a luxury only few can afford. being held for a 19th day across lebanon this monday is probably just as step up their pressure on the government they have blocked the main highways and roads as they continue calling for the removal of the ruling elite and indeed a complete overhaul of the political system there is also anger at president owns delay in announcing a date for parliament treat consultations they are required in order for another prime minister to be named they have also been some rallies held in support of the government once again we are with stephanie decker on the streets of beirut today how things are going stephanie. but you mentioned there. particular the entrances into the city there also they're joking. saying it's a cat and mouse game with the security forces setting up roadblocks and then moving to other areas there's a lot of frustration on the streets because of those roadblocks but we're also here this is one of the main streets and how much you can banks are open there's a bank on either side of us people are going about their daily business so there is a sense of normalcy but certainly there is an uptick in the pressure today from the protesters come on people we've been talking to will tell you that they've been giving discover men time to form. a new transitional body let's say we spoke to a student from one of the universities earlier he said that they had come back to the streets at 5 o'clock this morning why let's listen to why he said he's back on the streets. we gave the chance for the political class in order to move on with a resolution is to assign a prime minister sorry working on forming a new government obviously we're in a political deadlock right now so nothing has happened the government did resign yet we don't have any leverage on what the prime minister may be on what's the next government is going to look like so basically they're playing with us so they're delaying their at this time it's not point for delay anymore it's point for them to take action we've ease it up in the past couple of days we've opened the road we've used out on the protest in order for them to take a chance to take a step forward and a chance for them to start with their reforms or with us at these appointed prime minister and that had not happened and that's why we're back on the streets today another factor is that. both schools and universities have most of them decided to open and resume classes today and for us this means that they're trying to get life back into the normal and that is not acceptable because at this time we're not going back. so there are some reports that suggest that perhaps the president may indicate when those consultations will begin later on today but everything is up in the air that is really the next step when it comes to what is happening here come all the political process prime minister needs to be appointed he will be a certainty that is according to the sectarian system here and then he needs to form a government and if in any of this is going to be acceptable let's say to the protesters the uptick in civil disobedience today not just in the capital also in other areas of the country indicate that the people certainly the ones out on the streets say they're not going to compromise they want to see those changes it's not going to be easy come also certainly people will tell you they don't know how things are going to play out here but they're back on the streets in most areas across the country trying to get something done so he took her in beverage thank you. now protest leaders in pakistan are considering their next move after the prime minister declared he won resign tens of thousands of demonstrators marched on islamabad giving him on can until midnight sunday to step down they say the government is illegitimate and just propped up by the military the protests are led by the prime minister's longtime rival conservative cleric. at least one person has been killed 10 have been injured in a grenade attack in india now minister kashmir not actually known who was responsible for that attack it happened in srinagar city. now asian leaders meeting in bangkok are discussing what could become the world's biggest trade deal thailand says the next steps in the proposal backed by china will be announced in the coming hours they were last minute doubts about the deal after india raised concerns over china's involvement u.s. president donald trump did not attend the meeting but he has invited southeast asian leaders to a special summit early next year more from scott hired a lawyer in bangkok. it was interesting that throughout the day here on monday in bangkok we heard some statements from the commerce minister of thailand saying that they'll be something an announcement coming out of definitive announcement coming out of the the meeting here today with the 16 members of this trade deal that has the potential to be the largest in the world and then we heard a little bit of a walking back the trade minister from australia who's part of this discussion he said that actually there's going to be ongoing negotiations that we kind of have been hearing over the last couple of days that because the issues that india has with the deal primarily the flood of products cheaper products from china going into india those are some of the issues that needed to be worked out so we were hearing up until monday afternoon we were hearing that the likely signing of this trade deal would not come until early 2020 so then there is a little bit of confusion but right now it appears as though the negotiations are ongoing there are some issues that need to be hammered out but it still sounding positive that something will eventually be signed also coming out from the u.s. delegation particular when it comes to china they're saying that there's been provocation by china in the south china sea and at the austrian members here should stand up to that no need to be noted that some of the members of us on their 10 nations who are members of us and have trade disputes sorry territory disputes with china in the south china sea this has been an ongoing issue they've been discussions at this summit about rules of conduct codes of conduct for the south china sea it seems like there's a little bit of progress but the united states telling us and members you need to stand up to china's aggression in the south china sea. millions of people in india's capital having to find alternative ways to get to work on monday the number of private cars allowed on new delhi roads has been hardest in an attempt to clear the toxic smaug choking the city pollution levels are so high in new delhi that schools have been shut flights have been counseled in a public emergency has been declared experts say breathing there in new delhi right now is similar to smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day more from in new delhi. the air in delhi is on breathable i've been standing for 20 minutes my eyes are burning the back of my port and it's not just me because the doctors in delhi is saying that they are witnessing up by times increase in the number of patients who are going to the doctor with elements connected to pollution now the delhi government started the all the even false scheme from today for a few days which is expected to hop the number a week goes on the streets and should i do need help in bringing down and pollution a little bit at least because it will reduce regular pollution but experts say that most pollution in delhi and areas around is because a bomb was burning stubble in states rounding delhi and they are not stopping there is no government policy to stop them because there are 2 different political parties ruling these 2 areas by aadmi party a party made of civil society members in other states. national this b j b which is also the party at the center of this new corporation between these 2 political parties they are in fact morally. associate in these monsters which some people already but really it's pretty hard to wear them and read and talk and people are going inside and taking these on the even inside their forty's pretty bad i mean it's quite what some people are describing the situation in delhi as. this is an apocalyptic scenario in the national capital of india the air quality here is the lead 10700 which is very high up on where it is eat the people with asthma and has a place. in the news ahead anger over foreign interference iraqi protest as have stormed the iranian consulate in karbala. by photo we are back down president trump says the whistleblower who sponsored the impeachment inquiry should be revealed because false information was given. and that tend to rain across areas of indonesia quite a few bits of showing some heaviest files in the last few hours and you'll see that rain pushing trail seem to study the west and the fall south of borneo wanted to showers across into the far west as the se and sunny plenty of rain working its way down into more southern areas of sumatra we go through wednesday very cloudy picture the rain is all the heavier across the money peninsula and n.h. is across much the philippines we've got some very heavy amounts of rain as a possible tropical system that we're watching but it's sunny producing some very heavy amounts of rain now into australia we have those rain showers which is always good news the time which is still pretty warm but no so as high as they have been so look at this google 70 from melbourne and hypot that's the choose day very warm in perth on tuesday 27 celsius and even warmer as we head off into wednesday 28 that will come into mostly a sunny skies but the rain is pushing in across into areas such as melbourne and hope off a widespread across much of tasmania me won it is dry in sydney with a high of 25 and it's a good couple of days ahead across much of new zealand and some pretty good temperatures 24 celsius in christ church on tuesday 23 in auckland 40 the best as sunshine for you in the north island quite cloudy on wednesday but still warm at 23 . this to say make the heroes of the show africa the middle east oceania. to a stage made. a connection makes a state peak for the on becoming spritzed. to excite the shorts so i took. this feat. that's all you'll go. with al-jazeera on these are the top stories protests are being held for the 19th day now across lebanon as demonstrators step up the pressure on the government blocked main highways and roads there is also anger at president delay in setting a date for parliamentary consultations which are required in order to name the next prime minister asian leaders meeting in bangkok discussing what could become the world's biggest trade deal thailand says the next steps in the proposal backed by china will be made in the coming hours and the number of private vehicles allowed on new delhi roads has been hoft in an attempt to clear of the toxic small choking the indian city pollution levels are so high that schools have been shot flights cancelled and a public emergency declared. people in iran are rallying outside the former u.s. embassy as they mark a significant anniversary of the islamic revolution it's been 40 years now since students stormed the embassy compound and held dozens of americans hostage for 444 day. calling for the u.s. to extradite shah mohammad reza of the letter ran until the revolution in 1979 this rally outside the former embassy is held every year more from now with. before those of 40 years that doesn't. delve how important this day is become for many iranians no certainly not to come all this is a day that iranians remember as a pivotal day that changed really the country's history when it comes to its foreign policy and relationship with the united states on this day in 1979 a number of university students stormed the walls of the u.s. embassy in the capital and held 52 americans hostage for 444 days their issue was that the former shah was allowed into the united states to receive cancer treatments they wanted him extradited to send trial for crimes they believe he committed against the people now every year and number of people gather outside the embassy to rally and mark this occasion and continue their disdain of the united states government and their policies towards iran and today the ceremonies was kicked off by the head of iran's army let's hear some of what he had to say. boy in all the dispute between us and our enemies is not because of issues like when you can a program or a human rights dispute between us in the united states stems from all independence he wants to be a bully i want gold values and believes in our allegiance they will continue to be a hostile behavior towards us just like it's called nature is to buy. a light we are ready to crush the scorpion under our feet. sentiments are always of course high at this event people burning the u.s. flag and shouting chance like death to america and death and if hater ship the feeling here is that the policy towards iran has not changed in the past 40 years if anything it has only gotten worse and iranians continue to believe that this kind of attack on their country will continue and in the year succumb and they are not interested in having any kind of dialogue with the united states in the near future so this tense standoff between the 2 countries is unlikely to change anytime soon thank you dosage of ari in teheran iraq's prime minister is calling for an end to the bloodshed on both sides as more anti-government protests are held so we can the 1st time since announcing his resignation he says demonstrate is had achieved their goals and now they just damaging the economy he did make no further mention we should say of stepping down he's also made a delegation from the u.s. congress who say they are backing the iraqi government's efforts. now this is karbala in iraq where medical workers say at least 4 demonstrators have been killed near the iranian consulate on sunday hundreds of protesters tried to storm the building they brought down an iranian flag and said others on fire and in baghdad demonstrators some blocked major roads schools were closed in the capital and other cities as teachers went on strike to show their solidarity with the anti-government protesters this report from the. protesters set fires erected barricades and even lay down in the road at intersections in central and eastern baghdad as the work week began the roadblocks created traffic jams across the capital preventing people from getting to work some government offices and businesses were forced to close. by we have one demand which is employees join so it is just our costs they can participate by staying at home but we want all the government ministries to stop operating we can all unite we all want people here in tahrir square which has become the epicenter of the protests there were signs that people are settling in for the long haul this burned out skyscraper has been occupied since the 2nd wave of anti-government protests began more than a week ago from the upper floors protesters can see the square and the bridge below leading to the green zone where security forces are positioned this was built during the saddam hussein era there was once a focus restaurant on top of one of its new thing it has been abandoned since 2003 when it was gone during the u.s. led invasion now it's become an iconic landmark of the un forces and protests volunteers are trying to prevent this building from becoming a garbage dump we are here to clean this place and to have you see where we know many people were killed here and the same people leave knowing this is a place to be a leave it's kind of the only place. sally is a university student and volunteer he says he knows being here is dangerous but this is a revolution what i'm going to do after graduation there's no jobs so this is this golden age of skilling like. like this dust and there. we are we are just like debt peoples zombies no one no one knew no one know that there is people here have dreams want to do it things in their lives sally and other protesters say they feel proud for their role in what they regard as a historic moment they're not following or answering to anyone in their eyes they're all leaders natasha going to aim al-jazeera baghdad. the whistleblower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president says it will answer questions from house republicans that will trump has repeatedly called for the unnamed official to be revealed the inquiry is you to begin public hearings this month off to several weeks of closed door testimony trump is accused of threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine unless it investigated his democratic rival joe biden sometimes members of the media know who the whistle blower is a must reveal his identity. the whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call my phone call was perfect it was totally appropriate but he gave a report he or she but according to the newspapers to say he they think they know they know who it is you know you just don't want to report it the whistleblower. should be revealed because the whistleblower gave false story so people would go the wrong i won't go that far but. when i read it closely i probably would. however that statement from donald trump does appear to contradict the white house's own notes of the phone call with the ukrainian president which actually corroborates largely the whistle blow account more on this with john hendren in washington. in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump what is interesting is not necessarily who might testify in the coming week but who will not testify there are 3 officials from the white house office of management and budget who have been asked by that inquiry to testify and the reports are that they will not appear in this coming week that is apparently part of a coordinated campaign by the white house to prevent people from speaking to you know pietschmann require e. and in that case it's significant because the allegation in the inspiring is that president donald trump withheld $400000000.00 from the government of ukraine that is in military aid until he received a promise from the president of ukraine a lot amir's olinsky that he would investigate joe biden the president's rival and that he would announce that he was doing so publicly so there is that end the fact that john bolton the president's former national security adviser has said he will not testify without a subpoena so bolton is significant because he has said that that deal the pressure campaign against ukraine was a so-called drug deal and members of congress want to know what he meant by that and whether he thought that meant that anything improper was being done by the president of the united states and there are new reports that that partisan warfare is driving up interest in the 2020 election is a wall street journal n.b.c. poll that finds that 72 percent of americans say they are highly interested in the upcoming election those are the kind of numbers we usually don't see until about a month before election day and that suggests there could be very high turnout in 2020 whatever happens with the impeachment inquiry. donald trump has again threatened to withhold federal aid from california after its democratic governor criticized the president's environmental policies of course california's seen wildfires as for 2 weeks now firefighters are containing the blaze as they have lifted all evacuation orders and thousands of residents are returning to their homes however 175 hours as have been destroyed while another 35 have been damaged bolivian opposition politicians are calling for a new election to resolve the ongoing unrest the protests began in october when president evo morales won a 4th term opponents say the vote there was fraudulent and of accuse the electoral board of favoring morale as the president has rejected calls to resign and urged protesters to wait for the results of an ongoing international election or that we must we believe that the best solution to this crisis is a new election minister and by a new impartial international electoral body under rigorous observation by the international community as such we demand the resignation of the supreme electoral tribunal under departmental authority courses and we announce that we will take legal steps with. and calls for the drafting of a new constitution in chile are growing louder of course weeks of violent protests there over a lack of funding for public services some go on are expressing their anger in a different way as reports from the city of. small peaceful marches are taking place in dozens of neighborhoods in the chilean port city by. the mood here is quite festive it's a stark contrast from the unrest that's gripped this community in recent weeks and these marches served to lighten the mood but they also had the effect of bringing neighbors out of their homes to discuss and debate the country's ongoing social crisis. in many cases the meetings are highly organized and include working groups where people discuss different ways to change the country's social agenda the government there in the past we would see unrest in different sectors health education university students workers women but today the demands from this groups had been unified because there is no solution within the current system and within the constitution to address these problems and. these public gatherings are called there are sort of exercise in democracy building and there taking place all over. these debates are also widely seen as one of the most viable solutions to the country's ongoing social crisis of the same score her name. is social in no social contract. to show that embodies the new social contract she lives former foreign minister at a little munoz says the country's constitution is founded on economic policies that favor the rich over the well being of the people we have put all the efforts on universal rights and that i think is the role where we should be that should be our future. the idea of establishing a constitutional convention has become one of the loudest rallying cries among chilean protesters going to such go you know you're going to throw your. we are going to get together and agree on creating a real society no more of these new leaving our society the only evolution was wrong here will die here. apart from the desire for systemic change many chileans say they have a deep distrust of the country's political class behind us is today's national congress that was constructed during the final years of chilean dictator i was the pinochet is rule much like the building itself the country's constitution is seen by many as a remnant of the days of dictatorship. it's unclear how long the unrest in the country will continue but there is a hope among protesters that the outcome will result in a more inclusive democracy when measured up a little but better. relatives of women and girls murdered in mexico are demanding justice for their loved ones demonstrators marched through the capitol carrying purple crosses and scribed with the names of victims want to highlight the high rates of violence against women in mexico in fact the united nations says on average 9 women or girls are murdered there every day. hundreds of protesters have marched in peru's capital demanding an end to bullfighting activists heckled fans who were entering a bullfighting ring in lima for its highest profile annual event but tension boiled over outside the arena protesters argue the sport causes excessive suffering for animals as bulls fight to the death against the matadors. millions of people in zimbabwe are now unable to get medical treatment because it's just become too expensive most don't have health insurance are rising inflation and corruption have been blamed for the collapse of the public health care service the support from harlem a tosser. marketa lana worries finding drugs for chronic illnesses is going to get a lot harder for poor and struggling zimbabweans some public health centers have no drugs for hiv patients the cost of one month's supply at a private pharmacy is roughly 60 u.s. dollars a civil servant and about $70.00 a month if you're into needs. if you need your place because you live. for you to maintain your life but if you baby here it is that means i'm going to look after the children of. all the people that live with. those who can afford it go abroad for the treatment others used a while start expensive private citizens a luxury millions of others don't have the way has more than 20 registered health insurance we have about 800000 members the government has its own health insurance for civil servants which caters roughly to 340000 workers that means most people here don't have medical coverage while children under the age of 5 basic feature a public hospitals everyone else without health insurance pays cash research pain management the patient must have regular i mean try to access to medication. the medication is becoming extremely expensive. traditionally and historically medication has been funded largely by donors but we're finding that donors themselves not through lack of will but because of pressures 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 it's another sign the public health sector is in trouble after numerous negotiations broke down the government issued this ultimatum . coming to be disciplined. so the 1st thing we're both most coming to were there will not be paid some here blame the collapse of the public health care system on corruption and the state's failure to prioritize government officials they wish to impose sanctions are the reason for the crisis not them but it's patients who end up suffering and as a bobby's economy worsens there is no sign the situation will improve soon. funny have a look at this a boat trapped above niagara falls it's been there for more than a century and it's now being moved closer to the edge by a strong wind and heavy rain the vessel is known as the i am scoured has been wedged on the rocks there about 600 meters from the edge of the falls but it's now been pushed about 50 meters downstream the boats been flipped onto its side and could be at risk of going over the edge if there are more storms. let's take you to the headlines on al jazeera protests are being held for a 19th day now across lebanon as demonstrators stepped up their pressure on the government have blocked main highways and roads and there's anger to it president delay in setting a date for parliamentary consultations they are required for the naming of the next prime minister more from stephanie dechen beirut. after a few days of relative calm on the streets no roadblocks they're back to blocking these roads this is a vital highway through the capital beirut you had riot police here they've now just gone to the side but we've also seen a lot of frustrated drivers who are trying to get around the city this is one of the tactics they're using to put the pressure on the government one of the chances are using today is that a government needs to be formed. now the headlines protesters in pakistan are considering their next move after a deadline for the prime minister to resign passed and the thousands of demonstrators marched on islamabad giving their own car until midnight sunday to step down they say the government is illegitimate. 6 asian leaders meeting in bangkok are discussing what could become the world's biggest trade deal thailand says the next steps in the proposed agreement backed by china will be made in the coming hours millions of people in india's capital having to find alternative ways to get to work this monday and the number of private vehicles allowed on new delhi roads has been heart of the in an attempt to clear the toxic small choking the city pollution levels are so high in new delhi schools have been shut flights cancelled and a public emergency declared experts say breathing the air in new delhi is similar to smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day. iraq's human rights commission says at least 3 demonstrators have been killed in karbala near the iranian consulate in the city on sunday hundreds of protesters tried to storm the building they brought down an iranian flag and set others on fire security forces fired shots in the as they tried to clear the crowds and the whistle blower who prompted an impeachment probe into the u.s. president says he will answer questions from house republicans donald trump has repeatedly called for the unnamed official to be revealed trump is accused of threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine unless it investigated his potential democratic rival in the 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