you know. this is. from berlin tonight the race to save lives in beirut a day after twin blasts leveled much of the city the explosions flattened the capital's port killing at least $130.00 people injuring thousands more residents are demanding answers some court officials are now under house arrest also coming up tonight a flashpoint india's prime minister inaugurates the building of a hindu temple on the very sight of a demolished mosque there are fears that construction could reignite religious

tensions. i'm broke off it's good to have you with the rescuers in beirut are digging through the rubble in a desperate search for survivors following explosions that left much of the city in ruins the blast on tuesday leveled the city's port district at least $135.00 people are dead thousands more are injured and tens of thousands are now homeless the blast took place at a warehouse story highly explosive chemicals which were under little if any oversight authorities have placed a number of port holes under house arrest and declared a 2 week state of emergency for the capital. a day of grief for lebanon as the country reckons with the losses and destruction caused by tuesday's

explosion. with many people still missing rescue workers are desperately searching for anyone still alive under the collapsed buildings. this man was rescued after over 16 hours under the rubble of a glimmer of hope amid the devastation. shops and homes were destroyed across favorite hundreds of thousands of people likely unable to return to their homes for months. as the lebanese begin to deal with the aftermath a strong sense of community is emerging but a feeling of disbelief still lingers. he the year we've never seen anything like this in our lives it's difficult and the scene it's shocking and scary i took everything in after all the destruction i looked for my family and gathered of them and went out to the balcony to take a look it was a massacre. was the. shift of the images of i saw

a lot of her if it seems i saw dead people i saw people running and screaming all carrying their children you know people who had lost their children others looking for their mom or their sister and it was horrific it was difficult. but much that's all. planes carrying rescue teams and aid have begun to arrive from countries around the world the lebanese government announced the 2 week state of emergency and ordered a number of court officials to be placed under house arrest they include any officials involved with guarding and storing the explosive chemical ammonia nitrate that seems to have caused the blast in. this raid fit we are determined to investigate. that are you and reveal what happened. as easily as possible well let's not even ish those responses are doing it then it'll be him . investigators have begun searching the wreckage at beirut's port

a 1st step towards fulfilling the president's promise to deliver justice. or earlier our correspondent bosler e d in beirut told me how beirut overwhelmed hospitals are dealing with the thousands of people injured in the blasts since yesterday some of these casualties they were moved out so to us because our site beirut some of them reach 50 kilometers away from beirut to the east to become a body that doesn't pick up on the east of lebanon some other other injured people they moved to mar mountain area countryside around 30 to 40 kilometer away from beirut so sticking it out in beirut i said before there's 2 main hospitals that are in complete damage one of them it's totally out of surface it close to its members 2 nurses what lost lost their lives yesterday in the explosion it's as if he's got

. to the minister also as i mentioned acutely at the hospital to teach it's capacity right now there's an edge pretty much from 2 different counties that account is from 14 countries western countries a kind off at a bridge for. me to treat hospitals for medical ates everything. right into lebanon through the airport. on the bus will read their reporting from beirut spy on social media there are countless videos and photos of the explosion and its destruction is joe there we go door is now following that story for us joe talk to me a little bit about how people's personal puns are helping. better understand exactly what happens here all the beirut blast is another reminder about the power of social media the 1st images we saw of that incredible explosion were uploaded

from people's phones and some of competently iconic like this one which was uploaded by 40 room a twitter user over 7000000 views but what was it like to experience that last well this one shows us on a warning this is quite hard to watch. oh. now thankfully this does have a happy ending we do see the family get up and walk away and seemingly on homs interestingly this video was posted alongside a hash tag that in arabic translates as hang up the nooses a cry of very bleak price of justice that is trending at the moment across social media another video that we can see that shows another view from a parent's perspective this one is of a father who is trying to shelter his his child when the blast occurred and he seeks shelter under a table and you can just imagine the confusion and the fear about whether there would be worse to come but of course what happens when the night fell in the city

this image shows us a twitter used to post a picture of the city under dogma's the city that of course experiences power outages and all they can see here is a single candle but they were user writes i cannot explain how much calm this small light keeps lending me yeah it's incredible that 1st video it's amazing that the glass did not shatter in front of the woman in those children really a miracle we know to the social media is being used to help with the recovery effort there is an instagram page locating victims beirut which has over 100 photos posted to it along with phone numbers families calling for people to look out for these these missing people and of course on the $100.00 people it's just a tip of the iceberg but this does give you an idea of the scale and the desperation that people are feeling we can see that some of the scribes as firefighters who attended the scene and still not accounted for this gentleman here were about to see is is still presumed missing it last seen in beirut's port it

says of course that was the epicenter of the blas we do hope that that they find him there are some positive stories however this man we see in the comments that says he's safe he's been located just with some injuries so hopefully we see more positive stories like that and we know people in lebanon are being asked to donate . lud what can the rest of us do right well people around the world opening up their wallets and donating there's one group called impact lebannon which is run by the lebanese despoil who a posse money on to local n.g.o.s now they say they stand against corruption and so people can donate to them they've already collected 2700000 british pounds all right still to be used old overall joe thank you very much valuable part of the story there thank you. india has bolstered security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed region similar or thomas status the government stream stripped kashmir india's only muslim majority state of its special rights

last august the interim ots government said the move was necessary to better integrate the region boost its economy but the imposition of direct rule calls security restrictions choked the economy and faced lockdowns communication blackouts and mass detentions a parallel to this anniversary indian prime minister modi led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple that has been the focus of a bitter decades long dispute between hindus and muslims. oh no this is it stands for an historic triumph for india's hindu nationalist government after a decades long dispute prime minister narendra modi led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hindu temple at the flashpoint holy site of a yoda. well marty this temple will become the modern symbol of our culture i'm using the word modern deliberately it will be the

symbol of our perennial faith our nationalism this temple will also be symbolic of the united strength of millions. the security was tight in a u.t.i. leading up to the ceremony the city has long been a religious fault line at the center of intense sectarian violence in 1902 a hindu nationalist mob raised the bar bremer mosque in najaf the incident triggered religious riots that left over 2000 people dead most of the muslims. hindus believe ram one of their major deedes was born at the site and claimed the mosque was built on a temple there. this case has been going on for 71 years but now finally the divine moment has arrived and everyone is very happy to be able to witness this temple for lord crown where extatic. modi's b j p had long been rallying for the construction of a temple on the site after

a lengthy legal battle india's supreme court awarded the disputed a lot to hindus in november of last year the verdict caused disappointment among india's muslim community but many have since come to terms with their decision. in for the muslim community has accepted the verdict and we want to help with the construction of the temple and i mean. that you know he has muslims will be able to build a new mosque on a nearby plot but prominent muslim leaders feared the new temple could have blown hindu nationalists to target other mosques in the region. where some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in the u.s. at least 6 people have died in as tropical storm. batters the country's east coast millions were left without power as driving winds and heavy rains calls have across several u.s. states the storm is now moving across canada forest fires ripping through southern

france have left at least 2 campsites burned to the ground or miss 3000 people have been evacuated from the area close to the city of moore say where 200 firefighters have been battling the blazes since tuesday around a dozen firefighters staged light injuries needs to do is have been for years. now for a change of tune concerts and coronavirus for months musicians have been live streaming from their living room madonna even addressed her fans from her bath tub but when and how will we get back to real in person concert when we've got some answers for you from right here in your. this is probably the easiest way to feel safe and keep your distance to get out into nature the audience seated on a lake amid pastures and cows the biggest threat to the musicians is of getting their feet wet. larger scale events have

also successfully taken place the summer opera is back on stage but outdoors like last week in naples with soprano on another trip cohen tosca the orchestra members were seated far apart and there was no stage set. in verona to the approach was less opulent with fewer people in the audience. but their ideas have audiences in their own cars like at this drive in concert in switzerland so there's a lot to recommend outdoor performances or. so from the street from not produced truth we are back. into history but outdoor concerts aren't an option for the winter months so the organizers have to come up with other solutions a constant access arena the audience sits and clicks the glass compartments. in a pilot performance at london's palladium theater they blocked off entire rows of

seats and honey and members were required to wear masks but that isn't a long term solution it's just not economically possible so we don't to get to a pilot where we don't have social distancing which is why we put all these measures in at the palladium not to prove i must stress this not to prove that the palladium can work it's to prove that every brand you can work until a vaccine for covert 19 is found the search also continues for innovative ways to allow the live performances to take place safely. and finally as offers of help and prayers for b. route poor in from around the world a rare moment of friendship from israel which is officially in a state of war with its northern neighbor lebanon israel's television mean it's a palace he has lit up its city hall with the lebanese flag to show solidarity with the people of beirut the move prompted outcry from some israelis but tell of eve's

mayor has defended the move saying quote humanity takes precedence over every conflict that's. if only it were that way every day this is g.w. news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day of the sea of. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning.