Good evening and welcome to tonight’s episode of the Intelligent Recap.

In the news:

The Lebanese presidential election is still at the forefront with foreign envoys at the scene.

Lebanese electricity subscribers will be able to pay their bills in foreign currency and the First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank will not bail out the government. As well as other local news.

On the international scene:

Armenians flee Nagorny Karabakh, Trump skips the GOP debate, and more.

The European film festival kicks off Beirut’s cultural scene and Gabriel Yared shares moments of his career at Beyt Tabaris.

We will also touch on ground breaking tech news from Meta, as well as Lebanon’s sports participation in the 19th Asian Games, and finish with the election of Amin Maalouf as perpetual secretary of the French Academy.

Watch it all exclusively on This is Beirut.