last year we had $200.00 murders. when it comes the youth it stretches for a while. if you want to help save the world. and euro. a port in rome a city in mourning beirut confronts the impact of cheers day's explosion with many people still missing. and there's anger and frustration in lebanon crowds want change at the very top the french president calls for immediate political reform.

but i missed this as al jazeera live from doha also coming up america's powerful national rifle association gun lobby group is being sued for financial mismanagement. and another 1200000 americans filed for unemployment benefits but politicians are yet to reach a deal on extending an expired aid package. french president emanuel macron has announced measures to help beirut recover from its massive ports explosion has been missing lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from the blast on tuesday said health workers equipment and international aid will be sent to the country over the coming days now in addition to announcing a global fund raising conference he also said reforms in lebanon on needed well now at least $149.00 people have died still missing more than 5000 have been injured so

100 begins our coverage from the lebanese capital. search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will never see her husband allie again. about a son is a still are still i don't know where he is i haven't heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know if he's alive or dead. rescue experts from abroad have started to arrive to help a country that wasn't prepared to cope with a disaster like this all of us are. hoping to each other with army to find more corpses there's still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find there is somebody else. the blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding

thousands buildings homes shops destroyed $300000.00 people displaced billions of dollars in damage investigations are focusing on possible negligence in storing tons of highly explosive material at the port officials have promised assistance and compensation to those affected by the explosions but driving around the city the state is noticeably absent and destroyed neighborhoods like this one it is the people who are helping each other they are cleaning the streets clearing the debris and distributing food and water to those in need public anger against the political class many believe is responsible for lebanon's near economic collapse is not new decades of corruption in the glare triggered an anti-establishment movement last october we've been fortunate growing used to this day not being present for its citizens we don't have properly just city we don't have a proper garbage infrastructure we don't have proper water infrastructures and unfortunately

the people have gotten used to it but it's it's it's a time for change it's we've been asking for change for quite some time and i think this last catastrophe is going to make change for the country much better the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in critical condition calls for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. myself. and i need everything. to be. so this is why i'm here i want to. leave and. some may call it resilience but for many this is about survival nearly half the population of 5000000 lebanese were below the poverty line before this disaster the situation has since got worse. beirut. well that's now going to talk about it

smith is on the ground for us in beirut bernard just wanting to touch on what mccrum is saying then going as far as calling for a new political order that's quite explicit statement that there are so many challenges ahead especially when it comes to his very long list of reforms how is all of that being received where you are. well what we've heard in the last hour from french president emmanuel macron is mark on essentially stepping into a void left by lebanon's own political leaders mark crumbs off with practical and moral support to the leaders of the people of lebanon something that the country's own leadership has not been able to do and there is real anger a frustration that lebanon's political classes have allowed the country to collapse so far that it was able to be exposed and almost destroyed half the city destroyed by a massive bomb by a massive bomb or 30 lies or in a warehouse the problem for macro on the problem for any foreign leader in

a problem foreign organizations is the people they need to deal with to try and help levanon get through this are the very people who for the last 30 to 40 to 50 years of allowed this country to crumble into the ground in protests before this is an economic crisis the reason it's dark now is because there's been a there's been poor electricity supply of the decade so they can't carry on cleaning up tonight because they can't see what they're doing so there's a major major challenge in trying to rebuild lebanon with the current leaderships country and bernard you've been there on the streets with residents trying to clean up all day can you talk us through a little of what you are seeing where you are even though it is very dull. well what we've seen all day armies of volunteers armies of mainly young people with brushes and pickaxes and shovels cleaning up but there's nobody to manage this they've been cleaning up because what we haven't seen the whole forest is we

haven't seen the military we haven't seen the police we haven't seen any other emergency services doing the work now any country would struggle to cope with such devastation so rapidly on such a massive scale but lebanon is sort of government services more ready pat to the bone and totally capable incapable of dealing with something like this so we've left and we have people instead walking amongst the debris in very damed buildings that are in a very dangerous condition and could collapse people walking around all of those trying to clean up as best they can so as best they can so an enormous efforts on the lebanese people is a little help from the government. than a smith there for us on the ground and barry thank you very much bound. i'm moving on to some other news on the attorneys general of new york and washington d.c. are both suing to dissolve the powerful u.s. gun rights lobby group they accuse the national rifle association of exploiting the organization for past small gain new york's attorney general and he said james says

yes of corruption and misspending has irreparably undermined its ability to operate as a nonprofit group now this a lawsuit could take years to pay out and leave the 148 year old n.r.a. fighting for survival often more let's now speak to she have a chance he's in new york she have can you talk us through just what's being alleged here. was rose the new york judge is a concern as you said the charge is that senior executives also the n.r.a. used the millions of dollars that were pouring in from its members as a personal piggy bank to fund of lavish lifestyle $64000000.00 spent in just 3 years according to the attorney general all luxury travel on heroine lake up for the c.e.o.'s wife thousands of dollars spent spent on luxury trips to the bahamas private jets and so on the money was sort of spread around to associates and friends and family what the attorney general is saying is weighing up yeah the 3

other executives need to pay that money back but as you said she's also calling for the dissolution of the national rifle association we should be very clear as to what that means that that means the dissolution of the n.r.a. as a chartered nonprofit entity in new york state so as you mention this litigation is likely to take years and years and years although it's true. certainly by gun control advocates it's difficult to see how this is going to be are going to war in the short term in the short term certainly in fact in some ways it might even you can fire up the base in an election year and that's where the n.r.a. has always got its power if you look at how much they have already spends on. being in washington d.c. it's comparatively little actually when you look at all the lobbying organizations all the power of the n.r.a. has always been its membership around 5000000 members right now. but the fact that they guaranteed to go to the polls. and vote out in people who they feel

protected the 2nd amendment the right to bear the by all means as the members see it so influence was as far as the gun control issue in the united states goes it doesn't look like it will have much of it but it's like it might even fire up the base of a tide where members of time space might be even slugging having said that it is a it's a major blow to the n.r.a. as an organization over time but it was already in trouble because of infighting and without actual problems she had tansey there with all of the details of that lawsuit in new york thank you very much she had all the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to 1200000 last week picked up in may and june as states began lifting coronavirus or strikes ins after a record loss of $21000000.00 jobs in april now more than $16000000.00 americans are collecting unemployment benefits from this state's budget a federal aid package of $600.00 a week in addition to that state benefit expired at the end of july and now nearly

a week later politicians have failed to reach a deal to extend it political disputes and also meant that rental moratoriums which are backed by the u.s. government have expired millions of americans who lost their jobs during this pandemic are now worried about becoming homeless and many of them are now facing eviction and yelling reports from miami. even as unemployment rates remain at historic highs the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing with so many out of work in the midst of a health crisis the specter of massive victims is now real temporary moratorium is meant to prevent renters losing their homes have been lifted in 30 states and millions of facing a harsh reality the landlord here has started an addiction process like that when my mom lost her child and her father. 19 pandemic and completely scared and frightened because i don't want to become homeless i doubt

why my family being split in half left at home by shelter over the last few months is job losses of grown so too have the lines that food banks that massive loss of income and increasing desperation not only affects renters but landlords to somebody who own just one property in their service. to pay their bills and they have duplex and they make. the other without the rental income they can't pay their bills this is absolutely to be drawn and provide additional federal leave to people who've been a lot of in washington negotiations between the democratic party and the republicans continue over a new relief program some unemployment benefits officially ended last month with no new plans in place that combined with an end to protection from addiction could have a devastating effect housing experts say without action the u.s.

could witness a tsunami of addictions that may affect tens of millions of people without homes many are forced to live with relatives or in shelters increasing their risk of contracting courbet 19 the court system is overwhelmed hearing addiction cases as a safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable seems to be straining according to the data companies to distance 40. of americans and now at risk of a vixen for some it's already happened it's heartbreaking. you know last month i have a data loss everything else no money no not ok i don't sleep well last year worried about stuff by some estimates 40000000 people could lose their homes impacting poverty rates homelessness and the wider economy and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida when the 2nd west affected country brazil more than 13 percent of people are now unemployed that's the highest level there and 3 years nearly 9000000

jobs were lost between april and june because of this pandemic and at least 13000000 people are now looking for work and south america's biggest economy. still ahead here on al-jazeera crime quarantine and an economic crisis in argentina find out how people and officials. to be. victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the once fast atomic bomb which killed 140000 people. hello there mostly homeless and draw across much of the middle east not much clout as well as you can see apart from this far southwest assad down across into yemen

because those clear dry conditions are also mean the winds have been increasing and so we've got some fairly strong winds through friday coming through the interior of iraq so pick up the sand in the dust and really funneling quite a long way south but the winds coming from the north generally means it feels a little bit dry and also as humid summers a cool still very high 4846 celsius down in doha are watching this area of rain here is moving away gradually back to stan so through saturday then it's heading into northern areas of oman it could be heavy at times it could just cool some localized flooding damage wise it doesn't do much that's how much i 35 is the high it will scott meanwhile high 50 celsius in kuwait city then down into southern africa the usual showers and thunder will central areas of the care cross much of madagascar not quite as clear down into coastal areas of south africa wanted to bring quite cool and to has that just 15 celsius and you notice the shows through central areas of mozambique through south a day they will spread a bit further towards the north quite strong meanwhile it is warming up in force

that is about it should be mostly dry the winds changing direction but a very warm day on saturday with the winds through the interior. frank assessments what are you saying back in yemen 60 percent of the new poll relation why do we see with this informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many parts of the overall mia region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy because not the recent big interest the bill of your people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story are now just 0.

hello there i'm the stasi attained let's remind you of our top stories here this hour. rescue and recovery missions are continuing and lebanon's capital for people still missing off to choose days huge explosion at the port at least $149.00 people have been killed more than $5000.00 injured in bay ridge. the attorney general of new york is suing to dissolve a powerful u.s. gun rights lobby group she accuses the national rifle association leaders of diverting millions of dollars from the organization for personal gain. and the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to $1200000.00 aust week that's the lowest weekly total since march the u.s. labor market is trying to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. now at least 9 people have been killed and by the saudi u.a.e. coalition and northeast yemen as happened in the al jawf region on thursday

civilians including women and children are understood to be among the victims the saudi u.a.e. coalition has been fighting yemen's ruthie rebels since 2015. now early results from sri lanka's parliamentary elections suggest a big lead for the governing party the sri lanka's people's front led by the rajapaksa brothers who currently serve as president and prime minister is set to consolidate its power this was south asia's 1st major vote to jaring this pandemic which had forced a delay of over 4 months now fernandez is monitoring all the latest election results for us from. what many people had expected the p.p. or the party of the rajapakse galloping ahead in terms of the results released so far we've had final results for 2 of this country's 22 districts that's the goal and the martha districts board districts in the south of the country and these are overwhelmingly in favor of the p.p.

70 percent of the war going the way of that party and the 2nd essentially in the running the is b j that is the breakaway faction of the biggest opposition party the united national party they are we behind they have something like just one 4th of the votes polled by the p.p. so all indications from the early results that have been released so far showing that the p.p. has brought in that massive victory it was aiming for that's the situation that we've gathered so far in terms of the official results that have come out so far. now to the corona virus pandemic and the rising number of covert 1000 cases in parts of africa is sparking concern from public health experts the continent is now approaching 1000000 cases and more than 21000 deaths south africa alone accounts for more than half of those infections and it also has the 5th highest number of cases globally now along with egypt nigeria ghana and algeria all of those

countries together account for nearly 75 percent of infections across the continent the african centers for disease control says the low rate of testing in the region remains a concern our correspondent for me to miller is in johannesburg with more on the situation in south africa in south africa also is that they are ongoing trials around a vaccine we understand that a vaccine could be ready by mid 2021 but given the economic status of many countries around africa there of course are questions around of food ability as well as axes we've heard pharmaceutical companies talk about releasing the vaccine once it's really at a cost price so that it's affordable that's especially when countries are at the height of the pen direct and perhaps later on introducing a low price to allow for exists ability but at the moment given that the numbers continue to rise we've seen an 11 percent increase in the last week alone there are

of course questions being raised around the testing and if the numbers are accurate and of course those would then determine just how the pandemic is tackled in africa specifically at least 8 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital fire and western india the victims were all receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of the facility in the city of. stays there were around 50 patients in the hospital at the time our correspondent elizabeth pronto has more from india's capital new delhi. government says a short circuit caused the fire in the intensive care unit in the early hours of thursday morning killing 5 men and 3 women who were being treated for the coronavirus patients have been shifted to another hospital and an investigation is now underway now elsewhere and india we have seen pictures over the last 2 weeks of the monsoon season of hospitals in the states of maharashtra and also for they.

have been completely flooded with heavy rains causing get and all the challenge to medical workers to authorities who are already dealing with very poor public health infrastructure health minister hoshyar this is the government is continuing to build more beds create more clothed facilities now on thursday india recorded yet another single highest day rise in both cases and deaths with more than 56000 cases and 900 deaths india is expected to reach 2000000 confirmed cases on friday we have to keep in mind that syria logical surveys which test for antibodies which have been done around the country sure the real number of cases in india a much higher many times the confirmed number there is another logical survey being done in delhi at the moment the last one the results of which came out around a month ago showed that media quashed delis $20000000.00 population have

antibodies now despite the overall rise in the number of cases that we are seeing restrictions continue to be eased as the government tries to keep the economy afloat the latest this week with jim's were allowed to open for the 1st time since late macho and the nighttime curfew has been removed. now travelers returning to germany from high risk countries will now have to undergo covert 19 tests and those who refuse could face a fine of up to $30000.00 the health minister has worn to the increasing rate of infections there is a cause for concern germany has reported its highest daily tally in 3 months on wednesday with more than a 1000 new cases. well many in argentina are struggling to get by after 4 months of corinth and an economic crisis the situation has been worsened by a rise in crime poverty and hunger as to raise about reports from. security personnel on the ground in winter sightings their target is

a drug trafficking ring involved in armed robberies. the operation is money toward by the province a security minister said. he sell a 10 coronel in the army a surgeon and a lawyer he says the only way of stopping when a site is going out of control is to be on the ground every day. we accompanied him on one of more than 40 security operations that take place every day in this province of 12000000 people a provincial when i say it is the province of borno state is going through a pandemic his original virus but we already had other intimate problems like in security it's getting deeper and we need to approach it with all sorts of policies and. the rate is not an easy one members of the group try to escape and shots are fired this is great heard one side is very aware of high poverty rate and work insecurity has been on the rise and major challenge for the government is keeping

the situation in this part of the country under control. the police searched the homes of the suspects for drugs and guns children are terrified. poverty has been on the rise in recent years but says the pandemic began the situation has deteriorated even further the government has increased cash and food handouts but it seems much more needs to be done. better he says the situation can be compared to the 2001 crisis when argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt. even though looting and riots are under control for now inequality has. on the rice. and it took them until the crime we're seeing now is younger people involved in criminal activities people with no criminal background it's more disorganized the crisis that is coming it's worse than 2001 because it's deeper and sharper but we're trying to control it. for people are detained

on drugs confiscated but with more she can repression and on the ground human rights activists say abuse has increased and. we're seeing cases of abuse all around the country with different levels of violence abuse from the police and provincial and federal forces this is not new but it reaffirms that these are not isolated cases and there is a structural problem. argentina struggling to contain the spread of covert 19 and he's coping with an economic crisis the challenge is to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control once again. when a site is now the president of belarus has warned that unauthorized protests will not be tolerated after sunday's election then alexander lukashenko is seeking a 6th term in office election officials have barred his 2 main rivals from taking

part but a wave of protests over the weakening economy and the government's handling of the krona virus pandemic threatens shanker is 26 year old. now north korea is preparing for flooding and landslides after days of heavy rain there farmlands are among the west hit areas have a look at this upcoming video state media released showing people repairing damage to their farms parts of south korea have also been flooded after $44.00 consecutive days of rain there some highways have been closed and at least 16 people have died around $1600.00 on the homeless. now survivors of the wilds fast atomic bomb happened 75 years since it was dropped on hiroshima about 140000 people were killed after u.s. forces attacked japan in the final stages of. pride has the story. a poignant commemoration of the moment 75 years ago when the world entered the atomic

age and the whole city was destroyed with the numbers of the so called him the original survivors of the attack declining each year this is likely to be the last major round of verse or 8 they will attend in large numbers special precautions in place to protect them from the coronavirus that hiroshima as mayor referred to as a new threat facing the world accompanied by a worrying increase in nationalism. we must never allow this painful past to repeat yourself that evil society must reject self-centered nationalism and unite against all threats i take 15 in the morning local time a single atomic bomb code named little boy exploded 2000 feet above the center of the city killing tens of thousands of people instantly with tens of thousands more dying in the months and years that followed many from radiation related illnesses

michiko could die was a child when the bomb was dropped. with the pandemic innovative ways have been found for her and other survivors to share their stories with the present generation. and there is this sense that we don't have much longer to live i'm now 82 i don't know when i won't be able to speak so in some form we need to preserve our stories that 3 days after hiroshima nagasaki was attacked with a 2nd bomb another run a verse or a with more survivors to market and in both cities both among the generation who endured the attacks and also the generations that came after them there's a strong piece called true that really focused on abolishing nuclear weapons the experience of being the only country to be attacked with nuclear weapons help shape modern japan. by urging action from each country japan will take the lead in the

international community's efforts towards the realisation of a world without nuclear weapons it's a goal still far from being realized but one held still is strongly in the 2 cities that have suffered most from such weapons rob mcbride al jazeera. well don't forget you can always find much much more on our web site including all the latest on the aftermath of that huge explosion in beirut to go to al jazeera dot com. and again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines french president emanuel knock on has called for a new political order in lebanon while announcing measures to help beirut recover from its massive port explosion has been meeting lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from that blast on tuesday but on said health workers equipment and international aid will be sent to the country over the coming days and in

addition to announcing a global fund raising conference he said urgent reforms are needed. what i know is that the people of labor don't have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system so there are lots as for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customers we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sick does and insist all these changes quickly and now in some breaking news a lawsuit filed in the united states alleges that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salah dispatched a group of hit men to canada to seek out and kill one of his former top intelligence officials who thought exile in toronto or about north suit says the scheme for when the group failed to get past suspicious border officials at pearson international airport and adds saad life remains in di apparel now the attorneys

general of new york and washington d.c. are both suing to dissolve the powerful u.s. gun rights lobby group thank you as the national rifle association is leaders of exploiting the organization for past no gain. now the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to $1200000.00 last week that's the lowest weekly a total since march and the u.s. labor market is trying to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and in the 2nd west affected country brazil more than 13 percent of people are now unemployed that's the highest level in 3 years that $10000000.00 people are now looking for work and south america's biggest economy and at least 9 people have been killed in an strikes by the saudi u.a.e. coalition and north east yemen as happened in the al jawf region on civilians including women and children understood to be among the victims well those are the headlines and i will have more news for you here off the inside story.

of the beirut explosion leads a political change in lebanon people left to clean up the streets fence there and go a what they say is a corrupt system in a dysfunctional state and the country rebuild and rise from this destruction is inside story. hello welcome to the program. lebanon deserves better it's one of the main messages coming.