Amin salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you, stephen. Always a pleasure. Well, its great to have you back on the show and if i may, i want to start with some words you said just one week after october 7 that is, after the hamas Attack On Southern Israel and at the very beginning of israels massive military response. You said at that point, we do not want to be here in lebanon a Bargaining Chip in a larger geopolitical game. Isnt that precisely what your country has become . Stephen, youve known me for always my honesty and transparency and we reached a point in lebanon where everything is very clear and theres nothing to hide. And saying the truth and sharing the truth, admitting what is at fault, is the best strategy to follow. So, yes, i was very clear in what i said at that point of time, particularly because lebanon is a small state in this region, has been paying a very, very high price for conflicts around lebanon and in the region for at least the past 75 yea
It depends on how far you can see, whether it is mist or fog. it will tend to lift and it will be a fine day, dry weather around with spells of sunshine. it will feel warm in the sunshine as well. there is some low cloud heading our way at the moment, but if we look out in the atlantic this is the cloud bringing changes from the north west as we head towards tomorrow. today, that mist and fog were left and we will see sunshine developing more widely for a time. as temperatures rise, the cloud will bubble up and we could squeeze a light shower over north wales, northern england and scotland, but essentially it is a dry day with decent spells of sunshine. the wind is light for most of the country and temperatures getting to 18, i9 of the country and temperatures getting to 18, 19 degrees. a touch higher in south wales and coolly on the north sea coast. a fine end to the north sea coast. a fine end to the day. 0vernight, the wind will pick up in the north west, thickening cloud coming in
The cloud thinning and breaking and some sunshine coming through. elsewhere, after that dull start, we should see the cloud lifting and thinning. many places dry in the afternoon and brighter as well, and with more brightness, and perhaps even some sunshine here and there, those temperatures will more widely hit 20 21 celsius. no doubt one or two places, especially around some western hills, could stay a little bit damp through the day and chilly, too. as we head to thursday, we look to the atlantic to see more thickening cloud coming in. that first weather front there will bring some patchy and mostly light rain, i think, into northern ireland across wales, some western parts of england. can t rule out one or two spots of rain further east as well, but many places should be dry, a fair bit of cloud once again, so those temperatures still struggling to around 17 21 celsius in the afternoon. by the end of the week, we re looking at lowering pressure heading towards western parts of the
Many places dry in the afternoon and brighter as well, and with more brightness, and perhaps even some sunshine here and there, those temperatures will more widely hit 20 21 celsius. no doubt one or two places, especially around some western hills, could stay a little bit damp through the day and chilly, too. as we head to thursday, we look to the atlantic to see more thickening cloud coming in. that first weather front there will bring some patchy and mostly light rain, i think, into northern ireland across wales, some western parts of england. can t rule out one or two spots of rain further east as well, but many places should be dry, a fair bit of cloud once again, so those temperatures still struggling to around 17 21 celsius in the afternoon. by the end of the week, we re looking at lowering pressure heading towards western parts of the uk. that will spin this weather front into northern ireland, mainly affecting northern ireland to bring some rain here into southern ireland as we
And perhaps even some sunshine here and there, those temperatures will more widely hit 20 21 celsius. no doubt one or two places, especially around some western hills, could stay a little bit damp through the day and chilly, too. as we head to thursday, we look to the atlantic to see more thickening cloud coming in. that first weather front there will bring some patchy and mostly light rain, i think, into northern ireland across wales, some western parts of england. can t rule out one or two spots of rain further east as well, but many places should be dry, a fair bit of cloud once again, so those temperatures still struggling to around 17 21 celsius in the afternoon. by the end of the week, we re looking at lowering pressure heading towards western parts of the uk. that will spin this weather front into northern ireland, mainly affecting northern ireland to bring some rain here into southern ireland as well. ahead of that, we can t rule out one or two spots of rain, but on the whole,