called the paris of the middle east is looking to france like never before in french president emmanuel mccrone the lebanese people seem more than just an ally they also see a leader they do not have a leader they so desperately need i'm.

called the paris of the middle east is looking to france like never before in french president emmanuel mccrone the lebanese people seem more than just an ally they also see a leader they do not have a leader they so desperately need i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. the usual being there is a political moral economic and financial crisis in lebanon that has been going on for several months several years and it was a companion we will accompany you on this journey today tomorrow we will be that you know france will never let 11 on down there you don't build up on that we had lebanese we always have hope we want to live our lives nothing will stop us if you met. this should be the start of a new era a new era. also coming up tonight it was 75 years ago when the 1st atomic bomb was dropped the destruction of hiroshima changed the world it left the survivors scarred forever. for me this is not a peace memorial it's a graveyard. when i see people there it's like they're stamping on the heads of my parents and siblings united when i. went to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all a

from the deadly blast in beirut earlier in august his appointment comes as french president emmanuel mccrone pays another official visit to lebanon on his 2nd in just under a month but the french leaders attempts to push for reforms and lebanon have been met with criticism and accusations of interference are to show devinsky picks up the story. well this is president marcos 2nd visit to lebanon in a month will it be another photo opportunity or will he be able to achieve something concrete his visit taj already planned to celebrate a 100 years since the creation of the lebanese state of course it comes under the cloud of those explosions that through this city. when he was just a few days off the top lost his visit was equally nor did i criticize but some saying he was still acting as if france was a protectorate of lebanon on president carter's outlined what he thinks needs to happen in the country he's talked about reform and we construction he says an interim government needs to be put in place that needs to be an audit of the country's central bank and he's called for fresh elections oth

french president emmanuel mccrone is paying his 2nd official visit this month to lebanon is pushing for reform at a time a political turmoil in beirut following the recent deadly explosion r.t. charlotte even skate reports. well this is president marcos 2nd visit to lebanon in a month will it be another photo opportunity or will he be able to achieve something concrete his visit tot already being planned to celebrate a 100 years since the creation of the lebanese state of course it comes under the cloud of those explosions that through this city. when he was just a few days off the top lost his visit was equally. criticized but some saying he was still acting as if france was a protectorate over levon on president carter's outlined what he thinks needs to happen in the country he's talking about reform and we construction he says an interim government needs to be put in place that needs to be an audit of the country's central bank and he's called for fresh elections otherwise he sees the worst of the country if we let go and if we somehow leave it in the hands of the depravity of region

also this hour president emmanuel mccrone visit lebanon for the 2nd time in less than a month to press for political reform amid criticism that france is acting like a paul o'neill power. and china unveils new tack export restrictions that could prevent the sale of tick tocks business in the us. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow it started with a live news update residents of lampedusa have staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the italian island are saying the situation is unsustainable and some locals are taking matters into their own hands by trying to stop newcomers from disembarking. we are not understanding anything here in one producer we are all dying here the migrants aren't leaving because they are left alone we are all together in this tonight lumbered is the 3rd in. the early hours of sunday morning around 370 people arrived in the port of lampedusa on board a fishing boat now they received an angry reception from locals. we are here for peace just when the legal migrants to go back because we are tired t

memories of opposition figures being poisoned or even murder and today we had the french president emmanuel mccrone offering alexina volney asylum during a press conference how is that going to go down with russian president vladimir putin well i think the question is whether he would look forward to an asylum in friends he is solely a russian politician who lives in russia and especially is politically active here on the other hand yes when it's a question of life and death completely different arguments count as to putin's reaction or possible put in resurrection i think he might even be happy if one of these harshest critics left the country kremlin spokesperson that mr biscoe for example said to that president putin knows about the situation surprisingly peskov said that the author it is in russia would do everything possible to a loan of ali to be transferred to brought in for medical care if necessary and of course you can also criticize putin from abroad but it's a completely different matter when the valise of the country because he support us need him to be in the country to keep the posit

also on sunday french president emmanuel mccrone led a video conference of international donors to get aid to lebanon as quickly as possible world power supplies to help the recovery but they're demanding transparency over how the money is used by alan smith reports here there are all the skills the talent and the enthusiasm this is this this is the nasa. that has been issued yesterday but these people will not be able to rebuild beirut on their own we have an engineering team i did not think working in sync together we sense scouts leaders from theories and their job is to basically go and examine a building and say hey this structure is no longer safe. they're doing all this because the government isn't. food is given out to people who never have to ask for handouts in their life. volunteers are given a safety briefing before heading out with a cleanup team there are hundreds of these camps across beirut hastily set up in the shadows of the buildings ripped open by chews days explosion of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the pool. for international donors one of the hardest qu

french president emmanuel mccrone has arrived in lebanon on his 2nd visit since the massive explosions that destroyed beirut's port 4 weeks ago he's calling for deep reform of the country sectarian political system calling will also attend national centennial celebrations. embattled belarusians president alexander the sanka and his high ranking officials are barred from entering a stone here in lithuania the baltic states blacklisting comes in response to look at crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in the wake of disputed elections more than 100 people were arrested during protests on sunday. but here in germany ministers are of parliament are being grilled about how fin tech giant wire card was able to get away with inventing funds worth more than $2000000000.00 in what's become one of the country's biggest ever accounting scandals the electronic payments company filed for insolvency in june after reports of the nonexistent funds were revealed by the financial times the scandals read quote raised questions about why major auditors and germany's own financial watchdog failed to un

. >> emmanuel l krohn will be -- mccrone will be traveling to beirut tomorrow.rench aid is on route to the city. harris sent heat of your luke perry planes with sq experts, sanitary equipment, and a mobile clinic equipped to treat 500 people. lebanon's president appealed for international assistance to be stepped up. ar more, we can bring in firefighter and vice president of the national union of professional firefighters here in france. thank you for joining us. when you saw the images of the blast, did it looook like an amammonium nitrate e explosisio? >>>> yes. you can see it w was like a a wr zone. it is a characteristic explosion. this in past of years in france. explosion which was an ammonium nitrate explosion too. that there wase is only 300 t ts of this chemical. a almost 3000as nsns. >> how do you store ammonium nitrate safely? this is a highly explosive chemical. yeses, if not kept properly. ammonium nitrate is a very common component in the chemical industry. is very safe and pure, there is no o problem with this. the problem is when ammonium becomes

naval frigate laugh i et a move welcomed by the greek prime minister i thank president mccrone for his cell a dirty emmanuel mccraw is a true friend of greece but also a fervent defender of european values and international law the greek pm bill this as an act of solidarity but you only have to scratch the surface to see that there is more going on here in recent months process also found itself clashing with turkey in the mediterranean city these past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit intrenchments of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document but with that incident still fresh in france is mind it appears to have been keen to show solidarity. with a fellow member in this case greece last month mark owen even called for sanctions against turkey over these purported violations in the eastern mediterranean now the arrival of turkey's new seismic civvy vessel this caught the attention of the e.u. the latest developments rick stream the wor

lebanon was strongly backed by the french president emmanuel macron who has literally just arrived in beirut is a live pictures now from the airport mccrone is in the lebanese capital less than a month after his last visit he's been playing a key role in the political crisis that came to a head with that devastation force explosion earlier this month we can now return to the associate editor of on a high english and she joins us now again from beirut sally let's go back to where we were before about the timing of this announcement of a deal as mccrone is visiting today how much of this is meant to be a signal to the international community. so as you were mentioning as it was appointed only a few hours before the presidents michel and it's very important the timing in particular because in his 1st visit to levanon macro has warned the lavinia's community the government and the president that if lebanon does not start abiding by new reforms and there's not a government that is willing to take on new reforms then the international community including france will not be helping lebannon in getting out of the problems it's currently as it is

called the paris of the middle east is looking to france like never before in french president emmanuel mccrone the lebanese people see more than just an ally they also see a leader they do not have a leader they so desperately need i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. usually being there is a political moral economic and financial crisis in lebanon that has been going on for several months several years.