Remain closed in lebanon. The Opposition Leader in bolivias senate has declared herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil janeen down as was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the countrys congress shes taken out of a mouse to the former leader of a morale is whos now in mexico after being granted asylum iran has resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection just off the taking over and has explained how she was the rightful successor to morales i think they felt they had enough we are facing a president ial succession brought on by the vacancy of the presidency and the absence of the president according to the constitution as president of the senate i immediately assume the presidency of the state and i promise to take all of the measures necessary to pacify the country. Marianna sanchez has more now from bolivias capitol. Hill tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the president ial palace and the National Assembly is here at the plaza somebody your an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this house. Im is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be legislators would be able to square her in with or without the members of the mouse party the party that you dont do it well more or less and his political allies now if hes angry is has said that she will immediately call for elections there needs to be that they need to name a new electoral tribunal and hold elections around of around december the 20th to be able to have a new president. By january 22nd but in the meantime a lot of frustration and a lot of people followers of him what i list who are not happy with this decision who are not happy with this naming of the interim president and theres people protesting in the area with police repressing this with Water Cannons water trucks and 6 and the riot police all around this area well forced out of his country by the military morale is hoping to make a political comeback from mexico after his arrival there he calls a piece back home to home and has more not. Never morales woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. By midday tuesday he was out of power and then next touching down in mexico he said things could have been worse. I want to tell you were extremely grateful because the mix can president has saved my life. It wasnt easy getting him here the mets can foreign minister described the tense standoff before he could work out a route for him to leave the country were going to see he wanted to see but there were even the supporters surrounding the airport and the armed forces within it and there was a period of real tension in the morale as was already on board the plane it was the worst moment as. President morales said that a coup pushed him out on sunday the army had asked him to resign he was blameless he indicated. To the. d world my only crime is that evil is indigenous the only sin weve committed as social programs for the poor and always suited for equality and justice. He would deny that you must have the extreme poverty and brought Economic Prosperity and stability to the country during his time in power. But his opponents point to a growing authoritarianism and then serious irregularities in the last election he went against the constitution to run in the 1st place so its a complex situation here for a president who over nearly 14 years did do a lot especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia before he disappeared from view he made a coup for peace in his homeland you know i mean. Finally id like to say for the not to be any more bloodshed more confrontations weve decided to resign for the people and let me get to the scene as it meant to him and while i have life we will stay in politics while i have life the fight will continue and we sure that the people of the world have all the right to free themselves. That wish is going on and sit in bolivia where despite his absence his supporters and the opposition continue to clash join homan now does it or make scarcity. Chiles president says his country is facing a grave crisis as a National Strike brought many regions to a standstill sebastien been heroes call them Police Reservists to help Security Forces try and manage and to government protests thousands of people have been marching in the capital santiago as the countrys currency the peso hit an historic no protests began weeks ago of an increase in metro fares but have grown into anger over social inequality. Now accusations of Police Brutality against demonstrators are being investigated dozens of protesters have complained of being shot in the face by troops using rubber bullets and pellets a latin america editor to send human reports for. Heating a pause for a National Strike thousands marched all over chile among them was verifying who says hes striking for his 10 year old daughter. I dont know if the president is blind but weve been protesting all of a chile in the sli still doesnt get it he has to fix the country. This National Strike has been a good thing to demand social reforms in chile as if people have been doing for the last 25 games are people who are here because they can no longer see. A tentacles and solve a lot of hospital friends and supporters of the latest protest or to lose one or more eyes from political waited for the incentive to recover from surgery was in 200. 00 demonstrators have suffered total or partial blindness in less than one month which according to chiles medical association is comparable only to protests in gaza over a 6 year period. This is say the 18 Year Old University student was demonstrating monday night with a group of friends when a riot policemen shot him with a pellet gun at point blank range. After what theyve done to him he is obviously very angry his life has been permanently old. It that his position is to keep protesting for social change says that the loss of his left eye will not have been in pain. At least 3 more people have been shot in the face and eyes in less than 48 hours prompting some lawmakers to demand that rubber bullets and pellets be banned as a form of crowd control. Dominga on sunday night the director of Police Promise to restrict the use of weapons of this kind to a minimum after another protester lost both eyes instead this into a shot at 2 meters distance chile called a law this. Human rights watch and the interim American Commission of human rights are investigating the charges of Police Brutality which appear to be only increasing the level of anger and violence on the streets you see in human aljazeera sent out. Protesters in hong kong are targeting commuters for a 3rd day demonstrators are blocking major roads in the city and trying to shut down train stations and also set up barricades at the Chinese University scene of violent protests a day earlier into the Morning Hours and police shot one demonstrator at close range on monday were difficult holland joins us live now from hong kong give us a understand many of the Transportation Services have been shut down tell us whats been happening there. Thats right down as the protesters had promised this is the 3rd day of week day shutdowns week day civil disobedience and what they have been doing is from Early Morning taking over roads setting up barricades and as police tried to tear them down to get the traffic flowing again theyve just set up in other places i want to point out that were not seeing a large number of protesters in any one place but lots of groups of protesters trying to set up this civil disobedience actions train stations have been shut down bus routes of canceled so its been a commuter nightmare here this this morning meanwhile though at the Chinese University as you mentioned which was the focal point of the. At the center of yesterdays protests seems like protesters there and students there are gearing up again for confrontations there once again setting up barricades within the university saying that this is to stop riot police from entering the university this is after clashes that went well into the early hours the university has also sought an injunction a Court Injunction against police entering the campus that will be heard today at 9 g. M. T. They say that the police should not enter the campus without the permission of the authorities and this is officer dozens of students were injured and the clashes that we saw overnight and in the early hours daryn and driven weve seen a marked increase in the violence over the possibly of days is there a worry that this is going to get worse. Absolutely. Protesters say they have the anti along with because police have also increased their aggression towards them now the government has responded to the protests the violence we have seen over the past few days said this morning that press conference was held with several government officials saying that they support the Police Actions they are confident that the government can contain the violence and police should be allowed to go on University Campuses this is likely to inflame the protesters even more theyre angry about the Police Actions they say he said gresham has increased in recent days we have seen Police Shooting a. An unarmed young man at close range we have also seen on the other side a very unusual and disturbing attack on a probating supporter who was set on fire while hong kong is worried about whats happening and they are condemning the violent actions particularly wants targeting individuals were seeing also a growing support for the protesters taylor angry at the government for not responding they say appropriately to the protesters demands and their actions so whats interesting now is instead of this putting off the general public it seems that more for across generational public in hong kong of all ages are throwing their support behind the protesters are to difficult policy in hong kong develop thank you time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back a military buildup on israels border fence with gaza the caring about Islamic Jihad come on that is one. Of the worst conditions on record a strain in the motor city revealed how long it will take to put out devastating bushfires more in that state. Hello ghana welcome back were here across parts of night states were looking at a arctic plunge here across much of the central and the southeastern part of the United States notice here on the satellite image here is a funnel boundary that is really bringing that air in behind it where you see this area of gray that is not clouds that is actually the satellite image picking of that very cold air along the surface as we go towards the next couple days take a look at the temperatures not getting very warm and many places chicago minus 3 down towards kids city at 6 degrees and even dallas on wednesday only seeing a high of about 11 agrees there as a system pushes through new york youre going to be going down as well we do expect to see attempt to drop their 8 degrees as well as washington seeing about 8 degrees there as well so for chicago through minus 3 is going to be the high here on wednesday by the time we get towards friday really not coming back up too much to about one degree there normally this time of year youd see a high of about 10 degrees for you as you go down towards parts of the caribbean it is going to be quite wet across much of the area very heavy rain for the yucatan of mexico with cozumel at 28. 00 degrees panama city at 29. 00 degrees there and then as we go towards thursday a Beautiful Day in havana were going to be seeing sunny skies few at 28. 00 but nessa rain for you at 28 pieces well. Mass protests forcing the governments put on we seeing. This time to understand we follow journalists on the front line. Be. Pretty committed to reporting the fact Police Officers pointing guns at journalists face off in hong kong frankton friction in this truth is in any way on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera the Opposition Leader of the senate has declared herself the interim president after a swearing in ceremony jannie and as take 7 from alstom former leader in morale is has been given political asylum in mexico. Chiles president says his country is facing a great crisis a National Strike brought many regions to a standstill Sebastian Pinera has called on Police Reservists to help Security Forces manage Anti Government protests and protesters in hong kong are targeting commuters for a 3rd day demonstrators are blocking major roads in the city and trying to shut down trying stations. Lets get more now on our top story those developments in bolivia supporters of ousted president. Are expressing outrage on condemning what theyre calling a coup aljazeera trees a boat has more for. The past few days have not been easy for people who dont believe u. S. 1st indigenous leader able what alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or o. E. S. And now fraud had been committed in the president ial election. The military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a cool. Down in wonka what alice was the man that gave them dignity after years of discrimination. In these years we have seen change we have seen our lives get basic im young but ive seen how Indigenous People have suffered in this country now these racists the ones that burn off leg want to. Shut us down people around gree because it will more or less opponents burned the woodpile a flag which represents indigenous communities here there are roadblocks everywhere these days as morally supporters vow to continue the push for his return from mexico theres been calle since he stepped down forcing the police to request the help of the army to restore order in the city the site of fighter jets flying overhead is making people even more furious. People are. Having. That much was. Rightly i was. An interim president as anyone yes was sworn in by bolivias opposition on tuesday in an attempt to fill the power vacuum her supporters celebrated her designation this government there winner who we are facing a president ial succession brought on by the vacancy of the presidency and the absence of the president according to the constitution as president of the senate i immediately assumed the presidency of the state and i promised to take all of the measures necessary to pacify the country but the Assembly Meeting happened without the presence of ever more or Less Movement or Socialism Party congresswoman assume that. They will not cooperate with those who carried out a call does anyone on my little missa we are not of that assembly because we are not giving carle and we want to recognize her as a president the forest our own senators to escape and step down. Even though more or less is accused of fraud and violating the constitution people see him as the man who changed bolivia for good many are dreading their return of the racism they faced in the past and thats why many say hes resignation hurts them even more. And. Bolivia. Emergency services say itll be weeks before they can extinguish all of the bushfires sweeping through eastern australia at least 50 homes have been damaged or destroyed in New South Wales and one of been labelled catastrophic conditions strong winds and hot air have fanned the flames it will still be warm and windy as we head into the end of the week and we can expect elevated far dangers particularly in the balance of the weight gain as we had saturday and sunday particularly and then theres another frontal pattern moving across the state early in the way to the middle of next week where were going to see another burst of really hot conditions dominating much of the weather in New South Wales and we can likely expect some increased fire dangers early in the middle of next week as well we will not have all these fars can timed before then we will not have all these fires can tined and locked up for many many weeks given the enormity of the firefighting effort when i get more now from Andrew Thomas who joins us live from sydney under the weather conditions were expected to improve on wednesday so tell us whats been happening. Well here in sydney they definitely have derren its 25 degrees right now this time yesterday it was in the high 30 degrees celsius and the wind well you can see theres no wind at school today but there were fierce winds all day on tuesday and it was those 2 factors combined with a very very dry landscape out the months of drought that made the fire authorities so worried about the conditions on tuesday that a little bit labeled them catastrophic will in the end catastrophic conditions didnt lead to catastrophe which of course was the great fear loss of life through on controlled by the well lots and lots of fires across the southeastern states of New South Wales some of them in the suburbs of sydney most of them were put out pretty swiftly the fire authorities were ready for the conditions on tuesday and they got on top of the parts fast but as you heard the commissioner there say many of the fires burning mostly in very rural areas away from houses away from people and here in New South Wales right now there are no emergency warnings no one is being told ri