A number of americans filing for unemployment drops but millions face eviction after coronavirus safeguards come to an end. Counting the vote because parliamentary elections are poll that could cement the president s grip on power. French president emmanuel support during a visit to lebanons capital 2 days after it was devastated by a huge explosion a dire humanitarian situation is developing as International Relief teams arrive in the crisis hit city and 138 people died in the disaster was 80 still missing and 5000 have been injured so no one has the latest from beirut. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will never see her husband allie again. Theres a still are still i dont know where he is i havent heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know if hes alive or dead. Rescue experts from abroad have started to arrive to help a country that wasnt prepared to cope with a disaster like this all of us are. Hoping to each other with. The fund says theres still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find. Somebody. The blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops all destroyed 300000 people displaced billions of dollars in damage investigations are focusing on possible negligence in storing tons of highly explosive material at the port officials have promised assistance and compensation to those affected by the explosions but driving around the city the state is noticeably absent in destroyed neighborhoods like this one it is the people who are helping each other they are cleaning the streets clearing the debris and distributing food and water to those in need public anger against the Political Class many believe is responsible for lebanons near economic collapse is not new decades of corruption in the glare triggered an antiestablishment Movement Last october weve been fortunate growing used to this day not being present for its citizens we dont have properly just city we dont have a proper garbage infrastructure we dont have proper water infrastructures and unfortunately the people have gotten used to it but its its a time for change its weve been asking for. For quite some time and i think this last catastrophe is going to make change for the country much better the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in Critical Condition calls for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. Myself. Can i leave everything. I can. To be. So this is why im here i want to. At least leave. The street. Some may call it resilience but for many this is about survival nearly half the population of 5000000 lebanese were below the poverty line before this disaster the situation has since got worse. Beirut. A crowd of protesters in beirut vented their anger at the government the french president as he visited demonstrations. In one of the citys worst hit areas back and told them he wasnt there to condone the government and that french aid wont fall into corrupt turns says hell push for reform by lebanese leaders. Its amazing how its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee you it will be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands off more in the. First of whats happening where you are. Laura what i see all around me are armies of young people mainly like those in those visibility jackets that theyve been thousands of them walking up and down these streets with shovels and brushes cleaning up why they doing it because what we dont see what im seeing down here police or any sort of representation of the government any sort of government emergency Civil Services cleaning up we saw a little bit further down this road. It seemed from a foreign thank you a team from the emergency foreign see how the search for bodies in the rubble they have been digging up and ali is showing you now the building of the Lebanon Electricity Company on the iconic buildings really in these parts of beirut every single window blown out so a lot of searching going on a lot of cleaning up going on all being dumb seemingly from what weve seen mainly by ball and sees. Every seen macron france the french president from that promising help but also calling for political reforms what are the challenges there. Well the challenge is for micron or any foreign political Leader Organization who wants to help lebanon is the only people theyre able to talk to at the moment are the Political Leadership that has been responsible for the decay of lebanon over the last 30 years alternately really people will argue led to this catastrophic explosion there were popular protests in october that lasted up until around christmas he said ouch cross sects cross sectarian cross religions it was Civil Society getting together to protest what the problem was there was no war no organizational person came out of those protests and the same is it happening again today that been spontaneous protests a makeover syria but theres nobody through this passion for change can be channeled and that is the problem that is the problem of leaders who can they turn to to help chance for transform lebanon because from the Political Class is in charge at the moment seems to have been little desire to give up the 30 years of power in patronage those different sects and groups enjoyed or. Meeting lebanons leaders right now we are expecting a press conference from him in the coming hour we will of course cross live to it to bring us bring our audience exactly what he says thanks very much the moment about. The number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped to 1200000. 00 last week as the u. S. Labor market struggles to overcome the effects of the coronavirus pandemic its the lowest weekly total since the outbreak began in march but the Labor Department says more than a 1000000 workers have claimed for jobless checks each week since june lets cross to our White House Correspondent kimberly how cant ghibli 1st of all just tell us about these latest unemployment figures. Well there are a glimmer of hope but at the same time its not good news you have more Americans Still out of work and what were seeing is not only of these across most sectors of the us economy but in many cases as coronavirus continues to ravage the United States that many of these job cuts that Many Americans thought were temporary are turning out to be permanent so it is discouraging even as business analysts may be saying that this is a hopeful sign that the number from last week to this week is down still millions of americans are out of work and also not offering much hope for many of those americans is the fact that those paychecks they used to get the 600. 00 a week paychecks that expired on friday theres been no replacement 2 program put in place by congress or of signed into law by this white house that is equally discouraging in the fact that these debates are going out on capitol hill the 2 sides very far apart the democrats looking for the 3 trillion dollar relief package to help americans including money for state and local governments republican saying they really want this laser focused on things like. Stopping evictions that make sure that people that cant pay their rent will get kicked out of their homes and also seeing that there are paychecks that are given to people on a weekly basis so there is a lot of disagreement doesnt look like it will be resolved in that is leaving Many Americans feeling rather gloomy to be just seeing reports in the past trump saying the vaccine may be possible to november the 3rd one hearing that anywhere else. Know were not and wow november 3rd is of course election day in the United States so that timing is curious this is something that the u. S. President has been talking about many would argue that these may be words hilberg grat he has been very vocal as he gave a radio interview here in the United States he talked about the priority that hes identified to put in place a vaccine by the end of the year a somewhat ambitious target but still he says that he is ready to deliver and as soon as its approved hes rushing hes pushing everybody but again these are somewhat controversial in terms of the timeline also controversial some of the commerce the president s made in recent days with regard to children and the fact that he has kind of brushed off any suggestion that children could be negatively impacted by covert 19 when in fact we know that some children do get very very sick this is all part of the u. S. President trying to put a positive spin on the job losses the economy and also trying to push to reopen schools something that many parents are against ok kimberly for the moment thanks very much for the update from washington millions of people in the u. S. Who lost their job join the pandemic how worried about becoming homeless rental moratoriums are expiring which means many face of fiction and youve got the reports from miami. Even as unemployment rates remain at historic highs the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowing with so many out of work in the midst of a Health Crisis the specter of massive victims is now real temporary moratoriums meant to prevent renters losing their homes have been lifted in 30 states and millions of facing a harsh reality the landlord here has started an addiction process against us when my mom lost her own child and her father. 19 pandemic and completely scared and frightened because i dont want to come home which i doubt why my family be split in half illiterate home by shelter over the last few months is job losses of grown so too have the lines that food banks that massive loss of income and increasing desperation not only affects renters but landlords to somebody who own one property in their service. To pay their bills and they have duplex and they make. The other without parental. Care not pay their bills this is absolutely to be journalists and provide additional federal leave to people whod been a lot of in washington negotiations between the Democratic Party and the republicans continue over a new Relief Program some Unemployment Benefits officially ended last month with no new plans in place that combined with an end to protection from addiction could have a devastating effect housing experts say without action the u. S. Could witness a tsunami of addictions that may affect tens of millions of people without homes many are forced to live with relatives or in shelters increasing their risk of contracting covert 19 the court system is overwhelmed hearing addiction cases as a safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable seems to be straining according to the Data Companies to distance 40 percent of americans and now at risk of a vixen for some its already happened is heartbreaking. Having. Lost Everything Else no money no not at kings i dont sleep well. It worried about stuff that by some estimates 40000000 people could lose their impacting poverty rates homelessness and the wider economy and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Still ahead hey on aljazeera a surge in crime is compounding problems for people already struggling to cope with coronavirus in argentina. And more bad news for colombias former president today often being put under house arrest an investigation into witness tampering. Hello there more heavy rain in the 4 calls across much of the north and northeast of asia plenty of a coming across in the last year as of course weve also seen rain across areas of china of this a particular scene here this is the 2 renshaw rains that actually caused a road to collapse in is that happened a gas pipeline exploded he can see the damage that was done no reports of any injuries because also flooding in the area too there will be more flooding as well as we go through friday across the sections of china but particularly again across the Korean Peninsula this rain really is relentless friday on into saturday so some areas across south korea could pick up another 400. 00 millimeters of rain so this will indeed cause some flooding meanwhile much of Southern China is mostly clear and dry maybe just scattered showers thunderstorms plenty of rain still in the fall called much of the south asia all of the rains of sonnys across some areas through Central Regions out towards the northeast bangladesh again seeing some fairly persistent and heavy downpours and then all of this rain on friday is heading across into pakistan that is where we expect to see the next area of flooding but also were watching this itll system here as it moves away from pakistan is heading across tools Northern Areas of among so the rain will push in that as we start the weekend. As countries begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few days going to affect. The neighborhood and many fear the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall of people getting the focus and they are here because i can put 1000 faith we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus continent special coverage on a. Again youre watching aljazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour french president emanuel has pledged his support during a visit to pay root 2. 00 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital angry crowds gathered on his tour of the city to vent their anger at the government. Rescue and Recovery Missions are continuing with people still missing of International Crews and joining the search 138 people have been killed and more than 5000 injured. A number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits drops to 1200000 last week is the lowest weekly total sense of march the u. S. Labor market is trying to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Vote counting is underway and because parliamentary election which was delayed twice because of covert 19 and trying to peoples front party led by the rajapaksa brothers who serve as president and Prime Minister is expected to win a majority at south asias 1st major vote join the pandemic which forces lay of more than 4 months. Counting center in colombo she explains the constitutional changes central to the vote. The key changes they have talked talked about to both the president go tabio rajapaksa as well as his brother Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa have asked for a man that essentially to change the constitution they have been complaining that the existing constitution after the last amendment the 19th amendment brought in by the previous government essential does not allow them to Carry Forward the program and the vision that they have for sure lanka so. They have been essentially some fears and concerns voiced by human rights activists civil rights defenders. To see that all the advances made in that previous 19th amendment which diluted somewhat the powers of the executive president in favor of parliament strengthen the hand of Parliament Brought in certain sort of Supreme Court oversight to executive actions as well as established a number of independent institutions which all hope to the governance of the rajapaksa have gone on record as saying that they want to change the constitution so that is something that if they have control of parliament and not just control but if they do secure that 2 thirds majority thats 150. 00 or over of the total 225. 00 seats that are essentially up for grabs then they will have pretty much the power and the authority to go ahead with those changes a leader from indias governing party would be j. P. Has been shot dead in india the midst of kashmir so judge can day was killed by a gunman in a village in cork district another leader from the party was injured in the attack in the same area on wednesday. At least 8 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital fire in western india the victims were all receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of the facility in the city of might about in state or around 50 patients in the hospital at the time it was a problem has more from new delhi. Government says a short circuit caused the fire in the intensive care unit in the early hours of thursday morning killing 5 men and 3 women who were being treated for the coronavirus patients have been shifted to another hospital and an investigation is now underway now elsewhere and india we have seen pictures over the last 2 weeks of the monsoon season of hospitals in the states of maharashtra and also for they. Have been completely flooded with heavy rains causing get and all the challenge to medical workers to authorities who are already dealing with very Poor Public HealthInfrastructure Health minister says the government is continuing to build more beds create more clothed facilities now on thursday india recorded yet another single highest day rise in both cases and deaths with more than 56000 cases and 900 deaths india is expected to reach 2000000 confirmed cases on friday we have to keep in mind that syria logical surveys which test for antibodies which have been done around the country sure the real number of cases and india a much higher many times the confirmed number there is a logical survey being done in delhi at the moment the last one the results of which came out around a month ago s