as was the ammonium nitrate explosion in beirut on august 4th that prompted customs offices in chennai to move the 700 tons of the explosive chemical being stored in a container freight yard on the outskirts of the city and then. this information or this would be the police. are not it was not a safer place to keep the known limited steps taken to. a designated store or whatever and bidding process the customs of a lady undertaking. hydrabad based company bought the material months ago that its relocation has been fast tracked after the lebanon blast the explosive grade ammonium nitrate was seized at the chennai portion 2015 experts say it shouldn't have been stored in the area for so many years the one in madrid should be stored in a place specifically that would strongly if i wanted it for that you should not give me any other products and you know that but here in the port area they have stored the many other things that it is very very dangerous you know luckily this is not explored this is not guard fire or anything else but you know you cannot depend on luck always you know so yo

officials in the indian city of chennai of moved out hundreds of tonnes of the chemical that explodedin lebanon's capital last week and explosives company in the city of hyderabad has taken control of the ammonium nitrate but people who live near its new location are afraid of the consequences elizabeth branham reports from new delhi. making its way through a village on the outskirts of the southern city of hi there a truck carrying the chemical explosive ammonium nitrate the last batch of around $700.00 tons is being moved from chennai to an explosives manufacturer and the state of talon goner. but some people living near its new location didn't know about the huge blast in lebanon's capital or the chemical being stored just 3 kilometers from their homes back on a convent and there were strict precautionary measures should be taken to avoid any unfortunate incident and have village or the factory should be shifted to some other deserted place. as was the ammonium nitrate explosion in beirut on august 4th that prompted customs offices in chennai to move the 700 tons of the explosive c

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ammonium nitrate the same chemical that exploded in beirut it's been store that afraid station in chennai city since 2015 when it was confiscated local media say at least a 181 tons of been moved to hyderabad and the rest is expected to follow soon. now a u.s. court has issued a summons against the saudi crown prince in relation to former intelligence agents are jabbering he's father lawsuit accusing mom had been sound man of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago our jobbery is now in canada where police and private security guards are reported to be giving him extra protection assad been jailed has more the saudi crown prince is again implicated in allegations of a hit squad sent to murder a dissident former saudi intelligence agents are the jobbery is accusing mohamed bin salon of trying to have him killed in canada 2 years ago government and private security has been stepped up in toronto real job breeze reported to be in hiding he was advisor to the previous crown prince and the saudi government has attempted to have him extradited several times a job he's launched a lawsuit in

as kamala harris takes centre stage, we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai where the democratsfor vp says her political views were shaped. the state of wisconsin is playing host to the democratic convention — that's no accident as the party hopes to reenergise its voters. he believes that hillary clinton failed to win wisconsin and other crucial battleground states, not because large numbers of democrats defected to the republican party. no, they believe they lost because large numbers of democrats just didn't vote at all. a very warm welcome to bbc world news. in an hour the democratic party in the united states will hold the third evening of its virtual national convention. tonight it will be the turn of former president barack obama and the vice—presidential pick kamala harris, to try to persuade voters to backjoe biden over president trump. laura trevelyan is in wilmington, delaware for us. speu spell out the formats tonight for us, laura, who comes first? what are we going to get? well, it is women's night tonight at the democratic national convention, christian. the house

chemical that exploded in beirut that had been stalled afraid station near the southern city of chennai's since 2015 when it was confiscated local media savvy 191 tons of been moved to hyderabad and the rest is expected soon followed suit. the number of recorded corona virus infections worldwide has surpassed 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared that's according to the johns hopkins university tracker which also shows global deaths of more than 730000 about 12000000 people are known to have recovered the us brazil and india remain the worst affected countries with more than 10000000 recorded cases between them their stray and state of victoria the epicenter of the country's resurgent outbreak has reported another 19 deaths in 24 hours there are also more than $330.00 new infections victoria announcer's biggest one day rise in deaths on monday it began a 6 week lockdown last week including a likely curfew in melbourne australia 2nd biggest city. having earlier largely brought its outbreak under control cuba is reimpose in lockdown measures seen its highest daily infection number

and joining me now in the indian city of chennai chief scientist of the world health organization dr so i mean doctors are and often welcome to the program. officially india has the highest number of cases in the world and is 4th when it comes to the number of deaths but these are of course only official figures do you think the real tolls in india are much higher. so you have to remember that india is one of the countries. and so we need to get upset and this. is a lot of cases when you look at it diluted to the size. and it's actually much lower in terms of cases and. now the question of recording and reporting cases and debts this is a common challenge for all countries including some of the high income countries face this challenge the package advice that's because often they in a matter of months and so i'm sure that there will be that constant updating and education that's going in with countries. the capacity of king died he says has gone up tremendously and i understand india is forming something like. this again this one. but when you look at the size of the population it ne

as kamala harris takes centre stage, we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai, where the democratsfor vp says her political views were shaped. and after the president's adverse comments about his predecessor, barack obama is expected to tell the convention that donald trump has failed the us on coronavirus, the econmy and its reputation overseas. hello. the democratic party in the united states isjust starting the third evening of its virtual national convention. tonight, it will be the turn of former president barack obama and vice—presidential pick kamala harris, with back—up from elizabeth warren and hillary clinton, to try to persuade voters to backjoe biden, over donald trump. laura trevelyan is in wilmington, delaware for us. that is joe biden‘s that isjoe biden‘s hometown and home state. laura, barack obama, plainly not a woman. we will come to him in a moment. a lot of women on tonight's bill and there is a sound political reason for that. there is, mike, it is a hundred years since the ratification of the 19th amendment when women got the boat in america. there is an histo

especially in her grandparents' native chennai in the south of the country what if they give me immense pride as a woman to learn that the woman with roots in this city is all set for the u.s. vice presidential election you see the thing that came to an issue. and. i want to finish your thought was yes i'm really ready to get to do it lawful but great if you want to come on the harris invoke the indian heritage while accepting her nomination for the u.s. vice presidency and there's another woman whose name isn't known whose story isn't shared another woman whose shoulders i stand on and that's my mother shallow gopalan harris. she came here from india at age 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. many indians won the want to winning biden harris ticket in november would mean for relations with the united states i love of the day to. come in the harris is of indian decent she should win the election and she should also be in favor of india the more she does for us than the hollywood america coming. in all your. life that doesn't matter. a sentiment many in india will see as the true te

visitors depriving it of one of its most important sources of income the park near the southern city of chennaihas had to come up with new ways of raising funds to keep the joined reptiles fed and its conservation program alive. it's lunchtime at the crocodile park and there's a lot of hungry mouths to feed. but 2000 crocs at this conservation project could soon be going hungry india's biggest crocodile sanctuaries largely funded by ticket sales it's a big attraction you know half a 1000000 people visit this park every year but when india locked down in mid march it had to close to visitors who won't be returning for the foreseeable future. so keeping that got them from our viewer in mind actually not expecting. to get it when you. actually start ones make sure that we are able to see. the madras crocodile bank opened over 40 years ago and has bred some 5000 crocodiles since the park is now started a crowdfunding campaign to help the reptiles survive but it's not just money that's missing. there are some colleagues here walk or in dining right now as well and since this stuff works on the surfa

situation in delhi has started to improve as of last month and a half we have seen similar moves in chennai which is the 2nd highest that we like is the 2nd largest agent of the case one where things have not lessened it was they haven't improved job either so there is reason to believe that if managed well you know i think states. sort of handle the crisis but i do think now given the overall case you know the focus off oh policymakers truly has to be in terms of minimizing the death rate rather than you know keeping count. and speaking of that death through it as far as i understand india's death rate is one of the lowest in the world i think something along the lines of 24.22 deaths per 1000000 yet you have more than 2000000 confirmed cases can you explain this mismatch. well one is now the death rate isn't $24.00 anymore it's close to turkey so clearly the death rate is increasing overall if you look at but a 1000000 people in the population this is pretty low compared to all the oil city countries if you consider western europe are the us or visit but within the south asian region this

brazil in terms of number of cases though the virus is now spreading from cities like mumbai delhi and chennai into the sub continent's rural areas hitting those who already struggle to make ends meet in fact the state bank of india feel as the economic fallout from the pandemic is causing more harm than good 19 itself until late march i was working 8 hour shifts at a plant in western india making boxes for chocolates he earned 146 euros a month but then his factory was closed under the nationwide lockdown the government hoped would control the pandemic now the 20 year old is back home with his parents in a small northern indian village meaning all that old boy my parents have sacrificed a lot since my childhood they've been making sacrifices and are still sacrificing their lives and now when the time came for me to do something for them in return the lockdown happened to them and everything went haywire. they're still sacrificing as i have been sitting at home for so many days sitting idle and living off of them in their company. every day he hangs around with friends in the muddy courtyard t

visitors depriving it of one of its most important sources of income the park near the southern city of chennai has had to come up with new ways of raising funds to keep the giant reptiles fed and its conservation program alive. it's lunchtime at the crocodile park and there's a lot of hungry mouths to feed. but 2000 crocs at this conservation project could soon be going hungry india's biggest crocodile sanctuary is largely funded by ticket sales it's a big attraction nearly half a 1000000 people visit this park every year but when india locked down in mid march it had to close to visitors who won't be returning for the foreseeable future. so keeping that got them from our viewer in mind actually not expecting substantial income from it when. we have actually started ones to make sure we are able to see . the address crocodile bank opened over 40 years ago and has spread some 1000 crocodile since the park is now started a crowd funding campaign to help the reptiles survive but it's not just money that's missing. there are some colleagues here who are quoting dining now as well and since this st

the last batch of 700 tons is being removed from chennai to an exposes manufacturer in another state.in another state. people here did not know about the blast in lebanon, or the chemical being stored kilometers from their home. >> strict precautionary measures should be taken to avoid unfortunate incidents, or the factories should be shifted to some other deserted place. >> it was the exposure on august 4 that prompted customs officers in chennai to use the 700 tons of the explosive chemical being stored in a freight yard on the outskirts of the city. >> this information [indiscernible] it was not a safer place to keep. that made it [indiscernible] designated storage, already undertaking. hyderabad-based company bought the material months ago but its location has been fast tracked after the ash relocation has been fast tracked after the lebanon blast. experts say it should not have been stored in the area for so many years. >> stored in a place specifically that can store this so you are not giving products near that. in the port area they have stored many other things. it is dangero

it was on the pristine sands of elliot's beach in the south indian city of chennai where she says hers would join her grandfather, pv gopalan, on walks with his friends. i would hold his hand and i remember the stories that they would tell and the passion with which they spoke about the importance of democracy. it was those walks on the beach with my grandfather in besa nt nagar that had a profound impact on who i am today. her uncle told me the family were raised to be open—minded in an india that could be deeply conservative. i think these are the values they picked up, be tolerant. if your children want to do something that you will not do, don't stop them from doing thatjust because you you would not do that. don't worry about black, blue, yellow, green, orange, anything. 0r because of her accent... in another video, kamala harris speaks about how her mother shyamala defined her life. shyamala gopalan moved to the us to study at the age of 19 and married jamaican student donald harris. they later divorced, with shyamala raising their two daughters. she used to take the kidsd to al

and brazil the virus is now spreading from densely packed urban environments like mumbai delhi and chennai to rural areas devastating people already struggling to make ends meet. until late march kumar was working 8 hour shifts at a plant in western india making boxes for chocolates he earned 146 year as a month but then his factory was closed under the nationwide lockdown the government hoped would control the pandemic now the 20 year old is back home with his parents in a small northern indian village being. parents have sacrificed a lot since my childhood they've been making sacrifices and are still sacrificing and now when the time came for me to do something for them in return this lockdown happened and everything went haywire. they're still sacrificing as i have been sitting at home for so many days sitting idle and living off of them. every day he hangs around with friends in the muddy courtyard they jokingly call their office. the joa nehru university in delhi says rising unemployment will force at least 100000000 indians below the poverty line. besides covert 19 malnutrition hunge

as kamala harris takes centre stage, we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai where the democratslaying host to the democratic convention — that's no accident as the party hopes to reenergise its voters. he believes that hillary clinton failed to win wisconsin and other

close to visitors depriving it of its most of most of its income the park near the southern city of chennai has to has had to come up with new ways of raising funds to keep giant reptiles but ed and its conferences conservation program alive. it's lunch time at the crocodile park and there's a lot of the mouths to feed. but 2000 crocs at this conservation project could be going hungry. india's biggest crocodile sanctuary is largely funded by ticket sales it's a big attraction you know half a 1000000 people visit this park every year but when india locked down in mid march it had to close to visitors who won't be returning for the foreseeable future. so keeping that got him for not you in mind actually not expecting phelps timescale income from ticket i would so we're back to the stock funds to make sure that we are able to see through it and diageo. the madras crocodile bank opened over 40 years ago and has spread some 5000 crocodile since the park is now started to crowd funding campaign to help the reptiles survive but it's not just money that's missing. there are some colleagues here wal

as kamala harris takes centre stage, we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai, where the democratss predecessor, barack 0bama is expected to tell the convention that donald trump has failed the us on coronavirus, the econmy and its reputation overseas.

it was on the pristine sands of elliot's beach in the south indian city of chennai where she says her young kamala harris would join her grandfather, pv gopalan, on walks with his friends. i would hold his hand and i remember the stories that they would tell and the passion with which they spoke about the importance of democracy. it was those walks on the beach with my grandfather in besa nt nagar that had a profound impact on who i am today. her uncle told me the family were raised to be open—minded in an india that could be deeply conservative. i think these are the values she picked up, be tolerant. if your children want to do something that you will not do, do not stop them from doing that just because you would not do that. do not worry about black, blue, yellow, green, orange or anything like that. in another video, kamala harris speaks about how her mother shyamala defined her life. shyamala gopalan moved to the us to study at the age of 19 and married jamaican student donald harris. they later divorced, with shyamala raising their two daughters. ...all the civil rights activit

know one of the worst affected cities and we are really seeing it move from places like mumbai delhi chennai to more rural areas and that is the concern as the virus moves from cities that have the best health care infrastructure in the country to parts of the country that have very poor public health care infrastructure now another problem with the numbers is not just that india is the food worst affected country in the world it is that the logical surveys that are being done around the country show that the real number of cases is no many times the confirmed number nonetheless the government when ever they talk about the situation in the country they are always positive we heard from the health minister on saturday and he spoke about how he actually said india has the best recovery rays in the world that 75 percent of people who had coronavirus in india have recovered and he said that only 1.8 percent of people who've had corona virus have actually died from from the virus the rest currently have it but again the government is often quotes these numbers but the problem with them is that th

. >> reporter: so there were signs written in the language in chennai the hometown of kamala harris' we spoke with some young women who said that young women in india are especially inspired by this. but kamala harris' uncle said that india has been inspiring kamala during her spire career. particularly her own mother. she traveled to america to get a degree. that was very unconventional and kamala harris' uncle he described how deeply impressed he was by seeing this trail blazing sister of his moving to the united states, throwing herself into the university of can california, barkley, seeing her as one in the movement of racial justice. a movement that kamala harris' uncle says that she'll be tirelessly dedicated to when she reaches the white house. >> if you follow harris' political career you see the impact her mom has had on her life. matt bradley live for us in london, matt, thank you for that insight. >>> as we await her historic acceptance speech just hours from now, we're getting an inside look at how the vice presidential nominee has been taking in this convention so far. h

know one of the worst affected cities and we're really seeing it move from places like mumbai delhi chennai to more rural areas and that is the concern as the virus moves from cities that have the best health care infrastructure in the country to parts of the country that have very poor public health care infrastructure now another problem with the numbers is not just that india is the worst affected country in the world it is that the logical surveys that are being done around the country show that the real number of cases is many times the confirmed number nonetheless the government when ever they talk about the situation in the country they are always positive we heard from the health minister on saturday and he spoke about how he actually said india has the best recovery rate in the world at 75 percent of people who had coronavirus in india have recovered and he said that only 1.8 percent of people who've had corona virus have actually died from from the virus the rest currently have it but again the government is often quotes these numbers but the problem with them is that the syrian l

a chemical that was a cause of the deadly blast in beirut it was stored at a freight station in a chennai city in the country's east since 2015 it was confiscated for alleged violation of import rules media reports at least 181 tons of been moved to hyderabad and the rest is expected to follow soon you're watching news ally from london more still ahead a u.s. court issues a summons for the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman over allegations he ordered the killing of an intelligence agent. on course for a slowdown with greece turkey pushes ahead with its plans to drill in disputed waters in the eastern mediterranean. and england's most prolific test bowler hits back at claims about his future. police in hong kong of made the highest profile arrests so far under a new national security law imposed by china pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lies been detained accused of colluding with foreign forces critics say it's an attack on press freedom in hong kong sarah clarke reports. police made the arrests on monday morning detaining jimmy lie at his home in cali on the founder of the pro-democ

one of the things i layout in chennai is what you get this us versus them, my work is all based in this time of logic theoretically based on eric hoffer wrote his book called true believers and he was interested in how you take a body of people, and aching feet when and what is what about the rise of hitler and mussolini s-uppercase-letter and how they managed to rise. who cares? every generation has hitler's and mussolini. what you care about why in certain errors certain people will listen to them because they are always there but how the rise at certain times. what he argued was once you've done the us and them thing, that is absolutely done by language, then you have two weaponized it. i went from that and came up with the 1850s these four stitches of how you would go from its in my interest to create an us and them, to have that turns into first a societal view of yeah, we have enough of them and us is better than the others to religion, society come all those things. and then them, well, they probably shouldn't vote and once they can't vote, they really shouldn't have any power an

just last week, we heard from big cities like mumbai, new delhi, chennai open.hey revised their covid deaths significantly upwards for the month of june and experts say the big problems still remain but the data is mired with a lot of red tape and that is why we are seeing these delays. one even likened it to a pilot on an aircraft flying blind. still no signs that in india, this virus is getting to the worst of it at this point. last week, we saw every day 50,000 new cases have been added. bady: it would be really for southeast asia as well. we saw some markets slump on news of lockdowns in the region. what is in store today? yvonne: we will see how this plays out but you kind of see how these markets react. anytime you see headlines of more stricter restrictions or even lockdowns being reimposed, you do see markets slump. indonesia and philippines were a clear example of that yesterday. they were the top two losers in the region on monday. this is on news in jakarta. delaying the easing by social distancing measures by at least another two weeks. iny were seei

as kamala harris takes centre stage — we visit the beaches of the indian city of chennai, where the democrats says her political views were shaped. the state of wisconsin is playing host to the democratic convention — that's no accident — as the party hopes to reenergise its voters... they believe that hillary clinton failed to win wisconsin and other crucial battle ground states not because large numbers of democrats defected to the republican party. no, they believe they lost because large numbers of democrats just didn't vote at all. with two nights of their convention under their belt, the democrats are probably feeling relieved — given they're conducting the whole thing by tele—conference in the middle of a pandemic that so far has gone largely to plan. tonight, it will be the turn of former president barack obama and the vice—presidential pick kamala harris to try to persuade voters to back joe biden over donald trump. katty is in washington for us now. just for us now. seeing some extra excerpts from just seeing some extra excerpts from kemal harris going to be highly personal. the tea