the u. S. Are hoping for a resolution to the trade war with china before too many jobs the last work is that the chinese train that Manufacturing Firm in chicago particularly what it has john hendren reports. From the chicago skyline follow the southbound tracks for half an hour and youll arrive at the latest battleground in the u. S. China trade war in this gleaming new 100000000. 00 manufacturing plant chinas c r r c is building the 1st of 800 Passenger Rail cars for chicagos elevated trains but congress is now considering banning the company from making trains here unfortunately. We along with some others are. A much bigger issue the trade war and the political. Strife and issues that are going on between china and. These wires. Here meet the next potential casualties of the trade war. Of. The worlds the work c. R. C. Has 300 workers at a plant in massachusetts in plans to double the 90 here in chicago but china has a major image problem here we cant allow china to rid myself of the force of god. With donald trump sparking an economic battle with the worlds 2nd largest economy the bill to blacklist china from Passenger Rail projects that received federal funding which is virtually all of them has drawn support from both parties since pullman built its last car in 1968 no american manufacturer makes Passenger Rail cars the trade war launched by the trumpet ministration aims in part at increasing business and employment here in the United States but mistrust between the 2 countries is so great that the u. S. Seems intent on punishing china even if it means it also hurting jobs in manufacturing here at home some members of Congress Fear chinas growing Economic Dominance and the National Security threat posed by what they claim could be listening devices imbedded. Didnt real cars critics call them spike trains c. R. C. Calls that ridiculous. Is not doing that. When. Bill still rail cars and delivers than to the Transit Authority takes full control of the rail cars economists say the us china conflict has begun to slow trade generally there are been a number of Economic Outlook economic forecasts that have said that the trade war is beginning to drag on the Global Economy generally trade is affecting Global Growth and that threatens to derail not just chinese manufacturers and american jobs but the Global Economy john hendren aljazeera chicago well still ahead hill the aljazeera news. They have to agree to a general election on the same by the 12th. Britains Prime Ministers Office Parliament more time to scrutinize his bricks and deal but with one big condition. And divided over a dictator spain attempts to various fascist past by moving Francisco Francos remains also meet the 6 year old from england whos hoping to become the next tiger woods those stories after the break. Hello it has not stopped raining in china far from it to venice in the rings picking up again were not talking about these little clusters of thunderstorms that just drift down towards vietnam and talk about this big arc of cloud which is developing over the tibetan class are producing rain right into the heart of central and Southern China was stoke confined to the high ground west and sichuan of course with this is significant rain but the clouds floating along way ahead should really be a dry time there just hasnt yet come in sight of all this and again a should have it should be the time of year when the rains go size and reach internees yet theyre a little bit lackadaisical a moment we are seeing showers particularly in borneo and theyre stretching up towards the southern philippines as sumatra and sudden thailand but not much in the way of rain is heading sasabe a few showers in jakarta but java now looks drawee for the next couple of days its across finger time i think but maybe this is the reason why the monsoon rains arent retreating anymore either if anything they seem to be going back up we have a development off the west coast of india this could be a tropical depression forming in the arabian sea and affecting the rain still in maharashtra. The weather sponsored by catherine. And this life the most incredible stories are often true. And sharing go on experiences. Makes the unfamiliar for me. In this life diversity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much great of the soul and this law is what i want to use as freedom of expression. The right to more each. Shining. Into the darkness. Because youre disloyal the desire to understand the world. Makes us human. And the human condition is universal. In the backyard of the officer of me said holroyd with a reminder of our top stories on this news the pentagon says its sending additional military assets to syria 2 weeks after president trouble called for all troops to be withdrawn the Defense Department says theyll help protect serial oilfields from falling into the hands of isis fighters. Lebanons president has offered to meet protestors to help save the country from collapse after more than a week of antigovernment protests and also suggested a reshuffle was possible but added that the government should not be. Toppled from the streets. Bolivias electoral board has given evo morales the president an outright a victory meaning he wont have to face a 2nd round vote but runner up Carlos Mercer is refusing to accept the result and International Pressures are growing for another vote. Now thailands former military rulers in government or terribly arrested detained and prosecuted its critics over the past 5 years that this is according to a Human Rights Watch report page r. W. Say that since the 2014 military coup officials have used repressive laws to silence opponents and this is continued after elections in march which are described as a return to democracy the authors point to what they describe as the abuse of sedition laws and say hundreds have been charged under legislation brevity in political gatherings of 5 or more people report once thailands government to drop all pending criminal charges against those who only crime was peaceful speech and Assembly John sifton is the asia advocacy director for Human Rights Watch and joins me now via skype from new york good to have you on the program sir we will sort of topic seem to be offending the authorities and getting various members of the public into hot water over the past 5 years the military country has prosecuted hundreds and hundreds of people for criticizing the government for a car and for a return to democracy for doing something thats a knock u. S. Is using 3 fingers Katniss Everdeen uses. That is a crime apparently according to the military hunt the problem is that since the elections. In march this year. The new government is using all of these same laws and to continue to prosecute people in too many people to create the well thousands of people to be called him when the 100. Or so attitude adjustment is still in force and current government is us and simply a democratically elected government is. Still now as this to create the response to bring in critics question if they criticize. Of course Excessive Military dominated or led regimes in thailand sort of rarely being happy with sort of free speech all criticism of the rule so how would this report that youve produced changed the reality on the ground that want to speak out all full interNational Public pressure on bangkok. Well its well known in thai politics if theres been a lot of back and forth between military coups democratically elected governments but somethings different now we now have the socalled democratically which is really a democratically elected constitution under which this current government was written by a month very hard to seize power in 2014 passed through a referendum that was not free or so this is not really a democracy yeah trickle production military hunt. Here and this report and sensually sense that all of the decree is milans continue to prosecute free speech and to go after critics are still on the books and they are still being used to go after critics regardless of your criticism of the current government in buying call it isnt the reality that it is and therefore youre appealing to International Governments to pressure thailand to stop these arbitrary arrests and detentions as well as the prosecutions whos going to take your report and move it forward because you need International Support a government level to put pressure on thailand at the moment theres no real pressure on thailand. Well there is a little bit of pressure the European Union is reviewing terence trade preferences the United States is awesome reviewing their tariffs their tariff levels with thailand and even the government to pay him which never criticize how quickly is concerned about employment going situation untile there are outside actors who are looking at this Southeast Asian issues has always been a firm how and questioning whether this is the best country and so we are calling on europe be. The u. K. The United States japan and australia and all of the Southeast Asian nations this tyrant is this really how you want to go do you want to go back to military. Do you want to go back to this type of rule what brought thailand form over our apps. Is a commitment to democracy it was a shining light to markers in Southeast Asia and now now its our state now and basically were saying to government talent if you really want to take part. Need to turn away from you know it very hard to read just them which is what happens certainly in thailand over the next few months and certainly your report impacts on them johnson from Human Rights Watch thanks so much for joining us from new york. 16 people have been sentenced to death for the murder of a young woman in bangladesh john ruffy was tied up down terracini and satellite in march after she refused to withdraw a Sexual Harassment complaint against the head teacher at her School Police say the principal who has denied any involvement ordered her murder from prison the case through protests across the country demanding justice turn over chandra has the latest from bangladesh capital dhaka. One of the most sensational murder case with a verdict of 16 people today one of the fastest in the countrys history what is unusual about this particular case is that a 19 year old school student. Was set on fire by a classmate along with other people for filing Sexual Harassment complaint against a Madrassa School principal now whats more unusual about the fact is that she made this statement after she got burned 80 percent of our body to our brother our brothers mobile phone which went viral in social media as well in local media and the local Community Leader along with a local politician and police tried to hide this fact and tried to prove this case this caused outrage across the nation there was protest rallies people wanted justice even the Prime Minister got involved he wanted justice to prevail and so it did today not that different in florida said they will appeal this particular case in the higher court not such family has been given Security Protection because that been coming under increased threat from from unknown people now in bangladesh in this particular area at least 2000 cases of Sexual Harassment against women and girls have been fine on an average of 11 dead this is quite a large sum in this particular case one of the fosters might be a deterrent this is an issue socially has to be resolved and the code has to be much more faster and efficient in giving vibing. Well staying in asia to the south korean electronic giants has been back in court for a retrial bribery charges jay wiley could face jail time after the Supreme Court rules the case should be heard again he had been given a 2 and a half year suspended sentence for seeking favors from former president. The scandal led to nationwide protests and talks impeachment correspondent robin bryant is live for us in seoul a case that really centers around bribery allegations a conviction a suspended sentence in the Supreme Court of sent back really reconsideration. Thats right so i mean the complexities aside it is actually quite a straightforward case when you look at the basic facts here this is as you mentioned jay wileys probably the most important business figure in the whole of south korea as you mentioned there hes the heir to the samsung empire here fact of li runs the company day to day just how big is sam so well it accounts for 20 percent of south koreas exports and he was caught up in the Corruption Scandal of the former President Park and he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery he served one year of that and then on appeal as you mentioned there his sentence was cut in half now and subsequently the prosecution then peeled against that decision and got a ruling in its favor from the Supreme Court which is sent it back here now to the high court weve just had the 1st hearing today a. J. Wiley arrived he didnt say much from apologising for the concern that this is caused in south korea he appeared very contrite at the hearing has just ended but it will come back to this court in the coming weeks and the concern is for genuinely and also for samsung that they could decide to reimpose a tougher sentence and it could mean that jo whiley has to go back behind bars and it is for samsung with a number of different problems it is facing at the moment the last thing it wants is to have its boss behind bars and of course rob the purge to root out corruption was intense we saw that several years and we saw former president s incarcerated how is this particular case if you didnt south korea generally in the wider context of the public still on board to see politics and big business cleaned up. It is certainly it certainly highlighted shine shine a light on this system of the chaebol this is the family run conglomerates that dominate the korean economy and have often been accused of wielding simply too much power now the current liberal administration of moon j. N. Has promised to try to tackle this power in the original Court Case Involving j. Widely he was found guilty of paying the bribes to actually smooth the way for his succession so samsung is the classic example of one of these j. Ball but this comes at a very tough time not only for some time but also the korean economy because its caught between this trade war between the United States and china and also its trade standoff with neighboring japan so that Current Administration knows that while it wants to see these reforms put in place it knows just how important the fate of samsung is to the whole of the korean economy right now say oh well of course well continue to follow whats going on in that courtroom up behind you through the day for the moment rob thank you lets head to africa now because tens of thousands of people in guinea have once again protested against the president s bid to change the law and stay in power campaigners say our condos should give way to a new leader he wants to change the west african nations constitution to allow him to run for a 3rd term 9 people have been killed during 10 days of protests some opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail time for organizing protests. To europe now where the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has offered to give parliament more time to look over his breakfast agreement if they agree to an election on december the 12th its johnsons 3rd attempt to try to force a snap vote and break the impasse over britains delayed departure from the e. U. Opposition parties have rejected the offer earlier this Week Parliament voted in favor of johnsons breaks a deal but then refused to meet his timetable of leaving the e. U. 31st needs barca has more from london. Forest on sun is looking for a general election very much because the government feels boxed in it was forced by m. P. s to seek an extension to the whole process after m. P. s back to the moment last month were expecting the e. U. To come back with exactly how long that extension should be in their eyes you know the germans of the irish are saying that it should be as long as the 31st of january and theres some fear from the government that if it is that long there be so many amendments forced upon the government for instance the idea of possibly including a 2nd referendum or changes to customs arrangements the boys themselves do you would seem to be the deal that he agreed with the e. U. Ceased to be the deal that appears just given a vote recently earlier this week appears to be getting more traction amongst opposition m. P. s as well but also also knows that the arithmetic in parliament is all off that hes 45 m. P. s short of a majority and that by putting it to the people in the form of a general election an election that he clearly feels that he can win that he will be able to rebalance the arithmetic in favor of his conservative party to get any deal passed comfortably in the british parliament. Well in the u. S. At least 40000 people have been told to leave their homes in Southern California where 2 fires have broken out in the center clear rita valley firefighters say the blaze moved so fast that it was hard to warn residents to get out several properties have been damaged well further north hundreds of people are fleeing a wildfire in Historic Town and something sisko is bringing back memories of devastating fires that killed 44 people in the area 2 years ago and the reports. The wildfire began on wednesday evening by thursday the blaze fanned by strong offshore winds and dry conditions grew to 40 square kilometers the National Weather service say conditions are ripe for large and dangerous fire growth thousands of residents of being told to leave their homes as the flames spread theres a lot of work thats been done to not only chordate outreach to our bonobo population care homes but also make sure that our fire stations our water stations our sewer lift stations are all going to be functioning to the duration of this outage role