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 Ca
Buildings in a bid to force the entire ruling elite to step down demonstrators want to new government thats not divided along religious sects theyre also angry over delays in forming a new cabinet after Prime Minister saad hariri resigned Stephanie Decker is at those protests and beirut right now its not going to have it its a groups of protesters are now taking their demographer to government institutions there outside the ministry of justice here are changing their tactics really from what had been blocking roads we saw with the army own choose a forcibly removed the road block the message here is that people want to keep the message that they want it count to believe that nothing has been done the political side hasnt moved so this is what theyre doing now its not just here in beirut its also in other areas across the country to try to keep the pressure on what theyre calling for here is for the judges to ensure their rights for there to be accountability for there being an investig
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in northern syria, where the United States is to withdraw all its remaining troops, as turkeys offensive against the kurds intensifies. The us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. The us withdrawal comes as Syrian Government troops are said to be heading towards the Turkish Border where turkey is trying to create a so called safe zone. Meanwhile, hundreds of people some said to be the families of Islamic State Group Fighters have escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. Aleem maqbool sent this report from inside northern syria. The anguish that only comes from loss. This brother and sister mourn theirfather, who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. The kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of t
Prevela nt and harmful. Live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 2am in brussels, where negotiators appear to be close to a dealfor britain to leave the european union. Now, isay appear, because despite the optimism nothing is certain. An agreement could be finalised at the eu summit in brussels later on thursday. That is the new deadline of sorts. But any deal would still need the approval of european leaders and the british parliament. The bbcs Laura Kuennsberg reports. Hes in a rush, a terrible rush. Keep working, he says. Eu leaders will be there in the afternoon, and the negotiators on both sides will have to give their verdict to their political masters. The big players in europe desperately want this all to come to a conclusion. Everyone understands english, but nobody understands england. Laughter. And these negotiations are taking part somewhere in this not very beautiful building. Can ther
Down on protests well have the latest from santiago and whats got the demonstrators so worked up plus why refugee woman in jordan to learn to be plus more in that state its. Satellite evidence added to whats been reported on the ground confirms a few showers around java certainly had 2 or 3 days with a significant right now its not going to be very obvious to be honest the white top class which a guarantee thunderstorms have been around borneo soloway sea back towards central sumatra singapore kayo as far North Central time and and that rain is still repeatable as to regular showers in java not yet with the breeze coming in from this direction the rain band hasnt got to yet reliably still here hes coming south with the sun just taking its time itll run fairly rapidly quickly i suspect in the next week or 2. Now the active fronts arent quite as active as they were because they are in tasmania theyre throwing a bit of rain through victoria just so youre not a massive cloud has gone throu