there's beirut veterans of america. now that's stronger as more people realize the importance of what they were involved in and and so but there wasn't really a lobbying group for these guys reported and focus on it the v.a. didn't really focus on it wasn't agent orange or vietnam and you know, it wasn't some of these things. they burn pits that we have today with all this awareness. there was no social media to get it out there. so you didn't have journalists really focusing on this to bring awareness to the issue because it was such a small number of guys so but would have to they would have to be dealing with with a lot of after effects of that day certainly. so i a handful more questions but i'll pare them down so i want to make sure we have time to go to all of you and start thinking of your questions. i'm going to ask one more and then we're going to go out to the audience. you know, with your history in the military, with all of the research, do the two of you have done i know you're doing other books on terroris

so in terms of what roger parsons is doing in beirut, what exactly is he doing? >> so, i'm not going to get into the exact details of the conversations he's having, but i'll talk a little bit about what roger's approach is and you can probably draw some conclusions from that . roger's approach when it comes to returning home americans who are unjustly detained has always been to really do everything possible to leave no stone unturned, to gather information from wherever he can and press anyone who is willing to take action to and he's in beirut to talk with people in the region and parties in the region to collect information and to try and find out where austin tice is and get him home as soon as possible and the president emphasized that's a priority and secretary blinken emphasized it's a priority and roger is there to carry out that important work. >> okay and where are you should secretary pass and secretary -- >> they were in doha, a meeting with partners over the weekend. >> removing from the fto list and that's been denied bay bunch of people. i want to

the insiders who have come out — and a lot of them had fled to beirut and are there right now — and theyurning point was the assassination of hassan nasrallah, the head of hezbollah, as they told me he was bashar�*s strategic mind and once he was gone things started falling apart. hezbollah, as i know, driving into the country, was a key pillar of the assad regime. and of course when the war starts in southern lebanon they're withdrawn to fight the israelis and that prop was knocked out from under bashar al—assad. on top of it they tell me that he had effectively lost his bearings. he was behind most of the torture, he was behind the defeat of the armies, the military — the alawite leadership in the military turned against him and he was pretty much doomed since 7 october when this war started in israel. so now we are in this phase where the assad regime has fallen and a new government is trying to take shape. we have been reporting parliament has been suspended along with the constitution, are you optimistic that a peaceful transition can happen? not so far. i mean, you have a very larg

let's show you the latest live pictures from lebanon, from beirut, we are reporting continued attacksetween the israeli army and hezbollah. some of the latest lines we have coming in is that israel has renewed its warning to people in lebanon to stay out of towns and villages near the border as the ceasefire agreed last week with hezbollah looks increasingly fragile. let's speak to our correspondent, yolande knell, injerusalem. the reports of continued attacks between israel and hezbollah, the warning for lebanese to stay out of border towns and villages how much is the ceasefire at risk at the moment? i the ceasefire at risk at the moment?— moment? i would say it is really being _ moment? i would say it is really being tested - moment? i would say it is really being tested to - moment? i would say it is really being tested to its i really being tested to its limits at the moment. that was the largest and deadliest set of air strikes we have had from israel last night since the ceasefire came into effect in the early hours of wednesday morning last week with the israeli military sayin

for the moment, thank you very much indeed, reporting from beirut.ut what he's calling labour's "plan for change" — setting out the goals for his government to achieve. it focuses on six specific areas — with promises on improving living standards, shortening healthcare waiting lists, speeding up the transition to clean energy, housing, policing, and doing more to make children ready for school when they enter their reception year. opposition parties say it's a desperate relaunch, just months into office. our political correspondent iain watson reports. if i keep coming back here, i could be the nextjames bond. well, like 007, the prime minister certainly knows about targets. he was at pinewood film studios where dense, lengthy novels are turned into something altogether more eye—catching. in that spirit, the five sprawling missions for government, which labour set out in opposition, have been condensed into six targets, or milestones, to underline what the government is for. the purpose of this government is to make our public services and our econo

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ward in beirut, and this is cnn hi. >> welcome back to cnn newsroom. here are some of the top stories we're following today. south korea's embattled president yoon suk yeol is facing calls to resign and the threat of impeachment after attempting and failing to impose martial law. the main opposition party says it plans to file treason charges against yoon as well as his defense and interior ministers. the search for two americans and a canadian climber who went missing while trying to summit new zealand's highest mountain has been postponed due to severe weather. the climbers were last seen on saturday when they flew by helicopter to a camp on mount cook. rescuers hope to resume the search on thursday once conditions improve. and a small asteroid lit up the sky in eastern russia overnight, producing a spectacular fireball. astronomers with the european space agency spotted the spacex rocket about 12 hours before it hit earth's atmosphere. they estimate it was a little over two feet wide. >> more now on the impeachment efforts against south korea's pres

. >> and now the residents of beirut are assessing the scale of the destruction. the conflict left behind. cnn's tamara qiblawi reports when israel's bomb stopped the devastation came to light. >> mangled mounds of rubble lined the streets of southern beirut hezbollah, which dominates this residential neighborhood, adorns the destruction with photos of its slain fighters. the scale of loss is undeniable. it's really hard to describe just how dramatic the destruction is in the southern suburbs of beirut, but if we could convey it in a single frame this would probably be it. have a look over here. the destruction starts below ground, right? it gives you a sense of how big the bomb was. but also people's former lives. so i can see a closet. i see some clothes, some mattresses. and in front of me i see what used to be a children's room and a cooking pot with food in it, which suggests that people or a person was cooking as they received the evacuation order and fled in an instant, likely taking very few of their belongings with them before their house was destroyed we

this is the main road between beirut and the south of the country. people have been trying to go back to their homes. they say they haven't been defeated in this war and that this is a sign of victory. april, and iran launches an unprecedented strike on israel. iran claimed this was retribution for a strike on their consulate in damascus. the israeli military said 300 cruise missiles and drones were intercepted, but there was more to come. well, tonight, as we come on air, we bring you a breaking news story. israel has been attacked by iran. iranian missiles were fired in the last 20 minutes or so. these are live pictures of the skyline of tel aviv this evening. hospitals struggled to treat the wounded. the shaking child. "slowly", he calls out. child cries. "habibi, you're strong", the nurse says. the bed is needed for someone else, so the child must wait on the floor. hospitals injabalia are overwhelmed with casualties. through this year, we've seen the continuing consequences of the hamas attacks on southern israel in 2023, when some 1,200 people

right now if you are a syrian driving into damascus from beirut it is extremely dangerous because nobodytrols what part of that road so, a lot of the intellectuals, bureaucrats, and the rest of them that fled syria, damascus, couple of days ago are in beirut but they're very reluctant to go back. they're waiting to see what is going to happen. you mentioned turkey. there is a lot of foreign interest in syria from iran, russia, turkey to israel as well, how does that complement things? —— complicate things? well, they are going to expel the russians. and of course the iranians and is gave up under bashar al—assad weeks ago and they have been pulling out as well. so when he was standing all alone. and the russians, whatever basis they have left, they are going to smooth their stuff out because it is much too chaotic for them and they know these groups could turn on them and, because, course, like i said, the iranians are gone. so, who has the most influence left on what happens in syria? sunni leadership there is dispersed, jelani is the figurehead of these groups, we simply don't know who

the beirut barracks bombing. a lot of the events he experienced from his time in beirut and i watched as he persevered through those events. one of those lessons that he taught me from his time in the military was to never say can't. never believe i couldn't achieve something. and i eventually went on to college and decided i wanted to become a neurological surgeon and scientist but my family couldn't afford to send me to college. it was folds of honor that stepped in and supported me with scholarships throughout the remainder of my years in college. and that was so transformational for me. that gift was such a blessing, because it allowed me to focus my efforts instead of trying to find ways to pay my way through school, instead to focus on brain tumor research and i eventually was accepted to medical school at the university of pittsburgh where i'm a third year medical student pursuing my passion of becoming a neurosurgeon and plea of guilty my master thieves at harvard focusing on a pediatric brain tumor and t

report violations to this committee that has been set up, it involves a us army general based in beiruterusalem. i am joined by tim ripley. tim is a military analyst and an editor of the defence eye. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. from a military perspective, how serious are these apparent violations? it is very much tit—for—tat attacks, for example you have hezbollah fires a rocket into israel and the israelis get one of their tanks to fire back at the rocket launcher. they seem to so far tried to keep these within bounds, very limited localised areas, rather than turning it into a countrywide air campaign that we saw for the previous two months. the attack in the bekaa valley is interesting because it expands the focus of these retaliation is away from the border but it seems to be a one off so far. the danger with all of these attacks as they escalate, so they have hezbollah firing one rocket launcher, it's really launcher is a time, hezbollah responds with two rocket launchers that israel responds with three tanks. you are at the top of the escalate to a larger before too long

women celebrating in beirut after hearing the news that president assad had fled the country., germany, where people took to the streets to celebrate. we have lots of photos coming in, keep them coming into us here at bbc news. stay with us, more coming up in a few minutes' time. hello there. after a weekend dominated by storms, the weather story is on the change. yes, we are heading for a quiet week ahead. as high pressure builds as we speak, a lot of dry and settled weather around. it does mean colder by day and by night, which could lead to some overnight frost and fog. so why the gear change? well, in recent days we've had a really powerful, fast moving jet stream centring itself across the uk, but we're now starting to see this significant kink in thejet stream, which is allowing high pressure to move in and establish itself across the north and west. still some brisk winds throughout the remainder of the day, and as we head through the night, it will still be quite breezy, with showery outbreaks of rain continuing across east anglia and southeast england. quite a lot of

reports from beirut. reporter it was the sixth day ofhe israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, in his corruption trial in israel. the israeli prime minister denying that he extended benefits to companies in exchange for favors, including some positive media coverage in one particular website in israel. the sixth day of testimony, because a judge a few weeks ago ruled that benjamin netanyahu would have to testify at least three days a week in the trial in which he is accused of corruption on multiple fronts. as a result, he has had to juggle his responsibilities as prime minister with defending himself in a court of law. the prime minister's popularity has continued to remain low across the country, with certainly over 50% of israelis polled since october 7th saying that they do not believe that he is a popular prime minister and do not believe that he is performing his duties, especially when it comes to securing a deal that would get israeli hostages released and would bring the war in gaza to an en

be an implicit threat there of american force against hamas, perhaps in gaza clarissa, you're in beirutll us more about what you're hearing there well, what we're hearing at the moment and the focus very much is on israeli strikes that have taken place in the last few hours. >> and actually, we were just hearing a drone up until about an hour ago that was flying low over beirut. that's the first time we've heard that since the cease fire took effect. and this is in response to two projectiles that hezbollah took responsibility for firing into israeli territory. early on in the evening. they said that that was a response to consistent violations from the israelis regarding this cease fire agreement. we also spoke to a source with unifil. the un backed peacekeeping force here, who told cnn that there have been roughly 100 violations on the israeli side of this cease fire. the fear here in lebanon by almost everybody, honestly, jake, is that this cease fire could collapse altogether. as of now, it does seem to still be holding but it is tenuous. it is fragile. and people here are desperate

. >> in beirut valleys. >> none that i can today. >> it is extended to the end of the week as far as possible into the future and ongoing a lot of work and the government of turkey. the initial aspire was through malik engagements and coalition inside syria and make sure forces are risk called the situation will syria. >> when you look at the evidence out of syria is that regime fell, it continues to shock the coffin and not just the masquerade uncovered but gathering not yet known. the depravity on display to need to see more evidence pile up of how little they were and for what we want to see going forward when it comes to masquerade side number one answers, number two accountability. the families of those disappeared tortured and killed, accountability for those who did it. expertise in securing mass graves and other sites so evidence can be gathered and examined to ensure the world and syrian people do accountability. >> the "wall street journal" reported this buildup and operation. >> i am happy to answer. we continue how concern about pensions de-escalate tensions a path forwar

he was speaking to me from beirut after he escaped in the most dramatic fashion from japan.he japanese, of course, want to get him back and potentially convict him. all kinds of things proven not guilty of, but alleged to have committed. he gave his verdict on the deal, the nissan/honda deal given his enormous experience in corporate japan. >> is this going to fail? when i look at the deal, the way it has been related by the parties in charge, it looks like a kind of nissan is in panic mode looking for somebody to save them from the situation because they are unable to generate the solution by themselves. honda is coming. obviously, dominating whatever partnership is going to come out of it and, by the way, this is not done because they said it is condition by the fact that the turn around of nissan which has been announced is successful. i have high doubts about this. so, first, it's not done and if it's done, it will be tough and, third, without any doubt, honda is going to be in the driver's seat which is very sad to see after having, you know, led the nissan for 19 years

she had to leave 11 years ago and continued to report on syria and the region from beirut but she's now the mood in the country 2a hours after the fall of the assad regime? i after the fall of the assad re . ime? ~ after the fall of the assad regime?— after the fall of the assad re . ime? ~ . , regime? i think we have seen and witnessed _ regime? i think we have seen and witnessed a _ regime? i think we have seen and witnessed a surge - regime? i think we have seen and witnessed a surge of - regime? i think we have seen and witnessed a surge of joy. and witnessed a surge ofjoy and witnessed a surge ofjoy and happiness among many syrians yesterday. we have seen it for ourselves here in the main square, we have spoken to people, and also if we watch the news across the country and outside the country, it's a really unprecedented moment for syrians, something they have been dreaming of for years, but it has taken 13 years to achieve. it's really something unbelievable for them, after 5a years of the assad dynasty there is no more assad in power. there is hope for a better future, power. th

the important thing if you're walking around in beirut was not in the line of fire from the holiday fall off. we heard gunshots. i was the 1st one to see the whole the battle last 3 days and 3 nights, the with no prisoners in control. the home again, and you control the region around and that's why it is such a lot event. an icon is conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil will be rude holiday inn hotels on al jazeera, the, on the hello. on my name's side. this is the news i live from. so coming up in the next 60 minutes, 7 palestinians, including 6 babies, have died in gauze freezing weather with hundreds of thousands sheltering intense united nations coals with the immediate release of the directive come out ad one hospital detain bias, variety forces.

for iran, syria is part of the land bridge that connects baghdad, damascus, beirut.t assad. with us as always to give us the insight, mikey kay, for 20 years a pilot on attack helicopters. he is a military analyst. and he runs this brief as he would for the military. welcome. good evening. before we touch on _ welcome. good evening. before we touch on aleppo _ welcome. good evening. before we touch on aleppo i _ welcome. good evening. before we touch on aleppo i want - welcome. good evening. before we touch on aleppo i want to - we touch on aleppo i want to start with ukraine which is not mutually exclusive to what we will talk about in syria because there are connections here. the whole focus right now is on giving ukraine the best possible chance to negotiate a way out and earlier this week we got news from the united states that they are sending another security package. what you see in a? 325 another security package. what you see in a?— you see in a? 725 million approved _ you see in a? 725 million approved pretty - you see in a? 725 million approved pretty swif

angeles, where i happen to be for a work trip, but where i really want to be is back home in, in beirut, because these are truly momentous, historic events for syria, for syrians, for lebanon and the region, as a whole. >> a murderous dictatorship that has ruled over syria for 54 years, occupied lebanon for 35 years, and then pushed this country into a bloody civil war after 2011, when a civilian uprising demanded freedom and reforms that dictatorship has now come to an end. we don't know where bashar al-assad is, but it is game over for him. i don't foresee any possible return of pockets of resistance. this is really the end, and it has implications for the wider region, for the iranian axis of proxy militias in the region, from iraq to lebanon, for hezbollah, specifically across the border in lebanon which has been decimated in this war with israel that just ended with a ceasefire just last week. and all of this is coinciding with that, with that ceasefire, which is really interesting to to note, um, for hezbollah, this is a moment where they will feel isolated geographically because

syria and tehran i was still in beirut for the marine barracks bombing in october of that year.o with that, an end to that linkage and the weakening of hezbollah we've already seen in its confrontation with israel, uh an era of of real violence directed at the united states and israel, as well as the lebanese people, is at an end that's the good news uh the uncertain news is none of us really know what happens next. who are these guys? uh hayat tahrir al-sham was an al qaeda affiliate that um, as your coverage has indicated, split off some time ago, but we really don't know much about them. and we don't know if the coalition that has led to the downfall of the assad regime is going to hang together to rule the country. and even if they do hang together, how will they rule uh, the minority populations of syria, the alawites, the christians, the kurds have always been concerned about sunni dominance. well, now that's what they're looking at. and for israel, clearly, the setback that iran has experienced first in lebanon and now in syria is a good thing. but who exactly is going to

joining us now from beirut is matt bradley.t, how are lebanon and the rest of the region reacting to the fall of assad? >> reporter: well, i mean, it's the rest of the region and world, they're take thing wait and see attitude, because the fact, is when you look at the regime that's been toppled, this is a regime that's inflicted so much pain and suffering over the people of syria, a regime when you talk to people here in lebanon, quite a few of them have so much resentment for the assads. you mentioned bashar al assad's father, who has fought wars here and in lebanon, who has inflicted so much punishment on the lebanese people, as well. there are very few people who are necessarily, except for those strongly in favor of hezbollah and iran, and their influence in the region, there are very few who are going to be sad to see the back of bashar al assad and his regime. however, at the same time, as you mentioned, the head of hts, sort of the organization or the committee for the liberation of the lavant, he has some very strong,

the international community. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is monitoring the situation from beirutat we've got is a statement by the rebel operations centre saying that they have advanced quite significantly from hama. they have passed through two main towns and they are now about five kilometres from homs itself. and they have posted video on their channels showing them in a town very close to homs, at least apparently appearing to show them in that town. their movements have been also confirmed by a war monitor, although we haven't independently been able to verify these reports. but, if they are true, then that has been an astonishing advance. after having taken hama yesterday, fighting around the city there for several days, and then we've also been hearing that the government forces have been taking steps to try to slow any advance towards homs — for example, bombing a bridge on the main road in order to to try to prevent them from moving forward. but, again, if what we're hearing from the rebels and from the war monitor are correct, then that hasn't deterred them and they are

barbara plett usher, bbc news, beirut. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. good morning.orning. what is the latest? . , , ., latest? the latest is the two military grouns _ latest? the latest is the two military groups seize - latest? the latest is the two military groups seize control of the city on the north of syria, which is the countryside of aleppo, which was controlled ijy of aleppo, which was controlled by the kurdish before. 0n the other side, by the kurdish before. 0n the otherside, before, it was al-qaeda, but split from al-qaeda, but split from al-qaeda and to establish and is only state in syria, and the second biggest city in syria and idlib, under control of the regime. the advancement and reports coming that the military control or seized back some of the villages taken by the rebel groups. there is a lot going on on the ground, and in addition, the russian air forces struck many bases in italy which is the stronghold of the opposition, some civilians were killed. it was a surprise because 50,000 people were displaced because of what is happening in the la

now let's turn to lebanon, where tens of thousands of people attended a vigil last night in beirut tossan nasrallah — the first public ceremony to mark his killing in an israeli air strike two months ago. across lebanon, people are still going back to their homes as a ceasefire holds. in the south, amid widespread destruction, hezbollah supporters remain defiant and say they've been victorious in the war, as our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. as they return home, they also bury their dead. fighters celebrated here as heroes of the resistance. killed, they say, in a war to protect their land. this is more than a funeral. this is a show of strength and support for hezbollah. and whoever thinks they will go away, well, from what seeing here, this is unlikely to happen. hezbollah has been weakened by israel. some say humiliated. but it hasn't been destroyed. in lebanon, it is more a militia, it is also a powerful political and social group. it it is also a powerful political and social group.— it is also a powerful political and social group. it is full of urief, and soci

he's been beirut after escaping japan. honda d annissan entering merger talks.in the next hour. keep it here on "squawk on the street". >>> netflix gearing up for one of the busiest days since the site's launch. airing two nfl games for the first time on christmas day. chiefs/steelers followed by ravens/texans. what's at stake here? >> well, i don't know if i'd call it at stake, but there's a lot of opportunity for both netflix and the league, in the case of netflix this is obviously another very significant foray into live programming, there should be a lot of demand and a lot of opportunity for the company to expand what they deliver to the opportunity to expand their partnership further into the streaming realm with the industry leader in netflix, but also the chance to expand globally in a much more significant way as net flikts is not only the domestic leader but the global leader in streaming. >> this is a flex of sort for netflix, you look at the stock chart we have on the screen, above 900 bucks it's been an incredible rocket ship this year and this is a

our correspondent in beirut, lina sinjab explains the signifigance of this challenge.know, after decades of battling the opposition, supported by both, you know, russia providing the air force and iran providing militias on the ground, pushing the opposition out and controlling big swathes of lost lands to the opposition. so this is the first time in years that we see the opposition advancing and capturing a big city. it's the second largest city of syria. it's the industrialist capital. and it's also taking the government by surprise, at a time where both its allies are busy. russia is busy in ukraine, and hezbollah and iran are, you know, weakened by israeli attacks both in syria and lebanon. so it's definitely changing the dynamics on the ground. and, you know, there are lots of diplomatic movements to discuss the situation and find a way to stabilise it. and just talk us through the international reaction to this, in particular from the us and also turkey's role. yeah, this is very important. i mean, we've seen announcements coming from the united states national s

we've seen drones flying overhead in beirut. so there has been real concern that these are potentially violations of the cease fire agreement. that is certainly what hezbollah believes. we've been hearing from officials there. they believe that israel has taken action to violate the terms of the cease fire agreement. that is why they say they had fired two projectiles yesterday on israeli occupied territory. now they say they were firing targeting israeli military positions. we've been hearing from israeli military officials. they say that the projectiles landed in open spaces that nobody was injured but this has drawn criticism from the israeli government. israeli prime minister netanyahu has been very firm. he has said that the country will respond with force. so that has really raised concern as to what we might see in the coming days and weeks with regards to a potential escalation, a potential further breakdown of the current ceasefire agreement, which, as i said, is is very, very fragile at this stage. and we've been heari

>> there will be a clear concern in in amman this morning in beirut, in, in tel aviv, in capitals around the region, watching what is going on in syria and saying, how might this impact us on our own security? should they should they park that concern this is ultimately in the days and weeks ahead, a very specifically domestic story. which of course has huge influence around this region. but you see this as a very specifically focused domestic story in the days ahead yeah. >> yes, exactly but reality that when we look at foreign countries, we really have to differentiate them. countries like turkey and qatar have been much more supportive of the opposition in general, not just of of hts, but of the principle of regime change in syria. so we can expect them to be much more involved in terms of stabilization. so that the experiment goes well, so that there is no chaos the way it happened before in libya, in iraq, after the u.s. intervention and so on. israel will look at its border. israel will be careful that none of these groups are getting closer to the border and potentially launching

the sense is they may settle for france while beirut. man of the right, really is a centrist. he might be the most palatable candidate, but as you know, in the naming of a french prime minister, there can alws be surprises. christian: all eyes on the palace tomorrow morning. we will see which name he chooses. thank you for coming on the program. we are going to take a short break. on the other side of the break, we are going to talk about artificial intelligence as we do each week, and the role it is playing in sport. i can hear you all running for the hills. var has proven controversial but this semiautonomous use of ai might be a way forward, may be more accurate, may be more palatable. we will see. join us after the break. announcer: funding for prentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and

the state department says the government's top hostage negotiator is in beirut in hopes of finding austin tice. lebanon has been involved for years in mediating talks over tice's fate. his family says they've been told he's alive. >> in chaos there is opportunity so this is the moment to reach out to any and all organizations or individuals to do anything in their power to help us bring him home. >> reporter: now president biden says his administration believes they can get tice out of syria. >>> and coming up on "cbs mornings," tice's parents will join us to talk about their renewed hopes to bring him home. >>> a new york jury acquitted marine veteran daniel penny in the chokehold death of a man on a subway train. penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide days after a charge of manslaughter was dismissed because the jury was deadlocked. penny said he put jordan neely in a chokehold for several minutes last year to protect people on the subway car after neely began threatening and shouting at them. neely was unhoused and had a history of mental illness. >> i miss my son.

special envoy roger carstons is in beirut right now trying to get more information and to try to secure location. >> yeah. that's right. look, we, you know, the president talked about this yesterday, a time of risk and uncertainty, but it's also a time of opportunity. not only for the syrian people and, of course, their future and what -- and what a freer, more democratic, better governed syria can mean for the whole region, but also for people like austin who are -- who have been held hostage, held captive, for all these many years and trying to get them restored back to their families, back to their lives, so there are opportunities here with respect to austin that we're going to explore. >> you only have 40 days left and the president-elect tweeted that we were not going to be involved, you know -- i don't have the exact words right now, but to paraphrase his point -- he wanted to withdraw troops from syria, from south korea, that that also, you know, end the war in ukraine. so in 40 days what can you accomplish in terms of stabilizes syria? >> well in 40 days, which is still plenty

our international editor, jeremy bowen, is in beirut.e, with huge potential consequences. could we be seeing a reshaping of the middle east? undoubtedly. it is of course very early days to come to any definitive conclusions, but here are some examples of how things have changed. with iran, angry scenes today in the parliament in tehran because they'd invested a vast amount of money, oil and human lives from their own soldiers into the war in syria to keep the regime going, and the regime has collapsed. what has also collapsed is the so—called axis of resistance, the way they had a network of proxies and analyse and crucial to that was syria, because that was the land connection with hezbollah in lebanon. that has gone. they will have to think again, and there are some people in tehran who want to have a nuclear weapon. next, israel is conducting scores of air strikes in the last couple of days against syrian army working spaces, ammo dumps, things like that, because they don't want the islamist led administration to get hold of those. th

barbara plett usher, bbc news, beirut.ke to wafa mustafa, senior communications and advocacy lead at the ngo the syria campaign. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news.- thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. today we heard risk _ with us on bbc news. today we heard risk -- — with us on bbc news. today we heard risk -- reports _ with us on bbc news. today we heard risk -- reports of- heard risk —— reports of multiple airstrikes across syria reportedly targeting rebel is. what are you seeing in terms of that immediate impact on civilians? let me start by saying _ impact on civilians? let me start by saying these - impact on civilians? let me start by saying these are i start by saying these are airstrikes targeted many civilians and unfortunately the casualties we have heard of and that we know of, are for civilians, whether we are talking about targeting civilians in residential areas and urgent lube or even aleppo city. let's start by saying rebel expected the regime sooner or later to target civili

turks aren't allowing at the moment, as far as i know, or you go in with a visa into damascus from beirutyrians aren't getting visas and haven't for several years. one thing we can conclude is that this hts-led rebel group, who have their roots in the jihadist movement, they were originally an offshoot of al qaeda, they have been trying to buff up their image and change their image, dilute that jihadist element -- still islamist, but saying they just want an islamic system inside syria, not a wider caliphate, which was being talked about by al qaeda 10 years ago. that is because it syrians are fed up with and repelled by extreme religious rhetoric. that might be making them more popular than otherwise they might be. lewis: jeremy, thank you very much for that. here in the u.k., tv presenter gregg wallace has apologized for claiming complaints about his behavior came from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age." heays he is going to take some time out. it comes after days of allegations about inappropriate comments over many years. tonight's episode of "masterchef" will be broad

the important thing if you're walking around in beirut was not in the line of fire from the holiday fall off. we heard gunshots, i was the 1st one to feed the whole thing. back to last 3 days, and 3 nights, the one, no prisoners in control. and you control the region around, and that's why it was such a lot. an icon is conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil will be rude holiday inn hotels. on al jazeera, the of israel strikes young men's main add port. just as the world health organization pulse was preparing. cindy, the for the rest of the reasons is out of their life from there also coming up a hospital on.

to be able to authorize the lebanese army not only to be out in force within beirut but deployed to theouth as well. now, can that be tied once you have can reach an agreement will be a cease-fire? collectively 1701 required not to be south. no rearming of hezbollah. it was never observed. the robust unit felt was supposed to prevent from operating in the south. it was hezbollah that kept unicoi from him being in the south the premise of israel after the secretary-general of the un to move away from what our positions right next to these compounds built. so the question becomes, with the lebanese army be more prepared to act? if not for the enforcement recognitions they're prepared to come up with? if there are enforcement mechanisms you were just want to see every right thing replaced like it was before except for maybe i'm political set of leaders and i say this with some trepidation. we have not exactly seen political leaders in lebanon seem prepared to assume more of a state responsibility. but can they be reinforced to the point where they would? i do not have a magic solution but