Protests continue against president lukashenko victory in an election denounced as a sham. Volunteers do what they can to scoop up the oil thats blackened the Pristine Waters of malicious a salvage crews race to prevent another spill. Lebanons Prime Minister has resigned along with the government saying hes stepping back in order to stand with the people its in the wake of the beirut explosion which dab says was the result of a corrupt political system protesters unmoved by his words have been back out on the streets the blast on tuesday killed more than 200 people injured thousands more and left huge numbers homeless from beirut but it smith reports. Lebanons government has finally caved in. The shattered buildings along beiruts waterfront it took an explosion of 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and capital. Today we followed a reel of the people to hold accountable those responsible for this disaster that has been in hiding for 7 years and their desire for real change from the corrupt destructive state state of brokerages and theft to a state of war and justice and transparency to a country that respects its people. Theyd only been in power since january sworn in to replace a Previous Administration forced out after lebanons Banking System and currency collapsed now they have a new crisis to add to all the others. The Justice Minister was asked if she was running away from her responsibilities which i dont know if youre going to let anyone put themselves in opposition no one wants to be in power under such circumstances when facing everything financial collapse the current virus this National Disaster were facing so police its nothing like running from responsibility but even one of the biggest nonnuclear explosion since hiroshima might not be enough to bring significant political change here the countrys parliament an election system is controlled by political elite the divided up power and influence after the civil war and this. And this crisis is not enough unfortunately for them to be convinced because most of them were the actors of the war and they do not think properly peacefully and their civilized way in order to get the people the power they want to keep the power in their hands. Many people in lebanon describe their circumstances as like being held hostage. Here and. If the government resigned then there is hope to be able to build the country and live our lives like we want to we wanted to become a proper state we do not have a country and were not able to live in one. Of putting up with. What will our National Unity government do after just destruction blood and death we can change your many educated people who are suitable to run a country. That frustration with a government that seems to have left the cleanup operation to its citizens exploded Near Parliament on monday evening. Possible names for new Prime Minister include saad hariri he held the post until january but was forced out when the Banking System collapsed its not the sort of break with the past people here are looking for and the cabinet has just resigned was dominated by the iran backed Hezbollah Group and its Allies International donors will expect to see members of the opposition in the new cabinet before they consider releasing billions of dollars in reconstruction aid burnitz may aljazeera beirut. U. S. President Donald TrumpsCoronavirus Briefing has been interrupted by a shooting outside the white house where i could totally. Hear. A secret Service Agent deliver the news to trump and quickly ushered him out of the Briefing Room journalists were left confused with the doors locked the president returned a few minutes later. It looks like a just about going to be jumping where could children. Be. Which. Is. Mike hanna joins us live now from washington d. C. Mikes our president Trumps Press Conference there abruptly interrupted by his secret Service Detail extraordinary pictures what more do we know about this security incident. Where you could hear the secret Service Agents there saying shots being fired off the trumpet aust what is it he was then escorted out of the room the door was closed it was chaotic for a short period of time with journalists not really knowing what was going on outside observers said that 2 shots had been fired at the moment that President Trump was moved on he then came back to the briefing period of about 4 or 5 minutes and explained that there had been an officer involved shooting outside its understood that this was on the far side of the eisenhower building next to the white house on the corner of 17th street and pennsylvania avenue transit and trump said that a secret Service Agent was involved the fate of the person who was shot and the condition is not known at this particular point in time President Trump said that he was just taken back to the oval office for a few minutes he did not go to the underground bunker and he was asked whether he feels unsettled that he said do i look as though i am unsettled so the President Trump then continued with the briefing carrying on where he left off in terms of rosy predictions about the economy in this country during this pandemic as you say mike when he came back he talked the economy the stock market he also spoke about the coronavirus pandemic mike what more that he have to say. Well once again the repeated claims that weve heard on numerous occasions once again saying that the u. S. Is testing more than any body in the world that it is testing its tests of better repeat on this occasion than any body in the world now the use of figures and facts that are not strictly true you had complaints from a number of states about the shortage of tests in a number of occasions but also that some of the tests are giving false positives which is a real problem for those attempting to track the virus in addition there are still a number of tests that are taking days for the results to get back once again a massive impact in terms of trapping the pandemic overall though the president is correct in that in the majority of states the infection rates are dropping slightly however its too soon to say whether this is the end of a plateau and trends are going down that is going to take weeks to ascertain whether that is the case remembering that this country is already over 5000000 confirmed cases of coronavirus one very important point to add to that he said in the News Conference there and hes confirmed that the g 7 that was supposed to take place in a couple of months time has not been postponed until after the november election and very importantly controversially he implied that russia was going to be attended to be invited to the g. 7 summit regardless of the fact that his own intelligence agencies have just released a statement saying that russia is attempting to interfere once again with this electoral process of their life for us in washington d. C. Mike thank you for that. Well the number of recorded Coronavirus Infections worldwide is now approaching 20000000 thats according to the Johns Hopkins university tracker which also shows global deaths at more than 730000 while about 12000000 people have recovered the us brazil and india remain the worst affected countries with more than 10000000 recorded cases between. People who say a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands during a 2nd night of antigovernment unrest scenes like these have been going on in minsk since officially early results showed longtime ruler Alexander Lukashenko at a landslide election victory the outcome has been rejected by his main rival who describes it as a sham. As promised to crack down on anybody disputing the result 3000 people were arrested on sunday night World Leaders according for restraint from minsk. Explosions rocking the russian capital a few hours after the polls have closed a position supporters have come out in thousands to protest the initial Election Results riot police is blocking the entrance to a large square. And hes firing stun grenades into the crowd. The police truck drives into protesters. Ambulances rushing in to take the injured to Hospital Police through the grenades into the crowd and the leg. Was broken into 2 parts it was. Take you and go with you. Tonight i want some. You know im tired of that. Ship must so be canceled. Would miss that and i want to live in a free country and my children to live in a free country i want them to have a future i wanted to live here and work here not be forced to leave the country my granddaughter 16 years old and asked me where shall i go. Thats just put up barricades on the main roads to prevent police cars of getting near them defiance and anger here on the streets of. Thousands of people have come out to protest what they call free elections. Here to spread all over the square not only here but on the other side of the police like way over their houses. And theyre not waiting for them to live. Any longer earlier in the day their candidate spectrometry kind of guy had come out of hiding to cast her vote she had left her apartment on the eve of the elections fearing arrest at 1st reluctant president ial candidate she has grown into the biggest hope of many belorussians have for change. Election rallies attracted the largest crowds bellows has seen in decades after casting his vote president Aleksander Lucas Shankar called the opposition weak for decades hes enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately hes faced criticism for downplaying the covert 19 crisis and worsening economy. Criticism that has rapidly grown into the largest threat to his 26 years rule well before the authorities may have managed to control the opposition by using force this time around people say and show that they are beyond fear step fasten aljazeera minsk. Well the u. S. Has described the election as neither free nor fair part of a statement from secretary of state mike pompei o says we strongly condemn ongoing violence against protesters and the detention of opposition supporters as well as the use of internet shutdowns to hinder the ability of the belorussian people to share information about the election and the demonstration its. Time for a short break here not a 0 when we come back a u. S. Court issued a summons for Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin of allegations he ordered the killing of intelligence agent. And why new Constitutional Court judges in mali may help resolve the impasse between the president and position coalition seeking his resignation more on the status. Hell of the southeastern states of turned quite humid at the moment with slow moving thunderstorms the rather quickly moving ones running through the upper midwest and disappearing into Eastern Canada and then if you look at used to it the dot not much going on unless you happen to be in georgia or a nice encounter if you are for example the Pacific Coast the us that breeze coming down the coast keeps San Francisco down 20 degrees and inland its still hot and fairly dry and those conditions continue into wednesday or those more of a growth of showers in the ohio valley by the look of it and this is during wednesday and carry on into thursday now that lack of action in the us is a wise thing to return to normal in the caribbean with frequent those short lived showers in most the smallest protect the wind woods and briefly is going to be wet in nicaragua that rains past all its cost to regroup panama gets to what is weather and even in mexico the big showers as they were largely gone away but theres still a hint of work to more during wednesday dipping sauce to patagonia south of the river plate its still winter and still proper when 2 is storms forming in the south america but all down than the in chain is yet more snow. History has called it the great in the 1st episode conscription draws hundreds of thousands of arab troops into both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had a huge impact on the course of the. World war. On al jazeera. If you want to help save the world. Welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on aljazeera u. S. President Donald TrumpsCoronavirus Briefing has been interrupted by a shooting outside the white house a secret Service Agent quickly trump out of the room the president returned a few minutes later. Police in bellerose say a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands during a 2nd night of antigovernment rallies thousands of people are demonstrating in the capital minsk after early Election Results showed a landslide victory for president Alexander Lukashenko. And lebanons Prime Minister has resigned along with the government in the wake of the beirut explosion has on the app said the country is shackled by a corrupt political system protesters unmoved by his words have been back out on the streets demanding change. Where more discussions have been held at the u. N. About the situation in lebanon u. N. Chief antonio good 10 ish has called for a credible investigation into the cause of the disaster on sunday the u. N. And several nations promised nearly 300000000. 00 in aid it is important that the gravel interest credit investigation of the serving the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability of the man by the lebanese people is also important reforms the source the needs of the lebanese people for the longer. Kristensen army has more now from the u. N. In new york. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terus called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coven pandemic and now this explosion and while he was calling on Member States to continue their support for lebanon he also sounded the theme of the need for a credible investigation and the need for government reforms that kind of underlie was underlying everything that he and really most of the speakers were saying so far the International Community has pledged some 300000000. 00 to support lebannon but humanitarian chief mark lowcock says that billions will be needed to fully bring lebanon back from the brink and theres concern that money given by the International Community would not go directly to the people but would end up propping up this government which has had so many problems in the words of secretary general good terrace he said the anger on the streets is palpable and it has to be heard so that was really the message coming out of the briefing today it was echoed by other u. N. Officials David Beasley of the World Food Program he also said that without International Support lebanons food situation he would run out of food in 2 and a half weeks so the u. N. Is dealing with those immediate needs food and medical in particular 3 hospitals were destroyed in that blaze so that is a big issue right now for lebanon as well but long term we heard time and again about this need for reform coming not only from u. N. Officials but Member States who spoke as well like jordan egypt and other neighbors in the region who are very concerned about lebanons ability to come back from this. Indian authorities of seize 740 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the same chemical that exploded in beirut its been store that afraid station in chennai city since 2015 when it was confiscated local media say at least a 181 tons of been moved to hyderabad and the rest is expected to follow soon. Now a u. S. Court has issued a summons against the Saudi Crown Prince in relation to former intelligence agents are jabbering hes father lawsuit accusing mom had been sound man of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago our jobbery is now in canada where police and private security guards are reported to be giving him extra protection assad been jailed has more the Saudi Crown Prince is again implicated in allegations of a hit squad sent to murder a dissident former saudi intelligence agents are the jobbery is accusing mohamed bin salon of trying to have him killed in canada 2 years ago government and private security has been stepped up in toronto real job breeze reported to be in hiding he was advisor to the previous crown prince and the saudi government has attempted to have him extradited several times a job hes launched a lawsuit in the u. S. Which says an elite team called the tiger squad tried to enter canada in october 28th in canada reportedly denied entry to bin salmonds person mercenaries. The u. S. Court has issued a summons to the sound the oil to acknowledge the Legal Proceedings against him the summons delivers the complaint