Brett brennan thanks very much indeed great to get your thoughts there thanks for joining us there live from West Virginia to be with here. The iraqi Prime Minister is calling for calm after 3 days of government process and left at least 31 people dead 11 alone were killed on thursday as a day has asked for says says to raise their demands with his office so a resolution can be reached is also crack down on corruption sacking over a 1000 Government Employees well theres widespread anger against a lack of jobs per Public Services in iraq imran khan has the latest from baghdad. They defied the curfew imposed by iraqs Security Forces. And for not following soldiers orders bullets were fired at the. Anti government demonstrations in the capital baghdad for the past 3 days have also spread to other cities such as bus are necessary at an m r a as the violence escalated Security Forces blocked major roads and the internet is also blocked in most parts to sever social media i protest as are de
Proceedings so it looks as if these javelin missiles will go through this sale will go through theyve got congressional approval the state department of said ok but its all tied into the impeachment hearings so for the time being watch this space thank you very much indeed. Coming up on this news from london lebanon faces criticism 1st decision to send back Syrian Refugees without proper documentation. And mexicos leader has transformed his presidency less than a year into the job. And in sport Manchester United finally going tough again in the Europa League farah has the details. On kongs need to carry lam is expected to enact an emergency law that would allow authorities to band face masks at rallies prodemocracy protesters with the masks to conceal their identities and shield themselves from tear gas will hold a special executive Council Meeting on friday to discuss the ban and other tough measures under a colonial era emergency law meanwhile an 18 year old student shot and injured
Internet access has been blocked by the government officer szell media platforms like facebook and twitter we used to mobilize rallies and the mobile messaging Service Whatsapp was a key component for protest organizers in sudan earlier this year it led to a complete Communications Blackout by authorities as a way to prevent war demonstrations and dress folders author of the struggle for democracy in Mainland China taiwan and hong kong and hes a senior fellow at the university of Nottingham Asia Research Institute and he joins us from then i thanks very much indeed for being with us so we heard there that the protests to tactics have been evolving especially in places like hong kong. In what ways was the most significant change you say for the protest of tactics. Sure c in the 21st century political activists actually need to be quite skillful. So online they basically need to outsmart their oppressors by. Mustering very sophisticated Communication Technology to avoid state surveillanc
Out there along with unemployed youth and of course the youth Unemployment Rate in iraq is approaching 20 percent when you when you put all these things together and you look at what the money government has accomplished in one year which is very little the frustration level is high these people are really putting their lives at risk i think the the the death count as as gone above 30 now but i think its a measure of just how deeply frustrated how angry people are at the promises of this of this government and really the failed to deal with these issues that they promised they would at least get a start dealing with. In the news hour and clearing ecuadors president declares a state of emergency well tell you whats fuelling protests and the south American Country safer more but under threat of deportation the new fear for Syrian Refugees thats another goal tonight for britain at the world athletics championships far has been sport. Carolan is expected to an act an emergency law that wil
Proves president have been gathering in a place for in 9 new cabinet members president abbas and this caught up to solve the countrys congress this week is the latest move in a Year Long Campaign that he says corruption at all nobles of government but opponents say the president has a step his executive powers. Will break you and ill just say when he comes back mending relations as president visit south africa we talked to a spate of xenophobic violence in the country. Because the French Guiana in south america as dive teams the predator explore beyond the reach where no one has ever been before. Hello there mostly care across much of the middle east want to bits and pieces of cloud in the last few hours and you can see most of it streaming further towards the east now as we head through friday we could just see want to shout actually pushing east winds out of afghanistan kabul could see some showers and then as we had on into saturday that is when we see more rain farther to the sound