To justice nato steps into the issues surrounding the alleged poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alexian abounding saying the attack on him is an assault on fundamental rights. Not a super tanker on fire for a 2nd day off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. The. Also this half hour standoff the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group has surrounded the prison calling for the release of their members. Ok lets begin this half hour in lebanon has been a month since the massive explosion at the forts in beirut incredibly rescue teams may have found signs of life underneath a collapsed building theyre digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate igniting at the port about 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless rescue workers say there were initial attempts havent been successful in establishing contact with any potential survivors but they will keep on looking. What we have seen so far is unfortunately no trace often the victim of body we have been conducting 2 scans in 2 different room holding the scanner on the poor we just need a 4 d inch fence and commit the horse so we did that so far we can see nothing. But we are going to conduct again im sure another scan thing is done we work in face the call the nation is quite cheap am together with the military. Lebanese military we have a very good team everybodys working hand in hand. See my colleagues in a holder joining us from beirut so they know whats the latest on this operation. Well if you talk to members of that rescue team and they say that we will continue for as long as it takes even if the chances slim we will not stop its a painstaking effort because this is an old building a 3 Story Building and the risk of the structure collapsing you know chris says its real and that is why rescue workers are also afraid that they may be caught in the in the rubble theyve reached the 1st floor theyre digging into the 1st floor this is what we understand but so far they havent found anyone now this operation has been going on for 24 hours earlier today they took a sensor test and they said that they still detected signs of life a 7 breath per minute 24 hours ago it was 18 breaths per minute so hope is still there this is not going to be easy because of the difficulties that theyve been facing theyve been vacuuming the dust and the rubble from inside inside that building so rescue operations continue and it could be a few hours before we know whether or not there is somebody underneath that rubble as youre talking to see you know were showing live pictures it looks like a very dangerous carious lead dangerous operation for the people who are involved in it. Yes it is thats why they are progressing very slowly last night the chilean team this operation is being led by a team from chile who are really here to survey buildings damaged buildings to see whether or not the structures are still still strong there are dog detected the sign of life the lebanese Civil Defense the firefighters they just dont have that equipment and that is why theres so much anger at the state that they see it so incompetent authorities who didnt even bother to check this this building to check beneath that rubble and its been a month so the they are relying on the technique and the expertise as well as the machines that this team from chile has but they too are also worried about their colleagues because its just so on stable so this could last hours peter. So you know youve been reporting on this explosion in the off tomorrow of the explosion since day one give us your sense as to the lingering Lasting Impact that thats had on the people youve been talking to. Its had an impact many many people have been affected you talk to people they tell you stories of survival they tell you stories of tragedy 191 People Killed thousands wounded many of them suffering from life changing people have lost eyes theyve lost limbs and people have lost their homes tens of thousands of people have lost their homes people have lost their livelihoods according to the United Nations 70000. 00 people are now out of work as a result of the blast is just 11 on latest calamity really this country was reeling from a deep economic crisis and the lock down because of a coronavirus really worsened the Economic Situation but now if you walk in destroyed and damaged neighborhoods you see People Living and in damaged homes and you ask them how are you surviving you dont have windows you dont have doors and they said where you want to to go the government has been absent and they havent stepped in to help us deal with our with our crisis. 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Theres a lot of anger theres a lot of this there are people believe the authorities havent handled their manage this crisis neither in the rescue efforts relief efforts Recovery Efforts and rebuilding efforts really rebuilding efforts and its really the volunteers local and international n. G. O. S that have taken i believe in helping the people that pick up the pieces of their lives. Thank you very much in a hard reporting live from beirut mr secretarygeneral is calling on russia to cooperate with an International Investigation into the poisoning of the Opposition Leader alexina valmy hes called it an quotes appalling assassination attempt by moscow and said it was an assault on fundamental rights time and again we have seen Opposition Leaders and critics of the russian regime attacked and the lives threatened some have even been killed so this is not just an attack on an individual but on fundamental democratic rights and it is a serious breach of International Law which demands an International Response. We wish mr not only a full and speedy recovery lets bring in Alexandra Steele in a bitch go for shes live for us in moscow alexandro whats your reading of those comments from young stoltenberg. Well yes stoltenberg called for russia to cooperate with what he called impassionate International Investigation into what happened with no value but also to cooperate with any zation for of chemical weapons and to disclose fully and completely of the novacek program this is a program where that made this chemical weapons basically for military military use from seventys to the ninetys discours were also heard in the case of poisoning of scruples in the u. K. And of course russia did not to disclose them then so what the yes the ultimate it was was that was saying actually as he called russia to fully cooperate and also to perpetrators to be to be found now before this press conference of the spokesperson for russian president Dmitry Peskov he said that russia is willing to cooperate in an investigation that will open a criminal investigation once it has confirmed that it was indeed boys and for which he said that theyre expecting some response from from germany they actually want to see this proof that poisons were found in in the valleys body so that they can open this this criminal in investigation and the so far the russian stance and he repeated it yet again is that there was no poisons found in the body whilst he was in russia we heard today from the mosque form of doctors in xavier in hospital where he was that what they found is again that metabolic this balance that it started even a couple of days before he fell ill in that plane and that he was on a on a diet that caused this metabolic this balance so russia is sticking to what they said before stating they will cooperate but once they see the proof and sandra thank you very much. Still to come here on aljazeera the latest from pakistan on one of its worst monsoon season in years. Hello once again it looks like very much a case of the calm before the next storm the next storm being super typhoon hashan thats going to make its way further north which as we go on through the next couple of days towards the Korean Peninsula not seep out of the moment she can say largely dry by this weather system that will make its way further Research Japan seeing some rather heavy right as we go through the next here comes and thats going to continue making its way further northwards as we go on through saturday on into sunday its moving pretty slowly has to be said will be changed to guide to wednesday where were looking at this one making its way in but just a week or so after may set just 2 weeks or so after bad does give major cause for concern some heavy rain already started to run in across southern parts of japan as we make our way into sunday for china which generates right down towards the southwest we have got some showers longer spells of rain some heavy downpours coming through here now across south asia the heaviest downpours now look to be more so over towards the west and get still some lively showers a scattering of showers there over towards edition pushing up towards west bengal there cases showers pushing all the weapons out of pakistan as well was further showers there for bangladesh. But. If youre looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going on but what is this race is a religion that they have an indepth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with Economic Growth this is still the center. Capitalism carries no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to evade the world smaller and smaller we dont want to be so realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing pains on aljazeera. Come back youre watching aljazeera my names peter toby these are top stories rescue workers say theyre close to reaching the source of signs of life detected under the rubble in underneath a collapsed building in beiruts its happening a month after the massive explosion which killed more than 200. 00 people. The nato secretary general is calling on russia to cooperate with the new International Best to gauge didnt realize poisoning of the Opposition Leader alexina valmy again stoltenberg called it an appalling assassination attempt by moscow. A crewmans died in an engine room explosion on board an oil tanker on fire off the coast of sri lanka 22 other crew members were rescued from the new diamond the panamanian wretchs the tanker has been ablaze for 2 days now is for lanka navy and indian coast guard ships are trying to help to put out the fire Mel Fernandez joins us live from colombo tell us more about whats going on there at sea. The firefighting efforts from what were hearing on the ground here us still very much on the way now the vessel itself is on man and all the crew have been evacuated the surviving crew there is no power because of the fire so it is drifting basically in International Waters it seemed that it was moving slightly towards the sri lankan course something that the sri lankan authorities are very conscious of this is off the eastern coast of sri lanka now obviously more than 2000000 barrels of crude oil. Massive environmental disaster waiting to happen we just heard the official press conference by the navy the Marine EnvironmentProtection Agency about what is being done so far now obviously the sea theyre keeping close tabs of working with the indian course to bring the flame under control to cool the surrounding 5 sort of parts of the ship to prevent the spread of those flames into the cargo area but obviously there is no guarantee that this can happen now the navy very confident that the indicators are that they might be able to contain it within that sort of bridge area and the engine room area of but obviously the coming hours are crucial when we talk about the coming hours being crucial mineral do you think the local authorities are prepared if worst comes to worst for a big spill of oil. Well sadly they have to be ready for that now as much as we heard you know the situation about the fire being contained to the bridge and those areas of the supertanker yes sir it is are very conscious of the fact that they need to be ready and this is what the Marine EnvironmentDirection Agency representative told us that whatever existing resources and one fact they did admit to that the Resources Available to sri lanka to fight such a potential Massive Oil Spill are minimal and that is quite a concern but whatever resources that are available are being deployed essentially around that east around the Southern Coast to particular points so that in the event that they have to deal with an oil spill that there is something in place now there is something called blooming essentially a system where the tank is actually surrounded 9 a centrally by protective equipment to prevent that oil slick or a sludge in the event of an oil spill from spreading but obviously sri lanka cannot do this alone that was one of the messages that we heard they have appealed to their neighbors their regional partners as well as the bigger International Community they said obviously happening in International Waters it might be in sri lankas neighborhood but they need the support of the International Community to get ready for a potential oil spill so that is what were hearing obviously the hope is that it wont come to it but certainly something thats on the horizon to be considered. Thank you very much melton members there live for us in colombo. In the democratic republic of congo an armed group or surrounded a prison demanding the release of fighters 300. 00 of them with the socalled cooperatives for the development of the congo into the tunnel on friday malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi the army has been fighting this group since the beginning of the year without much success thats how those prisoners were taken now the militia men here in town are also demanding food rations that they say theyve been promised by the government as part of a provisional peace deal so they say that this peace there would have enabled some of them to take to be to be integrated into congos Army Fighters to receive food rations and other forms of support for these deals it seems it doesnt have full backing from the capital kinshasa and just 2 days ago the uns chief in congo said that no such deal should go ahead he seems the un and the International Community have lost the time for integrating armed groups into the army they dont want to be seen to be rewarding people for taking up arms and for massacring civilians many civilians are being killed in that area by this group and of as over the last few months so this seems to have reached a head today right now as well few Army Soldiers or government soldiers who were there trying to evacuate the civilian population and had any standoff or any conflict any battle that might happen in the hours ahead of course were going to keep following those developments. The latest monsoon flooding in pakistan has now killed 48 people hundreds of homes are damaged or destroyed and roads and bridges have been swept away days of torrential downpours and flooding caused chaos in the Financial Capital caracas cheat more than 200 pakistanis have died since the monsoon season began in july come on idol reports from the outskirts of islam about. Heavy monsoon rains have left our trail of destruction across bhagavan progress on Financial Hub the city of karachi along the arabian sea is under several feet of water in several areas which of course has disrupted life today bringing the electric supply to all and therefore causing grave problems for the people who are now without fresh water and of course while theyre going to the outbreak of diseases finally if theres no water or gas or electricity i have never seen a situation like this ever before its a huge loss to all of our Business Community who supply the rest of the county we have had to stop business because of the flooding the government has failed us all coming out of the life of me and we are we dont know what to do theres no electricity in these hot summers we lost all our belongings in the flood waters and there was no help from the government its hard to live in these waters and were left at the mercy of god. Also and an all day have been several highways that have been blocked because of landslides dozens of people have been killed hundreds of properties have been damaged by august on aging electric supply system has come under severe strain because of the a demand for electricity the range of course have meant that the grid stations have had to shut off or have tripped that of course has led to communication problems also today have been reported several how did they have been swept away in swat valley internet fertility days are not functional and the Fi