and it's the night life that's really putting beirut back on the map.ne of the capital's most famous venues, hosting a cabaret packed with an eclectic mix of musicalforms. i said "i'm going to get a place where you have extremes, there could be classical music and then something that is totally punk or very kitsch." i always like to mix things to be very eclectic. i tried to work on cultural entertainment — usually those two words do not meet. because entertainment is night life and alcohol, and culture is museums and theatres. with its bill celebrating both the city's pre—war golden age and contemporary music trends, the music hall offers a vision of beirut comfortable with its past and living in the moment. and if you are thinking of heading to lebanon, here are the travel show‘s top tips for things to know before you go. lebanon is an all—year—round destination with relatively mild winters and warm summers. but if you want to stay clear of the crowd, it is best to avoid august when things get busy. while most of the country is perfectly safe to explo

it's the brainchild of eddy bitar and his ngo live love beirut.he group spends part of the time jogging and the rest picking up litter. the events draw up to 200 people. many young people in particular are fed up of waiting for the lebanese government to take the initiative. eddy: this is part of the outcome of the crisis that we had a few years ago. we see that people are more and more concerned witith all the problems facing the environmnmt in lebanon. and we are very happy to see that all the people, young people, families, youth, are all coming all together in order to remove all the trash. reporter: much of the rubbish that the group picks up was not dropped on the beach, but washed up by the sea. that's because beirut's two largest garbage dumps are located right next to the water. the team spirit is clearly evident as young people from beirut's muslim and christian communities come together in a rare joint project. >> there is a lot of pollution in lebanon. so we could do anything, just so we can help. >> the local authohorities are absent

that just has to be a coincidence really ok let's go let's go to beirut. if you look at the administration the trump administration you certainly have john bolton in my column pale beating the drums of war it's really obvious and bolton is want to just for a very very long time and then trump introjects himself this is not the 1st time a dinner jackson says there are reports that he's telling his aides to kind of calm down a little bit i mean is this a plan is this a strategy i mean if this is you know kind of a bluffing game here because it looks amazingly unprofessional and quite vulgar in its approach go ahead in beirut well obviously the time but the ministration and the president personally he's a he's a he's. they can blaze up around the world basically launching. the many using a weapon of his favorite choice and he's imposing. sanctions against a country he he has a good relationship with those going to be actually. conflict with but in the end have to remember these these sanctions hurting the people who are there in iran or it's in. north korea o

in the 1960s, beirut was the height of glamour, dubbed the paris of the middle east.han one of the city's 5—star destinations. this commemorative book was produced a few years ago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the hotel and when you look through it, it really gives you an idea of the calibre of celebrity that have stayed here. i mean, they've got marlon brando, there's bridget bardot, even the great muhammed ali. i was coming to the phoenicia since the beginning. we used to do fashion shows here, and this is a very special hotel. mona ross is an international model who was based in beirut before the war. wow! mona ross! take a seat! now she is a permanent resident of the hotel. i mean, it's part of my life. i consider i'm part of the columns of the phoenicia. maybe i am! you are part of the furniture, yeah? part of the furniture! yeah, you're part of the fabric of the whole hotel! when the war came, the hotel became a battleground, a key strategic point because of its size and downtown location. i was passing by next to the phoenicia when it was destroyed and s

war months before the next election what do you think go ahead in beirut.obviously the military the pentagon the senior adviser to the president know very well they come out when a war in the middle east they tried out war in iraq way but almost a 1000000 soldiers on the ground and what happened even ever the president american diplomat cannot come except. in the night and leave in the night so obviously they were not successful and their operation in iraq they're not going to be successful in any operation in any place against iran because this is a this is obviously will lead to a regional war and this is can now weaken their allies in the region and they will have an impact on the economy of the united states and in the end the national economy i don't think the president he wanted to jeopardize any any any war at this point but we have to be very mindful there could be some miscalculation example going on in the process of alteration that has taken place and me i'm a miscalculation this will lead to a confrontation there they are a undeclared very well

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leaders in beirut and sidon. i wasn't. around him was when. i knew when the special alarm on has you look at the list and it hasn't and there's the 2nd jimmy. just one upsets can kill him when i say i don't. want to play sailor or i said i'm going to have a set let's have a set. mission one can live with the other of loving people so there. are tents on the moon and back then i'm going to finish up. the sun was able to take out 13 palestinians in in europe in of course at the tip of that effort was operation felt on a person string refused to to be able to come to be root in the middle of the night and strike t 3 palestinian prominent figures in their houses. that in the heart of the. 67 words that spelled promise for one people. but disaster for another. the pledge to be establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east now for seeds of discord on al-jazeera. there is grown in a very short time to be a trusted news source wherever you are in the world he re

well confirmation coming in the last 20 minutes or so that he is here in beirut it's coming from the foreign ministry spokesman in tehran a statement put out on their twitter feed in farsi a rough translation here at the invitation of the french foreign minister luckily our our foreign minister dr mohammad job and zarif arrived in the ritz where the group of 7 summits is being held to continue discussions on relations initiatives between the presidents of iran and france but he adds this is significant they'll be no meetings or negotiations with the u.s. delegation on this trip statement confirming that serif is here also come from the iranian mission to the united nations the word here 1st for journalists that something might be in the air came when flight tracking software websites showed that an iranian jet had landed here at beirut's airport with a call sign iran 5 that is the foreign minister's plane the same plane that he flew to 3 different capitals in scandinavia last week the same plane that took him here to france to paris on friday for discussions with president mccraw and

the top stories on al-jazeera are on top diplomat has made a surprise visit to the g. 7 summit in beirut its foreign minister mohammed java's cirie flew in for talks with france's president monreal mark wrong france has been trying to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal that the u.s. pulled out of last year says the road ahead is difficult but it's worth trying and german chancellor angela merkel says every opportunity should be taken to resolve tensions between the united states and iran. in the end the question is can we succeed in finding a way to prevent a food the risk because if nothing happens then we will have to see is that iran reneges. on its commitments in september or can we manage a reverse development in which iran read he is to the j c p o i a shins plus step by step for the talks with iran the 10s of thousands of brazilian soldiers are heading into the amazon rain forest to join the fight against those wildfires military planes are dumping water on forests which are burning in the state of arizona many blame the policies of president terrible snorer of the surge and fires but

beirut and investigation by the reuters news agency says the u.s. central intelligence agency does not spy on the government of the united arab emirates something critics say is a dangerous blind spot in washington's global monitoring the report quotes former cia agents with one calling the agency's failure to adapt to the us political and military ambitions a dereliction of duty it also says the lack of monitoring puts the emirates on a very small list of countries where the cia conducts a hands off approach the u.a.e. has played a role in numerous regional and international issues including the blockade of qatar as well as the conflicts in libya and yemen a former cia officer glenn call says he'd be surprised if the united states is no longer paying attention to the u.a.e. . the us is one of the the cia is one of the few intelligence services with global capability and interests no one can debate whether that should be the case or not but that's the truth and since the u.a.e. is a critical player in the middle east and beyond i would be surprised

deaths now they strikes come a day after 2 israeli drones cause damage in the southern suburbs of beirut one had a building housing the media office of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah says the group is now in a new phase of its conflict with israel and i have enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel see if you israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them so her has more from beirut. the palestinian faction the p.f. l.p.g. knowledge in that one of its positions has been hit it is blaming israel even though israel did not claim responsibility for targeting that position which is close to the syrian border it's a position in rugged mountain terrain largely made up of tunnels it does connect lebanon with syria the p f l p g c is an enemy of israel israel has attacked that pace in recent years but thi

the 1st that reporters found out about the arrival of the iranian foreign minister's plane at beirut's airport was on flight tracking websites it's now clear other g 7 leaders also got little or no advance warning of the bold invitation by president macro macro had met to have a job at serif before the chiefs haven't started on friday in paris apparently according to the iranians the final invite to brit sitcom on saturday after g 7 leaders had come to an informal dinner at beirut's lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but al-jazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was not disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel it i think it was an advance that mr serious was coming but it was somewhat dependent on a result of the talks last night last night we didn't develop our a map of choreographed specific next steps but we went through different options joining his visit to beer it's the only pictures of the foreign ministers meetings were posted by zarif himself on his twitter account he met with macro and foreign minister driel and representatives of the u.k. and germa

more humid 43 seems quite likely near the coast obviously is colinear the better any coast 30 in beirut a far more sensible level of temperature now the suggestion around the eastern coast of society dancer cutouts of the usa is the temperatures approaching 40 maybe it's not so humid but i think it probably will be in the next couple of days inland it's certainly looking dry and the breezy often salalah not only 28 which is suggestive of a lot of cloud and some drizzle knows enhanced as it was so recently remember durbin's temperature we were approaching the 30 marker for days ago well before crosses borders back down to normal a mere $22.00. the weather sponsored by cat our own was. in the next episode of techno the teen travels to the heart of the amazon. where we are now should rain rain for years to investigate illegal gold mining mercury had a very unique characteristic of finding the gold for a miner it's almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact is what we end up doing is imaging the worst in very high fidelity 3. techno on al-jazeera. you'r

in the 1960s, beirut was the height of glamour, dubbed 'the paris of the middle east'.50th anniversary of the hotel and when you look through it, it really gives you an idea of the calibre of celebrity that have stayed here. i mean, they've got marlon brando, there's bridget bardot, even the great muhammed ali. i was coming to the phoenicia since the beginning. we used to do fashion shows here, and this is a very special hotel. mona ross is an international model who was based in beirut before the war. wow! mona ross! take a seat! now she is a permanent resident of the hotel. i mean, it's part of my life. i consider i'm part of the columns of the phoenicia. maybe i am! you are part of the furniture, yeah? part of the furniture! yeah, you're part of the fabric of the whole hotel! when the war came, the hotel became a battleground, a key strategic point because of its size and downtown location. i was passing by next to the phoenicia when it was destroyed and saw a little plant, hibiscus plant, with little red flowers on it and i was so touched by this and i couldn't beli

the 1st that reporters found out about the arrival of the iranian foreign minister's plane at beirut's airport was on flight tracking websites is now clear. other g 7 leaders also got little or no advance warning of the bold invitation by president macro macro had met to have a job at serif before the chiefs haven't started on friday in paris apparently according to the iranians the final invite to brit sitcom on saturday after g 7 leaders had come to an informal dinner at beirut's lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but al-jazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was not disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel it i think it was an advance that mr sirius was coming but it was somewhat dependent on a result of the talks last night last night we didn't develop our up map of choreographed specific next steps but we went through different options juri his visit to bere it's the only pictures of the foreign ministers meetings were posted by zarif himself on his twitter account he met with macro and foreign minister joy evil adriel and representatives of the u.k. and

it was a big problem because it was different people admired him in the center of nightlife in beirut in the married miss universe hugh was a flamboyant character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claimed that planned the operation and knew for years that he's really trying to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has and salaam the hunt for the red prince. thunderstorms now of the us i mean the calendar quite tremendous the potential for rain forward would lead to flash floods that's already happened you might get some idea this cloud is connected to some degree it is so during monday big damp will seem likely anywhere from the central primaries of canada suzi midwest down towards the appalachians and southeast corner these green dots represent the center of potentially heavy rain to the west that it's all fine and dry breeze it is a dry enough for red flag warnings now there was fire season there is cloud of the coast of california but the good will come to nothing the port if you're

ben wedeman is in beirut with the latest on this. b ben. >> reporter: yes, jessica that appears to be one of a variety of israeli air strikes that were launched on targets not just in syria but here in lebanon yesterday very early in the morning you had what appeared to be two israeli drones that were brought down somehow over southern beirut, and in the early hours of today, monday, there appears to have been three israel r threei air strikes on a palestinian fwrup bagroup basede syrian border. yesterday it appears there was an israeli air strike on an iranian backed militia group in iraq. this does appear to be a dramatic escalation by the israelis striking any group in any way affiliated with iran in three countries in less than 48 hours. as far as that strike on alleged iranian targets near damascus, the israelis say that iran was about to launch what they're calling killer drones on targets in israel. the iranians deny that any iranian targets were hit in syria, and yesterday we heard the secretary general of hezbollah saying in

to domestic violence debates in the country an israeli drone has exploded in the lebanese capital beirut says the groom caused damage when it crashed into the suburb of daya another drone went down in the same area which is a stronghold of the iran backed movement. just hours earlier israel carried out an strikes near the syrian capital damascus a spokesman for the israeli army says fighter jets struck iranian backed forces preparing to launch a large scale drone attack syrian state t.v. has reported that air defense systems intercepted hostile targets over the city sudan needs $8000000000.00 in foreign aid to rebuild its economy according to the country's new prime minister talks of started with the i.m.f. and world bank about restructuring sudan's debt following months of political turmoil. doc was sworn in on weapons day to head a transitional ruling body after the ousting of the president obama all the shia in april. those are your headlines so far today the news continues after people in power have a quick summary in about 30 minutes. on counting the cost this week we check the puls

saying they're ready to open war on 3 fronts beirut damascus and baghdad we can't ignore the political side however which is the upcoming israeli elections the israeli army says its air strikes in syria stopped an attack by iran's revolutionary guards it released surveillance footage of what it said were members of the guards preparing a drone strike against israel israel has repeatedly hit what it says were iranian targets in syria over the years it wants to prevent iran from gaining a foothold and influence across the region but in the past few days it is believed to have operated in 3 neighboring countries lebanon syria and iraq nothing apple did say he gave the security forces a free hand to act in many a rino as against an enemy state hezbollah says the drone attack which damaged its media office violated the 2006 cease fire and changed the rules of engagement but at the same time the group is believed to have given israel a chance not to escalate tensions. as well as messages to the terror war telling the israelis any war will be costly and we are not alone think twice iran promi

is condemning israel for sending drones over beirut he described it as a dangerous escalation lebanon's army says 2 drones entered its air space one crashed and another exploded in the air as damaged a building housing its media office and. enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe the israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that aim at killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon we will crush them we will drop them. hours earlier these are the military said it has iranian backed targets in syria activists say 2 members of hezbollah were killed in a rare admission of responsibility prime minister binyamin netanyahu threatened further attacks. if someone rises up to kill you kill him 1st in a complicated operation reveal that iran dispatched a special unit off to syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drones i'd like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we p

7 summit underway and the french are it's an israeli drone has exploded over the lebanese capital beirut has fallen says one of them caused damage when it crashed into a building housing the group's media office another one also went down in the same area. the latest round of talks between the taliban and u.s. officials have entered a 4th day the 2 sides are meeting here in doha to try to finalize details for their withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan the target be as more. a source close to the talks has described the mood as positive and said they're now really focused on the mechanics of the implementation process by that they mean they're trying to establish a framework for the withdrawal of close to full team 1000 american troops to occur in the stationed in afghanistan and they're also seeking assurances from the taliban as to how they would guarantee that if that withdrawals is take place that that territory would not be used by armed groups such as i solo all qaeda from which to launch global attacks it has been significant that during this round the 9th round of talks here

was -- at what beirut said was a drone. warned it would not hesitate to respond if israel continues to spend -- to send drones into lebanon. >> the lebanese have a right to defend themselves by any means against any attack. afterer hezbollah accused the jewish state of killing -- of carrying out a drone attack. >> i have listened to the remarks and i suggest he calm down. he knows israel knows how to defend itself and make its enemy pay. i want to say, be careful with your words and more careful with your actions. >> the leader of an elili unit of revolutionary guards. israel suspects them of carrying out drone attacks on its territory. the drone war is spreading to iraq. the shiite militia forces accuses israel of killing one of their fighters with a drone. >> the indications are israel is behind the attacks. the country has said it would take action. the united states and israel regard the forces as an extension of iranian forces. >> military confrontation hasas been confined to parts of syria. it is spilling over to othe

pulled out of self last year a diplomatic editor james bass has more now from beirut. the 1st that reporters found out about the arrival of the iranian foreign ministers plane at the ritz. port was on flight tracking websites is now clear other g 7 leaders also got little or no advance warning of the bold invitation by president macro macro had met the hammer job at serif before the chiefs haven't started on friday in paris apparently according to the iranians the final invite to brit sitcom on saturday after g 7 leaders had come to an informal dinner at beirut's lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but al-jazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was not disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel it i think it was an advance that mr serious was coming but it was somewhat dependent on of his outs of the talks last night last night we didn't develop our a map of choreographed specific next steps but we went through different options jury his visit to beer it's the only pictures of the foreign ministers meetings were posted by zarif himself on his twi

and did have recourse when it gave matters is at the g. 7 summit in beirut respecting a short while ago and often about that surprise visit by the iranian foreign minister. french officials here said they had positive discussions and we know from german chancellor angela merkel that serif was invited on the french initiative but in light off the deposit of discussions that leaders had last night here a over dinner everyone agreed that the tensions with iran should be east and that message was passed on to the iranian foreign minister prison my comment up with him even before the summit they met met again today and the reigning foreign minister himself concluded that it's a tough road ahead but it's worth a try ok ok how realistic is it that michael's efforts to deescalate the situation will walk it's been of course a surprise move here by my call but it's a way if you want a smart move to show the president of the united states that dialogue is possible that you can talk to the iranians it is a right has been a so far as the closest step to resolve this this diplomatic deadlock ever sin

lebanese airspace it is blaming israel for sending 2 drones to it stronghold in the southern suburbs of beirut one of those drones exploded according to the hezbollah leader they were on a suicide mission but there were no casualties in that attack the drone attack just hours after the israeli army a knowledge ng that it carried out air strikes near the syrian capital damascus hezbollah acknowledging that its bases was hit and in fact 2 of its fighters were killed and while nasrallah was addressing it was was giving a speech late on sunday yet another drone attack reported in iraq close to the syrian border there have been a series of drone strikes in iraq targeting groups backed by iran paramilitary groups that the government calls popular popular mobilization forces so israel is believed now to be operating against iran and iran backed groups in 3 countries in the region levanon syria and iraq and clearly this is a sharp escalation so far iran and its allies have not retaliated they are now threatening retaliation the words of the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah were quite strong he's sayi

beirut. hezbollah is burying its dead in its stronghold in southern beirut 2 of its fighters were killed in israeli airstrikes in neighboring syria on sunday night the lebanese armed group is promising retaliation it has told israel to be ready for a response its leader has in a stronger also threatened to shoot down any drone that violates lebanon's airspace after what he said was an attack by israeli drones in hezbollah's area of control in the lebanese capital hours earlier. if we remain silent on this breach it will create a very dangerous road for lebanon repeating what is going on in iraq now. in iraq the iranian backed popular mobilization forces are blaming israel for a series of unexplained attacks on their bases and positions in recent weeks the latest was on sunday night close to iraq's border with syria which killed a number of fighters u.s. officials and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have hinted at possible israeli involvement in those strikes israel it seems has open

as bala says one drone damaged a building housing its media office when it crashed in the area in beirut's southern suburbs another israeli drone exploded in the air and then crashed in the same area responding in a televised speech called it a very dangerous development and. enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a targeted lebanon on the news really side will never feel safe if you israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal dros that killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers have begun heading into the amazon to join the fight against fires burning through the rain forest military is being sent to 6 states in an unprecedented response number of fisons about 85 percent higher than last year and many blame president diable scenarios policies that he says the situation is returning to normal and hong kong police use water cannon for the 1st time against pro-democracy demons

lot of time on beirut but. rather listen meticulous a half a black september woman. with a lot of the. bill carter was the i'll tell had been the jordanian prime minister during the black september events in 1970 to salaam he was a symbol of arab betrayal. and a lot of donor. yob man. of 2. or 3. missile in. the n.f.l. and other had who were happy about that the collier era look in the sense that there was a brain muscle or a small had always hear see below what the hell if about how to cloth and he looked many ways around that is i met a side w.r. lock out our side lot of them had a lot surgery mere feet which was ian rush. mission and a few things.

just a few hours later an israeli drone exploded in the lebanese capital beirut hezbollah says the drone caused damage when it crashed in the suburb of daya another drone also went down in the same area which is a stronghold of the iranian backed movement it's in a hot it has more now from beirut this is a template populated neighborhood in the lebanese capital but it is also a hezbollah stronghold official has been quoted as saying that. area and the 2nd one exploded and crashed in the area we don't have any more details because the group for the southern suburbs. of the group of course. has been on what has been in the words that is grabbing the. latest round of talks between the taliban and u.s. officials have entered a 4th day the 2 sides are meeting here in doha trying to finalize details for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan the u.s. seeking a commitment from the taliban that afghanistan will not be used as a launch pad for global attacks the peace negotiations started in october last year 1 person has died in the u.s. after developing a severe lung disease which healt

this was the start of a dialogue between salama and to cia intelligence officer based in beirut robert ames. aims spoke arabic and understood the region it's possible his back channel would salaam or might have influenced long term relationships between the arab world israel and the u.s. if both had lived from the point of view of israel to have the cia. conduct an intensive dialogue with their number one adversary is like i know the united states learning that israel has secret channel with osama bin laden from the point of view of israel this is not oh alice doesn't stop me that i was not less evil then any of the one of the most wanted terrorist that the united states are seeking to kill now that it's in i think that if the americans would hear that israel would do something like this they would turn this as nothing less than a severe betrayal of trust but nevertheless the united states continue with their i am convinced that. we are on the road on the way to the right road that we really can draw closer to their golden age of peace prosperity and brotherhood i would say that the pr

after an israeli airstrike killed 2 has members in syria hours before those drawings came down in beirut israel says the strike in the damascus area targeted an arm of iran's revolutionary guard which was planning to attack it using a kilo dry a senior iranian commander tonight it's the cities who hit israel rarely acknowledges operations in syria but prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised his military's efforts and threatens further attacks. if someone rises up to kill you kill him 1st in a complicated operation revealed that iran dispatched a special unit of to syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drugs i'd like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we prevented serious attacks that we will expose any attempt by iran to attack us and any iranian effort to hide behind excuses we will not tolerate. the aggressions against israel from any country in the region any country that allows its territory to be used for aggression against israel will face the consequences and i repeat the country will face the consequences israeli authorities have evacuated

more humid 43 seems quite likely near the coast obviously cooling near the better any coast 30 in beirut a far more sensible level of temperature now the suggestion around the eastern coast a society dancer caught on to the u.a.e. is this temperatures approaching 40 maybe it's not so humid but i think it probably will be in the next couple of days inland it's certainly looking dry and the breezy often salalah not only $28.00 which is suggestive of a lot of clouds and some drizzle knows enhanced as it was recently remember durbin's temperature we were approaching the 30 mark couple days ago well before crosses borders back down to normal a mere 22. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how rivalries influenced the course of history steve jobs a much better marketeers than bill gates for apple like really bad stuff bill made software what it is today will change the world to high tech visionaries breakthroughs inspired the digital revolution jobs and gates face to face on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera let's just remind you of the main news so f

beirut well howie fawcett has more now from gaza. as israeli troops are on high alert near the lebanese border awaiting a promised retaliatory strike by hezbollah fighters after 2 of those fighters were killed in an israeli airstrike inside syria and a drone exploded in southern beirut at the weekend in an attack attributed by hezbollah again to israel the israeli military has decided to up the pressure both on hezbollah and on lebanon by releasing what it says details of an iranian missile program inside lebanese territory it says the between 20132015 iran trying to get precision guided missiles to hezbollah inside lebanon and failed to do so and then from 2016 on words the tactics change they try to get component pieces of precision guided missiles to convert existing missiles into those more precise weapons the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah has long denied any precision guided missile factories inside lebanese territory but israel says there is such a program underway and it is being led inside lebanon by 3 members whom it

in a new phase of its conflict with israel after 2 israeli drones crashed in the lebanese capital beirut hezbollah says one drone damaged a building housing its media office when it crashed in beirut's southern suburbs another israeli drone came down in the same area after exploding in the air and then i'm enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon and the israeli side will never feel safe that israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they make killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers began heading into the amazon rain forest to join the fight against the fires their military aircraft are dumping water on wildfires in the state of ron danya many blame the policies the president for the increase in the number of fires venezuelans are racing to the border with ecuador before new visa rules take effect this is the latest american nation to tigh

beirut. brazilian president jabal scenario has signed a decree banning the practice of burning land for the purposes of clearing it the ban will remain in effect for the next 2 months the practice of intentionally burning than this meant to improve soil quality for farming the band follows the global outcry over the fires that are burning in the amazon region some of which were started deliberately well sonar was also calling for more development in the amazon and it's believed the fires are the result of illegal farming and logging which local government officials say they don't have enough resources to stop down yes one report from the northwestern state over on. it takes a tough breed to hack a living from the searing hot inhospitable amazon. they come to recap to learn to plant soya yams and much else besides they do so legally but the vulnerable in this huge pool the peace region to illegal speculators. they're grabbing all of that area part of the john marine nature reserve they're grab