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the government of lebanon resigns promised a house on the apps and dammit corruption is the root cause of the explosion the roadway forces. demonstrations continue amid the chaos front says the lebanese people's aspirations must be heard. phone calls pro democracy it's hard to be live arrested in a sweeping crackdown on dissent this latest police operation against dissidents since china imposed. security low over the city. cool to come internationally as the images from minsk show a forceful reaction to the protests of the reelection of
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alexander lukashenko. thank you for joining us here from its twenty f four lebanon's prime minister says he's stepping down from his job in the wake of the favorite. lotion last week triggered public fury and mass protests from mr hasson jobs that he's made taking a step back city number the people of. the battle for change alongside them he now nation of this whole month this pressure and stuff. over the massive explosion the branch. so far claimed to six. we did everything go weeks called in response to try and save this country but unfortunately. the route in the route yes. of that corruption without the thought of the we're open minded to the country we tried to work in all honesty and transparency we tried to create a trap baron's
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state but unfortunately once again every time we take a step forward would being pushed back one. step with the- resigned as prime of left at which point by a julie norman foe and houses on the situation judy norman is a respected spectrum at least a fast from the university's best busty college julie thanks for being with us that come up i just put you just come in to see. is license france france sayingng that the lebanese peop. wewell i think it already is happening and we saw. with the prime minister's resignation this is in response of course to. test i had been taking place for the last couple days since the blast you first prime minister in our network will have early elections. it was very clear responsee but that wasn't enougugh thehey really wt
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massive changege and sththat put a lot of prpressure on the e pre minister and alsoo what other members of. and we saw some is members of the cababinet. in tw. inger before and that really put the pressssure on the prime minister today all this of course coming to heroes of massive protests last fall and even into the spring calling for the sameind of chahange so already we've seen. any citizen the you're pushing for one and this kind of f corruptionon that we've seen and done that and that kind of read france wing and being will thanks. they never can that is it that the to resigns cites. i'm because- what is going to be the question moving forward again it's important to note that- your prime minister signed yet just came into that office in january and again that was in response to those prior protest again i i missed time sorry resign and they'veve changed ovr
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at this point said th government that seat now was already. . to i know met myy go. if someoeone pushed him firm for more accountability but he's really saying look this group is deeper thahan me it goes deeper than individuals these are problems t that are endememc within this town and that's a lot of return for the protesters as well indeed the street protests that we reported up and you've given us comments on this cool side continued and continue right. wall mount a one group of politicians. i'm the kind of change that's needed across society in lebanon we are tolold by the protesters on it think you'll you get i into that right now. can it happen is it possible. where there is going to be the big question moving forward again already drastic changes with an entire government resigning. but again we've seen this kind of
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question time after time again and i think what's different now is we are seeing the international community. tension to it so and against competitor by the wider. d. as well really spring to put the price on lab and right. and really needs the supupport of te international community and will be needing. some of the arm that no. and spent the i. there's- to take for quite a- time to. i please try and see to write out some of the corruption it wasn't issues that have led not only political crises but after crises as well that have intertwined very close. it took know something it. and from the university college of london thank you very much indeed for joining us pleasure to have you analysis in france twenty four. of course watching for women some situation in the bay ridge. next home on pro democracy media tycoon jimmy light array. a leading handd cuts through his newspaper
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office this monday. police raided the building part of the car. descent since imposed a security level. police operations dissidents liza breasted sparked a fresh round of condemnation of hong kong's stuttering freedoms reporter all of the fiery has this. hong kong media mogul jimmy ally on monday became the most high profile victim two days of the city's new national security law as he was among eleven arrested. but seven am seventy one year old i was charged with collusion with foreign powers sedition unfolds. also detained were his two sons and executives at his media comompay next digital. lawyers had high level contacts with officials in washington last year i met us vice president mike pence it's like state mike pompeii- is on there however if he is lying. so sick zero not quite sure what. came into on july.
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laser the day then use room lies newspaper apple daily was raided by more than two hundred police hong kong's democratic party denounced the raids saying is intended to happen to her into effect on the city's new pdf. former student leader john. that it's spelled the death of press freedom in hong kong. a love affair with the latest on the situation in hong kong. thanks the e. u. is leading the outcry of the situation in belarus. the protests since the re election of president alan look brussels is condemning the violent treatment of. this lukashenko the six straight term with a landslide 80% share of the vote the us rivals crime fraud and leleaving the condemnation of result. the more. is in. the latest we have is that this is one of those for as- while police and- clashed bought on
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the streets of means from monday. the message from is up so clear. selection was rigged. yes o of course the customer ceases to abortion and on that- the mediumum. if it's on the political not just because it happppens that the rest of us in my. after a spanish judge customers. as a global to the delay officials preserve ali son look had one is six consecutive term with over 80% of the vote result firmly rejected by open supporters which led to further violence and more than three hundred wrists. however the man once dubbed europe's lasting to signal did not step down when that any sense w would be met with a response. but that's a few huge blow slower to the goal. the pollution going be on the coming out to as we can so noble no which is known k.
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russia's vladimir putin china's ching with quick to wretched lukashenko following his win. but several european member states decried the results calling for an emergency summit on the vault clashes and possible sanctions to fofollow you thanks want to get built was of cool my head. ice land trip to. pretty good. i know my doctor. the entire if i lost some from portage. for than the it's got. of in that you would could you have an- a bus. diminish the deaf i in and so different on an anti. look card some kind. the european commission also urged belarus to pop accu results. the morning the fundamental rights of. its people to be affected. for now. judged elections be free and fair the country for twenty five years. the run up to the vote so authorities jailed the president's rivals an open criminal investigations into many others voiced opposition. and then as we said the latest that tear gas- used on those demonstrators immense will bring y you more of course-
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in on next a bulletin for thanks stay with us. you're watching from traditional. mercedes have us hello this is a new issue of the interview invade france twenty four beirut which was a leading city inin thehe regionn andnd is tody distraught. i understand that what's been playing hard and the latest news i have the governor of bear with me mr abboud welcome to you mr. thank what is the damage that has been closed in beirut after the explosion. another look around here i might be in on aa route is a city that is in ruins. welcome home it is almost it has been struck by a nunuclear bomb. more from the post in
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beirut is entirely destroyed one of them. models of the houses in beirirut i partially r entirely destroyed total current. there is just glass in the streets. no i'm not there isn't ever present danger for people in the streets because debris is constantly falling from the buildings and people don't know what to do. thank don't want to leave the house. and they can't stay in their homes. lockerbie i don't know many of the crisis is quite drastic and the lebanese government isn't able to deal with such a catastrophe. in fact. i think any country in the world would know. many exactly how to deal with such a crisis. not to do go on. britannica unless it is for
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this reason that the people angry. people feel that government authorities aren't doing enough. hi an- mental problems but the truth of the matter is there was so much destruction and we have little means it's not just. hi tara and the must haveve nothing that we can work with. and we still suffering the first shock. and that is why we need some time a few days. for us to be able to. muster up asterix. i looked at the harm them aside it'd that would enable us to be able to help people say that mr putin max more than three thousand people today homeless what have you done to help. no no not that i know we monitor this. most of are monitoring what is happening in the field close to your house contact. i did what
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apartments and homes to re house a number of reasons. since but people are afraid of homes. protect because they if you of. for that reason the town hall has set up a group three police men and women to carry out nice watches and nice rounds. they have already arrested a number of people trying to break into others. your we are also keeping an eye on the ball as city borders. we have provided things for the basic needs food construction materials so people can carry up t the first essential for parents. it is our way of helping people get back to their homes. and mr abu. aid is pouring in who's in charge of distributing. can you guarantee that everybody will receive some of the state. mombasa and i we'll talk to now we have
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received no financial aid that's the bridge town hall. medic of. financial three z. nine governmental. we are working they are working we all working together to try and deal with the situation. the problem here. is one pull information we don't have all of the information. levity is so vast the devastation is surpassed all that we do seems to be sort of detetails so litte compared to just how large this problem is. facebook also my buddy cornell. happens the very concerned about air pollution. and they want. and what sorts of toxic air they are breathing have you taken steps have you given them advice or inststructions. may god bless al
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three are wanted on on october from the very outset we try to carry out a number of tests we originally thought there. radiation but whenn look up dental shari in fact we will almost sure of the fact however weeds and vines that's the pollution was in fact chlorine based. so we talk about chemical pollution. such pollution is almost impossible to deal with. on behalf of the air pollution that was mentioned was then carried out to sea by changing went there for care in bay y ridge is s now part of the bill yeah i i mean millennium this those transaction i during the blast we'll be be done i have the- great. no no thank i. said the pollution levels in beirut it's not hard the air is if to brief
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and as i have you. carry out in. about the- not something the town hall to deal with it is not part of our permit that is part up to the national authority to deal with. let us national authorities or anybody else to do that. we have a number of priorities. before dealing with the s. and pollution. we have to deal with the- and removing the rubble. hello yes we have priorities and we- unable. time being given that there is still people wounded people who were buried under the rubble. how many. what do are still trapped under the rubble. later we inserts there are roughly ten to fifteen people still buriedd in the rubblee. however we don't have a specificc list of nanames fifirst names f family names of ththose people who are missing becacause a lot of people e stil
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haven't been report missing. since hello. close of the sort that was stored in the ports in the mediterranean. in the port in beverage is independent. it is not within the jurisdiction of either go the governor's office north of the town hall. it is the reason that we were never informedd of t the presene of such materialsls o or such prododucts in the port. how do been informed of it we wouould hahave donee eveverything in our popower to remove them from thee port. many of who is actually responsible then for this enormous only. less better it is not up to me to say who's guilty. . we need to let the justices do without. say that boot mr abboud. there may be other hazardous substances elsewhere have you actuallyy carried out investigations that are required. from my back.
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govevernment bodies in lebabanon who is looking into thatat. andi think that is very sound job. i think that's situation one to repeat itself in the future what aboutut the cultural and archaeological heritage of bear today. it is a major issue. we have numumber of majoror concer. in f fact there are t two major issues t to try andnd weigh up because t they went against each other on one hand y you have the safety of peoplple and building. i'm i'm'm a man i lovove newew k because there a a some buildings that's were naked may collapse and we have to ensure that they don't. our lab i'm on the other hand there are a number of heritage buildingsgs. that are part of lebanon's heritage and they need to be have t to protect their churchh buildings but we also have to
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ensure that the buildings. to be destroyed our d district. and it's a very fine balance to try and find. and second to help you set up any sort of special. anti theft alarm system committee. on hold for a number of volunteers as well. engineers from around the world. the united kingdom from europe as well. but there are also a number of. volunteers and they're all working together to inspect the buildings and then they're drafting reports. in fact today we dececided to evict a number f peoplele from buildings. they heard no log on to enter the buildings because these buildings are likely to fall. what you would come president mike during his visit have you set up- structural mechaninisms to rebuild the port. are you
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smoking i'm not the kind of president macron didn't talk of every building. hm prison background speeches he spoke quite generally about support to lebanon he spoke of his love of lebanon. mcconnell and president visited ground zero visitors to the site and he was shocked and he wass so o shocked that he didn't't actually have much time to talk about such must. about a week i love. from homeowner for one month as for the wheat silos. they were entirely destroyed well that and that is why they should be rebuilt entirely new silo. the lebanese government will have to continue to do christ. well what a waste twenty son is to be built. i'm top of the list you also have to deal with the issue of food supply. i'm technical then as a judge has to approve what sort of actions
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do you think can be taken against delivers who are responsible for this explosion. i was a judge in the past but now i'm the governor. if all accounts toward as if i were a judge because i am no longer one like electric bus at night. when you were a judge. we knew about the sort of sanctions so that could levy. i think that they- needd to be tried until the full force of the law because he's like a genocide against lebanese people. hello how much w will we need for better to be revoked. talking about rebuilding right now it's a very tough thing to do it's quite complex. on one hand there is the disaster to deal with butut there is also the protracted economic crisis in lebanon. it is for that. that's not to talk of rebuilding right now. is something that we just cannot do helmet he says you
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have a message you would like to send out word for us through france at twenty four. what are you doing okay hello. messages the following my uncle was a ritchie lies in ruins has been destroyed. and it is a face that now the beirut north lebanon deserve. therefore we call on everyone. on old nations of the world to send us their prayers to send out the love. we call on them to send aid to be approved. question because lebanon is a great country and the lebanese men and women are great people to get them out mr abboud hall for the baby governor of beirut thank you very much. i like to also thanknk co or us well thank you. this week down toto with
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these in barbadosos not as much for its beaches i think love of the flyingng feet. we need to investigate this icon of the carribean islands printed inside it's possible. stamped on the wonderlic clean. to its national. but today it's under threat. my name is. all my friends and my family know misha and. thirty years ago a for a start catching plantation masada was plentiful you that far. hello eight this far- how to track in the last two years
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this is a stock traded in a lot. australian official right now. my first name. noticeable two years. yeah when i was growing up i think. the knowledge of the invasion that feed your family for the whole of the- longer. but wait november. it is a market most of the restaurants on the deadly. but not enormous. i will not stop fishing for sure but- if everything come back. the button. eigig eighteen n right now i mean look like thehere's going about we don't. the santa barbara says no plans to deny
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us of our soul. i am. one three i am the minister of my time there i'm really. in barbados. you're not the person responsible for the decline in francis francis lake coldwater. we know the waters in the region again warm we know that we know we're not because in the i mean if you're out. this is going to be. a threat. rt has s my of fact way santa reduduction is thatat this. i tk it is directly linked to climate change of course the other thing. we have to change maybe sense. as s well we have o be ablble to. for the past. but that that has happened in the generations what has not been happening for generations has been. changing climate so basically have not yet developed the capacity to respond we need to get this thing resolved the industry but i also i can see at night. here
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in barbados the flying fish became increasingly scarce with the arrival of sargassum. thank you in pakistan foror the brownn algae invaded the kerosene back in two thousand eleven releasing a rotten stands as a beacon. on the pristine bay. if the origins of remain a mystery but researchers do believe things just one that's my current caine's this i guess some can be expected reached. answer day is not highly natural. i'm pondering. the city has always been my passion and fisherfolk my intererest one of my main research opportunities to learn all we can adopt i've become more resilient the firm with sargassum fluxes. may thirty on
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free. as to where on wednesday but in fought on with h what seseverity. some of the things we're we're gone- in projects such as a field fifty four flash include adopted to sorry such as fishermen- modifying how the fish on the equipment they use there's several early warning systems dot net to sargassum. including those available only- from satellites and remote sensing-
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08/10/20 08/10/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from nenew york, this is democracy now! >> then yesterday, as soon as we arrived, they started tear-gassing us. there were sound bombs, live bullets -- not what i expecteted at all from a country who has already lost so much. amy: lebanon's government is on the brink of collapse following last week's devastating explosion in beirut's port
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