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been rocked by the sound of gunfire and rocket launches, protest against the judge leading the investigation into the bay road port blast have turned into violence and chaos. at least 2 people have been killed and 20 injured crowds aligned to ship. political parties were protesting at the justice building. the lebanese army says it moved in after gun 5 started not have mounted buildings and tanks have rolled into central by route. many explosions have been heard. demonstrators have now been dispersed, hezbollah and its allies have accused a judge, terry, bitter of political bias in his probe of the bay route blast, without providing any evidence or investigations being repeatedly stoled by political in fighting. alright, and sign a hold of him by root and has been covering this for us. hello. they say now what's the latest on the protest? well repeated bouts of gunfire and it's been going on now for 2 hours. we are very

close to the front line. the lebanese army has heavily deployed and the area you can still hear and they still have not been able to contain the situation and control the situation. what we understand is that they have started to read a number of buildings because a lot of snipers are on buildings. this is a decades old front line. it goes back to the days of the civil war which ended in 1992 political groups, 2 sectarian groups facing off against each other. it's very hard to independently confirm how this latest bout of violence started, but according to has bella and among these are the 2. she are political groups that called for the demonstration today to demand the removal of the judge who is leading the investigation into the bay route 4th explosion in their statement. they are saying that the protestors who they described as peaceful were ambushed by

a sniper and they're actually blaming those responsible saying that what they try to do was insight sectarian strife. they're saying that my 1st who are on top of buildings, they're directly targeted. the protestors who were on their way to the justice a palace. again, this is a statement from has the law and i'm old on how this latest bout of violence began . the army is out in force, but it's, it's, it's not easy. it's not going to be easy to contain the situation. if you can see the roads are empty, people are hiding in their homes. of children were stuck at schools, hiding and corridors. parents rushing to take them home, people leaving their work, not knowing what, what is happening. this city is on the edge. a lebanon is used to bouts of violence like this. but it comes really at

a very critical time. the economy has all but collapsed. people continue to struggle you what we understand is up to 2 people are believed to have been killed. we're getting some reports that there could be a 3rd person who died, a number of injuries. the ambulances have been moving into the area. you can still hear the sound of gunfire just really down the street when i say this is and i'm just going to hear the intensity this, this issue of the investigation into the report explosion. and the role of the church really has height and tensions in this country and divided this country even further already. this is a very polarized polarized society. the 2 groups that live on the opposing side of this street have been long time enemies. back to the days of the civil war that began in 1975. they've never made peace. they stand on opposing sides of the

political spectrum. and really they've exchanged harsh words as of late. you can hear a lot of sniper that, that, that, that was a sniper. can you move back a little? i heard this ah, a very, very, very tense situation. it's unclear how there are going to be able to contain this. it might take a few because the, the, the army really is in a very difficult, difficult position. it cannot be seen as it seems, it seems that the shooting is spreading to other areas. if i'm not mistaken, it's or it's the echo because yeah that's, it's moving closer. okay. so a zane is speaking of the army. the st in

rain force went to the st. have they? what else have they done? they're calling for. com, obviously. but what else are they being doing well, what we understand is that they've started to read a number of buildings because there are snipers on rooftops. but like i said, it's not going to be easy. they've released a statement saying that they're going to shoot that anyone who is armed and that they are calling on civilians to leave, to leave the area. the army is in a very delicate position. it cannot be seen to be taking any side in this. in this confrontation because in the past, during the civil war, when the army did take sides, it split, it split along sectarian lines. this is a deeply divided sectarian society. when, when the hydra i'm, i'm just going to try to find out where the gunfire is coming. from the la monta. well i had to come on to our command, but monica, we're hot. yeah, we're not filming you. they don't, they don't like to be filmed and they don't like to talk to the press,

but they're saying it's 22 are left the area of the unit. and she asked, uni the stronghold of the crystal lebanese forrest's is party. and she is the strong hold of the she are parties and has been luck. okay, zayna will you make sure that you guys stay safe and we'll cross back to you when it's safe to do so. thank you very much, dana. how do they live for us in net they roach? all right, let's cause now to name selim who is a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at the nurture dom university in lebanon. he joins us from beirut. thank you for joining us. the protest was by his bill as supporters against this judge investigating the bay road blast. so given who the demonstrators are or were, who's likely behind this attack, there are many groups that could be behind the back. and we can not really speculate on the investigation by the security forces, particularly the army and the internet security. tell us who is involved in these

shooting for those who are working on the streets and going to the station. i don't think they are. and i don't think it has to ignite, no lashes or shooting. there are some people who are seeking to monday, monday is a water and take a lebanon to a new wave of instability. and it is really dangerous. what is going on today and and the background of this was a and by mister b and i'm a lot more than i do for the course of action which has been taking by a special prosecutor on investigating a bill for, for the blast last year. and the people who are being quoted by the prosecutor are seem to be pro as bala and the pro m. and so i'm,

are now a suspecting more and more that the special prosecutor is single handedly target things. i'm more than the other. they are saying why he doesn't go to the early causes out to the primary quarters of an explosion i by investigating who had brought to my great dangerous nitrate support. and why did they unload it from the shipment center, et cetera. not starting from the last a sitcom stance is involving the prime minister or so that this minister or that minister, i've been recently. is there a post issue? the investigation according to the argument, should go to earlier to earlier. anyway, the what happened yesterday in the council of ministers meeting is a presidential palace in may who, by a minister of

a mohammed martha by a table and raising his voice, i gazed for president. michelle really has aggravated the situation and set up on spencer down immediately. cornered off the council of ministers, the meeting. he didn't accept this kind of behavior in a concert minister and this feeling in a country in the direction of more and shouldn't yesterday. and those sunshine where i could have a good day, bye people going and was asleep. the clearly amazon has bought a lot, had the planet to go brought this in front of the just this ministry, a mirror on the actual thing has taken place for me. and i believe that in a pre existence you ation is very critical,

very dangerous. and it is not the example of hezbollah or i meant to escalate. clearly they have been escalating and rosa barclay justified or why the prosecutor is focusing on, on certain aspects of the crime and not on the other aspect. these might, might be just a, sorry to interrupt you that with respect and lebanese people obviously want answers and in this, is this not a case of members of the government being worried that they'll be implicated in the pulp last has been law in particular in more than a month or mr. bentley, i'm suspicious that a special prosecutor and investigation may be going is the direction of in the case exam, emphasis, and the 4th of last of august 4 in 2020. this. this has been repeatedly discuss it and broken up out by

study and has i'm not on line his speech including this earlier this week. the speech then by the speech he at back it is a special prosecutor. but as someone who is not doing it broke special ed job, etc, etc, and said, are form immediately has been learned and began to escalate the in the direction of . busy the organizing human station and going through the justice ministry to profess that what is a special prosecutor is i think professor, we do have an this is a honda scope, has been a scholarly otherwise this equation is going to be dangerous and living on good. well, it's already dangerous indeed, but we appreciate your insights. name phil m a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at the notes that i'm university in lebanon, and thank you for your time. okay, they are likely just coming out if they were at the moment,

what we do know at the moment is that they will protest against the lady investigation into the barrett laugh at the stage. we know at least 3 people have been killed and 20 others injured. what you're hearing on that live phase is actually gunfire at the moment. and you can say that the army has been deployed. moving after that gun 5. it's not good because mounted buildings and tanks had road . penfield by reason, which is who will cross back to our report alive on the ground later on in the data . but from now we will move on. ok to the rest of the day's news now and a high level taliban delegation has arrived in turkey. as it continues a diplomatic push for support and recognition. it follows days of talks in kata where the group appeal to us and your pain officials to end the countries isolation . the group wants the west to east financial restrictions, which it says a crippling the country. the taliban took over afghanistan in august. meanwhile,

a taliban police chief has been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern afghanistan. one other person died an 11 way injured in the blast. it happened at a checkpoint in corona province. no group has claimed responsibility, but i so have carried out several attacks in the past 2 months. stephanie deka is standing by for us in cobbled to bring us up to date on that blast. but 1st, let's go to wrestler sutter, who is in, is in stam bull with the latest on the talks wrestle. tell us a little bit about how important and how crucial these discussions are. well, emily, that is that the sultan delegation has arrived. anniston will early in the morning and by this hour they are heading to ancona at afternoon. we are expecting a meeting between the acting for the minister of taliban. i mean hon. mcclockey and

therefore the minister of turkey mode social in ankara. so that is going to be quite an important meeting because this is the 1st one at this level that's happening. taking place in turkey, i just, yesterday, also the for the minister of foreign minister of turkey said that he is planning to visit a i've kind of stand soon with some of the other for the minister of the organization of the islamic countries. so this high level political meetings are quite important . taliban is here in turkey and trying to out to pay away for a turkey to recognize it as a lesson with the government of afghanistan. but i think that is still a long way for that because prison that one has been recently could size in a tiny bunk of not been inclusive enough or not for me and inclusive, a government in the confidential turkey will how some of the conditions when it come to the matter of the recognition, but on the other hand, recently there has been one masses from both sides emphasizing that this 2

companies has historical cultural leaders, ties with each other. so this, this narrative is paving or per wide in a solid ground for this 2 parties to a to, to come together and maybe to get closer to the recognition. but on the other hand, anybody's going to ask for the humanitarian aid as well. and tricky has been per waiting humanitarian a so far to pakistan. but maybe after this meeting that bread that humanitarian aid could directly go from turkey to, to, to afghanistan. in that sense, these are quite important. but as i said, turkey seems to be it very much kosher when it comes to the matter off the recognition. just remember when poly bunk took over afghanistan, there were talks between turkey and the afghan. his sides, the turkey take the over the management of the security and the that the. busy door patience in company report,

but the negotiation has failed because tied to bonds force and almost conditional was that all of the natal members should leave the confidant. turkey was one of the main natal members that was operating in afghanistan, and it has little all of its, its soldiers there. so now beth also is another topic at their agenda, whether turkey is going to take the management or the cobra one, which is the only gateway for afghanistan to the rest of the world. ok, wrestle will make sure you keep us updated as to how those discussions go. thank you. now an update on that blast in afghanistan. stephanie deca joins us from at cobble at steph. you have more information on that last particularly about a prominent taliban member that's been killed to tell us move well, he was the local police chief, his vehicle targeted in a roadside bomb killing around it doesn't injuring sorry about a dozen,

a dozen other people, 2 of them killed and we haven't had a claim of responsibility, but it does fit a pattern of what we've seen happen over the last couple of weeks and escalation and attacks by i. so a k i. so in afghanistan on taliban members and also on civilians targeting mosques . so even though we haven't had a claim responsibility this, as i'm saying does fit into a pattern of what we've seen as an escalation of the group. so it does highlight what is at the moment, certainly seeming to be a passion of more of a precarious security situation when it comes to ice. okay. upping its attacks, trying to sort of, you know, d, stabilize, trying to send a message at the cannibal does not have control of this country. the security card is, of course something the taliban is always played and said that it was the only group that could control and provide security for afghan. a sudden it's one of the things that politically and diplomatically is also being pushed by the taliban delegation . that's now in turkey, and also they've been to door and they'll be going to moscow. that security is very

much also related to the withholding of billions of dollars of a of money. why? because salary isn't all being paid. so poverty leads to being recruited bowl in a place like this. it's very complicated. even taliban members haven't been paid their salaries in a long time. so people so desperate when it comes to being able to pay for food on a daily basis. things as simple as that, so all of these things are linked. i think this is also why you're seeing this diplomatic pushed by the ton of on talking to all sides and other sides talking to it, trying to get some kind of recognition, trying to get cash injected into the country. ok, thank you very much for that, stephanie deck live for us in cobble. all right, we're going to return it to our top story. now. these are live pictures coming out as they route. there was gunfire and shot slide during the post head by handful supported against the judge investigating the bay report last in front of the johnston building occurred on thursday morning at the stage. we know that at least

3 people have been killed and 20 injured and the army has moved in our correspondence saying, order is live for us in by word dana. what's the latest from where you are? you can hear. you can hear intense gunfire. we have now taken cover inside the building because just a few minutes ago there was a loud explosion. most likely a rocket propelled grenade. i cannot confirm that at this time. i can also hear a lot of sniper fire. the clashes are now in their 3rd hour for 3 hours. now. this really is one of the most in bouts of violence. in recent years, the lebanese army is deployed heavily deployed in the area, but there's only so much it can do. you can see them towards the end of the street . if we just walk out a little bit. they still have not made their way into these neighborhoods

neighborhoods which are also strongholds of political parties who stand on opposing sides of the political divide. we do not know, and we cannot say what started this round of violence. you can hear, you can hear more so more sniper fire. what we understand is the army says that they're going to shoot as anybody who is armed. we also understand that they're trying to raise some buildings, but clearly, clearly the army has not been able to control the situation or to contain the situation if there is a dangerous escalation. this country has seen or witnessed bouts of violence throughout the years, ever since the end of the civil war in 1990. and i must say where this is happening was the former green line during the civil war. so this is a decades old fault line. and as you can see, 30 years later,

there is still no peace, still, no reconciliation. still no national unity, the same political parties, their leaders, once warlords, today, politicians, they use their farm to men in order to negotiate. and right now, the negotiation is over the future of a judge, a judge who has been leading the investigation into last 2 years. they rode forth explosion. this whole, all started a few hours ago when she, our political group has the law. and i'm a called for a protest outside government or justice palace, excuse me, to demand bitter room or vote. they say he's politicized. they say they do not trust the way he has been hand. the pope, the opposition, among them, of course, the lebanese forces who are now facing off with those parties, their supporters, are facing off with this part is on the ground. believe that has the law and am on are stating a cool, a coup against the states, against the judiciary,

and using their arms to impose their political will, to intimidate, to threaten and to force judge guitar to be removed from his job. so pensions in the street, the city is deserted, people are hiding in their homes. many people try to remember this country. there was a 15 year civil war and i think 75 from 1990 and people still remember those days and people are still hiding. employ, we call some of our friends and they're hiding employ. they went running to school to pick up their children worried whether or not their children can actually reach home. so the situation is very 10. we're now in the 3rd hour of these classes. how is this going to end? will they be able to find some sort of a compromise because it seems both sides are bent on on, on their physician. what we understand at least 2 people killed. there's some reports say that there could be up to 4 up to 4 kill,

but we still have not been able to confirm that many other people injured injured by like for fire. but we have to go back to how this all started and according, and this is of course, according to has valenda. they released a statement saying that their protest or their supporters were heading to the justice palace when they were ambushed. they were ambushed by a sniper who directly fired at the crowd, and that the intention was the 3rd, the 3rd civil rights. so a dangerous escalation on the ground. there's also political crisis in this country, and the economy has all but collapse. so you can imagine what is going through the minds of the people of the city, the people in this country who are seen so much high ship and suffering over the years. and now this violence, this violence bringing back memories really of dark days of this country's turbulent zayna. you mentioned there, about 118 people politics aside. i mean, you said that they were families playing with their children. there live nice

people there and abroad that are watching this with horror. i mean, how much more can eliminate people take at this point? well, if i'm like i mentioned, people are trying to, to make ends meet 80 percent of the population is now poor. the currency has been in free fall for the past 2 years, which means people salaries are worthless, the banks are insolvent. they haven't been able to birth money to people who have, who have their savings trapped in and banks. so salaries are worthless, there's inflation, there's no electricity, there's a fuel crisis, the states us nearly bankrupt, it is unable to import fuel. hospitals are running on generators and hospitals are unable to buy even these. well, if it wasn't for the united nations and public hospitals will not be able to provide any services and actually operate, so you have multiple crises that the people of this country and the city are facing

. and then now this, this violence just bring back dark memories and we have to remember it was, it's been what a year, 1314 months since that, that massive explosion that they report destroyed. whole neighborhoods killed more than 200 people. in fact, that the families of those people, the victims who have been demanding justice, who have been demanding accountability and those families, those people have been standing behind judge bizarre. they believe he's one of the rare judges who is not politically affiliated, doesn't foul to political pressure, and that's why they are standing with him. and he, nevertheless, is pushing ahead with the investigation as much as he has been intimidated. there has been a smear campaign against him. in fact, today the court decided he can continue his probe, but nevertheless, after seems like this today, there is no doubt that the political parties are negotiating. this is the way, at times they negotiate in lebanon. it's, it's, you flex your muscle, you shall force in order to impose what you want to happen. so we're gonna have to

see how this pounds out in the next few days. whether or not the guns will fall side, whether this will continue whether or not the army will be able to contain the situation . and whether or not there can be some sort of reconciliation between the different political groups. can see the army still coming in. but and still still the sound of gunfire. this is really intense gun fight. what it's in the city on the front line. it's really do a lot. the symbolism tells you don't do a lot on that. this country is not. well, jenna, can we have a political settlement with dana,

you said that the army had thinking reinforcements and what role are they taking? he said it has to be quite diplomatic in terms of, of how they handle this. no doubt the army is walking on a very, very thin line. here it has to be careful not to be seen as taking sides of one party against the other. because the makeup of the army is the same, to carry and make up the population of this country. and the army has split along to carry and lines back in the days of the civil war. and really, it's the only whole country. it's the only institution that has the respect. mostly, mostly everybody, really in the country were just getting some updates. medical sources are saying that up to 6 people could have been killed. again, we're waiting for official confirmation, but medical sources are saying up to 6 people killed. that's. that's quite, that's quite a high number. this is this confrontation is really not, not similar to the about a violence that we're,

we've seen in the past. clearly more intense. clearly, much more dangerous escalation with on the ground there. i mean those gun shots close to you, are they in the distance? what are you actually seeing and hearing on the ground up ahead that round about if you take your left that is biting line. that is a divided, separate to neighborhood majority of the neighborhood and a majority christian populated neighborhood. one is a stronghold of this year and the sheer parties and has the law and the others as a stronghold of the christian lebanese forces parties. so it's just a street, it's just a street that divides these armed men. a lot of them.