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Again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the disappearance of hundreds of women and girls in peru raising more concerns about Domestic Violence during the coronavirus pandemic. And 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency in beirut giving the military full powers a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 injured and about 300000 have been left without a home officials are blaming vast stores of highly explosive ammonium i. Trait which they say were kept in unsafe conditions at the port from beirut zina holder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday hi
And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de
Ball also coming up us frozen Donald Trumps Campaign Account is briefly banned from tweeting or voy a coronavirus polls seem to be misinformation the same poll says been removed by facebook. Under the shadow of the Pandemic Police in argentina are also tackling a rise in crime. And 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 1000 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Thank you very much for joining us lebanons government has declared it 2 weeks 8 of emergency in beirut a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 are injured and about 300000 have been left without a home investigations are focusing on negligence with the officials believed to be responsible under house arrest now in a harder has our report from beirut. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion 11. 1 ha
Breaking ground on stirring controversy indias Prime Minister lays the foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque plus. Im lawrence lee in the northwest of england at the height of the tourism season some hoteliers a warning that the livelihoods of being put to rest because some visitors are failing to follow basic guidelines to control the spread of the virus and i. V. To stem it with their sport or f. L. Nobel confirms he will not defend his u. S. Open title later this month because of coronavirus feels. Its almost exactly 24 hours since that huge explosion ripped through the port of beirut causing extensive damage across the lebanese capital the destruction has been so widespread that song according. A catastrophe is a live picture of the scene right now where theres been a recovery operation underway we know that at least 113 people have been killed and more than 4000 injured and nearly 300000 people have lost their homes lebanons president has promised a fa