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u. s. soldiers and the interpreter is also accused of kidnapping, an american journalist and to afghan civilians. but his police say the fatal stabbing of u. k. politician david amos is a terrorist incidents. the 69 year old was meeting members of the public at a church in his constituency, where he was attacked. a 25 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder. i think all our hearts are full of shock and sadness to day add to the loss of the david. a miss m p who was killed in his constituency. surgery in a church after almost 40 years of continuous service to the people of essex and the whole of the united kingdom. and the reason i think people are so shocked and saddened is above all. he was one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics. and he also had an outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable finance have been held for 7 people killed

in bay roots, worst street violence in more than 10 years. the city was rocked by gunfire for several hours on thursday, which began after snipers targeted a protest march thousands of in protesting against ongoing power outages in the u. s. territory of pottery called the demanding that the 5 company which took control of the islands, electrical ready, duty stands down. it will say we had to throw metals because little bit more power cuts in use. nearly 2 and a half 1000000 kings may struggle to find food by next month because the countries in the grip of a severe drought, the u. n says almost 500000 children under 5 and tens of thousands of pregnant and breastfeeding women don't have enough to eat those. the headlines, the news continues. he had allowed his id after inside story, good by ah,

lebanon is in the morning after his worst street violence in years. the 7 people are killed in gun battles between rival sects in beirut, the countries already facing economic and political collapse. so could this trigger more instability? this isn't my story. ah, ah, ah, hello, welcome to the program on him, ron khan. the streets in lebanon's capital, beirut, a quiet after a day of violence. but some one. it could just be the calm before the storm in a country already in the middle of political and economic chaos. let's remind you

of lebanon's precarious situation. the currency loss board 90 percent of his value in 2 years. people can't afford food medicines all fuel, nor can they rely on basic services like electricity, healthcare, or even rubbish collection. many lebanese blame politicians for years of corruption and mismanagement and law. she is beirut pulp. last killed, more than 200 people, is seen as a symbol the states failure. now thursday began with sheer groups including his bala holding rallies, calling for the removal of the judge. investigating that pope lost their cues, tara baton b politically biased. now the army initially said snipers fight the demonstrators. it's since blame the funds on a dispute between protesters and another group. so the holder has more from boot. there is a cautious com after nearly 5 hours of a deadly clashes along a dividing line that dates back to the days of the civil war that ended in 1990.

the guns may have fallen playland, but the crisis is far from over. the tensions started up because of a judge. the lead judge investigating the bay report explosion. the she are political groups, they're strong hold across the street. they are demanding that he be removed. they believe he is politicized. while the opposition disagrees, they believe that the tire should be given a chance to complete his investigation before judging him. and the opposition accuses, has bella and amal, of staging, a coo, using their weapons to impose their will. now there are conflicting narratives on how the confrontation began each side, blaming the other for starting the confrontation of the army issuing a statement not blaming really either side. the army is in a very difficult position, delicate position because of the sea and taking one side against the other. it could split along sectarian lines as what happened during the civil war. what

happens next? what we understand is, has been a mile, are not going to back down. they are insisting better be removed. they're also threatening to pull out from the government. after 13 months of political paralysis, our government was formed last month. if they walk out cabinet cannot govern simply because an entire sector is not represented in violation of lebanon's power, sectarian, carry on power sharing agreement. so difficult days ahead. the crisis is over. and really, this is an old battle. it's an old political divide between different groups on how they see 11 on on how they see a state. this is in there for inside story. the problem, mrs says it's not the job of politicians to intervene in the judiciary la hawk gladly removing the prob, judge is not up to politicians. we have a stand the prob, judge should 1st preserve the laws and the constitution many, including myself,

may believe there is a constitutional error, but the judiciary has to decide and that body can rectify itself, not the politicians. the violence has been condemned around the world. cats are urged all parties in lebanon to avoid escalation and exercise restraint. the foreign ministry called the national interest to be prioritized, over partisan and political ones. russia said it was extremely concerned and called for restraint and prudence and iran condemned the killing of the protesters and said it, believe the government, the army, and the resistance in lebanon will successfully overcome additions, backed by israel. ah, let's bring in our guests in beirut. sammy another director of the levant institute for strategic affairs in doha, robbie horrid director of global engagement in the american university of beirut. and also in beirut, jessica aid and activist and independent energy policy consultant. thank you for joining so much. begin in beirut,

were that you saw me neither on the surface this looks like has bola and amal, bullying, the government and the judiciary into making a change that they want? is that fair assessment? i think it's fair assessment. this is what the action one has to say, or the action of the cyber is put, the unacceptable shooty on demonstrators is totally an acceptable. however, it has been law and our minds routine. it's. i'm not trying to blow up justice for procedures who is a reaction now we don't know if these flashes where like a genuinely action of that wonders who is, is that something state, but we will soon know this. if the outcome of all this man will be the suspension

of that john speaker, for that reason, dad social said the cat that will see that we have witnessed a scenery in order to suspend the action of the judge bearing in mind that this or that they have been trying every fee to block the investigation to process. they have the right political pressure. they have been trying intimidation. they have been trying legal leaks. and recently they took it to the street. they great on there. yeah. the me trying to drive the country into a civil war or something close to a civil war in order to broke that justice procedure. let's bring in rami, hoary in doha, lebanon has the right of free assembly has the right of to protest yet they will

snipers. they show into the crowd. we don't know who they'll um, what is going on? is this, you know, change by violence. well, what's going on is this something unfortunately, that has happened before and lebanon. people take to the streets, unknown gunman or. busy non people but explosives, it. the tragedy is that it could be any of 2 or 3 or 4 possible groups or, and people who might want to do this to shoot up the demonstrators. initially the marchers who came into the area, of course the, the march was provocative, was just going near the christian majority area and some of them like she, i, she also, there was some provocation there clearly, but that's the whole point of the situation from the side was to assert themselves saying we're not going to accept this, this investigation the way it's going now. and the people shot at them. so

these things happen unfortunately regularly because the country has never figured out a way to adjudicate disputes, political disputes, and in a political way. the election system doesn't seem to do it. the judicial system doesn't seem to do it. and therefore people take, take to the streets and now you have a unusual situation where hezbollah is so powerful and strong, military and politically that it feels that come lay down read lines and assert itself. and this is, this is one of them. we try to do that with the u. m. investigation, the international mixed investigations or how data killing. and i wasn't able to because of the international link. so this is unfortunately part of the modern lebanese political culture, which is a little bit disjointed,

slightly this dysfunctional. it's not going to be easily resolved. well that's bringing jessica obeyed. hey, it was also very jessica. you were a big part of the protests over electricity. so today's over general mismanagement in level itself. now you're seeing these protests, are you worried that protesting has become a very dangerous affair 11 and is this an escalation in your opinion? because they cannot compare the demonstration that's happened yesterday of the group trying to of just to just this end up comfortability to the process of people demanding basic services and accountability. there are no similarities and the prod that what we're seeing in terms of the shortage and lack of basic services is that people are no longer mobile. i mean, like they did and over 2019. and that's probably the port j's how low people are hoping that change can happen. so what who is missing is probably be that the

people who want basic services and best and a lot of conditions are not so hope that they can have them anymore. so me know how much of this is about justice, tara patel, and how much of this is actually just about has bullet wanting to get the outcome that they want. i mean, this is a really good question. there is a lot about a, b, r because at the end of the day, it's not about the jobs, but it's about the case that judge is. well, the, we're talking here about the you, the last this, it's frozen that is unprecedented history, not of lebanon, but for your money. we're talking about a half of the $266000.00 wounded. and anybody

even want to know the roots, want to know that was about what happened. so they might say it did it even a lot of a once in the heart of that even if this is on one side, on the other side. yes, this is, it is a community completing the fact that this big event comes to add on many frustration that even these people are or part of that even people are they are holding grudges against has been law because it's about this be lost, but it's about a 70 or every day that it is losing one additional attribute. it's somebody who the advantage of has been a lot. so the elephant in the room here is a law that is today

a state inside the state. it's in fact it's been a new state inside the state. we're talking about a population that is hostage of a station that has the upper hand on the executive side, on the military side, on the list that side. and now they are put the pressure to curb that judiciary to there needs to be there to, to, to the way they wanted. so they, they, they are putting the pressure on this judge in order to get it that way they wanted. they even said we me, we need to adjust the course of the investigation. what does it mean to adjust the course of the investigation? that means if justice is not the way i see it, i don't want that. i refuse it. and we're looking about judges about justice. we're talking about very building block because this is the value upon which you build

a society. so because there is only of some, let me pull that very important point to rami heard from me, has bullet or state within a state, and they're trying to now change the course of judiciary. do you agree, disagree? i think that's pretty accurate. last brown. so strong, over the last, whatever, almost 40 years, because the state was weak. it's has been, was birth, started in the south of lebanon after the israelis occupied the south. but the genesis has been lower as she activists in the south who are working for social justice and improving the positions of she will really like 3rd class citizens. back in the forties and fifties. so has been the group because the state was not playing the role,

it should of treating all the citizens equally developing all the areas in the country equally and more importantly, protecting the country from foreign aggression. but bruce, so strong that it became stronger than the statement apparently. and it's not just stronger than the new state, as well as the only military group that has force israel twice to aspire at the un security council lemons. quite astounding. busy situation, its military strength is enormous. and the fact that it's linked to iran very closely create big problems if it was purely lebanese institution, which is or celebrities, institution. but as links are strategic, very, very close. where there are many lebanese who don't like it, criticize it because they see it as an appendage for foreign policy. and iranian foreign policy has been and recent years to have a collection of strategic relationships with groups all around the middle east. and

succeeded in doing that, has this network books of non state actors as well as some states like the syrian government. and therefore it can project the power or its interests around the region. and many lebanese are not comfortable with that. so it's a very like the position of being very powerful, right, and being very of what it does. but what one of the things that doesn't do very well as political contestation and. busy compromise, it's a spirit she want to bringing jessica on this point. jessica, well, we spoke in october 2019. during those protests, you had very strong words to say about the way lebanese society and politics was actually set up. you're calling for complete radical change of the confessional system. of the way lebanese politics is, is naturally constitutionally sectarian. is this one of the reasons you think that has bullet are able to maintain such power and such employment?

so the only reason is that actually are a non de, grew and they have the years and gone john of all the institutions of the republic. so we're seeing that that there's a dominant part to now, and they used to be not on the forefront of government, but in the fact if the government has been so much on the forefront, so that also put them into a different situation with constituents as well. because at some point they also have to be to provide basic services being on the forefront of government. they can be hold on to the constable for the shortages and basic services. so that also is also a game changer for them as well. so let me know that where is 11 is all me and all of this, they're the one symbol of lebanese national unity. and yet this is not strong statements coming out from them, and certainly the know out in the streets. definitely today the army is both under

a lot of pressure. however, however, the ship order from the government and the problem that the government is to to lease. and i thought that the owner of behavior in front of the location for instance, how the president of the constant, mr. prime minister. what was his reaction one day when you was getting into the onto the, to the order of the fire. but he's, or what he has to say that i'm sad or what happened. so here we are in the song of the government that is supposed to give the order that is

our owners. and they are the to the they can't contract a balance of it through the bullets guess that i could have power. it's growing by today today. it's more powerful than that. in fact, no government can stop to him. this is why i think that the only way forward to like an independent government to be an addition strong hold. the power of government that can give i order to you. but in order to stop this slide to are unknown because the levy, if these incidents yesterday, so anything, it shows how much

a pro john is her piece. lemme. and the situation in lebanon. and what is at stake? i am saying it's that really the coordinate value upon which or the social piece is relying on a plus. i'm any blow to that justice today. is it brought to that final who rice to let her know that the strong change in a very c v economic crisis? because the only way out of the prices is to have some kind of package. and there's some kind of international aid. and this condition by fighting production on can fight corruption though it was, i mean, you make a very good point. actually, i was going to come on to international support rami, i'm going to bring you in here. the u. s. has pledged $64000000.00 to the lebanese army in the wake of this particular crisis. but what sammy is saying is that with a government that so divided, it actually effectively makes lebanese only useless. well,

i wouldn't say useless now, the army still plays on important girl. and in fact, over the last 1015 years since the syrians were pushed out of lebanon by popular rebellion, i mean, they still have influences, but they don't run the country like they used to. they, the political system has really deteriorated and has been run by an oligarchy of sectarian leaders. and corruption has increased on all the public services of deteriorated. and that's why we have this terrible situation. and the central bank was in cahoots with this process too. but the army hasn't been rebuilt has been since the civil war has, has played a big role. busy internally they've in the recent years, they've quickly come out and been deployed whenever there was any intention of fighting. and they've been doing this more and more like they did yesterday they,

they came out quickly. they separated the 2 fighting groups, whoever the other group was and they give the citizens a sense that somebody is going to try to work for the well, they have the whole country and not allow the country to slip back into the active area washer. so i think we have to notice that the army has done a better job over the years has increased, but it has limits about how far i can go because it is right. has like ever moved the other institutions are pretty, has a balance of sectarian leaders within it and the soldiers so it can like in the civil war can fracture along area lines and that's. busy something that people want avoid at all costs, just kind of aid. once again, both i guess the talking about the fact that the government does need to shake up something you've been saying. since those october 2019 protest those protests,

let's be honest, didn't change anything. this protest may will have an impact on the judiciary, but the very, very different thing. so the thing that you were protesting about which was change in government ever go any hope that something might change soon or are you losing hope? i'm not using. oh, i do have hope now it's like we're seeing for the 1st on the did this system after the stuffing up, at least in an attempt to hold someone. i've come to good, which doesn't happen in the past 2 years. then it happens. and as a civil war. so that's the precedent for and i'm and upcoming induction because the has a lot and might lose a christian cover. most of hope will about the generation and change. i find that it's too soon to get to the process. none of the professors have up to the got into power. we haven't had any change in the political scene, that the governments have been unstable, but also have adopted

a body of inaction. we have disastrous, important needs, and maybe that's what i'm trying to change. the push back we're running out of time, but i do want to put your point to, i guess in barry's on in doha just very, very quickly saw me know that is this i moment of. busy the judiciary really standing up for itself as jessica just said, i didn't get the question. so is this is, this is jessica just said, the judiciary standing up for itself and saying we are, we are actually what we're witnessing. what we're missing is a kind of, of awakening of the judges, because it's not only about the judge we talked before a judge was dead, where there was a judge, judge someone who was forced to resign because he did not accept to abide by the rule of a prevailing, particularly for sure, running out i do want to have some,

i do want to hear from rami on this point as well. sorry, just running out. so i'm on testing day from all 3 of you. rami is this a new moment for the lebanese to dish, or it's a, it's a very important moment for judge guitar, whether he represents a bigger movement than the judiciary or not. we'll have to wait and see. but this is really historic for somebody like him, to face up to the pressures against them and try to get him to resign. or it's a, it's going to be a momentous decision. when that if a decision was made to have him resign and repair replace, or to keep pushing on with his investigation, i want to thank all, i guess saw me know that raleigh hurry and jessica bate, i want to thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website out there at dot com, a valid discussion, go to a facebook page at facebook dot com, forward slash inside story. and you can also join the conversation on twitter. we are at a j info story from me him wrong. com and the whole team had,

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