this is either of you knew the live shot from berlin our race to save lives in beirut today after a massive blast devastated the city the explosion flattens the capital's porridge and killing at least 130 people and injuring of thousands more parents residents are demanding answers and some of the court officials are now under house arrest also coming up on the show. india's prime minister inaugurated the building of a hindu temple on the site of the demolished mosque many fear the construction will stoke religious tension. and in japan it remembers the horrors of corrosion

75 years on a scaled back ceremony honors the 140000 victims of the world's 1st atomic bomb we'll go live to tokyo. i'm clear it hits and thanks for joining us rescuers in beirut are digging through the rubble in a desperate search for survivors a following explosions that left much of the city in ruins at least 135 people are dead thousands more are injured and nearly 300000 people lost their homes in an instant the blast took place at a warehouse storing highly explosive chemicals under little oversight authorities have now placed a number of port officials 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. but this man was rescued after over 16 hours under the rubble. a glimmer of hope amid the devastation. shops and homes were destroyed across the route 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. see the 4 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 and it was a massacre was the little. extra 15 minutes of i saw a lot of her if it seems i saw dead people i saw people running and screaming a lot of carrying their children you know people who had lost their children others looking for their mom or their sister it was horrific it was difficult. to get 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. the future we are determined to investigate. that are you and reveal what happened. as soon

as possible well let's not even ish those responses. investigators have begun searching the wreckage at beirut's port the 1st step towards fulfilling the president's promise to deliver justice. from beirut our correspondent basle a rage ascribes how people are coping a day after the disaster let me use this word it's like it will. be. citizens in specific 11 on the internet or they are still under to under shock they are still bringing that pieces together 300000 citizen lost their own partially or completely they are displaced they left alone they are seeking for homes i don't bathe 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. that was bassler really reporting for us from beirut let's go

now as some of the other stories making news 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 i get deer on tuesday when the country's a southwest coast local reports say the crash was due to dangerous driving on difficult mountain roads. in the u.s. at least 6 people died as tropical storm is i.e.s. a battered of the country's east coast millions were left without power as driving winds and heavy rains wreaked havoc across several u.s. states the storm is now moving across canada. former u.s. vice president joe biden has announced he won't be traveling to milwaukee it's to accept of the democratic party's presidential nomination jewett to coronavirus fears instead he will give a speech from his home state of delaware a nomination convention at the end of this month it will now be almost entirely

virtual. well today marks the 75th anniversary of the u.s. the bombing of hiroshima the world's 1st atomic bomb that killed more than 140000 people survivors and families of the victims the laid down wreaths and offered prayers at hiroshima's peace memorial park they also a march the moment of the bomb hit with the sound of a bell followed by a minute of silence. this year's ceremonies had to be scaled back and due to the coronavirus pandemic only a handful of foreign dignitaries attended the event which was broadcast online. a few survivors are still alive today but their stories speak of horrors that will hopefully never be repeated. jiro home assuming it is. in japanese that means a survivor of the bomb. he was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb as she walked around ground 0 in hiroshima looking for his father. but his father had been

too. that. if we don't speak the bombing will be forgotten as if it had never happened that's why we must keep the history and people's testimonies on record with us. on august 6th 1945 u.s. president harry truman gave the orders to drop an atomic bomb on the japanese port city of hiroshima. the blast and shock wave instantly killed tens of thousands of people tens of thousands more died from strange new diseases caused by radiation. 3 days later the u.s. dropped a 2nd bomb on the city of nagasaki. truman succeeded in winning a decisive victory over japan and an end to the 2nd world war. but not a painless one the white house and the us military were well aware that their celebrations came at the cost of over 100000 civilian lives here oshima bombing

remains to this day the deadliest single act ever perpetrated by humans. few here are still alive to tell their stories how masooma hopes their memories will live on but that his generation will have been the last to endure such horror for more let's cross now to tokyo based journalist. today a ceremony marking 75 years since the u.s. atomic bombing of hiroshima took place what can you tell us about. thank you for having me yes today 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima today the ceremony was held but scaled down significantly there are social distancing in their chairs and their general audience will not miss or will not allow enter our unlike previous

years exactly our 158 am we did the exact moments where and so if you. moments of silence was observed in remembrance of the obvious comment on . this ceremony has never been canceled since there was built in 1952 and today the list are over 324000 names of the victims were put in the center of. this list is our worst day to each year and then there was the mayor of hiroshima gave this speech and he urged of all to unite against common threats to humanity of course includes the threats but he also warned about the rising nationalism which is threatening the people of the world and you refer also to the arabs and any. crisis are those ceremonies taking place with

a social distancing as you say today there are very few survivors of the bombings of hiroshima or nagasaki a still alive but what are we hearing from those who remain and can bear witness to history. yes the number of people who were directly affected by didn't bomb was very dull so there aren't as many of them around but they are healed and they are as. these still feel that. their goal they are finding the balance in the world nuclear weapons in the world has not been here every year they hope that this goal will be achieved but it has not been yet so the mayor of hiroshima teacher make this. to. to sort of all too and then i thought how many bones are rationed but.

but their numbers are dwindling and they are not going to be around for much longer in the future so the men conserve is passing the torch to the new generation and prospering very very experienced that to the next generation so they will the movement to a world. free of nuclear weapons and making sure the world never forgets an iranian thank you for your reporting from tokyo thank you well india has bolstered security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions a semi autonomous status the government's trip to jam and kashmir india's only muslim majority states of its special rights last august to render modi government said the move was necessary to better integrate the region and to boost its economy but the imposition of direct rule will cause anger at security restrictions that choked the economy and kashmiri face to lockdowns communication blackouts and mass

detentions parallel to the 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 distance 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. mari 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 unity a 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 and i you know 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 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 yogi a law to hindus in november of last year the verdict caused disappointment among india's muslim community but many have since come to terms with the decision. to

import the muslim community has accepted the verdict and we want to help with the construction of the temple and when he. does muslims will be able to build a new mosque on a nearby plot but prominent muslim leaders feared the new temple could have bold new hindu nationalists to target other mosques in the region. well to sports now and europe europa league soccer has returned for the 1st time since its suspension in march due to a crowd of virus all of the last 16 games are being played without fans gemini's of all sparks are out they went down 3 mail to shaktar jeanette's in ukraine and to lose 51 on aggregate at copenhagen meanwhile eliminated turkish champions a shock to hear magister united knocked out austrians last having won 5 nil in the 1st leg in march into milan also beat get tough a in a single leg game in goals in question the quarter finals on where it will all be

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