A week to go in the blockading country bahrain. And now now complete. Ok lets get going we begin with breaking news here in the news a new wave of israeli air strikes in gaza has killed 10 people air raid sirens are also sounding in southern israel 20 palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a Senior Commander of the armed Group Islamic jihad fighters in gaza have responded by firing around 220 rockets towards israel egypt and other International Officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and Islamic Jihad correspondent Harry Forster joins us live from the israel gaza border perry whats the latest on these cross border exchanges of fire. Will they continue and even in the last hour. The number of killed inside gaza has gone up by 3 it was at 17 the last time i spoke to you and its now theres been a another casualty who died in hospital and in the last few minutes confirmation that 2 more were killed on a motorcycle israel says its been targeting Islamic Jihad fighters it says that one of those killed earlier this morning was a field commander from Islamic Jihad and that has been the message throughout the israeli airstrike campaign that it is very much separating out who are trying to Islamic Jihad from hamas and targeting its fire on the sort of 2nd biggest major faction inside gaza as for the rocket fire coming out from gaza that has continued as well there have been dozens of rockets fired out from the gaza strip so far on wednesday and the range once more is quite considerable Islamic Jihad had promised to expand its circle of retaliation and there were. Alerts and interceptions in communities quite close to jerusalem so a bigger envelope of response than what weve seen in recent months. We have this statement from Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister what do we make of that. Well he is going with this message that this is about Islamic Jihad hes been holding a special security Cabinet Meeting this morning and at the beginning of that he said the Islamic Jihad im paraphrasing what were getting the message from israel that they would continue to punish them and that they would have to understand that israel would continue to do so until they stop firing these rockets and earlier in the day his one of his ministers was on the radio saying explicitly that the message from the israelis hit the 2 which had always been that whatever came out whatever emanated from gaza it was the responsibility of hamas which is in control of the gaza strip and that they would be held accountable by the israelis that policy has changed theyre very much trying to target Islamic Jihad and that essentially that hamas will continue to stay on the sidelines question is how much longer can this sort of pace of operation continue without hamas feeling at some stage obligated to join in a more forceful way than it has so far generally so far it has been rhetorical very much with Islamic Jihad but has not joined in the rocket fire at least to a new great extent that has been visible so far as for the domestic politics of all this netanyahu and others in his administration have been maintaining that this is not about politics its not about his Coalition Troubles about his legal woes that this was a Security Matter one that was recommended to him by the military intelligence top staff and that he signed off on however there is reporting as well in the israeli media that if you remember just before the election netanyahu himself came under fire had to leave the stage at an election rally in southern israel is reporting that he was very keen at that moment said. Only afterwards to try to target. The the man that israel holds responsible for these recent rocket attacks he was killed in that strike on tuesday and thats the this has been very much a priority for him as much as its also being presented as a as a security priority and one which was recommended by the military intelligence thanks very much. Now the Opposition Leader in Bolivia Senate has declared herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil shes jeanine and as she was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the congress shes taken over from the ousted former leader abel medallists who is now in mexico after being granted asylum but analysts resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection weve got 3 of our correspondents covering the story across the region Mariana Sanchez is following developments in the bolivian capital of pas to raise a bow is in a political stronghold of president morales just outside the capital and john holdren is in mexico city where president morales has as weve been hearing today been given asylum 1st his Mariana Sanchez in la paz will 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 was. That meaning im is has been named interim president of bolivia after a long debate about whether they would be if the legislators would be able to swear her in with without the members of the mouse party the party that we dont do you know more or less and hes a 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. And riot police all around this area. Supporters of the ousted president mr morello sir expressing outrage and theyre condemning what theyre calling a coup to resign pope has that aspects of this evolving story. The past few days have not been easy for people in the olivias 1st indigenous leader in what alice was forced to resign when the organization of american states or always yes and now fraud had been committed in the president ial election. The military requested that he step down he supporters denounce it is a call. For wreaking a koran in wanka morales 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 im 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 around gree because everyone else opponents burned their 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 chaos 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. Why people are. Writing down. All of them are. Back im not going to. Write me im more sensitive. And interim president as any 9 years was sworn in by bolivias opposition on tuesday in an attempt to fill the power vacuum her supporters celebrated her designation this government the winner who we are facing a president ial succession brought on by the vacancy of the presidency and the absence of the. As event 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 towards Socialism Party congresswoman assume that. They will not cooperate with those who carried out a cool does anyone im a little. We are not that a family because we are not giving card room and we want to recognize her as a president the florist our own senators to escape and step down. Even though more or less 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 6. Well mr morales is hoping to make a political comeback from mexico after his arrival he calls for peace back home John Heilemann has more on that. Whenever morales woke up on sunday he was still the president of bolivia. By midday tuesday he was out of power and the next hour touching down in mexico he said things could have been worse. I want to tell you were extremely grateful because the mix going president has solved 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 say 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 for evo morales 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 searching for equality and justice. He would deny that humans hard to 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 or more confrontations we have 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 unanswered in bolivia where despite his absence his supporters and the opposition continue to clash join homan now does it or makes co city. A court in hong kong is deciding whether a university can stop the police entering its campus after clashes student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says the school was notorious on thursday for safety concerns the authorities a rule in hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by the police is fueling the unrest difficult pollen joins us live from hong kong to be of those road blockade still in place. They are still in place in many areas peter the police try to disperse the protesters break move out the blockades to get the traffic flowing again protesters just moved to another area and set them up again in central the financial district those blockades are very much in place right police surprisingly have not come in and tried to clear them out over the past 2 days when weve seen this happen they have been firing rounds of tear gas even rubber bullets trying to get them out of there today it seems theyre leaving them in place so Hong Kong Financial center is at a standstill im constant is experiencing commuter chaos ever since this early this morning with railway stations shuts roads blocked and gridlocks in many parts of this city the authorities are saying that hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of law and order does that mean that the authorities are kind of signaling to the demonstrators we are expecting this to get worse before it gets better. The authorities are very clearly still the protesters that this kind of action blockades the disruption the violent protests any kind of agitation is not going to get the protesters what they want not get them any concessions from the government and earlier today government officials also said in a press conference that the government is able to handle the violence and they also said theyre very much behind the police and giving them their full support so what theyre basically saying is theyre digging their heels in the protests can continue but the government but they shouldnt expect any kind of concessions in and in any way but as for the protesters go they seem to have some have won some kind of a coup in a way when they said they were going to start this disruption of the city during the weekdays this is quite an unusual move it used to be on weekends where you see this kind of disruption for the past 3 days every single day the city has been held hostage by these protesters in many areas with many commuters people going to work shops shut down so bringing the city to standstill now with the government saying that theyre going to cancel schools tomorrow and even a university saying that theyre going to cancel classes and and the semester earlier it seems that the protesters are having some kind of an impact if you thanks very much. A lebanese man has been shot dead beiruts marking the 1st such test in 27 days of nationwide protests the army says one soldier has been detained after forces opened fire on protesters blocking the road demonstrators have been stopping traffic with burning tires off to the president michel aoun told them on tuesday to go home its been more than 2 weeks since the Prime Minister resigned following weeks of protests has the latest for us so whats the atmosphere like on the streets i mean the protesters clearly not reacting well or not reacting as the government would like them to react. You know its very tense i want the protesters have done as of last night in reaction to this speech by the president it was a q. And a really with Lebanese Television that theyve come back to blocking the roads not just in the capital beirut where south of the capital but also in the north and in the south trying to put pressure showing their their anger really at the words used by the president one man here saying well you know he basically said that hes not going to give the protesters what they want someone else said well it was better if he would have stayed quiet also no movement on the political front and you can see just even down from here everything is blocked and the danger in this country peter is that youre seeing a lot of fighting between the people between the protesters who are blocking the roads and between the people who are trying to draw up and get to the places they want to get to know this tactic and put a lot of pressure on the government on the streets throughout these last few weeks in the last week or so they were they were removed the country had become more or less let sake of the banks are closed but certainly there was a free flow of traffic this is causing a lot of tension weve been on the streets for the last couple of hours weve seen fights between people without one businessman telling us he had been on his in his truck he said this is thousands of dollars worth of going on is the longer theyre going to be stuck at a roadblock and im going to lose all my money the banks are closed peter. People cannot export their funds businessmen cant import theres a cap on how much money people can take out this is a country where theres a 2nd currency which is the u. S. Dollar people can access u. S. Dollars so this is incredibly dangerous particularly when you listen to the president to insinuate that there was still a political impasse and as long as that voice remains here and if people now back on the streets people are telling us that they are concerned this is a very fractious society of people have guns the Political Parties have their own armed groups so to speak so theres a lot of questions about how things are going to evolve if there isnt any kind of political feel lucian that say that the people will accept moving forward to certainly today theres been a change on the ground in reaction to the words from the from the lebanese president thanks very much a lot more still to come for you here on the news including protesters killed gatherings a band calls for guineas government to address Human Rights Violations ahead of next years election. And well have the latest developments in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry into donald trump the 1st public testimony from witnesses is june in the coming few hours and the sports news he hasnt played in the n. F. L. For 3 years but could call in company to getting another shot will be here with that story in about 30 minutes. The u. N. Special representative for iraq is in the country meeting political leaders to try and bridge the gap between protesters and the government the Iraqi Parliament is expected to convene soon to discuss constitutional reforms aimed at satisfying protesters demands thousands of iraqis have been protesting against corruption and a lack of basic services at least 319 people have been killed since demonstrations began last month our correspondent joins us live from baghdad any sign of the protests winding down yet. Absolutely not peter there is 0 sign that the protesters momentum is being halted in any way let me give you a snapshot of what were hearing and seeing all around the country in talk where were seeing a lot of students and teachers teachers the Teachers Union is asking students and teachers to come to Tahrir Square its been the epicenter