but this is lebanon. this is a country where, which has a very dark and turbulent pass political assassinations, bombings. yet none of them have been investigated. none of the, none of them we saw arrest, none of them. there was no, not even a trial. and yet you have this blast, which affected everybody in the lebanese capital, and many people in lebanon, say, if there is no conclusion to this, if the, if justice is not served, and if there is no accountability, then you can say that lebanon will never, ever be a state i see you not in the right. can you give us a sense of what the past 12 months have been like for you and your family? how much support if you've been given, have you been able to say ok this, this, what happened to my family? what happened to hundreds of other people and i was, is it possible we were injured? this should be investigated. we need accountability. can you tell me concrete things that are happen that you can share with us right now? thank you. thank you. actually what alina ha

lebanon.funds to empower other groups in lebanon. ., ~' ,, , . in lebanon. thank you very much indeed, in lebanon. thank you very much indeed. we _ in lebanon. thank you very much indeed, we will _ in lebanon. thank you very much indeed, we will see _ in lebanon. thank you very much indeed, we will see how - in lebanon. thank you very much indeed, we will see how that - indeed, we will see how that develops. let's get some of the day's other news... israeli warplanes have launched strikes for a second night in gaza, in the latest escalation of tension after weekend border clashes. no casualties have been reported from the raids, which follow saturday's hostilities, when israeli troops fired at palestinian protesters at the border, claiming some had thrown explosives and tried to scale the wall. the president of tunisia has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until further notice. kais saied assumed executive authority last month in a surprise move that his opponent

but full on countries who have the back of lebanon? well i think countries have the backup portions of love, for example has bala is, is backed by irene. irene is a regional power whose goal is to destroy israel. and so i don't look at this and see some cycle we're in ran only responds to provocations from israel. i look at this, my see a country that it's very clear and i take people at their word, i respect other cultures enough to respect them when they say they have something that is essential to them, a core value to that a whole the mission for their and they really leadership is made clear repeatedly off and that the whole, the mission in their eyes is destroying the state of israel. and they try to what cheapest way possible the cheapest buy arming this terrorist organization in southern. lemme is paula. they do this by supporting a sod siri, while he watches his own people so that they can build anti israel installations in syria. and the only thing i see stopping. ready this, this shield crescent from toronto, the mediterrane

speaking of southern lebanon, several rockets were fired across the border from lebanon at israel. israel responding with artillery far. it was 3 walker that was fired at israel. one was intercepted by the israeli, i'm done. system one landed in an open area, and one landed in lebanon itself. there are no immediate supports of damage or injuries on the waiting side. earlier there was an indication that they could possibly be such an attack, particularly focused on the northern is really the town of curiosity morning, which is home to some 20000 people in there. awesome. i went sounding in the area situation. there isn't a list so far, no one is claim responsibility. but israel is pointed fingers at militant palestinian factions in southern lebanon, though, you know, really as, as history a show, nothing happens without, has been knowing about it in the southern part of that country. so the question is, is this the start of something more ominous and dangerous to come? as lebanon continues to unravel, we'll have more analysis coming up. and in u. s. news, we're also taking a look at the la

well, just behind that is lebanon. now, but what we understand the rockets were load somewhere from that area behind those hills inside lebanon, 3 of them. i actually landed on that m d field that you see there, the other another 10 had been intercepted by the i don't the fence system and i noticed 3 landed in an empty field on this side. now. the defense minister benny gan, they'd have consultation with his chief of staff and with other senior leadership out of the military here at the moment it seems that really israel is not seeking an escalation. i think it authorities here were taken a bit by surprised they didn't expect that the that they would detention would rise so much over the last 72 hours. this border? yes, there had been rockets launched from 11 and into israel over the past few months. quite sporadically, but i think the thinking now really among these really leadership is that has been had replied b, as it said, because of those air strikes that were carried out. but it seemed that because of where the

busy medicine, and if you will, in lebanon. so even if people to, they want to work to reduce, to get out of the crisis. they cannot do that because of the shortages of gas, which means that no transportation and the shortages of fuel means no electricity. and you cannot produce anything without transportation and electricity. so the problem of subsidies is that the government intention was to actually use the crisis using those subsidies. the unintended consequences of this miss guy. the policy has been catastrophic. it led to bloodshed today, but also it led to basically blocking any possibility of getting back production and getting out of the current crisis. so i don't think it would be a good idea to continue in the subsidies. i think the subsidies should be to be immediate. so what then, what kind of a subsidies are to blame? how do, how does one ease the suffering in the short so basically the 1st thing we need to do is to cut subsidies to repeat them. and the government did not do that yet. today, the price of fuel are

lebanon remembers our year after e deadly blast that shattered beirut.ands gathered in the ruins of the city's main port to commemorate the dead. over 200 people lost their lives. >> today is a day for praying. we came to pray for our victims, martyrs, our children, with everyone who joined us to pray. there is more anger than sadness, but their time is coming. >> meanwhile, police fire tear gas near protesters at the parliament building. there is anger that no one has been held accountable for the blast. a sprinter from belarus who defied her countries attempt to center home from the olympics has arrived in warsaw. the u.k., all 16 and 17-year-olds and be offered a covid vaccine. around 1.4 million teenagers will be available. ♪ >> we start in lebanon. violence has broken out in beirut as the city marks one year since it was devastated by one of the biggest nonnuclear explosions in history. over to her people died when a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, no one has been held to account, and there is anger. this was the scene in bei

at least 28 people have been killed in a fuel explosion in northern lebanon. that happens near serious border protest is for gathering at the scene in a car have set far as to a number of vehicles. lebanon's in the grip or severe fuel shortages to, to the economic crisis. and a coalition approach. democracy goods in hong kong is disbanding. the civil human rights front held organized values 2 years ago and said paging practice on defense had left their movements with little future. and that's your date still stay with us here on al jazeera inside story is up next. me. ah, ah, it's a economic crisis made was by philip deadlock, 7 on the said, retracing and inevitable social exclusion. what can be done to prevent the nation collapsing altogether? and who's to blame this is inside the door. ah, ah, ah. hello, welcome to the program on kenzie no. no food, no water, no medicine. and no feel for transportation or and tricity. that's the diet station which led on finds itself after more than 18 months of political and economic instability. most analysts put the blame

thank you for joining us from lebanon.n protests broke out yesterday, you were there in the streets. if you can describe the scene and put it in the context of the findings of your report. nisreen: thank you for having me on today. the protests were helpful. they were the biggest protests we had in over a year. thousands ca out to demand justice and accountability for the blast. they came from all parts of the country, converging to hear statements from the families of those who died in the explosion. there was a moment of silence at exactly 6:08 p.m. and then people headed over to parliament where there were some skirmishes between security forces who were securing the perimeter. it was significant for protesters yesterday because the parliament is currently not listing a unity that would allow investigators to charge and interrogate former minist ers. protesters channeled their anger at parliament and they were met with brute force. the security forces used large amounts of tear-gas. they shot rubber bullets at protester

this challenge in lebanon _ what's going on? this challenge in lebanon is _ what's going on?ng on? this challenge in lebanon is being compared . what's going on? this challenge| in lebanon is being compared to its civil war. that is because lebanon's economy has been in a downward direction for two years. but this is reaching crisis point. its currency has lost 90% of its value and half the population is below the poverty line. it is clear to see when you look at what is going on in the streets, queues of cars waiting for their fill of cars waiting for their fill of oil. those cars are sometimes therefore days. drivers are going home in the evening and coming back, because they know their car won't have moved. that is not to mention the electricity running out across the country. you have got shops, restaurants, hospitals that need light. think of a hospital not having lights? people are complaining for not having electricity for more than two hours a day. it is not surprising that frustration is pouring out on the streets, sometimes in the form of violent protest. a lot of t

lebanon sinks deeper and deeper. the food and fuel shortage. half of the people of lebanon living below the poverty line. beirut is a battered city that remains unable to heal its wounds. >> we are going to'storm the ministers house -- we are going to storm the minister's house. we are going to go into their houses and we are going to throw them in jail. >> look at how they treat us, the families of the victims. we will throw coffins at this man. it will be his turn just as it was hours last august. >> i have settled back down in the place where i usually work in the terrace. this was nine days ago. when i just finished what was chapter 50 of this book. i jotted down the first few words of the next chapter. i had not come back to this table when i started writing again. not because of any kind of superstition but because it has been very hot. today, i needed to tie up the broken threat of time again. >> this blood is my father's blood. for this blood, i need justice. i will fight for justice. i miss him. i miss when he said here. i miss every s

we start in lebanon.e has broken out in beirut as the city marks a year since it was devastated by one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died when a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, no one has been held to account. and there's anger. this was the scene in beirut earlier. in the past few hours violence broke out. tear gas was fired. here are more pictures of the chaos. thousands of protesters took part in the rally — demanding truth about the disaster. it's been a day of remberance too. elsewhere in beirut — hundreds attended a ceremony for the victims in the ruins of the port. a minute's silence was held and each of the victim's names read out. families held up their photos. an investigation into the blast is still on going. so far 25 people have been detained as part of that investigation. 13 have since been released. here's one demonstrater who lost her son in the explosion. translation: today is a day for praying, we came - to pray for our victims,

he said the needs are dire within lebanon, - intervene.ebanon, wel intervene. he said the needs i are dire within lebanon, we saw the petrol stations but there is a lot more besides that? it has been compared to one of the worst crisis since the civil war. the economy has been on a downward turning point for two years, but it has reached a crisis point right now. the currency has lost 90% of its value, inflation is skyrocketing and half the population is below the poverty line. when you look at the pictures on the streets, it is obvious they are facing a real crisis. cars are lining up, endless queues, drivers are going home, going back in the morning and finding their cars haven't moved because it is days waiting for the petrol. electricity is out across the country, people are complaining of not having lights for more than two hours a day and that include shops, restaurants and hospitals. and that is light�*s, an essential tool. this is going on when lebanon doesn't have a united government. it is no surprise the frustration is sometimes

so now i came here, i'm working with a governmental hospital in lebanon. >> reporter: as lebanon strugglesblani, like so many lebanese, has one overwhelming thought. >> many nights i think about to quit here in lebanon and go back to usa. but -- i don't know. >> reporter: after a year full of trauma, on her wedding anniversary, she's certain of one thing. >> i want to feel safe. with my husband. so i found this is the only way for now. to be with him and to be together. >> our thanks to ian. >>> up next, the pop superstar working her way to banking a billion. ♪ work work work work work work ♪ did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release formula that works to turn down acid production, blocking heartburn at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour heartburn protection. take the prilosec otc two-week challenge. and see the difference for yourself. prilosec otc, 1 pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. (cat 1) friskies world! (cat 2) look at that! (cat 1) it's made with real farm-raised chicken! (cat 2) i gotta

political and economic crisis in lebanon?_ political and economic crisis in lebanon? ~ ., lebanon? the financial system | lebanon? well, the collapse of the l economy and the financial system in lebanon means the whole system that the economy was based on was unsustainable. this was based mainly on importing lots of products from abroad, not encouraging local production, and basically on spending lots of money. and when you import, you need dollars. it means you must ensure you have enough supply of this currency to continue that cycle. lebanon was not able to continue with this, it had a long history of mismanagement of the adoption of the wrong economic model, and it led from one borrowing spree to another, until it came unsustainable. in 2019, we saw perhaps the first very salient marks and signs of this whole system coming to the brink and collapsing — two years after that, the situation has worsened. and what makes it even worse is that for two years since the start of the crisis, we haven't seen any kind of political unity around a plan to come out of this crisis. we haven't

now, following that incident, israel did strike inside lebanon. we heard from the lebanese side that the israeli capes were between 2 villages in lebanon. and we haven't received in reports of damages on that side either. it alters it did receive a warning. this is already a few hours ago that the more than is ready town of curiosity, small net, which is home to some $20000.00 people, was going to be the target. the they were silent, sounding throughout the town. the town was put on a state of high alert, and it's difficult to say whether be later is rocket saw that as the target as well . not incidents like this. i'm not infrequent, we have seen similar kind of eruption between israel and living on over the past few months from these weighty side. we have heard that they don't believe his beloved is responsible for the rocket attacks. they say that they think it's palestinian militant groups, but it would be necessary for these groups get permission from his bless to indeed fire into his role. so the situation as it sounds, israel responding and

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but the tune of a $100000000.00 to lebanon. this is an addition to the 516000000 already pledged for reconstruction. following the blast in the port of a route. now i asked the white house press secretary to be specific about the said in other words, you know, outlined it for us and give us a sense of. 8 how important lebanon is to the united states, whereas is experiences such political and economic instability. what she told me is that she recognizes, and the white house recognizes the critical role that lebanon has played in terms of stability in the broader region. the fact that it has welcomed in syrian refugees, but she also made it very important point. she said that the bible ministration recognize this is the people lebanon, have suffered more over the past year because of what the bike and ministration calls avoidable political and economic crises. and so that is why this additional funding is being pledge, but the white house also pushing other leaders around the world, the in capitals around the world to do more tha

you cannot carry out air strikes and targets southern lebanon. but many of servers will tell you that this is, this is in one way or another linked to the escalation in the region as a whole. ok, there are correct me if i'm wrong. zayna you in 4th is in the region in the area, the unit fill. yes. the united nations peacekeeping to they've been deployed here for decades, but they really don't. their mandate is very limited. so they are supposed to ensure that there is no fighters or weapons in an area from the border to the latania river, but it's an open secret in lebanon. hezbollah is able to operate within unit feels its own of operations. when we talk about lebanon, being entangled into regional, regional situation has, below is an ally of iran and many field that is implementing a bronze agenda and the region and the timing of what happened in the past 3 days. within this tension between israel and iran, israeli official saying that we can target the iran. so really the, the response from iran is that we have allies across the region even how

in memory of the victims, lebanon held a minute of silence.any lost their children, their friends, their homes. but beneath the sadness is a seething rage. >> this blast still lives with us. he lives in our lungs, in the little details of our houses. it lives everywhere. and really, it's not easy to say oh well, we will rebuild, life goe son. we need justice. reporter: thousands of protesters blame the government for years of mismanagement at beirut's port. no answers have emerged from the investigion so far instead, critics are being pushed back with force. ent: and my colleague rebecca ritters's is in beirut tonight. people looking at this situation cannot believe a year after the explosion there have been no charges filed and no one has been held accountable. what is going on with this investigation? rebecca: well, nothing has changed from today, that is for sure. the investigation is ongoing, but as you say, inconclusive. that is why people have come out on the street today. what you are seeing behind me is the final throe of what has been

lebanon absorbed -- observed a minute of silence today.ies gathered, photographs of loved ones killed in the blast. we report on how people are reckoning with the tragedy. >> one year has passed in beirut is still assessing the impact. there's an unknown: b -- an unknown quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded. one year after the explosion, the debris is swept to a corner. and, cap tier. names of t victims surrounding the area. families still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. the judge investigating the poor explosion once to seven high-ranking politicians and security officers. but, so far, he has not been able to do so. >> this is part of a movement by relatives of the victims of the blast. to press authorities to allow the judge to enter kate security officials. they say they will fight to the end. r those responsible to be held to account. >> this woman lost her 29-year-old daughter in the blast. >> if they are innocent, they can go to the court and say. there hiding, on each other. all of them have a kind of respons

they'll be more ah lebanon as well. the 1st anniversary of the moment. it was devastated by one of the world's biggest non nuclear explosions. the beirut port bloss killed 200 people, an injured 6 and a half 1000 others but he met us. the names of the victims were read. i was just people held pictures up of their loved ones. the blast occurred when a fire ignited a stockpile of ammonium nitrate stored at the port. the lebanese authorities have been criticized for blocking a judicial investigation. but as that event took place, as you can see, looking at these live pictures, security forces earlier, use water, canada, and t a guy. so i'm protested, trying to bring through barricades near the parliament building. at least 56 people were injured, demonstrates as a demanding accountability from the government over that blast. then a honda is our correspondent, life was outside the parliament building in beirut. zayna. what are you seeing and hearing there? well, as you can see, a heavy security presence, the army, the internal security forces, they've been u

there is a blackout in lebanon.'s relations with the us directly. this looks a little bit like they are not afraid to poke the bear? . �* , they are not afraid to poke the bear? ., �* , ., bear? that's right. the iran nuclear deal _ bear? that's right. the iran nuclear deal talks - bear? that's right. the iran nuclear deal talks have - bear? that's right. the iran | nuclear deal talks have been stalled sincejune, because iran's new president has taken office. and although the government in iran has spoken positively about the deal, this does seem like a provocation. the iran foreign ministry, when it talked about shifting more oil if and when needed, said they were free to make their own decisions. that is a reference to the lack of autonomy they feel the deal has put upon them. and for opponents of the deal, opponents of the deal, opponents like israel, they argue this is what the iran nuclear deal could engender, more funds for iran to continue their regional activities and empower other groups like hezbollah in l

ah, the has a lot of fires rockets from lebanon into israel 2 days after they tried to fire over the border. ah, hello one can all maria here in doug. this is the world news from al jazeera, looking it up kind of stuff. we're a bizarre is burning in central lush, the guy, one of the cities when government troops are fighting to repel the taliban. also, greece wildfires burning on the northern edge of athens, all things 1000 more people to flee from their homes and china choosing the u. s. of violence, interference for granting temporary refuge to people from hong kong. ah . so starting with the breaking news, this, our in israel, i don't defense system has intercepted 10 rockets, which had been fired from southern lebanon. the siren sounded in northern israel and in the occupied golan heights. after these rockets were, fight has been, has claimed responsibility. on wednesday, israel conducted their strikes against targets in lebanon, in response to rocket fire. then what is on her way to the border area now on the phone for us? what more violence i was in a welcome. i like you mentio

which was probably smuggled men confiscated, the unraveling in lebanon, seems unstoppable. what's your sense of where things are at and where they're heading? i mean, this is all the absence of the state we had, and we still want to government. we have the last 2 years basis that conditional corruption. and now we see the black market basically taking over over the medicine whether the fuel and their initial sources. so we see a government based she's, i was to get it done. she told the government, we reached a point to say to teachers for him. and if he is that every day with the army, to keep over even getting walked in by the army or to deal with stretch issues or mo dicking and more and day to day manager or so not only isn't going to provide you the right direction on the other end of the state and i'm not sure how, who sure hike of women is that you also have take. do you agree with that as well? just on the fuel front to me it's obviously scarce. the fuel subsidy was meant to ease things. now that set to end because the central bank conky pop, i mean what's going to

i try not to let them hate lebanon for what happened to me.ion has been another painful us mother of the decay in the system. the country was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and the neighbouring areas compounded the national plunge into misery. i'm joined now by kareem chuh—hiab who is a journalist in beirut. thank you for speaking to us. i know you're out and about in the city as those demonstrations and commemorations were being held. haw commemorations were being held. how would ou commemorations were being held. firm-0" would you characterise the mood? it was basically a combination of grief and anger. early run during the day it was very sombre, people holding portraits of the people who died in the blast, the relatives colleagues. but later on it got quite tense around parliament. forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets. many of the protesters threw rocks at th

names of more than 200 ruth marks a year since the port explosion that tore through the heart of lebanon's capital. -- as babe ruth -- as beirut marks a year since the port explosion that tore through the heart of lebanon's capital. you're watching al jazeera. also coming up on the program, a heat wave pushes temperatures to record highs in southern europe, spawning massive wildfires across several countries. and a belarusian olympian arrived safely in poland just days after defying orders to return home. welcome to the program. our main story this hour -- lebanon has been commemorating a year since the devastating explosion of a root's port. hundreds were killed and thousands injured in one of the world's biggest nonnuclear explosions. the day ended with protests outside the parliament building as people demanded justice from a government that has broken down. >> [reading names] >> they mark the minute their city exploded. they read the names of the victims of one of the largest nonnuclear blasts in history. a year on, beirut remembered the port explosion that destroyed so many lives. out

the shelling comes on grim anniversary for lebanon. it's exactly one years since the devastating chemical blast and the capital which claim the lives of more than $200.00 people believe to be one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history. now warning that you might find the following video upsetting the yes, human rights group and the international, his condemn, lebanese officials, the quote, shaming shamelessly, obstructing an investigation into that blast. one of lebanon's oldest hospitals was devastated by the explosion as well. as you can see here, there one nurse died while the baby was born. the very minute of that blast. now a year on the child reported to be doing well. we spoke to a nurse on the maternity unit that fateful day. she told us the panic was not an option because there was simply too much to do. and then i was funding my mother and about my day and the last i do remember my cleaning alone feeling very bad that i did not know if i was okay to be able to be kid and didn't have an idea what had what have happen

who kept this nitrate, lebanon, who allowed this nitrate to answer lebanon? who knew about it and kept this nitrates? yeah. i mean we, how we want a whole compute justice. we don't want partial justice. oh, i victims were not beneath their portraits in one of the bailiffs, busiest intersections reminder that justice has yet to be searched tonight. short by the worst piece time disaster in a country with a turbulent and dark pass where the truth has often been today. ah me. ah ah frank assessments were it was against freedom suppression, informed opinions. what you saw happening in market. there was 42. there was petune is the critical debate here. it's not between kula and any other conference here. and you think that for years rather than to give them people in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera, the virus is indiscriminately get those living in poverty are far more vulnerable to the dangers of covert 19 alley. re examined the reasons for this disparity, the social and economic inequality that surround us, much deeper and

but that would not only be a war between israel and has the lower israel and lebanon. it would be a multi front war, so it involves syria. that's right. it would involve of course hamas in gaza would involve power statement is plainly higher and middle fatah, it wouldn't claim entire mentally. so with that, let's, let's shift to iran. ok. we covered that way. we took care of that problem. well, we can get back to you guys, but let's talk about arrive. okay. and the what ben against said, yes. what does that mean? is that our, is that israel just kind of with the tough rhetoric? the tough talk this even though i don't think it worth this time, i don't think so. and what they're they're, they're watching iran's nuclear development program. and i think that all. and if, if the talks fail and those are increasing likelihood of that, then all of the enrich uranium could be upgraded even further to the 90 percent level, which is weapons grade. and that is the red line for israel and all that. and they've already promised that that is their red line, that then they will attac

200 victims a read aloud as beirut marks a year's support explosion that told through the heart of lebanon's capital. a tragedy is amplified a deeper economic unsocial crisis in the country for test taking to the streets to express the fury and anguish. ah, i'm sorry, i'm loving. watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, heat wave pushes temperatures to record highs in southern europe, warnings. the wildfires across several countries. and the batter. washington, christina, team and sky arrive safely in poland just days after defying orders to return home . ah, welcome to the program on main story this now lebanon has been commemorating a year since the devastating explosion at bay routes. port. hundreds of people were killed, thousands injured in one of the world's biggest non nuclear explosions. and they began with solar memorials, but ended with protests outside the parliament building. as people demand justice and accountability from a government that's broken down. st. honda reports from the capital barret but left in the us. they marked the minute their city exploded. they rea

speaking of southern lebanon, several rockets were fired across the border from lebanon at israel. israel responding with artillery fire, it was sweet rocket that was fired at israel. one was indicated by the radio system, one landed in an open area, and one landed in lebanon itself. there are no immediate supports of damage or injuries on the waiting side. earlier, there was an indication that they could possibly be such an attack, particularly focused on the northern is waiting town.

now israel, the air force has struck ground targets in southern lebanon. it is the 4th round of strikes, response to what the id f calls that terrorist attacks from its neighbors territory . ari tease policy or reports defend forces has confirmed that it is conducted sykes in southern lebanon. it strikes a targeting area in some way. rockets will fight it as well during the day on wednesday, and that it's also targeting another area from walker's. we're fighting israel previously in a tweet to be is ready to faint forces said that it is targeting what a cause, infrastructure for terrorism. now this is the 4th round of israeli strikes in the past 24 hours. the initial 3 strikes were off to those $31.00 could were fired from lebanon into northern israel, around in the day on wednesday. now, one of those walk, it's landed in lebanon while to landed in the territory. one was indicated by the lady and defense missile defense system. the i and, and another one landed in an empty field. there are no reports of damage or injury on these wally. all have a nice side

as i heard a has the latest from able, soppy in southern lebanon. there is a cautious calm after a brief flare up of violence along the wall. the border between long time enemies has below and israel, the area behind me was a battle ground cross border shelling. but it was clear that neither israel nor has will, i was interested in any major escalation if you read has well, a statement that said that we targeted open areas around israeli military outpost, basically saying that we could have hit the military outpost. we could have caused casualties. what as well as trying to do is to tell the israelis do not change the rules of engagement, which have been in place since 2006, because on early thursday, israel retaliated to rocket fire with air strikes in the past at any retaliation along this border, they used to, you know, shell areas of, it's not air strikes, but i think there was also another message today. and the message was from iran via has a lot to israel, a day or 2 after the israeli saying that we are able to directly, militarily engage wit

as lebanon's tragedy continues to unfold. the fear is worsening conditions could lead to a security breakdown that there was ita balte. well, let's bring in. hi coven. and he's the lebanon project director at the international crisis group and joined us by skype from, but through the, in lebanon, a great south, you, with me assuring to see that appears you half electricity, right? something that many in the country have not most in the country as a luxury, they don't enjoy right now. so to suffer just explaining to people who are not familiar with what's going on and lebanon, white, ne, how did they get this bad? well, i mean, to me, as xena said, the state is nearly bankrupt. and so essentially the country has lived for years and years way over what it can afford. and it has done that by attracting money from abroad and for the interest rates that had to go higher and higher. and as we all know, these kind of sit ups when you pay old credit, sold credit, us with new money. at some point the music has stopped and it stopped 2

who kept this nitrate in lebanon, who allowed this nitrate to answer lebanon, who knew about it and kept this nitrates here? i mean, we how we want a whole complete justice. we don't want partial justice. oh yeah i we're not beneath their portraits and want to be able to busiest intersections or reminder that justice can seem to be searched ah do nice to short by the worst piece time disaster in a tree with a turbulent and dark pass where the truth has often been i me welcome to death from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax, enjoy a break in your journey. ah, and when you leave with a smile, we know our day's work is done. always welcome to our home motor sports. it's big news in libya, but staging car and bike rather, it comes with its own particular ring club. couldn't take part in the 2016 valley because we were fighting a war in cycle, sir. i'll just do a world travel to the libyan, just to see how fort on for wheel can be a unifying pull water country lydia or rally on al jazeera hello, miss city in vietnam. once. so i gone the old capita

the ah, headlining this out, israel shells lebanon in response to rocket fire. but there's disagreement with the group behind the original attack. the, you know, accept digital cove, in 1900 certificates from a sam marino, where most of the population is innoculated. with sputnik vate, the same russian job still waiting approval from the blocks medicines agency to cover up or not debate rages of how effective wearing the medical markets, and controlling the spread of corona virus suite. and drop the requirement before recording 0 new cases. while the us says it's still crucial to web on our panel discusses the conflicting advice they told us to wear the mask, and then we won't have locked down. so now we're doing lock downs to it's one of the recent rejection nature. we need to several held protective behavior. ah, hello, you're watching. this is our to international keeping watch and what's happening around the world for you. i'm call him break. first for you. israel has opened artillery fire against a neighboring lebanon in retaliation for a rocket attack, whi

but come the election next year, the voters of lebanon. don't want to vote for any one who would call themselves a politician. as of today, or a year ago to day or 5 years ago or 10 years ago. her line is very simple. her line is this the people of lebanon? what all the politicians to go? but that's improbable, bordering on impossible, i guess. so the reality surely must be come the elections next year. what happens is you get rid of the old, but the old come back in just a rearranged form. well, the politics on every day that i and my boss, what my, what it, because you are right and that's wrong. without exception. they all argue that i am afraid that the next election may 1 to one to 2. it may go on in a manner better article change. they will change by probably around 10 percent. a normal measure, 600 for now control of me will remain unfortunately why? because we have the 15 and 10 should 630 and 630 of system and we forums. but when i spend my p me my by the west, i don't be sick, but we are not in the drive. got a c, c, we the emiss

who kept this nitrate in lebanon, who allowed this nitrate to answer lebanon, who knew about it and kept this nitrates here? i mean, we how we want a whole complete justice. we don't want partial justice. oh yeah, i victims were not beneath their portraits in one of the bailiffs, busiest intersections. reminder that justice is here to be searched tonight, short by the worst piece time disaster in a country with a turbulent and dark pass. where the truth has often been. i news, news, news, news, news in 2001. french. are australians accused of being enemies with them and attacking the way of life? treated like we were all suspects. we were all under suspicion struggling to adapt to their new found home. out there explode the history of the lebanese community in australia once upon a time and punched on our era. a secret agent claimed by both israel and egypt. well, any case officer who receives potential or double edged will always assume the worst truth or lied fact. or fiction must all the documents or 40 people of either those under lapse out there will tell the story of the man of man

what is called rocket launcher sites inside lebanon, but probably it was empty field. they're not causing major damage, but certainly an escalation militarily. and here, the commanders on edge hold on me there for us in case mona. thank you. let's talk a little bit more about this. joining us from beirut is alia. hannah retired lebanese general, and geo political strategist. thanks for joining us here on the news. our 1st of all, i want to talk hard with lebanon, is obviously in a crisis on several fronts. but from a military perspective, how matched or otherwise are his belong? and israel, i mean there is a big difference because when you talk about has been and talk about this way and you are talking about the 1st army, the strongest autumn in division versus the non state act that fights assume literally, you know what i mean. so when has been defensive on, on, defend the land, the environment, the awareness of the situation. so the fights i submitted as did happen in 2006. so we cannot really compare to because because 30 as i was totally different, the husband doe

what, what will happen in lebanon? absolutely. so we have 2 different items that we need to we need to have available in the market and the only way to make it bailable for cars. for the fact that is companies and field people to go back to business is that we need the whole, the, the gas station. the only way for making this fuel available is by nothing but exactly the way you see it. when you cut some of these, we expect practical fuel and impatient increase. however, in level we have been suffering from or the year because of the sharp, the valuation of the current. so the only way to control the inflation is to actually trans and deliver this is to stop that evaluation. that's how you can contain the impact subsidies and weekend stopped at the valuation of that. even if we put in place a board meeting, if we don't want to be for as long as the government use us to do the work, we will have a vision going on countries. and as long as the government been maintained subsidies, we will have subsidies and these that will reduce the