we will go to beirut for the latest. plus, we will speak to a women's right activist in the southern african nation of eswatini, where the king is cracking down on largest protests since the country, once known as swaziland, became independent from britain 53 years ago. >> we have seen recordings where police and the military were literally beating, shooting, killing unarmed civilians. on the street. as i speak now, there are currently more than 50 people who have died and within those victims, the youngest is 14 years old. amy: plus we get the latest on the fight over voting rights as republicans in texas unveil a host of new voter suppression measures during a special session. and president biden and vice president harris take on voter suppression issues in washington. stay with us. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president joe biden says the u.s. military will complete its withdrawal from afghanistan by august 31, nearly two weeks ahead of the previous september

let's hearfrom a nurse in beirut.example, the average price of wheat flour has soared by 219%. and this graph shows you how food prices have changed over the past five years, 49% of the population is worried about access to food. there's also a major fuel shortage. people wait for hours in queues like this for petrol. and there are blackouts every day, some for up to 22 hours. lebanese media reported that last week the electricity stopped in a building belonging to the foreign ministry, forcing them to stop work. and in many neighbourhoods, the public now pay for a back up generator run by private firms. that's from a head of a syndicate for generators. much of the blame for this is being placed on the government — years, decades, even, of corruption and mismanagement of funds. gebran bassil was energy minister from 2011—2014. he is also the son—in—law of the current president of lebanon. here he is talking to my colleague emily maitlis. we came ten years ago to the government where there was no electricity, where the

many lebanese vented their anger on the streets of beirut.ountry hasn't had a government in nine months. its currency has lost nearly all its value, pushing many into poverty. food, medicine, and fuel are in short supply. france has called another international aid conference for lebanon on august 4, a year after the beirut port explosion destroyed much of the capital. we'll bring in our guests in a moment. first, this report from zainab. reporter: a long political struggle has just become more difficult to resolve. lebanon's prime minister designate, saad hariri, who has been locked in a nine-month power struggle with president michel aoun, has failed to form his fourth government. >> i met with the president, and he demanded what i deem as substantial change to the formation of the government. i suggested to the president, if he needed more time to consider my proposal, but he saw no prospect for agreement. for these reasons, i stepped down. reporter: the political paralysis is expected to accelerate the country's economic collapse. lights

he joins us on skype from beirut. semi welcome back to the news. is there right now and obvious alternative to mr. hurry? no, i don't think so. the only alternative is another job, meaning the current prime minister who is looks independent, but in fact he is controlled by prevailing political forces, mainly the allies of has bala and this time of government will never be able to get international support, which is more than compulsory to get clyburn on out of the crisis. so miss that had even mister hardy did not get all the support he wanted from the international community. maybe this is one of the reasons he resigned because a did not get the support for daddy. beneath the allusion that contributed him as part of that establishment, he did not get enough support from international community that did not put enough pressure on heavy law in order to give in and allow them to form a government. and he did not get enough support from his home. he was the favorite a candidate for that right. minute trip ship, because i need to interrupt you for a 2n

al jazeera, beirut. maryam: i spoke to an activist and beirut.he told me the public had little faith in hariri's government. >> the expectations were low to having reforms for the economy and financial crisis, from such a government. however, what we're seeing today is also a lack of an action that we have been witnessing for more than a year. lebanon has been through an entire blast and beirut. this incident is highlighting but the political system and the political powers are not interested in any kind of reforms. they are not feeling any pressure to change anything, to change the status quo, or actually do any reforms. ♪ maryam: syrian search-and-rescue group is saying the government airstrike has killed nine civilians. that includes three children. volunteers from the white helmets have been digging through the rubble in a town. the airstrike followed an attack on another town which killed another six civilians. the white helmets say the governments have started -- >> we are facing many difficulties because of the high number of surveillance

jean mckenzie, bbc news, beirut.we have more from the tokyo 2020 limits has been day five events continue. —— as the day five events continue. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger. now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and they been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet, yeah, cute. | this is bbc news, the latest headlines: day five at the 2020 olympic games in tokyo sees more success for australia. at the aquatics centre, ariarne titmus wins her second gold in the women's 200 metres swimming freestyle. us health officials change course on face coverings, advisi

but i do remember makeup themselves to beirut pulled this off. i thought it was fabulous. there's a moment i think you get old enough you think i should not be doing this. because you know if anything bad happens you friends will go you should have known better the attraction to doing it is you see people at their worst. everybody understands that. you also see people at their best. i mean relate their best. surgeons who are and basements they organize the food campaign the stadium for sudanese refugees. you see people do extraordinary things. that heightened sense of life that is enticing. >> silva you last epic question. tell us. [inaudible] what brought you joy? >> i repeat i did look for it came to me. i found myself there. you might ask why did i keep going for a period of ten years? well at that point i began to understand part of the world i had invested and certain emotionally in this area i wanted to see it through. i am not sure that after the balkan wars if somebody would've set another war by that time i think also i had done enough. i did not have the attracti

the world bank says three issues are to blame, the financial crisis, covid-19, and the port of beiruts begin with the currency. the lebanese pound is in freefall. in 1997, it was pegged to the dollar at a rate of 1500:1. that was the case until 2019, the year the country slid into an economic crisis. the currency lost 90% of its worth on the open market. the value of the currency over the past 20 years. and it is falling quickly. last month -- it is now around 20,000 lebanese pounds, and that means the savings and salariesf ordinary lebanese are almost worthless. this nurse's salary in beirut was worth about $1100 a month, now it is less than $70. >> [speaking foreign language] >> as we have heard from that nurse, the food is becoming prohibitively expensive. for example, the average price of wheat flour has soared by 219%. this graph shows how food prices have changed over the past five years, skyrocketing. 49% of the population is worried about access to food. there is also a major fuel shortage, so people wait for hours in queues like this for petrol, and there are blackouts nearly

jean mckenzie, bbc news, beirut., warning that they are dangerous to health, and a gateway to tobacco consumption for young people. in its global tobacco report, the who addresses e—cigarettes for the first time, suggesting that their use risks undermining the progress achieved by limiting traditional tobacco products. let's get more on this from dr laura crotty alexander who is an associate professor of medicine at university of calfornia. she's been conducting research into the effects of e—cigarettes. how do you respond to this report? how do you respond to this re ort? ~ ., ., report? the world health organization _ report? the world health organization is _ report? the world health organization is really - report? the world health - organization is really stepping up organization is really stepping up and clarifying what the risks might be for the use of these e cigarettes which are drug delivery devices that really focus on getting people on nicotine.— really focus on getting people on nicotine. the main critic

a consultancy focused on economic reforms joins me now from beirut via scott. good talking with us on the program. mr. martini, it seems that we're in a chicken and egg situation. you can't help stop a tumbling currency when there's no functioning, government and finance minister to tell the world what the country's finance policy will be in the future. indeed many have been on a downward trend since even the ha did not change. since the government with the central bank are met, the real is continued in order to monetize debt. they are unable to pay back except for printing more money to give back to banks. and this has been resolved to continue with the mission. and we need to reform this because i think we need more confidence in the local currency and we need to call them and those things need that extra government and the need that we don't need any positive should that direction. and so the and the interview into the mission. yeah. so to interrupt, if it's put that to one side, experts and analysts continue to talk to us about lebanon being bailed out. he'

i will not bring in my colleague from beirut. get to happy with us.describing. what has the reaction been to him being appointed? there is a lot of cynicism _ been to him being appointed? there is a lot of cynicism about _ been to him being appointed? there is a lot of cynicism about his - is a lot of cynicism about his appointment, given that he is also part of the political class of the establishment. he has been prime minister before more than once. he's also been charged or at least accused by many people of corruption, and also cynicism is widespread in general these days regardless of who his spurn in the next government. these people are in such a difficult situation at the moment that they are holding out for annie, you know, even a tiny shred of hope that something will have been positive to their lives, and at the moment, expectations are really, really low. people, when the protests erupted were talking about systemic change come about radical change and new economic models. now they are hoping that that tankers will be able to off—load the

bbc, beirut. laura: lebanon on the brink.e in washington, police officers gave testimony as they tried to defend the u.s. capitol. supporters of president trump stormed the building, wanting to overturn the result of the election. this report from the bbc -- reporter: police officers from the u.s. capitol formed a steady blue line, a sharp contrast to the chaos in january when they were overrun by trump supporters. reminding americans about what is at stake in how and why this happened. >> i could feel myself losing oxygen and thinking to myself this is how i'm going to die. >> i heard chanting, get his gun, give him with his own gun. reporter: everyone was reliving the dark day. there was also anger at republicans accused of downplaying what unfolded. >> the indifference shown to my colleagues is disgraceful. suspect number one is donald trump. only two republican lawmakers agreed to sit on the committee, same issues much bigger than party politics are in play. >> democracies are not defined by our bad day. >> speaker pelosi

. — up after that, the rebuilding of beirut, and attempted restructuring in a way— beirut, and attempted like the killing of sir at her rare in 2005. look at the man who's in power— in 2005. look at the man who's in power - _ in 2005. look at the man who's in power - he— in 2005. look at the man who's in power — he was at the end of the civil war— power — he was at the end of the civil war fighting a rearguard action— civil war fighting a rearguard action in— civil war fighting a rearguard action in the palace that he's now in. action in the palace that he's now in it— action in the palace that he's now in it seems— action in the palace that he's now in. it seems to be this inability of the lebanese political class to make any real— the lebanese political class to make any real concessions to each other, and that's— any real concessions to each other, and that's blocking the international community from giving the money— international community from giving the money they promised to bring in after the _ the money they promised to bring in after the blast. just very briefly, you talk— aft

but it never arrived because the roses were stuck in beirut . when the company was contacted, it confirmed it ordered the chemicals from silverado, but because it was a convey route that was the end of the transaction. not everyone buys this. let's be professional. it was not invented for muslim big that's my, that's my view of the shipment. why? because these are international laws. even if you want to some these for this product to muslim, be there are lots of administrative processes that didn't happen. you don't have only a bill of lading saying that this shipment is going to mozambique is probably enough for this type of shipment to go ahead. another question, journalists are trying to answer is exactly how much of the chemical compound was inside warehouse 12, at the time of the blast government documents and officials say 2750 tons were offloaded from the ship and stored in that hanger on the ship was, was unloaded. there was a document that said that, out of the $1750.00 bag that was unloaded at 1950 bag, which is that 2000 bags was dama

that holds reports from beirut. along political struggle has just become more difficult to resolve. lebanon's prime minister designate sad, and hetty has been locked in a 9 month power. struggle with president michelle. our own has failed to form his 4th governments. that's my front res. so i met with the president and he demanded what i deem as substantial change to the formation of the government. i suggested to the president if he needed more time to consider my proposal, but he saw no prospect for agreement. for these reasons, i stepped down. the political paralysis is expected to accelerate the country's economic collapse. lights are out. most of the day. the cash struck save barely has money to buy fuel, and there is a shortage of medicine making life a daily struggle. as more lebanese are pushed into poverty, the local currency which already lost 95 percent of its value in recent months, has depreciated further in the hours following heavy it is announcement level needs the government to put in place an econo

people in lebanon being symbolised in that massive, almost nuclear blast that destroyed parts of beirute who have lived or navigated through the very difficult way that you chart your course in lebanon because this is a crisis that goes back years and years. obviously there was the civil war, there was an attempt to patch things up after that, the rebuilding of beirut, an attempted restructuring of the way that the political elite and the way the country was managed, but it never changed anything. the same faces were still there, the same dynasties were still there. but look at the man who just last week said he couldn't make it as prime minister, look at the man who's in power — the president — he was there at the end of the civil war fighting a rearguard action in the palace that he's now in. it seems to be this inability of the lebanese political class to make any real concessions to each other, and that's blocking the international community from giving the money they promised to bring in after the blast. just very briefly, you talk about go back, let's talk economically — for years

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yeah, but a lebanese, a journalist in beirut. he's also a non resident fellow at the to headed institute for middle east policy, a very good day. thank you for coming on. what is the situation right now? well, the situation contains torrison, you know, as, as you saw earlier, the economical being of much of the population produced continues to diminish and as well as their living condition. but the resignation of prime minister doesn't know how to do means a political deadlock will persist and any sort of viable reforms to unlock key developmental aid and to make the call me bible, a gun is nowhere near on the horizon. why is it so difficult to form a government 11 especially now when the situation is so dire? yes, exactly, that's, that's a very important question. we'll talk to matter. so this is what we have learned. we have learned that even with the country on its knees, with over half the population, living in poverty with food inflation, about 400 percent loving physical leadership is focusing on their share of power and go

let's have a look at the challenges that lebanon is facing right now. bangor is rising off in beirut. by this time the relatives of those killed in last year's port explosion. taking the protest to the court, demanding that immunity granted to senior politicians is lifted show their loved ones can finally get justice. but one of the immunity to be less than to get justice untruth. that's all we want. we're not asking for the impossible. she's not deadly day. last summer, lebanon's problems have only got worse. long lines of cars. it gas stations tell the story of a country running out of money unable to pay for fuel and forced to rush in it. and the people too are running low on hold they can fly and go for the bomb and they would 2nd, the economic crisis. we want to like become something and society, but like the whole damn thing is like pushing us down is all the poor people. how will they get money? how will they so many ladies, a baby's walking down the street. very pharmacists, a warning of medicine shortages as the state can't afford to subsidize them. going on. right on like ev

yeah, but a lebanese, a journalist in beirut. he's also a non resident fellow at the institute for middle east policy, a very good day. thank you for coming on. what is the situation right now while the situation continues to worse and, you know, as, as you saw earlier, the economical being of much of the patient can use continues to diminish and as well as their living conditions. but the resignation of prime minister doesn't have to means out a political deadlock will persist and any sort of viable reforms to unlock key developmental aid and to make the call me bible gun is nowhere near on the horizon . why is it so difficult to form a government 11 especially now when the situation is so dire? yes, exactly, that's, that's a very important question. we'll talk to matters. this is what we have learned. we learned that even with the country on its knees, with over half the population, living in poverty with food inflation, about 400 percent loving physical leadership is focusing on their shares of power and government rather than

services were forced to suspend their services on monday, for lack of power or equipment residence in beirut, have been getting less than 4 hours of electricity per day, and private generators are struggling to keep up. we are in a big crisis. we can't find medicines easily, and i've been looking for medicine for 4 days and still can find it. so, i mean, the main problem we're facing is that we're not getting enough mentions for a set them all. for instance, one of the most basic drugs isn't available treatment. so chronic diseases are hard to get to. we're also out of bathing milk. how can infants sleep without milk? the situation is really bad. it was angry. residents have been protesting the deteriorating economic conditions in the past week, blocking highways with burning tires in beirut, and other areas, partially paralyzing the country. many are wondering how worse the situation could possibly get as lebanon crumbled, to the outgoing interior minister again warned of a deterioration in the security situation. the crisis in which lebanon has been stuck for a year and a half does not see

for these reasons, i stepped down as i will not be able to form the government. st holders in beirut, she says her erie and the president, me shall own of putting their personal interests ahead of the people's the prime minister and the president have been locked in a power struggle for the past 9 months on the formation of a new cabinet. they were disagreeing on the distribution of portfolios, the number of seats assigned to certain facts and who had the authority, the prerogative to actually name the ministers. so this was not just about the distribution of seats. they were talking about the whole structure of the state, a say really, which is the political system. the political arrangement is based on a power sharing deal among different religious sects. the president, for example, that's supposed reserved for the maronite community, the prime minister, a post reserved for the sundays, the muslim sundays. now the prime minister says he felt that the president was overstepping his authority. that it is a prime minister's job to name the cabinets. the president has been trying to res

international affairs and diplomacy at the not for them university in lebanon, and he joins us from beirut. name selim, what are the possible solutions to this ever ongoing crisis? where does the deadlock has been for 9 months during which the prime minister doesn't know how to bring forth a formation of a membership. does the president do agree on it joint? according to the constitution, it is the president, not only to sign on the dotted line for the new governor, but also the cabinet. according to the constitution is to be form in station with the president between the prime minister another and. busy busy president. busy would not let. busy go was paid off. busy at the because it was a precedent why don't you know that mr. how did he was insisting on that he is the one who to choose. busy members of the cabinet and on the he wanted to give 6 members. busy busy busy out of a. busy 24 to the president. so there were issues of. busy to begin with between the patient that is between the president and the prime minister differences on approach. busy which led to these obstacles, but i think

they had a report from beirut. these generators are a lifeline for hospitals in a country where state electricity cuts last most of the day, but they're running low on diesel fuel. lebanon is an economic and political turmoil, and the state is nearly bankrupt. doctors warned the health sector is close to collapse with all the what's going on with the shortage is whether in human resources, whether in medications, whether in supplies, and on top of that now fuel electricity and more of a case is coming in. i'm believable that the hospitals are still able to it's not just hospitals bakeries to say if they don't receive diesel fuel in a few days, they will have to close the state electricity company has all but stopped providing power. already the sector was crumbling from years of neglect, but in recent weeks rationing has been severe. done, we rely on candles. there is no electricity and i can't afford to pay private generator owners. many no longer can afford basic food since the local currency crashed. prices have

in a hot reports from beirut, its rush hour in beirut, but one of lebanon's busiest transport point barely has any passengers arise and fuel prices. increased affairs. a financial crisis means the majority of the population of this small nation is struggling to afford basic needs. more of a lot of transportation allowance they used to be paid to workers was enough. it's not the case any longer. transportation costs increased by at least 4 times the lawson value of the local currency. the leader has affected purchasing power. it has lost nearly 95 percent of its worth in nearly 2 years. but in recent weeks, it has been in free fall, reaching a record low. after lebanon's politicians reached a dead end and efforts to form a new government. i use turn $1500.00. now my salary is worth $100.00 and i are, and in lira, we are always in debt. lebanon has been without the functioning government for nearly a year without one, an unprecedented economic meltdown can't be reversed. instead, rival politicians have been fighting for power and prime minister designate saddle heidi's decision to step aside

z to beirut. ah, all right, let's bring in our guests in beirut, around a hoodie, a political activist and campaigner for a gender equality and it's tumble, but shot it had to be middle east and north africa senior geo political analyst for a clipper data and also invaded christophe. i see the director of the 11 on program at the middle east institute. a warm welcome to you all. thanks so much for joining inside story today. but i want to start by talking about the human toll of this political deadlock. the lira has lost 90 percent of its value. more than half of the population has slipped into poverty. there are fuel shortages and medicine shortages. how much are people in lebanon struggling right now? and 1st, hello. i don't know if you are hearing me correctly because part of the total collapse of lebanon is also to the d and the internet. now the, it's definitely a very severe humanitarian crisis. my contact is 2 basic needs approved medication . the health care system is collapsing the after

so electricity now is more critical than zanna harder with more now from beirut, the situation is critical. they need diesel fuel. hospitals are saying that they can no longer use their generators and they need to use so generators because the state does not provide more than 2 to 3 hours of electricity a day. this country is in crisis, the country is falling apart. there's a breakdown in state services and the diesel fuel is also needed, not just for hospitals for bakeries as well. the bakeries are saying that as of monday will no longer be able to make breads. and restaurants and hotels are saying that we're going to have to ask our clients to leave because we're not able to provide any power of the state to pay the electricity sector. if i just show you this is one of the main public hospitals, more and more lebanese are relying on the public health sector because they've lost their job. they've lost insurance, they can no longer rely on private health care. so all this strain on the public sector which has for decades been neglected by, by the authorities. it's not just a question of d

phil as abbey, as he works at the rafi career hospital in beirut. he says the situation is the worst it has ever been. we cannot continue like this and we are putting a lot of patience in harm's way. especially considering that we are seeing the surgeons in the number of new cases yesterday, live and report with one of the highest number of cases since 7 months. and it's clearly that our ice use are also receiving motivations. so electricity now is more critical then and then has more now from beirut. the situation is critical. they need diesel fuel. hospitals are saying that they can no longer use their generators, and they need to use the generators because the state does not provide more than 2 to 3 hours of electricity a day. this country is in crisis, the country is falling apart. there's a breakdown and state services and the diesel fuel is also needed, not just for hospitals for bakeries as well. the bakeries are saying that as of monday will no longer be able to make breads. and restaurants and hotels are saying that we're going to have to a

a year on from the deadly explosion in beirut, the city is - explosion in beirut, the city is still inare unable to agree on a new cabinet, leading the country to free full. frustration spills onto the streets. these flare—ups have in every few weeks. we had some live ammunition. they show how the situation is. they show the instability that people in lebanon are having to live with. the? instability that people in lebanon are having to live with. they have had no economic— are having to live with. they have had no economic and _ are having to live with. they have had no economic and financial - had no economic and financial strategy for this country for decades, for decades. they have in systemically and structurally leading us to this point. mitt; systemically and structurally leading us to this point. why are --eole leading us to this point. why are peeple not _ leading us to this point. why are peeple not out — leading us to this point. why are people not out here _ leading us to this point. why are people not out here again - leading us to this point. why are people not out here a

how did they report in life 1st from beirut? rapidly rising could be 19 cases, have led to a declaration of emergency. in the australian state of new south wales, half the country's population has been put into lockdown. as the outbreak spilled into other states, state home orders in sidney are likely to be extended beyond the current end date of july. the 30th neighboring new zealand has suspended, quarantined free travel with all of australia for 2 months. the so called travel bubble was already paused for new south wales, victoria and south austria, the prime minister just in the order and is warning of the increased risk to travellers. a member of the taliban is negotiating team since they won't be a lasting peace enough canister until a new government is installed and cobbled at all sides. agree on taliban fighters have been seizing many areas as the last of the us naval forces. leave the country . so hail shaheen says the taliban doesn't want to monopolize power, but it will only lay down its weapons. once the government o

. >>> pandemonium in beirut right now triggered by rage.adly shortage. lebanon is a country on the verge of total collapse with ramifications on the entire middle east. here's ben wedemen. >> reporter: anger is seething in this country beset by multiple crises. a collapsing economy, mounting shortages of food and fuel as rage continues to boil over last august's beirut port blast. relatives of those killed in that blast carried pictures of the victims and mock coffins to the home of lebanon's caretaker interior minister. protests soon turned to pandemonium tuesday evening. the protesters enraged that the minister has ruled lebanon's powerful intelligence chief won't have to answer questions about the blast. the massive explosion that killed more than 200 people. it's almost a year since the blast says protester melissa. where is justice? the government promised swift justice at the time, that promise like so many others proved empty. lebanon once known as the switzerland of the middle east is falling apart. for almost two years the economy

the further west you go, the onshore breezes keep you cooler in beirut, in jerusalem. even here is pretty woman about 30 degrees. the he overlay the temperature. you see this is the area real heat. it extends into the mountains of west and iran. enough is half as they could be because they're above sea level. but baghdad is hovering around 50 and has been, it seems for weeks now, you want to get a proper relief head south in ceylon where the hell is cut in knots. the western edge of the monsoon winds, which means is almost permanent. the clarity, drizzly, or even sometimes sundry. and it turns nice in gree, it's a rare area i have to say for most obviously it's dry and dusty, the very light winds. i don't know how 39 will be very humid, 39 now that mall as soon wind also of course, runs up the coast of africa for kenya and somalia, seeing increasing amounts of cloud and daily light showers, that a big shout out on the t a p and hardens and further west and sassy down in sudan itself, which means flash flooding returns. the something was going to change. anything really

to make sure free and fair elections are happening next year we filed this report from beirut >> reporter since the explosion that left over 200 people dead and thousands of injured. the explosion in the port and that port yet to be rebuilt. $15 billion of damage to the entire downtown area of the city and lots of questions about who and if when or anyone held accountable. a lot of anger in the streets over that and most recently, the interior minister of the country telling a judge he wasn't going to interrogate the man responsible for internal security because he did not want to get political a lot of questions for the lebanese on the humanitarian disaster the country has lost 90% of the value to the u.s. dollar in the last year. black market rate hitting 19,000 pounds to the u.s. dollar over the weekend. questions if people can buy food or fuel. fuel lines stretching for miles and lasting for hours. a lot of anger in the streets over that. and the medical crisis people cannot get pharmaceuticals. people are hoarding medication questions if the central bank will subsidize that medicatio