beirut says straits rubbish everywhere. the policy the sea is polluted the banks have closed businesses have closed. oh well he's telling the security forces to continue with this revolution and russian law to. go back on you know what the hero is how you do what is right out of one of those young boys are our brothers they have dignity. i want an end to this when you have a child a young daughter so do i let them let us raise them together. you know and that was with them and those are our brothers too not to open fire on those are our brothers . you know what they want to go to school and. then you have children you have sons. daughters. feel with us how this is now to. the people. and you are you are defending those in power. these are revolutionaries who have moved to the right you see what they want to live in the country and their nation i wish i got a lot of it was we are in pain. and i know what you know. and we love lebanon look you know. what. we have been. and our savings. levanon will not be humiliated. we want

than what we're seeing right here in downtown beirut. yeah i think that whenever there are massive confrontations this kind of inspires people to go down and bigger board so that whole defiant attitude i think it's very important that's kind of what shaped this is that the more people are pressured the more that they fight back so we've seen people so defiant that they are surrounding police stations demanding anybody who has been held. on the charge of rioting that they may be released and they've been successful at really thing most prisoners so there is a new defiance in the air that we haven't seen before in the past several decades in lebanon which during that time people had the kind of respect for let's say big businesses and banks that they kind of feared and had some faith in but now that the banks money they're literally breaking down the walls of banks and the windows i've seen people throwing rocks at police cars. breaking windows so that's the kind of thing that we haven't seen in the been on for decades and it's and it's it

in downtown beirut. a sick veil of what it's a mixture of tear gas and smoke from fireworks the demonstrators been throwing at the riot police the police have been using water cannons and tear gas canisters against protesters who are on the streets once again at the end. of range rage rather for months worth of processes to merit in a speedy resolution of the country's financial and economic crisis we've seen running battles between security forces and the protesters who are angry over plans by the ruling party to the current political class gets more analysis from professor rami khouri who's still with us in beirut what do you make of what dana was just saying there romney. well it's absolutely correct jane has been living through this as all of us she's been out on the streets and talking to people all the time and people are expressing themselves very honestly and very openly they're no longer afraid one of the striking new dimensions of what's going on is how openly and directly and leave it lee prot

then live pictures from central beirut. excuse me when police have been firing tear gas and water cannons at protesters for quite a few hours now those protesters but the bonding a speedy resolution to the country's financial and economic crisis. hundreds possibly thousands i was saying of people are involved in running battles with security forces at the demonstrators that is playing that anger as we were hearing from rami koori a little earlier over plans by the ruling party to form a government. which is essentially made up of those from the current political plus . it comes at the end the culmination of a week of of rage after that been a lull in these 4 months protests 4 months of protests now in beirut and it appears that frustration. is boiling over. it appears very much to the protesters tonight on the streets of beirut it had come prepared for trouble looking for trouble because as was saying and rami coolie a little korea a little earlier that people are so frustrated people are losing jobs the car even access the

protesters in beirut throw fireworks police respond with water cannons and clouds of tear gas as demonstrators attempt to storm parliament over the delay in forming a new government today's demonstrations are the latest in what's being called a greek rage also coming up fears that the deadly new virus could spread across china and abroad 2 people have died in a pneumonia outbreak caused by the virus now countries across asia as well as the u.s. are screening travelers arriving from the affected area. and the buddhist leader is back with a bang after the winter break all eyes on top of his new signing from norway could the boy wonder produce some magic in his debut match for that size to bring you all the action. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us after lebanese anti-government protesters clashed with police in the country's capital beirut's the government has called on the army to restore call military vehicles have been used to disperse the crowds earlier police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters who threw fireworks at police this is the latest flare up in some fried mont

which was threatening to take control of beirut. all. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and arab nationalists and finally the israelis invaded and occupied southern lebanon in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was at this time that hezbollah was formed. the war crime tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. bad thing for us was personally where. they know. they don't speak. every 1520 years something close. to them. do you know. how to destroy the buildings and they don't make this morning house where they go they don't know anything about life except applied to. here in the middle of beirut in the no man's land between muslim and christian districts ziad sahaba and his former comrades in arms and meeting up in a cafe they want to break the silence surrounding events in the civil war there are lessons to be learned they say also including the conflicts with israel the last of which again shocked the country in 2006 ziad screw colds meetings where all participants can

leaving beirut, things get rural fast. two hours and a herd of sheep later, i'm here -- the bekaa valley. what's that way? syria? boy: [ speaking arabic ] lemonis: syria? that way. syria is literally on the other side of the mountain. a country now torn apart by its own civil war. since it started in 2011, some 1 1/2 million syrian refugees have streamed over the border into lebanon increasing the population to 6 million people. many live in crowded makeshift camps like this one. i've seen it on tv, but i think to actually be in it is very different than hearing about it. i think what will be stamped on my brain and my memory forever are the kids running around. what happens to them? what's their future look like? on the outskirts of the camp, the women i came all the way here to meet. 23-year-old aalaa alzhouri and her cousins fled syria seven years ago. how did you get here? female interpreter: we were living in a safe country, but the events started happening in syria. and we were really worried about our young kids. ev

carine torbey, bbc, beirut. for more on the situation in lebanon, i‘m joined byjoyce karam, the washington correspondent for the national — a newspaper based in the united arab emirates. she was previously based in lebanon. what do you make of what‘s happened today and over the past three months? it's been a weekend of escalation and chaos in beirut, lebanon. the numbers coming from the red cross and civil defence, the latest numbers we have, it‘s over 500 wounded. some were treated on the spot, others according to reports were getting from beirut, emergency rooms, american university, beirut hospital and other hospitals, emergency rooms are full tonight. so this is unprecedented escalation that turned to violence since the protests started in mid— october as your correspondent mentioned, high economic and security. there is increasing polarisation and a wide gap, protests in the street, and an elite that has failed so far to get its act together and form a government. and yet the scenes that we‘ve s

which was threatening to take control of beirut. all. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and arab nationalists finally the israelis invaded and occupied southern lebanon in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was of this time that hezbollah was formed. the war claimed tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. the bad thing for years was a person who where might. be. don't speak about that. that's why every 1520 years something someplace will. do you know. how to destroy the buildings and they don't mold makers more the house where they go they don't know anything about life except applied to. here in the middle of beirut in the no man's land between muslim and christian districts ziad sahaba and his former comrades in arms on meeting up in a cafe they want to break the silence surrounding events in the civil war there are lessons to be learned they say also including the conflicts with israel the last of which again shocked the country in 2006 ziad screw cults meetings wh

carine torbey, bbc, beirut. joyce karam is a washington correspondent for the national, a newspaper based in the united arab emirates. she was previously based in lebanon and is monitoring the situation there. it's been a weekend of escalation and chaos in beirut, lebanon. the numbers coming from the red cross and civil defence, the latest numbers we have, it's over 500 wounded. some were treated on the spot, others, according to reports we getting from beirut, our emergency rooms, the american university, beirut hospital and other hospitals, like hotel dieu, their emergency rooms are full tonight. so this is unprecedented escalation that turned to violence since the protests started in mid—october. as your correspondent mentioned, high economic insecurity. there is deep polarisation and a widening gap when we talk about the protesters in the street, and a political elite that has failed so far to get its act together and form a government. and yet the scenes that we've seen on the street, the level of anger a

defiant and determined angry protesters take over the streets of beirut as patience over government inaction runs out. hello i'm barbara sever you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program libya's conflict threatens its oil infrastructure can the warring sides reach a compromise when they meet in berlin on sunday dozens of confirmed cases of a mystery illness in china but 1500 more people could have contracted the virus and years of drought months of bushfires now parts of australia are having to contend with torrential rain and flooding. welcome to the program police have been firing water cannon and tear gas against protesters in beirut demanding a resolution to the lebanese economic crisis at least $100.00 people have been injured protesters had been hurling rocks at the capital's parliament building widespread demonstrations against lebanon's political elite and government corruption have been ongoing since october they have increased over the past week because of delays in forming a new cabinet to address the country's economic crisis well it's been a hoarder

carine torbey, bbc, beirut. joyce karam is a washington correspondent for the national — a newspaper based in the united arab emirates. she was previously based in lebanon and is monitoring the situation there. it‘s been a weekend of escalation and chaos in beirut, lebanon. the numbers coming from the red cross and civil defence, the latest numbers we have, it‘s over 500 wounded. some were treated on the spot, others according to reports we getting from beirut, our emergency rooms, the american university, beirut hospital and other hospitals, like hotel dieu, their emergency rooms are full tonight. so this is unprecedented escalation that turned to violence since the protests started in mid—october. as your correspondent mentioned, high economic insecurity. there is deep polarisation and a widening gap when we talk about the protesters in the street, and a political elite that has failed so far to get its act together and form a government. and yet the scenes that we‘ve seen on the street, the level of

this is deja vu news live from berlin frustration boils over in lebanon's capitol police in beirut fire tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators attempt to storm parliament anger over the delay in forming a new government has reignited the protests but after 3 months on the streets will be movements demands are met also on the show fears that a deadly new virus could spread across china and abroad 2 people have now died in the ammonia outbreak caused by the virus countries across asia as well as the u.s. are now screening travelers arriving from the effect today or. and to from the streets of new york to a gold medals for the international olympic committee is considering adding breakdancing to its list of that is. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us after lebanese anti-government protesters clashed with police in the country's capital beirut the government has called on the army to restore call military vehicles have been used to disperse the crowds well earlier police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters who threw fireworks at police that's the latest flare. up in

beirut just bring us up to date what's the situation right now. it's a whole situation in lebanon into. right behind me as you know the. the old jordan is to move away from that point that own security you know it being mentioned. it won't be what does what is the twitter account old the. protesters to stay away from old the riots in order to achieve some from column a you know you can see if you can see it on think this moment all the clashes are still right behind 100 meters behind me when exactly i would be marked in square president putin's president. when you see also the sense of what he said to. take all needed measures to protect the protesters and the security and the. security in the tenant. matic pictures of fireworks being thrown at police. how would you compare these clashes to clashes earlier. this week where the purchase. of several and regained its protests protesters we can see the most violent clashes between. the. protesters. 'd something behind me. called the. red cross. we have told 70 until this moment and according to the. f

so i media in beirut there for us thank you for your reporting. ryanair says it's preparing for further delays to the delivery of its boeing $737.00 max airliners as one of the world's largest airlines ryanair has ordered $135.00 of the jets the airline was meant to receive almost 60 by the summer ryanair c.e.o. michael o'leary told the german business magazine he added that it's possible ryanair will only get the 1st shots in october the boeing 737 max has been grounded worldwide since march following to a fatal crashes which claimed 346 lives. that's it for me and the business team here in berlin thank you very much for watching. people make fun about their own social economic and political problems. in mozambique we say that you have to laugh so you don't write it's called people called me dated april. as a joke us to talk about these folks in the back violence let's look at the film. actors packman day by checking all the old us jokes finding out what people are talking about what is moving that. my father taught me how to ask uncomfortable qu

which was threatening to take control of beirut. all. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and arab nationalists finally the israelis invaded and occupied southern lebanon in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was in this time that hezbollah was formed. the war claimed tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. the bad thing theo's was supposed to do where. but they don't speak about it. that's why every 1520 years something someplace with people. they know. how to destroy the buildings and they don't make us more house where they go they don't know anything about life except applied to. here in the middle of beirut in the no man's land between muslim and christian districts ziad sahaba and his former comrades in arms and meeting up in a cafe they want to break the silence surrounding events in the civil war there are lessons to be learned they say also including the conflicts with israel the last of which again shocked the country in 2006 ziad screw cults meetings where al

which was threatening to take control of beirut. in. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and the arab nationalists finally the israelis invaded and occupied southern lebanon in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was at this time that hezbollah was formed. the war crime tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. bad thing for us was a person who whereby if the they know but they don't speak about it. that's why every 1520 years something someplace will have to go. and they know how to destroy the buildings and they don't know to make a smaller house where they go they don't know or anything about their life except fighting. here in the middle of favorite in the no man's land between muslim and christian districts ziad sahaba and his former comrades in arms a meeting up in a cafe they want to break the silence surrounding events in the civil war there are lessons to be learned they say also including the conflicts with israel the last of which again shocked the country in 2

which was threatening to take control of beirut. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and arab nationalists finally the israelis invaded and occupied southern lebanon in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was at this time that hezbollah was formed. the war claimed tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. the bad thing for years was a person who. don't speak. that's why every 50. in 20 years something someplace will. do you know how to destroy the buildings and they don't make us more house for the they don't know anything about life except fighting. here in the middle of beirut in the no man's land between muslim and christian districts ziad sahaba and his former comrades in arms and meeting up in a cafe they want to break the silence surrounding events in the civil war there are lessons to be learned they say also including the conflicts with israel the last of which again shocked the country in 2006 she had screw cults meetings when all participants can talk about

majority of him that instead of calming them protests flared up again on the streets of the capital beirut and around the country. demonstrate to say they wanted a government of independent experts who be able to deal with the country's financial crisis and not ministers selected through horse trading by political parties. and we want a government of experts the politicians should not have brought their advisors and have them on this is stablished minton these leaders do not represent us this government doesn't reflect us we want a government that's ours. protest is a demanding swift progress which may prove difficult for the new government with hezbollah does ignited a terrorist group by the us its key role in picking lebanon's ministers who make it harder for the country to win the foreign support it so vitally needs. when our correspondent bustle every day is in beirut and i also have challenges hats be tackled by evidence new prime minister and his cabinet. he made it clear in his speech after the formation of his government from the presidential palace that the main challenges main ob

doesn't that in beirut thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. protesters on both sides of libya's conflict have taken to the straight ahead of the peace talks but then on sunday opponents of the internationally recognized government have also blockaded several key oil production facilities frightening country's main source of income. democrats in the u.s. congress have officially taken their impeachment case to the senate in advance of the trial of president donald trump that documents say the republican president abused his power and must be removed trumps impeachment trial begins choose to end his legal team offered a fiery response saying the process is unconstitutional. thousands have gathered in events around the u.s. to support quality and women's rights the 4th annual women's much in los angeles was one of hundreds across the country on saturday the very 1st words on donald trump's inauguration day in january of 2017. mexican security forces have closed the border crossing wit

of running for office in the center of beirut. these young men we spoke to a number of them some of them will tell you that there were here because we don't have jobs we don't see a future for ourselves in this country and we want to exert pressure on those in power to leave power because there's no other way they're not listening to us peaceful means is not the way forward and then we saw some peaceful protesters or those who believe in the. in just men taking the peaceful path come to try to stop and to stop the ongoing confrontations we heard her explain to us how they try to convince the young men to stop. but that didn't happen and you can see arrests are being made anti-riot police are arresting some of these protesters 6. you see how young they are. so you know how to reporting for us live from those protesters stretching uing on the streets riot police moving in trying to push these protesters away for several hours now they've been moving back and forward building rocks setting things on fire tear gas being fired water ca

nick paton walsh, bringing that live report from beirut. many thanks. >>> we have this reaction just in from the iranian foreign minister. he spoke with reporters in tehran, just moments ago. >>. >> translator: we did not start this escalation. the united states has to come to its senses. the presence of iranian people in the streets of many cities, unprecedented in the history. a sea of humanity. has to bring the united states to its senses. if it wants to deal with this people, it has to deal with this people based on respect. not based on threat and not based on sanctions. europe can play a useful role by informing the united states of the serious error in their analysis, they should stop listening to clowns. they should base their policy based on realities and not some illusions of some clowns that have ambitions. >> iran's foreign minister speaking with reporters moments ago. >>> still to come, after a hottest december on record, australia's deadly wildfires, showing no signs of slowing down. and the death toll is inching high per p li

it's not just here in beirut. it's across the country it's been happening. there were protests in tripoli and police were using rubber bullets to disperse protesters. many people out on the streets again. is only: all of this exacerbated by the fact that the country is still struggling to form a new government. >> i'm so sorry. could you repeat that? it's very loud. is sayingmichel aoun there obstacles when it comes to a foreign government. i imagine that is only exacerbating people's anger. >> absolutely. it's not the president who will be forming the new government. it''s the new prime minister nominated by t the parliament jt before christmas. we've reached nearly a month since he was nominated. he said it would take four to six weeks maximum to form his new cabinet. we had v very odd scenes earlier today when the president was making a traditional speech on television. there saying 2020 is the year when lebanon will meet its s with everyone working together to create a country. and there were some apocalyptic scenes of people on the streets. very little

in beirut thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. prince harry and his wife megan are no longer working members of britain's royal family according to a statement from buckingham palace the couple will no longer use their royal titles and will stop receiving funds for their role judy's i've also pledged to rape nearly 3000000 euros of taxpayer money which was used to refurbish they hung. thousands have gathered in the us capital washington in support of quality and women's rights you see is women's march was 1 of hundreds planned across the country on saturday the event 1st took place off the donald trump's inauguration as u.s. president in 2017. health officials around the world have warned a deadly new virus could soon spread after it caused a pneumonia outbreak in central china countries across asia as well as the u.s. as screening travelers arriving from the affected area. in australia animals and people are being rescued from flooding not long after they were rescued from bush funds some parts of the country have been inundated

from a headquarters in doha i'm getting navigator also ahead more tear gas as part of protesters have beirut after a night of writing left nearly 400 people injured. while protests have also swelled again in iraq as people lose patience with the government's slow progress on reforms. the bodies of 11 ukrainians on board a passenger jet accidentally shot down by iran a rifle into a solemn ceremony in kiev. hello we begin in berlin that's where libya's warring leaders and powerful outsiders who backed them are at a summit aimed at ending years of chaos and conflict the chancellor angela merkel is hosting 12 world leaders including the presidents of turkey russia and france as well as the u.k. prime minister boris johnson so their priorities are to curb foreign military interference and solidify a cease fire russia's vladimir putin met turkey's ratchet tell yer to on earlier on the day they backed rival sides russia supports warlords have to well turkey is helping the u.n. recognize government is fighting against their previous ceasefire efforts have broken down if you. we have been trying on a

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching i'll just 0 live from london also coming up beirut protesters target the country's parliament in a fortnight of violent demonstrations the united nations warns a missile attack on a government or 3 camp in yemen could derail efforts to end the 5 year war. and the bodies of 11 ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by iran are returned to cuba. so let's begin in berlin where libya's warring sides and world leaders have agreed on a final communique at a un backed peace conference it was announced by the german chancellor angela merkel she hopes that 12 world leaders including the presidents of turkey russia and the u.k. they agree to extend the temporary truce in libya in the hope that it will develop into a full ceasefire angela merkel emphasized the need for a political solution to end years of conflict. we all believe that a political solution will be necessary i think it has become very obvious over the past few weeks and months that it cannot possibly be a military solution to this conflict this will onl

lina sinjab reports from beirut. it is getting violent in beirut. four days, angry protesters have taken to the streets, blocking roads and attacking banks and central beirut. with political deadlock and no government in place, the banks continue to limit cash withdrawals for clients, allowing them in some cases just $50 a week, a reality that has left many furious on the street. and now, this is the scene. stones versus tear gas and water cannon. people are angry about the government‘s perceived incompetence and their political elite. despite brief lower limb protests over the holiday period, it seems things have gotten worse. security forces have been detaining many protesters which, in turn, has pushed more people onto the street. and the politicians are not moving. hassan has been appointed as a prime minister from has been appointed as a prime ministerfrom the former has been appointed as a prime minister from the former government but many see him as incapable of forming a technocrat element that would appease the demands of the people. with

al-jazeera also coming up on the program lebanese protest as attempt to storm a government headquarters in beirut but a push back by take gas and water cannon. the president did absolutely nothing wrong. donald trump's lawyers defend their boss at the u.s. president's historic impeachment trial and rescued from the rubble the hunt for some 5 years in eastern turkey after a deadly $6.00 magnitude earthquake. welcome to the program our top story president xi jinping is saying china is facing a grave situation as the world's most populous country scrambles to contain a deadly new virus at least 41 people have died after contract in the new strain of corona virus it can cause flu like symptoms and in extreme cases need to shortness of breath and pneumonia more than 1300 people have been infected on the chinese mainland and some hospitals are becoming overwhelmed around $50000000.00 people are effectively in lockdown now off to china cost of transport links to the city of han the epicenter of the outbreak and also surrounding cities but the virus has already crossed borders 38 cases have been reported

the story of a british italian man experiencing life close up in a palestinian refugee camp in beirut it's. coming face to face with the daily lives of its residents some of whom have lived there for 70 years but he's been there a few jomo sold his life it's not been on the show 7 days in beirut. an al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dhabi these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump says iran appears to be standing down but still promised to impose further economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking several hours after iran launched more than a dozen missiles at air bases in iraq which host u.s. forces. last to be heard in baghdad on wednesday night 3 rockets reportedly felt inside the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions starting a fire according to iraqi police sources. a ukrainian passenger aircraft has crashed moments after takeoff all 176 people on board were killed the crash isn't being linked tensions across the region. returning to the situation in iran and iraq president trump has asked nato

kemah was an expert on has an a director at the center for american strategic studies in beirut also in london chris doyle director of the council for error british understanding welcome to all of you so as we just mentioned it was actually last year when the british government said that it no longer thought it was possible to distinguish between the political and military wings of hezbollah so if this an if that announcement was made almost a year ago why are they doing this now all well it seems to be that the treasury's saying it's part of their annual review of people on lists associated with terrorism and financial issues and i think that may well be true but i think also it is in response to some of the geo political movements in the last few weeks what we do know of course is that prime minister johnson has been trying to play it both sides supporting europe on the j.c. p. issue but at the same time trying to give support to president trump on his more hawkish approach to iran and so i think this is a welcome move by the americans which i think will help the u.s. ukase. image

live for us in beirut. patrick armstrong is still with us. to pick up about what yousef was saying, is this something you see solidifying after we hear from carlos ghosn as the story develops? we are short automakers as a whole. it's an industry that is oversupplied and very low returns on capital. the average age of people's autos gets longer and longer. you don't see the turnover that you had. most profit comes from financing. , new capital expenditures that will be needed to get up to speed on those types of things. we think it is a very low return industry. looks cheap on earnings. patrick armstrong stays with us. don't miss our interview with the opec secretary-general. that is next. the go anywhere. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the world cannot afford 100 daughter oil. that's -- the world cannot i spoke to the secretary-general of opec. his matches was wary clear. there is a preparedness to respond, excess supply. oh yes, there's a matter of compliance. it's going quite well. confident that the leaders, our leaders in particular in this re

also on the show fugitive former news on chief carlos golan may have fled japan for lebanon to beirut authorities tough questions for him to they told him not to leave the country. and a robot that strips you down and dresses you want a reporter gets a virtual make over at c.b.s. in las vegas the world the biggest consumers. this is the the way of business i'm so now the law in berlin welcome china has finally confirmed that its chief trade negotiator will travel to washington next week to sign the so-called phase one trade deal that's the one aimed at bringing an eventual and to the nearly 2 year long trade war between the world's top 2 economies for what comes after that u.s. president donald trump a signaled a possible lengthy wait before that's made clear and we'll start right away because she agrees to it'll take a little time i think i might want to wait to finish it till after the election because by doing that i think we can actually make a little bit better deal maybe a lot better deal we're joined by our man on wall street to discuss this further now if champ gets his way th

assistant professor at the university of nottingham center for conflict security and terrorism in beirut kemel wisely an expert on has an a director at the center for american strategic studies in beirut also in london chris doyle director of the council for air british understanding welcome to all of you so as we just mentioned it was actually last year when the british government said that it no longer thought it was possible to distinguish between the political and military wings of hezbollah so if this an if that announcement was made almost a year ago why are they doing this now all well it seems to be that the treasury's saying it's part of their annual review of people on lists associated with terrorism and financial issues and i think that may well be true but i think also it is in response to some of the geo political movements in the last few weeks what we do know of course is that prime minister johnson has been trying to play it both sides supporting europe on the j.c. p. issue but at the same time trying to give support to president trump on his more hawkish approach to iran

so i mean he and beirut there for us thank you for your reporting. ryanair says it's preparing for further delays to the delivery of its boeing $737.00 airliners as one of the world's largest airlines ryanair has ordered $135.00 of the jets the airline was meant to receive almost 60 by the summer ryan ryan air c.e.o. michael o'leary told the german business magazine he added that it's possible ryanair will only get the 1st shots in october the boeing 737 box has been grounded worldwide since march following to a fatal crashes which claimed 346 lives. that's it for me and the business team here in berlin thank you very much for watching. how do people survive one of the driving. places on earth. for thousands of years they used to melt water from the glaciers. but climate change is forcing people in not to find other solutions artificial mini glaciers made in winter now supplied the valley with water some. 30 minutes on d w. and gentlemen if you at any time cut out any place using news video yeah i don't like the crowd. to sing along to you tube is th

faces trial for financial misconduct in tokyo but escaped to beirut on monday and he says he did it all alone. also on the show the 1st smartphone completely made in africa but will consumers come a calling. and we look at one african country making strides towards creating a better business environment. this is a business i'm on in berlin carlos cowen spectacular escape from japan where he was under house arrest facing trial for financial misconduct remain shrouded in mystery one escape theory says the former nissan c o o hid in a musical instrument case that was taken on board a private plane headed fed notice requests to arrest him. it's still not clear if japanese authorities in their search of goans residence found anything to explain how he slipped through the net the lebanese capital of beirut though camera crews have laid siege to the home of the former nissen chairman after his arrival there gold explained that he believed the japanese court system was unjust and that is arrest had been politically motivated go on scene here in archival footage plans to speak to journalists nex

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lina sinjab reports from beirut. it is getting violent in beirut. for days, angry protesters have taken to the streets, blocking roads and attacking banks in central beirut. with political deadlock and no government in place, the banks continue to limit cash withdrawals for clients, allowing them in some cases just $50 a week, a reality that has left many furious on the street. and now, this is the scene. stones versus tear gas and water cannons. people are angry about the government's perceived incompetence and their political elite. despite brief smaller protests over the holiday period, it seems things have gotten worse. security forces have been detaining many protesters which, in turn, has pushed more people onto the street. and the politicians are not moving. hassan diab has been appointed as a prime minister from the former government but many see him as incapable of forming a technocrat parliament that would appease the demands of the people. with the economic situation deteriorating, protesters anger is likely to get worse. this is bbc news

and correspondent basle entity is in beirut he joins me now basil welcome the prime minister is calling this cabinet a kind of rescue team what challenges has it got to tackle. he made it clear that in his speech after the formation of his government from people is a question of us that the main challenges main obstacles that his cabinet was priest of the economy and financial crisis even the new i know find this minister i got you wasn't he said in several meetings several interviews it was some local t.v. channels that the main target of his ministry now is focusing on the financial and economic crisis. to talk about foreign. aid as one he said that you come in a must to restore the confidence of the culture was in state of collapse according to the. finance this was we know that the financial yari do go ahead. oh i'm saying that it's obvious that the financial economy crisis are the main challenges of the protesters of course that mean that the calling for a complete overhaul of government so how do you think they're going to view this new cabinet even if in the. rest of the proteste

yousef gamal el-din in beirut, thank you. up next, samsung is up despite a broader market slump after posting better than expected profit in the fourth quarter. we will break down those results next. this is bloomberg. ♪ is 1:47 in the afternoon in tokyo. you are looking at live pictures of a foggy imperial palace. checking in on the japanese yen, treating at 108.35 against the dollar. we are seeing a little bit of a bid, but of course we have had negative data from japan earlier this morning. japanese wages out of the country disappointing yet again with cash or earnings flipping a fifth of a percentage from the year earlier. that means tightness from the labor market is not translating into higher salaries and inflation. let's check in on the india markets now. good to see you this morning. as always, good to see you and good afternoon to you. i don't have a chart today because i think it's important to look at what the markets are doing compared to what they were doing at the start. it was down about 150 points one point

lina sinjab reports from beirut. it is getting violent in beirut. for days, angry protesters have taken to the streets, blocking roads and attacking banks in central beirut. with political deadlock and no government in place, the banks continue to limit cash withdrawals for clients, allowing them in some cases just $50 a week, a reality that has left many furious on the street. and now, this is the scene. stones versus tear gas and water cannons. people are angry about the government‘s perceived incompetence and their political elite. despite brief smaller protests over the holiday period, it seems things have gotten worse. security forces have been detaining many protesters which, in turn, has pushed more people onto the street. and the politicians are not moving. hassan diab has been appointed as a prime minister from the former government but many see him as incapable of forming a technocrat government that would appease the demands of the people. with the economic situation deteriorating, protesters anger is likely to get worse. it isa it is a

everyone wants a picture of the man that might be here at his house in beirut but carlos gone has been a no show so far journalists from around the world are hearing clearing some reporters from japan the country here scaped and there are wild theories about how he might have done it on thursday the japanese police searched his empty house in tokyo for clues japanese news agency kyoto even speculated that go on was smuggled out of his heavily guarded house inside a musical instrument case gone was well respected in the auto industry japanese prosecutors accuse him of stealing some 5000000 euros from the auto maker if convicted he would have faced a long jail sentence but last spring he was allowed out on bail goan was banned from leaving the country it's believed that helpers brought him to the come site airport where a private jet was waiting for him gone says he planned his exfiltration all by himself however some experts say professionals must have been involved. only on a. server in general the profile of people who know how to organize exfiltration is like this one are often forme

lina sinjab reports from beirut. it is getting violent in beirut. for days, angry protesters have taken to the streets, blocking roads and attacking banks in central beirut. with political deadlock and no government in place, the banks continue to limit cash withdrawals for clients, allowing them in some cases just $50 a week, a reality that has left many furious on the street. and now, this is the scene. stones versus tear gas and water cannons. people are angry about the government's perceived incompetence and their political elite. despite brief smaller protests over the holiday period, it seems things have gotten worse. security forces have been detaining many protesters which, in turn, has pushed more people onto the street. and the politicians are not moving. hassan diab has been appointed as a prime minister from the former government but many see him as incapable of forming a technocrat parliament that would appease the demands of the people. with the economic situation deteriorating, protesters anger is likely to get worse. habib battah is

discontent has lit the fuse in beirut protest as hell fire works in the the. a system a series of demonstrations against government incompetence and corruption now the army has been called in to restore calm after police struggle to take control despite deploying tear gas and water cannons but protests aren't the only thing forcing the authorities to act a deepening economic crisis is also putting pressure on politicians to form a new government. knows 45 to 50 percent of its value. would be u.s. dollars. people can't with their old from foreign currency more than between $1200.00 only they're weak and this is what made all these. yet and. that's what we witnessed the in the last couple of days these. protests began in october last year but have revived in recent days as indecision over establishing a new government continues the last government step down following pressure from the demonstrations in october but has remained in a caretaker capacity interior minister ryan hasan tweeted a condemnation of recent events saying that if the demonstrators attacked me

of public unrest but lebanon does now have a new government the 1st cabinet meeting has been held in beirut and president michel all told the session the government must address the deteriorating economic situation and regain the confidence of the people while the announcement ended months of political deadlock it hasn't appeased some protesters and for more on this will bring in santa whether he's joining us from beirut because we understand we do expect some protesters to come out a little later on clearly they're trying to keep up the pressure on the new government so you know. what yes act. this is people who support the sectarian and nationwide protest movement believe that this government is similar to the previous one it's not going to change anything it's not going to make any difference and they won't be able to tackle the dire economic and financial conditions in the country the prime minister himself has found to have is under no illusion that this is going to be a very difficult task he described the situation is desperate he says lebanon is facing catastrophe he needs a support

faces trial for financial misconduct in tokyo but escaped to beirut on monday and he says he did it all alone. also on the show the 1st smartphone a completely made in africa. well consumers come a calling. and we look at one african country making strides towards creating a better business environment. this is b.w. business i'm in in berlin carlos cohen spectacular escape from japan where he was under house arrest facing trial for financial misconduct remain shrouded in mystery one escaped there he says the former nissan c o hid in a musical instrument case that was taken on board a private plane headed for turkey where he boarded another private jet for a flight to lebanon for his part go and says he did it alone without help from family that's after interpol sent lebanon a red notice request to arrest him. it's still not clear if japanese authorities in their search of goans residence found anything to explain how he slipped through the net the lebanese capital of beirut though camera crews have laid siege to the home of the former nixon chairman after his arrival there go explained

months of political deadlock but it hasn't appeased some protestors zana harder is joining us from beirut and we're hearing that more protests are planned for this afternoon so people clearly want to keep up the pressure on this new government. yes there are many lebanese who are not satisfied with this new government they say that it really resembles a reflects the previous government yes some of them are perhaps but they were appointed by political parties the established political parties are still in control of power in this country behind us is the government palace we are expecting people to start gathering converging on central beirut in the coming hours to vent their anger people really are frustrated they feel that they have not been heard but it's not just that officials realize that they have a daunting task ahead in the words of the new prime minister lebanon faces a catastrophe they need to come up with an economic and financial plan to resolve the worst crisis really in decades and won't be able to resolve this crisis without foreign support something both the president and

lina sinjab reports from beirut. it is getting violent in beirut. for days, angry protesters have taken to the streets, blocking roads and attacking banks in central beirut. with political deadlock and no government in place, the banks continue to limit cash withdrawals for clients, allowing them in some cases just $50 a week, a reality that has left many furious on the street. and now, this is the scene. stones versus tear gas and water cannons. people are angry about the government's perceived incompetence and their political elite. despite brief smaller protests over the holiday period, it seems things have gotten worse. security forces have been detaining many protesters which, in turn, has pushed more people onto the street. and the politicians are not moving. hassan diab has been appointed as a prime minister from the former government but many see him as incapable of forming a technocrat parliament that would appease the demands of the people. with the economic situation deteriorating, protesters anger is likely to get worse. joining me now i

well like you mentioned carlos going to arrive in beirut just over a week ago there is little details on how he made his way to 11 on an escape or a chip pan and skipped bail he refused to disclose that information during his 1st press conference his 1st public appearance on wednesday this morning the state prosecutor summoned him in for questioning after 11 on received a red notice from the interpol a non-binding notice. that requires lebannon to summon go go on and question him for the charges that he's facing he is facing charges of financial misconduct and he was awaiting trial so now the state prosecutor is issued this travel ban and it is now asking is now asking the japanese authorities to send over the file the file of the investigations and in light of that the prosecutor will study this file and determine whether or not to go on is eligible to face trial according to lebanese law so there is a likelihood that golden dawn will be tried in lebanon and this is something that he wanted something that he repeatedly stressed during his press conference on wednesday that he does no

right, let's cross over from athens and move to beirut, to lebanon. there is a big party that is taking place, as you can see here. some of thsmoke and the flares, really more like a dance party. let's listen in as well. let's listen in as well. nuala: just two minutes past midnight 2020 in the lebanon and greece. going to be following other cities andountries during the coming hours. let's turn to hong kong at the moment, because they are new year's elevations have been overshadowed by more protest. riot police began 2020 by firing tearas and antigovernment protesters who blocked roads and started fires in one district. the fireworks display was scaled down over security fears. there have been more than six months of sometimes violent protests in the territory. a big gathering his plan for new year's day. let's bring you some breaking news coming to us. the leader of north korea, kim jong-un, has is that there will never be a denuclearization of the peninsula if the united states sticks to its hostile policy. the state news agency of north korea is q