++ Information appointment in the morning, 19.09.24: UN meeting after explosions in Lebanon ++

Communication devices, this time walkie-talkies, have exploded again in Lebanon. According to the authorities, 20 people were killed and 450 injured. This and other topics of the morning with Andreas Herrler.

On Tuesday, thousands of pagers exploded in Lebanon and several people died. The radical Islamic Hezbollah militia blames Israel. The United Nations fears an escalation. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council is scheduled to take place on Friday evening German time. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again called on all actors in the region to exercise maximum restraint.

Debate about refugees in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament

The focus of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament today is on how to deal with refugees. In its motion, the CDU faction is demanding, among other things, that people with no prospect of staying in the country be deported more consistently. In addition, this should be organized centrally by the state in the future – and no longer by the overburdened municipalities.

The AfD wants the state government to introduce the planned payment card for refugees as quickly as possible and then provide them with as little cash as possible.