Sites in the burning of government buildings your position say instead its a cry for transparency and change john home and aljazeera the past. Weather is next but still ahead. Protests in chile no sign of stopping despite the government pledging new Economic Reforms and accusations of heavy handed tactics and obstruction and hong kong journalists say an official complaint against police. Because some rather wet weather into the middle east at the moment certainly around the levant affair but a cloud just piling out of that east the side of the medics right he was saying some flooding rain some disruptive weather pushing into that western side of the reason hey we have got cloud and rain just making its way then into a good part of lebanon maybe seen some wet weather still affecting the Sinai Peninsula i think over the next couple days we could see some flooding grassy pushing its way back to northern parts of egypt say that. Service will stay there cyprus staying rather unsettled see the clouds and the rain making its way across northern parts of syria southern areas of the caspian seas and northern parts of iran could see some wet weather and there was a slight its way down into central parts of iraq as we go through the next day or so if the fattest is fine and dry a 22 there in kabul 35 in karate well into the other mid to high twentys once again across that eastern side of the med there but still some showers in the forecast over the next day or so for the Arabian Peninsula here it is looking fired into a pleasantly warm 3334. 00 celsius here around the gulf a little more cloud just sliding into northern parts of the region we do see that cloud as always a possibility of one of 2 spells of rain. Was sponsored by qatar and. What are you protesting about how does this impact their online life basements will see them directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on saying this is an attack on Academic Freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue myanmars not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice. Through the discussion is real and are in your control of the solutions on aljazeera. You know again im the. Top stories this hour the u. S. President says hes lifting sanctions on turkey following a truce deal and syria donald trump says the Turkish Military offensive has ended thanks to washingtons intervention. The south korean Prime Minister and his Japanese Counterparts have met in tokyo as a time of heightened tension south Korean News Agency young hop reports that lee knock young and they have agreed that fraying bilateral ties need to be mended. And bolivias Opposition Leader says he has evidence of electoral fraud in sundays president ial vote is calling for mass protests to continue unless a runoff is held president evo morales has denounced the opposition demonstrations as a clue. Trips and chile using Excessive Force that against Peaceful Protesters prompted International Groups to call on the government to respect the rights of demonstrators for political change but now reports. Its the worst crisis the country has seen in more than 3 decades. A violent crackdown by police and military against thousands of demonstrators has left several dead thousands of others have been arrested but. The repression has been horrible they beat a bullet to date with clubs and didnt. As always the return on top when we always get stepped on. Demonstrators blame the government for a long list of social problems from economic inequality to growing lack of access to Public Health care. There is no medicine there is no supplies to treat wounds we dont have enough stuff there is a massive deficit. According to medical professionals dozens of protesters have suffered wounds from firearms and have sustained injuries to the face and torso from projectiles like tear gas canisters and rubber pellets the United Nations along with International HumanRights Groups are calling for Security Forces who have been documented using excessive violence against Peaceful Protesters to be held accountable. There have been specific cases not only violating the right to Peaceful Assembly but also the right to life and bodily integrity theyre also been cases of Sexual Assault things that cannot be tolerated. On wednesday sub secretary of the interior said he expects that any alleged Human Rights Violations will be thoroughly investigated. We are live in state of emergency and im really tired. But this doesnt not just to fight human rights abuses. While a majority of protests in the country have remained peaceful theres also. When widespread vandalism and hundreds of businesses have been looted a military in force curfew has been announced for a 5th night in a row and has been extended to other cities of cheating the concern now as more people continue to join in the demonstrations and violate that curfew is that the violence that weve seen over the past few days will only worsen. Between protests that continue to intensify and a government who seems unable to regain the trust of the public a peaceful solution to the unrest appears to remain out of reach. Something. Now imagine investigation is underway in the United Kingdom after the body is a fatty 9 people were found in a container truck Prime Minister bias johnson has pointed the finger at people traffic is describing whats happened as an unimaginable human tragedy the discovery was made in the town of grays from where paul brennan reports. The circumstances of the grim discovery are still uncertain ambulance paramedics were the 1st to be called to the scene the police wont reveal who it was who raised the alarm but it was immediately obvious that the people inside this container lorry were beyond medical help shortly before 1 40 am today we received reports that a number of people had been found inside the lorries container at the wall to great Industrial Park on easton avenue in grace Emergency Services attended but sadly all 39 people inside the container had died police now believe that the container travelled from zebra to purfleet and docked in the thora carrier shortly after 12 30 am on wednesday morning but they also say that the tractor part of the truck is believed to have originated in Northern Ireland and the British Parliament the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition were united in shock and sorrow now this is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking i know that the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those who lost their lives and their loved ones i do pay an enormous tribute to the Emergency Services whove gone to the scene to deal with it all of us who just think for a moment what its like to be a Police Officer or a firefighter to open that container. And have to remove 39. 00 bodies from it and deal with them in a program in an appropriate and humane way what unimaginable horror did the 39. 00 victims and your refrigerated lorries are designed to be at tight that those 39 people suffocate in a claustrophobic and terrifyingly inevitable death or did they freeze to death in temperatures below minus 20 degrees celsius. There are echoes of the 2015 tragedy in austria when 71 people suffocated to death in the back of an airtight lorry which the people smugglers had simply abandoned in the august heat. The 25 year old driver of this lorry has been arrested and is being questioned as a potential murder suspect. The truck itself is not removed to a secure location to prove docs so the bodies can be removed forensically but this investigation is only just beginning and somehow somewhere the families of 39. 00 people are going to have to be traced and told their loved ones fate paul brennan aljazeera and 6. Lebanese protesters are still rallying across the country despite the rain and the heavy military presence major streets remain blocked in the capital beirut and other cities demonstrators are demanding the removal of a political system they say is corrupt and beyond repair Prime Minister saad hariri has presented reforms in an attempt to appease protesters for the demonstrations have continued for a 7th day. Thank you mr marion welcome to new england will remain to see to the protesters continue across the country and continue confronting this region wherever you. Saudi arabias foreign minister has been fired after less than one year in the role the announcement was broadcast on state television abraham bin suffers only appointed in december last year hell be replaced by the kingdoms ambassador to germany 5 all been fired the saudi minister for transport has also been replaced well a Us DemocraticParty Senator is blaming donald trump for poor diplomacy and solving a diplomatic route in the middle east chris murphy says trump flacks approach towards the dispute between katha and 4 other arab nations has led to a stalemate saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and trade ties with cattle and 2017 accusing its government of supporting terrorism qatar has denied those allegations. Elsewhere in the middle east things are falling apart fast due mostly to the trump administrations incompetence it started with his nonsensical fracture of relations between saudi arabia and another key u. S. Gulf allies cutter it was the kind of disruption that frankly would normally be papered over and fixed by a competent u. S. Administration probably in days but 3 years later these 2 countries saudi arabia and qatar still arent talking largely because we did nothing to fix it well as protests go on and Hong Kong China say their job is getting hotter and hotter they cant beijing of gagging debate and say local police cracking down with Unreasonable Force sarika reports. Isabella studder is a Deputy Editor for quartz media based in hong kong after a decade in the industry she says her job is becoming increasingly difficult and media groups with links to Mainland China are under pressure to self censor ports this takes place in different ways for example Chinese Capital being invested into different forms of Media Television and newspapers for example with many people saying that a lot of media outfits in hong kong are now in leaning if not outright sort of parroting the Chinese Communist party line its a view shared by the Hong Kong Journalists Association which says Media Freedom is at its worst since the former british colony was handed back to china the 9097. 00 deal gave the semi autonomous territory freedom of speech until 2047 but with more than half of hong kongs media owners also members of political organizations on the mainland critics say journalists are increasingly avoiding topics that could anger the communist party or jeopardize commercial interests in china the carnival tolerance of being politically sensitive in particular those relating to trying to soften the Congress Party leadership through the briefings presidency to have got more and more sensitive this years World Press Freedom index from Reporters Without Borders ranks hong kong 73 on the list dropping from 18 spot in 2002 china ranks 177 out of one 180. 00 countries surveyed as well as complaints of an increasingly restricted media landscape the hong kong genesis o c action has also filed a legal challenge against the police its accusing them of using obstructive tactics on journalists covering the antigovernment protests including unnecessary and Excessive Force the prodemocracy protests of 2014 triggered a resurgence of independent Media Outlets including Hong Kong Free press which relies on radio donations to survive despite its nonprofit status the editor says it too has. And subject to political interference that says the government needs to strengthen its safeguards we have seen from pressure from your forties and threats and things like god. I have some faith that if we continue you know to this report truthfully and generally we stay out of these these debates we dont have an agenda. Then the movie able to carry on the extradition bill which triggered the antigovernment protests by been formally withdrawn but with no sign of this political process ending the citys reputation as a bastion of free press is increasingly at stake. Out 0 hong kong. Now polls are opening soon for local elections and indeed administered kashmir indias Opposition Party is boycotting the vote in protest over the continued detention of its leaders hundreds of politicians have been arrested since you tell you revoked and didnt minister to kashmirs autonomy in early August Chinas ias newly elected president has been sworn in during the ceremony and parliament. Promised to tackle the countrys economic problems the retired law professor pledged 0 tolerance for the wasting of public money side was elected in a landslide victory last month facebook c. E. O. Has been grilled by u. S. Politicians for several hours about the companys efforts to create a Global Digital currency Mark Zuckerberg insists libor as its called will be a force for good but critics believe it will be used by drug traffickers and other criminals she has her tandy explains. Exactly came to capitol hill with one fundamental message i know with the subject of multiple investigations and law suits but trust me i get that im not the ideal messenger for this right now. We faced a lot of issues over the past few years and im sure there are a lot of people who wish it were anyone but facebook who are helping to put this that idea is the creation of a global privately run currency Libra Zuckerberg says it will help a 1000000000 people around the World Without a bank account the poor with libra theyll be able to send money to others as easy as sending a text message and i feel blessed to be in a position where we can make a difference in peoples lives but he also issued a warning if we dont do it china will members of congress were skeptical there but for the richest man in the world to come here and hide behind the poorest people in the world and say thats who youre really trying to help members of Congress Point to facebooks long history of abusing its access to the data it already possesses from its social media platforms if the company also potentially controlled the Financial Transactions of its 2700000000. 00 customers that too would be exploited they argued talk about insisted the data from its cryptocurrency project wouldnt be merged with the data it already uses for profit concerns have been raised about the implications of an International Currency and a Global Financial system thats already unstable even with mashable currencies and regulation libor i would be decentralized and truly open to potentially devastating currency speculation and its used by criminals and terrorists some argue was also asked about facebook in general all the allegations of misconduct that are being investigated by multiple authorities around the u. S. From an advertising platform thats allowed companies to discriminate against minorities to turning a blind eye to election interference it was clear that this was a hard sell in fact the Committee Chairwoman said that just by suggesting facebook move into finance it was yet another argument that the company was too big each month 2700000000 people use your products thats over a 3rd of the worlds population thats huge. Thats so big that its clear to me and to anyone who hears this list that perhaps you believe that you are above the law you have opened up a serious discussion about whether they spoke should be broken up zuckerberg insisted that libra would not be launched on those financial regulators were satisfied it would not be a source of instability but his message that his only concern is a level financial Playing Field was met with skepticism here if you ever terms the old desire washington. This is al jazeera and these are the headlines the us president says hes lifting sanctions on tacky following a truce still in syria donald trump says the Turkish Military offensive has ended thanks to washingtons intervention turkey syria and all forms of the kurds have been fighting for centuries we have done them a Great Service and weve done a great job for all of them and now were getting out a long time we were supposed to be there f