Dollars in aid. Was really his mission was backed by france the french president Manuel Mccall visited levanon twice after that devastating explosion at beirut ports he said lebanons political leaders agreed to form a covenant government within a 2 week deadline that clearly hasnt happened with the deep was trying to do was form a government in the pendant of the influence of Political Parties the traditional parties that have been governing this country for decades the parties that have been responsible really for running the economy into the ground accused of corruption but what became clear is that the shop parties hezbollah and amal we have to remember lebanons system of government is based on a power sharing agreement between sects d they refused to give up their representation in government they said we will name our ministers in this government which really runs contrary to that the French Initiative because if the shia sect demands representation in government then all the diff
Supreme Court Justice donald trump prepares to name his replacement Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And in sports the Boston Celtics are still alive in their playoff series. 6 in conference finals. So and hes been in the job just 27. 00 days but the man chosen to be lebanons next Prime Minister has not resigned sending the country back to square one in its search for a new stable government and stuff a deep says he simply hasnt been able to form a government of specialists in a country where power is shared between different sex and the former ambassador to germany was named Prime Minister designate at the end of august thats when the previous government resigned amid protests in the wake of the huge explosion in a report which killed 192 people and devastated the capital. And that the. It became clear that a cabinet according to the specifications that i put forward was doomed to failure out of concern for National Unity and its constitutionality and credibility i hereby quit the task of forming
A supply of p p. And after 9 months of fighting code the very notion of the International Community looks frankly pretty tattered and we know that we simply cant continue this way and listen we get our act together unless we unite and turn our fire against our common further we know that everyone will that is the inevitable outcome will be to prolong this calamity and increase the risk of another now is the time that for here what i devoutly hope will be the 1st and last ever zoom under. Humanity to reach across borders and repair these ugly rifts lets heal the world literally and metaphorically and lets begin with the truth because as someone once said the truth shall set you free. And with nearly a 1000000 people dead with colossal economic suffering you already inflicted more to come there is a moral imperative for humanity to be honest and reach a joint understanding of how the pandemic began how it was able to spread not because i want to blame any country or government or to scor
When entering. The room. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question is the United Nation still the go to place for the world to solve its problems lets get to the bottom line. The biggest Intergovernmental Organization in the world just turned 75 years old this year it was created by the big powers to prevent another world war in that mission its generally succeeded but hows it doing on the other missions like securing peace and delivering health and humanitarian relief with regional war is raging with refugees and migration at an all time high and a Global Pandemic on top what a mess my guest today is mark lowe caught the point man for humanitarian relief at the United Nations and u. N. Speak he is the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and head of the office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs Emergency relief coordinator and the coordinator of its covert 19 global humanitarian Response Plan mark those are a lot of titles im so glad to have you here today let me
Russian Opposition Leader like simi valley says he has a long rehabilitation ahead of him after being released from a hospital following his poisoning. A new power play in malaysia and what abraham says he has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government. And im were hard in with sports tokyos olympic organizers discuss ways to host the games safely amid the pandemic and the n. B. A. Playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the Denver Nuggets as they beat the l. A. Lakers. The way europe deals with refugees needs to change thats the declaration from the European Commission president who has unveiled a new plan to overhaul its asylum system. Vonda layan says the destroyed more account in greece is a stark reminder that all you nations have to step up to help the current rules of seeing a disproportionate burden on mediterranean nations like walter italy and greece this package reflects a fear and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among Membe