judge tarek bitar has _ in the process is lebanon at?is lebanon at? judge tarek bitar has been trying - in the process is lebanon at? irrrs tarek bitar has been trying to summon and charge a whole raft of politicians and security officials that he believes has grounds to charge with negligence, which led to, or other criminal malfeasance, which led to this devastating explosion. he has being blocked at every turn from actually bringing these guys and to answer questions. there has been several legal challenges made that have basically stopped his probe. and as we speak today, one of the final legal challenges was dismissed by a higher court, sojudge tarek bitar was being allowed to continue. but it's just every turn, the guy is being faced with new obstacles being thrown up by this political class that quite clearly does not want him to continue this investigation. clwyd, finally, presumably the challenges that inquiry is having is symptomatic of a broader malaise in lebanon. what efforts are being made to try to break out of the vicious

shortly before that protest started yesterday morning, judgejudge tarek bitar was given permission oncethe mps who have so far resisted giving evidence will do so, and whether or not really that investigation will continue on course, or whether it will be in some way derailed before it comes to a verdict. have an extraordinarily difficult job to do when it comes to keeping the peace. particularly when you consider, as we were saying, the things that the lebanese people are living through at the moment. lack of electricity, lack of medicines, lack of fuel. the lebanese lira has lost 90% of its value just in the last year or so. people are angry and tired here in beirut, and it means that tensions are always simmering just below the surface. singer songwriter adele has released her first song for 6 years. �*easy on me' is from the forthcoming album �*30' which reflects her life after going through a divorce. it's a follow—up to her massively successful albums 19, 21 and 25. bbc music correspondent mark savage has this report. # there ain't no gold in this river... the wait is over. after

shortly before that protest started yesterday morning, judge tarek bitar was given permission once againand whether or not really that investigation will continue on course, or whether it will be in some way derailed before it comes to a verdict. i think in the end, the reason this conflict died down was not because the army necessarily stepped in and stopped it, it was a calm which descended on its own. the army is still very well respected here in lebanon, but they have an extraordinarily difficultjob to do when it comes to keeping the peace. particularly when you consider, as we were saying, the things that the lebanese people are living through at the moment. lack of electricity, lack of medicines, lack of fuel. the lebanese lira has lost 90% of its value just in the last year 01’ so. people are angry and tired here in beirut, and it means that tensions are always simmering just below the surface. the man who's accused of killing five people in a bow—and—arrow attack in norway on wednesday has been handed over to health services amid speculation he has mental health issues. police sa

shortly before that protest started yesterday morning, the judge, judge tarek bitar, was given permissionody will watch to see whether that resumption happens, whether the mps who have so far resisted giving evidence will do so, and whether or not really that investigation will continue on course, or whether it will be in some way derailed before it comes to a verdict. how scared, how worried are people that yesterday�*s scenes may not have been a one—off? well, people have seen these kind of scenes on the streets of beirut before. it�*s important to say not for a very long time. it�*s at least a decade until there�*s been gunfire of that range and duration on the streets of beirut. things like rockets, as you heard there, being fired. but people who lived through the civil war here in beirut, they�*ve seen that before, and that really worries them. they are concerned that they will see scenes like that again and they don�*t want their children to live through what they lived through between 1975 and 1990. so there is real concern from people. they want to see this resolved, but there are

the protest, led by hezbollah, was calling for the removal of judge tarek bitar from the investigation into last august's devastating blast at the port of beirut. the blast killed more than 200 people. crics accuse the judge of bias. it's unclear who fired the shots at protesters. after headlines, we will go to beirut for the latest. in the czech republic, voters have defeated strongman populist prime minister andrej babis in weekend elections, after opposition parties formed alliances that received a majority of parliamentary seats. the scandal-ridden billionaire babis has attacked refugees and more recently appeared in the pandora papers, which exposed the covert financial dealings of politicians and other elites. in norway, a 37-year-old danish man used a bow and arrow to attack people in a small town west of oslo wednesday, killing five people and wounding two others. police described the suspect as a muslim convert who had previously been flagged for radicalization but authorities say the motivation for the attack is still unknown. wednesday's attack prompted police across norway

prior to the suspension, top officials moved to dismiss the lead investigator, judge tarek bitar, fromhe case. this is karine hitti, who lost both her husband and her brother in the explosion. >> the judge is getting threatened by politicians. i do not know how the suspects have the right to submit a complaint about the judge. they are suspects. they should be investigated and have to prove they are innocent. amy: in el salvador, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital san salvador for another round of protests against president nayib bukele and el salvador's adoption of bitcoin as an official currency. critics warn of drastic fluctuations in cryptocurrency's value and worry about the economic impacts on poorer communities. this is one of the protesters. >> we do not agree with the bitcoin law. we want the lot to be removed because it is money laundering in our country. regarding the constitution, we have a good constitution. the problem is he wants to be elected and change the constitution. amy: opponents are accusing bukele of being a dictator. you can go to democracyn