that was journalist lizzie porter in beirut there. nowjust to say journalist lizzie porter in beirut there. now just to say that the latest reports we are getting is at the explosion may have been caused by explosive materials. which had been seized by the security forces in beirutand been seized by the security forces in beirut and stored in the port. let's just remind you of those pictures that show the blast when it happened. that was the second much larger explosion as it happened in the port of beirut. the bbc‘s middle east a nalyst the port of beirut. the bbc‘s middle east analyst sebastian... said that exclusion like this will exacerbate tensions in a city with such a history of violence and conflict. tensions in a city with such a history of violence and conflictm is something where you immediately wonder what the cause is, you look at beirut look at beirut, you look at lebanon, the key thing is the cause. when you see the testimony, the damage, when you hear from people kilometres away in their windows have been destroyed

actually deployment of beirut. and beirut downtown beirut is about 600 meters from the harbor so you can see that they are going to the downtown and densely populated area and a lot of people who go to the high born for business and. workers and out of their highway. with i mean. i think. so it's ordinary that. many people are or would be. time of the explosion knowing that this version i think in place at 6 30 in the evening which is not that i shall of. and i share a lot of it could have. more because you're right it is there is an emergency cabinet meeting we understand planned for the 1st thing tomorrow morning what has the conversation got to be amongst the government ministers in beirut to do the best by their countrymen. if usually the council fenced the stations of the out council of defense that comes in to day and such just that would be a emergency state and for 15 days that may be. another 15 days and. also if they come on the floor to form a committee for investigation into these incidents. also they w

staff in beirut. we have no indication from our colleagues in lebanon that there's been any harm to u.n. personnel or facilities and certainly i hope that they're all ok and i book that the people of lebanon are ok these are very worrying signs of explosions we do not have. information about what has happened precisely what has caused this whether it's an accidental or manmade on and so we will need that information to respond once we get that we'll probably try to express something further but at this stage our thoughts are with the people of lebanon and we hope that whatever has happened that the damage is limited and that the safety of the lebanese people. will be interested i was told about how this blast in beirut impacted upon homes that were several kilometers away from the the site of the explosion earlier we spoke with a reporter vora who is in beirut on lives and by ruse. this is from the room. she was watching t.v. at the time see how powerful the blast was or was badly damaged by the impac

but we heard from 2 reporters in beirut. and owen hall the way they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it as lebanon's here shima course there's no comparison between a nuclear bomb and what's happened today but it's only shows how deeply impacted and how saddened they are and how devastating this explosion has been on the up and on and on the lebanese who are already grappling with a very bad economic situation kovac 19 pro-reform demonstrations or demonstrations asking to lemonade corruption from the power sharing system for failing in the country at the list goes on so this just adds further hurt and

or to see goes on of his in beirut with the latest. well the smoke still hasn't cleared from the streets of beirut and everything that you can see around me well it hasn't been caused by the blast but rather by today's protests we are in an area which has seen some of the heaviest clashes between the police the army and well the riot says it is in fact not far from the port where the blast had happened but this was not caused by the blast this was caused by all the protests and by people being unhappy lots of dumpsters just overturned set on fire i mean by the time we got here there was much more smoke much more fires going on let's just see just have a look here this is not again this is not damage excuse me this is not damage from the blogs this is a from today's protests and what people are unhappy about lebanon has been battered in the past in the past year firstly and foremost leave the country is in economic in an economic turmoil its economy plunged then covert 19 heads and it didn't help the economy at all but on top of that wh

and we want to go to beirut. on the story for worse. emanuel he looked and sounded like the leader that lebannon does not have at the moment what did you make of his visit today. look 1st of all he visited one of the main. damaged residential. completely damaged by the explosion named. area of the. downtown beirut during a visit he met the people of them. some of them some others in this visit specifically. look at it. it's a chance to make the world listen to them to make their sounds. and even their voices demand what they. should they believe that france. for lebanon it's a city can issue. in such a way so the chance to make. them that's why they said they don't need any more to take it down. they said they outright of the sectarian. this corrupted politicians they need to get rid of that. during his visit they showed some people. sure that they didn't want to get. into other. people's. pockets. but he made it clear that the money. to the people not to the politicians. that happened is that realistic. it's debatable issue but he made

protesters storm several government buildings in beirut calling for justice and accountability after tuesday's devastating explosion security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse huge crowds gathered in the center of the lebanese capital. because the prime minister. says corruption was to blame for the tragedy and calls for early election. rescue teams continue the search for survivors in the ruins of the beirut port area we hear from a nurse who saved 3 newborns minutes after the blast. i'm sure she needs the intensive care units because the rubble is when it started to leave and some of the units i was sorry because i felt the babies might be crushed from the rubble. or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start with breaking news from beirut there has been an intense standoff in the lebanese capital where there is an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesday's deadly explosion security forces have used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds calling for officia

shops and homes were destroyed across beirut. hundreds of thousands of people likely unable to return to their homes for months. as the lebanese begin to deal with the aftermath, a strong sense of community is emerging, but it dealing of disbelief still lingers -- a f feeling of disbelief. "we never seen anything like this in our lives. it's difficult and the scene is shocking and scary. i took everything and after all the destruction. i looked for my family and gathered t them and went outut o the balcony to take a look. it was a massacre. i saw a lot of horrific scenes. i s saw dead people. i saw people rununning and screaming while carrying their children, people who had lost their children. others looking for their mom or sisters. it was horrific. it was difficult. planes carrying rescue teams and eight have begun to arrive from countries around the world. the lebanenese government announced a two-weak state of emergency and ordered a number of court officials to be placed under housese arrest. they include any officials invo

bbc news, beirut. laura: for more on the scene in the lebaneseit c, we heard from our correspondent on the ground. reporter:e ve been to more hospitals because more people are rushing to the hospitals. yesterday people who vere cases were treated and many in the thousands were sent back home because they could talk and walk. they told them, if you can talk emergency.u are not an you can go home. today they were trying to go seek some treatment. most of today,eople are waking up to a new reality, the reality city that have become houses in completely smashed and people will not be able to return to their houses anytime soon. iseans we have a large numbf people made homeless. we have seen a lot of support. lot of people offering their places to even foreigners, people they don't know. come,h strangers, stay w us until things are settled. this wilt be solved between one day or another. this is not something that will a take jusle of days. this is a very long-term crisis and the government needs to find a

stuff in beirut as of yet. we have no indication from our colleagues in lebanon that there's been any harm to u.n. personnel or facilities and certainly i hope that they're all ok and i hope that the people of lebanon are ok these are very worrying signs of explosions we do not have. information about what has happened precisely what has caused this whether it's accidental or manmade and so we will need that information to respond once we get that we'll probably try to express something further but at this stage our thoughts are with the people of lebanon and we hope that whatever has happened that the damage is limited and that the safety of the lebanese people. will be interested. well here's the situation right now at the port in beirut as night falls this explosion happened. around 2 hours ago. it's clear that obviously had a fire continues to rage in the course area helicopters trying to douse the flames 5 slices on the ground also looking for survivors under the rubble of those mangled warehouses. in the

in an industrial area in beirut. my colleague ros atkins has continuing coverage here on bbc news. this is ros atkins as we continue bbc news coverage of this huge explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. this is like pictures coming to us at the moment. as you can see, night has fallen but the area affected is being lit up by multiple fires which continue to burn, and with the light of those fires, you can just burn, and with the light of those fires, you canjust about burn, and with the light of those fires, you can just about make out some of the damage to buildings and there will be many, many damaged buildings, because the scale of this explosion is quite extraordinary. if you have not seen the pictures, let me show you what happened a little bit earlier. i did a lot of us, we first saw this, could not quite believe it was real, such was its scale, but these pictures have been verified. you can see a fire burning there, already of significance size, and then, suddenly, a far extraordinary moment. and as you ca

s life from berlin extending a helping hand the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blast that killed nearly 150 people and injured thousands more during a visit france's president and i'm accomplishes to lead a global donor's conference to rebuild beirut but he says there must be reformed from lebanon's leaders echoing the demands of citizens fed up with government corruption and incompetence also coming up. i was asking myself what i'm going to indict and that's all i'm going to die we hit the button slips off her feet as the new blue to blast knocked out her wedding photographs. and fasts and free travelers entering germany must taking mandatory free coronavirus test if they're arriving from designated hotspots well that's as infectious spread across the country and new cases rise to their highest level in 3 months. thank. you so much for your company everyone help is on the way that's the message from france's president emanuel mccall to the people of beirut following the devastating blast on a visit to the lebanese capital president michel pledged to spearhead a donor's co

bbc news, beirut. laura: for more on the scene in the lebanese caparal, we from our correspondent on the ground. reporter: whave been to more hospitals because more people are rushing to the hospitals. yesterday people who had severe cases were treated and many in the thousands were sent back home because they could talk and walk. they told them, if you can talk and walk, you are not an emergency. you can go home. today they were trying to go ekome treatment. most of today,g people are wak up to a new reality, the rlity there are thousands of houses in th city that have become completely smashed and people will not be able to return to their houses anytime soon. th means we have a large numberf people made homeless. we have seen a lot of support. hea lot of people offering places to even foreigners, people they don't know. come, strangers, stay with us until things are settled. this will t be solved between one day or another. this is not something that will take just cole of days. this is a very long-

since beirut. by this massive massive blast the force of the blast the magnitude the scale of the explosion i've covered many many. bombings assassination attempts nothing like this nothing that shook the capital well some will say maybe the massive bomb that killed the former prime minister a fickle how did in 2005 it was you you can compare it to that explosion that 2 shook the lebanese capital so people are on edge asking questions at 1st they thought it was some sort of an attack now they're saying it was an accident so many lebanese are going to ask there's going to be more questions now on what this explosive material was doing at beirut for it we know that the international community has accused the lebanese authority of not of not clamping down on corruption at beirut ports in fact they have a demand the corruption that the authorities fight corruption that they report as one of the conditions before billions of dollars of much needed financial assistance is dispersed to lebanon so now that

and beirut porson killed 135 people. last course nearly $3000000000.00 worth of damage has made nearly 300000 people homeless. but again i'm adrian for the given this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up breaking ground on stirring controversy india's prime minister lays the foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque plus. i'm lawrence lee in the northwest of england at the height of the tourism season some hoteliers are warning that their livelihoods to be put at risk because some visitors are failing to follow basic guidelines to control the spread of the virus. lebanon's cabinet has to clear a 2 week state of emergency in beirut following tuesday's devastating explosion the death toll continues to rise 135 people are now confirmed dead while more than 80 others are still missing around 5000 people were injured and several port officials have been put under house arrest beirut's governor says that up to 300000 people have been left homeless i was in resent a honda reports. the people of t

in tuesday's blast in beirut. the destruction was so extensive, the shock wave felt across the city. the emergency services so overwhelmed it was up to whoever could help to provide a bit of comfort to the injured. open lots turned into field hospitals. the blasts happened just after 6:00 in the evening. with what started as a fire in a port warehouse, culminating with an explosion the likes of which war scattered lebanon has never seen. the whole house collapsed upon us this woman says. in an instant lives were lost and livelihoods destroyed. this person has come to the wreckage of what was his electric goods store. 40 years he says war, we've seen woes of every kind but not like this. as if the knick crisis, the coronavirus, the revolution weren't enough this tops them all. life was already a struggle in lebanon with its economy in free falling and coronavirus on the rise and now this. >> we got here an hour ago and as you can see it's destroyed. we've been open since october and we've been fighting every month

we'll be live in beirut. also, back under lockdown. aberdeen‘s bars and restaurants have been ordered to close and residents told to stay at home after a spike in coronavirus cases. the inquest into the death of tv presenter caroline flack — her mother says she was let down by the authorities and was faced with a show trial. allegations of mistreatment. the british gymnasts who trained at one of the country's top clubs speak out about their experiences. and england's cricketers make a promising start against pakistan, before rain interrupts the opening day's play. and coming up in sport on bbc news... european football is back as manchester united look to complete the formalities of their europa league round of 16 tie. good evening. rescue workers are searching for dozens of people still missing after the massive explosion in beirut yesterday. at least 135 people were killed and more than 5000 were injured. large parts of the city were devastated by the force of the blast. more than a quarter of a million people were made homeless

to know what's being stored in the port of beirut or any buildings in beirut because there's very little inventory. shared with the public and even with the firefighters in lebanon don't even have a clue of what's next or where in the country so you know we were always hanging on by a thread here and an ax and always great to happen. and at the moment it is your impression that they're still looking for potentially people who may have survived maybe maybe injured lying on the rubble and in amongst all the debris. i mean it's such a massive and devastating explosion we're talking about a court area that is probably several kilometers long that appears to be a wasteland right now i mean there are hundreds of warehouses there everything can be flattened you know a lot of these warehouses are built of steel and they could easily be just destroyed we saw buildings you know miles away that were totally devastated again like feel structures so i imagine that we are going through the rubble for quite some time now and you know people have been injured on the roads on the highways you know really

this is you don't really use life from berlin search and rescue the race to save lives in beirut after twin blasts level much of the city explosions flattening the capital supports killing at least 100 people and injuring thousands more rescuers question head with the search for survivors as the city's shocked residents look for answers also coming up flashpoint india's prime minister and auguries the building of a hindu temple on the very sight of a demolished mosque are now fears that the route to the construction could we ignite religious tensions. on land i thank you so much for your company everyone movie guinn this broadcast in lebanon where rescuers in beirut are searching for survivors after 2 explosions left much of the city in ruins well the blast happened at a warehouse where tons of a highly explosive chemical were stored apparently without any safety measures in place at least 100 people were killed and thousands injured authorities have placed a number of the report officials under house arrest the government has now declared a 2 week state of emergency for the city. cast

beirut has been. known at the moment if you see the images at the moment. which is really a sad sight to see. risk people are struggling around. for food sure going around for money. because of the coronavirus on the financial situation so. they're trying to get up on their feet that same time and then. also sudden you've got this explosion in the capital which is really really you know most. of them on this i'm joined live by anti terror experts jennifer de mestre jennifer thanks again for being with us here on our international. so. i have to go to the u.s. politics side of things because somehow it always has to go there donald trump he claimed that the tragedy was quote unquote an attack an earlier we were talking about there hasn't even been an investigation yet. there's no evidence to support that it's been an attack or this assertion. why would a u.s. president insert themselves in a situation like this. i don't know to be i've been researching the area reaching out to some of my contacts in th

which is igor john of his in beirut with the latest. well the smoke still hasn't cleared from the streets of beirut and everything that you can see around me well it hasn't been caused by the blast but rather by today's protests we are in an area which has seen some of the heaviest clashes between the police the army and well the riotous it is in fact not far from the port where the blast had happened but this was not caused by the blast this was caused by all the protests and by people being unhappy lots of dumpsters just overturned set on fire i mean by the time we got here there was much more smoke much more fires going on let's just see just have a look here this is not again this is not damage excuse me this is not damage from the blogs this is a from today's protests and what people are unhappy about lebanon has been battered in the past in the past year firstly and foremost leave the country is in economic in an economic turmoil its economy plunged then covert 19 heads and it didn't help the economy at all but on top of that what

all of beirut get its material from the port and our hospital gets all its needs from the port of beirut. and it‘s still not clear what the long—term health effects of the explosion could be. professorjimmie oxley is a leading explosives expert. you have a lot of dust that itself can be harmful, fine dust in the air. if these people are still wearing their masks for covid, they may need them for the dust. lebanon is also already facing an unprecedented economic crisis. it defaulted on a foreign debt payment for the first time in march, and the value of its currency has been plummeting. inflation on basic food goods has soared 109% between september and may. here‘s the director for the carnegie middle east centre. incomes are collapsing, pensions are collapsing, people can‘t go to school, they can‘t afford health care. and then on top of that you have the health care crisis which came with covid—19. the security centre is suffering because they are also part and parcel. it wasjust centre is suffering because they are also part and parcel. it was just an exponential collapse, a

rami ruhayem, bbc news, beirut. extraordinary pictures. 0ur correspondent, carine torbey, is in beirut. i asked her where she'd been and what she'd witnessed today. i've been to more hospitals because more people are rushing to the hospitals. yesterday, people who had severe cases were treated, and many thousands were sent back home because they could just talk and walk. they told them if you could talk and walk, then you are not in an emergency. today, they were trying to go and seek some treatment. also today, people are waking up to a new reality, the reality that there are thousands of houses in the city that have become com pletely houses in the city that have become completely smashed. people will not be able to return to their houses anytime soon. that's means they have anytime soon. that's means they have a very large number of homeless people, people made homeless. we've seen a people, people made homeless. we've seen a lot of community support. we've been seeing a lot of people offering their places to eve

in beirut for us thank you so much. and we can get some more perspective on this story now we have amended from arabic with us in our studio here a month thank you so much for joining us 1st of all you are from lebanon you have family and friends in beirut is everyone ok we've been trying to figure that out since yesterday since the blast just making sure that everyone we know is safe and sound there are so there's a big number of missing was so i'm not sure how big that number is so obviously there are still people that we know that we don't know if they're still in good situation or not if they're safe if they're still alive even though it's been a very tough past 24 hours i would say 20 hours and we're still trying to make sure that everyone we know is ok how about getting through the next days i mean we understand that there was no electricity for example many parts of beirut through the night i mean how are people getting through i mean ironically enough yesterday morning right before the last there was a big prote

in beirut told me from beirut how they roost rather overwhelmed hospitals are dealing with the thousands of people injured in the blast since yesterday some of these casualties there were moved out so to us because our site beirut some of them reach 50 kilometers away from beirut to the east to become about 80 hospitals and because you east of lebanon some other thought other injuries are injured people move to samarra mountain area countryside around 30 to 40 kilometer away from beirut so special that out in beirut as i said before there's 2 main hospitals that are in complete damage one of them it's totally out of service it close to its members 2 nurses were lost lost their lives yesterday in the explosion it's his injuries get that sort of debate the minister also mentioned a community the hospital to each its capacity right now there's an added bridge. to different countries countries from 40 countries western countries they count off to bridge for. me to treat hospitals for medical ates everything start teaching to writing to lebanon to be airport strong by the way the ports if you

we begin with breaking news from beirut and then tense standoff is developing in the lebanese capital where there's an eye pouring of grief and anger over tuesday's deadly explosion security forces have used rubber bullets on tear gas to break up crowds calling for officials to be brought to justice. 6 for all the. fast moving developments today in the past number of hours protesters storming of several government buildings and a group took over the foreign ministry building missing their flag and declaring it the headquarters of the revolution and they have since spain driven by heavily all the security steps. that we were coming back to the property so far were people in these building belongs to the people of lebanon. we went to martyr square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country today will hang news of this and we will lead a single government ministers keep. the police stuff far and take asked us in mosques square and the iraqis will so time simply fled. brutal scenes helping witnessed in the lebanese capital demonstrators threw rocks projectiles out police off

we don't know what actually happened because in beirut there is a lot of i mean to have a response from the government they have to 1st identify who cause this a blast and 'd in beirut there is the problem is there is so many speculations and even the at this moment and so much fake news if you go to social media or 'd if you even talk to the people. that i know all over the city all over beta would. totally ludicrous theories being quoted but even if you go to the intelligence analysis analysts that i know in beirut their conclusion very often is that it was basically a new. ballistic missiles of their house and the red smoke is actually fuel now that's one way of 'd looking at it then you go to the social media in beirut and you see that of those polls by american university of beirut medical center which is the most important medical facility in the. country and in the middle east which says everybody in lebanon needs to stay indoors from the look of the flame the explosion looks the night of it asset based stay at home and then you go into the medical center and they tell you that i

ben wedeman, cnn, beirut. >>> global outpouring of assistance is being organized for beirut, but there are concerns about where that money will go. so for more on that, let's go live to london and cnn's isa suarez. how desperate is the need and how great are the obstacles to delivering it? >> reporter: well, kim, the need is immense and so are the obstacles that i'm sure many have told you in the last few days that this perhaps could be a catalyst for change in the beginning of a political era. you start as president macron said. as lebanon begins to clear the rubble, really the need for help, for international support is clear. the european commission has pledged $40 million. gulf countries are following suit with financial aid, search and rescue teams. what french president emmanuel macron said and outlined not just for those in lebanon but also the international community, any money, any international aid, kim, that is indeed put together as a fund for lebanon will not be given to those at the very top, those politicians who have been blamed for the mismanagement. so there will be n

much for now rosen and all the best to you there in beirut. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news at this hour former colombian president of our own rebate is being placed under house arrest was supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering this case is considered an important test of colombia's justice system rebase served as president from 2002 to 2010 book remains an influential figure in the country. it's a e.-s. has battered the u.s. eastern coastline killing a number of people 2 people died when a tornado spawned by that storm destroyed a mobile home park in northern kero north carolina the national hurricane center is warning of more floods to come. and staying in the u.s. the presidential election is just 90 days away now and all the signs are that donald trump is facing a difficult path to reelection he's trailing in opinion surveys and he's been criticized for his handling of the covert pandemic so some republicans are now mulling what was once unthinkable voting fo

beirut well the explosion was the most powerful ever suffered by beirut a city still scarred by civil war 3 decades ago this satellite image from the planet lab was taken of beirut's port in may and this is the same view today showing the devastation at the blast epicenter with a large chunk of the main dock as you can see completely gone but it's believed that a fire started and then spread to a warehouse where the confiscated ammonium nitrate had been stored for 6 years the blast is virtually flattened by a root support which is lebanon's biggest and the main entry point for imports to feed a nation of more than 6000000 people and it sent a shockwave through the city buildings were damaged and glass was smashed more than 3 can always has a way affecting an area where more than 750000 people live leaving many homeless people reported feeling the blast and windows rattling on the mediterranean island of cyprus about 160 kilometers away we can now speak to dr i mean coetzee's a professor of clinical emergency medicine at the american university hospital beirut's main hospital and presi

governor says that up to 300000 people have been left homeless from beirut. begins our coverage. the people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen. just before sunset on tuesday highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port caused the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins. almost every building has been damaged many are dead thousands are injured and hundreds are missing rescue workers worked through the night and into the morning as people and bodies were feared trapped underneath the rubble telling them what. my husband is an employee at the electricity company he survived but his colleagues didn't the only nonmoving dead bodies from under the rubble this is a country already reeling from a dire economic crisis where 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line the state is close to bankruptcy and the cost of damage is estimated at $3000000000.00 the damage spread several kilom

quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. steven cook is senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations, and he joins us from maryland. steven, some people are saying this could be lebanon's chernobyl moment, a catastrophe which exposes a failing system. how do you see it? it certainly seems that it is accelerating the disk government and perhaps the disk government and perhaps the regime in lebanon. the country has been rocked by protests since last fall. the cova crisis has only intensified an economic crisis and many lebanese have grown extraordinarily frustrated with the government and system itself. thus far, the government is holding, there have been no resignations but certainly people are begging the international community when they do provide aid to lebanon to go around the government because this is a government because this is a government of corrupt warlords and officials that date back many, and officials that date back any, and officials that date back many, many, many years who have

say like a word beirut has been. known at the moment if you see the images at the moment. which is a really sad sight to see. people are struggling around. for food struggling around from money. because it was a coronavirus on the financial situation so. they're trying to get up on their feet that same time and then. also sudden you've got this explosion in the capital which is really really sad you know most. and italian island has been left struggling to house asylum seekers after a surge in new arrivals more than a short break this is international. seems wrong. just don't hold. any. get to see. this day. and it. equals the trade. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. t

protesters stormed several government buildings in beirut calling for justice and accountability after tuesday's devastating explosion security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse huge crowds gathered in the center of the lebanese capital. the country's prime minister says corruption that was to blame for the tragedy and calls for early elections. rescue continue the search for survivors in the ruins of the beirut port area we hear from a nurse who saved 3 newborns minutes after the black. sheep he needs the intensive care units in the top of the rubble as well and i started calling when you were in song to the units sorry for you because i thought the babies might be crushed in the live. broadcast of a live shot from our studios in moscow this is our team international on sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start with breaking news this hour from beirut there has been an intense standoff in the lebanese capital where there is an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesday's deadly explosion security forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up c

that we lost the country we lost beirut we have people. we didn't find out we have family members we don't know anything about. we have the killers still at the residence of the president of lebanon they knew that we have such a thing at ford beirut we should all do is hold our anger and such a thing with a peaceful protest in big numbers sometimes staying silent is more powerful and doing this people will daily go back to the streets they will daily 8 ask for justice we need the justice they do doesn't deserve this and we would if you use what happened to us people are fed up it seems like this blast became the final the straw that broke the camel's back if i may say so because throughout these past days that we have been here in beirut and outside of being ruled in favor of course people have lost their homes and with the economic crisis they have no simply no money to put their windows back back in to restore the roofs over the over their houses over their homes some people are ready to leave they're just ready to go and others. less fo

a word beirut has been. known at the moment if you see the images at the moment. which is really a sad sight to see. risk people are struggling around. for food struggling around from money. because of the coronavirus on the financial situation so. they're trying to get up on their feet and same time and then. also sudden you've got this explosion in the capital which is really really sad and you know this. an italian island has been left struggling to house asylum seekers after a surge in new arrivals more on that story much more of short break this is national. all across the board trump is down in the polls and not just by a pointer to traditionally incumbency alone is enough to make felix but this time it is a very strong and let's be clear this is joe biden. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly abou

or earlier our correspondent bosler e d in beirut told me how beirut overwhelmed hospitals are dealing with the thousands of people injured in the blasts since yesterday some of these casualties they were moved out so to us because our site beirut some of them reach 50 kilometers away from beirut to the east to become a body that doesn't pick up on the east of lebanon some other other injured people they moved to mar mountain area countryside around 30 to 40 kilometer away from beirut so sticking it out in beirut i said before there's 2 main hospitals that are in complete damage one of them it's totally out of surface it close to its members 2 nurses what lost lost their lives yesterday in the explosion it's as if he's got . to the minister also as i mentioned acutely at the hospital to teach it's capacity right now there's an edge pretty much from 2 different counties that account is from 14 countries western countries a kind off at a bridge for. me to treat hospitals for medical ates everything. right into lebanon through the airport. on the bus will read their reporting from beirut

shops and homes were destroyed across beirut hundreds of thousands of people likely unable to return to their homes for months. as the lebanese begin to deal with the aftermath a strong sense of community is emerging but a feeling of disbelief still lingers. he the high yet never seen anything like this in our lives it's difficult and the scene it's shocking and scary i took everything in after all the destruction i looked for my family and gathered them and went out to the balcony to take a look it was a massacre was little. i saw a lot of horrific scenes i saw dead people i saw people running and screaming all the carrying their children off you know people who had lost their children others looking for their mom or their sisters it was horrific it was difficult. to tell much about small. planes carrying rescue teams and aid have begun to arrive from countries around the world the lebanese government announced the 2 week state of emergency and ordered a number of court officials to be placed under house arrest they include any officials involved with guarding and storing the explos

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bernard smith al-jazeera beirut. well the head of lebanese group hezbollah has denied storing any weapons or materials at the blast site. is concerned the i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials at the seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah or even the materials and the ammonium nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah and. i believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a complete comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place and those responsible will be firmly justly and swiftly penalized. let's go straight to zain a 100 his of course following the story from the lebanese capital so that was the response there from hassan nasrallah also president michel aoun speaking out today rejecting calls for there to be an international investigation into what's happened . yes hezbollah a lebanese armed group that controls political power along with its allies its allies the presiden

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lebanon is unwilling from an unprecedented and devastating explosion that happened in the port of beirut the country is already in a series of long running crises so how would it deal with the fallout from the blast this is inside story. a welcome to the program. it's described by some as the great collapse the lebanese capital beirut is in a state of chaos and rule when many have been killed thousands injured hundreds misson and hospitals overwhelmed homes and businesses backed a blast that struck the city with the force of an earthquake has left the nation in shock. initial reports suggest explosive materials stored in a warehouse for 6 years in beirut sport detonated about $2700.00 tons of confiscated ammonium nitrate are thought to be involved it's a fertilizer that can be used in bomb making health officials warned of a toxic cloud and urged people to wear masks and stay indoors beirut's governor about $300000.00 people were displaced and the economic impact is expected to be devastating for the lebanese president michel aoun has announced a 2 week state of emergency and promised an

lebanon is wailing from on president devastating explosion happened in the port of beirut the country is already in a series of long running crises so how will it deal with the fallout from the blast this is inside story. a welcome to the program. it's described by some as the great collapse the lebanese capital beirut is in a state of chaos and rule when many have been killed thousands injured hundreds misson and hospitals overwhelmed homes and businesses backed a blast that struck the city with the force of an earthquake has left the nation in shock. initial reports suggest explosive materials stored in a warehouse for 6 years in sport detonated about 2700 tons of confiscated ammonium nitrate are thought to be involved it's a fertilizer that can be used in bomb making health officials warned of a toxic cloud and urged people to wear masks and stay indoors beirut's governor about $300000.00 people were displaced and the economic impact is expected to be devastating for the lebanese president michel aoun has announced a 2 week state of emergency and promised an investigation will reve

this included his trips to beirut airport to his villa in fact north of beirut to israel though at 9 am a south of beirut when he visited mosques and churches when he made hezbollah as secretary general in south beirut when he went to the parliament and when he had lunch and dinner engagements the network mobiles also engaged in statics violence nicorette and palace and along some of the routes he travelled. the aim of this violence was to obtain information about mr hariri he's movements his security detail his level of protection and eventually to determine a suitable method to murder him including finding an appropriate location for the intended attack. mystery's convoy was a quip with electronic jammers that would have blocked the remote detonation of any explosive fuss a vehicle borne improvised explosive device or the b i e d in the form of a suicide bomber driving a lot truck loaded with explosives that he could still flee self self detonate was chosen for the attack shortly after the explosion on the afternoon of monday the 14th of february 2005 the al-jazeera news network in

in beirut thank you. the governments around the world have been sending offers of assistance to lebanon front says 2 planes are being sent with aid and resources including fire fighters and medical staff french president manuel michael says the aid should allow for the treatment of 500 victims and he's due to travel to beirut to let's get more dominant chain in. really any water or europe planning to do either individually as nations or even as part of the e.u. . here in germany there is a determination to offer as much assistance as possible search and rescue teams have been offered by the german government to the lebanese authorities clearly also there's been the expressions of condolence to all those who were caught up in the disaster that took place in beirut on apparent european level the european union has activated its civil protection mechanism which allows it to send more than 100 specialized rescue operatives firefighters trained dog teams to go to the site of the disaster to offer what assistan

later tonight he was in beirut less than a month ago just 2 days after that beirut explosion he talked about the need for fundamental change he talked about the need of a new political order so there are many who believe that behind the scenes france really exerted a lot of pressure on these politicians who really had little choice because the country the state this close to bankruptcy if they were to remain in power it's unclear that they can solve the economic crisis alone because they do need the support of the international community you heard the former prime minister sadat heavy just a short while ago name his choice of candidate and really he was key to this whole process because he represents the muslims in the community in lebanon and the post of prime minister is reserved for this community unlike the previous government the prime minister was nominated by the shiite led alliance this time around sunday's named this man was the deed and the alliance as well as other parties said they will also follow suit but there's no question the question is in is the doesn't really matter

in beirut was reportedly followed by a 2nd blast when a fuel caught fire. so any and all updates on this breaking news this one solitary story we have been delving into trying to bring in as much as we possibly can over the last number of hours we will continue to do so through the night live from moscow this is our to international. all across to or trying to sit down in the polls and not just by going through traditionally incumbency alone is enough to win the election but this time it is a very strong and let's be clear this is little to do with joe my. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallows. i know team no crowd. no shots. actually felt speak. well strap no 1st. points your thirst for action. the little. how can you explain love. been to 82 countries i give in to all that i came here and on those

above is dust bbc producer in beirut has been speaking of massive destruction at the port of beirut, with bodies everywhere, shipping containers mashed and overturned. it is not sure what caused the explosion, which could be felt for miles around. these are life pictures now, the aftermath of those two separate explosions —— live pictures now. the latest casualty reports coming into us latest casualty reports coming into us here on bbc news, saying there could be several hundred people who have been injured and taken to hospitals in the city. the head of the lebanese red cross is saying there is no exact figure of how many people were injured, but many are still trapped in their homes within the area of the blast. some people have been rescued by boat. there's one source in beirut saying that they are treating in one hospital more than 500 injuries. they can't ta ke more than 500 injuries. they can't take any more casualties. many of the operations are taking place in that hospital, and the hospital is appealing for blood donations. let's get this report now from james robbins. a

going to hear from the beirut bride who had to run for her life when the blast. places that's going to warm up the southeastern parts of australia just a touch as we go through the next couple of days are still dragging in that cold air for man tarts occur but we're not going to see any more that significant snowfall that rest know that we still across the likes of tasmania eastern parts of victoria have got some west of weather just pushing through the knowledge all that's going to make its way across south australia right up into the interior actually it'll run up to war sets western side of queensland as we go on through thursday quotes of weather for the eastern side of us for a time where to where the pushing over towards new zealand as we go on into friday that right really ramping up across much of new south wales significant rainfall coming through some western weather also affecting a good parcel for toria and notice some rather heavy rain in play there across sets of eastern side of queensland lossie dry there for perth temperatures across western austr

israel or offering help is in a hole in beirut begins our coverage. a massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital. was. 6 the blast essential quavers across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. and injuring hundreds. the streets were filled with panic and confusion for most of the so you know my call was down there it rolled over i think my injuries all because of the loss the loss cut me up my call was like this i don't know about the sun i don't know what happened i was fishing i heard there was a fire so i began to hit home then i heard something explode and then this happened i got injured this is all i know. rescue work began quickly and emergency vehicles converged on the side of the blast. putting out fires. and getting the injured to safety lebanon's internal security chief confirmed the blast originated in the port district in a section housing highly explosive materials. lebanon's prime minister has addressed the nation promising that the victims would get justice for what happened . it will not post without accountabil