A round table on President Donald Trump Meat Industry executives Health Advocates push for a ban on flavored cigarettes. So were looking at south america in this news hour with protests in several countries that have crippled major cities and brought many of them to a standstill 1st of all chilly the protests which began last month when students in santiago started demonstrating against a subway fare increase since then though its widened out its grown with demands for political and Economic Reforms then there is colombia a proposal to change the minimum wage and to introduce possible pension and tax reforms as led to a strike and a huge rally or number of rallies in bogota and in bolivia as well protests was sparked by a disputed president ial election former president evo morales denied any electoral fraud but he eventually resigned under pressure from the military and fled to mexico but his supporters kept protesting and calling for his return so lets start with the protests which r
Guatemala battle Climate Change and poachers to save rare animal species. Of Iraqs Parliament has accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister and his entire cabinet but. These government will continue to serve and i can take a capacity until the president appoints a new leader of the mad he handed in his resignation to m. P. s on saturday but his decision to step down has done little to calm protesters who are demanding a complete overhaul of the system they blame the government for widespread corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services more than 400 people have already died in the protests which began in october give the latest now from simona fulton who is live in baghdad so simona the parliament is accepted the Prime Ministers resignation so somethings changed at the same time it hasnt because he and his cabinet remain there for now. Well that is correct and 1st of all this entire process was constitutionally very wake it was very vague it was not clear at all whether t
And what one of the worlds most ecologically diverse countries is doing to save its native species from poachers and other threats. Welcome to the program top story the Prime Minister is to step down in january he made that announcement on National Television after growing calls for his resignation over his governments handling of the investigation into the mud of john the stuff new car one a 2 years ago thousands of people marched towards multiple courts of justice in the capital valetta demanding muskets resignation in the last few days as chief of staff has resigned after being arrested over the case of the titians for muskrats policy early on sunday to discuss his future and decided to back him but team now says he will resign in the new year. It could be worth the price no major she definitely did it with the greatness of our country is not defined by individuals this is greater than i am i will write to the president of the labor party submit a process for a new leader of the lab
Rabbi says neighbor leader Jeremy Corbyn is failing to stand untie semitism in his party. Crowds who have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers in the east of the democratic republic of congo say they wont stop until all of them leave theyve been defying a curfew imposed after a 2nd day of violence accusing the peacekeepers are failing to protect them from rebels alexia brined reports. Around 18000 un peacekeepers are in the democratic republic of congo to protect civilians from attacks by rebel fighters. But some civilians we dont need take themselves at the u. N. Compound in north kivu province on monday accusing peacekeepers of failing to fulfill their mandate. But we never see the. This. Peacekeepers guarded whats left of their base in the eastern city of benny while a 2nd compound nearby became tuesdays target weve come here today to see if these u. N. People are still here we will be in it again and more places specifically the movie base. It was too dangerous to film near the movie
Off, with talks continuing over staff pay. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The United States is reeling from two Mass Shootings in less than 2a hours. A gun attack which left 20 people dead in the texas city of el paso, is being described as domestic terrorism by police. In a separate shooting on sunday, nine people were killed by a gunman in dayton, ohio the motive behind that attack remains unclear. President trump says hate has no place in america. But his opponents say his anti immigrant rhetoric and refusal to condemn White Nationalism, is part of the problem. Hes promised to make a longer statement on monday at the white house. Heres our north american correspondent peter bowes. Two Mass Shootings in one weekend. America is once again struggling with its response to gun violence. In el paso, a predominantly h