hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah has shown no sign of moving aside for a new form of political leadership even after the resignation of the lebanese government in a t.v. interview he announced that he would like to play a decisive role in the new government has the sources say that criticism of the militia is part of a campaign directed from abroad. no one in the world can tell them whether to leave the government or be part of a. woman her son just wants to leave lebanon and seek asylum in germany where his siblings live even if the trip could cost him his life. i want to cross the sea to get to europe or to some other place where animals have more rights than the people here where i am safe. sun has given up on his homeland the keeps in his country especially hezbollah have always proven to be too strong. a professional israeli honest hockey player has raised eyebrows after signing with a polish team that plays for a place for the same city where the concentration camp was located at least the top says he'll play in owner of the jews who were murdered by the german nazis during the holo

hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah has shown no sign of moving aside for a new form of political leadership even after the resignation of the lebanese government in a t.v. interview he announced that he would like to play a decisive role in the new government has been a source to say that criticism of the militia is part of a campaign directed from abroad let you. know when in the world can tell them whether to leave the government or be part of a new in the report my son just wants to leave lebanon and seek asylum in germany where his siblings live even if the trip could cost him his life. so i want to cross the sea to get to europe or to some other place where animals have more rights than the people here where i am safe. has given up on his homeland the creeks in his country especially hezbollah i've always proven to be too strong. former u.s. intelligence contract to edward snowden has been living in exile in russia for the past 7 years after leaking u.s. intelligence documents but now president donald trump says he's considering pardoning the world famous fugitive supporters view snowd

leader hassan nasrallah saiaid neither weapons from expxpsives bebelonging to hezbollah were being stored at the port, describing all such accusations is false. at the blast site, workers are working in difficult conditions to locate those who are still missing, likely buried under the twisted metal and broken concrete. they are still hopeful of finding people alive three days after the explosion that shook beirut to its core. phil: let's go straight to the city of beirut, where we join our correspondent in front of the remainder of the grain silo which was destroyed inin the blast. welcome. i understanand they are still searching for survivors t there. reporter: y yes indeed. as y you can see behind me, whee the silos -- i dodon't know if u can see closely -- that place, a team working r right nowow. ththey are searchihing for these people. according to my sources, they totold me that it is hard to fid anany missing g personal life do the hugexplosion right now. it seems that i it is hard to fd somemeone. phil: we heard in the report the president acknowlededging the nd to chahange the c

is not the truth that those names we're now familiar with in lebanon, like hassan nasrallah, the leaderichel aoun the leader of one christian sect, nabih berri, one of the sunni leaders, walid jumblatt, the druze leader. these guys have all been around for so very long and they, with their fiefdoms and their clientalism are the real power in lebanon, not ministers like yourself. isn't that the truth? this is part of the reason why we resigned because we are a government of technocrats and we were supposed to take decisions that were technocratic and we were not be able to do it. so you were powerless? we had walls, every time we had something important, we were hitting walls. i will give you an example, again, on the capital control. capital control was presented by the minister of finance and then removed from the agenda by the same minister of finance at the request of his party. so basically, yes, the political system in lebanon has to change entirely and in order to change entirely, we have to change this taif accord. this taif accord is very bad for the country. we need to entirely

hassan nasrallah said that those who linked the organisation to the explosion were pushing for civiln the english channel, trying to reach britain. four thousand people including pregnant women and children, are known to have attempted the journey this year. union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing british airways of naked greed, in forcing some cabin crew out of theirjobs. the airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic.

the beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people 2 weeks ago but the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah says he won't trust the findings of such an inquiry to he missed and i meant well and it was yet to have meant. will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i.'s participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accepts an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible . iran's foreign minister has criticized western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing financial aid was the latest high profile figure to visit beirut as attention turns to recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of the explosion stephanie jacka. a french navy ship with more than 700 soldiers docks in beirut shattered port here to help rebuild a broken city. you know if we don't have so many days there are humanitarian emergency cha

the beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people 2 weeks ago but the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust the findings of such an inquiry but he missed and i'm meant. to have meant hizbollah will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i. is participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accepts an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. british tourists have been scrambling to get home after the u.k. imposed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming in from the netherlands malta and france the measures were introduced after a surge in corona virus infections in those countries around 160000 u.k. tourists were in france in the quarantine was announced. for the 1st time in 6 months passengers from mainland china are being allowed to transit through hong kong's international airports the city is gradually relaxing its

the beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people 2 weeks ago but the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust the findings of such an inquiry but he missed and. they haven't hezbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i. is participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accepts an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. well much of the focus in lebanon is now on rebuilding both a damaged city and a damaged economy the u.n. and the aid organizations have just launched a $565000000.00 appeal for help estimated costs of recovery in beirut go as high as $15000000000.00 the u.n. says 6 hospitals 20 clinics and $120.00 schools were damaged lebanon was already under serious economic strain before the blast inflation was soaring and the cost of basic goods was rising too now its health system is facing added pre

of course following the story from the lebanese capital so that was the response there from hassan nasrallah also president michel aoun speaking out today rejecting calls for there to be an international investigation into what's happened . yes hezbollah a lebanese armed group that controls political power along with its allies its allies the president michel and so the hezbollah ruling alliance making it very clear that they do not want an international investigation into the beirut blast. saying that he believes that there is a consensus in lebanon that they want a transparent investigation definitely if you talk to anybody in the street right now and they say we want to know what happened we want to know who was responsible for bringing in this material who was responsible for storing it that the warehouse who's responsible for really keeping them in such a unsafe conditions but people here you know they would like to see international investigators take part because they have lost faith in the political establishment they even question the committee that was formed by the government sayi

calling for an independent international investigation into the blast but hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust any of the findings. michelle and i were meant. to have met hezbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i. is participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accept an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. indian officials in the city of channel i have moved hundreds of tons of the explosive chemical ammonium nitrate to hyderabad after customs officers fast tracked its relocation following last week's blast in beirut now the chemical had been stored in the coastal city since it was confiscated 5 years ago india correspondent elizabeth purana reports. making its way through a village on the outskirts of the southern city of hyderabad a truck carrying the chemical explosive ammonium nitrate the las

calling for an independent international investigation into the blast but hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust any findings to the mission and i meant. they haven't hizbollah who will not be could ducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i. is participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accept an international investigation and the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. mozambique's president has visited the northern province of karbala delgado days after fighters going to isolate seized a key port town that philippe newsy vowed to create jobs in an effort to prevent young people from joining the armed group most of the exam is still trying to regain control of the gas rich area which has been seized by armed groups 3 times this year india now has the 4th worst coronavirus death toll in the world after passing the u.k. the number of fatalities as crossed 4800

have been calling for an independent international probe into the blast but hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust any such prone to me and i. have met hezbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i. is participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accept an international investigation and the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. well 3 major hospitals and a half of the clinics in the lebanese capital are still not functioning hundreds of patients who needed treatment for illnesses before the blast now can't get the care they need bennett smith reports from center which hospital from new life to near death in the blink of an eye. this is the maternity unit of st george's hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and landed over here. on the 9th floor omar abu murat 7 year old son yuri was having chem

hassan nasrallah said that those who linked the organisation to the explosion were pushing for civil. a record numbers of migrants have been stopped in a single day in the english channel, trying to reach britain. four thousand people including pregnant women and children, are known to have attempted the journey this year. union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing british airways of naked greed, in forcing some cabin crew out of theirjobs. the airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stevens, deputy political editor at the daily mail and eve pollard former fleet street editor. let's ta ke let's take a look at those front pages. the times reports uk ministers are studying australian plans for intercepting migrant boats, following a record number of crossings in the english channel. uk tourists have been ‘left in the dark‘ on holiday quarantine restrictions — that's according to the telegraph, which says some peop

four defendants have links to militant lebanese shiite islamist movement has bola its leader hassan nasrallah rejects the legitimacy of the court yes in the surveillance hurry son's side himself a former prime minister of lebanon has said he accepts the court's decision. the cold for hezbollah to assume r responsibility for masterminding the crime. an accusation the groupup denies. we're not in the best of mine is that i use. sure hey that affiliate how dna basin job i at the shore huddled high- not about heckman russia may- but not confuse it i did it. the judges said they found no evidence of the leadership of hezbollah or the syrian government played a part in the attack hurries died in a devastating complimenting on february the fourteenth two thousand and five along with twenty one of this. is killing me change the face of lebanon but the question of who ordered his death r remains unknown sai. and for some analysis on this the food he is a politicaleph science professor and also a researcher at the carnegie foundation thanks so much for joining us lebanon is still of course reeling from

. >> there have been insults hurled at hezbollah and at its leader, hassan nasrallah. that is something we didn't see fore because people were either too afraid or still somewhat respectful of what the group had achieved in terms of liberating south lebanon from israeli occupation. that is over, that is ov w. so overallld say that hezbollah feel under a lot of pressure. the problem at this sort of inflection point, is whether they resort to violence to preserve wt they have. >> reporter: while the politicians ruggle to hold on to power, the people of beirut are responding tthe crisis with profound compassion for one another. ev before the dust had settled, many came out of their homes to offer help, medical ai mfort. now they're taking charge of the clean-up too.sm these hed up streets are filled with volunteers, mostly the younger generation, going house to hou, offering to clear rubble, and handing out food. they know this is something the government will not do. medea azouri runs this center that organizes the volunteers, drawing up lists of which homes need help. >

just days before the verdict, hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, dismissed the tribunal in a speech, "we're not concerned with the special tribunal of lebanon's rulings. we cling to the innocence our brothers, should unjust verdicts be issued against them." the killing of rafic hariri, a sunni muslim leader who was close to the u.s. and gulf arab states, upended the delicate sectarian balance in lebanon among sunni, shia, christians, and druze. hariri had been pushing for the syrian regime, then occupying the country, to stop interfering in lebanese politics, and for hezbollah and all other militias to be disarmed. hezbollah is a shia force formed and funded by iran. the u.s. has designated it a terrorist organization. the verdict doesn't directlyim icate hezbollah, but the court of public opinion in lebanon finds at implausible he group did not order the bombing. and the rults of the inquiry come at time when pressure on hezbollah is growing. the masse explosion that pped through beirut earlier this month, destroying a huge part of the city and killing some 200 people, led towidesp

hassan nasrallah stressed several times in the speech that this tragedy was not his bolos fault he condemned quote faults accusations that the blast up and arms were host what to make of what was essentially a defensive stance by. exactly fully agree with your wording it's defensive. you can say he's trying to reach out it's definitely not resistance talk we have been hearing from him from his followers the last 20 years it was in may 2000 of his most brutal its most glorious moment and israeli army left more or less overnight. hizbullah was not only popular levanon books all of the arab and even the muslim world stand in florida ones who had been able to pick out israeli army and use gold mormons have been gone for quite some time so if secretary general has and is saying now we there had nothing to do we never stopped and that cetera i do not have any every tends to count to argue or so but i may use simply my logic and that tells me that. hizbullah is associated with controlling important infrastructure in lebanon and if it's not direct why the garage crissy it goes in directions and so t

a prominent lebanese political party with an armed wing it denies any involvement and leader hassan nasrallah accuses the tribunal of serving a political agenda trial at the un backed court began in 2014 near the hague heard from $297.00 witnesses during $415.00 days of hearings investigation and trial has cost about a $1000000000.00 lebanon's paid almost half of that let's bring in bring in international human rights lawyer toby cadman he joins us now by skype from thank you for your time what do you make of the evidence that we've heard so far is there anything that we didn't already know. no i don't i don't think it is anything that we haven't heard already i think what's important to stress is the significance of this trial in that it is the 1st trial of its kind for many different reasons but looking at the evidence is the 1st of its kind to rely almost entirely on on evidence of this kind which is a cell site analysis i mean we've seen this kind of evidence used before notably in the can you not the case it into actual criminal court but we haven't seen the case that rwanda is i'm so he

calling for an independent international investigation into the blast but hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust the findings. but if we . have that hizbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i.'s participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accepts an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible. or 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the lebanese capital is still not functioning hundreds of patients who need a treatment for illnesses before the blast can't now get the care that they need and it's methe reports to us from st george hospital. from new life to near death in the blink of an eye. this is the maternity unit of st george's hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. on the 9th floor omar 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy

correspondents anahata who is in beirut for us as i know we did hear from the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah just in the last couple of hours or so and he does seem to be distancing himself from the political leadership. well yes hezbollah the lebanese group that controls political power along with their allies they control the government they control the parliament their military wing is stronger than the army he in his speech today repeated time and time again that hezbollah had nothing to do with the it's highly explosive material that was stored at one of the warehouses of beirut port behind me what to believe a fire a fire started and it's caused this this massive blast that destroyed many parts of the city so he was this the thing himself but at the same time without explicitly saying it he dismissed outright the possibility of an international investigation because calls are growing louder that there is a need for international investigators to be involved because the lebanese many lebanese have little faith in the government and they question the membership the committee that was for

the beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people 2 weeks ago but the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah says he wouldn't trust the findings of such an inquiry. and i'm going. to have that hizbollah who will not be conducting an investigation or making accusations we will wait for the official lebanese investigation but if the f.b.i.'s participating in israel is related to the attack you will not be able to reach anything if lebanon accept an international investigation the 1st objective of such investigation will be to absolve israel from any responsibility for the explosion if it is responsible well iran's foreign minister has criticized western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing financial aid to the country jobs or reef is the latest high profile figure to visit beirut as attention now turns to recovery and reconstruction stephanie decker reports. a french navy ship with more than 700 soldiers docks in beirut shattered port here to help rebuild a broken city. you know if we don't have so many days there are humanitarian emergency challenge

you know we are also right now i believe hearing from the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah and he does seem to be suggesting that right now this is an opportunity for change what does that mean for the leadership. well hezbollah this is a lebanese armed group the only lebanese group that remained armed since the end of the civil war it also controls political power in lebanon it controls the government and parliament along with its allies but it is also under u.s. sanctions the west and the arab league they consider it a terrorist organization and many believe the very fact that hezbollah in many ways controls political power it has isolated the lebanese government the lebanese government has very little friends hezbollah is in a very very difficult position he went out of his way to tell the lebanese public this warehouse the explosive material does not belong to the group we are not in control of the ports because many believe that the very fact that hezbollah wield so much influence in the states it is able to smuggle in weapons either through the poor it's either through the a

hassan nasrallah said that those who linked hezbollah to the explosion were pushing for civil war. record numbers of migrants have been stopped in a single day in the english channel trying to reach britain. 4000 people, including pregnant women and children, are known to have attempted the journey this year.