this is d.w. news live from berlin of the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blasts that killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more french president in one vauxhall flies in bringing aid and pledging lebanon is not alone a number of officials are under arrest over the explosions and a state of emergency is in force also coming up food. and marks the 75th anniversary of the 1st atomic bomb attack on maine's the deadliest single act ever perpetrated by humans we need one of the survivors.

and scientists sound a fresh warning on climate change as the arctic gets warmer the world is facing an increase in destructive extreme weather events. that. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us rescuers in beirut are digging through rubble in a desperate search for survivors after 2 shoot explosions left much of the lebanese capital in ruins at least 137 people are dead and thousands more have been injured president in one or because france has arrived bringing rescue teams and equipment with him other countries have also pledged emergency aid and expertise lebanon's president michel aoun who greeted mccall has blamed the disaster on thousands of tons of a chemical being stored in bed. rootstocks but the u.s.

government says it has not ruled out the possibility of an attack a governor of beirut has said almost 300000 people have been made homeless by the blasts. 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 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. to the fire 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 them and went out to the balcony to take a look and it was a massacre was a little. extra 15 minutes and i saw a lot of her if it seems i saw dead people i saw people running and screaming all the carrying their children off 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 i believe so 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 moon. we are your term

and to investigate. and reveal what happened as a possible. return ish those responsible. investigators have begun searching the wreckage at beirut's airport a 1st step towards fulfilling the president's promise to deliver justice. to my car he from arabic has been following the latest developments for us he joins us now heidi we mention that the french president in monaco has arrived bringing aid and supplies with him how important is that right now it's very important because french president in one micro is the highest ranking for an official to visit him but on after tuesday's tuesday's disaster and basically this visit is very important for the french president based on the french officials they were saying that this visit is to bring support to they by news of what it is and also to give

confidence to betty by nice people but i made some phone calls to me before i came here to the studio i spoke with many sources and they've been ordered to ask what is going on behind the scene why the french president would come but by himself to leave instead of giving the support via phone and basically they believe that the 2 major points the president is going to stress on it during this visit 1st let's not forget what the french and given his media they mentioned yesterday that french prosecutors they opened a probe. into the class over the injuries that infected more to 21 french citizens this is 1st this is very important that's why he's going to visit the port or he already is doing it now 2nd the major point as they believe is he is going to stress on the conditions of the i.m.f. in order to give libyan on financial aid its international monetary funds which means like fight the corruption it's very difficult for that have been his authorities and 2nd put a ban on outside. of old original conflicts which also going to open

a big question about hezbollah again and its arms so they believe that's going on what what's going what's going to happen when his going to meet the high ranking officials in lebanon it's not only giving support but also to stress on major things what if you've been hearing about how things are going on the ground as people are trying to recover. well the situation is very very bad. ellen show you just the quickly you know how the people that really devastated and are desperate basically before i came here also i saw a petition it was circulating in social media and basically it said the place you've been on under the frenchmen they for the next 10 years some even used their sign gets more than 40000 a side and now they want to give it to the french president before he will leave that's how desperate somebody but let me tell you that this disaster that happened on tuesday it's brought the boat a country that it's already on its knees so much has been lost word that we're so

in the turn for the new one is they lost their homes they lost their properties the kind of safe there should they are not safe and also they don't know what to do talking with people in the street in lebanon and also calling some sources in lebanon they were telling me what is left in this country we don't know what we are going to do what is going to happen in the coming days also they don't know it's really really a disaster now there really is a sense of frustration and a lack of trust in the government as you said we have a 100 percent and we have a clip right now of some people who have been saying precisely that if they try to get a route picked back up and recovered. you know. we're here taking the place of the state which is supposed to be taking care of cleaning and securing food and water for the people affected by the idea but i just don't have a state to take these steps so sometimes you have to take measures into your own time with your own heart. but not give them down but of course we have to come down and help mine now whilst we can't trust anything unless we do it with our own hands

. if we didn't do this no one would have done it. saddam a young lebanese people there in the streets actually trying to pick up the rubble themselves because they say the government is not going to do that for it for them there's such mistrust what are the consequences going to be for the government. basically young people and old soul had the old generation they were all in the streets for many many months in order to protest and to say we need to change is with the want this authorities anymore with the one you know the same politicians anymore who want to change want to change that is you miliband and nothing happened you see ministry in the state and now you're in the battle in beirut specially its . state of emergency with the military is taking over right now and they stand all the people back to their houses now of course the anger is a growing people will protest again but unfortunately as it had been his i have to tell you this that. the answer or the solution is not in the hands of the believe

that he's been his it's in the hands of the international relations and also there are so many of the journal and international players and that he joined the outgoing also to play a big role in what's going to happen next and it went on and the decision is in that hand unfortunately in my opinion i have to say that you're saying it's up to people like the french president of iraq my contre really put pressure on the lebanese gets not only the the french president you have also the american president the americans i think it will enable him to have also the iranian that being a big role you have also you know other out of the players like saudi arabia for example spank him. in the ban on people can of course protest they can say with the one this but the last decision let's wait and see if this time's going to be in the people's hands or old school and big players as usual ok very interesting thank you dimitar he so much for that analysis thank you for having me. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world twitter says it has temporarily blocked president donald trump's official campaign account because of

a tweet containing misinformation about covert 19 the misinformation was a claim that children are almost immune to the virus trump's campaign will have to remove the tweet before it can use the network again. sri lanka's political leaders have cast their ballots in parliamentary elections president go to buy rajapaksa is seeking a big enough majority to allow him to push through constitutional reforms so he can implement his economic and national security agenda. the world is marking the 75th anniversary of the u.s. bombing of hiroshima in japan the 1st atomic attack killed more than 140000 people survivors and families of victims laid wreaths at hiroshima peace memorial park they also remember the moment the bomb hit with a bow followed by a minute of silence. now the ceremonies were scaled back because of the global health emergency only a handful of foreign dignitaries attended survivors are still alive today their

stories speak of horrors of the world hopes will never be repeated jiro home a tsunami 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 killed. 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 hopes their memories will live on but that his generation will have been the last to endure such horror germany is bringing in mandatory coronavirus tests for returning travellers starting this saturday the move is in response to rising numbers haven't factions health minister against iran says the tests are essential. voiced i am very aware that this infringes on the freedom of the individual but i believe it is

a reasonable infringement this is about more than just an obligation for individuals who return from holy day in my view this follows from our duty as a society to look after one another and protect each other. let's bring in our political correspondent in wash us with more on the story good to see you we hear the health minister there and knowledge and how important this decision is so why is it so significant. well what's really stood out for me in that announcement is that for months now we've had the government reacting to a situation magine see crisis and giving the population updates on new restorations aza situation evolved while all the while acknowledging that it also infringed temporarily on the need individual freedoms and this time however against spahn really emphasize that awareness and that this was in light of recent events here in germany with thousands of people taking to the streets last saturday to protest against the restrictions and then as minister today say it again that he was very

aware that those measures were tough that patients here and a population was wearing thin but he also justified measures by de current situation and he reminded that even if it might not have felt like the pandemic was very serious here in germany because hospitals were never aware and because the 1st wave was relayed to the hands of us so we have to keep in mind that germany never went on full lockdown the way we saw it happening in spain or in france or in each city for example well even if it found like it wasn't very dangerous the pandemic is still very much present and infection rate is actually increasing and the rather call instituted trees as possible for the handling of the pandemic already say that loan was very wearing so what else did the health minister have to say about what the government is doing to tackle the coronavirus. well what's new from the this announcement today is that's instead of having a people have lunch retesting when they return from high risk areas and people

having to voluntarily. they don't have a negative test attend well from saturday on what is this testing will be meant as free either people arrive in germany within their guys have tests that snow will go down 2 days or they're going to get tested as soon as they arrive in jan money and this will come some quite a lot of people since the high risk area as defined by do is to comprise more than 130 countries and that's what los i mean holidaymakers will be tested upon their return our political correspondent thank you so much and let's take a look at some developments in the coronavirus pandemic of the german airline lufthansa has reported a 1700000000 euro quarterly operating loss it doesn't expect air travel to demand to return to prepare demick levels until at least 2024 the world health organization says there's been a troubling of infections worldwide among people aged 15 to 24 infection rates have risen from 4.5 percent to 15 percent in recent months and germany's hospital

association says its facilities are well prepared for a potential 2nd wave of the pandemic hospital say they also have better stockpiles of protective equipment than at the beginning of the year. let's come back to our top story now the explosions in beirut now one couple getting married in beirut had a narrow escape from the blast the couple was posing for a video and photographs near the wedding venue when the blast struck. the shockwave cost extensive damage in the surrounding streets and a nearby square and thankfully the newlyweds were uninjured and were able to take shelter in safety. and the brighter we saw in those images there is stress of lani is joining us now from beirut right now to tell us more about this issue 1st of all thank you so much for joining us we're happy that you and your husband are safe and sound what was going through your mind as this

explosion happened. well you know as far as events and i came from. a just to see my husband and to. to get married we have been postponing this date for almost 3 years now just because we are waiting for his in a grand result to get his immigrant visa 9 i've been referring for this they have more than 3 weeks since i came to live on a dull moment when the explosion have all i can tomorrow won't like now i'm losing my life closing my husband. all the dreams that we have a dream have all is flying with the people who hold fly because of the pressure exclusion. no more life long more. than as you say how dare i have been ending all the love story so i was waiting the moment.

i was asking my soul when i'm going to die and how i'm going to die i'm are going to feel. able to see my parents to learn them goodbye that's what i was thinking about what a terrifying experience to madge and i mean did you ever think that something like that could happen in beirut as you said you've been there for 3 weeks leading up to this day correct and never i never imagined i can be in this plays are such thing could have been especially on my wedding day you know what i mean and that's something you really don't imagine for your wedding day how do you see the situation in beirut route right now i mean that the city is really in shambles what's your impression of how the city is doing and how people are recovering. well i'm so sorry i feel so sorry to see him why my contrie going through this.

it's so sad so sad to see him on a contrary than meds. my heart goes to the people who died and people who got injured also the people who are mr very under the building there is no words can describe a whole i feel 2 or python 3 i really feel bad and i hope all these end up soon one and the lie come back. as. as we know beirut. city of light people in a way we all live in and they love to live so if they love to live it is a very special place and that we hope that as well and we should ask you before we let you go are there any plans to redo that video and those pictures that you were planning to celebrate your wedding hello

yeah that's where we were just one drink if you're planning to redo the video in the photo of that moment ringback for the celebration of your wedding. breaking all can you please come again please 'd yes or i just very quickly are you going to redo that those photos that video. no i don't think we are going to be just because there's no more have finished you know after seeing 50 well dying and order all of this damage going through my country how can i be happy of course no i will not go through and i'm personally all right thank you so much for joining us here on d w and we wish you all the best thank you so much thank you. now the effects of global warming are becoming alarmingly clear at the top and

bottom of the world the poles are melting scientists say the arctic has been warming up for years even out the differences in temperature between the north pole and the equator the result is an increase in the number of extreme weather events. he's still wearing a woolly hat but it's no longer really necessary the ice in spitsbergen is melting it's a problem that no ways most famous toyota research achim homan has long been warning of we are losing the arctic as we know it because of climate change and. this is a forewarning of all the hardship and problems start to spread around the planet. as the grand melts it gives up its secrets here a mammoth skeleton pulled from the mud in russia's arctic after 10000 years in the permafrost rising temperatures here delivering riches to some researches.

of those thoughts and i'm not a complete skeleton is always a valuable find because the individual bone fragments basically don't hold any information here we know the exact location the origins of the mammoth and that is one specimen. of. the arctic touches russia canada the us and greenland but its demise one affects the whole world. temperatures are rising faster than in the rest of the world particularly in the last few years. as the differences in temperature between the poles and the equator reduced the jet stream winds which move weather around the globe a slowing down. the result extreme weather high and low pressure systems remain at the same spot for longer creating floods and it's 12 degrees in spitsbergen might look relaxing but it's 7 degrees warmer than usual and that

spells disaster. let's get some perspective on this with in my mitts on the center for polar and marine research in potsdam and i thank you for joining us so why does this disaster i mean what will a significant warming of the poles really look like for us. well i think this year we already see the signs the obvious signs like the fires in siberia so so far in siberia we have fires that burned about the size of greece or bangladesh because there are these these stable conditions as we've seen before in the report before so this very very nicely shows what maybe also the future will look like so we have we will have a lot more fires we have falling permafrost in a lot of areas and especially in the arctic which is very vulnerable of honorable the warming is much faster than in the rest of the globe and as always 1st now really see the 1st signs off off the future in the next decade probably there have

been so many warnings about this phenomenon is it too late to stop the warming. well that that's really hard to say i think we are very late and the carbon emissions are not really slowing down saw i think that's the thing we have to do so we need to to reduce carbon emissions and there are so many processes that will even accelerate once we once things start like thawing permafrost which has the potential to put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere for example you know we're talking about massive global climate changes here so what can people like you and i actually do to make sure that the poles don't continue to warm. well i think we can all contribute i mean we can think about our lifestyle how we do things if we need to really travel a lot. i mean we are all with there are more than 7000000000 people in the world

and i think everyone can and can contribute a little bit but also like on bigger schemes the now there has to be understanding that we have to change a lot of things we'll leave it there in mine it's a from the center for polar and marine research in possum thank you so much for joining us i think you. now in the wake of the huge explosions that devastated beirut people in countries near and far have been showing their solidarity tallis sign is crying for beirut treats this sign many people in the gaza strip waved lebanese as well as palestinian flags even in israel which is technically in a state of war with its neighbor a lebanese colors were lit up over a tel aviv square a candlelit vigil was also a held outside in paris and the eiffel tower switched off its lights and hour early

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