this is t w news coming to you live from lebanon's leadership faces growing anger over incompetence and corruption in the wake of the deadly blasts in the capital beirut security forces fire tear gas as protesters outside parliament international donors pledged aid for rebuilding but demands top level reforms from within. also coming up taking all the u.s. gun lobby to new york prosecutors want to break up the national rifle association they say millions of dollars in funding we're going to finance lavish lifestyles.

and the fishes in germany. over a spike in corona virus infections but a new survey shows most voters are worried. below i'm terry martin good to have you with us lebanon's leadership is facing growing anger in the wake of the deadly blasts that have killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more many are blaming the government for a crisis which was unfolding even before this week's explosions shock is turning to fury authorities responded with force when protesters gathered outside parliament to demonstrators accuse the government of corruption incompetence and failing to avert an economic meltdown. french president flew into beirut promising aid from the international community but he also says they'll be no blank checks and insists

there must be internal reforms from the top. as the people of beirut come together to clean up the debris from tuesday's catastrophic explosion world leaders are lining up to provide aid. french president landed in beirut addressing the anger felt by the people towards the corruption regarded as making the glass possible and that has plagued the country for decades he has also promised assistance. but what i can guarantee you is that this aid will be transparent * it will go to the field and it will not go in the hands of the corrupt was. lebanon as a former french protectorate and the 2 countries still have close ties today. surrounded by crowds mccraw and listen to me outrage and pleas for help chance of

revolution and the regime sounded all arrive and. i am here today i am going to propose a new political pact this afternoon and i will come back by september 1st and if it has not been up taint i will take responsibility for it. across and later announce the launch of an international conference in the coming days with the aim of raising funds to support the people of beirut. 6 which even we are no longer able to continue this way in this situation people do not have enough money to continue what they started their country cannot take it anymore but. some since we have been fighting for 50 years in order to raise our family in these circumstances that we live in now are finished we have been working for our retirement but they finished us your good life and my. hopes rest on

an international aid effort to pull together so the residents of beirut can rebuild their home. their city and their community. is in the lebanese capital and joins us now from there reza we're getting reports of violent protests near the parliament in beirut what more can you tell us. yes terry there were clashes between the security forces and and some go there and that's just. near the parliament. and the security forces they fired tear gas on the truth that's just the leaflet the 2 got on the cricket. and if you think you are very angry at stanford maybe mismanaged. the incompetence of their government should be responsibility for you to use these . french president and well my calls was there he promised international

assistance to lebanon but called on the country's leaders to launch anti corruption reforms how's that message being received there. when and if it is a 32 i have had that taken into custody 16 individual this morning as in the suggestion into a debate which we. took place on tuesday and the government again and they invest to get inside congress to 3 days and to. determine who is responsible and forth and knocked on the other hand 24000 tended to find and unwind your question. to they step in and undo the fence they for the next 15 years since they say they must talk to the chest and their governments and thing and big names in a day government for placing the 2850 tons of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse in the middle east point in the day with point the syrians with no

security measures some are calling for reforms have not fall and fall in. many people in the capital there are still missing after this blast house the rescue effort going. rescue afraid and officials i think if i get and this morning 2 dead bodies where you think. i'm sure there have been and then the officials say that the number of. injuries. right in the next. 3 since continue and then it just you know that it's in now there are 160 can dead after the explosion and more than 5000 in syria and more than 300000 keep him there. thank you very much the. rose. in beirut and we apologize for the quality of the.

shows some of the other stories making headlines around the world today thousands of oppositions orders of rally in the bell russian capital minsk to defying a government crackdown elections are being held this weekend resident of it's under the christian code is seeking a 6th term of office but the main opposition candidates but i don't know if sky is gathering popular support. is facing an ecological disaster from an oil spill in the grounded tanker began leaking fuel into the indian ocean the bulk carrier was transporting nearly 4000 tons of fuel and 200 tons of diesel from china to brazil. and the state of new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to break up the national rifle association america's most powerful gun law new york state attorney general and tissue james announced the charges accusing top an r.a.

executives of diverting millions of dollars in funding to pundits lavish lifestyles the association says the allegations are baseless attack on the right to bear arms . earlier we spoke with washington bureau chief eunice poll about the fight to break up one of the nation's most powerful lobbies this process will take is but it's taking place in the time that the tide my shift why because so many americans are really tired of gun violence and tired of seeing children in schools being shot they're tired of seeing murderers on the streets so in many states they really increased the laws so maybe this is really the beginning of change. because in this poll there in washington well let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic india's

official case tally has passed 2000000 after a daily jump of more than 60000 on friday this comes only becomes only the 3rd country to reach the figure after the united states and brazil meanwhile africa's confirmed corona virus infections have exceeded 1000000 the experts warn that the true number is likely much higher amid low rates of testing across the continent health officials at all strangely is hard hit victoria's states say the infection rate has been relatively flat in the past week according to experts the infection rate began to plateau after mandatory wearing rules came into effect here in germany and health officials are worried about a steady climb in corona virus infections the number of new delhi cases has topped a 1000 for the 2nd consecutive day is the highest number of cases in germany 3 months there are also concerns about holiday makers bringing the virus back home

and the reopening of schools but a new survey suggests most germans are not alarmed. thousands of people protested in berlin last weekend against coronavirus measures but the latest deutschland trend suggests that the critics are still a minority. the poll found that 59 percent of people in germany think the government's measures adequate well 28 percent said they don't go far enough. up assessment think it's very difficult to make decisions but i think it's good that they're always checking that measures are acceptable to the measures of good. well there was a feel good reason for the snafu it's annoying when you're going for the bus and you forget your mask and have to run home and get it and then you miss the bus but if it helps it's not so bad and the served. this. is a bit tiresome especially right now and so much to me but i don't feel restricted.

support for mandatory coronavirus tests for people returning from high risk areas was also high 93 percent of respondents said they support the measure which kicks in on saturday there was less agreement however on who should finance the tests with more than half the people asked saying they were against the government footing the bill. schools also began to go back across germany this week hygiene measures are in place but concerns continue that a 2nd wave could spread in classrooms. 58 percent of parents with schooling children said they believe schools are appalling prepared for the new school year during the pandemic 80 percent of respondents also said they supported compulsory masks at school but only 20 percent said they should be required sharing lessons. cinemas have been hit hard by the pandemic and one of the very few new movies hitting the big screen here in europe is dragon rider the animated film tells tale

of fire drake a young dragon who wants to find the rim of a legendary place where all dragons are safe. in from humans it's based on a children's book by an author you may have heard of. flying dragons race across the screen in daring maneuvers so who came up with the story that was in. committee of funk is the author of global bestsellers in the fantasy genre. she started her career as an illustrator that eventually wanted to create her own stories. topic and not why not write for children but adults are welcome to read my books too it makes me kind of an outcast in the world of literature as children themselves are but i can live just fine with that. she's hurting more than 70 books which have sold more than 26000000 copies worldwide. humans. have. bought it that the jacket is true that in my head when they relate to the look up

was i get it right. now a film adaptation of her $997.00 book dragon rider is being released in europe it's the story of the dragon fire during a brownie named sorrow and a boy named ben who embark on a journey together it's a dangerous one but the dragon is determined to find out where he comes from. a good to be a puppy he had. an area from is satisfied with simply writing about press taking adventures. actually it's a quiet life on a ranch in malibu fulfilling a lifelong wish of living in a secluded paradise yet she feels closely connected to her readers around. the fresnel to him and i was in india once and was suddenly surrounded by indians in their twenty's who asked if they could hug me and thank me because i was part of their childhood but i can tie here the same thing in germany but i wondered how

that was possible because life in india is so different to so in my books are definitely my influenced by the realities of life in the. germany or the united states and not in india in countries where life is sometimes not that easy and people still speak much more explicitly of all those existential questions of skills of good and evil there's often a very profound understanding of literature it's literature for them not just entertainment because for stanford to have 2 it's not that it's a top $21.00 title and whether fans are interested in dragonriders literary merits the movie offers plenty of action and humor. was that. my pants yes you're watching t w news here's a reminder the top story we're following for you. leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blasts that killed nearly $150.00 people and injured thousands more in the capital beirut weeks fire tear gas of protesters outside

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