[speakinginister, lebanese] lebanese] g >> blake berman? thank you.ello, blake. >> president trump, hello. >> indulge us for a second. just to pick up where margaret -- the american people i think would like to know, do you feel that the attorney general should indeed stay -- do you intend on -- [indiscernible] why should he remain as the attorney general? and secondly on a separate topic with the health care vote that just came about, still a long ways to go at what point do you feel that republicans, if they can't get something done, should just say, you know what, we gave it a go, let's move on to tax reform instead? thank you. >> i want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies. which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before at a very important level. these are intelligence agencies. we cannot have that happen. you know many of my views in but i thinkthat, that's one of the very important things they have to geon with. i told you before, i'm very disappointedith the attorney general. but we will se

hizballah is a menace to the lebanese state, the lebanese people, and the entire region. the group continues to increase its military arsenal, which threatens to start yet another conflict with israel, constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is also fueling the humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hizballah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that its true interests are those of itself and its sponsor -- iran. i have repeatedly emphasized that syria's neighbors in the middle east must take responsibility for helping syrian refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way, accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis, the assad regime, and their supporters and sponsors, and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian

we have a lot of syrians actually cursing at the lebanese army, attacking the lebanese army verbally,are rising on both sides. right, so we accept that — your solution, your suggested solution — at least the one your party leader has put forward, mr geagea, is that they should go home. and you are going to put proposals to the cabinet of ways that you think that can be achieved. what sort of thing are you suggesting? what sort of things are you looking at? let's start first, the safer areas in syria exceed in scale and size and surface area, the surface area of lebanon by about 60 times so there are several safe areas now in syria — they call them safe zones or areas or regions — and let's also be careful about these people come from different parts of syria so the areas where they could go back to home, they can. some have actually been going back home and coming back to lebanon because the border controls have not been 100% airtight. so it is about having the right structures for them to go back safely — and we want them to go back safely, this is a very important point — it is not

it is notjulie a lebanese problem it isa it is notjulie a lebanese problem it is a european and internationalre not wildly happy that donald trump decided syrians are nationality it is not what allowed in the us. what we're saying here is it is important for the international community to ta ke for the international community to take this step and make sure there are safe areas in syria, because we have seen evidence of people going back to syria safely and in the refugee convention will tell you that any individual that can go safely back home is not considered a refugee any more in the country where they are plied refugee status from. let's also talk about that, there is no guarantee that these groups of people in lebanon and feel safe in the assad regime area. these areas may be outside of that. if you go and do it without the ultimate of the government and let's face it, you have relations with the syrian government for security reasons. allowing for that, why not say, we will deal with that, we may not like you but if you want to reduce this burden sometimes it you have to deal with peop

hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state, the lebanese people and the entire region. the group continues to increase its military arsenal, which threatened to start yet another conflict with israel. constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is also fuelling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hezbollah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that its true interests are those of itself and its sponsor, iran. i have repeatedly emphasized that syria's neighbors in the middle east must take responsibility for helping syrian refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis and the assad regime and pledged support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has help lebanon support syrian refugees with clean water, food, shelter and healthca

hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state. the lebanese people and the entire region. the group continues to increase its military arsenal, which threatens to start yet another conflict with israel. constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is also fuelling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hezbollah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that its true interests are those of itself and its sponsor, iran. i have repeatedly emphasized that syria's neighbors in the middle east must take responsibility for helping syrian refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way, accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis. the assad regime and their supporters and sponsors and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian refugee

hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state, the lebanese people and the entire region. the group continues to increase it's military arsenal, which thens to start yet another conflict with israel constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is also fueling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hezbollah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that it's true interests are those of itself and it's sponsor, iran. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those vib victimized by isis, the assad regime, their supporters and sponsors and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian refugees with clean water, food, shelter and health care. our approach supporting the humanitarian needs of displaced syrian citizens as close to their home country has possible. is the best way to help most people, america is proud to stand with those who have the courage to stand up to terrorism. and take re

threats to the lebanese people come from inside, as well.ow -- hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state, people, and entire region. the group continues to increase its military arsenal, which threatens to start another conflict with israel, constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is fueling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. zbolah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that it's true interests are those of itself and its sponsor, iran. i have emphasized that syria's neighbors must take responsibility for helping refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way, accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis, the assad regime, and their supporters and sponsors, and pledge our continued

the lebanese army is ramping up its presence in that area sending reinforcements. -- theg his army lebanese army -- couldn't escape from the area where the battle was taking place. the foreign minister tweeting the armyddressing saying, go after them our heroes. the islamic state group still holds nine hostages from the lebanese army. the islamic state group have refused to take part in any so this will likely be a battle to the bitter end. >> thank you, adam plebs reporting from beirut. so this will likely be a battle to the bitter end. emmanuel macron has pledged to take new asylum seeking hotspots. jumping off point for the vast majority of people seeking to reach europe illicitly. peopleonger wants to see sleeping in the streets and in the woods of france. earlier in the day the french president spend time visiting refugee families. he has also provided a rare honor to this group of people on as they were granted their french nationality, handing out there naturalization certificates. the fires in the south of france that forced the evacuation of more than 12,000 people are evolving in

hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state, the lebanese people, and the entire region. the group continues to cressets military arsenal, which threatens to start yet another conflict with israel constantly fighting them back. with the support of iran, the organization is also fueling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hezbollah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interest. but is very clear that its true interests are this of itself and its sponsor. iran. i repeatedly emphasize that syria's neighbors in the middle east must take responsibility for helping syrian refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis. the assad regime, and their supporters and sponsors. and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the state of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian refugees with clean wa

tried to invade northern lebanon, the lebanese army beat them back since that time the lebanese army has been fighting continually to guard lebanon's border and prevent isis and other terrorists of which there are many from gaining a foothold inside their country the united states military has been proud to help in that fight and will continue to do so america's assistance can help ensure that the lebanese army is the only defender lebanon needs. it's a very effective fighting force. threats from the len knows people come from the inside as well hezbollah is a menace to the lebanese state, the lebanese people and the entire region the group continues to increase its military arsenal which threatens to start yet another conflict with israel, constantly fighting them back with the support of iran, the organization is also fueling humanitarian catastrophe in syria. hezbollah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that its true interests are those of itself and its sponsor, iran i've repeatedly emphasized that syria's neighbors in the middle east

zbolah likes to portray itself as a defender of lebanese interests, but it's very clear that it's true interests are those of itself and its sponsor, iran. i have emphasized that syria's neighbors must take responsibility for helping refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way, accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis, the assad regime, and their supporters and sponsors, and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian refugees with clean water, food, shelter, and health care. our approach, supporting the humanitarian needs of displaced syrian citizens, as close to their home country as possible, is the best way to help most people. america is proud to stand with courage toave the terrorism and take responsibility for affairs in their own region. the reliance and resilience of the lebanese people terro

the lebanese flag is also flying.n that perhaps the future of america's top law official is in doubt after some public tweets criticising jeff sessions. the president of the united states will be giving a briefing and an address in the next few minutes. we will get back to you here on the bbc news channel. as far asjeff sessions is concerned, the issueis asjeff sessions is concerned, the issue is the president has been publicly critical in a number of tweets about him, concerning the fa ct tweets about him, concerning the fact that he recuse himself from the investigation into the russian alleged involvement in last year's presidential election. what is the presidential election. what is the president going to be saying, do you think? well, good question. he will ta ke think? well, good question. he will take several questions from us media. i'm sure he will be asked aboutjeff sessions. he was asked earlier in the day by a wall street reporter and he had no new information. they could be waiting to bring it out during

resistance group in coordination with the lebanese army who took a back seat to that operation. operation which wasn't without some control to see the lebanese prime minister saad hariri describe the operation as illegitimate leading critics to say that he was sheltering terrorist groups and that the terrorist group with links to al qaida now we also managed to speak to some hezbollah commanders and they told us that they managed to kill around ninety minutes and take a hundred kilometers squared of territory as the militants as they said were exhausted after months if not years of fighting in the region and the bottom of the line this is what may have been many of them away. and this is the last any else knows that a how long did that battle take to free the whole area of the holiday area of. this of. need it between forty eight to seventy two hours not more now what remains to be seen is whether this victory will be permanent or whether the terrorists will come back what we heard today though that many of them are joining the so-called islamic states and getting ready for yet

it is calling on the lebanese state to control over its territory. but neither of these things has happened. the trend is very much in the opposite direction. hezbollah openly defies these resolutions and impedes the lebanese government's ability to exercise full control over its territory. for too long, the security council has chosen to pretend that the status quo is acceptable are for the people of lebanon. it is not. hezbollah's illegal weapons build-up is putting the people of lebanon in grave danger. remarkably this council cannot even bring itself it use the word hezbollah. in recent rez lugresolutions ar statements in lebanon. many are happy to name israel time after time. but hezbollah is somehow off limits. it's absurd. worse than that, it's dangerous. the least the american people expect from this council is to acknowledge the obvious threats right in front of us. how can i explain to them that there is a terrorist organization preparing its men and its arsenal for war, but the united nations refuses to even say their name. this must chang

i'm here as a guest of the sabga-abouds, a successful family of lebanese-syrian's. >> mario: look atmario: yes like beirut. you know arak, would you like arak? >> anthony: with a little ice and some water would be perfect. >> mario: perfect, my drink of choice is grey goose with coconut water. >> anthony: the family story is not an uncommon one. the first members came here during the collapse of the ottoman empire arriving penniless. they worked their way up as textile merchants and branched out to run businesses that sell everything from medical equipment to real estate. >> anthony: and how large is the community now, in trinidad? >> man wearing black shirt: it's a little under 5,000. >> anthony: that's still a fairly small percentage of the --. >> man wearing black shirt: extremely small, actually we're the smallest ethnic group in trinidad. >> mario: but the most powerful, almost the most powerful. >> anthony: it's not bragging. syrian-lebanese merchant class are generally seen as the elite. >> mario: actually i'm very big in the food business, i have 120 restaurants, they call me

the soul mountains are located in eastern libya on a right near the syrian border so here is the lebanese border pass along here syria west border here now for six years since the start of the syrian war this area right here has been an absolute halt bed for extremists but now. travels to this newly liberated region. these are the ourselves in the east of lebanon it's the latest scene of the victory of hezbollah the lebanese resistance group who have defeated the al qaeda affiliate. and not so ended just a few days ago and you can still see the remnants of that with bullets and shells all strewn across the floor and we've seen burnt out vehicles on the way up here and during that victory against hezbollah managed to capture this cave which was used by terrorists as a base so we can go inside and have a look around. inside the cave we make the shocking discovery what appeared to be prison cells it's unclear why exactly elements were needed prison cells in this isolated area. of punishment. to prevent their own fighters fleeing in the middle of the night these are some of the weapons which

lebanese political group hezbollah. terrorists last stronghold of syria. and it's really. huge. challenge those. saturday morning here in moscow a very. political and militant group hezbollah has officially confirmed it's fighting islamic state alongside syrian government forces they launched a joint offensive against terrorist positions on the syria border in the west. the operation is taking place and i saw as the last stronghold along the border with lebanon the terror group set up a military base in a mountainous area inside syria islamic state had been moving closer to the sole refugee camp just across the border in lebanon on these emily soon i'll delving into the history of hezbollah's presence in syria lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official. hezbollah claims it's driving and isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is control

hezbollah claims it's driving isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is controlled by al nusra and rebels and the black here by isis so far sounds like just another development in the ongoing fight against terrorism in syria right so what's the big deal let's break it down. as well as presence in syria has always been a bone of contention as israel the u.s. and the arab league all view the group as a terrorist organization and levanon hizbullah a terrorist organization you just towns to shield the lives of tens of thousands of illegal rockets its militias stand side by side with syrian troops as they slaughter the syrian people. iran continues to support terrorism including palestinian terrorists and. hezbollah is a terrorist organization and they are currently. cross international. infighting in another country over it's no way trying to demonize a group that is fighting against west against american against israeli and saudi interests in the region. but not everyone categorized as h

grasper law has officially confirmed it's fighting terrorists alongside the syrian army at the syrian lebanese border. the operations taking place in the last stronghold along the border with lebanon the terror group set up a new military base there and a mountainous area and site syria islam exceed had been moving closer to the refugee camp just across the border in lebanon the area has also been a place of operation for the nusra front parties delves into the history of passable presence in syria lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official. hezbollah claims it's driving isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is controlled by al nusra and rebels and the black here by isis so far sounds like just another development in the ongoing fight against terrorism in syria right so what's the big deal let's break it down. as well as presence in syria has always

have a long way ahead of us ok jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at the lebanese university in beirut always good to have your company thank you. for following the g. twenty talks about amir putin gave his personal impression of his american counterpart. it's a trump and die of established a relationship it may sound strange but trump in real life is completely different to when he's on t.v. he's very businesslike and easy to talk with i think if we continue to work together in the way we did yesterday we'll be able to restore relations between the u.s. and russia and bring cooperation between our countries to a new level two different donald trump's you heard it right that's how the russian president puts it but mr putin met only one donald trump in that blue room on friday and as we found out from right still or should there was some positive chemistry between these two men there was so much to talk about all these issues. just about everything got touched on to one degree or another and i think there was just such a level of engagement and exchange neither one

and hezbollah of course is a major part of the lebanese government, and it's fighting alongside the lebanesermy today against isis and al qaeda in eastern lebanon. it's really disheartening when you understand that president trump knows so little about the world. >> julian, you think these crises are an opportunity or a challenge? >> i think they're a challenge. i think the same problems we've seen play out with domestic policy will recreate themselves on foreign policy. so all of the presidential behavior that we've seen, threatening allies and opponents, tweeting randomly and distracting not the public from what he's doing but his party from what they need to be doing and lacking some real sense of policy and a vision, as robin's talking about in terms of where this all goes, all of those will be problematic as this turns to the international stage. >> david frum, another seeming distraction, or at least some people would regard as a distraction, was the transgender issue. what do you think trump was doing there? and i'm assuming it's an attempt to play the sort of culture war card and for

militants are driven i don't there are six year stronghold in the eastern lebanese monckton's r.t. travels to what used to be terrorists in the highlands. inside the shocking discovery what appeared to be prison cells with. lots of tactical this. monday evening six pm here in moscow on the last day of july this is r t international my names you know neil welcome to the program our top story this hour clashes in the venice walen comp but all continue following sunday's vote for a new constituent assembly president maduro branded the result a victory for the country but with only a forty one percent voter turnout the opposition said it would continue protesting the results controversy over the election has sparked a deadly wave of violence across the country. i think. the protests have frequently turned violent sound explosion on a street in caracas to enjoin a number of people including seven police officers half a dozen other were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a polling station but the opposition which slammed the election as a legal house call for more protests. is you kn

. >> arab guerrillas fired at a lebanese school bus near the lebanese border. >> the 1970s saw the developmentthe terrorist repertoire. >> gangs of young people, products of the riotous 1960s, prefer terror, kidnapping, bombing, arson, machine guns, death and destruction. >> it was a global thing. in the '70s, those who wanted change faster than was going to come resorted to violence. >> japan has had its first plane hijacking. >> the chronicle of terrorism which took them as far as athens, greece. >> most americans thought of terrorism as a problem that happens a world or half a world away. throughout the 1970s, terrorism began to hit home. >> an elegant townhouse in new york's greenwich village was destroyed by a series of dynamite explosions. >> authorities first assumed an accidental detonation in a gas line had been responsible, except that the blast had been too powerful, destroying the $100,000 house and badly damaging the two neighboring homes, one belonging to actor dustin hoffman. and as firemen picked their way through the rubble, they found a basement workshop with sticks of dynami

prime minister when he said that -- hezbollah is a major part of the lebanese government. fighting against isis and al qaeda in lebanon. it is troubling that president trump knows so little about the world. >> julian, do you think these crises are an opportunity or a challenge? >> i think they're a challenge, i think the same problems we have on domestic policy will re-create themselves on northern policy. all the actions we have seen, threatening allies and opponents, tweeting and randomly distracting people in his own party from what they need to be doing. and lacking a real sense of policy and a vision in terms of where this all goes, all of these will be problematic, as it turns to the international stage. >> another seeming distraction, or what some people would regard as distraction was the trump agenda. i'm assuming it's an attempt to play the cultural world car, and force democrats to have to defend these small minority that many people would regard as odd, i don't. but will it work? >> it's a culture war that actually turned into a culture skirmish, because as you

he was meeting with the lebanese prime minister. let's listen in to hear him. >> we have watched the tremendous progress made in lebanon. it's not easy, it's not easy, but many fronts developed great relationship with our repeatives and me, and mr. prime minister, it's an honor to have you in the oval office. >> thank you. it's an honor to be here with you, mr. president, and also we're happy to make sure that this partnership that we have, fighting isis and all terrorism is ongoing and keep the pape hopefully for the rest of the region, and i hope that our talk, we'll have much more, you know, much more talk about this issue. >> we will, we will. thank you all, very much [inaudible] . >> thank you all. thank you. thank you. thank you. >> thank you, press. thank you. trish: you can see all the reporters there wanting to ask a question, they all jumped in simultaneously. but donald trump just posing for the cameras there. in that photo-op with the lebanese prime minister. sounded like some of them want to been jeff sessions and wheth

the palestinians and oversee the withdrawal of the plo from lebanon, but it got sucked in to the lebanese the civil war is between christians and muslims, and to the muslims it looked like we were supporting the christians. >> a big debate broke out afterwards. should we have ever put our marines in that kind of vulnerable position when they didn't have a clear politician. they were just kind of sitting there. >> the united states in the middle east was faced with an array of small forces, little cells, underground, not knowing who they were, where they were and even what they wanted. >> there are no words to properly express our outrage, and i think the outrage of all americans. >> do you have any idea who did it? >> are we going to take reprisals, sir? >> reagan call the killing of the marines the saddest day of my presidency. i think it was the low point of the reagan presidency. >> a question that must be asked is why 241 men were killed by terrorists, yet this country wasn't outraged. there were no demonstrations, no marches. little outcry. the reason? within 48 hours of the bombing,

the search continues for others who may have been involved. " those arrested were reportedly two lebanese-australia this morning - police in los angeles are ruling out terror after a van plowed into a crowd in a popular dining area. the crash injured at least eight people. police say the van was sent hurtling into the sidewalk after a collision with another car. that other vehicle had apparently ran through a red light. police say they do not believe the van's driver acted intentionally. most rides are back open at the ohio state fair after last week's deadly accident. rides had been closed since wednesday, when the fire ball ride broke mid-air... killing one rider and injuring 7 others. the fire ball will not reopen. state fair organizers say the 71 rides that are back open, were all re-inspected. another bad night at the ballpark for chris christie. the new jersey governor, caught on video... berating a fellow fan. the video was recorded by a reporter at sunday afternoon's brewers, cubs game. what sparked the confrontation? that's the very end of the confrontation.. cubs fan "brad joseph" says it

if you go to him on, they are syrian, lebanese, christian. if you go to jerusalem, if you go to nazareth, if you go to python, there are different. and in that sense, they are more open i think. the same thing in america. if you grow up in a small town, small farm, it's different than if you grow up in the city. a couple questions, one, two. >> when you become political ... when you became political did you see any similarities for the civil rights movement that was taking place in the united states and what you were experiencing in your country? >> can you stand up? i can't quite look. >> i said when you became political in your country, fighting the different things or sectarianism or what have you, you see any similarity to what was going on here in the 60s? >> she said i grew up in the 60s, there are similarities in the 60s and you know, feminism, sexism and racism in that part of the world. i think the 60s, you know, we were the generation of the 60s but it was issues, all these issues look different but in reality they were the same. fo