financial misconduct go landed in beirut on monday sparking consternation in japan and cheers in lebannon guns that he wasn't fleeing justice but escaping injustice this is the house in beirut where carlos ghosn is believed to have fled but there's no sign of him and the security guards outside say he's not here but a neighbor is shown up wanting to welcome him to levanon with a card. many lebanese feel the former nice and c.e.o.'s a successful businessman and is a symbol of the country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. from like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know i and many people with money go as main lawyer says he heard about his client's flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk to go and would run away. with a whole month we were gone completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to make contact with him. sort of like. going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster j

antonio good here was there speaking earlier today about sharing responsibility that's something that lebannonknows a lot about it has had a big influx of refugees since 200 up in one and a half 1000000 people have fled there from the conflict in neighboring syria but an economic crisis in the country means that finding work has become difficult for both lebanese and refugees amir hussein is lucky today she can work in this firewood company near the refugee camps of niles in the mountains of levanon with her son behave they will earn around 3 euro for a few hours work i. have before i'm happy to help my mom and money. and so many at my feet and there's nothing worse than this if we had enough help we wouldn't have to do this work on. a mirror and her son each receive less than one euro a day from the u.n. just enough for them to survive but not enough for an education for her son even if they work sporadically it's a similar situation for most of the estimated $1500000.00 syrian refugees in lebanon there is no hope for improvement on the contrary the political and economic crisis has cost many

i said is that a classified memo to your start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebannon libya somalia sudan and iran. i think it's highly probable the administration has already made the decision to go to war against iran there are already u.s. troops inside iran want to repeat that there are already u.s. troops inside iran the u.s. has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what you've seen the u.s. doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level we've seen a report in new yorker by seymour hersh that a u.s. source told him that u.s. marines were operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report i've never heard of the report i've never read the article nor do i intend to do you have any. as to whether or not you as the u.s. ambassador i don't have any interest as to whether or not u.s. marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didn't intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now walked it ov

for more stability and prosperity in the region instead of being a source of conflict gas and oil lebannon should be a source of stability and peace not the source of another confrontation if we respect the international laws and this is the basis on which we built our foreign policy and lebanon again has never addressed israel never know it's always their aggression from from the. israel and we hope that on that issue we can turn the positive and 2 more questions and then we're done the international community is promising 8 as you know that is conditional on the formation of a new government in lebanon as foreign minister what is your message to the international community you know i believe every reform that is needed by the country shouldn't be called dition but by us we should accept it because it is over to meet at his request we accept any aid if it does not condition politically but when it is with reforms that we need of which we are convinced we have no problem finally we need to put the i would have come through on the path of 3 forms of this is pressured by old people through t

back to me a liberal regime like chill a colombia lebannon. you know that's a little bit more complicated but they're chile and colombia down here in latin america you know those are huge uprisings against and they say in their own placards against neo liberalism like you take our assets in. give us a pile of dead that's a bogus deal but go back to this geo economics i want to say you know we did predict that the u.s. would not allow the one belt one road system to move forward from china because that was like their marshall plan and the marshall plan after world war 2 helped the us really solidify our trade relationships and our. alliances our allies having to rely on the us well according to the atlantic council actually who are very pro-american sort of the regime changers many latin american governments and companies consider the belgian road initiative an opportunity for furthering international engagement as in other regions of the world that may not be our eye is expanded access to china a growing export destination and source of extern

but iran is very very aggressive and they work through proxies they work through the hizbullah in lebannon and they work through. shiite militias in syria and they have become ever more aggressive by actually using in. using actually their own forces the oakwood force and they have helped to. take over his country after this. civil war that took place there with severe severe casualties you know you're talking about more than 600000 deaths and they're trying to dig in open basically a 2nd front against israel and we certainly will not allow that if you look from a larger perspective you see that iran is trying to surround israel from all sides and we take seriously the. announcements and declarations of the leaders of iran that they want to erase israel from the map iran denies that syria denies that but there are pictures of president yahoo treating people in syria in the golan heights associated with isis diagonal kiter you just mentioned 600008 figure of 600000 when it came to the syrian civil war did your government support isis diane chanelle qaeda or in syria does it ever support tho

these hot spots around the world whether it's chile whether it's believe the a colombian algeria lebannon iraq spain france with the yellow vests one country after another has nothing to do with the trade wars it has more to do with the global economy is slowing down and all of that cheap dough that they pumped into it isn't working anymore ok if last round are any of these coming back in 2020 bell bottom pounds. maybe yo yos we got yo yos in every politician out there is a yo yo so they're not going anywhere cuisine yes ok you heard it here 1st now let's move on to a hot wars on the horizon hot wars in 2020 where the hot spots japan looking hot in dicey what's going on the hottest spot is the united states against venezuela and iran those are the hot spots and if things break out in iran it will be the beginning of world war 3 and you know listen to what einstein said i don't know how world war 3 will be fought but i know world war 4 will be for with sticks and stones so the united states saudi arabia israel's. going after iran and its economic warfare that the united states is committed

expressed or manifest and what we call the global insurrection against banker occupation hong kong lebannon venezuela argentina the 20 countries that inflames protesting an extension of what we saw in occupy wall street the world's population is waking up to the fact that the central banks are out to kill them essentially and steal their money are those people wrong well you know we have a trade phrase markets are forward looking and i would have to say this if that phrase was true and then therefore the paradox where markets were so forward looking why wouldn't they know that there's a crash coming. but more to the point is the markets are looking past that or or they're not forward looking i think a some point we're going to have a real mess on our hands and i don't know when but it's a much scarier world to me now than say you know 20082000 was was it dot com bubble the world seemed like it was in great shape now it doesn't feel like it's in great shape at all and the door is very polarized both politically within congress and between countries so i think it's unfair for turning them on

don't you help people and that is what i'm doing now poverty is on the rise and so is unemployment lebannon has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of implementing much needed reforms to unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid. the dire economic situation is the result of bad economic policies of previous governments their policies failed there's been a lot of corruption in the stolen money from the states economic crisis isn't it spain building up there are no more cases of lebanese becoming homeless because like. they no longer can afford rent she brought her family to this square in central beirut where opponents of the political class have been converging for more than 2 months and their attempt to get rid of the political elite. i used to have a house but now my whole family 8 girls and 4 boys including my son in law live here but regardless of this bad situation i feel good because of the care and love i got from people before the uprising i never had this much supports this spontaneous and leaderless protest movement was triggered by go

people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would united states will do next because the united states has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the united states turns its attention to iran. now to other news and rebel fighters are being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes in democratic republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest in the eastern region of beni by a.d.f. rebels they operate in both neighboring uganda and i've killed hundreds of people recently is following developments from nairobi and says it is expected that death toll will rise it's now calm but tense of this is that the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now 23 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to hous

support group for lebanon to try to find ways to help this country deal with an acute economic crisis lebannon lebanon's leaders have been appealing for international assistance companies are closing the unemployment rate is rising there's a shortage of dollars the banks are imposing capital controls there is inflation so lebanese politicians appealing for help but the protesters who have been in the streets for almost 2 months now against those in power want to give a message to france they say don't give more money to these people who have been in power for decades who have done nothing according to them but accumulate wealth they're calling them corrupt politicians there's a suspicion of corruption. for this government so we don't want them to get any money from now so let's wait for a new government of independent to know how to manage any eventually over the 1st 30 years the government has to be. unable to manage a country and able to put on a country for the same people it's time for us to change these people and put new blood in the government what protesters want is an independent gove

lebannon syria. and of course in yemen and with the who teens. and early 2015 m.p.'s took over the reins as commander in chief of the saudi military at the same time those who fees and local shiites and probably run militia seized yemen's capital sana. and the crown prince tooth as to mean that her van was effectively a presence at the southern border of the saudi kingdom. come mohammed bin simon this when my men didn't sound money aside to intervene in yemen the idea was to signal his arrival in power by showing that under his rule saudi arabia was not a country to mess with. your general must be a chicken or the believe comet. or the spit of the mc i'll be i'm sure there can be a good that even the. pleasant one dorm. not must finish the 3rd because you a lot of. m.p.'s knew he could count on the suppose of his ally m.b. he said and his well equipped army to support him in this nearly declared war. will sure to be any rotty intervention in yemen allowed them to exhibit that military power on the well stage. when the emirate is went into yemen it was a quite a quite

volunteers in lebannon are providing meals for those in need this christmas as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in decades the struggling economy is one of the main reasons for ongoing protests against the political process ruled for 30 years as in a harder has more from beirut a show of solidarity with those in need at a time of crisis volunteers from across lebanon have been helping prepare christmas dinner for the poor but a lot of people are hungry they need to eat why not host them with flour isn't and good food. they're hosting them in martyr square which has become the epicenter of a. protest movement against the political class that has ruled lebanon for decades . my people. even. all united and only. county there may be unity here but this is a deeply divided country that has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of heating demands from the street to make way for a new leadership the situation has got this traffic but. this is this love. of generosity of kindness of voluntary initiatives of people coming together . a

in order to allow for more consultations and negotiations among the different political factions lebannon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide. india's supreme court is due to hear petitions challenging a controversial new citizenship when say anger over the mall has now spread to college campuses schools were injured when police raided a university in the capital new delhi late on sunday with a new measure for citizenship to persecuted minorities from some neighboring countries but excludes muslims. a report by the committee to protect journalists is accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely probe aging groups are accused of scaring off companies from advertising but intendant outlets who are critical of china at least 4 people have made been confirmed dead in sunday's powerful earthquake in the southern philippines rescuers are searching for survivors after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit the island of mindanao amnesty international says iran's government is carrying out a vicious cracked and after the nationwide protests

hello there and this is al jazeera live from also coming up protestors hours again in lebannon as a prominent businessman imagines as the potential pick as next prime minister. train and metro services take a hit as france's major trade unions go on strike demanding pension reforms. and saudi state oil company readies for its stock market debut despite questions about how much it's really worth. we begin in mauritania where at least $58.00 migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast the international organization for migration says survivors are now being treated in the northern city of new what he believes and says the vessel was carrying at least 150 people from gambia and was low on fuel while our correspondent joins me now from new york truck that's mauritania's capital mohammed what more do we know at this stage i see some people did manage to swim to safety but there are still some people missing. that's right we understand that about 83 people have been found outside the city of n y d one that's 5 hours drive from here north of the cops on what i'm talking and that wa

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those who can work struggle to find a job lebannon to qana me is in crisis food prices are rising in the local currency the lebanese pound has lost at least a 3rd of its official value. the general situation of course is affecting both lebanese and syrian refugees and the targets mainly are the people who are in severe but it is situation where they are constantly trying to afford and sustain their basic needs and their needs are greater during the winter months refugees are not only facing freezing weather conditions nearly 900000 of the 1000000 syrians registered with the united nations live below its designated poverty line that means surviving on less than $4.00 a day. mud is one of many refugees who rely on you had cash assistance but she recently lost her refugee status and un help because she returned to syria for a few days and that was out of syria for the country as i had to go to damascus to get my daughter because health care is too expensive here but when we came back and there you and took away our status as bread that aggregation. her grandson muhammad is forced to wor

people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would united states will do next because the united states has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the united states turns its attention to iran. well the russian and iranian foreign ministers are condemning the u.s. military action in iraq and syria love for office hosted mohammed talks in moscow salvaging the 2050 nuclear deal was also high on the agenda to discuss complex across the middle east and said they were keen to increase cooperation welcome locum because despite the fact that americans are now thousands of miles away from their borders under a pretext of defending their right they have drowned the people of iraq in blood the recent actions by americans in iraq are unacceptable state run in russia put efforts to establish peace built. yes and in iraq the cooperation between our countries with the talks is

in iraq but more the more well known one is in the levant lebannon increasingly out of syria these are separate groups but of course what they have. is that they're both iranian backed sometimes this one based in iraq is called a paramilitary group which would suggest that it's directly in the arm rather where is hezbollah the party you've got the more well known and loving on who is seen more often as a resistance group are or even a terrorist group depending on what your politics are but this is real but there's no doubt about i mean we're really just putting here is there's no doubt about it that this is very much a proxy of the iranian government and it's in control in order to spread some of its influence in iraq as well as to me the u.s. presence there more cost is the trumpet ministration actually on the front foot given or despite his back story when it comes to you know people like john bolton moving away from the administration and the trumpets to towards the 2015 iranian nuclear deal because iran when it comes to those proxies around the region but specifically now with iraq

resign in october as well as his cabinet has learned supporters are fought with some protestors want lebannon sectarian political system overhauled. well. we hope the consultations take place on monday and we hope the prime minister is named based on a majority of votes however the government formation process would be easy we've lost a lot of time we have agreed on a name yet but we hope that next monday a prime minister will be named after that we can speak about the formation of the government. protesters in algeria have rejected the result of thursday's presidential election which was won by a former prime minister abdullah measure is seen by many as part of a long ruling corrupt establishment but he's offering talks with demonstrators hoping it'll move the country forward nicolas cage reports. it was an election the majority of algerians didn't want him to now come it seems rejected by many. tens of thousands rallied across the country is the results of the presidential election were announced i didn't measure it but abdul majid to boehner see just over $4900000.00 votes achieving a tota

people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will are respond because and what would united states will do next because the united states has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the united states turns its attention to iran. let's get an answer to that now we go to mike hanna in washington d.c. and just on that question by what message is the u.s. sending iran here. or very clearly it's belief that. is a part of the iranian revolutionary guard and will be treated as such now all of this follows an alleged attacker by the group on a u.s. base which led to the death of an american contractor now the senior members of the trumpet ministration including secretary of defense and the secretary of state along with senior military leaders arrived at mar a lago which is president trumps would to retreat so to speak to brief the president on what has happened this happening occurring shortly after t

people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would united states will do next because the united states has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the united states turns its attention to iran and the reaction from the u.s. with my camera in washington hi mike probably not a surprise in the end that the u.s. actually did this i mean the defense secretary almost flagged up these sorts of strikes a while ago and there was an american contractor killed recently as well however the idea of them being more responses i mean it could create all sorts of problems . indeed yes come on the question is whether this is part of a new u.s. offensive whether it is the beginning of something rather than a consequence of attacks by the various armed groups within iraq itself certainly the secretary of defense mark espers says that they have briefed president trump about what opti