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People want more lebanons government approved sweeping reforms to meet the demands of. Protesters but the demonstrations they showed no signs of stopping and its election day in canada but recent scandals have taken the shine off of the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his record is in a close race against a conservative challenge. Im burnt off its good to have you with us tonight germanys defense minister is proposing a plan for the future of Northern Syria it calls for an internationally patrolled security zone in the country along its border with turkey now this is similar to what should turkey says it wants to achieve with its own military operation but theres a big difference here the zone would be. International control not under the direction of the turks in an exclusive interview with g w news on agr. He was seen as a possible successor to german chancellor Angela Merkel she tells us that she has discussed this idea with merkel and that shes put it to germanys western allies here as part of what she had to say my own flesh is this. My recommendation is that we establish an internationally controlled securities are in in cooperation with taki and russia. And. This security czar and would seek to resume the fight against terror and against isis which currently has come to a standstill. Moment to touch them and even the calling is. It would also ensure that we stabilize the region and say that rebuilding civilly in life is once again possible to. Say that there is who have fled can also return voluntarily. Our lets bring in our chief Political Correspondent linda crane shes on the story for us tonight good evening to you melinda so take a kid what exactly is she hoping to achieve with this proposal. Well i think 2 things 1st in terms of defense and Security Policy she said very clearly look europe has to start stop talking and start acting she essentially said we have to get out of the position of being a bystander and really start to initiate action and i think that comes against the background of. Of a feeling that europe often although it is directly affected by events in the middle east is in fact not actively involved and she has said elsewhere in the last couple of days our interests as germany as europe are absolutely affected by whats happening there and we need to be part of it so i think thats one thing the 2nd thing i think shes still relatively new in her post as defense minister and i think that this proposal is also all about establishing her credibility both domestically and also within the circle of European Defense ministers she said she will be making this proposal formally on the margins of the nato defense ministers meeting later on this week and i think all of that is designed to establish her or reinforce her credentials in melinda this plan calls for an internationally administered to save zone that would include the European Union or Member States from the European Union along with russia how realistic is that. Include russia is a strong term and its not exactly what she said she basically said in consultation with russia and turkey essentially in coordination but not necessarily side by side. Working together to patrol this own and she also said earlier today that we may not like the fact that russia and turkey are in Northern Syria but it is a fact and it has to be dealt with so i think thats the thinking there that in some sense russia and turkey would be consulted perhaps not much more than that though theres also a question about the degree of german participation on the ground lets hear another sound bite from her interview the fog of. The question of how gemini handles this politically and more than anything what that means for our own forces is a question that must be decided by the bundesbank. As huge as it has to be decided by the parliament to melindas what does that mean it should the german army should join this operation thats correct brant for historic reasons germany has a Parliamentary Army and therefore ultimately the decision does rest with the parliament and i have to say that there would be many skeptics in the german bundestag when it came to seeing german boots on the ground the defense minister referred in her interview to different kinds of participation that germany might be able to be involved in and some of those definitely would not involve boots on the ground so again that is very much an open question. 1st weve seen a german ban on weapons exports to turkey we heard that merkel in a phone call with turkish president air to one she demanded an immediate end to the military operation in syria now we have this plan for this safe zone this internationally administered safe zone in Northern Syria how surprising is germanys sudden assertiveness on the International Stage all surprising is that to you this kind of a proposal for a military in the issue given Northern Syria is pretty one of a kind coming from germany but certainly germany has acknowledged that it needs to do more in the area of security and defense as you know its been under a great deal of pressure among amongst others from President Donald Trump saying germany needs to pay more for defense it needs to pay more into nato and i think there is a sense in that in this country particularly with the pullback of the United States from International Responsibility that europe and germany need to get more directly involved that said theres still a long long way to go are the chief Political Correspondent Belinda Green on the story for us tonight here in berlin and melinda thank you and you can watch that interview in full right here on the news on tuesday the time will be 1045 greenwich standard time that is 1245 Central European time. All right next we want to take a look at the protests that are taking place around the world from lebanon to chile they are half a world away but demonstrators are album the streets were very very similar reasons 1st tonights in lebannon where the Prime Minister has told people that a new package of reforms is on the way to ease the nations economic crisis the move follows 5 days of protests against new taxes and corruption and it is the biggest wave of dissent that lebanon has seen in years. Monday marks the 5th day of demonstrations in beirut and as night begins no when does insight. In the morning of lebanons government hurt league read a package of sweeping reforms trying to calm the tensions and promising to end banking secrecy from politicians and cut ministers salaries in half. Well isnt that you have to know your voices being heard and definitely elections are something that you want in order to make sure that your voice is being heard and i said hariri will personally support you in this. Prime minister saad hariri ones to peace both the Protesters Thousands of which marched the streets again today and middle eastern creditors and west and down us whove added their voices to the protests expressing concerns about corruption lebanon is one of the most indebted countries in the world and this religiously diverse nation is standing united in its condemnation of high unemployment Poor Public Services and corruption. But they are trying to fool us it is enough to let them leave us alone we need a new life that he had he didnt know. If we dont you know nothing we should stay here in order to accomplish all our goals we should not listen to what this regime is promising us as it never implements his promises we need to see action in order to decide what our next steps will be not a kind of an anomalous from the reform package was meant to calm the situation but protesters said it does not go far enough. From south america to the middle east. From the middle east to south America Chile is also reeling after 3 days of protests deadly violence and looting protests in the capital santiago over the weekend led to at least 10 deaths of more than 1500 people being arrested. In public transport fares sparked the unrest that has been canceled but protesters say that their discontent runs much deeper they are calling for a general strike more than 10000 soldiers and Police Officers have been deployed in the capital santiago. Another day of protests in chile. Thousands have taken to the streets once again in santiago and valparaiso. The military used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds of demonstrators president Sebastian Pinera sent in the troops to maintain order after a weekend of chaos in several cities. There were deaths amid violent clashes arson attacks and looting the cause was a planned hike in public transport fares angry rioters set this garment factory on fire on sunday 5 people died here the president declared a state of emergency. We are with a powerful relentless enemy that respects nothing or anyone and is willing to use violence and crime without any limits. Even when it involves the loss of human lives. Many residents of santiago tried to get back to normal life the citys metro reopened. As did a small number of supermarkets where people waited in long lines to be let in. Motorists also faced long waits to fill up. I want to see you in that its a bit of a quiet morning compared to the previous days at least after everything i hear during the night it looks calm now i imagine it will be worse to be honest. But total calm seems a long way off with the protests showing no signs of letting up. Or voting is underway in canadas National Election its expected to be a nail biter for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for brought his family along with him as he cast his ballot earlier today his Reelection Campaign has been hobbled by allegations of racism and ethics violations polls show trudeaus liberals in a virtual dead heat with the conservatives that could be good news for small Work Partners we have a look now at the problems facing the incumbent Prime Minister. In the lead up to kind of those elections its been all but a smooth ride for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his Approval Ratings drop to almost record lows and his liberal party is engaged in the neck and neck race with the conservatives both are pulling around 30 percent. Despite a Strong Economy and low unemployment to nose popularity dipped after a series of scandals like this old photo of trudeau wearing blackface for his violation of conflict of interest rules. During the last weeks of campaigning to do is been trying to make up for his missteps often attacking his main opponent the conservative party heres the question you have to ask yourself do you want 53000000000 dollars worth of conservative cuts or do you want a progressive government that will continue investing in families and investing in communities thats the choice its that simple. And its not important. But trudeaus attacks arent the only worry of conservative leader andrew shear he is also quite unpopular according to the polls in one of the closest races in recent years most of the conservatives and the liberals may not win a big enough majority to govern alone but for my daughter and for me that. This is where jug meet seeing leader of the left leaning new Democratic Party could come into play with Approval Ratings soaring for his party saying could become the kingmaker of canadas election as a prospective partner in a liberal minority government. And dont forget you can always get the w. News on the go. Out from google play or from the app store that would give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the need to send us photos and videos when you see news happening. 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