on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound is another matter when you. encounter trails that matter to you. paying tribute to the city would still be in order one month after a huge blast tore through beirut. more than 200 people died that day but now there's a glimmer of hope rescuers may have found a sign of life been ether rubble. hello again adrian for they get here in doha this is al jazeera also coming up cyprus says that it will strip 7 people of citizenship after an al jazeera investigation revealed that some passports were sold to convicted criminals. 5 erupts aboard

a super tanker off the coast of sri lanka it's carrying $2000000.00 barrels of oil . and it has one of the world's lowest ages of consent to look at the fight to protect girls in the philippines. commemorations have been held in lebanon marking the exact moment one month ago that a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut people paused in a moment of remembrance at 6 o 8 pm that's the time almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited in the city's ports sending a devastating blast wave across the city more than 200 people died and thousands were wounded let's go live now to beirut al-jazeera is zenyatta is the senate will talk more about that ongoing rest. behind you in just

a few minutes but 1st talk us through what happened an hour ago during that commemoration. lebanese that marked the one month since that explosion at beirut ports which really changed the lives of so many people in this city damaged and destroyed neighborhoods some 191 people killed 7 people remain missing 6500 wounded many of them critically many of them life changing in the injuries 300000 people made homeless. and this is a cash strapped country already reeling from a dire economic crisis so many people unable to pick up the pieces of their lives without any help and the government is unable to do much because the state this nearly bankrupt so the people here are relying on the support of local and international n.g.o.s but it's just not enough the demands there so that the demands are great and it's not just that people want to manage just this

accountability they're saying it's been a month what has happened with the with the investigation authorities initially promised a swift investigation 5 days it's now a month and only yesterday they question the high ranking official the caretaker prime minister because he just like so 2 many other senior officials were aware of the presence of thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate safely stored in a warehouse of beirut ports so people are demanding answers and they're demanding just this one month zeta rescue is source that they've found signs of life the need the building that's behind you what's the latest on the operation. and i think. the latest what we understand from a member of the chilean team which is leading this rescue and search operation there is no more life they carried out these 8 sensor tests in the past few hours and they were not able. detect breathing what happened was over 24

hours ago that chilean team was in this neighborhood they were assessing the damage to the buildings in order to know whether or not these structures were still sound and their dogs detected them to the possibility of a corpse in this collapsed building so certain rescue and search operations have continued since then they they detected 18 breaths per minute yesterday this morning it was 7 breaths per minute and now they are not able to detect anything so the chances of finding a survivor are quite slim what they said yesterday was they believe that there is a dead body as well as a possible survivor and we still do not know if indeed there is a dead body as well the so a lot of uncertainty but a lot of anger because that building was not searched by the authorities a building that collapsed there is a pub as well as a chocolate store on the ground floor and it was never searched and that's why

people are furious they're saying this is just another example of the state's failure and incompetence. i was there as a 100 reporting live from beirut saying that many thanks to. cyprus says that it will strip 7 people of citizenship for violating the terms of the scheme offering so-called golden passports in exchange for investment it follows now to syria investigation into a cache of leaks documents they revealed european passports have been sold to a number of convicted criminals fugitives and political figures considered to be a high risk for money laundering deborah davis led that investigation and says the cypriot government is under pressure to act. it's not news they're recycling something that they said in november of 2019 when another scandal because this scheme has been plagued by scandal for several years revealed the names of people who should not be given passports at the time the government said it was going to

strip our sports from about 30 people and 26 names emerged then in may of this year in a form or applied to us the ministry of the interior said they'd already begun to strip the passports from 11 people so 26 had already shrunk to 11 now it seems to have shrunk to 7 and non of those names are among the names that we revealed in the cyprus papers we had about 30 people by the convicted wanted or under investigation for the crime as far as i can tell the secret government is not reacting to any of those revelations i think what's going on is that they are very . pressurised by the criticism and the fundamental criticism is what they are not addressing the fundamental criticism is that these schemes attract dirty money they try to criminals who want to hide proceeds of crime and they try to

people who want to hide themselves because they're wanted in their home countries so green with the rules saying you're going to take the passports away from a handful of people they may think that's going to deflect the criticism but it's not going to end it. baiter is calling on russia to cooperate with an international investigation into what happened to kremlin kremlin critic alexina valmy doctors in germany when the valley is being treated said say that he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent for russia's government says that it has no evidence of any crime laurence leamer reports the russian government insists its had nothing to do with the poisoning of the arch critic of president putin alexina valley the state's hasn't opened a criminal investigation despite the valley apparently being poisoned inside russia by a weapons grade nerve agent novacek which is only produced in russia in the latest

exercise in banging their heads against a wall in the valleys legal team went to court in moscow accusing russian investigators of not doing anything to the surprise of nobody their case was thrown out still they said they would keep trying to mothers of it was possible that it comes to that we will appeal this decision at the moscow city caught and you will also ask the following activity be illegal the failure to consider the claim if we did to her to check definitive launch a criminal case on the deliberate poisoning of an ex in a violent. after the european commission said it was marshalling its forces to get russia to focus on the poisoning nato has now involved itself as well arguing it has the right to do so since the poisoning was a breach of international law made dollars agree that russia now has serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international

investigation. those responsible for this attack must be held accountable i'm brought to justice yet when he was asked what exactly nates they would do next he could only say he would continue consulting with allies the problem for nato and everyone else is that if there was a crime it was committed on russian soil and without russian consent in an investigation where they go next is totally unclear lawrence lee al jazeera president trump has denied making disparaging remarks about u.s. war veterans the atlantic magazine says that during a 1st war centenary ceremony the president described u.s. war dead as loses it says that an unnamed senior defense department official reportedly confirmed the comments and the trump refused to visit a veteran ceremony in france because it was raining. would be

negative. because it. would be the military getting. it. back and. get. laughed out of washington our white house correspondent kimberly helka can tell us more so kimberly to niall's from the president and the big efforts again by the white house to refute another story. the u.s. president reiterating his feelings about the atlantic magazine as he met in the oval office with the leaders of cost of 0 as well as serbia in the last half hour the president once again disparaging the atlantico saying that this is a fake story it's a disgrace they're allowed to do it and then we're furring to the soldiers that lost their lives in conflict he says they're heroes so there's no question that the

president is angry about this story he not only have a 7 minute rebuttal on the tarmac there in that clip that you just played in the dark of night but he's also had the white house communications team refuting it on twitter and as well we have heard the from the president on twitter where he says the atlantic magazine is a dying magazine and they made up a fake story to gain relevance it's very clear that the president is concerned about this and already his opponents are seizing on it in an ad an attack ad this is certainly going to be a problem for the president who continues to deny that he referred to service members as losers or even war hero who the now dead former senator john mccain how much damage could this do to the president's campaign for reelection. lot of damage because he needs the military vote in order to win reelection he had a big time in 20162020 though it looks like there's some trouble for the president according to

a recent poll asking about how the military viewed its commander in chief joe biden seemed to get a more favorable rating as a potential commander in chief as president by about 6 percentage points last time in 2016 donald trump was ahead of his rival hillary clinton by 20 percentage points so it's a big problem for this president he needs it particularly in swing battleground states where a lot of veterans live like north carolina having said that president trump has just received a huge campaign endorsement from a major police union tell us more about. yeah the fraternal order of police is one of the oldest police associations in the united states and it has just canvassed its members some several 100000 in fact 33500000 i believe and what they are saying is that they support donald trump particularly in light of the fact that he has quote have their backs in the recent social justice unrest and

rioting and protests that we've seen in the united states now of course there is widespread protesting too many of the viral videos we've seen in recent weeks and months with regard to white police officers and the accusations of police brutality and systemic racism against particularly communities of color african-american latino so the u.s. president has defended the police throughout saying look at these are isolated incidents a few bad apples but overwhelmingly the police are all decent and honorable human beings that want to serve their communities so this is really resonated appears with the police throughout the united states and as a result he's got this much sought after indorsement a white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington many thanks indeed to kimberly. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then. you're in fitting your home. and you're in danger. we'll

hear from the survivors of last month's explosion in beirut sharing their stories of shattered lives in a shattered city. and jobs that could be gone forever we'll look at the long term impact of the pandemic in the u.s. . places because some quotes weather now into the korean peninsula largely clear skies you can see some showers there just making the way towards japan as for the system here coming out civil remnants of typhoon my sack bringing some wet weather to go through the next day you see this very angry looking area of low pressure this is and next typhoon super typhoon high shot making its way further north was and that's something to watch out for as biko through sas days pretty big storm out

of bands starting to affect southern parts of japan as we go through saturday more so of course because on into sunday it's sunday into monday we expect that system to make its way towards the far south of the korean peninsula south christenings and more weather coming through on a similar track to that taken by may sack not too long ago whether as you can see into southern parts of japan $32.00 celsius the in tokyo a special little further west where the weather is largely fine and dry we got some showers the it was the southwest of china for northern parts of vietnam plenty of showers making their way towards the indo china then we have got some wetter weather coming in across into b.c. well too bad at present some showers there have your best of rain up towards the northwest and more heavy downpours for the west again. a unique yet endangered biodiversity lives in the heart of one of the produce

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a catastrophic explosion tore through the city around 200 people died thousands were wounded when the. cyprus says that it will strip 7 people of citizenship for violating the terms of the scheme offering passports in exchange for investment it follows a now syria investigation revealed that convicted criminals were among those who received. the natures secretary-general is calling on russia to cooperate with an international investigation into the alleged poisoning opposition leader alexina valmy in stoltenberg called it an appalling assassination attempt by a school. but a people are still dealing with the trauma of the blast in beirut last month i was 000 in a hollow takes a look now at the impact that still having on people who live through it. it's been a month since the explosion at beirut port and many like north are still struggling to cope this is my 1st time coming to modify and after the explosion at the time of

the explosion i was feeling really bad that i couldn't go down and help. but i was just very afraid of leaving my home even the blast rips through neighborhoods like . killing nearly 200 people and wounding thousands but some injuries can't be seen as a matter of concern for us now what we call the cars we don't see the psychological effects of these explosions. the blast was lebanon's latest calamity. many businesses already reeling from a deep economic crisis were impacted united nations estimates 70000 people have been put out of work that's 12000 households lebanon was also on the verge of a humanitarian crisis with more than 50 percent of its people in poverty alley nostra dean is thankful that he and his family survived the explosion their home is

just a kilometer from the port they struggle to carry on like so many others they rely on aid agencies for handouts and. my car was destroyed or used to be a taxi driver i was able to feed my family and buy milk and diapers for my daughter government relief workers came to assist our situation 3 days after the blast the. damages are in the billions of dollars money the nearly bankrupt state doesn't have decades of corruption has been blamed not just for the economy's collapse but the port blast. many lebanese blame the political elite for this explosion so far mainly ports and custom employees have been arrested as part of the investigations but senior officials haven't been questioned even though they were aware almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate were stored in unsafe conditions in a warehouse i expected the president and the president to bury today in prison.

because the investigation independently from their presence lebanese authorities have rejected calls for an international investigation into one of the world's largest non-nuclear explosions in history. when. you're sitting in your home and you. are nearing danger. i mean knowing. everything that. i don't even know i mean nor is not alone in her despair and misery it's been crisis after crisis in what is now a broken country. 10 soldiers have been killed in an attack in central mali that happened near a town around 450 kilometers north of the capital bamako reinforcements are being deployed to the area it's the worst attack of its kind since a military coup last month. a crewman has died in an explosion in the engine room

of an oil tanker that's on far off the coast of. 22 crew members have been rescued from a new dawn and the panama ridge to tank has been on fire for 2 days now sri lanka's navy and indian coast guard crews are trying to put before the now for this report from colombia for colombo the vessel itself is on man and all the crew have been evacuated the surviving crew there is no power because of the fire so it is drifting basically in international waters it seemed that it was moving slightly towards the sri lankan course something that the sri lankan authorities are very conscious of this is off the eastern coast of sri lanka now obviously more than $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil massive environmental disaster waiting to happen we just heard at the official press conference by the navy the marine environment

protection agency about what is being done so far now obviously the sea they're keeping close tabs or walking with the indian course guard to bring the flame under control to cool the surrounding sort of parts of the ship to prevent the spread of those flames into the cargo area but obviously there is no guarantee that this can happen now the navy very confident that the indicators are that they might be able to contain it within that sort of bridge area and the engine room area but obviously the coming hours are crucial. an armed group has returned to its base in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff outside a prison around $300.00 fighters for the so-called co-operative for the development of the congo and to the town of bunia on friday that initially given the army a deadline to release fellow members of the group were being held inside if since

left after negotiating with the military although it's unclear what had been discussed fidel buffalo is a civil society coordinator researcher he says that incidents like the one witnessed on friday prove that years of trying to achieve peace a failed this is a lone lone history situation in congo where congo has been involved with walls for 25 years now i think. the show the show up of force by these militia it's only a testament to the congo of failure states but also to defend your models come in of a u.n. peacekeeping mission that has been present in this country for as long as i don't know over 201020 years now and a lot mentally doing nothing to protect the people so we can only expect even of the west's are

a victim of his government is not going to budge why the demand of these guys because the army is there but it it's doing nothing more no score un force the a nearby but also doing nothing it's being reported the dozens of patients taking part in the clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine in russia of all developed antibodies with no serious side effects but the lancet medical journal says the trial is too small to prove the vaccines safety and effectiveness 40000 volunteers will eventually take part in another phase of the clinical trial which began in june. the u.s. economy is showing a few signs of recovery employers a cautiously hiring but so far only hauffe of the $22000000.00 jobs lost to the pandemic have been recovered some jobs and airlines hotels restaurants some of us may be gone for good his role brunell's. mary benedetta a lost her job as a janitor months ago when the coronavirus pandemic crashed the u.s.

economy like millions of others she's worried for the future that saved by plant. i think live on a stroke for months president donald trump and his advisors have been predicting a rapid recovery and we've been talking about the v. this is better than a v. this is a rocket ship from preferred to graphs economists to vaas to show the length of an economic recovery v. shaped means activity goes down fast but then rises again quickly the bulk of the evidence says we are still on track for very significant upward move and it's to be shaped recovery but many economists say no it's not. it is not a choice right now because we had. too much firing if people are afraid of getting sick and dying they're just not going to behave. in a way that's conducive to grab more likely says

a federal reserve bank chief is an l. shaped recovery a steep fall followed by a long plateau of low growth and high unemployment a time that's required to recover is going to be a quite a bit longer than we might have otherwise expect even with effective vaccines or therapeutic methods economists say there's no question of magically returning to the free pandemic economy many jobs in affected industries may be lost forever airlines like united and american if cut thousands of positions as have department stores clothes makers. big banks and blue chip companies like a.t.m. t. boeing and hilton hotels and the list goes on businesses are looking out at the landscape and realizing it's not going to be a quick recovery they are then resizing and rescaling their operations to manage that situation which comes with more permanent layoffs the workers hit hardest tend

to be those with the lowest wages who work in hands on jobs like mary benedetta oh . the work i have. for millions like her there's a long hard road ahead rob reynolds al-jazeera. we're going to take you back to beirut now for an update on not rescue operations that we were talking about a little earlier. rescuers thought that they've shown potential signs of life in the rubble of a building that collapsed remember one month ago today i'll just 0 say to hold a can tell us more about a press conference that the rescue of gave just a few moments ago zain is with us lives i know what did we hear. well for the 1st time really since this operation began more than 24 hours ago the team leader spoke to the press to explain the outcome of this operation what he did

say was that the dog the dog was part of their team detected a sign of life in the collapsed building and he also confirmed that the machines the scanners the sensor tests that they carried out found evidence of a sign a sign of life 18 breaths per minute that was yesterday this morning the signal that the tech showed it was much weaker and i asked him when was the last time you detected a sign of life he refused to answer that question he said that we will continue even if there is just a one percent chance we find somebody alive we will continue but i understand from other members of the team it has been a while it has been a few hours now since they were able to detect a sign of life so the situation the outlook does not look very good. really someone to survive underneath the rubble for months so many are where we're calling

this a miracle we haven't reached a conclusion yet but according to the head of this team they will continue they will continue to search through that rubble and they will promise to update the press in the coming hours in a very brief zana just just remind us of how this came about it's one month today since that building collapsed in the explosion in beirut and it all started what yesterday. yes yesterday it was a team from chile it was their dog who specialized in finding people underneath the rubble he alerted them to something and that building that actually it was the reason why they started to use the machines that they have advanced machines because the lebanese civil defense 11 has firefighters they just don't have the equipment in fact even last night as the rescue operation was put on hold for a number of hours because the lebanese teams were not able to provide them with

a crane in order to continue digging through the rubble so more than 24 hours it's still not clear yesterday there was hope that there was a body and a possible survivor today it's not clear he's promising to give more details in the coming hours but what i understand from other members of the team they told me a short while ago it's been a while since there has been any sign of life as i hold a reporting live there from beirut said to many thanks indeed. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to hear the headlines all of his era a servant has been held in beirut to mark the moment exactly one month ago what a catastrophic explosion tore through the city around 200 people died. in the blast . as you just heard rescue workers are searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut off the signs of life were detected on thursday

scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing. cyprus says that it will strip 7 people of citizenship for violating the terms of a scheme offering passports and exchange for investment it follows i was in syria investigation that revealed that convicted criminals were among those who received passports. baiters secretary-general is calling on russia as a cooperate with an international investigation into the alleged poisoning of the opposition leader alexina valley in stoltenberg called it an appalling assassination attempt by moscow time and again we have seen the opposition leaders and critics of the russian regime attacked and the lives threatened some have even been killed so this is not just an attack on an individual but on fundamental democratic rights and it is a serious breach of international law which demands an international response we

wish mr noel now a full and speedy recovery a crew man has died in an explosion in the engine room of it all tank of this on file off the coast of sri lanka 22 crew members have been rescued from the new dive and lankan navy and indian coast guard crews are trying to put out the fire president trump has denied making disparaging remarks about u.s. war veterans the atlantic magazine says that during a 1st world war ceremony the president described the u.s. war dead as loses it says that an unnamed senior defense department official reportedly confirmed the comments and the trunk refused to visit a veteran servant in france because it was raining as they advance more usefully on officer after women make science next.

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