everyone to have access to essential health services now more than in the world needs w.h.o. making a healthier world. for everyone. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian forgotten this is the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes u.s. president donald trump demands that schools be reopened despite the rising number of covert 19 infections a grim milestone for latin america as coronavirus cases exceed 5000000.

spain's prime minister weighs in on the financial scandal involving former king juan carlos sousa now fled the country. and zimbabwe's president defends the recent crackdown on protests against his gun. and installed. his half the top spot in the n.b.a.'s western conference for the 1st time in a decade bron james the number one see there with the. president donald trump the leader of the country hardest hit by the corona virus pandemic is making a big and what some according divisive push to get kids back into the classroom that's despite warnings from top disease experts of potential health risks it's angered teachers in cities like new york where they've been protesting against the plan. and you can see why the u.s.

has 4700000 cases more than 155000 deaths and there's still little indication that things are improving democratic presidential hopeful joe biden has been tweeting urging trump to do his job before even more people lose a loved one at all this as millions of unemployed americans wait anxiously for politicians in congress to break the deadlock on a new coronavirus relief bill let's get straight to washington our white house correspondent kimberly hellcats is there for us the president kimberly appears increasingly defensive about the rising death toll in the u.s. and yet still insists that things are under control. yeah the u.s. president we're watching the last hour ahead an event in the east room of the white house if he might have something to say he he really stayed on topic about talking about of this signing that he's doing about the outdoors but what is really dominating the television sets and broadcasts and online right now is an interview

that the president gave about a week ago where he is doing exactly that downplaying the seriousness of the number of infections that seem to be increasing with each day here in the united states the u.s. president really pushed back on the fact that there are dramatic surges in infections and deaths saying essentially it is what it is in his view but that doesn't mean that the united states isn't doing all that he can it's under control as much as you can control it the president said now the president seems to continually point to what he calls the plague instead of his administration's response as the reason that things are as bad as they are in the united states so the u.s. president really trying to portray the positives but the reality is with 65000 infections a day and rising in the united states this is given an opening for his opponent joe biden in the upcoming election to attack him to say not only is the president not doing enough in his view but joe biden thinking he can do better as you're

reporting from capitol hill today i can believe where things stand on the coronavirus relief package now that many of the benefits of expired. yeah expired on friday many americans were counting on that $600.00 a week payment that has been helping them get through the fact that millions of americans are out of work as a result of the closures 2 to cope with 19 well that relief doesn't appear to be in sight we're still hearing that the earliest there could be any sort of vote on any sort of agreement and there is no agreement will be next week now we're watching the white house very carefully because the president continues to insist he may step in and take executive actions to try and put in place some form of payment as well as put a moratorium on a vick sions for people who can't pay their rent if congress can't get its act together so we know that those resumption of talks are going to take place this afternoon as well in the coming hours we're going to have the members of the white house staff along with house speaker nancy pelosi who has been pretty critical of

the president and his point of virus response so far so expect that these are going to be some difficult conversations again a lot of pushback from the white house but a lot of criticism that will be coming from democratic leaders who still insist the president is not doing enough i was there as white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live there from capitol hill today many thanks indeed kimberly the strain has deployed hundreds of soldiers to the worst affected states of victoria to enforce stay at home or to anyone found breaching isolation rules will be fined 3 and a half $1000.00 nobody is also imposing a nighttime curfew non-essential businesses have been ordered to close i'm just there as nicholas gates reports from sydney. he cowered in astronomy a 2nd largest city public transport normally filled with workers is now near empty tough measures including an overnight curfew are in place to slow the spread of

coded 19 as the number of new delhi cases remains in the triple digits and the government is doing everything in its power to make sure people stay in their homes unless it's absolutely necessary tough fines have been introduced for anyone breaching isolation apart from a major medical care there is literally no reason for you to leave your home and if you were to leave your home and not be found you will have a very difficult time convincing victoria place that you have a lawful reason the government says nearly a 3rd of people with covert 19 who were visited by authorities weren't who told him which has been leading to community transmission now rules have been tightened people can't step out of their homes the only exemption health reasons hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to help victorian police in force the isolation orders some of the toughest restrictions on the movement of people the

stray leah has ever seen we've had to smash the window eyes of people in cars and pull them out of there so i could provide the data because i went telling us where they were going to i went it hearing to the chief health officer guidelines with more businesses closing in construction retail and other industries the state's economy has stalled and thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs will be stood down victoria makes up nearly a quarter of the national economy and with prescriptions to remain in place for at least 6 weeks some experts are warning that australia is recession could now last year waving little chance of an economic recovery any time. america has marks another. with more than 5000000 coated 19 infections and over 200000 deaths but some of the worst affected countries are rolling back restrictions brazil's biggest cities pollo and rio

a reopening businesses and doctors warn that fact could lead to even more deaths mexico's also easing restrictions despite having the world's 3rd highest death toll after brazil in the u.s. latin america has proven particularly vulnerable to the virus because of poverty and a big urban population and many have no option but to continue working during the pandemic let's go live that a mexico city joe homeowner is there john tell us more about the situation right now in mexico. well continues to struggle really with coded he said there that it's got the 3rd largest death toll in the world at the moment and we actually spoke to the country's coronavirus of quite a while ago now more than a month ago and he said that by mid july he expected this nationwide to be on the decrease for cases to really be going down and the country to be stamping that out and that doesn't seem to be happening you mentioned there as well the fact that in

latin america obviously this is gone past 5000000 and you mentioned a couple of reasons for that apart perhaps add to that something that a lot of people have focused on and that's the fact that in mexico and brazil those are the 2 most populous countries in the region in the economic powerhouses really of latin america governments have had this sort of ambivalent attitude towards coded and towards taking measures against it president joey abell sonando in brazil has actively been campaigning against taking strict senator measures against corona virus he's been quoted as saying it's a little flu he's had to himself and seems to have recovered and he's basically said if you're not old and you're not sick you just need to be getting on with it here in mexico city the president and his manual lopez obrador was out kissing and hugging supporters even while back in march from the start of april his government was still trying to get people not to be in contact with each other and to try and

keep social distancing going so those 2 countries governments the most populous again in the region have had an attitude towards coronavirus that hasn't gone into the streets sort of measures the 2 presidents have been advocating fish streets lockdowns as fiercely as in other countries and many people say that might have something to bear on this issue as well nonetheless the economic repercussions of this a pretty extensive on pay. exactly and that's what she'd been one of the arguments for mexico's president under his mantra lopez obrador has been saying listen there's a lot of poor in this country more than half of the countries in the informal sector which means they don't have a sort of steady job that perhaps working in markets they're working at selling things out in the streets and various other employments so for those people we have to be we have to allow them to go out we have to allow them to a certain extent to work and as you mentioned for some time now more than

a month began repealing the quarantine here so that people can get out and work. another thing that's tied into that has been the fact that andres manuel lopez obrador met screws president this by him so saying that he's a leftist has refused to roll out a stimulus package for the country to try and get industry working against try and get small businesses working again there's been some payouts but they've been mostly small loans and a lot of people have said criticize that and said that that's really going to stall the country's economic recovery including the international monetary fund that said that mexico's economy will shrink more than others than the other major countries in the region of latin america other countries like chile and brazil despite having conservative governments have rolled out those economic stimulus packages and already starting to get people back to work but latin america is really in a sticky situation right now this virus still isn't under control but with the

poverty here there's economic necessity to try and get things moving again i was there as john holmes reporting live from mexico city john many thanks. oil giant b.p. is reporting a record a record $16800000000.00 net loss in the 2nd quarter as a result of the pandemics economic fallout the company has cut dividends by half b.p. has already announced that it's cutting 10000 jobs 2000 of which are in the u.k. along with major losses the company has announced new plans to increase investment in low carbon energy al-jazeera as business editor abbott ali says that there are some rough months ahead for the global economy we're not driving and we're not making much these days and that's been reflected in the prescribed rates last season certainly not been profitably reported across many industries companies are reporting earnings that have been beating expectations and that's the reason why are we seeing what the stock market's rise but that's still down by a 3rd from where there should be and that's been reflected in job losses that

b.p.'s cutting 10000 jobs in the united states the shale in or gas industry a system 80 that more 1000000 jobs have been lost there and that's been reflected in the economic numbers that we've been seeing over the last few last few weeks from the united states and europe where the economy has shrunk by about 10 percentage points now that was his to come because the banks are setting aside plans of dollars because they expect these leases and consumers to default on loans in the coming few months and if we look at the global economy it's been predicted that that will contract by 4 percent or $3.00 trillion dollars that's the equivalent of the combined economies of the straight year and canada put together. the number of british nationals immigrating to the e.u. has risen by 30 percent since the brig's that referendum in 2016 recent figures suggest that it jumped recently to an average of 76000 people a year the biggest increase in migration has been to spain followed by france

britain formally left the e.u. in january and is now in a transition phase that stew to expire at the end of the year need parker is in london and reports the numbers are raising fears of a brain drain this is very much another unintended consequence of brics it according to research into data produced by eurostar and the organization for economic cooperation and development since the 2016 referendum has been a 30 percent increase in british nationals deciding look we don't want to be here anymore it's time to relocate to another country in the european union as you mentioned there france spain both popular countries of course the weather in spain a huge appeal but also germany has noted that 2000 percent increase in british nationals already based in germany now deciding that they want to become german citizens difficult numbers of younger people many of them highly educated who

despite being offered lower salaries or salary freezes are deciding to make the leap and to relocate to the european union best not forget that only a few weeks ago the british government announced a new points based immigration system that was sold to businesses as a way of encouraging the best and brightest not just on the e u but internationally to come and live and work here but perhaps what the british government has failed to take into consideration is the best and brightest already here who are now deciding to take their talents elsewhere. here with the news out from al-jazeera still to come on the program argentina cliches i'm sick clinches of breakthrough deal with creditors to shore up its economy. the longest monsoon rains in 70 years course devastation and displacement in south korea. and in support pakistan's cricketers get ready to return to international action for the 1st time in 6 months.

spain's former king juan carlos has left the country after corruption allegations surfaced against him prime minister pedro sanchez says the government respects the palace's decision and that it's a sign of a robust democracy let's go live out of a dread al-jazeera smarter about oh is that what's the government that have to say about the former king's departure yes and you as you mentioned that he's tremendous the president's son to proust's children his support to the spanish king it's early but this takes off to take him distanced from his father and former king juan carlos after yesterday deciding. that he was going to leave spain and go to lead to another country after all this corruption allegations have been emerging in the past few weeks anough to those that is supreme court decided to investigate this

scandal of the contract on the high speed rail with arad arabia where they say that he could have been taken $100000000.00 as a figure of maybe a trade between the spanish firms and saudi arabia gold them and. most a lot of people there saying about what's happened. sorry i just said the one to 2 out that's better centered today in the press conference after the cabinet meeting said that he wants to help these 2 teams to to sions and here we have no judge an institution which judges the people regarding your last question where you asked about what people are thinking where in their in the line of many political parties that are asking for a referendum on the mourner q especially left wing parties and pro independent is so president daughter and got the union even asked for the abdication all of the actual the spanish king philip of the 6 also what we've heard from many people in the streets is that the those of the film o.

king kwan carlos has been running away have been has been eluding his response abilities with the justices this side he's lawyer said that he would be happy to welcome call parade with the spanish justice. on a serious matter and i don't reporting live from madrid not so many thanks or a can has weakened to a tropical storm shortly after making landfall in north carolina 300000 people have lost power flooding in a beach side community to set off several fires the storm is heading north now it's awards new york state. flash floods have had several provinces of yemen and at least 20 people have been killed including children the region east of the capital sanaa is one of the worst affected 2 weeks of heavy rains have destroyed shelters and farms more than 2 and a half 1000 families of lost their homes. flooding and landslides also in south korea where at least 14 people have been killed much of the damage is in

regions surrounding the capital seoul president has called an emergency meeting of bride reports now from the city of poggio near the de-militarized zone with north korea. the holland river through so overflowing its banks after days of torrential rain and extreme weather system that straddled the central part of the korean peninsula for days is now being fed by a thai food moving through neighboring china mountainous regions in south korea have suffered the worst damage from flash floods and mudslides those killed in missing were mostly caught in homes and buildings that were inundated. with the war if we get more rain will have to evacuate our home might get swept away as well it's tough but psychologically draining north korea is also being affected announcing the highest level of warning for some areas it's expecting rainfall of

up to $500.00 millimeters. the national emergency and disaster commission is strengthening its unified command system to me my damages from the floor in the end rain. with crops threatens the north is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather . it's been releasing water from dams to ease the pressure on its waterways including the engine river that flows into the south in 2009 a surge of water from the north killed 6 people here after that incident north korea agreed to tell the south when it was releasing water into the river but with the recent souring of relations all of the hot lines between the 2 careers have been cut and the north has been flooding the river with water without warning south korean president moon j.n. has been holding an emergency meeting to coordinate the government's efforts in dealing with the rains which are expected to continue through this week robert

bright al-jazeera had to south korea want to make you aware of some breaking news this hour there are reports that there has been a large explosion in the hamra district of the lebanese capital beirut. i want to say that that is a neighborhood where among others former prime minister saad hariri has a home no idea yet as to what has caused that explosion. or whether there have been any injuries or damage to property cost here at al-jazeera we're keeping across the situation in beirut we hope to talk to talk to our correspondent there in the next few minutes these are the latest pictures from lebanon's capital it's clear that but something has happened and as course a very big plume of smoke to rise over beirut as i said a loud explosion big explosions heard in in beirut. we'll

bring you more details and speak to our correspondent there in the next few minutes here on out as era. in the meantime american investors investigators say that a raging wildfire in southern california was likely sparked by a faulty exhaust system on a diesel truck nearly 8000 people have been forced from their homes since friday emergency crews say they're struggling to contain the fire which is already burned through several kilometers square kilometers of land police in malaysia have raided al-jazeera as kuala lumpur office and seized 2 computers last month now to 0 journalists were questioned by police over a documentary on the plight of undocumented foreign workers in delays here during the pandemic malaysian authorities say that the episode of one or one east could have broken sedition defamation and communication laurus al-jazeera strongly

rejects those allegations charles trendall is the managing director of al-jazeera english in a statement he said al-jazeera calls upon the malaysian authorities to cease this criminal investigation into our journalists conducting a raid on our office and seizing computers is a troubling escalation in the authorities crackdown on media freedom and shows the lengths they're prepared to take to try to intimidate journalists al-jazeera stands by journalists and we stand by our reporting. gack. gack song as a lawyer filed 0 in kuala lumpur but explains what might have prompted the raid. i can see that was easy to spot impossible. to complete the wife called the beneficent people from what i have to get it from the police. these money. earlier rounds should be protected and to work through things get a tape but then again it can both actually instruct them to be good and that could

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make it easy should lead the charge on not chacho. millions of people in sri lanka will head to the polls for parliamentary elections on weapon state south asia's 1st major election during the pandemic president rajapaksa his party is in a minority in parliament wants to win a majority to expand his powers i was serious but this reports. moving the rethink has been around for the doctor september 2008. he was one of 11 young men kidnapped in the event and a group within the sri lanka navy including its highest ranking officers have been implicated. that we just want our child and 12 years we haven't been told whether he's alive or not so much information has been uncovered one can get away we don't even care if they do but the officers or whoever allowed this injustice must be punished human rights activists this and similar cases involving

the disappearances of hundreds of camels after the 26 year conflict with the tamil tigers will be forgotten in sri lanka and go to the pool on windy sri lanka people's party led by the rajapaksa brothers is expected to win. president then prime minister minder family will protect war heroes who brought a queue ssion ensure national security subcommittee and bring prosperity under. the president's party must come to power to take this program forward we require a 2 thirds majority for this there are amendments needed to the constitution or else we need to change the constitution the presidential powers were weakened and those of the parliament strengthened under an amendment passed by m.p.'s in 2015 and only see any reversal would be detrimental as far as democracy is concerned if that arch boxes get close enough. all the set will be out of the window

and therefore you will have a strong authoritarian government but this doesn't seem to want emotion longer than the many rajapaksa appeared the best option given their handling of the coronavirus outbreak and the negative perceptions of the previous government including security failures that led to one of the worst bombing in sri lanka on easter sunday 2019 the main opposition united national party has been ripped apart by infighting and he's contesting the election separately not carrying the. ministration. only miscreants. who is alliance. competent people who have exhibited leadership qualities i'm not kidding our lines and any say low voter turnout is possible and

spheres of 19 me keep people in the we from the ballot boxes winning the general election will be the easy part there are multiple challengers but a looming economic crisis aggravated by the threat of nevada spent demick with severely test the next government in sri lanka. families like the vitter singh has tried not to lose hope he never nando al-jazeera colombo. well got a weather update next day on i was 0 then the un warns of a generational catastrophe in education as a result of the global pandemic. but it's for the team making its return after a week in isolation as major league baseball anuses to keep its season on track.

but. once again welcome to another look at the international full cost but they still have a few hefty showers in the full cost just around that western side all of a yemen but for much of the middle east the hot and dry again sums it up quite a breeze picking up to the drifting some let it dust the sad outs of iraq into kuwait down across that eastern side of saudi arabia towards us here in casa over the next couple of days it's a similar pitch watch out for that blowing dust the bloody conditions temperatures here at around $44.00 celsius to $48.00 in kuwait $45.00 the impact that that we go with the showers still just around the southern end of the red sea heavy showers to into eritrea into ethiopia sliding across south sudan central african republic seeing more big downpours as well those showers just extend their way over towards the gulf of guinea right across pushing up into the sahal now southern parts of west africa again still somewhat dry than we would have space at this time of the year and a similar picture as we go on through thursday further south we have showers sister

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that celebrate the human spirit. against the arts. al-jazeera selects hunted. you're. well again this is the news from al-jazeera adrian fenty going to here in doha this been a large explosion in lebanon's capital beirut within the last hour let's show you some latest pictures it's clear that there was

a massive explosion as you can see we don't quite sure yet as to what has caused this explosion but if you can see the pictures of the neighborhood now in which this explosion happened you can see that it's caused widespread damage we have no information yet as to how many casualties might have been it's clear though that that something has caused a very large explosion in lebanon's capital within the last hour al-jazeera say the honda is in beirut it is on the rainforest now saying you must have heard this explosion. not only heard to adrian felt that if the lebanese capital i have reported that you for years but never felt that's about it close and heard there was a thought and then it got there which is why i was everywhere i am being absolute

carrying. rushing to the hospital chaos is a great if you will not appear the cause of that if they close it some reports are saying that it happened that they wrote lord it is still 9 here like i told to when i was in the lobby away 'd the glass broke. everywhere d. and as you can the bastion this is a city which is used to expose itself to the nation but it has been a while since the last a. well it's too early to say for me because some reports are suggesting that there was a 'd poll that exploded 'd paper sport like i mentioned it's still clear what exactly took the lebanese capital but as you can imagine people are worried by search now people are trying to reach their relatives calling south ever since like

sure that they're ok so this is all i can tell us that we had set up passive explosions you you all this day on able to see the pictures we're showing right now but we have pictures taken from the water near to the port area and it's clear that there is a very large explosion right on the coast that is where the city say to you right now. not very far from the port saying 3 and i think point in time i was some roads are blocked so very very difficult to move around the security forces are directing traffic one area as you come across and there's a lot 9 of chaos i saw the little bit boxes. a like that set up after that we're still trying to confirm exactly what happened at the beginning just a few minutes after the post and if you can get back to that there were reports saying that it was close to the house that the former prime minister saw go pretty

deep and then report the words that no that is not true are talking about the outside this residence that nothing happened here 6 so it is still too early for us to confirm but this is really a country. that's what is known as a an economic crisis a political crisis occurs the crisis so people are already on the edge that is why many are just concerned what exactly happened like you mentioned it's close to the sea it's close to baseless towards we are still trying to confirm exactly what happened and what caused this massive explosion the pictures that we're showing show a thick plume of black smoke rising over the before city and then what is your chance to see a blast wave so maybe there was a fire for us to before the explosion tell us something sane of the culture itself 7. this. yes adrian sorry i didn't hear i didn't hear

you very well the cars are honking like i told you the sonic in the streets everybody trying to get home glass everywhere so i could imagine the injuries just as a result of the broken glass but i was close to the american university hospital that's in the heart of st louis and glass was falling from the 7th floor from the 6th floor people were trying to. talk to find cover so there's so chaos people are trying to get to the whole. it was the 1st day after a 5 day lockdown was lifted as the authorities post part of a. lockdown to try to curb the. increase in the number of folks who don't know if i would place it but this country is really popular with many many quite quite a currency crisis an economic crisis a financial crisis and now with this bombing you can imagine how concerned people are but again we don't want to jump to conclusions i do not want to call this an

attack i do not want to call this. this an attempt right now although you know this explosion took 5 the lebanese capital just a few minutes ago everyone trying to be told everyone is concerned that this could be if indeed it was an attack and i repeat we still have no confirmation it's a thesis was it a sock. it could be the start of keaton or if the bill is good for a country really that hard to think but then if you protest this this explosion was clearly big enough to cause a blast wave which is from the pictures we're seeing here cause significant damage several kilometers away there are cars that have been blown up upside down buildings and what they appear to have been hit. by something which. a switch is thrown them into the buildings damaged several kilometers away in the city itself

it looks as though this explosion as you say was at the port say no i don't know whether you can hear me but i just wanted you to tell me a little about the port itself in beirut. yes adrian the course of the closure and what felt across the city there initial reports saying that explosion was in the port and i can tell you what we are approximately 5 kilometers away from the port and her whole building our whole office. of the building the buildings are off the case it looks like it's in the street so it is. not clear what exactly happened we are trying to make oh as to figure out what exactly. happened but the damage the damage cometary been promised the way and it's what the force the force of the most and i was i was walking in the street then i was thrown to the ground and i'm

telling you i'm not close to the pool i wasn't close to the point 08 when i filled with that more complex and i cannot say whether or not. or whether it but. it i mean. it appears from from from you looking at this the fact that that it happened at the port that this may have been. an industrial accident something that has gone terribly terribly wrong at the port itself discoursed this this clearly massive explosion and you said you felt this blast wave which which it appears from the pictures we're seeing here so have cost so much damage right throughout the city you felt it yourself. yes i did i did a grand massive massive explosion the 4th that motion you mentioned an industrial accident we cannot rule. got out we have to stress this time and time again we

cannot fool got out for the time being a pill we confirm exactly what happened we manage to reach the site of this explosion but if you tell any lebanese now that this was an accident it will not call their nerves because the lebanese people have been. * for some time now i talked about an economic crisis a state close to bankruptcy a currency that has devalued more than 80 percent in the past few months inflation storing food prices a searchin coronavirus cases the health care system close to collapse so people are dealing with all these problems and then i think we'll have exposure that block their capital and this is a country that has seen massive. i'm not linking this explosion to anything but just let me tell you and today time by the end of this week government was

expected to hear. a a a from the international tribunals which has been investigating the case of the assassination of the former prime minister rafiq and how do you think that was back in 2005 and not explosion was just this massive but the one that explosion was a political earthquake the whole process the capital the whole country shook following his killing 3 days from today the verdict is going to be issued this will be the 1st time in a history that a fascination or a political killing is investigating and murders murderers are uncovered and. a police attempt to create the pertussis so you already have all see. this this political athletes here in the cut through. then you hear this not the most and so could you imagine what is going through the mind. every level. they play i didn't. know we cannot. not say whether or not

this bet on the oh yeah whether it's a rock or whether. we're seeing pictures which show clearly signs of absolute devastation at the port area and it these pictures appear to be. the size of the explosion itself that you see that massive blast wave. heading out across the capital beirut. firefighters can we go back to those pictures at the at the scene of the the explosion we don't know. there it is again firefighters tackling what has remained what remains of the fire there after the explosion mangled buildings in the port area crane. still standing despite that blast but that road side close to the port area where we saw 'd cause that have been overturned people lying injured

bloodied on the side of the road people standing around as you can see that stunned . to what has happened. at the pools in beirut and i was here as a whole is making her way through this this site right now and she's on foot listening to us on for where where are you now i know how far away from the port area are you. say no i don't know if you can hear me. how close now are you to the port area now we appear to have the line has dropped for the moment i will come back to was a soon as we can. so we know within the last 3040 minutes or so reports began to come in of. a huge explosion in beirut the lebanese capital when the 1st pictures started to come in

i mean they're unbelievable what you're seeing right now mangled buildings cars it appears that this explosion happened in the port area in beirut we have no idea yet as to what caused this is a to what it was saying to us earlier this is a city that's used to. explosions and attacks but this was on a scale rarely seen in that city a massive explosion and well we we simply don't know the cause of it yet we don't know yet either how many people were caught up in this explosion whether there have been deaths have certainly been injuries as they were saying that massive blast wave that we saw. from those initial pictures show the city in shards of glass and damaged buildings it almost looks as though there's been an earthquake in some parts of the city itself further away from the blasts. we're seeing pictures

of injured people lying on the roads. near the road pictures of upturned cars there . on that road passing by the court there where the cause of clearly a debate involved in traffic accidents as drivers were distracted by the blast or have been blown over by that massive blast wave that we saw on the pictures. to try to reestablish contact with with say the hold up and we're trying to talk to other people trying to get hold of other people in the city who can give us. their excuse me their experiences. of what happened in the last hour here be him. so if you just joined us. this is excuse me just to clear my throat. this is al jazeera live pictures from lebanon this capital beirut where within the

last hour there has been quite clearly a massive explosion the size of the explosion reported to be well you can see it from the screen the port area in the city a massive blast wave has damaged buildings mangled buildings a fire is still raging firefighters tackling that that blaze that blast wave as damaged buildings kilometers away in the city itself to show the city with with shards of glass blown out windows for columbuses around. and as yet we have no indication as to the number of deaths or injuries but it's clear that after something like that on that scale that there will be casualties the emergency services trying to deal with clearly a massive explosion like that are going to be overwhelmed as

a correspondent was telling us that even though beirut is. almost used to explosions over the years rarely has it seen anything on this scale. so this appears to be the seat of the explosion which happened within the last hour our correspondent dana potter is making our way to the to the site of that explosion and will as soon as we've reestablished contact with her we'll we'll talk to her some more about experiences. those pictures we were showing a few minutes ago of the fire. the seat of the fire the seat of the explosion apparently there are people trapped under that rubble which is what the emergency services. are doing there trying to work trying to get those people free back on the line where you know. yes lines are patches you can imagine adrian

everyone is using their phones that work is jammed everyone concerned about their loved ones trying to find exactly what happened what shook the lebanese capital just under an hour ago we are still trying to get confirmation but we understand for the time being some sort of an explosion faisal horse stable port is located really is in the heart of the lebanese capital we still do not have confirmation on casualties and injuries as you can about there's chaos it's very difficult to move some roads are blocked * and then there's traffic congestion and some. a panic in the streets glass everywhere the force of the impact the impact the force of the ocean was massive. but the wind. people people 6. additionally everyone what seemed to their clients that this is another assassination a lesson on for many years a. by

a series of maturing of the fascination. political killing but it has been a while it has been quiet for some time now but again no confirmation from reporters but just think that this is some sort of an accident ad. for maybe a few people some reports also suggest some fireworks nothing that we can confirm at the time being all i can explain all i can tell you is what is going on in the streets and all i can say is chaos here nobody knows what happens damaging kilometers and kilometers away i could imagine how many people were sitting in the hole where when the blast took their apartments and glass. glass broke everywhere so there is there is a 3rd but still no confirmation. adrian on what caused this explosion. it's clear that they will be multiple injuries after something like

this. the city's emergency services working. tirelessly has been. given this is happening in the middle of a pandemic will the will the hospitals in the city be able to cope. this is a very good question because the health care system is already collapsing this is a country at the and deep economic crisis financial crisis a currency crisis the private hospitals are owned billions of dollars by the lebanese government a government that is crap and bankrupt so private hospitals have begun to turn away patients for some time 0. and public hospitals are underfunded and they have been raising alarms that they could * cope with sea. coronavirus

cases so there are many many crises and nothing on at this point in time a bombing a political assassination will definitely not bode well for the ability but as we have to press time and time again we still do not know the cause of this massive blast we are still trying to confirm and trying to lead the fight to the explosion this is. it we're finding difficulties reaching some roads have been blocked and as it comes about 10 packs a contestant just to be able to move from one area to another. center we were looking at pictures that we're still on the pictures coming from the road which runs adjacent to the port there in beirut scenes of complete chaos mangled it looks like a warehouse buildings at the port there cranes. askance. many

people standing on the roadside. completely bewildered taking photographs of something there on the opposite side of the road to the explosion. not sure what that is quick we're also seeing pictures of cars that have clearly either been involved in traffic accidents immediately after the blast of it's that building there which which has been completely blown out as you can see. by the force of the blast from the port which is just opposite because that have been either involved in traffic accidents drivers were distracted by the explosion right next to them or been blown over by that massive blast wave. let's speak to a reporter who is also in beirut your house shot i understand was damaged by the blast. that's correct about half an hour 40 minutes ago we were just watching

a show on the next break taking a break from work and i are hard at jeff hovering in the sky and because it's been happening for some time i open the window glass door and looked outside and the entire putting shook and i was blown by my car house being farmed everything is being formed i'm bleeding on my neck i think because i think it's claws on my neck and my ankles and i would have been seriously injured but a lot of people around me on the street where i live in just call to maybe a christian dominated area a lot of people are bleeding there's absolute chaos here people cannot understand how to react to this situation this country's already being grappling with so much good in the day i was piling a story on how the price of bread was doubled but how are these people going to deal with the situation now mine timetable what is the fall and what do you find a buyer is ok i haven't yet met me but i haven't yet. i don't know if there are any casualties yet or not because i'm right on the white house but my entire house was

blown apart there's nothing that i could actually pick up from there other than my phone luckily i found my phone and i found my father or. * one does with me here on the streets right now also on the job trying to calm trying to talk to people and understand what happened all the journalists not collecting at the same fault the outside the red cross a lot of people trying to go in i have a good managed to get to the building 6 cause i don't know whether it's been bones or not but a lot of the buildings here have been almost just people around me leaving everywhere complete chaos i mean you know one doesn't want to sort of talk about who's done this yet but this should be hovering up all hovering above the skies * over the last of the last 2 months you know so complete kills all the many were anticipating this but it's just such a heartbreaking moment bus really but also as somebody who lives 11 also me i can associate. with the lebanese people these people have been going through such

a hard time and now this i mean one that just you know does not have what how to describe this situation with religion. and child it's clear that from what you are saying you've been injured by flying glass. bleeding and you get in you getting treatment for that are you able to get medical assistance. you know i know i'm 6 just and i don't see that cross i want that cross. running around in a parking lot to try to help and as of the lady when i said i don't know if i can get to the red cross building it's very close to my house because i'm living as i said my god is bleeding my god 'd i didn't get there yet and it's complete chaos because all the cars on the streets people are rushing to pick up the who did lots of old people i see at least a full 5 now i see you do all that cross. doesn't affect cross walk ups now

some young people trying to help. 5 those around me is just to please don't call the people and how has it been told that this is a relief also any here in lebanon that you know one would think that this is what idea which would not be bombed by the south unable because it's questioned on the day didn't people have generally been but he did not make all the money on the budget this is a plus one to call today so oh. the situation here today. i don't know whether you are away yet i want to say to you i think you're in a state of shock but the explosion was that i was at the ports in beirut how far away from the port is you will is your neighborhood. what we're up to i think we had a ball to 030 minutes away from it but the fact that that's been bombed as well as you saying we did hear my husband is german and he's a journalist as well and he just got a message from the job of that. that that in fact has happened and oh. that's

happened to them this makes the situation much much scipio. this stuff you know this sort of sort of an event i mean i did not even get the politics of it all to be honest because i'm the people leading in front of me and all i could would be 60 plus his leading he's lying on effect on all. men is not good golf was dealing with him is trying to address to his home visit 6 really old navy yard my guy being taken care off oh he's been taken care of by some people around me some junk people and he's just absolutely does the absolute nightmare you know you won't benefit do you think tapping into that when all of us thought it would actually happen. you know if this is a follow up to 15 yes i saw that 2004 that this would actually happen the one the only 'd one false that's somewhat hollow so the profits would be maintained i don't know levanon it's not going to going to seduction it was already dealing with so

much but here we are all just people who have a full speed he says well our young ladies sitting on. all the water would have been a window on this and this is this is the parking lot of right in front of my house the parking lot right in front of my house just like about 100 meters away from the red cross in a very box set out markets and what not well done was lifted and well on all the red cross has just come to this parking lot with some bandages trying to cater to people who've been in to hopefully i'll get some 1st aid as well and child it's a really dire situation your child will let you go and get that ankle treated and that bleeding stand. take care of yourself and we'll give you a few minutes to gather your wits again and we'll come back to you many thanks indeed that's what i'm told. who was at home. t.v. well that last hit her neighborhood

a couple of kilometers away from the port area in beirut when the explosion blew out all the glass in the windows of the homes in her neighborhood. on shells neighbors like her injured by flying glass she's got her ankle she said was it was bleeding she's clearly i mean you can hear it in her voice when she's talking in a complete state of shock that. we'll let go and get the treatment she needs to she said there's a red cross. first aid worker there treating people in her neighborhood. other reports speaking of. a crack a storage warehouse being in the vicinity of this this explosion. said may have been an explosion of the fireworks warehouse which is a hoarder our correspondent was speculating upon a little earlier we clearly yet don't know the cause of of what set off this huge

explosion in beirut within the last hour but that blast wave when you saw the pictures. of the blast wave. shooting out over the city shattering windows and damaging buildings several kilometers away blowing vehicles over on that road that runs adjacent to the port area that firefighters now. trying to put out that the blaze at that mangled warehouse which is clearly the seas of the explosion the reports of people being trapped under the rubble there and as they know what it was saying. the city's emergency services already stretched by the coronavirus pandemic will be inundated it's clear that there have been multiple injuries blast injuries after this explosion it has just gone 600 hours g.m.t. this is al jazeera live from doha i'm adrian finnegan let's bring you up to date

with that breaking news out of lebanon a huge explosion as shaken the capital beirut it appears to have been centered on the port area.