Prime minister has been asked to stay on as the temporary could take or until a new government is formed Michelle Obamas request follows tuesdays resignation of the Prime Minister. Hes leaving ended the Coalition Government thats been rocked by nearly 2 weeks of protests lebanons army has stepped in on weapons today to clear roads that have been barricaded by demonstrators calling for the ruling elite to step down so far theres been no protests across the country lets get more now from 0 holder whos been covering the leadership changes from beirut so in a good to talk to you again whats the reaction like on the street there. Well as you can imagine theyre considering this a victory one of their demands was that the Coalition Government is toppled but the political crisis is far from over there really their demands has not been met in full because what they want is a new government which is going to be made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any Political Party and this is what sort of how do you do the Prime Minister was trying to do he failed to reach a consensus with his Coalition Partners in government and thats why he resigned so now hes been asked to stay on as a caretaker Prime Minister what were waiting for is for the president to set a date in order for him to start consultations with parliamentary members in order to choose a new Prime Minister the very fact that he still has not set a date is an indication that there are behind the scenes negotiations between the different Political Parties to right try to reach a deal because theres uncertain days ahead 1st of all its very difficult to replace someone like he is considered the leader of the suddenly community and this post the Prime Minister is reserved for a muslim said according to leaven on sectarian based political system of government and he will not return to power unless there is an agreement that. It will be a technocrat government now if the hezbollah led alliance and the Ruling Coalition the side fine we dont need you we will name another sunny an ally of ours that hezbollah risks you know isolating lebanon because hezbollah is under u. S. Sanctions just like its patron iran and so if the government is dominated by hezbollah without a partner like heidi then the lebanese government as a whole could be sanctioned by the United States so difficult choices political attentions really holding talks behind the scenes to try to find some sort of a deal could be the beginning of the end though however is enough for the political elite in as much as some of the analysts weve been talking to in the past 2 weeks of also the same thing that mr hariri was a shield for those members of the political elite and if he chose to leave to go or if he was got rid of their days are numbered as well. Well he was a shield in the sense that the west continues to deal with lebanon continues to provide aid continues to invest in this country because if theres a hezbollah dominated country or government then it will be sanctioned by the United States so in that way he is a shield but otherwise these are politicians who will not give up power because this is a question of an existential threat to them these are Political Parties who survive by exploiting the states resources using the states resources to provide support to their own communities their own sect in order to remain in power so overthrowing the political elites will not be easy and people are under no illusion that this can happen overnight they say that this is going to be a rather a long struggle in order for radical change to happen zain thanks very much in the reporting live from beirut. Iraqs Prime Minister. Is under growing pressure to resign in the wake of days of antigovernment protests he along with the president of the speaker of the parliament will hold talks later to try to find a way out of the crisis and discuss possible names for a new Prime Minister the influential shia cleric. His resignation on tuesday tens of thousands came out into the streets spurred on by reports of Security Forces shooting protests has been called into the house the latest now from the iraqi capital baghdad. Defying curfew when work and life government and Party Building up the last writer of the 3 were here on a tunnel underneath tucker here where the people here are facing the sidewalk reading flowers now the role of me is the political maneuvering. Russia circus. And find a way out of crisis a source in. The Prime Minister either i think the president speak or of the parliament they. Are going to be on one day. Possible solution. They may have reportedly also. The successor to a series of are born robert reich or not he has. The momentum on. The day he may want. To resign and to call in sick days monitored by. The that there will be. In iraq there will be a delay in the budget as well. Or. On wednesday the Baghdad Police chief said his Security Forces are being i care. Well it has been fire Iraq Human Rights Commission says people have died during protests since friday the judiciary announced it would be investigating government corruption thats a lengthy process that may not appease the information. Also the u. N. Special representative here in iraq to attack me or to people she says they have legitimate demands however she also says that it would be impossible for any government to harbor and simply attack the past and present challenges in just one year that is how long Prime Minister idol. Has been in power. And theres been reaction to the demonstrations in iraq and lebanon heres whats in irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei has been saying. That the biggest damage enemies can inflict on a country is to deprive them of security as they are doing today in some countries in the region in the world american western Intelligence Services the Financial Support of some countries in our region produce chaos in the middle east and this is the worst hostility towards our nation i recommend those who care in iraq and lebanon remedy the insecurity and turmoil created in the countries by the us the zionist regime people also have some demands that are right but they should know their demands could be met through legal frameworks of their countries when legal structures are disrupted in a country nothing can get done they also planned it for our country but our people neutralized it when they came to the scene well joining us here on the news hour is sami him as an assistant professor at the Northwestern University here in kaesong hes also the author of war is coming between past and future violence in lebanon some of them as welcome to the news hour how long do you think itll take them to form a new government in beirut. Well thats thats anyones guess but. Its a potentially can take quite a while now once most likely heidi will be named as the next Prime Minister again and they will start there are. There are negotiations theyre bickering and it could potentially take a while the one thing that i think could you know could put a dent in that in those negotiations are the people. Mobilizing on the streets which might push them to move faster but really its anyones guess and the past if the past is any measure then it could take a while do you think theres a chance that mr hariri will try to give his country the same old binary system which is precisely what the protesters do not want. Again i mean there is there is a good chance of that the i think the people have spoken this time in some really amazing ways they have been very clear in their demands in terms of what kind of government they want and i think if the ruling class is smart they will listen or you know or else things could get quite messy and i think i think from what ive been hearing on the ground that people are going to give them some time and then if their demands are not met theyre going to be back out stronger in the streets looking at the wider region just the region have time for these old games. Of course not but at the same time i think its important to really stress that these are domestic issues Economic Issues questions of social justice and theyre not geo political issues people in lebanon and people in iraq are tired of their their regimes and their ruling class and their put the political sectarianism that has been ongoing for decades and lebanon and i suppose now decades in iraq and theyre tired of this and i think at least where im following more closely in lebanon the people in the streets have been amazing at really separating these issues and making a case that this is not about any kind of geo political struggle this is about the states corrupt state and you know that just now you played a quote from from iran that that that can be directed as much to the ruling class that is it is the people right i mean the the the government needs to get itself in order in order to prevent you know these kind of just geopolitical games from being played out ok you know just heres the thing that occurs to me ok were not talking about geopolitical issues were talking about bread and butter issues thats what were talking about on the streets of lebanon and thats what were talking about i guess it once at one level anyway on the streets of iraq you mean you mentioning the iran the tentacles of the geo political relationships though that those tentacles are real they are solid they are well established is what were seeing potentially arab spring to. Right i mean not just iran right to me we can talk about the tentacles come from all kinds of places but the point is that that is not the people have learned the lessons of the past. We hope and from what ive seen theyve been really smart. Stressing that this is about bread and butter. And standing with one force you know and lebanon youve seen people with sort of new consciousness about. You know. About this not being a sectarian issue this is really about the economy and this is about corruption and this is about an old order that needs to go if were going to have you know a state that provides any dignity for us so i think its important to in the face of people trying to make this about an international question to stress that its really is it. Thank you very much. Sudans main Opposition Leader says the government has failed to push through a peace deal in that ending years of fighting former rebel leader rick machado says a unity government cannot be achieved before a mid november 3rd life 6 year conflict has led to the deaths of more than 400000. 00 people and internationally mediated peace deal is still in place but the still violence between groups around the country for morgan has more now from khartoum with less than 2 weeks to go it doesnt look like all the worrying sides who signed a peace deal here in the sudanese capital hard time last year are in agreement with regards to forming a Transitional Government mid november now lets remember that the november 12th deadline is already an extension of the initial deadline which was made 12 Opposition Leader rick machar says that the security arrangements and the number of states are 2 issues which hinders him from returning him back to juba and forming a Transitional Government on time asked for the peace deal that was signed 83000 troops from both sides are to be brought together trained and unified before being redistributed across the country and forming a National Army now that has not fully completed yet the process started less than 2 months ago the other issue is the number of states now lets go back to october 2015 when south sudans president change the number of states in the country from 10 to 32 that was something that Opposition Leader rick much are strongly rejected and said was illegal and he says that those 2 issues should be resolved before a government of National Unity is formed now into the Intergovernmental Authority on development a regional body which has backed the deal along with the European Union and several regional countries have said that it comes down to the mediators sudan and uganda to bring the 2 sides together and bring them and put them to the negotiating table and decide whether they can go ahead and form a government and resolve these issues after that Transitional Government is formed or they will be once again another extension and people of south sudan have to wait to see a Transitional Government and for stability in that country. 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Had rather mixed picture across much of the middle east some cooler air in place but also plenty of rain showers and some snow to these high elevations you can see on the satellite quite a lot going on we have got mostly rain but some snow again patients to 20 celsius on a day meanwhile in between the black sea and the caspian sea weve got a steady stream of showers and again will snow to the mountain tops on by friday very unsettled throughout much of turkey quite a cloud and really quite cold in anchorage just 13 celsius meanwhile a nice sunny day in beirut with a high of 24 damages now across much of ive been put into we have some cloud with some very heavy amounts of rain and its because of this that it really is going to continue to impact coastal areas particularly of. Very high waves is breaking across the prominent opposition pretty good guys despite the fact that storm is so close now its not expected to get any stronger it will actually continue to weaken so between thursday and friday the winds will really come down so were looking at winds on friday at around 90 kilometers an hour gusting higher than that but it will produce all the way along this coastal area and again still some pretty high and dangerous seas wanted to show like you through eastern areas of south africa so feeling cooler than on thursday with a high of 90. The 1st hand glimpse of the challenges faced by journalists in the age of donald trump were fighting the faked is fake phony the enemy of the people through the eyes of a federal White House Correspondent what do you base your legs only say sir down the press is not after truck after that were not the enemy of the people we are the people usa current battleground whose truth is it anyway on. Aljazeera. Where ever you are. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news hour live from doha im peter dhabi these are your headlines fight scenes resumed in Northern Syria state media are reporting heavy clashes between the syrian army and for some the turkish control that follows the passing of a deadline under a russian turkey deal for the withdrawal of all Kurdish Forces from the northeast of the country. Lebanons Prime Minister has been asked to stay on as a temporary caretaker until a new governments formed the president s request follows tuesdays resignation of the Prime Minister saad how do you think his leaving ended the Coalition Government has been rocked by nearly 2 weeks of protests. And chiles president has cancelled in. National summit show jools the next 2 months because of ongoing antigovernment protests demonstrations against president Sebastian Pinera economic policies have extended into a 12th day. Now to the states to more u. S. Government officials will be the latest to testify at an impeachment inquiry into the us President Donald TrumpChristopher Andersen and Catherine Croft both served under the former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker the pair followed alexander vine dman the National Security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment witness listen to the call between donald trump and the korean president which is at the center of the inquiry live now to our White House Correspondent kimberly help at kimberly whats been going on today. Yeah well what were expecting from this closed door hearing is that there will be more revelations about Trump Administration ukraine poli