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Lebanon’s water crisis – BBC News
Why can’t you drink the water in the wettest country in the Middle East?
Lebanon’s geography means it’s blessed with water but in the capital Beirut and its surroundings areas, more than 1.5 million people suffer from serious water shortages.
The government says it’s doing all it can to improve water supplies but many people think it’s not enough.
Middle East correspondent Martin Patience gets to the source of the country’s water crisis.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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@kimdomain3385
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
isis took everything from money to equipment from them. saudi same way displayed great force facilitating further they killed hostages in islam u must free captives at the end of the days battle. i wont tell u how to fight habib but fight. na3am qatil fisabililah
@naughtykid8850
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
lebanon hasnt got the know how to protect itself in the 21st century. it is fairness to those who claim it. lebanon is waiting n buying grain from ukraine. spending money when they could b stealing it. last boat shouldnt have gone back. it should have been siezed as a message. as uk fights russia l8 lebanon will be next 4 russia. it was key. goodbye
@dammedwater6058
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
war is profitable. perhaps its whats needed to stimulate the economy. perhaps israel? finaly?
@emiliobello2429
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Lebanon needs to do something
@user-rw5jb2on5y
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
In Europe and elsewhere, governments are paying colossal sums to big corporations to help them avert bankruptcy. Whether they call it a “rescue package” or “quantitative easing,” in the end it’s all the same: the government pays companies to stay operative.
I don’t think it will work in the long run. It may keep companies afloat for another six months or a year, but as a rule, a government, any government, cannot sustain companies that cannot sustain themselves. In the end, the situation will blow up in a blast that will be worse than what it would have happened had the government let them fall naturally.
There is more to it than that. I don’t believe that a government can do anything good for its people. Civil servants, ministers, and deputy ministers always pull their own way and have their own interests in mind. Since everyone is inherently selfish, everyone has an ulterior motive that is not for the benefit of the public.
We cannot expect selfish people to do unselfish acts; it is like asking a tiger to become vegetarian. If it goes against nature and it won’t work. Therefore, asking people whose only focus is their own career to focus on other people’s well-being is unwise, unrealistic, and will invariably fail.
Socialists, capitalists, far right, or far left, they are all immersed in egoism. It is not their fault; it is human nature, and we should adjust our expectation from our leaders.
If we want a real and lasting positive change, we must transform human nature. Since our nature is selfish to the core, changing it is the only way out of the crises that the world is falling into nowadays. We will fall deeper and deeper until we realize that the problem is not the fuel we burn, the forests we cut, the water we pollute, or the people we kill. The problem is the cause of all those harms we are inflicting on nature and on each other: our inherent self-absorption. When we start working on changing ourselves rather than demanding everything and everyone else to change, we might be able to save ourselves before it is too late.
@reanbarazi6615
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Lebanese people so intelligent the country so beautiful but the government should go to hell
@mltmlt8667
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
The diaspora of Lebanon should be a resilient as the on of Egypt the need to contribute and sacrifice more
@segevkrespi8609
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
20th century wars: about oil, land and ideology.
21st century wars: WATER
@johnbroadbelt
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Think very hard when breeding
@urbanbeliever8528
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Sigh, Lebanon.
@Squeaks-ii
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Just be careful if they do build the dam. The water also needs to go to the sea and filter there to help the wildlife. Take California as an example.
@livelyhood2963
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Is there anything that's not a crisis in Lebanon
@sparksmacoy
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Corruption is like a nuclear weapon against the ordinary person.
@nithinjoseph5703
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Population, terrorism and corruption are the main problems in these countries … As they reduce their population, terrorism and violence will automatically decrease … More people will get better education and better jobs … Decreasing population will help everyone …. They will get Water and food they need
@redhotchilibitch
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
What is this shit report?
@muhammadm4582
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Lebanese… protect your family with bitcoin and litecoin.
@ophiuchus992
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
https://youtu.be/JjH_U_HExOw
@ProudIsraeliAmerican
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
It’s a shame, their government should not have wasted all these years hating Israel and instead asked for their help in water management. Israel offered their help to South Africa as their water was disappearing and they refused. Israel recycles 87% of their sewage water. For those that hate Israel, hope that hate satisfies your thirst better than water.
@Thunder-qq8fk
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
But they only think about islam , they don't have the time about environment
@kenkishi8042
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
After watching this video , I’ve become to feel guilty when I take a shower. The water is clean and drinkable.
@babaeromax8913
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
almost the same as the palestine issues.. the first thing terrorist israhell done is food supply..
@im11000
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Lebanese politicians are the most corrupted in the 🌎
@lfeb
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Build the damn dummies!
@lfeb
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
That's awful. It looks so beautiful, what an adorable baby
@Abraham_Tsfaye
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Run out of toilet paper? Just use Lebanese currency.
Lebanon has no natural resources & no money.
Lebanon is finished. Just forget about it.
@tonyarodriguez7408
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Sweet baby
@ayubaalim2201
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
water crisis
@sally5190
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Nestle
@libertyismyindefeasiblerig3838
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
water is ubiquitous yet a luxury for a many. Why?
'I ' don't care about 'you '
@mrAZcardinal
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Sorry, did he just say LABenon?
@elvinl.490
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
The main issue (and not only in Lebanon) must be overpopulation and destruction of the environment.
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January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
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January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
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@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Govt useless since 1920 when French left. Reflects the people : snobs screwing snobs selfish stuckup yet i miss my birth country. I get respect by material assets i have.
@jenni431
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
When all your resources are spent on rockets and missiles??!!! Water for the poor? Nah….
@stellarocquie7957
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Support Legislation in the U.S. to BAN COURT ORDERED RAPE.
@elieyounes
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Water and electricity can be provided continuously in Lebanon, but only with the approval and bribing of politicians. What a shame!
@sohaawwad8384
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
I don't know where to start:
1. Lebanon has so many problems to even list them.
2. The dam was to be built on a earthquake line, on a callous land, hindiring it water collection ability. I donno why it was not mention. To hell with scientific reporting I guess.
3. The president want the Lebanese youth to leave, saying that whoever is not content with the situation can immigrate.
4. It is a MADHOUSE. Toxic water is the least of our concerns. Maybe it is time for us to die as a nation, as a people.
@fives4917
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
A close relative has the same issue, the water he receives is so toxic he has to buy a gallon of bottled water to bathe his baby. Its truly sad. He bought some filters so hopefully that works out!
@yousefkhayeri8789
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 am
Make more babies !!!!!