the blast happened in the port area. f the first explosion was followed by another much larger explosion which swept through many nearby buildings. lebanon's health minister said there had been many injuries and widespread damage. i saw the fire but i did not know that was going to be an explosion. we went inside and suddenly i lost my hearing — i was too close — so i lost my hearing for a few seconds and i knew something was wrong, and then the glass shattered all over the cars around us, the shops, the buildings. glass going down all of the buildings. firefighters are tackling numerous blazes while medical teams are searching for casualties in what is now a full—scale emergency. james robbins, bbc news. we're just hearing that the lebanese prime minister has declared a day of national mourning in lebanon on wednesday after these explosions. it seems there were two explosions but one of them was absolutely enormous, as you saw there injames's piece. 0ur correspondent in beirut has been describing to us than moment that s

the fires burned long here at the port. the cause, a powder keg of u nsta ble at the port. owder keg of unstable chemicals, left to rot in the very heart of beirut. the shock could be felt in cyprus, syria and israel. the 2500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser was the equivalent of a one kilotonne blast. this was lebanon's 9/11, they say. a catastrophe that shook the entire country. the small fire at the port had drawn people to the windows to watch. when the chemicals exploded, they received the brunt. more than 4000 have been hurt and lebanon is traumatised. it is a day they will never forget, especially for this bride. in this small town, the buildings still stand, but the people are shuttered. jessy dawood died along with colleagues. she was 31 years old, and leaves behind her two—year old, and leaves behind her two—year old, her husband. the work is to save lives of people, take care of people. this is what she did. she was a hero. she died on her duty. she was saving people, she died.- jessy dawood's hospital, there was hurt and anger at a man—made disaster, a phys

next up is the port. great, you're welcome. >> good evening, chair fewer. >> chair fewer: you're the last. you're lucky. the floor is yours, miss forbes. >> thank you so much. i'm honored to be here with katie petriciona, and nate cruise, the support, and mart rest doyle from the budget team. as the committee is well aware, you know, we really are facing unprecedented and uncertain times as far as our financial future as a result of this health crisis. but i'm proud that the budget before you for the current year and the next year does sustain core functions and it meets our commitment and begins to position the port for financial recovery, for economic recovery. if we could go to the next slide please, nate. but i'm not here to tell that you we have a plan for true economic recovery and financial security stability for the port. and as is really the case for all of us, the future is very uncertain and unclear. it is easy for the port to understand the context we're in now and the financial performance tha

the number of casualties but definitely within the radius of the port n.e.n. around there are definitely many casualties probably the workers employees people who work in the harbor of beirut will be will be affected clearly by this. services and they. buy the goods on a violent response particularly public. but i think i think everybody is going to. rise or best to to to do the emergency response to this lebanon is not unfortunately is not known for having a very efficient emergency response aside from the lebanese that's close which is in a non-governmental organization but i'm sure everyone is going to go there and particularly the let's cross the army and perhaps some some years and volunteering n.g.o.s are going to go and help by the talks but those are equipped for this but again i mean i can't tell from only the images i see but this is this is going to be stretching the system more than it has going through now with the coronavirus response. is director of the advance institute for strategic assessment he was in his office in downtown beirut when the ex

and damaging buildings several kilometers away blowing vehicles on that road that runs adjacent to the port area the firefighters now. trying to put out the blaze at that mangled warehouse which is clearly the seas of the explosion the reports of people being trapped under the rubble there and as they know what it was saying. the city's emergency services already stretched by the coronavirus pandemic will be inundated it's clear that there have been multiple injuries blast injuries after this explosion it has just gone 600 hours g.m.t. this is al-jazeera live from doha i'm adrian finnegan let's bring you up to date with that breaking news out of lebanon a huge explosion a shaken the capital beirut appears to been centered on the port area in the heart of the city lebanon's health minister says there's been a very high number of casualties the blast wave from the explosion of course extensive damage to buildings within a large radius of the blast site kilometers away people felt lost including al-jazeera say in a honda who is on the line for us now from beirut center just remind us of way yo

we're seeing pictures which show clearly signs of absolute devastation at the port area and it these pictures appear to be. the size of the explosion itself that you see that massive blast wave. heading out across the capital beirut. firefighters can we go back to those pictures at the at the scene of the the explosion we don't know. there it is again firefighters tackling what has remained what remains of the fire there after the explosion mangled buildings in the port area crane. still standing despite that blast but that road side close to the port area where we saw 'd cause that have been overturned people lying injured bloodied on the side of the road people standing around as you can see that stunned . to what has happened. at the pools in beirut and i was here as a whole is making her way through this this site right now and she's on foot listening to us on for where where are you now i know how far away from the port area are you. say no i don't know if you can hear me. how close now are you to the port area now we appear to have the line has dropped for the moment i will come

we thought it was a container in the port was on fire. few seconds later, we were flying through the air. as an investigation gets under way, lebanon's prime minister says those responsible will be held to account. translation: those responsible will pay the price for what happened. it isa pay the price for what happened. it is a promise to the martyrs and the wounded. we'll be getting the latest live from beirut. also this lunchtime: after a cluster of cases, some lockdown restrictions are reimposed in aberdeen. scotland's first minister says schools must be prioritised over pubs, echoing england's children's commissioner. the ‘critical government errors‘ which led to many more people contracting covid—i9 — a damning report from mps. news from the high street — 1,500 jobs at risk at wh smith, after lockdown caused sales to plummet. and... happier feet — there are more emperor penguins, than we thought, as new colonies are spotted from space. and coming up on bbc news, a breakthrough for england just before the rain came on day one of the

the fires burned long here at the port. e cause, a powder keg of unstable chemicals, left to rot in the very heart of beirut. the shock could be felt in cyprus, syria and israel. the 2500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser was the equivalent of a one kilotonne blast. this was lebanon's 9/11, they say. a catastrophe that shook the entire country. a small fire at the port had drawn people to their windows to watch. when the chemicals exploded, they received the brunt. more than 4000 have been hurt and lebanon is traumatised. it is a day they will never forget, especially for bride israa seblani. allahu akbar. in the small town of ras el harf, the buildings still stand, but the people are shuttered. jessy dawood was a nurse at beirut‘s saint george hospital. she died along with three colleagues. she was 31 years old, and leaves behind her two—year old ella, and her husband. the work of a nurse is to save lives of people, and take care of people. this is what she did. she was a hero. she died when she's her duty. she was savi

by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it as lebanon's here shima course there's no comparison between a nuclear bomb and what's happened today but it's only shows how deeply impacted and how saddened they are and how devastating this explosion has been on the up and on and on the lebanese who are already grappling with a very bad economic situation kovac 19 pro-reform demonstrations or demonstrations asking to lemonade corruption from the power sharing system for failing in the country at the list goes on so this just adds further hurt and injury and tragedy to the lebanese people. in the bomb blast system that i think they take right down time they know it's not supposed to be everything he does see things from the right side they've got the right state that's a good amount of people in egypt. down since if you h

downtown beirut at sunset dusk looking out over the port area and within the last 90 minutes there has been a massive explosion here it is. first a plume of smoke something's gone terribly wrong. well looks appears to be in that in the middle of that plume of smoke that file. explosions maybe 5 works we don't know there are reports that maybe this was a fireworks storage area. and then several seconds later off of this. you get this mushroom cloud. that just. mushrooms out right over the city look at that. glass windows buildings damaged windows shattered. columbus's away the blast felt as far as 10 or 15 kilometers away from the blast site. just a massive explosion which has caused. so much damage to that to downtown beirut many people injured by flying glass blast injuries the emergency services rushed to the scene. we saw them try to extinguish the flames of the fire that is still burning there in the port area. look at that that's remarkable and you've the camera shaking there as the blast wave hit. the person filming. as i was saying in emergency services rushed to the scene oh th

how was it stored at the root ports and whether or not it was stored in a safe manner clearly what we saw today that it was not. sent if the mother many thanks officers and a lot of the. lie of what they report as they were saying lebanon's president has called an urgent defense council meeting that meeting is underway the prime minister has declared a national day of mourning on what to say these are lives live pictures now from the scene of that explosion where firefighters are continuing to tackle the blaze at the began immediately after that massive explosion but hit the lebanese capital around to 2 hours 15 minutes ago now but so speak to how the battle. who is a journalist of the founder of beirut reports he joins us now from that open suburb beirut they tell us good to have you with us what do you make of these reports that an explosive material not explosives but an explosive material had been stored in a warehouse at the port for quite some time and the speculation that. a team and its special team. had found t

thank you very much for bringing us right up to date on what may have occurred there in beirut in the port area paula sleeper and tell him. well i'm happy to say about kharaj a lawyer specializing in the middle east joins us live on the program as well good to see you again. first of all you're initial thoughts on this at least 10 people dead we hear on quite extraordinary pictures coming out of the lebanese capital. yes thank you very much for having me again we still don't know what happened we know that 10 people have died more than 100 people have been injured. because of the explosion we might have some few clues of who did that but there's an explosion there have there had been some explosion before in iran and in lebanon so we still don't know what's going to happen or who did that but it might be some kind of hezbollah attack. by the israeli we still don't know what's going to what's that but it's one of them i think both israel and hezbollah as our correspondents going through they have denied involvement but suspicions are are going to fall when you see the explosion and the blas

there's lots of casualties down in the area of the port. the aftermath of the explosion, were you able to talk to other people around that area? what was the sense of people's mood of the atmosphere? we have a lot of elderly neighbours in oui’ have a lot of elderly neighbours in our district that we live in, the residential district. so people were screaming, screaming that the property had been destroyed. down towards the centre of the city, the scale of the destruction increases. the situation is overly tense dashed already tense. we are going through already tense. we are going through a lockdown, the economy is collapsing, people are already tense. they've already lost a lot of property through economic collapse, so property through economic collapse, so now property through economic collapse, so now to have all this damage happen from this event, it also brings back memories of a previous explosion back in 2005 when the former prime minister was killed in a massive car bomb. elderly residents in older residents here, that immediately b

these are some of the pictures from the port. lames. so much of the food and supplies from lebanon come through this port. with an economic crisis already visible in beirut, they wonder how this will impact people living there. plenty more in the next half hour. hello. so far this week, there's been some big contrast across the uk. very wet for parts of the north and the west — yesterday in scotland, today, across northern ireland and northwest england. this was cumbria earlier on this afternoon. meanwhile in the south and the east, it's been dry, there's been a good deal of sunshine and for many, away from the south coast this afternoon, it's been very warm. through thursday, most will be dry and warm. before we get there, we still have this frontal system still hanging around but slowly pushing its way eastwards overnight, so any early rain through this evening and the first part of the night will tend to fade away, so most places become dry. there will be quite a lot of cloud around, but it will thin and break to allow some cle

and this is what is left of the port. st all of the lebanon's food was imported through here — there are now fears of food shortages. i lived the war and never i seen a day like that moment. really, it was terrible. already the health care system is about to collapse and then you add this to it. and now the clear up begins — more than a quarter of a million people have been left homeless in the city. we'll be live beirut, where a state of emergency has been declared. also tonight... pubs and restaurants in aberdeen close as lockdown restrictions begin again amid a spike in cases. the inquest into the death of caroline flack hears that the tv presenter was only going to be cautioned for assault, but police pushed for charges to be brought. allegations of mistreatment — the british gymnasts who trained at one of the country's top clubs speak out about their experiences. and england's cricketers make a promising start against pakistan, before rain interrupts the opening day's play. and coming up on bbc news... all the latest

hello i'm laura carlisle this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a port city in mourning beirut confronts the impact of choose days port blast with many remaining missing. counting the votes in sri lanka's parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president's grip on power. twitter and facebook take down a post by president donald trump calling it false and harmful misinformation about covert 90. i don't sleep well. ask the worried about. and despair for renters millions are facing eviction in the u.s. after coronavirus safeguards come to an end. with. the coronavirus pandemic gets underway as the world's greatest players compete at the p.g.a. championship. lebanon is appealing for international help after it was left devastated by a huge explosion a humanitarian crisis is developing 2 days after the blast shredded the heart of its capital beirut it destroyed the city's ports and more than half the country's food supply comes through there it's thought medical equipment was among the items lost in the explosion. a number of countries have alrea

why was the ammonium nitrate left in the port for so many years? who will be held responsible, and when there be justice for what happened here? the u.k. has imposed travel restrictions on spain. it starting tomorrow those returning from belgium will have to go into quarantine. this after increases since july in cases. it is also reported france could be added to the list if cases into new rise. a million people in africa now have coronavirus, posing a threat to the weakened health care system. they were praised for taking action in the early stages but many fear it was not enough. 21,000 have died. we have more. >> a g grim milestone for afric. they have one million confirmed coronavirus cases. south africa, egypt, nigeria, ghana have been the most severely hit by the pandemic. it is the fifth most affected country in the world it counts for half of africa's cases. in response, the country pushed congress's. pushed morey have lockdowns. schools are closed and a curfew is reinstated. as the health care system struggles, south africa scrambles to ver

as you said, kilometers away from the port. i have beeeen in the shoppipingl and have walked 3-4 kilometers to my home, which is not that fafaaway from m the port area, l of thahat is d destroyed. windows, and the like. it's massive. people's lives, totally devastated. it is not known what may have caused the explosion. brent: we are looking at pictures of the flame, the fires that are still raging tonight following g the aftermath of t e blesessed. what have you -- of the blast. when h have you heard in termssf who may haveeeeen behind t this explosion? >> well, newews are emergiging t inin the port areas, chemimicals have been storedd possibly for lolong periods of time. possibly, those may have caused the explosion. at the begnining, righght after the blast, to were also rurumors ofof attacks and missile attack, era tax -- air attacks, or even explosives being stored that one off. it seems, at the moment, that those news of those chemicals that went off and caused this huge and very strange explosion, that those news may have

the blast has caused massive damage across the city leveling buildings in the port district and leaving many of the city's residents without electricity. the exact cause of the disaster is not clear at this point although it is believed to be linked to a warehouse storing explosive materials on social media a lot of lebanese are. fortunately there. and that countries including turkey and israel rushed to offer emergency humanitarian and medical aid to lebanon where hospitals are already under immense strain. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's get right to our breaking news this hour all right a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government officials say at least 78 people are dead and more than 4000 injured the blast went off in the city's port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. wall. was. going to let. her out. but. we heard from a reporter in beirut she gave us a sense of the severity of the explosion. the devasta

the blast tearing through the city's port area killing at least 100 people leaving many others trapped unease rubble thousands of the injured hospitals are overwhelmed the blasts were caused by tons of highly explosive material stored in warehouses also coming up. into muslim tensions in india security is tight at this hour in the city of najaf as prime minister narendra modi prepares to lay the foundation stone for a hindu temple on the site of the demolished monks. and with just 90 days to go now until the u.s. election we hear from lifelong republicans considering the un's thinkable in november casting their ballots for the democrat. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today beirut lebanon awoke to scenes of utter devastation this morning after 2 colossal explosions devastated parts of this country's capital they happened at a warehouse where nearly 3000 tons of highly explosive the money and nitrate were being stored apparently without any safety measures at least $100.00 people were killed some $4000.00 injured that according to the red cross. we're getting these live images

rescue workers are continuing to try to find survivors in the port and other districts hit hardest. eirut port officials — who have overseen storage and security since 2014 under house arrest. in france, almost 2,000 firefighters have been trying to extinguish wildfires to the west of marseille, which broke out on tuesday. some 2,700 people have had to be evacuated from campsites and residential areas.

still teams on the ground search and rescue teams come across has been teams the medical teams in the port area and the residential area right so that is the very 1st priority the moment but of course with the site those being destroyed in the 4th area. the 50 here it is the situation is a. little the program here with. you know raise the alert and then our. health care situation is another mangy major concern so the blob's is already has damage and infrastructure including hospitals including health points so we know that there are 3 major hospitals in beirut that are been heavily damaged and that comes in a situation where the health care system was already under heavy strain gives you the perfect 1000 situation and the front line workers are exhausted. here you speak to the medical facilities that have been destroyed we heard of patients at the time straight after the blast playing turn to why in the immediate aftermath how with those medical services coping now on the these difficult scenarios. i mean there is definitely. medical equipment also. have. not lost. their hearing he needs i

that then caused the port authority to have concerns with the ruby princess and actually asked them to stop their progression into sydney harbor. after more late night phone calls the head of the portal rang a senior manager at carnival this trailer that manager told the port authority bus that the ambulances were not called for close at 19 related brazenness and that nice south wales health had determined the ship was low risk and had cleared it to berth and disembark passages as a result of that conversation the portal 30 reversed its decision and allowed the ship to dock. number triple 0 phone calls between the port authority. and use of force ambulance radio transmissions between the port authority and the ship a mile transmission between the port authority in the ship what i was looking for was evidence around 9 time like symptoms on the ship that would have clearly righted the ship to a medium or high risk classification at no time did our foreign covert no i don't like symptoms mentioned anywhere in any of the pipework from carnival all the really. yes so what does that say to y

tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blast how it was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are ferrying to the incident unfortunately there are foreign to it as lebanon's hiroshima of course there's no comparison between a nuclear bomb and what's happened today but it's only shows how deeply impacted and how saddened they are and how devastating this explosion has been on the up and on and on the lebanese who are already grappling with very bad economic situation kovac 19 pro-reform demonstrations or demonstrations asking felt lemonades corruption from the power sharing system prevailing in the country the list. so this just adds further hurt and injury and tragedy to the lebanese people. in the bomb blast you're starting to break down from they watched large parts of the air. from the right so i made up the rights to that significant amount injured. down suited me she happened to build the infrastructure in her every. state. shops arou

the middle of. more than 700 people were injured on government ministry. a 5 day search for survivors. of port explosion killed at least 158 people. but the. demonstrations against the long. term. a mix of the big stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international hello and welcome. protesters have regrouped in central beirut for a 2nd night solve all the rest the labor ministry has ripped portably been stormed out in a replay of last night's clashes around key government buildings another country is reeling from the shock of choose these deadly explosion with protesters demanding reform and for officials as well to be held to account artie's eager to get down off reports from the lebanese capital. yesterday's action was not the last one but that was for sure because people it seems are driven to the edge here in lebanon and indeed it is the 2nd consecutive night of protests and a lot of people are out here in the streets there's a very distinctive smell of tear gas in the air anyone who has been ever gassed in the life can nev

in beirut while tragedy struck at around 6 pm on tuesday when they must have blast hit the. port area there are 158 deaths being confirmed but with dozens still missing it is feared the number will rise the city's health system already struggling with dean has been overwhelmed by the numerous city buildings have been damaged thousands of locals as well left homeless. you know all of a sudden we found everything turned over our hands i turned around and i was he pushed something in my right hand people screaming kids screaming but it was a choice and i should see. the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very much the blouse that was felt at 10 kilometers away from the boards where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night in. the a lebanese army and fire fighters have been still trying to put off the fire which is still until today burning through the remains of the warehouses rescue workers are still trying to dig through the rubble to find the remainder or the the missing and differentials. the fear of sort of mor

that was the site of the explosion many many ports and police are missing but we also understand civil defense workers could be among the dead because of an issue there was a fire at the port and that's when the civil defense of writers to some reports are suggesting that's exactly what happened before before the blast happened so people are still searching for loved ones people are as you can see these are shops these are people's livelihood there are people going to help us prepare this we don't have the money to repair. a member of lebanon's parliament has resigned in protest over the port explosion model on how my day demanded an international inquiry look into the blast in his resignation letter he served in various prominent positions as minister of trade health and telecommunications. i know it's bring in now mark though in beirut he's a former candidate for the lebanese parliament good to have you with us so let's start with the obvious elephant in the room who north was keeping this much money of nitrate in a white house at a port. basi

of beirut safety and the more the of that actors of the port as well as customs and the security agencies which are responsible for such things that way there is no if i just want to clarify it is that the stuff that was there is it was it being impounded because it was destined to create weapons or what was the story behind that stuff being that it was ok but the excuse to get them into the country of the time was they're going to be used to produce fertilizer but such material is not allowed into the country so it was impounded and there was an ongoing investigation and the company about them here was. going through the legal process and it seems there is some political intervention and this has been dragging on for 6 years and the product has remained in storage so obviously there is huge political game being played their 1st for allowing them into the country to force starting the legal process that has stalled so far for a good 6 years thank you very much indeed an octo giving us but he's in that vein just information about the possible causes of that explosion and thank you thank yo

the blast happened in the port area. other much larger explosion which swept through many nearby buildings. lebanon's health minister said there had been many injuries and widespread damage. i saw the fire but i did not know that was going to be an explosion. we went inside and suddenly i lost my hearing — i was too close — so i lost my hearing for a few seconds and i knew something was wrong, and then the glass shattered all over the cars around us, the shops, the buildings. glass going down all of the buildings. firefighters are tackling numerous blazes while medical teams are searching for casualties in what is now a full—scale emergency. james robbins, bbc news. i want to take you right now live to beirut, where we can see the scene several hours after the explosion. you can see nightfall following their and the flames and the smoke, which had started pink— white, is changing colours that micro vehicles working to put out the fire. i want to bring you two more lens —— news lines from the reuters news agency. first, ac

the blast tore through the city's port killing more than 70 people and leaving many others are trapped under rubble thousands have been injured and hospitals are overwhelmed the prime minister says those responsible will pay we'll go live to the lebanese capital for the latest. also coming up on the shot just 90 days left until the u.s. election lifelong republicans explain why they plan to vote against him john come november. the d.n.c. you are so too late. i will vote for the later killed because i believe the tomatoes here would do the worst for. our current president. and quite richardson thanks for joining us we are following a breaking news from the lebanese capital beirut where the government says a 2 massive explosions have now killed at least 70 people and injured more than 3000. the national blast in the city's port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that upturned cars and shattered windows even at 10 kilometers of. way over 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries while many others remain trapped in their homes because of the blast is being investigated bu

just so they did not have that headache in the port. rstand they wanted to get the money, but if they had known that there would be an explosion like that, they would not have done it for cargo was dangerous. blit could havn it any moment. me-- at any . samantha:samantha: it's -- let's look at some other news now. the united state placing sanctions on hong kong's chi executive carrie lam and 11 other officials arguing they were responsible for suppressing democratic processes in the chinese treaty. she announced september. elections will be delayed for a year because of the coronarus. it sparked international condemnation for those who beijing's orders them unrmining hong kong's political freeds. in belarus, thousands have gathered at the capital to support the country's main opposition candidate. she has become an unlikely caate. western europe is bracing itself for a weekend of hot whether -- of hot weather. officials have asked the public to stay cautious in order not to spread covid-19. ♪ samantha: as a coronavirus continues to sprea

thousands more injured the blast has caused massive damage across the city destroying buildings in the port district leaving many residents without electricity the exact cause of the disaster is not clear although it is believed to be linked to the improper storage of explosive materials anywhere. on social media a lot of. fortune. and countries including turkey and israel rushed to offer emergency medical aid to lebanon where hospitals are already under immense strain. broadcasting from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now breaking news on our t.v. a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government officials say at least $78.00 people are dead and more than $4000.00 injured the blast went off in the city's port area destroying at nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. there are far more. going that. we heard from 2 reporters in beirut all tough read and oh in a hole the way they told us more about follow on from the explosion the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very

fr space, this was the port before the explosion.ow it lies in ruins, whole buildingwiped out, and the shopping sight of a ship on its side. the recovery will take years. laura:es the blast ct a difficult time for lebanon, which is not only trying to curb coronavirus, but struging with an economic and clinical crisis. our middle east editor looks at the troubles facing the country. reporter: officials who may have g nored warnings about the danger facirut are under house arrest. that's just the start ofmi naonal rections. the force of the blast was devastating. if lebanon was rich, well governed, and secure, they would find it hard to deal with this crisis. but it has none of those strengths. the mayor inected the damage. >he said reconstruction would take billions of dollars. does's money lebanon jus not have. days of mourning. many lebanese do not trust their leaders and are sick of an elite, including former warlords like the, presidewho have been at the top for decades. lebanon's youth want change. before and sometimes during the

we thought it was a container in the port was on fire. few seconds later, we were flying through the air. after a cluster of cases some lockdown restrictions are reimposed in aberdeen. scotland's first minister says schools must be prioritised over pubs, echoing england's children's commissioner. the ‘critical government errors‘ which led to many more people contracting covid—19 — a damning report from mps. news from the high street — 1,500 jobs at risk at wh smith after lockdown caused sales to plummet. and coming up. happier feet — there are many more emperor penguins than we first thought, as new colonies are spotted from space. the grim operation is under way in lebanon to recover the bodies of the more than a hundred people who are missing after a huge explosion devastated the port area of the capital beirut yesterday. the blast killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others. the whole city was shaken by the explosion and a mushroom cloud could be seen spreading over the port area. local authorities say it is likely the

was the blast of that led to the mass protest as a 5 day search for survivors draws to a close the beirut port explosion killed at least 158 people and left thousands injured. kids. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international we start though with breaking news from belarus where large scale protests are unfolding after the country's presidential election state exit polls claim that alexander lukashenko who has been in power since 1904 has won a landslide victory the rival candidate says the vote was rigged earlier to video journalists from. artie's ruptly agency were detained while covering the election the interior ministry has convened an emergency meeting in response to the unrest. was who was i. was. i. was. when i was walking home i got caught up in the midst of the action but i was near the sports and it seems like the main clashes with the police were taking place there i saw police with large shields standing in file and completely blocking me out and people stood and faced the 1st the police stood

lebanon isn't willing from an unprecedented and devastating explosion that happened in the port of beirut the country is already in a series of long running crises so how would it deal with the fallout from the blast this is inside story. a welcome to the program. it's described by some as the great collapse the lebanese capital beirut is in a state of chaos and rule when many have been killed thousands injured hundreds misson and hospitals overwhelmed homes and businesses backed a blast that struck the city with the force of an earthquake has left the nation in shock. initial reports suggest explosive materials stored in a warehouse for 6 years in sport detonated about 2700 tons of confiscated ammonium nitrate are thought to be involved it's a fertilizer that can be used in bomb making. health officials warned of a toxic cloud and urged people to wear masks and stay indoors beirut's governor about $300000.00 people were displaced and the economic impact is expected to be devastating for the lebanese president michel aoun has announced a 2 week state of emergency and promised an investiga

the initial blast in the city's port area was followed by a 2nd explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometers away more than 2500 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast is being investigated security it's. as you say old explosives and fireworks were being stored in a warehouse at the port lebanon's prime minister has appealed for help from the international community. for more now we want to go to your home paul he is with the think tank 100 both foundation and he heads their office in very rooted so good to have you on the program i know today has been a very difficult day for you and everyone there in beirut what can you tell us about the situation right now where it's nightfall there the rescue operation is underway what more can you tell us yes thank you a very difficult day and. i can't get the ambulances and. all night and messages message. that shelter that when you go it's all go. and you can as you said look let me just wait from the port presently i would be in the shopping mall and then

in the country where almost 80 percent of the goods that come into lebanon come through this port it's now gone so there's a challenge right now with dealing with the immediate aftermath of the explosion and there's a lot of anger in the streets but it's only going to get worse there's going to be extreme shortages in lebanon which is a country dependent on imports where it's there's already a dollar shortage there's already an economic collapse there was already power cut and now you have your most important port gone and the capital of the center of the country is destroyed there seems to be so many rumors swirling iran over the last number of days about oh exactly the bus could have been triggered really a complete lack of trust in the messages coming out of the government who are people blaming for choose these tragedy that. i mean it depends lebanon is a very polarized country where you know it's up and set up by sects the government and so people tend to not everyone but many people tend to look to their calm you know leaders for how they should view things that happen in th

calls of the blast is not yet know it's caused widespread damage and appears to be centered on the city's port area it is the to the winds the blast wave has turned cars upside down absolute devastation in the lebanese capital sadly a country that is used to explosions but this is an entire different magnitude altogether i'm joined here in the studio by my colleague joel a dull boy to talk about this breaking news story this is altogether something else we haven't seen anything like that in lebanon in recent contemporary times and these pictures we've been seeing are just incredible and lots of people have been sharing them on social media that have been captured from the city you see a massive explosion or huge white cloud and then there's another cloud inside that seems to be of a different color red and so forth and if you look closely at some of these images you can see what appears to be flashes inside those clouds and what we're hearing from some of the state media reports is this could have been involved it could have been fireworks involved there's there's some suggestion. that it may

immediately after that, we kneto the explosio place at the port. e government is saying this is a warehouse of fireworksbut actually the massive foy huge, really worryon was really this is a country that has been in turmoil and has bad memories of assassinations an wars. a civil war here. time of tension and a time of economy clapse and the spread of the coronavirus, keeping the health sysm on alert. now they have to tend to the situation, as well. >> help us learn more about the board of beirut. -- fort of beirut -- the port of beirut. what are those bui?rea. >> this is mainly an industrial area. at the port there.ps that arrive there are lots of shipments that are loaded and uploaded there. it ion a highway that the whole city passes through. behind it, it is a very condensed area wit passersby, opening up after almost a week of t lockdown because ofhe spread of coronavirus. so the city was very busy. at this time of the day, 6:00, when the explosion took place, it is the peak time of people going out of work and going up to the mountain, going to

beirut it's believed a fire at the port spread to a warehouse where confiscated ammonium nitrate had been stored for the 60 is blast virtually flatten the pool which is lebanon's biggest and the main entry point for imports to feed a nation of more than 6000000 people and it sent a shockwave through the city buildings were damaged and lost smashed more than 3 can only says away affecting an area where more than 750000 people live people reported feeling the blast and the windows rattling on the mediterranean island of cyprus will a member of lebanon's parliament has resigned in protest at the ports explosion marwan hamad day demanded an international inquiry into the blast in his resignation letter and told al-jazeera the country's political system is broken he held various prominent positions in government including minister of trade health and telecommunications. earlier i spoke to dr amien can't see from the american university hospital in beirut who's also president of the lebanese society even the chintzy medicine he said the hospital treated hundreds of patients immediately afte

i think we might be able to take the port now. representatives from the port available? san francisco port, are you available? >> yes, chair fewer, this is nate cruise, finance director. and then the deputy director of finance and administration should also be able to join in a minute. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. thank you, mr. cruise. what do you say about the recommendations from the b.l.a.? >> we're in agreement with the b.l.a.'s recommendations, chair. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. do you have any comments or questions for the port, colleagues?

between the port authority and the ship what i was looking for was evidence around 19 like symptoms on the ship that would have clearly righted the ship to a medium or high risk classification. there are far and no i don't like symptoms mentioned anywhere in any of the pipework from carnival all the. so what does that say to you but it says to me a couple of things. you know was. an on a strong response from the ship whether it's a captain the doctor or the crew in relation to the whole side of the ship as it was coming into the port of city. the ruby princess docked at 2 30 in the morning 2 passages were rushed to hospital but would later test positive for car that 19 the other coronavirus slopes taken from passages also sent for testing. on the morning of the 19th of macho crew lined up to fail well the passengers. so you do in this high 5 all the way down the ship i'm like literally thinking oh my god i just thought the people. it was i think it. so we get off and on think and this is crazy there's nobody nobody's protecting the rest up be that you know that's what i'm thinking i

those blasts tearing through the city's port killing at least 100 people leaving many others trapped beneath rubble thousands have been injured hospitals are overwhelmed the blast for caused by tons of highly explosive materials stored in a warehouse store also on the show. india's prime minister inaugurated the building of a hindu temple on the site of a demolished mosque there are fears the construction could reignite religious religious tensions and a simmering flashpoint. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today beirut awoke to scenes of utter devastation this morning after 2 colossal explosions devastated parts of the country's capital it happened at a warehouse where tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate were being stored apparently without any safety measures at least 100 people were killed 4000 were injured that according to the red cross. these recent images from beirut show smoke still rising from the blast site explosions shattered windows as far as 20 kilometers away rescue workers are continuing to look for any survivors because rubble it is unclear how many pe

the port is behind me. this is where the explosion happened. no electricity and so many ports of the capital, whether it is clear, but the damage is highly visible from where i am standing. and the damage is not only here, it is everywhere, in every single street of the capital. debris is everywhere, smashed cars, balconies falling from buildings, electricity cables hanging from rooftops but, mostly, a lot of houses that, at the moment, are absolutely not habitable. people will not be able to return to their houses and these are probably tens of thousands of people who have become homeless in a matter of seconds. we have seen a lot of community support. a lot of people offering their places to those who cannot return to their homes, but this is not a sustainable solution. the government should deal with this as a matter of priority. of course, it has a lot of priorities to deal with, at the moment, but this remains one of the top and most alarming issues at the moment, the number of homeless, the number of people who simply found themselves wit

this is this is a terrible situation because as a the damage to the port damage to things like the grain silos not the storage facilities will mean that there's likely to be a sigh conclude prices which were already soaring because of high inflation and the fall in the value of the lebanese currency against the dollar and the euro and so i think everyday life is already grim for many people in lebanon and it's likely to get worse as a result is even if it is simply a terrible accident the shock waves through the economy through the supply system are going to really cause serious problems for older people who already dealing with the question civil war in syria the huge number of refugees who calls and particularly dire economic situation. to just finally mark any reaction from obviously the u.k. the u.s. . not a reaction. from the from the region itself but beyond that at the world reaction well at that moment of course as well as we can see governments all can try out what has actually happened and then what will they do as i say the tragedy is the british the americans and the or korea

a judge in lebanon has issued a warrant for the rest of the manager of the port in beirut the explosion happened at beirut's commercial port on august the 4th more than 200 people were killed when a stockpile of nearly 303000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded the blast severely damaging large parts of the capital mollies prime minister is urging soldiers staging a mutiny in the town of catty to stand on some senior ministers and army officers are being held but it's not clear by whom the president ibrahim book akita has been taken to a safe location it is the 10th day of protests and demonstrations are calling for the president alexander lukashenko after a disputed vote more than a week ago on monday he told striking state factory workers there will not be any new elections michelle obama and bernie sanders were among the speakers on day one of the virtual democratic national convention joe biden will be formally named as the democratic presidential candidate south africa is easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive the economy one survey found the break cause more than $30