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And then eventually with the Afghan Government that all has to happen 1st ok rosa leave it there many thanks. Ok lets go back to our top story so far here on the news of those protests in lebanon list is a hasan hes a member of keep us an Opposition Progressive movement he joins us from beirut. What you want is wholesale change what youll get seeing is a drip drip drip of reforms is that enough. I think the people has made clear today that nothing is enough except for their demands and their demands are very clear they need to or they want to overthrow this Political Class and this ruling class and whatever means possible and and mostly peaceful means and constitutional means. Thats why theyre requesting the and demanding and protesting for deal that is ignition of the cabinet of the council of ministers and theyre calling for the formation of another minister at another cabinet of many cabinet or a council of ministers that is independent from the Political Forces running the country that could save the country from the current economic crisis and plan a new election a new Parliament Election based on a new no that actually represents people that offer is through the prison patient to be so we are not settling for any small kind of any forms were seeking very clear objectives any economic policies that will save us from save us from this crisis have to be economic policies that are based on Economic Justice and social justice cannot we cannot have the taxes on the poor in taxes on the middle class anymore as solutions which is what the government was trying to do last week what we need is that is on those that have been benefiting from the Economic System for the last 30 years without contributing enough with their fair share of taxation and those who have been occupying public property of properties without paying their taxes were talking about the Banking Sector alone need to stop. If i may just for a 2nd you talk about social justice im not quite sure what that means in relation to what were seeing live from beirut right now would the protesters stop if for example there was evidence that the austerity measures were working and that therefore would unlock the 11000000000. 00 of fiscal aid that is ready and waiting and good to go and might turn the economy around. Actually no one believes that these 11000000000. 00 will actually save the economy because everyone knows that lebanons economic problems are very structured if we talk about 11000000000. 00 in the current account and the Current Situation Economic Situation that can cover the deficit for 2 years maximum and then the budget deficit of the country if this is going to. The government although its not going to the government its going to be mostly private and private investment in infrastructure if the money comes and for the money to come the world bank is saying you have to help us telecommuters and what are these austerity measures that the world is calling for or what the lebanese ruling elite is imposing they are said to measures that take money from poor people and so they redistribute in the most aggressive way possible they take money from the poor people and in the class in order to save the economic and political elite what we need is the exact opposite we need economic and political elite to be contributing and save the poor and middle class from this very in the economic and financial crisis that we are living today ok when you talk about the ruling elite as well the political system in your country in its current iteration was basically conceived on a premise of balance if i can play devils advocate for a 2nd mr hariri might say if he was sitting here listening to you look weve had political balance its been a Success Story we know there are issues were working on it and you are jeopardizing that balance. Ok. Do you mean the sectarian balance yes. Ok so this idea that lebanon is always on the verge of sectarian strife but these people who are empowered and this balance in this system that they created in order to share power with among them is saving us from this strife is something that is we should always be wary of because its very insulting to the people of lebanon people of lebanon. Not waiting to kill each other theyre waiting to be together in the streets in the millions like the earth today this is the biggest demonstration weve seen in ages and since 2005 this is definitely the biggest demonstration we see and its in downtown little today and youve seen the scenes in the stations and all across the country and every single group of people from every single diligence background is standing to their socalled sectarian leaders and telling them you do not represent us anymore because you are working against our interests so this whole balance of rhetoric is one that is made to shut people up to tell people that your demands are something that is threatening to the country to always put something that is an illusion that doesnt actually exist which is the different interests of sectarian groups above the interests of people and that interest of people is what is livelihood is a good economy that creates jobs the lebanese economy is horrible its creating jobs at the moment the number of people emigrating every year is really insane beyond imagination the number of jobs created to compare to people who are graduating from universities tell you exactly why people are only getting theres nothing strange about it and these are the economic policies of the last 20 years 30 years that have caused these problems the poverty levels are very high the inequality levels i dont know if youre familiar with that but the inequality 11 is one of the worst the top 3 worst countries in the world were talking about 0 less than one percent of Bank Accounts owning more than 15 percent of the wealth and were not talking about people im talking about Bank Accounts so many people many accounts can belong to the same person the levels of inequality the levels of poverty and the levels of injustice the lack of social protection is truly overwhelming its making people desperate for someone to help them so and so that having the rights that they get from the states for being citizens or residents now they have to go to political leaders and sectarian leaders and beg them for these services and this is how the system of clientele is and is maintained so there is no such thing as a balance that is being threatened people are just rising up against the system that is in a new. That this is this is that this is them is working is a big illusion and theyre saying no what you want Something Different we want all of you out and we want people who actually care about the country mr house that we are going to end science on the satellite for which i apologize but thank you so much for joining us here on the news in the race talking to you thank you thank you plenty more still to come here on aljazeera including. Another face off in hong kong as antigovernment protesters defy the ban on Wearing Masks he didnt sign the letter but that doesnt mean the e. U. Will ignore the u. K. s request for another brics it delayed and the sports news find out which Baseball Team is headed to the world series and i will be here with that story coming up later in the program. To bolivia where more than 7000000 people are heading to the polls to decide who will run the country for the next 5 years the incumbent. Has been in power since 2006 but hes facing a stiff challenge from the former president Carlos Messer what alice is facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins hell be in power until 2025 lets talk live now to john holmes whos in for us john how do we think the numbers will unpack here. Well im here actually let me show you a little bit of this what we talk about that these are people that are going to vote now its still the morning now says quite a few hours of voting still to come in the polls before this election ever more or less was still the front runner but there was sort of predictions that this could go to a 2nd round now when you think about this this is someone that his last 2 elections he won by 68 more than 60 percent of the vote he got more than 60 percent of the vote so the very fact that this is possibly in danger of going through a 2nd round says something about what how people regarding president ever more or less this time around he has definitely lost some popularity now this is a president whos done well with the Economy Economic growth in bolivia has been one of the highest in latin america hes done well with poverty hes cut almost by half but there are of the doubts you touched on it specially one of the democracy in the country basically president morales change the constitution to be able to run in this election and the elections he wants to afterwards and he called a referendum to last the people whether he could change that constitution now really they said no and then he went and did it anyway and thats made a lot of people worried about if this country is sliding away from democracy particularly because president marleys government really did you dish really the legislative bodies even the Electoral Authority are really seen as sort of beholden to him so on the one hand of this youve got the economy called the tea stability all of those that president morales has done well on and on the other hand youve got really what you want to see for the democratic future of the country says a big decision here for voters in the big issues then i mean if people feel theyre doing better if theyve got more money in their pockets do they still trust him when it comes to his desire to want to carry on being a politician. I think it definitely is to trust to be shown a lot of energy is 59 years old now but hes shown a lot of energy going into this campaign theres not a lot of doubt about whether he wants to carry on its whether they want him to come or you asked about the big issues here is a couple of things outside of this i havent mentioned so far one is the fires that destroyed 5000000 hectares of forest in bolivia just a couple of months ago and the government was seen as slow to react and also they had some policies that they were allowing about controlled burning in the forest for farmers which was seen by environmentalists as leading to that so thats had some sort of impact on this is well the environment is a hot topic in bolivia its quite a few things that people are voting on theres also another important point to mention nuts that move in 60 percent of the country are indigenous or even are indigenous or of indigenous descent now in the past thats definitely helped president morales hes the countrys 1st indigenous president but how that voting is going to go really depends whats happened over the last few years vis time in charge various different indigenous groups have complained to have protested that theres been schemes like motorways or reservoirs that have been done in their land they said that really president marleys hasnt respected their rights so its by no means a done that the full indigenous folk from different indigenous groups here is going to go to president morales theres also another important thing to mention and thats that nearly 40 percent of the electorate here are young theyre under 30 so are they going to stick with the president theyve known for most of their adult life or are they going to vote for something new in this case would be less of the nearest challenger john thanks very much. In the chilean capital santiago soldiers are patrolling the streets today to enforce a curfew and a state of emergency following more violent protests at least 3 people were killed there when a supermarket was set on fire metro train stations have also been ransacked because he plans to increase ticket prices the president Sebastian Pinera backed down on those fare rises but demonstrations continue over the high cost of living for a spender speck is the founder of chile today an independent news website we spoke to him yesterday he says despite high levels of income social inequality has become a driving force behind the protests its not surprising actually because it has the highest income per capita in latin america but on the same time its no you see the country and its one of the most unequal countries in the o. E. C. D. So there is a lot of discontent and if you see how many people have to work to pay their bills how many people have to work to get a small pension and still work sometimes until theyre 80 years old people who study one University Study and they still have to pay the debts over 50 years so you can say well they have a higher income per capita in chile that doesnt matter because there are still so much inequality and also the response of the authorities in these protests which we have been very violent of course deploying the army. You know just that has just provoked more violence and more aggressions by these protesters the police in hong kong have been firing tear gas and water cannon the protesters they say were throwing petrol bombs as thousands continued to rally against a ban on face masks the demonstrations have been ongoing for 5 months now and the turnout on sunday was a test of the Movement Strength heres adrian brown. The stampede from police water cannon. As tear gas once more filled the streets of hong kong the main battleground was nathan road hong kongs busiest sorrow in the heart of countless popular with tourists who would have struggled to recognize the place now as petrol bombs were hold by protesters the vandalism was targeted chinese owned businesses were singled out a mobile phone provider a branch would already border the 2. Metal fences were unscrewed to make barricades rocks torn up from sidewalks were scattered across roads. But once more police are firing tear gas slowly they be reclaiming this busy thoroughfare but the firing of tear gas is up setting local people as a result another tense confrontation is underway. Sunday followed a now familiar ritual an unauthorized march that began peacefully many of the protesters will face masks in defiance of the recently introduced by a mash show of disobedience so i dont thing that they didnt move menace slowing down there in fact it is growing stronger and stronger than is outlined there 5 demands including more political reform and warnings that hong kong was becoming a police state. Among the sea of familiar flags a new counselor. To police this was an Illegal Assembly and the operation to end it blasted into the night adrian brown aljazeera on call. Turkey says one of his soldiers has been killed in Northern Syria and says it happened during a Reconnaissance Mission and comes despite a truce in the area the turkish president is about to press on with his offensive in Northern Syria and quote crush Kurdish Forces if they dont withdraw from a proposed safe zone under a deal brokered with the u. S. Kurdish fighters have to leave an area 32 kilometers deep in. Side syria a convoy of ambulances has evacuated wounded people from a hospital in russell line near the syria turkey border stratford is in shiny new fia new Turkish Border with syria a 2nd medical convoy is being allowed into the town of russell line we understand that there were a number of wounded civilians and routed kurdish fighters that have left out of the city now on that convoy yesterdays convoys we heard were being held up refused access by members of the Free Syrian Army these are the fighters that have been very much in the forefront of turkeys military campaign into Northern Syria it seems as if those kind of difficulties have been overcome today with news of these wounded being allowed to leave the city meanwhile the. Free syrian Army Fighters saying us telling us that there are still Kurdish Forces in iraq. And we also understand that the general pace of this withdrawal of Kurdish Forces thats according to this agreement that was that was set up by the u. S. In turkey to general pace of that which will is a very slow if happening a toll in huge areas across syrias northern border which of course is a worrying sign when you consider that on choose dave meaning this 5 day ceasefire will be over and the turkish president has vowed to resume military operations against the kurds if they havent left that area meanwhile after the u. S. Secretary of defense mark announced that the u. S. Forces the remaining u. S. Forces around a 1000 of them would be leaving syria we have seen video of what it says seems to be u. S. Soldiers heading out on convoys east towards the iraqi border. Still to come here on the news hour for you know theres diversity within the diversity theres those folks that have a lot of different opinions. Canadas general election has never been more diverse than it is right now. Wed get the chance to help ourselves especially when we cant get men into our way of homes while we are living and on without our husbands and women in jordan had a choice go without water or pick up some plumbing skills. Also ahead Wayne Rooneys time in the u. S. Comes to an end in frustration traction details with someone in the schools in about 20. How theres been a subtle change in the feeling of the air throughout iran and for the south little less than subtle threat levant where the cloud shows distinct which suggests under storms and your active weather cation windy weather now the forecast is not dramatic we still talk about temperatures in the high twentys or middle thirtys this area iraq westwards the clouds spilled across turkey and down towards iran that might generate a shower to 10 rounds down to 23 degrees us not a huge drop to be honest a hint maybe of more snow in afghanistan and rain returning to syria lebanon turkey in particular this is stuff for proper change of season i think 25 degrees in the rain in beirut seems quite likely the subtle change in the south is a drop in temperature. Risen in temperature of course but the most is a small drop says that he 5 or 32. 00 bits of go around the emirates of those darbari kuwait still registering in the fortys with thats an exception not the rule but beyond that its generally quite occasional to be spotted of the gulf you might see occasional shadows still affecting the dry picture there. In south africa you might see these white top clouds occasionally not to share the weather but in the forecast it still remains dry and hot in botswana. An act of youthful defiant its. Your turn next of the us out in the school they arrested me at home at 4 in the morning while the electric shock treatment was the worse the trinket of a revolution. The arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle without and that was the beginning of the Armed Struggle in syria. The boy who started the syrian war on al jazeera. Salman the fact of todays headlines the protests like this one that are trying to discern and reforested areas that have been already devastated setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions youve been out there with the protesters on the streets where theyve been telling you the International Filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire. On aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news our im peter dhabi these are your top stories mass protests are spreading in levanon with demonstrators demanding deeper political change marched on the streets for a 4th day objecting to rising taxes and alleged government corruption. The u. S. Defense secretary is on a surprise trip to afghanistan mark esper told the reporters on board the plane the end of the u. S. Is trying to kickstart stalled peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. And in bolivia more than 7000000 people are heading to the polls to decide to run the country for the next 5 years the incumbent able medallists has been in power since 2006 but its facing a stiff challenge from the former president carlos massa but alice is facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins hell be in power until 2025. Lets go back to our top story the unrest in lebanon lets bring in Marwan Bashar Al Jazeera senior political analyst he joins us from london marwan welcome back as i watch the news our no political leader has been spared the raf and the anger of the demonstrators is that significant. Oh absolutely especially for a country like lebanon where for decades now its been divided among a number of elites tribes confessions and cetera and the very reason why no such mass protest has happened in the country is because the country has entered into a civil war among those very same various factions and eventually a post call a boston war or that was established among those factions so the idea that people who for a long been loaned to those factions and leaders are coming out against their own and basically criticizing if not attacking everyone and the fact that this is more than a 1000000 of them in the streets of lebanon is hugely significant tensions have been building for months what is it about lebanons politicians that they were apparently unaware of it. Well apparently they were aware of it but apparently as usual they are indifferent to it knowing all too well that in countries like lebanon and other countries who are really deeply divided on whatever lines in the case of Lebanon Security in lives its very hard to one factions to go out against the other one because the country is already divided amongst them or because each each faction already has a piece of the pie as it were and they all realize that amongst themselves those elites the heads of the various sectarian factions are in control of the country so what is new is like unlike 3 years ago when Civil Society types went out this time the Civil Society isnt even the poor and what can plus and the poor lebanon came out in thought and got why well we know in the last several weeks there were a good number of fiascos or months i would say whether it is a side that had it at the head of the government than and that bit of a scandal about him whether hezbollah and the return of his fighters from syria bitter and angry because really not much improvement there is for syria thats now is in the hands of the turks that ushers in the and the americans and of course theres the question of the president and his son in law that also are facing huge Current System for corruption for hyper nationalism and incitement against the Syrian Refugees in the country so really people are coming out for Different Reasons but basically its more of the same that weve seen in the arab world peter people want a real action against corruption they want some real reform for better social and Economic Conditions in the country interesting you used the phrase the in the rest of the arab world i mean has this got the beginnings of the ingredients of notes an arab spring but an arab spring light if you will. Well for some a lot of months now weve seen the evolution of some sort of arab spring 2. 00 whether it is in the sudan even to some degrees in iraq and now in lebanon so clearly we are in a 2nd phase of some sort where the arabs are revolting once again basically for the same thing as i was mentioning earlier a gives corruption and against poverty injustice and so on and so forth in lebanon there is a bit of untidy sectarianism which is very very important and vital for that country like lebanon but because they have been enjoys a bit more that freedom of expression a few world than the other parts of the out of world here we see in more emphasis in on social justice Economic Justice and end of corruption but really a model less whats we see in lebanon have weve seen in other parts of the arab world and in terms of their regimes or their leaders the response again the same the foreign minister and his father know the president of lebanon already have blamed foreign conspiracies against lebanon imagine the same language weve heard from senator ive been in malawi in tunisia and for mubarak in egypt and so on and so forth foreign conspiracy as if there arent enough reasons for the lebanese and their brothers sort through either out of water to vote for social in better meant and economic and better months of their lives moment good to talk to you thanks for coming on and joining us here in the news up. The u. K. Has asked the e. U. For a 3 month extension to brics its the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson lost a crucial vote in Parliament Yesterday this time yesterday forcing him to send a letter requesting a delay however he didnt sign it and also included another document along with another letter saying an extension would be a mistake the u. K. Was due to leave on october 31st pulled. Brennan has the latest from outside the house of commons in westminster Prime Minister johnson has now sent his letter to the European Union asking for an extension to the bracks it deadline but in a manner that leaves no doubt as to actually what his feelings on the subject are begrudging and effectively under duress the documents sent to brussels late on saturday night included a photocopy of the legislation the letter setting out in law exactly what he had to ask for from brussels but attached to that photocopy was a covering letter from September Barrow the u. K. Ambassador to the e. U. Saying that essentially we are sending this simply because we have to and then a real letter was also sent in that bundle from Boris Johnson signed by the Prime Minister saying that he thought it would be a really bad idea actually if the European Union decided to grounds an extension to the u. K. Beyond october 31st its just a tactic that is likely to land the Prime Minister in court in the coming days from m. P. s in campaigners who believe that while he may have abided by the letter of the law he said he hasnt abided by the spirit of the law and meanwhile here at parliament the battle to go to try and implement correct it is certainly going to go on the government now believes they have the numbers to reintroduce a political vote on monday that similar to the one that they pulled on saturday in order to try to get political endorsement for the Prime Ministers deal that was agreed in brussels on thursday separate to that on choose day what were expecting is the start of the process of the rest of funding Withdrawal Agreement bill that is the that the bill that would give let legal force to the deal agree 3 in brussels and that is going to be subject to all kinds of political guerrilla warfare labor is going to attack try to attach various amendments to it including perhaps the idea of demanding a 2nd referendum another referendum a confirmation revote before that bill can be passed into law it really is going to be an interesting week indonesias president has been sworn in for a 2nd. Easily won reelection in april but there have been violent protests over more than one is you since then his rope and bright. Swearing in for a 2nd term into the shoes president joko widodo and his Vice President my how to fight mean in his Reelection Campaign earlier this year jerko a as he is more popularly known increased his margin a victory over his rival as the inauguration was happening inside the Parliament Building his supporters were celebrating outside and you know i heard a lot of joke only because he is the perfect leader for us he is the president of the people but only has so much responsibility we have to appreciate what he has done for the scanty plans for a larger rally by his followers were scrapped because of security concerns Police Arrested what they say was a group of suspected suicide bombers in the run up to the ceremony thousands of security personnel were on duty in the capital. Despite remaining relatively popular recent weeks have been marred by violent protests. They were provoked by new laws including limiting the powers of indonesias Anti Corruption body in a country where corruption is regarded as an demick as well as limit some personal freedoms critics accuse jacoby of siding with indonesias elite at the expense of the people who elected him now people are asking him again demand people demand a whole indonesian in general because what option has been considered one of the biggest problem that we have other problems include air pollution from forest fires burning across indonesia and in the rest of provinces of papua and west papua police and protesters have been killed and injured in riots triggered by allegations of racial discrimination. While the president s credited with restoring stability the economy remains sluggish with a growing young population looking for jobs. But we have to transform the economy from depending on Natural Resources to compete in manufacturing and services that have higher value in the name of social justice for all indonesians when jacoby avoided any mention of the Anti Corruption protests and the violence in papua but he knows that if he cant improve peoples livelihoods then dissatisfaction could feed into further unrest robert pride aljazeera. Turning our attention to canada where a Record Number of ethnically diverse candidates are running in tuesdays general election seeks with links to india one of the most politically successful groups there daniel leg is in ontario looking at why that is. The face of historic achievement in canadian politics the 1st nonwhite federal Political Party leader judgement saying of the leftist n. D. P. The new democrats a canadian whose parents came from india hes a sikh who wears his uncut here bound up in a turban because of his faith nearly half a 1000006 live in canada and they belong been politically active just meet singh is a role model for a new generation he was one of the people that inspired me to get into politics hes always been a Community Organizer you know when i was 20 and i was looking for somewhere to be he taught me the importance of politics in this toronto suburb nearly every candidate is a sikh Justin Trudeau liberals won all 5 seats in the 2015 election now with opinion polls showing him less popular than 4 years ago theres a chance for another party to make gains Old Fashioned retail politics putting in lawn signs and knocking on doors thats what it takes to get attention in a constituency like this one very diverse and where the voters need to see and hear from their candidates sic temples known as gurdwaras prepare meals for all who come no matter their religion its an article of faith this is the largest gurdwara in north america with tens of thousands of worshippers these days most 2nd and 3rd generation canadians all political opinions can be found i think sometimes that steak is made that somehow modulus are thinks alike are always walks lockstep with one another you know theres diversity within the diversity of those folks that have a lot of different opinions during a trip to india last year Justin Trudeau faced intense criticism for putting Sikh Community interests ahead of canadas with one of its most important trading partners supporters of the Prime Minister denied wrongdoing and said he or any other canadian leader has to listen to voters you want every vote doesnt matter what the background is to the photo and so you reach out with respect to the trip to india that did not improve trudeaus it came across is appalling with food and he was. To lampoon not just to the country but i think internationally and i think he was very poorly served by that Foreign Policy aside elections are won here and across the country on the basic bread and butter issues proving the economy creating jobs and keeping the country safe and prosperous daniel acknowledges here a brampton ontario. Jordan has one of the highest levels of water scarcity anyplace in the world a warming planet and a growing population only making the problems worse but as an repel reports now from amman there are plenty of people taking matters into their own hands after fleeing from syria not long after the war began i found herself learning a new trade by accident shes always been good with her hands and decided to sign up for a jewelry making class an arab it her new home but then something funny happened because one of the arabic phrases for jewelry making is the same as the word for plumbing but i didnt know i was about to leave the workshop with other ladies but then we remembered we had plumbing issues in a way holmes and through d this training wed get the chance to help ourselves especially when we cant get men into a way of homes while were living alone without our husbands. Women banded together and found purpose training other syrian and jordanian women to be plumbers more than 600 so far most of her customers households schools and other public facilities are wasting a lot of water not good in a country that sits 2nd in a global list of nations with the highest water scarcity and only one of the stable going to them is a dont think most people think theyre. The ones because they think its the only reason why banks go empty but we all of us find that the mandi isnt as leaky. A broken float valve in a tank like this one can lead to a loss of more than 10 liters per minutes thats all it with Running Water can waste up to 15 leaders per minute so in countries that are dealing with water scarcity households have a big responsibility to stop the leaks its estimated that a quarter of the water provided by jordan has been this whole networks leaks away before it can even be used with more than 10000000 people tapping into a water supply thats only big enough for 3000000 the government rations water to households them with love and on new people notify us there is a leak in that neighborhood then we go fix it while roads are dug up and pipes replaced the ministry of water and irrigation says households need to help by maintaining their own tanks and fixtures they would see if they would say everybody in this guy there with us we should try to save for. Leaky pipes arent the only reason of course even more water is lost due to theft jordans growing population has been over exploiting its supply for decades but these female plumbers are doing their bit to help preserve an increasingly scarce resource and chapelle aljazeera amman. Still to come here on aljazeera the sports news wales leave it late in the Rugby World Cup quarter final with the french. Then say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. Follow in their footsteps as they forge their way in the world. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. Deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you just said oh i just agree with that a lot this sounds like blaming the public the country for the acknowledge their seeming anybody these people are well trained as much a part of the Islamic State machine the. Very end and merging of the populace that alters future join me mad the sun as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. Aljazeera. When the news breaks. When people need to be caught and the story needs to be told the police have the power politics with exclusive interviews you think that was a mistake and indepth report taking on the environmentally climate crises its a battle on many fronts not least that of the others aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more really good winning documentaries and life needs. Time for sports news thank you very much depends on the Rugby World Cup is over after the hosts were knocked out in the quarter finals south africa the performances of the brave blossoms have clipped the nation and one them an army of new fans was watching in tokyo. Japan and south africa fans joined together to sing each Others National anthems before this quarter final. Shooting up for a rematch of japans famous Group Stage Win against the springboks at the world cup 4 years ago. Be the back of their game. Making jan killing again today and maybe japans performances on home soil mean they are now getting close to being considered giants in a right fans of 2 time World Champion south africa not totally confident before kickoff you know just do me any good nervous really good moments to ban to be a great host but the fun and stuff. Inside tokyo stadium a crowd of nearly 50000 was briefly silenced when. Scored early on. But you timers penalty meant they were only 2 points in its a tough time. From then on though south africa turned the screw their forward pack strangling all of japans attempts to break out the attacking game that had seen them beat ireland and scotland on the way to this match. 21 unanswered points wrapping up a 263 victory for south africa created to my boys before you got it out. Who played in front of it is beautiful because the people of japan have been amazing you go she really should be proud of you thank you country there are things i was proud of me i turn to present nigeria and the to take countries and show very proud of us as well. Japan falling short but still walking tall after finishing among the top 8 in the world japan have been living the dream of this world cup that was roughly shaken out of it by defeat to south africa what they did win on a run twice 1st quarter final was the love and respect of millions in japan and around the world pole race aljazeera tokyo. Africa will face wells in the semifinals next sunday after they came through a dramatic matter with france an impressive a 1st half the splay from the french a saw them take a 9 point in lead into the break but the france down to 14 men were. Also mara 3 school of the crucial try it would 6 minutes ago has wales rallied to 20 to 191 is the 8th win and their last 9 meetings with frogs i think we were sort of all we have been taking a lot and probably continued in a similar vein i was nothing as fiji was a slightly disappointing but the cards were showed to come through all the see that was an advantage and talk novelty card but you know we kept plugging away and cameras on school boards. Australia coach mark who take a has stepped down after the quarter final defeat to england his contract was ending up to this tournament and hes confirmed he wont be seeking an extension chaika had been in charge for 5 years and guided the wallabies to the will cup final in 2015. The Houston Astros have advanced to the world series for the 2nd time in 3 years they beat the new york yankees in game 6 of their playoff series if jose to is to run a home run and the bottom of the 9th led them to 64 when theyll now play the Washington Nationals the best of 7 series began on tuesday. When i wasnt trying to hit a homer i was just thinking to hit the ball hard get on base and keep them amana and tense got the ball when i know we won the game. In moto g. P. A mark marquez isnt letting up after winning his aides walled title the honda rider one of the motorcade is circuits and time on sunday for a race victory it claims the teams 25th constructors a title with 3 races to go this season. And to milan are keeping up the pressure at the top of italys assyria theyre just a point behind leaders eventis off to winning the story on sunday the meeting the cuckoo scoring twice in the 43 victory. Wayne rooneys time in Major League Soccer has ended with a crushing defeat the former england captain failed to get on the scoresheet and is d. C. United side were dumped out of the m. L. S. Playoff spot toronto d. C. Took it to extra time but the canadian opponents scored 4 goals in the additional 30 minutes to win 51. 00. And thats it for me pizza santa thanks very much ok that was the news lets wrap up this broadcast for you this hour here on aljazeera where we started at live pictures coming to us out of the lebanese capital beirut basically the protesters there making their voices loud and clear the decision to get rid of 4 government members now. Not enough for them neither mr harry reids idea of taxing the banks well get more on that evolving story when we come back in a couple of minutes i will see you very soon. Talk to notice there are winners they dont believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen what i said was that pakistan would never start a war im anti war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the soldiers 0. To batten culture and downs thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to brace and maintain their Cultural Heritage its a reminder of who they are and whether. This is a suburb of the idiot capital new delhi tibet so the refugees here since 1964 buttons here have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasnt signed up to the 1951 Un Convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the Indian Welfare system so they become selfsufficient starting a Better Business says and looking for work independently but for some its not enough. Cannot deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you just said oh i disagree with that this sounds like blaming the public the country for the ireland holiday laming anybody these people ah well trained as much a part of the Islamic State machine. Have a very enlightened version of populism jersey to join me as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate. Aljazeera. Huge numbers of protesters on the streets of lebanon demanding the government fixes the economy. Youre watching us is here a line from our headquarters here and also coming up the u. S. Defense secretary makes a surprise visit to afghanistan to help revive stalled peace talks. The libyans vote in an election with a long term leader able moralist seeking a controversial 4th term. Violent clashes in hong kong as the police try to quell the anger against the ban on face masks during protests. Mass protests spreading in lebanon people demanding deeper political change big crowds are out on the streets for a 4th day raising their voices against rising taxation and alleged government corruption they perceive them unexpected boost as the head of the christian forces party so. Announced his ministers will resign from the government Stephanie Decker following that story for us live in beirut so staff the message clearly still day 4 and we are being defiant. The right time the right to the was reduced to peter that. The charger people are saying that Even Economic reforms are not going to be of help because they simply must tell us that in the politicians you know tomorrow is going to be even more pressure because its a general strike the 1st day of the week thats because sophocles schools are closed to succumb to travel because the roads to the south so that also needs to be given theres been a whole behind the scenes of course politicians talking to each other trying to figure out was the tune i understand there made the budget on the for the down into. Insulting actually the Prime Minister or could happen every day was it just but not so much for coming out of the mens protests was that i think were going to have to wait and see whether whatever the government offers to morrow is going to be enough because it doesnt seem at this stage theres any intention of resignation speech which is what the majority of these people are calling for and when we talk about the people and what theyre calling for steph give us a sense of how diverse the protest movement is i mean is it just the Younger Generation who are angry because there was that idea of basically charging them to use whatsapp or is it across the only all income brackets. Of all Age Group Income brackets its poor paul says 2nd that its quite amazing actually to see. Beirut is mixed but it generally anyway peter this city but there are protests happening in other cities was there. Does that mean the machine gun cities where you would ever turn against the leaders and this is whats happening and why because the people behind nights of it comes to the suburb they say the economic suffering the living takes a day like when they see their leaders or their billionaires that situation. That tax that never happened. Was simply the trigger not about was already a very high silo situation there but with immigrants rights the right one few people were shocked that we had massive wildfires here last week here and the government didnt deal with them because the aircraft they have the fire needs they have but not that many chain because of spare parts in years so they had to have foreign help people couldnt believe this when they see that their leaders are millionaires and billionaires so this is sort of the feeling theres one man we were talking to said i do want economic reform there are leaks we want our money back im going to make sure that the airport is closed so that they dont flee and their families do the word he used was accountability it is time for a change because a lot of these people that havent even given his budget in a speech here to the white its going to be so difficult to change jobs and when we talk about that change stephanie in looking at the unique history of lebanese politics if we combine that with the unique mosaic of the different groups in the different people that make up the government this is an utterly different unique scenario problem that we havent really seen in the region. The i mean. Its a microcosm itself in a way in a country because if you scratch the surface in regions not under the evidence that it is. Also when it comes to politics the way its played here its very much status in those parties who are looking to get long for example all the way to saudi arabia it is very complicated than it. Situation its a very complicated social situation and this is why this was happening here is so extraordinary and thats you know from the lebanese saying this insults area we heard a chant and people were talking about its not funny its not she not its not christian youre our savior is in us today you have kids at some point soon be her and she got you know the christian leader in truth standing here in front of the part of it trying to make sure people remained peaceful in the world so there is a sort of symbolism within that but but you know who everyone is calling for here is finally away from that sort of narrative language that politicians can play on the powers that politicians can play on dealing with their sects and their people who would listen youve got the people come together and turn against them which is why you know one man said my children are going to be reading and isnt what is happening here today in the history books in 20 years time we are making history. But the other thing. Is that nobody knows how this is going to play out as we know the middle east is complicated the army is in control of politicians not but it is a very powerful force on the ground so anything you know no one can predict what were going to see but again 24 hours now until we expect the Prime Minister to come out and see them again. Im going to have to wait and see whether whatever he says is going to be enough to send these people home ok steph thanks very much. The u. S. Defense secretary is on a surprise trip to afghanistan hes marked as spoke telling reporters on the plane there that the u. S. Is trying to kick start stalled peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban donald trump broke off u. S. Negotiations last month following a Taliban Attack which killed 12 people including a u. S. Soldier is in washington. The visit to kabul is the 1st for the new u. S. Defense secretary mark esper hes been on the job for a couple of months but he has already been dealing with the issues of the continued u. S. Military presence in that country some 14000 u. S. Troops are stationed in afghanistan one to train the local military to help it build its capacity and the other to take part in the nato led operation to carry out Counter Terrorism activities so that groups such as the taliban or al qaeda cannot reconstitute and carry out attacks against other countries of course this is a situation where the u. S. Has been trying to come to some sort of peace accord with the taliban before the taliban reaches its own peace accord with the Afghan Government but those talks have been rocky ground as it were because the taliban carried out an attack in Early September which killed one u. S. Soldier at that time the u. S. President donald trump said that he could not countenance the u. S. Is continuing negotiations with a partner that was in fact attacking u. S. Interests and u. S. Persons but there is a larger recognition in the u. S. Government that trying to get an eventual peace deal with the taliban is necessary if the u. S. Wants to remove its troops eventually from the country one thing the pentagon has been saying in the meantime that tentative plans to cut the number of u. S. Forces from 14000 to about 8000 are conditions based and theres no plan as of right now to actually remove 6000 forces from afghanistan it really is going to depend on the diplomatic circumstance a Spokesman Says that could explode forces and all of them seriously theyve almost finished getting old faces out of people at a ton of runs a line the evacuation operation is still underway this was a key part of the agreement to polish military operations with turkey. Correspondent Charles Stratford his life for us in. On the turkey syria border charles what else can you tell us about the situation on the ground in ras aligned. With certainly according to reports that were hearing from people participating from groups batiste plating in a medical convoy the 2nd medical convoy to go into russell and in the last couple of days theyre saying that so what they described as the 2nd batch of injured civilians and fighters and not injured fighters are preparing to leave the city now as you mentioned there was a statement from the s. D. F. The Kurdish Forces saying that their fighters had left the city a statement from their chief spokesperson very definitive in his words saying we do not have any fighters in russell lane anymore now that kind of statement was being disputed only literally half an hour ago or so by Free Syrian Army fighters that weve been contacting inside the city these of course are those syrian fighters that have been very much in the forefront of this military operation with the. They were disputing that saying that there could well be fighters still in the city they were saying that there were a lot of booby traps that had been left around there i think certainly respect for the citizens that were trapped there and lets not forget the fighting in russell line has been intense over the last week or so and even after the cease fire there were reports you dont go explore the clashes so it must be a great relief for what we believe could be at least a couple of 100 citizen civilians that have been trapped in that city where this leaves the cease fire remains to be seen because interesting lee. And we have to emphasize the president or a wind wants this socalled safe zone to before. 140 kilometers long along the border from john roberts to the iraqi border and around 30 kilometers deep the s. D. F. The Kurdish Forces have said from day one of this cease fire that they were going to be withdrawing their forces from an area considerably smaller than the one from russell and to the town of tal remains to be seen as to what kind of level of s. D. F. Withdrawal were going to see in these remaining areas between now and choose the evening when that cease fire ins charles thank you. In bolivia more than 7000000 people heading to the polls today to decide who will run the country for the next 5 years now the incumbent able medallists has been in power since 2006 but is facing a stiff challenge from a former president his car last message was to morales is facing accusations of ignoring term limits in order to stand again if he wins hell be in power until 2025 john home and has the latest from the city of. Well im here actually let me show you a little bit of this while we talk about that these are people that are going to vote now its still the morning now says quite a few hours of voting still to come in the polls before this election ever moralists was still the front runner but there was sort of predictions that this could go to a 2nd round