this is that every news life from berlin rallying cry the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blast that killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more french president and mandarin michael flies in bringing aid and pledging lebannon you're not alone residents continue to clear debris from the streets trying to salvage what's left as anger mouse over the government's corruption and negligence also coming up fast and free travelers entering germany must take a mandatory free coronavirus test if they're arriving from 132130 rather

designated hotspots that says infections are spread across the country and new cases have risen to the highest level in 3 months and. 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. while iraq is great to have you along everyone international aid is arriving in beirut 2 days after a devastating blast killed at least 137 people in the lebanese capital emergency aid and rescue teams flying in from around the world to help a city and grows. hospitals damaged or at critical capacity leaving thousands of

injured victims at even more risk an estimated $300000.00 people now homeless in the aftermath of the explosions residents of beirut live shattered still in shock take to the streets to clear up the debris as a desperate search for survivors continues. 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. and no one. will hear 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 are 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. securities but it's a political moral economic and financial crisis on the plane the 1st victim of which is the lebanese people in opposing book liar's reactions extremely quickly so for me this visit is also an opportunity for frank dialogue with political leaders and lebanese institutions the full support it is nice to. even is. micron's visit comes as a petition to place lebanon under french mandate for 10 years is gathering pace

online. all right to shock and anger and they were due to use a better idea is in the lebanese the capital for you so i want to pick up where that report left off that online petition the mention there to replace the lebanon now under french men mandate rather how syria should we take that or should we rather consider this a sign of how deep the mistrust is of the people of lebanon on their government exactly. exactly this is a sign how much the nice citizens mistrust their political leaders this petition it's kind of to say that 1st of all they get fed up with the sectarian regime woods' current system which led nothing but to cock up sion to a continuous struggle continues to its political debates that lead to go to a financial and economic collapse top to collapse plus there's all these political

fights also. political debates between all political parties based on sectarian issues that's why the visibility of a new citizen said that the political parties all political. decision makers they don't trust them they should be put into place by if matched by the french who look to sign just to say that they don't trust the current political system. and that this let's talk now about there is this major effort underway now in the international community rallying to help the people of lebanon we just of course saw the french a president who is in beirut where you are you know well the cost being of rebuilding beirut. according to the governor he said he mentioned yesterday that to rebuild the report alone would goes between $45000000000.00 and the effect of that less explosion really on the

economy. it needs between $10.00 to $15000000000.00 a day and still the. druggist's that we don't have exact. numbers for how much these damages we coast but it seems that it would cost at least a tent which is $15000000000.00 before before that explosion before all that got us off the you don't need to economy according to the financial to the banking sector that lebanon need between $20.00 to $25000000000.00 to the company so now we have to do one or 10 or $15000000000.00 so in total it seems that lebanon to say $50000000000.00 at least. amount so that we're talking about now 2 days after the catastrophic explosion how are people being kept said and shelton are people able to salvage anything and their belongings. i don't

know this moment one of the detention area which was just at the present press present at macdill they're trying to move all plus data damaged literally. named to mazie area the are good it was completely destroyed damaged most of the houses it's it's just an old house that they are totally damaged so they are moving the residents the citizen from that area to other places to develop this are the places some they manage themselves to go to their relatives or if they have some of the houses in countryside they went there and some are that going to be orphans and have been out of its doors all these time just and said that the utmost right company of course what a treat and some others they they said that going to remain in their homes even if it is good going to collapse over their heads they going to remain in their homes they want to leave it and they won't give this chance to the political leaders according to some citizens they want it's just too politically just to displace

them once again let's make sure that you mention that during the civil war which was between 19751900 most of that was displaced because it was a swat fighting area between if you don't use fighters and you don't use political parties and militias of course thank you for your continued reporting ambassador and the route. and one couple getting married in beirut ted a narrow escape from the blast the couple was posing for as video and photographs and their wedding venue when the blast struck. the shock waves caused extensive damage in the surrounding streets and a nearby square but thankfully we can report the newlyweds were not injured and were able to take shelter in safety. extremely shocking images there in the

bride supply nia joined us earlier from the lebanese capital and she shared her shocking experience with us you know as far as events and i came from. a just to see white house brand and to to to get married we have been postponing this day 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 preparing for this day more than 3 weeks since i came to live on and at that moment when the explosion happened all i can to marmont like now i'm losing my life losing my husband. all the dreams that we have a dream of all is flying with the people will hold fly because of the pressure. no more live long more ever after i have been ending all the love story i was

asking why so. i'm not able to see my parents telling them goodbye that's what i was thinking about i feel so sorry to see him why my contrary going through the. is so sad so sad to see my contrary damaged. my heart goes to the people who died and people who got injured also the people who are mr verite and those under the building and i hope all these end up sudan and the law come back as we know beirut and its city of light people in beirut all live on and they love to live so here they love to live. nearly where they stress a body speaking to us earlier from bree would want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. severe flooding in sudan has killed

at least 10 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes days of relentless rains have left many areas near the capital harto under water the u.n. says over 50000 people have been affected. where says it has temporarily blocked president gul trans official campaign account because of a tweet containing misinformation about covert 19 misinformation was a claim that children are almost in new to the virus turns campaign appears now to have removed the tweet. the australian state of victoria has reported a record rise in covert $900.00 cases and deaths even after imposing a strict new law down state premier daniel andrews approach people to stick together and not to panic buy you notice that the meat production now would be reduced to or reduced rather due to the risk of virus transmission in processing plants. and here in germany amid signs of

a so-called 2nd wave of corner virus infectious authorities are making test mandatory for travelers arriving from designated high risk areas well this is schools begin reopening after summer break and fears that more people on the move are spreading the virus the country's health minister says the tests are essential for public safety. from saturday on words travel is returning from high risk areas to germany will have to have a valid corona test in the pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free. misstep of list just as 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 for the return. from holly day. 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 its beaches 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 of 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 that

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 it will be yet another test for just how effective germany's anti corona measures really are let's get you more on this latest new were a measure that's taken by this country who did a report of course once i mean young is tracking this story for you may wonder tory tests on a rival tell us more about that. well this is in addition to the existing range when a requirement on people coming from these 140 or so countries that are perceived as being particularly affected by coronavirus people coming from they're already required to go into quarantine for 14 days or produce

a negative corona test and now this has been sort of been fed up with a requirement to actually have the test immediately upon arrival in germany or to have it in a few days of arrival and again to produce that negative test that maybe some opposition to it we've seen significant demonstration runs against the government's corona and he corona measures but i think one thing to say is this test will be free of charge so that should help some people to decide that they're ready to have the test 7 as you mentioned and as we've been reporting unfortunately there has been an uptick in the coronavirus cases in germany is this country a victim of its early success it managed to control the outbreak quite successfully at the beginning but now it seems to be losing ground what's behind that. well obviously if you if you've had success then the numbers as it were can only go up you're right in the last week or so we've seen an uptick the robot called institute

which is the main medical institute tracking base reported 1045 new cases in the last 24 hours. and so that is a line with numbers in recent days and up around the area where it was last in about may 1 of the reasons i think this is this measure is being taken now is because next week many schools will be opening around germany including in the most populous state north rhine-westphalia so the government's very worried about a wave of infection being imported boy people coming in from other countries at this time in particular simon young reporting thank you let's take a look now at some other developments in the current virus pandemic off infections that are surging in france once again the country has reported nearly 700 new cases

in the span of 24 hours the highest number since may and italy is settings about europe's biggest airline ryanair for flouting covert $900.00 guidelines italian aviation authorities say social distancing rules were not being observed on ryanair flights and the world health organization says a growing number of those contract in coronavirus worldwide are young people says 6 show 15 percent of those getting sick are between the ages of 15 and 24. the world is marking the 75th anniversary of the u.s. nuclear attack on hiroshima in japan and more than 140000 people died from the bombing and its after effects survivors and families of victims laid wreaths at here she missed peace memorial park they also remember the moment a bomb hits with a bell followed by a minute of silence the ceremonies were scaled back because of the global health emergency only a handful of foreign dignitaries attend. and few survivors are still alive today

and their stories speak of horrors that the world hopes will never be repeated. hiroshima's peace memorial on the motel yes the river parted the peace memorial park now a green space that used to be a city neighborhood took those who have used to live there before it was obliterated on august 6th 140. 4000 people died horrific deaths here including how my family his father mother and 2 siblings. do assure her that i thought they were just hiding i couldn't believe they were dead i kept looking for them. for me this is not a piece memorial it's a graveyard. when i see people there it's like they're stamping on the heads of my parents and siblings when i was. just some i was 11 when the atomic

bomb known as little boy annihilated hiroshima bomb i was staying with his uncle outside the city at 8 16 am he saw the flash felt the explosion and then the mushroom cloud rose in the morning sky. although. today how my is said to tell his story in a public interview series for a long time he couldn't bear talking about the bombing his family was dead but the subject was taboo in japan and survivors were stigmatized but that's changed. i still don't know what we're going to talk about there's no script we'll just see . the host hiroki ishikawa a singer musician and a music producer. his grandfather never mentioned the hiroshima bombing so he lets others talk now he wants to know the title of the series is atomic bomb eyewitnesses and today is the

178 episodes online because of coronavirus restrictions. because this is a no he wants to do when i go to the museum there are things that don't really affect me but these talks are almost like being with family you learn good important details and the events pass them on to that and i want to set it up to come up with it you know some of those 2 hours of live stream talks for peace against war band a surprise. how my eyes photograph now colorized by a young woman who got to know him a few years ago it's a gesture that helps make history feel more alive. the possibility of talking directly to people who are affected will soon disappear these colorized photos help make their memories more accessible and that encourages people to share them in the . 2 days after the atom bomb destroyed the city had by looked through the rubble and found the wall clock from his father's barber shop it's now in the peace museum

a gift and how much his contribution against forgetting. scientists are warning that siberia is melting permafrost layer could become a major environmental disaster they say that within decades melting permafrost could release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere our moscow correspondent and we share in travel beyond the arctic circle to the world's biggest permafrost crater to find out more. the guy doesn't dominate the landscape it is the landscape at about a kilometer wide and 100 meters deep it's the biggest permafrost crater in the world and it just keeps growing revealing layers of ever more ancient permafrost as it melts the walls of this huge crater are completely made of ice and here you can hear the cracks and thought of that ice as it melts off in the distance.

the enormous crater started off as just a small gully the process began when the forest was cleared in the 1960 s. exposing the ice below the layers of ice containing animal and plant remains from hundreds of thousands of years ago when that organic matter melts it rots and releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere further speeding up global warming. but despite the continuing melt and the growth of the crater the government's environmental inspector for the region isn't too concerned about the rising temperatures. from what i have observed the creature grows by about 10 meters every year. that's very worrying the melting of the permafrost can have an effect on us but the

process is very slow. nature and the locals here will adapt to the changes. life in but a guy just a short drive away is still determined by the ice underfoot temperatures dropped to minus 50 degrees centigrade here in the winter and getting to bow tie guy on land is only possible for 4 months a year when these rivers freeze and can be driven on. cousin cousin mia from the shop he's one of many to use the frozen ground as a resource they store food directly in the permafrost in ice cellars like this one . of the sunflower seed oil cantonese potato chips.

because he says he could store some products here for up to 2 years without going bad but he's had to take some precautions this summer due to the record heat their brother who is one of them having your refrigerator here is expensive for an entrepreneur keeping all that. down here nature keeps things cold in the permafrost we closed off the cellar with these sheets so they wouldn't be any heat loss the temperature in here went up by one or 2 degrees this year with the changes and critical it's bearable. to a bit more. because the m says the temperature rise isn't really a worry for the ice sellers or for the town of but a guy many people here see the huge permafrost crater on their doorstep as a local curiosity rather than a sign of global warming and we sure are not reporting now for a change of 2 concerts and coronavirus 4 months news issues have been life streaming from their living rooms madonna even addressed fans from her bathtub to

mixed reviews but when and how will we get back to real in person concerts with some answers for you from right here in your. this is probably the easiest way to feel safe and keep your distance 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 tribe 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. so from the street from not produced truth we are back. into the street but outdoor concerts aren't an option for the winter months so organizers have to come up with another solution it's a cold slang serina the audience sits in cliques a glass compartments. in a pilot performance at london's palladium feodor they blocked off entire rows of seats in the audience 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 brand you can work until

a vaccine for covert 19 is found the search also continues for innovative ways to allow live performances to take place safely the cost of nothing like a live concert you're watching you know you know there's lots more coming up in just a moment to iraq and brian on behalf of all of us thank you so much for spending part of you that.

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