hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. lebanon remembers — a year after the deadly blast that shattered beirut. thousands gather in the ruins of the city's main port to commemorate the dead — over 200 people lost their lives. translation: today is a day for praying, we came to pray for our victims, martyrs, our children with everyone who joined us victims, martyrs, our children with everyone whojoined us here victims, martyrs, our children with everyone who joined us here to victims, martyrs, our children with everyone whojoined us here to pray. there is more anger than sadness but their time is coming. there is more anger than sadness but their time is coming. meanwhile police fired tear gas at protesters near the parliament building — there's anger that no one has been held accountable for the blast. a sprinter from belarus who defied her country's attempt to send her home from the olympics

has arrived in warsaw. and in the uk, all 16 and 17 year olds will now be offered a covid vaccine — around 1.4 million teenagers will be eligible. we start in lebanon. violence has broken out in beirut as the city marks a year since it was devastated by one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died when a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, no one has been held to account. and there's anger. this was the scene in beirut earlier. in the past few hours violence broke out. tear gas was fired. here are more pictures of the chaos. thousands of protesters took part in the rally — demanding truth about the disaster.

it's been a day of remberance too. elsewhere in beirut — hundreds attended a ceremony for the victims in the ruins of the port. a minute's silence was held and each of the victim's names read out. families held up their photos. an investigation into the blast is still on going. so far 25 people have been detained as part of that investigation. 13 have since been released. here's one demonstrater who lost her son in the explosion. translation: today is a day for praying, we came - to pray for our victims, martyrs, our children, with everyone who joined us here to pray. there is more anger than sadness, but their time is coming. let them keep hiding and run away like mice from their homes. you'll remember the catastrophic scenes in beirut on august fourth last year. it was terrifying.

nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammoniun nitrate exploded. the blast was so big that it was felt in cyprus, 240 kilometres way. over 200 people died, over 6,000 injured. seafront buidings were decimated. 300,000 people were left homeless. the aftermath was compared to the destruction caused during lebanon's 15—year civil war. and this was the scene today. the scale of the devastation is still visible in beirut. on monday, amnesty international and the families of victims accused the lebanese authorities of �*shamelessly�* obstructing the investigation. and while the president hasn't addressed that directly, he did have this message earlier. i have already admitted before the lebanese justice and hold accountable everyone whose

involvement is proven by the investigation. today, i restate my pledge that no one is above the law, no matter how high they may think. ——rank. families of the victims don't accept that. a year on, they want closure. the bbc�*s carine torbey has been speaking to some of them. one year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and kept here. names of the victims that some here call the crime scene. their families are still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. thejudge investigating

the explosion wants to summon high ranking politicians and security officers for interrogation, but so far, he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunity. this protest is part of the movement by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the authorities to allow the judge to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. for some of the victims, the pain of their day lingers. this man almost lost his leg in the explosion. he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: sometimes my kids asked me to play with them, and i can't. - this is very hard, but i tried not to let them feel my pain. i stand on one leg and don't play with them. i try not to let them hate lebanon

for what happened to me. it's hard to overstate just how bad things have become — one year on, the economy is in freefall, the world bank ranks the economic crisis as the third worst in the world since the 1800s. the currency — the lebanese pound — has depreciated by 90% in two years. food inflation has soared to 222%. by one estimate, a family of five now need five times the minimum wage to buy food each month. that's impossible for many. so half are living below the poverty line. there are shortages of food, medicine, and fuel. the result is this — huge queues to fill cars, and shops have stopped listing prices because they're changing so often. and this is the stark reality for many in beirut. rolling powercuts, some last up to 23 hours. help though is coming from the international community. here's us president, joe biden. the people of lebanon has suffered

because of a political crisis. the us is proud of our long—standing support for the lebanese people. i've been to your country many times. it's absolutely beautiful. today i'm announcing nearly $100 million in assistance. that's on top of the 560 million that the united states has provided lebanon over the past few years. the focus is firmly on those in charge. on tuesday, human rights watch released a report concluding that the most senior officials in lebanon were aware of the danger and accepted the risk of storing the ammonium nitrate at the port. it accused multiple lebanese authorities of being "criminally negligent". and today we heard this from the french president. translation: the investigation into the port, which the entire i lebanese population is waiting for, was also a year.

——launched i think the lebanese leaders owe their people the truth. oh there people the truth and this was the response from lebanon's ambassador to the uk. what i can assure you, - being on disclosure of is leading room for speculation, _ but once the document is public, asi as i said the nondisclosure obligation— as i said the nondisclosure obligation is— as i said the nondisclosure obligation is leaving - as i said the nondisclosure obligation is leaving rooml as i said the nondisclosure . obligation is leaving room for as i said the nondisclosure - obligation is leaving room for some speculations — obligation is leaving room for some speculations but _ obligation is leaving room for some speculations but once _ obligation is leaving room for some speculations but once the - obligation is leaving room for somei speculations but once the document comes_ speculations but once the document comes public— speculations but once the document comes public all— speculations but once the document comes public all eyes _ speculations but once the document comes public all eyes will— speculations but once the document comes public all eyes will be - comes public all eyes will be scrutinising _ comes public all eyes will be scrutinising the _ comes public all eyes will be scrutinising the substance i comes public all eyes will be i scrutinising the substance and i think_ scrutinising the substance and i think we — scrutinising the substance and i think we wiii— scrutinising the substance and i think we will be _ scrutinising the substance and i think we will be able _ scrutinising the substance and i think we will be able to - scrutinising the substance and i think we will be able to judge . think we will be able to judge the seriousness — think we will be able to judge the seriousness of— think we will be able to judge the seriousness of the _ think we will be able to judge the seriousness of the investigation. | i could agree agree with more - with president macron when he says we owed our people the full truth. i think unless and until the full truth _ i think unless and until the full truth is — i think unless and until the full truth is heard. _ i think unless and until the full justice is served, there is no way

the healing process can start. . for more on the day's events, here's rebecca collard, a journalist in beirut. turned into a night of anger. i'll show you how people we are in downtown when the security forces started using the tear gas trying to push people back. it really took them hours of barrages of tear gas to get the thousands of people that it marched on this commemoration ceremony toward the countries parliament. it took them hours to get them out of that area. i will just show you, they actually pushed us into this residential area. you can see most people are gone now. you can see the litter on the street in this police car that has just completely smashed for the on the other side there's been a brick that's been thrown to the window. i think that really gives you a sense of how angry people here are. it's been eight years since this explosion. we do not have any more answers about what happened and nobody has been held accountable. because of that were in this anger in the streets. one of the protesters i to me, as long as there is no formaljustice, as long as we don't know who did this come as long

as we don't know that somebody is being held accountable people can be taken justice into their own being held accountable people can be takenjustice into their own has being held accountable people can be taken justice into their own has the way that we start today. of course since the disaster, the economy in lebanon has suffered greatly. and life is tough for people. yes. lebanon has suffered greatly. and life is tough for people.— life is tough for people. yes, life has gotten _ life is tough for people. yes, life has gotten tougher— life is tough for people. yes, life has gotten tougher and - life is tough for people. yes, life has gotten tougher and tougherl life is tough for people. yes, life - has gotten tougher and tougher here. electricity costs are now up to 20 hours a day. even the central beirut and in generators that people have relied on from a shorter cut for years no longer can handle this sort of demand. people are spending nights without electricity. they haven't days without electricity. the price of basic food has doubled and quadruple because of this massive inflation. and salaries have not. estimates put 50% of lebanese population now below the poverty line and that number is likely to climb even higher. right now we are not seeing any solution for the financial crisis. just last month we saw the former prime minister who is

supposed to be in charge of forming a new cabinet step down after more than eight months of trying to form a new cabinet. now we have a new prime minister but it's been a year without a government in this country. in this country needs a government so it can meet the reforms of the demands of the international community. there are billions of dollars being offered to lebanon to help mitigate this financial crisis right now that money is not being brought to the country because the leadership is not forming government and making these reforms. in the uk, all 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk will be offered a pfizer covid vaccine in the coming weeks. around 1.5 million teenagers could be included in the plan. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. lucy, who's 16, has had covid twice, and she's disappointed she didn't qualify for a vaccination. but that will now change, and it's something to celebrate for lucy, and her mother barbara. when i heard the news

i was like really excited. it's made me really happy. punching the air, we were in the car, she wasjust like, "yes!" the move follows advice to ministers expert ones thejoint committee for vaccine and immunisation. |vaccination of children and young | people can bring benefits to other people such as adults and including parents and grandparents, - but at the forefront is the health and benefits to children - and young people themselves. but only last month, thejcvi said the benefits did not outweigh the risks. we mustn't forget that the summer wave as we experiencing now, - was also quite uncertain about four weeks ago and now we have more i information on that, _ so it's notjust new data on one point, but it's new data i across the range of factors that influence advice. the committee looked at more vaccine

safety data following reports in the us of young people getting heart inflammation after receiving the pfizer jabs. but for 12—17—year—olds, it was fewer than ten in a million after first doses and most recovered quickly. ministers in the four uk nations have all said that pfizerjabs will be offered to all 16 and 17—year—olds, following the advice of the experts. they are all at one on this, that this is an absolutely, the right thing to do, for all 16 and 17—year—old. of course, there's no compulsion in this, like all vaccination offer. it's something for people to consider and decide if it's something they want to do. the health secretary said the roll out in england would start later this month led by the nhs, but with no precise details yet. the drive to get 18—year—olds and over vaccinated continues, as for 16 and 17—year—olds, nhs leaders say up to now they have always followed jcvi advice and implemented any changes

as quickly as possible. under the law, 16 and 17—year—olds won't have to have parental consent to get a vaccine. we asked people in weston—super—mare how they felt about it. i think it's a good idea, because especially since a lot of 16 and 17—year—olds are the main people who are constantly with each other and going out. i mean, the only reservation is down the line could find out _ something is wrong with it, you never know. _ i'd want to know more about what the side effects might be before we went ahead. countries like the us and france are already vaccinating children as young as 12. that is possible in the uk for that age group, if they have serious medical conditions, or someone in their family does, but the roll—out to all 16 and 17—year—olds will be a significant step, with school and university terms not far off. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on outside source. still to come... we will update you on the sprinter

from belarus who defied her countries attempt to send her from the olympics. new research shows the proportion of the world's population now exposed to the risk of catastrophic flooding, has risen by almost a quarter since the turn of the century, and that's ten times higher than scientists previously thought. up to 86 million people are now thought to live in regions that face the risk. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath has more. the researchers are very clear that because we had this relatively modern picture of where in the world gets flooded the worse and how many people are at risk, it's been a big impediment to investing money and warning systems and in helping people to cope with the impacts of flooding. they are hoping that come cup 26 later this year when it's of government come to glasgow to talk about climate change and other issues raised at the environment they'll be able to use some of this information to say, look this

country is exposed to huge amounts of funding, it needs more money. it'll be an incentive to start the climate finance issue which one of the big roadblocks to progress later this year. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... a day of mourning and protests in lebanon to mark the first anniversary of the massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people. the belarusian sprinter, krystina timanovskaya, has flown from tokyo to warsaw. she'll be able to stay in poland on a humanitarian visa — having refused to return from the olympics to belarus, fearing for her safety. he tweeted this...

along with this image of the two of them you can see that her flight landed in warsaw airport. can see that her flight landed in warsaw airport. today ms timanovskaya flew back via austria. on sunday, the sprinter was taken to the airport against her will by belarusian officials because she had criticised her coaches on social media. she then took refuge in the polish embassy in tokyo before leaving japan. bethany bell is at the airport in warsaw. we've the airport in warsaw. been told that she's not planning to we've been told that she's not planning to come out in public this evening. she'll be taken to a of safety. it's been a very long journey as you say, she began in tokyo earlier today. she flew via vn. that was a change in plan we understand she had been due to fly directly here to poland. there were

concerns about her safety. one austrian official who spoke to her and vienna said she was very relieved to be there that she was safe. but of course full of worries about what the future will bring. here in poland she's been granted that humanitarian visa and also we understand that the polish authorities will give one to her husband as well. he fled from belarus when this incident broke out. he is now in ukraine, we understand their plans to bring him here but it's not clear exactly when here but it's not clear exactly when he will arrive. she has always said i'm not a political person, inevitably the whole thing has become extremely political, as in the? ,, , ., ., the? she said she had not taken part in rotest the? she said she had not taken part in protest in — the? she said she had not taken part in protest in the _ the? she said she had not taken part in protest in the past, _ the? she said she had not taken part in protest in the past, that _ the? she said she had not taken part in protest in the past, that she was l in protest in the past, that she was simply in this case criticising the olympic teams. she also acknowledged that the question had become

politcised and said that she realised that it would probably be very difficult for her to return to belarus certainly in the next two years. this of course means that she is concerned about those members of her family who are still there, her parents. but she is hoping to be reunited with her husband here in poland. of course this is all shone a light on the government of president lukashenko who is been described as some by europe's last dictator. alesia rudnik is a political analyst at the centre for new ideas in minsk. she explains why ms timanovskaya has chosen to go to poland. despite all the proposals before to get asylum, she chose poland, and i suspect because it's closest to belarus. this might be the case of her appearing as a political refugee or becoming another belarusian who gets military visa and poland.

i'm sure this case is first in history and it's absolutely disastrous for the image of belarusian regime. krystina probably will not lose her athlete status and probably join another team. as we've just heard there are many belarusians who now live in poland. the two countries are neighbours. polish journalist marcin makowski explains why poland has offered this humanitarian visa. the relationship is difficult - because belarus is our neighbour and a lot of polish people are... we have a lot of connections, but |the political ones are very tough. j lukashenko is being seen in poland as an enemy, .

and he's having a lot of military forces around the border. - we know that he is acting as a proxy of if anything happens _ between poland and russia, - belarus is being seen as a border the offensive can get from. this is the worst possible scenario, but we can have that on the back . of the head when we speak about the tension. - why poland is intervene, - seen itself as an actor in this free democratic progress, but also hoping it - will be progressed. this looked like an obvious case, and bipartisan as well, _ in poland, which is not something very often. i now the international olympic committee has started an investigation over the situation. here's their spokesman.

we started to launch a formal investigation into the case of krystina timanovskaya. we received a written report of the noc which will be evaluated. further development is that the ioc is opening a disciplinary condition to establish the fact in this case in the case of krystina timanovskaya, and to hear the two officials who have been allegedly involved in this incident. so, the two people mentioned there specifically by the ioc are artur shumak — he's the deputy director of belarus's national track—and—field olympic training centre — and yury maisevich, the head coach of the belarusian olympic track—and—field team. there are already sanctions from the international olympics committee on belarus. as mariko oi explains. the ioc has started an official investigation into the matter.

it's received the report from the national olympic committee. they're going to continue the investigation. they said it will take some time. of course, the ioc has banned the country's president and his son from attending the games here. for failing to protect those athletes who attended the demonstrations against the administration. kristina timanovskaya has been criticised by some who are still within the belrussian sporting establishment. fellow olympian and bronze medallist, maxim nedosekov, said... the reaction of the state controlled media in the country has also been scathing. this headline in belarus today says "escape from belarus — the fastest sprint in the career of kristina timanovskaya." and this one says, "hundred metres of shame".

but stay in belarus now but turned to the trial in minsk. it's a latest move by the countries autocratic government to try to suppress its opponents. maria is the most prominent opposition leader in the country. you could see her hair addressing reporters last year. she has spent the last ten months in custody awaiting trial along with a lawyer from the opposition. you could see them both here at the trial today. could see them both here at the trialtoday. let's could see them both here at the trial today. let's get more 110w more now from sarah rainsford outside the courtroom in minsk. we were outside the court this morning, just as the trial began, but we weren't allowed inside. the only people allowed to were the lawyers themselves. there was a small group of supporters and family members of both maria kolesnikova... they're accused of plotting to overthrow the state and another national security charge. that's why the officials

here are saying the trial is closed, but what the family and friends have told us as they believe this is simply because there is a complete lack of evidence. here's the father of maria kolesnikova talking to sarah rainsford earlier today. translation: i know my daughter is not guilty, and she's _ so brave that i can't be anything but positive. she told me whatever sentence she gets, she's ready. she writes to me all the time. if you want to hear more or read more on all the stories you've been watching here on this addition of os you can go to our website. abc .com/ news for those of you who are not watching in the uk. don't forget you get in touch with me and most of the team on os on twitter. thanks for

watching. bye—bye. hello there. much of the country today had a fine one with plenty of sunshine. it felt quite warm, too, but there were some heavy, thundery showers across parts of the midlands and northern england. these will tend to fade away. many places turning drier tonight, but we start to see some rain pushing into western areas, courtesy of this new area of low pressure which is going to be with us for quite a few days. you can see ahead of it very light winds. it turns drier as we start the early hours of friday for many central, southern and eastern areas, but the cloud continues to build up across western scotland and certainly across northern ireland as this low pressure system moves in. by the end of the night, we'll start to see some rain, which could become more persistent and heavy at times and the breeze picking up, too.

temperatures lifting across the south —12—15 degrees, one or two cooler spots further north and east. so, for the end of the week, it's looking a lot more unsettled with low pressure pretty much slap bang on top of us. that's going to bring showers or longer spells of rain, and it's going to turn windier, too. it moves very slowly, affecting western areas through thursday morning, and then eventually starts to reach eastern areas through the second half of the day. so, it does mean it's going to start dry perhaps in some early sunshine for central and eastern england, eastern, northeastern scotland, where it could stay dry all day. but the rain will eventually push in towards the central and eastern areas into the afternoon. some of it will be heavy, perhaps thundery and places. that'll be followed by heavy and blustery showers and some sunny spells across southern and western areas into the afternoon. so, high teens celsius across many areas, but we could just see 20 or 21, given that dry, bright, sunny start. into friday, low pressure very much dominating the weather scene. it's going to be a pretty unsettled day with that. showers or longer spells of rain, some of which could be very heavy and could give rise to some localised flooding through central

and northern areas. i think for the midlands southwards into wales, here it's going to be a mixture of sunny spells and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. in the sunshine, despite the wind, we could see 20 or 21 degrees. otherwise, for most, i think the high teens celsius. into the start of the weekend, we've got low pressure still on top of us, this feature running across southern areas which could bring an area of more persistent rain at times, then followed by sunshine and showers again into sunday. it really is looking unsettled this weekend as well with temperatures below par for the time of year. however, there will be some sunshine in between the rain.

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the headlines... police and protesters have clashed in the lebanese capital, beirut, on the anniversary of a deadly explosion that destroyed parts of the city. demonstrators are angry no one has been held accountable for the blast. meanwhile, a short distance away, a minute's silence has been held to remember the victims of the explosion. over 200 people were killed — it's been described as one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. around 1.5 million teenagers can be included in the plan. the olympic athlete from belarus who refused her team's orders to fly home from the games has landed in vienna. she's expected to fly on to poland shortly after being granted a humanitarian visa. you're watching bbc news. more now on news that scientists

advising the government have given the go—ahead for 16—17—year—olds to be given the pfizer