this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the world reaches out to be a roof after the massive blast that killed nearly $150.00 people and injured thousands more france's president today pledged to lead a global donor's conference to rebuild beirut but he says there must be reform in lebanon from within and also coming up tonight fast free and require germany is making coronavirus test mandatory for all people entering the country from designated coronavirus hotspots it comes as infection spread across the country and

new cases have risen to the highest level seen in 3 months. off it's good to have you with us french president delivered a message to the people of beirut today you are not alone help is on the way on a visit to the lebanese capital pledge to spearhead a donor's conference to raise funds to rebuild the city but he also said there would be no blank checks enjoyed protesters and demanding reform from lebanon's political leaders he added that the shared anger was a sign of hope for a better future. in a city wrecked by the force of tuesday's catastrophic explosion people in beirut are coming together to clean up the debris in the city's streets. but with

solidarity and a strong sense of community comes also anger. at the corruption and mismanagement that are seen as causes of the blast and that have plagued the country for decades. which is even come believe we are no longer able to continue this way in this situation people do not have enough money to continue what they started with the country cannot take it anymore. but she's come since and we have been fighting for 50 years in order to raise our family in these circumstances that we live in now we're finished we have been working for our retirement but they finished us. help from abroad is now coming into lebanon aid in specialized rescue teams from numerous countries. french president manuel mcconnell also landed in beirut and met with lebanon's president

the 1st foreign leader to visit since the explosion lebanon is a former french protectorate and the country still have close ties today. michael and then headed to the damaged neighborhoods of beirut surrounded by crowds of people he listened to the outrage and pleas for help well chance of revolution and the regime sounded all around. like i'm here today i'm going to propose a new political pact this afternoon and i will come back by september 1st and if it has not been of taint i will take responsibility for it. later in the evening announce a launch of an international conference in the coming days with the aim of raising funds to support beirut. and we want to go to beirut. on the story for worse. emanuel he looked and sounded

like the leader that lebannon does not have at the moment what did you make of his visit today. look 1st of all he visited one of the main. damaged residential. completely damaged by the explosion named. area of the. downtown beirut during a visit he met the people of them. some of them some others in this visit specifically. look at it. it's a chance to make the world listen to them to make their sounds. and even their voices demand what they. should they believe that france. for lebanon it's a city can issue. in such

a way so the chance to make. them that's why they said they don't need any more to take it down. they said they outright of the sectarian. this corrupted politicians they need to get rid of that. during his visit they showed some people. sure that they didn't want to get. into other. people's. pockets. but he made it clear that the money. to the people not to the politicians.

that happened is that realistic. it's debatable issue but he made it clear that that in an urgent need for reforms political reforms moderate the forms financial economy and. banking sector which was one of the main sectors in lebanon and he said he. should be transparent and on the forms he said the electricity should be. more than $45000000000.00 in 20 years which means i don't 50 percent of you but he stepped. student. a link condition and become worse day by day. old the state that the financial aid. talked about its condition by the cyclones and he's made it clear that when he met all the political parties and peace blocs

in. it made it clear that the u.s. money decent for the peace would not reach heaven. light it won't. check. and bustle thank you very much thank you are going to take the story from beirut. joined now by. she is a spokesperson for the european commission is good to have you on the program so we just heard what france is promising to lebanon how is the european union helping out in beirut. yes thank you very much and good evening the european union has immediately under request of the live ice us artists to get the european. civic protection mechanism and i have this mechanism could put in was able to provide very quickly help from different member states and coordinating to come to beirut

and to completely support people so by now and over the last 2 days 250 experts firefighters experts who are on chemicals and so on have reached by route and they're coming from 7 different member states who have offered this help so this was one important thing to do is needed please the other thing is that we also have to get on our activated satellite system which then out of provides it's a system which provides that quite concrete and quite helpful images of the of the region and that's when i want to support didn't direct immediate actions to rescue actions and they need it yeah so part of people over there so this is the 2 in a having given me ask you to about the aid that's going into lebanon what about funds is there any way that the european union is ensuring that funds actually go to the people and that they don't disappear in the corruption that lebannon political

leader known for. yes as a 1st preliminary catch we have. rounded out 33000000 euros available to support lieberman and he needed this money comes basically from existing groups from under his we had enough existing funds also some new funds and these funds are typically channeled right and he owes and international organisations they are not going to him and he's authorities but they're implemented in projects by u.n. organizations by. unesco yes so in this way it is ensured that these funding is really useful purpose and can really directly address the needs of the people and that's ok most important thing since i want to ask you to the french president today in beirut said that he will organize a global donor conference for baby room is that france doing this on its own did it

bypass the european union i mean were you consulted about this plan. where definitely we are involved in that and who participate in this donor conference that the commission and the nuptial on sunday and we are going to lay out of this plan and we will to support this town and this is also needed because we need of course to discuss also what is in the media. because provide assistance and that was made very clear also by the president on the line and for our high representative that we are very happy to have and ready to help but of course utter and that is very much as and in the same line i witnessed in a call the president my concept is that 1st is a need to assess the needs and to to panic absolutely and to see how we can best help to come out of this crisis suzanne a concert spokesperson for the european commission joining us tonight is going to thank you very much we appreciate your time your insights. thank you. japan has

marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima a bell tolled in the city to mark the moment of the bomb hit followed by a minute of silence nearly 140000 people are estimated to have died from the bombing and its after effects. the u.s. state of new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the national rifle association state attorney general . is accused the gun lobby's top executives of corruption and financial mismanagement and separate lawsuit against the group has been filed in washington d.c. the n.r.a. has called the allegations baseless in poland 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 populist agenda 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 khartoum underwater the u.n. says over 50000 people have been affected. here in germany amid signs of a 2nd wave of the coronavirus authorities are making tests mandatory for travelers arriving from designated high risk areas now it comes as schools begin reopening after summer break and fears that more people on the move are spreading the virus the country's health ministry says the tests are essential for public safety from saturday on woods travel is returning from high risk areas to gemini will have to have a valid could run a test in the pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free. misstep of list doesn't 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 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 the 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. least. 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. well if you need a bit of cheering up in this pandemic a traffic cop in rio de janeiro has found a way to put a smile on your face mauled says his shimmy and shaking brains drivers and pedestrians some comic relief in these difficult times their ears shaking he says he just wants to spread happiness and joy as long as he doesn't spread the virus.

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