A country that is speaking with one voice you do not have a country that is in agreement this is a polarized country it is fractious it is fractured along sectarian lines that is what people here want to change others dont want to do that i was talking to people outside the president ial palace today we dont want to change sectarian systems the president of this country of course is a christian and thats the way its and its meant to be to the constitution people that were telling me all that that goes we feel that the persons will be put out forced out of this country so you have so many levels of complications but i think to try and simplify it is we have to look at the next step but not is expecting thats actually lets go this way because theres a march coming out just to show you the momentum thats starting kerry got so its no new building and we are expecting the crowds to be big tonight they were expecting people to come down from tripoli as well theres not a d. J. You became famous by playing to the crowd there hes expected to come to. Everything indicating that. Tonight you will be seeing large numbers again. The 1st week out when these protests start thank you very much for that Stephanie Decker live for us in the lebanese capital beirut lets now speak to heal our crush on whos a professor of Political Science at the American University of beirut he is live with us from saigon thank you so much for being with us as we saw there antigovernment protesters again out on the streets of beirut today earlier we had pro our own supporters out in force and i stephanie says it doesnt really show that the lebanese are speaking with one voice there is you know there are differences so where does lebanon go from here well if the beginning uprising was spontaneous and multi confessional but it didnt take long for confessional leaders to. I mean sure quite a Little Community to walk out of the protest movement now in the Shiite Community has will and a movement took the people out of the protest movement and they actually close down on the wall streeters in beirut michel on the estimate the and they were successful in getting them are in a community or at least most of it directly behind him so what happened in lebanon right now is that the confessional leaders are in control and the uprising has lost its momentum and this is exactly what antigovernment protesters have been denouncing this sectarian based political system is what they want change but is that realistic in your view in a country as diverse as lebanon. If this isnt possible confessional islam is the only institution in lebanon in 1043 lebanon was granted independence and from the beginning the political system and the leader of russia and was based on confessional representation i mean how could you undo it you know i mean it is ingrained in the cycle but collective consciousness of all liberties so i think this is a tall order and the crisis right now is economic and the country is on the verge of economic collapse if it hasnt already collapsed or to talk about ending the confessional system at a time when the country is dying economically is too much but the problem with this system also is that you have the same names that are still governing the country that decades ago the same names harry reids and so on and what demonstrators are asking for is a technocratic government do you think that could provide a sectarian answers considering the sectarian divisions and the structure of the Lebanese Parliament not really because you know. The cabinet is theoretically. The executive branch of the government i mean agreement these will have to be approved by the parliament which is 630 and you know even if those socalled tightly qualified in your cabinet members are put into place they will have to deal with the bureaucracy which is sectarian doable. Ok thank you so much for speaking to us will be interesting to see how this all unfolds in the coming weeks. Professor of Political Science at the American University of beirut thank you. And much more ahead on this news hour including these leaders came to thailand hoping to create the Worlds Largest trading brod but its been delayed well find out why and in sports a near miss in qualifying for Lewis Hamilton accies looks for his speed with a one world to a. First several people have been injured in hong kong after protesters fought with police in iran shopping malls antigovernment demonstrators gathered in the new town plaza after damaging a train station somewhere wrestled to the ground by police and taken away for questioning. Indias government has released a new map depicting the entire kashmir region as part of its territory last thursday new delhi formally divided indian administered kashmir into 2 new federal territories 3 months after revoking the regions autonomy of these are the internationally recognized boundaries saying clude parts of administered kashmir in pakistan by pakistan and china indias new map shows the whole area as part of 2 new centrally administered territories john moore and kashmir and ladakh pakistan has condemned the move calling it legally untenable on child ora has more from indian administered kashmir. A few days after the Indian Government officially split indian administered kashmir into 2 Union Territories and smaller political units directly under new delhis control the Indian Government has released a new map of india in this map these Union Territories of Jammu And Kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and now some analysts say that fostered be made aware this because indias stated position has always been that the dire region is an integral part of india however others say that india is being assertive now a few days after Indian Government the Region Special status and strip did offer on august 5 they did defense minister was the 1st person to say that the next conversation india will have will be on pakistan as he put it occupied kashmir and nothing else shortly after the Indian Foreign minister said pretty much the same this gives some sort of credence to the fear of the same wrong said but india seems to have plans or part of. The pakistans administration or control now china of course has backed its ally pakistan but earlier in the indian Prime Minister. Shes being then he didnt even really meet with the chinese president that when china also is administering a part of kashmir that india claims. Southeast asian leaders at a summit in thailand have delayed signing a deal that would have created the well spigots trading block a Free Trade Agreement between 16 countries was meant to offset the impact of the u. S. China trade war scott hi larry porson bangkok. To kick off the aussie on summit the fifa president handed out these customized football shirts to the leaders of the 10 Member Association of Southeast Asian nations the bloc focuses on regional unity while embracing each nations individual culture but much of the focus recently has been on how nations outside are impacting our own. Chinese premier league pitching spoke to the groups leaders several nations have territorial disputes with china and he welcomed progress in negotiations for a code of conduct in the South China Sea beijing has been accused of delaying those talks for years while the built islands undisputed reefs in waterways critical to shipping and thought to have huge oil reserves underneath. Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi also met the leaders he did not mention the ongoing negotiations between 16 countries on a regional free trade deal known as our step there are reports that india has raised some concerns but some think a deal is not far off but will be agreed during this summit the fact is that the region needs this deal the symbolism of this deal would be enormous it would become the Worlds Largest trading walk half of the worlds population 40 percent of the Global Economy and this region is also going to become the center of gravity of course of called trade and thats something that would be good news for some nations that have been hurting under pressure from the ongoing us china trade war the u. S. Downgraded its representation here at the r. C. N. Summit compared to previous years sending the commerce secretary as the highest Ranking Member of the american delegation some see this is not only as an indication of the importance of the trumpet ministries and places on this region but also as an opportunity for china when all the leaders of the asia pacific you know related summits when they show up without the u. S. President counterpart is going to undermine u. S. Interests and also the interests of the other countries in the recent that are looking for a kind of a counterbalance to china. So the unity within r. C. M. Might become more important than ever as nations outside the region jostle for influence scott hodler aljazeera. A car bombing has served as a reminder of insecurity along syrias northeastern border where take a Russian Forces are doing joint patrols 13 people were killed and 30 others injured in the attack on a crowded market in. The border town is controlled by Turkish Backed opposition fighters and seen some of the heaviest battle since turkey launch a military offensive against kurdish y. P. G. Forces last month now while attention is focused on northeast in syria fighting is also intensified in a province to the why. Este its a last major rebel held part of the country syrian president bashar assad describes it as the final front in the war lets speak to our. Who is live for us in san noor found on the techie syria border hashim tell us about whats been happening south of me. Will basically the situation remains fair returns in different parts of the northern part of the country here for example in the north east some parts of the joint patrols are underway president for those of dylan has visited. The visits of the joint Operations Center hes with the minister of defense and other senior officials of the are being briefed on all the latest developments of the ground particularly in tel aviv against a backdrop of the blast that took place yesterday and killed dozens of people and injured many others but then when you move west to live thats where the situation becomes even more tense with Government Troops pounding rebel positions north of say hold and it seems that the Syrian Government now is trying to take advantage of the situation move forward and push all the rebels along with the civilians towards the city. Is a sin an indication hashim of a push towards taking. It could be because a few days ago said worse visiting the area he met with Government Troops and his serve that his army is determined to take back all the territory they lost to the rebels sister 1000 and 11. 00 and 1. 00 of the areas they are focusing on is the province of it for Different Reasons 1st of all it is the only stronghold remaining for the rebels and with the lose that it would deal of lionel blow to the all the dreams of the Syrian Opposition to maintain a presence in syria and. In the near future of the same time he wants to somehow to complete state for the last in northeastern syria is now a territory that stretches from tel aviv up to us so they are not far from where i stand which is now under the control of the Syrian National army of the opposition backed by turkey over from a syrian perspective it says that this time they want to presenting a victory for their own people and to do that theyre looking forward to take over it live hashem thank you for that hashem had. The tekkie syria border meanwhile turkey is straining to send all of this ice all fighters said that its captured back to their home countries the interior minister says europe must do more to be patching its nationals. We are not a hotel for anybodys eisel members its not possible to accept this we have agreements with all these European Countries and in these agreements it says to send them back but this deprivation of citizenship is a new method you are on your own this is not acceptable for us im stating clearly that this is also a responsible what am i going to do with your terrorist. My time now for the world whether. Thanks very much i will tackle the retreating monsoon its about 2 weeks late coming in is about 2 weeks late going elsewhere it should be on the 15th of october across a certain havent you this represents where actually is the monsoon trough itself there are a few showers on it but far fewer than they were so in the rainfall that is falling along that line which is where you get the heaviest rain so the about 60 millimeters now thats in maharashtra now the problem is not so much now the rain as the settling in the atmosphere the other areas of low pressure dotted around up here theres virtually no wind blowing pressure is rising in new trap and the pollutants and as you well know that means you end up with some of the worst pollution in the world in new delhi have looked around the world a very very place very few places that match this now admittedly it is added to by the fact that the farmers outside are burning the stubble time of the year however its not good in the 1st place its not really clear up any time soon sadly so thats the issue we have. That the position we have at the moment northern india is suffering from that in the arabian sea however a tropical sark or lying along the line of that monsoon trough itself wondering around possibly going to wards a man more lucky towards a good year out thats one to watch for it rob thank you very much for that to iraq now where antigovernment protesters have started fires and blocked roads the blaze has led to chop it jams in baghdad on sunday morning there was more violence on saturday when Security Forces killed one protester and wounded more than 200 as they try to clear them from Tahrir Square care fuser fail to stop me on recess protesters demand jobs and an end to corruption that has more from baghdad. This is anything but a typical start to the work week in iraq teachers arent strike here in baghdad and other parts of the country are close to this are expected to come here to tommy or to join. In the. Eastern portion of baghdad are an absolutely massive very congested because protesters are blocking major intersections there burning tires and other debris and chanting thats making it difficult for people to get to work as a result of various government offices and businesses are closed in basra protesters continue to block the entrance of the port there its now going on a week that operations have been halted the governor is imploring the protestors not to damage the port he is saying that this is your revenue hes also saying that if you damage the port this will undermine Peaceful Protesters demands the trade minister is also saying that if the courts are closed this could halt the distribution of food and goods especially to the poor. Now among the stories coming up on the news hour more trouble in chile Police Use Water Cannon and tear gas in santiago glass will go up into the remote mountains of central asia to see how wide life is making a comeback like the snow leopards. And in sport the u. S. President is booed at a major sporting event for the 2nd time in a week stay with us. A policy imposed decades ago britain woman part but she would still look to be goods and he boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree distro zation our money to get other people to be the sterilisation out there examines the politics of population control Investigative Journalism the World Trade Center in. Global experts and discussion the itoshi for the deal and you disagree with the deal this is a terrible twos it was deliberate it was brets of us who want to have stories from other. Open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today you have to rethink pretty much everything thank you for talking to aljazeera liberal programs to inspire you on aljazeera. Theyre watching the news hour on al. 0 with me fully back a reminder of our top stories shares in oil giant saudi aramco are expected to go on sale on the kingdoms talk exchange next month saudi arabia holds so long delayed initial Public Offering will raise billions of dollars lebanons president michel aoun has addressed his supporters and promised to restore the countrys trust in its leaders is the porters have been running outside the palace invited by north of the capital be able to in an attempt to counter weeks of antigovernment protests and asian leaders at the summit in thailand have delayed making what would have become the Worlds Largest trade deal india has raised concerns over how greater access to chinas market would affect its economy. More now on our top story in the saudi aramco talk listing manisha tuck in is an International Oil and Energy Consultant he says saudis are being encouraged to inve