that's lebanon to day. and for over a decade now, lebanon has also had to master an influx of 1500000 refugees from syria, some blame the government for driving the country to bankruptcy. also, given an supposed control over entire sectors. this is one of the last corrupted areas. love even 11 am. i believe in the universe. the crisis has re ignited tensions between the different religious groups. from many lebanese, their last resort is to leave the country. hands up, if you want to lead lebanon off to college, it's the only hope of a better future and reflects a lebanon fighting for its survival. this is osher of j. a christian district of a root father gabriele is getting ready to say mass. he's catholic, a jesuit and french speaking like his congregation and the majority of the countries christian middle class. people come here to do more than hear the word of the lord. many are also in attendance to hear the critical words of the priests sermons. this is today's gospel is really timely. yes. what shoul

. lebanon is my homeland, and i'd like to show that lebanon is a modern country, even with all the many problems we have here, to the label, the linux, that is way milady polio. lebanon has many problems for sure. thought best is at bescedy. yes, but i'm very optimistic, optimistic and start off. at that optimism is the vital in august 2020. there was a huge explosion in may route. the entire ports on was flattened in the blast. dozens of people died and hundreds were injured. it turned out that almost $3000.00 tons of highly flammable material had been stored for years at the port without appropriate safety measures. it's thought construction work may have triggered the detonation. the accident stood as a symbol of failure for a state that could not protect its people. ah, even before the explosion since 2019 people of all backgrounds have been protesting in beirut, someone who was always fought for societal change and lebanon is the journalist germano had died. work is breaking taboos. oh, well, the plan, i'm going to have a small kind of exercises like we're going to be at you and a

this will be a very important event for lebanon. we are also currently preparing the fifth ukrainian film festival, which will take place in september in lebanon. we have a lot of work to do and our ukrainian e-e supports us everywhere lebanon community for which we are really very sincerely grateful and now we will also invite all our ukrainians to the meeting of our e ship to tripoli in ukraine quite powerful powerful mass media and this is like a window for us to the entire arab world because we work with such for example tv channels such as tv lbc, which have coverage almost throughout the arab world, as well as with the lebanese bureau of al jazeera, and we organized a lot of interviews and reports for al jazeera, including our telemosts. the phone number that all of these channels were involved in the broadcasting of these cadence marathons, can you imagine that they were broadcast not only to lebanon, but to the entire arab world. this is extremely powerful, and from the very beginning of the war, we made a decision to invite

what during the war i left lebanon? so besides, i spent half the time in saudi arabia and the other half in london guest house is the idea of having a restaurant came to me during this time. it was kind of a dream of mine. he loved when i returned, i wanted to fulfill that dream here in lebanon. lebanon is my homeland, and i'd like to show that lebanon is a modern country, even with all the many problems we have here, to the label, the linux, that is way milady polio. lebanon has many problems for sure, thought, bestest, bestest. yes, but i'm very optimistic. optimistic set off and that optimism is the vital. in august 2020, there was a huge explosion in may route. the entire ports on was flattened in the blast. dozens of people died and hundreds were injured. it turned out that almost $3000.00 tons of highly flammable material had been stored for years at the port without appropriate safety measures. it's thought construction work may have triggered the detonation. the accident stood as a symbol of failure for a state

long had a long conversation with the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of ukraine in lebanon igor ostash, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of ukraine joins our broadcast good evening we are from ukraine yes, we are all from ukraine and our ukrainian grain is the same, but you always know that we have the opportunity not to sell, but to win back and this is not literally, not figuratively , literally, i am talking about the situation of the vessel, which means the syrian one, which in the end, according to the decision of the court in the lebanese were still released. how do you comment on this story, because earlier i will remind you that the proposals of the ukrainian side were such that, well , it was proposed to buy this grain there at some moderate prices, but still the ship left lebanon. why did this happen? well, you know , i will start from the first time since it was a real grain front it was very difficult we lived a whole week in a state of war with sleepless nights with threats and pressure and we managed to detain the ship for the first time for 14

a lo pulled out of lebanon. there were immediate presidential elections, and the leader of the right wing christian felon jests, but shared yamil, who had supported the israeli incursion, became the president elect of lebanese budge a mile never took office. he was assassinated 23 days later for the following 3 days, the 16th 17th an 18th of september, 1982 christian malicious supported by israel, took part in a massacre that the palestinian refugee camps of sabra and shatila when news of the massacre reached the commodore hotel on the 18th, dozens of local and foreign journalists had it straight to the southern bay route suburb. robert fisk was one of the 1st to enter the palestinian camp. i've never before had to walk and carpets of dead bodies in my life. and the smell was appalling, and we went on the saturday morning when the tides financial was still there. murderous. we're still, we're still in the camp but 2nd amount of money publish them. come on, don't. busy will do stuff, i can remember who out if you

wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon. on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the pillow and backed by the soviet union, they saw the right wing christians, a simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out, an army of foreign journalists headed to bay route, including the former bbc, middle east correspondent, tim lewellen. all of whom wanted a safe place to stay. in november 1975, i was taking what turned out to be one of the last m. e. a flights into bay route from london, which was virtually empty except for a few journalists and use of nas owl, who i didn't know. but of course, wisdom, it was to turn out that he was the manager of the commodore her toe. so he drew me, he took out a piece of paper and a pen. and he drew from me various sections of beirut who controlled what were you could go safely. i said the use of what we needed was a bass the next time i went to be rude. is if it created this fantastic hotel in the space of a few weeks. the commodore had b

's, jonathan demme, bobby, i 1st went to lebanon in 1972, as a young reporter. and i wanted to see whether something was happening there or not. i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the commodore hotel. the overall impression was some, some, some society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes. i didn't take much for that to chatham. ah, the 13th of april, 1975, mount to the official start of the civil war. it was a proxy conflict full during the cold war. on one side, lebanese christian right wing parties backed by the u. s. wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the p aloe and backed by the soviet union. they saw the right wing christians, a simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out, an army of foreign journalists headed to bay route, including the former bbc, middle east correspondent, tim lewellen. all of whom wanted a safe place to stay. in november 1975, i was taking what turned out to be one of the

lebanon of this come to all opportunities to have the right to live more.kneisel sees the infusion's living conditions as a grim omen for europe, a future scenario that many would have laughed at a year ago. now it doesn't seem so unreal anymore. i believe that what we are now seeing here will happen in europe. the main similarity is corruption, when the system does not inspire confidence among taxpayers, the population simply ceases to believe in the state in institutions, and this is exactly what is happening now in many societies people can no longer afford everyday life, because inflation is rising, because wages are no longer enough, rent for many years is too high for the average family . it 's a combination of many things. and if you add to this the fact that the cost of energy becomes unaffordable, then a lot of things collapse. as an expert on the middle east, karen kneissl understands the differences between western and arab societies in terms of she thinks countries like lebanon are better at coping with crises than germany for example i admire t

and lebanon? you say you feel more free here to what extent? so yeah, feel, yes, i've been teaching for a long time. and i would like to teach again though he that i taught in austria and taught for several years at the american university in austria. take, for example, the problem of climate change, the problem of war and ukraine, or the problem of the pandemic. these are all topics where there is only one black and white and from the point of view of science, this is a failure. and if we compare it with the debates that i can conduct universities in lebanon, egypt, israel, than i have much more freedom of speech than an austria not to mention germany. i often had german students who told me, wow, you can still discuss things very openly and critically on various issues. regardless of whether it's about israel, the war in syria or anything else, is that the ceiling leak or the vessel ema? let's play out the scenario. what if karen, ny saw had stayed in france? what would have been the consequence

i now live in lebanon. it's become my new home.ant to serve this home, even if it is only a small contribution. ♪ >> lebanon was once called the "switzlerland of the middle east" because of its wealth. in the meantime, however, almost 80% of its nearly 7 million inhabitants live in poverty. the situation is particularly dire for the more than 1.5 million refugees, most of whom come from syria. their high number has led to mounting social tensions in the country. suzanne el amqi has experienced it herself. she feeds her family of five with the money from the reforestation project. she's lebanese but her husband is palestinian. their children are therefore considered foreigners. >> there's smuch discrimination in our country. even my children feel it. because of their palestinian father, they're not allowed to go to the local school. i wish my children could grow up like any normal lebanese child. instead, they're excluded from many things. and my husband isn't allowed to take certain jobs, just because he's palestinian. >> nationali

he did b, r, i'm fear that bobby and i now live in lebanon. it's become my new home that the, that and none, none who are what any, and i want to serve this home, harry about, and i the feed for that, the runaway money, or even if it's only a small contribution middle, 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 the 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, i'm ki, 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 there for considered foreigners via i'm pretty anabel admin and on there so much discrimination in our country. but so hon. even my children phillips and laughable because of that, danny and father are not allowed to go

ah, with who lebanon's crisis. ah. even after the explosion that rocked they were 2 years ago, nothing has changed. the corrupt ruling class is still driving the country towards bankruptcy. ah, grandpa inflation is making survival a daily struggle for the people. in 15 minutes, d. w is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like will return to normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult with success in our weekly coping. 19 special 910 minutes on d, w o m i a journey across the entire continent with a variety of cars. so what this, so the focus, the movers shake is visionaries and made it when bonding the meaning of modern africa is actually starting august, the 5th and d. w. departure into the noon today. this means flying to a foreign planet in the 16th century. it meant being a captain as setting sail to discover a route to the world famous c voyage of ferdinand of magellan. i'd rather erase linked to military interests, erase links to political and military prestige, but also linked

let's 'ust pick u . people in lebanon. let's 'ust pick u- on people in lebanon., _ people in lebanon. let'sjust pick up on exactly that point, because people in lebanon. let'sjust pick. up on exactly that point, because it is extraordinary. normally people taking anyone hostage will not be the good guy, but for many people in lebanon, he represents something they are all feeling?— they are all feeling? yeah, it is very dense _ they are all feeling? yeah, it is very dense at _ they are all feeling? yeah, it is very dense at washington - they are all feeling? yeah, it is very dense at washington of i they are all feeling? yeah, it is i very dense at washington of him. they are all feeling? yeah, it is - very dense at washington of him. i think there is a movie about this, it is very surreal. there are people chanting in the streets, saying, give him his money, people gathered outside for six, seven hours, saying, we want to be here because we need to show he's not alone. some people even 999 egg him on for having a gun. people are very, very angry. he did become ar

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 harbor of lebanon's capital bay roots. 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate at 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 of war broke out. political and religious groups battled for supremacy tearing the country apart. the war only ended in 1990 to day, much of the population lives in poverty. the infrastructure has largely collapsed, including waste collection. 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 goal. the small brow

so i referenced in lebanon. it's amazing objectively. my children will thank me though benefit from it also to hillary and and even when none of us are here anymore, i've done something good for the future of our world here. and then she'll of, via for to day the women had finished their work. the project's aim is to release a total of $600000.00 seat bombs. by the time the reforestation project ends in august next year, it would go a long way towards bringing back the country's famous trees. drinking washing, cooking industrial production farming without water. we humans are lost yet, according to the un, as many as 2300000000 people live in areas docked by water shortages. that's around 30 percent of the global population. by mid century, our planet could well have a population of 10000000000, with an accompanying rise in the demand for water. but water supplies are already dwindling. many natural reservoirs are already over used or have been contaminated with sewage. where on the brink of a global water crisis, could our oceans offer

who would have thought there is more freedom and lebanon? i heard you say you feel more free here, to what extent? yes, i've been teaching for a long time, and i would like to teach again, although i taught in austria and taught for several years at the american university in austria. take, for example, the problem of climate change, the problem of war and ukraine, or the problem of the pandemic. these are all topics where there is only one black and white and from the point of view of science, this is a failure. and if we compare it with the debates that i can conduct at universities in lebanon, egypt, israel, than i have much more freedom of speech than in austria, not to mention germany, i often had german students who told me, wow, you can still discuss things very openly and critically on various issues, regardless of whether it's about israel, the war in syria or anything else is the feeling craig, with us of emma. let's play out the scenario. what if karen, ny saw had stayed in france? what would have been the consequences? what would

in an i'm bazaar, i'm reinforcing, lebanon. it's amazing objectively. my children will thank me as though benefit from it also to henry and even when none of us are here any more, i've done something good for the future of our world. and i'm sure of year for to day the women had finished their work. the project's aim is to release a total of $600000.00 seed films. by the time the reforestation project ends in august next year, it would go a long way towards bringing back the country's famous trees. drinking washing, cooking industrial production farming without water. we humans are lost yet, according to the un, as many as 2300000000 people live in areas docked by water shortages. that's around 30 percent of the global population. by mid century, our planet could well have a population of 10000000000, with an accompanying rise in the demand for water. but water supplies are already dwindling. many natural reservoirs are already over used or have been contaminated with sewage. where on the brink of a global water crisis, could our oceans offer a solution

and who would have thought there is more freedom in lebanon, you say that you will feel freer there.es, as far as i have been teaching for a long time. in austria, she lectured for several years at an american university. i would like to do this again. take for example the problem of climate change the problem of the military conflict in ukraine or the problem of the pandemic is everything a topic where there are only two sides black and white from the point of view of science is a failure and compared to the debates that i can lead in universities lebanon egypt israel then, i have much more freedom of speech. than you austria not to mention germany i often had german students who told me wow. you can still discuss things very openly and critically on questions whether it's about israel's war in syria or anything else? let's play out the scenario that if karen kneisen had stayed in france. what would be the consequences? what would her opponents be capable of, is her security really? would be under a threat to my safety, it is obvious that there are many people who are interested in

the ship is headed to lebanon via tambul. there is hope that it will be one of many.this route, a ship will be able to go and stay here in a place where hostilities are taking place even before the start of this war. of agricultural products, and after the black sea became closed, they began to use other means of transportation, so exports decreased by more than two thirds, the largest consumers of ukrainian grain are poor countries africa and the middle east, so this food crisis significantly affects not only ukrainians, but also those who live far away. must export it to feed other nations in terms of quantity, despite the fact that there is no grain agreement between ukraine and russia, but it is vital and not only for the government, but also for sailors who, since february, without we work all over the world and we encounter pirates and other difficulties of maritime activity, sailors add that they are not afraid of animin or other dangers, and although today's flight has rather a symbolic meaning, there is hope that every morning will start a full-fledged export

the war in ukraine appear this first sarriving in lebanon will lift a big problem on lebanon's food productioncially grain. this ship arriving is maly providing corn grain, arriving into the portf tripoli, after weeks of negotiation between russia and ukraine moderated by turkey. turkey confirms that this is going to be the first of many ships to follow to provide grain to lebanon. >> there are several logistical issues at play. the first one, the water around odessa is filled with naval mines like this, so ships need to navigate their exits carefully. then there is the issue of vessels transporting the 20 million tons of grain that needs to get out on 400 cargo ships. the ship today is carrying 26,000 tons. the other issue, insurance. we know today's ship had it. ship owners will have to secure insurance for cargo and vessels and find enough crew to sail them. i asked former nuclear submarine captain ryan ramsey about how these issues could affect the ship. >> there are navigation warnings out to all narrators to say that there is a minor risk in the black sea around odessa. the ukrainians ha

first russell coming from odessa to tripoli to lebanon. but there are other components or like business to business relations and maybe take some time to finalize the situation. there was only unexpectedly changed course while at sea and is now anchored near turkey. it's loaded with 26000 tons of mace. tripoli has been waiting for months, but mostly for wheat imports. lebanon relies heavily on wheat from abroad. last week bakeries and bay rude and tripoli round short of flour and hundreds cued for hours for a piece of flat bread. ah, then it is humiliating for the people all of it. for a piece of bread. i keep course we're a freight dipper worry about not getting any bread. even if the rezone makes it a tripoli, lebanon will still need wheat. as for the maze on the ukrainian ship, it is still not clear whether it has a new destination. let's take a look out some of the other stories making headlines to day. the u. s. senate has passed a sweeping climate tax and health plan. democrats approved president george biden's, $430000000000.00 vend

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and who would have thought there is more freedom in lebanon, you say that you will feel freer there. yes, as far as i have been teaching for a long time. in austria, she lectured for several years at an american university. i would like to do this again. take for example the problem of climate change, the problem of the military conflict in ukraine or the problem of a pandemic. these are all topics where there are only two sides, black and white, from the point of view of science, this is a failure and when compared with the debates that i can have at universities in lebanon egypt israel i have much more freedom of speech than in austria let alone germany i often had german students say wow to me. you can still discuss things very openly and critically in different ways. questions regardless of whether we are talking about israel's war in syria or anything else? let's play out the scenario that if karen knaiswi stayed in france what would be the consequences? what would her opponents be capable of is it really safe? if my safety were at stake, it is obvious that there are many people

igor, we would like to immediately ask the question why lebanon as if giving up our ukrainian grain ,hat case, uh, well, you know, i think the question here is more about business, because this grain was actually contracted five months ago, and of course, it is uh, the company that contracted this grain she has her own plans and of course she should look for other options because it is impossible to wait uh 5 months for one shipment and i understand that this is possible for one reason - it is force majeure, but there are also other possible reasons. a serious crisis and a lot of companies became simply insolvent due to a very serious crisis in the banking sector, especially because of this, the activity of many lebanese companies naturally decreased very seriously, so it actually happened that this lebanese company refused the contract, but this does not mean that we stopped because in fact, practically every week, through ishmael and reni 1:2, one or two ships are sent to the lebanese embassy, ​​did not lebanon perhaps refuse our grain due to the visit of the minister of foreign aff

lebanon released the vessel. well, apparently, to the stolen ukrainian gnome, we talked about this story with the master of the bridge while there. he informed us that a turkish company appeared, a gasket that well, claimed that it was she who bought it. i even now i will remember the name of this vessel, we showed it on the air, a turkish company appeared, a gasket appeared that it is the owner of the grain and the grain is not stolen and it seems that it came from feodosia . and it was bought, mr. mrs. kateryna, do you know this story about this is a ship, and to what extent will gray, gray schemes regarding the export of stolen grain from ukraine appear at all? well, i categorically deny that it can be legitimized in any way because the ship left feodosia, it crossed the state border of ukraine with this illegal cargo, it was not registered in to our customs and border authorities. that is, it is absolutely contraband and illegal cargo. it cannot be considered in any legitimate way. the ship was indeed release

they now run 11 recycling facilities in lebanon. imagine what they'd achieve if the city and the country actually got involved. this is a zero-waste facility. we don't throw away anything. we don't burn anything, and we keep track of everything that comes in and everything that goes out. everything. on an average year, we do about 450 tons per month. wow. o.k. of everything that comes in. and nothing is thrown away. keep that in mind. yeah. so what's wrong with the city of beirut? why are they not jumping onto this very obvious recycling train? it's way too many parameters. one of them, yes, i will not mince my words. one of them is political profiteering. o.k. landfill gives you land, supposedly, where you can build on. it's more lucrative than putting back recyclables into the recycling industries. so, it's an amazing project. respect that you built all this up. thank you. but, i mean, one man doing all of this, and you have the whole country of lebanon. how do you take it to the next level? we're just showing the way, so people k

in lebanon, tripoli, port people are eager to see their rezone. but the ship carrying grain from ukraine is nowhere to be seen. it's not certain whether it will reach the lebanese port at all. an unwelcome surprise for the ukrainian ambassador, who travelled here specially politically, it was ready, clear decision. first russell coming from odessa to tripoli to lebanon, but to there are other components or like business to business relations, and maybe take some time to finalize restoration. there was only unexpectedly changed course while at sea, and is now anchored near turkey. it's loaded with 26000 tons of mace. tripoli has been waiting for months, but mostly for wheat in port. lebanon relies heavily on wheat from abroad. last week bakeries and bay rude and tripoli round shore to flour and hundreds cued for hours for a piece of flat bread. ah, then is humiliating for the people all a visit for a piece of bread. i keep you, of course, we're afraid the poor worry about not getting any bread. even if the rezone makes it a tripoli, lebanon will st

being government, , lebanon being termed government,, lebanon being termed a failed state and failedexporters and agriculture are moving hard and forward to deny all these allegations and move forward towards at least maintaining our economy, until we can find a better political environment, in which we can expand. environment, in which we can exand. ., ., , ,. , expand. you have 'ust described very clearly h expand. you have 'ust described verycleartyjust— expand. you have just described very clearlyjust how— expand. you have just described very clearly just how tough - very clearly just how tough things are in lebanon. i mean, it really is extremely difficult, and in the year prior to that huge explosion two years ago, economically you are in crisis anyway, weren't you. as you said, clearly, the government is in the kind of standstill scenario right now, a political deadlock. what are your hopes of that changing soon because that is key, isn't it to lebanon moving on? exactly, well, lebanon has already passed, two months ago one of the states which has parliamentary elections, alth

first war now came lebanon. all maze of reporters and wool photographers moved from southeast asia to the middle east and began to occupy bay route hotel rooms filled up with news crews and a new chapter of the cold war began. most of the correspondence, tv crews, and photographers checked into this hotel, the commodore a safe haven in the west of the city. every day they would set off from here from downtown bay route for the main hotel district, where the holiday inn was the front line. the holiday inn was a war hotel in the sense that it was part of an urban battle, a battle between 2 factions of the strategic heights, but it wasn't a press hotel. so none of the journalist covering the one bedroom stayed in the holiday in the holiday and became one of the 1st significant physical manifestations of the, of the conflict. my name is kenneth morrison, professor of european history. and one of my key research interests is in the history of war. hotels war hotels are buildings that function as normal hotels, but of