own home in the beirut. people are quite concerned whether or not this flare up will be contained in the next few hours or whether it will. it will escalate further in the past few years we have to remember the last time has been on israel went to war it wasn't 2006 pence them there have been incidents exchanges of fire hezbollah has retaliated against israeli attack israeli apache targeting its official back assassinating its officials in syria and but the but the but hezbollah sweep elevation was confined to a disputed area called the shaba farms. area that borders syria israel 11 on but this time hezbollah attacked israel proper and this is what most wallace said would happen he wants to change the rules of the game he believes that this is ringback the parents the biggest question now is whether or not israel what kind of retaliation will just be for the next few hours meter or are we going to see shelling targeting other across southern lebanon and possibly in hezbollah's southern suburbs of beirut stro

coming to us out of beirut we're also quoting other people so these are reports and quotes. but what we do know is this israeli forces fired several shells at a border village it's called maroun al ras it's in the southern section of lebanon on the border that's according to hezbollah's al menar t.v. channel the channel is broadcasting live it says from the village showing large plumes of smoke rising from the countryside near the border we'll talk to our correspondent harry forces who joins us from northern israel harry just get us right up to speed what do we know because this is such a fast quickly evolving situation. well sure i'll start with the very latest that we're getting from the israeli side and that is a report on israel army radio and indeed comments coming from the cabinet minister you of galant him saying that he is not aware of any israeli casualties similar reporting coming from israel's army radio so on the israeli side we have yet to have final confirmation of this from the israeli military itself in an official statement that the suggestion is that despit

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ahead in beirut. i mean it sounds like it has really is a comedy of errors i mean i think part of the reason for this though is. the trump himself is not particularly interested in the middle east except in the sense that he would like to support israel as best he can and he would like to make money so sell weapons to. gulf countries he's not particularly vested in the long term or middle term strategic objective you know the deep state. in terms of you know keeping troops in the region and so that the u.s. maintains her germany those are not his priorities so. i would say that the u.s. government is that odds with itself in terms of middle east policy on one hand you have the deep state that worked you know consistently over the last few decades on its gemini goals in the region and on the other hand you have trump who works entirely on instinct and what he thinks will benefit him most ok that's a very good analysis i think i mean i've seen i mean it would seem like the art of the deal just doesn't h

in the middle east outside of what you said is arm sales go ahead and beirut. yeah well i mean israel is in a very precarious position now i mean a few short years ago they thought that syria was over and therefore iran. iran's connection to lebanon would be clipped you know where hezbollah is and and this would ultimately we can the iranian alliance the resistance axis as they call it and you know fast forward a few years israel is surrounded on all sides by battle hardened. fighters or soldiers and you know who have better misfiled and better arms than they ever had before. so you know aside from this being a pre-election ploy. the israelis are in a very bad situation and they're desperate and eager to get the united states to maintain its military presence in the area and now let's not forget that that was one of the main things that trump wanted to reverse when he was running for president and has made several attempts to do so not entirely successfully because there's such pushback from the u.s. deep state and from obviously israel so i mean israel is in a

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 salama might have influenced long term relationships between the arab world israel and the us if both had lived from the point of view of israel to have the cia. conduct any sense of dialogue with their number one adversary is like oh 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 serve me that i was not less evil that any of the one of the most wanted terrorist that the united states are seeking to kill now this and 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 that i'm 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 president ronal

middle east policies i'm joined by my guest sharmeen no one the in beirut journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst in los angeles we have piii and he is an independent economic and geo political analyst former commodities trader and strategic planning advisor and in boy new series we cross to shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east studies at the university of bradford u.k. or across like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate should be let me go to you i mean you heard my introduction let me add some seasoning to that introduction we have this. point person for the trumpet ministration on. this brian hawk writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pompei all saying afghanistan was a success after 18 years and then we have a 30 year old taking over the helm is that middle east envoy for the united states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title go ahead in beirut. i mean it sounds like it has really is a comedy of errors i mean i think part

beirut. they're demanding a dignified life a future for their children palestinian refugees have been gathering outside western embassies in the lebanese capital beirut demanding humanitarian asylum. to live. we want to give our children indication palestinians are criticizing a recent lebanese government crackdown on undocumented foreign labor as refugees they believe they should be exempt lebanese law already bans them from working in many professions and denies them access to public services apart of a longstanding policy to discourage them from staying. if we are denied the right to work and open businesses then how do we pay for medical treatment for example and it was says it covers 100 percent of the cost but that is not true only 10 percent of my father's operation he was a cancer patient and he has since passed away international aid for palestinian refugees has decreased in recent years the un relief and works agency which supports palestinian refugees says it is providing services

martin patience is in beirut. hezbollah have claimed the attack.is out? hezbollah felt that it needed to carry out this attack, it was talking about the mysterious drone attack in southern beirut, the hezbollah stronghold, and the lebanese militant group felt that if it didn't respond to that attack, then that would give israel a freehand to carry out other attacks in lebanon. so in many ways, hezbollah saw this attack is resetting the rules of engagement in the region. the danger always is, though, that a miscalculation from either hezbollah or israel could lead to a major escalation. i think what is significant is we saw that hezbollah came out very quickly and said, we carried out this attack. israel responded by shelling a number of villages in southern lebanon, but hezbollah did not respond. and i think that's because neither side wants to see a major escalation. we saw that in 2006, and here in lebanon, more than a thousand civilians were killed, and it led to large—scale destruction in the country. but from hezbollah's point of view, this at

he was the center of nightlife in beirut and he married miss universe hugh was a buoyant character on the other ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that the planned operation and we use these are really trying to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has son salaam the hunt for the red prince. top stories on al-jazeera roads into hong kong airports are blocked and thousands of people are struggling to get to and from a train services have also been affected this is the 13th weekend of demonstrations as protesters here pressure on the territories government demanding reform. another round of u.s. tariffs on chinese goods went into effect just a few hours ago and china in turn has raised the import taxes on $75000000000.00 worth of american goods. israeli tanks and troops have been sent to the border with lebanon as tension increases with hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah told supporters that israel must pay a price for its aggression following and is really drone strike on beirut last week . greece has

that that rule when they struck a user drawn to attack an area residential area in the suburbs of beirut that was a violation of 1701 that and i think that the message that no violation by the israeli will be accepted and this is a retaliation just to set the clock where it was 2006 the end of the war and the beginning of what's supposed to be the cessation of hostility i think if if with the matches that we hearing from the lebanese from the prime minister and lebanon he has been very clear he doesn't want it was delayed and we heard to my as the met that there's a message from the israeli if we. they do but those messages we can have. a situation where it can be calm and. things can go back where it's supposed to be where we have the unit felt playing a very constructive role very very important role and preserving peace and stability and the south and i think we should go to the to to promote the stability of the south but if for other reason israel have a different intention israel we all know have a. huge credibility then things can mushroom to into a major war like we had in 2006 b

beirut and refugees and asylum seekers in indonesia struggling many who have escaped already in africa and the middle east say they've been left in limbo for years waiting for documentation to be braced settled in a new country where. they came to indonesia in hope they could start a new life in australia new zealand or canada but many say they're now stranded. fled the war in afghanistan and 2015 he and his family live in this makeshift shelter without water electricity or basic sanitation and little food. don't have come here my wife has 3. she leaves. i have no money but their food. mohamed is one of 400 refugees sharing this small space in cali do this in west jakarta up to 26 men live in this room using cardboard boxes and plastic sheets to make the floor more comfortable to sleep on unable to work or study they sit and wait for transit papers or permanent assistance but as conflicts in africa and the middle east continue.

one of those spokes was in beirut, lebanon.king in poland with monzer al-kassar. samir needed to penetrate his inner circle by establishing a relationship with tarek al ghazi and eventually set up a meeting with monzer al-kassar. >> at this point i'd been working with samir for a lot of years. i said do you understand if you decide to do this your life will be changed forever? you'll never be the same. he said i'll do it. no. i made him sleep on it. go, come back tomorrow. kassar wouldn't take it lightly, and we're not in the business of getting anybody hurt. >> so in beirut, lebanon our confidential source samir was able to meet tarek al ghazi, developing develop a relationship over the course of approximately one year. he was able to gain al ghazi's trust and eventually samir asked the million-dollar question which is can you get a weapons deal with monzer al kassar for me? criminals are always cautious was the d.e.a. has built a large human intelligence network. so it was extremely hard to set a meeting with monzer al-kassar

beirut. it's called remain in mexico the new agreement between the mexican and u.s. governments on asylum seekers tens of thousands are stuck waiting to see if they'll be allowed to start a new life in the u.s. they include many children who are missing out on school but a classroom on wheels is coming to summer's john homa reports now from the border city of horror. a small team of volunteers into one are heading to one of the city's many migrant shelters with a unique service. you specially adapted school bus since january u.s. asylum seekers mainly from guatemala honduras don't sell the door been put back across into mexico while they wait between their court dates many have children and this new floating population could be stuck in border towns like the one for months . that's where this bus comes in it's been fitted out to give the medication by n.g.o.s who bought project also run programs in greece and syria getting on with everyone in here they're working with volunteers from border angels mainly student .

hezbollah has claimed in its recent drone attack on the southern suburbs of beirut that israel was seeking to revise the rules of engagement are developed since 2006 and it claims that today's attack was an attempt to confirm the existing rules of engagement and to prevent them from changing further now the important thing here i think there are 3 factors the 1st is that near conflicting accounts of what took place today the israeli version is that several anti-tank rockets were fired from within lebanon at an israeli army base that there were no israeli casualties and israel subsequently faked the evacuation of wounded soldiers so that hezbollah would believe they had extracted israeli blood so to speak sources close to hezbollah are claiming that the attack took place from within israeli territory which would be very significant if you have them correct and that it completely demolished an israeli vehicle ok killing a. minute but new important thing here is that both sides are agreed that this attack took place outside the contestant occupied look nice territory of separate forms and let

has blocked change fire along the lebanese border just over a week ago so the holder has more from beirut. this is the 1st time since 2006 that hezbollah says it's down to an israeli drone over lebanese territory in 2006 israel and hezbollah went to war it was a month long war that ended with a cease fire but according to hezbollah secretary general has on the stroller we are now in a new phase this followed what hezbollah says is an israeli attempt to target a babe ruths southern suburbs a stronghold of hezbollah 2 armed drones approximately 2 weeks ago one crashed one exploded in the middle of the night so hezbollah really imposing new red lines creating some sort of at the terence because even the secretary general himself said we do not want israel to feel that it can do whatever it wants and act with impunity in lebanon because in neighboring syria what israel has been doing over the past 2 years is a targeting what it says are iranian bases and bases belonging to iranian backed groups and this has been happening for years now because israel wants to contain iran's growing influence

weeks ago says that there are now new red lines following what he said was an israeli attack in beirut's southern suburbs a stronghold of hezbollah hezbollah is blaming israel for sending 2 armed drones into the suburbs of beirut a densely populated area 2 weeks ago one of them crashed one of them exploded it only caused material damage but clearly there are tensions between hezbollah and israel israel of course blaming lebanon saying lebanon should be held responsible for hezbollah's actions but it's clear what hezbollah is trying to do it is trying to create some sort of a the terror and. because israel in many ways has been acting with impunity in neighboring syria targeting what it says are iranian and iranian backed bases in syria for the past few years so what hezbollah wants to do is draw a line and say no you cannot target hezbollah groups or back to groups iranian backed groups e'squus me in lebanon hezbollah of course being an ally of iran we also understand there's been a mass strike home for a rainy and forces inside syria will. well there 2 have been reports overnight about

it is that regime which in 2005 slayed the prime minister of lebanon in the heart of beirut. this approach, unfortunately, continues, as we witnessed in recent years when this regime tried to conduct terrorism in france and then to mark, and -- france and denmark, and not a day goes by without witnessing its terror in yemen, lebanon and other countries in this region. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, the latest attacks and aggression have exposed the iranian regime to the entire world. we are dealing with a rogue and terrorist regime that continues to threaten international peace and security. it is also jeopardizing energy supplies in the world economy, hence the recent attacks are test on the international community's well. this organization faces a moral responsibility to take unified position. utmost pressure should be applied using every tool available to end the terrorist and aggressive behavior of the iranian regime. it is a position that should not make do with half measures, or partial or interim agreements. it should rather seek to change the character and behav

iranian groups in iraq and of course there's a recent drone strike as though the drone incident in beirut so tensions lebanon in the eye of the storm as tensions rise between iran and the united. states and iran and israel. the syrian government has condemned joint us and turkish patrols in the northwest as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty armed vehicles returned to turkey on sunday after entering an area that used to be controlled by u.s. banks kurdish forces the u.s. and turkey want to establish a so-called safe in the area america's support of the could issue why p.g. has been a source of tension with its nato ally it sees the group as terrorists still ahead on al-jazeera it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings. when the u.s. congress begins debate on new gun laws this week they may find their biggest obstacle could be the president. the taliban warns the u.s. stands to lose most after it calls off talks to when the conflict in afghanistan.

beirut. it's called remain in mexico the new agreement between the mexican and u.s. governments on asylum seekers tens of thousands are stuck waiting to see if they'll be allowed to start a new life in the united states they include many children who are missing out on school but a classroom on wheels is coming to some as john hendren reports. that a small team of volunteers in one are heading to one of the city's many migrant shelters with a unique service. specially adapted school bus since january u.s. asylum seekers mainly from guatemala honduras salvador been put back across into mexico while they wait between their cool days many have children and this new floating population could be stuck in border towns like the one for months. that's where this bus comes in it's been fitted out to give the medication by n.g.o.s schoolbooks project also run programs in greece and syria get to go with really you know in here they're working with volunteers from border angels mainly students giving lessons in reading writing and mass media as well as psychological help mask th

you are coming on the airport of beirut shows they are being oppressed in our country?port of lebanon? they are not coming from syria? it doesn't mean they are not being persecuted. you told me there is no evidence of any syrian being returned forcibly to the country under fear of persecution. there is clear evidence. of course, there is not anyone evidence, anyone name you can provide, this is totally untrue. why just a couple of months ago did you make a speech which worried many of your own people. you said the lebanese, are above all, you said there is a genetic distinction which makes the lebanese superior to the syrians. many lebanese feared that you were being populist, nationalist, and some said even racist. this is not true. i always talked about the genetics of lebanon are now belonging. what has genetic stock to do with it? let me tell you something, not in comparison with the syrians, this is totally untrue, to bring the text and i challenge you again that this is untrue. i a lwa ys you again that this is untrue. i always talk about lebanity. lebanity isa al

it was a big problem because it was different people admired him he was the center of nightlife in beirut and he married miss universe hugh was a long buoyant character on the other and ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that the plant operation and for years the israeli tried to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has done salaam the hunt for the red prince in afghanistan and the taliban is renowned for its violent repression of women now a new deal with the u.s. could see the group return to power 101-8000 deaths to gates of afghan women who paid the price for pace on al-jazeera and this is different whether someone is telling or someone else may read this but when you think it's how you think and i think it is a certain way of doing it you can just inject a story and found out. welcome back now droughts can sometimes have surprising benefits like helping archaeologists discover a 3 and a half 1000 year old city in northern iraq some of been just a reports from what was a kingdom in one of the world's

states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title go ahead in beirut. i mean it sounds like it has really is a comedy of errors i mean i think part of the reason for this though is. the trump himself is not particularly interested in the middle east except in the sense that he would like to support israel as best he can and he would like to make money so sell weapons to persian gulf countries he's not particularly vested in.

in their lifetime change so there is a momentum hand in lebanon activists have been keeping up the beirut shoreline while on a paddleboard made partly 412000 recycled cigarette butts about 3 collected around the american university of beirut which is heading the project with an organization called recycle levanon along with about the boards made from styrofoam to fiberglass and an eco friendly resin. now people are on the streets of cities across the united states for what's being called the wave of people march now tens of thousands are expected in washington d.c. to voice their anger about issues ranging from gun control asylum seeker children in cages as well as the environment and corruption but our correspondent andy gaga is in washington d.c. where the protest is well and are not saying andy's today's demonstration is about some fairly wide ranging issues. it isn't the organizers of this demonstration we're keen to point out this is not an demonstration but you can clearly see by some of the signs here the chance that we are hearing that it is very much a demonstration as he said am

you know i don't think of hostages dying over the head of the cia in beirut where there is a recent attacks maybe they were done by jinny's or by i don't talk about j.t. i don't know but what is clear is that oil does this and that are exactly following the old pattern they have not worked well mr to harry you said that there has been a long established pattern and yet i think many people with claim that. we have never seen before some. thing like the attacks on that i'm a facility i know that you suggested that whoever planned those attacks was more interested in testing the waters and seeing how far it was possible to go without the making a crushing response inevitable but taking out half of the saudi oil production even temporarily strikes me as more than just asking the what is it's actually taking a pretty deep plunge do you think that hackers actually aiming for such massive damage could they have imagined that this crucial facility would be left so nakedly unprotected and with similar things have happened before you know and i teed. it is he said the 7 days i made it public

cross talking trumps middle east policies i'm joined by my guest sharmeen are one the in beirut she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst in los angeles we have he is an independent economic and geo political analyst former commodities trader and strategic planning advisor and in buenos aires we crossed through shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east studies at the university of bradford u.k. or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate your being let me go to you i mean you heard my introduction let me add some seasoning to that introduction we have this. point person for the trumpet ministration on. this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pump aoe saying afghanistan was a success after 18 years and then we have a 30 year old taking over the helm is the middle east envoy for the united states i mean this program is titled vaudeville politics is that an appropriate title go ahead in beirut.

joining us on skype from beirut thank you so much for that too appreciate it. to other news and syria's foreign minister has used his address to the united nations to demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces while he told world leaders his country is open to international dialogue but never at the expense of its national integrity he said any agreement without syrian involvement would be condemned as. the united states and turkey maintain an illegal military presence in northern syria they've been so arrogant to the point of holding discussions and reaching agreements on the creation of a so-called safe zone inside syria if they were planning to establish this on american or turkish soil this is a violation of international law and the un charter any agreement about any part of syria without the consent of the syrian government is condemned and rejected in form and in substance any foreign forces operating in our territories without an authorization occupying forces and must withdraw immediately if they refuse we have the right to take any and all

beirut. the revolution hasn't died in syria's north west these people were forced from their homes in the recent russian backed syrian government offensive that took control of the northern countryside of hama province and many towns in it lip south including a hole in at least half a 1000000 syrians have been displaced since the end of april. we the people of harlem shake whom we are not asking us to allow us to return to our town we will never accept his role our revolution will continue until the downfall of this criminal regime it's been relatively calm since the august 31 ceasefire but many people living in fear it's only a matter of time before president bashar assad's forces resume their military operation that has already killed more than 1000 civilians the syrian opposition believes there is a deal to prevent the humanitarian crisis from worsening. there was an agreement between turkey and russia to create a demilitarized zone free of weapons and fighters on the international terrori

iranian groups in iraq and of course there's a recent drone strike as though the drone incident in beirut so tensions lebannon in the eye of the storm as tensions rise between iran and the united the united states and iran and israel. the syrian government has condemned joint us and turkish patrols in the northwest as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty our vehicles returned to turkey on sunday after entering an area that used to be controlled by u.s. backed kurdish forces the u.s. and turkey want to establish a so-called safe zone in the area american support of the kurdish white b.g. has been a source of tension with its nato ally which sees the group as terrorists. and the u.s. says it's delivered enough emergency supplies for 44000 people after hurricane dorian hit the bahamas but the u.n. says 70000 need food and shelter as conditions on the worst affected islands are rapidly deteriorating hurrican flattened neighborhoods and destroyed piers roads and runways making it difficult to distribute aid i had a chance earlier today to tour the damage from the air and i have a call and w

beirut pakistan's declining group here sent the prices of basic goods soaring it's now cheaper to buy a liter of petrol than a liter of milk the country's central bank is warning inflation will only increase the reports from islamabad. a country of over $200000000.00 people august on is confronting an economic crisis its population and expanding at a rate of 3 percent annually by the inflation. figures after the government run for a bailout package from the international monetary fund because you're increasing the gap between the rich. because the pakistani rupee doing its rally you and i shared almost 30 percent against the us dollar buckstone is going through a partially artificial inflationary situation and because of massive beef devaluation of the repeat and all of the sudden rise in the interest rate. the government is trying to slow things down because the government said that the fiscal and trade deficits were out of control however it has had a backlash which is in the form of higher prices the ordinary people are suffering even the so-called rich people are suffering because