ambassador to lebanon spelled out u.s. interests during your recent congressional testimony he was saying this that these protests fortunately coincide with u.s. interests against hezbollah and he urged stepped up american intervention emphasizing the value of domestic initiative combined with external support this is a quotation what is your response to that you know i believe that it's not very nice if this is still not what he said but if this is the policy right you know in order to we know what the you will always see years against has you and i which as your ally but you know it's to sanction a group of people you know or a part of the population you end up sanctioning all of the population and all of the country you know i don't think this is beneficial to the target one is aiming to i believe they put people and companies in isolation where lebanon can only live and that action in lebanon can the bridge the difference is by nature it is a country of equilibrium can bridge between east and west between islam and chr

ambassador to lebanon on spelled out u.s. interests during a recent congressional testimony he was saying this that these protests fortunately coincide with u.s. interests against hezbollah and he urged stepped up american intervention emphasizing the value of domestic initiative combined with external support this is a quotation what is your response to that. you know i believe that it's not very wise if this is still not what he said but if this is the policy right you know in order to we know what the you will always see years against has you and i which as your ally but you know it's to sanction a group of people you know or a part of the poop relation you end up sanctioning all of the population and all of the country you know i don't think this is beneficial to the target one is aiming to i believe they put people and companies in isolation where lebanon can only live and that action in lebanon can bridge the differences by nature it is a country of equilibrium who can bridge between east and west between islam and chri

nasser was very popular in lebanon. when he first went to syria after the merger of the two countries in early 1958, 350,000 lebanese came to damascus to hear him speak. this is a country that had less than 1.5 billion people. that's an awful lot of people to get in their cars and trucks and buses and go to another country to hear a speech. the civil war that broke out in the spring of '19 58 pitted the muslims with some christians against chamoun. the united arab republic, the syrian government in particular, supported the revels in lebanon, provided them with arms assistance. that was undisputed. chamoun asked repeatedly for the united states to intervene on his behalf. until the 14th of july, 1950, eisenhower did not put on the 14th of the agreed and the marines followed. nasser for his part was in yugoslavia at the time, and he immediately secretly flew to moscow, the cia discovered quickly which of course reinforced the paranoia that nasser was really in the hands of the russians. the russians and the egyptians agr

coming up next the struggle to keep protests peaceful in lebanon and meet women putting themselves between demonstrate just police in the program were full to and had on the humphrey thanks for company and see you again at the top of the hour the most. the law. has to come in georgia politics business the militia. in iran people of the islamic revolution are out 4. opens up making its initial flirtation capitalism strikes in states of emergency. things into chaos. the circuitry split enz the people in the grip of steel. going to 1979. creative today's rate starts december 23rd w. well ron they called in arabic the word means revolution people in lebanon and protesting for weeks. christina a 21 year old student is on the front line in the capital beirut. where it's right now it's doing that and being. i mean at the end of the day what is the point of going so i think i can stop. it's early morning in the mountains on the outskirts of beirut this is where christina who studies media at a private university lives with her parents. the family is well to do but they're worried because living co

people if syria and lebanon will strike back . people's a very patient really benchley israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel gretz is actually. israel has experience retribution in the past when lebanon struck back every time israel can talk to my friends. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have matured i can now withstand israel's aggression as we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to run out its troops in syria. have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment so you don't be to that is totally with. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state in israel does not dare attack the wrong they dare not attack has been. if they attack lebanon hezbollah will burn i

the lebanese at that point also this gentleman was the president of lebanon in the 19 fifties lebanon then and today highly sectarian government is based on the fiction even by ut58 was no longer true but the element was the colonial master of the twenties and thirties and then the speaker of parliament and by convention the president only serves one term but camille in 1958 was seeking a second term everybody knew it. and that resulted in the civil war between christians and muslims but it was messier than that the patriarch which was the dominant christian church in lebanon actually supported the muslim rebels it was a very confused situation and those intricacies were far more than most americans with any knowledge of middle east wanted to get into. on the afternoon of the 14th of july eisenhower convened the national security council and turned to the director of central intelligence dulles to give an appraisal situation. remember in the eisenhower administration we had the usual see the secretary of state john foster dulles was the brother of the director of the central intellige

people if syria and lebanon will strike back . people's a very patient benchley israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel gretz is actually. israel has experience retribution and the policy in lebanon struck back every time israel can talk to my friends. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have material i cannot withstand israel's aggression that we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to iran and its troops in syria. have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment so you don't buy into that is totally with. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state in israel does not dare attack the wrong they dare not attack. if they attack lebanon hezbollah will burn israel to

people if syria and lebanon will strike back. people's a very patient really benchley israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel gretz is actually. israel has experienced retribution in the past when lebanon struck back every time israel can talk to my friends. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have matured i can now withstand israel's aggression that we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to iran and its troops in syria. have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment so you don't buy into that is totally with. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state and israel does not dare attack iran they dare not attack has. if they attack lebanon hezbollah will burn isr

people if syria and lebanon will strike back. people's a very patient that would eventually israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel action that. israel has experienced retribution in the past when lebanon struck back every time israel can talk to my friends. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have made sure i can now withstand israel's aggression that we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to iran and its troops in syria. have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment so you don't be to that is totally tone with. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state and israel does not dare attack the wrong they dare not attack as . if they attack lebanon hezbollah will

berlin coming up our reporter series meets the women protesting against the political establishment in lebanon. thanks for joining us for world news at the top of the. to. my 1st vice like mosul sewing machine. where i come from women are almost by this social influence even something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little god i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and he took me mystic and. finally they gave up and went on by me on my cycle and returns because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more apt procreates for those than writing advice as knowledge i want to meet shall from those women back home would volunteer by their duties and social norms and inform them about deadbeats and write. my name is the amount of people home and a war that's easy to. lose. well run they call in arabic the word means revolution people in lebanon been told testing for weeks. christina a 21 year old student is on the front line in the capital beirut. currently right now it is doing that and being. i mean at the end of the day what is the point of going and study on the job

..lebanon to russia. what's it like being 17 and is it harder to be a teenager 110w than ever before? for lots of teenagers, saturdays are a day of rest. no school or work and a time to catch up on some much—needed sleep. but for ruth, saturday is just like any other day and work starts early. she lives about a 5—hour drive along the coast from the ghanaian capital, accra, with her 5—month—old daughter. ruth never knew her birth mother growing up, and with nowhere else to go, she moved here to live with a family friend when her father passed away three years ago. around 1a people live with ruth in this compound in the village and on cooking day, everyone mucks in to prepare, cook and bag the chips ready to be sold. around 9am, it's time for ruth to leave. she will visit three markets today, helping to sell enough bags of chips to support both her and her daughter. south—east of ghana, in the ugandan capital kampala, joy has already been awake for hours. it's saturday. i'm going to school and i h

people if syria and lebanon will strike back . people's a very patient benchley israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel gretz action that. israel has experienced retribution in the past when i've been instructed by every time israel can talk to my friends. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have matured i can now withstand israel's aggression as we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to iran and its troops in syria. have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment so you don't be that is threatened with. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state and israel does not dare attack the wrong they dare not attack. if they attack lebanon hezbollah will burn israel to

coming up our reporters series mates the woman protesting against the police political establishment in lebanon stay tuned for that we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour i'm a backer of his thanks for joining us. from. chicago and now i'm going affectionately but as affectionately as you can. the mayor put him in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 the documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film secretly chronicled a power grab that actually everything was precisely planned instruction. featuring a top supporting role. to the freedom of russia. and featuring a lead role like you've never seen before. but the mere thought of marriage to the ends justify the means. computing's witnesses starts december 13th on t.w. . they called out in arabic the word means revolution people in lebanon have been protesting for weeks. christina a 21 year old student is on the front line in the capital beirut my parents are right now is doing this and being. i mean at the end of the day what is the point of going as i think be

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people if syria and lebanon will strike back. people's a very patient benchley israel will have to pay for its crimes. and we hope that the resistance will survive all these american and israeli bombings. i'm sure that the resistance fighters will make israel grettir's action that. israel has experienced retribution in the past when lebanon struck back every time israel conducted an offense. this will not change. israel cannot keep terrorizing the region forever with impunity. the nations of the region have matured i can now withstand israel's aggression that we believe that syria and lebanon will be able to resist and strike back. to some israeli generals made open threats to run out its troops in syria. to have been heard saying that they would turn syria into a vietnam for iranian military. how would you comment. on. these empty threats they went to are iran is a powerful state in israel does not dare attack iran they dare not attack has. if they attack lebanon hezbollah will burn israel to the ground imagine what would happen

they called in arabic the word means revolution people in lebanon and protesting for weeks. christina a 21 year old student is on the front line in the capital beirut. i've heard to right now it's going to be. i mean at the end of the day what is the point of going as i think i've ever done. it's early morning in the mountains on the outskirts of beirut this is where christina who studies media at a private university lives with her parents. the family is well to do but they're worried because living conditions are getting worse in lebanon for the middle class is too there are few prospects for young people those. powers our country going to thrive if everybody keeps leaving but also how are we going to stay here if there's nothing for us to stay for for me there to lucian is yes getting together putting pressure on the government tried to change everything but for me i don't like it when they block roads and when they heard tires and worry when they broke it. when road blocks were erected christina and her brother were caught and. it brought back memories of the civil war s

the family is well to do but they're worried because living conditions are getting worse in lebanon for the middle classes too there are few prospects for young people no. powers our country going to thrive if everybody keeps leaving but also how are we going to stay here if there's nothing for us to stay for for me revolution is yes getting together putting pressure on the government try to change everything but for me i don't like it when they block roads and when they tires and when when the road and. when roadblocks were erected christina and her brother were caught in. it brought back memories of the civil war she was just a young girl when whole districts were separated from one another. she started crying and hugged us because i mean you cannot i guess when you live the things they've lived you can't not have this fear of civil war breaking out again because i mean it's not something clever so. yeah you can see it in i mean my mom is a little bit. nothing yet i always say i when i was there was a and even younger. i was much tougher when i became a mother. i'm now. before the off

him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon?” him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon? i think the whole case surprises me, from the very beginning, from the arrest through the amount of entering men in jail through the amount of entering men injailand now the through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. through the amount of entering men injail and now the escape. and through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. and the whole thing is a surprise. and unexpected event that happened in the automotive industry this year and all the countries that had supported him throughout the entire time has been lebanon. the people had supported him the government has come out and supported him sale of all the places to return and escape that would be the place. and you, know him personally as you mention, how'd you describe him as a man, to try to escape as he called the justice system in japan, try to escape as he called the justice system injapan, does that sound like something that he

and we now also know that he entered lebanon with his french passport he had 3 passports he was born in brazil and he held french still holds french and lebanese citizenship his lawyer however the one that we just heard also insisted that he still has all the 3 passports that were confiscated when going was under put under house arrest so obviously he must have had more than one french passport and i was told that that is actually possible interesting why lebanon well his wife is lebanese and he has the passport and as you mentioned earlier there is no extradition treaty between japan and lebanon so he seems quite safe right now into an extraordinary story what is likely to happen next before one everybody's waiting for tokyo to react what they'll do next and of course today the new year's celebrations under way they have been quiet so we're still waiting to hear what they're planning to do about the escape and let's not forget my colleagues go down was a major tycoon a very impressive figure in the business world his arrest in november 28th in came as a major blow to him but also to

he is a super well connected to the political elite here in lebanon. he has many high ranking friends who will doubtless offer him protection. so lebanon will hold on very tightly, despite the factjapan gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid of this country, lebanon will hold on very tightly to carlos ghosn. all the while, while he has been locked up injapan, there has been a protest movement in lebanon against political elites and against corruption. so he may find that this is not quite the welcoming place that he expected it to be. quentin sommerville in beirut, thank you. in iraq, protesters angered by weekend air strikes by the united states against a local militia group which is backed by iran, have attacked the us embassy in baghdad. a guard tower on an outer wall was set on fire. us embassy guards and iraqi government troops used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a crowd which breached the outer wall of the compound, in the capital's heavily fortified green zone. here, the national living wage is to rise by more than four times the r

so it was a comic opera but everything underneath was deadly dangerous the marines were landing in lebanon after very vicious civil war of christians and muslims and to expect going to combat and to violate the sovereignty of lebanon and they saw them supporting their christian enemies as those who are trying to hold onto power and in germany tactical nuclear weapons to be airlifted to the beachhead and the 82nd airborne division was put on alert to reinforce the beachhead. so if you think of that comic opera approach in very real terms this could have turned into a disaster. the first time us combat troops ever went into a mission in the middle east. the first combat mission. fortunately it turned out well only one army sergeant has died in the mission and was killed with sniper fire later on. and with the american combat operation of the middle east. and subsequent missions does not turn out as happily as beirut 1958 actually in 1982 it turned out as a disaster from over 240 american marines. if you look back on the first mission to gain some understanding into what was going on a few ho

how and why did he flee to lebanon? >> we are all waiting for details because it sounds like something out of a movie, right? there are reports he had -- he may have been stowed in a plane in a musical instrument box from some musicians who came to his house. we know he was under house arrest in tokyo. we know he surrendered his three passports. we know is a strict condition of his bail he was not to leave the country. we know in this case, he has jumped veil, he has not met the conditions of his bail, and we know why he did it. as he said there, who said it is because he believed he was facing a rigged system. why lebanon? his wife is lebanese. he still has lebanese citizenship. he has a home there. the public has been sympathetic to him. he is closose to the community d politicians there and also, conveniently, lebanon does not have a tradition treaty with japan, meaning in the short term it would not be possible for him to be returned to japan to face justice, so all these would appear to present a good environment f

as a national hero in lebanon. billboards arrested, sprung up across the nation in support of him, calling for his release. lebanese officials say they will extend any kind of support for him during his trial. he is seen as one of the immigrants that made it big. hero,seen as a national like you said, a rockstar. matt: thanks so much for joining reporting one your the ground. , the white house advisor peter navarro says trade talks are ending the year on a high note. the deal he says is in the bag as chinese manufacturing continued to expand in december. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: we have here live pictures, live video coming to us from baghdad. the u.s. embassy, dozens of angry shiite alyssa supporters broke into the u.s. embassy have -- shiitee militia supporters broke into the u.s. embassy compound and they have set fire to the reception area. we will continue to bring you developments in this breaking story. dozens of iraqi protesters stormed the u.s. embassy complex in baghdad following an airstrike targetin

lebanon,ion is how is and how is carlos ghosn seen there? reporter: he has his brazilian passport, his french passport, and a lebanese passport. the first real reason is because his wife is lebanese, and they have been separated since april, when he was put under house arrest. it was one of the terms of his very strict bail that he was not allowed to see his wife and was being watched by three different security services, which is what makes it so amazing he was able to flee the country. we are hearing from local media that he has gone to his wife's house and is reunited with his wife. that is the first reason. the other is that lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with japan. it is extremely unlikely he is going to be forced to go back to japan to face that trial. not know heyers did was planning on doing this. the safest thing for him w was o make it back to beirut anyway, anyhow. the fact that there is an extradition treaty -- part of thatat is that he is so popular here that even if this is clearly going to create a diplomatic pro

the family is well to do but they're worried because living conditions are getting worse in lebanon for the middle classes too there are few prospects for young people. how is our country going to thrive if everybody keeps leaving but also how are we going to stay here if there's nothing for us to stay for for me revolution is yes getting together putting pressure on the government trying to change everything but for me i don't like it when they block roads and when they tires and when when they heard anything. when roadblocks were erected christina and her brother were caught in that it brought back memories of the civil war she was just a young girl when whole districts were separated from one another. she started crying and hugged us because i mean you cannot i guess when you've lived the things they've lived you can't not have this fear of civil war breaking out again because i mean it's not something clever so yeah you can see it in i mean my mom is a little bit. through the thing yeah i always say oh when i was there a and even younger. i was much tougher when i became a mother. n

goh in does have lebanese citizenship he was born in lebanon he lived many years in lebanon and he is known to frequently visit beirut that's one of the reasons why as somebody who even when he wasn't in lebanon he is very much respected in this country but as to what exactly his next move is going to be whether he is going to try to stay in lebanon or whether he is going to try to enter the political fray while at this stage we're just not sure stan you know we will white whatever he has to say about that he will be of course thank you mohamed. joining us live there from beirut. well muslim women who would to tell you didn't northwest china's detention types have accused the authorities of abusing and forcing them to have abortions al-jazeera has spoken to solomon in part 2 of our special series a suburb in jobs and reports on the plight of ethnic you say they feel there's nothing they can do to bring their visas to justice. on this wall in a month in kazakhstan the faces of people who were held in china relative say they're being held in internment camps but beijing called reeducati

and we now also know that he entered lebanon with his french passport he had 3 passports he was born in brazil and he held french still holds french and lebanese citizenship his lawyer who ever the one that we just heard also insisted that he still has all the 3 passports that were confiscated when gold was under put under house arrest so obviously he must have had more than one french passport and i was told that that is actually possible interesting why lebanon well his wife is lebanese and he has the passport and as you mentioned earlier there is no extradition treaty between japan and lebanon so he seems quite safe right now into an extraordinary story what is likely to happen next well one everybody's waiting for tokyo to react what they'll do next and of course today the new year's celebrations under way they have been quiet so we're still waiting to hear what they're planning to do about the escape and let's not forget my colleagues go on was in major tycoon a very impressive figure in the business world his arrest in november 28th and came as a major blow to him but also to t

lebanon has a new prime minister former education minister has been chosen by the president. hello again i'm in the says al jazeera live from doha also coming up a shooting attack in moscow near the headquarters of the f.s.b. security. libya's government in tripoli accepts a turkish offer of military support backing forces loyal to the war. and donald trump is impeached but house speaker nancy pelosi refuses to say when she'll send the articles to the senate for trial. let's go now to lebanon where the president has designated a former minister of education and hezbollah backed academic. as the country's next prime minister well just moments ago today addressed the public stating what he hoped to achieve in his new role the beloved. i was informed by his excellency the president michel. the outcomes of the parliamentary discussions in line with the constitution i was there to form the government to begin with extend all appreciation and deep gratitude to his excellent through the president. they're excellent members of the parliament for the trust they placed in me similarly

the. $2900.00 speed a challenging year for lebanon it seems nationwide protests for months. people are demanding an end to corruption a change in the political system and better management of the economy. as a result prime minister saad hariri handed in his resignation in late october. but protests to say that's not enough but have been calling for a complete overhaul of lebanon's political system and its 6 base power sharing agreement. and as people chant in the streets against politicians the one name that seems to be singled out often. feel lebanon's foreign minister but seal is president own son in law and has previously held other ministerial positions.

and this is live from doha also coming up lebanon's president names a former education minister as the next prime minister following weeks of uncertainty. my cow mocks 20 years of return to chinese rule why beijing is promoting it as a model for its one country 2 systems policy. and growing protests against india's controversial citizenship law we've made women who say they're rallying for their children's future. libya's internationally recognized government has approved a military deal with turkey paving the way for ankara to play a bigger role in the war the agreement could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from wall old khalifa haftar egypt backs huffed cairo rejects the deal saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo florrie chalons has more. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers of highly for have to libyan national army advanced west there are breaking now and hoping to open a new front for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the un

of the problem and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up lebanon's president names former education minister the next prime minister weeks of political uncertainty. leading democrats lined up for a debate but their battle plans for taking on an mph the u.s. president likely to feature and the faces of contrasting political fortunes and big powers johnsonville of us has the plans as the u.k. is a reelected prime minister. libya's internationally recognized government has approved a military did with turkey or paving the way for to play a bigger role in the civil war the agreement could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from khalifa haftar egypt which backs half that has rejected the deal saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo rory chalons has more. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers have to libyan national army advanced west they were breaking out and hoping to open a new front it's for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday

this is al jazeera live also coming up the man said to be lebanon's prime minister to be given a chance but anti-government protesters have already made up their minds. china's president praises political stability in macau after months of on rest in another self-governing territory hong kong. and we hear stories from some of the hundreds of women smuggled out of burundi every year what's being done to help the. mass protests are going on in new delhi elsewhere in india against a citizenship law that opponents say is that the muslim they've been more violence in the northern city of luck now where offices have been hitting people with sticks after a police station was damaged 3 protesters were killed on thursday and hundreds to time and the new legislation offers a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from 3 united bring countries but it excludes muslims sabinus rest easy in new delhi that's where we go to her now tell us what's happening around you wouldn't wear the protests are also taking place elsewhere. so right now i'm in john university where there is a each crowd says t

two prime ministers have n forced to resign in lebanon and iraq. the demonstration has been compared to the arab spring, ich saw a similar outpouring of unrest. s jeremy bowen has thiport from beirut. jeremy: in the middle east, new protests are clogging streets and rattling regimes. the lebanese call theirs a , volution. in iraq and iranhundreds have been killed. in egypt, th against the revitalized police state. every country has homegrown grievances. but demonstrators across the middle east share some deep-seated frustrations. mostly they are young. more than 60% of theuniddle east arr 30. they want to escape the fate of many of their parents, hard lives blighted by unemployment and the power of corrupt elites. what is the first step that needs to be taken? when we pay our tae want to see the taxes coming back to us, clean water, goofood, electricity, medical needs. thsimple things, we want t simple things. jeremy: this is the central bank lebanon's economy and its banks are close to collapse. atst people in the middle east outside the oil are p

new warnings about lebanon sinking economy after a deal to form a new government unraveled. prime minister received the nobel peace prize but says it should also be shared with eritrea's leader. says he impeachment charges against him a week democratic party leaders announced on tuesday accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of congress heidi joe castro reports from washington standing before a portrait of one of the nation's founding fathers george washington house democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. the house committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states donald j. drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraine's leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trump's reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evidence is every bit as strong

how serious a crisis is this for lebanon? what are the stakes for lebanon at the moment? translation: of course, the situation in lebanon is very dangerous. consequently, you can see how the economic situation, the financial situation, is collapsing. you can see how people are suffering from the devaluation of the lebanese currency. we cannot accept things to continue like this. so, for this reason, we said very clearly that the government has to be formed in order to put an end to this collapse and decline. unfortunately there are some who are trying to cause damage to lebanon, especially the united states. every two or three days, secretary pompeo makes statements and says he doesn't want to see hezbollah in the government does not want to see hezbollah participate in lebanese politics. hezbollah is part of the people. so let america put a stop to its meddling. secretary pompeo in the us, like the british government, regard your organisation as a terrorist organisation, that is why he says the things that he says. translation: what concerns us is how our people view us.

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 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the japanese justice system was quote regained and that he escaped injustice japan does not have an extradition treaty with lebanon so it's unclear what steps tokyo might take next. we can take a closer look at this with stephen bisley from d.w. business welcome steve let's start with the escape how and why did he get from japan into lebanon fill the answer is we don't know how exactly there are reports that he was hidden that he was stowed away in a plane and that he was flown to lebanon but lebanon also says that he entered legally and what we're hearing beirut's authorities

i'm sam is a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up lebanon's president names a former education minister is the next prime minister following weeks of political uncertainty. macao mogs 20 years of return to chinese rule by beijing is promoting it as a model for its one country 2 systems policy. destroyed and lives lost now the threat bush fires raging in australia will get even worse. libya's internationally recognized government has approved the tree deal with turkey paving the way for ankara to play a bigger role in the civil war the agreement could see turkish troops deployed to defend aaa from warlords only for half the egypt backs huffed and rejects the deal saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo or a chance has more. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers of highly for have to libyan national army advanced west there are breaking now and hoping to open a new front for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the u.n. backed announc

ghosn managed to walk out of tokyo and get to lebanon so easilym thatis and get to lebanon so easilym that is the case then, surely there are going to be a lot of questions japanese authorities? yes, there will be. thejudge japanese authorities? yes, there will be. the judge at the time of ghosn‘s arraignment, when he was released on bail back in much of this year, the prosecutor's office had said that he was a potential flood risk, because they was a citizen of multiple countries, he was a very wealthy man with properties in brazil and ii on and in france, and so they had said he was a potential right risk —— ii on. thejudge overruled was a potential right risk —— ii on. the judge overruled that dan decided to release him on $9 million of bail. another prosecutors maybe will say we told you so, we told you this quy say we told you so, we told you this guy could flee and now he has fled —— lebanon. his defender say he would be left with no choice because it didn't face a fair trial here, and certainly his backers have said he had no prospect of getting a fair trial, and

i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from also coming up lebanon's president names a former education minister is the next prime minister following weeks of political uncertainty. tens of thousands of people marched through the streets in india coordinated protests against a controversial citizenship law homes destroyed and lives lost now as the threat bushfires raging in australia will get even worse. libya's internationally recognized government has approved a metric deal with turkey paving the way for ankara to play a bigger role in the civil war they agreement could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from walter khalifa haftar egypt backs hafter and rejects the deal saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo rory chalons has more. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers have to libyan national army advanced west there are breaking now and hoping to open a new front for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the un backed g. and i announced i

he is now in lebanon. his lawyers said they were completely surprised. >> it was a complete surprise to me and my team. i am shocked. i don't know anything more than what has been in the media. vonnie: 20 me on the phone from beirut's bloomberg's -- joining me on the phone from beirut's bloomberg's donna craig. ghosn is we know that in lebanon. we don't know exact he where he is staying. i went to his house in beirut. it is not clear if he is staying there. there were a few security officers and photographers. a lebanese minister in the foreign ministry actually said he entered lebanon legally, and that they are unaware how he fled japan and arrived in lebanon. he apparently used his french passport and his lebanese national id to enter the airport. vonnie: what have the authorities in lebanon said at this point? reporter: they have been tightlipped about most things, but they have come up with statements to say that he did into her in legitimate ways. that there were no measures that weren't in the action

lebanon has a new prime minister former education minister has been chosen by the president. hello again i'm in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a shooting attack in moscow near the headquarters of the f.s.b. security. libya's government in tripoli except the turkish military support forces loyal to the war. and donald trump is impeached but house speaker nancy pelosi refuses to say.

once one of the most powerful figures in the car industry, carlos goan flew to lebanon to escape what he calls "injustice and political persecution". rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo — there's some flash photography in his report. last march, carlos ghosn disguised himself as a construction worker as he attempted to slip past the waiting media on his release from jail. now, he has succeeded in slipping out ofjapan, perhaps in another disguise. even his own defence team have been left dumbfounded, unable to explain how mrghosn did it. translation: it's a complete surprise and we are perplexed. his passports are with his lawyers. somehow, mr ghosn managed to board a privatejet and last night he landed here, in the lebanese capital, beirut. in a defiant statement he said he had not fled japanese justice but escaped from injustice. "i'm now in lebanon", he said, "and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged japanese justice system, where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant and basic human rights are denied." carlos ghosn was born in brazil to parents of lebanese descent.

our top stories: carlos ghosn confirms he's now in lebanon. the former boss of renault—nissan said he'd "escaped injustice and political persecution" injapan. relief in australia as thousands narrowly avoid raging bushfires. we get the latest from victoria. us prosecutors file hate crime charges against the man accused of stabbing five jewish people during hanukkah celebrations in new york. and new year's eve with a difference — berlin says no to unofficial fireworks. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former head of renault—nissan, carlos ghosn, has confirmed he has arrived in lebanon. in a statement, he says he has "escaped injustice and political persecution" injapan. mr ghosn had been facing a trial there on charges of financial misconduct. he was released on bail in march, but was not permitted to leave the country. he denies enriching himself at his company's expense and mis—stating his income. gareth barlow has more. mrghosn mr ghosn shouldn't have been able to leave japan. he had surrendered his passport and supposed to ask per

the senses he has got very strong support within the establishment of lebanon. i remember when he was head of the car company one point he wanted to be interviewed for hard talk and the interviewed for hard talk and the interview didn't get done but he wa nted interview didn't get done but he wanted it done there. i think it will be very difficult for him to resume any major career in the international motor industry. his position should now be safe. he is not unable to travel around the world. 0bviously japan is not unable to travel around the world. 0bviouslyjapan is not on the agenda japan does have extradition treaties with south korea and the united states, both of which are important locations for the global motor industry. but might be has nationality of brazil and france, both of which are countries that do not extradite their own nationals. so he would be entirely free to go there and i imagine what some very careful legal advice he would have quite a lot of freedom to move around other places, as long as he avoids those particular nations i mentioned.

the weather is next and then the man said to be lebanon's prime minister lays out his plans but added government protesters have already delivered davit. how it's certainly cold now the northeastern china as you might expect after all the harbor nice festival takes place next month but that cold isn't making much progress across the sea of japan that it all starts minus 2 will probably drop so it gets colder here but if it were for beijing and so low single figures of course it's cold winter but i fancy you start to creep up on the rain did you get into a sudden hole and shoot during sunday rain not snow there is an sti possible how cardigan that is very fast talk in the sunshine has a maximum temperature of minus 6 but everywhere else that is cold. this rain this develops in central china is just to study south was hasn't produced very much has been snow up in the high ground as you know on the rise is because the rains are falling in shanghai but it's not getting to hong kong it's dying out elsewhere but of unusual winter rain really sort of all that other developments in the philip

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new warnings about lebanon's sinking economy after a deal to form a new government unravelled. democratic party leaders in the u.s. house of representatives have announced impeachment charges against donald trump it makes him only the 4th president to face a formal effort to be removed from office in response trump repeated his assertion that he's the victim of a witch hunt heidi joe castra reports from washington standing before a portrait of one of the nation's founding fathers george washington house democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. the house committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states donald j. drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraine's leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trump's reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evide

and this shows that as well as dealing with lebanon's pressing domestic issues he was also juggle the interests of outside powers such as iran syria the us and israel which have all played a part in the country's political instability. and was after mr diablo accepted the nomination people will still out protesting although in fewer numbers but in sunny areas of beirut and lebanon the 2nd largest city tripoli there were reports of roads being blocked and tires being burned mr diablo begin talking to all parties this weekend but it's clear that not everyone wants to listen. there's still a lot of talking to be done before has and the ad is able to head a new government and that process can still take months but the question is how will his nomination translate for the lebanese people and will it be enough to stop the violence and the demonstrations tony burke 3 al-jazeera beirut. the battle against bush fires in australia is about to get even more difficult extreme heat and strong winds are forecast for saturday raising the fire danger level in the most populous states to catastrophic

has jumped bail in japan where he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges is now in lebanon after arriving on a private aircraft he holds up a nice citizenship in a statement to go and said he was seeking to avoid injustice and persecution by what he called a rigged japanese justice system this is the house in beirut where carlos cone is believed to have fled but there is no sign of him and the security guards outside say he's not here but a neighbor is shown up wanting to welcome him to lebanon with a card. many lebanese feel the former nice and c.e.o.'s a successful businessman and is a symbol of their 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. goans 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 that go on would run away. completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to m

pro-democracy protesters are making their presence felt as they all stood chairman kahlo scone flees to lebanon from japan where he faces charges of financial misconduct. so the u.s. says it will send extra troops to the iraqi capital after members of an iranian backed group and their supporters surrounded the u.s. embassy in baghdad it was in retaliation for sunday's u.s. air strikes on bases belonging to an iranian backed shia group in iraq president trump has denounced the violence and accused iran of orchestrating it so when a full team has a report from baghdad. it was supposed to be a funeral procession commemorating the 27 fighters killed in the latest u.s. air strike but instead it turned into an unequivocal message to the u.s. . well over the. oh hundreds perhaps thousands of people are taking part in this procession currently they're marching across the hanging bridge towards the fortified green zone behind me and this is of course where the u.s. embassy is located and that is where they are headed of course this is not just a funeral procession this is a public show of defiance aimed