and we shall own sir on is an important bucher of his bla, that's one of the main groups. and lebanon's government said, ought to, has borne off from barrett iranian foreign minister saying that they're ready to help lebanon break what iran and its allies, the lebanon, consider the siege on this country. but in reality, what he is doing is asserting iran's presence asserting iran's control over this country because he is building on what happened just a few weeks ago. it's ally, has bella managed to import, sanctioned iranian fuel through us sanctions. syria in the country now has been saying that the aim was to alleviate the fuel shortages in the country, but there is no doubt that this was a diplomatic and propaganda victory for hezbollah. and the iranian camp in a lebanon, the world health organization has endorsed the 1st ever vaccine against malaria. it's recommended the job be rolled up to millions of children across africa. the vaccine is 70 percent effective when combined with other trip, the un secretary general has demanded evidence from ethiopia to justify its expulsion of 7 un staff on allegations of misconduct and tourney. gutierrez intervened in a republic exchange with the ethiopians. ambassador is courtney on its government to allow unrestricted access to deliver humanitarian aid to millions people. security forces and shanicea have rated the studios of an opposition tv channel and have seen some of its broadcasting equipment. just days ago, one of the channels main presented was arrested for criticizing president, case side live on air, a number of media outlets of come under pressure since the president suspended parliament. that was back in july. you're upset with headlines, more news coming up here on our desert right after the stream. see you later, bye for know of so, but it was the iraqis, it's easy to the home in a long overdue general election math products and political unrest around the country lead through an earlier them mandate a new election laws being put in place. and the government now deliver on a promise. they had an open process person covering on a da 0. hi as i me okay to day on the stream we up we can use 3 stories in one shall a key vote in southern ethiopia, venezuela's new currency and long running tensions into nicea. that is so much to cover, but i will always make time to include your comments and questions. you can join the conversation live right now. on you champ. we start with ethiopia, where election officials are verifying the outcome of a referendum that could lead to the countries 11th state. people in 6 parts of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples region were asked if they want a new south west state. have a listen to what some voters were thinking, just ahead of the referendum. here a bit with the jago case every morning from children. i don't know what it wants. comfort to become a region get a little this police, as you can see, is a very dense forest law. and we have a lot of coffee. the bigger lilo, a carby in the rest of the country. everything is growing and changing. when i compare coffee with other places, it's still backwards. the more on this we are joined by barry cat, s t miss ella. he is a lawyer and electra who writes about political trends in southern ethiopia, barrett that so good to happy. i'm going to start with a map at the s and p p ah region in ethiopia. there every area there. if you're going to give us a little introduction to the, sorry, what would you tell us about the geography that people, the ethnic groups all mixed up in this area? tell us introduce us. thank you very much for having me. are in fog with the s, but then it is one of the huge a region in there in the country. it has more than $56.00 nations nationalities within it is a huge enough for a sources and also human capacity. but for us is from the inception of different system in the country, or turmoil, or the political turmoil, or for the question having on india. and thence it by a different legion. and basically the main factors that leads for ask for our being an independent region was a why is factors. but one of the major reason was it just to relate to it is a failure to find item straight structure of that orchestra for the multiple multiple groups within this region. and as a result of this has made for bias groups in this region to quest for having an independent really region and that one of the southwest region, which has custody of what for refund them, is one of the indication of that i'm just looking here at people voting in the referendum, have a look a on my laptop there, a cat. how did the referendum go? we don't know the results yet, but how did it go? what was the other faithful? basically in a strong expectation that i've been there, there is a probability that the region will be found at the new region. and this was, this was very strongly asked by the people within the region. and i hope that if i'm them will end up with all right, so if there is a new south west regional state, what defense? well, that make it makes a huge difference. for instance, one of the difficulty relate to the existing structure is that although federalism is sold to give a local people the all port trinity to answer themselves due to the great geographical distance between the region in the center that the seat of that is not a state that i saw that people who are not able to make their voice be heard forwards to understand your needs, aspiration, the priority. even the state officials were not able to supervise whether they are already use has to be implemented out to local liver, $0.40. it takes more than 3 days to go to the united states hasa for the most part he put on what it does of chicago and debate his own. so if this a state, the, if the current structure is in its place, it's hugely are sort of the problem of an issue and i'm station of the region. and also if you look at the other reason, there is a strong problem. but in this region, in this house nation, much not to send people region in general, all it's the group who swear to lump together. and it does not adequately manage the settlement pattern, the language and other fun as a state that under the constitution. and, but if you look at the southwest region, which is going to be established to try to integrate that into account force, those are those zones which we are within the southwest region. the new region of south south, some we know settlement pattern and the people do have some ok. very similar language language they speak. and so many advantages are there. i want to put this t, this is from going to, he's a political analyst of what i for every e p and he's a, let's go out of this. i want to bring this comment and because he is predicting what the central government and how it's definitely going to cover and will react to this referendum. have a nice say, and then react and meet, you know, the back of this figure. regardless of the outcome of the referendum people in southern new york, i cannot best hope for cultural autonomy and that they cannot expect political self determination. the central government to will as it is doing elsewhere in the country assigned individuals that are loyal to them and repressed those that are posted in the regional government. yeah, exactly. it's. busy right there because even the establishment of this region before the found this punishment of the region, i do have a lot of information that the government, the central government was trying to organize the committee, which would probably organize the new state. how the way it could be published at a 100 responsibly, the organization of the new it. and i think the problem of this in the government was in the time for making the referendum because there is a general i mention what to expect that by central government before that time has already passed in the central government as established a national chain already off now yeah, the marika. thank you. thank you so much, jenkins. just just as your connection is about to peter out, it's a perfect timing cuz i had just have enough time to say thank you so much for, for bringing us your thoughts about the potential of a new south west state in ethiopia. next we had to venezuela, where people are getting used to a new currency. the government is trying to fight, run away inflation and says that banking will be easier under the new bolivar. it's the 3rd time that the currency has been reset since 2008. here's what some locals in caracas are saying. i love it, made out what i'm pretty. the 1st time 3 zeros were removed from the currency. the 2nd time it was 5 zeros, and now another 6 years have been removed from the currency. then they say that this does not affect the value of products. how can it not? if you add the whole bunch of zeros to today's boulevard, what does that represent here? there's even inflation on the dollar, but that's the way it is. we have no choice but to live one day at a time. right? oh yeah, but i will know your growth and old for me. i believe that the only thing that is going to improve is that i won't be carrying so much money because to carry $5.00 worth of boulevard in cash. you have to carry it in a suitcase. so i believe that the only thing that would benefit us would not be carrying so much cash in our pocket. nothing else because the prices do not go down . they keep going up. so i can oh, see and is a correspondent covering latin america for writers. hello. sarah, i am wondering if that gentleman was exaggerating. would you really need a suit case previously to carry around $5.00 worth of the previous of venezuelan currency. it is, is, was that over the top? now he's right and he's a, he's a bus driver so that the very small portion of the population that actually ever handled believe any when i was there for over 2 years and i never want to use but leave it in cash. so you know, i think what this current the change goes is, is essentially just make make transactions easier. i'm just trying to imagine what happened. what's the difference if you're living in venezuela the day before the currency was introduced and then the days after how, how would i know i'm going about my life going about my work? well, what's different now? it's funny because actually i had a friend text me and say, so i have $30.00 worth of probably my bank account. people don't keep very much cash in their bank account because inflation, so you lose a lot of money which has not changed with this currency change. i think it would not go to the grocery store. can i still use it to go to the grocery store? and really what the answer is. yes, it was flashed off another 6 zeros. so what, you know, let's say this changes all the time, but $1.00 was worth $4000000.00, believe it or before, it's now worth 4 mill for delivery. all right, so when you go into look at the prices instead of you know, a dollar whatever peaches equaling $4000000.00 it would just be 4. and then that way that obviously like the highest bill note before where the $1000000.00 bill the but a and now it's a one believe that a coin. so that reduces the amount of cash people need to hold, hold on them. all right, so what about sally? take a teacher's salary, for instance. how are they faring out right now in terms of this new policy trying to course correct the economy? what would a teacher's salary be like today? well, i mean that's a little bit difficult because then as well as in this process of over the past 2 years, the dollar has been used a lot and it has just grown in popularity and now it's basically used for everything. so then as well as kind of trying to figure out how to adapt to this because some people, it's a very small section of the population, do earn in dollars or foreign currency. but for instance, the workers still make a minimum wage. whichever is around $3.00 a month. so you know this currency doesn't change basically anything other that change doesn't. it doesn't change anything other than, than calculations counting. chuck, so i want to show you this on, on my laptop. it's from tweet, as because they knew we were talking about venezuela today. so a, b, m to $63.00. so the measures illustrate the fact that usa needs to lift the financial sanctions. it imposes on nations the impact, but it's wayne is politics because i read the regular citizens on the ground. suffer. thought sarah. yeah, well, i mean, i'd say for the economic recession in venezuela started around 2014. and the 1st, actually, the 1st time they did this to the currency happened in 2008. the question started in 2014 and then the us imposed the 1st round of sanctions in 2017. and then the economy got really bad. i think that and then they did it again in 2019 i get the oil company and you you definitely it has made conditions. the sanctions have made conditions on the ground. worse conditions where we're taking a very downward trend beforehand and, you know, at the end of the day, it's the question about inflation and curbing inflation. so venezuelans can feel like they have a place to store their money. right? and basically right now it's just going to continue to print it's none of my friends hold money and believer in their bank accounts. it's just on a transactional basis. so you need to pay, i don't know, a painter or you need to pay somebody in the, for liberties. then you have to go and find someone to tell you the believe it is to keep it in their bank account. right. and you know, access to us dollars is very hard because of the sanctions. so just to give you an idea, you know, by the end of my time in venezuela, which was 40 years ago, people were walking back into the country with thousands of dollars in cash on them . often to even resell it because there'd be shortages of $1.00. let me let me pay this to you. this is good job. i was just a few hours ago. so i have a list and then respond immediately off the back of the video, his gamma. here is a lot of companies for years of fiber, inflation at which most benefit obama or currency. in fact, are all the 2 thirds of retail transactions are being done in the us dollars. but those are all much deeper. and y'all serials on the latest measure when do much to reverse the 70 percent decline in 2013 and want to bring back the 5000000 people who have left their countries since yeah, i mean that that's absolutely the feeling on the ground. then the people, my friends, people who i know there, it wasn't really have much importance to them. of course it will make it easier because, you know, you don't have to print life. $27000000.00 on a receipt, and you don't need to strike a credit card multiple times to be able to just pay for like a box of strawberries or whatever. but he's right at the, at the end of the day in inflation is, is continuing. and although it's load with the introduction of the dollar her on to 1000 percent, so i'm just going to go get to your new account. this is sam, a canadian at espinoza, and if you want to follow sarah, which i know you do a new snotty showing that 76.6 percent venezuelans live in extreme poverty up from 67 percent last year. we were talking about currency here, but this is the real story, right? yeah, and you know, again, what's, what's weird is that, i mean, now essentially venezuela is moving toward the dual currency situation. but these dollars and the private industry that you'll see, you know, there's a lot of things happening on instagram, for instance. and there's a lot less shortage of goods because they really relax, import import control. but that's a very small flip over the population. right? that can actually access them the most people you know, like exactly extreme poverty, they're living on less than i think a $1.20 a day. wow. and prices have increased with the dollarization and they continue to increase the wall. for instance, you can technically medicine, you can't, nobody can buy. yeah. yeah. so i can osi and for reuters. thank you so much for joining us on the stream today. we appreciate your analysis. finally, to, to nicea where the gulf between supporters and opponents of tennessee is present a piece to be widening rallies, both for and against president chi saeed. have taken place in chinese. recently. he was some voices from both sides of the divide. yes, we want to deliver a word to case said no, going back now and to prosecute all those who have committed crimes against the people. that is the main and 1st demand to prosecute all those who have wronged the people have been with us. the most important demands of the return to the constitution and the parliament. there is no country in the world without a parliament and without a constitution. and there is no country in the world in which a person has monopoly on all authorities. and we are against it. even the ousted dictators anil aberdeen ban. ali did not monopolize all power in the way that case cited. this is very strange. the more in the tensions into nicea, we are joined by independent journalist sam came both had get to see. i'm going to be quite toughening to, to start off with your headline. what would your headline be that sums out what is happening in tennessee this week to day? what would you go with her despite the appointment? oh, i of the country's 1st female prime minister and major questions remain about teenagers, democratic transition. oh, no foss. let's talk about the moved in the country. give us an example of that mood . how would you sum it up? well, i think you could say most places that you go in the country, the feeling that you might get on the street is you might get a sense of anxiety attention. i mean things, things, in many neighborhoods in a lot of cities, i mean kind of street like, seems to be going on as normal or as normal has been over the last several years. but there's, there's a lot of anxiety and a lot of that comes from core is produced by least the tension between those who support the president. exceptional measures done who took on july 25th, which include freezing of the parliament and the dismissal of the prime minister. along with your being parliamentary immunity and supporters of those measures that they can on the 25th of july and sin and those who are opposed you know, and often and very staunch re opposed and do is we're kinda waiting it out. and i think those who are waiting it out kind of in a middle ground are those, you know, with great extensive anxiety. i was speaking to, for example, a long time activist and organizer down in south western city. the mining city brings a lot of the countries welcome back, but long marginalized. and she was saying that she had gone out initially on july 25th to support the president's extraordinary measures that she thought it was the only way that the, the, the squabbling and the major dysfunctionality in the government. and the parliament in particular could be, could be stopped. whereas through the measure and she thought that was the only way . but, and she initially read some kind of hedged optimism, the appointment of junior, just 1st female prime minister. and when pushed a little further, though many of her doubt came out, she said, okay, we have to wait and see if prime minister will will bring any good things to the country. but she ended up saying, but this prime minister has very little authority, especially in the face of the president, kind of consolidated the executive and legislative authority. and so she said, we simply cannot have a return to the day of the dictatorship, as she said, under the former president denali. so there's a lot of ambiguity and ambivalence and then some, if you speak to the kind of more active crowd folks who follow politics more closely and get involved on the street. those who were out in the revolution of 2011. there's a lot of pessimism and a fear about a return of dictatorship that some i want to play federal kaboom. he's an economics professor dennison university, have a listen and they respond. i'm afraid that the support that the president currently has will gradually dissipate and disappear. and then we'll find ourselves in a deeper political crisis with no constitution with no parliament, with no coherent economic vision to take the country out of this quagmire. yeah, it's, there is an interesting, well, worrying position that the country finds itself in. now where the president has concentrated so many executive and legislative injustice powers in his own hand since the 25th of july and removed those from higher institution that could renew his decisions or check the powers that it leads opposition with really only kind of more radical options, whether that's taking to the street or striking or, or otherwise. so there aren't these kind of formal political institutions, the ones that have been constructed since the revolution of 2011, to kind of mediating conflicts and check them powers. so indeed, i was just speaking to well known activists and journalist humans down the street from me and my neighborhood. and she was saying that she, she'd likewise, she thinks that the political as well as the economic situation where she's been central. all of this will decline further. i'm trying to think and try on that. what impact this political tomo is having on every day life? how do you see it's playing out? well, it's been appeal like what gets a lot of the a lot of media attention and a lot of analysis in the political turmoil at kind of the, the high level at the formal level. and, but what has powered that and, or what has power of the social turmoil, as well as the local, most recently had been the covey that epidemic which, which tunisia had initially responded to quite well in the 1st month of 2011, with one of the lowest infection and death rates in all of africa, but which, by the time of the president stuart enter measures had become the highest death rate in the world due to cobit so that there was, there was massive outrage that was not of frustration due to the mishandling of this pandemic and health crisis, i not to mention the rapidly rising inflation and unemployment and because of the coven crisis, tremendous crisis in lots of jobs for ordinary people, especially in the informal sector. so yeah, it's caused a lot of confusion on the street. and like sam, thank you so much. i am kimball. have a look here on my laptop. you can follow him on twitter. i do, sam on the roads, and you can catch up with all the later on today via sam's twitter feed. thanks for watching. if you've ever got a story idea for us at the stream, you can tweet us at a stream. i'll see you next time. take everybody ah . after decades of conflict between successive colombian, governments and the fox marxist gorillas and historic peace accord in 2016. so fighters lay down their arms 5 years on a mit rising defense and brutal police repression. a new cycle of violence has robbed the nation. people and power off if the agreement is failing and what's next for the country, columbia, killing the peace on al jazeera. when afghan filmmaker has san for silly catches the taliban, attention, a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family, desperately seeking sanctuary. they journey across continents chronicling their multi year saga on their phones. midnight traveller, an odyssey of hope, resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other. witness on al jazeera pitches, don't why? 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