Of the tourism season where some hoteliers are warning that their livelihoods of being put at risk because some visitors are failing to follow basic guidelines to control the spread of the virus. Walk into the program lebanons cabinet has agreed to put several port officials under house arrest in connection with cheese days devastating explosion in the capital beirut at least 100 people were killed and thousands more injured when a fire tonight at more than 2 and a half 1000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate in a port warehouse beiruts governor says up to 300000 people have been left homeless describing the situation as in the city as apocalyptic 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 highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port caused the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged many are dead thousands are injured and hundreds are missing rescue workers worked through the night and into the morning as people and bodies were feared trapped underneath the rubble because it was. My husband is an employee at the Electricity Company he survived but his colleagues didnt the only non moving dead bodies from under the rubble this is a country already reeling from a dire economic crisis where 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line its people are not in a position to cope with this disaster. Or the. Material losses are sad but its nothing compared to those who lost their lives this is my taxi its my livelihood and im still paying for it. Everyone has a story of survival or tragedy the damage spread several kilometers many are blaming those in power for the catastrophe. This was lebanons hiroshima we trusted them with our money our souls our lives and they betrayed us why are they still in power they should all resign we only have their day will come. Authorities are appealing for help from the International Community the state is close to bankruptcy. Its like a big earthquake hit lebanon by route this will cost billions of dollars to restore the economy will get even worse because businesses have been hit entirely in order for it to relaunch a nice new investments we will not despair some countries have started to send much needed medical supplies the Health Care System was already close to collapse hospitals have been laying off staff in recent months because of the financial crisis and. We are an afflicted hospital there is no hospital as you can see hospital is closed and now we wait for our directors in order to receive instructions because we want to start the recovery workers cannot get in also as you can see because its unsafe the ceiling is falling down it is a critical situation. Lebanons leaders are promising an investigation to determine who was responsible for storing Ammonium Nitrate without Safety Measures at the port for years and. We are determined to investigate and reveal what happened as soon as possible and bring those responsible to justice and punish them accordingly we will transparently announce the results of these investigations but those who hold power are being blamed for negligence incompetence and corruption people are in shock with anger is also growing out of Political Class many blame for mismanagement and being responsible for running the economy into the ground months of protests calling for a new leadership have been met by a militarized state and demands by the International Community to fight corruption. Especially at beirut airport in order to be eligible for Financial Aid have gone unheard what many call a manmade disaster is the latest crisis to hit a country already on its knees so much has been lost when there was already so little. Lets go straight to. The lets start with house arrests. Any clearer as to who were talking about. Well the lebanese government met in an emergency session and they decided that port officials will be placed under house arrest pending the outcome of the investigations a committee was formed yesterday to investigate to find out what exactly happened who was responsible for keeping highly explosive material at beirut ports and we understand that the investigations are expected to conclude within a few days this is a government trying to show a very skeptical lebanese public that they will take action that theyre promising to hold accountable those responsible because a lot of people are in a state of shock this massive explosion that rocked the city but at the same time theres a lot of anger they believe that the Political Parties who are in power they should be held accountable they are responsible for negligence incompetence or sheer corruption and so forth officials for the time being will be placed under house arrest now you talk to anybody in the opposition and theyre saying this is not enough what we are demanding is an independent International Investigation they dont have faith in those in power those who have been appointed to run beirut ports they are loyal to Political Parties and they are not loyal to the state and this has been 11 on problems really for decades a very weak state where political powers really hold sway they control the different state institutions and this was one of the reasons why the International Community refused to bail out lebanon and give a blank check when it was almost begging for billions of dollars to kick start the economy a few months ago the International Community told them you need to fix corruption in state institutions or else there will be no blank check so the government showing that its taking. Swift action that it is serious but the public remain skeptical indeed going on behind you obviously is known going search and rescue scenario just bring us up to speed on whats going on on the pole teria right now. Yes behind me beirut port the site of that massive explosion im not sure if we can still call it rescue operations because a lot of people believe weve been talking to some red cross volunteers and what they have been saying is that we dont believe that there are survivors just look at the damage it was the explosion was so massive that what happened was there was a fire at one of the warehouses and firefighters immediately responded to the call but the while they were trying to put out the flames the fire spread to warehouse 12 for the highly explosive material was located and then we had this massive blast hundreds of people are missing family members desperate to find out to the fate of their loved ones also port employees many port employees who were at. Their work really when when this happened so yes the number of casualties expected to rise so far more than 100 killed 4000 injured 300000 made homeless. In beirut thank you. The governments around the world have been sending offers of assistance to lebanon front says 2 planes are being sent with aid and resources including Fire Fighters and medical staff french president Manuel Michael says the aid should allow for the treatment of 500 victims and hes due to travel to beirut to lets get more dominant chain in. Really any water or europe planning to do either individually as nations or even as part of the e. U. Here in germany there is a determination to offer as much assistance as possible search and rescue teams have been offered by the German Government to the lebanese authorities clearly also theres been the expressions of condolence to all those who were caught up in the disaster that took place in beirut on apparent european level the European Union has activated its Civil Protection mechanism which allows it to send more than 100 specialized rescue operatives firefighters trained dog teams to go to the site of the disaster to offer what assistance they can to the operations of the lebanese authorities 3 different you countries will be directly part of this of this operation with the Czech Republic the netherlands and greece all part of the Civil Protection mechanism sending members of staff sending personnel to beirut thats something that the e. U. Can do instantaneously as it were its also offering to the lebanese authorities access to the satellite information that the e. U. Has basically giving to the lebanese authorities satellite photography and that sort of thing to try to help them to coordinate their efforts on site and of course as i say they have been expressions of sympathy of condolence right across the e. U. To the lebanese authorities given the scale of the disaster that has that has unfolded in beirut w. K. Belly thank you. Well still ahead here on aljazeera solidarity with the people of indian administered kashmir protests take place in results to mark one years as india revoked the disputed regions autonomy. The votes are being counted in sri lanka in an election that good further increase the power of the rajapakse the dinner stick to stay with us here on aljazeera. Hello there is more heavy rain in the focus of all small Northern Areas of china and again across much of the Korean Peninsula is a massive cloud here that is not really all that is left of a recent Tropical Storm hoggard pit but this of course is was aided when it came onshore through southern areas of china and of course this rain coming down on some very saturated ground so once again the streets are just running with water now it will ash begin to draw out across much of that region but not to the north and in fact some very heavy rain across the Korean Peninsula is the remnants of that Tropical Storm really just getting caught up in this from which is lying to the north of maybe steadily east would say by friday its a repeat of the same the rain heavy across northern china and again what he spoke cross the elysee producing those very heavy rains again into already flooded areas of the Korean Peninsula and then across into india nice and have the rains easing up either plenty of cloud in the last year as a no surprise weve seen flooding in mumbai the rains have been particularly trenchant have for the last few days and then north to ease up anytime soon as we go through thursday the rains again very heavy through coastal areas pushing up into giraffes very widespread elsewhere but also you notice very heavy rains down across into karratha and then through friday beginning to ease away from her russia but heavy rains across southern areas of pakistan. 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Youre watching aljazeera with me so wrong a reminder of our top news stories lebanons cabinet has agreed to play several beirut told officials under house arrest in connection with tuesdays devastating explosion the government says 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited in an Industrial Facility causing destruction across the city and beiruts governor says 300000 people have been displaced in the aftermath of the explosion at least 100 people were killed and more than 4000 wounded overwhelming hospitals across the capital. The pakistans Prime Minister has called india an oppressor a year after new delhi stripped the autonomy of indian administered kashmir it accused it of turning the muslim majority region into an open air prison the area is in lockdown to prevent protesters from gathering on the anniversary no curfew is being overseen by the military many local political leaders have been detained for months and thousands of people rallied in pakistani administered kashmir in solidarity they gathered in the regional capital as well as other cities a one minute silence was held at a rally in the National Capital islamabad. Has more from pakistans capital. The Prime Minister of. Speaking on. A forum. What was happening across the border was not a lockdown by death. Of god. The indian saying that Indian Forces were meeting out. Against the people of kashmir the. President. Speaking before a crowd. And a government under their in their modi following a demographic change. Something that they have learned from the israelis across pakistan it is considered a black day because it marks one of the an occasion of meat off the article to 70 boardwalk but there are also apprehensions that night in their more days with its controversial citizenship law and a fact i did a lifelong member of the raj to. Indicate that india is now moving away from that they kill a policy that did you to have and that it is going in an extreme direction which of course is also angering neighborhoods like nepal bangladesh and china also the fact that india worth calling me to issue a bilateral issue but after article teeth 70 world war trying our doorstep object thing do this unilaterally move because china is also the 3rd party to that. As a result of the problem is the new delhi she says to missing just me or accusing the Indian Government of trying to stifle position by placing the region of the curfew. Political leaders who had been planning to meet today to try to find a political solution have not been allowed to do so there are Police Outside their home and barbed wire on the roads but meanwhile members of the countrys governing body the party in. The capital they met and hoisted indian flag and celebrated by sharing sweets now they has not been much the Indian Government hasnt said much if anything about me today the entire focus today of the government the mainstream news media has been whats happening in a town called in northern india which has been indias most controversial and contested religious site and thats because its many hindus believe that its the birthplace of their god and it is where 1992 a 16th century mosque was destroyed it has been a legal battle for decades and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi when there today to know who rates. The building the start of construction on this temple fulfilling a very longstanding promise by the government to build this temple and of course revoking autonomy and so both of these things happening on the same day and promising that is there more than was joined by some of the countrys most prominent hindu nationalist leaders despite the fact that coronavirus restrictions for people gathering he was there was Something Like 175. 00 people invited to the event and who attended well in. The centuries old by both hindus and muslims and was the focus of a very long legal battle in 1992 a group of hindus tore down a 460 year old mosque built by. The. Demolition of the barbary mosque assistance one of indias worst religious riots an estimated 2000 people were killed some senior politicians of the governing Hindu Nationalist Party b j p are on trial charged with conspiring to bring down the mosque they deny the accusations for more than 3 decades b j p made rebuilding a temple in a year a part of his Election Campaign and after years of legal tussle the Supreme Court last year gave control of the land to hindus and allowed construction of the temple muslims were given another plot of land to build a mosque. Is a Political Editor of the caravan of the investigative news magazine he says the events that took place could be seen as a way for the ruling party to increase its Popular Support this is a defining moment or to a simple lick transition towards a hindu nationalist state and in this the question here in temple are linked the ive seen as doing away with some of the accommodation of his slum that defined Indian Nation or since independence that was the only muslim majority state this is a symbol of form this government and the people who back it of the most important course the temple so clearly what we are seeing is an escalation of a process that was set in motion with the election of now into more the in 2014 we are going to see more steps in that direction we are looking at the consecration the finishing of the temple just in time for the next elections 2025 is the 100th year of the. Fundamentalist organization can be a part of most organizations that are shia some say work which is the graving force the b. G. P. Is just the political wing the head of the artist as was but isnt there will be along with more the on stage at the consecration of the temple we will see steps lake most lately a uniform civil court which again is a step that will be pitched as a liberal step embarrassing all indians but its intention again will be the seem to make sure that any idea of pandering or being almost limbs in india is good to saved god out and it will be sold to the last majority of people who support the b. G. P. In that fashion. I think you cross to beirut speaking there on camera now is lebanons information minister dr manaul. No shes telling the public that beirut will now be under a 2 week emergency lockdown and t