Leader is calling on the military to switch sides. We have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden as the next president of the United States democrats rally us voters to support their presumptive president ial candidate joe biden at an online party convention. Angry and exhausted by months of locked on argentinians take over the streets of listeners. Its taken 15 years and now a un biased court is finally delivering a verdict relating to the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hardy he died along with 21 others in a car bomb attack in 2005 the 4 defendants are members of the armed Group Hezbollah which denies involvement in the attack they wont be appearing in court then a court of reports. Its been 15 years since former Prime Minister rafiq head 80 was assassinated in a suicide car bombing in beirut 21 others were also killed in an act that changed the face of lebanon. The special International Tribunal investigating the case is due to deliver its v
Joe biden and his running mate kaamelott harris make their campaign debut. In just 83 days we have a chance to choose a Better Future for our country. Lebanese leaders are meeting right now to discuss their ongoing response to last weeks devastating port blast in beirut likely to be on the agenda will be calls to extend a state of emergency and the latest in the only growing investigation into the explosion Bernard Smith joins us now so burn it this political process could be law long and drawn out. While the political process to appoint a new cabinet could be longer and drawn out the lebanese people are relying on a cabinet essentially of National Unity to be appointed to unlock the billions of dollars in foreign aid at the lebanese because its the foreign donors that have sad the new cabinet cannot be dominated should not be no matter dominated by hezbollah. It needs allies and now so as a parliament to appoint a new cabinet and a new Prime Minister i have to say is that the real dis
Inoculated. And from a massive tours to so for safaris hope virtual tourism is providing an escape from reality during the pandemic. Lebanese leaders are meeting right now to discuss their ongoing response to last weeks devastating blast in beirut on the agenda will be appointing a new cabinet and Prime Minister forming a new government will help unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid that the country needs to rebuild with an extension of the state of emergency is also expected to be ratified by the parliament that gives authorities more power to crackdown on street demonstrations burned smith joins us live now from beirut so bernard theyve started talking what are their options on the table that they are discussing. Yeah the discussions going on behind me and the streets closed all the way around where the session is taking place a very long cordon set off much further down these roads in the anticipation of protests although we havent seen any protests as yet this morning now bury
A consultancy so far so friday taking a trip online the Tourism Industry looks to technology as the coronavirus pandemic limits global travel. Im joined again with the sport as parents celebrate every turn to the Champions League semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years following a stunning comeback win. We begin this news in lebanon where parliament has approved the state of emergency in beirut it gives authorities considerable power to crack down on street demonstrations that the days of protests calling for a complete political overhaul demonstrators are furious the politicians for what they see as in action at entrenched corruption last weeks explosion killed more than 200 people lets go live now to beirut now to serious but its myth is. Well it looks like you were at the scene of last weeks explosion brothers. Major in the grain silo just barely to his rights was the science of the explosion and in front of it the mongol wreckage of the warehouses and in front of me the mangled bei
Walkouts and protests continue in belarus with growing calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. But he went back to court has convicted one member of the armed Group Hezbollah of conspiracy in the sasa nation of lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri the salim jamil i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia for the bombing in beirut in 2005 which killed 21 other people the 3 other defendants were acquitted because of insufficient evidence the attack was an act of terrorism that was designed to spread fear among lebanese population it was committed for political and not personal reasons the Trial Chamber is of the view that syria and hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate mr hariri and some of his political allies however there was no evidence that this hezbollah leadership had any involvement in mr hariri murder and there is no direct evidence of syrian involvement in it. Is that what is live for us in beirut saying just one of the 4 found guilty was that expected