And pellets on protesters as dozens of blinded by being shot in the face. In hong kong automaton commuters for a 3rd day demonstrators are blocking major roads in the city trying to shut down train stations have also set up barricades at the Chinese University the scene of violent protests a day earlier what tension has been a police shot the demonstrators close range on monday difficult pollin joins us live now from hong kong just tell us where you are now and whats been happening there with the protests. Turned i mean that hard to pull out hong kongs financial district this area is called central and theres been a call out to Office Workers the 3rd consecutive day this is happening the call out to the Office Workers to join a flash mob to support the protest. Theres now whats interesting about whats happened is we are seeing hundreds of Office Workers as you can see who are here were chanting the popular slogans of protestors but whats also happening is that the more radical protesters have somewhat coven intervened in those protests that set up blockades around the Financial Center and of also started vandalizing chinese own businesses so business is owned by Mainland China and if if youll pan that way what youll see is a lot of people looking at broken windows at one of the major banks banks or this is a chinese bank now central is the heart of hong kongs Financial Mechanism the stock exchanges here all the multinational headquarters are here luxury shops usually this area is a place of business of full of tourists what i also want to point out that is different this time is the fact that the firefighters have been called instead of the riot police to try and quell or calm down the more radical elements of the protest as you can see theyre walking right behind me and this is because the firefighters have huge support from the protesters whenever they come in or whenever the trucks come in all the protesters always applaud them so looks like the government is also changing its tactic in trying to calm down these protesters by bringing in the firefighters to try and maintain law and order instead of the riot police in there been clashing against 4 consecutive days now darran and divot whats been the response then to the week day escalation of these protests. Well the protesters had said they would do this and they have managed to do this for 3 days now whats interesting while you know a lot of commuters a lot of every Day Hong Kong people have been severely inconvenienced by these weekday protests many of them are not really complaining about it vocally loudly are making any large statements about it instead trying to get. Around them. The government meanwhile has given a press conference saying that theyre confident they can handle the violence and these protests and the protestors arent good to get what they want by doing this kind of an action so it seems that the protesters are Still Standing strong saying that theyre going to continue what theyve been doing and in fact as believing things over a week dixon not just weekends and the government is saying that that but theres there was fully supporting hong kongs police which is not going to go down well with protesters all right a difficult part and in hong kong did it thank you know a suicide bomb in kabul has killed at least 7 people the interior ministry was targeted it happened a day after a prisoner swap deal no one has yet claimed responsibility for the tough as been a suspected suicide bombing outside a Police Station in the indonesian city of medan only the bomber was killed in the attack and one officer was injured Police Stations have been a frequent target of attacks in indonesia. The Opposition Leader and bolivias senate has declared himself interim president after weeks of political turmoil journeyman is was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the countrys congress shes taken over from the ousted former leader has whos now in mexico after being granted asylum iran has resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection of money on a sanchez has more now from bolivias capital parts. Well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the president ial palace and the National Assembly is here at the plaza moody your an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protection by the army this was. An is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be legislators would be able to swear her in with or without the members of the mass party the party that you dont do it all more or less and his political allies now if hes an years has said that she would 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 are followers of in 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 2 and 6 and riot police all around this area and supporters of ousted president as are expressing outrage that describing a coup and accuse right wing groups of having racist intentions stories about reports from im wrong a stronghold in the city of for. The past few days have not been easy for people who dont believe us 1st Indigenous Leaders even want alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or only s. And now straught had been committed in the president ial election. The military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a call. For running wanka more dallas was the man that gave them dignity after years of discrimination. In these years we have seen change we have seen our lives get better i am young but ive seen how Indigenous People have suffered in this country now these racists the ones that burn our flag want to shut us down people who rang because everyone else opponents burned their woodpile a flag which represents indigenous communities here there are roadblocks everywhere these days as morally supporters vowed to continue the push for his return from mexico theres been chaos since he stepped down forcing the police to request the help of the army to restore order in the city the sight of fighter jets flying overhead is making people even more furious. People are. Having. That much. More civil. And 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. The 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 disperses they will not cooperate with those who carried out a call does anyone im a little. We are not of that. Family because we are not giving cardroom and we want to recognize her as a president the florist our own senators to escape and step down. Was even though more dallas is accused of fraud and violating the constitution people will 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. Well forced out of his country by the military morale as his having to make a political comeback from mexico after his arrival day of peace back home John Heilemann has more on the. Level morale as woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. By midday tuesday he was out of power and the next so 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. d to the world my only crime is that evil is indigenous the only sin weve committed as social programs for the poor and always searching for equality and justice. He would deny that you must have the extreme poverty 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 over nearly 40 years due to a lot especially for the poor and vulnerable in bolivia before he disappeared from view he made a call for peace in his homeland. Finally id like to say for the not to be any more bloodshed more confrontations weve decided to resign for the people. If i make it as he was a minute 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 john home and how does either make scarcity. President says his country is facing a grave crisis as a National Strike brought many regions to a standstill Sebastian Pinera has called on Police Reservists to help Security Forces manage antigovernment protests thousands of people marched in the capital santiago as the countrys currency the peso hit and historic low protests began weeks ago when increase in metro fares but have grown into anger over social inequality and accusations of Police Brutality against demonstrators in chile are being investigated dozens of protesters have complained of being shot in the face by troops using rubber bullets and pellets a latin america at its end the sentiment reports. Heating a pause for a National Strike thousands marched all over chile among them was who says hes striking for his 10 year old daughter. I dont know if the president is blind but weve been protesting all of the chile in the sli and he still doesnt get it he has to fix the country. This National Strike has been held to continue to demand social reforms in chile as it should have been doing the national 25 games are people who are here because they can no longer see. The 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 an 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 protesting 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 altered but his position is to keep protesting for social change so that the loss of his left eye will not have been in vain. 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 india domingo on sunday night the director of Police Promise to restrict the use of weapons of this kind to a minimum ofter another protester lost both eyes instead this into was shot at 2 meters distance. Human rights watch and the interim eric and 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 the sea and human aljazeera sent out. Time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back a cash crisis that is getting more frustrating by the day as banks remain closed in lebanon. And a big u. S. Pipeline could be pumping again despite warnings of an environmental disaster more in that state this. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecasts were here across the eastern med weather conditions are going to be taking a downturn as we go towards the middle and the end of the week and thats all because of a system thats in the central med right now so for turkey expect to see more rain for parts of istanbul opera not looking too bad as we go towards wednesday a temperature a few of 20 degrees but by the time we get towards thursday a lot of that rain makes its way towards the east were going to be seeing the rain here for beirut with the temperature now to bed of 28. 00 degrees well as we come across the gulf things are looking much better than they did still clouds in the area but we do expect to see a nice day here on wednesday 29. 00 degrees maybe over towards riyadh it is going to be the clouds but that should dissipate by the time we get to thursday and the temperature of 27. 00 heavy rain is going to be a big problem down towards the southern part of africa over the next few days and getting worse as we get towards thursday the temperatures are up for johannesburg as well as durban but we do have a system parked off the coast thats bring some windy conditions as well towards cape town we do expect to see attempted there of 25 and by the time we get towards thursday the rain is really on the increase across much of the area tempers are coming down about 4 to 5 degrees as well but localized flooding could be a big problem in durban we do expect to see 25 and rain for thursday. Every week a new cycle brings a series of breaking stories. Really sickening kind city as we turned the cameras on the media when the entire. In Services Control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president to focus on how they report on the stories that matter to them and still getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already had the information and theyre listening pounced on aljazeera. Welcome back im out of our top stories here on aljazeera 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 the Opposition Leader and Bolivia Senate has declared herself interim president after swearing in ceremony jenene on it takes over from the ousted former leader etymologies has been given asylum in mexico and chiles president says his country is facing a grave crisis as a National Strike brought many regions to a standstill Sebastian Pinera has called on Police Reservist out Security Forces manage until government protests. A lebanese man has been shot dead just south of the capital beirut marking the 1st death in 27 days of nationwide protests a man man shot the demonstrator was blocking a road in the town of kaldis traffics been blocked with burning tires out the president i wouldnt told protesters to go home the u. N. As lebanon to form a competent government after Prime Minister saad hariri resigned following weeks of protests. And lebanons banks will stay shut for yet another day as the impact of the ongoing protests is felt on the economy banks were supposed to reopen on tuesday what kept close by striking employees stephanie deck has. The closed doors a sign of a deep unresolved economic crisis. And now they dont but. They have only one news. Somebody. Before me for a few minutes ago. It is often roughly 170 how we cant transfer money abroad businessmen com pay their supplies so they cant provide for their customers nor their families at home things are getting worse by the day lebanons banks have shut down again after briefly opening their doors last week informal capital controls remain in place cash points are giving out money but limited amounts predate and only lebanese pounds not u. S. Dollars which is essentially a 2nd currency here foreign transfers are practically impossible affecting imports the bank remains close in order to avoid bank wrong i mean many depositors coming all of a sudden and asking to withdraw their deposits because of the panic caused by the appeal of people taking place in the street and the absence of a solution the governor of the central bank is try to calm people by saying that the stability of the lebanese pound is guaranteed a small groups of protesters a state of the streets this argument is so what i mean hard economic crisis has been here long before the revolution this is not know what we are doing we are doing for the future generations parents failed to achieve we will give to our children we dont want our children to live with the way we had too many people say lebanon is on the verge of collapse because of ingrained corruption and decades of mismanaged economic policies. The protesters want a new government made up of independent nonpolitical and nonsectarian technocrats but they say theyre stuck with the same old elite bickering over its next steps there is still