across the country might say to many thanks do you know what a reporting live from the american university of beirut france says that it's ready to help lebanon in any way that lebanese authorities deem necessary that's the french foreign minister. tweeting a statement that also tweeting iran's foreign minister zarif saying that iran stands ready to help lebanon in any way necessary following the blast in beirut well the u.n. says that it has no information yet on the cause of the explosion a spokesman said that there are no reports of injuries among u.n. staff in beirut. we have no indication from our colleagues in lebanon that there's been any harm to u.n. personnel or facilities and certainly i hope that they're all ok and i book that the people of lebanon are ok these are very worrying signs of explosions we do not have. information about what has happened precisely what has caused this whether it's an accidental or manmade on and so we will need that information to respond once we get that we'll probably try to express something further but at this stage our thoughts are with the people of lebanon and

survived the immediate impact of the explosion he was transferred from the american university of beirut medical center to france for treatment where he suck um to his injuries. 2 months later. in february and march 2005 the lebanese military intelligence and in sternal security forces conducted their own investigation and then man a cease of the explosion. from the way in a request from the lebanese prime minister the u.n. secretary general dispatched a fact finding mission to bear root to inquire into the causes the circumstances and the consequences of this assassination the investigation was not conducted according to international standards it was a recent aged disorganized and there was a chaotic approach to the crime scene investigation particularly in the initial period after the explosion the crime scene was not properly secured critical evidence in the form of the vehicles in mr herrera's convoy were removed by the i.s.f. from the crime scene on the very evening of the attack to trucks and other heavy duty vehicles drove on to the crime scene in order to do this the crime scene was the damage it was an

american university of beirut thank you. plenty more ahead on the news hour including. france protests at the highest level after the killing of a group of humanitarian workers in. one of the latest on efforts to clean up an oil spill along the coast of more ships. and indians most prolific test ball hits back claims about his future details coming up in sports. the russian protesters are back out on the streets a nice after 3000 were arrested there angry at the reelection of longtime leader alexander lukashenko who has been handed a 6th term he's promised to crack down on anybody disputing the result france germany and the u.k. are urging restraint steadfast and reports from mint sq. explosions rocking the russian capital a few hours after polls have closed a position supporters have come out in thousands to protest the initial election results riot police is blocking the entrance to a large square. and this firing stun grenades into the crowd. a police truck drives into protesters. ambulances are rushing in to take the injured to hospital police through the grenades into the