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Lebanon protests: PM 'agrees reforms'

21/10/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Lebanon protests: PM 'agrees reforms'

Lebanon protests: Mass revolt continues as PM 'agrees reforms'

The Lebanese cabinet is expected to approve a package of economic reforms aimed at ending the biggest anti-government protests in decades.

Also in the programme: Forgiving the Sri Lanka bombers; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, says friends told her not to marry Prince Harry; and Bolivia's Evo Morales set to face Carlos Mesa in run-off vote in general elections.

(Photo: Protesters have accused Lebanon's government of corruption. Credit: EPA)

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