lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry. there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world 400 nigerians who were stranded for months in saudi arabia due to the pandemic have been repatriated the economic migrants got stuck in the gulf nation after coronavirus restrictions were imposed some complained of maltreatment in a detention facility in riyadh they w

the streets of tripoli again for the 4th day running demonstrations appear to be intensifying in lebannon 2nd largest city. many residents have been struggling with extreme economic hardship for some time with the country in a deep recession. the lockdown imposed earlier this month to halt a surgeon covered 19 is too much for many to bear. the life i'm living is horrible i came out to die and so i don't have to live through this horror enough poverty and hunger the lebanese people are living in pain. those days protests came just hours after the funeral of a man who was killed the night before. the 30 year old reportedly sustained a bullet wound on wednesday when protests turned violent with demonstrators trying to storm the city's government building. witnesses and local media say police fired live rounds hundreds of protesters were injured. lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. you want to close the country then you have to. provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of poland for another night to demonstrate against a near total ban on abortion that came into force on wednesday the government's ban means terminating pregnancies will only be allowed in cases of rape or incest and if the mother's life is at risk. it was was for a 2nd night thousands prot

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry there a day. there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. let's have a quick look at other stories making headlines around the world the white house says it's outraged by pakistan's supreme court ruling to release the british born man convicted over the killing of u.s. journalist daniel pearl 19 years ago a panel of 3 judges acquitted akhmed omar saeed shaykh of involvement in mr pearl's kidnapping and beheading

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive search in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. but. you want to close the country then you have to provide for. people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry their day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who count on a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 225-0000 families but with hop of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. it was the 1st assassination of a politician in germany by the far right since 19452 years ago a neo nazi murdered a regional politician who have attracted attention and controversy for his poor refuse g.'s stance. was a member of the chancellor's conservative party he was shot in the head outside his home by stephane ants today and was sent

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave the. hungry there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. now some of the world's top tennis stars have been let out of covert 1000 quarantine ahead of next month's australian open rafael nadal novak djokovic and serena williams were among those stuck in australia hotels for 14 days but they were the lucky ones as they were able to train outside for 5 hours each day $72.00 other players had to undergo q

globally by the end of the year that's even if vaccine makers manage to step up their production lebannon is imposing a 24 hour lockdown for 11 day starting thursday to stem its latest spike in new infections an ounce meant sparked panic buying at supermarkets since only delivery orders will be allowed and 2 gorillas at the san diego zoo in california have tested positive for corona virus and what's believed to be the 1st transmission to apes the european union has called on bosnia to improve the living conditions of hundreds of migrants stuck without shelter and the middle of winter bosnia has become a dead end for many trying to reach the by way of the so-called balkan route a desperate situation has gone dire for some after one detention center was burned to the ground. aid workers make their way to a makeshift migrant camp in the middle of the woods with the help of e.u. funds they try to ensure that at least the most basic needs are being met. with the shelters like this there's almost nothing to be done so it's about making sure they have the sleeping bags the winter clothes the sho

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock the. well in their houses and leave them hungry they're a day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. china has announced that it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passport that many hong kong residents hold passports have been in use for decades and are a legacy of former british rule over hong kong beijing's move to revoke the documents of the liberty comes after the british government recently announced it would o

their reporting from beijing here's a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic lebannon has entered full lockdown after some of its hospitals began running out of intensive care beds this includes a 24 hour curfew it is now forbidden to go grocery shopping residents will have to rely on delivery services france will impose a nationwide 6 pm curfew beginning saturday 8 beginning next week everyone traveling to france from outside the european union will have to show a negative coronavirus test and then isolate for 7 days and germany is mulling tougher restrictions after a record number of daily deaths chancer uncle americal is considering measures including shutting down all public transport. sports news now there was unwelcome news for track and field as the athletics integrity unit announced that olympic 100 meter hurdles champion brianna mcneil has been provisionally suspended for a doping violation deal took gold in the hurdles at the rio olympics in 2016 to add to her world championships victory in 2030 the ai you has charged the american with boat tampering with the

crisis is for the politicians she agree on a new cabinet that's ready to fight corruption so that lebannon will be eligible for international financial assistance that it really it really needs. to kick start the economy but what the politicians are doing instead is fighting overseas and the next government thanks very much and a lot of their reporting live from tripoli in lebanon let's bring in jeff lazarus he's the head of health systems at the barcelona institute for global health he was a senior technical officer at the world health organization is last europe he joined us on skype from copenhagen geoff lazarus good to talk to you why has this now begun to descend into a blame game over who signed the contract and what was or was not in the contract. so it's really descended into this situation because of the situation we're in europe which is that baxi rollout is going quite slowly with very few exceptions like in the case of denmark and so with their laser eyes are buying into that scene and now the new deal is with astra zeneca the european union countries don't want to have to cont

going to end this year at even if the vaccine makers manage to step up their production meantime lebannon is imposing a 24 hour lockdown for 11 days starting on thursday to stem its latest spike in new infections the announcement sparked panic buying at supermarkets since only delivery orders will be allowed and 2 gorillas at the san diego zoo in california have tested positive for corona virus in what is believed to be the 1st transmission to apes. meantime in many parts of the world snow fall is a welcome sight in winter but people in spain's capital madrid have had enough storm filomena hit the country on friday blanketing large parts of it in snow and bringing every day life to a halt now after a weekend a marveling at the unusual weather the cold reality is setting in standstill in spain the country is simply not equipped to deal with this weather after madrid experienced its heaviest snowfall in 50 years cars were left abandoned on the city's ring road the government activated the military to deal with the situation the capital's and port is now up and running again with bulldozers

more protests have been held in lebannon over worsening living conditions and a strict coronavirus lockdown. this is the northern city of tripoli where security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds after demonstrators threw stones at a government building. in tunisia has surpassed 1000000 cases of corona virus this is according to the latest government figures the rate of infections has been steadily climbing in the country for months now more than 10000 have been reported every day in recent weeks i speak to our correspondent jessica washington who joins us on the phone from jakarta this is a pretty grim milestone jessica. it is a grim milestone indonesia is now the 1st country in southeast asia to pass 1000000 cases but unfortunately that number doesn't even give an indication of the covered 19 crisis here in indonesia indonesia's health minister himself has admitted that they have had issues with data collection and with low rates of testing so this 1000000 is really just probably a small number of the actual reality on the ground and stepping away from the numbers

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive search in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. the gov't is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with the conflict the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. who says good guys always finish last the french save the stop and has won the prestigious van de globe round the world he didn't cross the line 1st but he was given the time bonus for helping another solo sailor whose boat sank. around the world in 80 days with a bit of heroism thrown in. french sailor yannick best event came into port in west

cannons in response as the protesters threw stones and tried to break into government headquarters lebannon hasn't been on total lockdown on round the clock curfew since mid january the country's caretaker prime minister earlier said the restrictions are vital to curb the spread of infections local journalist omar was at the protest for. what about if there were lead at this end it is the 4th day of the protests in tripoli a lot of protesters have gathered to trying to march to the local administration building and storming as happened on previous days and security forces are using tear gas grenades to stop the protesters but it's not stopping some of the protesters from throwing the grenades into the windows of the provincial headquarters and some officers have been hurt as a result of protesters have been dispersed from the square with tear gas and some of them are trying to hide in the surrounding areas the lebanese army has surrounded the area but for now the army is not taking any action yesterday it got involved after one person was shot with live rounds his funeral was held today rig

where did all these chemicals come from who brought them to lebannon there has never been proper control over the port no supervision and no proper monitoring what happened at the port revealed the level of corruption across the state. the port had a reputation for being one of the most corrupt institutions in the country for years smuggling and custom tax evasion is have been among the violations documented experts have long compared the way the porters managed to how the state is run little or no oversight by a single authority with influence in the hands of political parties control over the port is in the hands of many government and security agencies and the customs authority which at times don't coordinate and whose loyalties are to different parties the international community has long demanded lebanese authorities fight corruption and reform institutions including the port where officials have said billions of dollars in revenues don't reach the state treasury that's not the only challenge. we aim at increasing the law enforcement agencies capabilities for risk and that is profil

societies in other words most of them there are terms that men have for women that are to meet in lebannon one of those words is the name of the middle eastern desert beyond the stereotypes involved that women are soft and sweet it's just insulting still it's a favorite. one lebanese artist remi ochlik has co-opted the term for the video it's a message from lebanon's women to its men about sexual harassment and gender based fire the video is part of a hash tag campaign safety for safekeeping organized by a lebanese n.g.o.s aimed at protecting women in the middle east since going up on instagram last month this video has had almost 4000000 views we'll see you next time you're listening. to matters that may have been. taken but there were in fact that i mean big i mean matter and this is right i mean it's. good to see a. death on point at the time the political the sofa movement came laden some bomb missile machine. and hey i'm a kind of belief in the end. goal and that's the had that. yanukovych open. for an article on it's well known that the fact that who had. to sleep. with check this ha

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry. there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials. to go is providing some financial assistance 225-0000 families but with part of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines chinese officials have met with experts from the world health organization in the head of their 1st visit to one of the city's food markets which is suspected to be the origin of the pandemic the team will also visit hospitals and meet with scientists 1st responders and some of the patients who

meanwhile the been more protests in lebannon over worsening living conditions there and a strict coronavirus lockdown. this is the northern city of tripoli security forces 5 to gas and rubber bullets to discuss crowds off to demonstrate just threw stones at a government building. and protests on australia's national day demonstrators rallied in sydney they called national day invasion day as it commemorates the moment british ships arrived to colonize the continent indigenous aboriginal people were killed in the process. on the opening day of it noms communist party congress leader new gone food truong praised the country's booming economy and success in keeping the pandemic at bay hundreds of delegates have gathered in hanoi to select leaders for the next 5 years vietnam one of the few nations still on the one party government trying is expected to be reappointed as the powerful party general secretary you know or the peace and cooperation for development is still the trend but face many challenges globalization and global integration are on the right tracks but the mit with the rising of e

in lebannon for for. what she was doing it was something brave as a woman algis you know well the town system we have shewn acoa. the beirut spy. rich the heart wrenching bios those. 2000000 people dead worldwide from covert 19 as infections continue to rise and countries rush to roll out vaccines. i'm about to send this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u.s. president elect joe biden unveils his covert 19 vaccine plan to speed up inoculations and promises to improve what he calls donald trump's dismal failure. ugandan military surrounds the house of presidential challenger bobby wine who rejects results which give the income but your wedding most of any an early lead. the dutch government resigns after a child care benefit scandal thousands of families have been falsely accused of defrauding the state. while the world's reached another tragic milestone in the fight against corona virus 2000000 people are now known to have died after contract in covert 19 just over a year after the pandemic bega

lebannon has been gripped by a 3rd night of anti lockdown unrest hundreds were injured as writers torchedin vandalized property in tripoli. military police fired tear gas and water callen in response as protesters threw stones and tried to break into government headquarters lebanon's been on total lockdown and around the clock curfew since mid january the country's caretaker prime minister earlier said the restrictions are vital to curb the spread of infections the head of the lebanese red cross told us how tough life is right now. but with many areas you look at the situation and you do that they have to get back we go to court and regulation and the people are fighting for and guiding their needs and hope that the that i think we're going to have them to see how they can manage them and then they live and do today no hospital. and then monday i'll get up there and you have my good percent back you'll. be in and there have we had a fading a lot of problems and the gated to imagine if you don't wear that back they look for the medical president because we are going to get through to be to

lebannon has been gripped by a 3rd night of anti lockdown and rest of the hundreds were injured as rioterstorched and vandalized property in tripoli. military police fired tear gas and water cannon in response as protesters threw stones and tried to break into government headquarters level on speed on total lockdown and around the clock curfew since mid january the country's caretaker prime minister earlier said the restrictions are vital to curb the spread of infections the head of the lebanese red cross told us how tough lysis right now. is a very serious you want to look to asia and you have to get back. and all the regulations and the people are fighting already gathering they need to be there to help them to see how they can manage them and then we live and to help today no hospital. in all that you have no idea what you will. be in and there have we had a craving a lot of problems and the get it to the emergency room where there is in the medical records you are going to be to be in the field and to help all the community between all because you are together bill and your with your w

a few 100 protesters gathered in the main square of lebannon 2nd largest city it is also 11 are mostly in poverty city were at least 60 percent of the population are now troublous these people believe that the core coronavirus the lockdown set up shop in the forest without the assistance provided to them by the authorities in the u.k. is typing coronavirus travel restrictions arrivals from 20 to red list countries will have to hotel quarantine for 10 days upon arrival those wanting to leave the u.k. will only be allowed to travel for essential reasons it's an effort to stop the influx of new strains of covert 19 is the number of infections deaths reaches record levels. south africa has approved astra zeneca as covert 19 very extreme for emergency use south africa's recorded over a 1000000 infections making it the worst hit on the continent. iran is dismissing the threats made by the israeli military chief of stuff who says the preparations are being made for a possible offensive against iran the country's presidential chief of staff described the comments as psychological warfare vice

lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. you want to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hung. there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. let's have a look now at other stories making headlines around the world 400 nigerians who were stranded in stranded for months in saudi arabia due to the pandemic have been repatriated economic migrants got stuck in the gulf nation after coronavirus restrictions were imposed some claimed they were treated in a detention facility in riyadh they we

more protests have been held in lebannon over worsening living conditions and a strict coronavirus lockdown this is the northern city of tripoli security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds after demonstrators threw stones at a government building. doctors in israel say their vaccination program is working with almost every recipient of covert 19 after their 2nd injection tens tests of people who've taken the fires a biotech vaccine have also shown it to be effective against the u.k. strain israel's travel ban kicked in overnight stopping all foreign passengers from entering the country with less than 6 months to go to the olympics the world health organization says athletes are not a priority for the qubit 19 banks seen lympics organizers continue to deny reports that the tokyo games will be canceled the shuttle to begin in late july those are your headlines up next it's drug trafficking politics and power more news in 30 minutes so you are. in 1971 richard nixon launched the war on drugs. america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse. in orde

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now around the cause curfew has come into force in lebannon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections on wednesday there were long queues outside food stores as beirut residents stocked up the lockdown will be imposed for 11 days and is the country's toughest response to the pandemic so far it comes amid growing criticism but coordinated policies helped fuel the spread of the coronavirus let's get an update from is enough with their joining us from lebanon's capital beirut so are people hearing these new measures in the curfew in place. well there appears to be compliance as you can see behind me a little traffic you did mention the 24 hour curfew for the next 11 days but there are a few exceptions of course medical workers people who work in pharmacies the food sector they're allowed to venture out for the 1st time really the government is requesting people apply online or call a hotline to get permission to venture outside for and for any emergency authorities really had little choice you mention the dramatic surge in cases from january 3 to 1030000 new cases were detecte

still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour lebannon begins an all day curfew expanding the scale of the nationwide lockdown to contain a surge in sports peter will be here with action from the opening night of the new n.h.l. ice hockey season. frank assessments colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to $200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like you live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera when the news breaks the next few days crucial security forces have been deployed to hit me in hot water like this one when people need to be. our demands have to be fulfilled by the government and then if all the families leave but the other promised the other. al-jazeera has teams on the ground this is the insurrection that president trump is accus

so lebannon people are continuing their protest against lockdown measures and the dire state of the economy. security forces were deployed to the northern city of tripoli to protect government buildings at least 60 people have been injured since monday officers in a holder joins us live now from tripoli just the time lining of what's going on in tripoli they were living with the reality of an economic crisis anyway then and then the local government the national government reacted to that and nobody's happy with that. lebanese are back on the streets back on the streets like you mentioned because the economic crisis is not new the economy collapsed over a year ago and this is one of the most impoverished cities in the country this that this fix really tells us how serious the situation is 500000 people families that scares me they need assistance that is 2500000 people in a small nation like lebanon where the population is an estimated $5000001.00 3rd of the workforce is unemployed according to the united nations more than 50 percent of the population living under the poverty line living on