this is. from berlin tonight the race to save winds 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 and injuring. are demanding answers some for. also coming up to india's prime minister

the building of a hindu temple on the very site demolished last fear the construction could reignite religious tensions. and this man confessing to murdering a politician known for his program. is a far right extremist she tells the court. pulled the trigger and joe biden cancels his plans to accept the democratic presidential nomination in person with the coded 1000 pandemic still raging the u.s. democratic convention will be an almost entirely virtual affair. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome rescuers in beirut are digging through the rubble in a desperate search for survive. ivers following explosions that left much of the

city in ruins the blast on tuesday leveled the city's port district at least 135 people were killed thousands more injured tens of thousands are now homeless the blast took place at a warehouse storing highly explosive chemicals that were under little if any oversight authorities have now placed a number of port officials under house arrest and declared a 2 week state of emergency for the lebanese 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. and that this man was rescued after over 16 hours under the rubble. a glimmer of hope amid the devastation. shops and homes were destroyed across beirut 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. even yet 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 real issue for the film and as i saw a lot of her effects scenes 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 sisters it was horrific it was difficult. 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. and reveal what happened as they do and as possible. nish those responsible. investigators have begun searching the wreckage at beirut's port the 1st step towards fulfilling the president's promise to deliver justice. and we take this story now to beirut i'm joined by our correspondent basile already good evening to you walsall it has been a day a little bit more than a day since the blast talk to me about what beirut is like to not through

let me use this word it's like it would go. the. citizens specific 11 on the internet or they are still under to undershoot they are still bringing that pieces together 300000 citizen lost their own partially or completely displaced they they left alone seeking for homes i don't bathe with in different areas so you can imagine how dramatic the situation is especially that we are talking about damages goals billions we cost billions of dollars to rebuild. it is the middle of it is the middle of the night there right now balls and we know that there's not much electricity that's being provided in the city right now so what does that mean for these search and rescue efforts because they say that they exceed that there are still people under the rubble exactly the spot

behind me it's what is left of all. the. it's become how to do it and how to do it according to some sources. in investigation told me this evening the art of looking for human pieces and the. fight to prove that i for the end of the very beginning at the 1st place. vanished it is not traced them or their deacons according to same sources the explosion left nothing sick. patient everything turned into ashes and dust so if you think it's completely destroyed bob what do we know what do we know about the investigation concerning the people who were supposed to be in charge of the storage of this ammonium nitrate that was in the warehouse that it exploded we understand that several officials are under house arrest tonight what else do we know. true according to

the council of. investigation today. the cabinet. meeting they decided to put off. since 2014 all those who are responsible for the. street deported under house arrest. and on the other hand the former prime minister's. cited international investigation. request was completely refused by the current government. minister of interior assured that he has complete confidence with the investigation and local security agencies so as you can imagine we have this huge explosion. even people who are seeking. to let's say well. you know to the people in lebanon do they have confidence in the government

to. investigation. not at all they didn't buy any of these promises they are going to remove the current politicians all the to change the old regime. since the seventy's off the top but wendy don't see action took place all over lebanon they still have same demands today some protests they like to block you know for the prime minister former prime minister saad how do you want you to put it don't do it mainly to squirt they like to block his way the. security guards. to clash with these protesters so this week you give you a some indicate or some. little bit evidence the people look at the politicians right now they are saying that it's not time for political issue political statements and political. debates it's time to put all these who are responsible

for displaced and for responsible for the corruption discounted that thought to collapse since 30 years to put all of these guys. to look into us briefly. let me ask you what about the state of emergency for the next 2 weeks what does that mean for the people there in beirut this mean that the to. the las will take control over debate and would lead the security agencies the reason behind that mainly to keep the situation under control the security situation the political party the government afraid that the situation we do more chaotic clashes more. moved or actions that's why they. have to take control by announcing the emergency emergency statement ok our correspondent bosler

reading with the latest from beirut tonight possible thank you very much thank you . for i'm joined now by heiko them and he is a project director based in beirut for the n.g.o.s international crisis group he joins me tonight from austrian huygens good to have you on the program you just heard our correspondent there talking about the situation in beirut tonight based on what you know is well how well equipped is lebannon to deal with this disaster. i think it's a fear it's barely know at this point in time. i mean the infrastructure is already very very badly hit by by months and months of currency depreciation means importation of for instance medical supplies as already been very difficult all the hospitals are full of call it patients there in

the midst of the 2nd wave which is very guarded he is so already on that level and on them purely medical to just treat these people they really restraining hospitals have indeed been destroyed even in this past so then then come the food there was a huge grain side of mixed mixed right to the exclusion site oving destroyed the grain storage stanley now they only have we still make bread for less than a month and the port is destroyed so we can't import this country imports percent of what it consumes so not very very basic level i don't think they can cope and you heard our correspondent also say hiker that the government in lebanon is not welcoming to the idea of foreigners coming in to doing an independent investigation of this explosion what does that tell you then about the stability of the political

system at the moment. too political system is already very very fragile i mean your correspondent has pointed out the demonstrations that happened last year. triggered by previous failures of many different kinds and the repeated failures over years and years 'd of government state negligence to all kinds of aspects that really made life of the of citizens unbearable 1000000 patients so a very ominous threat now bringing in potentially outside investigates of. questionable much that will help i mean we've just we had one example of that is going on for 10 years mr geishas the last assignation 2005 and as you look at the results and. if anybody from the outside really really be able to

to go through that to get off of a 1000000 situational mismanagement is. yeah it is hard to imagine especially tonight's just a day after these terrible blast women project director of the international crisis group in beirut i can we present your time in your insights tonight thank you. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world 12 people have died in a bus accident in morocco around 30 others were seriously injured when the bus overturned close to the air on tuesday on the country's southwest coast local reports say the crash was due to dangerous driving on difficult mountain road it's in the united states at least 6 people have died as tropical storm he said yes battered the country's east coast millions were left without power as driving winds and heavy rains caused havoc across several eastern u.s.

states the storm is now moving across eastern canada forest fires ripping through southern france have left at least 2 campsites burned to the ground but most 3000 people have been evacuated from an area close to the city of marsay where 1800 firefighters have been battling the blazes since tuesday around a dozen firefighters were injured no civilians have been hurt. india has bolstered security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions simm i all thomas status the government stripped jammu and kashmir india's only muslim majority states of its special rights last august a prime minister narendra modi's government has said that the move was necessary to better integrate the region and boost its economy but the imposition of direct rule calls to anger and security restrictions choked the economy and kashmiris faced lockdowns communication blackouts and mass detentions parallel to that anniversary

indian prime minister modi led a ceremony today to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple that has been the focus of a bitter decades long dispute between hindus and muslims. of this hit 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 yoga. omari 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. security was tight in a year 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 barbary most 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 series 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 ram 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 in the us 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 i think that you know he has muslims will be able to build a new mosque on a nearby plot but prominent muslim leaders fear the new temple could have bold and hindu nationalists to target other mosques in the region. or here in germany a far right extremists has admitted that he was the one who killed a pro refugee politician last june stephon he is on trial for allegedly murdering conservative politician valter luka prosecutors say that he shot in the head close range outside the bluecoats home. i have been a powerful voice for refugees and had received death threats for backing german chancellor merkel's plans to take in margaret's back in 2015. stefan be talking to his lawyers as hearings began. later his lawyer read a confession statement from the suspect in which he wrote at that moment i saw that

he was going to stand up and that's when i shot him stefan a he said he took responsibility for the killing and that it was the result of his far right practical life sation difficult for the look of family to hear. to listen . to have to hear the accused presenting himself as a victim of a difficult childhood and radicalization and giving the impression that not inevitable he had to end in a terrible crime. before that it was an extremely awful experience for the family to have to go through with and then there was the smug look on the face of the other defendant as well. by the. mock each the 2nd defendant stefan a blames him for introducing him to germany's radical right wing merely you driven

by fear of immigrants and the so-called islamisation of germany stefan a now disavows such beliefs but that hasn't convinced his family. and true he has not apologized nothing has even been said about an apology he expressed regret over the act we want to analyze that now as it's just what he's saying today. moment sources are. stephany's confession doesn't mean case closed all storage he's also wanting to help clear up many unanswered questions about the night of the crime and the events leading up to it. well with 3 months to go until the u.s. presidential election campaigning is intensifying but the coronavirus pandemic has put a damper on big events and large audiences both for president trump and his democratic rival joe biden democratic officials today announcing that by. i will not be traveling to milwaukee to accept the party's nomination as planned instead he'll be

giving a speech from his home state of delaware the democrats' nominating convention set for the end of this month will now be taking place almost entirely online. that will be a new one for all of us joining me now is our washington bureau chief in his post good evening to you enos the 1st ever virtual democratic convention is this about being for extra cautious because of the virus or is there more to the story you're . i mean sure brant they want to protect not only joe biden but all the other speakers and after all also the community of milwaukee right because many thousands of people would have traveled there but i find another x. aspect actually really interesting we hardly see any rallies this year so the conventions would have been a place where people could have experienced that candidate because we always have

to keep in mind after all joe biden would be 78 years old on immigration day the oldest president ever being sworn in so. people are eager to learn how his continuity abilities are and as we don't know if any abilities will happen the conventions which have been in place to get a little bit of a feeling about that that's true i mean it's almost as if their campaign is not even taking place let's talk about the u.s. president donald trump he will not be attending the republican convention either and today he said that he might deliver his acceptance speech for the g.o.p. nomination from the white house now that would also be on president. is that going to happen. well it is unlikely i mean many lawyers are working on that already because normally they really troll

a clear line because between the presidential business and come pain so normally a candidate is really not allowed to use the stage of the white house i mean it's understandably why i don't know trump wants to present himself there and make use of this powerful environment but i think friend this is also not the only reason why he's shying away from the conventions you know many republicans are getting uncertain if he is really the right candidate for them anymore and we don't know if they were planning on scanner these beautiful amount of peace and power at the republican convention so maybe he wants to play safe keep playing bogan his own hands in the white house well it certainly is playing it safe by not attending the convention keeping it in the white house that will definitely be controversial to say the least our washington bureau chief in his poll in his thank you.

or here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines this hour emergency relief efforts are underway in south korea after 4 days of monsoon rains at least 15 people are dead in the love and others missing in the southern mountain district of on song flash floods and mudslides calls by rain storms a damaged many roads and submerged large areas of farmland. on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year. says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security wall imposed on hong kong by beijing. where. now for a change of 2 concerts and the coronavirus 4 months musicians have been live streaming from their living rooms madonna even addressed her fans from her bath tub but when and how will we get back to rio in person concert where we have some

answers for you tonight from right here in new york. 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. 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 somehow always borne one scene so

from the street from not produce street 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 colognes lanczos 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 its 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 venue 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 through the. sports news now europa league soccer has returned for the 1st time since the suspension in march to the coronavirus all the last 16 games are being played with fans germany's vosper are out they went down 3 nil. in ukraine and lose 51 on aggregate copenhagen meanwhile limited turkish champions here manchester united are hosting austria's last now leading 5 no 4 from the 1st leg inter milan are also playing it in a single leg game in the quarterfinals on words will all be played right here in germany. was offers of help and prayers for beirut pour in from around the world after the devastating explosions there a rare moment of friendship from israel which is officially in a state of war with its northern neighbor lebanon israel's tell of the municipality

has lit up its city hall with the lebanese flag to show solidarity with the people of beirut now the move has prompted outcry from some israelis but tell of eve's mayor has defended the move saying quote humanity takes precedence over every conflicts. you're watching the w. news from berlin i'm brant goff after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight from shock to endure in beirut who is responsible for letting the lebanese capital walk will be right back.

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