The leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast and guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms of tobar. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests have taken place in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president Emmanuel Mccall hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now a 149. 00 and its expected to go up Bernard Smith has more. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas eventually moped by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal power here before independence and his because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own political leaders macron and has been able to offer practical support in the terms of the medical teams on Financial Assistance to beirut and hes off with a routine moral support as well but hasnt come from lebanons obey little classes they havent been able to do that and theyve been conspicuous by their absence from the streets since the catastrophic explosion just did not i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and its not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the Financial System and so there arent as for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sectors and insist on these changes quickly and. Many beirut as most people here have been left to their own devices we spent the day Walking Around parts of beirut and we saw that young people with brushes and dustpans and pickaxes and shovels beginning to clean up we didnt see the military we didnt see the police and it was the french president who said he wants to see a new political order here in lebanon he wants to see a dramatic change in the way that this countrys got. International rescue teams are still arriving in beirut and the crisis is getting worse zina harder as more. 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 meshech fears she will never see her husband allie again. Another son 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. Helping each other with the army to find corpses theres still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find there is somebody else. The blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops destroyed 300000. 00 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 and 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 going used to the 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 its a time for change its weve been asking for change 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 for accountability and justice are growing louder people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. Myself. Can i need. To be. So this is why im here i want to. Leave and. 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. The Saudi Crown Prince is accused of sending a group of men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials the alleged target a subtle job he is filing a lawsuit in washington d. C. Mike hanna reports. Crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has been defeated in the white house but now in papers before a washington d. C. Court hes alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and assessed an 8 opponents the case is being brought by a former saudi Intelligence Officer saad are japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tigers squad to canada to kill him the Court Papers Say the men were denied entry by suspicious Canadian Border guards. This detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. All over the world in germany and france and be noticing character. Run away from sort of area because there. Are questions from the government which is. One of them is omar up the legacy is also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition side algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the United States before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20. 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month for senators sent a letter to President Trump saying the u. S. Had a moral obligation to press saudi authorities call their release the president in the past has made clear that regardless of the allegations of Human Rights Violations against the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed when someone remains a valued ally and friend. Mike hanna aljazeera washington you know as President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning businesses with the Parent Company of social media app to talk starts in 45 days it blocks transactions with bite downs and 10 cent which owns the messenger app we chat from says the chinese owned ups are being used for gathering users data for beijing disinform ation campaign and that they pose a threat to u. S. National security jim anderson is c. E. O. Of social flow its a tech company which helps Media Companies and hes joining us live by skype from new york going to have you back on aljazeera jim this has come with a certain pulse city of information we dont really know what these transactions could be we only know that essentially theyre going to come into force in about 45 days what do you think trump is trying to prevent by signing this executive order. Well i think the big concern has been the chinese ownership by dances a Chinese Company and to talk has gone to Great Lengths to try to assure people that the Chinese Government has never requested dance provide or to provide information certainly not on u. S. Citizens i think the real concern though is the fact that they havent done that yet doesnt mean they wont do that in the future and if the company is owned by a Chinese Company theyre really not going to be able to refuse a request like that from the Chinese Government so actually i think you combine that with the escalating tensions thats been going on on the trade front and other fronts between the u. S. And china and that leads us where we are right now. Providing a sort of correctly the wording is that there are no transactions to be done within it with the Parent Companies does that mean that people who have done low to take. Hundreds of thousands of kids all over the u. S. Certainly all over the world have done this does that mean that they now conti use the app or how does it work. No well obviously we need to wait and see what happens in 45. 00 days but the big news of course is that microsoft has reached at least a tentative accord to acquire some of the assets of tick tock the us application Canada Australia new k i believe was the domain the Financial Times today just reported that theyre actually talking about buying the entire tech stock application globally which in some ways would make a lot more sense microsoft is certainly a Big Enough Company to be able to fund that kind of acquisition and to support that kind of Acquisition Global late you know the question is whether i dance is going to want to displace off the u. S. And some other markets from the global you know application and that obviously presents tremendous technical challenges and theres no way that that could happen in the next 40 days one would imagine that if for example this deal with microsoft did go ahead and it absorbs it to talk then there would be Something Else in its place because there inevitably inevitably seems to be and this seems as though its just going to be an ongoing fight for this particular administration. Sure well and i mean there are always new social media apps right i mean the competition is robust out there and one sense and that innovation has never been an easier time to innovate with new and innovative apps just look at tech top right which came off now facebook just yesterday launched a feature under its Instagram Brand called reals which if you go and look at real says very similar to tech talk and those are the kinds of back and forth that go on between these platforms as when facebook sees Something Like to get successful then its going to mimic some of the features that did the same thing with snap chat when snap chat on the scene you know the question is how well will they do that and of course facebook certainly in the u. S. And really elsewhere in the world is facing concerns over antitrust as well so that colors you know what facebook can do and its interesting i mention antitrust in the context of microsoft remember maybe 20 years ago in the United States microsoft and its own antitrust issues and thats one of the reasons they dont have a very strong consumer presence and the United States and so microsoft in many ways is uniquely positioned to acquire ticktock because it really fills that gap and their portfolio because microsoft really hasnt been strong with the consumer segment and probably the past 15 or 20 years when you go to get your thoughts on this tremendous and we appreciate it thank you very much and we thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera cheering an empty stage the leader of the opposition in bella ruse is barred from attending her find her body ironically head of sundays elections. 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High once again welcome to another look at the International Full cost fight it does stay very wets across the Korean Peninsula war flooding rains coming through here the my your front a stationary front the seasonal rays theyre going to continue pulsing outs of eastern china through the yellow sea across the Korean Peninsula all tied up with this area of low pressure the remnants of Tropical Storm the form of that lot of cloud of rain across the sea of japan through south korea as we go through friday and more of the same as we go on into sas stice a thorough flouts for the mudslides certainly likely ahead of that not see bad a sticky 34 celsius there in tokyo should be lossy try hello she try to across southern parts of china chance of one of 2 showers but nothing too widespread coming in here sunshine it shows maymont across Southeast Asia some rather heavy ones still coming into the philippines particules Northern Areas of the philippines will see some wet weather just talking in here for the south is the usual heat of the day down poles but plenty of sunshine head of that the show is extend their way across india china pushing up into me and mom more heavy downpours there just around bangladesh the northeast of india nasty little circulation just around the northwest of india through good surat southern areas of pakistan seeing some very heavy rain. That. Was the week that we profiled the last week but we cut the rest in 2017 people in power investigated why Trinidad And Tobago became a ripe recruiting ground for i saw. People feel as though theres no one else almost in 2020 we returned to uncover the fate of those who left their homeland to join conflicts in iraq and syria or caribbean to caliph it on just. To. Youre watching on his ear a reminder of our top stories this hour 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanons deadly explosion continues protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move which has been backed by french president in one woman home. Saudi crown prince is being accused of sending a group of men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials targets but he is filing a lawsuit in washington d. C. Theres president on top positions an executive order banning business with the Parent Company of social media up to talk and we chat starting in 45 days time says the chinese owned apps are a threat to u. S. National security. New york states attorney general is suing the influential Gun Lobby Group the National Rifle association several executives are accused of siphoning off millions of dollars to fund luxury lifestyles the attorney general says the organization should be dissolved altogether shell have a chance of reports from new york new yorks attorney general had promised to shine a light on the National Rifle association when she was elected after 18 months of investigation Leticia James no theyre just c. E. O. Wayne lapierre and 3 other former and current executives use the n. R. A. As their personal piggy banks specifically mr lapierre spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of the n. R. A. His charitable assets for personal private plane trips for himself and his stamp including extended family when he was not present. He visited the bahamas by private erics charter at least 8 times in approximate 3 year period with his family the suit claims that 64000000. 00 was siphoned off over 3 years money the attorney general once paid back in addition james says there is no alternative but to dissolve the n. R. A. As a Nonprofit Organization transit in new york the n. R. A. Was founded 148 years ago but only began lobbying as a Gun Rights Organization in the late seventys since then it successfully blocked gun control legislation however its power lies not so much in its financial clout but its ability to mobilize its supporters at elections to vote for candidates who reject gun control something reflected in its response to the challenges this was a baseless premeditated attack on our organization the n. R. A. Said you could have set your watch but the investigation was going to reach its crescendo as we move in to the 2020 alexion cycle the filing of the lawsuit may have an impact major donors to the n. R. A. We through all the years war and the n. R. A. Has been very active. Courting political candidates who would make something of a difference to various races the going on around hunch or even possibly. Even the president ial race whatever the implications for the n. R. A. Itself the Trump Campaign is hoping that this lawsuit will address the n. R. A. Has conservative base just as republicans have been worrying about turnout the president began campaigning on the attorney generals announcement soon after it was made just like the radical left new york is trying to destroy the n. R. A. He tweeted if biden becomes president your great 2nd amendment doesnt have a charmes your guns will be taken away immediately and without notice no police no guns and at the white house he suggested the organization