elsewhere in lebanon struggle caps or other side for unity activists like night in the hopes for lebanon's future and yet another round of elections although not have power is then a potion don't the same 6 hereon lines as has happened for the last 3 decades. want to nominate email with the new knowledge would 100 of them to a few moment the less nominate the muck in a key that be thought they knew the with. full fit to live in the 5th month open to the middle east and the. others have simply had enough entropy nice 10 village is now making plans to get out he's been contacting people smugglers in the hopes of reaching europe but most people have no choice but to stay and cope with what happens next in this troubled country however on expected to catch straw fick those events may be the sad truth is that lebanon will only get back on its feet when the overwhelming majority of its people demand the end to a political system that currently benefits no one but those in power. it's one of the world's most powerful and dangerous criminal enterprises central to the life the hoods of hundreds of

lebanon has one of the highest debt to g.d.p. ratios in the world well over 150 percent and disastrous for a service based economy the governments have borrowed without any restraints or any real sense of house to pay the money back for so little to show for. now the buck has. with its banks trying to keep. depositors have been denied access to foreign currency savings while runaway inflation and an 18 percent collapse in the value of the local lebanese lira have caused the men's hardships much of the blame for all this has focused on lebanon central bank through which the huge national debt has been amassed it's been run for the last 30 years. but he in turn blames the politicians they have voted laws. to learn the government a very low rates one person. and after that they blame the central for the exact. it's the role of the central bank to. draw in the government its budget and expenditures its the role of the parliament. whoever is responsible the natural is now a bank functioning economy compounded by the coronavirus pandem

elsewhere in lebanon strub caps or others are hoping for unity activist like night in the hopes for lebanon's future and yet another round of elections although no superpowers then a potion don't the same 6 hereon lines as has happened for the last 3 decades. in man. $100.00 of them to a few moments. a cubicle thing. in the open to. others have simply had enough entropy nice 10 village b.s. now making plans to get out he's been contacting people smugglers in the hopes of reaching europe but most people have no choice but to stay and train with what happens next in this troubled country however on expected. catastrophic days events maybe the sad truth is that lebanon will only get back on its feet when the overwhelming majority of its people demand the end to a political system that currently benefits no one but there's an power. after days of rare freezing temperatures blanket in the 2nd largest state in the u.s. power stations are all back on line that after unusually high demand led to rolling blackouts texas hasn't seen a storm system like this in 35 years and it's clear its system simply

and we're going to see also regional movement because unfortunately for lebanon we're at this sort of crossroad of geopolitics where everyone is involved the russians that rowing against the americans the french and what we really need here is international pressure as well as vocal pressure it is also up to people here for us in lebanon to push for true reforms can you brought up hezbollah of course the shia political party and militia which has dominated the country's politics for decades for some they are the problem and same time hezbollah provide social services schools health care we could go down to youth youth programs etc is hezbollah's popularity a roadblock or should we incorporate that into whatever salute whatever political solutions we develop or imagine hezbollah is a state within a state they are free to provide social services to their community but there is no reason for them to remain aren't and there is no reason for them to use lebanon as a base for their regional 'd military adventures in syria and iraq in yemen they are a paramilitary expeditionary force that is

i'm marc lamont hill also on the show anger and desperation is mounting in lebanon over a financial and political meltdown the country is hurtling toward collapse what can be done to stop it that's our debate but 1st india's growing crackdown on dissent including farmers' protests internet shutdowns online censorship and the jailing of activists is ringing authoritarian alarm bells is the mark received being dismantled and the ranger modi's india last this week headline or national spokesperson for the ruling by the t a janata party. thank you so much for joining me on outfront thank you very much. india has long been touted as the world's largest democracy but in recent years under prime minister narendra modi. india has been seeing its democratic credentials called into question just this month the democracy watchdog freedom house has downgraded india from free to partly free and soon after the institute in sweden reclassified india no longer is the world's biggest democracy but as an electoral autocracy have these institutions gotten it right is it time to recalibrate whether india i

add to that a government stalemate and one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in modern times lebanon is suffering on an unprecedented scale since 21000 protesters have been on the streets calling for change they say the political elite beset by corruption and mismanagement is to blame but they will not relinquish power is lebanon hurdling towards total collapse. joining me to answer that question from beirut is camelot the she is nonresident fellow at carnegie endowment and the author of the book black wave and dana ash cultural and social activist and executive director of haven for artists thank you both for joining me in the arena dana i want to start with you last august nearly 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of beirut that killed more than 200 people and injured thousands of others between that and the country's financial crisis many were hopeful that lebanon would finally see. genuine reform nadeem who are a lebanese citizen and director of the average farm initiative called it quote a once in a lifetime battle for the soul of lebanon but today people are sti

eventually they snuck back into lebanon via a smuggling route.espite the instability they face, syrians have become a part of these communities. they live here, and they die here, too. this small, unofficial graveyard in the tribal village of faour holds the bodies of some 1,000 syrians. many of the graves here, paid for by local lebanese residents, are just a cole of feet long, holding the bodies of children who died of cold and lack of food in those early, chaotic days of the exodus. the u.n. estimates me than 6.5 million syrians have fled the country since the conflict began. more than a million came here to lebanon, and no one kns exactly how many are still here. many of them have been living here for nearly a decade. but with little chance they'll get more rights or citizenship, they face a choice between attempting the dangerous journey back home, or staying here, living in limbo. we're just two miles from the border, but for the syrians buried here, this is the closest they'll ever get to going home. no one has an exact figure, because in

his father fled a decade ago to lebanon before he was born. >> when i fled into lebanon, i thought itthree months maximum. months passed, and now we are in the 10th year and counting. it is so hard, i don't know what to say. >> three years after she left, his -- after he left, his house was flattened by an airstrike. >> we all long to return to syria, but it is a wish that is not coming true. it is not just of the destruction d human fabric. i would be a refugee in my city. i do not know anyone there and people he changed. >> many syrians in lebanon say they wish to return to syria, not now. the destruction and fear for their safety at home, they prefer to stay at lebanon, and that is despite the conditions here. >> the majority of refugees in lebanon live in rented accommodation. only 20% live in camps. the lebanese authorities wanted them to live in syria -- want them to go back to syria. the u.n. only resettled 60% of them into countries. they remained their main source of assistance. >> u.n. hr has been coordinating support to the refugees. this humanitarian worker with the u.n. h

he began life as an armenian refugee in lebanon. he spent his early years in an orphanage outside beirut, and then at the age of eight, he had to leave it and so he lived rough on the streets. fleeing the start of the civil war in lebanon, he made his way to the united kingdom in 1972 and went on to become a world—class music conductor. my guest today is vartan melkonian. what does his life story tell us about human nature and the common challenges we face today? sir vartan melkonian, welcome to hardtalk. now, did you ever believe that a "street slug", as you used to be described, living in the slums of beirut on the streets would then become knighted by prince charles and become a world—class conductor? you know, when you live in the sewers, in the city sewers, when raw sewage is running by you barefoot, you have little choice but to enter the realm of incredible imagination. and in that dark sewer, you would imagine, i sat with queens and kings and had counsel with them and had received enormous amounts of accolades in that world

a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even near. if we want to help in any way it's by telling stories from here and it's also by making a film here and employing our friends in the film industry and like have you know bringing there's so much talent here so the best thing we can do is. make something . the screenplay already has financial backing constantine hopes to start filming by 2023. in the art world it's called that's french for for the eye and technique that makes 2 dimensional pictures look 3 dimensional and it's artist stefan pop special specialty the results sometimes look frighteningly real. watch out a dangerous walk again but look closer and you'll see it's only an artwork created by. the artists from northwestern germany is a master of optical illusions. stefan eerily realistic looking scorpion took 4 hours to create he chose the motif because most people keep well away from such creatures. and you know my most successful kind of paintings

lebanon is home to around 1.5 million syrian refugees. all the more challenging for lebanon, a country with just 6 million. this city has the largest concentration of refugees in lebanon. we will go visit a very special kind of refugee camp. >> one of the caps is set aside, all negated. >> we live alone here. their husbands are all gone. >> these women's -- the women repair -- prefer to remain discreet about how their husband died. -- husbands died. this woman arrived here in 2014 with four of her children. her husband stayed in syria. he is dead. >> i only had two children left, a girl and a boy. i had five. one was killed, i married 2, my husband is dead. when we arrived, we were a family of seven. all i have left is to children, it is awful. >> these widows chose to regroup in this informal camp. >> visits are allowed in the daytime, men are not allowed in the camp. how can i protect? we don't take notice of those outside, criticizing us. >> [speaking syrian] >> the only man allowed to live in the camp is the guard. he collects rent, 2

lebanon is currently going through a real monetary crisis that has led to a financial collapse lebanon's money was stolen and the central bank wields power that no other central bank in the world has. a welcome one but i know it's people like south who are being hit hardest by the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1990 the former policeman depends on a plate of hot food from a soup kitchen something he could never of imagined in the past. because i used to be middle class but now i've fallen below the poverty line. the retired policeman a former teacher even former university professors come here regularly. the n.g.o.s that runs the soup kitchen sees the impoverishment happening on lebanese society. above all its retirees because with the monetary devaluation that they've totally lost their purchasing power they don't even have the power now to buy their own medicine or to pay their rent or buy food or anything at all. to you know many international observers are already referring to of lebanon as a lost country as rampant corruption also becomes increasingly widespread and

his father fled a decade ago to lebanon before he was born.turned to syria. months passed, and then years, and now we're in the tenth year and counting. it's so hard, i don't know what to say. three years after he left, halil�*s house was flattened by an airstrike. translation: we all long to return to syria and for things _ to be as they were. but it's a wish that's far from coming true. it's notjust the physical destruction — it's the human fabric. if i were to return, i would be a guest, a refugee in my city. i don't know anyone there, and people have changed. many syrians in lebanon say they wish to return to syria, but notjust now. with the massive destruction and fears for their safety back home, they prefer to stay in lebanon — and that's despite the increasingly difficult conditions here with the country in economic and financial collapse. the majority of refugees in lebanon live in rented accommodation. only 20% of them live in camps. the lebanese authorities want them to go back to syria. the un only managed to resettle around 60,000

no relief in sight while lebanon's economic crisis is getting worse and it's pushing more people into poverty. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways how i once again it's been fired into warm and sunny across much of the middle east even biassed than disable see temperatures well above the seasonal average going up to $33.00 here would go on friday but we've touched 38 for the last couple of days losing the influence of the warm southerly wind further north in toowoomba told we've had race sleet and snow across a good parts of turkey and that's a wintry mix that will continue to drive this way further east which as we go through sas day around the caucasus you could see some snow there coming into georgia maybe into armenia possibilities rain sleet and snow to into afghanistan took many stand pushing up towards as but stan as well down across southern parts of the finnish overstays fine enjoy them 32 celsius in doha as you go on into the weekend not too bad a told a not too bad too across central parts of africa we have got the usual showers now just around the

his father fled a decade ago to lebanon before he was born.e months, maximum, before i returned to syria. months passed, and then years, and now we're in the 10th year and counting. it's so hard, i don't know what to say. three years after he left halil�*s house was flattened by an air strike. translation: we all long to return to syria - and for things to be as they were. but it's a wish that's far from coming true. it's notjust the physical destruction — it's the human fabric. if i were to return, i would be a guest, a refugee in my city. i don't know anyone there, and people have changed. many syrians in lebanon say they wish to return to syria, but notjust now. with the massive destruction and fears for their safety back home, they prefer to stay in lebanon — and that's despite the increasingly difficult conditions here with the country in economic and financial collapse. the majority of refugees in lebanon live in rented accommodation. only 20% of them live in camps. the lebanese authorities want them to go back to syria. the un only mana

no relief in sight lebanon's economic crisis gets worse pushing more people into poverty. hello thanks for joining us china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs as the top diplomats of the world's 2 largest economies all talks in alaska the chinese foreign minister wang he also said it's time to repair u.s. china relations which is at an all time low it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 superpowers under president joe biden's administration and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says they will discuss a wide range of human rights issues including taiwan hong kong and the crackdown on weaker muslims engine jang it cures is china of threatening the international order . hard ministration is committed to leading with diplomacy to advance the interests of the united states and to strengthen the rules based international order that system is not an abstraction it helps countries resolve differences peacefully a coordinate multilateral efforts effectively and participate in global commerce with the assurance that everyone is following the sam

border in lebanon there are nearly 900000 refugees registered with the united nations and conditions here are are miserable the latest u.n. statistics suggests that 9 out of 10 syrian families are of poor and these people rely on the united nations for help there are there also in a country which really doesn't welcome them a country which is struggling with its own deep economic crisis many lebanese blame syrians for taking their jobs and the situation if you ask these people will tell you of course we want to go back home but we can't and there's 22 reasons 1st of all people are afraid they're afraid of being arrested even the united nations the european union they say the situation is not ripe for mass returns because there are just no security guarantees in place people who have returned there have been they've been documented cases where they've been arrested you don't need to be a member of the opposition to be arrested you could have just left the country and for the syrian regime that is enough to call you a traitor so you have the security. to. take. we seem to have lost the

it's a battle for power that could take tired to resolve tired lebanon and its people don't have. the route an egyptian court has sentenced a prominent female activist to 18 months in prison accusing her of spreading false news some are safe was detained in june last year she was campaigning for the release of some inmates because of fears over the coronavirus her brother has spent much of the past 7 years in prison accused of inciting protests last week more than 30 western nations called in egypt to stop its crackdown on dissent. protesters in haiti have stormed several police stations in the capital port au prince. they helped break out offices who were arrested for a suspected coup attempt last month they say they were unjustly detained and later the group set one of the buildings on fire along with several businesses. part of a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera tanzania is set to swear in its 1st female president after the death of coded 900 skeptic john magaw foully the government says he suffered a heart failure but the opposition has said he was sick and cove

young people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore because the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction of really destroyed something and people. are friends or family in their hearts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $2900.00 belly now the talents program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher on the critically acclaimed film capernaum. capernaum explores the plight of children living in the slums of beirut the nonprofessional actors were plucked from the streets and much of the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it can and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine back wants to process his own experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bale holt a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even ear. if we want

because of valley eastern lebanon. and i'm moving on and concerts and other performances are actually forbidden right now in the united states thanks to the current virus pandemic but now some musicians have found a safe way to play for a live audience that also doesn't involve an internet connection christensen reports now from new york. violinist charles. and pianist peter do. have played both carnegie hall and the kennedy center. but these days if you're lucky you'll find them playing an empty storefront on a random street corner on manhattan's upper west side. the musicians aren't exactly roughing it steinway donated the grand piano. and they're getting a decent salary thanks to a local philanthropist who came up with the idea this is not typical performance experience by a long shot but it's one of the 1st shows that we've been able to do for an actual live audience and. we're very grateful that we can do it here for people that might not go to a concert hall or an arena and just hear different kinds of music that

because valley eastern lebanon. police in london are under scrutiny over their handling of an unofficial vigil ordering a woman who was killed. at one point police were seen handcuffing several women and pulling them away a judge had ruled the vigil to be called off to 2 pandemic restrictions of organizers complied however hundreds of people still turned up. except that the actions of orifices have been questioned. we absolutely did not want to be in a position where for some time action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because of the overriding needs to protect people's safety. let me end by saying that across the mains we review every single event that we police to see if there are lessons that can be learned. this event will be no different. sar ever odds remains were found on weapons say more than 80 kilometers from london a serving police officer has been charged with the 33 year old's kidnapping and murder the killing has spurred a national conversation about sexual harassment and violence ag

because of valley eastern lebanon apolo mary police investigation is underway in britain into the wife of syria's president a small assad is accused of inciting and encouraging terrorist acts during the war in syria she faces possible prosecution and the loss of her british citizenship well as well as i grew up in london and attended the prestigious king's college her father is a cardiologist and her mother a form a syrian diplomat both are subject to u.s. sanctions now she moved to syria to my bashar assad who became president in 2000 they have 3 children she is said to have developed a charity and a business empire and has given several speeches supporting the syrian army just last week it was announced that she and her husband had contracted covert 19 or toby cadman as a human rights lawyer in the founder of 37 which submitted the evidence against her . our roof has been working on this all over the last 6 months and so. many limbs sure. were incitement. to. service them and serve. some of which is what we would call conventional vents so these are grasses a little use of chemical w

because of valley eastern lebanon. iran has held a trial for a british iranian aid worker who's been detained since 2016 the outcome though is unclear as names are got iraq cliff is facing a new charge of propaganda against the system a trial comes a week up to she was released from house arrest so county rockliffe served 4 years in prison before going into a home detention over a separate conviction. police in london are under scrutiny over their handling of an unofficial vigil honoring a woman who was killed i have one point police were seen handcuffing several women and pulling them away the judge had ruled the vigil the court off to to pandemic restrictions and organizers complied however hundreds of people still turned up from london but in baba reports. they've been warned not to come but they were defiant this crowd of women and men rallied in south london near where marketing executive sarah ever odd went missing a serving police officer has now been charged with her abduction and murder i think . everyone will

because of early easter in lebanon. now to netherlands police force have been broken up an anti lockdown demonstrations they used horses and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people gathered in a park in the hague lisa tweeted before the event they would allow a maximum of 200 demonstrators under social distancing roles and say they acted when people ignored their warnings to leave meanwhile dutch voters are heading to the polls on wednesday in the 1st major european elections is the start of the pandemic campaigning jaring the lock down is keeping most candidates well away from voters but a step boss in our ports one right wing party is making a notable exception. from the front to the market his style has been compared with former us president donald trump ignoring covert restrictions the leader of the anti immigration populist party is trying to attract voters by calling covert 19 a common flu and blaming international conspiracies for being behind the pandemic. under-served people at the moment are in the hospita

young people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore think of the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction of really destroyed something and people and. our friends our family in their hearts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $2900.00 belly now the talent's program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher on the critically acclaimed film capernaum. capernaum explores the plight of children living in the slums of beirut the nonprofessional actors were plucked from the streets and much of the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it can and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine bach wants to process his own experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bale holt a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even near. if w

these people are protesting the never ending financial crisis in lebanon hundreds took to the streets in the capital beirut over the weekend the domestic currency the lebanese pound has fallen considerably in value nowadays the majority can barely make ends meet. and that lebanon is currently going through a real monetary crisis that has led to a financial collapse lebanon's money was stolen at the central bank wields power that no other central bank in the world has. a lot of money. it's people like assaf who are being hit hardest by the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1900 the former policeman depends on a plate of hot food from a soup kitchen something he could never imagine in the past. because i used to be middle class but now i've fallen below the poverty line. the retired policeman a former teacher even former university professors come here regularly. the n.g.o.s that runs the soup kitchen sees the impoverishment happening on lebanese society. above all its retirees because with the monetary devaluation they've totally lost their purchasing power they don't even

because of early easter in lebanon now the leader of the ethiopian community in yemen's capital sana'a is calling for an international investigation into a fire that killed at least 44 people mostly migrants from ethiopia local leaders have blamed the who thieves who control the city say minute the migrant processing center the united nations says more than 200 people were injured the facility was holding about 900 people at the time because of the fire is still unknown. well to germany now and a crucial test of public opinion ahead of national elections in september voters there are choosing legislators and investment back an economic powerhouse in southwestern germany and neighboring rhineland palatinate poles point a week results for german chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union just 6 months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds her. well police in the netherlands have used water cannon to disperse people protesting against coronavirus restrictions thousands of people gathered for a rally in the hague approved capacity for that protest was just 200

many are in camps in lebanon's bekaa valley from where senator reports. in the midst of war a generation grew up in exile at least 1000000 children have been born since 2011 when syria's peaceful uprising began before it turned into war home for many has been informal counts like this in neighboring countries in lebanon's bekaa valley life has been one of poverty and uncertainty that as of now there are around 200 children under the age of 10 in this camp where boys and girls whose lives have been destroyed their future is nothing more than 13000000 syrians that's half the pre-war population remain displaced inside and outside the country nearly 900000 are registered in lebanon the highest number in the world relative to its population and as the conflict enters its 2nd decade with no political settlement in sight there could be further displacement. i. live which is actually a serious economy is collapsing and international aid organizations are warning it is pushing millions deeper into poverty many are jobless and hungry the united nations says 60 perc

because of valley eastern lebanon. thousands of people in the u.s. open marching in memory of briana taylor who was shot dead a year ago in a botched police raid her name has become a rallying cry for the black lives matter movement no one has been charged over her death mike hanna reports. protesters once again gather jefferson square park just as they did a year ago following the police shooting of taylor among them a mother still grieving every day still my shit don't see. the anger no less than it was in the wake of the shooting and for me it was like for me a man afraid to meet the partner would get back and it matters what looks like just as a reminder i'm raising. brown girl. no no i think women can get away with. anything. well. after his investigation the kentucky attorney general had this to say about 2 of the 3 police officers involved in the shooting for him to get in touch the law use of force by mattingly in cars were told was justified to protect themselves this justification bars are still pursuing criminal charges in this reality whi

because valley eastern lebanon the weather next here on al-jazeera than a meat market in rouhani becomes the focus of attention worldwide the investigation into the origins of the corona virus and why france is under pressure to compensate victims of nuclear tests in french polynesia. how i once again missing another cluster of storms just pushing into central areas of the philippines some rather wet weather here as a result of that $100.00 millimeters of radium one or 2 spots here as we go on through the next couple days that wetter weather will continue to linger across a similar area fun in trying to cross indochina into thailand as much as catch an odd shower here but more the way of sunshine and showers of the showers rather lively once again across much of malaysia and down into indonesia very heavy rain for a time there into job and that could lead to some localized flooding but some places a wet weather to moving across australia see this long line of cloud there just across the the heart of the country down towards the east coast of new south wales for the showers along with spe

many syrians in lebanon say the wish changed. many syrians in lebanon say they wish to — changed.en coordinating support in eight of the syrian refugees. anna, a humanitarian worker with the un has beenin humanitarian worker with the un has been in the field since the —— day one. he saw a number of refugees growing, even as aid programme is dwindled. translation. the growing, even as aid programme is dwindled. translation.— growing, even as aid programme is dwindled. translation. the needs of refu . ees dwindled. translation. the needs of refugees have _ dwindled. translation. the needs of refugees have increased _ refugees have increased tremendously. the few who could work are now _ tremendously. the few who could work are now without jobs, tremendously. the few who could work are now withoutjobs, especially with coronavirus. aid programmes should _ with coronavirus. aid programmes should always be updated and developed, but the needs never cease to grow _ developed, but the needs never cease to crow. , developed, but the needs never cease torow. , ., , to grow. many battle fron

lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades is pushing people deeper into poverty the minimum wage has now reached less than $50.00 and as they're now hard every for some beirut there's no solution in sight with the country's politicians failing to form a new government. levanon is crumbling much of the middle class is now poor forced to rely on food handouts from charities the economy's collapse began in late 2019 the local currency lost 90 percent of its value since then 20 percent in recent weeks conditions worsen as politicians refuse to work together to form a new government that will implement reforms to stop the financial meltdown our i can't support my family any longer i own a minimum wage $450.00 but due to the economic crisis they slash my celery and hearth look what they did to us going to help us survive what is to come the prices of essential goods like bread and fuel have been rising in a country that imports almost everything officials warn of further scaling back on subsidies on some food items as the central bank runs low on foreign currency reserves. even before they

refugees live in camps in lebanon, but many still live in fear inside syria. person, who is in damascus and to frightened to appear on camera, so we used an actor to voice her words. >> i keep myself working day and night so i don't think about the daily pain. lina: today, nearly 90% of the population live in poverty, the economy has collapsed, and many cannot afford basic needs. >> there is nothing more humiliating than having to wait six or seven hours to get bread. this is a form of enslavement. lina: back in lebanon, this woman is responsible for keeping the stories alive while still dreaming about going back home. while assad is still rolling in damascus over a destroyed country, it may be generations before these women see the syria they dream of. lina sinjab, bbc news, beirut. laura: in the fight against coronavirus, face masks and plastic gloves are helping save lives, but personal protective equipment is also polluting our environment. howard johnson has been to a coastal area in the philippines to see the scale of the problem. howard: surgical face m

young people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore i think that the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction and really destroyed something and people. are friends or family in their arts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $21000.00 palin other talents program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher alone on the critically acclaimed film capernaum. capernaum explores the plight of children living in the slums of beirut the nonprofessional actors were plucked from the streets and much. the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it con and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine bach wants to process his own experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bail out a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even near. if

lebanon is grappling with its worst economic crisis in generations. exasperated by the coronavirus pandemic and then this. one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history shone a light on a nation already in economic and political freefall people in power travels across the country to find out what's next for the trouble state. the state of collapse on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and similarity of cultures across the. sea i'll just bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. i was 600 hours g.m.t. on al-jazeera hello i'm come all santa maria and these are the headlines pope francis has landed in northern iraq on the final day of his 3 day visit sea is traveling to areas badly hit by eisel including mosul then he's expected to deliver a mass for thousands of people in the semi autonomous kurdish regions capital bill later in the day this of course the 1st papal trip to iraq his simona full team in erbil with more on this historic journey through iraq from here from erbil he will be going to by helicopter he wil

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lebanon is looking to the private sector to help speed up its vaccination drive only a fraction of the population is fully inoculated and there are concerns that contracting out vaccination distribution won't benefit those who are most in need it harder has more from beirut. this initiative is supposed to speed up the coronavirus vaccination campaign in lebanon the government is allowing private companies to import vaccines to make sure the country's collapsed economy stays open a good book to do and i am so happy we are finally getting vaccinated because we work at the airport we are exposed to many people and we on the frontlines we are safe now for now vaccines can only be sold to companies unions institutions and n.g.o.s that are supposed to offer them to their employees and their families for free but many say they are concerned lebanon is notorious for corruption and vaccines are sold in hard currency which few people now have the minimum monthly salary is worth $60.00. us in the divine years those who can afford to pay i don't $40.00 about seeing which means today live on on it

money will have to be returned and those who took it must be punished mop up at the end that martin lebanon has been hit by one crisis after another. from a popular uprising against its political leaders to the covert 19 pandemic. and the catastrophic blast that rocked they reached cold last atheist as lebanon is crushed under a mountain of debt nearly half of the population have been driven into poverty the protests rage as anger against the political class grows but that's all from me for now sara kelly will be with you next in just 45 minutes time and remember you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's stealing dot com or you can follow us on instagram and twitter at. and character it's an embarrassment for me and the whole team thanks for watching. different on the islands of. show you here women are in charge of the park of color go has had a matriarchal system for centuries to. do with just. the kings of the wrangle starts marching on t.w. . do you think that when 24 year old lee s. visits his mother in the suburbs of paris he's always o

it's lebanon's currency plunged to a record low this week sending people back on to the streets for a new wave of protests it crippling economic crisis has gripped the country has only been a caretaker government in place to oversee much needed reforms the protesters wants and wants to bring an end to decades of political corruption and mismanagement. protesters blocking roads with garbage containers and set tires on fire as the lebanese economy deteriorates the people are getting desperate. so i'm a hungry man who works in the beginning of my life i should have a future all these guys this year the sooner the jews in the christians are dying of hunger are going to have no work well if they have nothing but where are we supposed to go to god no wonder you last week hundreds marched in the capital beirut demanding local banks allow them to withdraw money maybe banks have dropped access to cash due to the city because on the crisis. today the biggest looting in the world was carried on by living on central bank governor incorporation with a hostile to being along with the depositors com

lebanon is looking to the private sector to help speed up its vaccination drive only a fraction of the population is fully inoculated and there are concerns that contract our backs a nation distribution may lead to nepotism and benefit those who are most in need of reports from beirut. this initiative is supposed to speed up the coronavirus vaccination campaign in lebanon the government is allowing private companies to import vaccines to make sure the country's collapsed economy stays open a good book to do and i am so happy we are finally getting vaccinated because we work at the airport we are exposed to many people and we on the frontlines we are safe now for now vaccines can only be sold to companies unions institutions and n.g.o.s that are supposed to offer them to their employees and their families for free but many say they are concerned lebanon is notorious for corruption and vaccines are sold in hard currency which few people now have the minimum monthly salary is worth $60.00. but also in the money is those who can afford to pay i don't $40.00 at that scene which means today

those in power in lebanon are close to the authorities in the syrian capital damascus leading some to accuse them of being driven by political motives and treating refugees as a security threat senekal their beirut. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera israelis have voting in their 4th election in just 2 years it's largely seen as a referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu the campaign has been dominated by at corruption cases the economy and the coronavirus pandemic that name has more from jove's the general consensus among pollsters and analysts and it appears voters is that the status quo will remain in this election the.