al jazeera, beirut. ♪ rob: let's bring in our guests.ve a spokesperson at the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east. in doha, we have the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies. in london, a lecturer and interdisciplinary race, gender and postcolonial studies at university of college london appeared if the money doesn't come in, how bad could this get? >> it would be very, very bad. half a million girls and boys would not be able to go to school. if the money does not come in, unrwa, which is irreplaceable in a region that is volatile, might not be able to run. who will fill that vacuum? where will palestinian refugees go? who will they turn to for these basic health, education and social services? rob: what do you think will be the impact on countries hosting palestinian refugees if the funding begins to dry up or ends altogether? >> it is important to realize that when we are speaking about refugee presence in the host country, we are not only talking about

first, this report from zina caudle in beirut, in lebanon. home to half a 1000000, registered palestinian refugees they've been refugee twice in the past. now. these palestinians from syria are again homeless. thousands of them fled to lebanon during syria civil war in search of safety. they're now struggling to survive the financial support they were receiving from the united nations relief and work agency has been cut because under what itself is facing a budget crisis, they used to give us $100.00 for rent. now it's $25.00 a day to reduce the assistance for food from $27.00 to $12.00 per person. we can't afford anything because everything is expensive. they basically throw us in the st . and that's where they have been for at least a week. they set up camp outside owner was headquarters in beirut, and say they won't leave until a solution is found to their plight. hyatt, them. oh, yeah. i think what the owner roy is supposed to be our lifeline, but they are not given us our basic needs and we can't go back to syria. many of us are wanted b

anna foster, bbc news, beirut.include natural gas and nuclear power in the funds for green energy. the proposal — which is supported by france — argues that gas and nuclear are key to helping transition to cleaner power. but other european countries, that are taking steps to phase out nuclear plants, have criticised the move, with germany's environment minister calling the plan "absolutely wrong". it comes months after countries pledged to keep temperature rises within 1.5 degrees celsius at the cop26 climate summit. magda stoczkiewicz is the programme director for greenpeace's european unit — she told me why they're concerned by the plan of the european commission. first of all, i think we should be very clear that the commission is not really labelling it green, although it does include it in the taxonomy for sustainable investments, which is a problem. the nuclear industry is saying a bit early that it's green. nucleur has never been green and it's not labelled green. but the commission's proposal indeed is putt

anna foster, bbc news, beirut. louise lear has the weather. hello there.beautiful start for some of us, with early morning sunshine, as you can see by this weather watcher picture sent in from rotherham. but there were also sharp showers around, one batch eased off into the north sea, a rash of showers to the north—west of the great glen, but as we go through the morning and into the early afternoon, some showers merge together for a heavy burst of rain to push through south—west england and wales, gradually drifting east. sunny spells and scattered showers for much of scotland and northern ireland as well, blustery for all, particularly on exposed west—facing coasts, gusts in excess of 40 mph not out of the question. but in terms of the feel of the weather, once again temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, not quite as mild as the last couple of days, but nevertheless 9—13 celsius the high. through the night tonight, we continue with a south—westerly flow, so mild across england and wales, but a northerly wind will start to kick in,

anna foster, bbc news, beirut.in southern italy is being studied by experts for its unusually high percentage of citizens who live past 100. what's their secret, you may ask? sara monetta has more. hidden in the hills of southern italy lies one of the countries best kept secrets — that of long life. this region that combines mountain and sea, where life seems stuck in a less chaotic simpler past. people here live on average ten years longer than other italians and about one resident in ten this past 100. scientists from the university of san diego have been studying the area for years. but if you ask antonio who is 98 the answer is simple. translation: the peace here is incomparable - for the people say hi, they know each other, they talk to each other. healthy food, pristine environment, lack of pollution are all believed to play a role. but also family. shejust turned 100, she says she never spends a day without her grandchildren. translation: | love all my - grandchildren and they love me. they cherish me. every

anna foster, bbc news, beirut.conservationist richard leakey, who has died, at the age of 77. dr leakey was also celebrated for his paleontology work — including research into early humans. here he is speaking about the dangers he faced because of his conservation work in kenya, tackling the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn, during an appearance on the bbc hardtalk programme, with stephen sackur, in 2015. you've talked yourself about the degree to which, you know, thanks to some of the things you said, particularly about the wildlife issue in kenya, you've had people out to kill you. well, if you pick on criminals in england, you don't think they are looking for ways to get even with you? come on, this is normal human behaviour. if a strong guy comes up and fingers you, and you lose your, not only your career but your source of money, of course you're going to be unpopular. but you're not unpopular because you are white, you are unpopular because you pulled the plug on their scheme. it would happen here just a

the un estimates that 162000 people who survival depends on 8 said who their elders. eda, beirut? ah. ok, let's bring in our guests in amman. we have tomorrow. our fi, who's a spokesperson at the united nations, really front works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east. in doha, we have marwan cobble on. he's had a policy analysis. now the out of center for research and policy studies and in london on is one is lecture, an interdisciplinary race gender and post colonial studies at university college london. thank you very much indeed for being with us. tomorrow. i'm going to start with you. if the money doesn't come in, how bad could this get? if the money doesn't come in, it would be very, very bad. half a 1000000 girls and boys will not be able to go to school until 1000000 palestine refugees will not get health care. so if the money does not come in, well nora, which is irreplaceable in a region that's very full tile, might not be able to run. this will create the vacuum. who will fill that vacuum? where will palestine refugee go? who will they? will they transfer for

anna foster, bbc news, beirut. 21 people have been rescued after being trapped overnight in tram carsed using a rope system, and the passengers were evacuated via helicopter. you are watching bbc news. hello there. the mild weather story is set to continue for today at least. it was a beautiful start for some of us, with early morning sunshine, as you can see by this weather watcher picture scented from rotherham. but there were also sharp showers around, one batch eased off into the north seat, a rash of showers to the north of the great glen, but as we go through the morning and into the early afternoon, some showers merged together for a afternoon, some showers merged togetherfor a heavy afternoon, some showers merged together for a heavy burst of rain together for a heavy burst of rain to push through the south of england and west wales, gradually drifting east. sunny spells and scattered showers for much of scotland and northern ireland as well, blustery for all, northern ireland as well, blustery forall, particularly northern ireland as well, blustery for all, particularly on ex

anna foster, bbc news, beirut.fter a week—long search for a port that would accept them. crew members say the group includes more than 200 unaccompanied children. gail maclellan reports. saved from leaky and overcrowded migrant boats, 440 of the lucky ones. the german non—governmental organisation sea watch rescued those on board in five separate operations. mostly from africa, the migrants have all come through libya and ended up in danger deep in the middle of the mediterranean. almost half the migrants are minors, most of them unaccompanied. it took a week for sea watch to find a port in italy where they could go ashore. finally, authorities gave permission for them to disembark in sicily. the ship is one of several operated in the mediterranean by charities and the head of mission for sea watch explained why they undertake such voyages despite criticism. i think it is quite a problematic angle to look at, because what we really need to look at is the people continually drowning in the central mediterranean sea.

we report from beirut. >> they've been refugees twice in the past. palestinians from syria are again homeless. thousands fled to lebanon during syria's civil war. they are struggling to survive. the financial support they were receiving from the united nations leave and works agency has been cut because anwar is facing a budget crisis. >> they use to give us $100 for rent. now it is $25. they've reduced food assistance to $12 per person. everything is expensive. they threw us in the streets. >> that is where they've been for at least a week. they set up camp in beirut and say they will not leave until a solution is found to their plight. >> it is supposed to be our lifeline, but they are not giving us basic needs, and we cannot go back to syria. many of us are wanted by authorities. >> even before palestinian started arriving, it was underfunded. it was having difficulties meeting the demands of those in lebanon whose vulnerability worsened in recent months. palestinian refugees were living in poverty even before the economic collapse. they are not t

so, rosie's husband, was living freely in beirut.es on the ground, you can say just leave his apartment -- he went home, you can move in and serve papers on him? >> right. >> back in the u.s., rosie's family desperately try to get yaz to turn himself in. they held news conferences. >> we're making a plea to yazeed, if he is watching, to come back to cleveland an answer to the charges. >> by then, the doctor had officially been charged with aggravated murder,. it appeared, he had no intention of coming back. officials would later learn, that diaz took on a new identity. more risk leafy. he was a single, good-looking guy, always up for a party. cnn wedding. months went by, than a year. did you ever get the feeling that he was slumping his nose at you? >> yeah, i think so. >> and what you have to do is lure him off the security of his home base, where he safe in beirut? >> we hope at some point, he leads the country. >> in october 2006, a year and a half after rosie's death, her mom and dad got a phone call from the local police chief.

so the reports are from beirut, denied their money in their savings. these people say they are faced with no choice, but to keep protesting. it's been 2 years since lebanon's banks insisted money could only be withdrawn in the local currency. the lira is at a much lower rate than the markets, which means they lose 70 percent of its value. it's a process now known as the revocation. changing the dip was it would take us to hyper and hyper inflation. this is very bad. that's the revenues economy, the financial system collapsed in late 2019 successive governments had piled up that for years before money stopped coming in. the bank in the central bank and the lebanese state were literally back together. as a result, a few minutes economic model is fine deposit through, through deposits from the wealthy community, which the bank then use the land to the central bank. now this status nearly bankrupt and banks are insolvent. authorities have not agreed on the way out of the crisis, but they acknowledge the revocation is possible. but at the rate that dominate

i then said a hotter has more fun, beirut, pre former prime minister, a subtle how do you these political position has been weakened in recent years. in the past 2 weeks, he was away from the country. the man really even looked defeated. he acknowledge that he made mistakes, that he angered his allies, even angered members of his family because of his policy. and really at the expense of that he lost the loss of support. i mean, mad at the end of the day, his traditional backers, saudi arabia. they have been angry about his attitude, his conciliatory and compromising allison with has the law impacts subtle. how do you, the said, i don't see the possibility of any good opportunities for 11 on as long as there is iranian influence in this country. iranian influence, by expansion, of course, has the law. it has the law and this allies now controlled a political power in lebanon, so he's withdrawing from political life. his future movement is withdrawing from political life. they won't be shielding candidates in the upcoming elections. and so what is the next? well, there are a lot of questio

the government has been divided since october about the investigation and the 2020 beirut court explosion. the standoff has happened, does the countries economic crisis worse? this course over to say the cotton correspondent to force live in the lebanese capital and xena. this meeting is partly about the state budget, but it also has to broach the immediate public woes. so will they find a way forward that's the big question. ah, well, i can, i'm, and hardships are, were sitting 80 percent of the population is. now. there is an urgent need for the authorities to take measures to alleviate the suffering of the lebanese people. but what they have been doing over recent years really is adopting ad hoc measures, which are proving really to be on sustainable. at 1st, they use the foreign currency reserves in the central bank to subsidize basic goods . then they ran out of money and now they're using whatever is left in the central bank hard currency, injecting millions of dollars in the market every single day to ensure that the local currency doesn't the value even further. it has lost 90 per

she joins us from beirut, manor abbey, abdullah, do mit. when you teach nurses, how to nurse what kind of stress levels are you getting them ready to encounter on a daily basis? now? of course, when no student nurses are going nursing, we expose them gradually to the different stressors that they would be facing up on graduation. and we try to paper down 40 entity shock, but no matter how we prefer students. still, reality shock is, is very big, especially when you are working under, if and that make along with an economic crash and come see that is completely crashing like lebanon. and when you talk about the country crashing like lebanon, is a slightly weird. forgive me $0.06 in which it would be easier for your nurses, your new nurses, if it was just coded. but if it's covered, plus all the other medical situations that people have in a country where the economy has been flat lining for so long. that makes it doubly difficult, and therefore, more understandable, perhaps the newly qualified nurses lebanon, want to leave lebanon. very true

beirut is a place for free spirits to flourish, full of beautiful diversity.true home for me. dr ghaidaa al—saddik is a second—year resident. she has spent much of the last year working on the hospital's covid ward. i chose medicine because i wanted to deal with my community, my society, my people, my home. i got to live that career and the city i look up to. this is rafik hariri university hospital. it's lebanon's largest public healthcare institution. every year, it treats thousands of the country's poorest patients. i love working in rafik hariri university hospital because it simply receives and hosts those vulnerable populations that are the most in need. even if it's not to the highest of standards or to the best of quality, just being there is a must. dr firas abiad is the hospital director. he was appointed in 2015 and has been widely praised for his work on strengthening the once—neglected institution. during the covid—i9 pandemic, he became a household name as the hospital took the lead in the country's response. every monday morning, dr abiad tours

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country zanna for their al jazeera beirut. ah, it is good every with a slo, adrian, so they get here and oh, how the headlines on al jazeera, a full assyrian colonel, has been jailed for life in germany for torture and murder during serious civil war and war roslyn. as the 1st syrian state official to be convicted of such crimes, he moved to germany as an asylum seeker in 2014 britons prince. andrew has been stripped of his military titles and can no longer call himself his royal highness. as he prepares to face a civil sex abuse trial in new york, queen elizabeth 2nd son has been accused of sexual abuse by virginia. jeffrey who says that she was trafficked to have sex with him when she was 17. u. k. royal commentator jenny bond explains the significance of 1st to his developments. what we're seeing here is the institution of monarchy acting quite quickly, quite ruthlessly. one might say, certainly, brutally to protect itself. the queen decided that enough was enough. last few weeks. 8 months have been dominated by louis head

. >>> finally, beirut was once called the paris of the middle east, today lebanon's currency has lost more than 90% of its value, food prices are devastatingly high, up 600%. it is a failed state. a new world bank report is brutally honest about the reason. we will tell you who gets the blame. >>> but first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putin's military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and diplomacy. it has rallied european countries to stay together, provided more weapons to ukraine, and put some troops on heightened alert to signal greater resolve. it's also publicized the kinds of hybrid warfare russia is engaging in and signaled the sanctions that russia would face if it went ahead with an invasion, but washington has also held out the offer of diplomacy, outlining ways that the u.s. and russia can work out better confidence building measures regarding security arrangements in eastern europe. last week i ou

he was covering beirut before the civil war and he was saying how, politicians at the time in beirut ridiculous accusations and just taking shot after shot after shot, thinking you know what? once i do this, i will get in power and change things. but after a while, the institutions start to crumble. and the concern is that, that happens here. the president takes shots at the institutions of a democracy and everyone else does and then after a while, they crumble. >> sure, and you know, it works both ways. you know, if you believe an election is stolen and you are in a position of power, you may be more willing to steal the next election. if you try and do it, you will under mine people's confidence on the other side. it's a very vicious cycle and we need to get in to a better cycle where you know, we are supporting the institutions that help assure that we have fair elections. >> is there one thing that keeps you up at night when it comes to election security and integrity? >> there's a lot of low-hanging fruit. remember back when trump was claiming the election was stolen in dpa ga.

karin torbay is in beirut for us. >> this is how many main roads in lebanon look today.cked by taxi cars or garbage bins, or even tires. there aren't any large gatherings. one -- what organizers succeeded to do is to obstruct the movement across the country. the organizers are mainly land transferred union members and are demanding petrol as a preferential rate. prices have shot up in the country over the last year following the lifting of subsidies. but the crisis is much deeper. this is a state with a sinking economy and rising poverty rates. most alarmingly, the government here paralyzed by political divisions and has no plans to solve the deepening misery in the country. >> karin torbay reporting on lebanon's misery. you are watching bbc world news america. britain's secret service warns a political donor has been working to influence lawmakers on behalf of china. that is just ahead. >> delta airlines says demand for air travel is rising. the u.s. carrier thinks it can return to profit this year after a loss of $3.4 billion last year due to covid disrupting travel. s

was there a hot has lifeless now from beirut. let's talk about soc hardy's at speech. first of all, was this a surprise that he intends to pull back? well, not really the former prime minister, a subtle. how do you, these political position has been weakened in recent years, in the past 2 weeks, he was away from the country really even look defeated. he acknowledge that he made mistakes and that he angered his allies. he even angered members of his family because of his policy and really at the expense of that, he lost the loss of support. i mean, the man at the end of the day, his traditional backers saudi arabia. they have been angry about his attitude, his conciliatory and compromising attitude with has the law. in fact, a thought on how do you the said, i don't see the possibility of any good opportunity for 11 on as long as there is iranian influence in the country. you're ready and influenced by extension, of course, has the law, it has the law. and this allies now controlled a political power in lebanon. so he's withdrawing from political life. his future moveme

it's in a hood, they're also cedar beirut. at least 3 people have been killed in the latest protests against military rule in sudan. the central committee of sudanese doctor says they were shot dead by security forces who fired live rounds and peer gas. the group says more protest, hers were injured in the capital cartoon when the neighboring city of under man, more than 70 civilians have died and thousands have been injured in demonstrations since the military takeover in october. cuba morgan followed the protests in cartoon. it's been 3 months since the military took over power in sudan, dissolving a 2 year transitional government and sent them. the protest against that take over has been ongoing. people have been taken to the streets, nearly daily to boys their anger, against the military takeover and against the army being in control and being involved in to dance politics. they have been demanding that the military handled power to civilian government and return to their barracks. now since that take over, so dance milan

two months, the currency continues to lose value and the investigation into 2020's port blast in beirutar but arguments over the date have led to fears they won't happen at all. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster reports. the last year has been a fight for survival. a battle for a dwindling supply of medicines. for electricity, as the country descended into darkness and even for the most basic good like food and fuel. in october, seven people died in violent clashes, but took a generation back to the civil war. the hours of fighting here in the unit that they were spiked by the investigation into the port explosion. influential political figures have fought hard against giving evidence and that means the investigation has been suspended again and again. for survivors and bereaved families, there is still no closure. this man was one of more than 200 people that died. leben on spent more than a year without a government. that when it finally got back in september has achieved little. the currency has lost more than 90% of its value and thousands of families are living in poverty.

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country that are there, al jazeera, beirut springs and breaking news out of london. though buckingham palace has said that prince, andrew will give up all military titles. and patronage is this comes after a judge in the u. s. rules on wednesday that a lawsuits which accuses the princess sexual abuse will move forwards. virginia g free has brought a civil seat saying that when she was 17 years old, she was trafficked to have sex with the u. k. royal ants. other men. the palace says prince andrew will defend the case as a private citizen. prince andrew strenuously denies all allegations and a 2 year old palestinian american who died after being detained and beaten by israeli soldiers as been buried in the occupied west bank or marsan, was arrested after visiting a relative noon city of ramallah. your state department is asked israel for clarification. although we go no longer go who alo booked. no. he was on his belly, him with his face to the ground and hands cut. they cut one site of the zip cups of his hand. the other was ch

the 2020 port blast in beirut, the boy cars effectively paralyzed the entire government, the killing sand julian r songs can challenge you, kate court decision to extradite him to the united states. the judge is ruled. he can appeal to the supreme court and his supporters were outside for the decision on monday. the us wants to try us on, on 18 charges, including espionage. it's related to wikileaks publication and classified military documents about the was enough canister on and iraq. the former roman catholic pope benedict has admitted giving a full statement to a child, sex abuse inquiry. he says he mistakenly told investigators in germany, he wasn't at a meeting in 1980. when he was then the archbishop of munich and inquiry found the benedict knew about peter fall priests, but failed to report their crimes. dominant canes in berlin explains the allegations against the former pope. the central fact that emerges from pages and pages and pages of evidence given by the former pope just less than 6 weeks ago to this inquiry, is he says repeatedly that if he can't remember a meeting t

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country center for their elders. eda, beirut will check the world wherever next, and then inflation in the united states that sort of 40 year high, we're looking a war that will main for the global economy. and thousands of homes destroyed by floods in brazil and there are concerns. more communities are at risk. ah hey there, good to see. here's your weather report for asia. we're going to begin in india where we've got a slug of rain siding down the east coast of india. this is for the states of disha into method per dash. but the bulk of that energy will side out toward the been call over the weekend. you spits in spots of rain and tom on that do. but i think that should i will stay dry. northern sections of india, fog alerts in play. this includes for the, for dash and air quality once again, starting to reach them hazardous levels in new delhi, off to southeast asia, jolts and bolts over sumatra, java and borneo as well. so the very real risk of seen some flooding here at the ne monsoon subdued right now. so what that means

say, dakota has more from beirut. economic hardships are war. sitting 80 percent of the population is now poor. so there is an urgent need for the authorities to take measures to alleviate the suffering of the lebanese people. but what they have been doing over recent years really is adopting ad hoc measures which are proving really to be on sustainable. at 1st, they use the foreign currency reserves in the central bank to subsidize basic goods . then they ran out of money and now they're using whatever is left in the central bank hard currency. injecting millions of dollars in the market every single day to ensure that the local currency doesn't the value even further. it has lost 90 percent of its value in the past 2 years. so yes, people are struggling now. the state budget is on the table of the cabinet, but that's the budget has to be part of a wider economic recovery plan, in order for lebanon to reach a deal with the international monetary fund for a bailout package. this countries in dire need of dollars, but the safe budget falls short of fulfilling the conditions of the 1st

additional burdens on the people while protecting their own financial interests and put their elders. eda, beirut, thousands of spanish farmers have been out to denounced the government's economic and environmental policies. they blocked streets in madrid, calling for more subsidies. they also want prices for their projects to be regulated. the government argues it's already doing enough with $5000000000.00 set aside to help rural areas delayed elections. local elections have taken place in senegal. they're seen as a tester for president mackey sol as well as the opposition after he said he'd amend the constitution to run for a 3rd term. nicholas hark traveled to the remote central town of gin, gail ghetto, to follow the campaign. a campaign to win hearts and minds. synagogues ruling party coalition. candidate alpha see wants to become the mayor of gin. guinea, once a thriving railway town abandoned by the state. gone. are there generations of syrian lebanese and mullins, who settled by the railway line exporting textiles, peanuts and cotton. this no longer the gateway to africa. it is now a plac

and what was once a middle class country that they're elisha zita, beirut. ah, it is good to have with us. hello, adrian, sitting here and oh, how the headlines and i was 0. a full assyrian colonel has been jailed for life in germany, of torture and murder during serious civil war on la salon as the 1st syrian state official to be convicted to such crimes. he moved to germany.

desperation among many is increasing and what was once a middle class country there elisha zita, beirut, one, be breaking news for you just now on the current of our say the supreme court in the u. s. has blocked the vaccine or test rule for us businesses, but has allowed the vaccine mandate for most health care workers. so on the one hand, biden's, the button ministrations request to enforce the vaccine mandate for health care. well, because a nationwide has been upheld by the supreme court, but not the vaccine or test mandate for larger employers will bring you more on that story. later on. what kind of irish luck towns are being imposed without much warning in china as the country continues 0 cobra policy. but the swiftness of the new restrictions in the city of drew left one woman on one of the longest and most awkward, blind dates of the time. the 30 wrote identified as miss wang was at her date house for dinner. when an immediate lockdown came into force and left her stock in his house for several days, a situation she described as not i do. documenting her time on social media wh

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country than for their elders either beirut. ah, it is good to have with us. hello, adrian. something in here and oh, how the headlines and al jazeera, a full assyrian colonel, has been jailed for life in germany for torture and murder during serious civil war . and while our slum as the 1st syrian state official to be convicted with such crimes, he moved to germany as an asylum seeker in 2014 brittany prince. andrew has been stripped of his military titles and can no longer call himself his royal highness, as he prepares to face a civil sex abuse trial in new york. queen elizabeth's 2nd son has been accused of sexual abuse by virginia. jeffrey, who says that she was traffic to have sex with him when she was 17 u. k roll commentator jenny bond explains the significance of 1st age development very much. what was doing here is the institution of monarchy acting quite quickly, quite ruthlessly. one might say, certainly, brutally to protect itself. the queen decided that enough was enough last few weeks, 8 months of being dominated

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country center for their elders. eda beirut, ah. it is good to be with a solo adrian, so they've been here in dough hauled. the headlights on al jazeera, a for syrian colonel, has been jailed for life in germany for torture and murder during serious.

on short term fixes that appear to prioritize the politics behind the deal than other al jazeera beirut. still ahead on al jazeera, i once booming industry faces troubled waters. demons, fishermen say the ongoing war makes it too dangerous to go to sea and cleaning up before the water returns. we meet some of these asian families with no option but to live in the path of persistent flights. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies. with sponsored boy cutaways, i went to clearly hasn't finished, but the temperatures in the southern go for come back up to where they should be slightly above normal in places, in fact, in sure as 6 degrees above normal. but given that winter is not far away, the band to come down again. winter proper is still with this cold wind running in through israel, for example. and jordan was temperatures low, single figures here. the cold wind wind picking up the dust or the sand in iraq and eventually that will change things for the south. as for the cold that's come across from turkey, it does go through iran and eventually through no last cast and the size of that.

and what was once a middle class country that their elders ita, beirut, argentina is trying to work out a deal with the international monetary fund and a bid to avoid economic collapse. the government has until march to restructure billions of dollars in debt. learn to it by the i m. f in 2018. 0 tories about spoke with the economy minister martin goodman about progress made in the negotiations. i didn't, tina struggling to stabilize the economy after years. the financial instability, poverty rates are over 40 percent and inflation close to 15. in 2018, the m f granted argentina and economic bailout to form a precedent feel motley. it was the largest known in the funds history, $57000000.00 for more than a year. the government and the m. f had been in tough talks, hoping to avoid a potential default of the loan algebra met with economy minister, mapping of men who explained the current situation is a historic negotiation and the will to, to a large extent, determine the, the face that the m. f. will have in the next few years in a war that is full of problems in a word that is evolving

term fixes that appeared to prioritize the politics behind the deal. santa hood, their al, jazeera, beirut, of cassandra, as hanging by a threat with millions, suffering from extreme hunger. that's the warning from the un secretary general as the security council meets to discuss the humanitarian situation in afghanistan, it follows 3 days of talks between western diplomats and the afghan taliban and norway, the u. n. who's working on a plan to provide aid and suspend sanctions? woman's rights are also known the agenda, the special representative for afghanistan. deborah lyons said the situation on the ground is worrying here is compelling evidence of an emerging environment. i'm intimidation and judge deterioration in respect for human rights. this suggests that the consolidation of government authority may be leading toward control of the population by fear rather than by understanding and responding to its needs. afghans now live less different, but no less real fear send those to face during decades of war. india has gotten more than 285000 corona virus infections in the last 24 hours.

that could their elders, either beirut, a secret ballot will begin on monday to choose a success. it is least president sergio. martha rella, former prime minister silvio berlusconi, withdrew from the election over the weekend. but he's still trying to influence the vote and adam rainy reports from wrong. oh, now that scandal tainted former prime minister silvio berlusconi has pulled out of italy's presidential election. his main goal is to block the leading contender from winning the prize. that man prime minister mattie draggy has led a pandemic unity government for the past 11 months. you know, most candidates don't formally and out to run, but draggy, his strong. we hinted he wants to move on to the presidency, a fact the to the local group molto, the grey look at us. we have accomplished what we will hold on to do. i'm a man a grandfather if you like, the service of institutions. if bill scone and the leaders have at least 2 main right wing parties keep the rug in the prime minister's office, they might be able to stave off a general election for another year while they build

desperation among many is increasing in what was once a middle class country that had their elders. eda, beirut, and a 2 year old palestinian american there who died after being detained and beaten by israeli soldiers has been laid to rest in the occupied at west bank. omar assad was arrested after visiting a relative in his home town near the city of ramallah. he was reportedly handcuffed and left in a house under construction. he was state department as asked israel for clarification about what happens the cost of natural disasters to the u. s. economy last year was the 3rd highest from wildfires to stones, extreme weather events, cost the country around $145000000000.00 worth of damage. i'll just say was kristen salumi as in mayfield, kentucky where people are so picking up the pieces after tornado sort through the destruction stretches for miles. house after house, business after business. even the county court house and mayfield kentucky is damaged, seemingly beyond repair. the tornadoes that rip through the state and december, killing 77 people destroyed more than a 1000 structures. now t

crisis has been caused by growing national dash and political deadlock said a honda has more from beirut. there's anger, there's desperation. many lebanese are struggling to put food on the table. we are at one of the main intersections in bay, ruth. and as you can see, public transport workers, they're blocking roads, or they're trying to paralyze the country in the hope that this time around the authorities that will listen and hear their demands. they've carried out general strikes in the past, but nothing really has happened. these drivers tell us that they can no longer make and meet the increase in the global fuel prices is aggravating. lebanon's financial challenges because this is the country in need of dollars to purchase fuel. and the local currency has sharply depreciated in recent days. in fact, it has lost 90 percent of its value since late 2019. but in the past 2 weeks alone, it lost 15 percent of its value. so the official exchange rate was $1500.00. today, it's more than $30000.00 and majority of the lebanese people are earning and the local currency. so inflation is high

burdens on the people while protecting their own financial interests. zanna could their elders either beirut, russia has reported its highest number of new cases of cave. 19 in one day. more than 63000 infections were registered on sunday, breaking the record for the 3rd day in a row, only half of russia's population has been vaccinated. thousands of protests as have gathered in washington dc to rally against the vaccine mandates. purchased organizers say, getting inoculated and wearing a mosque should be a personal choice. public health measures have become increasingly part of and in the u. s. the event has been billed as an anti mandate demonstration, but several prominent speakers have denounced the vaccines themselves. a survey from earlier this month showed about 53 percent of adults support the mandates. i think again, is more from the u. s. capital. there been protester out the pandemic across the country. but this is really the 1st large scale one to come to the streets of washington, d. c. now they're building themselves as anti mandate against masks against vaccines. but when it c

when many of lebanon is 1200000 children will be back in class and reports from beirut. it's early morning on a weekday. these children are supposed to be at school, but education is the latest casualty of lebanon's economic collapse. and i was worried about my education. i haven't been to school for a month. the teachers are on strike because they're demanding dave, right. public schools were supposed to reopen after the winter holidays, but it may be a while before classes resume. teachers have been demanding an increase in their salaries to cope with rising inflation and the collapsing currency. adoptable a says mock, i'm in, i'm because our salaries lost 85 percent of their value, but half of it is for transportation cost. also the government is not covering all our hospital bill. it costs us 4 times our salary to pay for and nights in hospital . the government is nearly broke 2 years into a severe financial crisis that many blame on decades of corruption and mismanagement. and so for this year, state budget, which was you have to be approved by government, doesn't i

then spread south into syria and lebanon, for example, was beirut being particularly sherry bigger picture though into north africa. apart from the wind in this part is quiet and quite hot for some especially nigeria. ah frank assessments, this crisis is continued to weaken a location even though perhaps he believes in the beginning. that informed opinions i think will additions, will now be under incredible pressure from the young people that he's one of the most of the things that come out of this critical debate. do you think they should be facilitated? not okay. great. it's a really simple question. let's give samuel just once. inside story on al jazeera lou. ah, ah. oh, come back, you're watching out to sara. reminder, our top story is this. our trial of 25 man accused of masterminding shore lancaster . easter bombing has been adjourned until march. nearly 2 option 70 people were killed in 2019. the defendants faced $23000.00 charges north korea's claiming the successful launch of another hypersonic miss south state media released images of leader kim jong and observing the 2nd launch

the un estimates that 162000 people who survival depends on age, said there was ita, beirut, and aid wor, work as a warning of winter storms in syria. jordan and lebanon are endangering the lives of millions of refugees. care international says is particularly worried about syria. a snow storm in the northwest is raising fears. some people could freeze to death. it says many refugees are putting themselves in danger by using hazardous materials to keep warm. will be there to look for corolla in the beginning, we were able to control the situation since we are used to live in tents. but now there is so much snow that some of the tents have killed him. it is a threat to the for the people living under them. some major airlines are still canceling flight to the u. s. because of concerns that new 5 g mobile services could disrupt their navigation systems. that's despite the roll out, being scaled back by us, telecom companies, 18 tea, and verizon. there are 55 g signals. could interfere with instruments that measure planes. altitude, which are particularly crucial during bad weather. sci