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this is day 2 of the news live from berlin anger on the streets of beirut protests following choose days devastating explosion leaves at least one police officer dad and more than 100 injured demonstrators stormed government institutions and clashed with security forces for hours also coming up. u.s. president donald trump signs executive orders to extend benefits for those last unemployed by the pandemic he took the step after negotiations in congress stole.
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the goldmans over nourishes declares i'm veyron mental emergency as old sergeant scramble to contain tons of fuel leaking from a grand big ship france is sending teams and equipment to help deal with the disaster. on public phone in the u.s. welcome to the show we start in lebanon where protests against the political establishment have lasted one police officer dead and more than 100 people injured demonstrators stormed several official buildings and clashed for hours with security forces choose days massive explosion in beirut support is widely perceived as a consequence of rampant political corruption and incompetence the blast killed nearly $160.00 people and injured thousands more. another day and night of raid. in beirut protesters stormed government buildings and banks as their fury
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reached boiling point. tuesday's massive explosion reignited their disdain for authorities in power. to many a deep and already existing distrust the leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt the country was already struggling through a deepening financial crisis making the recovery from this disaster that much harder the desperation was clear. and on ahmad we were long to have money the leaders during care about the people no food no houses more than $300000.00 people lost their homes after the explosion in addition to the depreciation of the lira. anger transformed the city making it unrecognizable to the devastating scenes from just days earlier. police fired tear gas amidst the
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chaos trying to regain control. thousands marched through the streets of the capital. some set up symbolic nurses to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they blame for the explosion. they want the government out i am here because of this devastation explosion that we just witnessed and 11 are undocumented as it is that i have complete neglect this neglect this and could upset and typically see if i am here to let me we can do it say and think about have to change the government about the change to how we react i find them and after change everything people are dying from hunger and this is unacceptable how did the thought behind on insta hassan deol obsess the only solution is to hold early elections he says that's how change will happen ergo it's unlikely to put out the fires on the streets of beirut. the government has also promised to find those
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responsible. and hundreds of thousands left homeless and many with loved ones still missing the office we do come face. moving to the u.s. where president donald trump says he's taking executive action to extend benefits to americans who've lost their jobs because of the color on a virus 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 expanded unemployment benefits protecting americans from eviction and providing additional relief a means 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 all the interviews washington bureau chief in his poll sent us this
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assessment of trump's decision to bypass congress to extend the pandemic released payments. president told trump signed an executive 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 those making less than $100000.00 along with a moratorium on evictions and student loans the executive order the most likely phase legal questions so it won't necessarily lead to people receiving money at the end of the talks between house immigrants and senate republicans and the white house have stalled as they have tried to posit another stimulus package due to kong was inability to pas any meaningful legislation people are now wondering
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whether they will really be able to pay their bills without unemployment protection also as protection expires people will not be able to hold on to their homes and could end up on the streets we have to keep in mind these types of executive orders are often put together in a great hurry and are highly political despite being important. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the japanese city of nagasaki has marked the 75th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing participants held a minute of silence to remember the 70000 people killed in the attack the bombing came 3 days after the attack on hiroshima and prompted japan's capitulation to and the 2nd world war. survivors of india's deadliest plane crash in 10 years say the jets waved violently before it skidded off the runway in heavy rain in the
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southern city of karachi code at least 18 people were killed in the air india express flight from dubai was repatriating indian stranded by the pandemic. event as well in court has sentenced to former u.s. special forces soldiers to 20 years in jail for their part in an alleged attempt they were part of a group of armed men who landed on a beach near the capital caracas last year venezuelan president hugo last mughal claims it was a plot to assassinate him. hundreds of polish rights supporters have proved protested in warsaw and other cities against the arrest of a transgender activist the activist known as margo has been put in pretrial detention for 2 months after acts of civil disobedience the protests came a day after police detained nearly 50 demonstrators in warsaw. well france is sending teams and equipment to help deal with an oil spill that
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environmentalists fear could become a major ecological disaster the government of the indian ocean island declared an environmental emergency after tons of fuel started leaking from a cargo ship stuck on a reef. the beach is already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon on fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution stuffing sugarcane leaves into plastic sheets to make improvised booms that just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing for help the united nations and other countries.
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we don't have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. i've got the whole body. francis promised aid and they sending experts and the naval vessel the empty freight to run aground 2 weeks ago on thursday a fuel tank. the japanese owners have offered an apology. but environmentalist a warning to spill could devastate the fragile wildlife of militias and the fisherman the communities. the good itself is heavily affected and we fear that it's going to be something that is going to last. for 5 months maybe years i don't know it's unclear what caused the ship to run aground police have opened an investigation well let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic more than 100000 people have now died from the corona virus in brazil according to official statistics only the us has registered more covert 900 deaths new zealand has now
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gone 100 days without any cases of community transmission of the virus the only detected infections have been among travellers quarantined after returning to the country and says africa's death toll has climbed above 10000 the country accounts for more than half of the deaths recorded in africa. well here in germany figures show coronavirus infection rates are creeping back up fueling fears of a 2nd pandemic wave but germany is also experiencing a heat wave and that current 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 companies renting out the region's much loved we could be chairs had to turn customers away. no matter of hours 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 from. the. local authorities in tim and have hired the additional security personnel to help enforce social distancing rules on the beach for 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
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moved back closer together again already it's overcrowded. to stop this timid office trend is one of the resorts involved in the new beach traffic light tap it tells would be daytrippers whether their favorite destination is too crowded for a visit or not. or polls have opened in bellary said one of the most closely watched presidential races in decades the country has been ruled by alexander lukashenko since the 1990 s. but this election he's facing a significant challenge. you know what we love we can we'll win then not giving up meet the free woman taking on veteran leader alexander lukashenko said lanty cannot sky is the one on the ballot this weekend but maria kolesnik of the and veronica of calo have now thrown this support behind her together they have been drawing tens of thousands of televisions desperate for something new. to do what people have put all their hopes in
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me all the desires for change you thought they'd join forces after candidates they were backing were forced out to cull those husband fled the country with their children. kolesnikov it was working for victor arrested on charges of bribery. and he can ask as husband was jailed and disqualified from running. she knew. my husband is in prison he lives in very cramped conditions and of course there's tremendous pressure on him. this is the man determined to stop the opposition alexander lukashenko he has been in power for 26 years and he's made it clear he and officials who back him aren't going anywhere. this state will not give you up and it will protect you we have found
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a way to bring these extremists some to justice it's if. you cannot scare has almost no chance of forcing outlook but she and the other campaigners have still managed to help fill a vision so imagine the country without its long term leader. soccer now and barn munich have sealed their passage into the champions league quarter finals after easily eliminating 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 not fully barnes robert leaven dusky converted an early penalty and netted late on in a 41 home win behind closed doors even paris it was also among the scores as biron wrapped up a 71 aggregate victory having won the 1st leg way back in february before the coronavirus suspension. well this is the news live from berlin don't forget you can get all the latest information around the clock on our website. you can also
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