Aljazeera. Political deadlock in lebanon its widening the sectarian divide and leading to a drive in violence politicians of failed to form a government in the position of Prime Minister remain state so who can lead the country out of crisis this is inside story. And welcome to the program. Now they had been more than 40 days of largely peaceful protests and levanon but as the political stalemate continues the country is sliding into town while and in recent days the demonstrations attend more violence on sunday supporters of the 2 main shia groups attacked protesters in beirut and then unrest followed in other parts of lebanon with various sectarian backgrounds sunni leader and caretaker Prime Minister saad hariri says hes not going to form the next government heres an example of what can happen when rival groups meet in the street hustle him better come through what happened yesterday is that people from the Amal Movement in his pillow were protesting we didnt talk to them or curse t
Now imagine or time they were going underground as e. U. Chief donald tusk and your good younger pack up and leave as their terms expire after a conference of the European Parliament in brussels condemns the trumpet ministration over its pursuit of wiki leaks is julian a songe and demands his freedom from a british prism coming up on the show will there be blood on the hands of the United Kingdom with a march of nato nation media continuing to downplay the warnings of 60 doctors and wiki leaks Julian Assange could die in a u. K. Prison we speak to the United Nations kneels meltzer who alleges british contempt of International Norms of justice and we speak to go along the ecuadorian foreign minister who helped grant asylum just by them it is embassy in london well joining me now is the un special rapporteur on torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment niels melts special rapporteur thanks so much for going on going underground this time in the studio just befo
In beirut in support south africas world cup winning rugby team arrived home to a heros welcome led by captain. The squad is set for a 5 day victory parade around the country. Irans taking more steps away from the 2050 nuclear deal and will soon start activating its uranium enrichment facility now some time on weapons day its expected to start pumping gas into centrifuges at an underground area near the city of qom the u. S. Has called the move a quote big step in the wrong direction and the e. U. Says its concerned too lets go live now to aljazeera store such a body whos in toronto also any clarity on when this will actually start happening today. Well peter weve just been hearing from the spokesperson of Irans Atomic Energy Organization whos camel of andy has been speaking on state t. V. He said that as of midnight teheran time iran will start injecting this uranium gas into the centrifuges ad for joe Nuclear Facility over a 1000 centrifuges will become operational this facility has
The opinions and policy positions of the socalled interagency carrying out the president s policy. The Top White House official on the National Security council in charge russia, tim more o tim morrison. This comes on the eve of his scheduled testimony before the house committee. For the latest we turn to john roberts. Reporter a new development in the impeachment inquiry. Tim morrison who is the top russia expert at the National Security council will be leaving his position. Sources tell fox news its been expected for some time. But the timing is significant because morrison is scheduled to testify tomorrow. According to the ambassador, morrison believed military aid to ukraine was contingent on ukrainian officials opening an investigation into hunter and joe biden. President trump kept up his criticism of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman saying the never trumper witness could find no quid pro quo in the transcript of the call. According to the New York Times vindman testified cru
Russia a new law allows the authorities to switch off the internet critics fear the kremlin could use the measure to silence his critics. And one of the toughest sports on the planet prepares for its World Cup Final dylans work the players are the favorites against south africa the springboks have made a habit of cool running out wins in japan 2. On what mark thank you so much for your Company Everyone turkey and russia have launched joint ground patrols in northeastern syria the operation as part of a deal struck by the countries to force kurdish fighters out of the territory near turkeys border while the patrols will begin with a 10 kilometer within a 10 kilometer zone rather along the border this step marks a new major power shift in syria. A month after President Donald Trump would drew u. S. Forces from that area or at least get you more on these developments im joined now by our correspondents in istanbul a 1st off what are these patrols about what are they trying to achieve well