Taken place throughout the course of the countrys history what were seeing right now at the moment are people still continuing to arrive forming a protest where there are thousands of people would not tens of thousands of people despite today being a National Holiday a day of the people still coming out to demonstrate 2 against a number of different grievances people are saying that theyre angry over the wages over over other people access to health care and education over a growing inequality in the country and as the demands of protesters have evolved over time were now hearing calls for the resignation of the countrys president but even deeper than that people tell us that they want systemic change calling for a Constitutional Convention the drafting of a new constitution for the country so again what were seeing now despite the state protests mostly peaceful protests of thousands of people we are unfortunately once again seeing the Security Forces police using tear gas and Water Cannons to disperse the crowds there are no signs of these protests relenting people tell us that theyre going to continue to protest for as long as it takes here and she like so to come in this half hour baghdad this sees its biggest day of protests since the time of saddam hussein. And the unrest is spreading across the country plus the leader of the u. K. s great said party offers to help Prime MinisterBoris Johnson win that the same brand lection but only if johnson abandons his the european union. However we got some cooler weather coming into southeastern parts of australia over the next couple of days this area cloud rolling through the bites will really break the heat over the past few days temperatures not a late add in melbourne getting up into the mid thirtys can be a very different story as we go on through the remainder of the weekend they have a saturday adelaide touch is around 21 degrees so pretty wet weather coming in as well though with it around 900 for the cloud and the rain diving across a good part of victoria behind that it is generally dry 18 celsius the 35 in Alice Springs falling back to around 29 analysis we go on into sunday but 19 once again the 4 past 5 and dry a similar temperature on the other side of the country night is that wet weather still in place into victoria southern parts of New South Wales as we go through sunday thats not a bad thing of course with the bush that will always be somewhat welcome as we go on into the early part of next week melbourne cup of course on cheese they should be fine and dry by then so no need to worry about that front and try to for new zealand over the next couple of days a little bit of cloud around at the moment but essentially theres a lot of central and sunny weather coming through and not looking too bad atoll well see temperatures getting up to around 24 degrees for christ bison. On counting the cost of health care special u. S. Insurers of failing patients of the worlds richest country added one of the poorest nations involved with Health Services on the brink of collapse but can the un hit its goal of universal health care for all by 2030 counting the cost on aljazeera. Welcome back is a reminder now the top stories on al jazeera turkish and Russian Troops have begun joint plan to end their patrols in Northern Syria this follows a deal between the 2 countries to clear kurdish fighters from a socalled safe zone along the turkish Syrian Border tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters are rallying in pakistans capital demanding that the Prime Minister in one khan and his government resign within 2 days they say that comes leadership is illegitimate and propped up by the military and protesters in the chilean capital something ill go on marking the day of the day to remember remember those hurt or killed during weeks of violent antigovernment demonstrations least 80 people have died since the embrace began. Tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters are all confined baghdads harir square in the largest demonstration seen since the rest broke in iraq almost a year ago a month ago rather protesters from the job. Have all converged on the capital to the man political and economic reform that the sugar name reports now from back that. The current Iraqi Government remains in power the protesters say they. Are square friday marked one month since demonstrations in baghdad and other iraqi cities began against a government protesters you as corrupt dysfunctional and oblivious to the needs of the average iraqi on thursday the president announced Prime Minister i. Would resign and elections would be held but do not offer a timetable. But its obvious that its meaningless and we want to change the whole constitution. The Iraqi Human Rights Commission says more than 250 people have been killed. And 5500 injured in protests from baghdad to karbala many have been injured by tear gas and returned to protest with gauze bandages on their heads arms and legs and arm a throat on any person they see whether its a woman a child or men it makes no difference to them their goal is to hurt people in baghdad bridges leading from Tahrir Square to the fortified green zone have become deadly standoff between protesters and Security Forces and Amnesty International report says Security Forces in the capital are using military grade tear gas grenades 10 times more potent than typical tear gas canisters and theyre intended to kill not Disperse Protesters the group says it has documented 5 cases of the canisters imbedded in protesters skulls in the last week and there is no crowd control need to fire to engine or to groom coming. Into coles such as such where it doesnt matter if youre buying a bullet or you find a kind of. The truth as you know protesters are being killed and by Prime Minister a study says the end of the reporting. And past tried to robyns experts say right here this week the chief of police in baghdad said this Security Forces are being attacked and yet not a single bullet has been fired he says Excessive Force has not paid. His bill protester after the 1st wave of protests in early october the Iraqi Government vowed to hold those responsible for killing demonstrators to account now Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into the use of tear gas and the deaths of all iraqi protestors natasha going to. Baghdad. Schools and banks in lebanon have reopened for the 1st time in 2 weeks after antigovernment protests in the country but fears about a run on the banks have led to restrictions on how much money can be sent abroad the Prime Ministers sad how levy the step down earlier this week after criticism of corruption and the downturn of lebanons economy Stephanie Decker reports from beirut. After 2 weeks of closure the banks finally unlocked their doors there are more people than usual but no panic for you about it for all sorts of the us some tempers to actions it is not very annoying the crowds are not that big i was expecting long queues it is above the normal days by a little there are some distinctions on the dollars in sections with the give us 2500. 00 per week only but they place noticed actions on lebanese pounds the cap on withdrawals and foreign transfers are a way to prevent a mass outflow of funds lebanons economy is already at breaking point so the banks are open schools and universities are slowly following suit and despite some back and forth most of the roads are open to so a sense of normalcy is slowly being restored across the country but by no means is lebanons political crisis over in fact you could argue its only just forget. For the 3rd time since the protests began hezbollahs secretary general and arguably the most powerful man in the country addressed the nation as an astronomer said he didnt support Prime Ministers sad how did his resignation and question the road ahead look and walk and what we worry about is a power vacuum and that is our concern supposedly in the coming days they will have to designate a new Prime Minister to form a new government all the lebanese must cooperate in order to avoid a power vacuum and the new government should be the government there regains the trust of the people and that should be a priority as president michel aoun spoke on thursday night as scheduled speech marking his 3 years in office he hinted at a possible nonpolitical government saying ministers from now on should be chosen based on their qualifications and not political affiliations but for many here they are empty words decades of mismanagement and corruption have eroded all layers of trust between the people out protesting and those. Who have run this country for decades there is also still no date set for the next step in the political process the binding consultations between parliamentary parties and the president and theyre needed to propose a name for the position of Prime Minister a role reserved for a sunni muslim sad how did he who is now serving as caretaker Prime Minister could be nominated again. The message from the street is that words and promises will do nothing to appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable action and real change Stephanie Decker aljazeera beirut. More than 100000 antigovernment protesters have rallied in jarius capital on the anniversary of the countrys Independence Day this comes ahead of next months president ial election which activists say could be manipulated by the military the protests marked the 37th week of them stray sions which 1st began in february and led to the resignation of the longtime leader of the lizzies beautifully in april. The leader of the u. K. s breck said party has offered to help Prime MinisterBoris Johnson win that the center election but only if johnson abandons his withdrawal deal with the european union. In his Election Campaign by threatening to field candidates in every seat against the conservative party if the brakes of the 0 isnt dropped but also quickly ruled out any sort of Alliance Leave barker reports. The odds in coding to bookmakers Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons conservative party will win britains general election but dont count on anything until nigel for a leader if they break he was to leave the e. U. Without a deal and now wants johnson to ditch his brakes a plan and build a leave Alliance Like in johnsons deal agreed with the e. U. Last month to a used car distance to break down im going to say this. Drop the deal. Drop the deal because its not. Drop the deal because these weeks go by and people discover what it is that youve signed up so they will not like it ferocious proposer nonaggression pact with johnson he wants the conservatives not to stand in 150 different constituencies where theyve never won he thinks his party can do much better especially in constituencies under labor control where the majority of people voted to leave the e. U. Thompson has until november the 14th to accept the policies terms johnson has consistently ruled out a pact with the party if the breaks a party stands against the conservatives it could split the leave boat in individual constituencies to risk having many seats to other parties and to be honest with you this person who definitely backs a pact is the us President Donald Trump who had this to say during an appearance on my show for rajas radio show and he get together. And stoppable force and corbin would be so bad for your country hed be so buried take you in such a bad way hed take you into such bad places the labor leaders accused trump of meddling in british politics and trying to buy britains treasured National Health service at a trade deal trump denies this. On the other side of the break that debate pro remain parties are also in talks the liberal Democrats Green Party and others could agree to avoid running against each other to ensure m. P. s who pack a 2nd breaks at referendum are elected vote for get conventional calculations this will be no ordinary vote need barkha aljazeera westminster. Staying in the u. K. British police say that they believe all 39 people found dead in a truck container near london last 31 vietnam u. K. Authorities have identified families for some of the victims and their direct contact. Meanwhile police in vietnam have arrested 2 people in connection with the incident and the 2nd man from Northern Ireland has been charged with manslaughter Human Trafficking and the system unlawful immigration another man was charged on monday with similar offenses. And the inquest into the 2017 London Bridge attacks is raise concerns of a policy within Britain Security Services the chief coroner has questioned why a priority investigation into the ringleader was suspended prior to the june attacks which left 8 people dead or a challenge as more. These barriers were in place in june 2017 when 3 man. And drove it into pedestrians on London Bridge before jumping out and stabbing anyone they could now chief coroner mark luke ross prevention of future death report isnt a damning document by any means but it does raise numerous concerns and make recommendations to Security Service m i 5 would be most ring with one of the attackers carol bartz before the incidents were to drop the investigation a couple of times to reallocate reserves he says m i 5 and Counterterrorism Police should communicate better with each other and the way the ruble sites were identified could be tightened up on the bridge wasnt considered to be one if it had been maybe those barriers would already have been in place the current also concerns that the police had kept medics away from the injured for too long he says that in the main those who could be saved were saved and that the police have medics back because some areas are still considered too dangerous but he recommends that the London Ambulance service and police talk better with each other and that some police are given better training in providing medical assistance to the injured he also says that there should be new laws in possessing the most serious material that as he puts it glorifies or encourages terrorism or indeed authority. Closed all schools in new delhi after the city small was the clear the Health Emergency the sick cases shrouded the capital for the past week caused by farm fires made worse by construction and industrial pollution now all Building Work has been banned and there are plans to restrict the use of private cars next week air quality levels are 9 times above the level recommended by the World Health Organization google is taking an expensive step into the health and fitness tracker market by buying fitbit for just over 2000000000. 00 the company was one of the 1st to sell wearable tech but its been hit by fierce competition its insisted it will maintain its Privacy Protection after the sale and will never sell personal health data from its devices google stake over is expected to be completed next year pending approval from regulators. And mexico is marking the day of the date and i mean all festival in which families welcome back the souls of the parted mourners in mexico city have been visiting a local cemetery with november 1st dedicated to the souls of children the day of the dead dates back hundreds of years to an as stake festival in owner of the queen of the underworld the festival continues on saturday. You can find that much more on that and Everything Else that we have been covering on our website the address sunscreens right now aljazeera dot com. Now reminder of the top stories on aljazeera turkish and Russian Troops have begun joint land in their patrols in Northern Syria this follows a deal between the 2 countries to clear kurdish y p g fighters from a socalled safe zone along the turkish Syrian Border theres an expense for 30 kilometers into syrian territory but serious president has warned the turkey against the incursion such as the syrian land is one and the theater of operations is one from the far south to the far north the turk is the american agent of this war we were fighting this turkey everywhere and whenever it struggled to do what it wanted it left no option but war this is obvious but i say we will need to keep open the opportunity for the political process in all its forms and if it didnt produce results then we consider them an enemy and it will get to war there is no other option tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters are rallying in pakistans capital demanding Prime Minister imran khan and his government resign within 2 days they say that kind of leadership is illegitimate and propped up by the military the protests is being led by one of the countrys largest parties but is gain the support of other opposition groups. Meanwhile funerals have been held for some of the people who died during a fire on a crowded train in pakistan at least 74 people were killed when the blaze tore through 3 carriages and thursday all thora to say the d. N. A. Tests will have to be used to identify most of the victims. The Israeli Military says 7 rockets have been fired from the gaza strip into its southern paraphrase the army says the rockets were intercepted by the countrys are in dome Missile Defense system local media of report of the air raid sirens being heard across southern israel. U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. She expects the 1st public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to begin this month on thursday the house of representatives voted to formalize the inquiry meaning the closed door testimonies will now be open to the public trumps accused of withholding military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating his democratic rival joe biden those were the top stories will have more news coming out of the one half an hour coming up next its counting the cost thanks for watching right. Grown in a very short time to be a trusted news source wherever you are in the world he really want to know whats going on there and you can find out very quickly we know looking at some nations prism. We are probably International Everybody will learn something watching our coverage. Be showing that we can be the best International News im a trusted source of stories that people actually cant find elsewhere and thats going to continue. Hello im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost analysis serial weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the way we pay for health care millions of people in the us go without medical insurance many file for bankruptcy because they cant afford to pay their medical bills. Or the chances of rolling out universal health care in an Unequal World will take a look at Zimbabwes Health care system which is on the brink of collapse. Plus the Tech Companies have a solution to the way that everyone accesses health care well talk to an investor and c. E. O. Of a diagnostic cap. Now just because you know the richest nation in the world and spend more than any other nation on health care doesnt mean the outcomes are better or that more people will Access Health services more than half a 1000000 people turn to bankruptcy in the us because they cant pay their medical bills and more than 27000000 people are without medical insurance in the poorest nations the weakest dont have access to even rudimentary treatments yet its a goal of the United Nations to achieve universal Health Coverage for all by 2030 how well take a look at this the World Health Organization estimates that it would cost around 58. 00 per person per year to achieve universal health care in all low and middle Income Countries that comes to about 371000000000. 00 per year by 2030 where does that money come from well the World Health Organization believes some 85 percent of the total cost can be met by domestic resources in the 32. 00 poorest nations a funding gap of around 54000000000. 00 would need to be filled through International Aid and what will that mean in terms of outcome well some 97000000 premature deaths would be a versus it would also avert 20000000 deaths from noncommunicable diseases like Heart Disease diabetes. And cancer Life Expectancy would jump anywhere between 3 point one and 8. 4 years well as the world inches towards spending 10 trillion dollars a year on health care by 2022 we have 2 reports for you in a moment from zimbabwe how to takes a look at a Public Health care service thats on the brink of collapse but 1st from the United States al jazeera. Reports on how the Health Insurance industry is failing patients when virgil clark was diagnosed with cancer she felt confident that our Health Insurance would cover her medical expenses how many years there had been paying in the to their insurance peramivir oh my god every flight. And he is i guess maybe she wasnt fully covered by Health Insurance paid for most of her treatments but there remained a few 1000. 00 that she was expected to cover and that she just didnt have the hospital withheld her counsel treatment of the hippocratic oath 1st do no harm. But i dont think that applied. And then she wound up detained at a courthouse of the hospital sued and walking up there when seconds in handcuffs i didnt bring in my Pain Medicine because i didnt think i would be there all day this sort of trauma for medical bills isnt uncommon experience for americans in fact 2 thirds of bankruptcies a juju medical issues in the us to find out why we travel to philadelphia to speak to Wendell Potter he was once an executive at the Health InsuranceCompany Cigna most people in the u. S. Pay monthly premiums to Health InsuranceCompanies Like cigna as a safety net in case they need medical treatment of some kind just look at these companies then determine whether they will receive and can afford that treatment in 2009 blew the whistle on the Health Insurance industry to the u. S. Congress my name is one potter and for 20 years i worked as a Senior Executive health and Health Insurance companies and i saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick so all the so also they can satisfy their wall Street Investors that if the Affordable Health care act obamacare was passed it did wipe and coverage and close loopholes Insurance Companies were using to refuse that plans health care. Im 20000000 more americans were able to get Health Insurance as a result still some 28000000 americans would remain uninsured harry but Health Insurance is still a for profit enterprise yes you can now get insured but if you actually need treatment it will cost you just as bad if not worse is the rising number of people who are under insured these are people who are paying good money every month for their Health Insurance premiums but finding that they now have very high deductibles for their words they have to pay a lot of money out of their own pockets before their coverage kicks in for part of the fundamental principles that guide Insurance Companies havent changed to make as much money as they can to bring as much revenue and but to pay out as little as possible in claims because when that happens theyve got more money to reward shareholders and to enrich their executives i know that because i was one of them that made quite a lot of money this is just in dispute the us has the most expensive Health Care System in the world however when Health System performance is compared such as quality efficiency access to care equity and the ability to lead a long life the u. S. Is launched against other developed countries the u. S. Does rank top for one indicator that the amount it spends on administrative costs per capita and part of that money is dedicated to Insurance Companies hiring doctors and nurses as what are called medical directives but they dont treat patients they try to find ways to treat patients everyone is employed by an Insurance Company knows that they have their part to play and they can sure that that Company Meets wall streets financial expectations so it doesnt have to be direct. That you will deny x. Number of things or create months but you know that if youre going to keep your job and hopefully get a raise and a bonus youve got it. Do what the Company Expects you to do Health Insurance is expected to be a major issue in the 2020 election proposal recognizes the framing of the debate as one he and other executives would shape in the boardroom before funneling money to politicians the terms that are being used today are the same terms that i used to use and in fact in some cases helped create it is to get people to be afraid of change theres a term thats an acronym thats used for this kind of Propaganda Campaign its fun and its fear uncertainty and doubt and these campaigns are designed to get people to fear change to make them feel uncertain about whats being proposed and that they would benefit from it and to doubt those who are advocating i store someone there because i know theres someone there who went through the sinking or even worse than i am and so that i feel like my story may make a difference or it may embolden someone with a makes but for now its unsettling how familiar story is in the u. S. Armed how powerful the forces are but want to keep. Finding drugs for chronic illnesses its going to get a lot harder for poor and struggling zimbabweans some Public Health centers have no drugs for patients the cost of 1. 00 months supply at a private pharmacy is roughly 60 u. S. Dallas a Civil Servant and saving 2. 00 a month if youre into needs. If you need to get that place because you really need. For you to maintain your leg but then if you baby yet at least that means you dont get to look after your children because all the people that live with. Those who can afford it go abroad for the treatment this used to while expensive private facilities allegedly millions of by this dont have. Them by the way has more than 20 registered health insurer. So we have about 800000 members the government has its own Health Insurance for Civil Servants which caters roughly 2340000 workers that means most people here dont have medical coverage while children under the age of 5 we see basically treatment at Public Hospitals everyone else without Health Insurance pays cash for such Pain Management the patient must have regular i mean try to access to medication. The medication is becoming extremely expensive. Traditionally and historically that medication has been funded largely by donors but with finding that donors themselves not through lack of world but because of pressures on on their mostly local donors they are unable to support that doctors have been striking for nearly 2 months of a poor pay and work conditions its another sign the Public Health sector is in trouble after numerous negotiations broke down the government issued this ultimatum. Coming to be disciplined. The 1st thing were very smart coming to work there will be paid some here blame the collapse of the bobbies public Health Care System on corruption and the states failure to prioritize government Officials Say waste and impose sanctions are the reason for the crisis not them but its patients who end up suffering and as a bbs economy worsens there is no sign this situation will improve soon how much. For cutting the cost. Joining us now from oxford is andrew follow hes a Senior Research fellow at Oxford MartinSchool Andrew good to have you with us on cutting the cost as we were hearing there there are many many issues with the us Health Industry pharmaceuticals for profit hospitals insurance vast Administration Insurance not even covering the cost of it is this a free market failure or a failure of capitalism well im not sure id good morning it and im not sure it goes far as that but the us does. Right in terms of its performance on hospital performance and Health Performance and it spending on how much lower than it would be justified by in matlab suspend south spends about 70 percent of its g. D. P. Being on out just about one in 6. 00 and yet it racks up in 42nd among 224. 00 nations and if you look at the most developed industrialised countries the top 35. 00 its 22. 00 in the table which tells you something about the way in which that system works and its a its a very high cost system but its also a system that misses a lot of the what you probably know well about the language the Insurance Industry works in the way in which you know 20 or 30000000 people quite regularly are not troubled by that system and thats a big source of its a hassle relative thing to manage it to other countries and then when the expenditure takes place when hospitalization here is quite your practice in spite of the pain and there are things in the system that dont necessarily push the direction of efficiency is there anything. To recommend about the us system of health care is the hit anything that anyone else should be looking to replicate thats a really interesting point i mean at that at the very start where the best in the us its actually the best of the maps the globe if you need the top quality treatment of some sort or other you know it can often be found in the us but you can and one of the things to take out of this story is actually that for relatively lower levels of money you can actually a cheap pretty high success so one of the projects sort of highlighting the huge amounts of expenditure in the us is it coming out and so