of troops has been reduced by 2000 after pressure from the united states and israel they say the unifil force needs to take more action against the lebanese are group hezbollah kristen salumi has more. tension in southern lebanon where israeli mortars and allegedly has ball of fighters criss cross the border that's the backdrop to a u.n. security council unanimous decision to keep the unified peace keeping force patrolling here as they have since the end of the war in 2006 it's important for the security of people and people be for the security of israel and it worked and it is time to get him to come to the region in a context that is very volatile and we all know that the decision comes just weeks after an added unexpected challenge and unifil ship was damaged and several peacekeepers injured in the august 4th explosions that leveled not only the port of beirut but also lebanon's government which is stepped down amid accusations of corruption nonetheless the united nations says it remains focused on the mission at the insistence of the united states this new mandate calls for full and

that extension backs passion of the military role of unifil would extend to the syrian lebanese borders to make sure that there would no longer be a smuggling of arms to has been a un resolution $1701.00 calls on the lebanese government to secure its borders and entry points to prevent the entry of illegal arms but the resolution lacks an enforcement mechanism. and the security council is the vital also political power is in the hands of hezbollah and its allies they have rejected any changes to unify those mandates and its numbers as well as the deployment of international troops along the border with syria international pressure has been mounting on hezbollah a group seen as an arm of iran but many believe pressure alone is unlikely to force a change so bad what. flash cards in afghanistan and pakistan have killed at least 200 people dozens more injured and many a missing after a heavy seasonal rain swept through both countries wait a moment has more. buildings reduced to rubble and cars overturned by the force of floodwaters not because of the moment it was a little heavy rains and f

security council unanimous decision to keep the unifil peacekeeping force patrolling here as they have since the end of the war in 2006 it's important for the security of people and it will be for the security of israel and egypt wouldn't exist i believe and occurring in the region in a context that is very volatile and we all know that. the decision comes just weeks after an added unexpected challenge and unifil ship was damaged and several peacekeepers injured in the august 4th explosions that leveled not only the port of beirut but also lebanon's government which is stepped down amid accusations of corruption nonetheless the united nations says it remains focused on the mission at the insistence of the united states this new mandate calls for full and prompt access to areas that unifil has been wanting to investigate including tunnels crossing the border to israel the united states accuses hezbollah of blocking unifil is main goal which is keeping southern lebanon free from arms and fighters the u.n. secretary general who has 60 days to come up with a plan credits the mission with d

that extension backs passion of the military role of unifil what extent to the syrian lebanese border is to make sure that there would no longer be a smuggling of arms to has been a un resolution 1701 calls on the lebanese government to secure its borders and entry points to prevent the entry of illegal arms but the resolution lacks an enforcement mechanism. them and the security council is the vide also political power is in the hands of hezbollah and its allies they have rejected any changes to unifil as mandate and its numbers as well as the deployment of international troops along the border with syria international pressure has been mounting on hezbollah a group seen as an arm of iran but many believe pressure alone is unlikely to force a change senator bayh vote. here stateside the gulf coast are bracing for more extreme weather even the the cleanup from hurrican laura begins the storm we can late on thursday that mortar needles and heavy rains are expected over the weekend the hurricane killed 6 people and left hundreds of fires since the night power. has been surveying the dam

of troops has been reduced by 2000 after pressure from the united states and israel they say the unifil force needs to take more action against the lebanese armed group hezbollah tens of thousands of people have rallied in washington d.c. to demand a criminal justice reform and racial equality it was held on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king jr i have a dream speech his son and granddaughter spoke at the event the u.s. has been gripped by racial protests and unrest since african-american george floyd was killed by police in may. well those are the headlines more news here on al-jazeera right after. this stay with us. i am sequences i have a question to ask these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera. the 2 men behind super 30 could hardly have more different backgrounds their partnership might seem unlikely but it works and we understand each other. there's ce

explosion we understand that a uni full united nations interim force in lebanon ship was destroyed and unifil also reporting that a number of its peacekeepers were injured in this explosion at the same time we hear that the ref eco international airport has been damaged and the beirut governess saying. i'm quoting again here that the city is a disaster that there is an enormous scale of damage as i say there was chaos at the hospitals that turning people away we heard this earlier from an eyewitness. i saw something flashing and i put it here anymore i looked at a taxi driver i wanted to make sure that he was having the same experience experiencing the same thing as mr what i knew that there is something wrong we need to stop this or if you look back at me and then suddenly we heard a very loud explosion in the glass shattered all of the car the cars around us the buildings and the glass just went down it was raining was all over the city of beirut now the lebanese interior ministry has said that they needs to be a waiting for the official results of the investigation that has been unwanted a

explosion we understand that a uni full united nations interim force in lebanon ship was destroyed and unifil also reporting that a number of its peacekeepers were injured in this explosion at the same time we hear that the roof international airport has been damaged and the beirut governess saying and i'm quoting again here that the city is a disaster that there's an enormous scale of damage as i say there is chaos at the hospitals that turning people away we heard earlier from an eyewitness. i saw something and i put your anyone looked at the driver allowed to make sure that he was. having the same experience experiencing the same thing as music what. there isn't something really destructive or if you look back at me and then suddenly we heard a very loud explosion in the glass shattered all over the car the cars around us the buildings and the glass just went down it was raining worse over the city of beirut now the lebanese interior ministry has said that the needs to be. a waiting for the official results of the investigation that has been a wanted and has urged people to stop speculatin

explosion we understand that a uni full united nations interim force in lebanon ship was destroyed and unifil also reporting that any number of its peacekeepers were injured in this explosion at the same time we hear that the roof international airport has been damaged and the beirut governess saying and i'm quoting again here that the city is a disaster that there is an enormous scale of damage as i say there is chaos at the hospitals that turn people away we heard earlier. from an eyewitness. i saw something flash and i couldn't hear any more i looked at the taxi driver i wanted to make sure that he was having the same experience excuse in the same thing as me so i used on there's something wrong with me he stopped the car you looked back at me and then suddenly we heard very loud explosion the glass shattered all over the car the cars around us the buildings all the glass just run down it was raining glass all over the city of beirut now the lebanese interior ministry has said that needs to be. a wait for the official results of the investigation that has been on wednesday and has urged pe