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you know what i will only say if i caught a chronometer today fun to. look at a bit of that. this is d w news live from berlin anger on the streets of beirut protests following choose days devastating explosion even least one police officer dead and dozens of people injured demonstrators blamed the blast on the years of government corruption going up. u.s. president donald trump signs executive orders to extend unemployment benefits after
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negotiations in congress still will get the latest from washington. on pablo foley s welcome to the show we start in lebanon where protests against the political establishment have left one police officer dead and more than $100.00 people injured demonstrators have stormed several official buildings setting fire to at least one government ministry the country has been deeply shaken by choose days devastating explosion on beirut's port or in beirut support excuse me the blast killed more than 150 people injured thousands more and destroyed large parts of the city. they came from near and far and their message. what's clear. down with the
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government amid anger and political elites they say are incompetent and deeply corrupt. and what happened on tuesday was the final straw for them. nearly $3000.00 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate exploded devastating large parts of the city the chemical had been stored for 6 years without adequate safety measures in a warehouse at the port the explosion taken knighted people's discontent with their leaders. i am here because of this devastation explosion that we just witnessed an 11 on that was it is a complete neglect this neglect this and could upset and hypocrisy i am here the one thing we can do it say in the face of all you have to change the government 6 to change how we conduct. parliament after and everything people are dying from hunger and this is unacceptable and our prime minister hasan who himself is being partly blamed for the situation in the country says he will now attempt to call new
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elections he says that's how change should happen. but it's unclear if those on the streets will listen to him with the situation growing ever more tense during saturday's day of protests a day of rage lebanon is in turmoil and looking desperately for a ray of hope amid the darkness. news correspondent bosler e.d. has been following the events in beirut and sent us this update. the day of age seem that it was ended up in lebanon to be the day opener cities and over then 7 hours of clashes between security forces and the protesters and this day it was obvious that the protests that they had not the then usual they took over from ministries for a few hours the minister of foreign affairs and energy economy and environment plus the associates of banks since. the 17th of october 1 the bunny's took the streets
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of lebanon they blamed the banking sector for the financial crises and they blamed the ministry of energy for the ailing sector of electricity and the minister of foreign affairs that it didn't represent the ideal a voice of the lebanese to the world this day it was obvious that it is turning point in lebanon in the political life even though the prime minister they said he said that in his meeting with the ministers on monday will discuss early elections which was one of the main demands of egypt at the stores and lebanon but after tonight and after the huge explosion in the. heart of things turned over. the coming days we'll make sure what the future of lebanon whether he can continue would be cut in political system or can be changed the international
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community asking for. don't use boston every day there in beirut while moving to the u.s. for president donald trump says he's taking executive action to extend benefits to americans who've lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic bypassing congress after negotiations between republicans and democrats broke down trump accused rival democrats of trying to block the benefits. in the current negotiations we have repeatedly stated our willingness to immediately signed legislation providing extended unemployment benefits protecting americans from eviction and providing additional relief raymond's to families democrats have refused these offers they want to negotiate what they really want is bailout money for states that are run by democrat governors and mayors w.'s washington bureau chief in his poll sent just this is sassaman to trump's decision to bypass congress to extend pandemic relief payments the president told some signed an executive
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order on saturday at his new jersey country club that will extend unemployment benefits that will give recipients $400.00 a week which is down from $600.00 the president is also ordering payroll tax holiday is for that was making less than $100000.00 along with a moratorium on evictions and student loans the executive order will most likely phase legal questions so it won't necessarily lead to people receiving money at the end of the talks between house democrats and senate republicans and the white house have stalled as they have tried to pass another stimulus package due to kong was inability to pass any meaningful legislation people are now wondering whether they will really be able to pay their bills without unemployment protection also as. well now to some of the other stories making news around the world
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police in the czech republic say a fire in an apartment building that killed 11 people was starting to liberty 10 others were injured in the blaze the czech interior minister said 5 of the victims died when they jumped from the 12th floor to escape the flames. thousands of israeli opposition supporters have again gathered at prime minister binyamin netanyahu is residents to demand he quit netanyahu is under pressure amid an ongoing corruption trial and perceived mismanagement of the corona virus this summer has seen some of the largest protests in the country in a decade. survivors of india's deadliest plane crash in 10 years save the jet swayed to violently before it skidded off the runway in heavy rain in the southern city of cory kota at least 18 people were killed the air india express flight from dubai was repatriating indian stranded by the pandemic. france has
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promised to send teams and equipment to help deal with an oil spill that environmentalists fear could become a major ecological disaster the government of the indian ocean islands that relies heavily on tourism has declared a state of environmental emergency. well here in germany figures show corona virus infection rates are creeping back up shielding fears of a 2nd pandemic wave but germany is also experiencing a heatwave and that could turn out to be a dangerous combination is beaches become too overcrowded with tourists and day trippers. germany's baltic coast famous for its endless stretches of white sandy beaches. is no exception but in times of coronavirus restrictions over crowded beaches are supposed to be a thing of the past only those staying in hotels are allowed on the sands even so
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$10000.00 daytrippers descended on the resort company's renting out the region's much loved week of beach chairs had to turn customers away. no model buys and i normally on a day like this with temperatures of 30 degrees celsius would have 800 people on my part of the beach right now i can only let 15200 people at most through. come in for a lot of verbal abuse over the last couple of hours and some people even got physical in fact it just got so bad security are on their way right now. minutes and then wouldn't the. local authorities in tim and offer should plan to have hired the additional security personnel to help in full social distancing rules on the beach. not moving. the bottom line is that beachgoers are not keeping to the distancing rules we may as well go straight back down to the beach and start again because they've all moved back closer together
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again already it's overcrowded. to stop this timid office trend is one of the resorts involved in the new beach traffic light it tells would be daytrippers whether their favorite destination is too crowded for a visit or not. the number of corona virus infections has been rising rapidly in many countries including mexico the death toll there has now passed 50000 only behind the u.s. and brazil and that's the virus spreads it's the poor who are the hardest hit. jose one said al the 1st lost his father and then later his mother and aunt also died from cold at 19 he never thought it possible that the disease would take away his family. program for proof it's only when my father died that we understood how serious this virus really is. we realized that the situation here is really bad only then did we really start paying attention. through of the murder of. more than
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50000 people are known to have died in mexico but the real number is believed to be considerably higher hospitals are swamped the health care system is under financed and protective gear is in short supply more than 70000 health care workers have already caught the virus such as dr jose garcia. and it's because i mean there are no guidelines whatsoever in hospitals. and no instructions from management or from the government about which rules we should follow the. winning ticket here on the committee to. other accusations include that restrictions were ease too early and that recommendations for wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing are contradictory criticism is especially aimed at mexico's crisis coordinator who rejects the accusations as you know that the number of dead has a lot to do with the fact that many of these people were already chronically sick. many mexicans don't believe that they say the government's response to cope with
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1000 has been chaotic and has cost the lives of many. well to soccer now and byron munich have sealed their passage into the champions league quarter finals after easily and then in 1000 chelsea byron will face barcelona in a one legged game in the last 8 next friday in lisbon that's after the spanish side defeated. barnes robert 11 he converted an early penalty and netted a late go on in a 41 home win behind closed doors even in paris it was also among the scores. a 71 aggregate victory having won the 1st leg back in february before the coronavirus suspension. on the pandemic is hitting soccer in lots of ways some top professional players have had to take pay cuts to help clubs lower down the leagues it's had a big impact on players who normally earn no more than the average wage and are now out of work they don't you visited a training camp here in germany for players looking to win a contract with
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a club. a ray of hope in difficult times this 3 week training come into this book is free for out of work footballers looking to impress. make moon cues to plea for the reserve team of the pollie he never thought he would be in this situation. is a bit of interposed the polish to beat them with a plate with a pollie until the mid-season break then my contract was unfortunately terminated on january 29th on the 31st the transfer window closed i couldn't find a club in 2 days and then the pun demick came and i got the short straw. because of the. former bindis league coach peter is leaving the training camp for the 3rd time like his 2 coaching colleagues he works for no pay participants come not only from germany but also from switzerland and belgium it is an international event the
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economic fallout of the pandemic is the same everywhere. is affected not just germany but every club world white the lower down the leagues you get the more a club depends on spectators revenue doesn't come in wages aren't paid off. the training camp is enhanced by visits from experts such as life coaches sports psychologists employment lawyers. all help is welcome and coronavirus times. is hard for sure the pun demick won't go away overnight but i'm sure it will come down eventually clubs need players that's why we have to keep on believing. typically 80 percent of those at the annual camp get a contract for the new season players hope similar numbers are picked up this year despite the pandemic. this is deja news live from berlin don't forget you can get all the latest information around the clock on our website and you can also follow
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