Disproportionate violence against protesters. Newspaper editor released on bail after his arrest under a controversial security law. With grief, rage, and thousand for justice, people in beirut marked one week since the catastrophic explosion shattered their city. Near thethered side of the blast to hold a vigil. Maryam survivors held a moment of silence for the more than 200 People Killed and read the victims names allowed. People also walked through some of beiruts worst hit neighborhoods, marching towards the parliament. The blast injured to thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Ther has spilled out onto streets as clashes between protesters and Security Forces continue for a second day. Demonstrators have set fires and thrown stones at parliament. A report suggests lebanons leaders had been warned about the explosive materials stored at beirut sports. Jazeeraso al reporter who has been following the story in the capital, beirut. We have seen a great deal of anger in recent days and of course, that feeling is still very much there, but it was tempered by a more somber atmosphere as well. Yes. Ter an emotional ceremony. People gathered close to beirut for the side of that blast that damaged and destroyed many neighborhoods in beirut and changed the lives of so many people. The Health Ministry same 171 people will were killed and that 30 people to 40 people remained missing. Search operations continue at beirut port, but you know, hope of finding survivors there is little hope of finding any survivors. This blast destroyed 70,000 homes, made 300,000 people displaced. So people are angry. It was an emotional ceremony, but at the same time, they were demanding justice, accountability. They said enough is enough, that we do not want to bury our dead before burying the political elite. Your message is the resignation of the government. Government resigned on monday. It is not enough. The traditional Political Parties that have been governing this country for decades, they should leave office, they should be toppled, they should be replaced by new leadership. The people were under no illusion that they were up against a lot of challenges. First of all, not many really were in the streets. A lot of people are quite are still supporters of those in power, but people showed resilience. Like you mentioned earlier, a lot of emotion. Everybody has a story to say. Stories of survival, stories of tragedy. Well tell you we will not forget this moment for the rest of our lives. These reports continue to come through about the government having knowledge of this stockpile being at the warehouse, at the port. It is raising more and more questions about whether such a government can be trusted to investigate what has taken place when so far, they have rejected an international, independent inquiry into what took place. Yes. Ter the government has now handed the files to the judiciary about one of the main demands of the antigovernment protest movement anthat there is a need for independent judiciary. At the moment, judges are appointed by politicians, which means they are loyal to the and not to thees state, so there is little faith in the judiciary, little faith acknowledgedwho they knew that thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate were stored at beirut port, located in the middle of a densely populated city. The president himself saying the report reached his desk and he is saying it is not my responsibility. I am not in charge of the port, and that i spoke to the officials at the higher defense counsel and told them to do something about it. People believed he is the president , but he is also the head of the armed forces, the commander in chief. He should have done something about it. It is not just the president. Other officials were aware area that is why people have been demanding an independent investigation. They believe that is the only way to know the truth and that there will be no coverup but the message from the authorities has been clear from day one, that we will be investigating this case and they are promising what they are saying, a transparent investigation. Maryam thank you very much. With all the latest from beirut. It took six months for the coronavirus to infect 10 Million People after it was first attacked it in china last year. Now, it has taken a little over six weeks to double that number. More than 20 million cases have been recorded around the world. Or than half of those infections are in just four countries. The u. S. , brazil, india, and russia. The global death toll has 737,000, and the race to find a vaccine is very much on. Now, russia is saying it is the first country in the world to develop that vaccine after less than two months of human trials. But there are concerns moscow might be putting National Pride ahead of science and safety. Charlie angela reports. Wantsis a race everyone to win, but rushing it could prove fatal. President putin says russia has approved a vaccine against covid19 despite not completing crucial phase three Clinical Trials. Today, in the morning, the first vaccine against the new Coronavirus Infection was registered, although i know it works fairly effectively, from stable immunity, and i repeat, it has gone through all the necessary checks. Five, thesputnik vaccine has only been tested on 138 people. One of them, putins daughter. A commona vaccine for cold, this allegedly gives immunity against covid19 for two years, but the results of the limited trials have yet to be made public. Coronavirus has ripped through russia. It has the fourth highest number of cases in the world. The Health Ministry says doctors and teachers will receive the first doses before a max Vaccination Program starts in january. 20 countries have rushed to preorder over one billion dors doses. The World Health Organization says the vaccine has not got their stamp of approval yet. In contact with the Russian Health authorities and discussions are ongoing with w. H. O. Qualification of the vaccine, but again, prequalification includes the rigorous review of data. The Scientific Community say the speed of development and lack of transparency is causing them concern. We have no idea whether even the claims that are being made about the safety and immune response of this virus are true or not. I hope they are true. Once there is a safe and effective vaccine, personally, i do not care where it comes from. We need to Work Together with everybody around the world. One of the things i worry about is this is really more about sort of geopolitics and being able to claim victory. It may put pressure on other countries to cut corners on as wellnd effectiveness and that could put us all in danger. Until the who gives the vaccine the green light, this is not a race russia can claim to have won. Al jazeera. Maryam mexico saying it will conduct late stage Clinical Trials for coronavirus vaccines. Minister says agreements have been made with Johnson Johnson and two chinese firms. The trials could start between september and january, depending on approval from mexicos food and drug agency. The World Health Organization says 25 vaccine candidates are undergoing human Clinical Trials. Meanwhile, new zealand announced its First Community transmission of the virus in more than 100 days. The Prime Minister ordered auckland into lockdown after four new cases were confirmed. You are asked to stayathome in your bubble, other than essential movements. If you are in auckland, you must work from home unless you are an essential service worker. All schools and childcare facilities in auckland are closed as of tomorrow morning except for the children of essential Service Workers. Those who are involved will remember that at level three, we andw you to access schools Early Childhood for level 3 for essential Service Workers only. Facilities, restaurants, and businesses must close by midday tomorrow. Retirementcomes as a village in christchurch has gone into lockdown after residents showed flulike symptoms area eight residents were affected. Swabs to test for covid19 have been sent to a laboratory. Other developments. The World Health Organization are saying there is worrisome spikes in virus cases in countries that had initially controlled outbreaks, like colombia and argentina. Columbia is close to reaching 400,000 cases. The mayor of the capital is expected to announce a new law down in parts of the city to control the spread. There are concerns about rising infections in the dominican republic, which has more cases than all other caribbean virus nations combined. Lets go to our reporter in bogota. It seems after some initial progress in containing the pandemic, we are seeing a sudden spike in cases. What is thought to be the cause of this . Well, most likely the fact that more people have been out on the streets before they need to work, to eat, and also officially,t while, the nationwide quarantine remains in place, there have been a growing number of exceptions that the National Government has put in place for the economy to restart. So while during the first three months, the situation seemed to be under control, we have seen the number just going up for the last couple of months and really picking up the last two or three thes, and now, colombia eighth country with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases anywhere in the world, and what is most concerning is the fact that in the last seven days, if you look at the number of confirmed deaths per Million People, colombia is among the highest if not the worst affected country anywhere in the world. Strict a time when most restrictions were supposed to end, even in larger cities like here in the capital, bogota, or in the second city. On thursday, we are now expecting the mayor of bogota to announce new restrictions, possibly another 14 days of Strict Lockdown in three sectors of the city that would affect 3 million to 4 Million People. The Silver Lining here is the fact that authorities also believe we are in a sort of plateau of the peak of infections, and hopefully, we might see the numbers going down in a couple of weeks. Colombiahe problem in but also other countries in the region is that many people do not have a safety net to fall back on, nor can they afford to stay out of work, and that is causing that is sparking protests, isnt it . Reporter i am not hearing you anymore. Maryam i was just asking you about brewing political tensions in bolivia and peru as people are trying to deal with lockdown restrictions while at the same time trying to balance that with he sort of economic harm that it is doing. Maryam apologies. Sense of thegot a situation. He was saying that, unfortunately, the country is close to reaching 400,000 cases of the virus. It looks as though after some initial easing of restrictions that they will probably there will probably be further lockdown measures in place to get the virus under control we are going to bring you much more on the program after a quick break. Andcoverage of coronavirus, no foreign content without permission. The tanzanian government cracked down on what journalists can what your l lists cacan report. What journalistcan report. Hello. Theres plenty of warm sunshine across much of europe but we have also seen in the last few hours quite a lot of showers and thunderstorms all the way from the southwest about the central and western areas. Sunshine across into southern england. The skies may be coming in hazy but theres more clouds around. Into the netherlands as well. Enjoying the sunshine. A very different story across into greece. This is 100 kilometers northeast of athens and this is a village that was inundated with flash floods. Five people died. Cleared up. Mod flowed through peoples homes. The good news is it should be a lot drier in greece for the next couple of days but there will be showers and may be scattered thunderstorms erecting to the north and west and then you will see here we have a system just sitting, waiting to move in. Already, the rain through wednesday, eight heavy across Northern Areas of and that will sweep in, bringing the rain, and extend to the southwest of the u. K. , pushing across into the low countries. The rain keeping the temperature is lower. It is still very warm. Finally cooling down in london. A similar ststory across i into paparis. Welcome back. A look at the headlines. La allah maryam crowds gathered for a vigil since the catastrophic explosion leveled the lebanese capital. There were clashes that continued near the parliament for a second day. Russia claims to have developed the worlds first vaccine against covid19 after less than two months of human trials. But results of the limited trials have yet to be made public. The World Health Organization is saying there are some worrisome some spikes in virus cases in countries that had initially controlled outbreaks like colombia and argentina. The European Union is saying the president ial vote in belarus was not free and is threatening sanctions. The Opposition Leader has now taken shelter in lithuania after rejecting the results. She urged protesters not to resist police after a second night of antigovernment violence saw thousands arrested and at least one man killed. There growing anger and accusations of Election Fraud after the victory of president or sango of the president. She spoke about her decision to leave the country. You know, i thought this whole campaign toughened me a lot and gave me so much strength that i can endure anything but perhaps i am still the weak woman i was in the beginning. I made a very difficult decision. It is a decision i made absolutely and the. Neither my friends nor my family nor the Campaign Staff more could nor sergei influence it in anyway paid many will blame and hate me, but you know, god forbid you may face such a choice that i have faced. People, please be careful. No life is a good price for what is happening now. Children are the most important part of our lives. Maryam al jazeera as s reporter is following al jazazeeras reporter is following this from minsk. They have taken her to the lithuanian border and in return, her campaign manager, who has been detained for the last couple of days, was released, and now is in the way neyo together with her. Is iner statement lithuania with her. Another statement filing a complaint against the Election Results together with two men with suitcases and also video equipment. Certainly also video has appeared in which she is seen to read a statement saying she actually wants everyone to accept the official results and stop protesting on the street. Ae campaign seems to have recording. People in that room, we still do not know who they were. Two men, have been forced to read a statement. After that, she left. She has not been in any contact directly with her Campaign Team until she was on the other side of the border. So this is of course an Important Development because she has been the symbol of the growing opposition in the last couple of months. There were three me women on the stage during the election campaign. Two of them are now abroad because they are worried about their safety and the safety of their families. Only one of them is left in belarus, and she said i will continue we will all continue. This is not going to stop. Maryam a media tycoon in hong kong who is a major critic of the Chinese Government has been released on bail. Sons were of his arrested. He was surrounded by supporters and the media as he left the police station. People chanted fight until the day,nd have an apple a referring to the apple daily newspaper, which has chosen to keep criticizing the government. Police searched for e evidence n hihis yacht. Adrian brown reports. Was once more paraded as police continued to build their case a against the highprofile businessmen. He is suspected of colluding with foreign powers, a crime punishable by life in prison. But staff at his apple daily newspaper insists the tabloids often Critical Coverage of chinese command will go on. It is one of hong kongs most popular newspapers on tuesday morning, it became the citys most sought after. Normally, with a print run of 50,000 copies a day, the figure was almost 10 times that. Investor activism has also seen the share price of the papers Parent Company increased 11 fold in two days. Copy now amounts to an act of defiance. What the police did brutally interfered with press freedom. All hong kongers with a conscience have to support hong kong today, apple daily, hong kong. The hong kong i know is not like this. Suddenly, political persecution and white terror has become more blatant. I think it is out of line. What an ordinary citizen can do is very little. Maybe i can just buy a newspaper. He is another prominent prodemocracy leader facing a life sentence. She was arrested late on monday. Many here now wonder who will be next. In beijing, officials from chinas highest Political Party were discussing what to do with hong kongs Legislative Assembly after the territorys chief executive postponed next months planned election for another year. Citing the covid19 outbreak. The Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress decided t