beirut will get sick like every other cities, but beirut will survive because of the people, becauseit. all: thawra. thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra-- children: thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra, thawra. adam: one group of middle-class revolutionaries has moved away from the barricades and into one of beirut's poorest suburbs, a mixed community of locals and syrian refugees, led by independent mp, armenian christian, paula yacoubian. paula yacoubian: every sunday we go to places like this, and we cook to give people a hot meal. so today my friends are cooking here in this place. this is one of the poorest areas of beirut. ♪♪♪ paula: never before in my life, not even in the civil war, i've seen so much pain, misery, suffering. and for the first time, i hear lebanese people asking for food. adam: there's often no power, and the water is unsafe to drink. three-quarters of the country's six million people could soon be living in poverty in a nation that already hosts 1.5 million syrian and palestinian refugees. in just a few months, unemployment's already doubled and

♪♪♪ male: in beirut. live news.harvey: these were the shocking moments when a catastrophic blast tore through the heart of lebanon's capital, beirut. the cause: incompetence at the very top. talaortada: e whole political reigning elite, they allowed this to happen. whether it's by pure negligence or if it was evil, both cases, they are completely guilty. hala okeili: it's too much. it became normal to see people in this part of the world suffering. it's not okay. adam: in this city with so many connections to australia, the pain and grief are immense. sarah copland: i just remember i was just screaming, "my baby. my baby. help my baby." omar jheir: everything is really destroyed. the fabric of our generation and our time is really destroyed. it's really gone. adam: as the a's middle east correspondent, beirut was my city too. the blast wrecked my neighborhood, injured my friends and stole hope from those who had already endured so much. tonight, on "four corners," the extraordinary story of how this disaster unfolde

take into the streets in beirut in protest as a row breaks out over the reopening of the investigation into the 2020 port explosion. the public prosecutor orders all -- to be freed and issues charges against the investigating judge. -53 degrees celsius. a cold snap across asia has brought a record low temperature to the north of china. the area along the chinese russian mongolian border is now in an almost arctic landscape. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. joe biden has confirmed american tanks are to be sent to ukraine. the u.s. president was the first to break the news on wednesday. it follows the change of heart from germany over the supply of its leopard battle tanks. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy thanked the german chancellor by phone and said he was sincerely grateful to the chancellor and all our friends in germany. >> following the german allies, the united states on wednesday pledged to send their own battle tanks to ukraine with 31 american m1 abrahams said to strengthen key of war efforts. >> the tanks are the most capable tanks in

>> 13 months after it was suspended due to political pressure, the investigation into the deadly beirutxplosion of august 2020 is set to reopen. it was announced on monday that a judge would resume the investigation. he was going to order the rates of five to 10 suspects while charging eight others, including two senior security officials. ever since the investigation was suspended in december 2021, its resumption has been stalled by judicial complaints. lebanon's political factions are called on him to step down, including the hezbollah. more than 200 people were killed in large tracts of the lebanese capital destroyed in the explosion at beirut court on august 4, 2020. the blast happened when ammonium nitrate fertilizers stored in a warehouse caught on fire. no high-ranking officials have been brought to justice for negligence that caused the explosion. this is something denounced by the relatives of the victims, several of whom were questioned by police after a protest in beirut last week. activists have called on the united nations to investigate the disaster. >> it is time now for

the international experience of rebuilding destroyed cities, we analyzed the situation in lebanese beirutamerican new orleans, post-war tokyo, warsaw, rotterdam, these cities can be called phoenix cities destroyed during wars or natural cataclysms, they rose from the ashes however, the reconstruction experience was not positive everywhere, for example, in beirut they built such a luxurious city center that living in it turned out to be simply unreal even for wealthy lebanese, therefore our heroes advise ukraine to communicate with its residents to understand what and why to build and not to resort even to unpopular decisions, such as not rebuilding everything or refusing to restore those cities that were completely destroyed , olga chytaylo tells more than 100 thousands of destroyed houses were demolished, the land of the village and entire cities were demolished, mariupol, bakhmut, as well as kharkiv, mykolaiv, dnipro, kherson, which is constantly destroying, kyiv is not destroyed, but it also flies here periodically, and all this. we will need to restore humanity more than once. they ca

the international experience of rebuilding destroyed cities we analyzed the situation in lebanese beirutorleans, post-war tokyo, warsaw, rotterdam. these cities can be called phoenix cities. ashes however, not everywhere the experience of reconstruction was positive, let's say in beirut they built such a luxurious city center that living in it turned out to be simply unreal even for wealthy lebanese, therefore our heroes advise ukraine to communicate with its residents to understand what and for what to build and not to resort even to unpopular decisions such as not to rebuild everything or to refuse to rebuild those cities that were completely destroyed, says olga chitailov, more than 100,000 destroyed houses , villages and entire cities were razed to the ground mariupol bakhmut as well as kharkiv near mykolaiv dnipro kherson which is constantly crushing kyiv is not destroyed but it also flies here periodically and all this we will need to restore humanity more than once we had to raise destroyed cities from the ruins history proves that after reconstruction they can be even better thes

a chemistry teacher in beirut, he was leader of the union of islamist educational associations. a shy organization was not in the enamel for many who were for us the thinking of him. um, how many charmed perfectly without the belief, let the not man behalf, as we got together with some of his le missed groups and came to an agreement, how to get slimy. yeah, well, my smart is lemmy, a, canada mosher with the feudal nan. whether he went to iran to proclaim our willingness to pledge allegiance to her mom her. mamie was to allow him to be our guide and to respect his authority, he then lena and he gave us his blessing. watson barker, a whole many welcome to this alliance. it would allow him to better fight the jewish state. it was an obvious union, given his old and deep ties, but the lebanese shines ah, many of the leaders of the revolution in iran who became a top positions after we should have revolution. they had very good background in lebanon before evolution. good connection, the sheer people in the ha, you know, she's them in south of lebanon is older than she, them in iran

a chemistry teacher in beirut. he was leader of the union of islamist educational associations. i feel organization was edmonton enamel full many who were for us thinking of him. um huh. mainly chimed perfectly without the belief. let the not man behalf as well. we got together with some of the islamist groups and came to an agreement. how to get a slimy yeah. will much more this lemmy. yeah, kenneth mosher with a few of nan whether he went to iran to proclaim our willingness to pledge allegiance to a mom or maybe to allow him to be or guide. and to respect his authority. he then lena and he gave us his blessing. whoa, whoa, ok, little button a home many welcome to this alliance. it would allow him to better fight the jewish state. it was an obvious union, given his old and deep ties, but the lebanese shines. mm mm. many of the leaders of the revolution in iran who became a tough positions after vision of revolution. they had very good back run in lebanon before evolution. good connection, which cheer people in the ha, you know, she's them in south of lebanon is older than she i

iran to play some role in the liberation of jerusalem comes after. yvonne has managed defeats in beirut, heavy shelling was now falling on the west of the capitol, where arafat and most of his troops had taken refuge. poop ah! part of the city was raised to the ground. thousands were dead, mostly civilians. on august 21st 1982, the as railey seeds ended, yasser arafat played a final visit with westbury route headquarters defeated. arafat departed lebanon, and went into exile in tunisia with 10000 of his bed. again. they were replaced by a multinational force composed mainly of us and french troops, tasked with ensuring the safety of the lebanese capital. for sharon and prime minister monochrome begun, the palestinian question was settled. they could now proceed with their secret objective of transforming lebanon. the multi faith country would become a christian state, led by the maronite minority. this new lebanon would be a powerful state and above all, and allies with bought their plans, would unknowingly o beacon, another lebanese community, the largest in the country. the shy commun

prosecutor, who himself is charged in the case and had recused himself from being involved in the beirutase due to his familiar relations with some of the defendants. he issued a decision to remove -- release all of the detainees, effectively bypassing the lead investigator in the case. it is a very complicated legal situation. all of this to say that the political establishment, the ruling establishment are doing everything they can to prevent the judge for moving forward with the investigation. they are doing everything they can to prevent the truth from coming out. and for those high-level officials responsible for the blast to be held to account. >> at least 20 people have been injured in a bomb blast in the eastern democratic republic of the congo. the explosion took place in a market in the north province. witnesses told al jazeera that a man detonated the bomb inside a plastic bag new group has claimed responsibility. benin keeping inflation low. tax relief and price controls. the governments measures are being criticized. high food prices are forcing families to skip meals and bu

lebanon's foreign prime minister has become the most senior official to be charged for the deadly beirut port blast in 2020. an investigation has reopened after being stalled for more than a year. the country's top press -- top prosecutor who is also being charged says the probe should remain suspended. reporter: it has been nearly three years since one of the most powerful blasts killed dozens and destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital. the investigation into what caused the explosion has repeatedly been stalled by political pressure. a surprise decision by the lead judicial investigator has given back hope to the victims families. >> we are surprised by the decision. at the same time we are happy because it is not normal for more than one year that it is blocked. now we have a little hope that something is moving on. reporter: the lead judge has released a number of detainees and charged officials and set baits for questioning in february. among them, heads of security bodies like a major general and high-ranking judges, including the prosecutor general. it is a first in a cou

now the news now a judge investigating the beirut force exploration in lebanon in 2020 has been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor. target baton has been charged with mishandling the inquiry but refuses to step down. people angered by the slow pace of the investigation protested at the palace of justice and the other reports from bare rates. hello, this is the latest round of a nearly 3 year fight for justice and the rule of law. families of victims of the explosion in beirut point in 2020 are up against a ruling establishment that has been evading accountability. today's anger coincides with a tug of war between lebanon's chief prosecutor, a san away debt, and the judicial investigator in charge of the investigation thought it better. so now your shame on you this woman cries, why should we lose our children and they remain in power? oh, no official has been held to account for one of the world's largest non nuclear blast . that despite many as high up as the president were aware of the presence of highly explosive materials being stored at a port warehouse. i'm really angry and i'm d

then a 100 reports from beirut. it's been nearly 3 years since one of the most powerful blasts killed dozens and destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital. the investigation into what caused the explosion has repeatedly been sold by political pressure. but a surprise decision by the lead additional investigator thought it be tar, has given back hope to the victims families. we are surprised by the decision. this is the decision and the same time or are happy because the not the norman from more than one year is blocking. now, we have a little of hope that somebody's something is moving on. the lead judge has released a number of detainees and charged new officials and set dates for questioning and february among them. heads of security bodies like major general abaz ibrahim and high ranking judges, including the prosecutor general hassan away debt. it's a 1st in a country with a history of impunity, but all indications point to the fact that the political and security establishment would cooperate, the public

marina elfavand, a resident of beirut, tells about this illegal business .rator mafia that cooperates. with the state, you can see all over the country against state power lines and private generators, but you have to understand that the light that comes from the state is enough for about two hours. and if you pay for private generators, you pay for about 14 hours and get only 6-8 hours of light in in your house in the family of journalist roger, during family gatherings at home, the light goes out, we wait for 10 minutes until the generator starts working , we understood something that connects lebanon to ukraine, this is the connection of light, we ate traditional lebanese food, we were treated to desserts here and while we were eating and getting light, actually, but the problem with cheering is different, if everything in ukraine is connected with the war, then in painting , it is due to corruption, there are big problems with electricity here, because lebanon can no longer buy as much electricity as the country needs and there is a problem even with die

against 8 others, including the chief of the state security agencies. senna honda has more now from beirut. families of the victims of the 4th explosion are welcoming the resumption of the investigation. it has been stalled for more than a year, mainly due to political pressure. judge ta to be tired, was facing lawsuits, lawsuits calling for his dismissal lawsuits that were filed by former ministers officials. he had charged with criminal negligence in that explosion. so they're welcoming this decision. no court order was issued for the resumption of the prob, raising a number of questions on. but what we understand is that judge baton is based in his decision to resume the prob, on legal justifications. we also understand that he is filing further charges against top security officials. men like the head of general security, major general abaz ibrahim. now he's been up against a political and security establishment that has been rejecting any form of accountability. they have not been cooperating with the prob, so it's unlikely that the general about that for him is going to cooperate wit

former prime minister has cynthia, has become the most senior official to be charged with a deadly beirut port lost in 2020. an investigation was reopened on monday, not more than a year, but the country's top prosecutor who's also being charged so surprise should remain suspended and hold the reports now from beirut. it's been nearly 3 years since one of the most powerful blasts killed dozens and destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital. the investigation into what caused the explosion has repeatedly been sold by political pressure. but a surprise decision by the lead, traditional investigator thought it better, has given back hope to the victims, families. we are surprised by the decision. this is the decision and the same time or are happy because the not the norman from more than one year. the kitchen is blocking. now we have a little of hope that somebody's some thing is moving on. the lead judge has released a number of detainees and charged new officials and set dates for questioning and february among them. a heads of security bodies like major general abaz ibrahim and high

and the 2020 beirut port explosion that killed more than 200 people in the hot reports from beirut. the, this is the latest round of the nearly 3 year fight for justice and the rule of law . families of victims of the explosion in baby point in 2020 are up against a ruling establishment that has been evading accountability. today's anger coincides with a tug of war between lebanon's chief prosecutor, a son away debt, and the judicial investigator in charge of the investigation thought it bitter guide. no shame on you. this woman cries, why should we lose our children? and they remain in power? no official has been held to account for one of the world's largest non nuclear blast, that despite many as high as the president were aware of the presence of highly exclusive materials being stored at a port warehouse. i'm really angry and i'm discuss with what they are trying to do to delay the investigation or even stop it because they don't see what you are feeling. they did not go through what you went through and are going through now, and they are serving their political agenda. their

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it destroyed much of beirut�*s port and injured thousands.s probe — after prosecutors challenged his authority, and released the remaining detainees. here's anna foster. asa as a chief prosecutor attended a meeting inside the higherjudicial council which was due to rule on the future of this investigation. but it turned violent as protesters started to push their way through the gates of the justice parlors. to push their way through the gates of thejustice parlors. the internal security forces held the line but one was pulled out and beaten on the floor by a crowd of protesters. the reason the people are feeling so strongly about this is because two and a half years after the devastating explosion here in beirut, still nobody has been brought to justice. the official investigation was restarted at the beginning of the week lead investigating judge. beginning of the week lead investigatingjudge. he beginning of the week lead investigating judge. he was quickly told by the chief prosecutor that he had to stop the investigation, he had to stop

when i was in beirut, we were the number one volleyball team -- >> did you graduate from there?> yeah, i did. >> so did i. so did i. >> great school. great institution. i sacrificed both my knees and got very nice knee replacements playing volleyball. that's how serious i took the game. >> again, a lie. your thoughts? and he's still serving, by the way. and kevin mccarthy -- oh, go ahead. i just want to note to our viewers. he is still serving. kevin mccarthy has said he has no plans to ask him to resign, although other republicans have. >> yeah. kevin can't ask him to resign because kevin needs his vote as it is right now. i really worry about the republicans' ability to pass anything. i worry about the country's ability to pass something through the debt limit. this guy is not just expanding his rÉsumÉ, he's not lying about some things. truthfully, he is a total, utter fraud. and his election in front of the people of new york was fraudulent. he presented himself as somebody he wasn't. look, i don't think he -- i don't think he can make it two years in congress just personally

the anacortes following developments from beirut. a legal showdown between lebanon, chief prosecutor and the lead judge, looking into the case of the bay report, the explosion is now spilling onto the streets. families, family, members of the victims. they are angry. they are trying to storm in raid the justice palace. they believe that the ruling establishment, whether it's the politicians, whether it's high ranking security officials and even some members of the judiciary are trying to evade justice. the investigation from the start has been repeatedly stalled by political interference. in fact, it was put on hold for more than a year until a few days ago. the lead judge in the case. i thought it because he decided to resume the investigation. he had been facing a number of legal cases put forward by ministers. he called suspects and charged them with criminal negligence. he says that they have no right to put them on the side, and he wants to continue his investigation. he charged a number of high ranking security officials. the r

anchor: the foreign prime minister has become the most senior official to be charged in the beirut blast. the u.s. to part and of justice in eight states -- and eight states are suing google for its allegedly dominant of the online advertising market. u.s. officials say it corrupted legitimate competition the tech industry. prosecutors want the firm's advertising business to be broken up. you can follow those stories on our website. back with more news in half an hour. up next it is inside story. stay with us. >> there is no channel that covers world news like we do. >> access to health care. >> what we want to know is how do these things effects people? we revisit places and stay even when there are no international headlines. al jazeera really invests in that and that is a privilege as a journalist. anchor: can universal jurisdiction stop impunity? a suit filed against myanmar's leadership accused of genocide and crimes against amenity. can the lawsuit change the situation on the ground? this is inside story. welcome to the program. i'm laura kyle. a human rights group has filed a crim

a judge investigating the beirut port explosion of 2020 is being charged with mishandling the inquirybut refusing to step down. lebanon's top prosecutor also ordered the release of all those detained in the case. the european court of human rights will hear a case against russia over the downing of flight mh 17. all 219 on the aircraft were killed when it was shot down by a russian-made missile in 2014. other headlines. the news continues after inside story. >> talk to al jazeera. >> do you believe the women of afghanistan were abandoned by the international community? >> we listen. >> we are paying a huge price for the war against terrorism in somalia. >> we meet with global newsmakers and talk about stories that matter on al jazeera. >> the u.s. has hit its debt ceiling. that has triggered a battle in congress. republicans say spending must be cut to lift the borrowing cap. president biden insists there should be no preconditions. what happens next? what effect does this have on the global economy? this is inside story. ♪ >> hello there and welcome. the white house has sought to ass

facts have analyzed the international experience of restoring destroyed cities on the example of beirute of hiroshima and nagasaki barbaric methods of amber extraction are becoming a thing of the past, the industry is gradually being legalized and this is legal earnings land reclamation and environmental protection special report from volyn so our defenders have destroyed six enemy air targets in the past day, in particular two su-25 attack aircraft, so let the occupiers know they will have no peace no na no land in the sky until complete victory, according to the general staff of the armed forces, also landed a russian k-52 rotorcraft, one orlan drone and two cruise missiles, our aviation - five times hit the areas where the invaders were concentrated, rocket launchers and artillerymen hit four positions of the invaders and destroyed three russian ammunition warehouses, our soldiers are successfully holding the defense, the enemy continues to storm the ukrainian positions in the bakhmut and avdiiv directions, but suffers huge losses, all attacks are repulsed, that is why the russians c

the judge investigating the 2020 beirut port explosion has been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor judge terek bitter has been charged with miss handling the inquiry into the blast.

let's bring in the i madge from beirut. she's the deputy director for the middle east at amnesty international. i thanks so much for being on the program. took us through today's developments. why of a significant i mean we see this as really a battle for 11 on the future. are we going to have a kind of country where those individuals who are responsible for blowing up the country are held accountable or what and where they're allowed to escape accountability. as you know, the invest the domestic investigation and the last has been suspended now for almost 13 months. on monday, the lead investigator issued an opinion and legal opinion that he said it would allow him to move forward with the investigation. and on that basis he charged 8 individuals, including the top public prosecutor, the son always act in relation to the black. and he also ordered the release of 5 of the 17 detainees who currently remain in detention since august or september of 2020. obviously the political establishment and all rallies around him, they s

doctor marwan osman is joining us now from beirut, lebanon. dr. osmond 1st. we are seeing protests in iran that appear to be female lead. it began as anger over masa. i mean, he's death, but then it's sort of evolved into something bigger or something more broad. we're seeing had jobs being taken off in public. they're being burnt. i've seen women giving speeches on top of cars while they're topless. women have gone as far as to publicly cut off their hair in protest. do you believe the outrage by these women and calls for social reform in iran is organic? or is some of what we're seeing being ad dawn from external forces? well, let us begin by seeing that any group of people in any community has the right to protest, as long as the protest is a peaceful one that doesn't include right. that doesn't include smashing public property and basically putting the security of the public at risk. that should happen anywhere. and i'm an advocate of that. but with any sort of protest, no matter what the demands are turned into a violent one that tends to attack security

confusing exchange trade system that's hurting people who rely on at the most zona holder reports from beirut. goods, services, hospital fees, insurance, they're all priced in. foreign currency, lebanon's economy has become dollar ice because the local currency is nearly worthless. good. shun assumable, we buy everything in dollars. our goods, our rent, electricity. yes, we should price in the local currency, but it's not possible because it's value keeps fluctuating. trading is dominated by the black market exchange rate. it's hovering around $50000.00 lire to the dollar, causing even more economic difficulties for people already struggling to get by. but it's not the only rate. politicians and bankers are accused of creating a multiple exchange rate system to cover up losses in the billions of dollars to the pixels mincie problem. because their money, public sector at the central bank government, the public is unable to pay them back. they have this major gap and they are trying to shift it. it goes through with a hair cut and how do they do the hair cut through this multiple exchange rate

a judge investigating the beirut port explosion in lebanon and 20 twenty's been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor, just had a bitter, has been charged with miss handling the inquiry. but he is refusing to step down. people gathered at the justice palace and the capital demanding accountability for the disaster. keeps mayor says 15 russian cruise missiles have been shot down in a series of attacks across crane. at least one person has been killed and to have been injured. a humanitarian caravan is traveling through the jungles of columbia. it's part of an unprecedented move to help people forced from their homes by decades of conflict with on groups such as the e l and the government and the e. l and rubble group on negotiating a possible peace deal. alessandra romp yeti as exclusive access in the 1st part of his report, he looks at the plight of people feel abandoned and neglected. an eerie silence envelops this abandoned village along the san juan river in western columbia. it's people displaced by violence of armed groups fighting for control of this territory . gloria marie jo h

and has moved from beirut. lebanon's economic crisis has devalued its currency and is hurting many in this once middle income country. among them public school teachers who want better pay do not get to work. we need $4.00 a day. how teachers going to survive? education has been disrupted for a 4th year financial support from international agencies, like unicef has so far prevented the service from a total collapse. but there's only so much they can do with the international community unit that has been providing support to the entire education sector for many years. and we have intensified that support. i'm providing school books, providing funds for electricity for schools to funds parent council fund. i'm trying to do our best to keep the schools open. we urgently call on the governments of lebanon to find the resources to be able to pay the teachers a livable wage. public education is not the only sector in crisis and dependent on support. the world health organization provides medicines and pays hospital bills and staff at public health institutions. while the world food program

the lebanese state is the one accused of the beirut port. last, i the are the face? yes. i the are, this is a field particular he's politicized. he has no conscience. he's supposed to bring, the accused that are free. i mean, not released those in prison, and i have a shame on him. this is not what we expected from him. a murder aid, the head of the army. this is an unprecedented legal. he is say we as families of the victims, don't know what to say. how could anyone, with the conscience act this way towards the people who dies? what right does he have to release all the detain? 8th, he does not have the right to do that. the u. s. has reported a dramatic fall in the number of illegal border crossings by migrants from cuba, haiti, venezuela, in nicaragua. from december to january, the department of homeland security recorded a 97 percent drop in numbers entering from the southern border. they can now be deported to mexico under new rules imposed by the biden administration. north korea is imposed a 5 day, looked down in the capital pyongyang to contain a rising number of

so ramallah beirut, your temperature at 22 degrees on saturday. warm bubble of heat can be found in n janina. you may then hit 40 degrees over the course of the weekend that extends into south sudan, where juba is 40 degrees on the nose. quite intense rain around the gulf of guinea, and we've still got our tropical storm wobbling around in the mozambique channel. but eventually we'll dip out to the indian ocean in the days to come. susan ah, the in depth analysis of the days headlines from around the world to try right. extremely there is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible informed opinions. why is the thing and all position concerned about this much more with frank assessment. you know, that was a joke about the interim government that it's not interim, nor does it got inside story on al jazeera. oh, the me or come back, you're watching. i'll just say a time to recap. i headlines. palestinians are expressing their anger after israel's most deadly rate in the occupied with banking $82.00 decades. people have protested that, and in garza more than a 100 kind of students ha

clashes have broken out in beirut during protests over an investigation into the deadly port explosione be allowed to continue his probe after prosecutors challenged his authority. a us military raid in somalia ordered by presidentjoe biden has killed a key regional leader of the islamic state group, bilal al—sudani, according to senior us officials. the officials said sudani and ten other is fighters were killed during a gunfight, after us troops descended on a cave complex in northern somalia, hoping to capture him. the international criminal court is resuming its investigation into the war on drugs waged by the former philippine president, rodrigo duterte. mr duterte's brutal crackdown left more than 6,000 people dead, according to government data. but activists believe the real number is far higher. friday marks holocaust memorial day — a day dedicated to the remembrance of thejews and others who suffered in the holocaust under nazi persecution. as the years pass, there are fewer and fewer survivors from that time — and there's a fear the day may lose its impact in future. our reli

leave it there is zayna keep us posted as to how the afternoon unfold. santa ha, that live for us in beirut. still ahead on al jazeera, celebrates o demonstrate division across the strategy on how the national day is observed and distribute cold snap heats asia, japan and south korea shiva through record low temperatures. ah hello there. severe winter weather has swept east asia with japan being its latest victim. it's a record snowfall, low temperatures and wind gusts, and now it's the korean peninsula. turn again to see that heavy snow, there were warnings out in so ahead of that. now the temperature here has recovered temperatures across much more than china have done the same. it's really japan that once again is going to the temperatures come down, sol again by the time we get into friday and they will be more in the way of wind to weather. if we take a closer look, you can see that 5000000000 cold air blowing down knocking temperatures to sub 0 levels when to weather as well, creeping across, turning into see effect snow for western areas of japan and a developing area of low pressure

a judge in lebanon and has resumed his investigation to the 2020 beirut port blast. after a 13 month break. more than 200 people were killed when chemicals stocked in a warehouse caught fire, causing the explosion. judge ordered the release of 5 people, but also announced charges against 8 others, including the chief of the state. so fate security residents of a better village in the occupied west bank so they won't move even though their homes are threatened with demolition. 2018 israel supreme court approved to plan to bulldoze it to make way for illegal israeli settlements. the main suspect and a mass shooty in california and shot himself. police say the gunman, open fire at a dance studio, killing at least 10 people. the chairman of the u. k. is conservative party says he will fail to fully cooperate with an independent inquiring to his tax affairs. now teams are how he is resisting calls to resign. after details of the multi $1000000.00 dispute emerged, the premier service she sudak had ordered an investigation, but the opposition says it wants him to come clean