Lebanon: Prime Minister resigns amid protests

The Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced his resignation after protests across the country over the past 2 weeks. The protests began against now-scrapped plans to tax WhatsApp calls, but quickly widened to target political corruption and the economic crisis. We hear the reaction from inside Lebanon.

Also, in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala reports are saying that at least eighteen people have been killed and many more wounded during overnight anti-government protests. Medical sources say security forces used live ammunition, but local officials deny any protesters were killed. We hear from people in Kerbala who were at the protests.

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(Photo: Lebanese protesters react as they watch a televised speech by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Ashrafieh area in Beirut, Lebanon, 29 October 2019. Credit: EPA/WAEL HAMZEH)