[000:00:00;00] ah, and al jazeera, when every ah ah billina businessmen, g mccarty vows to save lebanon as he formed, and you government, off to 13 months of political deadlock. the me, lo, i mariam democracy in london. you watching al jazeera,

also coming up on the program. west african envoys, neat guineas, ousted president, and the pressure on the gentle off to sunday school. the un says it's a race against time to get a to afghanistan when 93 percent of households are already going hungry. were playing for really. this is in the game president joe biden bronze republican governors cavalier for challenging his tell you back seen requirements. ah, hello, welcome to the program. well, lebanon finally has a new government ending 13 months. deadlock, during which the country is grappled with its worst crisis since the end of the civil war. the new cabinet is led by prime minister designate and achieve mccarty, lebanon's richest man in an emotional speech. she vowed to save the country,

but he'll have to fix an economy that's effectively collapse. the lebanese pound has lost 90 percent of its value since october 2019 a result of decades of corruption and unsustainable financing. in that same period, food inflation is exploded. rising 557 percent. according to the wild food program, many parents are skipping meals or pulling that children out of school, so they can afford to put food on the table. more than 80 percent of the population is now poor. people don't have electricity for more than a few hours. a day and the government can't afford fuel to power generators, which means crippling shortage is threatening to shut down hospitals, bakeries and the internet. then a honda reports now from the capital bay route. it's been more than a year of political wrangling, lebanon's feuding politicians have now reached a deal on the distribution of power in cabinet. it's common for them to argue for months,

but this time so much is at stake. the incoming government needs to stop the financial collapse and let them know how to help me. i hope that we can bring our country back on its feet. let me hope that this government will be able to function at least put an end to the bleeding hall, and we can all come together as one hand to bring back 11 on its feet. proud and prosperous. the political paralysis had worse and than economic crisis. the united nation says more than 80 percent of the population is considered poor up from 42 percent 2 years ago. since then, the local currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value. the minimum wage is worth just $35.00. now our salary barely less 2 days, we are depriving our own children from what they need thought though he went on with those officials should return all the money they stole and transferred abroad . the political class is blamed for decades of corruption and unsustainable

financing. months of street protests and international pressure failed to bring about a new leadership. not optimistic that this government can actually undertake the funds because they have shown voc, they are ready to hijack any forms that actually help the people versus safe guard . the interests of the one percent or the ones who are politically connected, people have been struggling to meet their basic needs. there are shortages of almost everything, including fuel. the incoming government is not the non partisan cabinet specialist demanded by the international community to unlock a, but it appears they are ready to work with what they call a capable government may ask you just say you have for backing, but many people feel that there will be little change with the same parties in power. the local currency did gain against the dollar on the exchange market, but lebanon is experiencing hyper inflation and days. subsidies on basic goods will

end. the government's formation is only the beginning. so they're also theda, beirut. well now moving her other top story to south guineas, new military rulers are on the increasing diplomatic pressure. the african union has suspended the country after last weekend's coo, while envoys from the west african lines eco us of hell, talks with the army leaders in the capital, capital con creek. they've also met deposed president of con, day and demanding that he be released. special forces soldiers behind the crew say they ousted, can they because of widespread poverty and corruption. let's go live now to an interest who is in conic korean and tell us how, how precarious a moment is this for the people that while there is, there are real concerns. i'm a people here in clinic korean other parts of guinea. these we talking about

a community or nation that has suffered enough high levels of poverty economics tied nation in equities, crimes as well as what they accused of the government of high 100 nist over the last 11 years. something the new military rulers. yeah. say they want to correct now, the fia, the real fia, is that they tell me community of west africa and the african union. go ahead with the threats of functions. this could watson can condition, a poor guineas who already suffered enough under the previous government. it's a big problem for them, but so far the meeting between the course and the new military rule as in duty has passed on. i've somehow a high note, we've spoken with some of the daily members of the delegation, who insisted yes, that the, that the discussions between them was preliminary and they were frank and the open

. and they also got the opportunity of meeting. i think the post president of guinea alpha conduct still what are these talks likely to achieve between co us and, and the true leaders, are they likely to make any concessions, even in the face of sanction? being threatened, confessions will have to come one way or the other on both sides from a course and from the military rulership yeah. in guinea, i for the military leadership here in guinea. keeping alpha in custody is one of one ways to extract as much as they can from they can only community of west africa state, just copying the script that was played in molly last year when you were going to was fact by the military was arrested and kept in detention by the military and eventually of course needed or had to negotiate his release before he was thrown

out of the country. what, of course he didn't succeed in doing here in guinea con creek today as they were unable to set free. mister alpha conduct and they were unable to immediately restore democratic rule or constitutional rule as they put it. so the next few weeks will determine how then it goes, it goes, it looks like the 1st impression for the echoes delegation is such that they are happy with what has transpired today. they said that folks, a progressive was proactive and they were open. but the question lies, i think the question lies with how much concessions will the guinea and military who are now in charge of currently in charge will make to the economic community of west africa. and whether or not cause is willing to make some concessions. what they're looking at immediately is to avoid the application of sciences, but nobody knows exactly how long the military here in 10 to state we asked,

we put the question to members of the delegation. they didn't respond, they was very short, very, can only come with what actually transpired in those meetings with alpha on there with doom himself. so it's critical to watch the next few days and few weeks. what will happen, and what statement is coming from that kind of community of west africa states. ma'am, thank you so much. i'm going to interest and con, agree. and guinea a united nations has condemned what it calls the calla bonds, increasing the violent response to journalists and peaceful protest. as the statement comes a day after 2, i've can report to say they were tortured by taliban forces for covering a protest. the un also warned against the use of live ammunition battens and whips

on protest. as and said some have been killed on thursday and acting. taliban minister said any alleged attacks on journalists will be investigated. we call on the time to bond, immediately seized. the use of force towards and the arbitrary detention of those exercising their rights to peaceful assembly. and the journalists who are covering the protests authorities must ensure a safe, enabling and non discriminatory environment for the exercise of human rights. including freedom of expression and peaceful assembly blanket restrictions on peaceful assemblies constitute a violation of international law. well, 93 percent of afghan families are going hungry with many people going to extreme measures in order to survive. that's according to the well food program says many people are already skipping meals or giving food to children instead of adults as the country faces, economic collapse, food shortages and job losses are the primary cause of concern for the family

survey with winter approaching fast and the economy collapsing, they're worried, well just it's now a race against time. snow to deliver life, saving assistance to the people who need it most. we need to be reaching 9000000 people among november. if we're to meet our plan, target to $40000000.00 by the end of the year is appealed for $200000000.00. and a number of countries not have come forward and made office. but we are quite literally begging and borrowing to avoid food stocks running out or traders in afghanistan, capital capital say they're struggling with the slow pace of business. despite improvement in this security situation off the taliban swept into power. shopkeepers say hardly any of their goods are being sold, and a lot of it is going to waste. afghans reported a lack of jobs across the country and people are having to queue for hours to

accept cash banks for clothes for weeks when taliban forces initially took control . so the modem, the, the anything is getting sold. i sell houses stuff at normal prices, but some i'm compelled to sell it a loss. the security situation is improved. crime is stopped. the bread is also disappeared. there is no food. business is at a standstill, reaping vegetables to sell the markets, but not much sold. what has happened? nobody is asking about us. poor people. flour is expensive, cooking and is expensive. everything is expensive. there is no one to take care of the poor people. and all the development, the 2nd commercial flight mechanics, john since the taliban seems control, has landed in cat are around 160 people on board the castaways flight which touched down in doha. some of the passengers will be transported to a facility housing, african imaculi's counselors, foreign ministry says cobble air force is opperation hall, and it's up to other airlines to decide whether to use it or not. meanwhile,

the 1st events have been held in the united states to mock 20 years since the 911 attacks. a remembering ceremony was held at pentagon in washington, d. c. to honor the victims. the u. s. military headquarters was one of the targets along with the twin towers of the world trade center in new york tech has flew hijacked planes into the buildings with almost 3000 people killed. more events are due to take place in new york on saturday and watching al jazeera ally from london was still ad for you on the program. after a day of protests in solidarity with palestinian prisoners, israeli police capture to the 6 inmates who broke out of a high security prison. we took a while, salvador president has one of the highest approval ratings in the world. fine accusations of a power grab ah

hello. thank you for joining in. we've had another wildfire rep this time in southern spain. so hundreds of people have been forced from their homes here. and hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain the flames. you know, this area hasn't had a drop of rain in about 3 weeks, so the dry conditions will persist on saturday. we do have a run of rain, we'll call it barcelona right through to valencia on saturday. some pretty big storms transferring from sardinia right through to sicily, around the mediterranean fleming into southern italy and the very real risk of seeing flash flooding here next for turkey. we did have thunderstorms, but sunshine in the forecasts on saturday with a hive 24 degrees, a brisk wind through the eastern med. so nickos see the best i can do for you. a high 35 degrees. still pretty good. weather pattern change for the west versus the east. we've got an abundance of sunshine war side. 26 degrees, but unsettled there. 3 looked toward scandinavia and the baltic states on saturday . well, in this weather report in africa, it's what the west,

some really big storms lighting up here. so we're talking about guinea guinea be so senegal and the gambia out toward the atlantic. so that's something we will watch and also some what, whether as we look toward nigeria, lego, it has a high of 31 degrees on saturday season. the how many nukes this to many new america had in many ways driven the arms race parties are much more like the british parties down to the there are, you will regulation to own a tiger than their, our own a dog. how can this be happening? your weekly take on us politics and i see, and that's the bottom line. there are some of the media stories of critical look at the global news media on audi 0. government shut off access to social

media. the ah ah. back a look at 9 stories now, lebanon, and finally, as a new government appointment is to designate and achieve mccarty is about to save the country. it will have to fix an economy that effectively collapse. a group of west african envoys of how talks with guineas, new military leaders. the eco mission met deposed president alpha con day while there and have demanded his release on the night of nations has condemned what it calls the town of bonds. increasing the violent response to journalists and peaceful protests as well for the program is also warning that 93 percent of afghan families are going hungry and the country in all the stories are following. a

french course has charged the former health minister over the handling of the pandemic, and is present is under investigation for endangering the lives of others. a former dr. resigned last february weeks after the country's 1st confirmed case. she says she welcomes the investigation as an opportunity to explain herself and to establish the truth. the prosecutors said there were no grounds to charge her with a 2nd offensive failure to stop a disaster and faster butler has more on this now from paris. well, and yes, these are from his former health ministers being placed under formal investigation over the handling of the covey. 19 crisis in france. she faces allegations over endangering people's lives for things like not having an adequate stock of masks, of protective equipment, of mixed signals. and communication on most whether the public should wear them or north, and perhaps not putting restrictions in place soon enough,

particularly on travel, while the french government certainly being under a lot of scrutiny over the past month. $400.00 of the curve at $900.00 crisis. but these are become something of a simple old flat in january 2020. when the 1st co cobra cases would being registered in france, a booth asset publicly. that french people had little to worry about. because it was unlikely that the virus would contaminate many people. one month later, she quit the health ministry to run for mayor paris, and she gave a newspaper interview in which she said the front actually face a through nami, as cases said, contradicting earlier public statements. well, this comes as part of a much larger, wider inquiry that has been carried out by the parliament into the french governments handling of the corona virus crisis. now the question is whether or not

are the ministers might find themselves also in front of magistrates, the french health minister. the moment olivia certainly had his offices rated a few months back in connection with this inquiry. so you can imagine that many ministers a wondering whether or not anyone in government at the moment will be next. republican party says its planning legal action against the biden administration. overt tough new rules on vaccinations. they include mandatory jobs and testing for some with disciplinary action for those who don't comply. meanwhile, present biden's been visiting a school in washington and urging parents that to get that children vaccinated. los angeles has become the 1st major us school district to make machinations mandatory for students. those age 12 and above have until january to get that jobs go live. now, to heidi joe castro in washington. so why are the republicans threatening to sue

the bite and administration over these new vaccine requirements? maria, and these are republican governors who are lining up to file these lawsuits against biden's vaccine mandates. we have the governor of georgia calling those mandates a blatant unlawful overreach. the governor of texas saying that this is an assault on private business and the governor of wyoming calling these mandates unconstitutional. again, this is the mandate where businesses with more than 100 employees have to have those employees vaccinated or have weekly tests. and it's a mandate that all federal workers be vaccinated, and if the lawsuits are filed and they are very likely being drafted as we speak, they will likely eventually make it to the u. s. trip pre court for a decision. and historically, marrying the court has cited with federal vaccine mandates. though the cases i've seen cited date back more than 100 years. and of course, today's court is a very different makeup with

a conservative majority that has shown just in recent days that it is willing to make controversial rulings. this all coming as the cdc today has released 3 studies that are the largest within the u. s. on the real world, impact of these vaccines, finding that the unvaccinated in the united states are 10 times as likely as those who are vaccinated to be hospitalized. and as far as death, they are 11 times more likely to die of coded than those who have been vaccinated. and president biden was asked by a reporter how to respond to these legal threats from republican governors. and this is how he responded. i am so disappointed that particularly some of the republican

governors have been so cavalier with the help of these kids. so cavalier, the health of the communities. this is what we're playing for real here. this isn't a game. and i don't know of any scientists out there in this field doesn't think it makes us considerable sense to do. the 6 things i've suggested and this comes is a florida appeals court ruled in favor of reinstating the florida governors ban on mosque mandates and public schools, which would be very disappointing to, to parents and teachers. sure. and this appeals court ruling in florida essentially says a schools cannot force school children in florida. where are these masks? and it is a when to the florida republican governor rhonda santas who was essentially said it's up to parents to decide whether or not their kids should wear a mask. but this is just the latest in plenty of legal back and forth regarding

this issue because it was just 2 days ago that a lower level court ruled essentially the opposite saying that schools, districts could, it could require masks for the students. this is hardly the final word in this case . either this is just an emergency order while the legal merits are still to be considered, and eventually this case to will likely go to the u. s. supreme court. and meanwhile, of course, the real world consequences we have more than 10000 students in florida who have gone through quarantine. the pediatric kobe numbers in the united states are at their highest level since the pandemic. and of course, as we know, all children under the age of 12 in the u. s. still have no access to the vaccine. marion, thank you very much. how did you come from washington? we have some breaking news now is writing police saying they've caught 26 palestinian prisoners who escaped from

a maximum security jail. on monday they were captured on mount precipice. a christian holy site near the city of nazareth, for others are still on the run off to digging a hole and breaking out of it. go by prison or escape such a furious man harmed across israel and the occupied west bank live now to harry for sit in west jerusalem. what more can you tell us about the arrest? harry? will you say that took place within the last few minutes, as you say, just south of the last the past student is really town of nazareth inside. israel had been reports that the 6 men who've been on the run since monday had split up into smaller groups, or at least that was the the report that was what the is ready, security services believe. and this would suggest that perhaps that is the case to have been arrested inside israel, the 2 in question coup country. and my hood latch for those 2 men has been

in prison since 996 and was seen as the ringleader of this escape. the $105.00 of the 6 men who escaped on monday, belonging to palestinians on each of those of those men who have been according to police, captured just in the last few minutes, are of those 5. the 6. a senior member of the stock total on doing the ox, tomatoes brigade. and so this is a capture rather than a killing. that is something that the that that is significant. the is ready defense minutes. if any guns earlier in the day talking about the need to try to deal with the situation without upsetting the balance in the region, sitting that there are millions of other people living in the area. and it was important for israel to deal with the escapees and those who been helping them without upsetting that balance. i think that was a reference to the fact that there being a major shootout and blocked off at the end of this man that could turn off why

does security implications more unrest and violence throughout the occupied westbank in particular. father, these 2, these 2 recaptures, have been just that without, without, it seems a violent. and so that is something that these rating security services, i believe i have been trying to, to talk to it and now is likely to effect protests and the number of patterson in cities over the conditions inside prison facilities. well, this is the other thing that's been going on during the course of the day. there's been been calls for a day of rage from the news army john from madison, from other city in factions. there were protests, both in garza and the occupied west bank during the course of the day because there has been a widespread crackdown throughout these ready prison network, particularly targeting to meet you members, be moved in the hundreds between prisons. israel says to break up power structures

in the wake of this unprecedented really escape the took place on monday, palestinian authority and thomaston and advocacy groups saying that this is actually a form of collective punishment and reprisal for what took place on monday. and the faith of palestinian christmas, especially high level security presence is one which has a great sensitivity within palestinian society across the political spectrum. sense both the treatment of prisoners as a whole and the potential for violent and for the 6 were until the last few minutes on the run. now it seems for still on the run. both of those things have the potential to create wider. i'm risk, it's not the violence in those garza and the occupied west bank. i force it thank you. critiques of el salvador, present neighbor kelly or choosing an, a power grab after

a series of rulings by congress and the supreme court small suite. the court ended the 2 time limit, letting him stand for election again. but as jo home john home and reports from san salvador, the president still has public support. in el salvador, at least some people are worried, angry showing it on the street. the last week a long term ban on the presidential 2nd term was lifted by the country's top. cool . and congress moved to force a 3rd of the country's judges to retire, to a power grab by the countries president, said judges on the march. and we're worried that we won't have independent institutions. that will have a judicial system that's made to measure for the government that gets orders via twitter from the presidential palace. this is president naive, who kelly in another power move in february, march and soldiers in congress to get a security bill passed. it also shocked some this country spent the majority of the last century and

a military dictatorship. the president's response to the complaints has come on his favorite platform, twitter, his cleaning house, he says rooting out corruption. and plenty of ordinary salvadorans agree with him of the years of political grid, low and institutional. graf, those never got. that's for us just for those on the top, not the president's after them. and that's why they're angry because he doesn't let them steal. that's the truth. he's a good president, he's a 10 out of 10 who kelly's approval ratings, a high handling of the cobra crisis and vaccination campaign is hoped. he's also lowered, the countries motivate, even if he had to make a truce with the gangs to stop killing. you can feel the difference in the streets of less palmers, a tough neighborhood in the capital, says julio say so. he should know the under living on the streets, painting murals almost. linda and frankie were living calmly. now,

without problems, you can go and get a soda or a beer wherever around here, before it wasn't light, but the noise before it wasn't like that. you wouldn't see a light in the street after 7 pm. there's a lot of police here right now and that didn't exist before rick storage and still right. and it was obvious as we visited, that the gangs were present even if they're a piece. still, there's no doubt a lot of the population thinks things are getting better. the question is, will cost to democracy, and are they willing to pay that price john home and i'll do it a salvador. ah, look at 9 stories. the sour now lebanon finally has a new government with the countries still deep in crisis. the new cabinets his lead by prime minister, designate and achieving the county lebanon's richest man. he vowed to save the