let's bring in live pictures from athens. it just turned midnight, as you can see in the greek capital. fireworks over the acropolis. a concert is taking place in one of the main squares of athens. the old and theew side-by-side. side-by-side. nuala: the acropolis is always a fantastic sight on that hill. really quite something to see it as it ushers in a new decade and a new year for the greek people in athens that are watching it at the moment. right, let's cross over from athens and move to beirut, to lebanon. there is a big party that is taking place, as you can see here. some of thsmoke and the flares, really more like a dance party. let's listen in as well. let's listen in as well. nuala: just two minutes past midnight 2020 in the lebanon and greece. going to be following other cities andountries during the coming hours. let's turn to hong kong at the moment, because they are new year's elevations have been overshadowed by more protest. riot police began 2020 by firing tearas and antigovernment protesters who blocked ro

like so often general have to was received in athens like a government leader or top minister but many countries see him as nothing more than a warlord there a reason why he's being so feted here in athens greece is angry at the u.s. recognition of the libyan government which has signed an agreement with turkey on exploiting natural resources in the mediterranean without taking greece's islands there into account greece is also irritated about not being invited to the libya conference in berlin athens is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. encouraged commander have to participate constructively in the berlin process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya have to make clear during a meeting with germany's foreign minister that he's willing to abide by a cease fire in this celebrating that as a success. i think it's good news 1st of all that he's ready to continue to abide by a cease fire that has to be the start at the libya conference we must also ensure that the u.n. arms embargo isn't forced. in tripoli people are less rea

you've hosted president xi in athens.ou'll be going back to china for the 17 plus 1, leaders from northeastern europe. how do you think about china in the context of the european union, the trans-atlantic relationship, where there are great opportunities on the economic and trade front, where the chinese have talked about greece as a door to western europe, yet at the same time issues of how to manage solidarity across the atlantic and dealing with china and how to protect, mitigate risks to the critical infrastructure investments, possible debt traps. how has this played out for you, how are you managing the opportunity and risk of china and europe? >> with flexibility and dexterity. what die meo i mean by that? we have an important economic relationship with china. they're big investors in our port. they've done a very good job in taking over a port that was essentially a nonplayer and transforming it into the biggest port in the mediterranean, creating lots of jobs in the process and having very ambitious plans, and wh

terminal outside athens. but we're also looking to complete a floating storage and reclassification unit and s.f. sfru outside of the port. i consider this project absolutely critical for greece. i've given it my full personal support. it will be an additional source, entry point for l.n.g. also american l.n.g. into the european market. and of course, as you pointed out, we have also signed the east med pipeline, which is an ambitious long-term project that will bring gas from the eastern mediterranean into the european markets. this is an important project for europe, not just for greece. the eastern mediterranean is the only proven source of natural gas, new proven source of natural gas, that europe has access to. for the next 30 years at least, natural gas is going to be the transition fuel that will allow to us move toward as carbon-neutral europe. this is also important for greece and our energy transition. and i think the countries of the region have taken the important geopolitical decision that the be

the libyan war only for have tars just held talks with the greek foreign minister in athens as part of international efforts to end the conflict in his country nicos dandiya says he encouraged have to take a constructive approach to an international peace conference taking place in berlin on sunday while athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un that talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey where john zarrella joins us live now from the greek capital john so what more details are emerging from that meeting between half and greek officials. the greek foreign minister nikos then the us says that he and general haile for half time have agreed on certain basic things firstly that should be as you said a constructive approach in order to achieve a cease fire secondly that as part of that agreement all foreign mercenaries should depart libyan soil and thirdly that there should be absolute enforcement of an arms embargo on libya so that the civil war cannot be encouraged to begin a new buy new shipment

christos often goes outside to his athens he doesn't need to walk far until he runs into homeless peoplethere deserted sleeping places even in the middle of the greek capital more and more people are living rough it has become his life's work to help at least some of them many here call him the king of the homeless. before the crisis i already saw homeless people in abandoned buildings in the city center. christos fundis has provided an income for about 150 homeless people in the last few years as vendors of the newspaper shadia english craft. fotis adam or pelosi is one of these then daughters he hasn't had a home for a long time and sleeps in a factory where there is no room for him during the day. i'm happy that i can work and do not have to beg anymore. talking to people the work it's like medicine. a life for the homeless crystal fun to see can make it look like this or see or get there are still. those who practice here don't have a home but playing together gives them a sense of support and belonging they play here once a week and often take part in tournaments. it's great to see

on the outside the homeless restaurant in athens looks like a normal restaurant but you can't see uprs the editorial offices of the street newspaper and a workshop for former homeless people are located. small metal houses hanging from the restaurant ceiling $45.00 in total each one of them stands for a homeless person who has found work and shelter thanks to christos. off to poor command. we make every effort to ensure that our guests feel comfortable in this place of solidarity going to is going to do and we have many guests come here not just for the food or drinks they want to support the homeless project with the revenue they generate. huge money so badly i like this place it's more than just a restaurant it's designed to help people in need. a little bit better believe. that king of the homeless christos other volunteers has only lived in athens for a few years he is a journalist by profession editor of shadia and for several months now a part time destroying them or to. the people we hire must meet certain criteria they must be homeless and at least 50 years old. yet these lit

is also in charge here the catering business in the middle of athens is largely run by former homelessle like you honest sick on the bottom it's really got the beginning many of my colleagues find it difficult to return to regular work. as homeless people they've forgotten how to do it so to speak and quickly become tired. on the outside the homeless restaurant in athens looks like a normal restaurant but you can see up stairs the editorial offices of the street newspaper and a workshop for former homeless people are located. small metal houses hanging from the restaurant ceiling $45.00 in total each one of them stands for a homeless person who has found work and shelter thanks to christos. we make every effort to ensure that our guests feel comfortable and this place of solidarity is going to get going to have many guests come here not just for the food or drinks they want to support the homeless project with the revenue they generate. a lot about accordingly i like this place you know it's more than just a restaurant it's designed to help people in need. and. that king of the homeles

or john psaropoulos has more now on those developments in athens in general have to his meeting with because then there is the foreign minister mr bender has told reporters after. he and general have to have agreed that among general have to aims at the peace conference to secure a cease fire and security in his country should be the pursuit of the. a blockade against any other reaching the warring sides a departure of foreign mercenaries that played such a large part in this war and also no mint of the maritime jurisdiction agreement reached by crafters rival the government in tripoli with turkey last november that is an agreement greece has taken particular objection to because it infringes upon areas in the mediterranean that greece also sees as its maritime jurisdiction belonging to its eastern a.g.n. islands and so it wants that agreement and all that is its main concern in these talks but of course it is aligned with its european union allies and partners in wanting international law to prevail in libya and an agreement that's acceptable to all sides meanwhile fairly fast has c

and was khalifa haftar has held talks with greece's prime minister in athens as part of international efforts to end the conflict in his country after as in greece ahead of a peace conference on libya that will be held in berlin on sunday athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un backed talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime a military deal with its regional rival turkey. so here's one of them is would. think if we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning livea europe has a clear position has expressed in the last european meeting a common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid al-jazeera as john psaropoulos in athens says the talks are focusing on greece's strategic concerns and that the. we still don't know whether there's going to be any statement after the meeting between general have torn the prime minis

and foreign minister it's all part of the latest international effort to end the conflict in libya athens has criticized this exclusion from a u.n. backed peace conference on libya said to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey well on the ground in libya's national oil corporation says its warehouses have been bombed several times during fighting it follows a recent attack on a fleet of trucks revenue from the company is a key source of income for the internationally recognized government in tripoli the violence threatens to disrupt the country's supply of fuel. when the agreement ignores greeks the rights in parts of the mediterranean thought to be rich in natural gas giants are open it explains from. general have to visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed lee excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has s

country have to greece ahead of a peace conference on libya that will be held in berlin on sunday athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un backed talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey. so here's one of them is would. think if we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning libya europe has a clear position that has expressed in the last year a peon meeting our common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid meanwhile who if i have to has written a letter to the russian president vladimir putin saying he wants to continue dialogue to resolve the conflict in libya we go live now just a vast and who's in moscow what can you tell us about this letter. yes indeed the press service of the kremlin has just made public that they have to have send a letter to president putin t

back to the protest in mytilene government who has at 1st seemed skeptical that the government in athens would listen to the islanders but leading a protest this big seems to have encouraged him never have been so much crowd here in subsequence drazen and they were very happy and we feel very powerful now to go to demand our demands. not just a symbolic move but rather a cry for help to finally take the pressure off these greek islands. you're watching d.w. news coming up next we've got a documentary for you on health cheap tomatoes are forcing an exodus of farmers in ghana. i'll be back to the top next hour with more news thanks for being with us. it's all happening much of it coming. your link to news from africa the moral your link to exceptional stories and discussions can you unload some seed of you suffocating program tonight from fun to meet from one uses easy town wow with sandy dempsey to come smash africa join us on facebook and t.w. africa.

like so often general have to always received in athens like a top minister but many countries see him simply as a warlord but there are reasons why he's so feted here greece is angry at us recognition of the libyan government which has signed a maritime agreement with turkey without taking greece's audience in the region into account greece is also irritated at not being invited to balance libya conference but is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. and. encourage commander have to participate constructively in the berlin process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya and this is we have to made clear during a meeting with germany's foreign minister high came us that he's willing to abide by a cease fire which is celebrating as a success. i think it's good news 1st of all that he is ready to continue to abide by a cease fire that has to be the start at the libya conference we must also ensure that the u.n. arms embargo isn't forced. in the libyan capital tripoli some a less ready to trust have to in moscow last week he refus

from the islsland's capital, he wants to send a message to the government in athens.he island can no longer bear the brunt of europe's refugee crisis. >> we want our islands back. we want our lives back. reporter: you don't have to go far from this scene to see how the crisis has taken hold of the island. this is ththe notoriouous moria ca, europe's fastest growing humanitarian crisis. just a stone's throw away from the capital. more than 20,000 people are stuck here. this part of the camp, the so-called jungle, has only been here for a few weeks. every day, scores of new arrivals set up camp. trash is piling up everywhere and it is hard to find a child that is not suffering from disease or injury, like this boy who burned himself on an open fire. for refugees like this man, winter has made life even more difficult. together with his wife, he came here two months ago. terrorists in somalia shot him in his leg and shoulder, he says. the 26-year-old can hardly walk and is in constant pain. being forced to liveve in this shack he built himself, it is the conditions in mo

you know screaming asking for help because we've heard the government many times in athens say that greece has been left alone that the european union is not doing what it should to help them when i can say what exactly was behind this idea of i think on the one 1st of all it's a lot of improvise a show i think the greek government feels they have to do something whatever bit of the border there be in the land border being in the center is so they're scrambling for ideas that's one thing i think the other thing is that also it may also be a signal to some extent to turkey because greece and turkey are while they always a difficult relations and they are again fully for going to control this the organism is in turkey supposed to be stopping in. yeah migrants coming across exactly and i mean the turkish coast guard is doing this job but you know greece doesn't want to be fully dependent on turkey and you know all of these relations between up and down the area and you know relax controls and they're looking to go for a new confrontation over gas so i think this idea may also show to t

stories on al-jazeera greece is calling for a cease fire in libya war to leave the half there is in athens for talks ahead of a conference in berlin on sunday have to us forces have been fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli johnson has more from athens general have to visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed li excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has said that it demands as an element of any libya solution the scrapping of the deal but the libyan government in tripoli signed with turkey last november whereby they demarcated a corridor of water across the mediterranean sea as their maritime jurisdiction but that infringes upon areas that the greeks also claim is their maritime jurisdiction and the issue is very heated because both the greeks and the turks plan to explore for undersea oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of mediterranean sea t

tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey has more now from athens. general have 2 hours a visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed li excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has said that it demands as an element of any libya solution the scrapping of a deal but the libyan government in tripoli signed with turkey last november whereby they demarcated a corridor all of water across the mediterranean sea as the maritime jurisdiction but that infringes upon areas that the greeks also claim is their maritime jurisdiction and the issue is very heated because. both the greeks and the turks plan to explore for. oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of mediterranean sea the greeks have not been invited to berlin precisely because of this reason because they have a particular interest in the outcome but that is in congress with what the eu

dedicated the -- within weeks his heartfelt speech raised over for the llion dollars athens county food you. you, joe. [applause] president trump: joe, i want to say on behalf of the country that you make our country very, proud. you're really an inspirational talent and all of that, but an inspirational player. and you're an inspirational person. you have a heart that's respectse and the team you so much. with joe quarterbacking, and a team of unrivaled talent right and beside him, lsu had to beat the reigning here ons, a team that was last year, nice guys, and they were very large. a lot of food. they ate so much food we didn't know what the hell to do. eating and eating. a team that had not lost a game days, clemson tigers, they really are really special, right? amazing. the first lady and i were honored to walk out on the field, escorted by the rotc cadets from both schools. we then joined tens of thousands of proud patriotic americans to watch the battle of the titans. this was a great game. this was a very game, and i hear they had tremendous ratings on television. they were treme

have to who heads the self declared libyan national army is scheduled to hold 2 days of talks in athens before flying to the sun based peace summit russia and turkey who support opposite sides in the conflict will both be at that conference when it's a good the most important thing now is that after the berlin conference if everything goes as planned and the security council supports the conclusions from the conference if the libyan sides do not repeat their own past mistakes and start adding any additional conditions and blaming each other as of now the relationships between them are very strange they don't even want to be in the same rooms let alone speak or meet each other for more now on those talks taking place in athens with her office. in general have to as meeting with because then there is the foreign minister mr bender has told reporters after. he and general have to have agreed that among general have to aims at the peace conference to secure a cease fire and security in his country should be the pursuit of the. a blockade against any other reaching the warring sides a depart

speak to mahmoud abdul wahid in the libyan capital tripoli 1st we go live to john serapion us in athens john what more can you tell us about these talks that are happening there. generally if i have to has gone into a long meeting with the greek foreign minister and it was then vs they still haven't emerged from that meeting to make statements about what they've discussed we expect that to happen any moment but we expect the greek side to outline its position very clearly to the general hoping that he will be the one who can convey that position to the talks and lead from which athens has been so pointedly x. clue to the greek position is very briefly the one that was tweeted by prime minister as we took ickes last night he said that we will not accept any libyan solution that doesn't include the scrapping of a maritime deal reached between the tripoli government in libya and the turkish government last november in which they deal in the 18th and area maritime jurisdiction that sits on top of what greece sees as its maritime jurisdiction and the european union took the greek side on tha

back to the protest in mytilene government who has at 1st seemed skeptical that the government in athens would listen to the islanders but leading a protest this big seems to have encouraged him never have been so much proud here in subsequence drazen and they were very happy and we feel very powerful now to go to demand our demands. not just a symbolic move but rather a cry for help to finally take the pressure off these greek islands. and in the parts of the country are drowning in plastic waste but it's not a homegrown problem as 12. has learned she has written a letter to german chancellor angela merkel pointing out that germany is among the countries using indonesia as a plastic waste dump some something she wants to stop its environmental group greenpeace says germany is the world's number 2 exporter of plastic waste with more than 59000 tons in 28. trying to be patient 12 year old. wrote a letter of complaint and she's about to find out how it will be received by germany. the. best the german and the da to connote addressed to chancellor angela merkel it demands the country take b

to the protest in mytilene the government who has at 1st seemed skeptical that the government in athens would listen to the islanders but leading a protest this big seems to have encouraged him never have been so much crowd here in subsequence drazen and they were very happy and we feel very powerful now to demand our demands. not just a symbolic move but rather a cry for help to finally take the pressure off these greek islands. to dubbo switzerland now and day 3 of the world economic forum or german chancellor angela merkel is expected to bolster the environmental theme of this year's gathering this after u.s. president donald trump railed against climate change doomsayers at the summit saying it was instead of time to display optimism european commission had personal affront to ally and later focused her speech at the meeting on sustainability. our senior business editor ben visit is on the scene there in davos and joins us now ben from what i've heard this is a very different davos this year. everything's upside down this time around terry it's the companies dictating to government

to the present to talk about ten dynamic admirals there has to be a great american 2500 years ago athens faces a existential threat by the persian empire the persians are the iranians of today they are about to conquer athens the city state with the power of persuasion and convinces his captains to fight a battle in which they are outnumbered ten / one with the captains of that day here's the advantage they had all of the rowers were free men that persian fleet was five times the size was run by slaves the mystically's said tomorrow you must row for your family. for the your city, for your freedom and they destroyed the persian fleet it is the extraordinary story of accomplishment but within three years after that victorious battle, his arrogance overtakes him and he ends up alienating his countrymen is banished from grace and ends his life in the court of the persian emperor it is a greek tragedy and it is a story of how you can be given incredible gifts but if you allow your ego and arrogance to overtake them metaphorically will end up in the court of the persian king. going to china n

stories on al-jazeera greece is calling for a cease fire in libya war to leave a half there is in athens for talks ahead of a conference ability and on sunday that have to us forces have been fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli johnson has more from athens general have 2 hours a visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was appointed li excluded from the libyan peace talks in berlin this week and the greek side is deeply aggrieved by this because it has a stated interest in the outcome of those talks greece has said that.

to the protest in mytilene the government who has at 1st seemed skeptical that the government in athens would listen to the islanders but leading a protest this big seems to have encouraged him never have been so much crowd here in subsequence drazen and they were very happy and we feel very powerful now to go dodson to demand our all our demands. not just a symbolic move but rather a cry for help to finally take the pressure off these greek islands. in sports news one of germany's top referees has criticised soccer's video assistant referee technology known as v.a.r. for not adapting to meet the needs of the game the technology was supposed to make the game more fair and accurate but it has caused more controversy than expected the german referees association says it may look to american football for a solution for. making split 2nd decisions is what makes this one of the toughest jobs in football but the fast paced sport also makes it difficult for referees to always make the right cards the introduction of the a are a video assistant referee was supposed to help eliminate human mista

backs the northern turkish speaking part of cyprus john seraphina's has more from the greek capital athens. more tension in the eastern mediterranean as cyprus accuses turkey of using stolen data to position a drilling ship similar to this one precisely on top of the potential gas field in its waters grease 2 is bracing for the potential appearance of turkish exploration vessels in waters east of crete and it's threatening to sink them yes. he could have joined egypt israel greece and cyprus in the east made gas for him to develop gas fields but has chosen instead to be a habit transgress out of international law the east med gas forum countries are planning to build a 2000 kilometer pipeline to sell gas to europe turkey has reacted by drilling in cypriot waters without cyprus permission and threatening to do the same in greek was his last year turkey and libya marked out a corridor of territorial water claimed by greece raising tensions further can trick sustain such an ambitious foreign policy that at the same time adventure has opportunistic. dangerous and not fully. in supported or not

news this hour greece is calling for a cease fire in libya the walled khalifa haftar has been in athens for talks after us forces fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli the talks are happening ahead of a conference in berlin on sunday but greece has not been invited. out as there are sources of revealed details about the investigation into the assassination of the top iranian general custom sort of mahdi they confirm he landed at baghdad international airport from syria's capital damascus and was killed minutes after getting into a vehicle with an iraqi militia leader. and iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali harmony as delivered his 1st friday sermon in 8 years he said that u.s. forces are not safe in the region and beyond he also called for unity after protests over the accidental shooting down of ukrainian passenger planes. u.s. president donald trump has announced the defense team in his upcoming impeachment trial it includes the former independent counsel ken starr and lawyer alan dershowitz the trial will be led by white house counsel pat. and trump's lawyer

flown to greece after its government criticised its exclusion from the un backed peace conference athens that it should've been included in the talks because tripoli signed a maritime and military deal with greece's regional rival turkey a conference in berlin is the latest international effort to end 9 months of fighting between half his forces based in the east of libya and the un recognized government in tripoli after is also said he is committed to a cease fire even though he hasn't signed one and the one they tried to start on sunday failed al-jazeera is also learned the u.n. is considering a monitoring mission in libya to keep watch in the event of another cease fire or from a diplomatic etta james byrd's the german foreign minister heiko mass in the eastern libyan city of benghazi meeting general khalifa haftar the man who brought fresh conflict to libya 9 months ago when he launched an offensive on the capital tripoli the general is still not fully signed up to a cease fire just days before an international summit is due to be held in berlin. earlier this week russia and turkey w

use natural gas needs john psaropoulos in athens for us on this one what is the latest on this one as far as it actually being approved. the agreement that's being signed to stay in athens in just a few hours is an agreement of government intent it's an intergovernmental agreement that settles the terms on which this pipeline would be built politically and legally it isn't an agreement to build the pipeline that has to be done by commercial companies and the companies the consortium in charge of doing that is comprised of the public gas corporation of greece and the italian company edison together they have formed a company called poseidon which has to find 5200000000. euros possibly more in order to complete this project so it is not a easy undertaking but the 3 governments have been discussing the wording of today's agreement for over a year and they are now going to make it public and that is a political statement of will and of intent and that is a very important step forward i think the timing of this signature is also not coincident it is coming on the heels of last november's a

in athens john tell us what you're hearing about these talks. the prime minister and general if i have to still in session those talks started about 2 hours ago and we haven't heard what the result of those has been presumably will be statements but we did hear what emerged from the discussion between general have to and the greek foreign minister nikos then the us earlier in the day the then the us announced that he and the general had agreed that the general should travel to these talks in a constructive spirit to achieve a cease fire that achieves some security for libya that removes foreign mercenaries from libyan soil that in force is an arms embargo to prevent the influx of new weapons to the 2 sides and that. the turkey libyan maritime agreement which ruffled the feathers of the government here last november demarcating a corridor of water across the mediterranean which sits on top of greece's maritime jurisdiction and. greatly exacerbates the standing dispute between greece and turkey over these maritime jurisdictions in the eastern medi

oil storage tanks in southern tripoli and also one worker was injured in that attack let's go to athens where the wall khalifa haftar has met with the greek prime minister. is there for us live john what transpired from the meeting. we still don't know whether there's going to be any statement after the meeting between general have tyler and the prime minister and that meeting is still ongoing as far as we know but we do know what was said earlier in general have to his meeting with because then the as the foreign minister mr then the us told reporters after that he and general have to have agreed that among general have to us aims at the peace conference to secure a cease fire and security in his country should be the pursuit of the. a blockade against any other was reaching the warring sides a departure of foreign mercenaries that have played such a large part in this war and also in an old mint of the maritime jurisdiction agreement reached by have to rival the government in tripoli with turkey last november that is an agreement greece has taken particular objection to because it inf

backed peace conference on sunday athens is criticizing its exclusion from the conference in berlin and it says it should be included because tripoli signed a maritime and millet to deal with its regional rival turkey on sunday's talks of the latest international effort to try to end the conflict in libya have to and prime minister. oppose expected to attend a larger 0 has learned the u.n. is considering sending a monitoring mission to libya in the event a cease fire is agreed in berlin diplomatic editor james bays reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york. the german foreign minister heiko mass in the eastern libyan city of benghazi meeting general khalifa haftar the man who brought fresh conflict to libya 9 months ago when he launched an offensive on the capital tripoli the general has still not formally signed up to a ceasefire just days before an international summit is due to be held in berlin. earlier this week russia and turkey which are on different sides of this conflict had summoned general haftar and fires alsa raj the prime minister of the un recognized government to mo

in athens for us thank you john. the rest of the day's news coming up including this i think we should have a debate on health care. it's top of the agenda for the u.s. presidential hopefuls and a country with the most expensive health care system in the world. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well we are going to expect some more rain here across parts of southeastern china it's going to be a chilly rain temperatures for hot maybe only getting to about 70 degrees as your forecast high here on friday a lot of rain extending down towards the south as well as we go towards saturday though rain starts to break up we are going to be seeing how do i though a rainy day in a sherry day for you with a temperature of about 26 degrees well here across jakarta the flooding has been deadly over the last few days we're going to expect to see more rain over the next few days but not as heavy as what we have seen about 200 millimeters of rain has fallen in the last 48 hours 31 degrees here on friday maybe