my dad lives in lebanon beirut. we moved to egypt and we lived there for three years and four months exactly and my dad opened a business and we started working in it and he started having some problems so one day out of nowhere my dad received a phonecall from a church in cairo egypt and they said we would like to see you. we the family ready to leave for chicago. my dad hung up and said to my mom someone is playing a game with me and then they called again. from there we named -- and then we came as a refugee. >> what was your first impression of chicago? >> i came from o'hare to a house they rented for f us. it was all the way -- we were so good in my country. dad provided everything we wanted. when i get here after two weeks weeks -- >> it's been a million years since i've been in school but i know the most b nerve-racking moment is the night before your first day of school. any kid let alone someone who's coming to an new country and trying out a new school what was going on in your mind the night before? >> be

lebanon and several gulf states. the foreign minister is on a visit to beirut.tical comments about the saudi coalition in yemen prompted riyaz to recall ambassadors. >> turkey's foreign minister says he is here to enhance ties with beirut. he offered to help tackle lebanon's worst crisis with its longtime partners, gulf states. but that is a tough tax. -- have severed diplomatic relations to the lebanese government because they say it is controlled by has blocked. >> we hope this crisis can be solved through mutual respect and dialogue. we are ready to play a role. >> riyadh says the crisis is about hezbollah up domination over the country. >> the problem is not a local issue just between lebanon and saudi arabia, it is between iran and saudi arabia. >> -- was into iran before arriving in beirut, among the battlegrounds were the regional rival we plays out. -- rivalry plays out. it is also being fought in yemen where the who sees are making their way into the government's last stronghold in the north. >> saudi arabia is -- accusing has malala of supporting the w

someone is working, i guess what, i believe the benefit of 5700 and represents hamas in lebanon. joining us from beirut today, thank you for your time. i now a palestinian rights organization has called for an impartial investigation after a prison had died in hospital in israeli custody. somebody or motor had spent 13 years behind barnes the palestinian center for human rights. as it is sorry, says it is extremely concerned. he hadn't received adequate timely medical care. you know, side reports, now from gather pictures of stab me alarm were hanging his home in garza, and at his funeral, they were supposed to welcome his return. after he was released from an israel, the prison had been detained since 2008, and sentenced to 19 years and weapons smuggling charges. he died in hospital on thursday in israeli custody members of his family say they have been shock since being told of his death. who is the occupation to blame the neglected him? they detains him and he was perfectly fine. he didn't suffer anything i was when i haven't seen him for long years, but they always denied or visit him. i just want

she is the unicef representative in lebanon and she joins us now from beirut. u. k. i know you're dealing with the reality of all this on the ground. you've been in your role in lebanon for what? 2 and a half years now. how have you seen things change over that time? well, oh, what they explain is unprecedented. a crisis or children endeavoured over the past due in her ears. you may remember we bought the yoke really bought it, bucky. so every time i thought that was a bundle. but today i must tell you that this is really a free fall. it doesn't stop tutoring or so brain or the numbers or the body. this is area the of 11 today. and well, the problems that we're talking about here in lebanon are structural right? the economic crisis, the political crisis, these have been building for years. the port blast really exacerbated at all. now, given the instability there, what would you actually like to see from government? what are they actually capable of? government asked us to know that the not only the government into your world, every community we all need to work toget

who's on a visit to the country, olivia, the shoot, the says lebanon is in danger of becoming a failed state. senior holder. reports from beirut, the un human rights council sent an envoy to lebanon to look at how the government here has been addressing one of the world's worst economic crises. olivia are the shooters, spoke to those affected officials, as well as the donor community, which he said is running out of patience with the government for failing to reform the system. and it's not just the international community who lost trust in them. when i told many people about my mission, when i spoke to families who are destitute in bush homage in the pony in bol bake, they often answered murphy. dolly, there is no state the have nots confidence in the ability of the state to provide a response. so he, this is the un envoy explained in detail how hears of long standing inequalities, the lack of social protection systems, and an economic model that benefited the rich contributed to the collapse. for example, the connections between politicians and the private sector reached the highest levels of political power in lebanon. 18 o

lebanon have given up on their politicians. it's that explosion that ripped through beirut support last year, killing almost 200 people. it was caused by warehouse full of ammonium nitrate that hadn't been stored properly, and lebanon is still feeling the effects out as air corresponded. zayna halter opens up about that in this episode. of between us, it's an online series where reporters reflect on the big stories they cover. ah, it's been a very difficult year for those who survived the blast as well as the families who lost loved ones and families of the victims have repeatedly taken to the streets, demanding to know the answers, demanding accountability, but another high on, on. there's still no answers on who was responsible for bringing this ammonium nitrate to lebanon. many feel that justice will never will be served more questions than answers a year after that blast. i'm center for their senior correspondent for al shahida. i've been reporting from lebanon for some time now and between us since the bay report the explosion, the situation has only gotten worse. it was one of the largest non nuclear blasts in his

it can to help mend relations between lebanon and gulf arab nations who are embroiled in an unprecedented diplomatic rift. he made the remarks during a visit to beiruthe met with his lebanese counterpart and with the country's president. lebanon's spat with saudi arabia and other gulf states came unraveled last month and has threatened to destabilize the new lebanese government and accelerate the country's tailspin. it interrupted over comments that angered saudi arabia. japan, which started doling out covid vaccinations months before the u.s. now has the highest inoculation rate among the group of seven. japan is fully inoculated 75.5% of its population of 126 million people. that is according to an online scientific publication that uses statistics from the united nations. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ amanda: i'm amanda lang. welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller. we welcome our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world

now. turkeys. foreign minister says he is here to enhance ties with beirut and mellow cho was all glow offer to help tackle lebanon's worst crisis with its long time partner's gulf states. but that's a tough task. saudi arabia, the u. e behaving in kuwait, have severed diplomatic relations with the lebanese government because they say it's controlled by the iranian backed, has below no bounds. if we hope this crisis can be solved through mutual respect and dialogue, we are ready to play a role in this. the art says the crisis is about, but it's cold has follows domination over the country. the problem is not related, not only in many local issues, just between women and jody. maybe between jody tell us, although was inter before arriving in beta, which is among the battle grounds, where the regional rivalry between saudi arabia and iran plays out. it's also being fought in yemen, where the pro iranian hutus are making their way into my rep. the government's last stronghold in the north is dying. the accusing kind of support being that are being very security off. why and the united states the day long to keep the mi

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people in lebanon are struggling to pay for medicines after the government cut subsidies on some drugs, countries already in a severe economic crisis. and as xena harder reports from beirut, there seems no sign of a way arch. i will, but how much is a diabetic who needs continuous medical care, but the 75 year old can no longer afford it. lebanon began gradually lifting subsidies on drugs a few months ago, but now they include those for chronic diseases. but no, marsha, i am state employee and my pension is not enough to pay for the medicines i need. how do i get? we will die because we can buy medicine. i will mohammad left this pharmacy without the insulator. he wanted medicine has now become a privilege for the majority of the population made poor by economic crisis. that's gotta buy stuff. price is increased tenfold and these drugs are essential and life saving the patient cannot stop taking them for the living standards are falling fast and what is supposed to be a middle income country. many are now relying on local charities for health care services. a crash in the value of the local currency has made people salaries nearly worthless. why not? because we receive o

and then lebanon, courts and new friends at a time of need. we'll have the latest. what's happening in beirut? ah, hello there. let's have a look at the weather across europe over the next few days. and it remains unsettled in the south, thanks to low pressure that's clinging on around western parts of the mediterranean, bringing some really wet and windy weather here. but for the north of this across those central areas, it is a lot quieter. a lot dryer, that we do have a bit of cloud lingering here for the north. this is getting rather wintery in scandinavia. we've got a cold front that's blown across the north of the british isles, bringing some heavy snow to western areas of norway, blustery showers to denmark. and as we go into thursday, a lot of that snow is going to spread across into sweden. now in the north west for britain, an island is wet her up in the north, but it's dry down in the south of spells the sunshine coming through for southern areas of england. and as we moved down to the i barian potential is looking lot fine and dry of portugal, lots of sunshine, a little bit cooler

beirut. these young men say they've run out of options and that's why they've returned to the streets. lebanon's economy has all but collapsed. now, we are hungry and buying meat for our children and that is a dream. we are living a life of humiliation. i read in there is no end in sight for the financial meltdown. the country needs international financial assistance, but politicians are not reforming. a state riddled with corruption. i also know really the politicians are destroying us. they made us for this young man don't have the crisis is not new, but it's got worse because the government lifted its subsidies on essential goods due to a lack of foreign reserve. the fall out of the economic collapse has left 3 fourths of the population. poor and the united nations is warning of even worse conditions if no solution are found. the local currency, the lira continues to lose its value against the dollar. it's affecting purchasing power. while a cash strapped state has so far failed to give the poor promised financial aid, although vile inflation is climbing into the dollars exchange rates fluctu

the crisis is rooted beyond lebanon's borders and geopolitical rivalry between many stake holders. turkey appears to have entered the free 7 for their ultra 0, beirut, and still had in sports or hear from the former player who's been detailing the basest abuse he faced throughout his career on english. ah ah ah. oh lou ah, welcome back. senses in democratic republic of congo, band 7 pop songs last week, most of them critical off present. felicia kitty and his party that min later overturned the ban on the most popular song among them following public outcry and criticism from international rights force algae series. malcolm web met with singer barb. elvis was songs are still banned. lou biachi, i look in the one on will freeze up, was it? oh oh, well this is used to his songs being banned. government senses here in the democratic republic of congo. she had outlawed his songs from radio and t v stations and stopped him playing concerts until his latest recording was one of 7 songs the sensors band last week. garcia, it's about perceived failures of the government of president felix chiz, acadie visual. what it is of a song in the form of a letter to

beirut. children at work. their numbers are increasing in a country where a worsening economic crisis is pushing more people into poverty. nearly 8 and 10 people in lebanon are now poor. nearly half of the workforce is unemployed. those who still have jobs struggle because of the collapse and the value of the local currency. for many like masha, the up de la, this means having to decide whether to send their children to school. on the console in, i have 5 children, 2 of the teenagers don't go to school any longer. they work at a hair salon and da cafe to help us pay bills. they are among the victims of lebanon's, economic collapse, and skyrocketing inflation, that has particularly affected children. a recent study by the un, so child agency, unicef shows 3 and 10 households have cut spending on education for and 10 have been forced to sell household items to buy basic goods. $7.10 have had to buy food on credit or using borrowed money. the united nation says living conditions have deteriorated dramatically in just a few months with more children going to bed hungry and not receiving the health care they need. i never seen a guy who was mother noticed in

lebanon happens everywhere in the middle. yeah, i mean, the effects, the middle east, and therefore, the whole world are good. yeah. yeah, this and george's was, was the place i mean bit, beirut was a, was the new kero in away. a lot of people were moving away from cairo. this is intelligence people, journalists, businesses and so on. because they were a bit nervous about about nasa and they thought lebanon was a safer place to bring up, bring up children, and so on. so, and there was a very, essentially, a very happy place. it seems, at least if you were, had a bit of money and were you was a us proxy american government. yes me was, it was and i the, the saint. george's, the bar of this and george's hotel was the place where the diplomat spies journalist would all meet in the evening or sometimes indeed in the morning, i spent all day there. and it was the place where you were, you know, if you wanted to know what was going on, you got plugged into the saint george's and you would be sure to meet some senior member, the government or some senior spy or whatever. and her was the place to be sent, at least that was better than press releases or in the amount of alcohol that f

lebanon's prime ministers facing pressure to sac his information minister for causing a dispute with saudi arabia. george co darling made comments about the war in yemen . that angered several gulf states xena houghton out from beirut. this conference was about promoting tourism in a nearly bankrupt country, but instead lebanese prime minister, in se, because he had to address a crisis threatening his 2 months old governments, saudi arabia, and some arab called countries have severed ties with lebanon for what they see as an increasing dominance of the hezbollah armed group. and then as he moved, we are determined to restore ties with saudi arabia and gulf states. i'm repeating my cost for the information minister to listen to his conscience had put circumstances into consideration and take the dance he should take. this is the priority of the solution to get out of the crisis. yes, he and he had to have a look the, the, the, the latest dispute was triggered by the comments of information minister george corda, hey, who called the human war, a saudi aggression. it's a difficult balancing act for a prime minister who wants to restore ties with the countries traditional economic and political partners, but whose cabi

beirut bar association, which represents nearly 2000 families, sent three separate letters asking for satellite photos of the blast. they also wanted to know if the un should have stopped the explosive material entering lebanonur letters remain unanswered and unacknowledged. lebanon is a founder member of the un and is asking for help. we are fighters. and we will continue fighting because we are responsible for 1800 people who have asked us to represent them and we will do everything by law to obtain justice and justice and justice. the un told me it is committed to supporting the lebanese people and is mobilised to help the victims, but it did not explain why it had not acknowledged any of those three vital letters asking for evidence. the international community has let down the survivors of the explosion. there are many tools at the disposal of the un and the international community they could have used but they have not done. the survivors and bereaved families say they deserve better than this, but while the lebanese authorities procrastinate and other countries do not help where they can the answers a nation needs will remain elusive. the presidential election in chile will be a run—off between candid

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