institution is somehow a perjury, because all we do is see how we can keep this immunities for now, for instance. and in the same time, they have a platform where and these go and just break their voices. and you know, give the, give a feel at this real democracy in this country. never heard of this parliament and this is his own stronghold and he does whatever he wants. we never thought and theory and, and that's what once i can't recall ones where we really used the voting, electronic voting machines. we just raise our hand and it doesn't can, doesn't look quite raising hand or is not. he decides to see what notes should be passed. they don't listen to even the, the m p 's, what they have to say. and it's just business as usual. and it's just a place to,

to, you know, show that there is a democracy in this country. when it's not at all, i can tell you from my experience, it's not the case. and it's only about democracy. we can do anything in the parliament. anything, nothing at all. okay. you can fast the load, the loads that are the people. you can ask the government any question because even if you send questions, it's the way they enter is ridiculous. they don't care about any accountability. so staying with them in the picture thing with these mafia is very bad for any one who wants really a different country who wants to a country of flow and institution. ok. his his, the, i guess obvious pushback paula jacobi in your country is broken. it was broken anyway, even before this happened exactly a year ago. if it is to be fixed, whereas the dynamic, the pressure going to come from to fix lebanon,

because seems to those of us outside the region, perhaps that the only pressure is coming from the french president emanuel macro. he is basically saying, we will or i will sign off on making sure you get aid. i will drive you getting 8 and financial investments from other people, but you've got to improve your political system, your judicial system, your criminal investigative investigation system. so where is the dynamic going to come from? alongside what a manual macro is saying. and guess emmanuel macro is saying the right things. he's making the right noises, but he would anyway, because that's his calling card that says fingerprint on the regent. he's an internationalists. we know this, so where is the rest of that momentum going to, going to be seen? there was a french in it, you the initiative, just after the explosion. imagine my car came to lebanon twice the 1st time.

it was a beautiful visit. everyone have written visits, we were very happy that he will stand by the people of lebanon and then 2 weeks after you started talking about a governor, modem is shown, mission, government, and then you want to bring back the same corruption to continue the same way they were doing politics, so now they're asking about re for and then the french since 20 years ago and but into they were asking for the same reform. this political cannot do any reforms they know what's, what's being asked. it's very simple, very simple to reformed or not something really very complicated. anyone can do it, they have the will. they don't have the will to do be formed in discovery because they live on this corruption. it's, it's how they, they grew bigger as parties. so these parties have no interest in building a song. for the ban is also have read institutions. i've got why they keep on

postponing any reforms. leave on me is 100000 and up the beneath working for the government public employees, they have to go back home. the people are the bane of these parties. if they send that back to their house, especially now after delegation, everything they will go back to design to the leader class and they tell him, now we are on our knees. they will do another revolution. they cannot do, repo repo, will be only done if you have a political cast. if you have a disruptive movement in the parliament that can win the next election with these people who are in power 400 years. ok. the family that what a bone for 100 and revolution is only a year and a half old. we are fighting system that is drenched in the house in the region

and they use belonging all the time. they use the vision between the 2. how does not know is to know very well what's happening to have the facts, right? and now when you are aware that there are parties of interest, corruption, pre owned and that they cannot continue. and this is the good news that came out of the revolution and the last, whatever, whatever misery is happening to us as human, at least for once, we are learning. and we are this company that we are really rude by, musters ok. these monsters paula could be years many thanks for joining us from beirut on such a thought provoking day. such a thought provoking our during such a difficult day for so many people there. thank you so much. we do appreciate your

time. let's get back to our correspondence in a holder who's standing by for us there near where those commemoration services are taking place. nazena we getting these reports that water cannon is being used side the parliament. what else do we know? some hotels for gathered outside parliament to demand that parliament lifting immunities of m p. if members of parliament were former ministers at the time when the ammonium nitrate to enter 11 on former ministers who have been named asked by the lead judge in the investigation. the lead judge wants to interrogate them why the class is refusing or not operating with the judiciary. so some of the people here headed towards, pardon me, building approximately a kilometer letter and a half away from, from where we are. other protesters are now heading to the homes of some of those suspects, but that's the end of the day peter, there could be skirmishes last for

a few hours. we've seen this happen over the past year and a half. and eventually, protesters are forced to leave. security forces use excess to force your gas rubber bullets. they arrest people. tomorrow is just another day. and many lebanese will tell you, we know what we are aware that we cannot change the system from the street. because the political parties who have been governing this country for decades have, in their words, thought people that they used to beat up a protesters in the street to try to ignite civil strife. so right now the focus of those who want change is the found the box next here they're hoping and many people say if the elections are held because they don't even have the power that elections will be held. because if they, they are. * held the balance of power in parliament will likely change. so yes, skirmishes outside parliament, maybe in the,

in the coming our skirmishes outside the home for fall additions to have the names a suspect. but will that change anything? it's unlikely. as you're talking to us, we were just playing in some of the latest pictures from outside the parliament building. i'm wondering if we can go back to those pictures. we wrap them and you and i will carry on with this conversation when it comes to the amounts of anger and the expectation that people have for those elections that you're talking about . xena has the state taken any steps at all towards reforms or changes that might not even turn the economy around, but might actually make people feel, oh, they are political masters, are actually doing something here. well, this is what the international community wants. want to start and i think structural reform for example support. how was this for managed. 8 well, the state was weak political parties,

they all had influence. you had many security agencies, there mandate their responsibilities overlap, which was what happens if you have a vacuum scanners don't work. and that's how the ammonium nitrate entered. the country. the world bank has mentions of corruption at a report. it has mentioned corruption in different states in physicians really this blast as an example of how this country has been run for so many decades. if the politicians agree to reform, then they're losing their grip or hold over power because they exploit the state resources, they provide jobs to their support. this is one of the reason why some lebanese still follow these will support these political parties because they give them a job. * they provide them with medicine, with health care, they have nowhere to turn. so because there is no space, it is the political parties who run this country. so people are hoping that the election next year will change the balance of power. if there won't be

a drastic change simply because of an electoral law, which was drafted to serve the interests and to benefit the politicians. but there is hope that some independence will, will be able to take seats. the ruling alliance, for example, will lose their, their maturity. so they're clinging on to that hope they're mobilizing parts and send the elections. and what we've seen really, over the past few months, independence have been winning elections. and some the people think that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but others also do not think that's that because those in power, if they decide to bring about any change, they just lose control. and they, they lose power, which they've shown. they're not willing to do they know many things in ahold of their reporting life, proceed on the news from the be root port areas and it will come back to you, i suspect in a couple of minutes. so. so let's talk more about the implications of that

explosion at the for to be rude. exactly a year ago. it couldn't have come as we've been exploring at a worse time for the broader country, lebanon, and other countries suffering its worst economic crisis and decades. the currency has collapsed. tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs. names that i am is a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at not time university in lebanon. he joins us live from beirut name. so i guess what we're talking about here is how do you resurrect to pick up on something the pope was saying, how do you resurrect an entire country? was the 1st step to do that is for, according countries will have had their hand inside our moving. so it's from abroad, they should look up with our problem differentiate for more time and the people in the city just for doing the work. they are extension

those same period between 975 and one of them are supported by 40 countries. one was without exception, one party off the president. and therefore, our politics politics off domestically and our foreign policy have been very much data by, by. he's a regional regional between 199-2005. it was syria that made him after that was from you so that it was came to be a multitude of primarily region or saudi arabia on the united states low. but. busy for much of that the period since

my. busy cells, 5 mouth, this is 3, have been have had over. and just let me can i just for today for a 2nd please. just just to put one specific point to you. i don't know if you heard my earlier conversation with paula jacobi and who has not left lebanese politics, but she has stepped back from the front line of being a parliamentarian. and she repeated something that she said to us on this channel before. and it's this. but come the election next year, the voters of lebanon. don't want to vote for any one who would call themselves a politician. as of today, or a year ago to day or 5 years ago or 10 years ago. her line is very simple. her line is this the people of lebanon? what all the politicians to go? but that's improbable, bordering on impossible, i guess. so the reality surely must be come the elections next year. what happens

is you get rid of the old, but the old come back in just a rearranged form. well, the politics on every day that i and my boss, what my, what it, because you are right and that's wrong. without exception. they all argue that i am afraid that the next election may 1 to one to 2. it may go on in a manner better article change. they will change by probably around 10 percent. a normal measure, 600 for now control of me will remain unfortunately why? because we have the 15 and 10 should 630 and 630 of system and

we forums. but when i spend my p me my by the west, i don't be sick, but we are not in the drive. got a c, c, we the emission the secular just went up. so so are these are the for so next month we wanted to not be it would be we had we. busy had bought and i will continue. ready germany sources when we continue to have general michel spreads as far as it would be some changes i expect he just mentioned percent up or down a change in that make that change and for ok that isn't it is

that the major level are support geologically and financially and they're poor, they have many which they can use for their own benefits of the public good and the public interest population. this is a major problem. ok, we are a small company. we are polar by 40 part of the region and national name. so i'm always good to get your thoughts on the situation that we talk about a lot here on tuesday or english. it's an important story of the story that needs to be told. thank you so much for joining us. if you're just tuning into us here on the news, our on our 0 just to give you a sense of what we're doing today, we're marking the events of august the 4th 2021 of the world's biggest ever known nuclear explosions, of course, had destroyed much of the port area of the lebanese capital, the last record by

a fire that took place inside a warehouse which the lebanese authorities have admitted held a, a huge pile, a stockpile of one of the most combustible substances known to mankind. ammonium nitrate that has been gathering, increasing in building we think for 6 years, the huge explosion to kill 200 people. more than 6, the half 1000 people were injured. 300000 homes with damaged or destroyed the blossoms so big. it was felt across the mediterranean, on cyprus. let's just get a sense of what's going on that right now. at that memorial said, i, i walk up all these up names

and we will return to the events in be with throughout the coming hours here on our to 0. we move on. wildfires are stretching, emergency crews, and turkey in southern europe, in turkey. at least 14 fires across 6 provinces, a, posing a threat firefighters abroad, another 160 under control. since last week wrestle sarah is falling developments in until the province we are in cuz ill that in the town or from mine i got, which is one of the most do i say to district cows by the wildfires in turkey. a message for us fire broke out yesterday here, and it continued overnight. hundreds of hackers of land have been burned. the fire fighters continue to cool down the areas to prevent why fi from spreading to other areas. hum that is of will years. how to create their houses and the security

forces are blocking the roads to prevent people from getting back to their houses. as it is too risky. i have talked to the winner jurors and they all have one come and wish when back to their houses and to see if they can save anything. because of the however, is not the only one that has been hundreds off. several of wildfires across 30 since last week. more than 180 wildfires, how been reported across 38 proven says in the country 8 people have died so far with more than 70000 people being recreated. menu of this has been taken to the hospitals for further care rescue team emergency cruise work base and nice. but the weather conditions haven't been much friendly with low

humidity, searing heat and strong wind hampering their food. turkey has received support from its neighbors and the european union, russia, ukraine. iran, are there be john creation and paying sand the plains to turkey. a ukraine is sending for more how to cope there's, which can operate at night. this is the biggest wildfires of the more than history of turkey and it hasn't been much easy for turkey to bring it under control. thousands of people on the outskirts of athens had been forced to leave their homes as wildfires moved closer to them, more than 500 firefighters trying to contain the place in an industrial area in a suburb, lathan, temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius and dry winds found the flames of more than $100.00 separate fires. hot weather has also been driving huge fires in italy, tourists and residents have been evacuated from the coastal cities of atanya and

prescott ra. i find to say they're facing hundreds of blazes in populated areas in the past few days, but they are starting to get some of them under control. the main story out of the states, they found us politicians debating the repeal of a 2002 law the paved, the way for the us war in iraq. the law has also been used by the us to take further military action and syria and elsewhere. around the world. kimberly how kept falling that story force. kimberly, i haven't missed legislation been used by consecutive administration. so what's the problem for mr. bite? the problem is, is that it has been abused allegedly, by previous administrations, at least according to critics going back to george w bush, tibet republican and democratic ministrations including brock obama. the concern is, is that because this of authorization has been very broad, in other words, the language is broad. there's no geographical specificity. it's been used beyond

its intention, both domestically and overseas. most recently, the u. s. president joe biden, being very clear that he no longer wanted to see drone attacks in somalia and yemen . and yet as recently as in the last few weeks and months, the pedagogue been doing just that. and so this is another example of why, even as this sort of evolving military footprint of the united states is shifting, it wants to see more specificity. so what we're hearing from a senior administration official is that what the by and ministration is doing and what the president and outs would he with. now the withdrawals truth ref galvis down is really configuring the military footprint to sort of deal with the evolving threats where they are. but at the same time, making sure that those military authorizations in order to do that, because it's very important to point out the us president can't just make the united states go to war. that requires congressional authorization. so they're

working together with congress in order to get very narrow, targeted legal authorizations moving forward in the future. but the upshot of all of this is that ongoing sort of forever wars is something that the by the administration wants to avoid in the future. what the previous administrations have been accused of. a perpetuating, so this would allow for specific authorizations in specific areas with specific targets. and that is what the future, the by ministration hopes will look like. instead of broad authorizations that, in many cases, infringe on the rights and privacy of many civilians as well as domestically of americans. that is what they are trying to avoid moving forward. kimberly, thanks so much. kimberly helped get their report in my 1st sight. the white house busy news day, but we always make way for summer with her sports bulletin. thank you very much. pizza was kind of does andy, because the is the elliptic, 200 meters champion. it's

a 1st time since 2004 that anyone other than use him bolt has won the gold medal. he wanted to meet a bronze medalist that was said coming out of the bent. but he, how is past the field to win with the personal best time of 19.6 to 2nd. americans for into sidney recalls and broke her own 400 meter hurdles world reco setting a new time of 51.46 seconds. glockland says the speed of the track helped every time we step on the track, there's some sort of record broken. so it's really cool to be a part of that. and kind of just push the boundaries of what's possible for us. and definitely say it would. it's a fast track. you can feel a difference, you know, being mondo and everything. i don't know how to describe it. a lot of people talked about the shoes, but i do think it's just one of those tracks. it gives you that energy right back and pushes your policy forward. well in japan has continued his dominance at the

skate boarding with 19 year old sakura uses who me winning gold in the women's box through 12 year old at t major. cool. not here. rocky winning silver, the host have one more than half the metals available in the new sport, 13 year old british favorite brown taken home bronze cottage. i do, i won gold because i enjoyed the competition. i had so much fun. i did all the tricks altogether. the relaxed atmosphere was the key so that you, i won the silver medal because i was nervous. i really enjoyed being here and trying to do all metrics. it's insane to be here. i mean, sicker like one of my good friends cooking to really good friend to and being on the podium together. is it so? i mean it's, it's so crazy. and marcella quinn of brazil has taken gold and the women's at 10 kilometer math and swimming race. the 29 year old finishing at

a time of 159 minutes and 30.8 seconds. ponens to time world champion alexander, mirror slab, has set the 1st ever women's in impact ref oldest speed, climbing at the time of 6 point and 97 seconds. now, missing the world record and the italian men's team, a person to have sets and you will recall the end, develop rome, well champions them i couldn't hold on to their early deed and were beaten on the line for gold. george's lasha tell us that it was a weight lifting gold with a world record break in this day. and the plus 109 kilogram class. he lifted a total of 488 kilograms competitors from iran. and syria took silver and bronze respectively. and it, because nation japan had beaten arch rival,

south korea 5 to the semi finals of the pic, baseball competition, dependent, opened the scoring, and the said in english, they then booked their place and the gold medal game was 3 runs coming in the 8th inning. as andy, which is a report from tokyo, the sport is a national obsession, and hopes are high for a home gold medal. on investigation into a podium protest by us shot, put her raven saunders has been temporary suspended fall in the death of her mother overnight. while saunders broke olympic rules after claiming the silver medal on monday, when she formed an exit with her wrists on the podium, she said it was to represent where the oppressed meet and of course, we'll have more from andy which isn't that later on. but for now it's back to pizza . santa thank you so much. when we come back with next program here on here,

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