Stones curtains of tear gas loot by police. They tried to resist knocking down lighting small fires to disperse the gas and i was going to work on this area within the truth is that weve never felt like this before the yesterday was bad but today theyre really kicking us hard in the fire smoke helps us to feel better the ballot papers proved a popular choice of fuel but it wasnt enough people are running here because 7 theyre trying to block off the center there are birds sing with tear gas so there is a lot of nerves here. For good reason she was hit by a tear gas canister. A wednesday morning president ever more on his coup these protests an attempt to cuckoo and said the opposition were at fault for the delays in the vote count because of. How does the coup expresses south they detain the counting process burned government buildings and regional electoral tribunals threatening elected candidates and they dont guarantee the safety of the members of the electoral tribunals was he called on bolivians to come out and defend democracy thats what these young people also say that doing that means more not less conflict ahead. These protests are only continuing today on wednesday in santa cruz which is really the industrial business hub of the country theres a general strike there also the opposition crowd closing the border with brazil so a lot of commerce and a lot of economical things are being halted in that city here in the powers in the capital theres also a protest being called for just under an hour now in one of the main plazas here in the capital city president morales as you heard has been calling for bolivians to come out and defend the vote so you can expect mobilizations from government supporters as well so this situation isnt calming down at all if fact it seems to be heating up because the government isnt really changing its position and the opposition dont seem to be changing theirs either john thank you for that but one of the pentagons top policy officials for ukraine is appearing before the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump laura cooper is likely to be questioned about the decision to freeze aid to ukraine its a day after the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine William Taylor testified that trump made a condition that ukraine investigate hes rival joe biden before releasing the aide or coopers appearance comes after the Defense Department told congress it will not comply with a subpoena to provide documents related to the case but cooper who is responsible for policy for russia and Eastern Europe including ukraine has volunteered to testify she would have overseen u. S. Military assistance including the 250000000. 00 Security Package to ukraine well im joined castro is live in washington d. C. Take us through some more of that testimony and what weve been hearing from this inquiry. Sure stan so todays testimony from laura cooper which is unfolding as we speak she is expected to be asked about the pentagons objections to freezing that military aid to ukraine and according to yesterdays explosive testimony given by the acting ambassador to ukraine William Taylor weve learned that not only was the pentagon objecting to the white houses order to freeze that aid as well as state officials and taylor himself he detailed himself as leading what appear to be the official u. S. Foreign policy toward ukraine which diverged from of a shadow Foreign Policy led by the president s own personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and another president ial confidant or did someone who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. And taylor said in his Opening Statements yesterday that sunland implicated trump himself for this decision to withhold u. S. Military aid to ukraine conditioned on ukraine opening a public investigation into joe biden trumps political opponent here in the u. S. And into the Democratic Party and in fact taylor said that someone said everything was dependent on ukraine making this Public Statement including Security Assistance and that the president had wanted the president of ukraine to be in a quote public box by making this Public Statement about ordering such investigations so that testimony going contrary to the denials from the president himself and from the white house that a quid pro quo existed and in fact the white house released a statement yesterday saying that this entire impeachment inquiry of donald trump is quote a cordon aided Smear Campaign from far left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the constitution however its notable that these witnesses have been serving. Multiple ministrations and democratic ministrations as well as republican and today again we see it another witness on capitol hill was considered to be a career professional possibly offering more insight into this impeachment inquiry stan. Castro live for us then from washington d. C. Well 2 associates of President Trumps personal lawyer who are linked to that ukraine scandal a jew in court accused of violating u. S. Campaign finance laws live pontus and eagle froome and a Close Friends of former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani the russian born business men were arrested earlier this month now theyre accused of helping funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of the Ukrainian Government official into the us political system facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is appearing in front of a u. S. Congressional committee again this time to defend the upcoming launch of the Digital Currency members of the House Financial Services committee concerned the system could disrupt the Global Financial system threaten users privacy and facilitate Money Laundering facebook announced its plans in june to launch a crypto currency called libra which could be used to pay for goods online and send Money Worldwide there are more than a 1000000000 people around the world who dont have access to a bank account but could through mobile phones if the right system existed and that includes more than 14000000 people right here in the u. S. Being shut out of the Financial System has real consequences for peoples lives and its often the most disadvantaged people who pay the highest price people pay far too high a cost to have to wait far too long to send money home to their families abroad the Current System is failing them the financial industry is stagnant and there is no Digital Financial and architecture to support the innovation that we need i believe that this problem can be solved and libra can help. Well she had the chance he joins us live now from washington d. C. We just heard a little bit of buck suck a big day she had taken what else shes been saying in the tough questions of his vice. Top question he seems to be facing is whats in it for you really out truism you just want to help the worlds poor that hasnt been the record of facebook so far what you are doing is hoovering up everyones information and making a huge amount of money out of it but youre saying that this is entirely separate that seems to be one of the main areas of contention this isnt going terribly well for mugs are going to get us we said about this a lot of it is always you know grandstanding but theres a lot of pent up anger with facebook not just because of the potential for labor but just because of its effect on information the discourse of political discourse democrats still angry about alleged russian interference in the election and so on so thats the main problem we have the skepticism so suddenly you really care about the poor one congressman just said so what the worlds richest man is coming here and hiding behind the worlds poorest people and this is all kind of stinging stuff zuckerberg says no to all i want to do is make make the world a better place and level that financial Playing Field make it as easy to send money between people as sending a text message or a 1000000000 people around the world dont have access to Financial Services we will give it heres another message too if we dont do it china will try to appeal to that nationalistic kind of thing this is about American Leadership even a leader would be based in geneva it has to be said but there are all sorts of concerns being raised one previously given facebooks record you already have a lot of social information now you want our Financial Information to look at x. As though there wont be any connection but what facebook doesnt have a great record on this secondly Financial Stability capitalism is already pretty unstable because of Global Capital flows and thats with National Currencies regulated by Central Banks and things like that now you want a d. Centralized a decentralized global currency with but with whos going to regulate that for a start you know and it just its. It sounds a bit concerning for the financial well being of the world and then theres the issue of crime and who will really benefit from this is it really the poor or is actually one congressman said its the terrorists criminals and drug dealers who have an unmet need need which you will now which you will meet these are the sorts of arguments hes having along with all sorts of other arguments about facebook in general the conduct of facebook and as the chairperson Maxine Waters said frankly you already control a 3rd of the worlds population in some ways 3700000000 people. 2. 7000000000 people actually. If anything you coming down saying now we also want to control your Financial Transactions is yet another sign that you are just too big and need to be broken up. She out thank you so much for that update she advertises joining us live from washington d. C. Well ideations boeing says its quarterly profits a full of more than 50 percent and thats due to the grounding of the 7 37. 00 max aircraft after 2 crashes killed 346. 00 people boeing says it expects Regulatory Approval to return the plane to service like this year the company is also cutting production of the 707 dreamliner because of global trade. Protesters in lebanon are blocking roads across the country as part of a 7th day of demonstrations the army is now trying to reopen by routes demonstrations continue despite the government approving unprecedented Economic Reforms protests now calling for complete political change reports from beirut. They try to reclaim the streets but the people stood their ground lebanons army has been ordered by politicians to open roads across the country the same politicians these lebanese want gone there were skirmishes a few injuries but at the end the military took a step back theyre trying to intimidate the city on this. Thing that by a show of force were going to back up people are going to be afraid to come and actually publish the opposite all of us rushed early on instead of coming at like 5 or 6 pm for a party this is the main highway connecting the capital beirut to North Lebanon protesters have been blocking roads in the hope of pressuring the government to resign Prime Minister saddam had who said protests will be tolerated in squares ordered the Security Forces to clear the streets he has ordered stop process he has all the stop. This hes seeing that the people there are not using any violence they are so peaceful its not clear if the presence of cameras stop the soldiers from using Excessive Force but not long after the army command issued a statement making it clear daily life must not be disrupted people chant revolution revolution we want the fall of the regime protesters are still very much defiant they are refusing to leave the streets it seems levanon will witness a for a long period of unrest if the lebanese government refuses to resign. The governing coalition has not been able to write off the protest movement which has spread across lebanon it isnt. Entering its 2nd week has anybody. My son graduates next year and all he thinks about is leaving lebanon he cant find a job here i dont want my children to leave i want those in power to return the money they stole. For decades protests like these were ineffective because the majority of the lebanese people allied themselves with one Political Group or another that may change hard its different now the people on the street and when were talking specifically about people who are affiliated politically and maybe still affiliated but its clear but they want to hold their parties accountable maybe they didnt do it during the elections they are doing it now on the street no one can pretend to represent the street today the protesters are trying to seize their country from politicians who have been in power for decades for now they have overcome sectarian and political divides and are controlling the streets this is the 1st time lebanons political leaders face such a serious challenge but that may change if the army chooses to protect those in power set up for their beirut. Well Stephanie Decker joins us live now from tripoli in northern lebanon as weve seen and we can see behind you there these protests now are continuing 7 days whats the feeling youre getting there about the results and the determination to keep this up. Its very a strong stand i would say a particular here in tripoli across the country but this is lebanon 2nd city its a disenfranchised city neglected by politicians and really used to be a support base of Prime Minister saad had even while that is change and weve been looking at these pictures certainly over the last week of tripoli really coming out in force thousands of people saying the same slogans of radar to cross the country people want the downfall of the regime revolution and what people have been telling us here particular what is so important you are that say now insane as packages well is how the crosssection of society has come together this city status a city that a couple of years ago through gun battles on the streets because of a spillover of the syrian war it felt stigmatized by the rest of lebanon and i really feel like its changed its face you had to know on saturday night a d. J. Played to the crowd here that video went wive viral rave music everyone 1st thought it was beirut no it was tripoli and people are saying that this has given them new hope because they lost their hope of core theyve been to put disappointed so many times before that they say this seems to be a turning point theyre under no illusion its going to be difficult of course its going to be difficult i think we are at a stalemate we dont know how things are going to move forward the government isnt resigning the people arent going anywhere nobody knows how things are going to play out at the moment. Stephanie deca locksmiths there tripoli in lebanon thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera. Police and protesters face off on the streets in chile as the conservative president announces measures to tackle inequality. Bent and broken pirates out they are the problem and one of the most dangerous waterways in the world. At a new to it Just Announced the barcelonas match against real madrid leo well have that and the rest of the days big sports. And i once again weve seen some rather heavy write in c. Parts of the middle east recently and as is often the case here in this part of the world where the ground is dry we have seen some flooding this is the same in cairo actually on shes day off may we have had some disruption as a result solve the a west the weather pushing for many flights cancelled once but destruction on the road wet weather just lingering around cyprus that eastern side of the med as we go on through the day that cloud actually stretches across northern parts of syria will then essential parts over iraq more than areas of iraq could see some showers longest spells of right over the next couple of days that went to weather a cloudy weather pushing a little further south as we go through friday and that is by friday you could see some wet weather just pushing back towards the Sinai Peninsula for the Arabian Peninsula it is looking like a fine and dry temperatures here in a pleasant 334. 00 celsius over the next couple of days and a bit of cloud there pushing into northern parts of the gulf could catch a little bit of right on that but otherwise its lots of blue skies all the way but it goes for good parts of Southern Africa as well but we have got some grey skies and cloud pushing across the southern type at the moment possible to see a sweater weather coming in on that and thats all making its way from west to east. 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