Enough anger is still growing on the streets protesters are out in force again. The opposition calls it a revote theres anger on the streets of balance following sundays president ial election. And the highest profile arrest yes the hong kongs controversial security nor media tycoon jimmy law is accused of colluding with Foreign Forces. And im sorry the homeless now have all the sport some of europes biggest teams gear up for the euro many tournament in germany which kicks off in less than an hour 7 games in just 12 days that will decide this seasons winners. Were begin this hour with developments in lebanon where the president has accepted the resignation. Of his Prime Ministers government sunday admit president michel al now after announcing his cabinet decision to step down on television the president has asked to stay on the caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is formed a resignation follows a violent protest after more than 200 people were killed in tuesdays explosion in the capital letter you look at this particular moment we have to go back to the people to fight with them against corruption we need to open the door to National SalvageNational Rescue we need to be part of the people so i declare today the resignation of this government god bless Lebanon LebaneseSecurity Forces have fired tear gas to disperse crowds in beirut thousands are gathering on the streets following the governments resignation protesters have been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system u. N. Chief Antonio Guterres called for a credible investigation into the cause of the blast he spoke at a meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis in beirut on sunday worldbeat is an International Organizations pledged nearly 300000000. 00 in aid it is important that the people in. The cause of the explosion and drink of the believe by the lebanese people. It is also important that the forms be. The best the needs of the lebanese people for the longer term. But its worth it is live for us in beirut hes been covering this bernard side the government has resigned but is staying on in a caretaker capacity how hard will it be to form a new god the what happens now. Well sunday i made reference there in his speech to the corruption of the political elite that has run this country to the last 30 for the last 304050 years an elite that controls the country through its proxies in parliament so an indication you get the extraordinary difficulty of affecting significant and consequential change here in lebanon we understand there are discussions going on about the formation of a new cabinet will stay on as caretaker and the rest of it though is remaining cabinet will be caretaker cabinet ministers but there are discussions taking place as to how a new cabinet might be for 2 names have surfaced as possible. Prime ministers the 1st one saad hariri that really is a question of out with a new and in with the old because he was only power in the end of january forced to resign after a banking crisis in the collapse of the Banking System of the countrys economy forced him to resign and his cabinet it was talk over from now another name thats appeared is now off he is more he preferred perhaps you can say by those wanting change here in lebanon he is a former diplomat and currently a judge on the International Court of justice or what the International Community wants and they have a lot of pressure that they can they have been putting on lebanon because they hold the Purse Strings that lebanon needs opening the International Community led by Emmanuel Macron the president. France says it wants some sort of cabin its a government of National Unity the problem is at the moment the opposition have previously refused to work with the Current Administration the Current Administration is dominated by hezbollah and its allies unless a way can be found of persuading the opposition to join in some sort of government of National Unity you might just get the same same Administration Just with just faces and then a day we had to abort our last live cross to you there was a bit of tear gas being being thrown around. Is that the kind of happening across the city or is that just localized whats the situation on the streets. There was we were Near Parliament and there has been the have been confrontations that the last few nights it is calm now the Security Forces a push those protesters back its a been a receive a scene repeat of the last 23 united its localized really just to this part of lebanon where the administrative heart of the country is but it is it simpler mattick of the really enormous frustration and anger felt by many lebanese people here who see themselves held hostage many people will say by a political system that they have no escape from there were hopes that there would be the Prime Minister would be able to persuade parliament to have an election it doesnt look like were going to get that were going to get a new cabinet instead so enormous frustration on the streets most people of course still the pro there have been protests but most people still trying to. Put their lives back together after after tuesdays explosion 300000 people left homeless if you still got a standing home you probably had your glass blown out so theyre trying to rebuild their homes are trying to feed themselves and people need to work a consequence of this administration on the explosion on the economy is estimated to be a 25 percent drop in g. D. P. Here in lebanon really catastrophic thank you for that day there bird smith a constable at mits in beirut. Christian salumi of the United Nations in new york says the International Community is concerned about lebanons ability to pull through this. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terrace called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coven pandemic and now this explosion and while he was calling on Member States to continue their support for lebanon he also sounded the theme of the need for a credible investigation and the need for government reforms that kind of underlie was underlying everything that he and really most of the speakers were saying so far the International Community has pledged 300000000. 00 to support lebannon but humanitarian chief mark lowcock says that billions will be needed to fully bring lebanon back from the brink and theres concern that money given by the International Community would not go directly to the people but would end up propping up this government which has had so many problems in the words of secretary general good terrace he said the anger on the streets is palpable and it has to be heard so that was really the message coming out of the briefing today it was echoed by other u. N. Officials David Beasley of the World Food Program he also said that without International Support lebanons food situation he would run out of food in 2 and a half weeks so the u. N. Is dealing with those immediate needs food and medical in particular 3 hospitals were destroyed in that blaze so that is a big issue right now for lebanon as well but long term we heard time and again about this need for reform coming not only from u. N. Officials but Member States who spoke as well like jordan in egypt and other neighbors in the region who are very concerned about lebanons ability to come back from this or i may corey is a journalism professor at American University of beirut 10 senior. Hello at the Harvard Kennedy school he joins us now by skype from boston thank you for your time what do you make of this resignation and the government staying on in the caretaker role is this a step in the direction of substantive change or are we just going to see more of this thing. It would not normally be more of the same because this is going on for years but this is a different moment this is really a historic turning point i believe in the modern political governance of lebanon and its just the beginning its going to take months or perhaps more than a year or 2 to play itself out what happened was they tried the ruling power elite the oligarchic secretary and group of men who have ruled the country with an iron fist and driven it into the ground for many years tried to put in the house and the. Government as a way to throw some. Symbolic gestures to the protesters who have been on the streets since last october and it are a totally failed the government has not only itself discredited itself it has discredited the whole system it has brought down the credibility of the presidency the Parliament Even hezbollah and other groups that people had not criticize too much in the past so theres a new. d moment of political contest station in lebanon and the moment started literally last october but it reached a new peak last tuesday with this with this explosion in the port and people would tell you it doesnt matter if theres a government or no government has there really hasnt been a government for many years in lebanon look at how the country has essentially collapsed economically and politically and socially and environmentally and out of this a bomb that the government knew about for the last. Explosive material that the government knew about for the last 6 years and did nothing about it so the question is will there be a serious negotiation now between the established political elite which is almost totally discredited except for hezbollah which is the Strongest Party in that group and its the one that has propped up all the other ones that it isnt downs and the. Blocks in. The other leaders there were in government because the hezbollah power essentially gave their consent and supported them in parliament will there be negotiations now with the protesters will they create a mechanism to clarify their demands or demands are very clear they want a transitional emergency government to handle Economic Stabilization address the needs of poor people come up with a new electoral law thats nonsectarian elect a new parliament elect a new president address the corruption issue and hold accountable all those people who have stolen they claim the 10s of billions of dollars over the last 1020 years those demands are very clear all across the board from the processors what they havent done is create a mechanism to force the government to meet them either halfway or more than half way in sudan the protesters did that another in a transitional process the protestors in sudan with the military and addressing these issues together which is kind of fascinating will lebanon go through something similar well have to wait and see but this is a different moment than the traditional one government goes in another government comes and thats not going to happen i dont think ok you sort of ask the question now there and having you can answer it do you think that the political elite will be able to or politicians will be able to appoint a new government who will engage with protesters who will hold elections who will put in place a transitional emergency government do you think that will happen. Thats going to depend on the negotiations the Power Dynamics between the protesters they masses of lebanese who support the protesters and we know this from credible polling in lebanon that says Something Like 70 percent of the population supports the uprising that started last october they want all of these political officials who run the country for the last 20 years they want them all out the whole system has failed and the explosion on tuesday was the culminating dramatic affirmation of that and even when the explosion happened the government was nowhere to be seen hardly anybody said anything they didnt do any cleanup it was unbelievable and theyre waiting for other people to come and give the money so i think there will be a new pattern of Political Engagement between essentially there are centrally i believe to now main forces in lebanon one is hezbollah and its very close allies what has violet is the key one and the other one is the protest movement or the revolution as they call themselves. And these are all kinds of people but they do represent the majority of the population they will have to agree on whether the Transitional Government that comes in is a serious reformist government clean people efficient people that can get the support of the International Community to do a quick deal with the i. M. F. Its amazing that her son jobs government has had 4 and a half months and has done 00 with the i. M. F. Is even more worse than 0 scale united the i. M. F. So that the i. M. F. And public ridicule is lebanon essentially saying look if you guys want to make money want us to help you better get serious and and give us some real credible financial figures so a Transitional Government has to do 3 or 4 critically important and urgent things at once my suspicion is that there is going to be a hybrid government. It is going to be formed that has enough emergency powers. Defined now really to address a few Critical Issues like everything in the country so for instance along deal with National Defense and stuff like that so i think there will be a hybrid form of transitional governance in lebanon coming up and it has to be done quickly they cant wait 678 months as they used to do in the past the can play the games that the Political Party leaders used to play all the time the 70 percent of the lebanese or so or poverty stricken very few people have jobs anymore the economy has completely ground to a halt the people cant get their money in the bank theres no electricity i mean this is and now and its a founders of our own homes thank you so much for having me that every times thank you so much your time ironically there its endless professor at American University of beirut thank you. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including. France protests at the highest level after the killing of a group of humanitarian workers in. One of the latest on efforts to clean up an oil spill along the coast of more ships. And indians most prolific test ball hits back claims about his future details coming up in sports. The russian protesters are back out on the streets a nice after 3000 were arrested there angry at the reelection of longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko who has been handed a 6th term hes promised to crack down on anybody disputing the result france germany and the u. K. Are urging restraint steadfast and reports from mint sq. Explosions rocking the russian capital a few hours after polls have closed a position supporters have come out in thousands to protest the initial Election Results riot police is blocking the entrance to a large square. And this firing stun grenades into the crowd. A police truck drives into protesters. Ambulances are rushing in to take the injured to Hospital Police through the grenades into the crowd and the lack of well was broken into 2 parts it was. Oh and. Take you and go with you. Here tonight i want some changes in my country. You know im tired of that. Must be canceled because you see so would miss that and i want to live in a free country and my children to live in a free country i want them to have a future i want to live here and work here not be forced to leave the country my granddaughter 16 years old and asked me where shall i go. Thats just put up barricades on the main roads to prevent police cars of getting near them the fire anger here on the streets of. Thousands of people have come out to protest what they call free elections. Here to spread out what is clear not only here but on the other side of the police like the way out for their thousands. And theyre not waiting for him to live. Any longer earlier in the day their candidates for planetary kind of guy had come out of hiding to cast her vote she had left her apartment on the eve of the elections fearing arrest at 1st and reluctant president ial candidate she has grown into the biggest hope of many belorussians have for change the kind of election rallies attracted the largest crowds bellows has seen in decades after casting his vote president aleksander look at shankar called the opposition weak for decades hes enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately hes faced criticism for downplaying the covert 19 crisis and worsening economy. Criticism that has rapidly grown into the largest threat to his 26 years rule well before the authorities may have managed to control the opposition by using force this time around people say and show that they are beyond fear step fast and aljazeera minsk. And is a visiting Senior Research fellow at Kings College london and a member of the russia and Euras