our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will of affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut 'd was one of the ways that we should be in aid and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st we'll need to do a damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations well turning to other stories we're covering in the number of people have died from the corona virus around the world a surprise now past 700000 over the past 2 weeks one person has died from the disease every 15 seconds according to new research by the boy says the u.s. brazil india and mexico have been leading the rise in fatalities officials in latin america struggle to control the spread there on tuesday it passed year up as the region with the highest death toll with more than 206000 fatalities the united nations is saying more than 50000 people have been affected by flooding across the don't thousands of homes have been damaged in the interior minister says at least 5

and i tell you what the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has said. darfur region is leading to increased displacement, compromising the agricultural season, causing the loss of lives and livelihoods and driving growing humanitarian needs. " what is your government doing to try to ensure that violence doesn't return in a major way to conflict—ridden areas of sudan, like darfur? certainly again, we regret any loss of life during this period. but the reason that we have this resurgence in the conflict, the ethnic conflict in darfur and a few other places in the country, like in port sudan, kassala and kadugli, these are, by and large, the legacy of the former regime, which has incited ethnic groups against each other. these groups have been living together in harmony for centuries, but the former regime citing them for survival and therefore genocide is a case in point. since we came, we started addressing this issue and certainly we're making very serious progress. we've linked to the idp, the internally displaced persons, and we've started a peace proc

situations to improve in order to help the people on the ground the un's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs briefing member states on the situation in lebanon we heard at the start of that meeting at the u.n. secretary general mcchrystal we'll let you get back to listening to that meeting we'll bring you any developments here on out of here as when we hear about the many thanks kristen a u.s. course has issued a summons against the saudi crown prince in relation to former intelligence agent sadal job the court order also covers 13 other people including residents of the u.s. jobbery filed a lawsuit accusing saudi crown prince mohammed been solved on of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago he's now in canada where police and private security guards are reported to be giving him increased protection crucified is a former u.s. associates deputy attorney general he says that the summons is an important step in the case. the summons delivers the complaint to the various defendants that obligates them under our federal rules to answer within 20 days so it means that now the case is gearing

our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will of affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we are shipping it and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st joe will need to do damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations. well help is arriving turkey russia cats are iran and other european union countries remembers sending in aid france says 2 planes are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters on medical staff the french president emmanuel michel plans to travel to beirut on thursday john from little is the emergency coordinator of doctors without borders in lebanon he says they and other aid and charity organizations are doing what they can to support an already strained health system . in the last 24 hours. it's a place we've been mobilizing where medical supply and there is a huge shortage of medical supplies. where it's. actually wonder when one explosion. system i'm going on was h

complete overhaul of the political system and new elections where the un's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u.n. chief antonio tests has called for a credible investigation into the cause of the blast on sunday world leaders and international organizations pledged nearly 300000000 dollars and 8 it is important that the people and so spread of the investigation of the the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people is also important reforms the source the needs of the lebanese people for the long. we have correspondents covering the international and domestic reaction in a moment we'll hear from christensen there me who is at the united nations in new york but 1st let's go to bed of smith who is in beirut so then a day government has resigned what's happening there. while the confrontations with. the love how much calm down. a little bit of gaza's just been thrown in the. shoes the bulk of the crowd. has been pushed back away from martyr square and away let's just walk a little bit while we're

well united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u.n. chief antonio terraces called for a credible investigation into the cause of tuesday's blast on sunday world leaders an international guys ations pledged nearly $300000000.00 in aid it is important that the spread of the investigation of the serving the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability of the man by the lebanese people. these also report the 3 forms the source with that asked the needs of the lebanese people for the longer term. police in hong kong of may the highest profile arrests so far under a new national security law or imposed by china pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie is been detained accused of colluding with foreign forces several others have also been arrested 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 calderon the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper apple daily is well known for his criticism of china's co

reconstruction aid bernard smith al-jazeera beirut meanwhile the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u.n. chief antonio terrace has called for a credible investigation into the cause of tuesday's blast on sunday world leaders an international page nearly $300000000.00 in aid to the country it is important that the spread of the investigation of the serving the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people. these also report the reforms the source that's the needs of the lebanese people for the longer term . indian authorities have seized $740.00 tons of ammonium nitrate the chemical responsible for the deadly blast in beirut has been stored at a freight station in a channel city in the country's east since 2015 it was confiscated for alleged violation of import rules oakleigh media reports at least $281.00 tons of it been moved to hyderabad the rest will follow soon. police in hong kong of made the highest profile arrests so far and a new national security lawyer imposed by china pro-demo

office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon and u.n. chief and terrible terrorists and has called for a credible investigation into the cause of the blasts on sunday world leaders and international organizations pledged nearly $300000000.00 in aid it is important that the people and spread of the investigation of the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people is also important reforms. the needs of the lebanese people for the long. and we have correspondents covering the international and domestic reaction in a moment we'll hear from christensen amy who is at the united nations in new york but 1st let's go to bernard smith who is in the beirut but had so we're hearing the government has resigned we're waiting now for the official announcement has there been any reaction there yet. no no reaction here it's expected this has been expected that the government would resign and the cabinet would resign and the prime minister would resign it's been a long trail over the last couple of da

our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in it and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st we'll need to do a damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations when all the stories we're following the number of people who have died from the corona virus around the world has now surpassed 700000 over the past 2 weeks one person has died from the disease every 15 seconds according to research by the reuters news agency on tuesday latin america past year appears the region with the highest death toll with more than 206000 fatalities the u.s. brazil india and mexico have all been leading the rise in fatalities. all afghanistan's health minister says 10000000 people in that country might have been infected with the virus that's almost a 3rd of the population figures are based on a nationwide antibody survey the united nations says more than 50

our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will of affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in need and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st joe will need to do a damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations help is arriving turkey russia qatar iran and the european union are among those sending in aid francaise to craft are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters and medical staff the french president to manual michael plans to travel to beirut on 1st aid jonathan whittle is the emergency coordinator of doctors without borders in lebanon he says they and other aid and charity organizations are doing what they can to support the strained health system. in the last 24 hours. place we've been mobilizing with medical supplies and there is a huge shortage of medical supplies for this explosion but it's. actually when when when the explosion happened. system whether or not

our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will affect our ability to provide aid to syria because of the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in need and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st joe will need to do it damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations. jonathan was all is the emergency coordinator of doctors without borders in lebanon he joins us now via skype from beirut jonathan good to have you with us what is your organization able to do to help in beirut right now thanks for having me doctors without borders is looking out where we can see in the situation in the last 24 hours. mobilizing where medical supplies there is a huge shortage of medical supplies but. it's. actually when when when the explosion happened. is the. 3rd crisis 'd. comes on top of the economic crisis. and now this this explosion here is number one but actually it's the. supply that the short i'm so we've been stepping in to try and provide some

our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in aid and of course we also use the airports so we'll need to find alternate plans but 1st we'll need to do a damage assessment and see what is needed. to repair the port and to go about our operations where governments around the world are offering assistance to lebanon greek unkosher e planes arrived in beirut on wednesday carrying medical supplies turkey france and germany also plan to send help french medical teams and firefighters are on their way to beirut for search and rescue support and the french president emmanuel lakhan will travel to lebanon on thursday to meet its leaders. well joining us now from beirut is sami nada who's director of the institute for strategic affairs and schools just speaking about search and rescue operations there is going to be some time before we know about the human toll from this disaster but when you look at the scale of the ruin and how

waterloo in canada thank you thank you meanwhile the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u.n. chief antonio terraces called for a credible investigation into the cause of cheese days lost on sunday while the dozen international organizations pledged nearly $300000000.00 in aid it is important that the good people and so spread of the investigation of the serving the cause of the explosion and been given the belief the demanded by the lebanese people is also important that the forms of the lament the source with the rest the needs of the lebanese people for the monger. now indian authorities of c. $740.00 tons of ammonium nitrate 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

well the un's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u.n. chief antonio has had is has called for a credible investigation into the cause of the blasts on sunday world leaders and international organizations pledged nearly $300000000.00 in aid for the people of lebanon it is important that the prevalence or spread of the investigation determined the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people it is also important that reforms be implemented sourced with the rest the needs of the lebanese people for the longer term. well bennett smith joins me now live from beirut bennett we're expecting an announcement any time now from the prime minister what more can you tell us. we've been told the prime minister is going to address the nation in an hour and a half from now and he's going to tell him he's resigned before that he'll be speaking lebanon's president to formally offer his resignation and that of his cabinet what then happens is the prime minister has on the remains as a caretaker p

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