And 75 years after the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki by the united. With the minute. That americans once they think of the events of 945. 00. Terms of. It being justified i think its tough to believe people for the mistakes of history i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it. Hi thanks for joining us youre watching the weekly here. Theres been a tense standoff in the lebanese capital amid an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds who were calling for justice. We went to martyr square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country. Musics. A single government minister. A Police Officer was reportedly killed in the clashes a large number of people were injured more than 700 some state is reportedly trying to break through a barrier blocking a street that led to parliament a number of arrests were made protesters were demanding the removal
President was s rced to resesn two days ago. Us on francening 24. We start with that developing story out of russia where Alexey Navalny is in the hospital followowing a suspected poisoni. Dr. Say he is fighting for his life. Ny has been a fierce critic of vladimir putin. To get to the latest, lets bring in our moscow correspondent, evan gursky mitch. What exactly is happening there . Evan Alexey N Navalny was tourg siberia this week ahead of lolol electionons. He was flying outut this mornrng from a city in siberia to return to moscow. Heut an houour into the flight reportrtedly fell ill and was screaming and moaning in papain according g to a video released after the plane landed d in an emerergency landing in another city. He was taken to the hospital and has been in a coma. We havenent had any reporort c. Apparently blood tests have been run. Theynyys close aides say haveve not been given n that. They belelieve he was poisisone. So far, state authorities have not said what their ex
The eeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuingions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Intha simmons. Police 15 people have died at least 15 people have died after a flight crash landed and broke into two at an airport. The Lebanese Movement hezbollah has denied any involvement in the blast in beirut. [inaudible] Record Numbers of migrants crossing English Channel with pressure of local counc s today, we will be taking 23 young people into our care. Samantha lockdown measur fecting pars of Northern England have been extended in lancaster because of a spike of coronavirus cases. At least 15 people have died and many more are injured after an india jet with 91 passengers on board crash landed at an airport after arriving from dubai. The plane split into o on impact. Several passengers have been injured after the jet overshot the runway. The flight was a Repatriation Mission i fian stuck oversea
Alone welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us times are already tough in lebanon food prices were rising Power Outages becoming more frequent and coronavirus case numbers climbing now the need to rebuild the countrys largest port following explosion on tuesday threatens to expose just how threadbare the countrys economy really is. A city in ruins. Its gateway to the Global Economy destroyed. Lebanon is scrambling to pick up the pieces of this weeks explosion. But long before the blast levanon to qana mewe was then a death spiral. Rampant inflation in an increasingly worthless currency plunging many lebanese into poverty hunger and despair. All now are sure to get worse. More than 250000 people have lost their homes in beirut. And countless businesses have been destroyed. And we compensate. We lost our houses all shops and a house of my grandfather. Lost my uncles wife and we took out from under the rubble is there anything bigger than this except
The training. Innovation and education. But this is one game we cant afford to lose the World Food Program fights and a world war helping people help themselves my goal is 0 longer. The lebanese economy is in freefall now the countrys largest port is out of commission and the entire city quarter is in need of rebuilding a look at the economic consequences of tuesdays explosion in beirut. Also want to show the democratic republic of congo is hit with a surge in inflation after the pen to make its a further squeeze on exports. Both welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us times are already tough in lebanon on food prices rising Power Outages becoming more frequent and coronavirus case numbers climbing now the need to rebuild the countrys largest port following an explosion on tuesday threatens to expose just how threadbare the countrys economy really is. A city in ruins its gateway to the Global Economy destroyed lebanon is scrambling to pick up the