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Protesting families desperate to keep the momentum going. the scars are still all over the city, not just physical ones, but emotional ones as well. the grief and trauma caused by that day is never far from the surface and people in pain that need answers. lebanon is politicians now have a choice to make. if they do not support accountability for one of the biggest explosions in history, can the country even call itself a functioning state? very important stories in lebanon. let's take a look at the other news. one of america's largest airlines united will file nearly 600 employees after they ...

It is as dark as a tomb. hassan has lived through wars and occupation, his currency has collapsed, his savings vanished, along with a functioning state. without fuel or money, everything is running short. translation: i take medication for a chronic disease. _ we were told we may find it in beirut, but for double the price and even then we still couldn't get it. we can't find cough medicine and panadol. but with a little improvisation, there is some escape in these hot summer nights. a solar powered lamp post has become a beacon for this community. "we are electricity refugees," says this woma...

Talk with taliban and to help women that didn't go to work, go to school and want to be "the voice" of them. >> reporter: now, one key issue between the u.s. and the taliban is getting kabul international airport up and running again. very important to the biden administration to try to get those americans and that much larger group of afghans out of the country. and also very important to the taliban because they want to show that they are the rulers of a functioning state, and you cannot have a functioning state without a functioning airport. now, a number of government flights from qatar an...

Larger number of afghan allies were left behind during the airlift out of the country. but it is also important to the taliban. they are looking to show that they are the leaders of a functioning state. and to have a functioning state, you need a functioning airport. the airport, not yet open to international civilian travel, but some government flights from the uae and from qatar have landed. we are hearing that domestic flights within afghanistan are taking off and landing at the airport, guys? >> and, the concern has always been the impact that the taliban rule would have on women. it is pa...

Fly into kabul unless they know that it's safe to do so. now our understanding is that the qataris are pushing the taliban to accept an international presence at the airport to oversee security procedures, but the taliban are the new rulers of afghanistan. they are rejecting any international presence at the airport because they see it as a violation of their sovereignty, but what's interesting here is we've been talking over the last couple of weeks about the u.s. and the taliban, enemies of 20 years, finding ways to cooperate and the airport might be one place where they can work together be...