the war is part of lebanon's history but it doesn't define the country.g art scene, we have a lot of designers and artists and film producers, um, architects, amazing people who are doing work that is actually internationally recognised and i think that is the best way for people to really understand what this country is like. lisa takes me to central station, which was recently named among the world's 50 best bars, to try lebanon's national drink, arak. cheers, enjoy. thank you. oh, that's strong! it's got a real aniseed taste. you couldn't drink it too quickly. you have to take your time. so is this the drink that young lebanese people are drinking? actually, this is a drink you normally enjoy with family over a long lunch. a lot of the bars, especially central station, they are creating these very innovative cocktails that celebrate the flavours of lebanon in a very interesting way. so here is modernes falafel. ooh! it's a deconstructed falafel sandwich with vodka as the base, using the falafel spices... this is so nuts! yeah. i mean, falafel cocktail?

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe the israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. wherever they list professor of political science of florida atlantic university and he said it's not a matter of when but his bluff will choose to retaliate. it's an escalation mainly based on israel's a policy that according to the prime minister at the end he would like to make sure that iran does not allow its proxy mainly in iraq and syria and lebanon to have sophisticated weapons or to poor a threat to israel so mainly when i look at it i see it as it consistent with his policy but i would add it becoming more dangerous because 1st it was in syria but then it's build over into iraq and now into lebanon and this is why to day it's it's it's the reason it's inching closer toward a war which some s

to close this week, i am at beiteddine palace, one of lebanon's historic castles.ut beiteddine was built later, at the end of the 1700s, in tribute to the country's ruler, emir bashirshihab ii. it is only an hour out of beirut, but nestled in the mountains it is a world away from the city's hustle and bustle. legend has it that once this unique palace was completed, the emir ordered for the architect to have his hands chopped off to prevent him from building anything as beautiful ever again. the building was restored in the 1950s. ziad's father was part of the restoration team. good to meet you. welcome! my father was here, he was 20 years old. this is ziad's father, moussa al maamari. when moussa was working on the palace, he discovered a plot of land just a few kilometres away, and had an idea. a few years later, in 1962, he laid the foundations of his very own landmark, moussa castle. this is incredible. how long did it take your father to build it? it took him 73 years of work to fulfil his dream. imagine! 73 yea rs ? 73 years. and did he build it himself? hims

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon on the israeli side will never feel safe that israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that aim at killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. right time to introduce our guest now from tel aviv we have seth france menus middle east analyst for the job. recent post in tehran mohammad marandi is any iranian political analyst and professor at the university of tehran in london sami hamdi editor in chief of the national interests journal welcome to your theft let me start with you in tel aviv so the frequency of israeli attacks are increasing increasing their widening in scope over the weekend without talking about 3 different countries multiple axes of conflict what is benjamin netanyahu up to what's the objective or i think 1st of all we have to be clear that some of these strikes are a legend but israel has taken responsibility for what's hap

against iranian backed groups in lebanon iraq and syria in the past few days lebanon's president described it as a declaration of war back now to al-jazeera world will see you very certain. might have it out a decade to fix it up by letting. still throw a stick that makes. whatsoever to set it up. so we're sure. 6 sure if you don't. want to live. you don't have to see that either if you're on the way to do you. have. before. he. shot me yeah. i love death but did i. want to for the you know shit. that happens when they. eat if they can see. the photo and the soul of the moment when they. receive all. they had that day and. you know you look. knowing you're. the figure. who voted. were. she to follow it our thought yes. my. family so in a way come sort of the. can see your love so when. i come back i was young so did i know i had a half day on the. yellow sold in a. yellow house wrong. with the official. who say it out of it covered up the laughs like that and carry it off well i think with that i think i see yeah he did have a camera at the oh i love so i'm a. i'm a little old going the i'

decision after the 2nd lebanon war was very clear that lebanon will not allow any. offensive weapons in the southern part of lebanon and that's been totally trampled upon their return ridiculing the u.n. and now suddenly they're reminded of the u.n. listen the u.n. has never been able to protect any country let alone israel in our whole history we will not wait for the world to save us you know we tried that 80 years ago it didn't work well jews and the jewish people will defend itself we're not going to. wait for anyone to be able to destroy us and we do expect that the free world understand that if they don't stand behind us iran is going to move on to them ok former israeli educationist enough tony bennett thanks very much for joining us on take. or i guess away look from moscow for this hour i'll have you next update in 35 minutes he'll. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you than. anyone else so it's seems wrong. but old rules just don't call. me. yet to

line so who's the nuclear state in the middle east that's a just a fact within one week iraq syria lebanon and palestine it's not iran it's israel was is an address the dishes 7 know what what was addressed iran that is not the nuclear state and that has not aggressed for other countries just briefly on china do you think we've had now trump is talking about the president being somebody he can deal with the in memory go he was an enemy what what what do we we think about that change looks we've heard over the last several months since the beginning of the year so many statements from the american presidents on china including some that said within a week within 10 days this month soon enough the chinese want a deal they cannot but have a deal we've heard it with heard it many many times now if we could have at the end i don't know but the general perception is among economists and sort of just is we're not going to have a deal that this is a war of attrition that the trade war is a war of attrition and that might last long mona sheriff thank you very much indeed as well from europe and i'l

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon on the israeli side will never feel safe that israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that aim at killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. right time to introduce our guest now from tel aviv we have seth france menu's middle east analyst for the jury's. i'm postin terror on mohammad marandi is any iranian political analyst and professor at the university of tehran in london sami hamdi editor in chief of the national interests journal welcome to your theft let me start with you in tel aviv so the frequency of israeli attacks are increasing increasing their widening in scope over the weekend without talking about 3 different countries multiple axes of conflict what is benjamin netanyahu up to what's the objective or i think 1st of all we have to be clear that some of these strikes are a legend but israel has taken responsibility for what's

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe that israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. well the rapper is a professor of political science at florida atlanta you know that city and he said it's not a matter of way but exactly how it has spelled out will choose to retaliate it's an escalation mainly based on israel's a policy that according to the prime minister of the he would like to make sure that iran does not allow its proxy mainly in iraq and syria and lebanon to have sophisticated weapons or to poor's a threat to israel so mainly when i look at it i see it as it consistent with his policy but i would add it becoming more dangerous because 1st it was in syria but then it's filled all over into iraq and now into lebanon and this is why did they it's it's it's the reason it's inchin

and i but that's a religious aspect in terms of their policy they are a part of the lebanon governmentand you know other. groups within syria that you've mentioned and you know i think incorrectly called the militias these are resistance groups that are defending syria against the plate that was unleashed upon syria and iraq as well by the united states by saudi arabia and a plague in which even russians have been bent hurt and russia's them huge amounts of work to support syria and. lebanon and iraq even in defending themselves and faulting the plague of that isis so you know how come no one says that hezbollah or the shah be all for example these groups in syria i'm not russian backed why iran but why why because the target is iran so why those groups is or israel put it move dangerously close to israel's borders led. well they're allowed to go anywhere within the border region of syria or iraq or lebanon this is their sovereign territory one might actually i ask why is israel occupying and stealing swathes of land in the golan which has no right to internet internationally it still

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a targeted lebanon on the news really side will never feel safe if you israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal dros that killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers have begun heading into the amazon to join the fight against fires burning through the rain forest military is being sent to 6 states in an unprecedented response number of fisons about 85 percent higher than last year and many blame president diable scenarios policies that he says the situation is returning to normal and hong kong police use water cannon for the 1st time against pro-democracy demonstrators the latest clashes happened after another large more peaceful march took place in a different part of the city or part 2 of the sites pico program lines in the sand now continues but i will be back with the news hour at 2100 g.m.t. to join you then. september on

faceom now on, we will israeli drones in lebanon skies. we will bring down israeli drones when they enter our skies. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the trump administration plans ofshift over billions dollars including $155 million from fema's disaster relief fund to help fund its highly contested policy. the funds would pay for temporary courts on the southern border to hear cases of asylum-seekers who have been forced to return to mexico while their cases proceed through the u.s. legal system. the money will be adding 7000 more spaces to immigration spaces. they're preparing for tropical storm dorian which could make a and strengthen into a hurricane later today. governor wanda vazquez has declared a state of emergency for the island. on tuesday, president trump used the impending storm to take a jab at puerto rico, tweeting -- "wow! yet another big storm heading to puerto rico. will it ever end? congress approved $92 billion for puerto rico last

still to come here on al-jazeera why israel is sending tanks and troops this borders with lebanon and syria. also ahead dying to tell another journalist is killed in mexico as the u.n. urges better protection for reporters. hello there we have the heat back in place across much of texas that he divisor is in place but to the east of there it is all about this massive cloud that you can save in august. and we have thunderstorms in the forecast for you the next couple days it's a very unsettled picture holdaway from texas the southeast the mid atlantic and op into the northeast you also notice into central count at canada ontario we have this area of low pressure so that will work its way gradually eastwards taking the rain with it but also the cool air so for those winnipeg minneapolis just 20 celsius on wednesday meanwhile into d.c. we go to friday warm day 28 celsius but we could see the scattered thunderstorms why don't suffer much of the caribbean but really we're focusing very much on this this is tropical storm dorian monday and tuesday it's on his way west was it should be headi

or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe israeli drones are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon we will crush them we will drop them. tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers have become heading into the amazon rain forest to join the fight against the 5 planes are dumping water on the wildfires in the state of wrong many blame the policies of president jarba also morrow for the increase in fires thousands of the injuries he g.'s are marking what they call genocide remember in states it's been 2 years since more than 700000 people were forced to leave their homes in march and they've been densely crowded camps in bangladesh thousands of people were killed the u.s. is marking the arrival of the 1st and slave africans to the english colony of virginia 400 years ago the transatlantic slave trade database says nearly 400000 people were sent to north america over more centuries you are firming up today it was your headline

they were focusining on liberals lebanon's sovereignty. i'm i'm- really cold emergency. meeting this afternoon with the heads of the. by representatives of the un securirity council t the us ambassador to lebanon f for examplple i'm warningng thehem t if you use this kind of attttack onon lebanon c could lead to an escalation in the region and- i'm gonna miss it vioiolence i m so they're very much sir the government is very much trying to use diplomacy to get over this. thehe problem with that is hezbollah hass said that it will respond targegets down. any further i israeli drone deployed lebanon and that does hapappen s ready joins do five e eleven on so. there i is defininitely sentential for five restoration. rereporter reporter that in aa routinine. he is being fueled in russia over radiation levelss after a recent explosion the state where the service is made pupublic details o of what they call a briefef spike radio activity the was the eighth incidents at the a russian navies range in a alaskaa near e white sea killed two servicemen of five nuclear engineers. as w

and the region and it says that lebanon will be held accountable for actions on its soil. that's more ahead on the news hour including. on global mccain on the campaign trail in some where the governing christian democrats are facing a stiff challenge from the far right several members of columbia's former fark rebels announce a new offensive after withdrawing from a peace deal. and support the french football game halted by homophobia lia we'll have all those details coming up next. 2 rival political parties and its allies have joined forces to create a new government the prime minister just set the.

or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel see if you israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them so her has more from beirut. the palestinian faction the p.f. l.p.g. knowledge in that one of its positions has been hit it is blaming israel even though israel did not claim responsibility for targeting that position which is close to the syrian border it's a position in rugged mountain terrain largely made up of tunnels it does connect lebanon with syria the p f l p g c is an enemy of israel israel has attacked that pace in recent years but this is seen more as a message to hezbollah the p.f. l.p.g. sea is an ally of hezbollah it's an ally of iran and hezbollah does control territory on the other side of the border in the reported strikes just hours after hezbollah promised to shoot down any israeli drone that violates lebanese airspace it is blaming israel for sendin

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon on the me israeli side will never feel safe here's really drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. also promised retaliation after an israeli airstrike killed 2 has been members in syria hours before the try and drones came down in beirut israel says the strike in the damascus area targeted an arm of iran's revolutionary guards which was planning to attack israel using a kill a drug a senior iranian commanded denied its facilities were hit israel has really severe it's footage it says shows iranian operatives walking near a site that was to be used a drunk launches. well israel really acknowledges operations in syria but the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is prices military efforts and threatened further attacks. if someone rises up to q you kill him 1st you know a complicated operation rev

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon and the israeli side will never feel safe here's really drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they make killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them hours earlier the israeli military said it hits a rainy and back targets in syria activists say 2 members of hezbollah were killed in a rare admission of responsibility prime minister binyamin netanyahu threatened further attacks. if someone rises up to kill you kill him 1st you need complicated operation revealed that iran dispatched a special unit of to syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drones i'd like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we prevented serious attacks that we will expose any attempt by iran to attack us and any iranian effort to hide behind excuses we will not tolerate a aggressions against israel from any country in the region any country that a

if we remain silent on this breach it will create a very dangerous road for lebanon on repeating what is going on in iraq now. in iraq the iranian backed popular mobilization forces are blaming israel for a series of unexplained attacks on their bases and positions in recent weeks the latest was on sunday night close to iraq's border with syria which killed a number of fighters u.s. officials and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have hinted at possible israeli involvement in those strikes israel it seems has opened a new front. and as long. as a saying they're ready to open war on 3 fronts beirut damascus and back that we can't ignore the political side however which is the upcoming israeli elections the israeli army says its air strikes in syria stopped an attack by iran's revolutionary guards it released surveillance footage of what it said were members of the guards preparing a drone strike against israel israel has repeatedly hit what it says were iranian targets in syria over the years it wants to prevent iran from gaining a foothold and influence across the region but i

lebanon's hezbollah was promising to retaliate against israel after accusing it of being behind what it called a suicide attack by self destructing trolls last week and domestic rivals have long accused the group of making security and military decisions on its own dragging the country to war but this time lebanese officials are rallying behind hezbollah cinna harder has more from beirut. the israeli army has pulled back from its positions close to the border with lebanon it's on high alert awaiting hezbollah's promised retaliation for the killing of 2 of its operatives in airstrikes in neighboring syria. since the 2006 war the israeli military has largely refrained from targeting hezbollah inside lebanon instead it has been facing off against the group and its backer iran and syria that changed over the weekend the lebanese armed group is accusing israel of sending armed drones that crashed and exploded on a mission to attack in its stronghold in the sudden suburbs of beirut it is promising to confront drones that violate lebanon's airspace and it has the support of the lebanese sta

bride al-jazeera hong kong a canadian citizen held in syria since last december has been released in lebanon christian lee baxter was freed following mediation efforts by lebanon security chief it's unclear what banks there was doing in syria at the time of his detention . just like something. else. you know. like. we. did. so i'm a holdover from beirut. lebanon has mediated the release of a canadian national who was being held in syria the one of the top security officials in lebanon about for him was the man involved in this mediation effort he said that the canadian national mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didn't divulge much details concerning these circumstances of his detention this is not he's not the 1st foreign nationals to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an american national was released about him himself playing a crucial role now he's calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the syrian government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to and

but she would order is to member of lebanon. and like we are those who are joining in order memories so you know we always remembered how lebanon turned turtle life. it was a big problem because he was different people admired him he was the center of nightlife in beirut in the married miss universe hugh was a flamboyant character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that he planned their operation and knew him for years the israeli try to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has a son salaam on the hunt for the red prince. hello there we have all the usual showers and thunderstorms across areas of the united states generally popping up in the afternoon and working away across much of the northeast however it is pretty warm across the south the southwest now cross the southwest we have got excessive heat warnings in place and this is this particular region here really the desert regions and that's of course the time which is o

are to me was to or from lebanon in 2005. but the word memories have never disappeared from our lives. so war in syria is a great strength and. the security of lebanon is the trees as the number of the syrian refugees here is a huge. specially some of them served here and fought us and know what they are back. of course many of them have been forced to leave their homes in c.t.r. and goes through difficult times. also my sisters have accepted that i teach to hear out and i feel drawn to her in school if she was said she comes over around our house. and i understand them. and her family is syrian. but to me show here is a child and had nothing to do it was always use other stories. say. one day i was. there. on a phone call that said here that i would. listen. if you are on. the e m was. on the end. you're on. for you. world. and. my wife. so you know i could not believe that she was going to. france was learning english and that her dreams changing. now she became might become a doctor a pharmacist or a teach it as she was. m

canadian citizen held in syria since last december has been released in lebanon christian lee banks so was freed following mediation efforts by lebanon security chief it's unclear what baxter was doing in syria at the time of his detention. just like the thing. you know. i think. we. so now holder has more from beirut. lebanon has mediated the release of a canadian national who was being held in syria the one of the top security officials in lebanon about for him was the man involved in this mediation effort he said that the canadian national mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didn't divulge much details concerning the circumstances of his detention this is not he's not the 1st foreign national to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an american national was released about him himself playing a crucial role now he's calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the syrian government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to end sanctions at the end of the day

but she would order is to member of lebanon. and like we are those who are joining in order memories so you know we always remembered how lebanon chants her life. it was a big problem because it was different people it was the center of nightlife in be rude in the marriott miss universe q. was the buoyant character on the other ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some of his very intelligent sources claim to plant operation and we use these very trying to find him and kill him al-jazeera world examines the life of ali hassan salaam and the hunt for the red prince. has another hard to draw a couple of days ahead across much of the middle east but we have seen and the general elections of turkey let me show you where the where the cloud has been gathering you can see if it's really been sitting around the black sea region and opposing there. was a turkey said by friday it will continue to work its way eastwards those rain those showers but we could still see some flash floods to the south it is all about the heat

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe the israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that aim at killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon we will crush them we will drop them. hours earlier these are the military said it has iranian backed targets in syria activists say 2 members of hezbollah were killed in a rare admission of responsibility prime minister binyamin netanyahu threatened further attacks. if someone rises up to kill you kill him 1st in a complicated operation reveal that iran dispatched a special unit off to syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drones i'd like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we prevented serious attacks that we will expose any attempt by iran to attack us and any iranian effort to hide behind excuses we will not tolerate a aggressions against israel from any country in the region any country that allows its territ

was she would order is to member of lebanon. and like we are those who are joining in order memories so you know we always remembered how lebanon chants her life. it was a big problem because it was different people in the center of night life in beirut and he married miss universe he was a boy and a character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that planned operation and for years the israeli try to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has and salaam the hunt for the red prince. kenja colder record cold morning callous and 66 years typical i suppose of this winter has been often caught up in tropical queens and maybe more encouraging news is from coming to the sasquatch produce some decent rain in nice in victoria recent new south wales next so doesn't the very much but certainly in the full cost otherwise we maintain the cold seemed sunny $11.00 degrees in melbourne the same as hobart slowly rising come monday should be war

of israel and lebanon themselves have been out of bounds and the israeli military is mum about what transpired in beirut what was the purpose of these drones and this is distinct from the other 2 incidents which you just cited what happened very recently. the gaza israel border with rockets launched from gaza towards israel and what happened in syria not far from b. golan heights boundary where actually there were 2 incidents one was last thursday when these squads of pro uranian militiamen tried to launch these drones and apparently these israeli countermeasure team managed to jam them so they went back to their base through their civilian villa where they tried to fix the drones again and saturday night israel surprised them by preempting by bombing there. and there are living quarters israel's prime minister said that any country that allows its territory to be used for aggression against tel aviv will face consequences how close could this be to a full scale conflict to the north of the south to the east. well the east is a bit too far right now if you mean iraq and we'll get to

lebanon's hezbollah is promising to raise hell against israel after accusing it of being behind what it called a suicide attack by self destructing drones last weekend domestic rivals have long accused the group of making security and military decisions on its own dragging the country to war this time lebanese officials are rallying behind hezbollah saying it harder has more now from beirut the israeli army has pulled back from its positions close to the border with lebanon it's on high alert awaiting hezbollah's promised retaliation for the killing of 2 of its operatives in airstrikes in neighboring syria since the 2006 war there is really military has largely refrained from targeting hezbollah inside lebanon instead it has been facing off against the group and its backer iran in syria that changed over the weekend the lebanese armed group is accusing israel of sending armed drones that crashed and exploded on a mission to attack in its stronghold in the sudden suburbs of beirut it is promising to confront drones that violate lebanon's airspace and it has the support of the lebanese

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon on theraeli side will never feel safe that israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that aim at killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. right time to introduce our guest now from tel aviv we have seth france menu's middle east analyst for the job. recent post in tehran mohammad marandi is any iranian political analyst and professor at the university of tehran in london sami hamdi editor in chief of the national interests journal welcome to your theft let me start with you in tel aviv so the frequency of israeli attacks are increasing increasing their widening in scope over the weekend without talking about 3 different countries multiple axes of conflict what is benjamin netanyahu up to what's the objective or i think 1st of all we have to be clear that some of these strikes are a legend but israel has taken responsibility for what's happe

since the 2006 war the israeli military has largely refrained from targeting hezbollah inside lebanon instead it has been facing off against the group and its backer iran and syria that changed over the weekend the lebanese armed group is accusing israel of sending armed drones that crashed and exploded on a mission to attack in its stronghold in the sudden suburbs of beirut it is promising to confront drones that violate lebanon's airspace and it has the support of the lebanese state everybody is aligned everybody rejects this israeli operation with raising premiums what what we've always wanted to have. states the lebanese states are going to strip is the truth and perhaps the majority of the lebanese people. lebanon's army and government officials described the drone crash incident as an attempted attack and a violation of the country's sovereignty president michel and who called it a declaration of war chaired a meeting of the higher defense council which stressed the right of lebanese to defend themselves by any means to deter further israeli attacks before the election or around

israel appears to be massing troops on its borders with lebanon and syria at all is a warning by prime minister benjamin netanyahu against iranian backed groups and the region over the past 2 days israel is believed to have conducted air operations in lebanon syria and iraq the u.n. says it's gravely concerned and has called for call from all sides. over the last few days we have seen in the broader middle east reports of drone attacks missile attacks and air strikes. all over the region israel in gaza lebanon syria iraq as well as saudi arabia and all since since friday i think all of these reports or of concern to us we're continuing to follow the situation closely and i think as as the secretary general has said and we consistently maintained the middle east region cannot afford any additional turmoil hundreds of venezuelan migrants held a protest at the ecuador colombia border demanding may be allowed to leave the country and they were stranded out their new visa controls went into effect on monday ecuador is the latest south american country to try to curtail the flood of venezuel

since the 2006 war the israeli military has largely refrained from targeting hezbollah inside lebanon instead it has been facing off against the group and its backer iran and syria that changed over the weekend the lebanese armed group is accusing israel of sending armed drones that crashed and exploded on a mission to attack in its stronghold in the sudden suburbs of beirut it is promising to confront drones that violate lebanon's airspace and it has the support of the lebanese state everybody is aligned everybody rejects this israeli operation with raising premiums what the truth will always wanted to have. states the lebanese states are going to stick is the truth and perhaps the majority of the lebanese people. lebanon's army and government officials described the drone crash incident as an attempted attack and a violation of the country's sovereignty president michel who called it a declaration of war chaired a meeting of the higher defense council which stressed the right of lebanese to defend themselves by any means to deter further israeli attacks before the election or around

enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon in the israeli side will never feel safe the israeli drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them israel security cabinet mess on sunday morning to discuss recent security development that comes after israel's military said it back targets in syria had to say to members of hezbollah we're told prime minister benjamin netanyahu threatened further attacks. if someone rises up to kill you kill him 1st you know a complicated operation we reveal that iran dispatched a special unit off to syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drones i'd like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we prevented serious attacks that we will expose any attempt by iran to attack us and any iranian effort to hide behind excuses we will not tolerate a aggressions against israel from any country in

lebanon's army and government officials described the drone crash incident as an attempted attack and a violation of the country's sovereignty president michel and who called it a declaration of war chaired a meeting of the higher defense council which stressed the right of lebanese to defend themselves by any means to the terror further israeli attacks before the election or around there was always a margin. a margin of space if i may say between the. official position of whether any state has a law profession as a resistance this fortune or 5. recently has. been. diminished or has. become smaller hezbollah and its allies now hold political power in lebanon its opponents accuse it of doing iran's bidding in the proxy war with israel. the months long war in 2006 was sparked by. a cross border raid in which killed and captured israeli soldiers there is now the possibility of a new confrontation. reveal details of its planned retaliation and its timings but there are those who believe it will likely be a calculated response in order to avoid war. israel's response is not guaranteed back

lebanon would become a republic 6 years later. though he didn't know that the. well at the crossing knew what i know that they are. for going out of friends and us and they would be different and you have. well there's that. the british colonial office organized the cairo conference 1921 hosted by the new colonial secretary winston churchill it drew another important line within the british area of influence separating the land east of the river jordan from palestine. churchill came to this brief without any preexisting ideas on the future of the middle east he was in a sense moving as quickly as events were to try and put in place administered administer to structures that could prove effective in securing britain's interests at least cost to the exchequer i mean there had been some. proposals which simply from the zionist organization which were pushing for a palestine being defined in much more extensive terms to include the east bank of the jordan as well but in the end jordan and palestine and it up being under the same british mandate as you know at the en

rubbish piled high in the streets of beirut after lebanon's largest waste dump closed in 2015.t was already groaning under 15 million tons of excess trash. thousands took to the streets to protest against the situation. has anything changed since then? repoporter: the bebeaches in e lebanese c capital beirurut coue beautiful. but the realitisis they' oftften half burieied under garbrbage. so thehese young peoeople ae getting ready to transform their local beach. they're taking part in a campaign called run and clean. it's the brainchild of eddy bitar and his ngo live love beirut. the group spends part of the time jogging and the rest picking up litter. the events draw up to 200 people. many young people in particular are fed up of waiting for the lebanese government to take the initiative. eddy: this is part of the outcome of the crisis that we had a few years ago. we see that people are more and more concerned witith all the problems facing the environmnmt in lebanon. and we are very happy to see that all the people, young people, families, youth, are all coming all together i

the group is in a new phase of its conflict with israel after 2 israeli drones crashed in lebanon's capital in a televised speech he called it a very dangerous development tens of thousands of. heading into the amazon to fight the fires sweeping through the rain forest that deployment. situation is already returning to normal. venezuelans are racing to the border with ecuador before new visa rules take effect at midnight this is the latest south american nation to tighten regulations at least 4000000 venezuelans have left the country in the last 4 years to escape the political and economic crisis and i latin america to d.c. and human has more from the colombia ecuador border. i am on the approach to our side of the border with colombia what. the legal hurdles are rushing to get past here right behind me is the entrance to the immigration area where they are hoping to get their or their papers. into the country there are this requisite for abuse out what they call a democratic goes into effect in less than 10 hours time and people here are desperate they say that if they can't get in now the

hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah has denied precision missiles are being manufactured inside lebanon he says israel has in recent days breached the rules of engagement in place since the last war between israel and lebanon in 2006 and. i said to the israeli army on the border from tonight stand guard and wait for us he was speaking shortly after 2 drones came down in a hezbollah stronghold in beirut one of them exploding there have been reports that an important component of hezbollah's missile system was damaged the israeli army has remained silent on the issue israel has for years been targeting iranian interests in syria last weekend it said it prevented a multiple drone attack from inside the country by launching an as strike that killed 2 has been our fighters there the united states recently confirmed that israel was also carrying out air strikes inside iraq targeting iran's missile supply route there but the more widespread and more admitted israel's actions become more risky but its adversaries feel compelled to retaliate risking in turn a broader escalation that's in line is

one is in terms of its intelligence coverage over remember on -- lebanon, syria ad iraq. second is its ability in air power. israel is able to kind of lop off the low hanging fruits, so to speak, of the iranian project whenever they get too close to looking really dangerous. for example, it appears that israel has prevented an iranian attempt to equip their missiles in lebanon with precision-guided devices. it'll turn them into much more dangerous missiles that would have an accuracy radius of around 10 meters. israel, it a appears, has prevented that. but when it comes to the broader iranian project of, in a certain sense, trying to hollow out those systems and societies in iraq, syria and lebanon and replace them with iran-controlled power structures, yeah, it's very hard to see how that could be prevented by air warfare. i think, frankly, it cannot be. which means what we're looking at is the likelihood of continued iranian attempts to consolidate, probably successful in all three countries, and then as you said, periodic israeli actions to stop the danger from growing

but she would order is to member of lebanon. and like we are those who are joining in order memories so you know we always remembered how lebanon sent her to life. hello again welcome back we're here cross the southeastern part of australia we are still seeing some very very gusty winds across parts of tasmania now we did have one storm system push through and some of these gusts went over 135 kilometers per hour we're still going to see the situation as we go towards wednesday too because we basically have to frontal boundaries that are making their way through across the region now snow is going to be falling in the higher elevations and we are going to be seeing some very high surf across much of the southwestern part of the shorelines anywhere between 8 and 9 meters could be a problem there as we go from wednesday into thursday things to get a little bit better the snow continues across the area the winds begin to die down and we're going to be seeing some gusty winds as well for victoria as well as into new south wales up t