Welcome to the program iraqi Prime Minister. Has formally submitted his resignation to parliament but its done little to comp a test has around the country demonstrators clashed with Security Forces off the trying to block a road in the capital baghdad medical Officials Say 3 protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded in protests that some of the fulton reports from baghdad. The day Prime Minister of the mahdi submitted his resignation crowds in Tahrir Square showed no intention of packing up and going home banners were still held high doctors remained on standby to treat the wounded and new street art sprung to life depicting the aspirations of the protest movement. For many the Prime Ministers departure is just the 1st perhaps the easiest step on a long road towards change they Want Parliament dissolved and fresh elections to be held under a new election law the problem is not just the Prime Minister its not the queen its a whole beehive all of them have to resign if the Prime Minister leave someone similar to him will replace him. Its a fear dad risks becoming a reality in an emergency Cabinet Meeting of the mahdi said he would stay on as part of a caretaker government until parliament chose his replacement. Morkel to be. There is no doubt that the council and its parties and members will oversee the finding of an appropriate solution as fast as possible because the country in this circumstances cannot endure a caretaker government for a long time so i want the parliamentary to complete the procedures to appoint a new Prime Minister and government. That process could take weeks even months and requires buy in from local and foreign power brokers because. For sure the Political Parties are facing a difficult exam they cant go back to the balance of power that used to be in place they have to come up with an extraordinary government which has to complete the process of passing a new election law that is agreed by the protesters. But reforms wont bring the victims back nor will they appease those who mourn them as the death toll rises demands for justice grow louder. Comes to Tahrir Square every week to pray for the victims she doesnt just want to leave she wants his government to be held accountable. And not its. Not just him those who opened fire she gave the order this is blood this is the blood of the people of the guilt their pride claims and they go to the graves instead of celebrating their wedding theyre stained with blood. Or those responsible for that bloodshed should be punished the government has promised to investigate the most recent violence but as the focus shifts towards appointing a new Prime Minister such promises risk being forgotten demonstrators have welcomed his offer to resign but their joy is overshadowed by uncertainty over whether he will really leave and what will happen next with big changes for the rockefeller along many fear that whoever succeeds him will simply carry on with what they see as the same failed political for the wonderful thing in all of this iraq. When its been sterling in the u. S. State of virginia hes in iraq analyst at the Washington Institute for near east policy so the iraqi Prime Minister has now officially resigned is this like to have any impact on the protests because the violence seems to be getting worse. And indeed that is one of the challenges of what happens to the use of violence the protesters now that even the symbolic commander in chief is no longer around so thats definitely one of the challenges of escalation a crackdown on the protesters but on the other hand this could be literally a fork in the road this could be the beginning of a series of reforms this is the government the leading Political Coalition giving in by allowing the Prime Minister to resign this could lead in that direction with the reforms of the electoral law and the Electoral Commission coming in and perhaps eventually actions in 2020 or this could be the end of the road for any any reforms or any changes that the Political Class is willing to surrender to the protesters and were heard in the past 24 hours that the protesters are intent on keeping. Keeping the put this up and thing in those swears its an interesting point you make about the political reform so what does this resignation below mean for the iraqi cabinet could we see them resign and ill be long for them to see this complete political overhaul that the protesters have demanded which you appear to be optimistic about. The resignation of the Prime Minister automatically means the resignation of the entire cabinet. This is the 1st time that this happens in iraq so the legal ways forward not necessarily clear but one way or another there has to be a new the president has to give mandate to a new person or a new bloc in parliament to form a new government the Prime Minister in his Resignation Letter specifically says that iraq needs a permanent government rather than it cant their government something that the street have requested the latter a caretaker government that you know once the affairs intil new elections are in place for a new system to be placed i mean adamant he was the face of this lack of accountability in the iraqi political system rather than the system itself so he could easily be scapegoated in fact is probably overdue for him to be leaving the scene but this is not the end of the road and we saw iraqs top shia cleric grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani call for a new government how much influence does he have in shaping the new Political Landscape do you think. That i happen to me at all. Yes yes i hear you. Yes go ahead bill ill go ahead. Grand ayatollah sistani has played a significant role in channeling the protest movement into a single ask of the Political Leadership and of the government obviously in the absence of strong iraqi state institutions on the one hand and also in the in the absence of organized Civil Society the inability of the populist and public what this movement into being translated into employee specific apps that allow us that he has played that again referring back to the mentees Resignation Letter he doesnt say in response to the protesters but specifically says in response to the call by grant that the losses that he saw in that in playing that communication that the channeling the ask of the story he has played a significant role and obviously he has his own politics and power to be mindful of hes been challenged by your on as the main were all going to be politics on the one hand on the other his source of power and his is ultimate accountability is not to the Political Class but to the masses who look up to him for religious doctrines but also as a savior so his evolution be able ocean of his stance in the past 8 weeks 8 fridays since the protests started has been from basically saying little into completely and outright siding with the protesters and that culminated in him asking the Prime Minister to resign but i will have thank you very much indeed for talking to our visitor. The pressure is growing on maltas Prime Minister after a prominent businessman who was charged over the murder of a journalist your confect has been charged with complicity to murder of daphne carolina galaxia in 2017 he pleaded not guilty to this and other charges relating to the case has developed into a Major Political crisis for Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat his chief of staff resigned this week amid reports that he was being questioned by police but we spoke to albert galle a journalist at the malta independent about the possible repercussions this case could have of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is hes expected to be giving a televised address tomorrow morning and the indication is that he will be announcing his intention to step down and stocking up the process or the leadership race for the labor party which hes part of many partly in an election which will inform would take place on the 18th of january as to whether hell step down imminently we are were not entirely sure yet. About protests those are demanding that his resignation is if the media ever since. The 1st political infighting was now 10 days ago there has been a protest any time the crowds get larger and larger and all of them are calling for the same thing that is now that hes in his immediate resignation and this is something that that track back for the off ever since the assassination of things even the panama paper scandal moved here 3 years ago when his staff who resigned last last year was there and a senior minister who also resigned last year was they were wearing named as having secret companies. Its been revealed a man who killed 2 people in a knife attack in london was released from prison last year after serving just half a sentence for his part in a 4 wheeled bomb plot was macomber shot dead by police on London Bridge on friday he began his attack at a conference he was attending on prisoner rehabilitation conference tassel reports. Dramatic new video showing bystanders as they take down an attacker on London Bridge after he went on a stabbing rampage they use a whale tusk and a fire extinguisher to stun him and then tackle him before armed police move in. Albion born and bred in england in stoke on trent in co beach and the Older Community knows me and the will know you if you ask them di will know that the labels were deployed not that im terribly nice to stuff you will know. I know terrorist those words spoken by just over 10 years before fridays attack. 28 year old was attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation when he threatens to blow up the venue he stabbed 5 people before running out to nearby London Bridge. In 2012 he was convicted in connection to a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange he was released from prison in december last year serving less than half his sentence we want to toughen up sentences for serious and violent offenses and ive said for a long time that i think that the practice of automatic Early Release where you cut a sentence in hoffman lit really serious violent offenders out early simply isnt working and i think youve had some very good evidence of how that is working im afraid with this case the pearl board said it had no involvement in his release in a statement it said given the seriousness of this attack it is understandable that there is speculation about the attackers released from prison the parole board can confirm it had no involvement with the release of the individual. Identified as the attacker who appears to have been released automatically on license without ever being referred to the board police are searching khans home in staffordshire 3 hours north of london they believe he was acting alone and theres no further threat to the public the circumstances surrounding khans release are now in the spotlight the former head of the National CounterterrorismSecurity Office has issued a scathing criticism of the criminal Justice System saying that its playing russian roulette with the public by allowing convicted criminals to be released from prison too early and this will be a key election issue here as well with police in prisons being subject to budget cuts a very recent years catherine stansell aljazeera london. To come here the news hour including bethlehem for the start of the Christmas Season as the holy relic returns to the city after more than a 1000 years. Why india is forced to protect themselves from angry customers. And 3 heavyweight football teams are drawn in the same group for euro 2020 rather we have the details later in the. Thousands of protesters are surrounded a Police Station in the indian city of hydrabad where 4 men accused of raping and murdering a 27 year old woman are being held there demanding the police have the suspects over to them the woman was taken to a secluded area and gang raped before her body was doused in fuel and burned was found on thursday morning under a bridge she called her family to say had a motorbike and a flat tire Indian Police say priyanka readies body was found by a possible by an underpass on the outskirts of the city about the fact that the girl had returned from her workplace and was on her way to see a doctor she parked to scrutiny of a toll plaza and when she was returning a stranger approached to tell her its time i was punctured she called assistant and did her mobile phone was switched off we are investigating. These angles and now we have some evidence. Well the Indian Government has toughened some of its laws to reduce crimes against women following the rape of a woman on a bus in 20122013 the maximum prison term for rapists was doubled to 20 years actions including voyeurism stalking and trafficking of women were also classified as offenses parliament lowered the age suspects could be tried for rape and other sexual offenses from 18 to 16 the latest figures show nearly 39000 women were raped in india in 2016 including more than 2000 girls under the age of 12 by rough us army is a commentator on Indian Affairs he says the response by the police and courts to violence against women is too little too late. If you years ago in december there was another brutal rape case that happened in delhi and that raise. That raised alarms in a very significant manner that brought these crimes to light and and you know the Law Enforcement agencies have since acted in the response of mode. Yes you know the courts or responding to the Law Enforcement agencies are responding it responding to it but but this crime yesterday reminds us that you know no matter how hard and how aggressive the loyola Law Enforcement agencies are it looks to us that its all these measures are too little too late i think you know there needs to be some kind of a Prevention Program so to speak to prevent this because were always that old were always shocked and angered by these crimes but we find ourselves left with no solutions to address these crimes so that they dont repeat themselves weve seen 2 brutal cases are a number of few cases between the between the one that we saw in december a few years ago and what we are seeing today but but i think at a mass level there are a number of cases that have gone that have not received this amount of media scrutiny so these are kind of things that these are kind of patterns that we see overall and i and i would pray for the Law Enforcement im sure theyre doing their best but at the same time how do we work on a mama sensitizes Asian Program and what are the best practices that the citizens need to be aware of for us to prevent these kinds of cases occurring Going Forward 50 rebels in yemen have released footage they say shows the shooting down of a saudi Apache Helicopter the group says it was behind the downing of the aircraft on friday and the 2 saudi pilots were killed the helicopter was hit by a surface to air missile and crashed on the south side of the border. A funeral has been held for a teenager shot dead by the Israeli Military 16 year old who was killed near the gaza Israeli Border on friday at least 248 palestinians have been killed by israeli fire in gaza since we protest began last year. Thousands of people are in bethlehem to mark the start of the Christmas Season lights were turned on outside the church of nativity where christians believe jesus was born palestinian Prime Minister mahmoud on the matter of bethlehem lit up the tree on saturday a relic said to be from jesuss manger was returned to bethlehem it had been stored in the vatican for more than a 1000 here is palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas negotiated its return last year made to abraham has moved from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping the return of the relic will boost tourism. Thousands of palestinians and like my 3 to the manger square which is theres another become church of. Jesus christ and that he learned that it took us i know where to get here from jerusalem to israeli checkpoints we were delayed but. Its a joyful occasion its a new beginning nothing competes with duty. Here. They have another reason to celebrate earlier. More than 2000 years ago theyve been moved to the vatican in the 7th century before making their way back to. Give to receive. The ministry of tourism. The 3000000 visitors that came to palestine here. A measles epidemic sweeping through some has now k