playing. the taliban. this is g.w. news live from berlin and the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blasts that killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more french president in my one month call slice in bringing aid and pledging lebanon is not alone a number of officials are under arrest struggling explosions and a state of emergency is of course also coming in i was asking my soul when i'm going to die and all i'm going to quite. are i was literally swept off her feet as the day was blasts knocked out her wedding photographs. plus.

japan marks the 75th anniversary of hiroshima the 1st atomic bomb attack remains the deadliest single act ever perpetrated by humans we meet one of the 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 serious almost gone that's good to have you with us rescuers in beirut are digging through rubble and a desperate search for survivors after 2 huge explosions left much of the lebanese capital in ruins at least 137 people are dead thousands more have been injured the president to cough france has arrived bringing rescue teams and equipment with them

other countries have also pledged emergency aid an expertise the disaster has been blamed on thousands of tons of a chemical being stored in a wood stocks but the u.s. government says it has not ruled out the possibility of an attack almost 300000 people are estimated to have been made homeless by the blasts meanwhile citizens are losing no time in starting to clear up. with their neighborhood gutted these volunteers aren't waiting for help. the political elite they say are incompetent and corrupt. the community is banding together as anger mounts. that no one. really here the revolutionaries taking the place of the state which is supposed to be taking care. and securing food and water for the people affected. we're taking on its role and we're trying the best we can to help the people. we're

not organized but we come together as one to clean up the country from thieves today we are carrying brooms but tomorrow we will maybe pick ourselves up and leave . the country on its knees french president emmanuel mccall flew to beirut on thursday he was welcomed by lebanese president michel aoun micron plans to coordinate international assistance but he stressed that reforms are vital to lebanon's future of the city and. its a political moral economic and financial crisis and of course the 1st victim of which is the lebanese people in opposing book liars reactions extremely quickly so for me this visit is also an opportunity for dialogue with political leaders and lebanese institutions they feel supported it is nice to. be ben is. micron's visit comes as

a petition to place lebanon under french mandate for 10 years is gathering pace online. for some perspective on the story we can speak to see had he served as i've been on interior minister from 2008 to 2011 mr better thank you so much for joining us here on d w we heard that the government is vowing to find justice here and 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 met i believe that this time it's different because this time 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 happened 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 their 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 too soon to tell and i cannot really tell what's happened that's what investigation is or meant to do. according to the 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 there not 5 days is very very short but it will at least give credibility answers to the question that you are raising every living these people are raising now whether there is someone who was responsible there are definitely someone who should be held responsible and there is definitely. a mixture of responsibility between many actors on the on the scene so let's wait until the 40 meaning days of investigation and we'll assess the situation accordingly and will see whether the court would take steps. to arrest people you know some are under house arrest but i think that

it will it should be dealt 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 you know 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 to be but it's not personal it's not me it's not any any one of us and 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 street there are helping somebody else and that's how it should be done but the government is doing little compared to what people are expecting. see i thought i would a former minister of the interior from 2008 to 2011 in 11 and thank you so much for joining us here and. we're here. for one couple getting married in beirut had a narrow escape from the blasts the couple was posing for a video and photographs near their wedding venue when the blast struck.

the shockwave cost extensive damage in the surrounding streets and a nearby square thankfully the newlyweds were out on injured and were able to take shelter in safety. and the bride who we saw in those images there is stress of lani 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 what your answer is a dent and i came from. a just to see white house brand and to do to get married we have been postponing this day for almost 3 years now just because we are waiting for his in the grand result so it is immigrant visa i've been preparing for this they have more than 3 weeks since i came to live on

a dull moment when the xplosion have all i can into monologue like now i'm losing my life was 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. moves are. no more life long more. that 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 madge and i mean did you ever think that something like that could happen in beirut as you said you'd been there for 3 weeks leading up to this day. and never i never imagined i can be in this place our

sights think 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 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 my my contrie going through this. and so sad so sad to see my own tree damage. 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 to our my country i really feel bad and i hope all these end up soon one and the life come back. as. as we

know beirut and its 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. no i don't think we are going to be just because there is no more have finished you know after seeing future 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. now to 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 misinformation was a claim that children are almost immune to the virus trumps campaign will have to remove the tweet before it can use the network again. political leaders have cast their ballots in parliamentary elections president go to buy it as a proxy is seeking a big enough majority to allow him to push through constitutional reforms votes are now being counted and the result is expected later on thursday. and the olympic rings installed in tokyo bay for the 2020 summer games have been removed on what would have been day 14 of the games they've been postponed until next year because of the pandemic after a wash and a brush up the brings will be back in december. 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 remembered the moment the bomb struck with a bow followed by a minute of silence of the ceremonies for scaled back because of the global health emergency only a handful of foreign dignitaries attendant. few survivors are still alive today their stories speak of horrors that the world hopes will 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 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 u.s. 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 you know. few here are still alive to tell their stories sumi 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 being marked into pan . 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 who attend and there were also a few empty chairs among the. 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 hero's human or starkey 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 and this is really a thing of a long past long time ago and also in school they don't learn much of their lives

and so while it's a very big thing for the sialic they want to really spread 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 of 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 with 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 vasco reporting from tokyo thank you. germany is bringing in mandatory coronavirus tests for people who are arriving from high risk areas that move is in response to rising numbers of infections health minister yen spahn says 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 should. 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 antwerp 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 at 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 a physician on that aspect think the concepts are convincing convincing because they follow the goal of opening schools and kindergartens again that has definitely been one of the biggest challenges of the last months for many in germany parents

and children alike. but schools in can the gardens were closed. from next monday pupils in germany's most populous regional trying this fadia will go back to school other states have already started it will be yet another test for just how effective germany's carona measures really are. is following the story for us good to see you so as we heard there there will be mandatory tests for people coming back from risk areas starting on saturday but what if those travelers refuse to take a test. well if people don't comply with the mandatory testing that would be implemented from saturday on was eat they don't comply when asked to do so they risk a fine of up to 25000 euros and that can be enforced even if it's not passed by the local authorities now that doesn't mean that the find will be that's high but clearly we see a measure and that's and these trading people from refusing to be tested and this

wisconsin quite a lot of people since the high risk areas as defined by dan rather call institute which is here in charge of handling the pandemic comprise more than $130.00 countries and this will also mean that holiday macon's coming back to germany will be tested until now germany has been praised internationally as well for how it has handled the coronavirus pandemic but cases here are now rising again and fairly steeply are they. exactly that's the 1st time since may add that the number of daily infections has passed the threshold of a 1000 the outside wheaties. coincident and that has minister and say that those figures are really worrying now the new infections are more localized and they're happening smaller clusters than before in families for example are doing parties are as people are becoming less and less careful with social distancing and this actually led the government to warn the population against this attitude of callousness that we witnessed over the past few weeks and yes and i say to again

today depend then it is far from being over and do you think we're likely to see another big lockdown. well that's quite unlikely of these days that we'll see a general generalized lockdown as long as the infections keep on spreading locally of course to situation is still very volatile but what's most likely to happen is that we'll see localized lockdown such as for example what we witnessed in those 2 and was found out when a cluster appeared in a meat plans or in a street in south east bellina a few weeks ago when another class i was uncovered this was the imagined seed planted discussed by the federal government a few months ago and that would be a peek a bill should a situation remain as it stands. reporting for us good to talk to you let's take a look at some developments in the coronavirus pandemic of the german airline lufthansa has reported a 1500000000 euro quarterly operating loss it does not expect air travel demand to

return to prepare to make levels until at least 2024 the world health organization says the infection rate 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 prepared 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 turning 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 here in the streets of moscow 5 days ago 16000 people running the half marathon many without masks and without keeping the distance the city has opened up again many here seem to trust that

a new vaccine will soon be available to everyone with the hope of british muslims should of course have heard of last weeks and i think that's a very positive development let's get 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 with president putin a few days ago the deputy prime minister made this announcement they wish both vaccines a highly promising one is to be approved already in august and that was lead with to stimson to. 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 for their year this is highly irresponsible he has already researched many vaccines at the research institute. says that.

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 effective. 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 the 1st country to introduce a vaccine to the world market possible risks one stand in its way critics say. it was. just delicious being free news right now in the something completely new look at the when the judges vaccine were done it was this is we don't know how they're going to act with them but it gets to do with what more do we also don't know how long the community 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 is bringing

a lot of support. in the wake of the huge explosions that devastated beirut people and countries near and far have been showing their solidarity. palestine is crying for beirut reads this sign many people in the gaza strip waved to lebanese as well as palestinian flags. even in israel which is technically in a state of war with its neighbor the lebanese colors were lit up over a tell of each square. a candlelit vigil was also held outside and paris and the eiffel tower switched off its lights and our. ok let's get a reminder now of our top story. and international aid operation is underway to help the lebanese capital beirut return to a measure of normality rescuers are still searching for survivors of massive

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