of id was named prime minister just hours before maccarone landed in beirut but before he met a db mccrone visited fairuz she's one of the arab world's most famous singers and a rare symbol of unity in lebanon it's a 2nd trip to the city since an explosion killed almost $200.00 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless most of i.d.b. is the former ambassador to germany and he's one broad support from across the political divide but winning the public's trust won't be easy as in a heart of reports from beirut. he was not well known to the public until now most of a db has been chosen to form lebanon's next government the former ambassador to germany is promising change at a time of deep crisis where we will choose a ministerial team with expertise and competency will also carry out quick reforms that will put the country on the path to recovery and end the dangerous financial economic and social bleeding. got the majority of votes during parliamentary consultations the post is reserved for a son a muslim and the country secretary and based governing system that is why support from form

is standing in the middle so really a lot of symbolism in the very fact that the french official mccrone chose not to meet political players before visiting pharaohs who is the unifying figure in lebanon before planting a tree to mark the 100 years of lebanon's nationhood and visiting the port really sends a lot of messages on who is who is the main power broker today in the country so it is just as you were talking we're just seeing pictures now of what we believe to be a helicopter landing on an aircraft carrier i think and we also saw pictures of the fly pass that was made in his honor the last time that emmanuel mccomb was here he was greeted by crowds of people he was hugging them they were cheering him but how do lebanese people feel about the fact that france now has such a firm grip in lebanese politics. well there are mixed feelings you mention how he was welcomed in disaster stricken neighborhoods he was seen as the savior he did what no lebanese official has since done and that is meet the people talk to those who survived the blast and many believed after the international co

weeks ago he's calling for a quote deep reform of the country sectarian political system president mccrone will also attend national centennial celebrations. the 1st ever commercial passenger flight from israel to the united arab emirates has landed in abo dhabi u.s. president donald trump senior adviser jared kush there was one of the officials on board the historic flight comes after israel and the us a agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered by the united states. is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a t w news or visit our website w dot com. and israeli al plane bearing the word peace in english out of a can hebrew touchdown in abu dhabi today the 1st of a passenger flight between israel and the united arab emirates the u.a.e. broke ranks with its go found of neighbors this month by normalizing diplomatic relations with israel the palestinians describe the deal is a step in the back but will other arab countries not follow i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. we just completed a truly historic flight. the message that we carry for the palestinian

and iranian rivalry when mccrone says this is a last chance and then he gives 6 weeks what happens in 6 weeks time the us elections and hezbollah and amal the shop parties who are allied with iran have been blamed for stalling the formation of the government in order to see whether or not the balance of power in the region can change if there's a new president in the white house will there be an agreement with iran in that way will the pressure will the pressure be less on hezbollah in lebanon because for hezbollah this is really an existential struggle because you know it sees the sanctions the u.s. sanctions on the group as well as the international community and i think mark mccraw is harsh language when he said hezbollah you cannot be a political party and be a militia killing civilians in syria was definitely a 1st because we have to remember yes the united states considers the military and political wing of hezbollah as terrorist organizations but europe does not consider the political wing of hezbollah a terrorist organization in fact that's the main point of difference between

officials if urgent reforms are not carried a 100 lebanese president michel you and greeted emanuel mccrone at his residence on tuesday with an aerial splay jets really smoke in the colors of the lebanese flag but the spike the warm welcome the french leaders visit her drawn allegations of interference in the country's politics france has been leading calls for reform in lebanon since the bay report explosion last month the tragedy was blamed on corruption and triggered the collapse of the government is now demanding credible commitments a quote from officials including a new election meanwhile fresh antigovernment protests have unfolded in beirut. what you see here is then tense confrontation between protesters and security forces and the lebanese capital activists hurl rocks at the parliament building trying to storm the gates tear gas was used to disperse the crowd many demonstrators voiced their anger over the newly designated prime minister saying he represents the same ruling class as the previous government. well let's get some insight into all this with political commentator. live f

well fronts and mccrone really is the protecting power projecting influence the political message is that we are the main power brokers in this crisis he landed in beirut just 2 days after that massive explosion at beirut airport he offered support to the lebanese people and he scolded the political leadership telling them there is a need for radical change and i will return to follow this up to push for the much needed reforms in order for levanon to be eligible for much needed foreign aid and mccraw himself chose the date that he chose to return to levon on september 1 hundredth anniversary of the declaration of the state of greater lebanon a state that was declared by france back in 1920 france's the former colonial power in love with so you can see the symbolism here he wasn't invited to return on september 1 he chose to return on this day so the message he is giving to those in power is that france is now calling the shots he's also giving a message to 2 countries which hold much more influence than france and lebanon and that is the united states and iran those 2 countries have

his al-jazeera is in a harder in beirut with more on that misses in just than a month's mccrone really projecting influence and power the political message is we are the main power brokers in this country a very symbolic visit as well because mccullough chose the date of his return september 1 which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the creation of the greater state of lebanon that was announced by french mandate authorities back in 1920 france of course being the former colonial power the french minister is now on board that aircraft carrier behind us he's been meeting and children present the kids as well as the united nations this morning but the 3 to mark levin on station hood last night he met the singer who he is the unifying figure in this country all that before sitting down with a politician so the message from across is we will push for radical change in this country not many believe him people welcomed him in the streets last night a few protesters told him that you are accepting the political class to create a new government we want a new system of government we want

and french president emanuel mccrone is back in 11 on calling for sweeping reforms to tackle an economy in tatters and sectarian tensions a new prime minister is appointed as macross. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today president trump is doing tosha wisconsin today taking his reelection campaign to a city torn by protests and violence police shot and paralyzed a black man there over a week ago and during the ensuing on rests the 17 year old was charged with killing 2 white and he police protesters comes challenger for president joe biden says the president is exploiting the tensions this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he can't stop the violence because for years he's formatted you know he may believe malvina words law and order makes him strong . but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as a normal or should this country shows how weak he is for his part president trump says he is the candidate capable of keeping americans safe but democrats say that's wrong and have been criticizing his use of language including during a

out of its deep political and economic crisis he's calling it the last chance for lebanon system mccrone has been visiting the devastated port in beirut for a 2nd time now since an explosion last month killed on. 200 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless and stuff was named prime minister just hours before mccrum landed on monday well let's now speak to al-jazeera as in a quarter who's in martyrs square that's the scene of protests right now and i see those people there behind you can you talk about the dynamic that you've been seeing today what's the message from. well people are still angry you mentioned the prime minister appointed the 24 hours ago many people here believe he's just a product of the system he was appointed by the political class that has been governing this country for decades a political class accused of corruption and mismanagement that only ran the economy into the ground but responsive for negligence for storing highly explosive material at beirut ports which caused such a devastating explosion so there is the anger they believe that there is no change th

is we are the main power brokers in this country a very symbolic visit as well because mccrone chose the day of his return september 1 which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the creation of the greater state of lebanon that was announced by french mandate authorities back in 1920 france of course being the former colonial power the french minister is now on board the aircraft carrier behind us he's been meeting and chilled representatives of the united nations this morning but the treaty to mark levin on summation heard last night he met a singer who unifying figure in this country all that before sitting down with a politician so the message from across is we will push for radical change in this country not many believe him people welcomed him in the streets last night a few protesters told him that you are accepting the political class to create a new government we want a new system of government we want the ruling class to leave our all together but my 1st response is these are elected leaders what do you want us to do but i think the current is making it very very clear in

the 1st french president a manual mccrone has warned of lebanese politicians that punitive measures could be imposed if economic and political reforms are not initiated within 3 months the measures could include withholding bailout funds and sanctions targeted at the ruling elite now mccrone arrived in beirut just as the new prime minister was appointed. dia is the best has the backing of most political parties but he faces a formidable task. a country in rubble and this man is tasked with rebuilding it lebanon's newly designated prime minister mustafa. the former diplomat is trying to restore the people's faith after the massive explosion that devastated beirut 4 weeks ago. and we will work hand in hand to rebuild what was destroyed. nothing. and that was before my new government we will accelerate the investigation and the result and that will be made public as soon as possible and. it's a huge challenge and not the only one lebanon's economy is in a deep recession and the currency in freefall corruption and mismanagement have devastated many basic services and the recent chemical explo

for the news this morning my new mccrone demands russia respect redline.

is a senior research fellow at the global policy institute he says despite his visits mccrone still has less influence than regional powers. cannot be a kingmaker that it could make her up at the moment the original buyers will look at as a set the deed or. the saudi arabia is for sale and so on just hope to bring we don't know exactly what he's trying to achieve there but is as i said is just trying to. be a b.j. to see and make the europeans aware that they have to attention and rock solid misses to iraqis that they have to try to get a border where out of the jod to church of their 2 main allies which is which are iran and do you asserted that iraq is caught in this conflict and therefore france in iraq was actually somebody agree because it was a country which will pause the bombing in 2003 so therefore figure that is voice can carry just be some kind of object to achieve or all as a whole list broker tried to use old fashioned diplomacy in order to try to help iraq out of its it couldn't make for the government of its political party government earth france is very concerned today

these are the another great power in permanent member of the security council china when president mccrone proposed the need for an international miss mission to look into human rights abuses in jan province the situation with the weavers also emphasizing women's rights and referring to the now 25th anniversary this year of the beijing women's conference ok thank you so my 5th time went to ponce that director of just security 2020 with the stimson center. the u.s. death toll from corona virus has now passed 200000 that's after another 115 deaths were reported on tuesday it sort of put more of a spotlight on president donald trump's management of the crisis ahead of november's presidential election john hendren has the story from chicago. at washington national cathedral the bell rang 200 times once for every 1000 lives lost to the u.s. to the global pandemic. 200000 dead and i hear about 200000 deaths is just a benchmark of sadness for me and for us as a country i think about the individual people that are here or who have died and then i think about multiplying that comes to acknowledge t

staten dialogue between the nation and our authorities and we need this mediators now and maybe mr mccrone alongside the other countries we do this so far the contras can. be they say they were this mediators in starting now for. the number of corona virus infections in india has now passed 6000000 with more than 82000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours and is now the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the us with nearly 100000 deaths as well china's passed a law protecting medical whistleblowers this is months after the death of dr li when liang who was punished for raising the alarm about the corona virus and beijing says the law will only protect what it calls non malicious whistleblowers and will reward verified tipoffs leads death in february triggered a public outcry and a wave of criticism towards the government's. when in mexico of occupy the governments human rights office to protest against the high number of women being murdered every day the protest in mexico city and other cities was a repeat of protests 2 weeks ago it is estimated around 10 mexican women are murd

exchange some harsh words with his french counterpart over the last week about it after a month or mccrone called turkey's presence an acceptable. mr mccraw you will have many more problems. don't mess with the turkish nation. today turkey is no longer a partner in this region turkey is an ally within nato but an ally which is engaged in unacceptable practices on the libyan coast so what is this all out in its simplest form guess or at least the potential reserves thought to lie and. mediterranean sea on the one hand there's turkey which feels it has every right to explore these untapped assets on the other its age old rival greece it contends the areas where specials are deployed are located above its continental shelf so any reserves greek but the story gets a lot more complicated especially now that other countries have waited in we regret that turkey has not responded to the repeated calls by the european union to end its unilateral and illegal activities in the eastern mediterranean and the aegean sea the leaders of the 7 countries on the mediterranean have also bonded together saying

mccrone tried to come to lebanon and tried to talk and he spoke with the right people mind you he spoke of the political elite that are governing the institutions of the government they hold the institutions hostage because this was the fact of the thought of words like giving employment in the government according to the top 5 court they hold the institutions hostage this is why my crown tried to talk to them for what can micro really do with stuff that is peaceful it's up to the political parties holding these institutions he called for early elections but there is an election and any viable democracy in the world when you have an election and you have an e. george in parliament that's me jordie formally a government and whoever is not within that meteoric becomes opposition this is not the case in lebanon they are not even allowing the people who won in the elections to formulate a government because the majority is like hezbollah and we all know the political bickering around the world of hezbollah and lebanon so basically it's a deadlock and it's an economic fallout and the the mon

for the news this morning in my new mccrone demands russia respect red lines and provide what he calls clarification from moscow on the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy as russia still hasn't received any evidence of possible use allegedly found in germany. and the washington post without any source is claims a new cia report shows lho did near putin himself is quote unquote probably leading a smear campaign against democratic presidential hopeful joe biden. good morning for russia this one is of the 23rd of september i'm kevin owen here at the r.t. world news agency with the half hour round of great have you company by the way 1st reliable safe effective that lets him a potence dubbed the pioneering russian covert vaccine sputnik the 1st registered of its kind speaking at the un general assembly putin stressed world leaders need to find a way to make the job freely accessible to everyone and even offered free doses to any u.n. work. but we did leave with them we are ready to share our experience and continue to cooperate with all countries and international organizations this includ

earlier the russian president spoke by phone with the french leader emmanuel mccrone urged western powers to avoid making groundless accusations are the alleged poisoning of an extent of on the a comes after germany's latest conclusions as to what happened to the opposition activists and for more on that peter arbor joins us live from berlin and peter it's been a week since an accent of on it was taken out of an induced coma what's known about his condition. well is shot at a hospital here in berlin where he's been receiving treatment to put out a further statement on monday in which they've said that alexei in the volleys condition is improving that he's able to leave his bed for short periods of time. the condition for nixon of i need continues to improve the patient has been successfully removed from mechanical ventilation he is currently on to go in mobilization and is able to leave his badge for short periods of time well there has been a lot of reaction on monday a lot of new developments regarding the political and diplomatic fallout from the lexan valley ending up here in berlin i

national community was part of this deal that brought about a new prime minister and they believe that mccrone should have pushed harder to install him and the man then to the government but not crown and so it's back to the accusations really and said that i'm not an elected official i'm not the average here to replace the political leadership i can do is put pressure monitor leadership that was elected by the people and in fact micron that hint that sanctions against the ruling class is not on the table if they do not carry out the reforms needed to reach a deal with the i.m.f. to kick start the lebanese economy tell us more about france's role in this crisis zina mccoy has said france can't interfere in lebanon spin in a cool affairs and yet have the same time the french are playing the role of a almost power broker here. or war. or all the france projecting mccrum projecting power and to the west ever saw. since his 1st visit to lebanon 2 days after the explosion not to beirut or to really present thing himself as a savior to the lebanese people at 1st it was welcome and now people are kin

example a question whose main rival at the elections as the real president of here's what emanuel mccrone the french president had to say it is a crisis of power a north or a tear in power that cannot accept the logic of democracy and which is hanging on by force it is clear that has to go now the statement along with many others comes as of the foreign ministry of belarus cools and all western nations to stop meddling in the country's affairs and she will lead the better russian people decide who the leader really is no just to remind you alexander lukashenko was inaugurated back on wednesday it was a rather unconventional event i have to say because it wasn't. announced it came as a surprise to everybody the opposition included some even called it a secret inauguration with only a few 100 people invited and it was not broadcast live on national t.v. so since then the coordinators of the opposition have been trying to consolidate the protest calling on people to show up and months but that failed on wednesday right after the inauguration even though they tried then they asked they called

fled belarus back in august after a disputed election she told journalists after the meeting with mccrone that the french president had promised to help mediate the political standoff and bella ruse and help secure the release of political prisoners she weighed ruling a mere shake. out has died at the age of 91 a strong u.s. ally also of struggled with domestic political disputes and the 2011 arab spring protests since ascending to power back in 2006 his brother crown prince shaikh no off. succeeds him tensions are flaring over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh with both armenian and i'm sure by joining forces accusing each other of attacks on their territory armenia claims turkey has shut down one of its warplanes which the turkish president and his eyes are by his young allies are denying renewed fighting in recent days has left dozens dead and many more injured prompting calls for a cease fire from all across the world. these scenes have put the international community on edge. but for the residents of both armenia and azerbaijan they have been a long time coming. was a little th

francaise let us as it is for mcallen a to get a unity government president mccrone was one of the 1st world datas to arrive and offer a don't condition the political parties came together power says it's it regrets that failure but says it's still not too late political commentator manuel also and doesn't believe friends can really help. micro-loan tried to come to lebanon and try to talk and he spoke with the right people mind you he spoke of the political elite that are governing the institutions of the government they hold the institutions hostage because this was the fact of the thought of giving employment in the government according to the top 5 cords they hold the institutions hostage this is why my crown tries to talk to them but what can micro vitis do with substantive people it's up to the political parties holding these institutions he called for the elections but there is an election and any viable democracy in the world when you have an election and you have a majority in parliament that meet george you formulate a government and whatever is not within that meet or become

example of those main rival at the elections as the real president of belarus here's what emmanuel mccrone the french president had to say it is a crisis of power a north or a chair in power that cannot accept the logic of democracy and which is hanging on by force it is clear that has to go now this statement along with many others comes as the foreign ministry of belarus calls and all western nations to stop meddling in the country's affairs and 3 she will lead the better russian people decide who the leader really is no just to remind you alexander lukashenko was inaugurated back on wednesday it was a rather unconventional event i have to say because it wasn't announced it came as a surprise to everybody the opposition included some even called it a secret inauguration with only a few 100 people invited and it was not broadcast live on national t.v. so since then the coordinates as of the opposition have been trying to consolidate the protest cooling on people to show up and months but that failed on wednesday right after the inauguration even though they tried then they they called on

chemical poisoning of the year into during his speech to the un general assembly french leader emmanuel mccrone went as far as calling it an assassination attempt this have a listen. we will not tolerate chemical weapons being used in europe russia or syria in the name of collective security i repeat my message to russia that everything must be done to shed light on this assassination attempt against a political opponent using the neurotoxic agent nova truck this clarification needs to take place quickly because we will make sure our red lines are respected and on the subject france has always been at the forefront of making sure those red lines are respected and since i've been the president of the republic now german officials are claiming that he was allegedly poisoned by a lethal neurotoxic agent and russian made several requests to suit germany to share their findings on the test results however since then no straight answer had been given instead germany sends all of their findings to o.p.c. w. the organization for prevention of chemical weapons and now a russian doctors did not find any

i look weird between the nation and our authorities and we need these mediators now and maybe mr mccrone alongside with other countries with all of this a father contras can. be they say there are these mediators in starting off for dialogue the number of corona virus infections in india has now passed 6000000 more than 82000 cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours is the 2nd worst affected country anywhere in the world after the united states nearly 100000 people have died. meanwhile is reporting a major rise in cases there the total number now stands at nearly $10000.00 nearly 10 times what it was one month ago the search that began in the commercial capital of young go on has now spread nationwide about 200 people have died and infections are expected to keep on rising. for the 1st time in 3 months the australian state of victoria is reporting a single digit rise just 5 infections in the past 24 hours this comes as a lot in the state capital melbourne is being eased 5000000 people there have been a lot of locked down since early august. indonesia's government is close to complet

in start and between the nation and our authorities and we need this mediators now and maybe mr mccrone alongside these other countries with the leaders of other contras can. be this they were this mediators in starting now for. the u.s. secretary of state might pompei is in greece where he's hoping to ease tension in the mediterranean on pay as pledged u.s. support to mediate the dispute in the region athens has been adults with turkey over drilling rights last week both countries agreed to a new talks about their clashing maritime claims indian police have arrested farmers protesting against new laws aimed at reforming the industry and farmers fear the new rules could spell an end to the government buying grain that guaranteed prices the government says loosening regulations will open up the market and benefit farmers more than 14 percent of india's g.d.p. comes from language culture it's worth more than 276000000000 dollars over half of its people depend on farming for their livelihoods it's a very diverse sector with farmers producing everything from grains and spices to dairy and m

attorney the move triggered a furious reaction from the arena and foreign ministry but president mccrone say his freedom of expression is parliament. as the trial into the january 25th dean attacks begins to be french means to defend the right to make people laugh the freedom to mock to ridicule and to caricature which voltaire claimed was the source of the rest to be french means always to be on the side of the freedom fighters well charlie hebdo is back in the spotlight here in france and that's because as that trial is underway that important trial it's decided to take a bold decision according to some some of described it perhaps as being more idiotic and that is to republicans some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered back then the world came out in support saying 3 sharlee saying they supported the right of the magazine its freedom of speech to publish ca

and i work with between nations and our authorities and we need these mediators now and maybe mr mccrone alongside with other countries with the leaders of other contras can. be these they were this mediators in starting all for the tile work. indian police have arrested farmers protesting against new laws aimed at reforming the industry and many farmers fear the new rules could spell an end to the government buying grain that guarantee prices the government says loosening regulations will open up the market and benefit from us well more than 14 percent of india's g.d.p. does come from agriculture that's worth more than $276000000000.00 over half its people defend on farming for their livelihoods it is a very diverse sector with farmers producing everything from grain and spices to dairy and meat products however many are struggling to get by well then one in 5 farmers live below the poverty line b.j. christian is the joint secretary of the all india keiser and that's the largest workers' union representing farmers he explains why they are now so angry that demand of the farmers had been