and they were going to pressure their allies will put on levanon he's a big name he's a big name and this is quite a case so we're all fascinated to see where this goes so it's a big story for the new year steve bisley from the thank you if you. also sports book is laying aside soccer only resting during the season's the winter break so fall proceed munchen plot back up being one of the best teams in the league a raising hopes of the foles could win their 1st top flight title since 1977 so it's a look back at the hot season filled with promise. he's a big reason for the team's performance mark. the coach's formula for success pressure the opponent switch quickly from defense to often and shoot more on net indeed the full have been quite a surprise. this is a teacher who are enjoying a high position in the standings it's important that we also understand what's happening internally is something special for us but it didn't come by accident we worked hard for it in the 1st half of the season and that's why we're all so proud of it. looks very stable and can bounce back and also helps t

in levanon 2000 rallied outside parliament in the capital beirut to protest against a security lockdown they're calling for a new independent head of government not connected with the established political parties the president has delivered consultations on designating a new prime minister until later this week. un climate talks in madrid and didn't disappoint when with a watered down deal delegates passed ambitious climate protection targets but failed to agree on regulating carbon emissions trading activity what's been agreed will have little impact. this is news stream but in for more you can follow us on twitter added up the news or visit our website w dot com. coming up next business news of monica jones will stay with us for that if you can. mean. climate change. the state ability for. environmental projects. global. biodiversity species conservation exploitation quality. human rights displacement the told the global impact of local actions. global 3060 minutes on g.w. . europe. what unites. what divides us. what binds the continent together. the answers and stories aplenty the.

postponement in order to allow for more consultations and then go to different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddle heidi is the likely candidate to return as prime minister he received the support of the sunday religious establishment in this country there's a sectarian basis from a government the post the prime minister has reserved for a son a muslim but he doesn't have enough support to push ahead with his own government in parliament he's going to need 65 votes in order to get the vote of confidence in parliament 2 nights of violence in downtown beirut that's the center of the capital the epicenter of the protest movement security forces clashing with an armed protesters 2 consecutive nights tear gas was used rubber bullets water cannons dozens of protesters were injured and according to the interior ministry security forces as well were injured to both sides accusing each other of instigating the violence people on the street believe those in power the governing elite they have taken the decision to use

but there's little choice because the post of prime minister is reserved for a sunday muslim and levanon sectarian based power sharing agreements if he does not return to office then the senate community will feel well why are we just the scapegoats why is the president who is a christian and the speaker of parliament who is a shia remain in office and the prime minister is out of government but even if he is appointed as prime minister it's going to be very difficult for him to form a government without the support of his rivals and we heard just 2 days ago from the powerful iranian backed hezbollah movement which really controls government along with its allies and parliament they're saying it's not going to be easy because we're not going to accept any government unless we are represented in that government so a lot of the governmental impasse is still there while the economic situation only worsens people are losing jobs companies are shutting down there are bank controls the local currency is losing value so levanon really after bring. their life for us in beirut thank you. still to

order to allow for more consultations and then go shays shins among the different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddam heidi is the likely candidate to return as prime minister he received the support of the sunday religious establishment in this country there's a sectarian basis them of government the post the prime minister is reserved for a sunday muslim but he doesn't have enough support to push ahead with his own government in parliament he's going to need 65 votes in order to get the vote of confidence in parliament what sort of how do you want to head a government of independent technocrats in order to steer levanon out of this economic crisis but his political rivals mainly the iranian backed hezbollah as well as the president michel aoun they believe that the next government should have representatives of the different political parties so the political forces are not in agreement on how the makeup of the next cabinet should be its hard bargaining really because if anyone is to make any concession it mea

happen what we saw the past 2 or 3 weeks is that there were behind the scenes negotiations among levanon for the full forces who came up really with this package deal but there is still uncertainty on whether or not those consultations will take place on monday what we understand is that yes the caretaker prime minister saddam had a has issued some statement in support of summary of the team but he's not wholeheartedly supporting. his candidacy for the for the post of prime minister and it's not just that they're all fucked with the highest of the religious authority in lebanon has still not really thrown its weight behind those several so why wait for example to london. which is a clear indication that a final deal has still not been i read out but this i'm just talking about the community but there's also the political establishment protesters who have been in the streets for the days they are not happy with what is being presented as a solution of a government solution only emergency the economic emergency in the country then you say these protesters are clearly not happy what options

increased demand for dollars because we had to pay the market had to pay an extra $1700000000.00 levanon is no longer syria's dollar market for the time being at least. on the 11 on syria border more than 20000 people in some or have been vaccinated for measles in 2 days as doctors try to hold the outbreak which has killed at least 60 people all businesses have been sharks drivers have been told to stay off the road medical teams now going door to door islanders have been asked to fly a red flag outside their home if they haven't been vaccinated fewer than one in 3 had the correct immunization before the started 2 months ago. firefighters are struggling to contain bushfires in australia's soar around australia's largest city sydney has been blinded by smoke for days reducing visibility for drivers and causing the cancellation of sports events fire chiefs in new south wales say several fires north of sydney have joined into what is being called a mega blaze. teenage activist griffith on burgers at the un climate change conference in madrid a 16 year old who's become the global face of pub

this mess that we should not have a college someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon if you see the let me we don't want anyone from the corrupt. but the really elites are reluctant to get that power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to pick forward independent names for government posts i if the protests are spears or poor nights until he returns to office there may be more nights like this on the streets of beirut. we have some football now and in the bundesliga. have slipped off the top for the 1st time in 2 months rb leipzig now lead the way marco rosa's went down to one to bowl spoke marco as a coach out spork to the austrian league title last season all of a glass now lead lives to 2nd place of sport hadn't won any of their last 3 home games but they came out swinging 0 mercy young to go to open the scoring in the 13th minutes the austrian netting his 1st win just the goal of the. clock back responded faster though brail embargo equalising just 2 minutes later the 6th goal of the season for the swiss international. but all the score at half

lucky today she can work in this firewood company near the refugee camps of niles in the mountains of levanon with her son behave they will earn around 3 euro zone for a few hours work i. have before i'm happy to help my mom and money for. my feet and there's nothing worse than this if we had enough help we would have to do this work on. a mirror and her son each receive less than one euro a day from the u.n. just enough for them to survive but not enough for an education for her son even if they work sporadically it's a similar situation for most of the estimated 1500000 syrian refugees in lebanon there is no hope for improvement on the contrary the political and economic crisis has cost many lebanese citizens and refugees alike their jobs. the economy is shrinking the unemployment rate is also rising. employment among the lebanese has fallen by 50 percent of. them from cebu. before the economic crisis occasional jobs were available now amir a is never sure whether she will be able to work to earn extra money to add to the small amount of u.n. aid she receives. but at least $49.00 journalist

the security guards outside say he's not here but a neighbor is shown up wanting to welcome him to levanon with a card. many lebanese feel the former nice and c.e.o.'s a successful businessman and is a symbol of the country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. from like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know i and many people with money go as main lawyer says he heard about his client's flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk to go and would run away. with a whole month we were gone completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to make contact with him. sort of like. going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention center. here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. the automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of $85000000.00 prosec

a new independent head of government someone an affiliated with established political parties in levanon the president has delayed consultations on designating the new prime minister until later this week. delegates from europe and the u.s. have attended a ceremony in belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the budge it was out there what it was about of world war 2 was bloodiest episodes in which u.s. forces defeated a gentleman attempt to stop advancing allied in december night and $44.00. it was only devon is still to come in the biggest single find out why but also mention that cam slipped off the top of the table. but 1st with the holiday season moving into full swing now many are taking in the performance of the nutcracker the iconic ballet has become a christmas tradition in some parts as there was a next report takes a look to its country of origin russia our correspondent the bureau chief yuri the château visits the bar sure ballet academy in vladivostok students they know that landing solo part in the not cracker can set them on the path to stardom we meet one ris

this mess that we should not have a highly someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon of unphysical let them in god we don't want anyone from the corrupt classes and. put the ruling elite sundays to give up power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to put forward independent names for government posts. if the protestors fee is a borne out and henry review tends to office and maybe more nights like this on the streets of paris which. was. or earlier we spoke to you have used celery tea in beirut in ask for more about the protesters demands but we under today the month of these protests in lebanon the protesters are asking for the taking down the whole new gene district area in the gene and now tomorrow we're going to have the parliamentary consultation and if there's a tension at the presidential palace the main brought us tonight they were asking for the not to be named any person or any personally political person doesn't that it is related to the political corruption or the economic corruption the protests of new faces in the political life they're

out of this mess that we should not have a someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon obviously the let me we don't want anyone from the corrupt classes and. put the ruling elites in the east to give up power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to put forward independent names for government posts i if the protesters fears a borne out and hariri returns to office and maybe more nights like this on the streets of beirut. was. get your brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour scuffles have broken out at anti-government protests in hong kong hundreds gathering in shopping malls across a city by police made a number of arrests there was a vigil as well marking 6 months since the death of a protester who plunged from window. of the u.s. envoy to north korea says washington will la except going yang's end of year deadline to make concessions and stalled nuclear talks steven begun is visiting south korea where he urged the north to return to the negotiating table tensions have been rising after pyongyang ducks in a series of weapons

the demand for dollars because we had to pay the market had to pay an extra $1700000000.00 levanon isno longer syria's dollar market for the time being at least that occurred there on the lebanon syria border now more than 20000 people have been vaccinated against the measles insall more in 2 days medical teams are going door to door tending to halt the hour break which has now killed 63 people in 2 months but as jessica washington reports from these are more in capital arpita and he said the immunization campaign is just too late in this small village the measles outbreak has claimed 3 young lives from the same family the parents are still in shock struggling to come to terms with what's happened and maybe very. sad for. last of my kids. reading. reading this. support groups are visiting communities like this bringing medical supplies and offering counseling lena chang is traveling around the country and has spent time with the poor family it's not easy because you know t.s.a. when we are there the moment you start talking about it. everybody gets to the notion that even as this comm

this mess that we should not have a valid someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon of office utilitarian a god we don't want anyone from the corrupt classes on anything. but the room. elites and no use to give up power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to put forward independent names for government posts i if the protesters fears of going out and how to rereview turns to office and maybe more nights like this on the streets of beirut. well the united states and china have averted a major escalation in their long running trade dispute sunday was the deadline for a new round of tariffs affecting some $160000000000.00 worth of products but u.s. president don't trump suspended. american tariffs and now china is saying that it will do the same for now at least economists investors have welcomed the deal but there are 'd questions remaining. was this news the good news the global economy has been waiting for monica jones from a business is here to talk about that morning monica morning run investors have had time to weigh in on this what were market

out of this mess that we should not over someone who can lead a transitional government and save levanon unphysical let me go we don't want anyone from the corrupt classes. but the reeling of the reluctant to give up power after weeks of bickering political parties have failed to pick forward independent means for government posts i if the protests are spears or poor nights until he returns to office there may be more nights like this on the streets of periods. of. news down from the world of sport genovese athletes of the year with named on sunday long jump like i'm a humble one the women's category the 25 year old claimed the award by a landslide after a successful season that culminated in gold at the was athletics championships and . germany's male athlete of the years another gold medal winner in doha 21 who will make a last count became the youngest ever to kathlyn but champion. in this league action shot a big frankfurt one nil at home in a late game on sunday and still be good as the match came soon after halftime bonito the man on target after a well works move but the hosts had

now to levanon where volunteers are providing meals for those in need this christmas as a country goes through its worst economic crisis in decades the struggling economy is one of the main reasons for the months long protest against the political class that's been in power for 30 years now as in a hotter has the story from beirut. a show of solidarity with those in need at a time of crisis volunteers from across lebanon have been helping prepare christmas dinner for the poor but a lot of people are hungry they need to why not host them with flowers and good food. they're hosting them in martyr square which has become the epicenter of a. protest movement against the political class that has ruled lebanon for decades . my people. all united. but. there may be unity here but this is a deeply divided country that has been without a government for weeks politicians are bargaining over power instead of heating demands from the street to make way for a new leadership the situation is. this is this love. of generosity of kind. of people coming together. and i think this is our duty as devaney

postponement in order to allow for more consultations and they go among the different political factions levanon political parties are not in agreement there is a deep divide yes like i mentioned saddle heidi is the likely candidate to return as prime minister he received the support of the son the religious establishment in this country there's a sectarian basis from a government the post the prime minister is reserved for a sunday muslim but he doesn't have enough support to push ahead with his own government in parliament he's going to need $65.00 votes in order to get the vote of confidence in parliament 2 nights of violence in downtown beirut that's the center of the capital the epicenter of the protest movement security forces clashing with an armed protesters at 2 consecutive nights tear gas was used rubber bullets or water cannons dozens of protesters were injured and according to the interior ministry security forces as well were injured to both sides accusing each other of instigating the violence people on the street believe that those in power the governing elite they have taken the

mohammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer because easter levanon firefighters australia are trying to limit the spread of wildfires before an expected heatwave this coming weekend nearly 1300 crews in the state of new south wales are doing critical containment work including controlled burns 70 fires are burning across the state with about hostile out of control months of fires have killed 9 people and destroyed at least a 1000 properties. we are seeing the temperatures starting to rise over the coming days we're seeing this heat wave starting to move across new south wales a guy that's going to bring not just the heat of the center of australia we're going to see the temperatures up into the louder mid forty's across a lot of areas but it's going to bring a very dry air as well so that's going to elevate fire dangers and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west in the northwest which is war so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more mild there's extraordinary work going on with with hand to a long constr

mohammed seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon. well the war in yemen has created what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. reports on the human cost of the 5 years of war. in march 2015 saudi arabia and 9 other countries launched a military campaign in yemen in support of the internationally recognized president abbot rebbie mansell heidi and against iranian backed the rebels he 6 months earlier had taken control of the capital sana'a. after nearly 5 years of war the saudi u.a.e. coalition has not defeated the heat these and aid agencies say the human cost of the fighting has been enormous across all of the human tragedy and situation is only getting worse even the violence is decreasing but you know it's not even crisis is worsening and lot of civilians millions are heavy price. going. since the conflict began analysts estimate more than 91000 yemenis have been killed another 3000000 displaced by the fighting and the country is on the brink of famine with 24000000 people dependent on international food aid only h

mohammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon. the public prosecutor in the ivory coast says a former rebel leader and presidential candidate accused of planning a coup could face life in prison intelligence services say they captured already a recording is of girl in sorow discussing the plot his lawyer says the recording is old an incomplete a warrant for his arrest was issued on monday. some people close to sorel did not hesitate to discredit the institutions in place these acts far from being isolated were part of a conspiracy which were to lead a civil and military insurrection the elements gathered by our intelligence services which includes an audio recording clearly prove that this project was going to be acted soon the shares government says at least 14 troops were killed in the village of some lamb in the western region of till a burial what mistake the security forces were scorching a team registering people to bolt no one has claimed responsibility for that attack mexico says it is taking a diplomatic dispute with boli

because eastern levanon. russian authorities of righted the moscow offices of opposition leader. the. european broadcaster has more. yes hello stan that's right avali is one of president putin's most prominent critics he says he wasn't attained but was dragged out of the building by force he has lent the right to a 2017 film accusing prime minister dmitri medvedev of graft of on the refuses to take it down from the internet despite a court order he footage on the raid shows how tools to force their way into the building laptops and all the technical technical equipment with an confiscated valley has been jailed repeatedly in recent years for organizing and but to supporting in on sanction protests his foundation focuses on alleged corruption by state officials and is also the subject of a separate criminal investigation into alleged money laundering it's been listed as a foreign agent and this means that it can be subjected to arbitrary checks and scrutiny by the government and security forces is a school is to be out of the woods of course all respects linked together the crimin

mohammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon the chairs government says at least 14 troops were killed in the village of on them and the west western region of tila barre on wednesday the security forces were scorching a team registering people to vote no one has claimed responsibility for that attack . mexico says it's taking a diplomatic dispute with bolivia's new government to the international court of justice they say bolivia's intimidating diplomatic staff and spying on its embassy in la paz well last month makes a call gave for a bolivian president evo morales asylum when he was idea after a nationwide protest his political rivals and i were in power and they were accused of violating mexico's sovereignty. they push away any temptation to take over or infringe on our sovereignty by wanting to enter our embassy the embassy of mexico in bolivia not even augusta pinochet did that well manuel republic joins us live now from mexico city and money good to talk to you can you get us caught up on this to spew it seems as if the tension betw

muhammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon. it with the news hour life from london much more still to tell you about indian police are accused of using excessive force against protesters as anger rises over a new citizenship law also. this call for the field was once part of the amazon tropical forest and i'm going to see a new line in my pocket also where members of an indigenous group believe they also have the right to get into the lucrative agribusiness. and basketball rivalry takes to the court in l.a. peta has more from the christmas and v.a. action. in israel voting has closed and internal party ballot that could threaten prime minister benjamin netanyahu has grip on power is ruling likud party was asked to decide who will lead them interim president a 3rd israeli election in less than a year now his challenger the former education minister good young side says he will be better placed to form a government after national elections in march results in this are expected to come through shortly. we cannot let the rain and t

that there is a deal on the makeup of the next government he will be nominated simply because of levanon sectarian political system of government the prime minister needs to be a sonny and the son the religious establishment have has thrown its weight behind him and if he leaves office and the president who is a christian and the house speaker who says she remain in power then the sunday community 11 are will feel that they have been targeted by this protest movement but we understand and really it was made clear 2 days ago from the iranian backed group hezbollah which is part of the governing alliance they said that the formation of the government will not be easy we're not in agreement with how do you do yes we may name him but no we don't agree we want to be politically represented we will not accept to head a government of independence so no there is still no political deal and in this country we've seen it over the past few years every time there is no political deal then there's instability in the streets i can tell you hundreds of security forces have been deployed in this area to

community is if the government does not meet the aspirations of the people do not expect us to bail out levanon to help lebanon out of this dire economic crisis right saida many thanks to date of zeros in a lot of their reporting live from beirut. syrians who fled the last remaining rebel held province say that homes and hospitals are being attacked indiscriminately 18000 people were reportedly displaced from the province in just 24 hours last week syrian artillery bombardment and russian air strikes intensified despite a cease fire many of the displaced a living in desperate conditions in camps near the turkish border i mean our wildest director of the middle east and north africa bureau for the un refugee agency speaking from the doha for him earlier he told my colleague dean but more nations need to share the burden of protecting displaced people. the international community needs for responsibility sharing to really transform many of the river you compact issued by the general assembly last year it's something more practical and that's why this year as of monday tomorrow 161 is a day king o

support group for lebanon to try to find ways to help this country deal with an acute economic crisis levanon lebanon's leaders have been appealing for international assistance companies are closing the unemployment rate is rising there's a shortage of dollars the banks are imposing capital controls there is inflation so lebanese politicians appealing for help but the protesters who have been in the streets for almost 2 months now against those in power want to give a message to france they say don't give more money to these people who have been in power for decades who have done nothing according to them but accumulate wealth they're calling them corrupt politicians there's a suspicion of corruption. for this government so we don't want them to get any money from now so let's wait for a new government of independent to know how to manage any eventually over the 1st 30 years of the government proved to be. unable to manage a country unable to run a country for the same people it's time for us to change these people and put new blood in the government where protesters want is an independent go

because history levanon .people in mourning after 2 or taxing just 40 at least 12 soldiers were killed with. wednesday night in the. province. border it's the same region where. the nearby town were attacked on tuesday 35 civilians and 80 gunmen were killed there. this is only the latest in a series of recent attacks on military personnel in west africa's sawhill region in mali and became the faso a face the most number of attacks earlier this month 71 soldiers were killed on a military base in these years west and in mali at least $53.00 soldiers were killed on a military post in november it happened just weeks after 2 other raids on military bases which left dozens of soldiers dead also that month at least $37.00 people were killed in between a faso where gunmen ambushed a military convoy transporting minors to work but it just explains why it is the whole country's is struggling to prevent attacks these forces don't have enough resources to deal with the problem look at mali for example and look at how vast