memories church of christ 14 on t.w. . this is due to reduce life for brawl and a rallying cry the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blast that killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more french presidents and men who have not come fly is in bringing aid and pledging levanon you're not alone residents continue to clear debris from the streets trying to salvage what's left as anger mounts over the government's corruption and negligence also coming up. to new york

and then says it is suing america's power full gun lobby the national rifle association state prosecutors say they want to break up the n.r.a. alleging financial wrongdoing and. fast and free travelers ensuring germany must take a mandatory for a couple of hours to ask if they're arriving to singapore spots almost as infections spread across the country in new cases have risen to highest level in 3 months. thank you so much for your company 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. a city in ruins hospitals

damaged or a critical capacity leaving thousands of injured victims at even more risk and an estimated 300000 people now homeless in the aftermath of the explosions residents of beirut life 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. that 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 and the security but it's a political moral economic and financial crisis on the plane the 1st victim of which is the lebanese people in the book liars' reactions extremely quickly so for me this visit is also an opportunity for dialogue with political leaders and lebanese institutions to feel supported it is nice to do. 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 a capital for you so i want to pick up where that report left off that online petition the mention there to replace 11 on the 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 i'll 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 security and with the current system which led nothing but to call it option to a continuous struggle continues to do it political debates that lead to go to the

financial and economic collapse that collapse plus there's all these political fights also. political debates between all political parties based on sectarian issues that's why the visibility by the citizen said that the political parties all political. decision makers they don't trust them they should be put into place by a french by the french who look to sign just to say that all the current political system. in this us 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 to where you are you know well the cost being of rebuilding beirut. according to the governor he said you mentioned yesterday that to rebuild the baby alone which goes between $45000000000.00 and the effect of that less explosion.

economy. needs between $10.00 to $15000000000.00 a day and still the rescue i don't progress still we don't have exact. numbers for how much these demigods 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 benita 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 thank you for you continued recording ambassador and the root. and the u.s. the state of new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the national rifle association whether that's the

country's most powerful gun lobby a separate lawsuit against the group has also been filed in washington d.c. well new york state attorney general a tent city james and that was the charges at a press conference said just moments ago the lawsuit accuses top and our executives of corruption including using millions of dollars of n.r.a. funds to finance lavish lifestyles the n.r.a. has called the allegations a baseless attack on the right to keep and bear arms let's get you now more on this a developing story joining me now from washington is that if we use bureau chief there in a poll in this says so what are the attorneys of new york and washington hoping to achieve with these lawsuits and what are they exactly using the n r e of. well they actually really want to dissolve the organization saying it has been unchecked for decades because it has become far too powerful and that no organization should be above the law or so they are accused of the top management i

should say. that they spend like millions millions of dollars for private issues like travel safaris great food great cars. i mean the attempt of the attorney general james in new york gets criticized why because it's really close to the election and many people ask why. this legal right now and what is the likelihood of such a powerful organization like the n.r.a. being dissolved and what with that need. well it will take is there is no doubt but we saw the during donald trump's turf that it was pretty quiet about the n.r.a. and we know that they are huge supporters of donald trump early on and he also really needs them to support him so there is something going on since

years but before we see a result this will take long beyond election day november now the n.r.a. is under heavy scrutiny now so what does that mean has the organization's leadership responded. yes i mean they try to downplay everything saying that this is highly political saw is only 3 months away from election day that these costs were just spent for the charity organization not for private use so they as donald trump try to downplay the whole thing. in his poll i did have used her chief in washington thank you. now here in germany amid signs of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections authorities are making test mandatory for travelers arriving from designated high risk areas all this as schools begin reopening after summer break and fears that more people on the move are spreading

the virus the country's health minister young 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. 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 and 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 the convincing because they follow the goal of opening schools and kindergartens again though that has definitely been one of the biggest challenges of the last months for many in germany parents and children alike. it's cool in kindergartens were closed. then 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. when i say i know about some of the other stories making news around the world . the australian state of victoria has reported a record rise in covert $900.00 cases and deaths even after imposing a strict new walked out state premier daniel andrews urged people to stick together and not to panic buy that meat production would be reduced due to the risk of virus transmission and processing plants. in poland andre duda has been sworn in for a 2nd term as president after winning a narrow election victory last month due to his pledge to push ahead with a popular subject that has put the country at loggerheads with the european union some opposition lawmakers boycotted the swearing in. 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 hard to underwater the u.n. says over 50000 people have been affected. the world is marking the 75th anniversary of the u.s. nuclear attack on hiroshima and japan more than 140000 people died from the bombing and it's after facts well the survivors and families of victims laid wreaths at hiroshima's peace memorial park they also remembered the moment the bomb hit 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 attended. a few survivors are still alive today their stories speak of horrors that the world hopes will never be repeated. jiro how masoom e is a he but who share in japanese that means a survivor of the bomb. he was exposed to radiation and 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 how masooma hopes their memories will live on but that his generation will have been the last to endure such horror you're watching video for years while rock and roll and i will be back at the top. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update. that 19 special next on d w. a job that is for me. is for.

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