this is bbc news: i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. anger on the streets of beirut. protesters call for reform — as donors pledge 300 million dollars, to rebuild the lebanese capital, after tuesday's devastating explosion. for years, lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement. it's this catastrophe which has brought the country to its knees. clashes in belarus — after pro—government exit polls suggest, another landslide win for president lukashenko. british teachers criticise the prime minster for saying there was a "moral duty" to get children in england back into school.

hundreds of volunteers in mauritius are frantically trying to stop a massive oil spill from reaching the island's pristine beaches. hello and welcome. donald trump has called for lebanon to conduct a "full and transparent investigation" into tuesday's blast at the port in the capital city, beirut. he also expressed his support for protests demanding reform in the country. the us president was speaking during a virtual donors conference, which has raised almost $300 million in international aid. 0fficials now say 220 people died, and more than 7,000 were injured in the explosion. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has more from beirut.

here's the momentjust before beirut‘s ruin. the warehouse full of explosive chemicals is alight. sahar fares, a firefighter medic took the video. moments later, she and nine of her colleagues are gone. sahar loved herjob. she'd even visited the station on days off. she sent the video to her fiance, gilbert. he told her, "get out!" they found her body by the port's grain silo. all he has left is her engagement ring. translation: i video called her instantly. she was terrified and disoriented. so i told her to run and i was shouting, "run, run, run." and then the video cut.

we were to marry. this was her ring, it was in her hands and now it is around my neck. i wanted to take her in a white dress, instead i took her in a white coffin. sahar fares was 27 years old, she's one of 220 now confirmed dead by the blast according to beirut‘s governor. so much was lost in the disaster and lebanon is in crisis. even before the blast here at the port, its government was broke. this was a large part of the country's grain supply. here, people were already going hungry. its leaders didn't get round to building up an emergency food reserve. the little they had is now lost. there is no greater symbol of the country's dysfunction than this disaster, but for years lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement.

but it's this catastrophe which as brought the country to its knees. french emergency workers are lending a hand. but hope has vanished. they're now only using dogs that find human remains rather than those that find survivors. beirut is in pieces. the cost of rebuilding here will be more than £2 billion. britain is playing a part too. these rescue workers got here within 2a hours of the disaster. suzie cooper is the team's structural engineer. what we're looking at right is quick assessment to make sure that the really risky structures are being evacuated and the ones that are safe, we can get people back into. the uk government today pledged another £20 million to help lebanon rebuild. for the second day, protests in beirut.

they are still small and police and army push back hard. two government ministers have now resigned but the demonstrators want much more. to sweep away the entire political system. the world seems to agree. its pledged millions to help them, but only if their leaders break the corrupt habits of a lifetime. quentin sommerville, bbc news. two ministers in the lebanese government have resigned following the explosion and protests. our news correspondent in beirut — rami ruhayem — has been following the protests on the streets of the city and says the government is in trouble. the minister of information who decided to resign from the government and following that, there were rumours that at least does make other ministers, including the

minister of environments would follow suit. that did not happen and we have been getting lea ks happen and we have been getting leaks from happen and we have been getting lea ks from unconfirmed happen and we have been getting leaks from unconfirmed come of what exactly —— the place they met the prime minister. a panel of the promised recording to several lea ks of the promised recording to several leaks try to convince them to wait until tomorrow's cabinet session and to delay their decision to resign and, basically, a number, a third of the cabinet needs to resign for the cabinet needs to resign for the entire cabinet to be considered a caretaker cabinets. we are still a few resignations away from that, but at the moment, the government is clearly in trouble and possibly going to go away, depending on developments that take place in the coming few hours and days. as for the clashes, this is the second day of protests and clashes in downtown beirut. yesterday, we saw protesters

clashing with right police in several parts of downtown beirut. today, the same is happening. we know that security forces have fired tear gas at the protesters who are trying to enter parliament for at least pass through the gate leading to permanent these clashes, as you said, are ongoing at the moment. there is immense anger in the streets. a feeling almost of vengeful desire to see immediate accountability among the political elite. protests have broken out in belarus after exit polls gave alexander lu kashenko a comfortable victory in presidential elections. demonstrators faced off against riot police in the capital minsk following the official poll, which gave him nearly 80% of the vote.

state television says police fired stun grenades to break up the crowd and ambulances were sent to the scene. sarah rainsford reports. belarus has never seen an election like this. a nation demanding change after 26 years of authoritarian rule. you can tell most are opposition voters by their wristbands. those extraordinary scenes were mirrored at belarussian embassies around this world and from moscow to london, voters had the same call. we do need a new president, we do need new ideas in the government, we do need new policies in every sphere of life. as he arrived to vote for himself, though, alexander lukashenko didn't look at all worried. this man has won every election by a landslide since 1994. easy when you control the media and the vote count. and the man once dubbed europe's last dictator was scathing about his female opponent.

translation: i don't consider that person my main rival. it is you who made the poor little thing my main rival. but she says quite honestly that she has no idea what she is doing. that is not how sviatlana tsikhanouskaya looked on the campaign trail. just weeks ago, she was a stay at home mum, then her husband was blocked from running for president and arrested. so sviatla na stepped in and she has tapped into growing discontent with the man at the top. 0n election day, his security forces were taking no chances. these three pinned to the ground are russian journalists. the internet has been blocked all day too. but that didn't stop this video getting out from a polling station. 0fficials insist she is not making off with any ballot papers, she just got stuck ina room. sviatla na tsikhanouskaya never expected to win at the ballot box but she and her supporter

have always found to defend their vote on the streets and tonight those protests have already begun. sarah rainsford, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news... at least 43 bodies have been recovered after a massive was landslide triggered by monsoon rains in southwestern india. local media reported that some 78 people were believed to live in the area, with many still missing. kerala has been hit by deadly floods during the annual monsoon. gunmen in niger have attacked a party of wildlife tourists, killing six french aid workers, their guide and their driver. correspondents say the attack, just outside the capital niamey, was most likely carried out byjihadists who have become increasingly active in the country. at least five people were killed after torrential rains on the greek island of evia, northeast of athens.

officials say the victims include a couple in their eighties and an eight—month—old baby. their bodies were found in the town of politika. dozens of people have been evacuated. greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has expressed his "profound pain for the loss of lives". the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the united states has exceeded five million. at 15,000 cases per million people, the us infection rate is six times the worldwide average. donald trump has insisted everything possible is being done to control the outbreak, and has suggested a vaccine might be available in time for the us presidential election in november. countries around the world are wrestling with the thorny question of how to reopen schools, after the coronavirus pandemic forced some 1.5 billion students to stay home.

in the uk, borisjohnson says it would be morally indefensible to keep schools in england closed because of coronavirus, and has pledged to make their reopening, a national priority. but not everyone agrees. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. schools in england have been eerily quiet for months, children missing notjust lessons but friends. today, boris johnson said that must end in september, writing... i'm going to stamp out a big bug. he tried to get all primary pupils back earlier and failed. many agree children need school. labour says it's about making realistic plans. what the government need to realise is that

words aren't enough. they've got to provide the support and information to schools so that heads and teachers can make the arrangements that enable children to come back safely in september. schools have been given advice on reopening. it will be different when they're all back, but head teachers have been planning for months, keen to get pupils back into the classroom. many parents have been absolutely marvellous at supporting their children and theirlearning. but i think, in terms of routine and structure and systems, they desperately need to get back into some kind of routine, as do their families. families soaking up the sunshine in yorkshire today. after months ofjuggling at home, parents are turning their thoughts to school. i think they should go back in september after the holidays but it was totally pointless taking them back before, just for that short period of time. i think it is a good idea because the break

was quite big. i'm asking my son's opinion and he's really happy to go back to school in september so if he's happy, i'm happy. in scotland, schools will reopen this coming week. with aberdeen in lockdown, there's a similar debate. 16—year—old eddie knows he has to be ready for highers next year. getting back to school, i feel i will be able to achieve more than in my house. but definitely the big problem is will we be able to socially distance? that's the big thing for me because i'm living with my gran, who's shielding. every step towards normality carries some risk. scientists will be trying to gauge the effect of each move, but in the end, deciding what matters most is down to ministers. branwen jeffreys, bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how a love of rugby league — and the support of her partner the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. uganda's former brutal dictator has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over

the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines anger on the streets of beirut. protesters call for reform — as donors pledge 300 million dollars, to rebuild the lebanese capital, after tuesday's devastating explosion. protestors and police face off in belarus — after pro—government exit polls suggest another landslide win for the authoritarian president lukashenko. his main challenger says "the majority is with us". the political row between the uk and france, over illegal migrants crossing

the english channel, has intensified. mps in southern england are demanding the french take tougher action. more people were picked up on sunday, making a total of over 600 arriving so far this month. the english channel which is 3a kilometres wide at the narrowest point, is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. simonjones reports from dover. the crossings continue. these are the latest migrants arriving at dover, picked up in the channel by the border force after making it into british waters. they're taken to shore, hoping to begin a new life here, as pressure mounts on the government to take action. conditions on the channel once again today, like on previous days, are incredibly calm, and that is why migrants see this is the perfect weather to attempt to get across the channel. but they are being warned once again they're risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. this is the man appointed by the home secretary to try to make the route unviable. dan 0'mahoney served in iraq and kosovo and will now be the clandestine channel threat commander. he'll now try to putt pressure on the french to turn the boats back at sea.

on thursday 235 people were intercepted crossing the english channel — a record for a single day. on friday 146 people arrived on 17 boats, and yesterday in 151 crossed in 15 boats. the british navy could now be brought in. it is a small boats crossings crisis, and so we do need to look at more options. in relation to the navy, what we have seen with border force at the moment is they pick up boats and bring them into britain. if the navy or indeed the border force are to be really effective in shutting down this small boats trafficking route then they need to make sure boats are returned to france, and we need french agreement to make sure this happens. but there are concerns about safety and whether the french will allow the navy to operate in its waters. france says it will need more cash from the uk to tackle the problem. both sides agree something needs to be done to prevent a tragedy at sea. simonjones, bbc news, dover.

the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that ran aground off mauritius — has publicly apologised for what environmentalists are calling an "ecological disaster". the mv wakashio ran aground on a coral reefjust off the indian ocean island on the 25thjuly. this week, the tanker started leaking tonnes of oil into the surrounding ocean — leading to a state of environmental emergency being declared. willow—river tonkin is a professional kite surfer in mauritius — he says people there are doing what they can to try to save their island. the volunteers and the people in the communities all of the island have come together to try and solve this, to try and solve this issue, it's quite a challenge. being unsure, having the times we are having with coronavirus, not having experts come to mauritius to help, we are trying to do the best we can do with communities coming together from all over the ailing.

we saw earlier the government advised volunteers to let experts take care of it. is there a bit of an uncoordinated strategy when it comes to dealing with this? it has been, especially that it is only since the last three days since the oil started looking the people have started taking action. before that, the government hasn't done too much to actually control the situation. and obviously it has been hard because nobody really knows what is going on but like i said, the volunteers and people from all over the island have decided to do it themselves and really go full on end and with yes, reusing their own materials and own money to try and solve this issue before it gets too late. you're a professional kite surfer. when people think of mauritius they think of tourism, they think of it as a destination.

what does this mean for tourism? yes, i mean it is pretty hardcore because this side of the island is really, really big into tourism and we have crazy hotels along the whole coast and like i said it is one of the most beautiful lagoons, crystal—clear water and amazing diving spots and snorkelling spots as well as marine reserve, and yes, it could be pretty bad if we do not get the situation under control very soon. have you ever seen anything like this before in those beautiful spots you're describing? fortunately, i have never seen anything like this. i am hands in the water myself and it is pretty scary to actually be living in this moment when this is all happening. it's something i only see in movies and television, you know? describe that a bit for us. you said you had your hands in the oil, what did it look like? it was literally me having my hands in the oil, picking up oil, thick oil

inside the mangroves and putting it into buckets and trying to get as much out as we could, and it is quite a mission because the oil is so deep inside the mangroves and between the rocks, under trees, inside the lagoon that it is not something that is going to be easily fixable to get all of it out, so it is going to be a very challenging process and i hope we can do the best we can to sort it all out. riona kelly was paralysed in 2015 after suffering a rare spinal stroke. her partner, and ex—rugby league star, keith mason, have been posting about her recovery on social media and they've become a lockdown hit. the couple, who live in west yorkshire in england have spoken to the bbc about going viral. i'm now disabled, i'm paralysed, i'm on my own, i'm a single parent. "who the hell will want me?"

and ijust resigned myself to being on my own for the rest of my life. and then, i bagged myself an ex—international, hunky rugby star! when she overcomes something, i overcome it. we're a team. if i succeed in life, you know, riona's there high—fiving me. and it's the same with her! this leg burst... i couldn't believe that i would never walk again. everything that's done for you that you used to do for yourself has been taken away. i wanted to die. the pain was just — i couldn't even get over it. i have very, very little sensation in my legs whatsoever. so actually getting up to walk — they said it would be a no—no. but my doctor is a real optimist, he's open to anything. and he did say, "it's not impossible to learn how to walk again."

we're in the gym, working out. the strength she had to start filming herself at the gym, i thought was just something that stuck with me. when your legs fall behind, the transition to an almost—civilized life is difficult. so i was feeling a bit of inner doubt myself. ultimately, we pulled each other out of that darkness into the light, and we're doing what we're doing now, inspiring millions of people. you know, you've got to give in and persevere, because life is tough. and i think when people see me and riona, and they see a lady who can't feel her legs who try to get back on her feet, i think it puts life in perspective. he put a post up the other day that i was in pain, and i said, "you need to show this,

you need to show when i'm struggling because it's ok people seeing me struggling to walk and a big smile on my face when i achieve it. but they need to see that i have those really, really, really dark days, as well. the right person willjust see you and want to help you be the best you — not force you to do things that you're not ready for or you don't want to do. but when you're down, they're not down there with you — they're happy to go down to your level to support you at that level to bring you back up to where you need to be. what an inspiring team they make. a reminder of our top story.... fresh clashes have broken out in the lebanese city of beirut between police and protesters, who are angered at the government's response to tuesday's massive explosion. that's all for now. remember,

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @kacungira. stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye for now. hello there. this heatwave continued across southeastern parts of the uk on sunday. the highest temperature was recorded in herstmonceaux in east sussex, 34 degrees, closely followed by 33 in farnborough in hampshire. more comfortable temperatures, more comfortable humidity through bedford and prestwick. it is going to be southeastern areas that continue to see the extreme temperatures over the next few days. but even here, temperatures will drop a bit by the end of the week. together with the heat and humidity, there is an increasing risk of catching some torrential rain with some heavy and thundery downpours. although, pinning down the detail is going to be rather difficult. as we head into the morning, we start with a fair bit of cloud around. maybe some showers or rain developing, particularly across wales in the southwest. these could turn heavy and thundery, drift their way northwards through the irish sea, threatening northwest

england, northern ireland and heading into southern scotland. there could be the odd sharp shower further east, but there will be a lot of sunshine around as well. it's going to heat up very quickly in england and wales, may well be a hotter day through the midlands — 29, or even 30 degrees here. it gets more humid as well overnight across england and wales, temperatures perhaps dropping no lower than 17—19 degrees. also be a bit warmer in scotland, and probably feeling a bit more humid here, i think, on tuesday. there may well be some further heavy and thundery rain to clear away from overnight, moving northwards, but the details have changed already for tuesday again with a scattering of showers of showers developing further south, but also many areas still dry with some very warm sunshine. those temperatures peaking at 34—35 across the southeast of england. probably a little bit higher across yorkshire and lincolnshire on tuesday. as we head into the middle part of the week, we are going to find a weather front developing across the uk. we are also finding falling pressure coming up from biscay heading across northern france. so every likelihood that there will be some further

heavy and thundery rain, giving the risk of some flash flooding. one area of rain pushing across scotland northern england, then we will see a scattering of heavy thundery downpours developing more widely later in the day probably for england and wales. still 33 degrees perhaps in the southeast. seven days in a row with temperatures above 30 celsius. it will be cooler, fresher across scotland and northern ireland. so, the threat of some very heavy rain and a lot of thunder and lightning over the next few days. gradually, the temperatures will get back to near normal by the end of the week and continue that way into the weekend.

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the headlines... fresh clashes have broken out in the lebanese city of beirut between police and protesters, who are angry at the government's response to tuesday's massive explosion. international donors have pledged $300 million for rebuilding the capital. anti—government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long—time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. the police say getting the situation under control. 0pposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the expected result as "a joke." british teaching unions have criticised borisjohnson for saying there was a "moral duty" to get children in england back into school at the start of setember. they urged him to boost coronavirus testing and tracing in order to reopen schools safely.