Alone welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us times are already tough in lebanon food prices were rising Power Outages becoming more frequent and coronavirus case numbers climbing now the need to rebuild the countrys largest port following explosion on tuesday threatens to expose just how threadbare the countrys economy really is. A city in ruins. Its gateway to the Global Economy destroyed. Lebanon is scrambling to pick up the pieces of this weeks explosion. But long before the blast levanon to qana mewe was then a death spiral. Rampant inflation in an increasingly worthless currency plunging many lebanese into poverty hunger and despair. All now are sure to get worse. More than 250000 people have lost their homes in beirut. And countless businesses have been destroyed. And we compensate. We lost our houses all shops and a house of my grandfather. Lost my uncles wife and we took out from under the rubble is there anything bigger than this except
Lens clearance theres an abundance of flammable material once again i did some stuff. And some moves going up in some. Little consideration the world on fire starts aug 12th on g. W. The lebanese economy is in freefall now the countrys largest port is out of commission and the entire city quarter needs rebuilding the economic consequences of monday rather tuesdays explosion in beirut. Grounded and pounded financially with tons of hours to cut costs and employees as it posted big 2nd quarter loss. Welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley ember lead its good to have you with us tom. Were already tough in lebanon on food prices rising Power Outages becoming more frequent and coronavirus case numbers climbing now the need to rebuild the countrys largest port following an explosion on tuesday threatens to expose just how threadbare the countrys economy really is. A city in ruins. Its gateway to the Global Economy destroyed. Lebanon is scrambling to pick up the pieces of this weeks explosion
Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
Sanctions pressure in modern world history, everyone must do Everything Possible to provide our military personnel with everything necessary, both from the point of view in terms of material support, so with from the point of view of the supply of military equipment for various purposes, therefore, the coordinated and Effective Work of all government bodies is the key to achieving the set goals, in this regard, the accounts chamber should build its work based on. In this regard, the Chambers Task is to do everything for the state to perform its functions efficiently supporting the creation and development of new industries and technologies. Third, this is definitely support for our military personnel located in the special military operation zone. Here it is necessary to ensure timeliness and complete implementation of all material and social payments, provision of various benefits in relation to the families of participants in hostilities. Provide direct support to these families, spe
To focus on the fact that preserving memory is the most important part of maintaining the stability of Belarusian Society, in your opinion, for what reason do we continue to do so, i would even say that this is, to some extent, part of our national idea. There is a huge demand for security in society, and based on this, it must be perceived. Victory, because victory is the culmination of the security issue, which was implemented 80 years ago, we defended our own country, we defended the future of our people, and this event is, in general , such a great, great achievement in our history, we once again must defend our own statehood, we once again we defend the future of our country, yes, we, in reality, belarus is not in a state of war, but there is a war going on next to our borders, there is an information war, there is, lets call it that, an ideological war, it is happening before our eyes, in these conditions we clearly understand that we simply do not have the right to leave this to