We had an i. T. Company here very times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am and who. Knows. Its a good thing. That i come. From 25 years. I work here. This is the 1st time. I see Something Like that. The government has given investigators just 4 days to come up with a report into the cause of the catastrophe but now they say this small a fire ignited 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being stored in a warehouse next door. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place that after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up the now. The government says. Reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a currency that has lost 80 percent of its value in less than a year you dont have a government to look after and. Either we dont eat food out o. The blood even our apartment. Were trying to see people if they need to eat the least we can do the government is in cap of and capable of helping us so we the people are coming here to do to help are our comrades and levanon and were coming from the north all of us were like 78 people were coming from 90 kilometers north north of beirut and were here just to stand by the people the blast has left at least 300000 people homeless many will rely on relatives or friends to take them in. More than 150 people have been killed and there are many missing 7 foreign search teams are leading the delicate task of trying to find survivors under the rubble. More than 5000 people have been injured 16 people have been arrested in the investigation into the warehouse explosion including the port manager but for many in this city the finger of blame is pointed at the very top of government. Bernard smith favorites. The governing party in sri lanka has gained a landslide victory in parliamentary elections these peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to by and by him who serve as president and Prime Minister who had 19 infractions the past 2000000 in india with more than 62000 cases reported in the last 24 hours and has the 3rd highest number of infections after the u. S. And brazil. Chinas accuse the u. S. Of political manipulation after the us President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning business with 2 tech giants it blocks any transaction with the Parent Company of the social media up tick tock of the messenger we chat to talk has threatened legal action spains former King Juan Carlos has reportedly been staying in abu dhabi since leaving spain on monday a spanish newspaper a. B. C. Says one car last flew to the u. A. E. On board a private jet spanish courts are investigating him for Money Laundering and tax evasion tied to a business deal with saudi arabia more news in 30 minutes i see that. My name is wrong. Im a newspaper editor and syrian Asylum Seeker in germany. I arrived in this country in 2014 a new asylum law dictated that i should live in cologne and that evil german city that ive come to love. Im one of nearly a 1000000 ethnic arabs who have come to germany since 2015 feen war and violence back home. Initially we received a warm reception by the germans but what happened here in this square on new years eve 2015 when young men said to be arab were accused of robbing and attacking german women brought out welcome to an end. German police encountered a distraught women and girls were reported fights thefts and sexual assaults against women by groups of male immigrants. Life here has not been the same since that night. There are widespread calls to halt the entry of arab refugees and the party of chancellor Angela Merkel who championed the cause of refugees is losing votes in the polls. How do we stay here and how do we survive. Learning german is my 1st essential task. Arabs began coming to germany in the late 1950 s. They were nearly half a 1000000 arabs already here when the most recent influx began. Why did they come here. Were they welcomed. How did they survive. What has become of them. Im preoccupied with understanding the historical relationship between arabs and germany. Klaus leg of a is a professor of Cultural Studies an advisor to the German Government on Islamic Affairs the. Monsoon notes from fits in im annoyed in bed. And visits none to own a police chief of any ted and have done. So kind of thing. After his defeat in world war 2 germany was occupied by foreign powers something many arab countries have experienced throughout history. Stanzel the us. Inspires on the. Ends of world and and political when the scope of the kind of simple it take. Us and. Gave much on in on in so fan it is and it will solve all of us done. There come a runnin visitation lloyd said he had taken. To the engineer of a. Comfy diddy and. In 1960 the German Academic Exchange service opened its 2nd Foreign Office of the postwar era in cairo egypt. Using the promise of free Higher Education germany specifically courted arab students for its universities with the aim of supplementing its ranks of white collar workers and professionals who had been decimated in the war. I met had come out to lead the shortly after i arrived here he lives in the suburbs of cologne and the scene as a mentor to young arab journalists in the country he came here to study economics in 1958 ww a lot of money i couldnt. Use or Treasure Island of 40. 5 money. To move a lot of money so they say and he said very bad you cant feed yanni. Fallon be the wiser that out of emotional too long and the effect of death by any cant he met them in my him mission to. Begin a month and move through to so on but its a lesson in. The sort im. Truly with. Oh i look im not the. Vision is you jani. A demo and then a money for gemini posies and i said the gemini the end i want to be left to bet. But now there are a lot more of us here and most of the newcomers are not as well educated as those of high comes generation and a member state it has no moment in the seat of the war in which the but in the side of the city in the civil thought a serene mode he did more than mad. That in a mirror of let me know how. Many believe was going to be able to feed the sick and im in atlanta come. Scythian mad mad and those who are. Political of the hajj you know my duty when i can is admin ang hello mate you could almost say mean metha hello make good or be an afghani. At the turn of the 20th century germany was in colonial competition with france and england. As a result it created alliances with countries wishing to end french or British Colonial rule. In 1005. 00 the german cause or threw his support behind moroccos bid for independence and to underscore that position the kaiser made a state visit to morocco that year. Germany lost 8000000 citizens to world war 2 and faced the postwar years with a severe manpower shortage. To rebuild germany needed men and negotiated guest worker agreements with countries across Southern Europe and by the mid 1960 s. Morocco and tunisia. Shift boss sabri a german of tunisian descent had been a spiritual guide to many arabs who came from north africa since the 1960 s. But that. Is. The statement from my. Stereo well im your. Mother. Janet. Hamill. What i like when i actually had to. Last almost a month and we already have in this but. What i can. If you have a little bit when we have. Been led to have thats when ill be at. Home. And how we year. Coffee been especially the congealing. Going to hafiz. And have. Small local tunisian and then. He wouldnt. Just buy it as intently straight but as the classic. Only that it meant in. The indian zip to i had just seen that induction. Naima going on took one out of. The issue of large scale immigration to germany has become a National Discussion even in the countrys vos museums. Welcome abortions as tours will you we here at the exhibition multicultural chair meet the country from the creation we have in germany a very emotional discussion about what would be christian. Since the beginning germany was a country of human creation and here we want to show the creations from the fiftys up to now here you see a little bit how people were coming how they would see fit and what was the view from the german side as well on these guest workers who were coming. Already in the sixtys germany had the same to cream in a cream and with with my rocor and 2 museum right with turkey so that came already as well and from tunisia as well but basically from morocco guest workers it passed a little bit a notice. Me train with them and you know it was some whole invisible but is interesting for me also to see how the people tried and im damon try to do to invoke themselves in that Political Movement to ask for that rights and. That is what we wanted to show here as well that the migrants were in tier like then its not something that you only can talk about but that you have from wants to you know so we show on this side we showed when we have here in the opposition that is one of the voice of the my concern here as well the wards of. The discussion in the German Society with all the fears stand. Prejudice and already in the in the in the eightys the ship is full and here we have a i think that its fascinating. Character to chose the current dorm the cathedral in cologne surrounded by minarets and so representing the fear of a completely overwhelming that make movement in germany and that is from 1806. Despite islam a phobia dating back decades the overall attitude towards foreign this in germany is still inclusive in the mass in the finish. After sheens in on this for fellow here and the rest he gave in had. Kept that. Again with that. Dirty bit 0 tax cuts here. In 2015 Frank Walter Steinmeier germanys foreign minister explained to government critics that with a shrinking workforce and an aging population the German Economy needed the manpower refugees could provide. German trains are a lifeline in my search for fellow arabs across this past country. Analyst alan. Maddy allaire we came to cologne to study sociology in 1902 hes an activist trying to stop deportations of young arabs in the aftermath of the cologne new years eve events close to 20 have already been deported and 2 arrested. Yeah. About there that will do a. Do it the world know about me at the bat. Well wolf the. Mossad. Yeah. The. Queen. And how to. Let the i think there is we have done. What the cable done in. Matties words reflect my own belief that our exile may be rooted in our nations lack of democratic rights and responsibilities. In the small town of koblenz just outside cologne a syrian refugee couple have settled in the countryside. I want to know how they are doing out there in the german woods. And also the 3rd. In the way in farsi. Housing. So my you spend several months in an apartment in cologne and hated it. Imagine a kennedy about her for. A full. Year any markdown feel. Like 1000000 mom knows im a 50 im on you guys and didnt diminish my asshole and. How does she ever get for money back. As it is just a yup. White kid and i am not going he is saudi you misunderstood was the one with the real hierarchy the dad can im ali. Abdullah and so may i have differing views on raising their daughter and the possibility of returning to syria one can if a could be a promise and a lot of the other muslim. Were going to be admissible to simulate most the hate muslims in kenya that most of the knesset. Thats what im about. Right. Now are you right here dr gaby viber is a german physician and one of the founders of cafe palestina a Cultural Organization promoting arab and Palestinian Issues in the Southern City of hi brooke. When she found out about my newspaper she invited me to come and meet members of the Arab Community there including her own family. Im glad gaby speaks very good english because for me doing an interview in german is still very difficult. So you see we have all different kinds of things people from the region they are selling their products and. You know they work in the field steering that we can this is the ok show for them to to come and sell also to make some profit and people love to come here because the atmosphere is very special. And i want you to think up a list and we have been lets say there were times where we have been between 5 and 10 women who are doing a lot of things they 6 years we did more than 1. 00 to 120. 00 events and here is the. One. Hand. On the table. So i decide that the food this is the end. Was this is what i mean at the. Gabby introduces me to a german palestinian im going to gyptian friend over coffee in this high book market cafe. The mystery of what happened to germanys earlier our community is about to unravel before my eyes. I mean how dad was born in germany to a palestinian father and a german colombian mother. Im in the comfort of god beavers garden he explains his relationship with his arab parrot its the nice thing about it is that my father was able to transmit through music his love and his appreciation to his own culture so it was really always a living the arabic culture is very emotionally attached and with the food and with him i just nice combination of sharing Community Food music art that was basically you know im able to feel like an arab feel like a south american or feel like a european like a german of course my name sometimes they would make a little bit fun because its like me asylum mia salami you know the salami you know exempt kids would Say Something about it but i was laughing at it too i mean i made the best of his multi ethnic heritage his experience gives me hope get his daughter marry mock you like is also another half german half arab child of an earlier arab immigrant like never and thats in german you know you know. Just. Dish but. In this especially assamese. Mislead us into a freedom a sewer palestinians are. The promised you know. And you also. Saw mine leave. Some except sash they are so. The most of us have i let mine of foreign and im not. Only still finish. Me off. But. Stunt of the i and. My part is to you know. Im like i mean maybe im faced considerable prejudiced at school. Hes been on all cylinders and i wasnt just meet him hes been this interest and to come nates minus from me to here. On my mamas its not so hows. Dispiriting endorsement is on assets money my mother and i was tortured so money im going is so bizarre. My mama scabby reba its been. A listen or. A 100. The difficulty is maybe im faced growing up here gave me pause for thought. Im beginning to realize that the journey of germanys arabs as a times been a painful one. How was it. Difficult i think it started at that time picture of. People who are not. Being fanatics like today also. What made it difficult for me was the environment and fear of my parents and trying to manipulate and influence me and at a certain time to kick me out of the house. And. It was very heavy of want to go to children they have named me. First and last which was also a big problem for my parents they wanted them to be have to german last name at least and they asked me all the time why do you choose arabic names they have names they live in germany they should consider being germans it makes it not easy for them as well sometimes in school or even if they apply for jobs and so. They can have a disadvantage of course with things. Sadder mokhtar came to germany in 1980 to train as a psychotherapist his motives father and gabbys exhusband. What you saw in the minors or money on on money out there yada. Yada. In the match from which the amount of money said he cheated them. Im of iraq that i had to look at the in the law. Enforcement side. Connected ness more than most you know mcdermott if. I asked him how he perceives the identity of his children a sort of. In the kind of. Money at the how and. Money it got but on the late. Covering daintiness see the war of words escalate between the u. S. And china challenge us general Robert Spaulding and british diplomat and also kerry brown on whether the west is entering into a new cold war with china in a special edition of head to head you want to travel ban on china for much of the muslim support stop proposal we need a strict vetting process is the tide finally turning against beijing we have a china centric world and then a world which is not china centric head to head on out is iraq not in america is a region of wonder and joy of tragedy and violence but it doesnt matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. For the way. Ive been covering all of latin america among them my career but no i think its not like and its my job to lead light on and why an image can change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this week well be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this longing for a photo opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story but this. Ok and talking points are pretty intense because it can forge narratives all right from the listening post gives you the full picture on a. Piece of over here in doha your top stories on aljazeera lebanons president says an investigation into the beirut airport explosion will include whether there was possible external interference 16 port officials have been detained as frustration grows over the governments response to the blast and smith has more from beirut on the president s update on that inquiry he is saying that there will be of course an investigation into the cause of the explosion vest occasional decide whether it was negligence an accident or possible external interference precisely hes saying that the cause is not been determined yet he says there is a possibility of external interference through a rocket or bomb or other. Now i have to say that certainly at the moment no evid