us before now i'd like to welcome heiko him he's a longtime project director for the ngo international crisis group n b were to joins us from grass in austria where he happens to be at the moment sir. obviously lebanon experiencing strong or an area loss i mean any country in the world would have a difficult time dealing with a disaster of these proportions what will it take for lebanon to get back on its feet. well i mean right now it clearly needs immediate humanitarian support your correspondent spoke about the average. he also spoke about. the problem of the port that really brings in all kinds of goods 85 percent of the ban on consumes imported this poison of commissions or there needs to be something in the way of an average medical supplies immediately or as i heard that there was a big care medical storage warehouse in the in the port is also being destroyed there has been the biggest biggest grain storage of the route was right next to the explosion site still standing but after destroy it so clearly food have we brought in and there and medical equipment material to repair the houses 3000

especially tonight's just a day after these terrible blast women project director of the international crisis group in beirut i can we present your time in your insights tonight thank you. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world 12 people have died in a bus accident in morocco around 30 others were seriously injured when the bus overturned close to the air on tuesday on the country's southwest coast local reports say the crash was due to dangerous driving on difficult mountain road it's in the united states at least 6 people have died as tropical storm he said yes battered the country's east coast millions were left without power as driving winds and heavy rains caused havoc across several eastern u.s. states the storm is now moving across eastern canada forest fires ripping through southern france have left at least 2 campsites burned to the ground but most 3000 people have been evacuated from an area close to the city of marsay where 1800 firefighters have been battling the blazes since tuesday around a dozen firefighters were injured no civilians ha

can go now to heiko women he is the project director for iraq syria and lebanon at the international crisis group thank you for coming back on the program i believe you were able to listen to. address his speech that he made as he announced that the government is stepping down what do you make of what he had to say. well i mean it's of course the full attack or political leader of the country or the whole reason you listen to him and i'll at least listen to him and thought. almost instantly i mean what were you thinking when you took that job because it was very clear in january that this government of so-called independent will of course not independence that the existing political forces were a bargaining or was lots of government. places to retain their influence and some are so you have people to think that that he could still act independently that he in fact. carry out what the revolution as i asked had asked for and i was. and has little to say mary but it was certainly divorced from reality and was not something that he could do. when he talked about the political elite being they are sto

joining us from new york ashford on the international crisis group. washable stood out for you on this news hour from london 2 weeks of demonstrations and still not giving in protest as in baton rouge defy warnings of the new government crackdown. we look at the future for mali the united nations joins the regional condemnation of the military coup. and then later in sport cricket players are taking no chances as they head off to take part in the sport's most lucrative league. out steve brown a former chief strategist u.s. president ronald trump has pleaded not guilty to being charged with fundraising fraud accusations right to an online campaign that raised $25000000.00 that was supposed to help build his us mexico border will the department of justice says bannon received more than a $1000000.00 of the money raised through a nonprofit organization hundreds of thousands of which he used to cover personal expenses is also facing a money laundering charge each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 is in prison ok brothers on a joins us live now from n

i'm joined by a project director based in beirut for the ngo international crisis group.e joins me tonight from austria. it's good to have you on the program. you just heard our correspondent talking about the situation in beirut tonight. based on what you know as well, how well-equipped is lebebanon o deal with this disasterer? >>>> i fear it'ss barely eququid at all for this point in time. the infrastructure is already very, very badly hit by months and months of currency depreciation. acquiring medical supplies is already very difficult. hospitals are full of covid patients. already on a purely medical level to just treat these people , they are really straining. then comes the food. it wasas a huge grain siloo destroyed. apparently now they have weeks of bread. the port is destroyed so they cannot import. on a very basic level, i do not think they can cope. brent: you heard our correspondent say also that the government in lebanon is not welcoming to the idea of foreignersrs coming in to do a n inindependndent invnvestigatitie explplosion. what does s that tell you ab

united nations a high co women is a project director for iraq syria and lebanon at the international crisis group he joins us now by skype from gaza in austria thank you for your time we are in the middle of a very fluid situation we are expecting in the next hour and a half the prime minister to announce that the government is out of the way and we're hearing from our correspondent at a caretaker government is the likely option one of the issues would that do you think that will be enough to address the issues that protest is raising. no of course not. basically what seems likely now to happen is the us government or is really a nation and that means not simply perhaps the becoming government hangs on or limbs on if you want but in caretaker function and a caretaker government by definition has a very limited competence and so this certainly cannot initiate any of the reforms the rule on the substantial radical reform that is going modernist start. one of the other options that's been talked about is the idea of a unity government what do you think the chances of that happening are what would th

outside of reach oh you will watch that meeting today very closely his picture there from international crisis group thanks for being with us here on out of there great to get your insights thank you when i was in bad ways government is accusing the head of an influential group of catholic clergy of stoking divisions and promoting civil war the accusation follows a statement from bishops blaming the government for the collapse of the economy and also for human rights abuses a recent crackdown on dissent has seen anti-government protesters arrested some an edge of the torch and. well al-shabaab is claiming responsibility for the latest bomb and gun attack in somalia a 5 hour siege at a hotel in the capital mogadishu killed at least 16 people and injured 40 a shootout followed a suspected car bomb explosion 5 attackers government officials and a police officer are among the dead. the feeling that i can buy a car full of explosives was rammed into the front gate of the hotel then attack is from al-shabaab stormed into the hotel and started shooting at everyone they came across i saw many dead bodies on

there has even been, according to the international crisis group, it says that, "countries could be drawny what khartoum's position is. certainly our position is very clear, we know that this ethiopian renaissance dam brings so many benefits to us, to ethiopia, and all that, and have supported it from the beginning. but we have major concerns linked to the issue of the safety of our dams and our people. we have over 20 million people living on the blue nile basin. but, more importantly, we have a small dam just close to the borders of ethiopia, which is... the gerd is ten times bigger than this dam. so the operation of this dam and its safety is linked to us getting information on a daily basis, so the filling and the operation of the dam make it very important that we reach a trilateral agreement between ethiopia, egypt, and sudan to regulate the first filling of the dam and to also make sure that the operation is done within the confines of the international law... 0k. could there be a conflict? very quickly, could there be a conflict over this? are you worried? our position is very cle

evening from manila philippines my name is curity ng abreast and i am senior analyst for the international crisis group life in working in the southern philippines and mindanao for the last 7 years started my assignment was crisis group end of last year and i'm now very happy to be here with you and thanks for having happened to have you feel i'm welcome to the stream what we need to know about you for the purposes of this conversation introduce yourself good afternoon from pretoria in south africa from health i work with the institute for security studies where we focus in my section on siri either and also counterterrorism and we have a big increase in what is happening up moment in the northern parts of mozambique nice to have you looking for to hearing about mozambique and amman thank you for being on the stream what we need to know about you before we get the conversation it's. hello from swanzy in wales in the u.k. . my name's energy mimi i am dr research this year at swan's university focusing on the role of star of the american islamic state propaganda and i am a fellow at george washington uni

beirut enquires austria we have hi cohen who is director of the lebanon project at the international crisis group also in beirut we have journalist welcome to you or comment the question now being asked by many lebanese was this accidental or intentionally set off and i think this is something that might take some time before people would put together all the elements of the puzzle. yeah well 1st thank you for caring to tell the story i know that there's a lot happening in the world right now i want to correct what you said to your guest before me people don't feel abandoned by their state we've you know that we have been taken hostage and we have been taken hostage for the last 30 years i don't want to count the numbers the disaster from last night people are stent picking up their loved ones bodies from under the rubble there are pictures all over of missing family members there are at least 300000 people affected by the bombing housing is destroyed i don't want to talk about that but i want to set the record straight in that we are hostage and just like 2020 has made us rethink a lot of the qu

dissent as calls grow for his resignation his peer group is a senior consultant for the international crisis group for southern africa nations he says the hopewell chanel no is likely to be granted bail but have restrictions placed on his journalism. this is a renewed occasion given his previous bella occasion was refused in the magistrate's court and then that refusal upheld in the high court controversially last week so this is an attempt to say there are new circumstances and to which an order should be granted well my sense is that he's likely to be granted. with some pretty severe restrictions on his social media and his public communications this will be used by the zimbabwean government to illustrate judicial independence and so forth. they would necessarily expect in the kind of all of the negative feedback that they have received in the last couple of weeks around this case and related matters. so i think that this may be an opportunity to to release him now but they may be concerned also about the details that he will provide about additions inside prison and the concerns about the sprea

jew who's a senior consultant for the international crisis group the southern african nations good to have you with us so what do you make of what's going on in this case is he likely to get bail having been having it been denied to him in the past. while i was just communicating with some colleagues in zimbabwe about the hearing is ongoing and i understand that the state's case to hold part of the state's case is not being heard in camera in front of the magistrate this is a renewed bella occasion given his previous bad luck the question was refused in the magistrate's court and then that refusal upheld in the high court controversially last week so this is an attempt to say there are new circumstances and i hope what you know should be granted well my sense is that he's likely to be granted. with some pretty severe restrictions on his social media and his public communications this will be used by the zimbabwean government to illustrate judicial independence and so forth. they would necessarily expect in the kind of negative feedback that they have received in the last couple of wee

crisis. an international court convicts a member of the militant group hezbollah of assassinating the formerese prime minister rafik hariri 15 years ago. his son welcomes the verdict. the tribunal came out with a result that is satisfying. we accept it. the tribunal came out with a result that is satisfying. we accept it. public health england is replaced — after criticism of its response to the coronavirus crisis. nail bars, outdoor pools and beauty salons can reopen in leicester from tomorrow, after a drop in coronavirus cases there. and the widow of pc andrew harper has said he would be "proud" of her campaign for mandatory life sentences for those who kill police officers. it's just so important that we bring m, it's just so important that we bring in, maybe it will give other families a bit of closure that we have not god. first the u—turn, now the fall—out. britian‘s universities are under pressure — over their obligations to 55,000 students who could claim places after yesterday's government u—turn boosted their grades. many of the universities are already committed to giving places t

council is to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis later on what mr mori russia below is a political analyst and president of the africa international media group she joins us now live from paris via skype good to have you with us what do you make of the timing of all of this. yeah that the situation as we do each area's 40 years in magna only or. so who was the options on the table to where this has happened before but the timing comes ahead of it as a surprise and as ugly was not the coalition of. religious leaders speaking to the streets and what we call the book jester where in search of a 2nd wind at. 4 who just. sort of dean martin was what because. they wanted the president to go and for them to be the one who. also led maybe we are movement has. been weakened by attack and then all of a sudden so all those drone president even looked at we mind. was specific blanket of them ali and. of course the situation was right for them. under pressure. 2012. judges groups and we have been speaking about. that. and but more. and more are more and more important for the they are. increasingly being source that they were in so many people killed and

crisis. also urged against. the leader. with. the challenges facing the groups from the group. the president. this is our team international. we started. in the wake of august election both supporters of president lukashenko and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2. scenes. from day 11 of the unrest on the right you can see people thousands of them gathering in central med school waving the historic red and white flag which has become a symbol of the anti location go movement and on the left of a crowd of the president's backers carrying the official red and green and national flag their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. i started writing the progress we have stability there's no war thank god we have bread to eat we have jobs even if we are not rich we would like to be but we just need to work more . with them and leave peacefully and calmly in our mutual it's very clean what's not to like about. that when used in quite a not like that for an interview in the affairs of our republic we can manage it ourselves that we stand for below its. base correspondent went to a pro ral

crisis. hong kong media reported the arrests on monday. chow was a founding member of the pro-democracy group demosisto, which sought to build international support for democracy in hong kong. but the group disbanded at the end of june, the day the national security law took effect. media tycoon jimmy lai was also arrested. he founded a newspaper critical of beijing. police say he and the other suspects colluded with foreign forces to harm national security. but they did not elaborate on the alleged violations. lai is known for his efforts to raise international awareness about issues related to hong kong. he visited the u.s. in july last year and met with secretary of state mike p pompeo. lai also faces charges for his involvement in an unauthorized event in june commemorating the 1989 tiananmen square incident. he and a dozen others have been detained for inciting people to take part. >> translator: they made a new national security law to arrest people who have opposing beliefs and prevent the people of hong kong from raising their voices. >> translator: i'm angry. hong kong is not what it used to be. the arrest of prominent activists

group amnesty international has described the arrests as unlawful. many in argentina are struggling to get by after 4 months of quarantine and an economic crisis as actuation has been worsened by a rise in crime poverty and hunger as traceable reports from buenos aires. security personnel on the ground in winter sightings their target is a drug trafficking ring involved in armed robberies. the operation is money toward by the province a security minister said here where he sell a tent and corn in the army a surgeon and a lawyer he says the only way of stopping when our society is going out of control is to be on the ground every day. we are kompany to him on one of more than 40 security operations that take place every day in this province of 12000000 people. who want to save the province of when a serious is going through a pandemic is the region as a virus but we already had other in the mic problems like in security it's getting deeper and we need to approach it with all sorts of policies. the rate is not an easy one members of the group try to escape and shots are fired this is great heard one side is very aware of high poverty rates and work insecurit

international monetary fund have struck a new $6500000000.00 economic relief deal or the lifeline has prompted fears of more painful austerity measures ecuador has been in the group of an economic crisis for years now and the i.m.f. has helped prop it up financially with loans to secure them kyoto has had to slash funding for the public and health care sectors that critics say has left the country vulnerable during the pandemic it is among the hardest hit by cope at 19 in latin america. and i think the everyone in the entire population had this corona virus but we did not have medical help because the doctors did not come here you know they are only in the city and we have to go and look for them so people use home remedies the way . in the hope you can you can't imagine how bad the hospitals were they didn't want to admit anyone else so instead they took my parents to kill me because my father and my mother both died there. in principle receiving that sum of money for a country in crisis sounds like good news well did they believe that detail these agreement is not a free lunch for it whether it comes with the start on this or not these imposed by the i.m.f. which continues to promot

despite the international community's unwavering support of juan guaido, the regime intends to hold another fraudulent election. a massive humanitarian crisis, armed groupsncluding colombian guerrillas, paramilitaries, drug traffickers, operate across venezuelan territory with impunity. and the governments of cuba, russia, china, and iran have gone through lengths to prop up the maduro regime and undermine american influence. against this incredibly complex landscape, i look forward to hearing from today's nominee about what steps the united states needs to take to better achieve our shared bipartisan policy objectives i'm pleased. to see that the administration has a new bomb -- nominee for the bahamas. the u.s. must recommit to our bilateral partnership with the bahamas. from deepening the ties between our people, to strengthening our work on maritime and narcotics issues, to building on economic links between our countries. i look forward to hearing how the u.s. can expand our cooperation with the hamas. mr. douglas, i understand you know the bahamas well, and we look forward to your insights today. ways, it is a success story after decades of brutal

international community. help to u.n. is launching an independent investigation into the blast. >> there was an economic crisis in are the country, and then there was the coronavirus pandemic>> reporter: the leban militant groupd any connection to the blast on tuesday. >>> the city of vallejo seeking to change venue in the trial over a civil lawsuit following a deadly shoot big police. coming up here, we'll break down the potential music with our legal expert michael cardoza. >> pollution in twist in the death last year of san francisco publish defender jeff adachi. what a high ranking official in the medical examiner's office was ordered to do to the autopsy report, and what he said happened when he refused. rewarded! get a free delivery perk when you order. - [group] grubhub. >>> new developments in the deadly shooting of sean monterosa by vallejo police. he was killed as officers responded to reports of looting back in june. the city is seeking a change of venue for the simple rights lawsuit that's been filed on behalf of his family against the city of vallejo. the city is arguing that a fair trial won't be possible in the bay area or sacramento because of what they describe as negative media coverage. the

international community's unwavering support or incoming president wigle, the maduro regime seeks to hold another fraudulent election. the massive humanitarian crisis displaced 5.2 million venezuelan migrants and refugees. on groups including colombian relatives, paramilitary drug traffickers. operate across venezuelan territory with impunity. and the governments of cuba, russia, china and iran have gone to significant lengths to prop up the maduro regime and undermine american influence. against this incredibly complex landscape i look forward to hearing from today's nominee about what steps the united states needs to take to achieve our shared bipartisan the objectives . i'm also pleased to see the administration has risen a new nominee for the bahamas, amidst the ongoing reconstruction related to the devastation from hurricane dorian last year the us must recommit to our bilateral ownership with the bahamas and deepening the ties between our people, strengthening our work on maritime and counter narcotics issues, building on the economic links to our countries. i look forward to hearing how the us and expand our cooperations for the bahamas, mister douglas i understand you know the bahamas well. and we look fo

executive of the parent group international airlines group, trying to co m plete international airlines group, trying to complete unfinished business, they say he is using this crisisnd to boost shareholder returns so what we've got is a real lack of trust between the employer, british airways, and some of their longest serving and previously most loyal staff. as we've pointed out, the airline industry is in crisis, british airways does say it has to cut costs and cut costs dramatically. but other airlines are doing this too, its just with british airways, it has that bitterness, that emotion behind it and that's largely because of what has happened in the past. 0k, thank you very much. a record number of migrants crossed the channel heading for the uk by boat yesterday and several more have been spotted this morning. simonjones has been out on the channel in a boat and has already come across people attempting to make a crossing. a little earlier he sent this update. we set out at around 4am this morning and shortly after, the sun rose and we spotted a bit of a blip in the sea and we went a bit closerjust to see what it might be and it turned out to be a boat that