Do Iraqis reject their political system?

As Iraqis in Baghdad hold funerals for the latest protesters killed in clashes with the security forces, the government has issued a series of planned reforms intended to defuse the growing crisis. But are Iraqis protesting against their entire political system?

Also in the programme: Pope Francis has opened a three week synod on the Amazon at the Vatican in which married priests might be on the agenda, and the British drummer and co-founder of the rock band, Cream, Ginger Baker, has died at the age of eighty.

(Photo: Demonstrators gather at a protest during a curfew, three days after the nationwide anti-government protests turned violent, in Baghdad, Iraq 4 October 2019. Credit: Reuters/Alaa al-Marjani)