the band. this is deja vu news live from berlin the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blasts that killed nearly 160 people and injured thousands more french president in my own back home flies in bringing aid and pledging lebanon is not alone and number of officials are under arrest over the explosions and a state of emergency is in force also coming up i was asking why scroll what i'm going to die and that's all i'm going to go right. here. was literally swept

off her feet as the blasts knocked out her wedding photographs plus. japan marks the 75th anniversary of hiroshima the 1st atomic bomb attack were made on the deadliest single act ever perpetrated by humans we need one of those survivors. and germany will enforce compulsory coronavirus tests on travelers arriving from high risk areas the number of new cases has risen to its highest level in 3 months. i'm sumi so must conduct good to have you with us rescuers in beirut are digging through rubble in a desperate search for survivors after to shoot explosions left much of the lebanese capital in ruins at least 137 people are dead and thousands more have been injured the president among the. france has arrived bringing rescue teams and

equipment other countries have also pledged emergency aid and expertise lebanon's president michel aoun bridget mccall has blamed the disaster on thousands of tons of a chemical being stored in beirut stocks but the u.s. government says it has not ruled out the possibility of an attack the governor of beirut has said almost 300000 people have been made homeless by the blasts. a day of grief for levanon 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. that 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 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. he the 4 year we have never seen anything like this in our lives it's difficult and the scene is 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 it was a massacre was the. issue for the human eyes and i saw a lot of her effects scenes 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 sisters 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. ever meant 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 and. we are determined to investigate. and reveal what happened as it soon as possible. those responsible. investigators have begun searching the wreckage at beirut's airport a 1st step towards fulfilling the president's promise to deliver justice. for some perspective on the story we can speak to see had bought what he served as up and aunts interior minister from 2008 to 2011 mr bout with thank you so much for joining us here on new we heard that the government is vowing to find justice here in lebanese people are very skeptical are you confident that the government will

actually find out what happened. well people have every right to be skeptical. because all presidents are not really encouraging and people are fed up with promises that are not so that i believe that this time it's different because the sign people are and anger that they are really under huge huge pressure because of the high number of casualties the 100 very high number of killed people the massive destruction that happens in the capital so this time i believe that something has to be done especially by the justice we are seeking truth we are only asking the government to give us answers as to what happened people have the right to know what happened it will not bring back the loved ones who lost their lives but it will at least give people answers and bring

to justice whatever it should it should be done. you know the impact on the population is huge that's a question a lot of people are asking themselves 3000 tons of explosive material was stored at the sport as we've heard the head of the port try to get this material the judiciary didn't answer the prime minister knew about it so who is to blame. well it's still something ted and i cannot really tell what's what happened that's what investigations or meant to do. could included council of ministers decision it's a 5 days a period of time that is given to all that was given to investigators in order to assess the situation and to do submit a preliminary report on what happened this is not they're not part of this is very very short but it will at least give credibility answers to the question that you are raising every live in these people raising now whether that is someone who

was responsible there are definitely someone who should be held responsible and that is definitely. a mixture of responsibilities between many actors on on this seeing so let's wait until the 40 meaning days of investigation and we'll assess the situation accordingly it will see whether the court would take steps. to arrest people well some of the post arrest but i think that it will it should be with more seriousness and more arrests have to be to be made this apparent we mentioned and you said this is why lebanese people are extremely frustrated by chronic political deadlock corruption and you resigned in 2011 and we've seen protests over last year this year as well people calling for us a politician as well to come back to affect change why did you leave government and not try to improve such

a difficult situation. well simply because i'm an independent i don't belong to any political party and ready to serve whatever needs be but it's not personal it's not me it's not any any one of us it's it's a climate that should be changed it's a political climate that should be totally changed and we're all responsible for the change to happen so i'm not quitting i resigned from office when i felt that this cannot be done the same way business as usual anymore but on many lebanese people are ready to serve many are ready to serve the country we all need to be part of the reconstruction of our economy the reconstruction of the trust between the lebanese people and the government this should be done but it's not something personal really we we are all ready to serve but look at what what is happening in the streets young people are helping there are volunteers in the streets that are

helping somebody else and that's how it should be done but the government is doing little compared to what people are expecting to see about a good a former minister of the interior from 200-220-1111 thank you so much for joining us. now one couple getting married in beirut had a narrow escape from the blasts and the couple was posing for a video and photographs near their wedding venue when the blast struck. the shock waves cost extensive damage in the surrounding streets in a nearby square and thankfully the newlyweds were uninjured and they were able to take shelter in safety. and the brighter we saw in those images there is stress of blondie is joining us now from beirut right now to tell us more about this is her 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 i resent and i came for. a just to see my husband and to. to get married we have been postponing this day for almost 3 years now just because we are waiting for his him a grand result to get his immigrant visa 9 i've been preparing for this day more than 3 weeks since i came to live on a dull moment when the explosion have them all i get them tomorrow and like now i'm losing my life those ing my husband. all the dreams that we have a dream have all is flying with the people will hold fly because of the pressure exclusion. no more life long more. as we 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 it 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 or sorts think could have been especially on my wedding day you know what i mean if it's something you really don't imagine for your wedding day how do you see the situation in beirut brut 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 contrary going through this. is so sad so sad to see my contrie damaged. 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 lies come back. as. as we know by the rules and city of light people and by we all live 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 with that video and those pictures that you

were planning to celebrate your wedding. no i don't think we are going to be just because there is no more have phillis you know after seeing 50 well dying and order all of this damage going through my country how can i be had peace of course no i will not go through and i'm personally all right thank you so much for joining us here on g.w. and we wish you all the best thank you so much thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world the australian state of victoria reported a record rise in coburg 1000 cases and deaths as it went into lockdown state premier daniel andrews urged people to stick together and not to panic buy and he announced that meat production would be reduced due to the risk of virus transmission in processing plants died twitter says it has temporarily blocked president onil trumps official campaign account because of

a tweet containing misinformation about covert 1000 now that misinformation was a claim that children are almost immune to the virus trans campaign will have to remove the tweet before it can use the network again. 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 and 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. the ceremonies risk ailed back because of the global health emergency only a handful of foreign dignitaries intended. few survivors are still alive today there are stories of horrors that the world hopes will never be repeated. jiro how masoom 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 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 of 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. if you hiba 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 they can speak now to correspondents in tokyo for more on the story by sonia i tell us how this anniversary is an. well like you mentioned earlier there's a big ceremony usually every year in the peace park in your oshima with the peace bell and the huge displays of flowers this year of you to the throne of i was this hadn't had to be scaled back a lot less foreign dignitaries could attend and there were also a few empty chairs among the youth actually a seating because there are now on average 83 years old so for them there is an

additional risk of course. i must say that the the hubris you may notice that he celebration is really a very big deal for these 2 cities in the rest of the country i'm afraid i get the feeling it's quite different especially among the younger generation for them this is really a thing of a long past long time ago and also in school they don't learn much of so while it's a very big thing for the sialic they want to respect their message of peace for the younger generation it's a different story and yet 75 years later the threat of nuclear war is still with us i mean is that something people in japan are particularly conscious that they are they are conscious of it of course because of the vicinity to north korea and china . then again they've enjoyed a long span of peace they have a pacifist constitution a very strong sense of pacifism in the population and also every year the mayors of

hiroshima and nagasaki they again send this message of peace into the world they also appeal have been appealing every year for 3 years now of quite a pen to sign a nuclear weapons ban. however the japanese government is less inclined to do so they've actually ignored this appeal for the 4th year in a row and they would rather stay or have japan stay under the american nuclear umbrella. correspondents on your basket reporting from tokyo thank you. germany is bringing in mandatory coronavirus tests for people arriving from high risk areas that move is in response to rising numbers of infections health ministry and sponsors the tests are essential for public safety. from saturday onwards travelers returning from high risk areas to germany will have to have

a valid corona test in their pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free . mr voiced says 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 holiday in my view this follows from our duty as a society to look after one another and protect each other. the list of high risk areas is updated regularly most countries around the world are on the list in the e.u. the spanish region of catalonia and speeches as well as luxembourg are considered high risk by germany. but the belgian region of amp was recently also put on the list because of rising infections that. german authorities are worried about the virus being brought back to germany but there's also a real risk of people becoming negligent and spreading the virus of home according

to the minister on wednesday germany recorded more than a 1000 daily new infections the highest number in 3 months the new rules come in school holidays draw to an end in many german regions concept of physician on that aspect think the concepts are convincing convincing because they follow the goal of opening schools and kindergartens again and that has definitely been one of the biggest challenges of the last months for many in germany parents and children alike. but schools in kindergartens were closed. from next monday pupils in germany's most populous region north rhine-westphalia will go back to school other states have already started this will be yet another test for just how effective germany's anti corona measures really are let's bring in our political correspondent in many ways show us with more on the story good to see you we hear the health minister there are acknowledging how important this decision is so why is it so significant. well what's really is too dark for me in

that announcement is that for months now we've had the government reacting to a century emergency crisis and giving the population of days on new restorations oz the situation evolved while all the while acknowledging that it also infringed temporarily on the need individual freedoms and this time however you can spawn really emphasize that to when as then no doubt that this was in light of recent events here in germany with thousands of people taking to do streets last saturday to process against the restrictions and that has made us to today say to again that he was very aware that those measures were tough that patience here in the population was wearing thin but he also justified measures by a 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 love 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 true is that pandemic is to very much present and infection rate is actually increasing and the rather call instituted trees as possible for the ending of the pandemic already saved a decent alone was very wearing so what else to the health minister have to say about what the government is doing to tackle the coronavirus. well what's new from doing these announcement today is that's instead of having a people voluntary testing when they return from high risk amery as and people having to voluntarily. they don't have a negative test attend where from saturday on wednesdays testing will be mandatory either people arrive in germany with a negative test that snow will go down 2 days or they're going to get tested as soon as they arrive in jan many and this was a concern quite a lot of people since the high risk areas they find in scituate comprise more than 130 countries and that will also mean that holidaymakers will be tested upon their

return our political correspondent thank you so much. let's check in on some developments in the coronavirus make of a german airlines of times that has reported a 1500000000 euro quarterly operating loss it doesn't expect air travel demand to return to pretend i'm a club until at least 2024 of the world health organization says infections worldwide for people between the ages of 15 and 24 has nearly tripled from 4.5 percent to 15 percent in recent months and germany's hospital association says its facilities are well for paired for a potential 2nd wave of the pen to make hospitals say they also have better stockpiles of protective equipment than at the beginning of the year. russia says it is aiming to start mass production of a coronavirus vaccine as early as next month a senior minister says the country's pharmaceutical plants could be churning out millions of doses a month by next year but the world health organization says it has received no

official notification and some scientists are warning that russia lacks the capacity to mass produce a vaccine yet the streets of moscow 5 days ago 16000 people running the half marathon many without masks and without keeping their distance the city has opened up again many here seem to trust that a new vaccine will soon be available to everyone but. of course i've heard of that it's and i think that's a very positive development i should vaccinated right. this is where the 2 new vaccines were developed at the moscow game alay institute and the vector institute in a visit built both state from the vaccination program is supposed to start as early as october at a video conference requested and bloody moves in a few days ago the deputy prime minister made this announcement they wish both vaccines are highly promising one is to be approved already in august and that was lead with just skim center. but both vaccines were only tested on less than $100.00

volunteers the important phase 3 of the testing will only be done with a few 100 people. there yet this is highly irresponsible he has already researched many vaccines at the research institute. says that work through more than. it's possible to develop a vaccine within one week one month or half a year as it is the case now that it's impossible to prove in this time frame when it is going to be harmless or planned. russia plans to produce $30000000.00 vaccine doses by the end of the year another $170000000.00 a supposed to be manufactured and brought russia wants to be. as the 1st country to introduce a vaccine to the world market possible risks one stand in its weight critics say. that it. is being strenuous right now in the something completely new look at the

when the judges vaccines are done with this we don't know how they're going to act when somebody gets to do with what more do we also don't know long the immunity will last us from for going forward to. moscow is returning to normal life and that is partly due to a possibly false sense of security that the promise of a vaccine that's bringing. the sport. now before we go if you need a bit of cheering up as we're going through a global pandemic a traffic cop in rio de janeiro is doing his best to sure you got more of the silva says his shimmying and shaking brings drivers and pedestrians there some comic relief in these difficult times he says he just wants to spread happiness and cheer . all right don't forget that you can always get a g.w. news on the go download or out from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push

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