of politicians activists journalists people really who oppose syria and its ally in lebanon hezbollah hezbollah of course the knowing any role in those murders but the situation here is people are afraid they're afraid of what is to come they are seeing this they're seeing this killing as a message as a message to silence dissent al-jazeera zain ahead of reporting live from beirut to many thanks dude refugees from crisis hit venezuela and are risking their lives attempting to cross the mountainous land border to get to chile additional security agencies have been deployed to prevent illegal crossings but stopping them so far but the challenge diane reports. these families left venezuela hoping for a new life and chilling back home life had become unbearable they say there's no food no jobs and no future if he does none of them oh you can't survive in venezuela you really can't how are we supposed to make it with about $3.00 a month now there are fears of a potential humanitarian crisis entire communities are walking towards the chilean border climbing mountains and rocky ground to avoid border

politicians activists journalists people really opposed to syria and its allies in lebanon hezbollah hezbollah of course denying any role in those murders but the situation here is people are afraid they're afraid of what is to come they are seeing that they're seeing this killing as a method as a method to silence. now israel's begun demolishing a bed one village in the occupied west bank for the 2nd time in just 3 months rights groups say israel wants to displace an entire palestinian community to make way for all the illegal settlements. very fishel so the village is on military land maybe abraham is a report from the occupied west bank. only a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding them himself for coverage in the northern jordan valley in new york your part west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was going to go into her after rebuild to come back take pictures on the mall is th

of politicians activists journalists people really opposed to syria and its ally in lebanon hezbollah hezbollah of course the 9 and a role in those murders but the situation here is people are afraid they're afraid of what is to come they are seeing that they are seeing this killing as a method as a method to silence dissent the united kingdom has revoked the license of china's state run television channel c g t n the office of communications made that announcement on thursday it says an investigation found license was wrongfully held by start china media china's foreign ministry says it reserves the right not to take measures against the u.k.'s public broadcaster the b.b.c. here's where a challenge in the u.k. to talk us through this one so what's the story on actually why the license was suspended. well of come basically had 2 main grievances against c g t n now the 1st of them is that as you said the license wasn't held in the u.k. by an organization an entity that had editorial control over the output c.t.m. as per the regulations that sort of quantum says has to be the case so this star ch

support hezbollah or hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacks u.s. and coalition forces and. was founded in 2013 like hezbollah brigades sit conducts operations in both syria and iraq we've got 2 correspondents on the story this awesome out of 14 is standing by for reaction out of iraq the 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly health at kimberly so this is the 1st action coming from the biden administration right in response to attacks on american targets in iraq how does all of this differ from from trump's approach. oh good morning from early morning in washington where there is still no official statement from the white house press secretary or even the commander in chief joe biden who is the course the u.s. president but also serves that dual role as commander in chief now we know that he ordered these strikes but has yet to comment on them only we know through the pentagon as you mentioned that this was to deal with the attacks on american personnel and coalition forces and that this occurred after consultation with u.s. allies now the statement coming from the pentagon is that this was a

hezbollah got tired. of the targeted militia is a part of what are known as the popular mobilization forces that's an umbrella of shia groups formed in front of 14 to fight isis in iraq without hezbollah or hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked the u.s. and coalition forces and. harder was founded in 2013 like has been a brigade to conduct operations in both syria and iraq. or more let's go live now to some other faulting who is in the iraqi capital baghdad i'm wondering summer where does this leave things this latest u.s. airstrike in syria near the iraqi border where does this leave things in terms of the u.s. iraq relationship. well the airstrikes were carried out in response to attacks on american interests in iraq but the response was in syria and that's likely to put less strain on u.s. iraq relations that it appears to be a departure from the trump administration's policy because let's remember that that government frequently took a unilateral action targeting these armed groups on iraqi soil and drawing condemnation from the iraqi government which accused the trumpet ministration of not respecting its sovereignty but also

snowstorm was aggressive niceness it was an attempt to manipulate her she compared it to hezbollah and the nazis hezbollah the shiite islam is a political party lebanon also gives things away for free they offer protection and hospitality and we loyalty that way and they also demand devotion to their brutal us versus them and to sunni cools. the article didn't go down so well not surprising did it ever occur to have her in and that she may have been wrong that the political beliefs she holds do more harm than good or at least not as much good as she thinks that the people with whom she disagrees politically may not be bad individuals. she should consider that in the country helping you neighbor is not smelly cool to see extended to one some tribe is a survival tactic the neighbor probably doesn't expect happens thank you but if you need his help i think he did expect that bridge in your half or in writes about politics for the l.a. times and about culture for wired she wrote a book called magic and loss and was praised as a public intellectual for the 21st century and one of the finest living writers for

that is a base where hezbollah, the iraqi version of hezbollah, supported by iran does operate. that is an area of syria where they have been present for quite some time. it is important to know this border is very porous. the syrian government obviously turns a blind eye to military forces, militias that are there and have in the past fought on behalf of the syrian regime against its various opponents, so even though the strike was in syria, it does have real impact on the ground here in iraq which is essentially a battleground, not necessarily always military, politically and otherwise between iran and the united states. it's a complicated situation and it's hard to tell whether this overnight strike by the united states on these targets is going to de-escalate the situation or have the opposite effect. you don't know at this point how many there were, fatalities, in this airstrike. >> all right. thanks so much. great to have you there in erbil. ben wedeman, we appreciate it. >>> president biden and the king of saudi arabia have spoken by phone. they have reaffirmed the import

hezbollah's heartland in an area where they control security influence and the man has been repeatedly intimidated and harassed by supporters of the group and they believe that this is the hezbollah had the most to gain the hezbollah has denied any any role in the killing and they believe that these accusations are being used for political reasons this shows you the deep divide in this country but the message you're getting from the people here they're holding up posters saying 0 fear is that we will not be silenced lebanon is in the midst of a deep political crisis a deep political divide and you know and now there's really fears that the security situation could deteriorate further that we must leave it there many things in a hold reporting live from the suburbs of beirut. back to the states u.s. president joe biden has had his 1st conversation with the chinese premier shooting pains since he took office in january mr biden raised concerns about what the white house called beijing's unfair economic practices the u.s. president also spoke to she about the pandemic the ongoing situation on kong and allegations about rights abuses engine jiang region president she stressed the need for the 2 nations to avoid confro

sectarian political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. protestors were attacked by hezbollah supporters and journalists have been harassed . journalists. and whenever i express my socks on the sector. i am like i was trained. with ortiz or promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's rarely been accountability. beirut a belgian court has convicted an iranian diplomat for attempted terrorism and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. aside he was found guilty of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside paris and $2183.00 of his accomplices were also given jail terms and was stripped of their belgian citizenship the 1st time the european union states has charged an iranian official with terrorism offenses. pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has asked u.s. regulators for emergency with rise ocean for the world's 1st single dose coronavirus vaccine the process could take several weeks and if approved will be the 3rd vaccine to be authorized for use in the united states self to find the biotech and. medic

political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. the protesters were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists trying to shake stock and express my stocks in. the sector and i am a traitor. authorities are promising investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability. they route dozens of protesters have been arrested in a pause capital katmandu after rallying against a government decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap election it was part of a nationwide general strike called by a faction of the ruling communist party prime minister k.p. sharma only says there's been a conspiracy against him by members of his own party who plunged into a political crisis in december but only dissolved parliament during a power struggle. a medical trial in the u.k. has been laws to see if giving people different coronavirus vaccines for their 1st and 2nd dose well off at the same protection study will mix the astra zeneca and finds a biotech jobs mix vaccine

political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground the protestors were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists hunger strikes and whenever i express my socks. on i am like i was a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there is no need for one in a country where there is barely been accountability for their own beirut. the iraqi government's been holding funerals for victims of the religious minority killed by i saw in what the u.n. called genocide the remains of 104 people have been examined and identified for mass graves in northern iraq will be laid to rest in line with your city tradition over the coming days i saw took control of their ancestral homeland in 2014 at least 5000 were killed and 7000 women were forced into sexual slavery simona fulton's in baghdad she says investigators are hoping the lengthy process will bring enough evidence to prosecute i still suspect. it has been 7 years since these massacres took place in 2014 it has been 6 years since iraqi security forc

political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. the protesters were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists from the stoics uk and whenever i express my socks on attacks. on i'm like i was a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability senekal their own beirut averting machine company is suing faux news and 3 of its hosts for conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped to steal the us presidential election florida based smartmatic usa says the folks at least 13 reports falsely stating or in playing with the company was involved in voter fraud it's now asking for $2700000000.00 it's also suing to form a lawyers rudy giuliani and sidney powell who acted for donald trump with more than 35 percent of the world's mangroves already destroyed a study by the journal of american science found that its emissions continue unabated the forests could disappear in 30 years to serious nicholas hawk reports

hezbollah. 2 of the targeted militias part of what known as the popular mobilization forces that's an umbrella of shia groups formed in 2014 to fight i saw in iraq with u.s. support. for hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war the fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and. harder was found in 2013 like hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq as crossed out to our white house correspondent kelly health committee have we heard anything from the white house following these strikes. no and the silence is certainly notable we have not received a statement from the white house we are still watching very carefully to see if joe biden the u.s. president will say anything as he departs the white house and heads for texas something he is expected to do shortly about given the fact that the u.s. president is commander in chief of the u.s. military and we know from the pentagon that he authorized these strikes after consulting with u.s. allies it is unusual that we have still not heard from the u.s. president now the argument is that this was done to d. ask layton in response to attacks on american and coalition personnel inside syria but it also is sort of perplexing for many here in the united states who are scratching their heads wondering how this will deescalate a situation

political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground the. protesters were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists from the state and whenever i express my socks against the sect and i am a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability. beirut now the head of the tokyo olympics organizing committee has apologized on the sexist comments he made about women but says he won't resign you sure amaury reportedly told a meeting of the japanese olympic committee on wednesday that female board members talk too much in meetings and are annoying the 83 year old who is also the former japanese prime minister is now facing pressure to step down with the hash tag mori please resign gaining traction online. he. i would like to take back what i said i also want to apologize to the people that were often that view shoot through code marriage was. i have no intention of resigning really i have been supporting on working hard for p

hezbollah does for people and on the side probably won't involve snowplows. however, other mafias, hezbollah tends to its own. the shiites, sick, elderly and hungry. they offer protection and hospitality and win loyalty that way. the chairman of georgia's republican party said the writer can't fathom good in people with whom she disagrees politically? sad. this, your leftist neighbors hate you and want you dead no matter what a good neighbor you are. pete, your reaction. >> what do you even say? this feels like it had to have been written by the babylon bee. parody on how someone would view a trump supporter. no, it was in the "l. a. times." this person in virginia was being honest. it snowed in an area that doesn't snow that often at her covid getaway. the neighbor next door who flies a trump flag plowed her driveway. basic decency in a neighborhood. she spends 800 words contorting herself to wonder whether or not the person who flew a maga flag is the same as hezbollah or nazi sympathize ?er this is how dehumanizing it has come to for trump people. she offers a standing invitation to make amends. i will thank you if you apologize to me for supporting president trump and all the other 75 million. it is a scary place. devoid of any common sense. >> harris: you know, what's really interesting about it, though, how much it represents weakness. we are supposed to be a country where people can disagree and still come together on things like snowstorms and helping each other out. it shows weakness. the argument is so weak on one side they can't take a challenge. biden says former president trump shouldn't get the intelligence briefing that the usually allowed their predecessors. >> there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefing. what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all other than the fact he might slip and say something? >> harris: white house press secretary jen psaki said the president was expressing

hezbollah was operating inside syria and indications in 2012 that assad was about to give some of the weapons to hezbollah for safekeeping perhaps or whatever reason. hezbollahery rockets aimed at israel from across the border in lebanon. for them to have the rockets is quite a scary prospect. >> good morning. it's kasie hunt. can you take us for what you just outlined there into present day. you mentioned obama, the criticism he got at the time for the red line comments and then the way that they handled or failed to handle what happened next. then obviously president trump comes into office, sees images of syrian children and reacts much, much differently. how did we get from one of those places to the other. what does it tell you about the future in terms of these very scary weapons programs. . >> well, the caveat i think for both administrationsis our syria policy has been a failure. we failed to do the things we needed to do to stop the refugees flows, to stabilize the region. it was a complete failure. the difference is that decision was made biff trump to respond to chemical weapons attacks with missile strikes. that was applauded at the time. we were

sectarian political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. protestors were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists from the stock and when i express my socks against the politics of the sect and i am like i was a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability center could there be a root. protesters have taken to the streets of nepal's capital katmandu to rally against the government's decision to dissolve parliament and call for a snap election farce of the ruling the power communist party of the action has also announced a general strike the prime minister k.p. sharma early is alleging he spirity against him by members of his own party plunged into it from the crisis in december when the only dissolved parliament amid a power saucily. nearly half of afghanistan's population suffers from hunger every day according to the united nations decades of war and rampant corruption of crippled the economy a recent wave of

sectarian political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. protestors were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed and journalists from the strike sect and whenever i express my socks . on i'm a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability for their own beirut still to come here on the news for you they were murdered in their thousands by i saw in iran he is late to the government holds funeral ceremonies for years easy victim. also had 500 tennis players and officials are back in quarantine in australia will have the details coming up in sport. however weather looks pretty wet across northern parts of the middle east over the next couple of days a fair amount of cloud writes the ads piling across the levant easing out of that eastern side of the mediterranean and that wet weather all the way down across northern parts of saudi arabia are actually right down to mecca but you see this line of cloud and right we are likely to

sectarian political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. protestors were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists from the state sector and whenever i express my socks on the sector and i am a traitor. authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability. they wrote. china's state run t.v. channel will no longer be able to broadcast in the united kingdom after the office of communications revoked its license a broadcasting regulator says license holder is breaking the rules by not having full editorial control of the output or a challenge. europe with a relaunch and a new name late in 2016 china put a fresh face on its english language t.v. news brand china central television was now china global television network or c d t m president she urged its international stars to tell china story wealth spread china's voice well it's a voice that the u.k. is media regulator ofcom has decided shouldn't be heard anymore in the u.k. revo

hezbollah. >> abu mahdi al-muhandis, who was sanctioned by the u.s. for violence against americans, was also killed. >> navai: in response, kata'ib hezbollah and other militias stepped up their attacks on u.s. and coalition targets. including this rocket attack on a coalition base that happened while we were there. the latest attack happened just a few days ago, and this is missiles hit near the u.s. base in erbil, and we're about to talk to the group accused of that attack. the group is the 30th brigade, part of a network of militias known as the hashd. like other militias, they are notoriously suspicious of western media, but after being accused of the attack on the coalitiobase, their commander, sami bagdesh, agreed to an interview. who is responsible for these attacks? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: why do you think people would want to attack the u.s. base? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: but why would the americans attack their own base? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: the hashd were considered as heroes, but public perception of the hashd is changing. what do you think of that? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: it was hard to find public officials willing to openly discuss the militias with us. one of the few who would was faisal al-issawi, a sunni member of parliament. he told me that after the american drone strike last year, the iraqi parliament debated whether to expel u.s. troops. al-issawi and other sunni politicians wanted them to stay, but the militias wanted them out. we've heard reports that the shia militias have threatened mps before voting in parliament. what can you tell me about this? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: who were the death threats from? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: al-issawi was far from the only public figure in the crosshairs of kata'ib hezbollah the coy wa stunned by the assassination of one of the prime minister's influential and widely respected counter-terrorism advisers, hisham al-hashimi. ♪ ♪ >> (speaking arabic) >> navai: al-hashimi appeared frequently on television and had become increasingly critical of the militias, especially kata'ib hezbollah. >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: his killing had a chilling effect. it was hard to find anyone willing to speak openly about who was behind it. people here are terrified, whether high-ranking officials, protesters, or just ordinary iraqis. and off-camera, they tell us the same thing, that the shia militias control this city and they've taken hold of power like never before. they say no one feels safe. ♪ ♪ (keyboard keys clicking) an official in the prime minister's office who knew al-hashimi agreed to talk to me, as long as we didn't reveal his identity. >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: despite the danger, al-hashimi had been exposing the inner workings of kata'ib hezbollah-- i

hezbollah has been found dead. his body was discovered in his car. >> not long after news broke of the murder, friends gathered outside his southws beirut homeo offer condolenc. for his sister, hezbollah is linked to his death. >> everyone knows who controls the area he was killed in. there's no doubt about the accusation. you know who they are. killing for them is habit. >> the activist and publisher was found in his car just 60 kilometers from the capital. he had been shot in the head. he was on his way home after visiting a friend in south lebanon. the shieh political party and militant group that controls much of south beirut and south lebanon. >> we cannot trust our leaders in this murder, especially because of where it took pla. he was constantly under threat, but he was extraordinarily brave . today, we face a real problem -- the fact that the people in power are incapable of delivering justice. >> he was no stranger to threats, due to the nature of his work. the 58-year-old's life now cut short, his empty office a reminder of his many ongoing projects. authorities have yet to determine who was behind his murder. an investigation is under way. >> it has been six months since be

support of hezbollah or hizbollah brigades was set up in 2007 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and saeed al shahada was founded in 2013 like hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq much of kerning is director of global strategy at the atlantic council and our form of advisor on iran policy to the u.s. secretary of defense he says iran has been testing the new u.s. administration and the attack in syria as president biden's early response. i think there's always a question with the new president is president biden willing to use force in iran or not we are in now against iran and in syria we saw that president obama set a red line in syria and was unwilling to enforce it we saw president trump was willing to use force and so i think iran might have been testing a new president. what can we get away with iran i think ivan is trying to send an early message that it should not be tested that the by the administration is comfortable using force to defend u.s. interests in the region and to pushing back against iran we have a saying in american english you can walk and chew gum at the same time and i think what th

since before the neighborhood became a hezbollah stronghold his family says the man refused to leave this by years of threats and intimidation public criticism of hezbollah has recently been growing the group still enjoys the backing of a majority of muslims an estimated one 3rd of lebanon's population but supporters of look month say he showed there was another voice said of beirut sudanese sort of just along the border with ethiopia of course in the standoff between the 2 countries over an area known as. both countries claim the land and tension has led to increased military presence in the area civilians reported attacks by ethiopians as a series have a bogan reports now from got our beef near the sudan ethiopia border. this is the village of the state of. the people here are poor the only water comes from the river the women still gather firewood for cooking. as a liberal hims wife was out looking for firewood when she was killed in an attack by ethiopian militia men last month he's now raising their 4 some salone the youngest nearly 2 years old is already starting to show signs of malnutrition. the whole lot of them were there she went out with 12 w

our hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and cut saved saeed al shahada was founded in 2013 like hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq. ok let's bring in matthew cronin he's director of global strategy at the atlantic council and he's also a former advisor on a run policy to the u.s. secretary of defense he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks very much indeed for being with us one phrase that's been coming out from the department of defense statement the fall of these attacks was that it was done in a way to deescalate the situation in eastern syria and iraq it seems a little bit of a contradiction in terms what do you think the u.s. is trying to save with this attack. what i don't see it as a contradiction i think iran has been the destabilizing force in the region and iraq as syria yemen and elsewhere and if united states were not to respond to attacks like this against its personnel in iraq then iran will feel like it had a free hand to continue to escalate conflicts in the region and to the united states's and showing that it's willing to use force showi

hezbollah terrorists. it's quite unfortunate. ainsley: leapt me read to the viewers what she said about hezbollah.heir own and command devotion -- dmond devotion to their brutal anti-sunni cause. i mean, she's taking it so far. this was just an act of kindness, right? >> yeah. she's completely overthinking this. she's consumed by politics. again, they were not doing this to try and get her to come to their political side of the aisle or to hold something over their head. they were doing it because they're nice neighbors. i just can't help but think that this is the same woman who has a hate doesn't live here sign in her yard while she can't even thank her neighbors. he has to overthink it. she owes them some kind of political allegiance? no, she just owes them a thank you for plowing her driveway. ainsley: at the end of the article she says i'm not ready to go over there with a covered dish. she basically is saying i can offer a standing invitation to make amends. they have to recognize first how awful trump was, and we need to work together for justice, and then we can work together as neighbors.