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As chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah*s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. Explosion. An attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. Lebanon now on the brink of another war. Chaos on the streets and here i...

Strategists on wall street now see elevated recession risks and a possible significant pullback. Joining us is ian winer. Welcome back. Thank you for having me. Today it is the trump comments that are lifting the market friday they were sinking the market what do you do in this environment . You have to stick to the stocks that you really like because theres absolutely no direction in the marketplace the president clearly isnt helping things i think we are just going to continue to stay range bo...

you are looking now at live pictures if we can just get them in the direction of gaza city. and the hamas run health ministry in gaza saying more than 9400 people have now been killed. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments meanwhile diplomatic efforts continue. arab foreign ministers told antony blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza but mr blinken wants humanitarian pauses. israel insists there will be no temporary truce until all ho...

Vice president at the program. One of the Great Stories of being in washington is sometimes written in the environment. Sometimes being the smartest guy in the room, thats the dumbest guy at the panel. The people we have talking now, we envision this as a way to capture some of the strategic wisdom or just three people for whom i have tremendous respect. Lieutenant general mike nagata. Your title, it is the most difficult title, the director of the directorate of Strategic Operational planning. ...

She is the founder and chair of Albright Stonebridge group, a Global Strategy Firm and prof professor of diplomacy at georgetown university. Admiral James Stavridis is dean at the Diplomacy School at tufts university. He served as admiral supreme in europe, and he is currently the chairman of the board of directors of the naval institute. And overseeing the expansion of the work, an award wing journalist in europe, and served as editor of the wall street europe based in brussels. And senator tom...

Grounds Delta Airlines. It appears to be preventing passengers from being able to check in and flights from being able to take off. A 10yearold son of a prominent kansas state lawmaker died while riding 168foot waterslide. We honestly dont know what has happened and that is why the investigation is going forward. Hillary clinton is showing a bump in the polls. Trump, mean time, was in full attack mode trying to make up lost ground. I dont believe he will change. And he has to change if he is goi...

Grounds Delta Airlines. It appears to be preventing passengers from being able to check in and flights from being able to take off. A 10yearold son of a prominent kansas state lawmaker died while riding 168foot waterslide. We honestly dont know what has happened and that is why the investigation is going forward. Hillary clinton is showing a bump in the polls. Trump, mean time, was in full attack mode trying to make up lost ground. Change. And he has to change if he is going to win that election...

Citizens. Lets let them have freedom of movement and lets give them take there, lets sewage out of their cap met. Lets treat them no longer as criminals. If you look at the 10 points, it reads like americas declaration of independence. In favor of freedom of religion, freedom of the press, all of the things we hold near and dear in america. Why should they not be a friend of america and why should we support them . We expect that of them. After all, america guaranteed their safety and security. ...

Difficult climb. This is al jazeera. We begin in france. The newest edition of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sold out within minutes. 12 people were called when there was attack on its offices. I condition to regret the International Community did not react to syria on time. France was ready. Orders had been given. The is the up was in place but another route was chosen. Charlie hebdo prints 60,000 copies but plans to print 5 million copies of this weeks edition to meet the high demand. W...

Training and readiness. Lets take an air base. At an airbase, the air bases are open. They have guards at the gate. They have people in the tower. They have people in the fire truck. The lights are on. Were spending the money for all that. Where can you stop spending money quickly . Painting the buildings. Mow the lawn less often. That kind of thing. Importantly, you stop training. When you stop training, you have stopped readiness. We are protecting those in as we know are going to afghanistan ...