this is news coming to you live from berlin lebanon's leadership faces growing anger over corruption polling the deadly blasts in the capital beirut security forces fired tear gas protestors outside parliament international donors pledged aid for rebuilding but demand top level reforms from within. also coming up officials in germany sound the alarm spike in coronavirus cases there are fears the birth turning holidaymakers could bring the virus back with them and concerns over the reopening of schools

a new survey shows most voters are not that worried. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us lebanon's leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blasts that have killed $150.00 people and injured thousands more shock is turning to fury it responded with force when protesters gathered outside parliament opponents accuse the government to corruption incompetence and failing to a berks an economic meltdown french president to meddle not kong flew into beirut promising aid from the international community but he also says there'll be no blank checks and he insists there be internal reforms. as the people come together to clean up the. catastrophic. explosion world

leaders are lining up to provide a. french president micron landed in beirut addressing the anger felt by the people towards the corruption regarded as making the last 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 god. lebanon is 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 signed it 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 bay ridge. 6 which is the new company we are no longer able to continue this way in the situation people do not have enough money to continue what they started for the country cannot take it anymore but it might come 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. my family my . hopes rest on an international aid effort to pull together so the residents of beirut can rebuild their homes their city and their community. our correspondent rosa is in the lebanese capital and joins us now from there rosa

we're getting reports of violent protests near the parliament in beirut what more can you tell us about. yes carrie clashes occurred between security forces and protesters and thai government demonstration that took place yesterday near the parliament and security forces deployed tear gas on dozens of protesters who gathered near the parliament. asking for the government's or the nation. and they gave the government for the 200-2750 tons of and when that were stored in a warehouse and that. it would quote for the last 60 years and they think that there are accounts of an explosion. these tons of that when you nightshade were stored. with very low security measures. ok lebanon is a former french protectorate and president obama. promised as promised

international assistance to lebanon on he traveled there calling on the country's leaders to launch anti corruption reforms how is that message being received there . this morning given his authority as they put 16 individuals under custody as part of an investigation into the bay to force exclusion. and they assigned and investigative committee and they gave it to 40 days to. tell it to tell the government who is responsible for the explosion and on the other hand $44000.00 in the bin you've signed an online petition asking took least lebanon under the french mandates for the next 10 years since the complete you know the choice and. that it's not it's the

country. ok that's the political side there's also the humanitarian angle here how many i mean there are many people still missing house the rescue effort going. well terry the rescue operations are still in progress just this morning it's 2 people who were thought to be missing things today they. were found dead under the rubble and officials they expect to go to right now and the next few hours and just you know that says now one thing if you've been where after the explosion $5000.00 people were injured and more than 300000 people have lost there who saw 160 now confirmed dead thank you very much for that update that's our correspondent rosen solomon in beirut. here in germany health officials are worried about a steady climb in corona virus infections the number of new cases has talked a 1000 for the 2nd consecutive day it's the highest number for 3 months there are

concerns about holiday makers returning from other countries bringing the virus back home with them reopening of schools is no other source of anxiety for many but most germans don't seem to be alarmed. summertime and the living is easy. the threat of the coronavirus is waning for many in the country. i don't think about it at all not at all. when they cut you remember to wear your mask. but when you leave public areas it's easy to forget one child. discipline is falling to the wayside people are letting their guard down because the threat doesn't seem so serious anymore according to this psychologist. the soft people are out of point where they think of testing the limits some say

maybe i can take my mask off here when it's actually necessary i'm just one other person sees that and then there's a snowball effect of not wearing masks. the numbers are rising germany's public health institute has recorded more than 1000 coronavirus cases twice this week the highest number of new infections in 3 months officials are growing concerned. 1 and shocked so how does a sweeping the virus in check is a marathon and a team effort we can only do it together. if an increasing number of clusters have emerged there's also the danger of people bringing back the virus from other countries frankfurt airport is offering free voluntary tests and starting this sunday people returning to germany from high risk areas will be required to take a test free of charge if taken within 3 days. voiced i am

very aware that this is an infringement on personal freedom but i think it's a reasonable one if those who don't get tested in time face a fine of up to 25000 euros so will there also be steep fines for those who don't wear masks or practice so she'll distancing this government official says yes. there are states in germany that already have penalties in place and i have the feeling that people are becoming more aware of the importance of wearing masks but if it's necessary then tough penalties should be implemented in utah. i carefree summer while trying to contain the coronavirus balancing act for germany. so how worried are germans about the next stage of the pen demick a new trend poll suggests not much it found that 59 percent think the government's

current measures are adequate. well for more on the results of the poll i'm joined now by d.w. political correspondent kate brady. kate we saw 20000 people in berlin last weekend demonstrating against the government's coronavirus restrictions but the new poll shows a clear majority in the country still support the government's measures is that surprising. i don't think that's surprising at all we have to remember of course yes 20000 people hit the streets of berlin last year and certainly made headlines around the world as well but they are still a minority and a very interesting if not the minority as well a mix of people from the far right from the fall left people say that a conspiracy theorists in corona deny assert so only not really a representation of the majority of german society that said though while the majority of germans it seems according to this poll think that the measure is adequate 53 percent of respondents to the dots on trend poll said that they think

that they measures that are in place in adequately controlled so they want to see strict controls all of these measures put in place particularly when it comes to people violating that rule of wearing masks in certain public places ok let's talk about some other measures on thursday germany's health minister announced that travelers returning from high risk regions will face mandatory testing so you can look at what the survey tells us about reaction to that the testing by the way applies to people returning from most countries outside the european union 93 percent of respondents said they support the measures which kick in on saturday so overwhelming support there for testing returning travelers is this going to work in practice and how will it be enforced. so you say from sas is a everyone coming into germany from an area deemed as high risk by the german

government will have to have a current virus test now one way to avoid having that test is if you have a negative test statistic that that is no older than 48 hours and anyone refusing to take the test could face a fine of up 225000 euros one of the points of contention though right now is who should be footing the bill for these tests a lot of people saying that if people have trouble particularly for the necessary travel to high risk areas then it should be they that are footing the bill and not the government so there are still presume going to be some teething issues as they test of rolled out over the weekend and in the meantime anyone that's coming into germany via alarmed their recommended to go to a testing sends a one say arrive of course they won't have those facilities the same way that someone arriving in an attaboy port would do what it was talk about schools are

starting to reopen social distancing and hygiene measures are in place but many families are still concerned that the virus could spread in the classroom here the figures from that poll 58 percent of parents with school aged children said they believe schools are poorly prepared to deal with the pandemic. so deep reservations there but many parents do want to see their children back at school of course what can they expect moving forward. well the measures in place vary between states but one of the big questions right now is whether or not children should have to wear face masks schools state different states in germany taking different action here and so there is still a question over whether they should just be required within the school grounds or indeed during lessons and in the classroom as well but in the meantime of the measures in place in good smaller groups which of course is going to put some strain on the teaching staff as well but there is going to be increased testing as

well both of teaching staff and supported i administer to staff as well with the expectation that in some places teachers might be tested even up to 5 times in the coming months as we head into into autumn and winter test test test since for a few dollars they're telling us our political correspondent kate brady thank you very much. italy emotional reunion for a 6 year old store with. unio diarra in safely back in his mothers are traveling unaccompanied to italy on a fishing boat to reunite with his family originally from the ivory coast the boy had been staying with a family friend in libya since his mother and siblings left 5 months ago the red cross says he was found on

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