she fled war torn syria to a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley. the stent is home to her her mother and three siblings it's difficult to make ends meet. but the rest of the day i need to pay for electricity household expenses rent i also have medical expenses two of my children have chronic asthma when they have attacks at night there's nothing i can do it organizations say the humanitarian crisis has seen child marriages increase within syrian refugee communities many like matter who no longer have a childhood with few responsibilities to look forward to. who also will know what i have to get married because of our situation there are many things i need that i can't get i don't have any married friends and don't really know what marriage is. in lebanon one in five syrian refugee girls between fifteen and nineteen is married with more than two thirds of syrian refugees in lebanon living in poverty many parents see marrying their children off as the only option to pay the bills. but parents are not the only ones to blame there is no minimum age of

she fled or trying syria to a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley. this tent is home to her her mother and three siblings it's difficult to make ends meet with u.s. troops got a bonus if they say i need to pay for electricity household expenses i also have medical expenses two of my children have chronic asthma when they have attacks at night there's nothing i can do. mark won't be the first in her family to be married off as a girl her mother wed when she was fifteen eight organizations say the humanitarian crisis has seen child marriages increase within syrian refugee communities. many like my house no longer have a childhood with few responsibilities to look forward to. all the rules i have to get married because of our situation there are many things i need that i can't get i don't have any married friends and don't really know what marriage is. in lebanon one in five syrian refugee girls between fifteen and nineteen is married with more than two thirds of syrian refugees in lebanon living in poverty many parents see marrying their children off a

limited funding means many refugees have to rely on themselves and that is not easy in lebanon where they are not welcome the suffering is immense u.n. statistics show more than eighty percent of syrian refugees have at least one family member living with a chronic health condition. and most organizations provide only basic health care and even the ferries family didn't get that when they lost a child not too long ago they say they have a benefitted from the u.n. cash program during their four years in lebanon the twenty six year old father earns three dollars a day but that is only when he finds work harder nationally she says that came from syria i haven't been able to find a steady job whatever i earn is not enough i have been dead i owe people three and a half thousand dollars the u.s. warns the humanitarian crisis is not going to go away anytime soon and so many continue to appeal for help seven hundred because. mexico's foreign minister is an advise members of a migrant caravan moving towards the united states to proceed individually if they decide to enter mexico thousands of

valley in lebanon just a few kilometers from the syrian border. this huge expanse of farmland is currently home to tens of thousands of refugees. they've been living here for almost five years now in the hope that one day they'll be able to return home. is himself a refugee. this is the story of a syrian scientist caught up in the turmoil of war the story of an agronomist a seed hunter and guardian of the middle east's largest collection of seeds in aleppo. dr shah how they cause this his life's work. furthermore my principal job is to provide farmers with healthy resistant seed on the. here we've planted several varieties which react differently to external factors such as heat disease viruses and insects. it was in cyprus for example i discovered wild wheat which is resistant to excessive soil salinity and with a view to climate change i managed to wash later genes that are resistant to soul to soul and rising temperatures. that. are highly in my believe that my work can also help reduce poverty because it helps ensure a healthy diet in my regio

how big of a problem is this in lebanon i mean is this lebanon specific. street children. so lebanon is a very small country neighboring neighboring syria who have taken more taken in more than one million syrian refugees since the beginning of the conflict the resources in the country to refuse or over says this is not new. is it a big problem again there are no statistics available i've been going to beirut for the past couple of years regular need to report on un syrian refugees there and just my impression just just walking the streets is that the problem is getting more serious because the children are getting much younger to an extent that you see mothers begging with their babies on the street but there aren't any specific statistics as to the size of the issue i mean you know you have valuable insight into what people there are thinking is is this situation getting worse because the children are getting younger and there are more children but is it also getting worse because the compassion of the lebanese people is also getting less and less over time absolutely so

an odyssey between syria the arctic and lebanon . soon this fall bar vault will be opening its doors and the wartime seeds can be brought to safety. i know some sumant to swear now sure that our seeds are in good hands and importantly they're safe from all unforeseen eventualities in other regions so come what may we will always be able to access them this is the culmination of an enormous undertaking which we've worked on all year long. but even bard has felt the effects of climate change cracks appear in the bunkers shell. holes. in february twenty eight thousand the norwegian government committed ten million euros toward maintaining and upgrading the noah's ark of seeds. but the global repository also has its critics some claim that its unique concentration of high value content makes impartiality impossible and it does function like a bank the boxes arrive sealed are then classified and may only be opened by the owner. to conservation guardian marie haga such criticism shouldn't distract from the important problem the vault is ta

there is s no minimum age for marriaiage in lebanon. in some rereligious communities, girls even younger than 15 and mary. -- can marry. activists are calling for that to change. >> we need a law that would set the minimum age for marriage at 18 and punish those who officiate such marriages. they are giving away a girl's rights. they are marrying them just on paper, but that is not officially registered anywhere. reporter: such a law is nowhere inin sight, however. in a few weeks, she will become yet another child bride in lebanon. she will be sent back to syria to her future husband. brent: you're watching "dw news," live from berlin. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] . percent. you'll. go dot com. these are lifelines ten ten pm. are we going to get all sorts ritual with long tons of john marshall shinji dollars all you need to proof proof will be

syrian refugee children forced onto the streets of lebanon to make a living. and. will debut in germany's games against the netherlands and world champions. it's good to have you with an extraordinary feat of survival tonight two astronauts emerged unscathed today after a failed rocket take off the pair parachuted down in kazakhstan after a booster on their russian soyuz rocket failed in route to the international space station now they're safe and said to be a good health tonight but russia says that it is suspending manned launches from the baikonur cosmodrome pending an investigation here's more on that very close call. safe and well with the medical equipment the only sign of their ordeal a few hours early yet the two astronauts have been all smiles ready to spend six months aboard the international space station three two one engines of initially things look to be going to plan. and there is liftoff of the still use in miss tin the rocket successfully blasting off from its launch pad in kazakhstan but less than three minutes into the journey it became very obv

now to lebanon which is home to more than a million syrian refugees many live in poverty and refugee children are often forced to work on the streets to help their families get by in an exclusive report . minutes two brothers and beirut the boys sell flowers for a living but they would much rather be at school. it is almost midnight but ahmed and use of to work day is far from over. the brothers from syria sell flowers on the streets of beirut three days per week from dusk till dawn. i wish that. i work because my parents are sick i need to support them i wake up at five thirty or six in the afternoons i go and buy the flowers i work work work and then i go home. with. syrian children working on the streets of beirut has become a common sight seventy percent of syrian refugees in lebanon live under the poverty line leaving many parents like almost and use of swig no choice but to send their children onto the streets to survive i'm. almost says that our parents are sick but i want to say something he should be able to stay at home even if my mother and father are sick they should work

plus the syrian refugee children in lebanon forced onto the streets to make a living we meet omar and use them like many refugee children they face abuse and violence as they struggle to help their families make ends meet. on little rock thank you so much for joining us everyone a blow for the russian space program an astronaut and a cosmonaut have been forced to make an emergency landing just minutes after liftoff the pair parachuted down in kazakhstan after a booster on their so use rocket failed on route to the international space station fortunately they are safe and said to be in good health russia says it is suspending manned launches from the baikonur cosmodrome pending an investigation. safe and well the medical equipment the. only sign of their ordeal a few hours earlier the two astronauts had been all smiles ready to spend six months aboard the international space station three two one engines are initially things look to be going to plan and there is lift up these three use images kid the rocket successfully blasting off from its launch pad in kazakstan but less than three

she flat were trying syria to a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley. the stent is home to her her mother and three siblings it's difficult to make ends meet with the rest of the sort of the day i need to pay for electricity household expenses rent i also have medical expenses two of my children have chronic asthma when they have attacks at night there's nothing i can do mara won't be the first in her family to be married off as a girl her mother wed when she was fifteen eight organizations say the humanitarian crisis has seen child marriages increase within syrian refugee communities. many like my house no longer have a childhood with few responsibilities to look forward to. all the while the war i have to get married because of our situation there are many things i need that i can't get i don't have any married friends and don't really know what marriage is. in lebanon one in five syrian refugee girls between fifteen and nineteen is married with more than two thirds of syrian refugees in lebanon living in poverty many parents see marrying their childr

lebanon. faces corruption we need to corporate all fired corruption this is an important part of said that in this regard to thank all the contras i'd like to think it was. that has. contributed a lot i was a good doctor with the grand brains about the role of the kingdom of saudi arabia has grown the crown prince has talked. to the other parties to the other constant order to encourage them to invest in lebanon said there is belt on two things that fell as a vote to develop the private sector in lebanon we have developed the b.b.p. . most of the projects in electricity in water in roads medications all will be through the private sector we will pay nothing the public sector will do these jobs we have other projects like need for the bill to study in all due. to be aware of the world water and other things the world bank and the loads will be all was just two minutes past fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera you're watching live pictures from riyadh and saudi arabia the future inves

bus we begin in lebanon where house a million syrians have sought shelter from a civil war that has left their country in ruins. many of them are children looking to eke out a living on the streets of beirut own it is almost midnight but almost and use of some work day is far from over. the brothers from syria sell flowers on the streets of beirut three days per week from dusk till dawn. i wish that. i work because my parents are sick i need to support them i wake up at five thirty six in the afternoons i go and buy the flowers i work work work and then i go home . with. syrian children working on the streets of beirut has become a common sight seventy percent of syrian refugees in lebanon live under the poverty line leaving many parents like almost and use of swig no choice but to send their children onto the streets to survive he should be able to stay at home even if my mother and father is sick neither yousif nor his brother go to school on the streets they often experience violence. one time i was six i came to sell the flowers here at the bar they beat me and did not let me sell fl

and lebanon's capital beirut twitter forty one u.s. personnel were killed in the bombing carried out by has a lot during the height of lebanon's civil war was over the past year we have levied the highest number of sanctions ever imposed on has born in a single year by far just a few moments ago i signed legislation imposing even more hard hitting sanctions on hezbollah to further starve them of their funds they are starving thank you we will target disrupt and dismantle their operational and financing that works of which they had plenty they don't have plenty now and we will never forget what they did to our great marines in beirut we will never forget the saudi murari led coalition in yemen says it's investigating an airstrike on a factory a doctor say twenty one paperwork at what or killed in wednesday's attack force the departed has the latest the latest victims of the war in yemen workers at a vegetable packing factory in the town of beit al faqih the vessel by me of i mean this is where they wash the vegetables this is where they

markets and so lebanon lost billions of dollars they had to export goods through the sea via the sea via air which cost really a lot of money so the reopening of these borders of the border crossing benefiting the countries in the region syria celebrating it really as a victory showing that the country is stable it's returning to its pre-war status as a transit hub now of course the resumption of trade means the restoration of ties at least for jordan and lebanon and we heard the jordanian government spokesman person say this is a vital trade route between two brotherly nations jordan and lebanon did not break off diplomatic relations during the seven year for but they did not engage officially with the government so damascus slowly coming out of its isolation economically it is hoping to engage to reengage with the international community as well but that this is going to be a little bit more difficult because we know that the west is no longer calling for us not stepping down as a condition for for political talks to happen but what they're asking for is a u.n. led credible politic

open for the first time in three years for decades it was a vital trade routes across syria between lebanon and jordan much of that trade will be coming through the must knob or the crossing on the border between syria and lebanon as an author has more. the reopening of the nessie border crossing this vital artery for commercial traffic benefits many countries in the region jordan of course we know suffers from a weak economy the closure of that border was a crippling blow lebanon as well this is its only overland route to other countries this border was not closed during the seventy year war but trucks were not able to reach jordan and the gulf arab markets and so lebanon lost billions of dollars they had to export goods through the sea via the sea via air which cost really a lot of money so the reopening of these borders of the nessie border crossing benefiting the countries in the region syria celebrating it really as a victory showing that the country is stable it's returning to its pre-war status as a transit hub now of course the resumption of trade means the restoration of ties at le

cost the syrian refugee children in lebanon forced onto the streets to make a living we need omar and use of to sell flowers just to get by they are two of the many refugee children facing of busa and violence as they struggle to help their families. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the u.s. mainland has been battering southern coastal states hurricane michael made landfall in florida yesterday leaving widespread damage and flooding in its wake pictures taken by the international space station captured the storm shortly before it hit the southern tip of the state known as the florida panhandle it was the state's fiercest weather in more than eighty years now the storm's intensity has waned as it moves inland as usually happens but neighboring states including georgia and the carolinas are bracing for more destructive winds. supercharged by the woman waters of the gulf of mexico hurrican michael blasted ashore battering southern florida with winds of up to two hundred fifty kilometers an hour residents in coastal areas who ha

lebanon is on a diplomatic offensive its foreign ministers are brown brasil. invited ambassadors and the media to tour sites that israel says are hiding hezbollah missiles production facilities there within an area controlled by the iranian backed lebanese armed group in beirut's southern suburbs among them the a head football stadium but a political ally of hezbollah is accusing israel of lies to justify an attack against lebanon on this rule but there are many statements made affirming the four session of accurate as well however this does not mean the present the vicinity of beirut airport. israel's military says the facilities used to convert regular missiles into more accurate guided ones are still not operational but under construction with iranian supervision. israel is accusing hezbollah of knowingly jeopardizing the lives of civilians and using them as human shields the three alleged missile sites are located in densely populated areas close to the airport. there was no immediate reaction from ambassadors of western countries but russia's envoy is cal

and it holds considerable influence over political life in lebanon and you know and i'm going to frequent with a show of the yemeni government made many concessions during the consultations in kuwait but there are red lines that cannot be crossed like not allowing in yemen what is happening in lebanon where a party like hezbollah creates hurdles in the political process. and the government could accept the hooty this is a political movement within the political community in the country through a democratic process that reflects their true size. and the foreign minister he's tweeted has tweeted that he fully supports un proposals for a new talks soon the u.s. troops are fighting alongside yemeni government forces and the u.n. special envoy for yemen he says that he's convinced the booth is are also prepared to talk so the priority now for martin griffiths is to get all sides around the table as soon as possible it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of over the horizon because the problem with that is and i've been reassured this week between p

marine compound in lebanon's capital beirut two hundred forty u.s. personnel were killed in that bombing carried out by hezbollah during the height of lebanon's civil. over the past year we have levied the highest number of sanctions ever imposed on has born in a single year by far just a few moments ago i signed legislation imposing even more hard hitting saying shinzo and hezbollah and to further starve them of their funds they are starving. thanks we will target disrupt and dismantle their operational and financing that works of which they had plenty they don't have plenty now and we will never forget what they did to our great marines in beirut we will never forget. i'm a just search and rescue operation is underway near the dead sea in jordan ofter at least eighteen people died in flash floods heavy rain hit the area on thursday most of those killed were children on a school trip to a popular hot spring charlotte ellis reports. the headlights of risky vehicles illuminates a ravine on the date see. this search in for school children swept away in

while the world food program has suspended aid to eight thousand syrian families in lebanon. hello there is staying fairly unsettled for us across the middle east at the moment well what one area of town in the far northern parts of our map that's bringing a somewhat weather a little bit of snow as well every part of catholics down there and gradually drifting its way towards the east and we've also got this difficult to shower as ever parts of iraq that stretching up into syria now this is going to intensify as we head through the next few days on saturday the area of tat widens we see more showers and then it really does become more intense as we head through sunday so some heavy rains i reports of iraq and that stretching all the way up into turkey expect some fairly shop downforce out of this a bit further towards the south and the showers in doha are likely to continue off and on over the next couple of days thirty three degrees that's just on maximum at the moment there's a little bit more persistent cloud down towards the southwest in parts of yemen stretching up into

and it holds considerable influence over political life in lebanon and i know and i'm going to quit with the show i'm actually the yemeni government made many concessions during the consultations include wait but there are red lines that cannot be crossed like not allowing in yemen what is happening in lebanon where a party like hezbollah creates hurdles in the political process now. the government could accept the hooty there's a political movement within the political community in the country through a democratic process that reflects their true size. and the foreign minister he's tweeted has tweeted that he fully supports un proposals for new talks soon the u.s. troops are fighting alongside yemeni government forces and the u.n. special envoy for yemen he says that he's convinced the booth is are also prepared to talk so the priority now for martin griffis is to get all sides around the table as soon as possible it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of over the horizon because the problem with that is and i've been reassured this wee

whoever that about let's say a kid spends four to five years on the streets if he stays in lebanon or goes back to syria the pressures he faced on the streets will remain with him he won't be able to do his work properly and he does not. i know we are talking about children instead of being at school they are being lost i'm sad about that and this is affecting an entire generation. that messed up he didn't watch yet nadine was as part of a team that runs the fund bus an initiative aimed at believe eating the children suffering on the streets. for a couple of hours each week they can come inside the bus a safe space away from the gaze of the passers by to do arts and crafts. what. they said there and helps them release if you give a child a piece of paper cardboard and glue and then they can make something out of it the child gets to feel powerful which he normally does not get to feel yet they might but the bus is by no means a sustainable solution for syrian street children but you don't it can fit a maximum of fifteen children at a time. syrian children account for three out of four

moscow also coming up we mean to omar and you so the syrian refugee children forced onto the streets of lebanon on to make a living plus the cost of water residents of the kenyan capital nairobi complain about high prices and the manta know is the water shortage caused by drought or by staff. and the rise in n.c. abortions sentiment in parts of germany has always been legal or illegal in a great area now women are finding it increasingly difficult to terminate pregnancies and also in the next sixty minutes d.w. says downward former germany captain mikael bollock to talk about the state of the national football team he says coach your move it is lucky to still have the job after the world cup debacle. thanks for your company everyone while we start off on that extraordinary. feat of survival tonight two astronauts emerge unscathed after a failed rocket take off the pair parachuted down in kazakhstan after a booster on their so used rocket failed on route to the international space station they're safe and said to be in good health but russia says it is suspending manned launches from the cosmodr

plus the syrian refugee children in lebanon forced out onto the streets to make a living we need omar and yousef to sell flowers just to get by there are two of the many refugee children facing abuse and violence as they struggle to help their families. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the number of people suffering from hunger worldwide is rising according to the world hunger index more than one hundred twenty four million people are currently suffering from hungary that's forty four million more than two years ago it is the african continent that suffers most the majority of the countries in africa are considered to. having serious ungar problems now there are just eight african countries where hunger and starvation are not an issue central african states are at the top of the less of countries with the highest ungar index. while outside of africa war torn yemen is one of the worst hit countries of its twenty eight million people more than eight million are on the brink of starvation and there is concern that figure could double by the end of this year. these other