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sorry, a vote went online from the 10th to the 14th of september. 2021. a j b dog. don't be a. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm fully back. this has been use our live from our headquarters, coming up in the next 60 minutes. lebanon has a government after 13 months of political deadlock, but critics warn the same old elite is back. the african union becomes the latest regional block to suspend guinea following sunday school. as a west african delegation arrive in kind of creed to meet the new military uses.
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also, our, the un warns up down it is on the brink of an economic breakdown which could push 1000000 more into poverty and mandatory vaccinations or weekly testing imposed for large sections of the u. s. workforce as covey. 19 surgeries among the and vaccinations patients and our patients is wearing thin. and you, refusal has caused all of this. i'm going to go with sports s to teenage tennis dog . take the us open by storm m a rata conner and layla fernandez. both upset to new york to reach the women final action coming up late this hour. ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin in lebanon, where after 13 months of political grid locked, a new government has been formed. it will be headed by billionaire businessmen,
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nat geo, mccarty, lebanon has been without a functioning government since last year's be able to port explosion. but may county comes to power with the countries thinking ever deeper into an economic crisis that began more than 2 years ago. i don't know how to help me. i hope that we can bring our country back on its feet. i hope that this government will be able to function and at least put an end to the bleeding. and we can all come together as one hand to bring back 11 on feet proud and prosperous lives to algiers, vena holder in bearablewood forest. so they would seem 3rd time lucky. this was the 3rd attempt at forming a government. what more details do we know? first, any new faces, any exciting faces in this government. well, some new faces, other familiar faces. but in bottom line is this the political parties that have governing the country for the past few decades. those who have been blamed for
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really running the economy into the grounds, blame for corruption. they are the ones who appointed these men and one women in this new cabinet. people really have little faith that they're going to see any change prime minister me at the showing empathy with the people saying that you understand mothers cannot find milk for their children. fathers cannot send their kids to school. he understand the situation, but he's part of this system. a system that people believe should be changed. we didn't hear him talk about fighting corruption because this is what needs to be done. they need to fight corruption. they need to agree to reform, state institutions. they need to restructure the financial sector. the finance minister is a former official in the central bank. the central bank is blaine really bad policies that lead to this economic collapse. so people are skeptical, but there are some good signs. so dollar, for example,
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the local currency gains some value against the dollar. it was trading this morning at $900000.00 lire is against the dollar. it is now about 151-6000 lire. but the bottom line is this, in the next few days, subsidies are going to be listed. people salaries are near work list. people just cannot make ends meet. the minimum wage is not worth $35.00. so what is he going to do? he is promising a rescue plan, but what people want to see is, you know, what is the stress plan? so the initial reaction from what you tell me is skepticism among the lebanese. what about the international community? especially friends, we try to pride a great deal of pressure on revenues. leaders to come up with a government. how will they be viewing this new cabinet that's been formed? yes. who mentor from france was leading these efforts since the over a year. now mcroy has been calling for a, a non partisan specialist government government of technocrats independence. people
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willing to bring about change in fight corruption. but he has since given up. so has the international community there now accepting what they're calling a capable government, the government able and willing to carry out performs that is still the same political class, but we have to wait and see whether or not they would be ready to do that. but at the end of the day, these politicians, these political parties understand the gravity of the situation. so much is at stake, their elections in just a few months time. now they're losing support among their constituents. people are looking to them and saying that you're not being able to do anything. so it seems international community is giving their backing, but they would want to see this new political or the new new government. they've been coming administration take practical steps at this time around. they've been saying we're not going to give them any blank checks, right? so there is support and there was pressure really on these politicians to come up with the government. but whether or not anything will change, it's too early to say. and so just how grave is the situation for the lebanese people today? what, what are the challenges that people face on
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a daily basis and what is going to be the most urgent priority for this new government? now that it's in place the, this is a small. * nation of what 6000000 people, 1000000 and a half theory and palestinian refugees, the united states. neither nation. so 80 percent are now poor for 80 percent. that's the majority of the population. the majority of the population earned in the local currency, which has the value the last 90 percent of its value in the past few years is economic crisis began 2 years ago at the the local currency collapse its value. so you know, people are unable to purchase even food. a lot of people are struggling to put food on the table. they're their kids from private post the public holes, people a lot unemployment as 40 percent. so people lost their jobs. they've lost private insurance. they can't afford private hospitals, and the public sector has been underfunded for all these years. so they're all the
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pressure on the public sector, public schools now, and they're not able to provide to the people and there's a few questions. there's no electricity, you get electricity 12 hours a day for their fuel short the just the states can no longer import fuel because the central bank has run out of foreign currency reserve. so people rely on generators. that means you need to buy diesel and you need dollars to buy diesels. so people are living in darkness. the situation is dire. so people are, you know, they're hoping that this new governments will be able to bring in much needed hard currency in order to revive and kick start the economy vina. thank you very much for that. xena harder is on correspondent in a lebanese capital. in other world news, the african union has become the latest regional block to suspend guineas membership following sundays, military call. the a you say they will exclude guinea from its decision making bodies. meanwhile ago, from the economic community of west africa, stacy's in con, a korean as hell talk. so the new leaders who overthrew the president of candy. how
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many drinks is in chronic free for his joins just now live on the news. our so growing regional pressure clearly on the new leaders of guinea, the military leaders tell us more about what's come out of this meeting between the june and the visiting ecolog delegation. when fully the meeting is still ongoing, a senior, a government official from the call, it is just left the portion of the event a hotel in corner. i think that's the preliminary of talks. he has departed with his delegation and love to be of course, mission. and this building was currently discussing what was treated in the 1st meeting. we understand that at 2 o'clock local time, 14 g. i know the meeting is going to take place while the ground rules and other engagements plan for engagements will be laid back before the military and the course commission course mission here in korea. so basically the meet you, the,
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the government in gimme the current government in, in guineas under intense pressure to deliver. i think what's happening if the regional budgets are trying to exert a lot of pressure on them to extract commitment on a quick return to democracy. that's what now position also is talking about. they want a quick return to democracy. the course mission is intending to meet with the opposition here as well as the civil society to discuss the way forward. but the focus for now is meeting with a military coup lead us yeah. in guinea and setting the ground rules. one of the factors, one of the things of the course mission want to do is to have access to the deposed president who is currently under detention and under military guy. ok, so pressure from regional bodies, africa, the african union and it was but in the meantime the military leaders seem to be tightening their control and they're putting more pressure on former government
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officials in guinea. absolutely. and the early days of the call they met with officials of the former government. and passport was seized. senior officials of the previous government were banned from troubling out of the country. and yesterday there was an announcement by the military cool leaders, that all transactions, financial transactions on government accounts have been suspended and for them. and also they account a former president for conduct has been frozen according to some information we got on here this morning. now what the question people asking is, why will revenues collected in between now and when the, when the accounts will be unfolds and go to we understand that in the last few days of the call, the military asked the mining companies and other businesses to return to money activities, which they did, and the purpose of that was to ensure that revenue generation and gimme continuous despite the current situation on the ground. now the, what the question is,
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why will all these revenues in the past few days, and probably in a week or 2 to come when be going to already, the population here is under intense economic pressure. and they are what they want a quick resolution of the crisis and they want to reach out return to normalcy. economic condition. yeah, it's very, very dire for many people. i was going to ask you about the guinea and people's reaction. initially, they had welcomed the cool of course, and the asking of president for con day we saw people on the street celebrating the military, but not a days freshman, especially from the international community who has come then the coo and, you know, guinea being removed from the regional groupings like african union suspended any way from these regional grouping. what are people saying about all this? well, the few days of food it says the co, the co greeted with the 40. it's well come the lead as well. welcomed and posters
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are all over the corner, green one coming the new military leadership. but the reality is thinking there is apprehension on the part of the people people off thinking what will happen if they cannot make community of west african states. and now african union imposes picking up the functions on guinea, and trading has stopped already people and a lot of pressure that reality is beginning to sink in among the population. and now the opposition also is trying to run a pressure on the military to commit itself to a quick transition to civilian rule. one of the things that apologies we have lost our connection. tamadrius fair in con craig guinea was giving us the latest. on the aftermath of the cool that deposed president alpha on day on sunday we've gotten lots more head on this news hour, including a rebel who wants to be integrated into the security forces in the democratic republic of congo in return. they have certain conditions. we have an exclusive
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report i'm elizabeth brought them in the indian stage of also for they were health officials to trying to manage a deadly outbreak of fever and india. the final cricket test against invented called off off a koby my team outbreak in one of the team still will have the details. on returning now to our top story on this news, our and lebanon forming a new government after 13 months of political deadlock. joining us in mind, solemn, was a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at notre dime, university 11 on his wife's from be able to thank you so much for being with us. so what do you make of this new government that was announced today by mr. mccarty? the same groups are, it seems in control of the key ministries realistically, can they do anything different, anything better when it comes to addressing the countries challenges when they
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are not likely to do some fundamental changes. because the figure to which they brought administered data for them existing if you don't load off a promo last sites. so not much to change anything but a public had wanted to ship the ministries and government to be moved from one denomination to another. mister speaker, up so much refuse it that that how do you read and mr. coffee, they refuse it. that so the ministries are which had been assigned or given as soon as she, i mean it was the she was the main sydney. and so i don't, i think they don't maybe because i'm i don't. right. and the minority they don't to up on them. some minor monitoring ministry. so far from this
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perspective, not much a change. i thought more than that, the finance minister was who was now appointed into this. a new ministry had already been deputy president, the number 222. busy bank of lebanon, which had been overseeing the lapse of the country to 3 years. so this is an believable and we believe, well, how is this just them have got to drag it into those groups have been controlling it for the past the 20 years. and it seems that no change could be affected, this environment unfortunately. so i don't the mindset that there will be fundamental change and that would be fun for me. and the situation when there is
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a senior government definitely is better care of taking government. oh yeah. but which have done nothing wrong. and just the for the past one year and one month, definitely better than no government at all. and this is what the international community had. wanted to see a government formed in lebanon, even though as you say, it's the same old groups controlling it. the world bank has described webinars, depression, as one of the sharpest in modern history. the currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value in 2 years. we've seen long lines at petro state stations, poverty spreading and the fuel shortages and so on. talk to us about the challenges this government faces a host of issues to deal with. what should be the 1st one that they address? so that's what the government should they should that this
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is the collapse of the value of the value of the current that don't bother 90 percent. that mean and value of the seller is gone down by much. yeah. suppose someone who study what $6000.00 now gets less than $600.00. why is up then ablation is, is high rock. i think i'm believe it or not from you know, electricity, no bread and from basic necessities put necessities are pound or have become betty betty expense report is absolute majority of the population. this is the 3rd of stuff on demand that's to which the government should have the previous government, particularly under the control them is the financial establishment under the
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control. so let me, governor of the bank had allowed the safe putting up more than sort of the 1000000000 dollar transfer between september 2019 and march february 2020. i brought this have site but don't most of the how to go to see to be taken abroad. this is big a big number for, for the economy and about the various banks. habit of helping you to give people their money. 70 percent of the deposit on the banks where in dollar and know for myself, i have some deposit like saving specialists, like savings and dollar. i cannot get them back. they will give them back to me at 3. my lira was a value,
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but i had been at 20000 people for the 680 percent of the value or 75 percent of the value of my heart money. i'm to live on on that so much. all right, so clearly a lot of challenges. we've not, i guess there, but as you heard the, the lebanese government facing a lot of challenges in addressing the issues of the population and facing that was my cell. i'm a professor of international relations at notre dom university. let's move on to ganeth now which could be less than a year away from a 90 percent poverty rate warning from the u. n. development agency, as it calls for urgent efforts to both communities and very economies, it says is the risk of a total breakdown without international help to keep money flowing in christian salome reports from the united nations. the security council began its day at the $911.00 memorial. the us organized event included
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a tour of the museum documenting the attacks and served as a reminder of the horrors that led to us to invade afghanistan. but the international community is now dealing with an afghan, a stand without the united states being governed by the taliban. many of whose members are on a global terror watch list. the head of the u. n's assistance mission in afghanistan pointed out that will require some uncomfortable choices. billions of assets and dollar and donor funds have been frozen by members of the international community. the understandable purpose is to not is to deny these funds to the de facto taliban administration. inevitable effect, however, will be a severe economic downturn that could throw many more millions into poverty and hunger. may generate a massive wave of refugees from afghanistan. and indeed, set up gather,
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stand back for generations, pointing out that the leaders of the new in term government remain under international sanctions. she stressed the importance of the un and delivering aid, and also ensuring human rights, particularly for african women and girls. noble laureate malala use of sy reminded the council that education is a universal human rights. are united, deacons and speaking with one voice. although vegetation can compel the thought lavonne to make a concession. this is vital, not only for women and good then. so what for long don't security in the region and know what the cow hollow is currently reviewing the u. s. future role in the country. the mandate for the humans assistance mission in afghanistan expires in just a week. while council members debate the mandates renewal, they'll be grappling with matters of life and death including human rights,
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humanitarian access and the protection of civilians including women and girls. christian salumi al jazeera, the united nations and campbell airport has received it. second, international passenger planes into vacations, were completed 10 days ago. the cause i was flight, arrived carrying aid and will leave with passengers carrying for an passport. so visas on thursday more than 100 people left cobbled airport. the charter flights to door has been seen as a step forward in the bumpy coordination between the united states. and i've got a fancy rollers. now, tough new rules could soon be rolled down in the united states for workers who issues a coven, 1900 vaccine. they include mandatory vaccination or testing for some and disciplinary action for others who don't comply. present jo biden's, republican rivals the planning, legal action in response she every time he has more from washington. d. v. my fellow americans, joe biden announced a 6 point plan to deal with covered 19. well, the white house called a puff out of the pandemic. if we implement, i believe,
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and the scientists indicate that the months ahead, we can reduce the number of on vaccinated americans. decrease has hospitalizations in depth and allow our children to go to school safely and keep our, our economy strong by keeping businesses open. federal employees will no longer have the option of regular testing instead of vaccination. they and government contracts will have $75.00 days to get vaccinated or face disciplinary action. all 70000000 health care workers work. institutions that receive federal funding will have to be vaccinated. all employers with workforce is over $100.00 must ensure their employees are vaccinated or regularly tested will face a $14000.00 fine for each violation. 300000 teachers who take part in federal programs will have to be vaccinated. and the president urge states to insist on facts, native stuff in their schools, in all its estimated up to 2 thirds of the u. s. workforce may be effected by the
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plan. however, legal and union challenges may delay some of the provisions. the washington post reported that the us postal service would be exempt from the mandate, some 500000 people. but this wasn't just a clinical outline of the administration's aspirations. throughout his address, the president tried of the 25 percent of americans who have yet to get vaccinated. over 200000000 americans have gotten at least one shot even patient. but our patients is wearing thin. and the refusal has cost all of us whole so that the majority of americans are blaming beyond vaccinated for continuing con, demik restrictions. but they also show waning confidence in the president handling of the pandemic. this was a clear attempt to firm up his base and a clear message. it's not my fault. what you heard from president biden today was clearly the growing frustration that we have, the tools we have the science, we have the incentives, and yet we're not seeing necessarily the behavior that we would hope from
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a large minority of the population an all american summer. but critics contend the biden administration has been confusing the public with its messaging. for example, it was joe biden to announced a summer free of covert in early june and held a large july 4th party at the white house to prove it. just as the delta variant was taking hold in the country, since that announcement, daily infections have risen by some 300 percent. there is no doubt that more americans have to be vaccinated if the u. s. is to return to any normality but study shows a variety of reasons for vaccine hesitancy. some say it's because of a distrust for the u. s. government that has misled the public so many times in the past. others because of their political hatred of joe biden. it will be interesting to see where the button's approach this speech will now win them over to the facts she ever times. the al jazeera washington and the sanction this has become the 1st major us school district to make vaccinations mandatory for students. those age,
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12 and older have until january to get jobs. the city has had some of the longest school closures anyway in the u. s. during the pandemic education official say they want to stop that from happening again. zimbabwe government is making covered 1900 vaccines, mandatory for all government workers, including teachers and those who refuse being told to resign. vaccines are already mandatory for people working in markets. and james, and for those wanting to dine out or state university exams with few doses coming in, this is called crowding and anger at vaccination centers. and the world health organization is anticipating that african nations will receive 25 percent fewer vaccine doses than expected this year. a blamed wealthy countries that it is failing to deliver on promises to share jobs with or, and middle income nations. some governments want to offer booster shots against the w h o advice. denmark has lifted nearly all corona virus restrictions crediting its
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high vaccination rate, more than 80 percent of people over the age of 12 and 2 shots are covered 1900 vaccine. it means that denmark's digital pass is no longer required when entering nightclubs, restaurants and fitness centers. masks are still mandatory at airports, however, and encouraged when at a hospital or clinic. one of india is popular hindu festival has been held under tight restrictions due to a spike in new cova, 19 infections. police in more vibrant public professions and restricted crowds celebrations, usually draw massive crowds. but the city has asked gatherings be kept to 10 vaccinated people, health officials or concerns gatherings for religious celebrations, good fog, a 3rd wave in the country. time. not for a check on the world. whether on this youth our he has ever been fox. hello, that we've got some quiet weather coming into the korean peninsula over the next couple of days should grassy to sum across at dry and brighter for japan as well.
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at the moment, there is a fair amount of cloud arranged, some showers lingering across the key. she pushing into her and she did a bit of weather to, to sliding into good parts of north korea for a time. but as you can see, the main weather ration is for the south eastern parts of china. we'll see some really nasty weather as we go on through the weekend and into the early part of next week. and the reason for that is super typhoon chance to which is now just glancing the far north of the philippines. it'll grassy run up towards taiwan, whence at the moments of around 200 kilometers per hour, gusting to run 250 kilometers per hour. this is the equivalent of a catch before hurricane. so it's a very nasty system. it will cause flooding damaging winds, and we are looking at some pretty big problems coming through here. now the system not too far away, of course, is constant unless a tropical storm. that's more of a rain event that will bring flooding raines into central parts of vietnam as we go on through the next day or so into china. seeing plenty of showers,
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longest spells have fry, and as usual, scattering showers for malaysia and indonesia. everton, thank you very much. get ahead on the news our. the u. s. a. chinese leaders discuss the importance of avoiding company in their 1st direct for nearly 7 months . as salvatore's president retired, a 3rd of the country's judges, but easy routing at russian or cementing his own power and a hat, trick hero, you now mess. he breaks another record with argentina. that's coming up for just a new meet the young river traders resume thinking neither read nor run. they know how to kill their breathing dangerous
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