adam: lebanon is falling apart.nation survived a civil war, but it might not make it through its next challenge. there is no money and no jobs. people are furious that their state is close to collapse. ♪♪♪ adam: months of angry protests have unified rich and poor, young and old, christian, muslim, and druze. they want to dump all of lebanon's political leaders and start again. they call it the revolution, "thawra," in arabic, and live-streaming it all to 60,000 followers, thawra tv. adam: its chief cameraman, producer, and on-screen talent is tarek hmaidan, a wheeler-dealer businessman turned social media star. tarek: when the lebanese media is not there, thawra tv is there. thawra tv is with every revolution with their phone. we don't have fancy cameras or fancy technology. adam: this is as close to lebanon's parliament building and the politicians as protestors can get. after a 15-year civil war ended in 1990, the city center was immaculately restored. it now lies derelict, scarred by political upheaval. [firework

the islamic resistance and lebanon. mm. it officially took the name his belong 3 years later in 1985 yelling again had of his love. he, i'll be the yahoo either asked hes bellas. initial objectives were military men, a seat. it was not only about offering armed resistance against the israelis, and with their rather to end the occupation by any means necessary and drive them out of lebanon at the slot even to help the new organization. iran sent a few 100 revolutionary guards to the baker valley. in the summer of 1982. these men were part of the elite body created at the birth of the islamic republic and charged with its defence. it reported directly to the supreme leader. while these elite soldiers did not actually fight, they supplied weapons money and know how, with their presence, also implicated another country whose army had a presence in this part of lebanon, syria to reach the baker valley. the men benefited from the help of the dictator hafez assad, another fervent opponents of the state of israel. and this way home

ah, the israeli army gradually lost control of lebanon. on june 6th, 19853 years after the start of the invasion, the israeli army pulled out preserving a security zone in the south, an area representing 10 per cent of lebanese territory. the israeli army remained there for 15 years until 2000. it saw this withdrawal as a humiliating defeat. while for has belong, it marked a 1st victory. ah, ah, the shiite organization chose the moment to claim responsibility for the destruction of the tire headquarters, bombing. the name of the shahid was also reveal off mod, casea. o, november 11th, the day of the attack became the movements official martyrs day. ah, when ayatollah hominy passed away. in june, 1989, he left a lasting legacy. the shy theocracy which he had found at 10 years earlier had been firmly established and the fight he initiated against israel and the united states had, with the help of hes bulloch. profoundly changed the landscape in the middle east. but moving forward, what would his successors do? with his legacy ah ah ah ah hi.

they had very good background in lebanon before evolution. good connection, which cheer people in the ha, you know, she's them in south of lebanon is older than she is in iran. ah, in the summer of 1982 lebanese, she, a leaders gathered in the city of bol beck and the baker valley, located in the east of the country to set up a new organization to fight israel with the backing of how many it called itself the islamic resistance and lebanon. mm. it officially took the name, hes bullock, 3 years later, in 1985 i really like in head of his will love he, i'll be the yahoo or the us hes bolas. initial objectives were military men. it was not only about offering armed resistance against the israelis, and with the rather to end the occupation by any means necessary men and drive them out of lebanon as the slot moving to help the new organization, iran sent a few 100 revolutionary guards to the baker valley, in the summer of 1982, these men were part of the elite body created at the birth of the islamic republic and charged with its defence. it repor

this is a reality for lebanon's palestinians. the majority live in what still known as refugee camps, largely segregated and marginalized. it's a community on the fringes of society. what were once pants settlements are no overcrowded built up areas. there's a lack of facilities and poor housing trapped at times resented the story of these people is one of despair. it's another generation of palestinians growing up in exile. and it's a difficult time. lebanon's economy has collapse. the it's repercussions are felt by all in the country, but restriction faced by the oldest refugee population in the world, particularly on their employment as to their vulnerability. we are witnessing many children, a big number of children coming to school without breakfast. they don't have enough pocket money to buy something to eat. they come hungry school. this is something we are facing newly. we haven't seen such a big crisis in food proficiency or in balance diet sufficiency. this is something new. we haven't witnessed such things as students

ah, generations of palestinians have called lebanon home. many fled here during the 1948 arab israeli war. it's been a struggle to survive, but the current level of poverty is unprecedented. the result of one of the worst economic crises in recent history and the u. n. agency that's supposed to support them has been crippled by a shortage of funds. children are hungry and many people are jobless, while others die at see this is the reality for lebanon's palestinians. the majority live in what still known as refugee caps, largely segregated and marginalized. it's a community on the fringes of society. what were once pent settlements are no overcrowded built up areas, there's a lack of facilities and poor housing trapped at times resented the story of these people is one of despair. it's another generation of palestinians growing up in exile. and it's a difficult time. lebanon's economy has collapse, it's repercussions are felt by all in the country, but restrictions faced by the oldest refugee population in the world, particularly on their em

some 5000000 are eligible for services in lebanon. jordan, syria, and the occupied palestinian territory. were the sombre, has been with the agency for more than 2 decades. she has seen 1st hand how chronic budget shortfalls have affected assistance back in 1997, our focus was on how to improve living conditions. how do i provide university scholarships for the young palestine? the for jeez, who wanted to win a better future? we were concerned about how to pry, provides, you know, good quality education, vocational training prospects off work. we were at defending and we were fighting and making advocacy afford an input all of that. i to work at least easing the distinctions on that i to work. we were looking at the complete different sets of priorities. still to see the picture is completely different. today, we are asked now to provide fate like services to a whole community or find a signed leverage is in lebanon. that is thinking would the whole country that is thinking literally an hour. his sources are meagre and added string to

ruth left lebanon on november 13th. the lebanon county historical society has is beth. i'm still card, which shows him signed up until february 1919. so ruth when you talk about the nominal he was supposed to be a blooper print messenger for the hundred plant there's no record that he ever delivered blueprints but there is a record from gray to the grandfather and his pals of babe putting his very shiny fancy shoes up on a desk with a silk shirt, smoking a big cigar and signing autographs and juicy stories. but once again, this was a morale builder. so, you know, bethlehem steel bigwigs didn't care about that. babe was doing his job. so 1919 rolls around and it becomes very important year for both. babe ruth and shoeless joe jackson. babe ruth hits 29 home runs for the boston red sox. that is a major league record. did he continues to be a very effective pitcher. shoeless joe jackson leads his chicago white sox team into world series for the second time in three years. it becomes a very problematic famous of the scandal world series because shoeless joe and his chicago

and because of the veto power of all of the political parties in lebanon.atuses in lebanon do their job, if they do their job, it will reach the political level and then we have total inefficiency and incapacity to take any decision. tala: the whole political reigning elite that knew about these explosives in the port of beirut at the heart of the city is the main cause because they allowed this to happen whether it's by pure negligence or if it was evil, both cases, they are completely guilty. adam: agoston nemeth's footage captured the seething blaze. there were fireworks stored in the warehouse alongside the ammonium nitrate, and a series of small explosions became a crescendo. then, the first big explosion. and finally, catastrophe. [explosion] agoston: i don't even know if i jumped or the wave pushed me, but what i noticed the next second is that--or i don't know how long time after, that i was on the floor and my knee was bleeding a bit. i didn't know what just happened. [speaking foreign language] alaa: so, we were seeing the smoke just having lights

so i met lebanon in principle. all this has changed a lot in lebanon, problems with light are now a familiarnese reality due to the economic crisis, the government of lebanon cannot purchase the required amount of electricity, says svitlana, the state in most cities of the world receives power two hours a day current is less than five amps and the problem is that you have to wait a long time to get hot water so you turn on the faucet and wait for the water to heat up the power supply difficulties painting started during the civil war in the 1970s when it damaged power lines and power plants in the middle in the 80s , private companies that supply electricity became more and more popular . the generators they install can be seen all over the city. marina elfavand, a resident of beirut, tells about this illegal business . they call it the generator mafia that cooperates. with the state, you can see all over the country against state power lines and private generators, but you have to understand that the light that comes from the state is enough for about two hours. and if you pay for private g

ah, a judge investigating the barrett port explosion in lebanon. 2020 has been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor, judge tonic baton has been charged with miss handling the inquiry, but he's refusing to step done. people gathered at the justice palace and the capital demanding accountability for the disaster on widened state. the prosecutor also ordered the release of all those detained in the case. more than 200 people were killed in the blast when improperly stored chemicals ignited. the anacortes following developments from beirut. a legal showdown between lebanon, chief prosecutor and the lead judge, looking into the case of the bay report, the explosion is now spilling onto the streets. families, family, members of the victims. they are angry. they are trying to storm in raid the justice palace. they believe that the ruling establishment, whether it's the politicians, whether it's high ranking security officials and even some members of the judiciary are trying to evade justice. the investigation from the start has been repeatedly stalled by political interference. in fact, it

both syria and lebanon lie in the fertile crescent, which is where farming began. it makes this part of the world in an ideal place to work on safeguarding future food supplies. this is the center of origins or we can probably the center of domestication because it contains all the forms of crops like wildly wheat, lentil chick bees. all these crops originated from this area. ah, i want to get a closer look at the operation dr. marianna. yes, big leads a team of 20 scientists, including 3 who have relocated from syria. their task is to painstakingly rebuild the syrian seed collection. the seed vault here has a capacity to store 130000 c varieties for over 100 years. the seeds are preserved by freezing them at temperatures of minus 20 degrees. oh, here we go. with cold. see, you can see here, samples of the french crops that are being conserved, we're looking here at do to meet this is the heart, the hard we that is used for pasta making. so we have a big collection of this affair past that say for years with it here again, a 30 types of all the crops are here. you

and i'm happy baton lebanon were a group of science. this is rebuilding a seed bag that was displaced by the war in syria. i o. in august 2017. a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing began in me in march. ah, the military and buddhist radicals claimed the lives of more than 6000 bro. hey guys, in a single month, during death, thousands more fled the country for the forest, the bangladesh. the scale of the exodus was enormous. to day they are still unable to return home with their of a 1200000 ro hang of refugees living inside of the falling cat. the bank of ass. this is now the biggest nato meant of refugees in the world. ah, many of them have access to clean water, sanitation, or even electricity. good after the arrived, the survivors face to new threats. while i was rampaging through a meeting on webcam, witness the initial episode 1st hand. it came from there. with the elephant came through on the past from the jungle over that way, went directly to her and started beating her hat with this was no one on elephant struck repeatedly thr

a judge investigating the beirut port explosion in lebanon and 20 twenty's been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor, just had a bitter, has been charged with miss handling the inquiry. but he is refusing to step down. people gathered at the justice palace and the capital demanding accountability for the disaster. keeps mayor says 15 russian cruise missiles have been shot down in a series of attacks across crane. at least one person has been killed and to have been injured. a humanitarian caravan is traveling through the jungles of columbia. it's part of an unprecedented move to help people forced from their homes by decades of conflict with on groups such as the e l and the government and the e. l and rubble group on negotiating a possible peace deal. alessandra romp yeti as exclusive access in the 1st part of his report, he looks at the plight of people feel abandoned and neglected. an eerie silence envelops this abandoned village along the san juan river in western columbia. it's people displaced by violence of armed groups fighting for control of this territory . gloria marie jo h

so one of the problems in lebanon is the lack of an independent judiciary. and that is why the tar sufficient for the families of the victim, they see him as a hero, one man against an establishment, no doubt that there are other churches supporting them. and they are ready to stand by his side. but the end of the day, the security agencies answer to politicians. and so some touches answer to politicians themselves. and that's why human rights organizations, as well as the families of the victims and money in lebanon, who wants to see a state being built and that rule of law being implemented, they are calling for an international investigation. and i believe later today, what we are going to hear are more and more calls for an international investigation. something that the politicians in this country have repeatedly refused. but an established fact since that day of the explosion is top officials including the president, the heads of the security agencies, politicians, former ministers, even the former prime minister. they all were aware of the presence of

the list goes on, aid that came in to lebanon in 2022 is more than the state budget. so if you just look alone at the aid that came in through the u. n. program, it's around a $1000000000.00. that's the state budget for 2022. and this gives you an idea of how much we've become dependent on. in fact, 11 as economy is today, mainly dependent on to think aid and coming transfers from the day after. the dependence is expected to increase as the political elite fails to address the financial crisis since lebanon financial collapse in 2019 the international community change the way it has been dealing with those in power. here it is no longer injecting money without conditions and when it does, it channels, funds through institutions, other than the states that sustain financial support is what lebanon needs to be able to respond to the needs of its people. but that means reforms to the way it is governed, and that means politicians losing authority and control over the state and society . and there they wrote, syria has rejected a report by the global chemical weapons watc

no jane, and i'm with him out to tell lebanon central bank chief, that their mistake and policies of let us hear, and that some one should be held to account. they should work to return the strength of the lebanese pound to what it was and return the country and its finances to what they should be better than many midway eliza mcgraw, one of those gathered here, have a few proposals restructure banks, implement capital controls and reform bank secrecy laws, a similar scene is playing out in a rock. rockies protest in front of the central bank, asking the government to intervene and the decline of the dinar. the currency dived after the new york federal reserve imposed tighter controls on international dollar transactions resulting and increase prices for imported commercial goods. but demonstrations here seem to have made some impact. iraq's prime minister replaced the central banks governor siding, his inaction back in lebanon. the governor of the central bank rashad solomon remains in his post. this is despite being accused of laundering public money to europe. and the country has

the anger outside lebanon's central bank is palpable demonstrators, bern, tires, hurl rocks, and call for financial reform. that's largely due to the fact that the lebanese pound has lost more than 90 percent of its value since 2019. 0 for, for this use to buy a kilo of meat for me and my kids. now it doesn't get me chewing gum. our kids are hungry, we're hungry, dropped the dollar. we want to live, have mercy on us. no, no not. i will protest that little is being done to mitigate the economic disaster. no jane, and i'm with him out to tell lebanon central bank chief, that they're mistaken policies of let us hear. and that someone should be held to account. they should work to return the strength of the lebanese pound to what it was and returned the country. and its finances to what they should be better than that he had merely midway. eliza mccool, one of those gathered here, have a few proposals restructure banks, implement capital controls and reform bank secrecy laws. a similar scene is playing out in iraq, rockies protest in front of the central bank, asking the government to int

oh, protests in lebanon over efforts to derail the investigation into the bay reports explosion after a top prosecutor, i'm judge, filed charges against each other. russia launch is a wave of missiles strikes that ukraine killing 11 people a day after germany and the u. s. badge tanks for keith was a 160 people are killed by the cold as afghanistan suffers. it's worse, windsor in more than a decade. ah, funerals have been held across the occupied westbank for 9 palestinians killed in an israeli rate. in the janine refugee camp. 2 0, is really forced entry early on thursday morning, triggering gun battle and explosions, one more time in a process related to that violence is the deadliest stay in the west bank in years and brings the number of palestinians killed so far this year to $29.00. most of them shocked by israeli forces, palestinian president spokesman called at court. a massacre in full view of the world already and the palestinian authority announced measures against israel. following that raid, the girls are lab charbonneau what donald bell in light of the repeated aggressio

it's to lebanon now where are farther plunge, and the country's currency has prompted protests on the streets of favorites. lebanese households have been suffering through one of the harshest economic downturns in recent history. many people say they simply cannot take more pain. the anger outside lebanon central bank is palpable demonstrators, bern tires, rural rocks, and call for financial reform. that's largely due to the fact that the lebanese pound has lost more than 90 percent of its value since 2019 uh, over budget. this used to buy a kilo of meat for me and my kids. now it doesn't get me chewing gum. our kids are hungry, we're hungry, dropped the dollar. we want to live, have mercy on us. no, no, i will protest. thou little is being done to mitigate the economic disaster . no jane and i will come out to tell lebanon central bank chief, that they are mistaken policies of let us hear, and that someone should be held to account. they should work to return the strength of the lebanese pound to what it was, and returned the country and its finances to what they should be better tha

and for his pancakes to lebanon, that now we're members of the l. g. b g q. community are coming on the pressure from the interior ministry which wants to ban drug shows. one of the country's most famous drag queens is now speaking out to make sure the show can go on. just a few finishing touches to prepare for a big party because of prejudice and police harassment. he's keeping his identity a secret. in a few moments, he'll emerge as emigration. a drug queen, well known in the l, u b t q community. here. we hear about threats that are happening every single day . numerous of fight leaves are swept under the rug because the law does not protect us. so we cannot file a complaint against our harasser abuses of. we cannot do anything. gatherings and activities of the m g d q community, or not legal in lebanon. but recently the interior ministry tried to bend them, but i was in the hallway and in the decision of the interior minister effects basic constitutional freedoms and demonizes, one of the most marginalized groups in lebanese society. in fact, the decision

to the release of video, showing him being brutally beaten by police agencies sound a warning in lebanon, where the economic crisis is pushed for out of 10 children into hunger. and from the sublime to the ridiculous me look at some of the more unusual productions on show at the sundance film festival. ah. hello, welcome to the program. we begin in israel where the far right ministers and the police high commissioner of called on every israeli citizen who has a licensed weapon to use it to defend themselves. a cause came as israel security cabinet met following attacks and occupied east jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel's response will be strong. swift and precise. on saturday, 2 is rainy's were injured in a gun attack and still won in occupied east jerusalem. a 13 year old palestinian suspect is under arrest. this just aus off to a palestinian gunman killed 7 israeli settlers near a synagogue on friday night. he was shot dead and police arrested dozens of palestinians. all this latest escalation began when israeli forces killed mine, palestinians in a raid on jean

he left lebanon november 14.torical society has bethlehem steel work card which shows him signed up until february of 1919 so babe ruth, when you talk about the nominal job, he was supposed to be a blueprint messenger for the plan, there's no record that he delivered but there is a record from his grandfather and his pals putting his shiny fancy shoes on the desk with a silk shirt smoking a cigar signing autographs telling stories but once again, it's a morale builder. they didn't care about that. dave was doing his job so 1919 rolls around and becomes a very important year for babe ruth and joe jackson. babe ruth hit 29 home runs to the red sox, it's a major league record. he continues to be an effective pitcher and he goes to the chicago white house came into the world series for the second time in three years and becomes problematic, a famous scandal world series because his team agreed to throw the world series to the reds because they are assured of $10000 apiece which is much more than a were making as whit

so they know how to report now from a community center in tripoli, in northern lebanon. i used to be an orphanage. now it's also taking in children from what was once level on middle class. here children get an education, healthcare, and food for her. mom, mary runs this center which has been struggling to stay open because of the economic collapse this year. we are only offering for the boarding school food because we can't afford to, to give all the students this, you know, the ministry of social affairs used to help us. 40 percent of households are less than $100.00 a month. according to the united nation, parents are struggling to feed their children. agency safe for 10 lebanese children and refugees from syria are hungry. we noticed manual fish and we noticed the level of health care is very degrading. now massively, the state is close to bankruptcy after decades of corruption and mismanagement. and the lack of social welfare systems means some of the most vulnerable or left unprotected humanitarian organizations. like said, the children warned that nearly $750000.0

says move on now and in lebanon. the judge investigating the 2020 bay report explosion has been summoned by the top prosecutor, judge to rec, beta has been charged with miss handling the inquiry that is refusing to step down . on wednesday, the prosecutor also ordered the release of all those 2 times in the case, investigations were suspended a year ago after high level political interference. more than 200 people were killed in the blast when improperly stored chemicals ignited. that's close to zayna hunter who joins his live now from bay road. hello there santa. so this is looking like a showdown between the prosecutor and the judge. what's expected to unfold today? yes, a legal showdown. another turning point, since the start of the investigation, the judge has really have been up against the political and security establishment which has been evading accountability on just this thought it baton is the 2nd judge appointed. in this case, the 1st judge was removed to after you want it to charge a number of high rank

that there was a tripoli, northern lebanon. at least one pilot has been killed up to 2 indian and 4 fighter jets crashed in mid m. the collision happened over the states of medea pradesh and roger dunn. 2 crew members from one plains are taken to hospital. there are no gatehouse on those from the 2nd jet, took off from the whale or a thanks. 3 people are dead after torrential rain caused extreme flooding in new zealand largest city. a 7 day state of emergency has been ordered in oakland. after the damper on friday, people are being evacuated from their homes to escape the flood waters. western suburbs are the worst hit, the city received 75 percent of its usual summer rainfall in just 15 hours. the u. k is publicly funded broadcast the b. b. c is cutting hundreds of jobs in its world service that's leading to the closure of radio broadcasts in 10 different languages. hurry force, it has the story from london. ah, 85 years broadcasting to the arab world. last goodbye from the bbc's arabic radio service. news reader, mom would al

the release of video, showing him being brutally beaten by police and agencies sound a warning and lebanon, where the economic crisis has pushed. 4 out of 10 children into hunger. ah hello and welcome to the program. we begin in israel, we're far right ministers and the police high commissioner of called on every israeli citizen who has a licensed weapon to use it to defend themselves, cools, come as israel security cabinet meets following a couple of attacks in occupied east jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel's response will be strong, swift and precise. on saturday to israelis were injured in a gun attack in san juan and occupied east jerusalem. a 13 year old palestinian suspect is under arrest. this just hours after a palestinian gunmen killed 7 israeli settlers near a synagogue on friday night. he was shot dead and police arrested dozens of palestinians. the slater's de escalation started when israeli forces killed at 9 palestinians during a raid and janine on thursday. this led to rocket fire from garza and israeli as strikes. united nations is saying it's deeply

yes, i think that there is a connection with the name mobina, islamic jihad and hezbollah of lebanon. you see, the world has reacted and condemned france, europe, the uae and saudi arabia, while from this country. they may not agree with mr. netanyahu's policies but supporting the actions is a sign of increasing tension between the netanyahu government and the palestinian society inside , which somehow feeds from the outside. this israel has been shown to be something that cannot be achieved through political pressure, through war and assassination, supporting violence. i don't know the brain behind this case , for example, a 13-year-old boy is attacked on the street with a gun in his hand. thank you for your explanation . roshandel reuters reported that the deputy minister the us treasury is sleeping on terrorism and financial intelligence matters this week, according to reuters, this us official visited the united arab emirates, turkey and oman and met with the officials of these countries and told them about circumventing the us sanctions against countries including russia. and ira

oh, protested lebanon over efforts to derail the investigation into the b pause explosion after a top prosecutor and judge foul charges against each other. a fierce goal for the many young people have disappeared since protesting against china's strict coven restrictions. ah! the. it's the weekend. here's her forecasts for australia, a few things that we're watching. actually for w a central and eastern areas. it's a pretty white pitcher than we've got this weather front moving into the bites. so here's your weekend forecast on saturday. that's gonna kick down the temperature and adelaide to just 30 degrees, but temperatures in melbourne are going out. so we've got your pencil then for 35. now for new zealand, it's quite a mess for the northland region. weather alerts in play for rain and wind. got to systems bill come together over the course of the weekend. but really, the worst of the rain will be reserved for the north islands. and for the philippines that rain is starting to creep closer that intense rain around manila, $2930.00 degrees will be the top temperature for you. floodi