Britain tens of millions of pounds if it wants its help to patrol the channel as more migrants make the perilous crossing to reach the u. K. Hello there good to have you company this hour youre watching r. T. International where its just gone for clock in the afternoon here in moscow now nearly a week after beirut was shaken by a deadly chemical explosion in cheering antigovernment protests showed little sign of abating the lebanese finance minister has now become the 4th cabinet member to quit but thats not enough for protesters they have been storming government buildings demanding proper accountability for 150. 00 plus deaths from a blast that destroyed swathes of the lebanese capital. Well thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited last tuesday leveling the port area 158 people are known to have been killed so far but dozens are still missing so the death toll is expected to rise as those who were injured in the explosion it is overwhelming but your ex Health System in a moment which was already grappling with the pandemic scores of buildings have been damaged or destroyed and its thought up to 300000 people have been left homeless the Prime Minister meanwhile is calling for early elections in a bid to quell the young rest well the numbers of course dont give the full picture of how many lives there and i changed forever this and added tragedy for one family already dealing with their daughters cancer they were in hospital when the blast struck the father didnt survive arties been hearing their story. Forgive me if i did anything for me to carry or if i hurt you forgive me i love you i know of you i love you i love you for 2 hours i used to buy you out there i know you were you know i love the i love you these summer months of always being synonymous with joy and celebration falls to his family the birthdays of the children and husband the anniversary of their wedding all of which falls during the sunny season but this year trouble started to loom on the horizon early when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer they called me in the morning they confirmed that its classical heart and i knew that it wasnt informed by that time gemmas immune system had been shot to pieces but which can limp. It is not a sentence for children its curable and doctors have been reassuring sue her husband jihad was called by the news abroad in nigeria but couldnt stay away in a crisis like this so several dozen covert tests later he came to lebanon to be with his family we slept in the hospital the same bed the same everything me her and him gemmas hospital room was where the port explosion cooled the 3 of them the windows of the buildings in front of me crashing and then one by the like this like this i didnt see if it fair i didnt see my daughter i didnt see and anything but i wanted to put his head like this i felt that all smashed all all so much that i was not sure that he was alive i saw his soul leaving his body i saw it but i didnt. I wanted to move into another hospital jihad died right before his daughters eyes at only 6 gemma faces 2 battles most adults would struggle to win cancer and coping with her fathers death she drew for me and around a circle. She said she colored that was red i knew its her bed. And it was full of blood. Sue his heart breaks when she blames herself for letting her daughter witness all that and letting down her son by promising that his father would be at his birthday which is this week i promised my son that i me and his theyre going to be on his birthday and i broke this promise and everyones going with happy birthday for my son its his birthday on the 30th of august. So. I ask sue her if she wants to take a break from the interview she refuses adamantly theres just so much she feels she didnt tell her husband enough suhas biggest concern now is her daughter processing their loss gemma seems to be protecting her mother by not sharing her feelings. She told them here was listening they heard her and i prefer can i not im not im not able to give details because they are killing me from inside me so can you imagine. Herself. Can you imagine the images in her a passing whenever she closes her eyes. Suah finds redemption and relief in family pictures now as she relives the fondest of memories this is how we used to sleep playing our head on each other because you know as whenever i put my head on his saw that i feel secured even when hes around i dont go so far marcus i dont do anything for the house to fix care of Everything Everything yes i think a lot of clothes from my shoulder now this is the last photo of their family together she shows it to me as im sitting on the very couch where it was taken this story has been gaining traction across me jean the arabic world and we were the 1st she so kindly let in as she struggles to deal with the pain of the loss in the home she herself can face yet how am i able to come back to this house. Her. Oh my supposed to put my ribs on those who know and this little and dont know is for or is about there will never be. Oh was waiting for him just to put to hard for me to put his arms the secured a how. What im going to. Give when they when they smell this grows as some mean for not removing his clothes from the house im not going to remove them but suha realizes that her life is not over she tells me its whole life mission now to eliminate the shortage of cancer medicine for lebanese children even with her mask on i can see her smiling when she talks about her children though as she ordered them a frozen. Unicorn because she lied about this one is very special i told her you see this is my hair because mom when youre going to take this medication your hair is going to fall down youre going to lose your hair so what i can do this is my hair im going to give it to you so if you were to cater on im going to make her happy i would do whatever she wants the business my link her and her brother it was done of reporting from lebanon r. T. We can go live now to beirut and speak with. An investment banker and also has taken part in some of the process that weve seen in lebanon you very welcome thanks for coming on the softer known how to just get your thoughts on this the 4th cabinet minister has now resigned can the lebanese government survive this much longer do you think i care much doubt i dont think this government. I think my estimate is that. Im to do. It will not survive. Is a very. Hearings. I think most likely. If if this government does not survive what will happen next who will take the reins of power. I think im just. Right handed everything hinges on going to how well are. We effectively have. A mass resignation in our then my estimation is likely we will go into some sort of a vacuum. Almost urgent given the armed forces. So if this goes as you say in the lebanese government resigns it doesnt last until the end of the way do you think the process will continue. The impetus for the road. You know i like protests for is very very very intense and i think in this article. It is. Very difficult to make actually. Their own homes or their jobs because remember were talking about 300. Thousands of jobs that are disappeared almost. In addition to the oh i think its gone. For because of the of these protests. This week and therefore the process will continue. Lebanon obviously needs a lot of support Financial Support at this moment we hear that they i. M. F. Is talking about helping lebanon and also western countries too but with Strings Attached what do you have thoughts on this i mean youre an investment banker how should the International Community help lebanon. I think right now there seems to be no confidence whatsoever by the International Community nor the local. Current government and many. Thought the 1st thing we need to do is that is that i think. You need to have a government which. I. Know. d through both the local audience and to the national community. This is one solution. We will our own form of emergency. Or which will put the army in charge i dont see any i knew no other option as i think its either going to be the our horses order or we need to meet you and your government and basically. The confidence or the International Community and the. Ok hallett were going to leave it there with just one at a time but its a really good to get your thoughts on the situation there in lebanon that was in in beirut thank you if. I were the elections mean her early Election Results in bellary still say that long time president Alexander Lukashenko has secured a landslide 6th term with a little over 80 percent of the vote there have been some messages of congratulations from of the leaders although the European Council president has appealed for the authorities to respect human rights and also refrain from violence follows a night of unrest after exit polls did give. A commanding lead. Koogle look i have to be i wont argue that. Much if it was suitable yeah it is i mean. Look i i. I think. I saw it they were means the catholic banner is the scene its largest protests in the last 10 years its at 10 pm people began to gather near the hero city overlays for the powerful local security for the offices then began to market towns and cities censorship pushing back resistance i was the 1st time in the history of Belarus Special crowd control measures including stun grenades were used so my witnesses claim they saw rubber bullets being fired. Around 3000 people were detained nationwide on election day according to official data or position supporters have been swift to decline the election has been rigged Alexander Lukashenko has been in power since 994 but this election is thought to be his toughest yet with unprecedented scrutiny and also protests during which a number of journalists were detained to including the man you can see here being wrestled to the ground before being dragged to the side of the road by witnesses and other accounts say that many would beat him by police while covering the arrest and hawkins now reports from outside the better Russian Embassy in moscow which also saw some tension on sunday. Hundreds of people yes they stayed at the embassy to show their ridiculous. Election they feel was rigged out of election with a few live votes were taken away that was one of the compared what was happening but. Throughout the night Security Forces broke up protests of thousands tens of thousands probably around the whole country with people marching through the streets building barricades some of them chanting police also even looks to use violence against protesters others pelting them with bottles now Security Forces were very quick to respond with stun grenades with tear gas water cannons. Rubber bullets the reports of multiple injuries images of bloodied and bruised protesters around the world stephen even though there were internet blackout some problems with communications across the country the protests went beyond but a russian borders there were protests at the better option embassies in kiev and warsaw even as far afield as televisa as well. As campaign was widely criticized the home and abroad for the arrest and detention of journalists of opposition. Activists as well come with himself said he didnt expect these elections to be water broken voice that i should leave us free nor fair for the way theyve been handled by the russian authorities there have opened probes into these protests saying that the rioters as they call them could face between the age of 15 years in jail. Himself saying those who took to the streets to destabilize the country will face the consequences this is even. If youre going to brood you through only if youre going to go against our country or even in the smallest way try to plunge the country into chaos and destabilize it you will receive an Immediate Response from the power for the moment or the process seemed to have died down whats going to happen so late that a lot we cant tell but for the law to head off as we said the main opposition now that it has already said shes going to fight these results in court she says she doesnt recognize them and shes calling on police and Security Forces not to use violence against protesters to stand down the reports said about us hop on hop happened last night in some cities in but a ruse as well whatever the result was going to be tonight it was clear that this would be some sort of turning point for domestic politics in belarus. Well political analyst mr babbage to tell us that the m rest is unlikely to reach the level seen in neighboring ukraine which did cause the government to collapse 6 years ago. I think protest will continue for a few days will be men want to go out without support without organized support they will peter out simply because people cannot sustain a long ball you know you people need to go to work make a living also all the police in there were just certainly more determined to move who done for you. Well not likely just the very people who are down because someone has a very different and the situation is very different so i think for the time being we will stay in power but your biggest last created beneath. You went through a moral defeat and you spoiled relations with russia i think his main mistake was doing he was russia trying to talk with him a lot of his other statements in the last years and structure and they also intend going to from the bottom go to populations that previously people who want good relations with russia and who hope he will be the man for a while. So has he this hour from sponsor britain to financially help stem the flow of migrants crossing the channel although the request hasnt gone down not too well but have been why just after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you there. Welcome back now from trip or totally wants britain to pay 30000000 pounds to help stem the flow of migrants crossing being this channel the request has not gone down too well in westminster it is considering mobilizing the navy while accusing france of not trying hard enough reports from powers. Well the clash over migrants between the u. K. And france seems to be escalating and that comes as there has been in recent arrivals from france to the u. K. Which has put the 2 countries that owns the number of illegal smuggled crossings is appalling and unacceptably high the figures are shameful france and other e. U. States are safe countries genuine refugees should claim asylum theyre not reach their lives and break the law by coming to the u. K. France is apparently demanding some. Pounds from the u. K. Government before it says it will deal with the issue of these illegal crossings promptly on the aids. Thats left apparently westminster pretty scathing this shut down those proposal saying it wont hand any will cash and less it has a hand in how the money is spent now there are also accusations that paris is trying to milk the u. K. All while these number of illegal crossings are increasing day by day lets have a look at some of the figures now so just a few days ago or 6235 people made it across from france to the shoes of england now in 2020 so far more than 4000 people have succeeded in making that crossing thats double the number in 2019 saw real increase that weve seen now french patrols are trying to stop some of those migrants leaving french Coastal Shores and we know that the French Interior minister has sort of all come back saying you since january its operations have stopped 5 times as many people as they did in 2019 in the same period but with the u. K. Its just north and so much so you can check to predict. Has announced a new appointment this is the appointment of contest dining channel direct command of the somebody who is going to be monitoring all the agencies that watch the English Channel for things like illegal migration somebody should be able to sort the problem out and take up with this evil suggested that it may have to use its maritime assets to deal with this we determined to stop this illegal route into britain for humanitarian reasons as much as anything else we were talking to our french counterparts and we in order to find a solution using maritime assets as they call it to try and return votes to france trying to prevent people from leaving france in the 1st place while talks between the 2 countries are due to continue this week but the war is taking up the moment the u. K. Has the right and the doctor who rules to said that the Asylum Seekers back to france but that will end at the end of the break that transitional period which will finish in december 20 twentieths only a few months away thats of course unless the 2 countries reach a new deal something at the moment that seems highly unlikely given that the 2 countries are not seeing eye to eye on this issue. No new york summer shootings or deaths increased by more than 59 percent in july compared to a year ago despite the mary shifting a 1000000000. 00 story 1000000000. 00 of the Police Budget under pressure from defund protests in the wake of the countrys brutality riots however at the same time polls among black americans are seeing more people rethink whether it is actually wise to reduce resources in Law Enforcement as more. Across the country many cities have cut the number of Police Officers and reduce the funding for Police Departments in response to the explosive Mass Movement of protests against police brutality. And. Oddly polls show that this is not exactly what the public wants 81 percent of black americans say they want the police to spend the same amount of time that they already do in their communities or more this may be influenced by the overall breakdown in law and order gun violence in new york city has risen by a 177 percent this to wine and at the same time as a rise in crime is taking place homelessness is also on the rise making many locals very disturbed its not the city that they used to be before march you have to take certain precautions judge me out to be in fear of these men doesnt mean it all these men know predatory but a lot of them theyll start shelf pleasure writing them show still pass out on the street from k. To smoking crack shooting when i havent seen anything to old but there have been some birds in the neighborhood that i that doesnt make me feel that a woman was attacked in my building at that day and it was only 10 oclock at night so i havent seen anything but if i did it would certainly bother me but it may be just because these people should be taken care of and obviously the rest of us should not be if you know that. The concern for somebody whos not in control of himself. Causing trouble if you have men with drug problems why would you put them into. A place where there is no security whatsoever to make sure that they dont keep feeding their habit the rise in crime and homelessness has got many new yorkers fearing this could be a return to the old new york of the seventys and eightys many wealthy folks are packing up and leaving Governor Andrew Cuomo is urging them to change their minds begging wealthy folks to stay even offering to cook the dinner you have come back when you come back well go to dinner buy a drink. Come over ill cook but despite his pleading at mits new york city is getting the last say were trying to get them to come back. Cold with zone to control were going to make progress helping the homeless were going to clean up the graffiti were going to fix these problems of rising crime homelessness and violence on the streets of new york are something that most average new yorkers cant afford to just pack up and run away from it Governor Andrew Cuomo is given attention to these problems that affect lower income new yorkers then perhaps the same problems that are now driving the wealthy folks away wouldnt have risen so dramatically up and artsy new york thanks for the company softening just coming possible here. Will be back with the headlines on more stories at the top of the. World is driven by shaped by one person of those. Thinks. We dare to ask. And after that youre watching another lockdown edition of going on the ground this time the penultimate episode. Of this season coming up on the show after 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded in the port of beirut killing injuring and displacing thousands what caused lebanons biggest ever explosion we speak to a former lebanese member of parliament gets on the paper about an arguable israeli p. R. Exercise in the wake of continued bombing and space violations and book killers black lives matter protest is continuing the fight against racial capitalism in the u. S. Learn from their countrys history of oppression and imperialism around the world we are back to plot because the author of the wire and spike pleased to 5 all this more coming up in todays lockdown edition of going on the grabber 1st lets go to beirut to form a lebanese m. P. For the 10 in east beirut macomber all our condolences sonnet some days after the explosions at beirut poort where were you when the catastrophe struck and what were your 1st thoughts as to its course i was in my hometown by many which is about 12 kilometers away from beirut and we shot we found a shockwave and my mothers house. Broken glass and we thought that it was an israeli or a flight that broke in. Some
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