and what happened with up to some a special that 2 days ago to some of the minister of information said that she will discuss on monday if the investigation didn't reach an end in specific. causes and who is responsible for that names. specific names she will ask the cabinet to have an international investigation so what happened was up to some up with the minister of information i did not know i tried to. understand from her directly i couldn't her advisers use that that she should you choose direct the decision of her minister. in beirut thanks very much for bringing that to us. the people of belarus are voting in one of the most closely contested presidential races in decades there president alexander lukashenko seen here casting his vote has held power since the ninety's and is running for his 6th term he faces the toughest challenge so far to his authoritarian rule from the wife of a jailed presidential candidate ahead of the election international observers express concern after more than a 1000 people were detained. we love we can win. they're not giving up meat for 3 women takin

the cabinet to have an international investigation so what happened was up to some of the minister of information and i really don't know i tried to. understand from her directly i couldn't her advisers use that that she should you choose back the decision of her minister. already in beirut thanks very much for bringing that to us and now let's turn to some of the other stories making news around the world the german red cross has begun a relief mission to be rude after tuesday's explosion a plane with 43 tons of medical aid and emergency housing took off from berlin saturday night germany's foreign office is supporting the mission with 1500000 euros. at least 10 coronavirus patients have died in a fire in a makeshift hospital in the southern indian state of. officials said the blaze in the multistory hotel building was caused by an electrical short circuit is the 2nd fire at an indian coronavirus facility just this month. the japanese city of nagasaki has marked the 75th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing their participants held a minute of silence to remember the 70000 people killed in the

lebanon is heading in the next days into a new political turmoil whether the nation of 2 ministers the minister of information and the minister of environment for other ministers will announce that is it nation by to morrow the minister of finance defense unit affairs and economy the question now would this government that is just on thursday to attend the parliamentary question expressions the sources adopted on the other hand the diggnation of 7 m.p.'s and the announcement of the prime minister i think that he would discuss with his cabinet actions without coordinating such an announcement with his boat and political allies. the put the cabinet and the parliament into the edge. what over this government trade to do. specific and urgent reforms and the blaze that took place bedrooms harbor wasn't but the trigger that turned everything in this county upside down well the pledges of aid for lebanon came after a donor conference attended by world leaders but they've warned that no money will be made available without political and economic reforms. saying that lebanon's future is at stake french president emanu

is heading in the next days into a new political turmoil where does the nation of 2 ministers the minister of information and they minister of environment for other ministers announce that is it nation by to morrow the minister of finance defense unit affairs and economy the question now would this government resist on thursday to attend the parliamentary questioning sessions these sources doubt it on the other hand the diggnation of 7 m.p.'s and the announcement of the prime minister najib that he will discuss with his cabinet elections without god uniting such an announcement with his both political allies. the put the cabinet and the parliament into the edge. over this government trained to do. specific and urgent reforms and the place that took place beds harbor wasn't but the trigger that turned everything in this county upside down. well world leaders have pledged more than 250000000 euros in emergency aid for lebanon during a virtual donor conference but they've warned that no money will be made available without political and economic reforms. saying that lebanon's future is at stake french presi

over what i would just say is the harassment of its citizens in gonna in a tweet nigeria's minister of information and culture mohammed say that the federal government has been documenting the acts of hostility towards nigeria and nigerians by gone and authorities this will no longer be tolerated and that any guys. now gone is information minister. issued a statement in response saying the outline of issues by my nigerian counterpart is not reflective of the developments in ghana in the protests decisions or actions based on these reports will thus be unjustified. the main issue off the is the rights of nigerian trade gonna also accuses. demolishing a building belonging to its consulate of the controversy or disclosure on the part of nigeria. and i'm now joined by correspondent. capital. start by can you tell us what allegations that the nigerians are making. to the mandarins accusing. especially of harassing them in the country they claim that the. markets. look out. harassing them and not allowing them to operate properly. because many of them to go along to the. closing down and preventing them

over what i would just say as is the harassment of its citizens in gaza in a tweet nigeria's minister of information and culture mohammed say that the federal government has been documenting the acts of hostility towards nigeria and nigerians by connie and all forty's this will no longer be tolerated and that any guys. now gone is information minister. issued a statement in response saying the outline of issues by my nigerian counterpart is not reflective of the developments in ghana any protests decisions or actions based on these reports will thus be unjustified. the main issue off the is the rights of nigerian trade gonna also accuses. demolishing a building belonging to its consulate. of the controversial order on the part of nigeria. and i'm now joined by d. correspondent. capital. didn't start by can you tell us what allegations the nigerians are making. for the men during accusing. especially of them in the country claim that the. markets. them and not allowing them to operate properly. because many of them to. closing down and preventing them from doing business in the country to consider ve

of a lifetime. two ministers in the lebanese government have resigned following the explosion and protests. 0ur correspondent, rami ruhayem has this update from beirut. the minister of informationided to resign from the government. and following that, there were rumours that at least two other ministers, including the minister of environment would follow suit. that did not happen and we have been getting lea ks, unconfirmed, what is likely to place. these ministers match the prime minister. apparently the prime minister. apparently the prime minister according to several lea ks the prime minister according to several leaks tried to convince them to wait until tomorrow's cabinet session. and to delay their decision to resign. and basically, a third of the cabinet needs to resign for the entire cabinet to be considered a caretaker cabinet. and we are still a few resignations away from that but at the moment, the government is clearly in trouble and possibly going to go away depending on developments that take place in the coming few hours and days. as for the clashes, this is the second day of protests and clashes in downtown beirut. yesterday, we saw protesters clashing with rio

your challenges there with me still run the reminder of our top stories lebanon's information minister has become the 1st senior member of government to resign since the explosion on beirut on tuesday 158 people were killed when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded saying a quarter has more from martyr square in beirut we understand is that the prime minister as we speak is holding a meeting with his ministers and the possibility of a resignation is on the table so you mentioned the information minister resigning earlier this morning there were unconfirmed reports that other ministers are going to tender their resignation the government has not been able to cope with this disaster just look behind me the desperation among people they've come to martyrs square just to get any help that they can receive from volunteers from n.g.o.s from civil society groups the government is absent the government is cash strapped so you can see water sandwiches people have lost so much the port explosion is estimated to have caused billions of dollars worth of damage a virtual donor's conference seekin

over what i would just say says the harassment of its citizens in ghana in a tweet nigeria's minister of information and culture mohammed say that the federal government has been documenting the acts of hostility towards nigeria and nigerians by the forty's this will no longer be tolerated and that any guy. algon is information minister. issued a statement in response saying the outline of issues by my nigerian counterpart is not reflective of the developments in ghana any protests decisions or actions based on these reports will be unjustified. the main issue off the is the rights of nigerian trade gonna also accuses. demolishing a building belonging to its consulate of the controversial order on the part of nigeria. and i'm now joined by the correspondent in the guardian capital. start by can you tell us what allegations the nigerians are making. to the men during. especially of harassing them in the country they claim that they have a legitimate document to operate in their ritual markets everybody. harassing them and not allowing them to operate properly. because many of them to go into. closing

of beirut, clashing with police as they demand the entire government step down after tuesday's massive explosion. and it seems some listened, both the environmental minister and the minister of information resigned amid investigations. on sunday, nearly $300 million was raised for a virtual donors conference, but the french president and others are warning it cannot be a blank check. a number of people are still missing. and hope is fading for relatives waiting for word on their loved ones. we have one family's story. >> michelle has not slept in three days. neither has here sister-in-law with whom she shares the same name. michelle struggles to form words in arabic. joe is an electrician at the port. and this is the last video she got from him on tuesday night. minutes later, the entire building he was filming would explode. >>> jennifer, joe and michelle's oldest child was in beirut. >> so she heard the explosion and she start crying and shouting this is my dad's -- >> oh, she knew that was where her dad worked. >> yeah. the entire family was frantic, calling joe nonstop. >> at midnight, joe opened the phone, 31 seconds and we heard voices, deep voices. that's what she said and then n

. >>> lebanon's minister of information has just submitted his resignation, apologizing to the lebaneser aspirations." the capital of lebanon is on edge after large anti-government protests turned violent on saturday. thousands of angry people gathered in beirut to demand government accountability following tuesday's massive explosion at the port. hundreds were hurt in clashes with security forces. an international donors conference is set for later today to help rebuild the badly damaged city. laubs's prime minister is calling for early elections, but that isn't stopping the outrage on the streets. as cnn's beane wedeman tells us, the explosion was the last straw for a country already on edge. >> reporter: they carried a banner with the names of those killed in tuesday's massive blast. beirut's initial shock now white-hot fury. at a government, a political elite, that through incompetence and corruption has pushed lebanon to the brink. in their demands, there is no subtlety. "we want to take revenge on them, we want to hang them because they killed us, our blood is still boiling over t

and minutes apart was recently appointed deputy minister of information in the ukrainian government likeso many others she's exiled from her crimean homeland but her family including her 10 year old brother still live there. he told her a simple story about his teacher single lesson she starts with this political conversations kind of she devotes 10 minutes she dedicated 10 minutes for the conversation on how beautiful craney unveil it is within the russian system or russia. when her young brother asked about ukraine the teacher became very angry and she said oh stop it stop dreaming on the crane it will never get back here so and she was really annoyed this statue in the center of simferopol depicts a little girl thanking a russian soldier for liberating crimea ukraine in societies much more open and much more democratic and one of the fundamental principles fundamental values for the society is freedom is again about the whale of a queen anne's of not to be suppressed something that unfortunately is not in their reality in russia but that's not how russia sees it a majority of crimea b

fallout from tuesday's ports explosion gross the environment minister has confirmed that he's out following the earlier resignation of the information minister 7 other m.p.'s have also resigned but of smith has more from the capital. demmy on us cuts are he's the environment minister and more significant about is it as resignation is he really is 1st of all respected technocratic member of the cabinet and. the prime minister has been the speculation was today that the reason would be in her hearing of rumors of his resignation before it was can was in the intervening hours the prime minister was trying to persuade it environments to not to go but he has gone a 2nd minister to go and a lot of pressure on the prime minister he's already said when the cabinet meets on monday he's going to ask them to agree to call elections afghanistan's president is backing the release of $400.00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani says he respects the decision of the loya jirga a consultative body to approve freeing so-called hardcore taliban fighters the taliban says it welcomes a decision and is ready to start peace talks within 10 days of their release

you're watching officer of me still run the reminder of our top stories lebanon's information minister has become the 1st senior member of the government to resign since the explosion in beirut on chews day 158 people were killed when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded afghanistan's president is backing the release of 400 taliban prisoners after a guard says he respects the decision of the loya jirga consultative body to approve freeing so-called hardcore taliban fighters their release is a taliban precondition for peace talks with the governments polls open in belarus this presidential election as its longtime leader seeks a 6th term the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding hours before the vote after top aides were detained by police mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in sri lanka's prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election in a landslide he'd been serving as interim prime minister. the us health secretary has arrived in taiwan a move that has angered china alex as ours a 3 day trip is being hailed as an opportunity to strengthen corp

information has quit after 5 other m.p.'s resigned. in beirut we understand is that the prime minister as we speak is holding a meeting with his ministers and the possibility of a resignation is on the table so you mentioned the information minister resigning earlier this morning there were unconfirmed reports that other ministers are going to tender their resignation the government has not been able to cope with this disaster just look behind me the desperation among people they've come to market square just to get any help that they can receive from volunteers from n.g.o.s from civil society groups the government is absent the government is cash strapped so you can see water sandwiches people have lost so much. afghanistan's president is backing the release of $400.00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani says he respects the decision of the loya jirgah consultative body to approve freeing so-called hardcore taliban fighters voting is underway in the bella reese presidential election with us on the facing a tough challenge to close at 6 consecutive term his main challengers felt liner to kind of skier has voted after reports that she went into hiding overnight whe

. >> reporter: people are telling me they will not accept the resignation of the country's information minister what they want is for the whole

and ahead of that, the lebanese government has seen its first resignation of the crisis — the information ministeranal abdel samad annouced she was quitting — citing the failure of the government to carry out reforms. at least 158 people died and 300,000 were left homeless when a huge store of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the city's port. officials estimate that it caused up to $15 billion worth of damage and a crater that is 43 meters deep. today the uk government has pledged an additional £20 million — around $26 million — to help provide food for the most vulnerable in lebanon. the conference of world leaders follows a day of anti—government protests. many demonstrators called for the government's resignation — and even for revolution. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is in the city centre where the protests took place and gave us this update. they are still clearing up here, ben. we have seen a sight that has now become symbolic, really, of the aftermath of the blast — people with their own brooms and shovels. this morning they have been cleaning up here in martyrs' square after th

of the political system and to government ministers have responded to the widespread anger by resigning environment minister dummy honest qatar has confirmed that he is out of following the information minister. this is the point of no return people are starving the economy has deteriorated the economic crisis is heightening our families children friends have just been left behind fear and disappointments lives within them in this fateful moments we cannot just sit behind we have to stand in dignity together as a nation i feel that i need to send an apology to the libyan people because we failed to achieve their ambitions due to the difficulties also on sunday french president emanuel led a video conference of international donors in an effort to get aid to lebanon as quickly as possible while powers have pledged major resort to help recovery but have demanded transparency over just how that aid is used. the today's objective is to quickly and effectively coordinate all actions on the ground so that the aid can get to the lebanese people as efficiently as possible this offer of assistance includes support for an impartial credible and independent inquiry into the cause of the disast

the process of sanctions but the austrian foreign minister also made clear today that he does not think that those sanctions will be formally adopted because after all it's just an informal meeting of foreign ministers. that nevertheless is the european union as a whole turning up the heat on president. i think emily here a made and important point from moscow and that is talking about the symbolic value a number of foreign ministers have strongly condemns the violence against protesters so the international solidarity that comes from this hastily arranged meeting will be crucial when it comes to these sanctions in detail and who they will affect it's likely to be a list of individuals potentially of companies that will be a lengthy process and it's likely that maybe today the commission will get to the task to look into which individuals to pick and who to target with those sanctions and then we'll have to see what kind of pressure that puts on to the regime of itself garrick not just for us in brussels thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world the united nations says the death toll from last week's massive explosion in the lebanese capital

the first resignation following the wave of anger and mass demonstrations over beirut‘s catastophic explosion. the country's information ministerts. new arrivals of migrants on the uk coast this morning adding to the more than 500 people crossing the channel by boat since thursday. a public apology by the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that leaked tons of oil into the indian ocean off mauritius. now on bbc news, alicia mccarthy looks back at how westminster has tackled the big stories such as the budget, huawei, black lives matter and domestic abuse. hello there and welcome to westminster in review where the last few months have not all been about coronavirus. in the next half—hour we will take a look at the other big stories since december including a newly—elected borisjohnson gets his brexit divorce deal through parliament. this bill learns the emphatic lesson of the last parliament and rejects any further delay. labour elects a new leader who reckons the prime minister is all bluster. he has been found out. he either dodges the question or he gives dodgy answers. also on this programme, new chancellor gives a shor

i ran in response to one of minister has already resigned others and may well fall out if you had been on on at the cost of a political crisis. indeed yes it is the information that resigned today the minister of. environment resigned but he didn't unknowns that for the media or the press confidence because tomorrow morning there's going to be a meeting for the cabinet according to my info that tomorrow the government might resign might resign. from the office of the the i'm not spent at least 8 minutes is that they had the intention to resign this moment when we talk about 8 months of this mean what percent of the government this means that the cabinet it's resigned according to the new but he's constitution so that's why the prime minister may be. intact. the basis to hold their designation up to tomorrow they may be the discussion tomorrow will change something but according to my info to my sources the everybody's prime minister is under high pressure from his political allies to do things 1st of all he announced 2 days ago that he's seeking or he's going to discuss in his cabinet meeting tomorrow the early elections which which means that he didn't coor

the first resignation following the wave of anger and mass demonstrations over beirut‘s catastophic explosion. the country's information ministerhis morning, adding to the more than five hundred people crossing the channel by boat since thursday. a public apology by the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that

the first resignation following the wave of anger and mass demonstrations over beirut‘s catastophic explosion. the country's information ministeruits. new arrivals of migrants on the uk coast this morning, adding to the more than five hundred people crossing the channel by boat since thursday. a public apology by the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that leaked tonnes of oil into the indian ocean off mauritius. japan remembers the victims of nagasaki, 75 years after the atom bomb was dropped on the city. borisjohnson says it would be morally indefensible to keep schools in england closed, and has pledged to make reopening them a national priority. in a newspaper article, the prime minister insists it is safe to send children back to class next month. it's understood he wants schools to stay open as long as possible in any future local lockdowns. our political correspondent matt cole has more. all children were meant to be back in classrooms like this in england before the summer holidays, but that plan failed. now, the prime minister is making clear his commitment that things will be different in september. he writes in

> all day today people have been telling me they will not accept simply the resignation of the information minister. what they want is the whole government to fall. they say the decades of corruption and nepotism and mismanagement that led to the blast on tuesday that killed so many people. and have destroyed this city. there's a lot of anger tonight. this is no longer a protest movement, it's an uprising. >> pope francis spent part of the service today calling for the catholic church and community to rally around the people of lebanon. praying for the people and asked the churge to be close to the victims. >> his two cents is costing him more. why green is facing a hefty fine. >> when they go back to the classroom. how will the air be? we investigate. >> quite a range of temperatures arpd the bay area this week. 90s in spots. 60s in others. how long those hot valley temperatures could stick around. >>> warriors star found out putting in his two cents cost him $50,000. he's been spendin time with an phoenix suns star and says booker needs to get out of phoenix. they view that as tampering. and he w

of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire. the world is watching on al-jazeera. again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour lebanon's information minister has become the 1st senior member of government to resign since the explosion in beirut on tuesday 158 people were killed when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded. afghanistan's president is backing the release of $400.00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani says he respects the decision of the loya jirga. to approve. hardcore taliban . polls over. presidential election as his long time leader. has gone into hiding just hours before the vote after her top aides were detained by police. rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won wednesday's parliamentary election by a landslide the 2 thirds majority means he has the power to make promise changes to the constitution critics fear that will lead to an autocracy. was appointed by his brother president by rajapaksa reporter mel fernandez saw the inauguration ceremony in the capital colombo. and mahinda rajapaksa is prime minister of sri lanka once again his 4th time around in the job obviously he swept t

well we know that one of minister has now resigned and others may well follow on on at the cost of a political crisis. indeed today the minister also information that she announced that the nation's government. even though she announced 2 days ago that she was going to cost the company on mind they do have and just international an investigation by the explosion that took place in the bedroom. but on less that is likely to get evidence for those who are. explosion on this possible for what happened for these catastrophic but we don't know why she resigned before one day of that cabinet meeting i'd like to call her i couldn't i called her advice that he told me that that she took a decision i should expect that but she refused as well to give me about the reasons why i should resign and few hours ago we had some but that the minister of economy asked me for the minister of environment resigned and he delivered his the nation paper to the prime minister. putin doesn't he think between the prime minister and some ministers about 8 or 9 ministers they agreed to hold everything until tomorrow morning the cabinet committee will have an urgent meetin

tell us about the significance of the the resignation of the justice minister following hot on the heels of the environment minister and information minister. yes 2 ministers resigned yesterday a short while ago a 3rd minister the government really is is in deep trouble because ministers feel that they have let down the people so now we understand in the next 2 hours cabinet is going to meet at the government palace and it is very likely that it will resign happen it was scheduled to meet in the presidential palace moving it to the government palace really is an indication that a resignation announcement could be made now levanon now is that if indeed that happens there's 2 ways forward 1st there could be political paralysis because the president will have to call for parliamentary consultations with different parliamentary blocs who have who really don't agree with each other will have to name a new prime minister this is a process the take weeks or months and in the interim the country could be further paralyzed caretaker government that cannot take any decision but there is another road that can be taken and that is a deal and

there and then you can see lebanon's prime minister has been lost leader as well as other officials depicted there in response to the. information minister. some of. her resignation saying the current government has failed to live up to the lebanese people's expectations. of journalist chris hedges told us lebanon will have to tackle some deep rooted problems to overcome you know. this is just the culmination of very catastrophic calm a nation of. absolute dysfunction failure collapse of good government responsible government in lebanon there were massive demonstrations as i mentioned before in 2019 and a reshuffling of the government but it didn't do anything to dent the you know catastrophic mismanagement and wholesale corruption that has characterized the lebanese state i would say for the last 3 decades and so what we're seeing and i think you know your reporter the report you just did out of lebanon was good in illustrating this is a complete frustration i when you were there hanging nooses i don't think that the kinds of reformist policies that were proffered in 2019 and the work. going on in the program now it is exactly 75 years since the

prime minister as we speak is holding a meeting with his ministers and the possibility of a resignation is on the table so you mentioned the information minister resigning earlier this morning there were unconfirmed reports that other ministers are going to tender their resignation the government has not been able to cope with this disaster just look behind me the desperation among people they've come to martyr's square just to get any help that they can receive from volunteers from n.g.o.s from civil society groups the government is absent the government is cash strapped so you can see water sandwiches people have lost so much 300000 people were made homeless by this blast and calls for a government resignation are growing louder now the optics may look good if the government indeed does resign i mean this is the demand of the people who have been demanding this for some time now even before the blast but many believe that behind the scenes a political deal is in the making especially after the visit of the french president to beirut he did talk about a political initiative and the french president was not just speaking on behalf of

. >> reporter: people are telling me they will not accept the resignation of the country's information minister what they want is for the whole government to fall they say decades of corruption and nepotism and mismanagement, that they have been suffering led to this blast on tuesday that kill sod many people and have destroyed the city. there's still a lot of ager in the streets. they say this is no longer a protest movement now it's an uprising >>> a georgia family is demanding answers after a police officer fired shots at a car with five children inside. authorities are investigating what happened during that chaotic traffic stop blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: this video shows the chaotic aftermath of a confrontation between south georgia police and a car full of mine minors. >> they're shooting at them. for what >> reporter: state officials are investigating what led up to an officer -- >> shot at her -- >> reporter: -- firing at the vehicle. >> these are kids. >> reporter: according to the georgia bureau of investigation, a way cross police officer tried to get license plate infor

of sensitive information. he also announced 2 weeks of military exercises northwest of cyprus took his foreign minister is warning greece that its plans to expand territorial waters in the aegean sea could lead to war as been months of tension of a control of gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean. the suspended interior minister of libya's u.n. recognize government is in tripoli for an investigation of a recent government violence against peaceful protesters. and questioned over the response to demonstrations that took place on friday those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after super 30 states and that's what. these days it's hard to filter out the track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big issues the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line. the 2 men behind super 30 could ha.

and increase europe's clout on the international stage he was speaking ahead of an informal meeting of e.u. foreign ministers here in berlin these at the e.u. could not stop global crises from happening but could change the way it was spun the 2 of them among the crises set to be discussed by ministers today are the tensions between turkey and greece over gassers aeration in the eastern mediterranean as well as the suspected poisoning of russian opposition figure figure our lives in a valley and the situation in the us. let's go to our correspondent alexander phenomena who's following the meeting i was under germany's foreign minister has said the e.u. will not leave the ongoing human rights violations in bellew's what does he mean by that. well german foreign minister mass has made killdeer that from his perspective nothing has changed so far on the ground in belarus that the repression against the opposition are still ongoing and doesn't seem to be willing to enter any dialogue with the opposition and that's why moscow believes that it's important for the foreign ministers to discuss how to increase the pr

to increase europe's clout on the international stage he was speaking ahead of an informal meeting of e.u. foreign ministers here in berlin he said the e.u. could not stop global crisis from happening but could change the way it was funded to among the crises said to be discussed by ministers today the tensions between turkey and greece over gas explorations in the eastern mediterranean as well as the suspected poisoning off russian opposition figure. the situation in bella reuss let's go to our correspondent alexander phenomena who's following the meeting i was under germany's foreign minister has said the e.u. will not leave the ongoing human rights violations in that what does he mean by that as well german foreign minister has made killdeer that from his perspective nothing has changed so far on the ground in belarus that the repression against the opposition are still ongoing and that doesn't seem to be willing to enter any dialogue with the opposition and that's why moscow believes stand it's important for the u. foreign ministers to discuss how to increase the pressure on and whether the sanctions th

and increase europe's clout on the international stage he was speaking at head of an informal meeting. of e.u. foreign ministers here in berlin he said the e.u. could not stop global crises from happening but changed the way it responded to the crisis said to be discussed by ministers today other tensions between turkey and greece over gas exploration in the eastern mediterranean as well as the suspected poisoning of russian opposition figure alexander valley and the situation in better or worse. let's go to our correspondent allison a phenomena who's following the meeting i was under germany's foreign minister has said the e.u. will not leave the ongoing human rights violations in bellew's unanswered what does he mean by that. well german foreign minister mass has made killdeer that from his perspective nothing has changed so far on the ground in belarus that the repression against the opposition are still ongoing and that doesn't seem to be willing to enter any dialogue with the opposition and that's why moscow believes that it's important for the u. foreign ministers to discuss how to increase the pressure o

earlier today, the lebanese government saw its first resignation of the crisis — the information ministervernment to carry out reforms. at least 220 people died and 300,000 were left homeless when a huge store of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the city's port. officials estimate that it caused up to $15 billion worth of damage and a crater that is 43 meters deep. today the uk government has pledged an additional £20 million — around $26 million — to help provide food for the most vulnerable in lebanon. the conference of world leaders follows a day of anti—government protests. many demonstrators called for the government's resignation — and even for revolution. our correspondent tom bateman is in the city centre where the protests took place and gave us this update. this is marco square, the focal point of the demonstrations. —— marketers'. people gathered at this point and then headed down here, the main street towards the lebanese parliament. as it crowds surged down here, we saw them being blocked by the barricades and security forces. that is where tear gas and rubber bull