for the maritime mission of the port. mike has been an instrumental champion, an ever exuberant voice for the maritime family, building a strong [inaudible] with the tenants throughout the career in our time at the port. [inaudible] master of ceremonies at the annual p.s.a. [inaudible] mike was always there at our side to be our creative spirit and over-the-top sense of human. mcac sends best wishes to his family for the future. mike, i think i agree with everything that has been said. i just -- i was also in shock when i found out you were retiring. it seems like every meeting, we have a new person who has so much institutional knowledge and so much history with the port and who has so much devotion to the port leaving us. i just want to say it's been so wonderful working with you. you've been such a pleasure to work with. you have such a great representation, not just in the maritime, but everyone, as they said, knows you nationally, internationally, and you just have done so much for the port of san francisco. so from o

i'm with the ports maritime division. r today's presentation i'm joined virtually by the maritime director andray coleman and john grub, keith and alan are representing bac. today i bring before the commission for your consideration and direction, a proposal that would return the klamath back to the san francisco waterfront. the bac has been a driving force since 1945 and this year celebrate their 75th anniversary. area council mission is to engage business and civic minded leaders to solve the regional issues to ensure the bay area is the most inclusive area in the world. the work includes informing and mobilizing business, civic and political leaders on the most critical issues and opportunities facing the region. bca is an association that include many maritime stakeholders as members. the proposal is preparing the ferry boat klamath and moore in pier 9. it will allow the klamath to become an important historic meeting place and regional destination for leaders, and the broader community. office space would be available

it might seem to meet all of the criteria, the waterfront plan, the port goals, the r.f.p., the port community values, but this inherently all these things, really big problems, the tower height, the massing. i don't think the waterfront port, in echoing the previous speaker, there is too much commercial space. who is going to use a big public pool? i belong to the bay club. it's not conducive to the ada, the kids, the family. how do you get into the pool? berthing four yachts and what not. there is no social equity there. it's only for the wealthy. it doesn't meet everyone's needs. it's only for people who can afford to bring the -- the condition is incredible. this is covid time. i was actually coming hope from an appointment and i had to during midday by 1:00 in the afternoon, coming on the embarcadero to turn left on bryant, actually the two were going through the other two through lanes. i ended up driving on embarcadero on the pier side so i wouldn't have to wait and block the traffic. it's already congested. the other thing, san francisco is doing a congestion study and they ha

it might seem to meet all of the criteria, the waterfront plan, the port goals, the r.f.p., the port mmunity values, but this inherently all these things, really big problems, the tower height, the massing. i don't think the waterfront port, in echoing the previous speaker, there is too much commercial space. who is going to use a big public pool? i belong to the bay club. it's not conducive to the ada, the kids, the family. how do you get into the pool? berthing four yachts and what not. there is no social equity there. it's only for the wealthy. it doesn't meet everyone's needs. it's only for people who can afford to bring the -- the condition is incredible. this is covid time. i was actually coming hope from an appointment and i had to during midday by 1:00 in the afternoon, coming on the embarcadero to turn left on bryant, actually the two were going through the other two through lanes. i ended up driving on embarcadero on the pier side so i wouldn't have to wait and block the traffic. it's already congested. the other thing, san francisco is doing a congestion study and they have

the free excuse me the free market area yes the beirut free market area of the port and that cooking oil spread to the rubber tires so cooking oil spread to the rubber tires that was stored at this warehouse in beirut port so you know i can i can just tell you when when the people of beirut saw this fire every word it brought back back memories a lot of people have been traumatized you can see how much smoke there is. indeed indeed the pictures are quite impressive these are live pictures from beirut the skies of beirut clouded in black smoke this says say over a month after the deadly explosion at the ports there's a fire now burning there as it was just saying this is said to be an accidental fire by a by the authorities as in as you say people in lebanon i imagine still traumatized by the august 4th explosion and now seeing this launch for you most drank small can the skies once again in beirut must be adding to their worries and concerns i know there's an investigation in going into the explosion of august 4th that deadly explosion at the port what is the nativist on that. well th

the governor of they let my when i was asked to evacuate the port and all the area surrounding the ports and yeah citizens to stay in their homes and close their windows because the black smoke behind me maybe talks. our correspondent reza on some reporting for us from beirut thank you so much. in mexico construction crews have unearthed a graveyard of ice age mammoths archaeologists say the site of a new airport north of mexico city could be one of the world's largest deposits of mammoth a skeleton. officials knew it was a good spot to build an airport but it wasn't until they got digging that they realized what it used to be good for to. the bones that discovered telltales that may have been buried for some 24000 years. and this is enough the other ghettos in this place would have been like paradise but with one great pitfall the muddy banks of delight and the story obviously repeated itself over and over again the animals ventured too far out got stuck and were killed either by other animals or by man. scientists say they've discovered more than 100 mammoth skeletons here spread acros

this is a meeting of the san francisco port commission for tuesday, september 22, 2020. item thunder bay one is roll call. [roll call] madame president, all members of the commission are present. item number two is the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. item number three is approval of minutes for the september 8, 2020 port commission meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> could we please have a roll call vote. >> president brandon? [roll call] commissioner gilman? i think you're on muy. >> apologies. yes. >> thank you. [continuing roll call] >> [inaudible] the minutes of the august 11, 2020 meeting are adopted. >> all right. that brings us to item number four, announcements. please be advised that a member of the public has up to thee minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item, unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. please note that during the public comment period,

a month after the beirut ports explosion hints of life beneath the collapsed buildings and rescue teams digging into the rubble. welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters here in doha also coming up fire erupts onboard a super tanker carrying 2000000 barrels of oil off the coast of sri lanka. the u.s. president donald trump launches another attack on the credibility of mail in ballots a day after suggesting people should vote twice. and dying from hunger during a pandemic warnings coronavirus restrictions could cause thousands more people to become malnourished in india. the top story one month after the explosion in beirut rescue teams have been digging into the ruins of one collapsed building after finding signs of life underneath it scanning equipment picked up indications of a pulse and breathing the search team includes volunteers from chile the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored ammonium nitrate igniting at the ports more than $200.00 people were killed $6000.00 were injured and hundreds of thousands

into the world at large but that also makes the port dependent on bella ruse a 3rd of play but as revenues come from its dealings with the authoritarian government in minsk that's why port managers are worried about the unrest in the country. is a threat to. market share business there was a relationship bellows president alexander lukashenko needs clayburgh as well though the main reason for that is his country's huge oil refineries which he visited just recently in august. the refineries are a major source of hard currency for beller use their process cheaply bought crude oil from russia into petrol and diesel which is sold abroad for a hefty markup but since russia raised the price of its crude lucas shango has been importing the oil from other countries by a better. oh it's a known fact that in 6 months belarus imported more than 5000000 tons of crude oil from russia and somewhat more than a 1000000 tons from other sources. 2 tankers even came from the u.s. and oil also arrived from saudi arabia and doesn't budge on. within the e.u. lithuania is one of those hardest critics an

it's been a month since the explosion of beirut port and many like north are still struggling to cope this is my 1st time i mean i am off to the explosion at the time of the explosion i was feeling really bad that i couldn't go down and help people but i was just very afraid of leaving my home even though the blast rips through neighborhoods like. killing nearly 200 people and wounding 1000 but some injuries can't be seen what is a matter of concern for ras now what he called the healing scars what you don't see . the blast was lebanon's latest calamity. many businesses already reeling from a deep economic crisis were impacted united nations estimates 70000 people have been put out of work that's 12000 households lebanon was also on the verge of a humanitarian crisis with more than 50 percent of its people in poverty. is thankful that he and his family survived the explosion their home is just a kilometer from the port they struggle to carry on like so many others they rely on aid agencies for handouts and. my car was destroyed or used to be a doctor i was able to feed my family and b

. >> it's been exactly a month since a catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut killed nearly 200 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods in the lebanese capitol. one month after rescue teams are digging through the debris. one search team says it has detected signs of life upped the rubble of a collapsed building. workers are cuesing bulldozers and bare hands to try to reach a otential survivor. >> prompted by signs of heartbeat, workers dig through the rubble of this collapsed building on one of the worst-hit streets in the august 4 explosion. using a sensor, a search and rescue team said they detected what could be the pulse of 18 to 19 beats per minute. efforts were halted on thursday night, though. the building deemed too unstable for rescuers to contitinue witht heavy machinery. > [speaking foreign language] >> the explosion has devastated the country which was already grappling with the financial crisis and politicical instability. damage to homes and infrastructure has been estimated at $4.6 billion. 300,000 people have been left homeless, while others are unable to with

another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port employee ran away in fear. it was here a little over a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least $100.00 people on. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. their westpac. a small. half an hour later the army released this statement it said a warehouse where oil tires were stored fire. was likely caused by welding thick black smoke covered the army deployed the few firefighting helicopters it has to help crews put out the flames that raged for hours these men lost their cool legs in the august blast at the time they were called in to put out the fire. and told there was nearly 3000 tons of highly explosive. in the warehouse which triggered the devastating explosion. have reason to panic the army said it discovered 4 tons of ammonium nitrate. near one of the ports and says that there was dangerous material still stored despite the cleanup efforts. the army said it destroyed the material the state prosecuto

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the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry buildingof creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the ferry building. >> there are a lot of visitors here. definitely a lot of locals, too, who feel strongly about the connection to the marketplace. >> you were mentioning that this is pierre -- pier 14. >> first, it was a brick water for the downtown ferry terminal, constructed in 2001. after that, we added public access on top of it and connected it to the land side. now is eight 637-foot-long public access pier to enjoy the day, watched the very activity. there is a little bit of art on top of it. there are swivel chairs on a it and there are little sea >> can you t about proposition a that may affect this waterfront parks -- that may affect the waterfront? >> of the voters approved proposition 8. >> whic

he has just been speaking to some of those partners at the port about how they can organize that. problem is that as much as international leaders t trying o helplp lebanon might say that, e reality with this money is that first these organizations need to work with the government, because that is the only way they are allowed to operate here. also, the way that aid comes into the country, through the port and the airport, it automatically goes through corrupt hands because of the way run, those institutions are where bribery and smuggling are rife, and still billions from state revenue every year. that is a grave concern. another concern is that they tried to work with partners on the ground, because of the banking system here. that is another problem for local charities, where money goes into the banking system, they have their different way that it comes out, which is different from the dollar to ra street right. liras currently $7,000 to the dollar. but in some banks, it is 1500 lira said the dollar. so it could be have. people on the street are saying, please don't direct any

who visited neighborhoods damaged by the devastating explosion at port. f the oceans there are anger frustration and a little bit of. its combines all together. that it was before and. it's clear. here it's the youth who are making the change and hopefully it's not for the kids. for us. accused of betrayal for failing to form a nonpartisan government to deal with the deep economic crisis. you see. is in desperate need of financial assistance to rebuild what was damaged by the port blast and revive the collapsing economy and other international powers have refused to provide aid. are made those who want. to bring. change through protest action that is why many were pinning their hopes on the international community but they've been disillusioned by mccraw giving the political class what . gave them another 6 weeks to implement france's roadmap sagna whose house was destroyed in the port explosion believes a new deadline won't change much and the ruling class accused of decades of corruption give up power she says. he gave them another chance to agree but th

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sam rudda is the director of ports. >> reporter: in 2009 you had an ambitious goal of really eliminatingrucks that didn't happen. >> it has not happened to the same speed that we had hoped. >> reporter: the trucking industry fought the change and government money to implement it dried up. 40% of truck visits to the port in march this year were by trucks from model years 1994 to 2006, which don't meet current emissions standards. though rudda sees progress. >> you go back a few years and it was two-thirds were the older trucks and now it's only one-third. >> reporter: the port authority says emissions have fallen overall, many of the trucks in newark aren't connected to the port and rudda says he'd welcome more regulation. >> we all want the air to be cleaner. we want it to be safe. >> reporter: especially the families whose lives are on the line. >> good job, high-five. >> advocates like kim see recent progress. the new jersey governor is expected to sign a new law aimed at reducing pollution in minority communities. >> reporter: coming up, it's been called a critical tool for stopping c

well son it is still the 2nd fire at the port complex this week and this is just weeks after that massive explosion how are people reacting seeing these flames. when she knew the captain isn't it took a state of panic. witnesses that told us that when they were driving they slow cars that were reversing near the highway near the border and because they were scared they were panicking because the memories of the poor and explosion came back to their minds and people there told us that they are through with the government and the and the need there is and they think that they are unable to manage they can she and that's that is right here i. think there's a prison and they couldn't preserve the security of the competent and on social media for youngest of the people is a break here and what are authorities doing to make sure that the port is actually security. as you can hear. the monkey they live in he's. trying. to put down the blaze and there are fire trucks that are trying to pull down these as well and. the governor of they with might want to avoid asked to evacuate the fort and all of

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to be i'm the standing facing the beirut ports and as you see behind me there is small this small queue can see it and in any area you stand in beirut. the cause of the needs was not here yet but the fire erupted from warehouse to bring oil and storing tires in the beirut boards. witnesses told us that they saw that means it's where it was going on before the fire erupted the fire didn't you know they're dead zone which is central to that they looked for to investigate it up today in an area that was that separates you with a precision after that they would point to. rest and it is still the 2nd fire at the port complex this week and this is just weeks after that massive explosion how are people reacting seeing these flames. when you. the captain isn't talking plates of panic. witnesses that told us that when they were driving they sold cars that were reversing near the highway near the border because they were scared they were panicking because the memories of the oldest were explosion came back to their minds and people who told us that they are through with the government and the lea

moment of remembrance at 6 o 8 pm that's the time almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited in the port sending a devastating blast wave across the city 200 people died thousands wounded. of the many buildings reduced to rubble one is now the focus of a search for a possible survivor of the signs of life were detected on thursday so far though scans of the building have been unsuccessful. what we have seen so far is unfortunately no trace of any victim of body we have been conducting 2 scans in 2 different room holding the scanner on the board we just need a. 'd pencil to make a hole so we did that so far we can see nothing. but we are going to conduct again i'm sure another thing is ducked we work in phase the coordination is quieter she here together with the military. lebanese military we have a very good team everybody's working hand in hand al-jazeera takes a look back at the blast that forever changed lebanon it's been a month since the explosion of beirut port and many like north are still struggling to cope this is my 1st time coming to modify and after the explosion at the time

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of a fire erupts at the beirut port which was the site of an explosion that killed at least a $190.00 people last month. and we report from chile for historic talks between indigenous leaders and the government hope to resolve an increasingly violent conflict. greece is under growing pressure to relocate thousands of refugees whose camp was destroyed by 2 nights of fire aid agencies say moving them from the island of less boss to the greek mainland is now a humanitarian imperative those who are living at mahdia camp which is the biggest in europe picked through its remains on thursday to salvage whatever they could most spend the night in makeshift tents on the side of the road or under trees e.u. member states are making plans to accept some of the refugees john psaropoulos has been inside the camp just a few hours ago. it's almost as though we're on another planet everything has been reduced to its elements this site however is where the government insists on rebuilding a new secure closed facility the residents of moria village just a kilometer away from here are absolutely against

the army found more explosive at the port. new government, let alone a new future. what happens in lebanon matters to the rest of us. the world does not need another collapsed and broken state in its most dangerous and unstable region. and that is the risk right now if this downward spiral doesn't cease. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. people have been making the most of the sunshine in france which is in the midst of an autumn heatwave. 1015 degrees above average. a number of september heat records were recorded on monday. 45.6 degrees since 1961. beaches remain open but not more than ten people can gather in public spaces because of the virus. the hopes of the president returning to cote d'ivoire boosted by two of his rivals being barred from standing by the constitutional court. both men have convictions and are barred from standing with a criminal record. last month the president said he would stand again. the former fifa secretary has gone on trial on corruption charges. he faces charges of corruption. they say it has help

who visited neighborhoods damaged by the devastating explosion at port. of the ocean your anger frustration and a little bit of. its combines all together but for. the 400 he was telling me that it will get better for you and for your and i made it clear. here it's the use. you're making the change and hopefully it's not for the kids change will be for us. accused lebanon's leaders of betrayal for failing to form a nonpartisan government to deal with the deep economic crisis for some lebanese it was the french leader who betrayed them. in trying to diplomacy we have seen no sanctions we have seen no. failed negotiations on the table. lebanon is in desperate need of financial assistance to rebuild what was damaged by the port blast and revive the collapsing economy france and other international powers have refused to provide aid before reforms are made those who want a new leadership were not able to bring about change through protest action that is why many were pinning their hopes on the international community but they've been disillusioned by giving th

explosive materials at the port. like dib, adib could be held hostage by a political establishment that has been written -- reluctant to threaten their interests. but this time they may have little choice. the state is close to collapse. the international community says there will not be blank checks. in the words of new prime minister, this may be lebanon's last opportunity to save itself. has announced it reached an agreement with israel to end the escalation of violence in the region. the deal follows more than three weeks of cross-border exchanges of fire. israel has bombed gaza almost daily since august 6 in response to incendiary devices and rockets launched from the palestinian territory. in west jerusalem, more on the wider effects of the deal. reporter: it is all coming from the hamas side, which is typical. israel tends not to say anything about these announcements. media,ng to israeli there are israeli defense sources who are confirming what hamas is saying at least to the extent that there is an agreement

so in order to enable the port to begin growing plants needed for the proposed project, the port and restoration authority agreed to divide the larger scope of work that will ultimately be funded by the restoration authority into phases, beginning with this first two years of collecting, cultivating, planting and maintaining marsh plants. and that is the $297,000 grant that we are presenting today. so in conclusion, supervisors, we respectfully request your approval of the resolution to authorize the port to initiate phase one of the heron's head park shoreline resilience project. and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. thank you. >> clerk: madam chair -- >> chair fewer: sorry, sorry. any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing none, [echo] let's open this up for public comment. >> clerk: madam chair, operation is checking to see if there's any callers in the queue. operations, please let us know if there are callers that are ready. if you have not already done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, continue to wait until the

another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port employed use ran away in fear it was here a little over a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least 190 people. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. their westpac. their work that is we are butterflied more and more each day we are afraid of what may come people nearby left the area we are running away to a small fire caused a huge blast last time this fire might cause a bigger disaster and that's to get alabama but here half an hour later the army released this statement it's at a warehouse where oil is in tires were stored caught fire it didn't say how but officials say it was likely caused by welding thick black smoke covered beirut the army deployed the few firefighting helicopters it has to help crews put out the flames that raged for hours. these men lost their colleagues in the august blast at the time they were called in to put out the fire not knowing and not told there was nearly $3000.00 ton

next, we look at the war of 1812 and find out why this port is in existence and how it came about. why is the largest stone fort in the united states here today? the war of 1812 was a backdrop to that story. in 1812, the british invaded the united states. they arrived at the chesapeake bay. there was no one here to stop them. iny moved up all the way chesapeake bay. they were stopped at a place called baltimore. the reason? fort macon ray. -- fort mchenry. after the war of 1812, james madison said, we need to establish fortifications up and down the eastern seaboard. they recruited general simon bernard, the french engineer, who helped us establish the system we use today. it's an example of the largest and best of all of those ports. it was decided that port comfort was the location for fort monroe. it wasn't finished until 1834. the model that we see today is exactly what it would look like in 1834 when the first soldiers began to populate this fortification. the frenchman, general simon b ernard, was an intelligent engineer. he made it one of the strongest strongholds in the unit

when b tst happened, the port was pulverized. ee on there is a lebanese -- lebanese investigation underway and arrests have been made. nybut ma fear the truth will be buried underneath the rubble. they say the few -- the history tt lebanon is lied with coverups. the country has been crumbling for decades under the weight ofp coon and sectarian divisions set in stone since the end of lebanon's civil war. some hope the latest catastrophe can be a turning point, like a construction boss clearing the destruction of the blast for free. >> this was not an explosion, this was an implosion. all this destruction around me, despair, death. i see hope, a new country, my dreams materializing. orla: but christina francis has lost herream, the luxury flat where she and her lebanese fiance were supposed to live. for her, the blast is the last straw. >> you feel like you are suffocated, especially with this government and the economic crisis we are going through. the only way out of this application is to leave lebanon, unfortunately. orla: are d

moment of remembrance at 6 o 8 pm that's the time almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited in the port sending a devastating blast wave across the city 200 people died thousands wounded. of

whose house was destroyed in the port explosion. much of the ruling class accused of decades of corruption give up power. he gave them another chance to agree but they won't be able to do that they don't want to rescue the country they want to rob the country but i have hope in michael he made us feel like human beings and citizens of a nation the international community did step in to provide much needed assistance to the port blast victims but in the absence of a political solution there is concern lebanon's parties are tied to foreign countries in particular the united states and iran their power struggle is played out here everybody stepping up. from both sides. so. what i am asking from this big. nation. ok to help the lebanese people france accused lebanon's leaders of holding the country and its people hostage many such as libyan agree. beirut. president mccraw is expected to meet opposition leaders for atlanta taken off sky on tuesday he's in the lithuanian capital where he's been holding talks with the president have agreed

when it came to gossip, the port authority had the authority of most bureaucracies, but they could not stick around to satisfy their curiosity because one had a meeting downstairs. attead, they stopped weekly levinsohn table to say goodbye, then they walked to the lobby and caught a waiting elevator. a few strides behind them, liz chum -- liz thompson and jeffrey worden hurried to get on board. quickly, they stepped in, then the doors closed and the last people ever to leave windows on the world began their dissent. it was 8:44 a.m. james: the events of september 11 that happened -- began in minutes later took place over a vast amount of real estate, the two towers as you know were 110 stories each. each of those floors was one acre, you're talking about essentially 220 acres, 220 football fields of terrain that was involved in this catastrophe. i am going to run through a few of what thewe have building looked like and what the damage -- what's the damage entailed. north tower and this shows the impact as you can see it began around the 94th floor. the 99thry top there, floor you can

and no humanity there was already much outrage over how the authorities handled the crisis since the port explosion they have been absent in the rescue relief recovery and rebuilding efforts is volunteers local and international n.g.o.s who have taken the lead and yet again it is them on the front lines of lebanon's latest calamity many wonder if it was false hope or whether there was a real chance to find life amid all the darkness. beirut. that been protests on the yemeni island of sokoto against the establishment of military bases by the united arab emirates and israel have been reports that you countries are planning to set up the bases following their agreements to normalize relations the u.a.e. began to appoint hundreds of troops to support in 28. the un's atomic watchdog group confirms iran the stockpiling enriched uranium well below the limits sent by world powers in the 2050 nuclear deal they are a sense it's reached more than 10 times the limit society done to the agreement that promised iran economic incentives in the turn for curbs on its nuclear program so ron is trying to pr

the army found more explosive at the port. eed a new government, let alone a new future. what happens in lebanon matters to the rest of us. the world does not need another collapsed and broken state in its most dangerous and unstable region. and that is the risk right now if this downward spiral doesn't cease. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. much of china has returned to a more normal pace of life since some lockdowns were relaxed in spring. but as many cities have found, that relaxation may only be brief and containment can come back, very fast. injune, beijing saw a sudden surge of cases linked to a wholesale market. authorities immediately quarantined close contacts, locked down nearby areas, and mass tested residents. the bbc‘s china correspondent stephen mcdonell explores the new ‘normal‘ in beijing. anyone who has been to beijing and has had a look around this area of the city, would not recognise this intersection. this is more like the beijing we are used to, plenty of life. it is actually a bit hard to ci’oss it is act

and no humanity there was already much outrage over how the authorities handled the crisis since the port explosion they have been absent in the rescue relief recovery and rebuilding efforts there's volunteers local and international n.g.o.s who have taken the lead and yet again it is them on the front lines of lebanon's latest calamity many wonder if it was false hope or whether there was a real chance to find life amid all the darkness seneca's beirut recorded corona virus infections of past 4000000 in india after registering a record 86000 on saturday is the 3rd country to pass the 4000000 mark after the u.s. and brazil the government is pushing to reopen businesses to revive a shrinking economy the iraqi authorities are warning hospitals may lose control of the outbreak within days of and 5000 new infections were announced on saturday the highest rise yet in mom's hospitals have suffered years of conflict inadequate funding and neglect dozens of schools in france of closed days after opening for the new academic year a record increase of nearly $9000.00 new infections announced on fri

the army found more explosive at the port. n't even agreed a new government, let alone a new future. what happens in lebanon matters to the rest of us. the world does not need another collapsed and broken state in its most dangerous and unstable region. and that is the risk right now if this downward spiral doesn't cease. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. a new treatment for covid—i9 that uses artificial antibodies is about to be tested in uk hospitals. mono—clonal antibodies are made in laboratories, and it's hoped they will boost the effect of the antibodies that occur naturally in people infected with coronavirus. some 2,000 patients will be given the treatment to see if it's effective at fighting the virus. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. antibodies are the warriors of the immune system, playing a vital role by attacking the coronavirus. now they are being harnessed in a promising new treatment. currently, there are very few medicines to help covid—i9 patients. the most successful was discovered by the uk'

and they say that they've gone through their list of people who live close to the ports explosion site there are some people who are still unaccounted for so far they're confirmed 16 deaths among the refugees but even those who are accounted counted for they cannot say for sure that these people are missing because of the blast maybe they went back to syria so it's still not clear if there's somebody underneath that rubble and the identity of that person keeps people keep us across the developments i'm sure but in the meantime thanks very much in the heart of the live at the scene of what's going on in beirut. now police in the u.s. city of portland oregon have used tear gas to break up protesters during a $100.00 straight nights of demonstrations some people were also arrested and stretches began after the death of a black man george floyd in police custody in may the u.s. president donald trump dispatched federal agents to the city in july saying local authorities were incapable of stopping the unrest they were later withdrawn. on the other side of the country there have been more de

the army found more explosive at the port. even agreed a new government, let alone a new future. what happens in lebanon matters to the rest of us. the world does not need another collapsed and broken state in its most dangerous and unstable region. and that is the risk right now if this downward spiral doesn't cease. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: swirling in the clouds above venus — the extraordinary possibility of life? 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there's people alive and there's people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco, at the church where she married prince ranier, 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war. but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case has been forcefully presented by mr badinter, the justice minister. he

reporter: another fire at the port, another scare for residents of the capital. away in fear.e a little over a month ago a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing 190 people. memories still fresh now. those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. there was panic. petrified more and more each day. we are afraid of what may come. people left to the area. we are running away. a small fire caused a huge blast last time. this might cause a bigger disaster. reporter: half an hour later the army said a warehouse where oils and tires were stored caught fire. he did not say how but officials say it was caused by welding. black smoke covered beirut. the army deployed the firefighting helicopters it has to help the people put out the flames that raged for hours. the men lost their colleagues in the august 4 blast. they were called to put out the fire not knowing and not told nearly 3000 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate in the warehouse which triggered the devastating explosion. people say they have reason to panic. a week ago the army disc