i'm feeling bobby, and i now live in lebanon. it's become my new home that to that and not not who are what, and i want to serve this home area, but then i the feel of at the runaway up any or even if it's only a small contribution model, she'll believe, ah, lebanon was once called the switzerland of the middle east because of its wealth. in the meantime, however, almost 80 percent of its nearly 7000000 inhabitants live in poverty. ah, the situation is particularly dire for them. more than one point. 5000000 refugees, most of whom come from syria. their high number has led to mounting social tensions in the country. ah, susan mg has experienced it herself. she feeds her family of 5 with the money from the reforestation project. she's lebanese, but her husband is palestinian. their children are therefore considered foreigners via on pretty annabel admin and on there. so much discrimination in our country here there. so hon. even my children phillips and laughable because of that, danny and father are not allowed to go to the local

in lebanon to water supplies a dwindling but women stepping in and planting the ants. an unforgettable image, a column of smoke rises over the harbour of lebanon's capital bay roofs. $2750.00 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded. here on the 4th of august 2020, devastating swathes of the city. 200 people died and there was an estimated 13000000000 euros in damages, too much for crisis rock to lebanon. yet once upon a time, the country was booming, they route was a cosmopolitan and sophisticated city. but then in 1975 civil war broke out. political and religious groups battled for supremacy tearing the country a part. the war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. the infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste, collect the local currency, has lost 90 percent of its value. many struggle to afford the very basics, food and heating and gas. and it's really tough for the many refugees here too. but there are some projects offering hope it looks like a game, and it really is child's place since every throw is the gold. the smal

that turnover re forrest in lebanon is just one goal. of salam, the work here is also supposed to bring people together who otherwise have little to do with each other, says but to ebara him who fled from her syrian homeland to neighboring lebanon 10 years ago. a cave thought venza the women. her all work wonderfully together. and yet whether they come from syria, palestine, or lebanon, about horn, we originally met through the project. what now were all like sisters in the whole? stand alone we laughed together. we tell jokes, it makes the work easier men and then the said, some of the women live in informal settlements. others have a solid roof over their heads, like between abraham from syria. nevertheless, she says live in lebanon is not easy for her. her husband is unemployed and her daughter regularly needs expensive medication. without the 8th us dollars she receives for each day's work, the family would have no income hits and no it has sydel. and my little project is more than just a job that brings and money her mother had i ha

but this is a proposal in lebanon to jail because lebanon right now. they think they need a bailout from the i m up. but in order to get a bailout from the map, they have to deal with the situation in their banks with billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars of bad debt. now remember, back in 2019, they fees, they froze all funds, any, any dollars us dollar that you had in a bank account in lebanon has been frozen the whole time. so here's a proposal about how to disperse this over a $100000000000.00 and us dollar cash that they've ceased. lebanon plan sees 93 percent currency slide turns the bulk of fx deposits to pounds. a government plan for tackling lebanon financial crisis projects and 93 percent evaluation of lebanese pound, and converse, the bulk of hard currency deposits in the banking system to local currency, according to a blueprint seen by reuters of a $104000000000.00 of hard currency deposits the plan foresees returning just $25000000000.00 to savers in us dollars with most of what is left converted to pounds at several exchange r

the issues in lebanon are complex and long-standing. i know that you have long experienced many insights and i look forward to reconnecting on all of this. . rep. issa: thank you. unfortunately, that long experienced comes not always with a record of compliment these days. lebanon is in a much more dire position than it has been in any other time in its entire history. following up on that, the subject of unifil, and i know the finances of the united nations are complex, but unifil can only do its mission if it has the support of the lebanese armed forces. i want you to comment on efforts to make sure those forces are compensated enough that they show up in this very difficult time in which their pay has plummeted to about 5% of it was -- what it was about a year ago. michele: you are touching on a very important issue. obviously, unifil's operations and the challenges it faces, our partnership with unifil, partnership also but the lebanese armed forces are right at the top, priority list also for me here at io, not just because of my p

lebanon, provision of weapons and violent groups it back in lebanon and of course throughout the greatern. the special tribunal lebanon as you note has been a multiyear effort, i look forward continuing to engage with you and your staff as we push for results across the board including special tribunal but also other pieces of the un picture in lebanon, the peacekeeping mission, the issues in lebanon are complex and long-standing. i know you have long experience many insights i look forward to reconnecting on all office. >> thank you. unfortunately that long experience comes with not a record of accomplishment. lebanon today is in a much more dire position for the house anytime in its entire history. following up, separate from i know the finances of united plaintiffs are complex but they can only do its mission has the support of the armed forces and i would like you to comment on efforts to make sure those forces are compensated on ffa show up in this difficult time in which their pay plummeted to about 5% of what happened just a year ago. >> your touching on a very important issue, ob

and just a second went on lebanon as well. the top republicans in the fs wsrc in the foreign relations committee sent a letter to secretary blinken on i know you do not comment on congressional affairs for their asking invited ministration to reconsider support for energy and electricity deals from jordan to lebanon the potential caesar act sanctions. is this something the secretaries willing to reconsider? >> of its or their first question on the israel maritime board of this is a decision for both israel and lebanon to make. we stand ready to facilitate negotiations on the maritime boundary between israel and lebanon. and we strongly support efforts to reach a mutually beneficial agreement. you referenced senior advisor security, he is continuing to work diligently with the two governments. that does include visits to the region as appropriate will update on his travel and on his visit. when it comes to the various energy deals in lebanon, we do welcome regional efforts to help address lebanon's acute energy crisis and its i

hold on reports from tripoli and northern lebanon. many of these men have tried to reach europe by sea. some were intercepted, others rescued, or returned. they end up in prison. but otherwise, those, all of them have a story to tell. and it's one of desperation. lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic collapse, impoverished 2 thirds of its population. while we are living in misery, i attempted to you 3 times, but our boat was intercepted and then we were thrown in prison. typically as the city along the mediterranean coast, even before the latest crisis, the local currency has lost its value by 90 percent. i didn't know that out of my mind as yet enough, all the pockets empty the international community is really to help lebanon. but politicians are refusing to be honest and fight corruption, allow that. but these men say all they want is to live in dignity. i don't know, but i know donna, we want to leave because the children are sick and we can't even feed. so my friends and i collected money to buy, we were caught, illegal mig

and it's one of desperation that lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic collapse, impoverished 2 thirds of its population. we are living in misery. i attempted to you 3 times, but our boat was intercepted and then we were thrown in prison. typically as support city along the mediterranean coast even before the latest crisis. the local currency has lost its value by 90 percent, but i didn't know that out of my mind as yet enough, all the pockets empty the international community is really to help lebanon. but politicians are refusing to be honest and fight corruption. allow that. but these men say all they want is to live in dignity. i don't know, but i know donna, we want to leave because the children are sick and we can't even feed. so my friends and i collect his money to buy a court. illegal migration has seen a significant increase in lebanon. many tried to reach cyprus, turkey and italy, hundreds of lebanese, still try to leave by sea, but there are also those migrating through legal routes to find work abroad. research institutes estimate that nearly a quarter of a 1000000

we caught illegal migration has seen a significant increase in lebanon. many tried to reach cyprus, turkey and italy, hundreds of lebanese, still try to leave by sea, but there are also those migrating through legal routes to find work abroad. research institutes estimate that nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people have left lebanon in recent years. and while immigration is not a new phenomenon for lebanese, that 5 percent of the population, and among them a record number of skilled workers. but not everyone finds a way out. if you use, obviously, if it's hard to get visas or jobs abroad and it's too dangerous and expensive to try to escape, bye. see. but as conditions worse and many worn, the dangers of such trips won't stop the flow. so to say that the weather will get better next month, and there will be thousands, not hundreds, awfully nice trying to make their way to europe because the economy crisis is unbearable. but there's so much anger and pain here. go ahead. beep says he can't care for his children. do good it just let me leave. he says, oh, goo

a 90 a oil coming to lebanon to help our systems are. there was a diesel shipment that came in over the summer, but i mean, not by any means, you know, sufficient address, the needs of the population and the vast majority population. now i'm really interested in relying on generators for heat, for electricity, and it to cause it, or most of the population even be able to afford it. so just a home or, you know, like on your house is more than what you know. and i, person in a month. yeah, and i mean, nato countries are trying to intercept those iranian oil vessels. i should say, what does this mean for the covey to respond to lebanon? a brain with a number of doctors and nurses, a. so we seeing that there are inadequate, by a medical card to respond to me at the hospital. so that with and the bottom line is, you know, people are looking to release the government. it has not met and it's not for any yeah, i should say. obviously the government is a sanctions or members of the government law. mcclockey. thank you so much. and you that's for

what does this mean for the covey to respond to lebanon? a brain with a number of doctors and nurses, a. so we seeing that there are inadequate, by a medical card to respond to me at the hospital bill that with and the bottom line is, you know, people are looking to release the government is not met. and it's not for that any . yeah. and i should say obviously the government is a sanctioned members of the government. like you thank you so much and you that's over the show will be back on saturday when we cover the bay during winter olympics boycotted by several major nations for what they claim the human rights abuses in the people's republic until then keep in touch by all our social media and let us know if you think major nations should send more humanitarian aid to countries, they've arguably help to destroy ah, that long ago open public debate was considered a good thing even essential for a stable in functioning society. today, if you do not follow in propagate liberal hygiene, you are the use of misinformation and should be banned fr

i should say, what does this mean for the covey to respond to lebanon? a brain with a. so we seeing that there are inadequate, by that there's no medical care to respond to me at the hospital bill that with and the bottom line is you know, people are looking to be at the government. it has not met, not for any yeah, i should say of the government is a sanction. so members of the government lamarche. thank you so much and you that's over this year. we'll be back on saturday when we cover the b gene winter olympics boycotted by several native nations for what they claim the human rights abuses in the people's republic until then keep in touch by all our social media. let us know if you think they donations should send more humanitarian aid to countries. they've arguably helped to destroy. ah, it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in conflicts world wide. u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors it uses in places iraq or afghanistan, the united states army and the military and general is so reliance on the private sect

what does this mean for the cobra response in lebanon? a brain with a number of doctors and nurses with because their salaries are not there. so we're seeing that there are inadequate bye for medical care to respond to me at the hospital bill that with and the bottom line is you know, people are looking to be at the government. it has not met. and it's not that any. yeah, i should say obviously the government is a sanctions or members of the government like you thank you so much and you that's over the show will be back on saturday when we cover the b gene winter olympics boycotted by several major nations for what they claim the human rights abuses in the people's republic until then keep in touch by all our social media and let us know if you think major nations should send more humanitarian aid to countries have arguably help to destroy. for imac kaiser with more of my guy to financial survival. this is a hedge fund, is a device used by professional scale you asked to earn money? that's right. these hedge funds are completely not accou

i mean it's interesting because lebanon was a place that functioned. for many years perhaps centuries and then suddenly it fell apart. it's the sort of thing and we'll talk about this more in a moment that you know, it's not unreasonable to think about in terms of our country. yeah. yeah that what happened in lebanon is you know, really complex story and i'll tell you from my eyes the eyes of a child. my grandfather had come to united states and then he went back to lebanon really to get rugs. he had become like a worked himself up to be a oriental rug dealer got trapped in world war one and so never left so then my parents grew up one under french education the other under american and english education in other words colonialism and world war one were not distant from our history. they were they were, you know, defining elements of our history. my mother was spoke beautiful french. my father did not my father spoke beautiful english my mother, you know after years spoke better english, but he was you know eloquent and she was eloquent in different co

they know hota as i report now from tripoli in northern lebanon. many of these men have tried to reach your oak by sea somewhere, intercepted, others rescued or returned. they end up in prison. but i don't like those. all of them have a story to tell. and it's one of desperation that lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic collapse, impoverished 2 thirds of its population. well, we are living in misery. i attempted to you 3 times, our boat was intercepted and then we were thrown in prison. typically as the city along the mediterranean coast, even before the latest crisis, the local currency has lost its value by 90 percent. but i know that out of my mind as yet enough, all the pockets empty the international community is really to help lebanon. but politicians are refusing to be honest and fight corruption. allow that. but these men say all they want is to live in dignity. i don't know, but i know what we want to leave because the children is sick and we can't even feed my friends. and i collected money to buy a boat. we caught illegal migratio

let's say we list historical history in 2019 in lebanon, high cost of living, ro, political, political disability, and protests, even recently, and topics fuel prices were a main motivator, but prices were also motivator, pricing that led to the regime there in going back to air, spring i think it's, it's a fairly sort of common assertion that bread prices and price and general food was the main driver of the political instability. so you can see political instability, you can see food security and you know, in the worst case hunger and right. how much do you think this fear of having their supplies cut might go towards influencing the approach of some countries towards the situation in ukraine? i think it's probably my fir leaders who especially leaders who may have some, some political stability already focusing on, you know, supplying their, their population with food and making sure that it's affordable. and there is not this sort of hunger that is a motivator to, to, to move towards other types of political radicalization. i believe that would be taught by alex smith is food and a

we are heading up to golan heights — a very strategic position between syria, lebanon and israel.he role of mossad agents in israel military victories, i visited the former syrian army headquarter in the golan heights. today, it is the eli cohen museum. eli cohen was a mossad agent, who disguised as a syrian. in the �*60s, he penetrated syrian leadership and became a top adviser to the syrian defence minister. today, former iranian officials are worried that mossad has reached officials high up in iranian security and intelligence agencies. the fact that every mishap, every accident, every burned transformer on the iranian electrical grid is immediately attributed to mossad, while most of them, the vast majority, are just mishaps. this fear spread intimidation among the ranks of what mossad sees as its main adversaries. in the past two decades, numbers of iran's most prominent nuclear scientists have been assassinated. there have been multiple sabotages in iran's nuclear and military facilities. the stolen iranian secret nuclear archive highlighted the role of mohsen fakhrizadeh.

for years. >> this is not just for lebanon, i am a great believer in local action.you have problems, the best way to solve them is to rely on the common intelligence of the community, pulling resources from the community and going to the decision-makers and saying this is what we -- this is what we want, make it happen. always relying on outside factors is just a way to delay the solution or to look at it from a lazy perspective. all the problems we are seeing now are lessons for the future. the biggest lesson we should be learning is that we have to act locally and swiftly, and to also train a lot of our population. we have to make them aware that this is also bad for you, not just the environment, it is bad for our collective health. we need to deal with these materials and these kits in a more responsible way. local governments have the responsibility of placing the right infrastructure in place. we heard now that even in amsterdam they were throwing away self testing kits with home garbage. this is unacceptable. >> doctor, what is the level of awareness in amste

investments have enabled lebanese military to contribute to the degradation of isis and lebanon, to carry out operations against al qaeda and to expand control along the border with syria. lebanese armed forces have been at the forefront of responding to the various crises that are affecting the state of lebanon. in support of the emergency response to the beirut blast in august. >> can you be more specific? how much additional assistance is going to the lebanese military? my understanding is you are moving $67 million from the military to the military. it's not additional. in fact, it really means nothing because you're just -- well.' sec. price: i'm not in the position to provide additional detail at this time. >> one more. i know that you tweeted about this last night, but in terms of the attempted missile attack on the uae, do you have any reason to believe that it was specifically timed to the visit of the israeli president? and what is it going to take for you guys to step up? your pressure on the huttis. i'm not just talking about a paper designation. what do they have to do before

at why a war and ukraine could be devastating for struggling families in countries like yemen and lebanon. ah, hello, i'm mary. m m, as in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. at least 10 people are dead and some 45000 displaced after madagascar is hit by its 2nd cycle. and in 2 weeks, ah, why police as well as protest? is it been out in the city of rotterdam demonstrating against netherlands cove in measures? ah, her voice was the soundtrack to hundreds of hollywood films. india more. the iconic singer light among gallagher is died at the age of $92.00. ah. hello and welcome to the program. more us troops have arrived in poland to reinforce nato's allies in eastern europe are met, the russian military build up on the border with ukraine. u. s. national security advisor jake sullivan is one that russia could take military action against ukraine any day. now. this comes of amid warnings from other u. s. officials that russia is about 70 percent. it has 70 percent of the combat force. it needs for a full scale invasion already in place and that he have could fa

a war new crane could have fatal consequences for struggling families in countries like yemen and lebanon. ah, hello i, mariam noisy in london, you're watching alger 0 also coming up on the program. at least 10 people to report a dead in some 45000 displaced after madagascar is hit by its 2nd cycle. and in 2 weeks, ah, why police as well as protest is, have been out in rotterdam demonstrating as netherlands cove. it measures also her voice was the soundtrack to hundreds of bollywood films. india warns that the iconic singer, lighter mon jessica, is died at the age of $92.00. ah . more us troops arrived in poland to reinforce nato's allies in eastern europe. mid the russian military build up on the border with ukraine. their affairs of a russian invasion, though moscow says it has no such plans. bolan's defense minister says more planes carrying american troops will be landing in the coming hours. you as president joe biden has ordered nearly $3000.00 extra troops to poland and romania, and then senior u. s. defense officials have been sounding alarm bells about a possible russian invasion

and biting off to rule is considering a pipeline for lebanon through syria, some degree of reproachful, arguably under the by administration. but finally, starting to respect, syrian sovereignty will know and they don't respect it as a respected on sovereignty. they should withdraw their forces because their forces in city are occupying forces forces of occupation. and the 1st condition, the respect something to do for any country is not to have forces occupying forces on that choice. yet you can't get rid of them. i mean short of a nuclear strike, how are you supposed to get rid of all these foreign forces on your land? where gone good? is this them? why do we, we definitely will get to we get to the fund occupying forces in our country. luckily we will do it at that time and that would, that i is a possibility. that's why dad depriving us also a fall or we so that we don't have that is hosted to fight them. but we will talk about, i'll stop you that more from president bus advisor after this break plus he's calling you know, done for we missed you. findings of racism, resulting in be

i mean, and this is not just for lebanon, i'm a, i'm a great believer in local action. you know, when you have problems, the best way to solve them is to rely on the common intelligence of the community and pulling resources from the community. and going to go with the decision makers and saying this is what we want. this is what we need make it happen. are always relying on on outside factors is, is, is just a, a way to delay the solution or do to guy know, look at it from a lazy perspective for all the problems that we are seeing. now our lessons for the future, and the biggest lesson that we should be learning is that we have to act locally and swiftly and to are also train a lot of our of the population. we have to make them aware that you know, this is also bad for you. this is not just good for the environment. this is bad for our collective health. we need to deal with these kinds of medea's, and these kinds of kids. and, and in a more responsible way, and local governments have the responsibility of placing the right infrastructure in place. we, we heard now tha

we haven't got the heights or cross cypress, northern syria, and lebanon with sunshine to follow. and he gets even snow, yeah. edgy into the southern caucasus. this during wednesday in north africa caught a strong winds being set up with sand in algeria. ah ah, the shake him odd award for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th until august, 15th this year. for more information, go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash e n. ah, hulu. ah, from other top stories, how to 0? russia has ramp top attacks on ukraine's biggest cities and khaki has been bombarded by artillery. possibly killing dozens, with reports that cluster bombs were used. fighting is also be reported in mario pole and the capital key was bracing for another night. shelling, 1st round of talks has been held between the russian and ukrainian delegations. they met on the border with ben roost, dedications, and i'm returning to that capitals for further consultations and western sanctions are hammering, rushes. economy. rubel plunged 30 percent against the u.

earlier in the same group, lebanon and iraq drew 11, both sides needed to win to keep the pressure on the euro bought. they only managed to manage the drill rug, the lebanon, lebanese, who eventually found the back of the nets, remained 4th and iraq, 5th in the standings. well, here's how group a table looks like at the moment. iran in south korea through to the world cup the or a lie 3rd with lebanon and iraq still in with a chance in the other group, santa reg is set top in their attempt to qualify a winner. if japan jojo would have put them through his group when his spots host japan's school to golden, each half a qu, me min amino with his 17th goal in $37.00 games for japan and junior ito, with a brilliant 2nd. the to know when puts the summer i blew within a point of top school elsewhere, it was a historical day to vietnam. they achieve this festival when in the final stage of asia woke up quantifying the vietnamese did this with us 31 win over china on tuesday. they're still booked some of their quantifying groups. so here's what that group be table looks in asian. quantifying

i think most accounts of lebanon suggest that it is close will being on the verge of a collapsing state and that poses such significant danger in the region to israel, to the lebanese population, to other neighbors. the armed forces may be the one institution in that country where we can be a strong partner but with other aspects of the government in or near collapse attention from centcom to that important historical partner is something i would urge. i appreciate your service and, mr. chair, i yield back. >> thank you very much, senator kaine. do you have a comment? >> i was going to thank the senator for his support for our three bases up in virginia, fort lee and fort story. >> thank you, sir. let me recognize senator blackburn, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and, general, welcome. welcome to you and your family. and thank you for the time that you spent visiting with me last week. i really do appreciate that. and we discussed china and how they're focused on getting customers and clients and the u.s. is focused on allies and relationships in the region. and i'd like for you to

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but this is the picture of a tuesday range like reach to syria, possibly a few shafts, so that in lebanon, so extensively and central and eastern part of turkey is symbols back up to 6. have been quite a strong wind with the wind is easing to some degree and the snow. beckett grease as well at heart and said winter is not gone. although if you look further east, yes. will be snow showers in the round, but no part, not teran should enjoy the sunshine up in cub over at 10 degrees in the sunshine. in northern pakistan, one or 2 lightest showers season rain in the southern hemisphere still is a line more through southern towns and the back to i go to, you seem to big shower recently as far north as kenya where they're welcomed. but they're not very common. the who's talked to al jazeera, do you believe that the threat of an invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on the human italian crisis that we forget the long term development. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on our era.