breaking news this hour clashes erupt in central beirut as public anger builds in the wake of tuesday's deadly explosion protesters have reportedly stormed the foreign ministry building and over $100.00 people are said to be injured. levanon counts the cost of tuesday's deadly explosion which has aggravated and already severe food and housing shortage and all rescue teams continue the search for survivors we hear from a nurse who received newborns minutes after the blast. to the time she made to intensive care units the probably the rubble is when i started pulling when you were in songs of the you know it's almost terrifying because i thought the babies might be crushed under the rubble. also this hour the u.s. counter intelligence chief claims china and russia and he ran are all trying to

meddle in the november election going underground assesses the difficult choices facing american voters with philosopher and political activist cornel west. an architect. of just mass incarceration system the modern world the choice between the old liberal. past. disaster. and in germany parents threatened to sue a primary school after their daughter was punished by teachers for speaking her native language on the playground. hello and welcome to the program this is r t international coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update. chaotic street protests are gripping central beirut in the wake of

tuesday's devastating explosion at least 154 people lost their lives in that tragedy and crowds are demanding justice these are the latest pictures from the capital. and while here we're actually bringing you live pictures from beirut thousands of people are gathering on martyr square calling on the government to step down protesters claim that corruption and official incompetence led directly to the disaster riot police and soldiers are out in force as you can see and one few 100 people have been injured in the ongoing street clashes that's according to the red cross we've also received reports that demonstrators have broken into the foreign ministry building as an escalation of civil unrest that has been simmering

since last october over soaring poverty levels and an economy and freefall the government has launched an investigation into the tragedy and the prime minister has promised that all of those responsible will be facing justice. now to get more on this one across the line to love a news journalist in beirut could you tell us what's been happening today. well we are standing on the doorstep of martyrs square as you can see behind me the ambulances are still gushing in and out of martyrs square according to the lebanese red cross there are at least 152 protesters who have been injured up until this hour many of whom were transferred to nearby hospitals now these demonstrators were flocking to martyrs square also to the lebanese parliament to express their dismay over the poor over what they say is poor handling of the lebanese government of the

aftermath of tuesday's explosion which targeted the beirut sports also they say they have arisen or they are raising the slogan. ahead of the gallows or raise the gallows they are saying that they have brought with them cut all towards of the 'd lobbyist political figures each of them and they are tying each of these cops out of the lords to the gallows as i said they're more ambulances i think the demonstrators are have or have taken a very violent turn we are also hearing a lot of shots being fired in the air in addition to that there gas also we are seeing that there are there is some smoke billowing from that building over there is called beirut gardens it lays between the last $100.00 al-ameen a mosque and a nearby church also that is unclear why. there is smoke billowing from that building in particularly and now these protesters and it doesn't seem that they're

planning to leave as martyrs square any time soon many of them have already set up tents they say they are going to stay here until their demands are met also at the same time we know that in the district of a sheriff east of beirut protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry many of them or they have been accompanied the by a retired lebanese army generals there are talks that the government officials will try to sit down with this retired army generals to a try and reach some sort of discussion or negotiations with a maybe to calm the situation down now that we have seen protests and lobban on the past couple months but namely they were oriented around the economic situation in the country we know that out least half of the lebanese population is currently living under the poverty line also we know that the currency the lebanese lira has lost up to 80 percent of its value in the last 3 months this has pushed

a lot of people to go down to the streets and to demand. to demand the ouster of political leaders however following the massive explosion. and what ships through the lebanese capital last tuesday it seems that the momentum of these demonstrations has grown quite rapidly and quite quite well also we are expecting today is that big news that prime minister mr has sons yabby is going to try and address the nation in the next couple of hours i think is going to try and basically and absorb public anger but it doesn't seem with that with the images that we are seeing here today it doesn't seem that tascam particularly is going to be an easy job for mr. lebanese journalist all tough bringing us the latest from those escalating protests and beirut thank you. search and rescue teams are still clearing the rubble in the hope of finding survivors with scores of

people still missing the explosions shock waves wreaked havoc across the city destroying buildings businesses and homes the u.n. has warned of a humanitarian crisis with 300000 people in need of aid and shelter. of reports from the debris field streets of beirut. this bus station used to be one of the routes main public transport hubs it was far from an anonymous depo know thousands of people used it to travel all around the country before the coronavirus. amid all havoc you can still pinpoint the telltale signs of people's panic of their rush to leave the area as they were caught up in the blast there are documents left

behind on car seats there are luggage bags all over the place and in cars with everything still inside hence the heavy army presence we had to get through a number of military checkpoints on the way here they are holding off marauders and looters but as people ran hundreds of thousands found out they may have no longer a place to call home and the son who lives a few 100 meters from the pool it felt something was wrong before the main blast the house says it's never again going to. descend. from here that. work or this goes forward only if. it was not good enough. for me because. there are all. our influence he said over. the war. there i want you have no gas now in oregon. nothing nothing at all with us hopefully the help coming because the world isn't

there because this is god's son and his wife with no means to mend their apartment by themselves are telling me they are ready to leave the ruins of no help comes and they. among the lucky ones the actually have someplace else to strive for a better life lebanon already home to syrian and palestinian refugee camps now may need a camp for its own people with over 300000 displaced by the blast because donna from beirut in lebanon. for some locals tuesday was supposed to be a very big event for a different reason here's the moment a wedding photo shoot was suddenly turned to chaos by the blast.

the world health organization is warning that beirut's health care system has been badly compromised was already under severe pressure from the kobe $1000.00 pandemic and on top of that the destructive explosion on tuesday but 3 hospitals out of action medics are working around the clock to save the lives of those seriously injured in the tragedy here's one heroic nurse a story. i . know that when the explosion went off the ground shook beneath us the blast told me into another room i opened my eyes and found myself covered in rubble i found my colleagues and friends line here on the ground covered in blood.

in. the neonatal intensive care units in the covered in rubble as well i started pulling me to go in salt of the units i was terrified because i thought the babies might be crushed under the rubble but thank god they were kate then i took them through this corridor and down through flights of stairs. i carried the babies and i was determined to take them to another hospital the only way less than 2 kilograms they had nothing on them except dying people on the street give me their t. shirts and clothes so i could read to me and keep the news the constant by the on people. that i was holding the 3 babies and i didn't know if i was going to be able to rescue them

north all the time was counting the heads on my chest to make sure they were still there. the matter who wins the next american presidential election the us national counter intelligence and security center apparently knows already which external actor is to blame if trump wins that the russians if biden the chinese or the iranians or both the latest statement by the center's director says there are. many foreign actors that quote have a preference over the election results tells us voters that china views trump as unpredictable and doesn't want him to win as for russia it's using a range of measures against joe biden and iran could undermine american democracy donald trump though has his own views on the matter and i think that the last person russia wants to see in office is donald trump because nobody has been tougher on russia than i have ever the last thing that russia wants and china wants and iran wants would be for donald trump to when. we heard from journalist and

author daniel azhar he thinks both democrats and republicans are looking for someone to blame if they lose the election the us is filled with corporate media pumping out our propaganda at top volume around the clock. that the russians chinese and the rain ians can barely get a word metroid point is that they're they're able to pull these charges out of their hat they have no evidence because there is no evidence there's no indication of any kind of major russian interference and u.s. electoral processes the republicans who are accusing the democrats of cheating trump is already doing that but through the misuse of mail in ballots and the democrats are apparent to blame a trump victory on russia so are so both sides are now at dow now building up their excuses and case they lose to blame it on the other person it's

a recipe for disaster this wide that could very easily be some kind of political meltdown in november going underground talk to american philosopher and political activist cornel west about the upcoming election and also the rise of the black lives matter movement here's a preview of that interview. i'm going to say angela davis on this show endorsed endorsed joe biden in november no i'm chomsky has endorsed joe biden do you think that joe biden will save us from another nuclear conflagration as we commemorate the dead of hiroshima i had a choice between a meal liberal disaster and you know asked yes 'd i would go to the older one disaster that will bite me americans are sick impact is a spiteful impact it's a most unpleasant embar we've got the number one vote human being on the inside we've got some movement on the inside we've got

a magnificent courageous and visionary citizen on the inside but we are losing. we are losing we're resisting but we're still losing the greed the hatred wall street pentagon they are in control of the empire and they are taking. what is different about these uprisings since walks in los angeles in 165 and before and after the beautiful thing is that you have other things. coming together and making the connection between not just police police murder but the tweet police least murder wall street car wall street crimes and pentagon power and pentagon crimes once you make those connections and connect to the most make them up the mix may develop a could make the family look rabbi abraham joshua as able to make. the greatest intellectual along with known chomsky and been making for most of his intellectual life once every day people begin to make those connections then we're

on to something those can actually be made more now than they were before. if you wish to watch that episode and 4 you can catch that later today here on r.t. . still ahead on the program followers of a far right conspiracy theory known as q. and on are being banned by face but a look at what's driving the movement after this. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on often scary dramatic developments only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

no shots. actually felt. really strong. as 2. points your thirst for action. summer solution that's right where we come up with solutions to all the problems they cover on the other shows we do anyway today we've got going to the moon edition of with a special guest mark valley incremental. welcome

back facebook has become the latest social media platform to crack down on q. anon conspiracy content after deleting a group with some 200000 members for violating the platform's guidelines believers of the fringe far right conspiracy theory have been voicing their support for trump ahead of november's election but his own quarter explains the movement has only grown despite being snubbed by the political and media elites. in the world of q. and a not labeled by the u.s. government as one of the most dangerous conspiracy theories of all time humanity is at war and president trump is here to save it he went on which essentially leaves the entirety of the democratic party are conspiring and running an underground pedophile sex trafficking ring pacifically would cue in on is a free nation in which many baseless conspiracy theories are discussed on the internet the surge has interest in q one comes as the u.s. skews a predilection a few years ago it was a fringe theory and tomorrow the headlines will be massive protests a few is

a bunch of people there on the inside to the good guys and they know the real story what's going on and it's all about in the deep state it's not in the spirit back to donald trump was picked by military leaders to run for president as a way to kind of bring down the deep state it's still on the f.b.i.'s list of domestic terror threats but as of late it's been entering into the mainstream even made an appearance on america's most watched television network q. can do some crazy stuff with the pizza stuff and the way for stuff but they've also uncovered a lot of great stuff when it comes to epstein and it comes of the deep state 2020 has been a year like no other and one big events happen people look for explanations so it should come as little surprise that politicians are looking to capitalize on that sentiment around 70 former and current congressional candidates have already given

their public approval would you consider yourself a follower of you and on what does that mean. well i think what we need to recognize and actually most people do know a lot about it is that there is a deep state that exists it's not clear whether these people really believe in q.a. on or they're just trying to win some political points but whatever the case q a non has some seriously high profile supporters and the media is raising the alarm over it but for many q. a non's rise in popularity is the result of that media went on is this just in a mall the mace you know all of the greatest conspiracy theories thrown into one big believe i've only been actively posting it say for the past couple of months but the response that i've gotten is insane constantly focusing airtime on attacking the president could very well have pushed trump supporters to more radical ideas a ministration defined by ignorance of the world so that's partly him playing to their base and playing to their audience you know the credulous boomer rube demo

that backs total trauma combined that with the violence many people are facing in the us and you have yourself a very alley and hating situation if you have a group of people who say that there are insidious forces working against in them to keep the word of trump from being disseminated and their band yes that fuel that that shows them nor rate when you are being overwhelmed right now by everything that is so not just left wing but radically left wing the only response that people can have the only rational response that many many people can add to that is a pendulum swing to the rate which might be which might lead to a some case an over exuberant. too robust embrace of war law and order and rules and regulations in policing and that may be

fine for some people. but the point must be made that you were going to be encouraging people and recruiting more americans and more voters to take on positions that a few years ago they might not positions that many many people today would be considering the right way or even ultra right or fringe right whatever that means. a 9 year old girl in germany has been punished by her teachers for speaking her native turkish on the playground her parents are now planning to sue the school our europe correspondent peter oliver has the details there's a row brewing in southwest germany over the languages spoken in school it's after a 9 year old girl was given this punishment essay to write to speak turkish the children speak german school in germany the official language is german you want us to speak german the schools are german if you speak turkish the children won't

understand us we're not allowed to speak our mother tongue so we can speak german that's all i know the local school authority told r.t. that the german only policy is in place so that everyone students and teachers all speak a common language 43 percent of children are from migrant backgrounds so it's important for everyone to speak the same language so the school can fulfill its educational mission the rule we all speak german is also part of the class rules a school which drawn up jointly by all pupils and explained at parents' evenings it was agreed that in the event of a violation of this rule an essay on the topic why we speak german at school must be written that's not good enough for the family all their lawyer who says that this rule targets the turkish language in particular it was didn't we. the school break is stalking for example through the english or who in french of

whom chinese or through a blurted i cannot believe that teacher would say who says what women you can not so be it to talk in your mother tongue you know and this of course affects all your personality or your identity and also use the human rights of. constitutional law there was not such a general rule to talk only in german language in the school building also this issue which happen was. one by one situation between 2 students were to be sure region the school and also the government representatives until now they are not replying our appeal and . those. will be the next logical step if they don't.

respond to our letters then we will have to go to court the legal action underlying the situation leaves everything in a very messy place stuck between a german schools insistence on german being spoken and respect for the languages of the many different groups that make up modern day germany peter all of our r.t. early. that's been our breakdown of today's headlines here on r t international next hour my colleague you know neil will be here with their global news update thanks for tuning in where every maybe. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. a short time ago an american airplane dropped one ball more on hiroshima. state not claim any. little grandstanding at. all until you do your. chin it's. like most americans growing up after the war the bombs were a great thing they ended the war they say hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides and that's what my grandfather always said was his reason for the decision. truman was hoping for a dual strategy one was to drop the bombs and hope that japan would surrender the number 2 the americans were trying to send a message to the soviet union there was american poor planning in october 145 and

had chosen 20 targets in russia. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. i am x.-prize or this is the kaiser report summer solution starts right where we

come up with solutions to all the problems they cover on the other shows right there anyway today we've got a gold to the moon edition with a special guest mark malloch of incremental i'm stating there is no bigger solution needed then to the exorbitant privilege that has been the us dollar in the past 50 years all the trade imbalances all the trade deficits that are required by the united states and the mass unemployment that is the result of that us dollar policy so we're talking to mark malloch about this and mark i want to ask you gold as gong supernova again and it's one of the best performing assets of 2020 so far how high does this go and is the price of gold an indictment of the front cover of the economist magazine free money. yeah well the real question probably is not how

high is gold going but holo it's the dollar and all of the fear currency is falling and that's i think what we're seeing is that this this this fall has been accelerating recently as you said and. to the moon i think i've got a nice comparison for you here i mean we've saw this billions and actually trillions of money printing recently in the small calculation so the feds expended the balance sheet by 3 trillion within a very short time recently so what is 3 trillion $1.03 trillion dollars if you make a staple of $1.00 coin this is a mind boggling staple of $33000700.00. 1000 miles and this is a chilly. 20 light seconds so this is actually several times the distance to the moon and this was just created out of nothing

within a few weeks and that's i think the real problem which we are facing and and people are waking up to this problem and i think that's a very interesting time when a good analogy there with the staples and all that stuff it's amazing when you put these graphics and you look at them how really incredible trillions and trillions of dollars as now of course gold is making new all time highs against just about every other currency in the world except the dollar now it's made a new u.s. dollar high and as you point out it's an indictment of money for you have money is really crashing against against gault now going forward you know does it mean an inflation or deflation right this is a we're topic because people have different definitions for these 2 words and it usually only goes into an interesting conversation and but what's your take on it mark my on.