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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 fast and transparent investigation and the cabinet has agreed to put a number of ports officials under house arrest when investigators look into the chain of events that led to tuesdays explosions aljazeera is. In beirut begins our coverage. 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 telling them what. My husband is an employee at the Electricity Company he survived but his colleagues didnt they only nonmoving their 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 the state is close to bankruptcy and the cost of damage is estimated at 3000000000. 00 the damage spread several kilometers more than 300000 people are now displaced its people are not in a position to cope with this disaster. And 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 god 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 roots 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. Especially manky 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 but anger is also growing at a 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. And 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. And so it is with us. So 24 hours on since this explosion i know youve had very little sleep in the last 36 hours reporting almost constantly on events until going to people about their experiences how would you before we talk about the latest developments how would you describe the mood in the city right now you mentioned in your report a growing sense of anger. Yes anger shock families still awaiting and so according to the Health Minister dozens remain missing the Search Operations continue trying to find bodies or or even survivors trapped underneath the rubble either at beirut ports or in other buildings across the city so dozens of families really dont know the fate of their loved ones and that we saw many shop owners there in despair theres a sense of desperation theres a who is going to bail us out who is going to help us we dont have money to fix our shops this was our only source of livelihood like we mentioned the economy you know theres a theres a deep crisis here a workforce 32 percent of the workforce is unemployed 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line so they are wondering who is going to provide them help 300000 people are now homeless some are lucky enough to have relatives in other areas in the country but others are started to gather their belongings put them in suitcases and we watched some of them do that and and head to churches or mosques to find shelter so the mood is one of desperation shock people cannot understand what happened that was a massive explosion and this is a country that has seen its share of violence but nothing to what people really witnessed yesterday zain what are we to make then of this cabinet agreement to place the number of pools officials on the house arrest after the explosion. Yes the government deciding that the officials responsible for storing and guarding beirut ports since 2014 they will be placed under house arrest pending the outcome of vesta geisha ins officials are saying or are promising that the outcome of investigations will be revealed within the next 5 days theyre saying its going to be transparent but will this you know be enough for a very skeptical lebanese population many in the opposition are calling for the need for independent International Investigators to to look into the the cause of the blast because many is state institutions are run by Political Parties and they have appointed their men their loyalists to positions and these people are loyal to parties and not the state so many feel that there will be some sort of a cover up many are not you know you tell them this accident and they say no no no this was not an accident this is a criminal act against the people of lebannon so you have that sense of anger in the streets now will it translate to something its hard to say weve seen months of protest since october but they havent achieved the their goals and the goal is a new leadership those in power are clinging on to power and they control all the different state institutions as well as the security agencies which is there is in the heart of reporting live from the scene of that explosion in lebanons capital beirut say that many thanks indeed governments around the world have been sending off of assistance to lebanon francaise the 2 at craft are being sent with aid and resources including firefighters and medical staff frances president and the new mccrone is due to travel to beirut on thursday germany also says its ready to send a team of search and rescue experts lets go live now to well when i was a serious tone a cane is that forest greece among the other countries also going to send aid one of this is the e. U. Doing for lebanon right now dominic. At least 8 e. U. Countries individually have made offers of assistance to the lebanese authorities following the disaster in beirut and those offers range from Logistical Support to food aid to specialist teams who will go to help the rescuers there at a european level of paneuropean level the e. U. Has activated its Civil Protection mechanism which effectively allows it almost instantaneously to send more than 100. 00 specialized rescue workers dog teams that sort of thing to beirut to help the authorities there thats something that they can do relatively quickly and indeed greece the Czech Republic and the netherlands will be spearheading vattel amount of the assistance being offered to the lebanese authorities but theres also the European Union also offering the assistance of its Satellite Program satellite platforms to the lebanese authorities allowed them to look at satellite imagery of the disaster sites to help them use that to coordinate logistical operations and that sort of thing and of course every country around the e. U. Has been expressing its sympathies to the lebanese people its condolences to all those who have been caught up in this disaster that took place in beirut deserves thought it came live in beirut stomach many thanks indeed well there are questions now about why such large amounts of explosive material was stored in the very heart of the city ahead of beirut supporters told the lebanese media that the material have been stored in a warehouse based on an earlier court order is as the letters were sent urging their removal for 6 years for those letters went unanswered. Well 100 is a lebanese politician who resigned from parliament in protest soon after the explosion hes demanding an International Inquiry is on the line now from beirut good to have you with us. What form should this investigation take who should conduct its. Where did. We learn that the Security Council moves or be. Meeting on the ben and next monday i think on the agenda should be the creation of the connection with the Quality Committee because the judicial system independent and somebody on you program said it didnt go that everybody has been appointed by the party to see the power and therefore are no more the judge is a burden to read to carry on and just a geisha on this and he be studious explosion where you have too many see what hes going from. To negligence you to the lebanese authorities and the lesion on stalking much went to pieces of money only trade in the heart of a. Heart to heart who is one of the. Of the Eastern Mediterranean shores so i think that. This International Community should be phoned i insist on it myself just to give a signal i dont think it would change many things but i want to give a segment by designing parliament and by us or so that the high court for judging president s and to. Get the phones off. And judges. I think carries on this quietly on the turn and lack of transparency of religion. Something that people ought to do it is just never the city so used to wards reza civilly or invasions never have we witnessed such a catastrophe id just terrifies an International Committee of judges lawyers experts led by the un youre suggesting yes yes ok so this would really to be the expression of need to mention community. Maybe over the votes of the Security Council. China and russia. So that we can really carry on transparent and. Quietly why is the people of lebanon what we are living. Conditions for monsters with the government not to represent them and to still be. Every every day insulted in the streets but i forecast very huge popular explosion if youre frightened of the mob all. Attack spurgeon youve got dealt with. Digital and with experience you sir are a very well known longstanding lebanese politician why did you feel that you had no option but to resign following yesterdays explosion because nobody wants to hear anything now we have. To ship closer to to the fact of 2 parties has brought along one side and the party of the president down on the other is and always to provide christian cover or christian come. Regular. Doing whatever he wants and external policies of clementon sport that hes really from the whole world where the western or eastern or out up does this mean though that your political career is over or are you still prefer. To fight for a new level. And take part in perhaps democracy if if lebanon changes now there is a there is a fight for democracy we had for glory democracy but it didnt it didnt. Function at one time we had to from the french mandate who were the 1st parliament to be out upward. And the. Press have the whole area but i think we have to regain our right to democracy that should not be along with the previous system of which i was part of but. Im not that an age where im looking for new. Year but certainly i will fight for typically. And just to ensure to our children and grandchildren a Better Future than the bankruptcy of a failed state that was reached by the present president government thank you for your time really appreciated my 100 out of that lebanese politics you think. This is the news from other series still to come on the Program Sri Lanka votes in palm tree elections which could give more power to the islands post powerful political family. In flash floods course more hardship and devastation for people in parts of central yemen. But in sports a happy return for the Miami Marlins after that corona Virus Outbreak all the details coming up a little later with people. U. N. Experts are calling on the International Community to step in if india doesnt address the deteriorating human rights situation in indian administered kashmir its been a year now since new delhi stripped the region of its autonomy a coronavirus lockdown is being enforced more strictly by the military style protesters from gathering on the anniversary several local politicians journalists and activists have been detained for months at high speed 4 g. Internet Services Remain banned since last year the protests were held in the capital of pakistan administered kashmir kashmir suffer about they were in solidarity with the people of indian administered kashmir they were also demonstrations in islamabad. Was that. All good faith that day walked article 5070 of the constitution stripping the. Bog down in india have 40 wall go what they. Did get it dirty. That did. Something that brought china entered the fray because. Now the Prime Minister had. To issue a new political map off by get on. 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Un resolution the pakistani Prime Minister brushed aside any notion of a military solution but said that he will continue to remind the United Nations again and again about its promises they made to the people of push me to hold a pledge to stay and to decide their future the pakistanis of course have also been warning the International Community of the potential for conflict in this region something that could escalate beyond a conventional war and the pakistani Prime Minister say that the International Community must pay heed it must be understood that there are 11. 00 outstanding resolutions on the issue of kashmir however did little really to solve this issue according to the Pakistani Foreign minister the International Community was taking its economic interests beyond the political and human rights issues also important to note that there have been frequent skirmishes along the line of control that separate indian and pakistani administered kashmir and this had the potential of becoming a larger conflict by the india the unilateral move id also prompted other neighbors to become nervous nepal had already announced that showed their disputed region that it said india is holding that territory and after all the situation remaining ready tense as you can see there are huge protests outside parliament a show of solidarity with the people of kashmir. And while people in administered kashmir remain on the long term politicians from new delhi including Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in another town to lay the foundation of a controversial hindu temple im serious elizabeth for on im reports now from new delhi. Its quiet because there has been a lot done in place to stop the spread of the virus and on monday the Indian Government said that there would be a curfew on tuesday and wednesday the possibility of protests to mock the one Year Anniversary of. Tommy being they went back on the case he. Spoken to and. Regardless of whether its called a. People day very much feel like the restrictions the. Opposition to what happened a year ago. Who had been planning to meet today to find a political solution to being an. Outside their homes while on the roads and in fact the only activity. Is members of the b j p government have foisted an indian flag. Now the government hasnt said anything about it but promised and that is in the town of. The construction of the hindu temple things whether its the revoking of. A building this