But the painful reality does remain for millions of americans out of a job because of the pandemic. That was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life. The u. S. Is accused of political manipulation after donald trump signs an order banning business with the chinese and apps to talk and we chat. Top story the president of lebanon says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence an accident or possible external interference 19 port officials have been detained as frustration grows over the governments response to the blast Bernard Smith starts our coverage from beirut. Armies of volunteers are on the streets of beirut. Sweeping clearing digging. Theyre filling the gap left. By the state. Which is conspicuous by its absence. We had an i. T. Company here times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am in. Los angeles. I see im 30. And both come. From 25 years. I work here out this is the 1st time i. I see Something Like that. Lebanons president michel aoun says an investigation into the explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence or external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act whatever it was in beirut they want to know why 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored in an urban area. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place but after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up for now. The government says reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a currency that has lost 80 percent of its value in less than a year we dont have a government to look after and believe either we dont need food oaklawn own blood even our apartment. Were trying to see people if they need help within our street thats the least we can do the government is in cap and capable of helping us so we the people are coming here to do to help our comrades and levanon and were coming from the north all of us where were like 78 people were coming from 90 kilometers north north of beirut and were here just to stand by the people the blast has left at least 300000 people homeless many will rely on relatives or friends to take them in. More than 150 people have been killed and there are many missing foreign search teams are leading the delicate task of trying to find survivors under the rubble more than 5000 people have been injured. 16 people have been arrested in the investigation into the warehouse explosion including the port manager but for many in this city the finger of blame is pointed at the very top of government. Bernard smith aljazeera beirut ok lets get more live from our correspondents in a hoarder whos in beirut as well as you know weve had these comments in the past 90 minutes or so from michelle and whats your reading of them. Well the president saying that investigations are continuing and theyre still trying to determine the cause of the blast but for the 1st time he is raising the possibility that this is some sort of an attack that a rocket could have been involved he also does point out that this could be an accident and negligence on the part of a few people but for the very fact that he said a rocket or a bomb attack this is really going to raise a number of questions because people really have little faith in the investigation so far the authorities are promising that its going to be transparent and its going to be swift but the very fact that the committee which is in charge of investigating this disaster is made up of people from the political establishment the head of different security agencies as well as ministers this is raising questions because people say it is this these people who should be questioned on exactly what happened and just moments really after the explosion we heard the head of this security one of the head of the security agencies he was talking about a fire at the port that so investigators at the beginning talked about a fire in a port that was not to contain and then spread to the warehouse which contained the explosives the highly explosive material Ammonium Nitrate so the president raising a number of possibilities saying that the cause has still not been determined i once you know about. Im assuming 1st will identify those responsible d for what happened then other investigations will follow i repeat that we fully understand the reaction of the people as many have lost their loved ones and know condolences nothing would console them and only retribution against the perpetrator or the person to blame thats what we endeavor to identify those responsible however solace and comfort rests in justice and you will know me im general the show you have tested me at times of war and at times of peace. Is there a sense there when youre Walking Around the city saying to people really engaging with the politicians at the moment even though they generally as a general proposition they want them gone thats clear but theyre just too busy because theyre rebuilding their cleaning them selves yes the priority now is to provide aid to those in need it is the people the people are in the streets theyre providing aid theyre clearing the the debris theyre giving people food Family Friends opening homes there are no shelters for these people the government is absent the state is absent so people really are becoming really angry and theyre already starting to mobilize in fact there are calls for a mass protest tomorrow tomorrow afternoon so we remember for months we saw people in the streets demanding a new leadership they were met with a militarized state they were arrested they were that the state used tear gas they used rubber coated bullets to contain the unrest but this time around people are saying that theyre just so angry they want revenge its no longer a new leadership they want those in power to be held accountable for what they have done they are not calling this an accident theyre saying that this you know this is a manmade someone was responsible for storing those explosives at the port in the middle of a city a densely populated city so people are angry there are already calls for protests but whether or not theyll be able to mobilize the street we have to wait to see because many many people are struggling more than 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line many of them have lost their homes many of them have lost their livelihoods so difficult days ahead for the people of this country who are relying on the support of the International Community for the time being ok well leave it there many things in order our correspondent reporting live for us out of beirut. Well staying with those protests tomorrow though i was mentioning the paula. Is a lebanese m. P. And member of the Opposition Coalition she says president is only paying lip service and its time for the entire government to go. They really need this government to go away and to lead this country not only the government the government is representing. A small part of the political system its the Political Parties we need to say to step out and say we have made me happy to dismantle the mercenaries ruling this country needs to stay in their homes right now needs to be held and accountable and we need to have early elections as soon as possible people go and vote for a new put it if it got no matter what they should vote for independence or vote for the opposition like me cannot continue it was the same but its got that has been ruling this country for years and years and they take us from baby to another faith here in this country even before this huge blast. Its already we have spent like 300000000000. 00 on infrastructure around the christiane but that nothing 300000000000. 00 on. Country and nothing was done nothing was its based on all that money they stole a bonus money in their bank. And and they continued the blame game everyone tells us that its the other whos responsible everyone is studying but the good ones that the good ones but its the other sects its. As a community we are one claiming its one nation living the same crisis the same problems goes by these people. Lets move on to some other top stories for you this half the election victory in sri lanka thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers the governing party has taken nearly 60 percent of the vote the sri lanka peoples front is led by go to and Mahinda Rajapaksa they serve as president and Prime Minister along with their allies and security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution the parliament isnt expected to convene for another 2 weeks melson and has more now from the capital colombo were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north of the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come together but we also heard that as early as next week we will have the Prime Minister my him that rajapaksa and his cabinet to be sworn in awaiting confirmation but talk of limiting the cabinet to 26 so obviously the rajapakse is not wasting any time in terms of carrying on with the work program that they had targeted for them serves they did ask for a man that strong sort of a support of 2 thirds which now with all of their own votes and their allies they havent parliament to pass through any changes now the key thing that they had said was that the amended constitution does not allow them to Carry Forward their program but now there is that confidence with this result of the election in fact president gore tabi rajapaksa responding to the results as they came through yesterday said hes confident that he can build a Strong Parliament to take forward hes a vis stars of prosperity that hes kind of mandate and program that he put forward for his president ial bid and that this government is taking forward. Park here softly the son of an amount to is the executive director of the think tank the center for policy alternatives he says the opposition is weak and divided and there are big challenges ahead i think whats both average boxes of injury was getting out that he would require a strong stable government in comparison to what happened that accounted for in the sort of governance which the Prime Minister and the president to part is very weak and vacillating and dr night it so strong stable government also the assertion of the identity of the Majority Community so its also a strong signal of the biggest scar with a strong sense of you know centralized leadership authoritarianism barracks and emphasis on law and order and on discipline out of the can we can continue them if we do that to speak and i think things will start and isnt meraki because in addition to that the key challenge i think all president and the new government is going to be going on in terms of dealing with the consequence of this article d with Bank Inquiries you know we see not has struck something right eunice startles full 1000000000 a year from now until the 202020 and we have our Foreign Exchange ermines very badly hit of course by the virus the biking to to the middle east the apparently industry and hospitality. So that residents origins that he has to face as well. Ok still to come for you here on aljazeera the number of corona virus cases in india has now hit 2000000 as it struggles to bring the pandemic under control. Pitching in to help will visit a city in the u. K. Where its taking a Community Effort to combat coronavirus. Hallow the mighty river hanging in south korea and seoul is actually lapping the streets of the capital and theres more rain to come because the seasonal rains have reached this far north so for central some parts of northern china particularly the korean places sas career and some degree north korea in the far north of japan but usual line of wetness so next 2 days maybe the next more than 2 days south of this all or a few showers around the humid air in Southern China and wanted to showers in japan and this clearly quite a swathe of what was right up to the minor violence in japan for the south sols forecast confirms it is wet wet wet for the next 3 days south of this not line to watch and its this one here maybe not quite so obvious but i think minas in train for days of rain as well and that line extends back into thailand cambodia South Vietnam south of that is a relatively dry picture at the moment i think kluges all of indonesia maybe unusually in this forecast at least a thunder you want to another wet one for the next 3 days monsoon rains are concentrating down the west gets but equally so all the way in south pakistan. 115000000. 00 trees disappear every year. The clothing that we. All way from cycling to safe it finds the famous yellow dress fade from blue jeans. To conserving the worlds dwindling weapon. Free of the aids worlds global bird migrations life intersect right where we are the basic discovered a treasure is one of the most special plants on the planet after ice ecosystems in that announces era. Welcome back youre with aljazeera live from doha peace with you this half hour your top stories lebanons president says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence an accident or external interference 19 port officials have now been detained. The governing party in sri lanka has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections these frank a peoples front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to by and by hinder they serve as president and Prime Minister. Spains former King Juan Carlos has reportedly been staying in abu dhabi since he left spain on monday the spanish newspaper a. B. C. News says one car last flew to the u. A. E. On board a private jet spanish courts are investigating him for Money Laundering and tax evasion tied to a business deal with saudi arabia. There are tensions between the u. S. And china over the ban of some popular chinese social media apps beijing is accusing washington of using National Security as an excuse to suppress foreign firms on thursday donald trump the u. S. President is sued an executive order to block the platforms within 45. 00 days between a new reports now from beijing. The job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. The chinese version of talks. The 25 year old uses the app every day and isnt surprised its become so popular in the us to wash or were very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. Shes alarmed by Donald Trumps executive order to bad tick tocks use there unless the app is sold to an american company. Im not sure how the company would develop if the owner changes i believe every company has this also if you replace that something the coral will be lost the u. S. Government says its cracking down on chinese apps which it says spread propaganda and pose a Security Risk to americans beijing says the move is a pretext for suppressing Chinese Tech Companies move on you when its over the relevant u. S. Approach has no factual basis at all its clearly malicious smearing on a political many people the point of it all is to maintain these almost fully ovaries high tech industry. Talks Parent Company is in talks to sell the app to microsoft washington has given it 45 days to confirm the sale ticktock denies it with a communist party and is threatening legal action against the Us Government it isnt the only time in the firing line messenger we chat which has 1100000000 users why. Is also facing a ban the banning of which that is likely to cause problems for chinese users and businesses dealing with china from the us here the platform is more than just social media its used to buy products invest in shares book travel and even a persons covert 19 Health Status washington is expanding its socalled Clean Network initiative which aims to root out Major ChineseTech Products from the u. S. System analysts say the move is part of Donald Trumps tough on China Campaign ahead of the u. S. Election in november for the master Chinese People especially those who have very fond memories of the u. S. This came as a surprise and many people are pissed off because it just seems that Chinese People are Chinese Companies are in a way i dont think is a good sign because we have seen the anti China Sentiment going on around the world the Chinese Government is urging the u. S. To pull back the move or face retaliation trump executive order deep in the Digital Divide between china and the u. S. Adding to diplomatic tensions and a growing list of disagreements over geopolitics and trade. Ok lets just bring you some breaking news coming to us out of washington if youve been following the story about the relationship between the United States donald trump and beijing of course you will know there are involved of something of a tit for tat trade war just now we understand as of the past few minutes the United States has decided to sanction 12 chi